William Archibald

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Name - "official" name and what they were known as William Archibald (variants include Archbald and Archbold)
Date and place of birth Don't know
Names of parents Don't know
Date and place of baptism - if applicable Not found
Details of each of his or her marriages - if any 28 Dec 1722 at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, to Mary Burton
Occupation(s) - if any Tanner
Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK) - and please list which censuses you have or haven't found him/her on (if s/he lived in census times!).
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1729-1743 Portsburgh, 1736 Westport (from children's baptisms)
Date, place and cause of death Don't know
Date and place of burial. Not found
Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable Not found
Memorial inscription - if any Not found

Link to son's thread:
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...ad.php?t=17520

From the Roll of Edinburgh Burgesses:
Burgess of Edinburgh by right of wife Mary, daughter to James Burtoun, tailor, B. 10 Aug 1726.

Going by the names of William and Mary's children, William's parents could possibly be named William or James, and Mary.

William must have died before Mary as she is his "relict" on her burial. She died July 1761. Not the William Archibald who died Oct 1752 as that one was age 1 year (grandson of this William.) Nor the one who died May 1759 as he was a child, son of Thomas. William's son William jr got married 2 Feb 1755 and it doesn't say deceased for his father although it does for the bride's father, so I would think that William sr was still alive then.
There is a burial 3 Aug 1779 Willm Archbald Tanner in Portsburgh lyes 1 f E from Brunters Stone age 85 old age. But this doesn't fit with Mary being his relict in 1761. Unless it is a mistake on her burial record.