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Lilias (Gillespie) Skene (bef. 1626 - 1697)

Lilias Skene formerly Gillespie
Born before in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotlandmap
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Wife of — married 21 Sep 1646 in Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotlandmap
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Died after age 70 in Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotlandmap
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Biography

Lilias Gilespie, daughter of Rev John Gilespie and Lilias Symesone was baptised in the parish of Kirkcaldy, Fife on 8 November 1626.[1]

Lilias married Alexander Skene in the parish of Kirkcaldy, Fife on 21 September 1646.[2]

Lilias Gillespie wrote poetry between 1665 and 1697 relating to her spiritual experiences. She is buried with her husband, Baillie Alexander Skene of Newtyle, in the Quaker burial ground at Kingswells, Aberdeenshire.[3]

Lilias died in Aberdeen on 21 June 1697.[4]

Lillias died at Kingswells, Aberdeenshire, 21 April 1697.[5]

Sources

  1. OPR Baptism indexes; GILESPIE, LILIAS; JOHN GILESPIE/LILIAS SYMESONE FR54 (FR54); F; 08/11/1626; 442/ 10 45; Kirkcaldy; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
  2. OPR Marriage indexes; SKEINE, ALEXANDER; LILIAS GILESPIE/FR310 (FR310); 21/09/1646; 442/ 10 298; Kirkcaldy; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
  3. Lilias Gillespie Skene
  4. DesBrisay, Gordon. 2004 "Skene [née Gillespie], Lilias [Lillias Skein] (1626/7–1697), Quaker preacher and poet." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography. 3 Mar. 2019. http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/10.1093/ref:odnb/9780198614128.001.0001/odnb-9780198614128-e-69911.
  5. Scottish Society of Friends "Quakers" registers of births, proposal(s) of marriage, marriages, and deaths, 1647-1878, Maxwell, Archibald Strath, p 205.




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