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Stirlingshire / Re: Alexander Rennie in Kilsyth - grave marker
« on: Monday 16 December 19 21:32 GMT (UK) »
Can I just make a couple of points.
1. I believe the Deacon title was because Alexander was a Deacon in the Church of Scotland. The position is very rare nowadays, but there are a few Deaconesses. They were semi-trained for ministry.
2. The shield on the stone with the date 1661 was copied from a much older stone which lay beside the one shown in the thread. This earlier stone is completely worn away, as is the more recent one. I have a photo of the more recent stone with reasonably clear inscriptions. Like my cousin, TropiConsul, I don't know who AM and AG with 1745 refer to. They may have been the initials of earlier ancestors.
1. I believe the Deacon title was because Alexander was a Deacon in the Church of Scotland. The position is very rare nowadays, but there are a few Deaconesses. They were semi-trained for ministry.
2. The shield on the stone with the date 1661 was copied from a much older stone which lay beside the one shown in the thread. This earlier stone is completely worn away, as is the more recent one. I have a photo of the more recent stone with reasonably clear inscriptions. Like my cousin, TropiConsul, I don't know who AM and AG with 1745 refer to. They may have been the initials of earlier ancestors.