That's the tough part. You just don't know about baptisms that were not recorded. Methlick is 21.6 miles from Rathen. A William Shand had 9 his children in Rathen. I do have William and Isobel Bruce's marriage cert. Aberdour is 19.9 mile from Methlick and 10.0 miles from Rathen.
Marriage
07 Jul 1778 • Rathen,Aberdeen,Scotland
July 7th William Shand in this Parish was married to Isobel Bruce in the Parish of Abordour (Could be Aberdour)
Isobel Bruce
(1751–1836)
I might have figured out a connection.
Let me know if you agree. Below is the Baptism record for William Shand b1/5/1750. I believe that this William Shand is the father of Joseph Shand b1790 Mill of Rathen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
SHAND WILLIAM JOHN SHAND/ M 01/05/1750 221/20 31 Methlick is 21.6 miles from Rathen.
This is based on between 1745-1755 there were 9 William Shand’s born in Scotland according to Scotlandspeople.gov. 5 William Shand’s were born between 1749 and 1751. 3 William Shand’s born between 1749(1) & 1750(2). The fact that the Monumental inscription lists William Shand’s death as 16 Nov 1823 and that he was 73 when he died means he would have had to turn 73 before 16 Nov 1823 or he was born in 1749 after 16 Nov. Based on that, William Shand born to John Shand 1 May 1750 in Methlink, Aberdeenshire, Scotland is the only match.
The transcriptions come from a booklet of monumental inscriptions from Rathen.
Yool is just another spelling of Yule. It may well be that your Ann Yule is from this family. The only thing we can be certain about is that she is not the daughter of this George Yool/Yule as what are probably his children Ann and John are mentioned on his gravestone and are an earlier generation than your Joseph. If there is any relationship between your Ann and John Yule, they might be grandchildren of George. Difficult to prove, however.
