Concerning Alexander Fleeming / Fleming and Margaret ForbesThis may be of use, but then again ............
Fleming is a very uncommon name in Blair Atholl parish and the use of Christopher as a forename is totally unknown by the local inhabitants
Alexander Fleming in Mains of Blair and Margaret Forbes in Ardkincael, marriage banns 9th March 1769. The Session Minutes show that the marriage entries in the OPR give the date when the parties gave in their names (in order to marriage).
She would have been known as Margaret Forbes, even after marriage, as was the tradition in Scotland.
Their son John, was born at Ardkincael, but this does not mean that Alexander Fleming was living there. It was not unusual for the first child to be born in the house of the wife's parents where her mother could supervise the first delivery. It also suggests that Margaret Forbes was not just a servant girl working at Ardkincael when she married.
John was the only child and it is highly probable that Margaret Forbes died in childbirth or soon afterwards.
Alexander Fleming remarried seven years later.
Alexander Fleeming in Mains of Blair and Christian Stewart in Blair, married 23 Dec 1777
The baptism of Christian (30th October 1778) tells us that Alexander Fleming was cow-herd to His Grace the Duke of Atholl. An important position as it was a large herd with prize beasts, large enough to need full-time dairymaids.
Donald was born at Mains of Blair, 24th July 1780.
Katharine was born at Porter Lodge (of Blair), 12th July 1783
Margaret was born at the West Lodge of Blair (this may be the same place), 7th March 1786, and
Alexander was born at the West Lodge of Blair, 22nd March 1789.
There is no record of a Janet being baptised in Blair Atholl (Jessie would be the familiar or family name)
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