I may have already sent you my skimpy info on Rennie, but here it is anyway. I haven't verified this Allan as being in my line yet. -- Diane Jameson, California William Allan b. abt 1790 & Margaret Rennie b. abt 1795 m. 5 Jul 1816, Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland | Murray Rennie Allan | b. 12 Jun 1830, Liberton, Edinburgh, Scotland > From: Pmc248@cs.com > Reply-To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 12:09:34 EDT > To: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: RENNIE- RENNEY. > Resent-From: WGW-SURNAMES-SCOTLAND-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 09:09:45 -0700 > > Hello Diane, > My Andrew RENNIE, born 1698 at Killen, Scotland, son of Andrew > RENNIE and Jean COWPER, left home at age 18yrs and went to Gateshead, County > Durham, N.E. England, where he promtly changed his name to RENNEY, married a > local? girl and started a family and a new life there.He was the start of my > Dad's , County Durham family, which is thriving still today. He was my 7X > Grandfather. It appears his brother and sister did not follow his lead, they > stayed in Angus and retained the RENNIE spelling. > Regards, Pam Renney McKinley at Mesa, Arizona. >