James Dobie

1655 -

• Name	James Dobie
  Birth	Nov 1655	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  Baptism	25 Nov 1655	Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  	Witnesses: Sir James Richardson of Smeiton, William Rig of Carberrie
  Gender	Male
  Occupation	10 May 1671	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  	Merchant apprentice to Alexander Neilson, as son to late Robert D. pf Stanyhill
  Occupation	29 Jan 1678/79	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [2]
  	Merchant - date admitted as a Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh by right of his wife (blank), daughter of umq. (blank) Reid, B. and G.
  Person ID	I46004	East Jersey Genealogies
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

  Father	Robert Dobie,   b. Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Sarah Cranstoun,   b. Daughter of James, Master of Cranstoun and Elizabe
  Relationship	natural
  Marriage	Bef 1642	Midlothian, Scotland
  Family ID	F31600	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Reid
  Children	1. Lydias Dobie,   b. 1680, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   2. Sarah Dobie,   b. 1682, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]   3. Elizabeth Dobie,   b. 1686, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
  Family ID	F31601	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	16 Apr 2026

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - Nov 1655 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Baptism - 25 Nov 1655 - Inveresk, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant apprentice to Alexander Neilson, as son to late Robert D. pf Stanyhill - 10 May 1671 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Occupation - Merchant - date admitted as a Burgess and Guildbrother of Edinburgh by right of his wife (blank), daughter of umq. (blank) Reid, B. and G. - 29 Jan 1678/79 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3595] Boog Watson, Charles B., Register of Edinburgh Apprentices, 1666-1700, p27. [S3594] Boog Watson, Charles B., Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700, p151.