William Drummond

Abt 1770 - Bef 1841  (~ 70 years)

• Name	William Drummond
  Born	Abt 1770	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Died	Bef 1841
  Person ID	I25153	Brown Genealogy
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024

  
  

  Family	Margaret McEwan,   b. Abt 1775, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN
  Married	14 Aug 1796	Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland
  Children	1. Margaret Drummond-alias-McGregor,   b. 17 Jun 1810, Balmuick, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. 9 Jan 1893, Bayham Township, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada  (Age 82 years)  [natural]   2. William Drummond,   b. 18 Oct 1795, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   3. John Drummond,   b. 8 Oct 1797, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   4. Donald Drummond,   b. 23 Jun 1799, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Bef 1813, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age < 13 years)  [natural]   5. Duncan Drummond,   b. 7 Jun 1801, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   6. Alexander Drummond,   b. 20 Mar 1803, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   7. James Drummond,   b. 6 Jan 1805, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. Abt 1820, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland  (Age 14 years)  [natural]   8. Christian Drummond,   b. 21 Sep 1806, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]   9. Donald Drummond,   b. 19 Dec 1813, Glenlednock, Comrie, Perthshire, Scotland ,   d. UNKNOWN  [natural]
  Last Modified	19 Sep 2024
  Family ID	F8557	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  This is the only family in the Comrie OPR that matches the birth/family description of Margaret Drummond-alias-Mcgregor who married Duncan Stewart. A perfect match has been found for her birth family but she is unnamed in the birth record, thus it has eluded discovery. (Thanks to John Andrew Hutchison for discovering it.) Marriage: 14/08/1796 WILLIAM DRUMMOND+MARGARET MCEWEN COMRIE Children: 18/10/1795 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MACEWAN, WILLIAM 08/10/1797 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, JOHN 23/06/1799 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, DONALD 07/06/1801 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, DUNCAN 20/03/1803 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGT. MCEWEN, ALEXANDER 06/01/1805 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGT. MCEWEN, JAMES 21/09/1806 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGARET MCEWEN, CHRISTIAN 17/06/1810 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/ MCEWEN, daughter at Balmuick 19/12/1813 WILLIAM DRUMMOND/MARGT. MCEWEN, DONALD The following entries are from the Comrie Kirk Session Minutes: Comrie Jany 25th 1795 Cathrine McEwen servant maid with William Drummond farmer in Balmuck with child, said William Drummond father Comrie Feby 22nd/March 15th/March 22nd 1795 William Drummond in Balmuck denies being father of Cathrine McEwen's child Comrie April 26th 1795 Willm Drummond in Balmuck confessed being father of Cathrine McEwen's child Comrie May 10th 1795 [Cathrine scored out] Margaret McEwen in Malarbeg with child William Drummond in Balmuck father Comrie May 31st 1795 Cathrine McEwen fornication with William Drummond Comrie 30th July/13th Augt 1797 William Drummond fornication with Cathrine MacEwen Mother Margaret, sons William and John, appear to be together on the 1841 and 1851 records. Margaret 67 on 1841, William 45, John 40, and on 1851 Margaret 78, William 54, John 53. All of this information fits. The unnamed daughter is the correct age. Her mother's name is Margaret so we would expect a daughter named Margaret in this birth order. Margaret Drummond and Duncan Stewart's second son was named William and their second daughter was named Margaret, which also fits perfectly with onomastics. This family had a son named James who was just a few years older than Margaret who would be just the right age to be her older brother who was out playing with her and was struck by lightning. When this family is found in 1841 and 1851 James is not with them suggesting that he had died young. Their unnamed daughter is not there either, supporting that she was in Canada at the time. This family has not been found in Mitchell's Monumental Inscriptions.