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Hi RedMystic,

Very nice to meet you too!

Just a little bit of background... A friend who is tracing his family tree came across a Masson from the NE of Scotland in the 1700s and asked if I knew anything of my family tree, i.e., whether I might also be able to trace my family back to the same Masson. 

I knew nothing of the Massons beyond my grandfather's name.  My sister had done a little research and found William Masson and Susan Robertson but could get no further.  I sent that info. back to my friend who did a little bit of research himself and found the link to Ann Henderson, and (if I understand correctly) that William's father was a Catto.

I then searched on Google for Ann Henderson and William Masson, which brought me to this thread, which has been fascinating.  I have spoken to my dad about it but he had no knowledge of his grandfather William's upbringing.  He mentioned that William used to look after him and his brothers sometimes when they were little but he did not know much about him.  This was really a surprise.

I don't have any experience with researching family trees but I am quite curious now and would certainly like to learn more.  If you can share any more information about Ann Henderson that would be much appreciated.

Also, I was interested to see that you have Inkster (Shetland) among the names at the bottom of your message, which I guess is a list of ancestral names in your family?  I was born and brought up in Shetland and my mother is an Inkster (just for info., I have been living in Houston, TX, for the last 18 years).  So it is very likely that we are related on that side as well.  My grandmother did a good deal of research on the Inkster family tree so if you have some information on your Inkster ancestor, we might be able to make that link.