Hi My Mary Watson married Charles Stuart in 1841. sorry I cna't help with yours Ron >===== Original Message From "Elaine Nicoll" <[email protected]> ===== >Hi Ron > >I noticed your WATSON connection. Do you have any details on a Mary WATSON >who married William BLACKLAWS (ch 19 Oct 1808, Marykirk) in Fordoun 16 Mar >1834? They are my ggg-grandparents. WATSON is such a popular name in the >area I am finding difficulty working out which is the right one. > >Thanks >Elaine >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Ron Dempsey" <[email protected]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2001 9:12 AM >Subject: RE: SCT-KINCARDINE-D Digest V01 #104 > > >> Hi: >> My ancestor David Watson b.1782 at Fordoun. He enlisted in the Royal >Artillary >> also, as he was mentioned as a Pensioner in the 1851 census from that >> regiment. I wrote to the PRO near London and from there I hired one of >their >> accredited researchers who found for me his military record. He was aboard >> ship as a gunner under a Lt. Philpot in the 1812-14 war against the >Americans >> and stationed in Halifax. Although, no factual relation to your ancestor, >> there are some similarities. I often wondered why the R.A. instead of a >> highland regiment. >> >> Cheers >> Ron Dempsey, >> Udora, ON, Canada >> WATSON, BARCLAY, HAMPTON, STEWART, Kincardineshire >> >----- Forwarded Message ----- >> >From: Wallace Fullerton <[email protected]> >> >To: SCT-KINCARDINE-L <[email protected]> >> >Subject: Military units in Nova Scotia - 1780 >> > >> >My ancestor, James Strachan FULLERTON, left the Benholm area of >Kincardine >> >about 1780 for Halifax, Nova Scotia. While there he apparently joined a >> >Masonic lodge that had been founded by Brethren belonging to Major >> >Anthony Farrington's company of the 4th Battalion Royal Regiment >> >of Artillery, which was stationed in Halifax from 1781 to 1784. >> > >> >I know of no connection between J.S.F. and the military but nearly ten >> >years of his life are unaccounted for and I am trying to determine if he >> >might have been in this artillery unit or some other that would account >> >for the missing time. >> > >> >Does anyone recognize this Artillery unit as one from Angus or >> >Kincardine? Or would anyone be able to point me in the right direction >to >> >locate such information? >> > >> >Thanks in advance! >> > >> > >> > Wallace W. Fullerton >> > Kensington, MD >> > [email protected] >> > ------------------------ >> > FULLERTON/PIRIE/STRACHAN/LINDSAY >> > in Angus, Kincardine, & Ayeshire >> > >> > FULLERTON, WILLOUGHBY, COFFIN, RHODES, BURGESS >> > and others in Nova Scotia >> > >> >> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >> Get your free @ecosse.net account >> http://www.ecosse.net >> Scotland's Free Internet Service Provider >> * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * >> >> ______________________________ * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Get your free @ecosse.net account http://www.ecosse.net Scotland's Free Internet Service Provider * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *