William Archibald FMMMMF

[ElizabethHerts]

father's mother's mother's mother's mother's father
link to his daughter Jane Archibald
http://www.genealogistsforum.co.uk/f...Jane+Archibald

Most of what I know about William Archibald comes from this source:
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-...berg&id=I37254


Name - "official" name and what they were known as
William Archibald

Date and place of birth
1783 Dunmeath Scotland

Names of parents
Robert Archibald and Christian Wilson

Date and place of baptism - if applicable
O.P.R. states "July 7 1783 Robert Archibald in Upper Dunmeath with his wife Christian Wilson had a son bap called William bef these wit. William Archibald in Dunmeath and Will Deason in Longloan."


Details of each of his or her marriages - if any
Jannet Richardson 7 Dec 1820 Huntly

William had liaisons with two other women by whom he had children. One of these women was Jane Mallice who was the mother of my Jane/Jean Archibald. William left Jane £10 in his will.

Occupation(s) - if any
Farmer

Addresses where they lived (including county if in UK)
Dunmeath

Date, place and cause of death
8 JUL 1835 in Haugh of Glass, Scotland
"William's gravestone in Wallakirk Cemetery, Haugh of Glass, Scotland states that he was a farmer in Dunmeath (his home). It also states his age at death as 52 which would make his birth in either 1782 or 1783. A copy of a school worksheet attributed to him dated 1799 which would make him about 16 at the time."

Date and place of burial
Wallakirk Cemetery, Haugh of Glass

Details of will / administration of their estate - if applicable
ARCHIBALD WILLIAM 09/10/1835 TACKSMAN OF UPPER DUMEATH OR DOMEATH, PARISH OF GLASS INVENTORY; TESTAMENT BANFF SHERIFF COURT SC2/40/5

Memorial inscription - if any
see under death