Thank you, Anne. From what I know now, the town of Banff, Banffshire was his birthplace, and I can only assume at this point, that Morayshire 'may' have been where he lived afterwards. --- Anne Burgess <anne.burgess@btinternet.com> wrote: > > When did Banff go from being in Moray to being in > > Banffshire? My rellie, Charles MIDDLETON, was born > in > > Banff, Moray in 1789. > > To the best of my knowledge and belief it didn't, > and he could not have > been. > > Banff is the county town of the historic county of > Banffshire (to which it > gave its name), and it is in the parish of Banff. > After the abolition of the > old counties in 1975, it was the administrative > capital of Banff and Buchan. > This was in turn abolished in about 1992, and the > town and parish of Banff > are now in the latest version of Aberdeenshire. > > Some parts of Banffshire were included in the > revised version of Moray in > 1975, and remain there today, but the town and > parish of Banff are not among > them. > > If you have found a source saying that someone was > born in Banff, Moray, in > 1789, then I fear that there must be an error in the > source, even if it is > as prestigious a source as the DNB. > > Perhaps he was born in Banff, and moved to Moray at > some time in his > childhood, so that whoever supplied the information > to the DNB misunderstood > his birthplace. > > I shall be interested to hear what Gavin has to say > on the subject. > > HTH > > Anne ______________________________________________________________________ Post your free ad now! http://personals.yahoo.ca

> From what I know now, the town of Banff, Banffshire > was his birthplace, and I can only assume at this > point, that Morayshire 'may' have been where he lived > afterwards. I think that has to be the likeliest explanation. Do you know the names of his parents? I note that his baptism is not in the IGI, so I was unable to check for siblings born elsewhere. Anne