David LINDSAY

Abt 1761 - 1829  (68 years)

• Name	David LINDSAY
  Born	Abt 1761
  Gender	Male
  _UID	9478ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C35DC27
  Died	12 Mar 1829	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
  Buried	14 Mar 1829	Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland   [1]
  Person ID	I251	YoungFamily
  Last Modified	23 Mar 2022

  
  

  _UID	3377ABB5BA23D511B6E7DD3AFA2E9C357A08
  Children	1. Mary LINDSAY,   b. Abt 1784
  Last Modified	15 May 2022
  Family ID	F119	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  David was a Weaver, stated on daughter Mary's marriage to James Duff. This is the only David Lindsay shown as a weaver on the burial records: First name(s) David Country - Last name Lindsay Page 237 Occupation Weaver Archive reference OPR 685_3/32 Birth year 1761 Year Range 1823-1830 Age 68 Item 3 Death year - Burial year 1829 Burial date 12 Mar 1829 Place Edinburgh County Midlothian Residence Davidstow Close -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This may not be correct: Marriage of David Lindsay to Margaret Smith. He wool merchant of Tollbooth Kirk and she of the same place daughter of the deceased John Smith, Sheriff's Substitute at Wigton. Married 10 Feb 1780 Parents are not David Lindsay and Isobel Grant as their child named David was born 17 Nov 1750 and buried 28 Dec 1753. This couple did not have a second child named David and their first child, named Charles was born 28 Oct 1748 and buried 30 Apr 1753. Mary Lindsay, daughter of David Lindsay, mason and Janet Wilson married James Cumming. See documents in FamilyCharts on laptop. Wrong father's occupation. 1807-08 Scotland, Post Office Directories Image Browse Edinburgh & Leith, Midlothian, Scotland, p. 127 Lindsay, David and Company, wool merchants, West bow-house Water of Leith https://search.findmypast.co.uk/record?id=S2%2FUS%2FMCV%2F547051%2FPAGES%2F0135&parentid=S2%2FUS%2FMCV%2F547051%2FPAGES%2F0135 Death Title Mr Country - First name(s) David Page 17 Last name Lindsay Archive reference OPR 685_2/68 Occupation Wool merchant Year Range 1801-1815 Birth year - Item 4 Death year - Record set Scotland, Parish Deaths & Burials 1564-2017 Burial year 1802 Residence Edinburgh Place Edinburgh County Midlothian -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For the office of sheriff-substitute was required no special qualification, persons of local respectability being willing, like London vestrymen, to undertake a round of arduous and irksome duties, rewarded solely by the dignity of office. At length the importance of securing an effective sheriff' substitute was so generally recognized that in 1787 a small salary was allowed. This was, about twenty years later, fixed at £200, the appointment being still conjoined with some other office. In 1825 it was ruled that the qualifications of every sheriff-substitute should, on his appointment, be certified by the President of the Court of Session, also by the Justice Clerk. Increased emoluments were also provided; these have been augmented by subsequent acts. To the sheriff and his substitute belong extensive criminal jurisdiction, but the more important causes are, at the discretion of the Lord Advocate and his deputies, reserved for the Court of Justiciary. The sheriff and his substitute may try criminal causes with or without a jury; they may inflict imprisonment for a year, or impose penalties to the extent of fifty pounds. Source: https://electricscotland.com/history/sociallife/chapter10.htm

  
  

• Sources

  [S23] Old Parish Register, Scotland, General Register Office for Scotland, (U.S.A., Salt Lake City: Genealogical Society of Utah), Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, OPR Burial Register 685/3, 14 Mar 1829. David Lindsay Weaver, Davidson's Close, died 12th Instant, interred in the area 21 feet northwest of Melvels Stone and 24 feet from the Walk. Cause decline aged 68 Obtained on FindmyPast