Hello Peter, In Scottish church records it shows:- James SMITH = Patience AUSTIN. Children being 1) Martha Smith c 13 Sept 1809. Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. 2) William Smith c 26 March 1811. Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. 3) James Smith c 7 Oct 1812. Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. 4) George Smith c 1 Jan. 1815. Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland 5) Sarah Smith c 19 June 1818. Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland. 6) James Smith c 16 Nov 1821. Old Machar, Aberdeen, Scotland Regards, Patricia Dickson in New Zealand. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Smith" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2006 9:21 PM Subject: [SCT-EDINBURGH] James Smith (c.1775, Edinburgh - 1844, Brantford,Ontario) > Looking for parents or siblings of my gggf James Smith. A short biography > of > his son (my ggf) George (born 1814, Aberdeen) says than "James Smith, was > one of three brothers, born near Edinburgh, Scotland. James was born about > 1763, and was the only one to come to Canada. He was married to Patience > Austin, of English birth" > > The birth year of 1763 does not agree well with the age at time of death > as > carved on James' gravestone "In Memory, James Smith, of the city of > Aberdeen > Scotland, died June 12 - 1844 at the Brantford Nursery, Age 69 years" A > birth year of somewhere between 1763 and 1775 is thus possible (not much > help with a name of Smith). While living at Aberdeen (after his marriage > in > 1808 at London) during the years 1809-1835, James worked as a gardener and > then as a nurseryman . > > The farm where James Smith died in 1844 was called Newington Farm, and I > recently happened to discover (rather belatedly) that Newington is a > district of Edinburgh, which fits well with James' biography. James' first > son was named William (born 1811, Aberdeen). On the assumption that James > was born in the district of Newington (which appears to be in the parish > of > St. Cuthberts), and that James' father was named William, I had a look in > the IGI for James Smith, son of William, baptized at St. Cuthberts, born > between 1760 and 1777 (batches C119869 and C119871). There were only two > records found: > > James Smith, bapt. 2 Mar 1776, son of William Smith and Margaret Laing > James Smith, bapt. 16 Nov 1775, son of William Smith and Maragret Reid. > > (I also discovered from Ancestry.com that William Smith, husband of > Margaret > Laing, was a gardener) > > I would appreciate hearing from any list member who knows of or can help > me > eliminate either (or both) of the above two candidates. > > Peter Smith > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message >