Mary Anne Leslie
(fl. 18th century)
BIRTH
1761
PLACE
DEATH
UNKNOWN
PLACE
FAMILY
CHILDREN
Alexander Leslie
(1731-1794)
HOMES
RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Mary Anne Leslie was the daughter of general Alexander Leslie and married John Rutherfurd of Edgerston in 1787. Family correspondence describes her place in the household as Edgerston was enlarged, although hopes for children were never fulfilled. Thomas Calvert dedicated the jig Mrs Rutherford of Egerston to her in his 1799 collection, linking her to Border musical culture. Her birth and death dates remain unestablished, and the exact wedding day varies in genealogies.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Mary Anne Leslie’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Mary Anne Leslie is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
The date and circumstances of Mary Anne Leslie's death are not securely documented in the biographical material available here. Mary Anne Leslie was the daughter of general Alexander Leslie and married John Rutherfurd of Edgerston in 1787. Family correspondence describes her place in the household as Edgerston was enlarged, although hopes for children were never fulfilled. Thomas Calvert dedicated the jig Mrs Rutherford of Egerston to her in his 1799 collection, linking her to Border musical culture. Her birth and death dates remain unestablished, and the exact wedding day varies in genealogies. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
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