G'day
James and Priscilla Wemyss are my 4x great-grandparents. Priscilla (nee Kelly) was transported to Sydney for uttering forged notes. Her ticket of leave and other convict papers from Australia state her DOB as 1804 in Lanarkshire/Glasgow but I cannot find a birth record for her. I would like to trace her line back further.
Also looking for any info on her husband James Wemyss (m. Jan 1823 in Mauchline) who followed her to Sydney, particularly socioeconomic background. If anyone could recommend some places to search and/or some record sets to investigate, I'd be very grateful. Ancestry has not turned up much.
Thanks from sunny Sydney!
M.
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Thread: James Wemyss and Priscilla Kelly
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19-04-2017, 2:30 AM #1
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James Wemyss and Priscilla Kelly
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19-04-2017, 9:14 AM #2janboothGuest
Scotland's People website have two records for the marriage of James WEMYSS & Priscilla KELLY. The first is in St Quivox on 22 December 1822, which may well be a Banns record, and the other at Mauchline on 10 January 1823. If the first record is a Banns record, that may well be an indication of where one of them was living at the time of their marriage. You really need to buy some credits and look at the actual marriage record, if you have not already done so, as hopefully this will give you more information about James & Priscilla. I cannot find a baptismal record for a Priscilla KELLY c1804 in Lanarkshire on Scotland's People and there are several baptisms for a James WEMYSS in the appropriate timescale so you really do need any extra information you can glean from the marriage record/s.
Janet
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19-04-2017, 10:03 AM #3
If you take a look at our "General Scottish" forum, you'll find a collection of how-to and where-to messages at the top. They cover the basics of Scottish research. Start with the one of Church records because BMDs didn't start in Scotland until 1855 and so the Church records are our main source for the period you're dealing with, and there are complications and limitations...
Do you have any info on James' occupation?
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19-04-2017, 10:09 AM #4janboothGuest
The convict record for Priscilla shows that husband James WEMYSS at Kilmarnock was a Shoemaker, Lesley.
Janet
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19-04-2017, 9:53 PM #5
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19-04-2017, 9:53 PM #6
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Thanks Lesley! Much appreciated.
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19-04-2017, 9:56 PM #7
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19-04-2017, 11:03 PM #8Dundee10Guest
Civil registration didn't start in NSW until 1856 so the entry in the BDM indexes is a record of burial not a death certificate. It won't contain any more information than is shown in the indexes.
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20-04-2017, 1:53 AM #9Dundee10Guest
A copy of the precognition might provide more information. You can apply for a quote to copy the record but depending on how large it is you may have to get together with others and share the cost. Mine was over $200 but it was hundreds of pages as a lot of people gave evidence. It doesn't hurt to get a quote and decide if you want to go ahead. I think I had to phone them with my CC details but it was quite awhile ago now and they will give you the current payment options.
https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/n...0&dt=1840&di=y
https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/resear...pying-services
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01-08-2017, 7:41 AM #10
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Visiting Kilmarnock
Dear M,
I am also a descendent of James and Priscilla. I will be visiting Kilmarnock in September this year and hope to find some evidence of the places they may have seen during the time they resided there. I have a copy of the court records relating to Priscilla's transportation so I am hoping to see the court in which she was sentenced in Ayr as well. If it is possible I will post copies of photos when we return to Sydney.
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