Andrew Gibson, Tailor in Edinburgh

ANDREW GIBSON

Tailor in Edinburgh; Burgess of Edinburgh

Andro Gibson (1616) Andrew Gibsone (1618) Andrew Gibsone (1620) Andrew Gibsone (1624) Andro Gibson (1633) Andrew Gibson (1667)

First Marriage

Andrew Gibson, here treated, married Helen Whyte.Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, 1406-1700, p. 203 The marriage was booked on 1 October 1616, at Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Marriages, 1595-1649, reference OPR.685/1/43]

Children of First Marriage

1. Margaret Gibson
2. Andrew Gibson

Second Marriage

Andrew Gibson, here treated, married Bessie Thomson. The marriage was booked on 16 September 1624, at Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Marriages, 1595-1649, reference OPR.685/1/43]

Children of Second Marriage

1. Reverend Mr. John Gibson, Minister of the Gospel at Holm
2. Reverend Alexander Gibson, Minister at Bower
3. Reverend Adam Gibson, Minister of the Gospel at Shapinsay
4. Jean Gibson
5. Archibald Gibson, Writer to the Signet
6. Robert Gibson

Evidence from the Records of Edinburgh

                   1

9 October 1616: Andro Gibson, B[urgess]., tailyeor (hagbuit) by r. of w. Helene, dr. to James Quhyte, browdinster, B[urgess]. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, 1406-1700, p. 203

                   2

10 April 1633: Andro Gibson, G[uild brother]., tailyeor, B. of befoir, muskat, by r. of w. Bessie, dr.to umq. David Thomesone, apothecar, B[urgess]. and G[uild brother]. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses, 1406-1700, p. 203

                   3

3 February 1667: Andrew Gibson, tailor (opposite head of Biles Wynd) Register of Interments at Greyfriars Burying-Ground, Edinburgh, p. 246

Genealogy

1. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae. The Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation. Volume VII, p. 270
2. History of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet etc. (University Press, Edinburgh, 1890), p. 76