Mention is made of William MOIR vintner, in particular in 1801 in Portsoy.
I know that William MOIR vintner in Portsoy married Margaret GORDON 31 Dec 1797 Fordyce. They had a son George Gordon MOIR bpt 8 Aug 1798 b in Portsoy (this son became a silk merchant in India and his family produced some high-achievers in the military back in England, but that's by-the-by).
My interest is in William MOIR's wife Margaret GORDON. I'm trying to get a handle on when/where she was born and whether this is her second marriage.
Needless to say there are plenty of GORDONs in Portsoy, but one Margaret GORDON b c1750 or c1760 married Peter GEDDES who tenanted Mains of Birkenbog in the 1780s. They had three children there (Jean, Alexander, Peter) and then the whole family group drops out of sight completely after Dec 1785 when Peter GEDDES is described as 'late in Mains of Birkenbog' upon the baptism of son Peter there. It's as though he's gone away - but where to or whether the family follows or has been abandoned is a complete mystery.
I cannot find the parentage of my Birkenbog Margaret GORDON but one candidate is bpt 24 Dec 1758 illeg d/o James GORDON merchant in Portsoy, and his name seems to be connected with John GORDON vintner in Portsoy whose wife is named Margaret GORDON - they marr 1776, so she would have been born 1756 or earlier, say, and unlikely but not impossible to have had a child in 1798. The 1758 Margaret GORDON might have remarried in 1797 and had a child in 1798.
So, can you add anything about this William MOIR vintner in Portsoy?