This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reid, Hutcheson, Burns, Barry,Wilson, McKie, McKay, Webster Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/DVCBAEB/2018 Message Board Post: Anyone who may have a connection with the Reid family detailed below, please contact me to exchange information. Thanks, Pat R., New York Descendants of Alexander Reid Generation No. 1 1. ALEXANDER1 REID He married MARGARET HUTCHESON2 1793 in Perthtshire,Scotland3, daughter of GEORGE HUTCHESON and SUSANNA MORICE. She was born 1768 in Kilspindie,Perthshire,Scotland. More About ALEXANDER REID and MARGARET HUTCHESON: Marriage bann: October 31, 1793, Kilspindie,Perthshire,Scotland Children of ALEXANDER REID and MARGARET HUTCHESON are: 2. i. JOHN2 REID, b. 1794, Errol,Perthshire,Scotland; d. July 21, 1865, Dundee,Angus,Scotland. ii. JAMES REID, b. 1796, Errol,Perthshire,Scotland. More About JAMES REID: Christening: June 26, 1796 iii. SUSANNA REID, b. 1798, Errol,Perthshire,Scotland. More About SUSANNA REID: Christening: November 26, 1798 iv. GEORGE REID, b. 1803, Errol,Perthshire,Scotland. More About GEORGE REID: Christening: November 20, 1803 v. ISABEL REID, b. 1807. Generation No. 2 2. JOHN2 REID (ALEXANDER1)4,5,6,7 was born 1794 in Errol,Perthshire,Scotland8, and died July 21, 1865 in Dundee,Angus,Scotland. He married JANE BURNS. She died Bef. 1861. Notes for JOHN REID: 865 - 282/1 - 800 John Reid, 70 years, a blacksmith, widower of Jane Burns, died at 08.00 a.m. on the 21st July, 1865, at The Poor House, Dundee. Father - Alexander Reid, a ploughman, deceased. Mother - Margaret Reid, m.s. Hutcheson, deceased. Cause of Death - Debility. Certified by - D. W. Baxter, Surgeon. Informant - N. Dempster, Assistant in Poor House. More About JOHN REID: Christening: August 07, 1794 Occupation: Blacksmith/Hammerman Children of JOHN REID and JANE BURNS are: i. SUSAN3 REID, b. 1823, Aberdeen Parish,Aberdeen,Scotland; d. July 06, 1867, Poor House,Dundee,Angus,Scotland of "Disease of the Brain'. 3. ii. JOHN REID, b. February 02, 1825, Aberdeen Parish,Aberdeen,Scotland; d. June 02, 1896, Dundee,Angus,Scotland. Generation No. 3 3. JOHN3 REID (JOHN2, ALEXANDER1)9 was born February 02, 1825 in Aberdeen Parish,Aberdeen,Scotland, and died June 02, 1896 in Dundee,Angus,Scotland. He married MARY MECHAN/BARRY April 02, 1861 in Dundee,Scotland, daughter of ELISABETH MECHAN. She was born 1825 in Edinburgh,Scotland, and died in Dundee,Angus,Scotland. More About JOHN REID: Occupation: Blacksmith/Hammerman Residence: 1861, 7 Highland Close,Overgate,Dundee,Angus, Scotland More About MARY MECHAN/BARRY: Occupation: 1861, Sack sewer Marriage Notes for JOHN REID and MARY MECHAN/BARRY: John & Mary were evidently living as man & wife prior to their marriage in 1861. It was a common practice in 18th & 19th century Scotland to enter into what was called an "irregular marriage" & it was considered legal. The children from such a marriage were not labeled illigitimate,as they were if a couple was not living together at the time of a birth. Children of JOHN REID and MARY MECHAN/BARRY are: i. JOHN4 REID, b. 1849, Dundee,Angus, Scotland; m. ANN WEBSTER, November 1870, Dundee,Scotland; d. Bef. 1881. ii. JAMES REID, b. 1855, Dundee,Angus Scotland; m. ANN; b. 1858, Ireland. iii. MARY REID10, b. June 27, 1857, Angus, Scotland; d. July 06, 1928, Fort House Nursing Home,Dundee,Angus, Scotland; m. JAMES WILSON11, December 02, 1881, Lochee,Angus, Scotland; b. October 15, 1856, Dundee,Angus, Scotland; d. August 24, 1934, Dundee,Angus, Scotland. More About MARY REID: Occupation: 1881, Spinner in jute mill Residence: 1880, 13 Rosefield St.,Dundee Notes for JAMES WILSON: More About JAMES WILSON: Occupation: 1881, Sailmaker Residence: 1880, 11 Rosefield St. Dundee iv. JANE (JEAN) REID12, b. November 19, 1859; m. HENRY MCKIE, 1875, St.Clement`s,Dundee,Angus,Scotland. v. SUSAN REID, b. September 15, 1862; m. JOHN MCKAY, 1885, Lochee,Angus, Scotland.