Marion Runciman (abt. 1737)

Born about Apr 1737 in Whaupknow, Parish of Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of George Watt — married 19 Dec 1760 in North Berwick, Haddingtonshire, Scotland

Descendants

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Biography

This biography was part auto-generated by a GEDCOM import of a tree created by Alan Runciman, a 6th generation grand-nephew of Hugh’s, supplemented with additional research by him.

Name

Name: Marion /Runciman/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: ABT APR 1737

Place: Whaupknow, Parish of Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland^[2]

Marion was born at Whaupknow, assuming the custom was followed that she was born at home .

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 around which time it fell victim to the development of Seacliff House. Read here what life was like for the family at Whaupknow.

Christening

Christening:

Date: 10 APR 1737

Place: Parish of Tyninghame, Haddingtonshire, Scotland^[3]

Family Profiles of Interest

Marion was a younger sister of 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.

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. Marion 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 In 2004 a history of the William Runciman of Crail line was published. The latest research & continuing updates are now published on the web rather than in print. As Scotland and Beyond has been out of print for some time Jen Jelley & Diane Middleton, compilers & publishers of the 2004 book, kindly agreed to make their publication available in PDF format. This Profile contains the link.

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: 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.? 10 Apr 1737 Marion d/o Richard RUNCIMAN & Jennet GOURLAY, Whitekirk & Tynninghame, 723/ 0010 0091, extracted from index Feb 2010
2. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Birth/bap.? 10 Apr 1737 Marion d/o Richard RUNCIMAN & Jennet GOURLAY, Whitekirk & Tynninghame, 723/ 0010 0091, extracted from index Feb 2010
3. ↑ Source: #S102 Page: Birth/bap.? 10 Apr 1737 Marion d/o Richard RUNCIMAN & Jennet GOURLAY, Whitekirk & Tynninghame, 723/ 0010 0091, extracted from index Feb 2010

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runciman-617 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.