Frendraught in Forgue Alison On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Goldie & Lido Doratti <lidogold2@shaw.ca>wrote: > Further.. 2 b/dates for George.... 1. 7 Oct 1730 ..... 2. 30 Oct > 1747......his father is given as Alexander Alexander, no mother mentioned. > If you are transcribing a will, you can work out his age and then know > which one he is. Likely one is an uncle........maybe named after the > father > of Alex and George.......good luck with this...and just out of curiosity > where is Black River, Musquito Shore....I'm sure all Listers would be > interested to know.......sounds like 'bring on the "musquito > spray"......Goldie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Goldie & Lido Doratti > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:28 PM > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify Froucharucht? > > Could it be Forgue parish, and the croft (farm of ) Frondraught; all in > Aberdeenshire? I have some Old Parish Records I took off a film of Forgue, > and have some Alexanders as Witnesses to some baptisms, as well as some > Leslies I suspect so, Goldie. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilbert Murray > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:09 PM > To: ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify Froucharucht? > > Hi - I'm transcribing old wills of the Mosquito Shore, for a history, and > cannot identify a place in Aberdeenshire named in a will of 1785. Can > anyone help? > > Here's the entry: > > Black River, Musquito Shore: I, George Alexander of the Shore, Merchant, > in > an ill state of health. As soon as convenient after my decease I desire my > Exors residing on the Musquito Shore sell and dispose of all property I may > have on the Shore, the neat proceeds of which, together with the Debts due > me on the Shore as soon as they can be collected, I desire may be remitted > into the hands of my Exor in Great Britain to be placed at Interest in the > Public Funds. I bequeath to my Honored Mother Jane LESLY, widow of > Alexander Alexander of Frouchaught? in the Parish of Fergey* and shire of > Aberdeen in North Britain... > > Can anyone locate Frouchaught - could be Frourhaught? Fergey? I suspect > Fergey = Fergue. The people are not my ancestors. > > Appreciate your help! > > Sonia Bennett Murray > USA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Sunday afternoon here in Kamloops and I'm having a giggle....Had a bad week chasing some McGregors to find out I had to start all over again, but this was a BINGO!! Soon as I saw it I thought 'I know this one"...pat on the back for Goldie...and boy oh boy, do I need it!! Bad week!! Goldie (sorry for tooting my own horn out loud!!) -----Original Message----- From: B&A Smith Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 4:06 PM To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify Froucharucht? Frendraught in Forgue Alison On Sat, Mar 29, 2014 at 10:37 PM, Goldie & Lido Doratti <lidogold2@shaw.ca>wrote: > Further.. 2 b/dates for George.... 1. 7 Oct 1730 ..... 2. 30 Oct > 1747......his father is given as Alexander Alexander, no mother mentioned. > If you are transcribing a will, you can work out his age and then know > which one he is. Likely one is an uncle........maybe named after the > father > of Alex and George.......good luck with this...and just out of curiosity > where is Black River, Musquito Shore....I'm sure all Listers would be > interested to know.......sounds like 'bring on the "musquito > spray"......Goldie > > -----Original Message----- > From: Goldie & Lido Doratti > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:28 PM > To: aberdeen@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify > Froucharucht? > > Could it be Forgue parish, and the croft (farm of ) Frondraught; all in > Aberdeenshire? I have some Old Parish Records I took off a film of > Forgue, > and have some Alexanders as Witnesses to some baptisms, as well as some > Leslies I suspect so, Goldie. