Major James Moodie, , 9th Laird of Melsetter

1757 - 1820  (63 years)

• Name	James Moodie
  Prefix	Major
  Suffix	, 9th Laird of Melsetter
  Birth	12 Feb 1757	Melsetter, Orkney, Scotland   [1]
  Christening	12 Feb 1757	Melsetter, Orkney, Scotland   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Death	28 Jun 1820	St. Agnes Yard, Edinburgh, Scotland   [1]
  Burial	Canongate Church, Edinburgh, Scotland   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I34	Heddle fam tree
  Last Modified	3 Jun 2018

  
  

  Father	Benjamin Moodie, , 8th Laird of Melsetter,   b. 17 Feb 1723, Aikerness in Evie, Orkney, Scotland d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Henrietta St. Claire   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	Abt 1755  [3]
  Family ID	F1233	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Elizabeth Dunbar,   b. Abt 1760   d. 1798 (Age 38 years)
  Marriage	Y  [4]
  Children	1. Jessie (Janet) Moodie   d. Yes, date unknown   2. Captain Benjamin Moodie,   b. 1 Jan 1789   d. 2 Apr 1856, Groot Vaders Bosch, South Africa (Age 67 years)   3. Lieutenant Thomas Moodie,   b. Abt 1791   d. 27 Apr 1824, Culpee, India (Age 33 years)   4. Henrietta Moodie,   b. 1794, Melsetter, Orkney, Scotland d. 2 Jul 1833, Edinburgh, Scotland (Age 39 years)   5. Captain Donald Moodie,   b. 25 Jun 1794   d. 27 Aug 1861, Pietersmaritzburg, South Africa (Age 67 years)   6. John Wedderburn Dunbar Moodie,   b. 7 Oct 1797, Melsetter, Orkney, Scotland d. 22 Oct 1869, Belleville, Ontario, Canada (Age 72 years)
  Family ID	F10	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	17 Oct 2007

  
  

  Family 2	Elizabeth Taylor   d. Yes, date unknown
  Children	1. Lieutenant James Moodie,   b. 20 Apr 1783   d. 1813, the attack on Leghorn (Livorno), Italy (Age 29 years)
  Family ID	F457	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	28 Jan 2008

  
  

• Photos		photo head - james moodie 1757-1820.jpg
  		painting - james moodie 1757 - collection of john and judy heddle.jpg

  
  

• Notes

  James Moodie, 9th Laird of Melsetter

  
  

• Sources

  [S182] Marquise de Ruvigny, Book - The Moodie Book, (1906, privately printed. Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=4Q0XAAAAYAAJ). [S379] Memorial - Moodie-Heddle stone in Canongate Church graveyard, Edinburgh, (Photos taken by Hamish Johnston). [S182] Marquise de Ruvigny, Book - The Moodie Book, (1906, privately printed. Online: http://books.google.com/books?id=4Q0XAAAAYAAJ), Page 49 (Reliability: 3). [S27] John Henderson, Book - Caithness Family History, (Published Edinburgh 1884 by David Douglas. Available online: https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=yX4UAAAAYAAJ).