John was the second of the family's sixteen children. Thomas Gladstones was born in Biggar, Lanarkshire, the son of a miller and farmer. Thomas moved to Leith in 1746, aged 14, to be apprenticed to a wine merchant. Thomas later became a successful corn merchant in Leith and 1762 he married Helen Neilson. Thomas Gladstones was a Whig and an elder in the Church of Scotland.
John was the second of the family's sixteen children. Thomas Gladstones was born in Biggar, Lanarkshire, the son of a miller and farmer. Thomas moved to Leith in 1746, aged 14, to be apprenticed to a wine merchant. Thomas later became a successful corn merchant in Leith and 1762 he married Helen Neilson. Thomas Gladstones was a Whig and an elder in the Church of Scotland.
Inscription
Beneath this stone are the remains of
ELLEN NEILSON, spouse of Thomas Gladstones, merchant in Leith, who died July the 17th, 1806, aged sixty-six years; also the remains of the said
THOMAS GLADSTONES, who died the 11th May, 1809, aged seventy-six years; also the remains of
MARGARET GLADSTONES, eldest daughter of the above, and spouse of Peter Crowden, shipmaster, Leith, died 3rd May, 1814, aged fifty-one years.
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