Alexander SILVER[1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6]
Abt 1709 - 1791 (82 years)
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Name Alexander SILVER [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Birth Abt 1709 Scotland 
[3] Gender Male Residence Barbados [1] Death 30 Dec 1791 Aberdeen, Scotland, UK [3, 6] Burial 30 Dec 1791 Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK [3, 7] Person ID I18313087979 NunnSuffolk Last Modified 7 Mar 2024
Father John SILVER, b. C1685, Scotland, UK d. C1721, Scotland, UK (Age ~ 36 years) Mother Agnes SILVER, b. Abt 1686, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 8 Feb 1721, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 35 years) Family ID F1127 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 Rebecca PARSONS, b. 1718, Scotland, UK d. 1760, Apparently died on expedition in Nepal (Age 42 years) Marriage 14 Feb 1740 St Michael's Church, Barbados, West Indies [4, 8] Family ID F1126 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Mar 2024
Family 2 Anna BURNET, b. Abt 1737, Scotland, UK d. 8 Feb 1812, Aberdeen, Scotland, UK (Age 75 years) Marriage 23 Oct 1768 Dyce, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK [8] Children 1. George SILVER, b. 9 Mar 1770, Fetteresso, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK d. 25 Sep 1840, Netherley, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age 70 years)2. Adam SILVER, b. 9 Mar 1770, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 25 Sep 1840, Netherley, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK (Age 70 years)3. Ann SILVER, b. C1771, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 17 Aug 1784, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK (Age ~ 13 years)4. Christian SILVER, b. 1774, Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland, UK d. 5 Sep 1797, Netherley, Kincardineshire, Scotland, UK (Age 23 years)Family ID F1124 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 7 Mar 2024
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Notes - Notes from John Stanhope: Alexander Silver "of Balnagubs", born about 1709. He made his fortune growing tea in Jamaica. He married Rebecca Parsons on 14 February 1740 at Saint Michael's Church, Barbados, but she seems to have died childless. "Mr Silver, a native of this district, made a purchase of the estate of Netherley, on his return from the West Indies" , some time before 1760. he married Anna Burnet on 23 October 1768 at Dyce, Aberdeen shire, the mother of (1) H George, baptized 29 March 1770 in Fetteresso, (2) Ann, baptized in Fetteresso on 24 April 1771, died 17 August 17846 (grave 123 p.137) (3) Adam baptized 26 January 1772 (4) Christian baptized 30 May 1774. Alexander died in Aberdeen on 30 December 1791 , and was buried in Fetteresso cemetery. The Netherley estate was 1500 acres in area. Mrs Silver "widow of Alexander Silver, esquire of Balnagubs" died in Aberdeen 15 September 1812 "in her 75th year" (therefore born about 1737) .
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Sources - [S_1375877975] Ancestry.com, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Baptisms, 1637-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984.Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Marriages, 164).
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Residence place: Barbados - [S_888756401] Ancestry.com, Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- [S_889989408] Ancestry.com, UK and Ireland, Find A Grave Index, 1300s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
- [S177193055] Ancestry.com, Caribbean, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc), Barbados Marriages, Vol I, 1643-1800; Section: St Michael Parish.
- [S158259399] Ancestry.com, Web: Moray, Scotland, Local Heritage Index, 1632-2014, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).
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From ABERDEEN JOURNAL - Monday January 25th 1792: "On Friday the 30th [December] - died here - Alexander SILVER esq, of Balnagubs"<hr> - .
From Kirktown of Fetteresso MI (#123):
(General Note : See Jervise 'EPITAPHS' No. #i78 for inscription)
"Beneath this stone are interred the remains of ALEXANDER SILVER of Balnagubs. Having acquired a moderate fortune abroad he purchased the residence of his ancestors - the place of his birth, in this parish and for many years after he lived to enjoy it, beloved, esteemed and respected as a husband, father, friend and neighbour. He died 30 Dec 1791 aged 82. Also his daughter ANN died 17 Aug 1784 in the fourteenth year of her age.<hr> - .
Notes from John Stanhope<hr>
- [S_1375877975] Ancestry.com, English Settlers in Barbados, 1637-1800, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2007.Original data - Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Baptisms, 1637-1800. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1984.Joanne McRee Sanders. Barbados Records: Marriages, 164).