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Robert Tait 1722 – 1785 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 18 February 1722

Birth Location: Traquair, Peebles, Scotland

Death Date: 1 August 1785

Death Location: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Father: Robert Tait

Mother: Margaret Smith

Spouse(s): Mary Broun

Children(s): Alexander Tait

Robert Tait was born in 1722 in Traquair, Peebles, Scotland, the child of Robert Hood Tait and Margaret Smith. Robert Tait married Mary Broun, and had children including Alexander Tait. Robert Tait passed away in 1785 in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

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Biography

  • Robert Tait was born in 1722 in Traquair, Peebles, Scotland, the child of Robert Hood Tait and Margaret Smith.
  • Robert Tait married Mary Broun, and had children including Alexander Tait.
  • Robert Tait passed away in 1785 in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom.

Immediate Family

Parents

Robert Tait
1694 – 1760
Birth Location: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Margaret Smith
1695 – 1746
Birth Location: Kirkwall and St Ola, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
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Spouses(s)

Mary Broun
1723 – 1773
Birth Location: Innerleithen, Peeblesshire, Scotland
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Children(s)

Alexander Tait
1753 –
Birth Location: Deenfoot, Peebleshire, Scotland
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Robert Tait's Ancestors

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Robert Tait
1722 – 1785
Birth Place: Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
Parents
Robert Hood Tait
1694 – 1760
Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Margaret Smith
1695 – 1746
Kirkwall and St Ola, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Grandparents
William (Henry) Tait
1674 –
Peebles, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Elizabeth ("Bessie") Murray
1674 – 1700
Eddleston, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Robert Tait's Descendants

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Robert Tait (18 February 1722 – 1 August 1785) m. Mary Broun (29 Dec 1723 – 29 January 1773)
  1. 1. Alexander Tait (11 Nov 1753 – ) m. Catherine Halcrow (2 Mar 1747 – Abt. 1830)
    1. 1. Margaret Tait (1774 – 8 Jun 1860) m. William Wards (2 May 1781 – Bef 1856)
      1. 1. William (McDonald Donald Ross) Wards (20 Apr 1804 – 3 Jun 1886) m. Grizel ("Grace") Robertson (1802 – 17 Dec 1880)
        1. 1. Christina Wards (16 Sep 1830 – 22 Dec 1912) m. Alfred Armstrong (15 Jul 1826 – 26 May 1904)

Robert Tait's Timeline

2 Records

1722
18 February 1722
Birth of Robert Tait in Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
Traquair, Peebles, Scotland
1785
1 August 1785
Age 63
Death of Robert Tait in Peebles, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
Peebles, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 18 February 1722
    Event Place: Traquair, Peebles, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 August 1785
    Event Place: Peebles, Peeblesshire, Lothian, Scotland, United Kingdom
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