Lorna's family forest

Jean Oswall (W5a2b2)^1,2

(say 1675 - )

Relationship

6th great-grandmother of Lorna Henderson

BMDB data

Jean Oswall (W5a2b2) was born say 1675 ?Denny, STI, SCT.^1,3
Jean Oswald married George Stevenson on 30 Apr 1697 Denny, STI, SCT

, entry indexed as 30 Apr 1697 reads: Georg steinson in the parroch of Stirling and Jean Oswald in this parroch gave up "yr" (their) names to be pro:(claimed) in order to marriage the 30th Day of Janr pro: out the 29th Day of febr and were married the Last Day of Aprill at Dennie kirk.^3,1

Jean Oswall (W5a2b2) is likely to be the family matriarch for the families of Margaret Fisher, Margaret McEwan (W5a2b2) and Margaret Henderson (W5a2b). Jean is the earliest identified, however tentatively, maternal ancestor of Margaret McEWAN, wife of Archibald HENDERSON.
A direct maternal line descendant of Margaret's has tested mtDNA and is currently shown to be haplogroup W5a2b2 (2025 with the new mitoTree, which FTDNA tells us was formed about 230 CE, +/- 530 years.
For those interested in such things, do check out the FTDNA Discover information for this haplogroup and explore the options in the menus - particularly the time tree.
If you were introduced to the fun of dna by Bryan Sykes' "Seven Daughters of Eve" as I was, is Naomi. She wasn't one of the original seven, but one of those added to the list with subsequent discoveries.⁴

Census/Where lived/Occupations

Jean Oswall (W5a2b2) lived in Jan 1697 Denny, STI, SCT

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Names

In 1697 her surname was recorded as Oswald.³

External links

Click here to see Jean's page on WikiTree, a (free) collaborative on-line tree.⁵
Jean Oswall (W5a2b2) belongs to a DNA tested line. There may be more information available on DNASurnames under the DNA project for his/her surname/line.

Family

George Stevenson (say 1670 - )

Child

Margaret Stevenson+ (cir. Oct 1703 - ); by naming pattern of known children baptized to John FISHER & Margaret STEVENSON¹

Charts

My pedigree chart
Paternal ancestors of Lorna
Paternal timeline

Last Edited

23 May 2025

Citations

FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS) online at http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/, Bap. 5 Oct 1703 Margaret d/o George STEVENSON & Jean OSWALL, St Ninians, Stirling, STI, from Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11490-9 film 102131, extracted from index Nov 2012.
FamilyTree DNA, "FamilyTree DNA", Revised mitoTree Haplogroup: W5a5b2, TimeTree branch formation est: 230 CE range: 220 BCE - 760CE Rcvd Feb 2025.
Scotland: OPR index, "Scotland, Marriages 1561-1910", Marr. 30 April 1697 Georg STEINSON & Jean OSWALD, Denny, STI, extracte from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XY74-L2T, Feb 2025.
FamilyTree DNA, "FamilyTree DNA", mtDNA Full sequence results and matches, rcvd Nov 2012.
WikiTree online at http://WikiTree.com/, Nov-12.

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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Jean Oswall (W5a2b2)

Jean Oswall (W5a2b2)1,2