Alexander Eason (1735 - 1796)

Ancestors

Husband of Jane (Aytoun) Eason — married 7 Apr 1780 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland

Died 27 May 1796 at about age 61 in Manchester, Lancashire, England

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Biography

Alexander Eason was born in 1735. In early life, he traveled on the Continent with Lord Moira, and afterwards was the Army surgeon for the Iniskillin Dragoons (Marquis of Drogheda's). He married Jane Aytoun, a cousin once removed, in 1780. Dr. Eason was celebrated for his work with the poor in Manchester. In 1796, while riding out to see a patient, he was thrown from his horse and broke his neck; he was paralyzed from the neck down, and died a fortnight later aged 61.

Sources

• Burke's Landed Gentry, 1898, pp. 46-47; G. MacGregor, The Red Book of Scotland, vol. 1, 2016, pp. 147-70; V. Fiddes & A. Rowan, David Bryce, 1803-76, 1976, p. 123. Cited by Nick Kingsley in Aytoun of Inchdairnie House, Wednesday, 31 May 2017[1]
• Robert Angus Smith, A Centenary of Science in Manchester (in a Series of Notes). Manchester: Taylor & Francis, 1883 - Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society - p.127-130[2]

See also:

• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBFD-Z8Y : 10 February 2018), Barbara Aytoun in entry for Alexander Eason, 13 Nov 1737; citing DYSART,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,109.
• The Edinburgh magazine, or Literary miscellany, 1796, p.484[3]
• "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J8FM-M6Y : 12 February 2018), Alexr. Mr. Eason, burial 29 May 1796; citing Manchester, Lancashire, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,545,576.