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Hi, I have been creating my family tree and Lt. David Boswell seems to be my great x 6 grandfather!
Jack Boswell
Boswall George 19/12/1770 sadler in Edinburgh TT Edinburgh Commissary Court CC8/8/121
You can get the above at Scotlands People (Wills and Testaments)
Don
This in NSA RH15/36/36 Accounts: Saddler (George Boswall)
I also have burgesses in my tree. Some of the old burgess records also give a wife's name. If you post what information you have on here particularly full name, approximate dates and location, I will have a look at some of my records.
If you post his name and known children you might get some help.
As far as doing it on your own have you searched Wills on Scotlands People, Newspapers - British Newspaper Archives http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk has the Caledonian Mercury and Scotsman cover 1700 onwards quite nicely.
How about the NRS online http://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/welcome.aspx
As a Burgess he would have most likely had a marriage contract. This might be referenced in the NRS or it may require a professional local researcher to obtain.
Don
It is/was fairly normal for any marriage to take place at the brides parish so if the bride didn't come from Scotland but England/Wales/Ireland ( for example) then that is where you would look which are not on Scotlandspeople.
As you know he was a Guild Burgess (or Merchant) I would do more research on that and see if/where his trading took him, if there was any other areas of the British Isles that had some connection with the business he was in.
As an example wool merchants, the best weavers lived in Flanders and in the rich cloth-making towns of Bruges, Ghent and Ypres, they were ready to pay top prices for the best wool, also Calais in France was at one time British and where wool was bought and sold. Or some of the best master stone masons came from Leicester and Rutland and many moved to Scotland, so there are connections via trade and crafts people.
The burial will be at St Mary Alverstoke (the parish church). Very unlikely there will be names of parents for this record.
Take a look at this site as it may be worth following up: spurgeonfamily.ca it has -
David BOSWELL born 09 Apr 1739 Edinburgh died 27 Jan 1783
Elizabeth LUKE born 09 Jul 1743 Alverstoke
2 children
This baptism is the right date given the age on marriage
https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JWNJ-D2K
Gosport is 1 mile from Alverstoke.
However there are a couple of other Elizabeth Luke's around so not sure how you are going to establish which is the right one