This is what you wrote quite a while back about Alexander Kincaid, printer & provost of Edinburgh and his son Alexander: "Referring to my last post I want to make a correction in that on further examination it was not the Alexander Kincaid, printer and Lord Provost of Edinburgh who left money to the Chief's son but his son. It can be confusing looking at the records as both were H.M. Printer and both died in 1777. He gave legacies of L500 to John Kincaid of Kincaid, L500 to John Kincaid son of John Kincaid of Kincaid, L500 to Alexander Kincaid, son of John Kincaid of Kincaid, and L500 to Caroline Kincaid, daughter of John Kincaid of Kincaid. The date of the disposition is 24 March 1777 (Register of Deeds, vol. 237, pt. 1, p. 60). This suggests that the bequests relate to John Kincaid of that Ilk who Elizabeth Dainzell. They had ten children which included John (b. 1759), Alexander (b. 1773) and Carolina (b. 1762). Thus, it may be that the younger Alexander knowing his line was coming to an end settled large sums to the Chief and three of his children (ie. the Chief's heir and the children named after Alexander's parent - Alexander Kincaid and Caroline Kerr)." I found quite a bit on the internet by googling "Alexander Kincaid" and "William Creech". William Creech took over the business from the Kincaids, and he knew Sir Walter Scott and the poet Robert Burns. Possibly their books were printed by William Creech. Also Alexander Kincaid, Sr. gave books to Princeton ?University at the request of a Dr. Witherspoon. Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter A. Kincaid" <7kincaid@nb.sympatico.ca> To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, December 27, 2008 1:02 PM Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Merry Christmas! > Alexander Kincaid, provost, and Wilhemina Carolina Kerr, had > one son, Alexander, who succeeded him in the printing business > but died soon after. He had no children and his heir was a > grandson (John Kincaid, tenant in Grange) of the brother of > Alexander's grandfather. > > Peter > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Barbara Van Hout > To: Kincaid@rootsweb.com > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 12:21 PM > Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Merry Christmas! > > > Did Patrick Kincaid marry Mary Stanhope or Mary Stanwood? > > The following website, "Murray of Stanhope" shows the ancestors of > Wilhemina Carolina Kerr who > married Alexander Kincaid, Provost of Edinburgh. > > "ix. Wilhelmina Carolina KERR who was born about 13 July 1715 and was > married to Alexander KINCAID who was Provost of the city of Edinburgh and > was generally known as his Majesty's printer and stationer. Wilhelmina > died > 14 August 1774." > > http://www.murrayofstanhope.com/janet_murray_kerr.htm > > Barbara > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <Kincaidsofmaine@aol.com> > To: <kincaid@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Friday, December 26, 2008 9:28 AM > Subject: Re: [KINCAID] Merry Christmas! > > > > Happy Boxing day Richard > > > > Welcome to the KINCAID list. There are several here who can help you. I > > descend from David, the other "Kincaidsofmaine"line, but have made a > tree > > of > > Patrick's family as well. Linda Kincaid Adams of Washington would be a > > direct > > cousin of yours! I am not sure if Linda still reads the list, but we > can > > put > > you in touch with her. We also have one of Patrick,s descendants in the > > DNA > > program. > > > > Patrick actually was in Boothbay Maine before he went to Brunswick > where > > he > > married Mary Stanhope. > > > > Please post what you know of your branch here so that we can connect > you > > with Patrick. > > > > Richard A Kincaid > > kincaidsofmaine > > > > **************One site keeps you connected to all your email: AOL Mail, > > Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. Try it now. > > > (http://www.aol.com/?optin=new-dp&icid=aolcom40vanity&ncid=emlcntaolcom00000025) > > 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 > > > 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 > 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