Johnson / Bryans Families

Tracing the ancestry of Pamela Murdoch Bryans and Maurice Alan Johnson

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Anna Rae[1]

Female Abt 1603 - 1632  (~ 29 years)

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  • Name Anna Rae 
    Relationshipwith Marion Murdoch Johnson
    Gender Female 
    Birth Abt Mar 1603  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Baptism 6 Mar 1603  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Death 14 Jul 1632  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [3, 4] 
    Siblings 3 sisters 
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2020 

    Father Adam Rae, of Pitsindie and Canglor
              b. Est 1575  
              d. Abt May 1618, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location (Age ~ 43 years) 
    Mother Katharine Morrison
              b. Abt 1575 
    Marriage 3 May 1598  Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [5] 

    Husband Sir John Carstairs, of Kilconquhar
              b. Est 1600  
              d. 1692 (Age ~ 92 years) 
    Marriage 23 Feb 1623  Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Age at Marriage Anna was 19 years old - John was ~ 23 years old. 
    Children 
     1. Catharine Carstairs
              b. Abt Dec 1623, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Euphame Carstairs
              b. Abt Feb 1625, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     3. Anna Carstairs
              b. Abt May 1628, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. John Carstairs
              b. Abt May 1629
     5. Helene Carstairs
              b. Abt May 1630, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
     6. Alexander Carstairs
              b. Abt Jul 1631, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 15 Nov 2020 

  • Notes 
    • Early Life
      Daughter and co-heiress of Adam Rae of Pitsindie1, Anna Rae was probably born early March 1603 and baptised on the 6th of March in Edinburgh.

      Family Life
      Anna married Sir John Carstairs of Kilconquhar in Fife, on the 23rd of February 1623. They went on to have seven children:

      1. Catharine, bapt. 24 Dec 1623
      2. Euphame, born 1625 and who married Sir Robert Elphinstone of Quarrell
      3. Anna, b. 1628
      4. John, b. 1629
      5. Helene, b. 1630
      6. Alexander, b. 1631


      Death
      Anna Rae died in 1632; there is a memorial tablet2 in the base of "Ray's Tomb" in Greyfriar's Churchyard in Edinburgh.
      The tablet in memory of Mrs Carstairs is in wonderful preservation and bears the following inscription:-

      Hic jacet ANNA RAYA uxor JOANNIS CARSTAIRS fœmina lectissima quæ conjugi charissima vixit et magno omnium bonorum luctu et desiderio morte immatura præcepta est anno Domini 1632 mensis Julii 14 et ætatis vero 29.
      Which translates roughly to:
      Here lies Anna Rae, wife of John Carstairs, the dearest spouse that ever lived, who when life was going so well died prematurely on the 14th of July 1632 aged 29.


      Footnotes
      [1] Lands and Lairds of Larbert and Dunipace Parishs, John C. Gibson, Glasgow (1908); Elphinstones of Quarrel, pages 47-52
      [2] Images of Ray's Tomb are available at gravestonephotos.

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt Mar 1603 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBaptism - 6 Mar 1603 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 23 Feb 1623 - Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 14 Jul 1632 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S0430] John Charles Gibson, Lands and Lairds of Larbert and Dunipace Parishes, (Glasgow, 1908), 1908, Elphinstone of Quarrell; pages 48-51.

    2. [S0258] FamilySearch, Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950, (familysearch.org), 6 Mar 1603, Anna Ray; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQ4N-9L7 : 11 February 2020), Anna Ray, 1603.

    3. [S0468] John Rae, An Old Grave, (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh (1888)), Early Raes; page 6.

    4. [S0046] findagrave, Ray's Tomb; https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/197957581/ann-rae.

    5. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 3 May 1598, Adame Ray / Katharine Moresoune; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYMC-642 : 11 February 2020), Adame Ray, 1598.

    6. [S0267] FamilySearch, Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910, (familysearch.org), 23 Feb 1623, Johne Carstairs / Anna Rae; (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XT12-BW1 : 11 February 2020), Anna Rae in entry for Johne Carstairs, 1623.