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William McEwan¹

(say 1710 - )

Relationship

5th great-grandfather of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

William McEwan was born say 1710 ?Par. of St Ninians, STI, SCT, or poss. Kincardine.^1,2
William McEwan married Margaret Gray on 20 Nov 1735 Par. of St Ninians, STI, SCT, entry for Octr 27th reads: The said day William Mcewan servitor to Arch. Niclson Miller in Kerse Miln & Margt Gray servitrixt to Thomas Robin portioner in St Ninians gave up their names to be proclaimed in order to marriage the said Thomas Robine was Caur for both parties Married Novr Novr (sic) 20th.^1,2

With the estimated age of William moving back to say 1710, I have decided, for now that the 1718 bap. of a William to Robert McEwan and Agnes Ferguson is more likely to be a different William.
This is because the families of William and Margaret (Gray) McEwan baptised in St Ninians, and those baptzied in Kincardine have been merged into the one family, which pushes the likely birth date of William a bit earlier than a 1718 baptism.
No obvious candidates present themselves in the OPRs, particularly if the George McEwan who witnessed at least two of the baptisms was a brother.
Naming pattern of children indicate parents might be a William and Mary.

Autosomal DNA matches are unlikely to be much help here, but we never know our luck in the big city of yDNA testing should there be sufficient yDNA candidates from assorted lines!³

All the other info

It is possible that William McEwan witnessed the baptism of George McEwan on 1 Feb 1743 Par. of Kincardine, PER, SCT

; Twin. Wit: William McEwan & George Malcolm.⁴

External links

Click here to see William's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁵

Family

Margaret Gray (say 1715 - )

Children

William McEwan+ (cir. Aug 1736 - ); assumed by naming pattern of William Jnr's children, dates and place¹
Margaret McEwan⁶ (cir. Nov 1738 - )
John McKewan⁷ (cir. Apr 1740 - )
George McEwan (cir. Jan 1743 - )
James McEwan+⁸ (cir. Aug 1745 - aft. 1788)
David McKewan⁹ (cir. Jun 1748 - )
Mary McKewan¹⁰ (cir. Feb 1753 - )

Charts

My pedigree chart
Paternal ancestors of Lorna
Descendants of William McEWAN and Margaret GRAY

Last Edited

23 Feb 2021

Citations

Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 27 Aug 1736 William s/o William McEWAN & Margt GRAY, Broomrigs, at St Ninians, STI, 488/00 0030 0049, copy d/loaded Mar 2016.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 20 Nov 1735 William McEWAN (Kerse Miln) & Margaret GRAY (St Ninians), St Ninians, STI, 488 50 197, copy d/loaded May 2017.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", May 2017, updated Feb 2021.
PER, SCT OPR: Kincardine: Kincardine, PER, SCT, Bap. 1 Feb 1743 George & Jean, twins, to George McEWAN & Agnes SMITH, Kincardine, PER (copy subsequently d/loaded May 2017).
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/McEwan-68, uploaded Oct 2011.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 18 Nov 1738 Margaret d/o William McEWAN & Margaret GRAY (Kerse Miln), St Ninians, STI, 488/ 30 74, copy d/loaded May 2017.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 13 Apr 1740 John s/o William McKEWAN & Margt GRAY (Ochtertyre), Kincardine, PER, 364/ 10 49, copy d/loaded May 2017.
PER, SCT OPR: Kincardine: Kincardine, PER, SCT, Baptisms to William McEWAN and Margaret GRAY, extracted Sep 1994.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Bap. 26 Jun 1748 David s/o William McKEWAN & Margt GRAY, Kincardine, PER, 364 10 58, copy d/loaded May 2017.
Births deaths marriages index (pre 1855): Scotland, Birth/Bap.? 25 Feb 1753 Mary d/o William McKEWAN & Margt GRAY, Kincardine, PER, 364 10 67, extracted May 2017 , Microfiche and http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk

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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