When John Brydson was born on 10 June 1789, in Buittle, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, his father, Robert Brydson, was 37 and his mother, Mary Bryson, was 35. He had at least 4 sons and 4 daughters with Marion Hyslop Cairnon. He lived in Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland, United Kingdom in 1851. He died on 24 November 1860, in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, United Kingdom, at the age of 71, and was buried in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Scottish: variant of Bridson .
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