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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => East Lothian (Haddingtonshire) => Topic started by: Kate NZ on Tuesday 31 January 06 01:59 GMT (UK)
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Adam & Janet married Whittinghame 1678 children
Adam,Heugh,William,Margaret,Archibald,Isobell,Helen,Janet,John,Alexander anyone reserarching this family if so i would love to hear from you Harriet :D
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Adam Skirving married Janet Barnsfather 31 July 1678 at Whittinghame, fond a Jonet (Janet) Barnsfather born at Pencaitland and christened on 12 Apr 1646.
Found a MARGARET SKIRVEN christened 16 May 1685, then found a marriage in Stenton to a Mathew Thomson 05 May 1706.
Then I found a HELEN SKIRVIN married to a Heugh Bairnfather at Aberlady 05 Jan 1716. This could be connected. trying to find connection between Janet and Heugh. They had a child christened Janet, 9th July 1720 at Aberlady.
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Hi Helen Skirvin m Huegh Bairnsfather Helen was the daughter of Adam Skirvin & Janet Bairnsfather Huegh was a nephew or something like that to Janet Thanks Harriet :D
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Is Peter Skirving who married Margaret Hay on 6/6/1790 in Garvald anything to do with your tree?
They went on to have 4 children -
Andrew 25/7/1791
William 1/12/1793
twins Margaret and Peter 30/1/1880
LC
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Hi i havent done a lot on the Skirvin family and at this stage i havent found a Peter it seems to have been quite a prominent name in East Lothian so you shouldnt have to much trouble finding them happy hunting Harriet
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Is he the same Adam who was married in 1669 to Agnes Neilsone, with Helene 1672, Catherine 1673, and Agnes 1675
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Hi kiwicol.
Helen 09 Jan 1672 had Parents Adam/Helen nee HARLOW
(possible Marriage Prestonkirks; Adam Skirvin/Jean Harlaw)
Adam/Agnes Bapt;
Catherine 19 Apr 1673 to Adam/Agnes
Agnes 02 Jan 1675 ditto
The Adam who married 1678 was of Sprott Parish, Janet of Whittinghame
Nothing on FreeREG to say he was Widowed.
Trish :)
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Thanks Trish looks like Jean was a sister to Adam, as her husband Patrick Coldoun was witness on Catherines baptism, and on Agnes's William Knox and James Skirvine.
A William Knox was married to an Agnes Skirvine and Agnes 1675 was married to their son Archibald.
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Hi everyone, I am looking at William Knox and Agnes Skirving too. I have found Agnes 1675 and Archibald Knox 1680, I found an Agnes Skirving born 1693 d. of William, Adam's brother originally, but I realise that was wrong. The only William Knox I can find was born in Edinburgh in 1643 which I thought may be the one as his grandson George born 1731 was a merchant and tenant there.
Have you got the baptismal records for a William Knox with Patrick Coldoun as witness then? That would make more sense if there is a William Knox in Whittinghame at that time. Would you mind sharing that information with me?
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Is this the right place to post point of interest?
While researching the links between the Skirving and Knox family, I saw a line going back to John Skirving (Black John) who fought at the battle of Flodden, he is famed for rescuing the banner of Lord Marischal.
My father, a Knox from the line which moved into Durham, is 91 and I started to say I thought we were related to John Skirving, and he said his grandfather told him about an ancestor who saved a flag after a battle by wrapping it around his body, then hiding it in a church for years. The bit about the battle and wrapping the banner around himself is well recorded, so this makes me think the line goes back to Black John.