John Mow

[babygirl101]

I've hopefully attached the transcript unless it's gone horribly wrong, if anyone can make any sense of it.

BG   

ADDED: Due to copyright issues in displaying the entire image online, I have just reduced the image to the relevant section regarding the payment by John Mow.

[MonicaL]

Ok, there with you now.

So, John married xx in 1753:

They had at least:

Mary 1754...who you are researching
John 1755...may have died young if name was re-used later?

Gap in births.

Re-marriage by father John to Margaret Crow (1763 or 1764? seems some confusion on year on the OPR index).

Then:

John 1764
William 1765...mentioned in the link above regarding his brother George.
Margaret 1766
Alexander 1771
George 1773...included in the link above

But still the question, who was the mother of Mary and John 

Monica

[babygirl101]

Yep, that's just about it I think. It seems very odd that there's no trace of his first wife. I wonder if she possibly died in childbirth after John was born. If that were the case then I would have expected to have found a death/burial for her, but nothing on that front either.

BG 

[babygirl101]

Monica where did you find the entry for John

"They had at least:

Mary 1754...who you are researching
John 1755...may have died young if name was re-used later?"

BG 

[JMStrachan]

I don't think the 1753 entry is for a marriage, though if it's been indexed as one I may be wrong. But it looks like a payment of 10s 6p to the Kirk from John Mow of Mains Esq "Bdg" (which could be building?) or "Bag". It's quite a large sum and is a lot more than anyone would have paid for marriage banns to be read.

The Coll entries would be Collection and seem mostly to relate to hire of the mortcloth. So it is not a page from the marriage register but a page from the Kirk Session Minutes relating to monies collected.

As the image is up on ScotlandsPeople, I'd send them an email and ask what it could relate to, saying you found it under the marriages index but it doesn't seem to be for a marriage. They are very good at replying to emails, and will get an expert to answer your question. They may even refund your credits if it isn't a marriage.

[MonicaL]

Really nothing there so far 

Sometimes you can pick up snippets on google books but not seeing anything there really. The Register of Testaments for Lauder www.mesarfhc.org/books/Lauder%20-%20Register%20of%20testaments/941%20B4sr%20v.18.pdf only makes reference to Margaret Crow following her death in 1780 and then John Mow himself in 1795.

Monica

[MonicaL]

The entries I mentioned (guessing to be for the correct John Mow) from what we are discussing:

Mary 1754 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY2T-W53
John 1755 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XTYG-T22

How do you connect to this family BG?

Great advice from JMStrachan regarding following up with SP as to the actual entry you have.

Monica

[babygirl101]

Thanks JM - great advice, I'll contact them for more info.

Monica, thanks for the IGI reference I must be going blind. I don't have any connection with the family it's just some research I'm doing into another part of the family which is very complicated and convoluted.

BG 

[babygirl101]

Have sent an email to SP, will feedback their response as I'd love to know what it actually relates to.

BG