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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
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