Peter, You mentioned that #23547 is of the Kincaid's of Gartcows. Is Gartcows a community within Falkirk? When I search Google maps for Gartcows, I get several roads in or near Falkirk but no place with that name. http://maps.google.ca/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=falkirk&sll=49.891235,-97.15369&sspn=27.839907,56.601563&ie=UTF8&ll=56.012202,-3.794403&spn=0.37617,0.884399&z=10 Thanks, Don ----- Original Message ----- From: Peter A. Kincaid To: kincaid@rootsweb.com Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2009 4:04 PM Subject: [KINCAID] Patrick Kincaid b. 1743 was Re: Merry Christmas! My understanding is that the year 1743 was determined by his date of death and age given on his gravestone. This may not be accurate. I have seen it suggested that he was born in 1748 because on the premise or statement of his age when married. In the absence of a marriage record citing an age one certainly should give more weight to the gravestone. With regards to a Patrick Kincaid born in 1743 in Scotland the only contender I see is Peter Kincaid, son of James Kincaid and Elizabeth Crawford, who was baptized in Falkirk Parish, Stirling on 7 October 1743. Now to say that this is your Patrick is pure speculation as all you have is a suggested year of birth. In this case, the Peter (remember that in Scotland Patrick and Peter are interchangeable) noted above is of the Kincaids of Gartcows. We have a participant in the DNA project (sample 23547) who is a documented descendant of the Kincaid of Gartcows. Hence, if you can find a male Kincaid descendant of your Patrick who pretty well matches sample 23547, then this greatly increases the odds that your Patrick was the above Peter who was baptized in 1743. Best wishes! Peter A. Kincaid Fredericton, NB ----- Original Message ----- From: Richard B. Lake III, Esq. To: kincaid@rootsweb.com Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 7:08 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Merry Christmas! Dear Peter, Thank you for helping in any way possible. Here is the information: Patrick Kincaid, Sr. Born: 1743 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Died: 27 December 1817 in Brunswick, Maine, USA Married: Mary Stanwood in Maine, USA To see the Kincaid of all spellings DNA chart in Excel: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~adgedge/Research/April%202004/Kincaid%20%20DNA.xls ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to KINCAID-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message