ROBERT PASLEY OF CRAIG AND MOUNT ANNAN

Merchant in Portugal and London

Robert Pasley of Craig and Mount Annan is the eldest son of James Pasley of Craig and his first wife, Magdalen Elliot. There is no birth or baptismal record for him but he is said to have been born in January 1727. [Journal of the Paisley Family Society, volume ii, page 13]

Marriage

Robert Pasley of Craig and Mount Annan married Christian Pringle, the daughter of Alexander Pringle of Whitebank. They were married at Edinburgh in Midlothian, Scotland, on 19 October 1766. [Francis J. Grant, WS., Register of Marriages of the City of Edinburgh, 1751-1800 (Scottish Records Society, 1921), page 603]

Children

Robert Pasley of Craig and Mount Annan, and his wife, Christian Pringle, had three children:

1. James Pasley
2. Magdalen Pasley
3. Hannah Leonora Pasley