Alexander Abercromby

From ScotlandsPeople website - birth record:
ABERCROMBIE, ALEXANDER; (parents) HENRY ABERCROMBIE/MARGARET URE FR1137 (FR1137); M; (d.o.b.) 05/02/1758; (parish no.) 488/; (ref.) 30 293; (parish) St Ninians (in Stirling).
Twin to Henry.

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Marriage record, from ScotlandsPeople (Elizabeth's record):
CUNNINGHAM, ELIZABETH; (spouse) ALEXANDER ABERCROMBIE/FR4904 (FR4904); (date of marriage) 19/10/1781; (parish no.) 685/2; (ref) 170 91; (parish name) St Cuthbert's (in Edinburgh).
Actual record says "Alexander Abercrombie, baker in Bristo St, and Elizabeth Cunningham, residenter there, and lawful daughter of the deceased David Cunningham, baker in Edinburgh. Banns were submitted.

"Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY9V-JZ6 : 8 December 2014), Alexander Abercrombie and Elizabeth Cunningham, 19 Oct 1781; citing Saint Cuthberts,Edinburgh,Midlothian,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,066,756, 103,065.

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http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=75240254
Birth: 1758 - Death: Mar. 3, 1804

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Spouse: Elizabeth Cuningham Abercromby (____ - 1813)
Burial: Greyfriars Church, Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland
Note the spelling by his grandson, Dr Alexander Abercromby - and all of the names are spelt ending in "y". "Sacred to the memory of Alexander Abercromby, Merchant Burgess of Edinburgh, born in Stirling 1758, died at Edinburgh 3rd March 1804; and his wife, Elizabeth Cuningham, died 19th June 1813[or 1818?]. Internment 21 feet east from this stone. Erected by his grandson, Dr Alexr. Abercromby"

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Further notes on the first recorded usages of the name "Abercrombie, Abercromby" from A Dictionary of English Surnames: The Starndard Guide to English Surnames, by P.H.Reaney & R.M.Wilson (3rd ed., Oxford University Press, 1995). "William, John de Abercromby 1296, 1305... From the barony of Abercromby (Fife)." (G.F.Black's The Surnames of Scotland. New York, 1946.)

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