George Skene of Rubislaw
George Skene, Regent of King's College, by John Alexander, 1706.
From
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums collections
(see
here).
Used with permission.
This was purchased 1962 by Aberdeen Art Gallery
from an Antique Dealer in Aberdeen.
Hangs in
Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen.
George Skene, of Rubislaw,
bapt 24 June 1666.
Professor of Philosophy and Regent of
King's College, Aberdeen.
Barbara Yates Gibbon
said he was "of Cariston"
(which was one of the Skene properties, think
Careston,
between Dundee and Aberdeen).
He
mar 20 Sept 1696
[her age 16, him age 30]
to his 2nd cousin
Catherine Ædie
[bapt 7 Jan 1680].
They mar at
St.Machar's, Aberdeen.
He inherited
Rubislaw, W side of Aberdeen,
from his granduncle
Sir George Skene (died 1707).
He died 12 Dec 1708, age 42 yrs.
He was bur
St.Nicholas' church, Aberdeen.
Catherine remarried to
Alexander Thomson.
George and Catherine had issue:
- Catherine Skene,
bapt 21st Aug 1697
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen],
must have died in infancy (there is another Catherine).
- George Skene,
bapt 23 Oct 1699
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen],
of Rubislaw, W side of Aberdeen.
He
mar 17 Nov 1721 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen]
to his mother's step-daughter
Helen Thomson [bapt 23 Sept 1700].
He wit the bapt of his much younger 1st cousin
Elizabeth Leslie 1723.
He was a
cautioner
for marriage of his 1st cousin
Elizabeth Leslie in 1748.
He
died 21 July 1757, age 57 yrs, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen.
Helen died 29 July 1768, age 67 yrs, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen.
They
had issue:
- Helen Skene,
bapt 27th Dec 1734
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen],
mar James Duff, advocate [born 1734],
James died 12th Mar 1764, age 30 yrs, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen.
- George Skene,
bapt 25th Aug 1736
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen],
of Rubislaw.
He
died 24th Jan 1776, age 39 yrs, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen.
- Janet Skene, bapt 25th Oct 1701
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen].
- Catherine Skene, bapt 28th Aug 1703
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen].
- Robert Skene, bapt 25th Apr 1706
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen].
- Margaret Skene, bapt 24th Feb 1708
[St.Machar's, Aberdeen].
Catherine Ædie, by John Alexander, 1731.
From
Aberdeen Art Gallery & Museums collections
(see
here).
Used with permission.
This was purchased 1962 by Aberdeen Art Gallery
from an Antique Dealer in Aberdeen.
Hangs in
Provost Skene's House, Aberdeen.
She looks younger than her 51 yrs - she is probably painted deliberately younger
to match her dead husband's picture.
Inscription to George Skene, of Rubislaw (died 1708) and his wife.
Skene graves, St.Nicholas' church, Aberdeen.
From p.134
of [Skene, 1887].
