John Greig
- Born: 19 Oct 1759, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
- Christened: 21 Oct 1759, Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland
- Marriage (1): Katharine Wilson on 25 Aug 1780 in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland
- Died: 31 May 1841 at age 81
General Notes:
There is a history of Salting in Prestonpans at: www.prestoungrange.org/core-files/archive/!brickma.pdf On p8 it refers to a John Greig:
"However, small scale undertakings remained the norm in the Prestonpans area (in later centuries an untypical position in the Scottish salt industry). Even most of the pans on Prestongrange Estate were in the hands of people of modest rank. For example in the early eighteenth century John Greig, indweller, and Richard Henderson, sailor. Others were merchants, both local and from Edinburgh. A total of eleven works around Prestonpans remained outside the hands of the landed proprietors in the early eighteenth century. However, their output has been estimated as only 2,000 bushels each per pan p.a. when the Scottish average was 4,500. The remaining works were on a considerably larger scale, c.f. the 40 pans owned and operated by the Winton Estates at Cockenzie and their individual outputs were higher."
John married Katharine Wilson on 25 Aug 1780 in Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland. (Katharine Wilson was born in 1760 in Prestonpans, East Lothian, Scotland.)
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