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Stirlingshire / Re: Laird & McLuckie
« on: Saturday 16 December 23 18:04 GMT (UK) »
Hello all.
I'm new to Routs chat but not to genealogy. & just getting around to this side of my tree.
I am descended via Abraham Laird & Elizabeth Simpson. Although I can find no birth or death records for Abraham, I am confident his parents are Alexander & Agnes McLucky. Based on a number of DNA matches through Abraham siblings. From Alexander, I am confident his father was Robert & his father was John. Although records are sparse it does make sense.
The question of the 12 year gap in Robert & Margaret Cowans children could be due to moving from St Ninians to Larbert & simply not registering with the local church. There could be further unknown children not recorded. However I do see a strong case for the Suggestion from Sandy_Vi. The Jacobit rising of 1715 did cause a lot of change in the country & if Robert was involved this could also enplane why he moved away from St Ninians. He doesn't seem to be close with the church there as I was unable to find has name in minute books etc. And later his Son Alexander is registering baptisms with the associate session rather then church of Scotland.
The Jacobite Theory will need further research.
The reason I joined the site & posted here is that I can find no detail of John Laird / Agnes Murdoch other then the baptism of their 4 children.
yet on Ancestry & other sites there are some wild & wonderful family trees.
If anybody can provide sources or documents prior to 1687 That would be great. I don't copy & paste trees like many others I love to provide detail & accuracy.
Many thanks.
James.
I'm new to Routs chat but not to genealogy. & just getting around to this side of my tree.
I am descended via Abraham Laird & Elizabeth Simpson. Although I can find no birth or death records for Abraham, I am confident his parents are Alexander & Agnes McLucky. Based on a number of DNA matches through Abraham siblings. From Alexander, I am confident his father was Robert & his father was John. Although records are sparse it does make sense.
The question of the 12 year gap in Robert & Margaret Cowans children could be due to moving from St Ninians to Larbert & simply not registering with the local church. There could be further unknown children not recorded. However I do see a strong case for the Suggestion from Sandy_Vi. The Jacobit rising of 1715 did cause a lot of change in the country & if Robert was involved this could also enplane why he moved away from St Ninians. He doesn't seem to be close with the church there as I was unable to find has name in minute books etc. And later his Son Alexander is registering baptisms with the associate session rather then church of Scotland.
The Jacobite Theory will need further research.
The reason I joined the site & posted here is that I can find no detail of John Laird / Agnes Murdoch other then the baptism of their 4 children.
yet on Ancestry & other sites there are some wild & wonderful family trees.
If anybody can provide sources or documents prior to 1687 That would be great. I don't copy & paste trees like many others I love to provide detail & accuracy.
Many thanks.
James.