Hi Dorothy, Thank you for your research and suggestion, I will pass it to the requester. Best regards, Denis Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. George Bernard Shaw On Jan 31, 2008, at 9:33 AM, Dorothy Kew wrote: > I would suggest to your correspondent that he check this baptism and > marriage on Scotland's People, at http:// > www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/ It's a > subscritpion site but you can purchase the basic number of credits > for £6. > > As far as I can see, and also on Family Search, Gryphin Nicol is > listed as > the son of James Nicol, unmarried, baptized in 1737, in Carmyllie, > Angus, no > mother named. As for Christian Wear, she marries in 1733 in > Selkirk to one > William Taleford. I found no marriage to a John Nicol. These are > both from > extracted records. I could not see a marriage in 1740 for her. > > Dorothy > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Genealogy > To: [email protected] > Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2008 7:40 AM > Subject: Scotland > > > Hello list, > > Below is a message received this AM needing a reply which my humble > knowledge of Scotland does not allow. Considering all the exceptional > information recently posted regarding Scotland's involvement in the > slave trade, I thought someone on this list would have knowledge > regarding the posted question. > > Best regards, Denis > ********************************************************************** > ** > **************************** > "Do you know anyhing about marriages 1740's in Scotland? How likely > would it be for a "country marriage" to occur in 1736 and then a > formal sanctioned marriage to occur in 1740? > > The church was generally powerful in Scotland around the time of the > clearances. Wish my knowledge of the Jacobites vs. Protestant > religion was better. Suppose I should google and try to find out more. > > Have a distant grandfather, a Gryphin Nicol christened 1737 (Fam. > Search) b. to a John Nicol and Christian Wear whose marriage is shown > as 1740 (Family Search). The Scots had different marriage rules and > laws than the English with country marriages being acceptable, but > church sanction desirable. At certain times, the church had people > shunned for not having a church sanction union. > > Gryphin Nicol b.1734 Carmyllie m. a Matilda (aka Meatie) Carey b. > 1726 in Monikie. Have found the burial of Matilda/Meatie's parents.\ > in Craigtoun. > > Know you are doing middle ages, but am hoping your knowledge might > advise on this birth date a couple years prior to the marriage. > Should I be looking for a lst marriage or does this sound like > something more or less the norm?" > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to CARIBBEAN- > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes > in the subject and the body of the message