Alexander Georgeson (abt. 1774)

Born about May 1774 in Cogill, Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Isabella (Doull) Georgeson — married 17 Jan 1801 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Descendants

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This profile is part of the Watten, Caithness One Place Study.

Biography

Alexander is assumed to be the son of William Georgeson & Jean Doull.

Born abt May 1774 Cogill, Par. of Watten, Caithness, Scotland^[1]

Baptized 5 MAY 1774 Watten, Caithness, Scotland

entry reads: "William Georgeson in Cogill and Jean Doul his spouse had a son baptized names Alexander before witnesses David Murray and William Murray both in Knapperfield"^[2][3][1]

Family

Husband: Alexander Georgeson

Wife: Isabella Doull

Married 17 Jan 1801 Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Entry reads: "Alexr Georgeson in Knapperfield & Isobella Doull in Cogill was Contracted in order to Marriage & after the usual Proclamations & no objections offered this marriage was solemnized"^[3][4]

Children:

William Georgeson (abt.1802-1879)

Alexander Georgeson

Research notes

Alexander's parents

From naming pattern it might be assumed that Donald's parents were a William and Elspet.

There's no obvious marriage in the extant OPR for Caithness (Georgeson and name variants) and amongst the baptisms the closest is a William at Kirk (Bower) who had a dtr Elspet baptized May 1756. Very tempting to say that this is Donald's father given the Kirk connection (Donald's son Thomas was at Kirk).

The next Bower baptism is 1760 a William to Will GEORGESON & Jean DOULL of Kirk who then appear to move to Watten by the time daughters Jannet (1762) and Margaret (1764) come along.

An Alexander GEORGESON of Knapperfield features as a witness to some of Donald and Janet (BRUCE)'s children.

This Alexander looks to be the Alexander at Knapperfield who married Isabella DOULL in 1801 and is highly likely to be the son of William and Jean (DOULL) GEORGESON, born at Cogill (Watten) in 1774, and would therefore be Donald's brother.

The above is why Donald is assumed to belong to William and Jean (DOULL) GEORGESON.Henderson-2297

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1774 Baptism: 15 May Alexander s/o William Georgeson (Cogill) & Jean DOULL, Watten, Caithness, from Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php 42/0 0020 0086
2. ↑ EMails re GEORGESONs of Watten, ex Peter GORDON, Aberdeenshire, Recipient: LornaHenNZ, rcvd Nov 2000
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} IGI (1993) extract: GEORGESON CAI ORK ex LDS library films and cd roms
4. ↑ 1801 Marriage: 17 Jan Alexr GEORGESON (Knapperfield) & Isabella DOULL (Cogill), Watten, CAI, from Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854) http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php 42/00 0020 0298

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