George Runciman1

ID#17058, (before 1648 - )
ChartsPaternal ancestors of Lorna
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Ancestors & siblings of Les Henderson
RUNCIMAN
Relationship7th great-grandfather of Lorna Henderson.
     
     George Runciman was born bef. 1648 ?Westruther, BEW, SCT.1
     George Runciman married Jennet Finlay on 26 Apr 1668 at Gordon, BEW, SCT, George 'parish of Westruther', Jennet 'in this parish' (indexed as Finlaw).2,3
     George Runciman lived in Apr 1668 at Westruther, BEW, SCT.2
     George is my earliest Runciman ancestor, and maybe even my earliest ancestor traced.
     Two extracts from the Rootsweb Runciman mailing list provide a bit of background about this surname:
     The rouncie was, in the middle ages, the horse hired by the mounted sergeants for going to the wars, (the knights had their own horses). The man who ran the livery stables may have been the rouncie-man but more probably he was the man sent out to see that the sergeants paid their rent on the horses. The best rouncies came from the Anglo-Scottish border as they imported Spanish stallions; and the surname appears for centuries only in the Border country, on the Scottish side.
(from a 1874 letter written by Sir Steven Runciman)
     RUNCIEMAN, RUNCIMAN. This name denoted an individual who had charge of the 'rouncies' or hackney-horses (LL. runcinus, a saddle-horse). Patrick Runsyman was indweller in Roxburghshire in 1488, and John Runsyman witnessed an instrument of sasine in 1496 (Laing, 217; Home, 27). James Runsiman and William Runsyman were tenants in Birnie, Elginshire, in 1565 (REM., p.441), Johnne Runsyman, reidare at Une, Aberdeenshire, 1574 (RMR.). Alexander Rounseman was tenant of the marquis of Huntlie in 1600 (SCM., IV p. 267), George Runsieman in Newlandis is in record in 1633 (SCM., III, p. 110), and David Runsiman was retoured heir of John Runsiman of Croylet in the regality of Kinross in 1653. Alexander Runchiman, weaver in Bassiden, 1666 (Edin. App.). Runchyman 1751, Runshiman 1686, Runsoman 1506.
(from The Surnames of Scotland, 1946 by G. Black).4

Family

Jennet Finlay (excluded)
Child
  • David Runciman+ (say 1687 - aft. 1715); The identification of George & Jennet as David's parents is based purely on date and location and lack of documented alternatives5,6
Last Edited2 Oct 2005

Citations

  1. Letter, Harry D WATSON (15319) to L Henderson, bef 1999 and also Mar 2003.
  2. Letter, Harry D WATSON (15319) to L Henderson, Rcvd bef 1999, and also Mar 2003, (yr/place/notes only).
  3. BDM/CEN: Scots Origins, online at http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, RUNCIMAN marriages, 1553 to 1854, Gordon/Earlston/Lauder/Westruther, BEW, index searched Oct 2005, (provided day/mth).
  4. Rootsweb Msge Board, online at http://boards.rootsweb.com, RUNCIMAN mailing list introduction, (http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/) written Feb 2001, extracted Sep 2005.
  5. Letter, Harry D WATSON (15319) to L Henderson, Rcvd Mar 2003.
  6. "Lorna's Family History Musings", Mar 2003.

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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