Very interested to see this thread. I have only recently started trying to look into my Setton (Seaton) line from Blair Atholl and came across the borenich site which is certainly helpful and which I will explore further. It appears I should take Setton/Seton/Seaton as being interchangeable? My 4xGt Grandmother was Cecil/Cicel Setton of Pitdorny, Dull who married Donald Moon of Wester Balrobie, Blair Atholl in 1797. I am trying to figure out the parents on both sides, a possible sister Mary Setton (also listed at Pitdorny) married George Stewart in 1797. The Moon name seems quite common in the area too, I am trying to sort out the different households in my head and it is hurting! Cicel Setton and Donald Moon's daughter Christian Moon married a Logie in Little Dunkeld and moved down river to Errol in the 1850s where many of their descendants still live. A sister Margaret Moon married an Alexander Seaton at Moulin and I have matched with a descendant of theirs on Ancestry DNA. Looks like she died young and he remarried.
Any suggestions welcome.
Many thanks
Nicola
Hello Nicola,
Margaret Moon and Alexander Setton (later Seaton) were my great great grandparents. My great grandfather, Donald, was her only son. born at Lyconlach (many names for this place!) in 1820. He was married to Elizabeth Louisa Robertson, and had many children. She died in Edinburgh. He then marries my great grandmother, Jessie Wylie, and lived at the White Hart Inn in Edinburgh, where their two sons, Donald and Robert (my grandfather) were born. They later moved to Easter Rhynd on the Tay River estuary. Both sons eventually immigrated to America. My family came through Canada, then settled in Michigan, in Flint. Donald's family is still in Michigan, I believe.
Interesting, though - Alexander Seaton, and his second wife, Catherine McLaughlin, moved to Logeriat, near the other Robert Seaton at Tynrich Cottage. I have been trying for a long time to figure out their relationship.
My brother's DNA on the FamilySearch.org site does not yet show Seatons, so I am really interested to know if your results match his. I would love to hear from you.
Ann