Brigid, Tammy, and Rhoda - Thank you each for your comments. It gives me something to think about - why Duncan would need his banns read elsewhere. I don't know what was in his background that would prevent him from having banns read at Whittingehame. Like you mentioned, it was quite a trek to Edinburgh. Duncan and Elizabeth had a daughter, Jean b. 9 Feb 1798. I don't know if Elizabeth and Jean died shortly thereafter, but Duncan remarried again in 1802 at Edinburgh to an Agnes Barclay from Dunbar, and he was rebuked and fined again by the Whittingehame parish for another irregular marriage. Then later he died and left poor Agnes with 6 - 7 kids for the parish to support. I wonder if the College Church would have published the banns for either/both marriages? I did not find the banns on-line, only the marriage records. Because I'm trying to find Duncan's parents, I am interested in where he may have originated. Lynne in Tucson ----- Original Message ----- From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:46 AM Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan M'Carter and ElisabethSimpson > Hello Lynne > > One explanation is that one or both of the parties to the marriage came > from > the parish of Whittinghame but that they had their banns read in Edinburgh > only. Perhaps they left Whittinghame for Edinburgh in order to be married > because of parental disapproval. > > Rhoda > > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

That makes me think that maybe Duncan had been previously married... since the same thing happened for his last marriage. Tammy On 16/06/2010 9:18 AM, Lynne Ingalls wrote: > Brigid, Tammy, and Rhoda - Thank you each for your comments. It gives me > something to think about - why Duncan would need his banns read elsewhere. I > don't know what was in his background that would prevent him from having > banns read at Whittingehame. Like you mentioned, it was quite a trek to > Edinburgh. Duncan and Elizabeth had a daughter, Jean b. 9 Feb 1798. I > don't know if Elizabeth and Jean died shortly thereafter, but Duncan > remarried again in 1802 at Edinburgh to an Agnes Barclay from Dunbar, and he > was rebuked and fined again by the Whittingehame parish for another > irregular marriage. Then later he died and left poor Agnes with 6 - 7 kids > for the parish to support. I wonder if the College Church would have > published the banns for either/both marriages? I did not find the banns > on-line, only the marriage records. Because I'm trying to find Duncan's > parents, I am interested in where he may have originated. > > Lynne in Tucson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CandROverson"<overson12@btinternet.com> > To:<midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:46 AM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan M'Carter and > ElisabethSimpson > > > >> Hello Lynne >> >> One explanation is that one or both of the parties to the marriage came >> from >> the parish of Whittinghame but that they had their banns read in Edinburgh >> only. Perhaps they left Whittinghame for Edinburgh in order to be married >> because of parental disapproval. >> >> Rhoda >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message >> > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

Hello Lynne, Our 'irregular marriage' took place in the Edinburgh Registry Office in Victoria Place and was between a Catholic and a Protestant. Yet another possible reason for not having a 'regular' marriage in a Church. Best wishes. Tony. -------------------------------------------------- From: "Lynne Ingalls" <Lynne.Ingalls@comcast.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 5:18 PM To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan M'Carter andElisabethSimpson > Brigid, Tammy, and Rhoda - Thank you each for your comments. It gives me > something to think about - why Duncan would need his banns read elsewhere. > I > don't know what was in his background that would prevent him from having > banns read at Whittingehame. Like you mentioned, it was quite a trek to > Edinburgh. Duncan and Elizabeth had a daughter, Jean b. 9 Feb 1798. I > don't know if Elizabeth and Jean died shortly thereafter, but Duncan > remarried again in 1802 at Edinburgh to an Agnes Barclay from Dunbar, and > he > was rebuked and fined again by the Whittingehame parish for another > irregular marriage. Then later he died and left poor Agnes with 6 - 7 > kids > for the parish to support. I wonder if the College Church would have > published the banns for either/both marriages? I did not find the banns > on-line, only the marriage records. Because I'm trying to find Duncan's > parents, I am interested in where he may have originated. > > Lynne in Tucson > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "CandROverson" <overson12@btinternet.com> > To: <midlothian@rootsweb.com> > Sent: Wednesday, June 16, 2010 3:46 AM > Subject: Re: [MIDLOTHIAN] Irregular marriages:Duncan M'Carter and > ElisabethSimpson > > >> Hello Lynne >> >> One explanation is that one or both of the parties to the marriage came >> from >> the parish of Whittinghame but that they had their banns read in >> Edinburgh >> only. Perhaps they left Whittinghame for Edinburgh in order to be married >> because of parental disapproval. >> >> Rhoda >> >> >> >> ------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to >> MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the >> quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > MIDLOTHIAN-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message