Mr Thomas Maitland

Abt 1596 - 1637  (41 years)

• Name	Thomas Maitland
  Title	Mr
  Birth	Abt 1596	Scotland   [1]
  	Born a member of a cadet family of the Maitlands of Lauderdale
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1614	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Graduated Master of Arts, King's College; also studied at the University of St Andrews
  Occupation	29 Jan 1624	Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Minister - date installed, under the auspices of John, Viscount Lauderdale
  Burial	1637	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  Death	Oct 1637	Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  Occupation	19 Dec 1681	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Officiated at the funeral of Lady Jane Maitland, 19 year old daughter of John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale and Dame Isabella Seton
  	Earliest surviving funeral oration in vernacular Scots. Written as instructions for the living. [Comment by McOmish and Reid, Neo-Latin Literature and Literary Culture in Early Modern Scotland (Brill, 2016)]
  Person ID	I22306	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 1	Margaret Melville,   b. 1608, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  Marriage	27 Mar 1634	Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Date of contract: 25 Mar 1634
  Family ID	F12423	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Family 2	Margaret Durie   d. 3 Apr 1633, Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland
  Marriage	7 Feb 1626	Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland
  Children	1. Isabel Maitland,   b. 24 Nov 1626, Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland d. 1686, Gladsmuir, East Lothian, Scotland (Age 59 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Anna Maitland,   b. Abt 1628, East Lothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F12424	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1596 - Scotland Residence - Graduated Master of Arts, King's College; also studied at the University of St Andrews - 1614 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Minister - date installed, under the auspices of John, Viscount Lauderdale - 29 Jan 1624 - Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland Marriage - 7 Feb 1626 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Marriage - 27 Mar 1634 - Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland Burial - 1637 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland Death - Oct 1637 - Garvald, East Lothian, Scotland Occupation - Officiated at the funeral of Lady Jane Maitland, 19 year old daughter of John Maitland, Earl of Lauderdale and Dame Isabella Seton - 19 Dec 1681 - Haddington, East Lothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3612] Scott, Hew, Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae; the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, (Name: Oliver and Boyd; Location: Edinburgh; Date: 1923;), Vol. I - Synods of Lothian and Tweeddale, p362. [S3608] Marriages (OPR) Scotland, (Name: National Records of Scotland; Location: Edinburgh;), Prestonpans 718 20/510.