George Cheyne

M, #2444, b. circa 1625, d. before 16 July 1684
FatherJames Cheyne b. c 1600
      George Cheyne of Girsto may have been either Georges (2444), (2800) or (16710).

George Cheyne was documented in A. Y. Cheyne, The Cheyne Family in Scotland, on pages 141-142.1

George Cheyne married Catherine Inglis 2 September 1647, in Edinburgh, Old Kirk Parish, Midlothian, Scotland. Their abstracted Register of Marriages entry reads: "Cheyne (Chein, Cheyne), George, writer; Catharine Inglis, 02 Sep 1647".1,2

George Cheyne was a Notary, in Leith and later became the Town Clerk of Leith.

George Cheyne, writer, witnessed the burial of his unnamed child, (?) Cheyne, on 17 April 1664, at Grayfriars Kirkyard at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. The abstracted entry from the List of Burials, 1658-1700 reads: "Cheyne (Chaine, Chin, Chine, Chinn), (Sheyne), George, writer, his child 17 Apr 1664"..3

George Cheyne died before 16 July 1684.1,4

George Cheyne was secondarily named on a record of John Cheyne on 16 July 1684 at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. John and his father, George, were on a list of Burgesses and Guild Brethren of the City of Edinburgh. The abstracted entry reads: "Cheyne (Chin), Johne, B. and G., chirurgiane, be r. of umq. fr. George C., lait clerk of Leith, gratis, by act of C. of dait 16 Jul 1684".4

Family

Catherine Inglis b. c 1625
Children

Citations

  1. [S148] Lieut. Colonel Archibald Ythan Cheyne, The Cheyne Family in Scotland, Page 142.
  2. [S437] Midlothian, Scotland, Parish and Probate Records, Edinburgh - Register of Marriages, 1595-1700 A Register of Marriages performed by me.--R. F. Register of Marriages of the City of Edinburgh, 1595-1700 Old Kirk Parish.
  3. [S437] Midlothian, Scotland, Parish and Probate Records, Edinburg - Register of Interments,Greyfriars, 1658-1700 List of Burials excerpted from Register in possession of the Registrar of the Canongate. Record of Interments in Greyfriars Burying-Ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700. Register of Testaments. Third Section--1701-1800.
  4. [S437] Midlothian, Scotland, Parish and Probate Records, Edinburgh - Roll of Burgesses, 1406-1700 Volume 5. The Register of Marriages. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, 1406-1700. Errata.