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Helen BISSET

Helen BISSET

Female 1845 - 1894  (49 years)

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  1. 1.  Helen BISSET was born on 17 Jan 1845 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK (daughter of David BISSET and Jane SILVER); died on 28 Jun 1894 in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1871, St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    • Census: 1881, 20 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK
    • Census: 1891, St Meddans, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950
    Name: Helen Bisset Gender: Female Birth Date: 17 Jan 1845
    Birth Place: Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland
    Father: David Bisset Mother: Jane Silver
    FHL Film Number: 993321


    Scotland Births and Baptisms Name Helen Bisset Gender Female
    Birth Date 17 Jan 1845 Birthplace MARYCULTER, KINCARDINE, SCOTLAND
    Father's Name David Bisset Mother's Name Jane Silver
    https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBHN-VFH


    Census:
    1871 Census: living at St Nicholas, Aberdeen
    Source Citation: Parish: Aberdeen St Nicholas; ED: 13; Page: 3; Line: 19; Roll CSSCT1871_31; Year: 1871.
    Robert ESSON Head / Married / Tailor emp. 1 man 27 Male born : Maryculter
    Ellen ESSON Wife / Married 26 Female born : Maryculter
    Jane ESSON Daughter 2 Female born : Aberdeen
    Robert ESSON Son 5 m Male born : Aberdeen
    Alexander ESSON Brother / Teacher 22 Male born : Maryculter
    James BISSET Wifes Brother / Bookseller 16 Male born : Maryculter



    Census:
    1881 Census for 20 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen
    Source Citation: Parish: Old Machar; ED: 46; Page: 27; Line: 13; Roll cssct1881_54; Year: 1881.
    Robert ESSON Head / Married / Master Tailor (emp. 2 men) 37 Male born : Maryculter
    Helen Bisset ESSON Wife / Married 36 Female born : Maryculter
    Jane B ESSON Daughter / Scholar 12 Female born : Aberdeen
    Robert L ESSON Son / Scholar 10 Male born : Aberdeen
    Helen B ESSON Daughter / Scholar 6 Female born : Aberdeen
    David B ESSON Son 3 Male born : Aberdeen
    James BISSET Brother-in-law / Unmarried / Bookseller emp. 2 men 26 Male born : Maryculter
    James ESSON Brother / Unmarried / Master Draper emp. 5 men 26 Male born : Maryculter
    Jane BISSET Sister-in-law / Unmarried / Domestic Servant 28 Female born : Maryculter



    Census:
    1891 Census St Meddans, Fintray, Aberdeenshire
    Source Citation: Parish: Fintray; ED: 3; Page: 5; Line: 12; Roll CSSCT1891_61; Year: 1891.
    Robert ESSON Head / Married / Flock Manufacturer 47 Male born : Maryculter
    Helen Bisset ESSON Wife / Married 46 Female born : Maryculter
    Jane B ESSON Daughter / Unmarried 22 Female born : St Nicholas, Aberdeen
    Robert L ESSON Son / Bookseller / Unmarried 20 Male born : St Nicholas, Aberdeen
    Nelly B ESSON Daughter / Unmarried 16 Female born : St Nicholas, Aberdeen
    David B ESSON Son / Unmarried / Scholar 13 Male born : St Nicholas, Aberdeen
    James G ESSON Son / Unmarried / Scholar 6 Male born : Oldmachar, Aberdeen
    David BISSET Father in Law (Helen Bisset's Father) Farmer (retired) 83 Male born : Maryculter



    Died:
    1894 deaths in the district of Glenmuick in the county of Aberdeen.
    No 16, Helen Esson (married to Robert Esson Hook Manufacturer), 1894 June TwentyEighth at 5.28am at Laurel Bank, Ballater, female, aged 49 years, daughter of David Bisset farmer deceased and Jane Bisset M.S.Silver deceased. Cause: Pernicious anaemia, six months. Informant Robert Esson, widower.

    Helen married Robert ESSON on 27 Nov 1867 in Eastside, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK. Robert (son of Alexander ESSON and Jane BARCLAY) was born about 1844 in Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK; died on 28 Jul 1937 in St Meddans, Fintray, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Notes:

    Married:
    1867 marriages in the Parish of Maryculter in the County of Kincardine. No 6. 1867 on the 27th day of November at Eastside Parish of Maryculter after banns according to the forms of the Free Church of Scotland. Robert Esson tailor (master) bachelor aged 24 of 4 Harriet Street, Aberdeen. Reputed father: Alexander Esson farmer. Mother: Jane Barclay domestic servant and Helen Bisset domestic servant spinster aged 22 years of Eastside, Maryculter. Father: David Bisset farmer. Mother: Jane Bisset M.S. Silver. Witnesses: William Selbie minister Free Church, Maryculter. John Bisset, David Bisset.

