James GREG {M} [P432] = Elizabeth KIRKWOOD {F} [P594]

Married Tuesday 10 June 1707, AYR Ayrs(OPR) IGI M119631

James GREG:

Born EST 1682, Ayr Ayrs?
Died EST 1739, Ayr
OCCUPATION: Tailor/Deacon/Conven
SOURCE: OPR's of marriige&ch
In all parish records James Greg's trade is spelled 'taylor' for present day tailor.
James estimated age 25 married Elizabeth Kirkwood in 1707, aged 40 married Jane Guthrie in 1722 and finally aged 53 to Elizabeth Rogerson in 1733.
It appears James died before 1740 when Elizabeth Rogerson married John Meikle[IGI]. Her step-daughter Mary Greg previously married a John Meikle in 1731. It is as yet[ADG1997] uncertain as to whether it was the same John Meikle! (did he, perhaps as a widower to Mary Greg, marry his also widowed mother-in-law??)
Note: The name MEIKLE appears again in 1730 as James Meikle(also' late deacon to the taylors'), being witness to the baptism of Anna Greg(daughter to James Greg and Jane Guthrie).
James produced 4 boys and 1 girl in his marriage with Elizabeth Kirkwood, and 5 girls in his marriage to Jane Guthrie. He would have been 53 by the time he married Elizabeth Rogerson and assuming his date of birth to be correct died probably aged 59.(Unless there were earlier marriages and the estimated d.o.b is incorrect.


Elizabeth KIRKWOOD:

Alias Jane GREG (Tuesday 10 June 1707)
Born EST 1685, Ayr?

Mary GREG {F} [P598] = John MEIKLE {M} [P601] > Family [F200]

Married Friday 19 February 1731, Ayr Ayrs IGI-M119631

Mary GREG:

Alias Mary MEIKLE (Sunday 12 December 1731)
Born April 1708, Ayr Ayrs
SOURCE: OPR
OPR AYR: 'Mary lawful daughter to James Greg taylor in this parish and Elizabeth Kirkwood his spouse. Born ?? April 1708'.


John MEIKLE:

Born EST 1709, Ayr?
OCCUPATION: Baker
John Meikle may have married twice

James GREG {M} [P603]

Born February 1710, Ayr Ayrs
Christened March 1710
OCCUPATION: Died as child
SOURCE: OPR
OPR AYR: 'James lawful son to James Greg taylor in this parish and Elizabeth Kirkwood his spouse. Born ? February, baptised ? March 1710'. Note: this boy probably died aged under eight years old as a second James was born 1718.

David GREG {M} [P604]

Born Thursday 24 July 1712, Ayr Ayrs
SOURCE: OPR
OPR AYR: 'David lawful son to James Greg taylor in this parish and Elizabeth Kirkwood his spouse. Born 24th July , baptised ? ? 1712'.

William GREG {M} [P435]

Born Tuesday 12 October 1714, Ayr Ayrs
Christened Thursday 21 October 1714, Ayr
SOURCE: OPR
OPR AYR: 'William lawful son to James Greg taylor in this parish and Elizabeth Kirkwood his spouse. Born 12th, baptised 21 october 1714'.

Jonet GREG {F} [P923]

Born August 1716, Ayr Ayrs IGI-C115784
Christened Sunday 26 August 1716, Ayr Ayrs
SOURCE: SCR FR747

James GREG {M} [P436]

Born Thursday 28 August 1718, Ayr Ayrs
SOURCE: OPR
OPR AYR: 'James lawful son to James Greg taylor in this parish and Elizabeth Kirkwood his spouse. Born 28th August 1718, baptised ? 1718'.
Note: This is the second child to this couple named James and may well have been the James who married Janet Henderson in C.1752 - we have no other marriage for a James in this period as yet[ADG1997].

OPR AYR: 'James Greg and Elizabeth Kirkwood in this parish booked in order to marry and married 10th June 1707'.