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Dumfriesshire / Re: Glendenin/Glendonwyn family
« on: Monday 22 July 13 21:00 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for checking for me. There is one thing I see that I neglected to mention. The family moved to Ireland prior to the brothers coming to the U.S., so when James went home it would have been to Ireland, not Scotland. I have that William (1680) died in Quaterland, Killinchy, Down, Ireland and his will was probated in Down, Ireland, so that seems to be the location in which they settled.

I do find an undocumented claim that Charles married Mary Ann Patterson 1735 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. If this is true the immigration date would have to be in error.

I have also found undocumented claims that William's father was an Adam or another William. The latter is usually listed as a son of Alexander Glendening, 10th Duke of Glendonwyn. The problem here is that Alexander died in 1616, so William I would have to have been at least 64 years old when William II was born. Possible, BUT "Baronages of Scotland" says that William, son of Alexander, died young without issue. If he died young, there is another William around ... and there is this (secondary) source from  “The House of Glendonwyn” by Gerald Talbot Clindening: "Officer in Civil War of 1644-6. William was in the battle at Worcester & was defeated, by Cromwell of England. William has four Sons listed in baptismal reg. of Stapelgorton church." He could not have been much younger than Alexander's son.

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Glendenin/Glendonwyn family
« on: Monday 08 July 13 22:40 BST (UK)  »
Charles (1712, my ancestor), John (1704), Archibald (1716) & William (1724). James (1710) also accompanied them, but returned home.

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Dumfriesshire / Re: Glendenin/Glendonwyn family
« on: Monday 08 July 13 17:48 BST (UK)  »
Thanks for the information. I will check these websites. I will also have to check my source as I may have copied something wrong. I do have that the father of William was also named William, but I did not really trust that due to lack of information.
Another thing that needs to be confirmed is whether William (1680) is actually the father of the four brothers who came to the U.S.

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Dumfriesshire / Glendenin/Glendonwyn family
« on: Monday 08 July 13 03:17 BST (UK)  »
Has anyone done work on the Glendenin family background?
I have traced my grandmother's ancestors to my 7th-great grandfather, William Glendenin, who was born 16 May 1680 in Eskdale, Staplegordon. (Old Parish Records from General Records Office for Tranent, East Lothian, Scotland). He married RoseAnne Kirkpatrick 1700 in Dumfriesshire. Four of his sons came to the U.S. in 1746.
William has been attached to Alexander Glendening, 9th Earl of Glendonwyn, but I have examined the history of of the Glendowyn Baronage as recorded in "Baronage of Scotland" and this would have been impossible.  The next three Earls were only surviving sons, any brothers having died without issue. The 13th Earl was a woman and by the time she was occupying the position William's four sons were already in the U.S.
Yet, location in Dumfries and attachment to Staplegordon makes me think that William did likely descend from the the Glendonwyn family, but from a brother of one of the Earls'. Unfortunately, once one gets out of a peerage line one gets quickly forgotten, making research from across the Atlantic much more difficult.
Can anyone shed light on the family and possible connection?

--- One bit of added information that i do not trust because it includes no documentation and I have found errors in other data from this source.
This source says William was son of an Adam Glendenin, born about 1655 - unknown spouse


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