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About Captain James Moodie of Melsetter, RN
COMMODORE JAMES MOODIE OF MELSETTER, RN
The Marquis of Ruvigny and Raineval identified Captain James Moodie of Melsetter, here treated, as the uncle and heir of Colonel James Moodie of Melsetter The Moodie Book: 34 who was the son and heir of William Moodie of Melsetter Ibidem: 32
The Laird of Melsetter
On 9 December 1698 "Captain James Mudie, brother of William Mudie of Melsetter" had a charter for the lands of Melsetter and others NRS: GD150/1691B and signature on the same date. NRS: SIG1/110/51
Incident at Walls in October 1725
The Shooting of Captain James Moodie of Melsetter
His Last Will and Testament
Captain James Moodie is reported to have made his last will and testament on 30 October 1725. He left all his possessions to Benjamin Moodie, his only son, and expressed his wish to be buried in the “burial place in the Island of Walls among my ancestors.” Northern Skies Genealogy
Death
Captain James Moodie died as a result of gunshot wounds received on 26 October 1725. Northern Skies Genealogy He made his last will and testament on 30 October 1725, and died shortly thereafter, probably early in the morning of 1 November 1725, The Moodie Book: 40 since that is the date reported in his testament testamentar. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of umquhile Captain James Moodie Senr. of Melsetter, reference CC8/8/91] Image of Testament
His Testament Dative
On 29 January 1727 the Testament Dative and Inventory of Captain James Moody of Melsetter was given up by his widow, Christian Crawford, to whom confirmation was granted on 10 February 1727. [National Records of Scotland, Edinburgh Commissary Court, The Testament Dative and Inventory of umquhile Captain James Moodie Senr. of Melsetter, reference CC8/8/91]
First Marriage
Captain James Moodie of Melsetter married Lady Douglas.
Second Marriage
Captain James Moodie of Melsetter married Christian Crawford.
Children of the First Marriage
Children of the Second Marriage
Evidence from the National Records of Scotland
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9 December 1698: Copy of charter to Captain James Mudie, brother of William Mudie of Melsetter, of lands in Melsetter and others. National Records of Scotland, Papers of the Earl of Morton, reference GD150/1691B
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9 December 1698: Captain James Moodie of Melsetter (Muddie, Mudie) had Signature of the lands of Melsetter and others. National Records of Scotland, Index to Signatures, reference SIG1/110/51
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16 January 1792: Charter of Adjudication and Confirmation by David, Earl of Cassillis, to Henry Pierse of Bedale, Yorkshire, in respect of heritable bond of 1 June 1780 for £4,071 8s. 6d. sterling made by Hugh Ross of Kerse to the said Henry, following on decreet of adjudication in implement of 4 August 1789, at instance of the said Henry against the said Hugh, and in confirmation of disposition of 8 September 1733 by Christian Crawfurd of Kerse, relict of Captain James Moodie of Melsetter, to William Ross of Shandweil. Nether Skeldoun, parish of Dalrymple, shariffdom of Ayr. National Records of Scotland, reference GD25/8/1337
Evidence from the Rentals Earldom and Bishopric of Orkney
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13 February 1713: Report by the Barons of Exchequer in Scotland to the Lord High Treasurer of Great Britain, on a Petition of Captain Moodie of Melsetter, praying a Lease of Feu-duties payable out of his own Estate, and of the Bishop's lands in Walls. Rentals: Appendix No. XVI, p. 103 et seq.
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25 June 1719: List of Bishopric Leases since the Revolution 1688 . . . . . A lease for 5 years at L150 [Sterling] of rent to James Moody of Melsetter. Dated 25th June 1719. Rentals: Appendix No. XV., p. 105
Genealogy
- The Moodie Book
- Kirkwall in the Orkneys
- Alexander Peterkin, Rentals of the Ancient Earldom and Bishoprick of Orkney; with Some Other Explanatory and Relative Documents (J. Moir, Edinburgh, 1820), pp. 140-42
Notes and Comments
A concise history of Port Beaufort & White Sands (also known as Witsand) including Family Trees White Sands & Port Beaufort' by John McGregor
Seventh Laird of Melsetter, Capt R.N., J.P., uncle and heir male of the sixth Laird.
- Entered the Royal Navy in 1661, at 16 years of age;
- 10 Oct 1688 appointed First Lieutenant of the 'York';
- 14 April 1690 promoted to the command of the 'Hound', fireship;
- 1693 commanded the 'Wolf', hired ship of war;
- 1695 promoted to be captain of the 'Yarmouth'
- appointed Commodore of a squadron consisting of eight ships of war and two fireships sent as convoy to the Turkey Fleet;
- 1696-7 returned to England;
- 1702 - appointed to the command of the 'Torbay' and sent on the expedition against Cadiz during which he was wounded by a cannon ball which took away part of his thigh; returned to England and 'retired' (due to the injury) for a short time;
- 1707 - commanded the 'Lancaster' (Mediterranean Fleet); relieved besieged Denia (with a number of sailors dressed in soldiers' uniforms). A very grateful King Charles (later Emperor Charles VI) of Austria wrote a letter of appreciation to Queen Anne acknowledging the services of Capt Moodie.
- 1708 - Commodore of a small squadron (3 vessels) patrolling off the Streights [Gibraltar], and then on to Barcelona;
- 1717- commanded the 'Yarmouth' in the Baltic; after quitting this vessel he appears to have retired altogether from the Naval Service.
In 1714 he had purchased the estates of his nephew in Orkney using prize money earned during more than 60 years service in the Royal Navy; said nephew was a strong Jacobite, while Capt Moodie was a strong Hanoverian (he had commanded the vessel which conveyed the Elector George (later King George I) to England.
He married, firstly, a daughter of the Earl of Morton by whom he had at least 2 sons:
- John Moodie, Younger of Melsetter, dead before 1718;
- Sir James Moodie, Younger of Melsetter, M.P. for Orkney and Shetland 2 March 1715 to 10 March 1722, and one of the Commissioners for Army Accounts; he died before 1723.
Capt Moodie married, secondly, Christian, widow of William Ballenden of Stenness, daughter and heiress of Alexander Crawford of Kerse, Ayrshire, by his wife the Hon Christian, younger daughter and eventual co-heir of Jmes (McGill), 1st Viscount Oxenford, and had further issue:
- Benjamin Moodie, his successor.
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Captain James Moodie of Melsetter, RN's Timeline
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1645
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Scotland, South Ayrshire, United Kingdom
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1661
Age 16
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1675
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February 17, 1723
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Aikerness, Evie, Orkney, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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October 25, 1725
Age 80
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Baillie Fea’s house, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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probably in St. Magnus Cathedral graveyard, Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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