    Children:
    1. Jane Bisset ESSON was born on 13 Feb 1868 in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, UK; died on 26 Aug 1924 in Stranog, Cults, East Peterculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
    2. Robert Lygertwood ESSON was born on 4 Oct 1870 in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died on 12 Nov 1959 in Transvaal, South Africa.
    3. Helen Bisset ESSON was born on 6 Dec 1874 in St Nicholas, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died on 2 Jul 1960 in Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
    4. David Bisset ESSON was born on 4 Apr 1878 in Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died on 19 Dec 1906 in St Meddans, Fintray, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; was buried in Dec 1906 in United Free Church Kirkyard, Pitmedden Road, Dyce, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
    5. James Gordon ESSON was born on 20 Dec 1884 in 6 Argyle Place, Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN in Possibly in South Africa.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  David BISSET was born on 25 Jul 1807 in Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 12 Mar 1892 in Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK; was buried in Mar 1892 in Maryculter Kirkyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer
    • _FGRAVE: 136880717
    • Census: 1851, Stranog, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    • Census: 1861, North Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK
    • Census: 1871, Eastside (Stranog), Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    • Census: 1881, Stranog, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland
    • Census: 1891, St Meddans, Fintray, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
    • Probate: 30 Jun 1892, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
    • Will: 30 Jun 1892, Cookney, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Fetteresso OPR


    Census:
    1851 census for Stranog, Maryculter, Kincardineshire:
    David Bisset, head, aged 43, farmer Of 54 acres, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Jane Bisset, wife, aged 36, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    John Bisset, son, aged 7, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Helen Bisset, dau, aged 6, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    David Bisset, son, aged 3, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    William Bisset, son, aged 11 months, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    William Cockie, servant, aged 14, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Elspet Elson, servant, aged 20, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire

    Census:
    1861 Census for North Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Kincardine:
    David Bisset Head / Farmer of 70 Acres (Married) 53 born : Fetteresso
    Jane Silver Bisset Wife 46 born : Maryculter
    John Bisset Son 17 born : Maryculter
    David Bisset Son / Scholar 13 born : Maryculter
    William Bisset Son / Scholar 11 born : Maryculter
    James G Bisset Son / Scholar 6 born : Maryculter
    Isabella Bisset Daughter 4 born : Maryculter
    Jane Silver Domestic Servant (Unmarried) 18 born : Maryculter
    Note: the Jane Silver who was domestic servant in 1861 would be the daughter of Jane Silver Bisset's 1st cousin John (who married Elizabeth Robertson). She eventually married a James Bisset (illegitimate son of Andrew Bisset and Eliz Crossar) who seems to be connected to David Bisset's family.


    Census:
    1871 census for Eastside (Stranog), Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    David Bisset, aged 63, farmer of 30 acres employing 3 labourers
    Jane Bisset, wfie, aged 56, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    John Bisset, son, aged 28, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    David Bisset, son, aged 23, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    William Bisset, son, aged 20, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Jane Bisset, dau, aged 18, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Isabella Bisset, dau, aged 14, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Alexander Forsyth, farm servant, aged 15, born Maryculter, Kincardineshire



    Census:
    1881 census for Stranog, Maryculter, Kincardineshire:
    David Bisset, head, aged 73, farmer (Of 105 acres - of Which 65 arable, employing 1 man and 1 girl)
    William Bisset, son, aged 30
    Isabella Bisset, daughter-in-law, aged 30
    Robert Forrest, servant, aged 19
    Jane Simpson, servant, aged 20

    Census:
    Staying with daughter Helen and Esson family.



    Probate:
    BISSET, David. Value of estate, £417, 11s. 1d.
    30 June.-Inventory of David Bisset, residing sometime at Wedderhill, Parish of Fetteresso or Cookney, Kincardineshire, thereafter at Fintray, Parish of Fintray, who died 12 March 1892, at Fintray, testate, given up at Aberdeen, by James Gordon Bisset, Bookseller, Aberdeen, his son, Executor nominated in Will or Dee, dated 8 July 1891, and recorded in Court Books of Commmissariot of Aberdeen, 30 June 1892.



    Will:
    LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF DAVID BISSET

    Page 1115
    Extract Testament of DAVID BISSET - DECEASED
    At Aberdeen the Thirtieth day of June in the year One Thousand eight hundred and ninety two. In presence of JOHN GUTHRIE SMITH, Esquire, Advocate, Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, compeared GEORGE COLLIE, Advocate in Aberdeen and gave in the Testament underwritten of the after designed now deceased DAVID BISSET and craved that the same might (along with an Inventory of the Personal Estate of the said Deceased) be inserted and registered in the Sheriff Court Books of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff at Aberdeen in terms of the Acts?

    Page 1116:
    ?Acts of Parliament Forty Fourth George the Third, Chapter Ninety eight and Forty eight George the Third, chapter One hundred and forty-nine, which request the Sheriff foresaid found reasonable and ordained the same to be done accordingly and of which Testament (the principal being written in unstamped paper) the tenor follows namely - I DAVID BISSET residing at WEDDERHILL in the Parish of Fetteresso in Cookney, Kincardineshire in order to provide for the settlement of my worldly affairs at my death do hereby make my last Will and Testament. That is to say, I do hereby nominate and appoint the Revd William Selbie, Minister of the Free Church of Scotland, Maryculter, James Troup, Carpenter Cockley, Maryculter Peter Davidson, Shoemaker, Blairs Maryculter and my son James Gordon Bisset, Bookseller, Aberdeen to be my executors with all the powers competent to the office of executors And I will and ordain that my estate after the payment of all my just and lawful debts, death bed and funeral expenses incurred by my executors in the discharge of their office as executors shall be disposed of as follows : - That my three daughters HELEN now the wife of ROBERT ESSON - JANE the wife of WILLIAM REID and ISABELLA unmarried shall each receive the sum of One hundred pounds sterling - that DAVID BISSET ESSON son of the aforesaid HELEN and ROBERT ESSON shall receive twenty Pounds sterling; that JOHN DAVID BISSET son of my?

