James Tait (abt. 1745 - 1803)

Born about 1745 in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland [uncertain]

Husband of Jane (Watson) Tait — married 4 Dec 1770 in Felton, Northumberland, England

Descendants

Died 20 Mar 1803 at about age 58 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England [uncertain]

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Biography

"James Tait was born at Dumfries in the 18th Century (1745). He crossed the border into England and settled at Liverpool where he married Jane Watson of Myddleton Derbyshire. He was in France at Versailles near the Court of Louis XVI, where he carried on the then respected and lucrative profession of barber-surgeon. The late Earl of Rosebery, then Prime Minister, in his address to the students of Edinburgh University on his election as Rector referred to the fact that his ancestor was a barber-surgeon. After the outbreak of the French Revolution, James Tait disappeared and was thought by his relatives to have been guillotined, but later on he appeared in England and lived with his son, William Watson Tait, until his death." He is buried at St Mary's Churchyard, Walton, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. He died of dropsy.

Source: Mortimer Constantine Tait genealogy

Cause of Death: Dropsy

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James was born about 1730. He passed away about 1810.

Sources

online: Mortimer Constantine Tait genealogy at Find a Grave Index

England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975.

Family Search.org: Pedigree of Tait Family, James Tait in entry for William Watson Tait, Ancestry Family Trees, England & Wales Marriages, 1538-1940.

Find A Grave: James Tait BIRTH 1745 Dumfries, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland DEATH 20 Mar 1803 (aged 57–58) England BURIAL St Mary's Churchyard Walton, Metropolitan Borough of Liverpool, Merseyside, England MEMORIAL ID 154264083 View Source: Created by: TT Added: 26 Oct 2015 Find A Grave Memorial 154264083 Sponsored by Kristine Tait

• Notes made by James Tait's great grandson, Mortimer Constantine Tait - my great grandfather.