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Mungo Park, i

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Galashiels, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Death: 1793 (74-83)
Galashiels, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Galashiels, Scottish Borders, Scotland
Immediate Family:

Son of Archibald Park and Jean Park
Husband of Elspeth Elizabeth Park
Father of Margaret Dickson; John Park, i; Helen Park; Jean i Park, i; Archibald Park and 13 others
Brother of John Park and Isobel Park

Occupation: Farmer/crofter
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About Mungo Park, i

See Mungo Park - The African Traveler by Kenneth Lupton.

Chapter 11 - Family and Education page 5

Mungo Park was aged 47 in 1761 when he married 19 year old Elspeth, daughter of the tenant Tinnes, John Hislop, and his wife Margaret Turnbull.

Children -

  • Margaret 1762 (after her maternal grandmother)
  • John died young
  • Jean died young
  • Helen died young
  • Archibald
  • Jean
  • Mungo
  • Alexander
  • John
  • Adam
  • Isobel
  • James

Mungo Park and Alison Hislop were tenant farmers in Foulshields nr Selkirk.


"Mungo Park (1714?–1793), was a prosperous tenant farmer on the estate of the duke of Buccleuch.

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Mungo Park, i's Timeline

1714
1714
Galashiels, Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1762
July 18, 1762
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1763
February 10, 1763
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1765
November 15, 1765
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
November 15, 1765
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1767
September 26, 1767
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1769
February 26, 1769
Lanarkshire, Scotland
April 14, 1769
Selkirk, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)
1771
September 11, 1771
Fowlshiels, Selkirkshire, Scotland (United Kingdom)