George Cheyne

M, #8199, b. circa 1790, d. 7 September 1849
FatherUnlinked Cheynes in the Shetland Islands
     George Cheyne married Barbara Greig 29 January 1826, in Walls Parish, Shetland Islands, Scotland. He was named Captain George Cheyne in the biographies of his wife's family. He was named as a shipmaster at the Shetland Family History WebSite.1,2

George Cheyne died 7 September 1849.3

Christina Cheyne (10253) was served heir to her father George Cheyne (8199). The entry in Services of Heirs in Scotland, reads: "Cheyne, Christina (or McCallum), Wife of Andrew McCallum, In. Rev., Auchmill, to her Father George Cheyne, Shipmaster, Walls, Shetland, who died 7th Sept. 1849. -- Hr. Spl., in the Umboth Land of Houl, & Land of Burraland, with Houses, etc., Zetland. -- 9th May 1853". It was recorded 12 May 1853, the twenty-fifth entry of the month.
N.B. The Lands of Burraland once belonged to Theodore Cheyne (2600).3

Family

Barbara Greig b. 29 May 1794
Children

Citations

  1. [S9] International Genealogy Index, Parish of Walls, Zetland, Shetland Islands, Batch M110124, Serial 0054.
  2. [S541] W.S. Francis J. GrantZetland Family Histories "Greig of Sandsound, Page 104."
  3. [S362] Services of Heirs in Scotland Volume 4, 1850-1859, Page 30.