Alexander Alison of Birkhill, WS

ALEXANDER ALISON WS

Alexander Alison of Birkhill, here treated, is the son of Alexander Alison of Birkhill He was enrolled as a member of the Society of Writers to the Signet on 15 June 1698 and died in September 1728. Writers to the Signet: 3

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

30 October 1706: Translation by: Margaret Herring (daughter to Alexander H. of Calne and - Graeme) and James Galloway her spouse. Translation in favour of Ann, Isobel, and Margaret Alison (and William Stark husband to Margaret) lawfull daughters of the deceased Alexander Alison of Birkhill, writer to the signet, and sisters of Alexander and John Alison his sons. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn Family, Earls of Dundee, reference GD137/1744

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18 March 1729: Precept of chancery for infefting John Alison of Birkhill as heir to his father, late Alexander Alison of Birkhill, W.S., in the lands and barony of Birkhill alias Corbie etc. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn Family, Earls of Dundee, reference GD137/669

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5 June 1729: Assignation to David Scrymgeour by Mary Gray, relict of Alex. Alison of Birkhill of her interest in Birkhill. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn Family, Earls of Dundee, reference GD137/2240

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24 November 1744: Decreet of sale of the lands and estate of Birkhill following on a summons and action of ranking and sale raised at the instance of Alexander Christie W S in Edinburgh against Isobel, Anna and Margaret Alison, daughters of deceased Alexander Alison, senior, of Birkhill. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn Family, Earls of Dundee, reference GD137/3529

Genealogy

A History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet etc. (T. and A. Constable, Edinburgh, 1890), 494 pp. including index