Notes on the Gerard Family from "Genealogies of An Aberdeen Family 1540-1913"
https://archive.org/details/genealogiesofabe00smitI have pondered over who might be the parents of Alexander Gerard, a farmer, for many years and wondered if anyone has better insights. Alexander is known to have married Janet Irvine.
I believe Alexander's parents are John Gerard, farmer Midmar and Crossley, and his first wife (unknown) and is a half-brother of Rev. John Gerard.
The Rev. John Gerard, b. 12th Sept., 1765;
m, Jane Craig (b. 1764; d. 30th Jan., 1837), sister of Peter Craig, M.D., of West Indies; d. 9th Oct., 1850. He was the son, by a second marriage, of
John Gerard, Farmer, Midmar and Crossley, Fetteresso (d. Sept., 1791), and Jane Jamieson (d. 17th Aug., 1814). John Gerard's family by his first marriage consisted of:
1.
Alexander, b. 1758; Jane Affleck (d. about Dec, 1833); d. 9th Sept., 1833, at Cotbank,
Glenbervie. He was a Farmer. Their family consisted of Janet and Jane. Did he marry Janet Irvine after 1833 and before she died in 1840?
I have that in 1834 Alexander was a tenant farmer in Greenheads.2. James, in. Sarah Blackhall (d. 17th Feb., 18 16)
:
d. March 1801. He was a Farmer, Tillyboy, Echt. Their family consisted of Margaret
(Mrs. Shewan, Skene, who had a daughter), James (d. May, 1801), and Isabel (6. April,
1 801).
3. Jane, d. 9th Sept., 1779, at Crossley, Fetteresso. By his second marriage, his family consisted of:
1. John, b. 12th Sept., 1765, of whom before and
hereafter.
2. George, d. Sept., 1832.
3. Isabella, b. 1770; m. before 1802, George
Tytler, Farmer, Milltown of Corsindae, of whom before (page 100).
Any help with this would be much appreciated.