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gilbert Murray > Sent: Saturday, March 29, 2014 3:09 PM > To: ABERDEEN@rootsweb.com > Subject: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify Froucharucht? > > Hi - I'm transcribing old wills of the Mosquito Shore, for a history, and > cannot identify a place in Aberdeenshire named in a will of 1785. Can > anyone help? > > Here's the entry: > > Black River, Musquito Shore: I, George Alexander of the Shore, Merchant, > in > an ill state of health. As soon as convenient after my decease I desire > my > Exors residing on the Musquito Shore sell and dispose of all property I > may > have on the Shore, the neat proceeds of which, together with the Debts due > me on the Shore as soon as they can be collected, I desire may be remitted > into the hands of my Exor in Great Britain to be placed at Interest in the > Public Funds. I bequeath to my Honored Mother Jane LESLY, widow of > Alexander Alexander of Frouchaught? in the Parish of Fergey* and shire of > Aberdeen in North Britain... > > Can anyone locate Frouchaught - could be Frourhaught? Fergey? I suspect > Fergey = Fergue. The people are not my ancestors. > > Appreciate your help! > > Sonia Bennett Murray > USA > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes > in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

On 29 March 2014 23:06, B&A Smith <brian.alison.smith@gmail.com> wrote: > Frendraught in Forgue > > Alison ================================= Gilbert I agree with Alison. If you look again at the original you may find that "Frouchaught " is actually much closer to Frendraught. The letters: "ouch" in manuscript are easily mistaken for "endr". Equally "Fergy" is very close to "Forgue" in manuscript, even allowing for idiosyncratic spelling. You might be interested that one of Sheena's MELDRUM ancestors was executed for setting fire to Frendraught castle in the early 17thC although he insisted he had been about 10 miles away at the time. The story is on the internet in a number of different variations. Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net

Thanks, Alison! Frendraught is nailed down. Another example of how clerks misread testator's handwriting when it was copied and copied again! All the best, Sonia -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ray Hennessy Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 5:59 PM To: Aberdeen List Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify Froucharucht? On 29 March 2014 23:06, B&A Smith <brian.alison.smith@gmail.com> wrote: > Frendraught in Forgue > > Alison ================================= Gilbert I agree with Alison. If you look again at the original you may find that "Frouchaught " is actually much closer to Frendraught. The letters: "ouch" in manuscript are easily mistaken for "endr". Equally "Fergy" is very close to "Forgue" in manuscript, even allowing for idiosyncratic spelling. You might be interested that one of Sheena's MELDRUM ancestors was executed for setting fire to Frendraught castle in the early 17thC although he insisted he had been about 10 miles away at the time. The story is on the internet in a number of different variations. Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Thank you, Ray, Frendraught it is. Another example of the difficulties clerks faced in copying original handwriting, and then copying the copy into another record, doubling the chance of mistakes. So there was a castle there! I wonder if it was rebuilt and if the Alexanders lived there, or if it had been reduced to a farm by the end of the 18th century. George Alexander left quite a lot of money - many of the merchants who went to the Mosquito Shore and Belize became wealthy - sadly, on the backs on their slaves. But businessmen in England were paying their workers pennies - poverty was endemic - the Iron Law of Wages was very much in force. From everything I've read, I would much rather have been a slave in Belize than a pauper in Great Britain! Thanks again, Sonia -----Original Message----- From: aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:aberdeen-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Ray Hennessy Sent: Sunday, March 30, 2014 5:59 PM To: Aberdeen List Subject: Re: [ABERDEEN] Anderson, Lesly - Can anyone identify Froucharucht? On 29 March 2014 23:06, B&A Smith <brian.alison.smith@gmail.com> wrote: > Frendraught in Forgue > > Alison ================================= Gilbert I agree with Alison. If you look again at the original you may find that "Frouchaught " is actually much closer to Frendraught. The letters: "ouch" in manuscript are easily mistaken for "endr". Equally "Fergy" is very close to "Forgue" in manuscript, even allowing for idiosyncratic spelling. You might be interested that one of Sheena's MELDRUM ancestors was executed for setting fire to Frendraught castle in the early 17thC although he insisted he had been about 10 miles away at the time. The story is on the internet in a number of different variations. Ray Hennessy www.whatsinaname.net ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to ABERDEEN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message