I'm trying to establish a link between my known Sawers ancestral tree and another Sawers branch.
I've actually posted this question before in 2012 -
here - but did not get a reply to the question itself at that time; perhaps a fresh look will generate some new ideas.
My own well-known tree fragment looks like this:
James Sawers (probably weaver) b1728-1734, d1786 [my direct ancestor]
Married Janet McKesson (b1718, d1795) in 1757
Issue:
William, b13.5.1758 (became planter in Jamaica)
John, b18.2.1761 (became planter in Jamaica) (son John, b1817, became Provost
of Stirling, 1849-1858)
(son Robert, b1821, apprenticed
to Sawers & Sconce, Writers)
James, b17.4.1763 (also planter Jam.)
Isabel, b11.11.1765
The other well-researched tree fragment I think mine links to is:
William Sawers, bc1695, probably cooper
Married Jean Greenock c1720
Issue:
John, b31.8.1721
Margaret, b9.11.1723
William, b21.1.1726
James, b11.1.1729 (I think this is 'my' James, above)Elizabeth, b12.5.1733
Thomas, b18.10.1734
Jane, b25.6.1737
Alexander, b1744
I believe that James, b1729, is likely to be my ancestor James.
There are a couple of bits of evidence pointing in this direction:
James's first son is called William; according to the tradition of name choice, this suggests James's father was called William, as the first son is normally called after his paternal grandfather.
James's second surviving grandson Robert, b1821 (younger brother of Provost), became a writer (lawyer), having been apprenticed to Sawers & Sconce; John Sawers, b1790, grandson of John, b1721, above, was joint Procurator Fiscal with Robert Sconce and partner in this firm. The apprenticeship suggests a family connection to me. If I'm right, John b1790 and Robert b1821 would have been second cousins.
Is this all far-fetched? How would you go about attempting to 'cement' the link?