Elizabeth (Fraser) Arbuthnot (1792 - 1834)

Born 4 Mar 1792 in Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of George (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of Elderslie Sr — married 26 Apr 1810 in Fort Saint George, Madras, India

Descendants

Died 29 Sep 1834 at age 42 in Wimpole Street, London, England, United Kingdom

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Biography

Elizabeth was born on 4 March 1792 at Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland and given the name of her maternal grandmother. She was the daughter of Donald Fraser and Mary Ord. (She is wrongly referred to as Georgina in The History of the Mackenzies.) The name Elizabeth is often found in Scotland - perhaps more so in the Highlands - as interchangeable with 'Elspet'.

Christening Date: 22 March 1792

Christening Place: Inverness, Inverness, Scotland^[1]

The entry of her baptism in the Old Parish Registers of Inverness reads: 1792 | [March] | 22d: | Fraser | Donald Fraser Writer and his Spouse Mary Ord had a Child Bapt : by Mr: Alexr. Fraser Calld Elisabeth John Mackenzie Merchant [probably John McKenzie Merch. Who married her aunt Prudence Ord] and Alexr Macdonald Writer wit:—^[2]

She married George Arbuthnot (son of Robert Arbuthnot, 2nd of Haddo-Rattray and Mary Urquhart) on 26 April 1810 at St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras, India.^[3]

They had 13 children.

Elizabeth died in 1834 at the age of 42.

Burial

9 October 1834 - St Margaret Churchyard, Ockley, Mole Valley District, Surrey, England ^[4]

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 15 May 2018. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XB9N-YM4
2. ↑ Old Parish Register of Inverness
3. ↑ "India Marriages, 1792-1948 ." Database. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 14 June 2016. Index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FGJ1-CT1
4. ↑ https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75043525

• Table J

• Memories of the Arbuthnots, Mrs PS-M Arbuthnot, 1920

• The Peerage

• Surrey History Centre, Woking, Surrey Ockley St Margaret, Burial Register, 1813-1875, viewed on ancestry.co, uk (image 17)

1834: Eliza Arbuthnot, Elderslie, Ockley, aged 42,October 9th (marginal note: Died in Wimpole Street, London Sept:29)

Acknowledgments

Thanks to William Arbuthnot for starting this profile.

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