Alexander Aitken and Marjory Johnson - MFMMMMFF and MFMMMMFM

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Name: Alexander Aitken.
Date and place of birth: Not known.
Names of parents: Not known.
Date and place of baptism: Not known.
Details of each of his or her marriages: Had children with Marjory Johnson, but have not found details of the marriage.
Occupation(s): Mariner.
Lived in: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, based on baptism dates of children (1726 to 1749).
Date, place and cause of death: Not known.
Date and place of burial: Not known.
Details of will: Not known.
Memorial inscription: Not known.


Name: Marjory Johnston, known as May.
Date and place of birth: c 1711.
Names of parents: Not known.
Date and place of baptism: Not known.
Details of each of his or her marriages: Had children with Alexander Aitken, but have not found details of the marriage.
Occupation(s):
Lived in: Aberdour, Fife, Scotland, based on baptism dates of children (1726 to 1749).
Date, place and cause of death: Died on 2 November 1783, aged 72.
Date and place of burial: Buried in St Fillan's church yard, Aberdour.
Details of will: Not known.
Memorial inscription: The info above is from my pre-1855 deaths in Fife CD. This states the info is from an inscription. I have ordered a CD of the inscriptions.

Baptism of children in Aberdour:

Jean, bapt 22 May 1726, father Alexr Aitken
Maria, bapt 13 Oct 1728, father Alexro Aitken, mother Johnson
Janeta, bapt 10 Oct 1731, father, Alexandro Aitken
Isabela, bapt 21 Aug 1733, father Alexro, mother Marjorae Johnson
Jean, bapt 3 Aug 1735, father Alexr Aitken, mother Marjory Johnson
Anna, bapt 26 July 1737, father Alexr, mother Marjory Johnson
Marjory, bapt 26 June 1739, father Alexr Aitken
Eupham, bapt 24 Mar 1743, father Alexr Aitken
Alexander, bapt 11 Dec 1744, father Alexr Aitken, mother Margt Johnson - my ancestor
Benjamin, bapt 25 Oct 1749, father Alexr, mother Marjory Johnson

[Shona]

There is a baptism for a Marjory Jonston on 24 June 1705 in Aberdour. Father's name is John Jonston. It's not consistent with her supposed age of death recorded on the headstone, but a better fit with the baptism dates of the children. If Jean Aitken, baptised on 22 May 1726, is Alexander and Marjory's first child and the Marjory baptised in 1705 is the mother, Marjory would have been around 21.

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On the off chance, I was scrolling through an archive copy of the Fife Family History Society magazine and found Marjory Johnston was a witness in a dispute over the ownership of a church pew which was heard at the Court of Session. She is described as follows:

'Marjory Johnston, widow of Alexander Aitken, sailor in Aberdour, aged 49 or thereby.'

Fits with the Marjory baptised in 1705. Also now know that Alexander died before 1755.