Tour Scotland Video George Graham Memorial Kinross Perthshire

Tour Scotland video of the George Graham memorial on ancestry visit to the Parish Church in Kinross, Perthshire, Scotland. Born 17th of May 1730, died in London on 18th of December, 1801. Son of John Graham of Edinburgh and his first wife Anges MacFarlane, daughterof Reverend Robert MacFarlane. In 1765 George Graham was settled as a planter in Jamacia, but, failing to prosper, decided in 1770, on the advice of Sir William Mayne, to seek his fortune in India where he did prosper. He died in London leaving his estates to his illegitimate son James.

The Graham name is an English and Scottish surname. It is a habitational name, derived from Grantham in Lincolnshire, England. The Scottish Grahams traditionally claimed descent from a chief called Grame, but the first authentic bearer of the name was William of Graham in the 12th century.

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