Lee, apologies but I must correct my posting. I meant to say:
I've got notes of Ann Chapman d/o John Chapman & Margaret Bennett - Ann Chapman married George Geddes crofter/farmer Broomhill Keith - she was his second wife.
which of course you already know about.
My notes on these Chapmans are in the context of a Geddes dynasty headed by William Geddes & Ann Mackay, in Tarrymount. His parents are believed to be John Geddes & Anne Chapman, so he was born Nether Clochen bpt 10 Nov 1782. We think Ann Chapman is d/o Alex Chapman & Marg Spence born 6 May 1760 Finfan Urquhart Moray (the family then moved to Ryeriggs). We cannot pin down who John Geddes is - he died 15 May 1841 age 88 and was a weaver in Clochan.
One reason for having these notes is that one of my Geddes lines comes from Portsoy where my 3xgtgdfather John Geddes was clerk to the RC church for many years - he seems to be son of William Geddes & Jean Riach in Slackabates - his father in turn being William Geddes 'blacksmith in the wards' (of Walkerdales).
Trying to pin these people down and make the connections which must be in there somewhere has proved a hopeless task! Despite all the effort that several people have put into it.
I didn't have anything on Alexander Chapman & Margaret Geddes, though now you mention it. I've spotted their marriage in 1829. Have you anything on who she is?
