Robert Barclay

1672 - 1747  (75 years)

• Name	Robert Barclay
  Birth	25 Mar 1672	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Birth recorded by the Aberdeen and Ury Meeting of the Society of Friends
  Gender	Male
  Education	1683	Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England
  	Attended the Quaker school where George Keith was a teacher
  Religion	1694	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Quaker
  Death	27 Mar 1747
  Person ID	I44760	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

  Father	Robert Barclay,   b. 23 Dec 1648, Drainie, Moray, Scotland d. 3 Oct 1690, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 41 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Christian Molleson,   b. 18 Jul 1647, Echt, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 14 Feb 1722/23 (Age 75 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Nov 1669	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3, 4]
  	The Digest of Quaker marriages also gives a date of 1 Feb 1670 for this marriage At Bailie Molleson's house (ie, that of Christian's father). The was the first marriage in Scotland to be conducted without a church minister and it led to a disturbance and a threat by the Bishop fof Aberdeen to prosecute Robert for unlawful marriage.
  Family ID	F31185	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Brain,   b. Daughter of John Brain, merchant
  Marriage	6 Jun 1696	London, England   [5]
  	At the Ratchcliffe [Ratcliff] meeting (Quaker)
  Children	1. Margaret Barclay,   b. 23 Mar 1696/97   d. 13 May 1707 (Age 10 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. of Ury Robert Barclay,   b. 20 May 1699   d. 10 Oct 1760 (Age 61 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. John Barclay,   b. 19 Jul 1701   d. 16 Jul 1714 (Age 12 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   4. Mollison Barclay,   b. 21 Nov 1703  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   5. Elizabeth Barclay,   b. 11 May 1708, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   6. David Barclay,   b. 29 Apr 1710   d. 10 Oct 1783 (Age 73 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   7. Katherine Barclay,   b. 1 Apr 1713  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   8. Jean Barclay,   b. 23 Apr 1719   d. 12 Jun 1720 (Age 1 year)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31196	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	19 Oct 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 25 Mar 1672 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Education - Attended the Quaker school where George Keith was a teacher - 1683 - Cheshunt, Hertfordshire, England Religion - Quaker - 1694 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Marriage - 6 Jun 1696 - London, England  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p4. [S3641] Miller, William F., The Record Book of Friends at the Monethly Meeting Att Urie, (Name: Friends Historical Society; Location: London; Date: 1910;), Part I, p98. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p99. [S3641] Miller, William F., The Record Book of Friends at the Monethly Meeting Att Urie, (Name: Friends Historical Society; Location: London; Date: 1910;), Part I, p93. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p100.