Genealogical account of the Barclays of Urie

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drew Jaffray, of Kingswells, his eldest son
arid his wife, and their eldest son, whom they
were carrying to a boarding-school at Theo-
balds, within twelve miles of London : but
for the most part he staid at his own house
at Urie, enjoying great satisfaction in a
country life, being much respected by gentry
and nobility wherever he was known : in
which situation he continued until the latter
end of September, 1686. Being past the
seventy-sixth year of his age, he took a fever,
which kept him about a fortnight, and then
carried him off. Upon the 12th of October
he was buried in a new burying-place upon
his own ground, appointed by himself, upon
a rising eminency near a mile to the north-
west of Urie ; having, when in perfect health,
some time before his death, by a writing
under his hand, ordered the manner of his
interment : the religious and edifying depar-
ture he made at his end, is so affecting that
it cannot be too often read ; which being so
well related in his eldest son's testimony con-
cerning him, printed at the end of his works,
and the account of his children he left be-