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Restalrig Churchyard burial register has this:
14 Mar 1827 : "Robertson : Interred in the centre of James Hunter's Esq Tomb Mrs Juliet Parish Robertson, wife of William Robertson, Esq., aged 63 years, Mortcloth £1-1-, Safe £1-15-0"
James Hunter was a prominent banker in Ayr (married to Sarah Ballantine who is buried there too).

What can I infer from the wording "Interred in the centre of..."? The Robertsons and Hunters don't appear to be related. But William Robertson had been assistant-secretary at the Bank of Scotland in Edinburgh until 1806 (before he moved to Glasgow), so banking is a common factor.

It looks as though as a couple of years later her husband was buried there too.
22 May 1829 : "Robertson : Interred in J Hunter's tomb William Robertson Edinburgh, aged 61 years, Mort Cloth £1-1-, Safe rent 6 wks £1-4-0"

I'm trying to identify William Robertson's parentage. His wife was Juliet Parish dau of a very prominent merchant in Hamburg. In 1806 she lived at Summerhall thus: Mrs Juliet Robertson, Summerhall; no record of hubby.

Looking for information about Donald CHISOLME who was baptised 21 Jul 1681 in Inverness, son of Jon CHISOLME, in particular whether he might be (or might not be) the Donald CHISM or CHISHOLM who was in Fordyce, Banffshire, where he married Elspet RICHARDSON on 26 May 1713 and had just two known children in Boyndie parish Banffshire.

This is complicated so bear with!

I know my 2xgtgdfather with certainty. It's my 2xgtgdmother that's the issue. The records (rightly or wrongly) show he had three wives. My gtgdmother could be the daughter of wife two or three (despite her 1853 birth record recording her as dau of wife one [and despite her having died three years earlier] and later records recording her as dau of wife three).

This is a summary of five comparisons using the GEDmatch one-to-one tool:
1 - Me & a possible descendant of wife 2 have a max Cm length of 4.6 (total of all 32.7)
2 - Me & a definite relative of wife 3 have a max of Cm length 5.8 (total of all 10.3)
3 - Me & my known fourth-cousin have a max Cm length of 43.4 (total of all 111.4)
4 - a possible descendant of wife 2 & my known fourth-cousin have a max Cm length of 9.1 (total of all 44.3). There is absolutely no possible way they are related.
5 - the descendant of wife 2 & the relative of wife 3 have a max Cm length of 5.5 (total of all 5.5)
There is absolutely no possible way they are related.

where
- 'a possible descendant of wife 2' would be my "Half 3c1R". We do not have my 2xgtgdfather as ancestor in common - fact.
- 'a definite relative of wife 3' is proved with certainty by conventional means. We do not have my 2xgtgdfather as ancestor in common - fact.
- 'my known fourth-cousin' is proved with certainty by conventional means. We have both 3xgtgdparents in common - fact.

Me & the definite relative of wife 3 had previously come to the conclusion that DNA shows we are not related. Are we right?

And do these various comparisons mean that Me & the possible descendant of wife 2 cannot be related. Am I right? Said possible descendant of wife 2 thinks there could be a chance otherwise.

If so, that leaves me with the possibility either that I am a descendant of wife 2 and the other person isn't - or that I am a descendant of an unknown wife/partner 2.5 and the other person is or isn't a descendant of wife 2 - or I am even a descendant of a foundling taken in by my 2xgtgdfather and wife 3. Said it was complicated!
 

Alexander Robertson became Ensign by purchase in 1779 age 15 or 16 when the above was formed. I know he joined the Gordon Fencibles as a Lieutenant before becoming a Captain with the Enzie Company. He rejoined the army as a Lieut (42nd Foot) in 1809 then did a stint in 6th and 3rd Veteran Battalions before finally retiring in 1820 on full pay. Meanwhile, in 1797 he married a Margaret Ritchmont or Richmond from Paisley, and had family there or nearby until 1814 (info is sparse).

Bearing in mind his connection with the Banffshire Volunteers, and thus his possible origins there, how likely would it be for him to join the 89th rather than a regiment closer to home?

I ask because my 3xgtgdmother Elspet Robertson was the 1785 result of a liaison between a Lieut Alexander Robertson and Jannet Moir in Portsoy, which happened in a Robertson house there, and this chap appears to fit the bill.

In a Will of 1563, what does this mean: "Wyfe Anne v angeles which are in the handes of Robt. ....[something lost in the page's gutter]... that I lent to hym" - from the archive.org scanned image of a transcription in the Thorseby Society book Methley Parish Registers, pub 1902. His second wife (then alive) was Agnes; his first wife of course was not, but although refered to she is never named - unless v angeles is another phrase for deceased ('with the angels'?). The transcription is not without error, since the Will lists his five daughters as "Alice, Anne, Joan, Joan, & Joan"!

One daughter, Jennet Gygge, is my 10xgtgdmother, marrying age 14.  Am I right that the age of consent then was 12 for a girl, 14 for a boy? Jennet's mother had an illegitimate child years after she became a widow but he was still regarded as not of 'lawfull years of age' in his mother's own Will of 1587 when he was age 18. So, I'm confused!