Lorna's family forest - James McEwan

James McEwan

(circa October 1785 - )

Father

James McEwan (cir. Aug 1745 - aft. 1788)

Mother

Margaret Fisher (Apr 1753 - )

Relationship

4th great-uncle of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

James McEwan was born cir. Oct 1785 ?Dryst, PER, SCT.¹ He was christened on 2 Oct 1785 Par. of Kincardine, PER, SCT

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James McEwan married Mary McLaren on 21 Feb 1807 Par. of Kincardine by Doune, PER, SCT

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Census/Where lived/Occupations

James McEwan appeared on the census of 1814 Drip Moss, Par. of Kincardine by Doune, PER, SCT

, with Mary McLaren, enumerated as James McEWEN 27 and Mary or Marg McLAREN 25 with children Margt 5, Mary 3, Hellen 2 (No mention of dtr Janet as alive or dead) from Logie, settled on the Moss 7 yrs with 1 Cart; 1 Plough; 1 ???; 1 Horse; 2 Cows; 0 sheep; 0 ??; 2 Poultry; 0 Dogs; 1 Cat The owner of the farm was a William McEWEN. Next door to brother William (marr. WHITEHEAD).³

External links

Click here to see James's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁴

Family

Mary McLaren (Oct 1786 - )

Children

Margaret McEwan² (cir. Mar 1808 - Apr 1886)
Mary McEwan+² (cir. Oct 1809 - Aug 1884)
Helen McEwan² (Sep 1811 - )
Janet McEwan⁵ (Jul 1813 - )
James McEwan² (cir. Nov 1815 - aft. 1861)

Charts

Descendants of William McEWAN and Margaret GRAY

Last Edited

27 Aug 2013

Citations

PER, SCT OPR: Kincardine: Kincardine, PER, SCT.
Carolyn LAMERS (24364), "EM McEWAN: Kincardine ex LAMERS," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Apr 2001.
1814 Census, Kincardine Moss, PER, SCT, SRO GD 1/321/1, GD 1/321/1.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Oct-11.
Carolyn LAMERS (24364), "EM McEWAN: Kincardine ex LAMERS," e-mail to Lorna Henderson, Apr 2001 ex Kincardine OPR.

E. & O. E. Some/most parish records are rather hard to read and names, places hard to interpret, particularly if you are unfamiliar with an area.

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