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Offline Makinghay

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Mary Hay
« on: Monday 11 November 24 18:13 GMT (UK) »
Hi, Mary Hay and William Scott were my 4th g grandparents through their first born son Thomas.  Just wondered if anyone had considered that Mary might not have been William Hay's daughter?  While men can father children at almost any age, their fertility does decrease, and it seems unlikely that William and Elizabeth would have sprouted 7 children in quick succession when the former was age 60 to 68.  What do you think?
 

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Re: Mary Hay
« Reply #1 on: Monday 11 November 24 20:12 GMT (UK) »
More info required regarding dates and ages of those involved

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Re: Mary Hay
« Reply #2 on: Monday 11 November 24 21:01 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Makinghay on Monday 11 November 24 18:13 GMT (UK)
Hi, Mary Hay and William Scott were my 4th g grandparents through their first born son Thomas.  Just wondered if anyone had considered that Mary might not have been William Hay's daughter?  While men can father children at almost any age, their fertility does decrease, and it seems unlikely that William and Elizabeth would have sprouted 7 children in quick succession when the former was age 60 to 68.  What do you think?

Welcome to Rootschat Makinghay.

If William was married to Mary, where does Elizabeth come in?
As Sancti has already posted, we need more information. Everything you know in fact, that way we don't have duplication of effort. Names, maiden surnames, dates, places and/or parishes.
Paterson, Torrance, Gilchrist - Hamilton Lanarkshire. 
McCallum - Oban, McKechnie - Ross of Mull Argyll.
Scrim - Perthshire. 
Liddell - Polmont,
Binnie - Muiravonside Stirlingshire.
Curran, McCafferty, Stevenson, McCue - Co Donegal
Gibbons, Weldon - Co Mayo.
Devlin - Co Tyrone.
Leonard - County Donegal & Glasgow.

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Re: Mary Hay
« Reply #3 on: Monday 11 November 24 21:36 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, Elizabeth Sinclare was Mary Hay's mother, wife of The Hon William Hay of Lawfield.  Mary married William Scott.  Old posts have been written by other descendants of Mary Hay,  but rather than simply reply to posts from 2009, I thought it made sense to ask the question in a new thread.  I was hoping to reach other descendants who know the background, and that's why I gave scanty details.

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Re: Mary Hay
« Reply #4 on: Monday 11 November 24 21:43 GMT (UK) »
Previous thread by Makinghay last month.  Reply 5 gives link to another earlier post by another member

https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=886765.msg7599411#msg7599411
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Re: Mary Hay
« Reply #5 on: Monday 11 November 24 22:01 GMT (UK) »
Quote from: Makinghay on Monday 11 November 24 21:36 GMT (UK)
rather than simply reply to posts from 2009, I thought it made sense to ask the question in a new thread. 
It's always preferable to continue an existing thread rather than start a new thread about the same people, because keeping it all in one thread prevents duplication of effort and potential confusion, and it makes it easier for RootsChatters to revise what has been found already.
Never trust anything you find online (especially submitted trees and transcriptions on Ancestry, MyHeritage, FindMyPast and other commercial web sites) unless it's an image of an original document - and even then be wary because errors can and do occur.

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Re: Mary Hay
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 12 November 24 00:05 GMT (UK) »
How did you establish Mary Hay's parentage?

When and where was Thomas born?

When and where did he die?
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