Robert William (Duff) Duff of Fetteresso (1767 - 1834)

Born 1767 in Logie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Morison) Duff — married 18 Apr 1789 in Edinburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 22 Mar 1834 at about age 67 in Fetteresso, Aberdeenshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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Biography

Robert William Duff, of Fetteresso, was born in 1767 at Logie. He was the son of Vice Admiral Robert Duff and Helen Duff.^[1]

He commanded the Forfar Artillery and Kincardine Millitia for a period and was known as 'The Colonel' afterwards.

At 22, he married his stepsister and second cousin Mary Morison at Saint Cuthberts, Edinburgh, on the 18th of April, 1789.^[2][1] They had a family of at least 8 children.

He died on the 22nd of March, 1834, age 66, and was buried in the Fetteresso St Chairan Kirkyard, Stonehaven.^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Tayler, Alistair & Henrietta (1914). The book of the Duffs. Volume 2. Edinburgh : William Brown. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/bookofduffs_02tayl
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9T-V89 : 10 February 2018), Robert William Duff and Mary Morison, 18 Apr 1789; citing Saint Cuthberts,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,757, 103,065.
3. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #135202211

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