This is my first post here.  Peter Prymrois was my 13th great grandfather. The only information I have found for him is that he was born in 1470 in Kincardine, Culross. His son, Henry Primrose, born 1490 in Culross, had 2 wives: Janet Bleau (Blaw) and Margaret Rydoch. Does anyone have information as to whom Peter married, where, when, etc. or who his parents were or clues at to where I can find that information?

I am curious where L. Primrose Reeves got her tree.  From 1939 till the 1970's John D. Primrose in Coventry was commissioned by Lord Rosebery to make a professional search for all Primroses and a blueprint of that tree was deposited with the Scottish Ancestry Research Council and is now, I think, with the SGS.

In it, he got no further back than a duessed birth date of 1490 of Henry Primrose mentioned in  the Culross charters of 1543 onwards (Reg. Mag. Sig. 8.12.1586) and Rets. & Decreets lxiii 379; Privy Council Register vol.4 p 350; Protocol Book of James Primrose of Newlands).  He had at least 4 sons and possibly also James of Newlands clerk of Culross and Peter of Burnbrae who died 1584 (Edinburgh Testaments).

Peter's great great grandson, a baker /miller (pistor) in  Kincardine, 1616-1662, married a Margaret Reiddock (Dunblane Testamemts), and I have a copy of all his known descendants of the 18th century.  A Janet Blaw married the original Henry's son David ca 1540 and is the ancestor of the Bruce Earls of Elgin.

In a locality the same names are used in repeated generations.  As 15th century records (which rarely preserve the names of any but the wealthy) were scoured by John D. Primrose, I wonder how L. Primrose Reeves found her original Peter and his son Henry with 2 wives?

I have found a couple of other sites linked to Linda Temple that show a William Primrose, born c. 1741 in Scotland died in Tattenabuddagh, Co Fermanagh, Ireland.  This is where my grandfather was born in 1882 so I am interested to know the source of the information on his death as it may provide a link between the Primroses of Scotland and N. Ireland. 

Has anyone actually seen the Primrose chart commissioned by Lord Rosebery or have a copy?  I have tried searching for it, and so far, I've had no luck. 

Hello, I've just joined Genealogy Wise, mainly to join the discussion on the Primrose family (I have questions of my own).
Regarding the wife of John Primrose, baker in Kincardine

I wonder if John D., compiler of the Primrose chart made an error in naming her as Margaret Riddoch, or Reidock. I have seen a copy of a marriage contract that names Margaret Reidheuch as the wife of John P. of Burnbrae, father of the baker. I believe that the chart does not name the first wife of John of Burnbrae, only the second wife, Janet Sands, which marriage was childless.

The marriage of John of Burnbrae to Margaret Reidheuch is in the register of Clackmannan parish (31st October 1612), where she is described as the daughter of James Reidheuch of Gartfinnan.


Of course it's possible that John the baker's wife had a similar name to his mother, but I think that the possibility of an error should be borne in mind.
 

Correction: Margaret Reidheuch is identified as the daughter of James Reidheuch in the Clackmannan PR. The Gartfinnan association is recorded in another document, a marriage contract, I believe.

Sounds like Riddoch, Reidock and Reidheuch are all the same name spelt various ways.  It was common for names for the same person/s to have various spellings right up to fairly recently.  

New content for a very old branch of the Primrose family tree.  I am researching the history of the Mylne family of Scottish Royal Master Masons, principally John (1611-67) and his nephew Robert (1633-1710).  John was married three times, but all three wives predeceased him, the last being Janet Primrose, whose relationship to the various Primrose/Foulis families has never been established, although RW Mylne in his 'Mylne Master Masons' makes the comment that she was 'probably' related to the Primroses who became Earls of Rosebery etc. The National Archive of Scotland has a record of a bond of 1000 merks to Janet Primrose wife of John Mylne Royal Master Mason by Sir James Murray of Crichton dated 1647 for her daughters Elizabeth and Margaret Fisher.  Janet was therefore married and presumably widowed before she married John, but I have yet to establish when James Fisher died.  From examining birth and baptism records, her first husband was James Fisher, Advocate. The witnesses to both baptisms (16/12/1637 and 06/09/1639) are given, in unusually well-formed handwriting: first named is James Primrose, titled Clerk to the Privy Council, followed by (his brother) Mr David Primrose, Advocate.  In 1639 other witnesses include Mr Thomas Young of Leny, a lawyer who had married James Primrose's daughter Margaret in 1621, and Mr Andrew Oswald, Advocate, who had also witnessed the earlier christening.  (There are other witnesses named).  This seems incontrovertible evidence that John Mylne married into this very influential  Primrose family.  John and Janet went on to have a daughter Marion, who was his heir and married (aged 16) shortly after he died, Sir William Thomson, Town Clerk of Edinburgh, a man of her father's age.  She herself lived to a ripe old age.  This new information may help to clarify how he obtained some of his commissions, and raises interesting possibilities about buildings he may have worked on for his extended family, not to mention the obvious ones like Heriot's Hospital.  Hopefully this should give a few more insights into the way seventeenth century architectural patronage worked.  Any thoughts gratefully received!

I saw the Primrose Scroll in Scotland in the summer of 2014 while visiting.  I took a picture of the section which pertains to my part of the Primrose line.  The John and Janet Milne/Mylne are on the scroll. Janet is the daughter of David, grand-daughter of Henry, and great grand-daughter of David Primrose and Janet Blaw.  The Rosebery line descends from David and Janet through their son James.

Many thanks for this information.  It is curious that the first name listed is then not her father's.  In case I fail to find a photo of the scroll, could you be so kind as to send me yours? That would be extremely helpful !

hi my 4th great grandfather edward primrose born 1734 tulliallan perthshire could anyone help me get further back on him i would be very grateful for any help thankyou