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MASTERSON, William
(About 1820-)

 

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Spouses/Children:
1. McGOVERN, Alice

2. LYONS, Anne

MASTERSON, William

  • Born: About 1820
  • Marriage (1): McGOVERN, Alice
  • Marriage (2): LYONS, Anne in 1678 1

  General Notes:

In the marriage certificate of his son William in 1863, William was recorded as a 'farm labourer deceased'.


William married Alice McGOVERN. (Alice McGOVERN was born about 1820.)


William next married Anne LYONS, daughter of Bernard LYNESS and Ann MONACHAN, in 1678.1 (Anne LYONS was born about 1836 in Ireland 2 3 4.)


  Marriage Notes:

"Alexander Duff of Braco, born 1652, died in December 1705; he married, in 1678, Margaret Gordon of Lesmoir, who died 1721."

from Book of the Duffs




"Alexander Duff of Braco. He married Margaret, daughter of Sir James Gordon of Lesmoir, and had : - (i). William Duff of Braco : died 1718 without leaving male issue, (ii). Margaret Duff, married - Gordon of Glengarrock. (iii). Helen Duff, married William Gordon of Farskane, of the Cairnburrow and Park Gordons"

from Birkenburn 5 6

Sources


1 e-books, The Book of the Duffs vol. 1 compiled by A and H Tayler (1914).

2 LDS, IGI.

3 GRO Scotland, Marriage Neilston 572 No 41 1861.

4 1881 UK census, Cambusnethan 628 en d 1 page 20.

5 e-books, The Book of the Duffs comp. by Alistair and Henrietta Tayler (1914).

6 e-books, The House of Gordon vol. 2 ed. John Malcolm Bulloch (1907) Cadets of Lesmoir: Birkenburn by Captain Douglas Wimberley.

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