Rev James Fraser

Abt 1698 - 1769  (71 years)

• Name	James Fraser  [1]
  Title	Rev
  Birth	Abt 1698	Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Education	11 Apr 1715	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Master of Arts, King's College - date of graduation
  Name	James Frazer
  Occupation	17 Feb 1725/26	Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland   [2]
  	Minister of Alness parish - date ordained. This had been his father's parish, 1695-1711
  Death	5 Oct 1769	Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland   [2]
  Person ID	I44617	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	Mr John Fraser,   b. Abt 1657, Nigg, Ross-shire, Scotland d. 9 Jun 1711, Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland (Age 54 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Jean Moffat,   b. Abt 1666, Galashiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland d. Aft 1730, Cromarty, Cromarty, Scotland (Age > 65 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Abt 1686	Waterbury, Connecticut, USA   [1]
  Family ID	F31171	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Jean Macleod,   b. Tarbat, Ross-shire, Scotland d. 13 Mar 1778
  Marriage	24 Apr 1735  [2]
  Family ID	F31427	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Abt 1698 - Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland Education - Master of Arts, King's College - date of graduation - 11 Apr 1715 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Minister of Alness parish - date ordained. This had been his father's parish, 1695-1711 - 17 Feb 1725/26 - Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland Death - 5 Oct 1769 - Alness, Ross-shire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3780] Fraser, James, The Works of the Rev. James Fraser, of Pitcalzian, Minister of the Gospel at Alness, Ross-Shire, p viii. [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. VII - Synods of Ross, Sutherland and Caithness, p27.