    Page 1117:
    ? my son JOHN BISSET shall receive twenty Pounds sterling; That DAVID BROWN BISSET son of my son WILLIAM BISSET shall receive twenty pounds sterling and that DAVID REID son of my daughter JANE and her husband WILLIAM REID shall receive twenty pounds sterling. I will that my daughter ISABELLA BISSET above mentioned receive my chest of drawers, that my grand son ROBERT BISSET, Wedderhill receive my eight day clock; that my grand daughter MAGGIE BISSET - Mill of Crynoch receive my arm chair. I will that my grand son HENRY MONCREIFF BISSET son of my son DAVID - Minister of the Free Church Merven, receive my gold watch and chain. I further will and ordain that all the goods, gear and money or property of whatsoever kind which shall be found to constitute the residue of my estate shall be divided as follows: viz - My daughter or my daughter-in-law with whom or in whose house I shall have been residing at the time of my death shall receive one fourth part of the said residue and the remaining three fourths shall be divided equally - share and share alike among my four sons JOHN, DAVID, WILLIAM and JAMES GORDON BISSET and my three daughters HELEN, JANE and ISABELLA before named; it being understood that in the event of my having been residing with one of these three daughters?
    Page 1118:
    ? at the time of my death shall receive as already stated one fourth of the whole residue but no share of the remaining three fourths of it. I also will and ordain that if any of my sons or daughters be deceased before the legacies herein bequeathed become payable the portion falling to the said deceased shall be divided equally share and share alike among his or her lawful children, if any; and if none, that the said portion be equally divided among his or her surviving brothers and sisters named or belonging to the families named in this Will. I further will and ordain that the sums herein bequeathed to DAVID BISSET ESSON to JOHN DAVID BISSET, to DAVID BROWN BISSET and to DAVID REID be invested by my executors for behoof of the said legatees, till they respectively attain twenty one years of age, and that the interest of the money thus invested be given from time to time to aid in meeting expenses for their education and business or other training. I also will and ordain that my son JAMES GORDON BISSET shall receive from my executors all the money that shall fall under this Will to my daughter ISABELLA BISSET, and that he shall have full control of the said money for her behoof; that he may invest it and give her the interest of it, or may give her parts of the money from time to time or the whole of it at once as he shall in ?

    Page 1119:
    ? in his own discretion judge most for her benefit I wish to explain that the reason why I have not bequeathed more in this Will to my four sons is because of the amount I have already given to three of them while the other namely JAMES is in such circumstances that he less needs any legacy. And this I declare to be my last Will and Testament in all respects but reserve to myself the right to alter in or revoke the same at my pleasure. In Witness whereof these presents written by the Reverend WILLIAM SELBIE, Minister of the Free Church, Maryculter on this and the two preceding pages are subscribed by me at the Free Church Manse, Maryculter this eight day of July Eighteen hundred and ninety one years in presence of these witnesses MARGARET SELBIE daughter of and residing with the aforesaid Revd WILLIAM SELBIE and JAMES CAMERON, Farmer Stranoe, Maryculter (signed) DAVID BISSET, MARGARET SELBIE (witness) JAMES CAMERON (witness)

    Aberdeen 30th June 1892 - referred to in my disposition of this date annexed to the Inventory of the Personal Estate of the deceased DAVID BISSET (signed JAMES G BISSET - G B MICHIE SCD.

    Extracted on this and the eight preceeding pages by me Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire G B MICHIE.

    Written by JOHN STILL.
    Collated by G B MICHIE.

    Page 507:
    EXTRACT INVENTORY
    OF
    THE PERSONAL ESTATE
    OF
    DAVID BISSET
    DECEASED

    At Aberdeen, the Thirtieth day of June in the year One Thousand Eight Hundred and Ninety Two, In presence of John Guthrie Smith, Esquire, Advocate Sheriff of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, Compeared George Collie Advocate in Aberdeen and gave in the Inventory of the Personal Estate of the after designed and deceased DAVID BISSET and oath thereon under written, and carved that the same might (along with the Testament ?.

    Page 508:
    ? executed by the said deceased) be inserted and registered in the Sheriff Court Books of Aberdeen, Kincardine and Banff, at Aberdeen in terms of the Acts of Parliament passed in the forty-eighth year of the reign of His Majesty George the Third, chapter one hundred and forty-nine entitled "An Act for repealing the Stamp Duties on Deeds, Law Proceedings and other written or printed instruments and the Duties on Legacies and Succession to Personal Estate upon Intestacies now payable in Great Britain, and for granting new Duties in lieu thereof" and subsequent Acts; which request the Sheriff foresaid found reasonable and ordained the same to be done accordingly and of which Inventory and oath the tenor follows : namely : Inventory of the Personal Estate wheresoever situated of DAVID BISSET who resided sometime at Wedderhill in the Parish of Fetteresso or Cookney and County of Kincardine and thereafter at Fintray in the Parish of Fintray and County of Aberdeen and who died at Fintray aforesaid on the 12th day of March 1892 . Scotland?

