Robert "Big Rab" Duncan

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Big Rab McConnechy
• Name: Robert "Big "Rab" McConechy
• Name: Robert McConachy
• Name: Robert McConnechy Duncan
• _FSFTID: G3HD-2W1
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3HD-2W1
• _TAG: Ramsay Twp Settlers (1820-1821)
• Name Change: Between 1759 and 1775, Rothesay Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland; from the Gaelic name McConnechy to the English naming system Duncan

Notes:

(Research):Name:?tab?Duncan Robert
Dates:?tab?8 Apr 1789
Place:?tab?Rothesay, Argyll, Scotland
Book:?tab?Mac. Mc. contd. (Marriages) (Marriage)
Collection:?tab?Argyle, Caithness, Sutherland, Argyll, Invarness, and Hebrides: xxx - The commissariot records, Register of Testaments of Argyle, 1674-1800; Caithness, 1661-1664
Volume:?tab?The Commissariot Record of The Isles.
Chapter:?tab?Register of Testaments, 1661-1800
Text:?tab??b?Duncan Robert,?/b? ?b?mariner in Rothesay?/b? 08 Apr 1789

Source Information
Ancestry.com. UK, Extracted Probate Records, 1269-1975 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2009.

Original data: Electronic databases created from various publications of probate records.

Description
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Robert (his father) in 1778 is recorded on the birth record of his son Robert as being a ?b?Seaman in Breckoch?/b? alt. Breckock, Wales

The Isle of Bute in the Olden Time: With Illustrations, Maps, and Plans
https://books.google.ca/books?id=xrsxAQAAIAAJ
James King Hewison - 1893 - ?Bute Island (Scotland)
1817, ornamented urn ; Scalpsie, oval (Maccon. MS.), several urns ; Breckoch (Bl., p. 85), urn; Reiligasdain, 19 cists, I urn, removed (see chap, viii.) 5. Cairns or barrows unopened : Rudhabodach ; Kerrycrusach (S.S.E. of) ; Ardroscadale (No. 2) ; Scalpsie ; (Ayshaug) Stravannan; Inchmarnock; Undraynian Point; Kerrytonlia ...

Birth:
Name?tab?Robert Mc Connechy
Sex?tab?Male
Birth Date?tab?11 Oct 1759
Father's Name?tab?Thomas Mc Connechy
Father's Sex?tab?Male
Mother's Name?tab?Mary Mc Connechy
Mother's Sex?tab?Female
Event Type?tab?Christening
Event Date?tab?14 Oct 1759
Event Place?tab?Rothesay, Bute, Scotland, United Kingdom
Event Place (Original)?tab?Rothesay, Bute, Scotland

"Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYZJ-GX5 : 11 February 2020), Thomas Mc Connechy in entry for Robert Mc Connechy, 1759.

Christened:
October 1759
Robert, son to Thomas McConnechy in Eskachragan & Mary McConnecky born 11th was baptised upon the 10th inst.

Name Change:
This change happened over a number of year. Robert was born and baptized as Robert McConnechy and married as Robert Duncan.

Died:
Verbal family history suggested that he was known as '?b?Big Rab?/b?" and was seriously injured assisting people after a ship wreck off the coast of Scotland. This led to a search of records and the discovery of his will, with Thomas, his father acting as Executor.

Robert married Jean Kerr on 8 Mar 1776 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Jean (daughter of John Kerr and Mary Burnside) was born on 1 May 1752 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 7 Jun 1752 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died on 18 Mar 1824 in Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
8 Mar 1776
Robert Duncan, sailor, and Jean Kerr, resident of Glasgow.


