I don't know if this "search" belongs here or in "brick walls". I am looking for the siblings, parents, grandparents, etc of my ggg-grandfather, John Reid. I don't know his birth year, but Dec 4, 1772, he married Jean Kerr (1753-ca1822) dau of Robert Kerr and Margaret Ramsay of Ardrossan. (I can go back three generations for the Kerrs.)The Kilwinning marriage banns says John is "of this parish". Jean is in the 1819 Census of Stevenston, and is living with their youngest son James. Eventually, they moved to Paisley where James became a School Master at the Paisley Grammar School. I found a book about the School on line, and in it there is a section on James, and it says his father died shortly after his birth ....which was 1794. Because of the Scottish naming tradition, I will list the children of John and Jean in birth order (all were born in Kilwinning): Robert 1773-1846, Thomas 1776-ca1790, Margaret 1777-1857, Elizabeth 1779-??, Jean 1781-1865; John 1765-ca1873, William 1788-1854, Thomas 1791-1852 (my gg-grandfatehr), James 1794-1873. NOTE: The second son was named Thomas, and after he died, the next son was named Thomas, so that was an important name. Any suggestions as to where I would look next to find John's parents??
LindaNS