Thank you all for your replies - they are very useful. I was referring to
DEEDS 1809-1900 Registered with The Sheriff Court of Fife at Cupar. My goal to is confirm or find the parentage of the two Roberts and I was hoping that deeds might give some clues. Earlier deeds (pre-1800) may be more useful in this case). Thank you for the information re Sasines. I think they were tenants so hopefully sasines may exist with some information. Unfortunately, I live on the other side of the world from Scotland so any research in archives will need to wait for a planned trip in a few years.
Robert Kilgour (
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Kilgour-265) was estimated to be born about 1767 and died between 1799 (when his youngest son was born) and 1851 (when his wife was described as a widow on the 1851 census (sadly the 1841 census for Cupar has been lost). Robert was living in Logie, Fife, when he married Lillas (or Lille) Pearson/Pierson (
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pearson-5718) on the 24th of May 1751 in Dunfermline. His children were all baptised in Kinglassie, Fife. Robert was a farmer in Bowhouse of Pitlochie. Robert Kilgour's sons: James Robert and John all married daughters of Robert Pearson and Agnes Sibbald.
Robert Pearson (
https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Pearson-5863) was possibly born on the 9th August 1774 in Dunfermline, the son of Robert Pearson and Margaret Begbie. I can't find Lillie/Lillias Pearsons baptism so do not know if they were related (although it seems likely). Robert married Agnes Sibbald on the 25th December 1796 in Cupar, Fife and was buried on the 6th of February 1829 in Cupar. Their children were all baptised in Cupar. Robert Pearson has variously been described as a farmer, baker, millmaster and corn dealer, possibly of Thomaston (
https://fife-placenames.glasgow.ac.uk/placename/?id=2711).
Thank you,
Hopefully, this extra information helps.
Sue
Aotearoa/New Zealand