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TunjiLees
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I saw somebody else do this with a mesure of success, so I decided to do the same.
These are my ancestral lines from Fife that I know of:
BETT/BEAT (1680s-1770s) - Crail, Aberdour, Dunfermline (John married Isabell Norrie 1709)
BUTTERCASE (1790s-1890s) - Kemback, Dairsie (David married Margaret Young in 1833)
CARMICHAEL (1760s-1890s) - Kirkcaldy (Thomas m. Margaret Hugh 1790)
CURRIE (1770s-1890s) - Kirkcaldy
DEMPSTER (1690s-1880s) - Abdie, Auchtermuchty, Largo, Kilmany, Cupar, Kettle, Flisk (George m. Mary Kirkaldy 1852)
DON (1850-1930s) - Newburgh, Cults, Newport
HOG(G)AN (1690s-1750s) Auchterderren, Auchtertool, Aberdour
HUNTER (1800s-1900s) - Kirkcaldy, Abbotshall (Robert Hunter m. Margaret Kidd of Ireland 1826)
KEITH (1820s-1910s) - Leuchars, Forgan, Wormit, Newport
KE/INNEL (1730s-1820s) - Aberdour
KNOX/KNOCKS (1670s-1780s) - Beath, Auchtertool, Aberdour (William m. Katharine Robertson 1705. James m. Christian Gibb 1748)
LEES (1870s+) - Dysart, Kirkcaldy, Abbotshall
MCEWAN (1790s-1870s) - Dysart
MCLEOD (1800s-1850s) - Kirkcaldy, Abbotshall
MORRIS/CE/SON - (1750s-1870s) - Aberdour, Dunfermline
RAE Mary (1800s-1850s) - Kirkcaldy (dau. of Henry Rae/Margaret Nicol)
SCOT(T) (1680s-1860) - Leuchars
SUTHERLAND (1790s-1860s) - Abbotshall
TAYLOR (1820s-1870s) - Kemback, Leuchars, Ceres (James m. Agnes Gold 1844)
WRIGHT (1790s-1840s) - Dysart
If you think you have connections to these lines or any useful information at all then please reply, thank you.
Kind Regards
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Hello,
Would like to compare notes on your LEES from Fife.
Best Regards,
Jamie Lees
CANADA
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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TunjiLees
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Hi,
We can certainly compare notes.
I'm researching
William Lees (1884-1922) m. Helen Currie
son of
Thomas Lees (c1853- 1902) m. Christina McEwan
son of
Oliver Lees m. Isabella Waldie
Whom are you researching with the LEES surname?
Cheers
-Tunji
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Hi Tunji,
The family I am researching is David LEES and Mary HAY who married in Edinburgh 1768. They had 10 children....
Janet LEES b. 1769 Bo'ness, Lanark d. 1858
James LEES b. 1771 Bo'ness, Lanark d. 1858 Coatdyke, Lanark married Katherine WOOD.
George LEES b. 1775 Bo'ness, Lanark
David LEES b. 1777 Bo'ness, Lanark married Jane COWAN
Richard LEES b. 1779 Dunfermline, Fife
Margaret LEES b. 1781 Dunfermline, Fife
Robert LEES b. 1784 Dunfermline, Fife d. 1855 Braehead married Margaret COWAN
Mary LEES b. 1785 Dunfermline, Fife
Andrew LEES B. 1788 Dunfermline, Fife Possibly married Elizabeth COLMAN (not yet confirmed).
Mary LEES b. 1790 Dunfermline, Fife
Looking forward to your reply.
Jamie Lees
Canada
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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TunjiLees
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Jamie,
Sorry but I doubt there are any connections between our Lees families. Mine only moved to Fife in the 1870s before which they lived in Midlothian.
Cheers
-Tunji
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Thanks Tunji
Jamie Lees
CANADA
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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ostler
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Great Granddad John Angus Sutherland (1875-1963)
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BETT/BEAT (1680s-1770s) - Crail, Aberdour, Dunfermline (John married Isabell Norrie 1709)
I have a Margaret Beat(t) or Bett who married William Malcolm, 25 May 1798 in Abbotshall. No more information than that, unfortunately.
