Place names

[themonkeymonkey]

Yes Katharine had a son James in 1826, thank you all so much for your help.

[MonicaL]

A little here on the family of James Ligertwood Esq of Tillery that you mention, Annie:

About 1750, the Forbeses sold the estate to James Ligertwood, a magistrate and merchant in Aberdeen, and for some time convener of the county. He married Jean (not Marjory as inadvertently stated by numerous writers), daughter of John Robertson of Pitmillan and Foveran. Of their family, John was a physician in Aberdeen; Alexander was an officer in the army ; Margaret married (contract dated 21st November, 1775) Sir William Seton, sixth Bart. of Pitmedden; while Jean and Barbara died unmarried
www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=279776.0

Monica

[Rosinish]

Interesting finds on each Monica but...

No sign of a Katharine/Catherine etc. i.e. I wonder if she was named after her paternal g/mother?

Annie

[MonicaL]

It is always hard isn't it to pick up on mothers' names in the OPRs for Aberdeenshire, with their practice of only listing fathers' names 

Monica

[themonkeymonkey]

Definitely is, I keep going down the wrong paths with Barbara, been trying each one from the Aberdeenshire area but maybe she never was born in Aberdeenshire, aghhh.

[Flattybasher9]

There is a birth of a Barbara Ligertwood, 6th December 1778 at Cruden to a Richard John Ligertwood.

Malky

[themonkeymonkey]

Flattybasher9 I keep coming back to that one, she would have been 17 when she gave birth.  Her father is down as John Ligertwood not Richard, I will see if I can dig further, thanks.