So close, but yet so far.

[Windsor87]

I've been working on a very positive line for a number of weeks now, carefully going forward using the dangerous rule of probability.

Probability was working fine on this line for I was working on a rare surname (Rettie) in a fairly small dwelling (Parish of Monquhitter (Abderdeenshire)).

This line was going well from the first Rettie (b.1800) down to the last Rettie birth of 1716 all in the same small parish. I was getting fairly excited, because I was only 16 years away from breaking into the 17th century - the first time I would have done so on my own accord.

The man born in 1716 was a George Rettie (going by his christian name, I'm guessing the family were Hanoverian or impartial to Jacobitism) and his father was William. So I did a search of Wil Retties and variants for the whole of Aberdeenshire between 1675 and 1700...

Again I was excited to see 3 matches!

Unfortunately all three of them were William 'Raittie' (probable varient), all from the Parish of Monquhitter, born in 1678, 1679 and 1695 respectively.

So basically, it could be ant of the three of them. So close, but yet so far...

[jinks]

I found this on the IGI

George Rettie father William mother Margaret Froster

Margaret Froster bapt 7/12/1686 New Deer
Father John Froster /mother Christan Chessor

William Rettie born c 6 Jul 1678 married 14 June 1711
to Margaret Froster   

This information can be found on familysearch I dont know
how accurate it is!

Jinks

[Windsor87]

Thanks jinks.

I will look into it and see if I can get any more evidence to make the link. 

[stuartroxy]

My ggg grandfather was James Rettie (1820 - 1902).  According to his DC - registered by his son Adam - he was the son of Adam Rettie and ? Paterson.  He was the husband of Eliza Yeats and father of 8 - Catherine, James, Alexander, William, John, Adam, Andrew and Eliza.  He - and most of the family - were from Monquhitter.

Do you have any info on this line?  I can't imagine that there are too many different Retties in Monquhitter!

stuartroxy

[stuartroxy]

I had a look at the IGI Pedigree Resource File and, providing the information is correct, I think that I am related to the same line that jinks posted.

stuartroxy

[stuartroxy]

Windsor87,

Did you get anywhere?

stuartroxy

[Windsor87]

Hello Stuart,

Sorry for the delay in my response. When you last posted on the 1st September the deadline for my postgrad dissertation was looming. That will be my excuse.

I have not been able to make a definate connection with William Rettie and Margaret Froster.

At the minute my Rettie line is as follows.

William Raittie - place and date of birth and death unknown.

His son was George Rettie, b. 6 Oct 1716 in Monquhitter. Married Margaret Smith (b.1716) on 1 Jan 1741 in Monquitter.

They had a son, Alexander Rettie, b. 10 Oct 1847 in Monquhitter. Married Christina Anderson (b.1759) on 30 May 1784 in Monquhitter.

They had a daughter, Ann Rettie (1800-1875). She was married to John Bruce who died after being struck by lightening in 1864.

Thats all I have, and even some of that looks dodgy.

Windsor87

[stuartroxy]

Windsor87,

My Rettie line comes from Adam Rettie (1791 - 1874); he was Ann's sister.  I found a connection on a family tree to William Rettie and Margaret Froster; however, there was no documentary evidence.  The dates look reasonable though.

stuartroxy

PS Hope the disertation went well!

[kiddo]

Jinks, Stuart and Windsor..I have just found this thread on Rettie..and have most of these people on my tree with some degree of similarity. My sources were from a tree "handed down" to me from a 2nd cousin researched through LDS many years ago and the Rettie Family Bible (Alexander Rettie and Margaret Mair) which I have. My tree on Ancestry is "Shakelton-Turner" and I am "PamWong74"

I just wanted to post, say hello and see if anything is new. It has been awhile since I looked at this line but had an inquiry yesterday from someone new..new year, new research, time to take a comb over what I have again..don't you just love the naming patterns!! :-(

Cheers from Canada
Pam