Fordyce you are a miracle worker it is definitely him, widower of Eliz. Spence, he died of a fractured skull. I don't know how you did it but thanks.
Just happy to help.
Re William Spence, some years ago when trying to identify George Hutton, shipmaster, who had a child named Isabella Hutton by my gtgdmother Janet Cruickshank in 1828 in Banff (but no record of her birth - sound familiar?), I asked the help of shipping expert Ian G Whittaker, who still has a website
www.offscotland.plus.com/book/book.html with contact details. He gave me a list of ships mastered by a Hutton - he couldn't give more detail than that and I couldn't work out if any were George. I gave up. You might have better luck.
When looking for Isabella Hendry, bear in mind she might be recorded as Henry. There seems to be a fair cluster of Hen(d)rys in Alvah and Banff. One William Hen(d)ry, farmer Muiryhill Alvah, records himself as belonging to the Congregational church, so his and his family's details are not in the OPR - it was mighty difficult to fathom how come my Janet Cruickshank (yes - 'er again) had Hendry gdchildren.
Just to (over)complicate matters, sometimes the names Elizabeth and Isabella are interchangeable. I suggest you're looking for an illegitimate child where the mother is local (in/near Banff) and the father isn't. The Kirk Session might have something to say; it was silent on my Isabella Hutton.
However one last thing popped up. When away from home, with one in every port, little bundles can get left behind, as I reckon with my Isabella Hutton. Is he the culprit:-
1841: Church St, Port Glasgow, Renfrewshire (FreeCEN)
William Spence 50 Scotland
Ship MasterWilliam Spence 25 Renfrewshire Cl
Robert Spence 20
Eliz Campbell 25
IGI:
Name: William Spence
Marriage Date: 29 Oct 1814
Marriage Place: Port Glasgow,Renfrew,Scotland
Spouse: Janet Park
Name William Spence
Christening Place , PORT GLASGOW, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
Birth Date 15 Sep 1815
Birthplace , Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
Father's Name William Spence
Mother's Name Janet Park
Name John Spence
Christening Date 30 Oct 1818
Christening Place , PORT GLASGOW, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
Birth Date 14 Oct 1818
Father's Name William Spence
Mother's Name Janet Park
Name Robert Spence
Christening Place , PORT GLASGOW, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
Birth Date 06 May 1821
Birthplace , Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
Father's Name William Spence
Mother's Name Janet Park
Name James Spence
Christening Place , PORT GLASGOW, RENFREW, SCOTLAND
Birth Date 24 May 1825
Birthplace , Port Glasgow, Renfrew, Scotland
Father's Name William Spence
Mother's Name Janet Park
Over to you now! Have fun.