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Mudlark
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I'm trying to find out more about the origins of Robert Divorty and his family (below). I have no information about Robert's parents or siblings.
It's possible that the original Divorty family were French Huguenot refugees who arrived in Scotland in the 17th century.
If anyone can help I would be most grateful.
Thank you
Chris
Family Group Sheet
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Husband: Robert DIVORTY
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Birth: abt 1720
Marriage: 7 Sep 1742
Father:
Mother:
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Wife: Mary LOW
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Birth: abt 1720
Father:
Mother:
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Children
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1 M William DIVORTY
Birth: 16 Oct 1743 Midmill, Kintore, Aberdeenshire
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2 M Peter DIVORTY
Birth: 2 Feb 1745 Midmill, Kintore, Scotland
Death: 24 Oct 1807 Kintore, Aberdeenshire
Occupation: a farmer
Spouse: Jane SINCLAIR (1757-1807)
Marriage: 27 Nov 1783 Kintore, Scotland
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3 F Margaret DIVORTY
Birth: 1748 Midmill, Kintore, Aberdeenshire
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4 F Jean DIVORTY
Birth: 1754 Midmill, Kintore, Aberdeenshire
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5 F Mary DIVORTY
Birth: 1757 Midmill, Kintore, Aberdeenshire
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6 F Agnes DIVORTY
Birth: 1762 Kintore, Aberdeenshire
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7 F Elizabeth DIVORTY
Birth: 1765 Kintore, Aberdeenshire
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Richardson - St George in the East/ Mile End, E London. Wanstead/ Woodford Essex
Stevens - Whitechapel/ Mile End Old Town, E London.
Wernham - St Luke/ Whitechapel/ Mile End
Fenton - Blandford Forum/Fordington/Dorchester, Dorset
Fox - Granville Wootton/ Minterne Magna/ Middlemarsh, Dorset
Brown(e) - Dorchester, Dorset
Divorty - Kintore/ Aberdeen
Burt / Anderson - Wemyss, Fife
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Christening records for that exact spelling start 1720 from the OPR's on SP
23/06/1720 DIVORTY ELSPET born to JOHN DIVORTY at Tarves /ABERDEEN
01/03/1724 DIVORTY JOHN born to JNO. DIVORTY at Tarves /ABERDEEN
28/12/1732 DIVORTY ANN born to ALEXANDER DIVORTY at Premnay /ABERDEEN
13/02/1737 DIVORTY JEAN born to GEORGE DIVORTY at Kintore /ABERDEEN
14/07/1754 DIVORTY JEAN born to ROBERT DIVORTY at Kintore /ABERDEEN
11/06/1757 DIVORTY MARY born to ROBERT DIVORTY at Kintore /ABERDEEN
09/05/1761 DIVORTY ALEXR born to GEORGE DIVORTY and HELEN KNIGHT at Udny /ABERDEEN
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Variations to the name in the Aberdeenshire OPR's include
DIVARTY
DIVERTIE
DIVERTY
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Grothenwell
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Hi Chris,
I did a phonetic birth search in Aberdeenshire for Divorty on SP, birth dates from 1553 to 1730
The earliest were;
03/01/1633 DOVERTIE ALEXR to GILBERT DOVERTIE/JEANE TAILYOR
06/02/1637 DOVERTIE MARGRAT to GILBT. DOVERTIE/JEANE TAILYEOR
Aberdeen City
27/11/1636 DIVERTIE ALEXR to JAMES DIVERTIE/CHRISTIANE BRUCE
18/01/1639 DIVERTIE WILLIAM to GEORGE DIVERTIE/ELSPET PHILPE
Both Belhelvie
I don't know when the Hugenots arrived.
Unfortunately as you probably know there was no Robert birth recorded, and non in Kintore.
My Doverty Connection is a Margaret Doverty who married James Argo in Tarves 17/04/1742. There were a couple of Margarets born around 1711 in Methlick, but a John Divorty had children around 1720 in Tarves, but no Margarets recorded. It's all a bit of guess work I suppose.
Hope you get more info, if I do I'll get in touch.
Best wishes,
Grothenwell
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Aberdeenshire; Brechin, Robb, Clark, Hardie, Johnston, Watt, Elmslie, Milne, Harper, Adam, Edmond, Laing, Gibson, Aedie, Jameson, Tosche, Measonne, Anderson, Moir, Nicol, Burnet, Donaldson, Guthrie, Argo & Doverty.
Booth, Watson, Grothenwell, Ewen, Mackie, Simpson, Taylor, Davidson, Willox, Chalmers & Gordon
Still, Fraser, Robertson & Lumsden
Banffshire; Cruickshank, West
Caithness; Sutherland
Herefordshire & Worcester & Monmouthshire; Wagstaff, Jones &
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The date of Roberts marriage has been entered wrongly, probably read using the American system
09/07/1742 DIVERTY ROBERT married MARY LOW at Kintore /ABERDEEN
This is the closest possible christening I could see on SP
17/07/1715 DUVERTIE ROBERT born to JOHN DUVERTIE and ISABEL CALDER at Haddington /EAST LOTHIAN
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Scotland:
Although some Huguenots went to Scotland, especially to Edinburgh, only one settlement is
known to have left detailed evidence of its short existence. For that see: The Weavers of Picardy by
John Mason in the Book of the Old Edinburgh Club XXV, 1945, pp1-33, and A Huguenot
Community in Scotland: the Weavers of Picardy, by Anthony Springall, Huguenot Society
Proceedings, Vol 27 pp 97-109.
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Mudlark
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Hi Grothwell,
Thank you so much for this information.
It would seem that the Dovertie/Divertie surname variation was around earlier than I thought. Because Divorty is a French surname it's possible that French Protestants were arriving in Scotland from a much earlier date than recorded in the history books. From my research, I gather that the NE of Scotland had a strong Presbitarian tradition.
It would be great to be able to link these Divorty families together - perhaps we will get lucky.
All the best
Chris
Hi Chris,
I did a phonetic birth search in Aberdeenshire for Divorty on SP, birth dates from 1553 to 1730
The earliest were;
03/01/1633 DOVERTIE ALEXR to GILBERT DOVERTIE/JEANE TAILYOR
06/02/1637 DOVERTIE MARGRAT to GILBT. DOVERTIE/JEANE TAILYEOR
Aberdeen City
27/11/1636 DIVERTIE ALEXR to JAMES DIVERTIE/CHRISTIANE BRUCE
18/01/1639 DIVERTIE WILLIAM to GEORGE DIVERTIE/ELSPET PHILPE
Both Belhelvie
I don't know when the Hugenots arrived.
Unfortunately as you probably know there was no Robert birth recorded, and non in Kintore.
My Doverty Connection is a Margaret Doverty who married James Argo in Tarves 17/04/1742. There were a couple of Margarets born around 1711 in Methlick, but a John Divorty had children around 1720 in Tarves, but no Margarets recorded. It's all a bit of guess work I suppose.
Hope you get more info, if I do I'll get in touch.
Best wishes,
Grothenwell
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Richardson - St George in the East/ Mile End, E London. Wanstead/ Woodford Essex
Stevens - Whitechapel/ Mile End Old Town, E London.
Wernham - St Luke/ Whitechapel/ Mile End
Fenton - Blandford Forum/Fordington/Dorchester, Dorset
Fox - Granville Wootton/ Minterne Magna/ Middlemarsh, Dorset
Brown(e) - Dorchester, Dorset
Divorty - Kintore/ Aberdeen
Burt / Anderson - Wemyss, Fife
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