'Pitcairn02'
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Families covered: Pitcairn of Lerwick, Pitcairn of Skerpo
| Grant reports that "The Pitcairn family appear in Shetland towards the end of the sixteenth century". Grant first mentions the following James (and his family) before reporting: "To this family probably belonged" the undermentioned David of Skerpo. Somewhat arbitrarily, we speculate that they were brothers, being sons of ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Pitcairn | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | |James Pitcairn (a 1578, d 03.1612, vicar of Northmaven) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Sinclair (a 03.1612) | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Margaret Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Swinton (minister of Fetlar) | |||||||||||||||
| B. | Janet Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| m. Gilbert Mowat (minister of Delting) | |||||||||||||||
| C. | Martha Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Neven of Scousburgh (d 1638) | |||||||||||||||
| D. | Christian Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| E. | Agnes Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| m. James Mowat of Ure & Burrafirth | |||||||||||||||
| 2. | David Pitcair of Skerpo (d 04.1627) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Christian Sinclair | |||||||||||||||
| A. | Andrew Pitcair of Skerpo | ||||||||||||||
| m. Elizabeth Bruce (dau of Andrew Bruce of Muness, m2. James Scott of Voesgarth) | |||||||||||||||
| i. | Janet Pitcairn of Skerpo | ||||||||||||||
| m. (1655) James Scott of Voesgarth | |||||||||||||||
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| We presume that the following were closely related to the above family. Grant starts with George of Assiter and then mentions George, his nephew. We show their connection via ... | |||||||||||||||
| ?? Pitcairn | |||||||||||||||
| 1. | George Pitcairn of Assiter & Lerwick, later of Muness (a 1718) | ||||||||||||||
| m. Ursula Bruce (dau of Andrew Bruce & niece of Gilbert Bruce of Clivocast & Muness) | |||||||||||||||
| A.+ | issue - James (a 06.1735), Andrew (a 06.1735), Robert | ||||||||||||||
| 2. | ?? Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| A. | George Pitcairn of Lerwick | ||||||||||||||
| i. | Barbara Pitcairn (d 05.05.1766) | ||||||||||||||
| m. John Gifford, younger of Busta (dvp 1748) | |||||||||||||||
| ii. | Elizabeth Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (06.07.1742) Alexander Innes (MD) | |||||||||||||||
| iii. | Margaret Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| m. (08.07.1754) Rev. Alexander Pitcairn | |||||||||||||||
| iv. | Ellis Pitcairn | ||||||||||||||
| B. | Archibald Pitcairn of Lerwick | ||||||||||||||
Main source(s):
(1) For upper section : 'The County Families of the Zetland Islands' by Francis Grant, 1893 ('Pitcairn of Skerpoe', p1214+)
(2) For lower section : 'The County Families of the Zetland Islands' by Francis Grant, 1893 ('Pitcairn of Muness', p216)
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