SPURLING/WEIR 1698 @ Kilwinning

[Sarah Stone]

Looking for more info on the following couple:-

 Robert SPURLING(SPIRLING) & Janet(Jenet) WEIR. Married 28 April 1698 @ Kilwinning.
Son Robert b 5 Feb 1701/02 @ Coursehill, Kilwinning
This is the only info I have. No info on DOB etc.
Many thanks

[sheenamac]

Hi Sarah

We have a connection.  Robert Spurling/Janet Weir are my ancestors.  Children, Robert/Mary/Agnes.  Their son Robert 1701 m Jean Auld 1737.  Children: Joseph, John, Robert, Janet.  Joseph m Elizabeth Dickie, children Jean and Elizabeth.  Jean m John Wylie - 15 children.  Hugh m Mary Blair 1823.  Elizabeth Wylie m Joseph Morgan 1853. Annie Morgan m James McKirdy = my great grandparents.

[Sarah Stone]

Hi Sheenamac
Isn't it fantastic to find more relatives.
I assume the Elizabeth that married Joseph Morgan is the daughter of Hugh and Mary and that Hugh is the 9th child of Jean & John Wylie...
It's getting late so tomorrow I will let you have the info I have. Jean & John were my 4x greatgrand parents. I am decended from John Wylie (Joseph's older brother) who married Jean Kenneth in 1820.

[sheenamac]

Thanks for giving me the date of marriage of Robert and Janet.  Their children are Robert, 5 Feb 1701/02, Mary, 27 Feb 1703/04, Agnes, 26 Feb 1698/99.  As you know, Robert jnr married Jean Auld 3 June 1737, parents Alexander Auld and Martha Thomson (tumsen).

[Sarah Stone]

I thought it would be best if I gave a full round up of what I have then you could add your bits (b means dob or bapt unless specified)......
Robert Spurling (b unknown) on 28/4/1698 in Kilwinning married Janet Weir (b 3/3/1683).
Their children were:-
1) Agnes Sp     b 26/02/1698 Kilwinning
2) Robert Sp    b 05/02/1701 Corsehill, Kilwinning
3) Mary Sp       b 27/02/1703 Kilwinning
 Robert Sp (2) details are:-
Married on 03/06/1773 in Kilwinning to Jean Auld b 19/02/1715 @ Stevenston, Ayrshire......... some info on Jean Auld before I go on......Parents Martha Thomsun and Alexander Auld married on 02/02/1709 in Stevenston. Their children all born Stevenston were.... Euphon Auld b 29/11/1713. William Auld b 04/11/1714. Jean (ours). and finally George b 11/02/1717.
To go back to the main strand.
Robert & Jean's children were:_
1) John Spurling b 14/08/1738 in Corsehill
2) Robert Spurling b 03/04/1740
3) Janet Spurling b26/11/1742
4)Joseph Spurling born 10/12/1745 in Corsehill, bapt 12/11/1745. Married Elizabeth Dickie (b unknown) 0n 14/02/1766 in Kilwinning. I have her parents as Wm Dickie & Eliz Weir!!! but I also had her b as 1716 which can't be right. This needs checking again!.
Joseph & Elizabeth  children are
Jean b 07/03/1767 in Corsehill. died 05/06/1847
Elizabeth (from your records.....any other info?)
Jean Spurling married on 23/07/1787 to John Wylie He was born 21/08/1761 in Corsehill, bapt 23/08/1761 in Cootmonsland (?) died 13/03/1839. He was a Master Mason & Builder. (I have his family back to 1650's)
NOW.... Jean & John's children
1) Robert          born   13/12/1787       Corsehill
                         bapt   18/12/1787              "
2)Elizabeth       b         28/02/1789              "
3) John (my line) born 22/10/1790              "
                          bapt 14/10/1790                 "
                         married 01/04/1820 in Kilwinning to Jean Kenneth
                          died 26/02/1868 in Pathfoot, Bridgend, Kilwinning.
4) Margaret        born 12/08/1792            Corsehill
                           bapt 12/08/1792                 "
                            married date unknown to John Conn
5) Jean               born 13/12/1793               Corsehill
                          married date unknown to ?? Allen
6) Mary               b 01/05/1795               Corsehill
                            died 1817
7) Janet              born  12/11/1796                "
                            bapt 12/11 /1796               "
                            married date unknown to David Wilson
                            died  bet 1836 - 1847   
Joseph             born bet 1796 - 1799
9) Hugh               born 22/08/1799             Corsehill
                             bapt 27/08/1799                 "
                             married Mary Blair  (your info?)
                             died bef 1847
10) William          born 08/04/1801             Corsehill
                            bapt date? by Mr Hood
11) James            born bet 1801 - 1804
12) George           b 29/08/1802                     "
13)  Barbara          b 12/04/1804
14) Agnes             b bet 1804 - 1809
15) David               b 21/05/1809

That is it!!!!!! Let me know if you want the Wylie info
Have fun with this lot and please let me know anything you can add

[sheenamac]

Great stuff,Sarah.  I was able to add a bit to my info and I can add a bit to yours.  Here goes.

Giving me Janet Weir's dob helped me find her parents on FamilySearch.  They are Jon Weir and Jonet Broune (Brown).

Robert Sp.  I think the marriage should be 1737 not 1773 - just a typo probably.  I've got Euphon's b as 25March 1712 (is Euphon m or f).  I think some of the days/months have got confused between the American habit of writing m/d/y and the UK habit of writing d/m/y.  For example, I've got william's b as 11 April not 4 Nov. George as 2 Nov, not 11 Feb. Joseph as 12 Oct not 10 Dec.

I have Elizabeth Dickie's b as 4 June 1761 which can't be right - I'll check that.  I have her parents as Robert Dickie and Ann Glen and other connections, but if her dob is not 1761 they're probably wrong too.

I have Elizabeth Spurlings b as 19 June 1777.  I have John Wylie's b as 4 Sept 1755 in Inverkip, Renfrewshire.  I'd be interested to have further on your John Wylie to see where it all fits.  I also have a note of a birth 1761 in Kilwinning, so clearly I hadn't confirmed the connection yet.

I have John and Jean's children as being born in Kilwinning not Corsehill which came from IGI.

I have your John as dying in 26 Jan 1871.  Margaret b 7 August, Jane 11 Dec, Joseph b 1798, James 3 Jul 1807, Barbara 2 Apr 1803, Agnes 23 Oct 1805, d 1853 Greenock. 

Did I pick up that you live in Aus? I live in North Queensland but still have family in Scotland.  I visited Kilwinning and Ayr last year and can now picture Pathfoot and Bridgend.  Saw some Wylie gravesites and learned about the inns they owned, and viewed the clock tower containing the clock made by one of our ancestors.

[Sarah Stone]

Hi there.
Sorry for the delay in replying but I have had a total computer failure and am only just getting up and running again. I had most of my tree backed up but now have to discover how much is missing. That along with loosing all my favourites list and email addresses is going to cause a few problems.
You are right about the transposition of dates. It happened when I changed genealogy progs . I found most of them but obviously not all.
I will get round to checking all you have given asap. Many thanks
By the way I live in England

[sheenamac]

Hi Sharon,  Hope you can recover everything. Once I thought I'd lost everything and was in shock for about 10 hrs till I could take my laptop into my IT person at work - who recovered it all in about 30secs!  I'm sending you a private message.

[sheenamac]

Hello there.  Just wondering if you're still researching.  I've picked up the pieces of my FH and found a message you sent some time ago.  It's giving me lots of good information but I have questions.

Sheena