Excerpt from Fife Family Histories Rev JOHN DRYSDALE AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1681-1991 by D C L Drysdale...'' William Drysdale (1745-1825), was also Town Clerk of Kirkcaldy, and acquired the estate of Pitteuchar, in Kinglassie parish, in the early 1800s. He was succeeded there by his son, Sir William Drysdale (1781-1843)''....
This William Drysdale appears to be Sir William's father - noting the bottom of the 3rd page of Agreement betwixt the tutors of John Aitken and Christian Barker and her Husband Dated – 1768 Reg’ – 17th Dec 1769
...... In # witness whereof these presents wrote by George # Douglass, apprentice to William Drysdale, town # clerk of Kirkcaldy upon Stamped paper are # Inscribed by the said parties at Kirkliston the Thirteenth # day of June One Thousand seven hundred and # Sixty eight years before these witnesses the # said William Drysdale and George Douglass''.....
Russell Lynn Drysdale
Excerpt from Fife Family Histories
Rev JOHN DRYSDALE AND HIS DESCENDANTS, 1681-1991 by D C L Drysdale...'' William Drysdale (1745-1825), was also Town Clerk of Kirkcaldy, and acquired the estate of Pitteuchar, in Kinglassie parish, in the early 1800s. He was succeeded there by his son, Sir William Drysdale (1781-1843)''....
This William Drysdale appears to be Sir William's father -
noting the bottom of the 3rd page of
Agreement
betwixt
the tutors of John Aitken
and
Christian Barker
and her Husband
Dated – 1768
Reg’ – 17th Dec 1769
...... In #
witness whereof these presents wrote by George #
Douglass, apprentice to William Drysdale, town #
clerk of Kirkcaldy upon Stamped paper are #
Inscribed by the said parties at Kirkliston the Thirteenth #
day of June One Thousand seven hundred and #
Sixty eight years before these witnesses the #
said William Drysdale and George Douglass''.....
Aug 13, 2021