Brief Life History of James
When James Aiken was born about 1706, in Leadhills, Lanarkshire, Scotland, his father, Georg Aiken "Aitken", was 22 and his mother, Margaret Thomson, was 22. He married Christian Patterson on 19 April 1731, in Lanark, Lanarkshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters.
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- James Aitken, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
- James Aiken, "Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910"
- James Aitken in entry for James Aitken, "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950"
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Name Meaning
Scottish and northern Irish: variant of Scottish Aitken .
History: Aiken is the name of a NH family that was prominent in the 18th century; also of a Charleston family descended from William Aiken, who emigrated from Antrim in Ireland to Charleston c. 1800.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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