Michael T Tracy

George Buist (1746-1818) Michael T Tracy

The Grange of Lindores farm, situated in Abdie Parish, Fifeshire has been tenanted by members of the Buist family for at least two generations. Indeed, the first known tenant farmer was George Buist (1709- ), whose children were all born there beginning in 1743 with the birth of Jean Buist. His son, George (1746-1818), would assume the tenancy of the Grange of Lindores sometime after his father's death, although the exact date cannot be determined due to the lack of a death record of George Buist (1709- ). George would never marry and the tenancy of the Grange of Lindores would not be passed down after him on that side of the family again. However, years later a distant kinsman of the family, George Dun (1800-1874), would once again farm these lands. This then is the narrative of the life and times of George Buist, the tenant farmer of the Grange of Lindores.