SCLANDERS, James ^{1 3 4}

  General Notes:

James Sclanders was a shipmaster from Grangemouth who, according to his will, died 28 January 1810, leaving his spouse Ann Stewart or Sclanders, residing in Grangemouth, his 'relict' or widow.
See:
"SclandersJames
09/05/1810
Shipmaster in Grangemouth, Parish of Falkirk.
Stirling Commissary Court CC21/6/99"
and
SclandersJames
"27/04/1810
Shipmaster in Grangemouth, Spouse of Ann Stewart
Inventory, Stirling Sheriff Court SC67/36/1" ⁴

James married Ann STEWART, daughter of Edward STEWART and Margaret EWAN, on 4 Mar 1778 in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland.¹ (Ann STEWART was christened on 5 Nov 1758 in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland and died after 27 Apr 1810.)

  Marriage Notes:

Old Parish Registers
Bothkennar parish Stirlingshire
Marriages

"The session being met and constitute, Sed^t. Min^r & Elders, compeared Ja^s. Sclanders and Ann Stewart, sua sponte, and acknowledged they had been irregularly married, produced lines dated Edin^r. 4^th. March 1778 acknowledged other as Husband and Wife, were desired to join hands, and so were declared married persons, were rebuked, exhorted, and so dismissed." ⁵

James next married Ann STEWART, daughter of Edward STEWART and Margaret EWAN, between 1807 and 1809.² (Ann STEWART was christened on 5 Nov 1758 in Bothkennar, Stirlingshire, Scotland and died after 27 Apr 1810.)

  Marriage Notes:

No marriage record for this couple has been found.

The text of Margaret Home's baptism record in Clatt parish register in 1809 referred to her as 'lawful' child of her parents. This means her parents were married before her birth. The marriage between Peter Home and Christian therefore did take place.

It may have taken place in an Episcopal church rather than in the Established Church of Scotland, or it may have been a private ceremony, not recorded in the church registers.

²

James had a relationship with James Augustus VALLELY, son of John VALLELY and Rose A. GILMORE. (James Augustus VALLELY was born on 10 Dec 1875 in Betheham, Northampton, Pennsylvania, USA, died on 9 Mar 1951 in Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA and was buried in Calvary Cemetery, Terre Haute, Vigo, Indiana, USA.)