    Scotland - Personal Property

    1. Cash in the house ?45-

    2. Wearing Apparel belonging to deceased ?1-10-0

    3. Debts due to the deceased viz:

    1. Sum due to the deceased by his son JOHN BISSET
    per acknowledgement dated 14th February 1887 ?18
    Interest thereon to date of oath __3-17
    ?21-17
    2. Sum due to the deceased by WILLIAM REID - farmer
    Bankhead per Acknowledgement dated 20th May 1889 ?50
    Interest thereon to date of oath __6-3-8
    56-3-8




    Page 509:

    3. Sum due to the deceased by his son WILLIAM BISSET
    including Interest thereon to date of oath ?90-2

    4. Sum due to the deceased by ROBERT ESSON Cothal
    Mills, Fintray ?126
    Interest thereon to date of oath __3-4-5
    ?129-4-5

    5. Sum due to deceased by WILLIAM ANDERSON, Farmer
    Parkhead, Maryculter ?294-10
    Valued @ 5- per ?1 (being the amount of disposition offered
    by debtor) ?73-14

    ?371-1-1

    Total Amount of Personal Estate wheresoever situated ?417-11-1

    (signed) James G Bisset, G B Michie SCD

    Schedule of Debts due and owing from the deceased at the time of his death to persons resident in the United Kingdom and Funeral Expenses

    I Debts
    Cleaning and disinfecting bed linen, clothes, etc ?3-

    II Funeral Expenses
    Paid for Coffin ?3-5
    Grave Clothes ?1-5
    Advertising Death and Funeral in :
    Daily Free Press ?0-9-6
    Northern Daily News ?0-2-0
    Aberdeen Journal ?0-2-6
    ?0-14-0

    Funeral Intimations and Postages ?0-9-0

    Messrs Campbell Ltd Hearse and Carriages ?7-15-0
    13-16-0

    ?18-16-0

    ABSTRACT
    Total Amount of Personal Estate wheresoever situated ?417-11-1
    Amount of Debts and Funeral Expenses as per Schedule ?18-16-0
    Nett



    Page 510:
    Nett Value of Personal Estate chargeable with duty ?398-15-1

    (signed) James G Bisset & G B Michie SCD at Aberdeen the thirtieth day of June Eighteen hundred and ninety two years. In presence of George Bennet Michie Esquire, Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire. Appeared James Gordon Bisset, Bookseller in Aberdeen, a son and one of the executors of the deceased DAVID BISSET who resided sometime at Wedderhill in the Parish of Fetteresso or Cookney and County of Kincardine and thereafter at Fintray in the Parish of Fintray and County of Aberdeen who being solemnly sworn and examined depones That the said DAVID BISSET died at Fintray aforesaid domiciled in Scotland, upon the Twelfth day of March Eighteen hundred and ninety two leaving no widow but lawful issue surviving. That the deponent has entered upon the possession and management of the deceaseds estate as Executor nominated by him along with James Troup, Carpenter Cockley, Maryculter and Peter Davidson, Shoemaker, Blairs, Maryculter and also along with the Reverend William Selbie, Minister of the Free Church of Scotland, Maryculter (who declines to accept) in a Last Will and Testament executed by him upon the eighth day of July eighteen hundred and ninety one which is now exhibited and signed by the deponent and the said Sheriff Clerk Depute of this date as relative hereto. That the deponent does not know of any testamentary settlement or writing relative to the disposal of the deceaseds personal estate or effects or any part thereof other than the said Last?

    Page 511:
    Last Will and Testament. That the foregoing Inventory signed by the deponent and the said Sheiff Clerk Depute as relative hereto is a full and complete Inventory of the Personal Estate or Effects of the said Deceased DAVID BISSET wheresoever situated and belonging or due to him beneficially at the time of his death in so far as the same has come to the Deponents knowledge. That the deponent does not know of any money or property belonging to the deceased secured by Scottish Bonds or other Instruments including Executors. That the said deceased had no personal property abroad. That the said deceased had no heritable estate in this country in so far as known to the deponent. That the said deceased DAVID BISSET was due and owing at the time of his death to persons resident in the United Kingdom. The debts enumerated in the foregoing schedule. That these debts are payable by law out of the state and effects comprised in the foregoing Inventory and are not nor any of them voluntary debts made payable on the death of the deceased, or debts which are primarily payable out of any real estate belonging to the deceased or debts in respect whereof a reimbursement is capable of being reclaimed from any real estate of the deceased or from any other estate or person whatsoever. That these?










    Page 512:
    .. these debts with the funeral expenses of the said deceased are also shown in the said Schedule amount to Eighteen Pounds Sixteen Shillings. That the nett value at this date of the said personal estate and effects situated in Scotland including the proceeds accured thereon down to this date, and after deducting the amount of the said debts and funeral expenses is Three hundred and fifty pounds Sterling and does not exceed Four Hundred pounds Sterling. That Confirmation is not at present required in favour of the said Personal Estate of the deponent and the said James Troup and Peter Davidson. All which is truth as the deponent shall answer to God

    (signed) James G Bisset - G B Michie SCD
    Extracted by me Sheriff Clerk Depute of Aberdeenshire G B Michie

    written (in so far not printed) by Alex Tawse
    Collated by G M Michie.



