Church Record Sunday~ June 14,1761

Sunday, February 10, 2013

O.P.R. 1761

The page above is from the Old Parish Register dated 1761 for the parish of Methlick in Aberdeenshire Scotland, the following entry recorded the death of my 7th Great Grandfather, Sebastian Davidson.

"Davidson : Sebastian Davidson an old man in Meikle Methlick was buried"

I haven't located a record for Sebastian's birth but he was married in 1706, so I figure his age at the time of his death between 80 to 85.

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