Scotlands People
Surname KERR
Forename JEAN
Spouse Name ROBERT DUNCAN/FR2770 (FR2770)
Date 08/03/1776
Parish Number644/1
Ref260 177
Parish Glasgow

Name:?tab?Jean Kerr
Gender: ?tab?Female
Marriage Date:?tab?8 Mar 1776
Marriage Place:?tab?Glasgow,Lanark,Scotland
Spouse:?tab?Robert Duncan
FHL Film Number:?tab?0102924, 0102925, 1042937, 1041382

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

1. Agnes Duncan was born on 3 Oct 1777 in Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Scotland; was christened on 4 Oct 1777 in Greenock, Inverclyde, Renfrewshire, Scotland; and died.
2. Robert Duncan was born on 16 Oct 1778 in Isle of Bute, Argyll and Bute, Scotland; was christened on 18 Oct 1778 in Rothesay Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland; died on 9 Aug 1847 in Ramsay Township, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada; was buried on 11 Aug 1847 in Auld Kirk Cemetery, Ramsay, Mississippi Mills, Lanark County, Ontario, Canada.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Thomas Duncan
• Name: Thomas McConachy
• Name: Thomas McConechy
• Name: Thomas McConnechy
• Name: Thomas McConnochie
• _FSFTID: G3HD-QBD
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3HD-QBD
• _TODO: Completed

Notes:

Birth:
MCCONDACHIE
THOMAS
8 / 3 / 1720
IN GELLIEBANKS
TD
DUNKELD COMMISSARY COURT

_TODO:
Bute Museum, Rothsay, Isle of Bute
Genealogy:
genealogist.butemuseum@gmail.com
Curator of archaeology and history
historycurator.butemuseum@gmail.com

Thomas married Mary MacConachy on 23 Mar 1754 in Rothesay Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland. Mary (daughter of Donald MacConachy) was born on 12 Nov 1727 in Kingarth Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland; was christened on 15 Nov 1727 in Kingarth Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Mary McConechy
• Name: Mary McConechy
• _FSFTID: G3HD-C45
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3HD-C45

Notes:

Birth:
Novr 11th Mary MacConachy daughter to Donald MacConachy tennent in born12th & baptised 19th instance

Christened:
MACCONACHY
MARY
DONALD MACCONACHY/
F
15/11/1727
555/
10 5
Kingarth

Notes:

Married:
MCCONECHY
THOMAS
MARY MCCONECHY/
23/03/1754
558
10 / 368
ROTHESAY

Thomas McConechy, son to Robt McConechy in Ambrusbeg, Kingarth & Mary McConechy daughter. to Donald McConechy late tenant in Bruchag, Kingarth were booked 23 March 1754.

?b?Ambrisbeg?/b? is located centrally in a valley on the Isle of Bute, near Loch Quien, south of Lac Fad; located in a valley that runs down the centre of the island. The eastern side of the lakes and valley is fertile farmland. The western side of the lake is very rugged rocky mountains. Ambrisbeg is located near the lakeshore off B881 which joins the A844 a short distance south.

County: Buteshire
Council: Argyll And Bute
Parish: Kingarth
Map Sheet: NS05NE
NGR: NS 06823 59140
Easting/Northing: 206823, 659140
Latitude/Longitude: 55? 47' 13" N 5? 04' 57" W

Today this is the site of a large quarry - mineral extraction complex.

?b?Bruchag?/b? is on the east coast of Bute, further south of Ambrisbeg, near Bruchag Point and Kerrylamont Bay. Today, the Bruchag Road runs fron the junction of the A844 and the B881 near Kingarth to
There is a Brucheg Road that runs from the A844 out to the east coast and rejoins the A844 further north, in the Piperhall Wood.

The location of Thomas and Mary McConechy make it feasible that they would meet and marry.

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: KZNH-P77
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZNH-P77

Robert married Mary McCurdy. Mary was born about 1702 in Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: G3H6-H6Z
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/G3H6-H6Z

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Donald MacConechy
• Name: Donald McConnechy

Notes:

Christened:
March 1696
McConachy, Donald son to John McConachy in Leniculon was born the 9th and baptised the 10th instant.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Robert McConachy
• _FSFTID: L4QP-5G9
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L4QP-5G9

Robert married Janet Stewart on 25 Dec 1691 in Rothesay Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland. Janet was born in 1672 in Rothesay Parish, Isle of Bute, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: LM9N-7SM
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LM9N-7SM