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Sutherland / Re: Durness Parish Register
« on: Friday 02 October 09 18:24 BST (UK) »
Thank you very much for the responses. Most of the commonly known information about Hector & Barbara comes from three web postings. I have been chasing down the primary sources, but still some questions, inconsistencies, and holes remain.
I agree that this seems to strongly suggest that Catherine was a daughter of the Hector Morrison I'm researching and not some other Hector Morrison living at the time (there appear to have been several), despite the fact that her name is not listed in Duncan McCraw's will.
Would all of these references have come from Burleigh's book? I have requested a copy through inter-library loan, but if anyone knows if the text is online anywhere I'd appreciate it.
This brings us to the question of the last name Fraser. We have the Barbara Fraser and Hector Morrison in the marriage record from Scotland, but that is the only primary source reference that I have found to it. It seems unlikely that Barbara had married someone else in Scotland before Hector (unless she was really, really young), and while she may have married Donald Fraser in Canada before marrying Duncan McCraw, it would be a pretty big coincidence that both of their names were already Fraser (I haven't found a source for that marriage yet either).
It seems that the key to this whole thing would be an immigration record that places Hector, Barbara, and some set of children on a boat between Scotland and New York. I'm still looking.
Finally, to answer your question about where the children ended up: I am descended from Hector and Barbara's son Hector (as opposed to Hector's son Hector by Ann Lane). Barbara and Duncan McCraw moved to St. Gabriel de Brandon while Hector and Ann Lane settled in New Carlisle--there are lots of Drouin Collection entries for the family.
John married Catherine Morrison, daughter of Hector Morrison, a loyalist who moved to the same region in 1784 to a town called New Carlisle.
I agree that this seems to strongly suggest that Catherine was a daughter of the Hector Morrison I'm researching and not some other Hector Morrison living at the time (there appear to have been several), despite the fact that her name is not listed in Duncan McCraw's will.
"Barbara , 1st. married to Hector Morrison, Loyalist, whose farm - according to Burleigh's list of confiscated lands - was at Kortright's Patent, Tryon County, State of New York and was confiscated in 1783.
In Return of Royalists & their families, dated 05 Sept. 1779 at Machiche Camp, Mrs. Morrison is listed as having three children with her.
On March 25,1781 she is referred to as a "poor widow" - 4 children, 2 under age 6 and 2 above.In one document concerning refugees, Barbara is reported as having been born in Scotland, her name appears among those of other women who came from New York, Pennsylvania, England, Ireland... She is unattached to any military unit.
Then we find that Barbara was married to a Donald Fraser and in 1784, Barbara (Barbary) married Duncan McCraw (McCrawd) (McKra) in the Anglican Church, Three Rivers and settled at St.Cuthbert as a farmer, which was near Machiche (Yamachiche).
Would all of these references have come from Burleigh's book? I have requested a copy through inter-library loan, but if anyone knows if the text is online anywhere I'd appreciate it.
This brings us to the question of the last name Fraser. We have the Barbara Fraser and Hector Morrison in the marriage record from Scotland, but that is the only primary source reference that I have found to it. It seems unlikely that Barbara had married someone else in Scotland before Hector (unless she was really, really young), and while she may have married Donald Fraser in Canada before marrying Duncan McCraw, it would be a pretty big coincidence that both of their names were already Fraser (I haven't found a source for that marriage yet either).
It seems that the key to this whole thing would be an immigration record that places Hector, Barbara, and some set of children on a boat between Scotland and New York. I'm still looking.
Finally, to answer your question about where the children ended up: I am descended from Hector and Barbara's son Hector (as opposed to Hector's son Hector by Ann Lane). Barbara and Duncan McCraw moved to St. Gabriel de Brandon while Hector and Ann Lane settled in New Carlisle--there are lots of Drouin Collection entries for the family.