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Old 17-03-21, 02:39
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I already had a transcript of the 1830 Tulliallan Kirk Sessions in which my grandmother's gt g.mother was questioned by the church elders about her fornication and resultant pregnancy, courtesy of aother familoy researcher...but it was good to get the images so I could see for myself.

The putative father at first denied paternity, but on further revelations of dates and places, admitted it could have been him. I suspect the Elders were most outraged that the 'Guilt' occurred on the Sabbath Day in her father's house.


Poor child...he ended up being transported to the Swan River Colony in 1851 and suicided there in 1905 after fathering a prolific family.
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