Andrew Traill

ANDREW TRAILL (aka ANDRO TRAILL)

Andrew Traill is the son of Patrick Traill of Elsness and his wife Elspeth Pottinger. He was born before 4 October 1670, the date upon which his baptism was registered at Kirkwall in Orkney, Scotland. Kirkwall Baptismal Records

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

28 November 1690: Decreet of perambulation following of brieve of perambulation produced by Francis Murray, eldest son of deceased Patrick Murray, writer in Kirkwall, and Arthur Murray, merchant there, tutor sine qua non of said Francis, for perambulation and division of 11 merkland and [blank] cows' worth of land in town of Kirkbuster, pertaining to said Francis, from lands pertaining to Harry Grahame of Breckness, David Covintrie, merchant, burgess in Kirkwall, Nicol, James and George Wishart in Kirkbuster, Andrew Traill, son of deceased Patrick Traill of Elsness and all other heritors, udallers and others (unspecified), with notes for Harry Grahame thereanent [National Records of Scotland, National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Scarth Family of Breckness, Orkney, reference GD217/30