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Ædie of Aberdeen, Scotland

Many variations in spelling. Standard is with the letter from Old English "Æ", sometimes called "Ash". This is capital AE diphthong or ligature. In modern notation one would write "Aedie".
 

The joint arms of Alexander Skene, 16th Laird of Skene (A.S.) and Giles Ædie (J.Æ.), date 1692, inside Skene House.
Photo 1994. Picture courtesy of Judith Campbell. See full size.
Skene arms (3 daggers with wolves' heads) on left,
Ædie arms (3 cross/swords) on right.
The first of our lines starts with:

David Ædie,
of Aberdeen,
mar Isobel Forbes and had issue:

  1. ---- Ædie,
    mar Robert Skene [born est c.1535] and had issue.
Another line is bur in W end of St. Nicholas' church, Aberdeen (burial stone in floor):

Andrew Ædie,
maltman,
mar Christian Guthrie,
bur 15th Apr 1604, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
Christian bur 14th Sept 1622, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
had issue:

David Ædie,
2nd son, inherited property in The Green, Aberdeen town centre, built house there 1633,
mar "I.F." [initials on burial stone, may stand for "J.F."],
note there is an Isobel Forbes, wife of David Ædie, maltman, bur 7th June 1614, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen, which looks like her,
note this is too late to be Isobel Forbes above, perhaps [Skene, 1887] is confused here,
bur 1644, St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
had issue:

George Ædie,
merchant, Aberdeen, burgess of Aberdeen,
erected the burial stone in St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
mar 30th May 1643 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Giles Burnet ["Jeals" on burial stone],
very likely that she is grandmother of Giles Ædie, i.e. very likely that this George is the master below,
he died Oct 1657, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
Giles died 5th Nov 1663, bur St.Nicholas', Aberdeen,
had issue:

  1. George Ædie,
    2nd son [burgess records],
    Baillie (city official) of Aberdeen, burgess of Aberdeen 1673,
    mar 28th Oct 1677 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen] to Mary Jamesone [born 1644],
    Mary died July 1684, age 40 yrs,
    after her death George sold her tapestries to St. Nicholas' church 1686 or 1688, where they now hang,
    had issue:

    1. Alexander Ædie, bapt 24th July 1678 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].
    2. David Ædie, bapt 18th June 1679 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen], must have died in infancy (there is another David).
    3. David Ædie, bapt 25th July 1680 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].
    4. Margaret Ædie, bapt 16th June 1681 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen].
The second of our lines, which, as discussed, is probably the same as the above, starts with:

George Ædie,
Aberdeen merchant trading in Danzig, Poland,
the master to whom Sir George Skene was apprenticed,
possibly the George Ædie who married Giles Burnet above,
had issue:

  1. David Ædie, of Newark and Easter Echt,
    possibly 1st son (with George 2nd son, see above).
Aberdeenshire Epitaphs and Inscriptions, John A. Henderson, 1907, [ECL] W X DA 1270, shows the following grave:

Margaret Ædie,
"dau or near relative" of David Ædie of Newark and Easter Echt [must be younger sister of, given the dates],
mar 15th Nov 1681 [St.Nicholas', Aberdeen]
to Richard Irvine [born 1626, son of John Irvine of Artamford] of Cairnfield (previously called Balgownie, later called Fraserfield) and had issue,
Richard died 4th July 1703, age 77 yrs, bur Inverugie, Aberdeenshire,
bur Inverugie.
Other miscellaneous Ædies buried at St.Nicholas', Aberdeen:

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