Janet Peadie, tertius

JANET PEADIE tertius

Jonnet Peddie (1644) Jonet Pedie (1661)

Janet Peadie, here treated, is the daughter of James Peadie. Her father is identified as a skinner and burgess of Glasgow on 23 February 1660, in the burgess record of her first husband Robert Culane, Glasgow Burgesses: 159 and as a merchant, burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 16 June 1691, in the burgess record of her second husband. Ibidem: 224

Her father, James Peadie, skinner in Glasgow, was alive on 29 November 1649, Glasgow Burgesses: 131 but it appears that he died before 23 February 1660. Ibidem: 159 This suggests that Janet was that daughter of James Peadie and Bessie Thomson whose baptism was registered on 15 January 1644, at Glasgow in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Baptisms, reference OPR.644/14]

Her Mother's Last Will and Testament

Bessie Thomson made her last will and testament at Glasgow on 23 December 1661. She nominated and constituted: "Jon Thomas & Jonet Peadie my laull children procreat betwixt me & the sd umqll James Pady my husband my only excrs". Confirmation was granted to them on 27 June 1663. [National Records of Scotland, Glasgow Commissary Court, Testament Testamentar of Bessie Thomsoune relict of James Paidy, skinner, burgess of Glasgow, reference CC9/7/33]

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Death

Janet Peadie died on 19 September 1714. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Vol. III, page 186

First Marriage

Janet Peadie married first, Robert Culane, merchant in Glasgow. Her husband was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 23 February 1660 in right of his marriage to Jonat Peadie, daughter to the deceased James Peadie, skinner, burgess of Glasgow. The Burgesses and Guild Brothers of Glasgow, 1573-1750, page 159

Second Marriage

Janet Peadie married second, the Reverend Mr. Patrick Simson, minister of the Gospel at Renfrew. They were married on 30 June 1664. She was the widow of Robert Culane, merchant in Glasgow. Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae: the Succession of Ministers in the Church of Scotland from the Reformation, Vol. III, page 186 Mr. Patrick Simson,was enrolled as a burgess and guild brother of Glasgow on 16 June 1691. The town council admitted him in right of his wife [as marriage to Jonat, l.dau. to dec. James Peadie, merchant, B. and G.B., notwithstanding her previous marriage with [Robert Culane, merchant] any children of the said marriage being dead, act of council dated 13 April] The Burgesses and Guild Brethren of Glasgow, 1573-1750, p. 224

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