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William Richardson^1,2

(28 February 1796 - between March 1878 and June 1878)

Father

James Richardson¹ (say 1770 - aft. 1812)

Mother

BMDB data

     William Richardson was born on 28 Feb 1796 ?Morebattle, ROX, SCT, Successive entries all on the one page read: "James Richardson tailor in Morebattle & Margaret Mabon his spouse, had a son born 28th Febr 1796 - named William
... had a son born 29th July 1797 - named John
... had a daughter born 1st Apr 1800 - named Elizabeth
... had a son born 22nd Decr 1802 - named James."^1,3 Some sources show William as born cir. 1795 Bowden, ROX, SCT, Birth/baptism not immediately obvious in established church records for Bowden.
Bowden RICHARDSON baptisms consist of a grand total of 3:
- Mary in 1760 to a George;
- Christian in 1763 to a Henry & Christian (TROTTER);
- James in 1823 to John RICHARDSON & Isabel ANDERSON,
this latter John being the son of James & Margaret (MABON) RICHARDSON whose other children were born in Earlston.
As Christian's parents appear to be a William and Margaret, and we don't appear to have a 2nd daughter to gain a hint of William's mother's name from the Scottish naming pattern, either William's father was also a William, or there's an earlier child we don't yet know about or they didn't follow the naming pattern.^2,4,5,6
     William Richardson married Christian Outersen, daughter of William Outtersen and Margaret Donald, say 1826 ?Ladykirk, BEW, SCT.⁷
     William Richardson died bet. Mar 1878 - Jun 1878 reg. Dist of Berwick, NBL, ENG.⁸

Is William the dancing master, married to Christian OUTERSON,the son of James and Margaret (MABON) RICHARDSON?
The dancing master chap consistently states he was born Midlem, Bowden, not Morebattle, and the baptisms for James & Margaret (MABON) RICHARDSON clearly show the family as "in Morebattle", albeit some 6 years after the stated birth date on the baptismal record.
Unfortunately, the dancing master William moved to England and died there, so we don't have the benefit of an informative Scottish death cert. to confirm or deny this potential id.
All was not lost for the connection however, as it is possible that his mother Margaret was born in Bowden and possibly went home to Mum for her first child?

DNA results were initially a little inconclusive but with the advent of BigY which included an upgrade to yDNA111, a documented descendant of James and Margaret's son John and a descendant of William the dancing master have only 2 mismatched markers out of 111.
Looking at the BigY results the same two testers share some 33,600 markers having only two non-matching variants.

Looks to be a pretty solid conclusion to me.

The more distant match to the descendant of William of Pringlestead is not considered a ySTR match at 111 markesr, shares some 33,400 markers, with non-matching variants.
The line from James married to Christian OUTERSON has 4 mismatched ySTR markers at yDNA67, with a BigY test on the horizon which may, or may not prove they are a different but closely related family.⁹

Census/Where lived/Occupations

William Richardson and Christian Richardson appeared on the census of 1841 Harbottle, Dist of Rothbury, NBL, ENG, and are assumed to be husband and wife. They were enumerated as RICHARDSON: William 40 dancing master b SCT; Christian 40 b SCT; in hsehold of Thomas (50 shoemaker) & Elizabeth NESBIT.¹⁰
The census of 1851 showed William with his wife Christian Swinton, BEW, SCT

, household enumerated as RICHARDSON: William 54 teaching of dancing b Midlem, ROX; wife Christian 53 dancing master's wife b Ladykirk, BEW; Son George 13 scholar b Ladykirk.⁷
William Richardson was shown as the head of the household in the census of 1861 44 Square, Swinton, BEW, SCT

, with Christian enumerated as RICHARDSON: William 65 teacher of dancing b Bowden, ROX; wife Christian 64 b Ladykirk, BEW.²
William Richardson was shown as the head of the household in the census of 1871 on the Main St, Nth Side, Norham, Dist of Berwick, NBL, ENG, enumerated as RICHARDSON: William wid. 75 dancing master b SCT; son George 31 tailor b Berwck; Dtr in law Sarah 29 b ?Rutlandshire?; Grddtr Elizabeth 8 mos b Norham, NBL; Boarder Thomas HAMILTON 18 journeyman tailor b Berwick.¹¹

