William Porter

[Asa]

Date and place of birth - I think 1731 Kinnettles, Angus

Names of parents - if the below is right, William's father was Alexander Porter (the name of William's eldest son)

Date and place of baptism - 18 Feb 1731 Kinnettles, Angus

Details of each of his or her marriages - 29 Nov 1765 Kettle, Fife to Barbara Stewart - 4 sons and 7 daughters

Occupation(s) - blacksmith according to the 1859 death certificate of his daughter

Addresses where they lived - Kennoway, Fife in 1765. Kettle from the time of his marriage if not before

Date and place of burial - 8 Aug 1823 Kettle, Fife - William Porter aged 93 resident of Long Dyke

[Shona]

William is on my Fife pre-1855 CD. Have noticed lots of child deaths for Porters in Lang/Long Dykes. Do you want that info? Can't find Barbara, though.

[Shona]

Langdyke is split between Kettle parish and Kennoway parish. I noticed the deaths of the Porter children on the CD had Langdyke, Kettle and Langdyke, Kennoway.

[Shona]

Apart from William Porter, I found the following deaths on my CD:

Thomas Porter, child, 2 May 1767, Kettle

...... Porter, child, 27 March 1775, Kettle, Langdyke

Margaret Porter, 26 May, 1783, Kennoway

...... Porter, child, 5 March 1788, Kennoway, Langdyke

James Porter, 27 February 1794, age 7, nervous fever, Kennoway, Langdykes

Alexander Porter, 12 May 1794, age 26, consumption, Kennoway, Long Dykes

...... Porter, 1835, age not known, Kennoway

William Porter, 28 May 1843, aged 73, Kettle

[Asa]

Thank you very much Shona - I think they must all belong to me. I've searched for Barbara without success under Porter and Stewart. It's unlikely she married if she survived William :-)

[Shona]

I think I've found her!

Baby Stewart, died Kettle, 29 March 1799, age n/k, cause: nervous complaint.

Baby is often used for Barbara.

What do you reckon?

[Asa]

Shona thank you! I don't think I've seen that one - I didn't know about Baby only Barbary.

[Shona]

Happy to give the Fife CD a spin. I've seen Baby used for Barbara quite a lot, so I do think it's the right one.

Btw - also noticed a Thomas Stewart, blacksmith and fuear, died Kettle, aged 72 on 19 May 1826. Husband of Margaret Hogg (died 1816) - from a monumental inscription. Not Barbara's parents, but as William was a blacksmith and the couple named two children Thomas, it may indicate that Thomas was related in some way - Barbara's brother?

[Asa]

Shona I didn't know who James was and he's baptised at Kennoway 1786 son of William Porter and Baby Stewart :-)

Are these death or burial dates?

[Asa]

Must be - Barbara's brother Thomas was born 3 Jan 1754 Kettle :-) thank you.