This is from: Mary Richardson <mrichson@ix.netcom.com> who may have a sending problem. >My apologies to the list if this shows up more than once. I sent it >eight hours ago and again over two hours ago, but it has yet to >post. My subsequent post showed up immediately as posts usually do, >so I'm assuming my ISP hiccuped on this one. >_________________________________________ > >Hi Jim -- > >When I hear "Little Airies," I, too, think of the Kirkinner property >near Sorbie. But sometimes I'm not sure if the reference is to that >property or to others with similar names. For instance, there is >also an Airlies in Kirkinner -- a little farther north and >west. (See Scott Coltrain's post.) And there are a Mains of Airies >and Little Airies in Kirkcolm. I'm gonna follow your assumption >and go with the Little Airies near Sorbie as it suits my story.... > >As you know, I'm familiar with your Mary MARTIN because her grandson >Wm McCULLOCH married my CHRISTISON cousin. I've wondered about >Mary's ancestry because I have MARTIN connections in Mochrum and >Kirkcowan. Thomas MARTIN, who was about Mary's age, was born in >Mochrum and farmed there at White Dyke (aka Kilidike as best I can >ascertain) for at least a decade. Then, he moved a bit north to >Kiladam in Kirkcowan, where he farmed until his death in >1853. Thomas had a number of children, including Jane and Margaret. > >Jane married my gggg-uncle Thomas Hannay McCULLOCH (no known >relation to Mary MARTIN's husband) and migrated with Thomas' family >to Saginaw, Michigan, USA, in 1834. Farmer John MARTIN, 25, was on >the ship with the McCULLOCHs and also destined for Michigan. These >McCULLOCHs were from what is now Grange Bladnoch in Penninghame, but >some time after 1803, they moved to Kirkinner where they were >variously affiliated with Barnbarroch, Balfern, and Whauphill (which >is very near Little Airies). > >Margaret married Alexander McBRATNIE, whose father John was born in >Kirkinner (but who is not my ggg-grandfather John McBRATNIE, also >born in Kirkinner about the same time and whose family lived at >Mossend and adjacent Little Airies). Alexander's father moved to >Kirkland, Kirkcowan, where he appears to have farmed most of his >life. In 1853, Margaret and Alexander migrated to Saginaw, just a >year after the last of my own McBRATNIEs got there. > >Though I've yet to connect Alexander's McBRATNIEs to mine, I've >theorized that some connection caused them to migrate to the same >town. That may well be true, but when I learned that Jane and >Margaret MARTIN were sisters, I began to wonder if the MARTIN >connection wasn't the explanation for the McBRATNIEs' following the >McCULLOCHs to Saginaw, albeit 17+ years later. (All this is >complicated by a McCULLOCH-McBRATNIE twist -- I don't know if my >gg-grandmother McCULLOCH knew my gg-grandfather McBRATNIE back in >Kirkinner when they were children, but they married in Saginaw in >1856.) Anyway, I became more interested in learning about the >MARTINs, so after some census and MI searches plus will downloads, I >developed a view of Thomas MARTIN's family. It includes two Andrew >MARTINs -- Thomas' brother and uncle. For those who like to read >the fine print, I've posted the line at the end of this message. > >Unfortunately, the wills of Drumblair Thomas and Whitedyke/Kiladam >Thomas make no mention of female offspring. Nonetheless, Mary >MARTIN McCULLOCH could well be related. Though she spent at least >her adult life in Penninghame (not too far from both Kirkland and >Kilidam), one of her children owned land in Mochrum (presumably >Chippermore), and two others ended up in Kirkinner close to Little >Airies (Camford and Kirkland of Longcastle, which is next to Blairshinnoch). > >This is as much a geography study as a people study, so I hope you >have some good maps! If not, you can run "GB Place" searches at >http://www.streetmap.co.uk/ to get your bearings. > >I hope this gives you some good leads. Please let me know if you >make any headway on this. > >Mary > > 1 John MARTIN b: Abt. 1693 d: 16 Apr 1766 Derry?, > Mochrum Burial: Aft. 15 Apr 1766 MI 2949, Mochrum Kirkyard >.. +Agnes MCKIE b: Abt. 1698 d: 21 May 1772 Burial: Aft. 20 May >1772 MI 2949, Mochrum Kirkyard >... 2 John MARTIN, Jr. b: Abt. 1732 d: 22 Jun 1817 Derry?, >Mochrum Burial: Aft. 21 Jun 1817 MI 2949, Mochrum Kirkyard >... 