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Fife / Seaton/Seton/Setton/etc. family of Kennoway, Fife (1600's-1700's)
« on: Tuesday 01 January 13 19:24 GMT (UK)  »
Hi all,
Is anyone else researching any branches of the Seaton/Seton/Setton/etc. family of Kennoway, Fife? I've reached a roadblock and am not sure where to go now. I could only find one other person researching the same families through various internet searches I tried late in 2012, and their email address unfortunately bounces.

My direct line is David Seaton and Isabell Williamson. They had a lot of children, all baptized in Kennoway in the very early 1700's. A David Seaton of Blackhall witnessed some of the baptisms. Through research I discovered Blackhall appears to have been a minor manor in the Kennoway area that was held by an offshoot branch of the landed Seatons in Fife. My family used many of the same given names that that family used, including some the landed family used back to the 1200's. Since the other David witnessed some of the baptisms, it appears he was at a minimum OK with "my" family doing that. But whether "my" family were relatives or tenants of the Blackhall Seatons, I have been as yet unable to sort out.

I haven't been able to find either parent's baptism on SP. Another researcher took a look for me and also couldn't find either parent's baptism on SP. I went through a number of burials for David Seaton/etc's before deciding my credits were better spent trying to research their children to see if there were further clues. Some of the David burials were his grandchildren, and for some there was so little detail it was pretty impossible to be sure if it was the correct David. I couldn't find a burial for Isabell.

So far I haven't figured out whether Blackhall's records survive and if so, where they are held.

I'd appreciate contact from anyone else who is researching this family or any suggestions for what to try next. I'd be happy to go into more detail if anyone wants more than what I've provide here.

Thank you,
Liz

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Oxfordshire / Re: ANDERSONs of Ewelme
« on: Monday 12 September 05 18:52 BST (UK)  »
Ah!  Then I probably have the wrong person.  Oops.

Thanks for clarifying.

I'm still wondering if anyone knows of a specific reason a family or young man would move from Oxfordshire to Fife Scotland in the early 1800s.  Were there any industry links between the two or similar?

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Oxfordshire / ANDERSONs of Ewelme
« on: Monday 12 September 05 18:10 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,
I'm researching a Robert ANDERSON that moved from Oxfordshire to Scotland in the early to mid-1800s, before marriage (though I'm not yet sure whether he was a child or adult when moving).  So far the most likely one is the Robert ANDERSON that was christened in Ewelme on 3 Feb 1805 to John and Elizabeth (nee unknown) ANDERSON.

I've got a couple of questions.  First, is anyone on here researching this Oxford family and could tell me more about them or where to look to find more about them? 

Second, a two-parter:  What's Ewelme like?  And is there anything in particular that would cause a family or a young adult man to move from there to Fife, Scotland?  I know "my" Robert ANDERSON was a shoemaker, but I do not know whether he trained in England or Scotland.

Thanks for any help you can provide!

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Fife / Re: Peter Philp (b. 1838)
« on: Saturday 27 August 05 00:01 BST (UK)  »
Thanks, Marilyn!  From what I've found since last posting, it sounds like the right Andersons.

I also found Catherine Wilson Philp's second marriage, to David Pearson in 1850; they lived on a farm in Ceres.  I found it by tracing her death record, which listed her maiden name, both her marriages, and her parents' names.  They got married in Markinch.  They moved to Edinburgh (Canongate) when they retired from farming.

I also found a first marriage for Peter Philp that no one still living in the family knew about, to Janet Elder; his first child, Alison Janet Philp, was Janet's, but Janet died less than a month after giving birth.  Sadly, he registered Alison's birth the day Janet died,  presumably since he was already there to report the latter.

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Fife / Re: Peter Philp (b. 1838)
« on: Friday 26 August 05 11:41 BST (UK)  »
hi,
Thanks for all the details!

I found the marriage info here:  http://www.electricscotland.com/history/world/bios/philp_peter.htm

That page was added to the web after I'd already done most of the work myself  ::).  I hadn't had the exact dates, and since Thornton is misspelled on the page, I was not sure they were accurate either.

Thanks again!  :)

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Fife / Peter Philp (b. 1838)
« on: Thursday 25 August 05 16:30 BST (UK)  »
Hi all,
This is my first post to rootschat.  I've been researching my Philp ancestors on and off for several years.  I've traced them back to Peter Philp, who is supposed to have been born in Thornton, Fifeshire on August 27, 1838, to James Philp and Catherine Wilson Philp.  (Unfortunately I don't have middle names for any of them.)  His father subsequently died when he was a toddler, and his mother remarried, but I've been unable to find out to whom, though they appear to have stayed in Fifeshire till Peter reached adulthood.  He was the only child of this marriage, though he is supposed to have had several half-siblings from the later marriage. 

He is supposed to have gotten married on June 19, 1866 to Elizabeth Anderson, also of Fifeshire, and daughter of Robert and Margaret Anderson, but I have been so far unable to find any record of their marriage, either, nor any record of these particular Andersons that shows it's definitely the correct Andersons. 

Around 1879, the family left Scotland for America, to Codington County in what was then Dakota Territory.  My great-uncle (the only surviving Philp of his generation) still lives in that county today.  I have also been unable, so far, to trace what ship they took.

If anyone has any relevant information, or any ideas on places for me to look, I'd be very happy to hear either one.  As you may know, James Philp (Peter's father) was unforunately (for me) a very common name in early 1800s Fife.  I know one of Peter's sons was named James David Philp, but am unsure whether Peter's father had the same middle name.

I also got a lot of information on Philps who moved to Scandinavia, from someone who emailed me about a post I made on another board, if anyone is trying to trace that branch and would like me to share what I've got.  Most of these Philps were from St. Andrew's.

Thank you,
Liz

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