John Kirkland (abt. 1705 - aft. 1749)

Born about 1705 in Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland [uncertain]

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This profile is part of the Kirkland Name Study.

Biography

This profile is part of the Kirkland Name Study.

Birth

John Kirkland was born about 1705 at Dun, Forfarshire, Scotland ^[A]. With John’s parents not yet identified currently John is patriarch of a lineage which still bears Kirkland-named descendants residing in Scotland and many others across the world. It is the hope that through further research and WikiTree presence connections can be made to more living descendants. Y-DNA tested descendants of all Kirkland lines are required to determine distinct lineages. For the moment John’s lineage is referred to as ‘John Kirkland (m Jean Lyall) c1705 Brechin’.

Marriage

Married Jean Lyall1730 ^[1]

The Extract from Fordoun Parish Church records.

‘Nov 20th [1730] Robert Lyall in Pittengardiner gave up the names of John Kirkland in parish of Dun & Jean Lyall his daughter in order to marriage Causa Mere’ (?Were)

Son questionably attributed

James Kirkland, born in 1736 at Avondale (a completely different area of Scotland) was linked as a son to John but no source or other evidence (other than an untraceable(?) Ancestry tree which in itself is not a source) has been provided to support this link. There is a James, born to John & Jean & baptised at Dun. As no further information is known about the ‘Dun’ James it’s possible this is the same James who married Jean Struthers in Avondale. Unfortunately no clarity has been found to support either a positive or negative conclusion. Until positive evidence can be found the James Kirkland originally attached as a son to this Dun couple has been detached.

Occupation & Location

In 1731 John is recorded as being a farmer at Brucemill, a farm just a few miles north-east of Bridge of Dun. ^[2].

Death

John died sometime after 1749 ^[3].

Research Notes

A. No parish record has been found for John. The estimate of John’s DoB is based on his wife Jean's date of baptism which was 4 July 1708. This assumes a husband’s common 2 years or so seniority in age. His place of birth is very likely to be around or about the Bridge of Dun area lying between Brechin and Montrose. This is based on the earliest recorded location of John (in the parish record of his Fordoun marriage), in which he is recorded as being in the ‘parish of Dun’. An examination of the indexed entries of Scotland’s People shows a maximum of 3 possible canditates to be this John. Of those the closest match is the John born in Dundee in 1702 to David Kirkland & Katherine Constable. However John’s choice of family names doesn’t match to his parents being a David & a Katherine, which leaves us with not even that slim reason to select them.

• This person was created through the import of PEARSON_2011-03-09_01_01.ged on 09 March 2011. Further data was included in the gedcom. Further manual additions have been made by Alan Runciman, a 6th Gt-Grandson of John’s. Alan’s mother’s maiden name is Kirkland.
• GEDCOM format edited by rsl 5/2019 with approval of Profile Mgr.

Sources

1. ↑ The marriage of John Kirkland and is recorded in the Fordoun parish church records, where Jean & her siblings were born. OPR Marriages 259/00 0010 0272 Fordoun
2. ↑ Old Parish Record of his son John’s baptism in Dun Church
3. ↑ No record of John’s death or burial has been found in church records of the day. The closest that can be determined is that it would be sometime ‘after 1749’, the year of birth of John’s youngest son, William

See Also:

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• Source S1 Ancestry.com; Public Member Trees (Ancestry.com Operations Inc; Location: Provo, UT, USA; Date: 2006); Repository R1

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