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Hi,
I am hoping someone here can help me with a brick wall is have had for a couple of years.
William Rutherford of Easter weems, married Janet Burt of Buckhaven in the Wemyss parish church, Fife on Friday 2nd December 1736, parish number 459 ref 50/293.
They had a son William on 20th June 1742 in Wemyss, Fife.
I am stuck finding a birth or death for William (senior)
Any help is greatly appreciated
Regards
Sue

Thank you, both of you found the right Moses, with his mothers name as Silvia, now the hunt begins for a Thomas/Sylvia marriage and possibly an earlier marriage to a Sarah. Maybe one of the documents was mistranscribed, Silvia and Sarah could be the same person. There are many Sarah Smith deaths, picking the right one may be tricky.

John Darley certainly didn't know what trade he wanted to be in.
In regard to his step son George I'm cursing the women in the family, too often they seem to have illegitimate children or pick the wrong type of man first time round then marry a second time and merge two families.
I do wonder if George knew who his real father was, if he can't be traced in the local archives then dna might solve it but as yet I have no matches that link to an unknown person who could be his father.

Thank you everyone.

Carol the marriage certificate for George gives his fathers occupation as labourer. John Darley had a varied career. In 1871 he was a glass founder, in 1881 he was a pork butcher, by 1891 he was a taxidermist, in 1901 he was a dock labourer and in 1911 he was unemployed so it's possible the occupations matched but there were 1000s of labourers in the country so a made up father would have a common occupation.

Hands teulu, the baptism info is appreciated, now I can see if there is a record on ancestry.

Pennines, the county archives are a possibility, I would have to ask them to search for me as I can't travel there. John Darley may gave been his father but if Elizabeth was in a relationship with him and they intended to marry then I would have thought that John would have been on the birth certificate and George would have had his name. It's strange that in the 1871 census George is listedcas Darley but in 1881 he is Holt.

Yes, Thomas is a real mystery, as you say the one aged 39 cant be the one I'm looking for, though neither can Captain Thomas William Moffat who died 20 November 1835, his pension record lists his widow as Martha Matilda Moffat

I will have to wait until the end of the month to buy more credits on Scotland's people and hope one of his children's baptisms, census for Helen in 1841/1851 or their marriage record gives a new clue