Sylvester Sutherland is a witness at the birth of Margaret Sutherland born 1788 in Edinburgh. She is a daughter of my George Sutherland and Penelope (nee Edgar).
I previously had no father for George … so on finding this Sylvester as witness, looked him up.
And found a record of a George Sutherland born 1766 to a Sylvester Sutherland and Margaret Nicol in St.Cuthberts Edinburgh.
Now – George and Pen were married in Edinburgh in 1787.
Then George went off and joined the Fencibles, so he moved about a bit – after that his other children were born all over the place….
The names of George and Pens children are:
Margaret, Janet, Robert, George and Henry…
No Sylvester?
Sylvester and Margaret’s children’s names are:
George, Alexander, Robert, John, William, David and Margaret.
So that looks interesting – although there are a few …that don’t fit.
I found a Sylvester birth to a Jo Sutherland in 1739 in Kirriemuir Angus-( but NO wife he was clever)
He also had lots of children named as follows:
James, Isabelle, Mary, George and William
What do you reckon…does this fit together?
Xin
and can anyone read the attached ?
