looking for info on Hamilton Hathorn Agnew c1781

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heysharls
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looking for info on Hamilton Hathorn Agnew c1781

Post by heysharls » Sun May 04, 2014 9:08 am

I'm trying to trace the Agnew side of my family tree. I've got as far back as Hamilton Hathorn Agnew who was born in wigtonshire around 1781. He was married to Mary Kerr on 27 May 1802. They had a child William 1803-1891.

WilmaM
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Re: looking for info on Hamilton Hathorn Agnew c1781

Post by WilmaM » Sun May 04, 2014 8:06 pm

Freecen has a Hamilton Agnew in 1841:
1841 Census
Piece: SCT1841/900 Place: Whithorn -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Whithorn Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 1 Page: 14
Address: -
AGNEW Hamilton M 60 Agricultural Labourer Wigtownshire
next door [according to freecen] is his wife?
Piece: SCT1841/900 Place: Whithorn -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Whithorn Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 1 Page: 14
Address: -
AGNEW Mary F 65 Wigtownshire
1851 only has a 7 year old of that name:
Piece: SCT1851/900 Place: Whithorn -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Whithorn Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Whithorn Burgh
Folio: 868 Page: 17 Schedule: 71
Address: Main Street
AGNEW William Head M M 38 Agricultural Labourer Wigtownshire - Whithorn
AGNEW James Wife M M 30 Wigtownshire - Whithorn
AGNEW Hamilton Son U M 7 Errand Boy Wigtownshire - Whithorn
AGNEW Jane Dau U F 2 Wigtownshire - Whithorn
a grandson maybe?
It would take it that H H Agnew died between the 2 census dates as his wife? is a widow in 1851
Piece: SCT1851/900 Place: Whithorn -Wigtownshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Whithorn Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Whithorn Burgh
Folio: 868 Page: 18 Schedule: 76
Address: Main Street
AGNEW Mary Head W F 70 Agricultural Labourer Wigtownshire - Whithorn
AGNEW Grace Dau U F 22 Dressmaker Wigtownshire - Whithorn
PRIEST Grace Niece U F 12 Scholar Lanarkshire - Glasgow
IRVING John Grnson U M 16m Wigtownshire - Whithorn
PRIEST Mary Niece U F 15 Seamstress Lanarkshire - Glasgow
FERGUSON Robert Lodger U M 22 Comedian Dumfries-shire - Palnackie
a selection of family members to pick through there.
I like the sound of the lodger! :lol:
Wilma