Still trying to verify parents of William Hourston, his marriage states that he was from Lyking, he was born c1779. While browsing "Kirkwall in the Orkneys" i came across a paragraph which said that Lyking had been in possession of Louttits, and that a daughter of Louttits married a Hourston. It also mentioned that the Hourston's sold Lyking c1820. I checked the sasines and sure enough William Hourston of Lyking sold to Robertson of Stromness.It also stated that William Hourston was then residing at Burgar(Evie). I also managed to access various summons for debt etc for William Hourston of Burgar(thanks to Sarah Jane at Kirkwall Library)but I still don't know if this is "my"William However in the 1821 census for Stromness is my William and his wife Cecillia Wood and his family. Could this be the same person?In the census he is listed as a merchant but in subsequent death certs of his children he is listed as a farmer. The last mention I was able to find of him was in 1833 in church records for both Stromness and Birsay as he admitted fathering a child, by this time he was a widower. Sorry if this is a bit longwinded, would appreciate any help as he has been my brick wall for a long time. thanks Fiona
Roland St.Clair's entry for Louttit in his "Orcadian Families" (OA D31/14/2, or the Blue booklets available at the OA Desk) states that Margaret Louttit was mentioned in 1756 as the eldest daughter of John Louttit of Lyking and Margaret Graham. "She married Mr.Hourston, and the [Lyking] estate, c.1820, was sold by her heir to the late James Robertson." I don't think this adds much to what you already know, but that ancestry of the Louttits (whose ownership of Lyking goes back to at least 1492) is there if you want it. See also Clouston's Records of the Earldom of Orkney, pp458-459. I have a note (source lost I'm afraid) that John Louttit died before 1751; he had married Margaret Graham in 1695 (Clouston has 1700) and they had another daughter Anna. St.Clair's entry for the Hourston family stops in the 17th century, but he does have an Oliver Hourston in Daill, Evie as a younger son of the Hourstons of Hourston, Sandwick, and father of a John Hourston, fl.1645. James. ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 3:48 PM Subject: William Hourston - Lyking Sandwick > Still trying to verify parents of William Hourston, his marriage states > that > he was from Lyking, he was born c1779. > While browsing "Kirkwall in the Orkneys" i came across a paragraph which > said that Lyking had been in possession of Louttits, and that a daughter > of > Louttits married a Hourston. It also mentioned that the Hourston's sold > Lyking > c1820. > > I checked the sasines and sure enough William Hourston of Lyking sold to > Robertson of Stromness.It also stated that William Hourston was then > residing at > Burgar(Evie). > I also managed to access various summons for debt etc for William Hourston > of Burgar(thanks to Sarah Jane at Kirkwall Library)but I still don't know > if > this is "my"William > > However in the 1821 census for Stromness is my William and his wife > Cecillia > Wood and his family. Could this be the same person?In the census he is > listed as a merchant but in subsequent death certs of his children he is > listed as > a farmer. > > The last mention I was able to find of him was in 1833 in church records > for > both Stromness and Birsay as he admitted fathering a child, by this time > he > was a widower. > > Sorry if this is a bit longwinded, would appreciate any help as he has > been > my brick wall for a long time. > thanks > Fiona > > ______________________________