Jennet Runciman (abt. 1732)

Born about 28 May 1732 in Whaupknow, Parish of Tynninghame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Horseburgh — married 19 May 1753 in North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland

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Biography

This biography was part auto-generated by a GEDCOM import of a tree created by Alan Runciman, a 4th grand-nephew of Jennet, supplemented with additional research by Alan.

Name

Name: Jennet /Runciman/ ^[1]. The spelling of her forename on baptism is a consequence of the inconsistencies of the day. Her forename is more traditionally spelled now as Janet, as it was on her marriage register entry in the same church. No doubt ‘Jennet’ gives a good indication of how her name was pronounced in the locality.

Birth & Christening

Birth:

Date: On or before 28 May 1732 (her date of christening).

Place: Whaupknow, in the Parish of Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland, assuming the custom that Jennet was born at home was followed. ^[2]

Whaupknow was a cluster of cottages provided by Auldham Farm for its workers. The last reference to it in local parish records appears in the 1770s at which time it fell victim to the development of Seacliff House. Read what life was like for the family at Whaupknow here.

Christening:

Date: 25 March 1744

Place: The parish church at Old Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland^[3]

Marriage

Janet married Joseph Horseburgh on 19th May 1753 in North Berwick parish, Haddingtonshire, Scotland^[4].

May 19 Joseph Horseburgh & Janet Runciman both of this parish gave up their names and who were regularly proclaimed & married

The couple went on to have 11 children, all christened in the parish church of North Berwick. Their profiles have not been created yet on WikiTree. It is intended that they will be added in due course.

Family Profiles of Interest

Janet’s brother was William Runciman of Crail , who drowned at an early age in a fishing tragedy,

plus

some facts and comments about the early Runciman ancestors are summarised in The Early Generations.

There are also 3 other Runciman 'lineages' which thanks to DNA testing are now discovered to be branches of the same lineage with a Most Recent Common Ancestor (MRCA) in the 1600s, most likely in East Lothian or the Scottish Borders. Lorna Henderson manages a Runciman One Name Study which gives a good insight to our Crail Line's relationship to the other DNA-related lines - as well as the non-related lines.

Wiki profiles relating to the Crail Lineage:

Whaupknow, describes where the family was born and lived until adulthood. This is the earliest documented birthplace on the Crail lineage.

Runciman Lineage 1b-The Early Generations As the name implies this Profile covers the latest research known of the earliest ancestors on the 'Crail' Line.

Crail Fishing Disaster History and Latest News. Jennet is a sister of William of Crail who drowned with 7 others in the 1765 Crail Fishing Disaster. A 250th anniversary commemoration for the drownings was held in Crail on 16 May 2015.

Scotland and Beyond provides the background to the first book published on our family lineage. This was in 2004. An online version is desirable but the personal security of online data precludes an upload of the original book. On this 'SAB' profile you can contact a Profile Manager who may be able to provide you with information on what was published on a specific ancestor or family group.

The Runciman Cradle Tour provides the reader interested in seeing some of our ancestral locations with a suggested itinerary and their association to the family.

Similarily there is a Crail Trail for those who wish to visit where William of Crail spent his married/working life and eventually to meet his early death from drowning.

Sources

• Source: S102 Title: OPR East Lothian, Scotland RUNCIMAN Births, Author Address: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk, Recipient Address: East Lothian, Scotland Abbreviation: OPR East Lothian, SCT RUNCIMAN Births 1538-1854 Author: Scotlands People Index Publication: 1538-1854 Repository: #R146
• Repository: R146 Name: Scotlands People (http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/) Address: City: Edinburgh State: Midlothian Country: Scotland
• Source: S103 Title: OPR East Lothian Scotlands People RUNCIMAN Marriages, Author Address: http://scotlandspeople.gov.uk, Recipient Address: East Lothian, Scotland Abbreviation: OPR East Lothian SctP RUNCIMAN Marriages 1538-1854 Author: Scotlands People Index Publication: 1538-1854 Repository: #R146
• Source: S3222 Title: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004) plus subsequent research by Alan RUNCIMAN, Ros RUNCIMAN, Lawrence FLETCHER, Lorna HENDERSON & many, many others, Compiler Address: UK, Australia and New Zealand Abbreviation: "Scotland and Beyond" (2004), plus subsequent research Author: Diane Middleton Jen Jelley Alan Runciman Ros Runciman Laurie Fletcher Lorna Henderson and many others Publication: Jul 2013 Note: imported on 2013/07/24 at 15:44:27.
• Source: S55 Title: Scottish Birth, Marriage, Burial entries (to 1854), Record Type: Scottish BMDB entries (to 1854), File Number: http://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/index.php Abbreviation: BDM: Scotlands People entries to 1854

1. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Birth/bap.? 28 May 1732 Jennet d/o Richard RUNCIMAN & Jennet GOURLAY, Whitekirk & Tynninghame, 723/ 0010 0077, extracted from index Feb 2010
2. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Birth/bap.? 28 May 1732 Jennet d/o Richard RUNCIMAN & Jennet GOURLAY, Whitekirk & Tynninghame, 723/ 0010 0077, extracted from index Feb 2010
3. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Birth/bap.? 28 May 1732 Jennet d/o Richard RUNCIMAN & Jennet GOURLAY, Whitekirk & Tynninghame, 723/ 0010 0077, extracted from index Feb 2010
4. ↑ Source: #S102 (Scotland’s People) Page: Banns & Marriages 19 May 1753 North Berwick 713/00 0030 0268

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-624 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.

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