George (Abernathy) Abernethy (1590 - 1633)

Born 1590 in Saltoun, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Died 1633 at about age 43 in Scotland

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Biography

George (Abernathy) Abernethy is a member of Abernethy Clan.

Research Notes

George, Lord (Laird) of Barrie did exist. He is on record as being a great-grandson of the 6th Baron Saltoun and as having one and only one son: James. His Father was Thomas of Auchencloich and Barrie, having inherited the Barrie lands acquired the Auchencloich lands in 1609 via a wadset [akin to a lien against the estate] from his cousin, John Abernethy, the 8th Baron. George had two brothers: Alexander of Mayen(d. 1683) and James (d. 1665), an Advocate & Clerk of Session in Edinburgh [solicitor or lawyer].

George was a landowner. Scottish Laws since the reign of James I King of Scotland (d. 1437) required Scottish landowners to have the son and heir educated, and at the proper age, to attend a university. By 1600 Scotland was not an uneducated country except at the very lowest levels of society, despite the fact that 90 percent of the land and wealth remained in the hands of less than 10 percent of the population. A rising middle class, educated and seeking wealth was rapidly emerging.

Robert Abernethy or Abernathy was b abt 1632 and allegedly captured in battle against the English, transported to the Virginia Colonies in 1652 and sold as indentured servant. No documentation exists to prove this theory, although many of the Scots captured at various battles during the British Civil war were transported abroad to serve as indentured servants or as mercenaries in other armies.

Sources

• Source: S555 Record ID Number: MH:S711 User ID: 160B8024-FECA-444C-9A99-3D89768749BF Author: kenneth abrams Title: abester family tree Web Site Text: MyHeritage.com family tree CONT Family site: abester family tree Web Site CONT Family tree: abester family tree Media: 196541511-1 Type: Smart Matching Record ID Number: MH:SC746 Page: George Abernathy Event: Smart Matching Role: 1000142 Data: Date: 17 FEB 2013 Text: Added by confirming a Smart Match Quality or Certainty of Data: 3

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Margaret Moyer for creating WikiTree profile Abernathy-458 through the import of mmcook3.ged on May 24, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Margaret and others.