Hello Monica,
Nice to hear from you. I've spent the entire day combing through my notes and feel a bit glum about the results. To be frank, I'm not too happy about the lack of info on Andrew Hepburn, the "assumed" father of David Hepburn, who married Margaret Hay.
One thing that I did do was to take a long, cool look at the names of his children - one in particular: Cecilia Hepburn b/chr 7th November, 1781 at Leslie in Fife. Try as I may, I couldn't find another Cecilia in the Hepburn family before that date. However, I actually did find a Cecilia Reekie (spelling option!) who was christened on the 27th December, 1741 at Cults in Fife. Her parents were James Reekie (spelling option!) and Ann Brown who married on 19th February, 1741. There are two Extracted Marriage Records for the same day. One at Cults in Fife, and the other at Kennoway in Fife.
When I look at the date of the marriage of Andrew Hepburn to Janet Reekie, i.e. 6th July, 1764 (extracted), that gives me a rough idea of when the birth date would be. Can't find a damned thing that makes any sense!
What is quite frustrating, is that time and time again, I appear to be taken back to my old "clapped-out" Family Tree - to the Hepburns of Abbotshall. People like David Hepburn who married Janet Murrie in June 1688, their son, David Hepburn who married Christian Staines in July 1716, Alexander Hepburn who married Agnes Reid in March, 1793, and so on and so forth. All of that I covered quite extensively on my postings on the Hepburn's some time ago. However, the big problem is that David Hepburn, who married Margaret Hay, appears to have died some time after the birth of his son, John Hepburn who was born in 1826 and christened in 1830. That means - no Death Certificate!
Well, I'm rattling on like Thomas the Tank, so I'll just say, thanks a million for the continuing support.
Kind Regards,
Tom.
