In transcribing an entry from the Orkney OPR in 1676 I came across a witness to a baptism who was described as, "Mr. Robert Honyman [perfone? Parson?] of cooper in Fife". The fourth word is hard to read, but I suspect that it says "parson". The rest is quite clear. My questions are: 1. I can not find a place in Fife named "Cooper". The closest I can find with a similar name is "Coupar Angus" (in Perthshire? - my map does not show the old county boundaries). Can anyone suggest where this person may have come from? 2. Does anyone have access to a copy of Fasti and can see whether there is anyone listed as a minister with this name? He was never a minister in Orkney. The individual in question was probably a close relative of the Honyman family in Orkney, which included Andrew Honyman, Bishop of Orkney. Yours in hope .... Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness, Swaziland SPENCE Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic) BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannan McNABB Islay MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission.

Ken Harrison wrote : > I can not find a place in Fife named "Cooper" ... > Can anyone suggest where this person may have > come from? Cupar is the County town of the (Kingdom of) Fife. [GB Grid Ref NO 38 15] Best Wishes Les ----- Original Message ----- From: KenHarrison11@cs.com To: PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 6:48 AM Subject: [PERTH] "Cooper" in Fife In transcribing an entry from the Orkney OPR in 1676 I came across a witness to a baptism who was described as, "Mr. Robert Honyman [perfone? Parson?] of cooper in Fife". The fourth word is hard to read, but I suspect that it says "parson". The rest is quite clear. My questions are: 1. 2. Does anyone have access to a copy of Fasti and can see whether there is anyone listed as a minister with this name? He was never a minister in Orkney. The individual in question was probably a close relative of the Honyman family in Orkney, which included Andrew Honyman, Bishop of Orkney. Yours in hope .... Ken Harrison North Vancouver, Canada HARRISON Yorkshire, Staffordshire, London (Highgate/Hampstead) POTCHIT Yorkshire FISHER London (Highgate/Hampstead) GRIFFIN Staffordshire STANLEY Staffordshire SMELLIE Lanark, Orkney, Glasgow, Tasmania STIRRAT Ayrshire & Glasgow BAIN Caithness MILLER Caithness, Swaziland SPENCE Orkney TRAILL Orkney SELKRIG Lanark WICKETSHAW Lanark MORRISON Perthshire, Islay, Dumbarton, Glasgow, Australia (Vic) BAIRD Renfrew HAM Australia (Vic) THOMPSON Suffolk AGGUS Suffolk BRIGHTWELL Suffolk LAWSON Clackmannan McNABB Islay MURRAY Dumfries, Renfrew GILLESPIE Dumfries HENDERSON Dumfries TICKET (TAKET) Dumfries CALDWELL Tyrone, Renfrew GRAHAM Tyrone, Ontario Genealogists never die ... they just lose their census. Unless specifically stated otherwise in this message, there is no intentional attachment on this e-mail transmission. ==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== ----------------------------------------------- Visit the PERTHSHIRE Mailing List Web Site at http:// www.rootsweb.com/~sctper/ http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html ----------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------