According to a tree sent to me many years ago, William Innes, husband of Penuel Innes, was the son of Alexander Innes, itinerant minister in Glenlivet. See the chart in my posting above.
I believe this to be incorrect for the following reasons:
1. William Innes, husband of Penuel Innes, gave his age as 55 in the 1841 and 70 in the 1851 census. This suggests that he was born about 1780/1781, whereas William Innes, son of the itinerant minister if Glenlivet, was baptised in 1788.
2. William Innes and Penuel Innes were married on 15 January 1807. On this date the son of Alexander Innes, itinerant minister, would have been just 19 years old. It is unusual for young men to marry as young as 19.
3. William Innes and Penuel Innes named their first son John, their second son William, and only their third son Alexander.
4. The list of children of Alexander Innes, itinerant minister, in Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae, mentions his brothers John, Robert and Alexander, but not William, which may suggest that William died young.
Does anyone know of any evidence to support the idea that William Innes, husband of Penuel Innes, was the son of Alexander Innes, itinerant minister?
