Elspet
"Elizabeth"
Duncan Lady Rora
formerly Duncan
Born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Daughter of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Wife of
Nathaniel (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot IIIrd of Rora and Auchlee
— married
about 11 Jun 1678 in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Descendants 
Mother of
Janet Arbuthnot, Thomas (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot IVth In Rora and James (Arbuthnot) Arbuthnot of West Rora
Died
at about age 91
in Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Profile last modified
| Created 9 Aug 2018
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Biography
Elspet Duncan was born about 1660 and was married to Nathaniel Arbuthnot in 1678.[1]
According to Aberdeenshire Epitaphs, Nathaniel and Elspet had twelve sons, six of whom attained manhood. Thomas, the Baillie, Andrew, Old Fortrie, James in Rora, Alexander in London, John in Inverugie and Nathaniel who died on the coast of Guinea.
Elspet Duncan passed away at Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland in 1748 aged 88 years[2]
Research Notes
- There is an Elspet Duncan listed on Scotlands People as born in 1660 to Thomas Duncan in Longside. If her memorial inscription is correct, then this is she.
- Electric Scotland, Aberdeenshire Epitaphs, Elspet Duncan, pgs 368-369.
Sources
- ↑ "Elspeth Duncan Arbuthnot (1657-1748) - Find A..." Find A Grave. January 31, 2015. Accessed August 09, 2018. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/142033019/elspeth-arbuthnot#source.
- ↑ Citing this Record "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QK18-BP7L : 11 July 2016), Elspeth Duncan Arbuthnot, 1748; Burial, Longside, , Aberdeenshire, Scotland, Longside Churchyard; citing record ID 142033019, Find a Grave,.
- Jacobites of 1715 North East Scotland and Jacobites of 1745 North East Scotland
See Also
- Find A Grave, database and images : accessed 21 September 2019), memorial page for Elspeth Duncan Arbuthnot (1657–2 Mar 1748), Find A Grave: Memorial #142033019, citing Longside Churchyard, Longside, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ; Maintained by GariochGraver (contributor 47469430) .
- ARBUTHNOT, ADA JANE EVELYN. MEMORIES OF THE ARBUTHNOTS OF KINCARDINESHIRE AND ABERDEENSHIRE. S.l.: BOOK ON DEMAND, 2015.
- http://www.kittybrewster.com/q.htm
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