Pauline, I have a Catherine McNaughton b.1759, m. James McRobbie b.1752 and they had three children and lived in Crieff, Perth(shire). I don't have an further info on Catherine but your guy may have been a grand nephew? Regards, Bob McRobbie >-----Original Message----- >From: brewstout@adelphia.net [mailto:brewstout@adelphia.net] >Sent: Friday, October 08, 2004 3:19 PM >To: PERTHSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com >Subject: [PERTH] MCNAUGHTON > > > >I haven't been able to trace his birth but he was born around 1791 in > >Perth. I have no idea who his parents and/or siblings were but I do know > >quite a lot about his life. > > > >He enlisted in Edinburgh with the Black Watch in 1812 - he was a > >volunteer from the Royal Perthshire Militia - and his place of birth was > >given as Perth. > >Pauline, >Sorry, I don't see a connection to my McNaughtons. However, consider that >his birth may have been Perthshire - not necessarily the city of Perth. >Sometimes it's written that way with the assumption of parish/county. Cast >your net wider! >Good luck, >Peggy > > > >==== PERTHSHIRE Mailing List ==== > ------------------------------------------------ > Contact the administrator of the Perthshire List > at PERTHSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com > http://lists.rootsweb.com/index/intl/SCT/PERTHSHIRE.html > --------------------------------------------------