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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelFonds
Ref NoMS 3815
TitlePapers of Kilgours of Old Aberdeen [endorsed "from the Seaton Inventory "]
Date1655 - 1699
Extent3 items: 0.03 linear metres
Creator NameKilgour family of Old Aberdeen (fl 17th century)
Administrative HistoryAndro Kilgour in Old Aberdeen: father of John Kilgour and original proprietor of a tenement and garden in the Chanonry, Old Aberdeen, originally the prebend of Tullynessle (footnote 1)
John Kilgour in Old Aberdeen, died before 1655) (footnote 1)
Henry or Harie Kilgour (recorded in. 1655), eldest son of John Kilgour
George Kilgour, (recorded in 1665, son of Henry Kilgour ): notary public in Old Aberdeen Wife Bessie Innes, daughters Anna, Isobel and Mary. (footnote 2)
The daughters sold the property to Colonel Middelton of Seaton in 1723. (footnote 3)

The three items appear to have become separated fom a larger collection of title deeds relating to the Seaton estate, as they are endorsed with numbered references to the "Seaton Inventory. A Seaton inventory compiled in 1859 is held in the Davidson & Garden collection MS 2769/I/89/2, but lists only later deeds.

Sources -
(1) MS 3815/1
(2) Records of Old Aberdeen, Spalding Club, vol. I. p. 361
(3) Records of Old Aberdeen, Spalding Club, vol. II. p. 263
Custodial HistoryUnknown.
SourcePurchased from Winrams Bookshop, Ballater, April 2009
DescriptionThree deeds all referring to the former Rectory of Tullynessle in the Chanonry, Old Aberdeen:
(1) Disposition by Henry Kilgour to George Kilgour, 1655
(2) Instrument of Sasine by John Walter to George Kilgour, 1665
(3) Disposition by George Kilgour to his daughters Anna, Isobel and Mary, 1699
Access StatusOpen
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