Patrick (Duff) Duff of Craigston (1655 - 1731)

Born 1655 in Turriff, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Died 3 Aug 1731 at about age 76 in Aberdeenshire, Scotland

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Patrick (Duff) Duff of Craigston is a member of Clan MacDuff.

Patrick Duff of Craigston. Born Craigston, Scotland 1655.

Father of 36 children, he is said to have been complimented by King George II on the addition he had made to His Majesty's subjects in Scotland. Married first 1687 Anne Innes (died 1700), dau of John Innes.

They had 13 children.

By Mary Urquhart, daughter of James Urquhart of Knockleith, whom he married on the 4th of October 1701, he had 23 children.

Patrick later purchased Knocckleith from James Urquhart, in 1702.^[1]

Died 3rd of August 1731.

Sources

1. ↑ “The Book of the Duffs; : Tayler, Alistair Norwich, 1870-1937 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming.” 1970. Internet Archive. Edinburgh, W. Brown. p. 228

See Also:

• "The Book Of The Duffs; : by Henrietta Tayler (1869-1951) and Alister Tayler (1870-1937) : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive. Vol 1
• "The Book Of The Duffs; : by Henrietta Tayler (1869-1951) and Alister Tayler (1870-1937) : Free Download, Borrow, And Streaming : Internet Archive". 2021. Internet Archive.Vol 2
• "The Genealogy of the Duff Family." from the Kittybrewster website created by Sir William Arbuthnot (1950-2021 and still accessible online thanks to the Internet Archive ("Wayback Machine").
• Forbes, John, 1680-1716. The Jacobite Cess Roll for the County of Aberdeen In 1715: From the Ms. of John Forbes of Upper Boyndlie, Now In the Possession of J. C. M. Ogilvie-Forbes of Boyndlie. Aberdeen: Printed for the Third Spalding club, 1932.