Magdalen Burd, younger

MAGDALEN BURD younger

Fake Genealogy

According to Burke's Landed Gentry of Scotland (2001), it was Magdalen Burd, here treated, who married John Hunter, of Crichton Dean & East Gordon at Edinburgh on 19 December 1716. BLGS 2001 This does not seem possible, however, because Magdalen Burd, here treated, was only twelve years old on this date, her baptism having been registered at Bo'ness in West Lothian on 1 February 1704.

The Question of Identity

Magdalen Burd, here treated, is the daughter of Captain Edward Burd of Foord, younger and his wife Elizabeth Hunter She was born on 7 January 1704 and her baptism was registered on 1 February 1704, at Borrowstoness in West Lothian, Scotland. Her baptismal record reads as follows: "Magdalen Burd daughter to Edward Burd and Elizabeth Hunter born the 7th Jary and baptized the first of febry 1704 Witnesses John Hunter and James Cassils shio masters in borrowsts." [National Records of Scotland, Bo'ness Baptisms, reference OPR.663/2] Image of Baptismal Record

Fake Genealogy

John Hunter of Crichton Dean and East Gordon is the son of Patrick Hunter, 21st of Hunterston. It is recorded that he was "sometime 'in-dweller' at Saltcoats; who was given by his father 'a younger son's portion' a Bond Provision of 2,500 merks, dated at Hunterston Castle, 25 Aug. 1699 [...] m. 19 Dec. 1716, his cousin, Magdalen, dau. of Capt. Edward Burd, Younger of Foord by his wife Marion Hunter of Barrowstouness, Crichton Dean and East Gordon, heiress to great estates, some of which John Hunter inherited, and had issue, being s. by his son, JAMES HUNTER, of Crichton Dean, and East Gordon, Architect Royal for the Kingdom of Scotland, Pres. of the Arts in St. Mary's Chapel, Edinburgh ..." Burke's Landed Gentry. Volume I: The Kingdom of Scotland (2001), page 698