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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 2814/2/2/28
TitleExtract registration of contract of marriage, James Walker and Janet Gordon
Date9 December 1757
Extent1 item
DescriptionJames Walker, minister of the gospel at Peterhead, and Janet Gordon, daughter of deceased John Gordon, minister of the gospel at Old Deer, and Jean Forbes.
Original marriage contract signed at Inveray on 25th January 1750; mention is made of sums due from Janet Gordon's father and grandfather under parental contract, which included rights to heritable property in Aberdeen; notes are added on final folio respecting resignation of 27 May 1768 in favour of Elizabeth Laing as heir to her parents James Walker and Janet Gordon.
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