Events
Date of Baptism: 31 January [?] 1667.
Place of Baptism: Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
The baptism is recorded in the parish register.
Date of Death: unknown.
Place of Death: unknown.
Relationships
Father: John Jamison.
Mother: Christian Kennedy.
See the Commentary section.
Spouse: Margaret Edmonstone. Married 4 August 1687 in Alloa, Clackmannanshire.
The marriage is recorded in the parish register.
Children:
(Complete source citations for facts about the children on this page are currently outside of the scope of this project.)
David Jamison (baptized 17 June 1688 in Alloa)
Christian Jamison (baptized 16 March 1690 in Alloa) married Alexander Henderson 27 January 1714 in Logie, Perthshire.
John Jamison (baptized 3 May 1692 in Alloa)
James Jamison (baptized 11 March 1694 in Alloa)
Evidence
from the Alloa parish register:
1667
[31 January?]
Parents: John Jamisone Christian Kennedie
Child: John
Witnesses: David Jamisone John Measone
May 14th 1687
Jamison & Edmisson
The qlle day John Jamison & Margaret Edmisson both here give up their names to be proclaimed in order to marriage & were married the 4th of August 1687
1688
June 17th
C David Jamison law’ll
P John Jamison Margaret Edminston
W in presence of the congregation
1690
March 16
C Christian Jamison law’ll
P John Jamison Margaret Admistone
W in presence of the congregation
1693
May 3d
C John Jamison law’ll
P John Jamison Margaret Edmondston
W In presence of the congregation
Commentary
John’s parentage:
John was married in Alloa in 1687 and had children baptized there. There seem to be two plausible baptisms in the Alloa register, in 1665 (parents Alexander Jamisone and Marion Andrsone) and in 1667 (parents John Jamisone and Christian Kennedie). The 1667 baptism seems more likely for onomastic reasons. The names of John’s two eldest children were David and Christian. Neither name came from his wife’s family. Christian could have been named after John’s mother. David could have been named after John’s grandfather, who was a witness at John’s baptism.
References
Parish registers for Alloa, Clackmannanshire. Digital images on FamilySearch.org accessed 6 May 2026.