    Page 513:

    30th June 1892
    Extract Inventory
    of
    The Personal Estate
    of
    DAVID BISSET
    Testate

    Amount ?417-11-1
    Stamp ?8-0-0


    Died:
    1892 Deaths in the Parish of Fintray in the County of Aberdeen
    BISSET, David retired farmer and widower of Jane Silver 1892 March Twelfth at 6.15am, male aged 84 years, Parents William Bisset, farmer, deceased, Jane Bisset M.S. Murray, deceased, cause: senile debility, Informant, Robert Crana, son-in-law.



    Buried:
    Stone in churchyard: Erected by David Bisset Eastside Maryculter In Memory of His Wife Jane Silver Who Died 31st of January 1875 Aged 60 years and of the said David Bisset who died at St Medden's Fintray 12th March 1892 aged 84 Years also Isabella daughter of Above who died 27th April 1900 aged 42 years

    David married Jane SILVER on 5 Jun 1842 in Fetteresso, Scotland, UK. Jane (daughter of John SILVER and Helen GORDON) was born on 22 Oct 1813 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland; died on 31 Jan 1875 in Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Scotland; was buried in 1875 in Maryculter Kirkyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Jane SILVER was born on 22 Oct 1813 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland (daughter of John SILVER and Helen GORDON); died on 31 Jan 1875 in Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Scotland; was buried in 1875 in Maryculter Kirkyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • _FGRAVE: 136880864
    • Census: 1841, Crossley, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Maryculter OPR
    To John Silver of (Hill)head and Helen Gordon a daughter Jean 22/10/1813
    witnesses James Gordon Whitestone Alex Gordon N Banchory uncles of child


    Census:
    Crossley, Fetteresso:
    John Silver 60 farmer
    Helen Silver 55
    Alexander Silver 30 agricultural labourer
    Jean Silver 25 female servant
    John Silver 15 agricultural labourer
    Isobel Falconer 13 female servant
    Robert Thow 12 agricultural labourer
    Elizabeth Taylor 11 female servant

    Died:
    1875 deaths in the Parish of Maryculter in the County of Kincardine. No 3 Jane Bisset (married to David Bisset, farmer) 1875 January 31 at 5.30pm at Eastside, Maryculter. Female, 60* years. Father: John Silver farmer (deceased). Mother: Helen Silver M.S. Gordon (deceased). Cause: Congestion of the brain 10 days as certified by Wm Lyon.
    *No explanation on why her age here and on headstone given as 60 when she was actually 61 (born 22 Oct 1813)


    Buried:
    Stone in churchyard: Erected by David Bisset Eastside Maryculter In Memory of His Wife Jane Silver Who Died 31st of January 1875 Aged 60* years and of the said David Bisset who died at St Medden's Fintray 12th March 1892 aged 84 Years also Isabella daughter of Above who died 27th April 1900 aged 42 years
    *No explanation on why her age on headstone and on death certificate was given as 60 when she was actually 61 (born 22 Oct 1813).

    Notes:

    Married:
    From Fetteresso OPR proclamation of marriage
    05/06/1842 David Bisset in Maryculter and Jean Silver of this parish.

    Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
    Name: Jean Silver Gender: Female Marriage Date: 5 Jun 1842
    Marriage Place: Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland
    Spouse: David Bisset

    Children:
    1. John BISSET was born on 1 Jul 1843 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 18 Mar 1931 in 13 Fonthill Rd, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
    2. 1. Helen BISSET was born on 17 Jan 1845 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 28 Jun 1894 in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK.
    3. David BISSET was born on 29 Dec 1847 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 12 Sep 1914 in UFC Manse, Longriggend, by Ardie, New Monkland South, Lanark, Scotland, UK.
    4. William BISSET was born on 10 Apr 1850 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 7 Aug 1917 in Drumoak, Scotland, UK; was buried on 10 Aug 1917 in Stone in Drumoak Churchyard, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
    5. Jane BISSET was born on 12 May 1852 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 20 Jul 1938 in Lower Craigton, Kincardine O'Neil, Scotland, UK; was buried in Torphins Cemetery.
    6. James Gordon BISSET was born on 4 Nov 1854 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 12 Feb 1947 in Crynoch, Bieldside, East Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK.
    7. Isabella BISSET was born on 20 Jan 1857 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 27 Apr 1900 in 74 Rubisland Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK; was buried in Apr 1900 in Maryculter Kirkyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John SILVER was born on 17 Jan 1779 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland (son of George SILVER and Violet WILLIAMSON); died on 7 Oct 1865 in Burnside, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland; was buried in Details from stone in Old Maryculter Kirkyard.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer
    • _FGRAVE: 121531780
    • Census: 1841, Crossley, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK
    • Census: 1851, Crossley, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK
    • Census: 1861, Crossley, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK
    • Will: 1865, Stonehaven, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK

    Notes:

    Gave up lease of Crossley.
    Aberdeen Journal 23 July 1856, page 1:
    Farm to let. The farm of Crossley, in the parish of Fetteresso, and county of Kincardine, presently possessed by John Silver, is to be let on a lease of Nineteen years from Martinmas next.
    It consists of about 70 Acres of arable ground, and 73 of pasture, the greater portion of which is improveable.
    The farm is distant from Aberdeen nine miles, eight from Stonehaven and four from Portlethen Station on the Aberdeen Railway.
    The boundaries will be pointed out by Wm. Coutts, ground officer, Maryculter, and the conditions of letting and other particulars may be learned on application to Alex Duthiek, advocate, Aberdeen. The present tentant is not a condidate. 21st July, 1856.
    NOTE: His son Alexander and grandchildren John and Alex Silver were at Crossley thereafter.


