My 6xg-grandfather, John Peddie, married Elisabeth Douglas, in Mortlach, Banffshire, on 2 June 1743. They appear to have had 5 children:
- John (see below),
- Robert (bapt. 11 May 1746),
- Elspet (bapt. 21 December 1748),
- Elisabeth (bapt. 27 January 1753) &
- Alexander (bapt. 5 March 1758).
John Peddie, my 5xg-grandfather, was baptized on 22 February 1744 and married, on 9 January 1774, Margaret Maver. They had six children:
- Elizabeth (bapt. 25 February 1775),
- John (bapt. 22 March 1777),
- Alexander (see below),
- James (bapt. 14 July 1781 - may be the James who married
Janet Whyte, who died in Dufftown, Mortlach, on 20 September 1855, leaving
two children, Margaret & James),
- Elspet (bapt. 2 July 1783 - may be the Elspet who married John Dow on 20 February 1810) &
- Robert (baptism not recorded - c 1786 - married Jane McKerron [various spellings found], March
1814). Robert & Jane had 6 children:
- John (1814-1893, married Jane Muirie, no survivng children?),
- Elspet (1817-1889, unmarried),
- Jane (1819-?, Mrs Stewart, at least three children),
- Charles Stuart (1821-1886, married Margaret Gordon, at least eight children),
- Ann Stuart (1824-1893, unmarried) &
- Eleanor(a) Simpson (1828-?, Mrs Taggart)
Alexander Peddie, my 4xg-grandfather, was baptized on 30 May 1779 and married Mary Allan (date unknown). They had ten children:
- John (bapt. 1 December 1795),
- James (bapt. 14 February 1797),
- Alexander (bapt. 29 June 1798),
- Robert (bapt. 10 April 1800),
- Mary (b 1802, married James Innes, 12 June 1825, and had at least seven children),
- William (b 15 September 1804, probably the William who married Helen McConnachie and had at least six
children by her, 1824-1836),
- Elspet (b 2 December 1806),
- John (b 12 April 1809; d Dufftown, 30 January 1882; married Jane McLachlan [or variant], 29
March 1829, and had at least six children, 1829-1846 - including James (b
1843? d 22 June 1922), who, after one child, Jane, by Isabella Innes,
married Ann Spence, on 23 July 1870, and had fifteen children by her),
- Elizabeth (see below) &
- Alexander (b 16 May 1816, d Keith, Banffshire, 7 February 1879, married Elspet Craigen in Keith on 13 June 1835)
My 3xg-grandmother, Elizabeth Peddie, was born on 2 January 1812 and died in Fife Keith, Keith, on 2 December 1893; she married James Dawson (1810-1893) in Cairnie, Aberdeenshire, on 23 November 1834.
Save where noted otherwise, all events mentioned took place in Mortlach, Banffshire.
I am interested in hearing from, and sharing information
with, anyone descended from John Peddie and Elisabeth Douglas.
Contact Information:
amdm@mcwws.demon.co.uk
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