Sir James Falconar

1648 - 1706  (57 years)

• Name	James Falconar
  Title	Sir
  Birth	16 Aug 1648	Alves, Moray, Scotland   [1]
  	Tulloch
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	6 Jan 1673/74	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty of Advocates
  Legal	1692  [2]
  	Appointed overseer of his brother Patrick's estate, Patrick dying in Newark, New Jersey
  Title Suffix	of Phesdo
  Name	James Falconer  [3]
  Occupation	1694	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Judge. A Senator of the College of Justice.
  Occupation	18 Jul 1694	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [4]
  	Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh - date admitted by right of wife Elizabth, by act of Council
  Property	28 Feb 1694/95	Kincardineshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Signature of the lands of Laurenston etc granted to James Falconer and Elizabeth Trent, his wife
  Burial	1706	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Greyfriars Kirkyard
  Death	9 Jun 1706	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I45200	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

  Father	John Falconar,   b. Abt 1610   d. Bef 2 Oct 1682, Fordoun, Kincardineshire, Scotland (Age < 72 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Agnes Spens
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F31298	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Trent,   b. 1655, Leith South, Midlothian, Scotland d. Jul 1748 (Age 93 years)
  Marriage	Sep 1673
  Children	1. John Falconer,   b. 21 Oct 1674   d. 21 Nov 1764, South Leith, Midlothian, Scotland (Age 90 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elizabeth Falconer,   b. 1685  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Margaret Falconer,   b. 1678   d. 1760 (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31380	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	7 Dec 2025

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 16 Aug 1648 - Alves, Moray, Scotland Occupation - Advocate - date admitted to the Faculty of Advocates - 6 Jan 1673/74 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Judge. A Senator of the College of Justice. - 1694 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh - date admitted by right of wife Elizabth, by act of Council - 18 Jul 1694 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Property - Signature of the lands of Laurenston etc granted to James Falconer and Elizabeth Trent, his wife - 28 Feb 1694/95 - Kincardineshire, Scotland Burial - 1706 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Death - 9 Jun 1706 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3761] Grant, Francis J., The Faculty of Advocates in Scotland, 1532-1943, p69. [S3607] Nelson, William, Calendar of Records in the Office of the Secretary of State, 1664-1703, p190. [S3526] National Records of Scotland, (Location: Edinburgh;), SIG1/57/16. [S3594] Boog Watson, Charles B., Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700, p177.