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Robert Bruce, secundus, Merchant in Edinburgh

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
Death: before February 11, 1689
probably at Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
Place of Burial: Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
Immediate Family:

Son of Robert Bruce, of Kennet and Anna Murray, Lady Kennet
Husband of Isobell Paterson
Father of Anna Bruce; Issobell Bruce; Margaret Bruce; James Bruce; Mary Bruce and 5 others
Brother of Robert Bruce, primus; Elspet Janet Bruce; David Bruce of Kennet; Margaret Bruce; Helein Bruce and 7 others

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About Robert Bruce, secundus, Merchant in Edinburgh

ROBERT BRUCE secundus

Merchant in Edinburgh; Burgess and Guild Brother of Edinburgh

BRUCE
ROBERT
ROT. BRUCE/ANNA MURRAY
M
24/09/1638
466
10 / 142
CLACKMANNAN

Death

Robert Bruce, here treated, Merchant in Edinburgh, died before 11 February 1689, the date that he was interred in Greyfriars Burying-Ground. Greyfriars Interments: 87

Marriage

BRUCE
ROBERT
ISSOBELL PATERSON/FR1019 (FR1019)
08/04/1669
685 / 1
440 / 106
EDINBURGH

Edinburgh Marriage Register 1595-1700: 97 Ibidem: 533

Children

  1. Anna Bruce
  2. Issobell Bruce
  3. Margaret Bruce
  4. James Bruce
  5. Mary Bruce
  6. Christian Bruce
  7. Robert Bruce
  8. William Bruce, primus
  9. William Bruce, secundus

Evidence from the Marriage Records of Edinburgh

8 April 1669: Bruce. Robert, merchant ; Isobel Paterson. Edinburgh Marriage Register 1595-1700: 97 Ibidem: 533

Evidence from the Burgess Records of Edinburgh

9 November 1670: Bruce. Robert, B. and G., mt., by r. of w. Isobell, dr. to Wm. Patersone, tailyor. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses 1406-1700: 83

Evidence from the Register of Interments in Greyfriars Burying-Ground

10 August 1673: Bruce. Robert, merchant, a child. Greyfriars Interments: 87

11 February 1689: Bruce. Robert, merchant ; north alow. Greyfriars Interments: 87

Printed Evidence

  1. The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh, 1595-1700. Edited by by Rev, Henry Paton, MA., General Register House (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1908), 770 pp.’’’
  2. Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700. Edited by Charles B. Boog Watson, F.S. Ant. Scot. (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1929), 240 pp. including glossary and abbreviations
  3. Register of Interments in the Greyfriars Burying-ground, Edinburgh, 1658-1700. Edited by Henry Paton, MA., Searcher of Records. (Scottish Record Society, 1902), 722 pp. including index, notanda and glossary
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Robert Bruce, secundus, Merchant in Edinburgh's Timeline

1638
September 24, 1638
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
September 24, 1638
Clackmannan, Clackmannanshire, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1670
November 27, 1670
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
1672
October 20, 1672
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1673
November 27, 1673
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1675
November 7, 1675
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1677
October 12, 1677
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Kingdom of Scotland (not yet part of the United Kingdom)
1679
May 1679
1681
October 1681
Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom