Arrabella Cheyne

F, #2116, b. 16 September 1689
FatherPatrick Cheyne b. a 1660
MotherAgnes Duguid b. c 1655
     Arrabella Cheyne was baptized in accordance with the procedures of the Church of Scotland, 16 September 1689, in Aberdeen, Saint Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland. The entry in the Register of Baptisms reads: "Peter Chein of Ardmurdo and Agnes Chein his spouse had an Daughter named Arabella, baptized be Dr G William Blair, Minifter, James Seton Sometimes of (Monie?) and James Seton, his Son and William Lumsden, burgefs and Maltman, Godfathers".1,2

Peter Chein of Ardmurdo (2106) was mentioned twice in the List of Pollable Persons in Aberdeenshire 1696. His first entry, at Newseat, Peterhead Parish reads as follows: "Georg Forbes of Newseatt his valued rent is £80 0s 0p. His oune poll is given up in the toun of Peterhead, in Peter Chein of Ardmurdo, his masters family".
The second, in Peterhead, reads: "Patrick Chein, sometimes of Ardmurdo, his free stock upwards of 5000 merks, his poll is ... £4 6s 0p.
"His lady, Agnes Duguid ... 6s 0p.
"Francis, Peter, William, James, John and Arrabella Cheins, their poll ... £1 16s 0p". And two servants.3

Citations

  1. [S14] International Genealogy Index, Aberdeenshire, dated May 1988, Saint Nicholas Parish, Batch C111681, Serial 5889.
  2. [S404] Old Parish Register (OPR), Register of Baptisms, Saint Nicholas Parish, Aberdeen, 1573-1579, Frame 22.
  3. [S130] List of Pollable Persons in Aberdeenshire 1696, Volume 1, Presbytery of Deer, Parish of Peterhead, Pages 564 and 573. Images obtained from Google Books.