- Born: 1 December 1715, Riddle's Close, Leith 338
- Christened: 4 December 1715, South Leith, Scotland
- Marriage: Catherine Cant on 4 January 1747 in Edinburgh 337,338
- Died: 16 October 1795, Millbank House, Leith aged 79 338
- Buried: October 1795, Greyfriars Churchyard, Edinburgh 338
 General Notes:
Educated at Edinburgh University, matriculated 1730. Bookseller and printer. In 1773, he bought the lease of Bogsmill, now Redhall Paper Mill, from Robert Hamilton. Millbank became the family's summer home.
John married Catherine Cant, daughter of Ludovick Cant and Unknown, on 4 January 1747 in Edinburgh 337.,338 (Catherine Cant died in 1802.)
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