Gilbert Falconar

1686 - 1736  (49 years)

• Name	Gilbert Falconar
  Birth	30 Apr 1686	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	25 Jun 1702	London, England   [2]
  	Merchant draper apprentice to Gilbert Molleson, on a 7 year indenture which he broke early
  Legal	24 Feb 1703/04	Cecil, Maryland, USA
  	Witnessed a deed of land sale by Andrew Toulson to his brother John Falconar
  Legal	29 May 1709	Kent, Maryland, USA   [2]
  	Acted as attorney for his brother John in the sale of land by the Sassafras River
  Religion	1710	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  	Quaker
  Occupation	1717	Maryland, USA   [3]
  	Merchant in partnership with James Logan, exporting skins from trade with Native Americans
  Death	1736	Kent, Maryland, USA
  Probate	17 May 1736	Kent, Maryland, USA
  	Died intestate. Inventory of £399 17s 11d made by Giden Pearse and Jerves Spencer. Falconar was heavily in debt to wealthy merchant planter Richard Bennett
  Person ID	I44818	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	in Springhill David Falconar,   b. Abt 1632, Scotland d. 18 Apr 1713, Newhills, Aberdeenshire, Scotland (Age 81 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Margaret Molleson,   b. 1653, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland d. 22 Jul 1697, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age 44 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	7 Mar 1671/72	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [4]
  	At Gilbert Molleson's house
  Family ID	F31209	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah Hardiman,   b. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
  Marriage	2 Feb 1709/10	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA   [2]
  	Philadelphia Quaker Monthly Meeting
  Family ID	F31570	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 30 Apr 1686 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant draper apprentice to Gilbert Molleson, on a 7 year indenture which he broke early - 25 Jun 1702 - London, England Legal - Witnessed a deed of land sale by Andrew Toulson to his brother John Falconar - 24 Feb 1703/04 - Cecil, Maryland, USA Legal - Acted as attorney for his brother John in the sale of land by the Sassafras River - 29 May 1709 - Kent, Maryland, USA Religion - Quaker - 1710 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage - 2 Feb 1709/10 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA Occupation - Merchant in partnership with James Logan, exporting skins from trade with Native Americans - 1717 - Maryland, USA Death - 1736 - Kent, Maryland, USA Probate - Died intestate. Inventory of £399 17s 11d made by Giden Pearse and Jerves Spencer. Falconar was heavily in debt to wealthy merchant planter Richard Bennett - 17 May 1736 - Kent, Maryland, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p23. [S3745] Gifford, Paul M., Falconer of Halkerton, p95. [S3745] Gifford, Paul M., Falconer of Halkerton, p96. [S3615] Strath-Maxwell, Archibald, Digest of Quaker births, marriages and burials in Scotland, 1647-1878, (Location: Aberdeen; Date: 1960;), p112.