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Thanks, Leslie. In the 1841 census, he is 15 years old, and living in Clunie. His occupation is Ag Lab. But the other household members are Donald Stewart, age 20, and James Miller, age 10. There is...

Yes, I have. I've been unable, though, to uncover any additional ancestry information.

John Jeffrey was the botanist that traveled to North America in 1850 to collect plant specimens of the exotic plants of the emerging continent. He was sent by the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh. He...

Thanks, Lesley,
I've re-looked at the Consolidated Schedules of Assessed Taxes (1798) for Foulden on the ScotlandPlaces website...

My Scottish Borders ancestor, William Jeffrey, started his family in the village of Foulden in 1800. In the Window Tax, July 1798, records on ScotlandsPlaces.org website, he is recorded as a...

Leslie & Grisel,
Just an update - I had a trip to the National Archives of Scotland today, and there are no mentions of Alexander McLean and Ann Lang in the Abbey Parish Kirk Records. In addition,...

Patrick Jaffrey and Jean Lion were married in Fogo parish of Scotland, 11 Dec 1733 (OPR marriages 740/10 219 Fogo). At the baptism of their first child, Andrew Jaffrae, on 19 Dec 1734 (OPR Births...

Thanks so much, Leslie! Very interesting. I came across another origin comment, written by Arthur Barnes Jeffrey (deceased). I don't know when he wrote this, though. He is also a descendant of the...

I've been researching my 'Jeffrey' ancestors, and have traced them back to the 1650s in Polwarth. I'm very interested in the origin of the Jeffreys, and have come up with the following from various...

Yeah, Grisel, I saw this entry, but, if true, this means that (if this Anne is the one that married Alexander McLean in August of 1763) she would've been 16 years old (2 months before turning 17) at...

Touche, Leslie!

In addition, of the many OPR baptisms for a Ann Lang between 1733 and 1743, only 2 have mothers named Helen, and this baptism is the closest to Paisley. The other one is from Hawick.

An intriguing OPR baptism entry in Bothwell, Lanarkshire is for an Ann Lang, born 30 Nov 1734, baptized 23 December 1734. Her parents were John Lang of Carfin Miln or Bridgend and Helen Nasmith. The...

Thanks so much, Lesley & Grisel. I totally agree with your cautions. The Alexander McLean whose birth I referenced just didn't seem to have a connection to Paisley. I will continue to research this,...

Interestingly, the only Alexander McLean that shows up in the OPRs (ScotlandsPeople) being born in 1736 is an Alexander McLean, born in Blair Atholl, Perthshire. His parents are described as "Donald...

I can't thank you enough, Grisel, for your 'digging' for information for me! The above information is fascinating! I also received the following response from Mr. Weir, of the Heritage Centre,...

Thanks, everyone!

Wow! Grisell, I was not aware that Alexander and Ann had a son, Alexander. My records showed that Helen was the eldest child. Thanks, also, for your other suggestions! I will take your suggestion,...

Thanks SO much, Lesley, for your suggestions. I will start on them ASAP.
One other tidbit about 'my' Alexander McLean. He is described in a few documents as being a silk weaver. In addition, the...

My McLean ancestors are from the Abbey parrish. Alexander McLean married Ann Lang, both of the Abbey parish, in 1763. [16/07/1763 MCCLEAN, ALEXANDER (Old Parish Registers Marriages 559/ 40 195 Abbey)...