Alexander Dalrymple of Woodhead

ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE OF WOODHEAD

Alexander Dalrymple of Woodhead is the son of Alexander Dalrymple of Woodhead and his wife Mary Gray. He was born on 24 December 1747, probably at Woodhead, near Kirkintilloch, and his baptism was registerd at Kirkintilloch in Dunbartonshire, Scotland, on 28 December 1747.

ALRYMPLE ALEXANDER ALEXANDER DALRYMPLE/MARY GRAY FR927 (FR927) M
24/12/1747 498/ 10 384 Kirkintilloch

Death

Alexander Dalrymple of Woodhead died on 29 June 1831. [John Fowler Mitchell, C.I.E. & Shiela Mitchell, Dunbartonshire Monumental Inscription pre 1855 (Scottish Genealogy Society, 1998), Auld Aisle Cemetery, inscrition number 201-04]

Marriage

Alexander Dalrymple of Woodhead married Agnes Reid in 1767 Kirkintilloch 1767.

Children

1. Alexander Dalrymple, primus
2. William Gray Dalrymple of Woodhead
3. John Dalrymple, primus
4. David Dalrymple of Woodhead
5. Thomas Dalrymple, primus
6. John Dalrymple, secundus
7. Christina Dalrymple
8. Mary Dalrymple
9. Thomas Dalrymple, secundus
10. James Dalrymple of Woodhead
11. Agnes Dalrymple
12. Jean Dalrymple
13. Elizabeth Dalrymple
14. Alexander Dalrymple, secundus

Monumental Inscription

Alex. Dalrymple of Woodhead .5.1680 - 1749, wife Jean Findlay; Alex.D. of Woodhead .2. 1717 - 1.11.1796, wife Mary Gray; Alex. D. of Woodhead 24.12.1747- 29.6.1831, wife Agnes Reid 1.11.1830 52 [John Fowler Mitchell, C.I.E. & Shiela Mitchell, Dunbartonshire Monumental Inscription pre 1855 (Scottish Genealogy Society, 1998), Auld Aisle Cemetery, inscrition number 201-04]

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

                   1

17 January 1811: Act of confirmation and decreet of adjudication, in favour of Alexander Dalrymple of Woodhead, trustee on the sequestrated estate of William Dunn, junior, manufacturer, Kirkintilloch. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session Extracted Processes, reference CS32/2/12

                   2

9 August 1814: Decreet absolvitor and for expenses, Alexander Dalrymple, Woodhead v Robert Forsyth, merchant, formerly in Kirkintilloch, now Glasgow, and others. National Records of Scotland, Court of Session: warrants of the Register of Acts and Decreets, 3rd Series, Durie's Office, 2nd Division, reference CS38/11/60