John Brewster frm Scotland

[Neale1961]

.... there is only one John Brewster birth entry showing in a suitable time frame

John Brewster
Father William (no mother's name given)
Birth date  30/08/1797
Ref 338 10 / 149
Location Cargill, Perthshire

Just speculation at the moment ....
possible Marriage for the above William Brewster
WILLIAM BROWSTER
to
LILLIAS DAVIDSON    /FR219 (FR219)
28/03/1794
ST MARTINS

Possibly the children from that marriage ....
•   Ann 1795 Cargill
•   John 1797 Cargill
•   Margaret 1800 Cargill
•   Robert 1804 Cargill
•   George 1806 Cargill
•   William 1811 Cargill (mother named on baptism Lilly Davidson)

and maybe 1841 census
https://www.freecen.org.uk/search_records/59045e46e9379091b10bbb4e/william-brewster-1841-perthshire-cargill-1771-?locale=en

[RodBrewster]

Thanks for all your replies. The family history team at Perth and Kinross Archives have searched for me and they say that John Brewster from Cargill never left Scotland. This has been confirmed by a professional researcher. Only officer's service records of the 10th Hussars appear to have survived.
I am clutching at straws, but I am hoping somebody may know if pay lists might contain that information.

[Neale1961]

I am hoping somebody may know if pay lists might contain that information.

I have seen the 10th Hussars pay list from 1812-1816, it only lists by name - private John Brewster. No other information.

I think it prudent to take his age on the 1841 census as very approx. and look at a wider birth date. His age at death points to him being born about 1793, but he could have been older than that.
As already pointed out, Brewster is a not common name in Scotland.

The family history team at Perth and Kinross Archives have searched for me and they say that John Brewster from Cargill never left Scotland. This has been confirmed by a professional researcher.

I always prefer to do the research myself. Professional researchers are limited by time and money.

Have you considered / looked at these? It might be fairly easy to eliminate some.
•   John Rutherford Brouster 1792 St Cuthberts
•   John Browster 1791 St Martins
•   John Brouster 1791 Kilconquhar
•   John Breuster 1798 Botriphnie
•   John Browster 1798 Gartly

[RodBrewster]

Hello, Thanks for your reply. They have all been eliminated apart from John Brewster from Botriphnie.

There are no records of him in Scotland after his baptism, so he is the most likely person.

Thanks again.