c 1750
BUR00018
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1750
Peter Burnett, the son of Robert and Jane Burnett
(BUR00016) may have been born in about 1750.
Peter Burnett erected a monument in memory of
his family (Monumental Record). The language
suggests that the stone was erected some time after his father’s death, after
the death of his siblings.
This stone is erected by PETER BURNETT in
memory of his father ROBERT BURNETT late farmer, Back Bruntling
of Thornton d. 2 Nov. 1767 aged 52;JANE SIMPSON spouse of ROBERT BURNETT, dau. of PETER SIMPSON late in Kendal d. 10 Mar. 1796 aged
78; THOMAS BURNETT son of ROBERT BURNETT School Master in this parish for about
35 yrs d. Mar. 1806 aged 61; JAMES BRUCE late crofter in Gowner,
son-in-law of ROBERT BURNETT who was clerk in the Episcopal Chapel of Old
Meldrum about 34 yrs died 23 June 1842 aged 79; his spouse MARY BURNETT sister
of the said PETER BURNETT d. 4 Jan. 1847 aged 84; his son JAMES BRUCE Bogota,
South America d. 12 Sept. 1856 aged 57.