Sorry but I doubt there are any connections between our Lees families. Mine only moved to Fife in the 1870s before which they lived in Midlothian. I have Lees from East/Midlothian as well. John Lees married Elizabeth White 20 Sep 1794 in Whittinghame, had at least five children:
Elizabeth b1796
Archibald b c1797
Isabel b1799
Agnes b1801
Jane Hastie b1806
Archibald Lees married Janet Dudgeon 17 Mar 1827 in Gladsmuir, and Margaret Ritchie in Prestonpans 16 May 1856. They had at least ten children:
John, Adam, Peter, Elizabeth, John, Euphemia, Margaret, Archibald, James and Agnes Dudgeon.
Euphemia Lees married Andrew Sanderson 18 Jun 1862 in Edinburgh Parish. They were my great(x3) grandparents.
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All countries/counties
Kinnes, Ostler, Terras (and all variations!!)
Scotland
Caithness: Sutherland and Gunn (Latheron), Mowat (Olrig, Canisbay)
Fife: Fleming, Harley, Small, Laing, Malcolm
Angus/Forfarshire: Small, Laing (Dundee)
Perthshire: Runciman, Whittet, Paul, Small
Midlothian: Dudgeon, Sanderson (Tranent)
England
Gloucestershire: Edkins, Trowton/Troughton
Warwickshire: Bromley, Vickers, Hydon
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Interesting. I have an Elizabeth WHITE who married a David LEES b. 1830. Date and location of marriage unknown at the moment.
He was son of Robert LEES and Margaret COWAN. Robert was born in Dunfermline Fife in 1784.
Robert's parents were David LEES and Marion/Mary HAY, who had 10 children including Robert. The majority born in Dunfermline, Fife.
Do you know who your John LEES' m. 1794 parents were? Where is Whittinghame I am not familiar with it.
Jamie Lees
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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JAP
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Hi Jamie,
A Google for:
GENUKI + whittinghame
finds
http://www.clerkington.plus.com/GENUKI/ELN/Whittinghame/index.html
This has a brief and a lengthy description of the parish (and the village), a map of where the parish is within East Lothian/Haddingtonshire, and a link to a modern day map.
Regards,
JAP
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Thanks. Difficult to get my head around the areas... as they seem so close to other areas. Anywhoo, close to Dunbar?
Jamie
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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JAP
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Again, Google is your friend. 
From the previous search, I find that East Linton is probably the nearest present day village/town to where Whittinghame village was (according to GENUKI). Looking on a modern day map site (e.g. streetmap uk, multimap) for Dunbar, I see that Dunbar is about 10km ENE of East Linton.
And zooming out on the map, I see that Dunbar is some 50km or so from Dunfermline, Fife (as the crow flies westwards from Dunbar across the Firth of Forth).
JAP
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Again, I understand maps and Google. Nice to discuss with someone who is from there to get an idea of distance from their perspective. When you live in a country where it takes a week or more to drive from one end to another, difficult to wrap your head around short distances.
Thanks for you help.
Jamie Lees
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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JAP
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Hi Jamie,
Hate to tell you but I am Australian. All my ancestors arrived here between (as far as I know) 1841 and ca 1890.
Depending on how much of a lead foot one is, it takes a pretty long time to drive from one side of Aus to the other.  Especially observing present day speed limits. 
Best of luck with the genealogy.
Regards,
JAP
PS: Have to admit that I've driven in many countries including Scotland and Canada. 
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jamielees
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Great Gran Mary Petrie Smith, Arbroath, Scotland
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Well Jap didn't mean to discuss with you necessarily, thought someone else might lead the conversation, someone who has done the driving in Scotland.
Anywhoooo
Jamie
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Various Scotland: Lees, McGrow, McFarlane, McKillop, Renwick, Blair, Colman, Fyffe.
Arbroath, Angus, Scotland: Smith, Spink, Swankie, Eaton, Cargill, Beattie, Young.
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JAP
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Incidentally, re your post at reply #3.
My understanding is that Bo'ness was in the county of Linlithgow/West Lothian.
I wish you well in your future research,
JAP
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