It makes a welcome change to find a query relating to the East Neuk of Fife. I come from that area and have a lot of info. on local families. I can provide some details about the ancestry of those mentioned in the original query.
Thomas Anderson and Lilias Smith were married at Anstruther Wester in 1864. Thomas was the son of John Anderson and Mary Henderson, m.1844 Kilrenny. John Anderson is described in different records as a bottler, vintner and spirit merchant. He died in 1891, aged 67, and was the son of Thomas Anderson, vintner, and Euphame Johnstone. His wife Mary Henderson died in 1893, aged 71. She was the daughter of Alexander Henderson and Mary Sutherland. John Anderson and Mary Henderson both died in Anstruther Easter.
I've met somebody else who is descended from Thomas Anderson and Euphame Johnstone, somebody I helped with his family-tree a few years ago. Thomas came from Cellardyke, parish of Kilrenny, and was a son of Robert Anderson and Margaret Anderson. This couple have many descendants at the present day. Margaret was related to my own Andersons in Cellardyke.
Let's get back now to Lilias Smith, who married the other Thomas Anderson in 1864 - parents of Mary Henderson Anderson, b.1867. Lilias was one of the daughters of Thomas Smith and Margaret Adam who were married in 1842, the marriage being recorded in both Kilrenny and Anstruther Wester parishes. Thomas was a shipmaster in the merchant service, although he seems to have become a vintner later, i.e. a publican. Not many dry throats in this extended family!
Out of sheer nosiness, I shall attempt to trace Thomas Smith and Margaret Adam a bit further back. I have a feeling that I know which families they came from.
Harry
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