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Family and Education
b. July 1614, 1st s. of Alexander Jaffray of Kingswells and Magdalene Erskine of Pittodrie. educ. g.s. Aberdeen, Gorioch, Buchan and Banchory; Marischal Coll. Aberdeen Univ. 1631. m. (1) 30 Apr. 1632, Jane (d. 19 Mar. 1644), da. of Patrick Dun of Ferryhill, 10 ch. (9 d.v.p.), inc. 1s.; (2) 4 May 1647, Sarah, da. of Rev. Andrew Cant of Aberdeen, 5s. (3 d.v.p.) 3da. (2 d.v.p.). d. 7 May 1673.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 375-6; Diary of Alexander Jaffray, ed. J. Barclay (1833), 13-15, 21, 29.
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Civic: bailie, Aberdeen 1641, 1643, 1645, 1648; provost, 1649 – 50, 1651–17 Mar. 1652.Jaffray Diary ed. Barclay, 182; Mems. of Aldermen, Provosts and Lord Provosts of Aberdeen ed. A.M. Munro (Aberdeen, 1897), 157–63, 164–5.

Scottish: member, cttee. of war, 1646, 1648, 1649; cttee. of estates, 1649. Commr. Aberdeen burgh, Scottish Parl. 1649 – 50; to attend Charles Stuart in Holland, 1649, 1650; plantation of kirks, 1649; visitation of Aberdeen Univ. 1649; exch. 1649; purging army, June 1650.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 275–6. Director, chancellery, June 1652–1660.Jaffray Diary, 32, 51; Scot. and Protectorate, ed. Firth, 386, 390; Nicoll, Diary, 301. Kpr. gt. seal, June 1652–55.Young, Parliaments of Scot. i. 376. Commr. approbation of ministers, Aberdeenshire and Moray provinces 8 Aug. 1654;Nicoll, Diary, 167. security of protector, Scotland 26 Nov. 1656.A. and O.

Local: commr. assessment, Aberdeen burgh and shire 31 Dec. 1655, 26 June 1657, 26 Jan. 1660.Acts Parl. Scot. vi. pt. 2, p. 838; A. and O. J.p. Aberdeenshire 1656–9.Scot. and Protectorate, ed. Firth, 308.

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Commons 1640-1660
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JAFFRAY, Alexander (1614-73), of Kingswells, Aberdeenshire.

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Kingswells, Aberdeenshire, inherited from his fa. in 1645; received £200 p.a. salary and £500 p.a. from profits of Scottish chancery, 1652-60.Worcester Coll. Oxf. Clarke MS LI, f. 30v; XLIII, f. 9v.
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