George Pyper

1619 -

• Name	George Pyper
  Birth	1619	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Baptism	31 Oct 1619	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	23 Feb 1647/48	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [2]
  	Merchant - date admtted as a Guild Burgess of Aberdeen
  Occupation	Abt 1665	Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  	Merchant orchestrating outwork production of stockings, traded with the Netherlands for re-export
  Role	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Emigration agent
  Occupation	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  	Merchant
  	Alexander Skene of Newtyle in his 'Memorials for the Government of the Royal Burghs of Scotland' in 1685 (p104) commends George Pyer for his stockings business, whereby he "encouraged the Countrey People so, by giving them a little money os some linning at times, that from five groats the pair, he caused them work at such a fynness that he hath given twenty shillubs sterling and upward for the pair". William Alexander, in his 'Notes and Sketches Illustrative of Northern Rural Life in the Eighteenth Century" (1877) remarks that he had as many as four hundred people spinning and knitting for him (p136).
  Residence	1683	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland   [3]
  Origin	Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
  Person ID	I45447	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Family	Elspet Findlater
  Children	1. George Pyper,   b. 1651, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Elspet Pyper,   b. 1658, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1619 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Baptism - 31 Oct 1619 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - date admtted as a Guild Burgess of Aberdeen - 23 Feb 1647/48 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant orchestrating outwork production of stockings, traded with the Netherlands for re-export - Abt 1665 - Aberdeenshire, Scotland Role - Emigration agent - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Residence - 1683 - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Origin - - Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3614] Births (OPR) Scotland, Aberdeen 168/A 20/342. [S3636] New Spalding Club, Aberdeen Burgess Register p40. [S3633] Scots Proprietors, The, A Brief Account of the Province of East New Jarsey in America, p15.