James Tait 
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 Edinburgh
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Connections & Relationships
Relationship Notes
James was Apprenticed to his uncle, George Yorstoun, 14 Mar.1694. Freeman 3 Jun.1704.Relationship Notes
Witness at James Tait's baptismRelationship Notes
Witness at James Tait's baptismRelationship Notes
Adam was apprenticed to his father, James Tait, (booked 1724, free 1740)
James had an unspecified social relationship with George Yearstoun.He had an unspecified social relationship with John Yearstoun.He had an unspecified social relationship with James Yearstoun.He had an unspecified social relationship with Adam Tait.
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Ancestor Pedigree Chart
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*There are earlier generations for the ancestor(s) indicated. See their page(s) for details (click name)
- b.1550 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d.01 Feb 1575 in Portpatrick, Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.18 Mar 1570 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland
- b.12 Dec 1607 in St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1580 in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland d. in Scotland
- b.04 Mar 1638 in North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.08 Dec 1615 in North Leith, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1590
- b.03 Jul 1679 in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.~ 1751
- b.1595
- b.18 Jul 1619 in Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1595
- b.02 Jan 1645 in Corstorphine, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.~ 1572
- b.11 Jan 1618 in Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
- b.1515 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d.1580 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
- b.1540 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland d.1610 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
- b.1572 in Dunfermline Parish, Fife, Scotland
- b.1544 in Canongate, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland d.1620 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
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Details of James' family with Eupham Blair
Details of James' family with Katherine Lamount
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