James Tait & Eupham Blair 
James and Eupham were married on November 8th, 1702 in Heriot And Warriston, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. They had a son named Adam.
Family Notes
08/11/1702 TAIT JAMES NAME NOT GIVEN//FR142 M Heriot (Midlothian) /MIDLOTHIAN 688/ 0010 0253 VIEW (5 CREDITS)
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Personal Details
Birth Notes
03/07/1679 TAIT JAMES JOHN TAIT/HELEN YEARSTOUN FR115 U Corstorphine EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 678/ 0010 0107 VIEW (PAID)
marking location Edinburgh
name James Tait James Tait
Goldsmiths' Armorial Badge by James Tait 1725-26
alias TAIT
initials T
town Edinburgh
sponsor's mark T
sponsor's shape special
born 1679
first mentioned 14/03/1694
date of death 1755
notes TAIT, James, Edinburgh, 1704-c.1751. Baptised 3 Jul.1679. Apprenticed to his uncle, George Yorstoun, 14 Mar.1694. Freeman 3 Jun.1704. Still alive 1751 but died soon afterwards and his widow, Katherine Lamont, continued the business for a short while.
Father of Adam Tait, see cross reference.
Possible transcription error in the records; the master of William Davie is named as James Todd in the apprentice register, but James Tait in the minutes.
from records Index to Edinburgh Goldsmiths' Minutes 1525-1700:
Taitt (Taytt), James, f.g., appr. (1694) B298
see also William Livingston : apprentice 1714
Adam Tait : son
William Davie : apprentice 1724
William Gilchrist : apprentice 1718
Robert Gordon : apprentice 1731
James Somerville : apprentice?
George Yorstoun I : master
Death Notes
Tait James 16/06/1797 land surveyor in Lockerbie Testament Dative Dumfries Commissary Court CC5/6/18 VIEW (£5.00)
(5 pages)
2 Tait James 01/09/1798 clerk of the Canongate TD Edinburgh Commissary Court CC8/8/131 VIEW (£5.00)
(7 pages)
Still alive 1751 but died soon afterwards and his widow, Katherine Lamont, continued the business for a short while.
Smith, Jean, servant to James Tait, goldsmith in EdinburghBirth Notes
This is doubtful
James Tait
James was born on July 3rd, 1679 in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland and his baptism took place there on July 3rd, 1679.
Eupham Blair
Eupham was born on May 24th, 1698 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
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Children
Birth Notes
09/12/1713 TAIT ADAM JAMES TAIT/EUPHAM BLAIR FR4309 M Edinburgh EDINBURGH CITY/MIDLOTHIAN 685/001 0150 0340 VIEW (PAID)Death Notes
Midlothian: Edinburgh - The Commissariot Record of Edinburgh, 1701-1800
List of Burials excerpted from Register in possession of the Registrar of the Canongate.
The Commissariot Record of Edinburgh.
Register of Testaments. Third Section--1701-1800.
County: Midlothia
Country: Scotland
Tait, Adam, pewtherer in Edinburgh 05 Oct 1759
Text: Tait, Adam, pewtherer in Edinburgh 05 Oct 1759
Book: List of Burials excerpted from Register in possession of the Registrar of the Canongate. (Burial)
Collection: Midlothian: Edinburgh - The Commissariot Record of Edinburgh, 1701-1800
Text: Tait, Adam, in Stenhouses. See Hill, Isobel.
Book: List of Burials excerpted from Register in possession of the Registrar of the Canongate. (Burial)
Collection: Midlothian: Edinburgh - The Commissariot Record of Edinburgh, 1600-1700
Adam Tait
Adam was born on December 9th, 1713 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.
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