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James Junkin¹

(say 1775 - )

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James Junkin was born say 1775 ?STI, SCT.¹
James Junkin married Christian Roy on 22 Dec 1799 St Ninians, STI, SCT

, entry for 22 Dec 1799 reads: "James Junkin Christian Roy StN" (indexed on SctP as RAY.)¹

Are the James, b. 1772 to William Junkine and Catherine McGibbon, and the James who married Christian Roy in Stirling (1799) and became a nail manufacturer one and the same person?
Answer NO - the James m. Roy is a completely different branch on the yDNA tree, with both branches connected back in the 1550s - give or take 200 or so years. Click here for timeframes / branches. Those under the orange dotted haplogroup are the Stirlingshire line BigY testers, and the other branch, labelled R-BY19859, are the Perthshire branches, the group of three being the "Henderson" testers.²

Family

Christian Roy (say 1775 - )

Children

William Junkin³ (Nov 1800 - Dec 1893)
John Jenkins⁴ (cir. 1803 - Apr 1883)
Christian Junkin⁵ (Mar 1804 - )
James Junkin⁶ (cir. 1806 - aft. 1861)
Janet Junkin⁷ (cir. 1808 - Feb 1886)

Last Edited

3 Jun 2026

Citations

Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Marr. 22 Dec 1799 James JUNKIN & Christian ROY, St Ninians STI, 488 / 50 385, extracted from coipy on Anc. tree of Bruce Jenkins, Jul 2023.
"Lorna's Family History Musings", Jul 2023, updated Aug 2024.
Scotland: OPR index, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", Birth 11th Bap. 14 Nov 1800 William s/o James JUNKIN & Christian ROY, St Ninians, STI, extracted Jul 2023.
Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Dth 17 Apr 1883 John s/o James JENKINS & Christina ROY, m. to Christina LAMBERT, reg. Dist of Holytown, LKS, 625/2 71, copy d/loaded Aug 2023.
Scotland: OPR index, "Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", Bap. 13 Mar (born 3) 1804 Chrisitan d/o James JUNKIN & Christian ROY, St Ninians, STI, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VQWF-SK3, extracted Oct 2023.
Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Dth 22 Apr 1861 Jane JENKINS 57 d/o Samuel JENKINS & Catharine WRIGHT, h/o James JENKNS, Govan, LKS, 646/1 147, copy d/loaded Sep 2023.
Scottish BMDB entries (from 1855), http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php, Dth 16 Feb 1886 Janet d/o James JENKINS & Christina ROY, reg. Par. of Stirling, STI, 490/ 371, copy d/loaded Jul 2023.

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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