Jean Barclay

1683 - Aft 1740  (> 57 years)

• Name	Jean Barclay
  Birth	27 Dec 1683	Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland   [1]
  	Birthplace assumed. Birth recorded by the Ury Meeting of the Society of Friends
  Gender	Female
  Death	Aft May 1740	London, England
  Person ID	I44766	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 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   [2, 3]
  	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	Alexander Forbes,   b. Abt 1677, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 25 May 1740 (Age 63 years)
  Marriage	12 Apr 1707
  Family ID	F31194	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 27 Dec 1683 - Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland Death - Aft May 1740 - 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;), p5. [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.