James Runsiman (sic) was baptized 5 Feb 1721 in Dunbar Parish[1], his father is recorded on the baptismal register as Alexander Runsiman, there is no mother's name given.
James' mother
Although no mother is shown on his baptism entry, he is assumed to belong to Janet Hendrie (and variant surnames) from both his children's names, and assorted baptism witnesses for known family (William Runciman and and Janet Allan)
Sources
↑Church of Scotland: Old Parish Registers - Births and baptisms database, National Records of Scotland, ScotlandsPeople (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/: accessed 16 May 2021), James Runsiman 5 Feb 1721, Dunbar; citing Parish Number 706, Reference Number: 20 48
↑ Marr. 7 May 1747 James RUNCIMAN & Eliz. LYLE, extracted from Dunbar, ELN OPR (transcripts by Barbara Samples): Dunbar, ELN Bap (1687-1854); Marriages (1651 - 1820); Deaths (1737 - 1819) originally available on Steve Gibbs' now defunct website (guernsey.net/~sgibbs/runciman/dunbar-opr.html)
WikiTree profile Runciman-171 created through the import of RUNCIMANAlexanderHENDRIEJanet4RWebMyHeritageWikiTree.ged on Oct 18, 2011 by L Henderson. (Reference: 63299)
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