Another question. What does this phrase mean "Wm McKie a portions (or portioner?) in Torrorie? What is a portions? Thanks for your help. Janet Taylor Canada

A portioner is a person who owns a portion of an estate. My own ancestor was a portioner of Gregorie, Kirkcudbright, her brother had died unmarried and without heirs and his land was divided between his two sisters, his only heirs, each had a half portion of the lands of Gregorie. Their husbands became known as portioners too, the land was joined again in the next generation when the son of my ancestor took over the other portion. When you go to Scotland visit Ewart Library there may be some transcribed documentation regarding the portioning of this land, its where I found all my information, there's quite a lot indexed. Vanessa   All records are subject to error. Let they without typo caste tea thirst scone! ----- Original Message ---- From: Janet Taylor <drjantaylor@gmail.com> To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, 19 September, 2010 19:42:54 Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] what is a portioner Another question.  What does this phrase mean "Wm McKie a portions (or portioner?) in Torrorie? What is a portions? Thanks for your help. Janet Taylor Canada ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message