    Birth:
    Registration of births deaths and marriage Extract of entries in old parochial register, parish of Maryculter, county of Kincardine Silver, John lawful son of George Silver in Standing Stones and Violet Williamson his spouse was baptised 17 Jan 1779. Witness John Silver in Blacksmill and Wllm Forbes in Standing Stones


    Son: John Silver
    Christening Date: 17 Jan 1779
    Christening Place: MARYCULTER,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND
    Father's Name: George Silver
    Mother's Name: Violet Williamson
    https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBHJ-DHR



    Census:
    Crossley, Fetteresso:
    John Silver 60 farmer
    Helen Silver 55
    Alexander Silver 30 agricultural labourer
    Jean Silver 25 female servant
    John Silver 15 agricultural labourer
    Isobel Falconer 13 female servant
    Robert Thow 12 agricultural labourer
    Elizabeth Taylor 11 female servant

    Census:
    1851 census for Crosley, Crosley, Fetteresso
    Piece: 258 Folio: 110 Page: 7
    John SILVER, Head Widower M 74 1777 Farmer Of 110 Acres Maryculter Kincardineshire
    Alexander SILVER, Son Unmarried M 42 1809 Farmers Son Maryculter Kincardineshire
    Isabella PETRIE Servant Unmarried F 25 1826 House Serv Banchory Dev Kincardineshire
    Frances SELBIE, Servant Unmarried M 13 1838 Farm Serv Maryculter Kincardineshire



    Census:
    1861 census for parish of Fetteresso
    Crossley
    John Silver head widower 74 years farmer of 110 acres born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Alexander Silver son unmarried 42 farmer's son born Maryculter, Kincardineshire
    Isabella Pettrie servant unmarried 25 house servant born Banchory Devenick, Kincardineshire
    Frances Selbie servant unmarried 13 farm servant born Maryculter, Kincardineshire

    Will:
    John Silver's Will (transcript)
    19th October 1865 inventory of the personal estate of John Silver and testament executed by him. At Stonehaven the nineteenth day of October in the year of one thousand eight hundred and sixty five.

    In presence of Alexander Burns Shand, esquire, Advocate Commissary of the Commissariat of Kincardineshire, Compearer Charles Graham Monro, Writer, in Stonehaven as Procurator and gave in the inventory of the personal estate of the deceased John Silver and oath thereon underwritten, desiring that the same might be inserted and registered in the Commissary Court Books of said shire, along with a testament executed by the said deceased, which the said Commissary found reasonable and ordained the same to be done accordingly, and of which inventory the tenor follow viz. Inventory of the personal estate wheresoever situated of John Silver residing at Burnside of Maryculter, county of Kincardine, who died at Burnside on the seventh day of October in the year one thousand eight hundred and sixty five.

    1. Cash in the house ?4/-/6
    2. Household and other effects belong to deceased per inventory and valuation of James Keith licensed auctioneer ?15/16/6
    3. Cash due by the treasurer of Aberdeen per promissory note dated 17 June 1859 at 12 months date of ?500 of principal and ?17/10/- of interest. Principal interest from 20 June 1864 to date of death ?27/19/4 less property tax -/12/7 ?27/6/9
    Interest to date of oath to inventory lessor -/11/1
    4. Cash due by the National Bank of Scotland per deposit. Receipt granted by the agent at their Aberdeen Branch dated 1st July 1864 ?500
    Interest thereon to date of death ?23/16/-
    Interest to date of oath and inventory -/7/4 ?24/3/4
    5. Cash due by the Aberdeen Town and Country Bank per deposit. Receipt granted by their manager dated 1st July 1864 - ?233
    Interest as in Number 4 ?11/1/10
    do -/3/5 ?11/5/3
    6. Cash due by the Bank of Scotland per deposit. Receipt granted by the agent at their Aberdeen Branch dated 1st July 1864 ?280
    Interest as in Number 4 ?13/6/7
    do -/4/2 ?13/10/9
    7. Cash due by Joseph Jamieson in Burnhead, Kingcaussie per acknowledgement of 5 July 1858 = ?3 desperate and irrecoverable the debtor being a pauper.

    Amount of personal estate in Scotland, England and Ireland ?1609/14/2
    Aberdeen 18th October 1865.

    The above is the inventory of the personal estate of John Silver referred to by me in the annexed affidavit emitted by one of this date.
    (signed) Alex Silver.
    Al. Chivas, JP, Aberdeen, the eighteenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and sixty five years in presence of Alexander Chivas, one of Her Majesty's justices of the peace for the county of Aberdeen compeared Alexander Silver at Burnside of Maryculter who being solemnly sworn and examined depones. That John Silver residing at Burnside of Maryculter the deponent's father died at Burnside on the seventh day of October current and the deponent has entered upon the possession and management of the deceased's estate as sole executor nominated to him in and by his last will and testament dated the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and sixty four now exhibited and signed by the deponent and the said justice of peace as relative hereto.

