THOM, William ^{1 2}

   Another name for William was THOM, Will..²

   User ID: M59.

  General Notes:

"THOM
WILLIAM
ALEXR. THOM/JANET WILSON
M
21/12/1707
191/ 10 38
Echt"

from Births and Baptisms



Old Parish Registers
Echt parish Aberdeenshire
Baptisms

"(indexed as 1707)
December 21 William son to Alexr Thom Janet Wilson in the mains baptised witnesses Arthur Taylor William Edward" ^{1 2}

William married Margaret FORBES, daughter of William FORBES of Invernochty and Agnas COUPLAND. (Margaret FORBES was baptised on 3 June 1709 in Strathdon parish, Aberdeenshire, Scotland ^{2 3}.)

  Marriage Notes:

No marriage record has been found for William Thom and Margaret Forbes. There is no indication that their children were born outside of marriage.

A document in Strathdon parish register, signed by the session clerk Alexander Adam lists births of four children of William Thom and Margaret Forbes.

"Register of the Names and Births of William Thom & Margaret Forbes their Children who lived some=time in Corrybrake
William was born June 15^th 1740
Isabel was born July 21^st 1746
Alex^r was born June 21^st 1748
Anne was born Octr 15th 1751
Registered June 26th 1761
by Alex^r. Adam Sess: Clerk"

It is not clear why this list was required; such lists can indicate children were baptised outside the Established Church of Scotland, and are being entered in the registers of the parish formally. Or, there may have been other reasons.

Clearly Margaret Forbes, by age alone, if she was born in 1709, was unlikely to have been the mother of all of William Thom's children. The 1761 registration of earlier births may signal a change in William's circumstances. He is recorded in the excerpt above as "who lived some=time in Corrybrake", suggesting that he had moved.

The Glenbucket baptism record for Ann of 1743 referred to her father, William, as being "in Lochrie".

In Isabel's birth record, in July 1746, he is referred to as "William Thom in Ledmacay."

In the baptism record of James, in 1754, he was still in Corrybrake:
"Februrary 8: William Thom in Corry brake had a son baptized called JAMES."

The Glenbucket baptism record for Christian of 1762, and for Sophia of 1766, referred to their father, William, as being "in Kirkton."

Not all baptism and marriage records have survived in Glenbucket parish; there are noticeable gaps. No marriage for William Thom to any wife has been found as yet. ^{4 5}

William next married.