John Bethune was baptised on 17 Apr 1702 in the Fife village of Dairsie, the eldest son of John Bethune and his wife Anna Urie.[1] The family moved to England in 1710 and he qualified as a surgeon, practising all his life in the Sussex town of East Grinstead. There in 1742 he married Mildred Thorpe,[2] from an influential local family, and they had nine children. By 1744 he was sufficiently well established to take on an apprentice.[3] He was buried on 31 May 1775,[4][5][6] and his will was proved on 28 Sep 1775 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.[7]
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↑ Baptism recorded in Register of Dairsie, held at General Register House, Edinburgh
↑ Marriage recorded in Register of Maresfield, held at East Sussex Record Office, Lewes
↑ Name: John Bethune Payment Date: 23 Oct 1744
Residence Location: East Grinstead, Sussex The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Collection: Board of Stamps: Apprenticeship Books: Series IR 1; Class: IR 1; Piece: 17
↑ "England Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:J83P-KP8 : 10 February 2018), John Bethune, burial 31 May 1775; citing East Grinstead, Sussex, England, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,041,580.
↑ Name: John Bethune Probate Date: 28 Sep 1775 Residence: East Grimstead, Sussex, England The National Archives; Kew, England; Prerogative Court of Canterbury and Related Probate Jurisdictions: Will Registers; Class: PROB 11; Piece: 1011
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