External links

William Richardson is the subject(s) of a family history - click here for further information.¹²
Click here to see William's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.¹³

Family

Christian Outersen (cir. Nov 1796 - bet. Sep 1870 - Dec 1870)

Children

William Richardson^14,15 (Jan 1828 - Jul 1876)
John Richardson^14,16 (May 1830 - )
Margaret Richardson¹⁴ (Feb 1833 - )
George Richardson^7,17 (Dec 1837 - Apr 1920)

Charts

James & Margaret (MABON) RICHARDSON of Morebattle

Last Edited

6 Jun 2018

Citations

Online search: assorted surnames, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Birth 28 Feb 1796 William s/o James RICHARDSON & Margaret MABON, batch C118012, Morebattle, ROX, extracted Jul 2008.
1861 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Swinton, BEW, Reg. 755 ED: 1; Page: 19; Sched. 101, hsehold of William & Christian RICHARDSON, extracted Aug 2012.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth 28 Feb 1796 William s/o James RICHARDSON (tailor in Morebattle) & Janet MABON, reg. Morebattle, ROX, bulk entry 1796 to 1802 on the one page, 801/00 0010 0072, copy d/loaded Apr 2014.
Births deaths marriages index (pre 1855): Scotland, ROX Baptisms: RICHARDSON, Morebattle, Bowden, Eckford, Maxton, extracted Aug 2012 , Microfiche and http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Births deaths marriages index (pre 1855): Scotland, BEW Baptisms: RICHARDSON, Earlston, Ladykirk, Swinton, Simprin, Whitsome, extracted Aug 2012 , Microfiche and http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Aug 2012.
1851 Census transcripts, Scotland, via Ancestry.com, Swinton, BEW, Par. 755 ED: 1; Page: 19; Sched. 95, hsehold of William & Christian RICHARDSON, extracted Aug 2012.
Www FreeBMD ENG online at http://freebmd.rootsweb.com/cgi/search.pl, Dth 1878 Q2 William RICHARDSON, aged 82, reg. Berwick, NBL, 10b/233, extracted Aug 2012.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Aug 2012, updated Jun 2018.
1841 Census images, England & Wales, via Ancestry.com, Civil Parish: Holystone; Sub Dist Elsdon, Dist Rothbury, NBL HO107; Piece: 830; Book: 10; ED: 4a; Folio: 5; Page: 11; hsehold of Thomas & Elizabeth NESBIT, extracted Aug 2012.
1871 Census images, England & Wales, via Ancestry.com, Norham, Dist of Berwick, NBL RG10; Piece: 5186; Folio: 46; ED 4; Page: 2; Sched. 9, hsehold of William RICHARDSON, extracted Aug 2012.
Various authors, Assorted RICHARDSON Web searches/Correspondence, Family of William RICHARDSON & Christian OUTTERSON, by descendant Tim, online at http://www.williamrichardson.ca/richardsonW1.htm, extracted Aug 2012.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Richardson-3753, uploaded Aug 2012.
Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Birth William (8 Jan 1828), John (16 May 1830), Margaret (13 Feb? 1833) children of William RICHARDSON, dancing master, and Christian OUTERSEN, Bap. entries Whitsome & Hilton, BEW, 757/00 020 0045, copy d/loaded Aug 2012.
Births deaths marriages index (pre 1855): Scotland, Birth/Bap.? 31 Dec 1837 George s/o William RICHARDSON & Christian BUTERSON (sic), Ladykirk, BEW, 46/00 0020 0029, extracted from index Aug 2012 , Microfiche and http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk
Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 30 Apr 1857 John s/o William RICHARDSON & Christina OUTTERSON; Elizabeth d/o John SIMPSON & Isabella SMITH, Calton, Edin. MLN, 685/06 #64, copy d/loaded Aug 2012.
Births deaths marriages index (pre 1855): Scotland, Birth/Bap.? 31 Dec 1837 George s/o William RICHARDOSN & Christian BUTERSON (sic), Ladykirk, BEW, 46/00 0020 0029, extracted from index Aug 2012 , 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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William Richardson1,2