John Dick, Tailor in Edinburgh

JOHN DICK

Tailor in Edinburgh; Burgess of Edinburgh

According to Stirnet, John Dick, Tailor in Edinburgh, here treated, is the son of Alexander Dick in Edinburgh. Stirnet: Dick 1 Stirnet appears to have misinterpreted The County Families of the Shetland Islands where Mr. Alexander Dick, Provost of the Cathedral Church of Orkney: " is said to have had a son John, who succeeded him in his lands in Orkney." The County Families of the Shetland Islands This is wrong. John Dick, Tailor in Edinburgh, here treated, was actually the son of William Dick, Merchant in Edinburgh . Edinburgh Burgesses: 148 His mother seems likely to be Katherine Little . Edinburgh Burgesses: 148

Death

John Dick, here treated, died before 28 March 1604. Edinburgh Burgesses: 148

March

John Dick, here treated, married Margaret Stewart She is noticed as his wife on 18 October 1587, Edinburgh Burgesses: 148 and again on 9 March 1584. NRS: GD172/235

Children

1. Sir William Dick of Braid
2. Katharine Dick

Evidence from the Burgess Records of Edinburgh

                   1

3 April 1574: Dick. Jhonne, B., tailyeour, be r. of fr. Wm. D. Edinburgh Burgesses 1406-1700: 148

                   2

18 October 1587: Dick. Jhonn, G., tailyeour, B. of before, be r. of w. Margaret, dr. to umq. Wm. Stewart, writter, B. and G. Edinburgh Burgesses 1406-1700: 148

                   3

28 March 1604: Dick. Wm., B. and G., mt. (hagbute), by r. of his umq. fr. Jo. Dick, B. and G. Edinburgh Burgesses 1406-1700: 148

Evidence from the National Records of Scotland

9 March 1593-94: Discharge by John Dick, merchant burgess of Edinburgh, and Margaret Stewart, his spouse, to James Henryson of Fordell on behalf of William Hamilton of Pardoven, of 1,700 merks. Records of Scotland, Papers of the Henderson Family of Fordell, reference GD172/235

Printed Evidence

Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses and Guild-Brethren, 1406-1700. Edited by Charles B. Boog Watson, F.S. Ant. Scot. (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1929), 240 pp. including glossary and abbreviations

Genealogy

1. The County Families of the Shetland Islands: Dick of Fracafield
2. Stirnet: Dick 1