Hi Gordon I believe that we can help each other, I am a descendant of Magnus Spence as well, and have William Spence and Janet Allein in my pages, parents to Magnus, he married Christiana Cree and they had a daughter, Chistianna Spence who married Peter Whitford, of which I come from thios line by the way are you on the metisgen list at all? thanks Julie -----Original Message----- From: Siriuspace@aol.com <Siriuspace@aol.com> To: ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com <ORKNEY-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Tuesday, February 23, 1999 8:14 PM Subject: [ORKNEY-L] Orkney Isl Spences >I am looking for my early Spence ancestors from the Orkneys. They are as >follows: >1. William Spence b say 1720, m Janet Alleine b say 1725, prob. Orkney Isl >2. Magnus Spence, Sr, b 1755 Birsey, Pomona, Orkney Isl, d 1845 Red River >Settlement, Hudson Bay Co, Canada, m Christiana (fullblood Cree) b abt 1770 >3. John Spence b 1793 Canada m Jane Taite > >A professional researcher examined the Old Parish Records located in Edinburgh >in 1980 and came up with an 8 generation genealogy of the early Spences of the >Orkneys. The earliest of these were as follows: >1. Magnus Spence b pos. 1640, lived in Orkney Isl. >2. John Spence I b 1669 Stromness, Pomona, m Jean Clouston >3. Peter Spence b 1700 Stromness, m 12/7/1725 Helen Moar >4. William Spence b pos abt 1725 Orkney Isl - He had brothers Thomas and >Magnus (or Magness). >There is a James Spence b abt 1753 in Birsey who also joined the Hudson Bay >Co, and could be a brother of my Magnus Spence. >I am wondering if the two William Spences above could be the same. >Does anyone know more about these early Spences. >Gordon W. Pace >siriuspace@aol.com >