Agnes Duncan

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: MM9Z-1K6
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/MM9Z-1K6

Notes:

(Research):IGI Record

Christened:
Agnes, daughter to Robert Duncan, sailor, and Jean Kerr, his spouse born & baptised 4th.

Agnes married Daniel Brown on 31 Jan 1799 in Houston and Killellan Parish, Renfrewshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Married:
Brown and Duncan
January 19 Which Day Daniel Brown and Agnes Duncan both in this United Parish Booked their names in order to be proclaimed previous to marriage and were married upon the 31 day of the said month of January.

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
This database is a collection of probate registers from the United Kingdom. The records include wills and other miscellaneous types of probate records. Learn more...



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]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: LYDY-F8Y
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LYDY-F8Y

Notes:

(Research):Scotlands People: Old Parish Record
Surname KERR
Forename JEAN
Parents/ Other Details JOHN KERR / MARY BURNSIDE FR78 (FR78)
Gender F
Date 07/06/1752
Parish Number 654/
Ref 10 134
Parish Rutherglen

Name:?tab?Jean Kerr
Gender: ?tab?Female
Birth Date:?tab?1 May 1752
Baptism Date:?tab?7 Jun 1752
Baptism Place:?tab?, Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland
Father:?tab?John Kerr
Mother:?tab?Mary Burnside
FHL Film Number:?tab?1066604
Reference ID:?tab?2:15N91ZT

Source Information
Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014.

Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.

Christened:
1752
Jean Kerr born May 1st;
Christening June 7th
parents John Kerr and Mary Burnside
witnesss James and Andrew Kerr

KERR JEAN
JOHN KERR/MARY BURNSIDE FR78 (FR78)
F
07/06/1752
654/
10 134
Rutherglen

Jean Kerr
Birth: May 1 1752
Christening: June 7 1752 - Rutherglen, Lanark, Scotland
Parents: John Kerr, Mary Burnside
Witnesses: James Kerr and Andrew Kerr

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.

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:

• Name: John Keir
• _FSFTID: KZ34-Z47
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZ34-Z47

Notes:

Buried:
First name(s)?tab?John
Last name?tab?Kerr
Age?tab?75
Birth year?tab?1728
Death date?tab?? ? 1803
Death year?tab?1803
Burial year?tab?1803
Burial date?tab?03 Feb 1803
Burial place?tab?Glasgow High Church, Glasgow
County?tab?Lanarkshire
Country?tab?Scotland
Notes?tab?labourer
Record set?tab?Scotland, Glasgow & Lanarkshire Death & Burial Index
Category?tab?Birth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
Subcategory?tab?Parish Burials
Collections from?tab?United Kingdom, Scotland

John married Mary Burnside on 15 Sep 1751 in Rutherglen, Lanarkshire, Scotland. Mary (daughter of James Burnside and Jean Stevin) was born in 1735 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; was christened on 3 Aug 1735 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; died about 1776 in Lanarkshire, Scotland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• _FSFTID: KZH7-PN8
• _FSLINK: https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/KZH7-PN8

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.

James married Jean Stevin. Jean (daughter of James Stevin and Jean Govan) was born about 1713 in Glasgow, Lanarkshire, Scotland; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Name: Jean Steven