    That the deponent does not know of any testamentory settlement or writing relative to the disposal of the deceased's personal estate and effects or any part thereof other than that now exhibited.

    That the foregoing inventory signed by the deponent and the said justice of peace as relative hereto is a full and complete inventory of the personal estate and effects of the said deceased John Silver wheresoever situated and belonging or due to him beneficially at the time of his death in so far as the same has come to the deponents' knowledge.

    That the deponent does not know of any money or property belong to the deceased liable to the duty imposed by the Acts 23rd Victoria chapter 15 and 23rd and 24th Victoria chapter 80.

    That the value of this date of the said personal estate and effects situated in the United Kingdom including the proceeds accrued thereon down to this date is one thousand six hundred pounds and under two thousand pounds sterling. That confirmation of the said personal estate is required in favour of the deponent. All which is truth as the deponent shall answer to God.

    (Signed) Alex Silver, Al. Chivas, JP.
    Written by Alex G Munro Collated by Jas Christian.

    Follows testament before mentioned.
    I John Silver residing at Burnside of Maryculter being resolved to settle my affairs as to prevent all disputes thereanent after my decease do make my last will and testament as follows viz. I nominate and appoint Alexander Silver at Burnside of Maryculter my son to be my sole executor and intromitter with my whole moveable and personal estate and effects of every kind with all the powers competent to an executor by law but in trust always for the uses, ends and purpose underwritten.

    I approve him to make payment of all my just and lawful debts funeral charges and expenses and of the expenses of executing this trust and as to the whole free remainder and residue I leave and bequeath one just and equal half thereof to the said Alexander Silver which he will retain in his own hands and as to the other half thereof I appoint my said executor to pay and divide the same equally between Jean Silver my daughter spouse of David Bisset at Eastside of Maryculter and Helen Silver my daughter spouse of Alexander Esson at Greens of Crynach share and share alike and that as soon after my decease as my said executor can conveniently arrange to do so and in case of the death of either of my said daughters before receiving her share such share shall fall and be paid to her children equally among them, and this I declare to be my last will and testament.

    In witness whereof I have subscribed those present written upon the first page of this sheet of paper by Alexander Chivas advocate in Aberdeen at Aberdeen the first day of July one thousand eight hundred and sixty four before these witnesses John Scott accountant in Aberdeen and the said Alexander Chivas written hereof. (Signed) John Silver

    J Scott witness A Chivas witness Aberdeen 18th October 1865 What is written on the preceding page is the last will and testament of John Silver referred to in the affidavit emitted by one of this date relative to the inventory of his personal estate (signed) Alex Silver Al Chivas. Written by Alex Munro Collated by Jas Christian



    Died:
    1865 deaths in the Parish of Maryculter in the county of Kincardine
    No 13 John Silver retired farmer (widower of Helen Gordon)
    1865 October Seventh 5.45am Burnside, Maryculter Male 86 years Father: George Silver farmer (deceased) Mother: Violet Silver ms Williamson (deceased) Cause: Old age, not certified. Witness: Alex Silver, son, present


    Maryculter OPR: John Silver died 6/10/1865 husband of Helen Gordon died 20/3/1850 Old Kirkyard, Maryculter

    UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current
    Name: John Silver Birth Date: 17 Jan 1779 Birth Place: Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Death Date: 7 Oct 1865
    Death Place: Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Cemetery: Templars Kirkyard Burial or Cremation Place: Kirkton of Maryculter, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Has Bio?: N Spouse: Helen Silver Children: Alexander Silver



    Buried:
    In the Templars Graveyard, Maryculter, there is a headstone which reads thus:
    Erected by Alex Silver in memory of his father John Silver who died 6th (7th on death cert) Oct 1865 aged 86. his mother Helen Gordon who died 20 march 1850 aged 68. His daughter Janet who died 12 Jan 1865 aged 1 month. Also the above Alexander Silver who died at Crossley the 11th day of April 1882 aged 72 years.
    and his wife Isabella Falconer --(rest is under the ground).

    Maryculter OPR
    John Silver died 6/10/1865 husband of Helen Gordon who died 20/3/1850

    John married Helen GORDON on 24 Dec 1808 in Ceremonies Maryculter/Banchory Devenick. Helen (daughter of Alexander GORDON and Jean LYON) was born on 20 Jan 1781 in Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 20 Mar 1850 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Templars Churchyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 7.  Helen GORDON was born on 20 Jan 1781 in Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (daughter of Alexander GORDON and Jean LYON); died on 20 Mar 1850 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Templars Churchyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 1841, Crossley, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK

    Notes:

    Birth:
    Based on death details


    Census:
    Crossley, Fetteresso:
    John Silver 60 farmer
    Helen Silver 55
    Alexander Silver 30 agricultural labourer
    Jean Silver 25 female servant
    John Silver 15 agricultural labourer
    Isobel Falconer 13 female servant
    Robert Thow 12 agricultural labourer
    Elizabeth Taylor 11 female servant

    Died:
    In the Templars Graveyard, Maryculter, there is a headstone which reads thus:
    Erected by Alex Silver in memory of his father John Silver who died 6th (7th on death cert) Oct 1865 aged 86. his mother Helen Gordon who died 20 march 1850 aged 68. His daughter Janet who died 12 Jan 1865 aged 1 month. Also the above Alexander Silver who died at Crossley the 11th day of April 1882 aged 72 years.
    and his wife Isabella Falconer --(rest is under the ground).

