DUNCAN, James 1
- Baptised: 11 April 1731, Botriphnie parish, Banffshire, Scotland 1
User ID: B251.
General Notes:
Old Parish Registers
Botriphnie parish Banffshire
Baptisms
"April 11th 1731
(Forsyth - crossed out)
Duncan
James Forsyth sponsor for Robert Duncan his Child Baptised called (James) (brackets round name in the original) James Ord, James Binnat & Jean Wilson Witnesses"
Note: No record of marriage has been found for Robert Duncan before his marriage to Margaret Taylor, but a child was conceived by Robert Duncan in 1730 and baptised as James in 1731. The form of baptism record suggests the child was born outside of marriage. The father did not present the child according to the baptism record narrtive. The sponsor or presenter of the child was James Forsyth, and the child's father is named as Robert Duncan. This usually indicates birth outside of marriage. 1
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