2 Thomas MARTIN b: Abt. 1736 d: Aug 1794 Drumblair?, >Mochrum Burial: Abt. Aug 1794 MI 2949, Mochrum Kirkyard >....... +Jane/Jean MCMEIKAN/MCMECKAN b: Abt. 1759 d: 27 Dec 1825 m: >12 Mar 1778 Stranraer Burial: Aft. 26 Dec 1825 MI 2949, Mochrum Kirkyard >......... 3 Thomas MARTIN b: Bet. 1777 - 1781 Mochrum d: 10-20 Oct >1853 Kiladam, Kirkcowan Burial: Aft. 09 Oct 1853 MI 2950, Mochrum Kirkyard >............. +Jane MARTIN b: Bet. 1787 - 1791 Wigtownshire d: 03 >Apr 1849 Burial: Aft. 02 Apr 1849 MI 2950, Mochrum Kirkyard >............... 4 ?John MARTIN b: Abt. 1809 Scotland d: United States? >............... 4 Jane MARTIN b: Abt. 1810 Scotland d: Bet. 22 May >1834 - 1836 United States >................... +Thomas Hannay MCCULLOCH b: 21 Jul 1803 Grange >[McCulloch, now Bladnoch] Penninghame d: 21 Jun 1884 Mt. Morris, >Genesee Co., Michigan m: 13 Nov 1832 Whitedyke, Mochrum Burial: Aft. >20 Jun 1884 Mt. Morris Cemetery, Mt. Morris Twp., Mt. Morris (city), >Genesee Co., Michigan >............... 4 Ellen/Helen MARTIN b: Bet. 1817 - 1821 Mochrum >................... +George M. MCCORMICK b: Bet. 1793 - 1794 >Kirkcowan m: 28 Nov 1848 Whitedyke, Mochrum >.....................5 George Murray MCCORMICK b. 14 Feb 1852 Kirkcowan >............... 4 Margaret MARTIN b: Abt. 1818 Mochrum d: Abt. 07 >Jun 1890 Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan Burial: 09 Jun 1890 Oakwood >Cemetery, Saginaw, Michigan >................... +Alexander "Alex" MCBRATNIE b: 30 May 1815 >Kirkcowan d: Abt. 21 Apr 1898 LaPorte, Saginaw Co., Michigan m: 28 >Apr 1853 Kiladam, Kirkcowan Burial: 23 Apr 1898 Oakwood Cemetery, >Saginaw, Saginaw Co., Michigan >............... 4 Thomas MARTIN b: Bet. 1824 - 1826 Mochrum d: 24 >Aug 1894 Kiladam, Kirkcowan Burial: Aft. 23 Aug 1894 MI 2950, Mochrum Kirkyard >............... 4 Isabella MARTIN b: Bet. 1825 - 1828 >Mochrum [middle name may be GORDON / may have married Wm McGAUL >- per sister Janet's will] >............... 4 Janet MARTIN b: Abt. 1829 d: 06 Sep 1882 West >Barr, Mochrum Burial: Aft. 05 Apr 1882 MI 2950, Mochrum >Kirkyard [1841: w/ Helen MARTIN HARTLEY, Mochrum] >................... +____ HARRIS >................... +John LENT "of Michigan" per wife's will d: >Bef. 06 Sep 1882 >.....................5 Helen McCormick LENT >......... 3 John MARTIN b: Abt. 1778 Wigtownshire, Scotland d: 22 >Dec 1844 Burial: Aft. 21 Dec 1844 MI 2949, Mochrum >Kirkyard [1841: w/ brother Thomas] >......... 3 Andrew MARTIN b: Abt. 1791 Wigtownshire d: 05 Jul >1845 Burial: Aft. 04 Jul 1845 MI 2949, Mochrum >Kirkyard [1841: at Dirry, Mochrum] >............. +Janet HANNAY b: Abt. 1795 Wigtownshire m: 09 Mar 1812 Mochrum >............... 4 Jean MARTIN b: Abt. 1815 Wigtownshire >............... 4 Helen MARTIN b: Abt. 1824 Wigtownshire >............... 4 Thomas MARTIN b: Abt. 1827 Wigtownshire >............... 4 Elizabeth MARTIN b: Abt. 1829 Wigtownshire >... 2 Andrew MARTIN b: Abt. 1738 d: 27 Mar 1770 Burial: Aft. 26 >Mar 1770 MI 2949, Mochrum Kirkyard > > >At 10:06 PM 3/2/2007, James R K MacDowell wrote: >>Herewith an extract from a letter in 1908 from Malcolm Paterson of Bradford >>to James McDowell (my grandfather):- >> >>"Touching Little Aires, which Andrew Martin got by his marriage with >>Margaret Kennedy, having already "sasin" of certain other farms. I have a >>letter from my mother to Uncle David which says 'Do you know that our great >>great grandfather, Andrew Martin, and his brother planted several trees at >>Little Aires still living, and one of them has seven stems and all of them >>more than one?' >>During the last years of her life as well as of the lives of Uncle Alec and >>Aunt Mary, as well as Mrs Jardine of Blairshinnoch (?), who had a fair >>memory I collected a few particulars of the McCullochs and Martins, but have >>often wished I had begun earlier for to me nothing is more interesting than >>to know that at least I sprand from a sound stock." >> >>My great grandfather, James married Jess McCulloch in 1835 in Penninghame. >>Jess's mother was Mary Martin married to William McCulloch. According to my >>reckoning this Mary Martin would likely have been a granddaughter of the >>Andrew Martin mentioned above or of his brother. But I have a note in my >>grandfather's handwriting implying that Andrew was Mary's greatgrandfather. >> >>Little Aries is, I believe, in the parish of Kirkinner, almost in Sorbie.. >> >>Can any one add anything to these details? >> >>Jim