    Maryculter OPR
    John Silver died 6/10/1865 husband of Helen Gordon who died 20/3/1850


    Buried:
    Maryculter, Scotland. Details from stone in Old Maryculter Kirkyard

    Notes:

    Married:
    Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910
    Name: John Silver Gender: Male Marriage Date: 24 Dec 1808 Marriage Place: Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland
    Spouse: Helen Gordon FHL Film Number: 993321


    Banchory Devenick entry: December 2, 1808. Silver & Gordon. John Silver in the parish of Maryculture and Helen Gordon in this pairsh having been contracted & orderly proclaimed; were married on the 24th instant. Maryculter entry: 1808. Silver & Gordon. John Silver in Standing Stones and Helen Gordon in Redmyre, parish of Nether Banchory, were united in the bonds of matrimony before many witnesses December the twenty fourth 1808

    Children:
    1. Alexander SILVER was born on 14 Nov 1809 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 14 Apr 1882 in Crossley, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Apr 1882 in Maryculter, Scotland. Details from stone in Old Maryculter Kirkyard.
    2. 3. Jane SILVER was born on 22 Oct 1813 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland; died on 31 Jan 1875 in Eastside Farm, Maryculter, Scotland; was buried in 1875 in Maryculter Kirkyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
    3. Helen SILVER was born on 1 Nov 1819 in Hillhead, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 15 Jun 1905 in Bankhead, Durris, Scotland, UK.
    4. John SILVER was born in 1826 in Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN.


Generation: 4

  1. 12.  George SILVER was born on 20 Mar 1735 in Mains of Kingcausie, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland (son of George SILVER and Janet DUNCAN); died in UNKNOWN.

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950" name: George Silver gender: Male
    baptism/christening date: 20 Mar 1735 baptism/christening place: MARYCULTER,KINCARDINE,SCOTLAND birth date: 20 Mar 1735 father's name: George Silver mother's name: Janet Duncan indexing project (batch) number: C11264-2
    system origin: Scotland-ODM source film number: 993321
    reference number: Citing this Record
    "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XBHJ-M4W : accessed 06 Feb 2013), George Silver, 20 Mar 1735; citing reference , FHL microfilm 993321.


    Maryculter OPR: To George Silver of Kingcausie and Janet Duncan a son George 20/3/1735 and baptism witnessed by James
    Duncan in Swalehead

    George + Violet WILLIAMSON. Violet was born about 1735 in Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 13.  Violet WILLIAMSON was born about 1735 in Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    Children:
    1. Margaret SILVER was born on 30 Jun 1769 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    2. Violet SILVER was born on 20 Apr 1771 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    3. Helen SILVER was born on 20 Feb 1773 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 7 Oct 1867 in Eastside, Maryculter, Scotland, UK.
    4. George SILVER was born on 29 Jan 1775 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 10 Oct 1840 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK.
    5. Mary SILVER was born on 30 Jan 1778 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died in UNKNOWN.
    6. 6. John SILVER was born on 17 Jan 1779 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland; died on 7 Oct 1865 in Burnside, Maryculter, Kincardineshire, Scotland; was buried in Details from stone in Old Maryculter Kirkyard.
    7. James SILVER was born on 6 Jun 1780 in Standing Stones, Maryculter, Scotland, UK; died on 2 Mar 1855 in Upper Wyndings, Fetteresso, Scotland, UK; was buried in Mar 1855 in Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.

  3. 14.  Alexander GORDON was born in 1744 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (son of William GORDON and Margaret LO); died on 16 Jul 1799 in Kincardine Monument Inscriptions, Kincardineshire, Scotland; was buried in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: Farmer in Redmire

    Alexander married Jean LYON on 15 Aug 1779 in Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland, UK. Jean was born about 1748 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 24 Dec 1828 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 15.  Jean LYON was born about 1748 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 24 Dec 1828 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland.

    Notes:

    Died:
    Kincardine Monument Inscriptions

    Notes:

    Married:
    Registration of Births Deaths and Marriages
    Extract of entries in old parochial register parish of Banchory Devenick County of Kincardine, Scotland

    Children:
    1. 7. Helen GORDON was born on 20 Jan 1781 in Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 20 Mar 1850 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Templars Churchyard, Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland.
    2. William GORDON was born on 27 Oct 1782 in Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died in 1791 in Kincardine Monument Inscriptions, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK; was buried in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
    3. Isobel GORDON was born on 17 Oct 1784 in Maryculter, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died about 1854 in Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
    4. James GORDON was born on 9 Jul 1786 in Banchory Devenick, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; died on 25 Dec 1868 in Auchlee, Scotland, UK; was buried on 25 Dec 1868 in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
    5. Christian GORDON was born on 14 Dec 1788 in Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK; died on 25 Jul 1849 in Kincardine Monument Inscriptions, Kincardine, Scotland, UK; was buried in Jul 1849 in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.
    6. Alexander GORDON was born on 25 Sep 1791 in Scotland, UK; died on 29 Oct 1871 in Kincardineshire Monumental Inscriptions; was buried in Fetteresso Old Graveyard, Kincardine, Scotland, UK.



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