James and Elspet Campbell's children??

[FionaRC]

Hello,

I am trying to locate the children of James and Elspet Campbell- but am a bit confused by dates!

The only marriage I can find for a James Campbell and Elspet Campbell (Campbell is also her maiden name) is in Little Dunkeld (which is where I would expect them to be) in 1790.

However, I have found the following birth entries on Scotlands People for James and Elspet's children:

CAMPBELL, DONALD 28/09/1783  LITTLE DUNKELD
CAMPBELL, JAMES 20/03/1796  LITTLE DUNKELD
CAMPBELL, JAMES 20/03/1795  LITTLE DUNKELD
CAMPBELL, ARCHD 18/05/1800 LITTLE DUNKELD
CAMPBELL, MUNGO 02/08/1798 LITTLE DUNKELD
CAMPBELL, MARGRET 03/02/1790 LITTLE DUNKELD

I have paid to look at all the entries and they are all in Meikle Logie, which is as far as I can tell is a tiny hamlet near little dunkeld, and is where I expect to find my ancestors at this time. So I believe that all these children are the children of my James and Elspet. But then the marriage must be wrong surely, as several of the children are born before 1790? I can't find any other marriages between a James Campbell and an Elspet Campbell. If anyone can shed any light on this I would be grateful.

Thanks,

Fiona

[FionaRC]

Sorry forgot to say the marriage is in March 1790, so Margaret would have been born the month before and Donald several years before.

Also, surely there can't be 2 James's born exactly a year apart? If it wasn't the exact same date but different year I would imagine one of them had died in infancy and they had used the name for the next child. But the exact same date seems odd.

[Milliepede]

How old were the parents when they married? 

Is it possible one or other had been previously married and had a child or children. 

The exact birthday is unusual but possible, is there a death for the first James?

[FionaRC]

No idea how old they were when they married.

I only know their names from their son Archibald's death record.

I can't find a death record for an infant James Campbell.