Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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John Burn

Lawyer
Male 1793 - 1862  (68 years)

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  • Name John Burn 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Male 
    Birth 28 Aug 1793  [1] 
    Residence 1819  Kilmadock, Doune, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Census 1841  [3] 
    Census 1851  Gartincaber House, Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [4] 
    Census 1861  3 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 
    Name Burn-Murdoch 
    Occupation Lawyer 
    Death 21 Aug 1862  Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 6] 
    Probate 1 Dec 1864  [6] 
    Siblings 3 brothers and 2 sisters 
    Last Modified 15 Mar 2021 

    Father John Burn, of Coldoch
              b. 6 Sep 1745  
              d. 22 Jun 1814, Stirling, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 68 years) 
    Mother Marion "Mary" Higgins
              b. 14 Apr 1759  
              d. 10 Jan 1804 (Age 44 years) 
    Marriage 9 Jan 1791  St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, Kingdom of Great Britain Find all individuals with events at this location  [7] 

    Wife Anne Maule Murdoch
              b. 18 Apr 1803  
              d. 21 Dec 1871 (Age 68 years)  [8, 9] 
    Marriage 18 Mar 1820  Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 10, 11] 
    Age at Marriage John was 26 years old - Anne was 16 years old. 
    Children 
     1. John Burn-Murdoch
              b. 19 Jun 1821, 48 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 21 Sep 1908, Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 87 years)
     2. William Murdoch Burn-Murdoch
              b. 9 Nov 1822, 48 Frederick Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Apr 1878 (Age 55 years)
     3. Rev. John Alexander Higgins Burn-Murdoch
              b. 17 Apr 1824, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 9 May 1883, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 59 years)
     4. Sarah Beatrice Campbell Burn-Murdoch
              b. 15 Oct 1825, Coldoch House, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 12 Jul 1866 (Age 40 years)
     5. Marion Higgins Burn-Murdoch
              b. 24 Jan 1827, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 24 Jun 1914 (Age 87 years)
     6. Rev. James McGibbon Burn-Murdoch
              b. 28 Nov 1828, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 23 Mar 1904 (Age 75 years)
     7. Archibald James Murdoch Burn-Murdoch
              b. 28 Mar 1830, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 28 Nov 1835 (Age 5 years)
     8. Margaret Higgins Burn-Murdoch
              b. 23 May 1831, 13 Melville Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 8 Aug 1915 (Age 84 years)
     9. Archibald Murdoch Burn-Murdoch
              b. 10 Dec 1836, 13 Melville Street, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Find all individuals with events at this location
              d. 30 Jun 1916 (Age 79 years)
    Last Modified 10 Jun 2019 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      John Burn was born on the 28th of August 1793, the eldest son of John Burn of Coldoch and Marion Higgins.

      Career
      John was a lawyer; in later life he became a magistrate and deputy-lieutenant for Perthshire.

      Family Life
      John married Anne Maule Murdoch, heiress of William Murdoch of Gartincaber (Stirling), on the 18th of March 1820, at Gartincaber itself; Anne was only 16 at the time. A condition of the marriage (and John's subsequent possession of Gartincaber) was that John would adopt the Murdoch name and so he and Anne formed the tree top of the Burn-Murdoch family. In addition to Gartincaber, John also held the Coldoch estate through the Burn family.

      Anne and John had nine children:
      1. John, born 1821, who married Dorothea Monck-Mason and succeeded to Gartincaber. This line includes the present-day Seekts, Rea, Forsyths, Pearsons, Crum Ewings and the Bruces (who so far appear to be unrelated to our Brice/Bryce line)
      2. William Murdoch, born 1822 and who married Jessie Cecilia Mack. Also in this line are the present-day New Zealand Burn-Murdochs of Rotorua, the Cambridge / Suffolk Burn-Murdochs, the O'Briens, Fosters, Berrys and Williams of Rotorua in New Zealand.
      3. Rev. John Alexander Higgins, born 1824 and who succeeded to Higgins Neuck; he married Elizabeth Clerk-Rattray; the descendent line changed surname to Burn-Clerk-Rattray and some emigrated to Nice (France) and Florence. Present-day families include the Warners,Berrys (again), Hordons and Rattrays
      4. Sarah Beatrice Campbell, born 1825 and who died unmarried in 1866 aged 40
      5. Marion Higgins, born 1827, who married William Brabazon Urmston
      6. Rev. Canon James McGibbon, born 1828, who succeeded to Easter Greenyards near Dunblane; he married Maria Hannah Carr; present-day families include the Lewis of New Zealand, and the Waltons
      7. Archibald James, born 1830 and who died in 1835 as a child
      8. Margaret Higgins, born 1831 and who married John Berry (and whose son went on to marry Dorothy Bryans)
      9. Archibald Murdoch, born 1836, who married his cousin Mary Harriet Burn-Callander and had, amongst others, Hector Burn-Murdoch; this line includes the present-day Cowans and Blazers

      Death
      John died on the 21st of August 1862, just short of his 69th birthday. His widow Anne survived him for another nine years.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 18 Mar 1820 - Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1851 - Gartincaber House, Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsCensus - 1861 - 3 Oxford Terrace, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Aug 1862 - Gartincaber, Stirlingshire, Scotland, United Kingdom Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0068] John Burke and John Bernard Burke, Burke's Landed Gentry, 1st Edition Reprint, (1849), 1849, Burn-Murdoch of Gartincaber; Volume 3, page 240.

    2. [S0226] Ancestry, Perthshire, Scotland, Cess, Stent and Valuation Rolls, 1650-1899, (ancestry.co.uk), 1819, Anne Maule Murdoch; Perth and Kinross Council Archive; Cess Rolls Perthshire, 1819-1842; Roll: SCPERa018_026Cs18191842.

    3. [S0227] Ancestry, 1841 Scotland Census, (ancestry.co.uk), 1841, Anne Maule Murdoch; Edinburgh St Cuthberts; Dean House; Parish 685/2.

    4. [S0169] Ancestry, 1851 Scotland Census, (ancestry.co.uk), 1851, John Burn & Family; Parish: Kilmadock; ED: 10; Page: 2; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1851_76; Year: 1851.

    5. [S0249] Ancestry, 1861 Scotland Census, (ancestry.co.uk), 1861, John Burn & Family; Parish: Edinburgh St Cuthberts; ED: 104; Page: 11; Line: 7; Roll: CSSCT1861_125.

    6. [S0119] Ancestry, England & Wales, National Probate Calendar, 1858-1966, 1973-1995, (ancestry.com), 1864, John Burn.

    7. [S0186] Ancestry, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (ancestry.co.uk), 1791, John Burn / Marion Higgins; FHL Film Number: 1066757, 0103065.

    8. [S0186] Ancestry, Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910, (ancestry.co.uk), 18 Mar 1820, Anne Maule Murdoch; FHL Film Number1040115.

    9. [S0035] familysearch, https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY3C-LM4.

    10. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 18 Mar 1820, Anne Maule Murdoch; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY3C-LM4 : 11 February 2020), Anne Maule Murdoch in entry for John Burn, 1820.

    11. [S0248] Murdoch Family Bible, (This is an 1815 bible gifted by Anne Maule Murdoch to her grandfather James), 1817, Notes on first pages.