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Thomson

Catherine Ædie (bapt 1680), by John Alexander, 1731.
From Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums collections (see here). Used with permission.
Hangs in Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen.

Alexander Thomson,
mar 1stly, pre-1694, to Helen Gregory,
had issue by 1st wife:

1. Helen Thomson, bapt 23rd Sept 1700 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen],
   mar 1721 to George Skene and had issue.

mar 2ndly, 8th Apr 1714 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Catherine Ædie [bapt 7th Jan 1680, her 2nd mar],
she died 7th Sept 1738 [grave], age 58 yrs, portrait wrong to say 1739,
bur 10 September 1738 [burial record] at St.Nicholas' church, Aberdeen, with 1st husband,
Alexander had issue by 2nd wife:

1. Alexander Thomson, bapt 9th Oct 1716 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].

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• The Thomsons apparently inherited "Provost Skene's House" from Catherine Ædie's father David Ædie.
• [Munro, 1886] says that a "Mr. Thomson" was in residence when the house was occupied for 6 weeks in 1746 by the Duke of Cumberland on his way north to defeat Bonnie Prince Charlie's Highlanders at Culloden.
• The house was known as "Cumberland's House" for some time after.