David McAdie (abt. 1793)

Born about Sep 1793 in South Dun, Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Elspate McAdie — married 5 Jun 1818 in Watten, Caithness, Scotland

Biography

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

David McAdie is a member of Clan Fergusson.

David McAdie was born in 1793 to William McAdie and Jannet Campbell ^[1].

He appears to have moved from South Dun to Wick between 1823 and 1825, and is assumed to have moved to Ontario, Canada, with his family, before 1851/2.

Baptized 08 Sep 1793 Watten, Caithness, Scotland

entry reads: William McAdie Weaver in South Dun & Janet Campbell his spouse Baptized named David, Witnesses James Bain in Toftingall & John Campbell in Spittle parish of Halkirk^[1]

Family

Husband: David MackAdie

Wife: Elizabeth MackAdie

Married 18 Jun 1818 Watten, Caithness, Scotland

entry (in margin as McAdie & MackAdie) reads: David Mackadie in South Dun & Elizabeth Mackadie there both of this Parish were contracted in order to marriage & after the usual proclamations & no objections offered their marriage was solemnized on the 5th Day of June 1818^[2]

Children:

Ann McAdie (abt.1822-1899)

William McAdie (abt.1823-) ^{[3] [4]}

George (1825 - )

Census:

1851/2 Belleville, Hastings County, Canada West (Ontario)

McADIE; David 60 carpenter; Elizabeth 69 ; Wm 26, Ann 30, George 24 merchant, all b SCT^[5]

Research notes

• David was probably related to Robert McAdie who is recorded on the 1841 census as living at South Dunn, in Watten. The exact connection between these two men is to be confirmed.

(Likely siblings, given a witness to son William's baptism was a George in Toftingall, another sibling. Henderson-2297)

• David (or wife Elizabeth) was also probably related to John McAdie, who is also recorded as living in Dunn on the 1841 Scotland Census.
• Did David and Elspate / Elizabeth move to Wick ?

Baptism in Wick of a son George in 1825 describes his father David as a merchant

• And thence to Canada?

A family in the 1851 census in Belleville, Hastings Co., Ontario, "fits", David, Elizabeth, Ann, William and George. BUT David is described as a carpenter, son George as a merchant.

A MacAdie tree^[6] consulted by me Lorna in the Dunbeath Heritage Centre back in the mid 1990s has David & Elizabeth annotated "America", children shown, no dates, George, William, Ann; David given as son of William;

Naming pattern of children indicate Elizabeth might be the dtr of a George and Ann. A George and Anne (TATE) have a dtr Elspate who was indeed born at the right time to fit the Elizabeth with David in the 1851/2 Ontario census

• David and family have not yet been identified in the 1841/2 census records of either Scotland or Canada.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} 1793 Baptism: 8 Sep David s/o William McADIE & Jannet CAMPBELL in South Dun, Watten (Caithness), image available ScotlandsPeople ref. 042/ 20 153
2. ↑ 1818 Marriage: 5 Jun David MackADIE & Elizabeth MackADIE in South Dun, image available ScotlandsPeople, OPRs: Watten, Caithness, ref. 042/ 20 319
3. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBML-1NL : 12 February 2020), William Mc Adie, 1823.
4. ↑ Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929, Archive Ref OPR 42/3, Baptism date 25 Mar 1823, Year Range 1820-1854. Accessed via Find My Past.
5. ↑ 1851/2 Census: Place: Belleville, Hastings County, Canada West (Ontario); Schedule: A; Roll: C_11727; Page: 27; Line: 25, hsehold of David & Elizabeth McADIE, image available Ancestry.com
6. ↑ MacAdie family tree: Author: William Macadie, Complied pre 1992 (17 Tormhor, Carradale, Campbeltown, Argyll, PA28 6SD, SCT) , Sighted Jul/Sep 1994 and again in Jul/Sep 1995, I'm mistakenly recorded as Lorna McKENZIE (I was McIntosh back then) on the bottom of one of the pages, but accurately recorded as being interested in Robert MacADIE & Margaret SINCLAIR, and George MacADIE & Margaret COTTAR.