Alexander Kincaid
Scottish printer and publisher (1710–1777)
Alexander Kincaid (17 March 1710 – 21 January 1777) was a Scottish printer and publisher who served as Lord Provost of Edinburgh from 1776 to 1777.2
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Born 1710, died Jan 21, 1777.1
Career
Occupation: bookseller, printer.5
Personal life
Little is known of his first wife. Four of his sons are said to have fought in skirmishes following the Battle of Culloden in 1746 as Jacobite supporters. They fled to Virginia in America in 1746 to escape punishment. His eldest son, also Alexander Kincaid, took over the family printworks in 1777 and is often confused with the father. Alexander, the younger, wrote "A History of Edinburgh" in 1787.
In 1751 he married Caroline Ker, daughter of Sir Charles Kerr.
From 1771 he was a "stepfather" to William Creech but it is unclear if he married his mother. The relationship was very close from 1773.
He also appears strongly connected to "Mrs MacKenzie" a trader in the Luckenbooths in 1773 next to his old shop, and mother to Thomas Kincaid Mackenzie. Given the clear connections he may be presumed to be either his biological father or in some way related.
From Wikipedia’s article on Alexander Kincaid (this version), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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