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I have Agnes Rae born 1771 who married Colin Mcluckie, one of their children Agnes Mcluckie born 1806 in Bothkennar married Thomas Ure 1 Oct 1826, their daughter Margaret Ure  married my third great uncle Thomas Cowan.  I also have laird, Graham, Ferguson and Hotchkiss in my family tree. 

Hi Monica

Yes I have the marriage certificate, it states that she was a spinster, which makes me think that Agnes and Robert were illegitimate.  Robert was born in 1858, Thomas and Mary were married in Dec 1857 and 3 months later my GG grandfather was born.   On Agnes Benson Taylor's marriage certificate it states that her father was William Benson and was a blacksmith (deceased) she was born in 1851 while she was still living at home with her mother Nannie and Thomas. Now this is where it gets even trickier 😂, William Benson and John Benson were brothers, John had an illegitimate child also named William 😂 and William (the brother) also had a son named William, to add further fuel to the fire, Alexander Benson, son of William, also had an illegitimate child named William, so one of them must be the father 😂.  Rather confusing, I have all the documentation as I was researching the Taylor line (my father's line).  The DNA I guess has thrown a spanner in the works, but a good spanner may I add.  It has been an interesting journey.  However the story does not end there, while researching the census on the taylor/Cowan line, I found a child named Mary Auld Cowan, born in 1868 to a Agnes Benson, again illegitimate and is on the census as grandchild to Thomas and nannie.  No father whatsoever on birth certificate.  Very interesting but leaves one very confused lol.

Thank you very much for replying very much appreciated. 😊😊

Kim

Hi everyone,

I am also related to the Benson's for which I have discovered through DNA, to cut a long story short, William Benson married Helen Honeyman in Dec 1813 Larbert, one of their children William Benson born abt. 1815 May or may not have been married to a Mary McDugal Cowan, I can find no marriage certificate whatsoever, they had two children.  Now this is where it gets a bit tricky, Agnes Benson was born in 1851, Mary McDugal Cowan (my ggg grandmother) marries a Thomas Taylor in Dec 1857, Robert Taylor pops out 3 months later.  I believe through DNA that Robert Taylor is in actual fact a Benson.  I am just wondering if anyone has done there DNA on ancestry or GEDCOM so that I can finally solve this puzzle. I do believe I am right through a connection I have made in Australia but would love to clarify it further.

Kim