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I'm researching the surname Stephen.... Anyone in Stonehaven know about this please?
Found in the Angus and Means Almanac 1846 - 1846:

A mortification I believe can be the disposing of lands for religious or charitable purposes.
Question: who was this particular Stephen?

Has anyone information on ALEX FOTHERINGHAM
who lived in LINKS OF ARDUTHIE, Stonehaven late 1700's?
In Sept 1790 there was a public sale of deceased Alex Fotheringham's moveables.
But I can find no death record, and have no idea of how old he was.
His son is mentioned briefly as Alexander Fotheringham Younger his Son, Pupil
(cannot find a birth for him either) and lists 'Tutors' (advisers/executors?) appointed to this son:
John LONGMOOR tenant, Cowie; John LAWSON, Baker in Stonehaven;
David FOTHERINGHAM at Kirkland by Leven (he must be a relative in Fife?)
and John MILNE, Writer in Stonehaven.
This handwritten doc  goes on to list what was sold and to whom.
It includes 'victual of the growth' (crops?) of Boggatyhead (which I discovered was farming
land that overlooked Dunnottar Castle) bought by John STEPHEN.

I'm wondering who Alex Fotheringham's parents, brothers and sisters were,
because I have a Jane Fotheringham who had several sons by husband John STEPHEN
(maybe the same John Stephen named in the above doc) - they lived in Links of Arduthie
around the same time, but I do not know her origins despite searching for several years.
I suspect she was related to Alex....

I have a newspaper article which was in the papers of my great grandmother
whose parents were  JOAHAN Walker WATSON and  JOHN Watson BROWN .
The newspaper article is about  a John Watson who in 1898 was Coxwain of the Crail Lifeboat.
Trying to discover the connection between  my family and this John Watson.
Have been  tracing forwards, backwards and sideways no luck so far.
If you are researching either of these families, pleased to hear from you. 

MY FAMILY:
JOAHAN Walker WATSON b 1831  Anstruther Wester, Fife, d 1903 at 27, Nethergate, Crail
Parents were Alexander WATSON  and Margaret PATRICK
Joahan Walker Watson (aka Johanna 1881 census)
married  JOHN Watson BROWN who was b 1837 Kingsbarns, Fife
They married at the Manse, Crail Parish Church
His parents were James Brown and Ann INNES
Marriage Witnesses Alexander Mitchell
and James Wood (b 1891, husband of John's aunt Mary Innes).

THE COXWAIN - how was he connected to the above...?
JOHN WATSON  Birth 1841 in Crail, Fife,  d  1921 Crail, Fife
parents were Alexander WATSON B 1782 Crail and Helen STOBIE b 1797 Crail
He married Jenet/  Janet/ Jessie LAIRD  at Kingsbarns, Fife in 1864.
Here they are in the 1891 census  living at Nethergate, Crail, Fife, Scotland
John Watson    49 b Crail, Fifeshire, occ  Fisherman
Jessie Watson    46 wife, MS Laird
Mary Watson    25
Alexander Watson 17
Jessie Watson    13
John Watson    11
James Watson    7
Davina Watson    5
Robert Watson    3
William Watson 10 Mo

Then 1898 he was Coxwain of the Crail Lifeboat (newspaper article)

Cannot discover wife Margaret's maiden name - any help appreciated:

In the 1871 census living at 43, St Domingo Road, Toxteth Park, Everton, Lancashire,
is John STEPHEN age 41 born Stonehaven, Kincardine, Scotland = b abt 1830
occupation Tallow Chandler and his wife Margaret age 42 born Durham England.= b abt 1829.

Cannot find a marriage in Scotland or England to discover Margaret’s maiden name. Nor their whereabouts (or deaths) after the 1871 census at Toxteth Park. Nor any children.

I believe this may be my John Stephen actually born 1830 Durris, parish of Fetteresso (near Stonehaven).