Mary Runsyman (1764 - aft. 1841)

Born 7 Dec 1764 in Crail, , Fife, Scotland

Ancestors

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Biography

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Name

Name: Mary /Runsyman/ ^[1]

Birth

Birth:

Date: 07 DEC 1764

Place: Crail, , Fife, Scotland

Note: William disowned his daughter at birth. However Mary was supported by the Widows & Childrens' Fund set up following the Fishing Disaster of 1765. There is no record of where she went (presumably lived with her mother Patricia Stephen). She was not looked after in North Berwick by grandfather Richard, as William's other 3 young children were.

Alan Runciman, Jan 2013^[2] .

Christening

Christening:

Date: 01 JAN 1765

Place: Crail, , Fife, Scotland

Note: transcr. of entry shows: "William Runsyman and Patricia Stephen in Newburgh had their daughter Mary b 7th Dec last baptized. Presented by Thomas Rae. Witnesses Bailliee Jamesieson, Convenor Laurie, James Fowler and George Begbie who along with the minister became engaged for the education of the child as William Runsyman whom she gave for the father would not take with it"^[3][4]

Census

Census:

Date: 1841

Place: Crail, , Fife, Scotland

Note: Mary was recorded in the 1841 census, aged 75. In the same house are Margaret Peattie (aged 40), and Betsie and Margaret Murray (both recorded as aged 70). All 4 residents were described as paupers.

Alan Runciman, March 2013^[5]

Event

Event:

Type: WebHighlight

Note: Despite William's obvious disavowal of Mary as his daughter, she keeps cropping up as such in the papers for the widows and orphans of the Crail fishermen who drowned in Jan 1765. In a document dated Dec 1766 she is shown as Mary Runcieman, aged 2, with the accompanying minute showing: "The managers have agreed to take upon said Fund Mary Runcieman said daughter of William Runcieman at four pence per week and orders Baillie Jamieson to pay for the forty nine preceeding weeks at that rate"^[6]

Marriage

Unmarried Partner: Andrew Black

Wife: Mary Runsyman

Child: Andrew Black

Marriage:

Date: 1798

Place: Crail, , Fife, Scotland^[7]

Death

Death:

Date: AFT 1841^[8]

Ancestors of Interest

William Runciman of Crail

Sources

• Source: S1597 Title: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS), Url: http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/ Abbreviation: FamilySearch Labs Record Search (LDS)
• Source: S3073 Title: RUNCIMAN Corres., Address: NSW, AUS Abbreviation: RUNCIMAN Corres.
• Source: S3221 Title: EM RUNCIMAN/WISHART/JAMIESON ex Phyllis R, Address: SCT Abbreviation: EM RUNCIMAN/WISHART/JAMIESON ex Phyllis R Author: Phyllis RUNCIMAN
• 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: S3240 Title: Census Abbreviation: Census
• 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: #S1597 Page: Birth 7 Dec 1764 Bap. 1 Jan 1765 Mary d/o William RUNSYMAN & Patricia STEPHEN, Crail, FIF, from Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11417-5 film 1040157, extracted Oct 2012
2. ↑ Source: #S1597 Page: Birth 7 Dec 1764 Bap. 1 Jan 1765 Mary d/o William RUNSYMAN & Patricia STEPHEN, Crail, FIF, from Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11417-5 film 1040157, extracted Oct 2012
3. ↑ Source: #S1597 Page: Birth 7 Dec 1764 Bap. 1 Jan 1765 Mary d/o William RUNSYMAN & Patricia STEPHEN, Crail, FIF, from Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 batch C11417-5 film 1040157, extracted Oct 2012
4. ↑ Source: #S3073 Page: Bap. 1 Jan 1765 Mary d/o William RUNSYMAN & Patricia STEPHEN, Newburgh (Crail?), FIF, transcr. from Ann GIRVAN Jul 1990, rcvd Oct 2012
5. ↑ Source: #S3240 Page: Crail - Piece 417/Folio 3/Page 14 CONT 1841
6. ↑ Source: #S3221 Page: Pay-outs to the widows and children of the Crail fishermen drowned on 21st January 1765, from GD/26/12/25 held National Archives of Scotland (NAS), transcr. by Phyllis rcvd Nov 2012
7. ↑ Source: #S55 Page: Birth 21 Jan Bap. 14 Apr 1799 Andrew BLACK illeg. s/o Andrew BLACK & Mary RUNCIMAN, Crail, FIF, 417/00 0020 0372, copy rcvd from Alan R, Jun 2013
8. ↑ Source: #S3222

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Alan Runciman for creating WikiTree profile Runsyman-4 through the import of RUNCIMANAlansPaternal4WikiTreeAug2013.ged on Aug 29, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Alan and others.