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Hi Tony,

Peter Hunter Blair was the great grandson of Peter Blair and Ann Hunter.

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John
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Hmm . . . I misread the subject line to start with and thought the thread was about Peter Hunter Blair, a well known historian!

See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Hunter_Blair

--- Tony Jebson

Hi Pauline and Nora,

Deterimining the parents of James McLuckie who married Christian Graham and James Blair who married Janet Archibald may be very difficult as their were several James McLuckies born between 1771 and 1800 in the area in question. In fact there were two James born (or baptised) in 1781. Below is a list of James McLuckies born or baptised between 1771 and 1880. Any one or two of these could the James we've been discussing.

C: 22 Dec 1771   James   Alexander McLucky & Helen Cowan           Larbert, Stirling
B: 6 Nov 1774   James   Andrew McLuckie & Jean Buchanan           Glasgow, Lanark
C: 29 Apr 1781   James   Andrew McLuckie & Jean COWAN or Methvin   Kippen, Stirling
C: 13 Sep 1781   James   Thomas McLuckie & Mary Heggie           Airth, Stirling
C: 26 Oct 1783   James   James McLucky & Janet Nuckle           Falkirk, Stirling
C: 20 Feb 1791   James   Alexander McLucky & Helen Rankin   Larbert, Stirling
B: 2 May 1791   James   Thomas McLuckie & Janet Waterston   Glasgow, Lanark
C: 10 Jun 1793   James   William McLuckie & Margaret McAlaster   Drymen, Stirling
C: 8 Mar 1795   James   Colin McLuckie & Agnes Rae           Polmont, Stirling
B: 10 May 1800   James   Thomas McLuckie & Christian Ferguson   Glasgow, Lanark

My connection to this thread is through Robert Blair and Margaret McLuckie. Robert was my 3rd great grand uncle, brother of my 3rd great grandfather. Robert and Margaret were the first of my Blair line to come to America in 1785.

Margaret McLuckie had several brothers and sisters including Robert McLuckie and Andrew McLuckie. Andrew married Jean Methven. Andrew and Jean had several children including James McLuckie baptised on 29 April 1781 in Kippen. This James may be the same James we're discussing in this thread.

Several years ago we found about 30 letters in the Vermont Historical Society written to Robert Blair in Barnet Vermont. These letters were written by family members and friends from 1786 to 1818. Several of these letters were written by Robert McLuckie and other McLuckies and discussed family members in Scotland.

I've been going through these letters today I've come to the conclusion that James McLuckie who married Christian Graham is not the son of Andrew McLuckie and Jean Methven. In a letter dated Aug 1816 Robert mentions that James is living in Arnfinlay and his youngest sister Jean is keeping house. Again in June 1818 Robert says that James and Jean the youngest daughter (of Andrew) are in Arnfinlay. There is no mention of James having a wife in any of the letters.

It's still possible that my James married Janet Archibald but we may never know for certain.

John

Hi Pauline,

They are the same couple. What you call marriages are actually the posting of the marriage banns (intention to marry). It was very common to see the banns recorded twice, once in the parish of the bride and once in the parish of the groom. The actual marriage would normally be a short time after the posting of the banns and is often not found in the OPRs.

The actual entry for James and Christian on 25 July 1803 in Balfron reads "McLucky James in the Parish of Old Kilpatrick, and Christian Graham in this Parish entered their names for proclamation of Banns."

I don't have the image for the the July 29, Old Kilpatrick, Dunbarton entry but I'm certain it would be similar to the one above.

The same situation exists for the marriage of James McLuckie and Janet Archibald, on 08 and 10 Dec 1822 in St Ninians and Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland.

John

Hi Pauline,

I'm afraid I don't have anything that would prove that James McLuckie who married Christian Graham is the same James McLuckie, baptised 29 Apr 1781, who was the son of Andrew McLuckie and Jean Methven. I did find a marriage record on ScotlandsPeople for James McLuckie and Christian Graham married on 25 Jul 1803 in Balfron, Stirlingshire, Scotland. This COULD be the same James but the record does not indicate James' parents.

I also found a marriage records for James McLuckie and Janet Archibald, on 08 and 10 Dec 1822 in St Ninians and Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland. This COULD also be the same James but the records do not indicate James' parents.

It's possible that either or both of these could be James McLuckie son of Andrew McLuckie and Jean Methven.

I have no information on James' children.

John

Hi Ev,

Thank you so much for the link. I looked at the rest of the website and found a page with a list of books. One of them was "Historical record of the Seventy-First Regiment, Highland Light Infantry" which I found online and was able to download as a pdf file. It give a fabulous timeline of the 71th during the time Alexander was in it.

As for the 3 "mystery" children the regimental birth records show:
Grace Blair - 1825 Edinburgh
James Blair - 1827 Edinburgh
Elizabeth Blair - 1833 Inverness

Thanks again for the link.

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John
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