> My Auchmithie ancestors included a couple called William SWANKIE and
> Margaret LAWSON, and Margaret was from Inverkeilor. I think she was the
> Margaret born there in 1767 to Thomas LAWSON, skipper in Newhaven of
> Ethie, and Isobel PETERKIN.
Could be.
Unfortunately there were two Thomas Lawsons there at the same time - one married to Elspet Cargill and the other to Isabella Peterkin. I have been able to link some of the Ethie Haven families together because Isabella Lawson, daughter of Thomas and Elspet, lived until 1862. She married George Cargill, son of Robert Cargill, who lived until 1855. His death certificate doesn't name his mother, but I think she must have been Helen Pert.
However I cannot so far make the link between this family and Thomas and Isobel/Isabella or the remaining Lawson families.
hello, I'm new to family history, but all my relatives seem to be from St Vigeans. On the Spink website mentioned above it says that William Swankie's wife Margaret Lawson was the daughter of John and Elizabeth Lawson - were there two William Swankie and Margaret Lawson families? Sorry if I'm being stupid.
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