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Lanarkshire / Who is the father of James MacPherson, Surgeon Dentist d.Jan 25 1844, Glasgow?
« on: Thursday 01 November 18 00:26 GMT (UK) »
I'd love to know if anyone can trace the father of my GGGGrandfather James Macpherson? My father and I have been searching for over 10 years and my father is now 80. It would mean so much to me to break though this wall for him.
James was born in 1795, judging by the inscription on his grave in Glasgow Necropolis:
"In memory of James MacPherson, Surgeon Dentist died January 25 1844 aged 48"
He was married to Mary Ann Hart and had 10 children: Janet/Jessie, James, Walter, Agnes, David, Mary Ann, Robert Nasmyth (my GGGrandfather), John, Jane and Jamima.
They were married in Gorbals, where she came from.
Mary Ann's parents were called Walter Hart and Janet Duncan so we see James and Mary Ann named their first and third children after her parents, so we might assume that his father could be called James or David.
His will showed him to be a very rich man, leaving in today's money over £900000, so I'm guessing the father would have been a professional of some kind, which rules out the David Macpherson who was a cloth lapper who had a son James in 1793.
One other clue is that two people who have matched my father on the Y-DNA test had Macpherson ancestors on the East Coast of Scotland around 1770s.
If anyone has any ideas, or has this man in their family tree I would be so grateful if you could share your info with me.
James was born in 1795, judging by the inscription on his grave in Glasgow Necropolis:
"In memory of James MacPherson, Surgeon Dentist died January 25 1844 aged 48"
He was married to Mary Ann Hart and had 10 children: Janet/Jessie, James, Walter, Agnes, David, Mary Ann, Robert Nasmyth (my GGGrandfather), John, Jane and Jamima.
They were married in Gorbals, where she came from.
Mary Ann's parents were called Walter Hart and Janet Duncan so we see James and Mary Ann named their first and third children after her parents, so we might assume that his father could be called James or David.
His will showed him to be a very rich man, leaving in today's money over £900000, so I'm guessing the father would have been a professional of some kind, which rules out the David Macpherson who was a cloth lapper who had a son James in 1793.
One other clue is that two people who have matched my father on the Y-DNA test had Macpherson ancestors on the East Coast of Scotland around 1770s.
If anyone has any ideas, or has this man in their family tree I would be so grateful if you could share your info with me.