It is part of a collection of Acts and minutes of Parliament which I sifted through about 20 years ago. However, it evidently was in a volume which our legislative library did not have. I just stumbled across it today and thought I`d point it out given its value to many. Google has a poorly scanned copy at: http://books.google.ca/books?id=EilDAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA39&dq=%22allexr+kincaid%22&hl=en&ei=TcV1TdPDFYeJ0QHCy8zgBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false which only catches the beginning and end of it. You can see his name though here and you can get the source details from the cover. It is in the appendix at pages 38 and 39. Best wishes! Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:38 AM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Alexander Kincaid, son of James Kincaid of that Ilk > Peter, > > WOW - I like possibilities <grin> and no, I will be a good genealogist > and > won't take it as proof of the four brothers. Could you please tell us > where a copy of this petition may be obtained? > > Ruth Cherecwich > > > In a message dated 3/7/2011 7:19:16 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: > > I want to note that there was a petition by the heritors of > Stirling dated 27 May 1700 which was signed by J. Kincaid > of that Ilk and Alexander Kincaid, brother to the Laird of > Kincaid. The J. Kincaid of that Ilk was John Kincaid of > that Ilk, son of James Kincaid of that Ilk and Marion Boyd > of Trochrig. There is nothing to say that Alexander was > a legitimate brother of John or the son of Marion Boyd. > However, he could very well have been. This is the first time > I located a reference to Alexander. I previously noted that I > had not found any evidence of a brother Alexander but I did > find that John had an illegitimate son named Alexander. I have > no idea what became of Alexander, brother of John. > > One will certainly look to the story of the four sons of > Alexander Kincaid who supposedly came to America during > the Jacobite rebellion. This is in no way proves that story > but it does give some supporting evidence because the Alexander > was stated to have been born about 1670 and was the second > son. He certainly fits timeline wise. However, the same story says > that another son, Alexander, remained in Scotland and became > Lord Provost of Edinburgh. That part is clearly a provable > myth. So one has to treat the story with caution but there may > be some meat to it. > > Best wishes! > > Peter A. Kincaid > Fredericton, NB, Canada

Found the full abstract in the online site for the Acts of Parliament. The funny thing is that I could not get it via their search feature. Since I had the date I was able to find it by their browse feature. Makes me wonder what else I may have missed that is buried in the online version. See: http://www.rps.ac.uk/search.php?action=fc&fn=williamii_trans&id=id23787 Best wishes! Peter ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter A. Kincaid" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 2:06 AM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Alexander Kincaid, son of James Kincaid of that Ilk > It is part of a collection of Acts and minutes of Parliament > which I sifted through about 20 years ago. However, it > evidently was in a volume which our legislative library > did not have. I just stumbled across it today and thought I`d > point it out given its value to many. > > Google has a poorly scanned copy at: > > http://books.google.ca/books?id=EilDAAAAcAAJ&pg=RA1-PA39&dq=%22allexr+kincaid%22&hl=en&ei=TcV1TdPDFYeJ0QHCy8zgBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CDIQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false > > which only catches the beginning and end of it. You can > see his name though here and you can get the source > details from the cover. It is in the appendix at pages > 38 and 39. > > Best wishes! > > Peter > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2011 12:38 AM > Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Alexander Kincaid, son of James Kincaid of that Ilk > > >> Peter, >> >> WOW - I like possibilities <grin> and no, I will be a good genealogist >> and >> won't take it as proof of the four brothers. Could you please tell us >> where a copy of this petition may be obtained? >> >> Ruth Cherecwich >> >> >> In a message dated 3/7/2011 7:19:16 P.M. Mountain Standard Time, >> [email protected] writes: >> >> I want to note that there was a petition by the heritors of >> Stirling dated 27 May 1700 which was signed by J. Kincaid >> of that Ilk and Alexander Kincaid, brother to the Laird of >> Kincaid. The J. Kincaid of that Ilk was John Kincaid of >> that Ilk, son of James Kincaid of that Ilk and Marion Boyd >> of Trochrig. There is nothing to say that Alexander was >> a legitimate brother of John or the son of Marion Boyd. >> However, he could very well have been. This is the first time >> I located a reference to Alexander. I previously noted that I >> had not found any evidence of a brother Alexander but I did >> find that John had an illegitimate son named Alexander. I have >> no idea what became of Alexander, brother of John. >> >> One will certainly look to the story of the four sons of >> Alexander Kincaid who supposedly came to America during >> the Jacobite rebellion. This is in no way proves that story >> but it does give some supporting evidence because the Alexander >> was stated to have been born about 1670 and was the second >> son. He certainly fits timeline wise. However, the same story says >> that another son, Alexander, remained in Scotland and became >> Lord Provost of Edinburgh. That part is clearly a provable >> myth. So one has to treat the story with caution but there may >> be some meat to it. >> >> Best wishes! >> >> Peter A. Kincaid >> Fredericton, NB, Canada