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MOIR of Otterburne
and Abergeldie
MOIR of Leckie
MOIR of Invernettie
MOIR-SCROGGIE ARMS
at Stoneywood Works
MOIR of Scotstown
(See pages 14-15)
MOIR of Stoneywood
MOIR of Hilton
AND COLLATERAL LINES
Wn>! HISTORICAL NOTES
by ALEXANDER L. MOIR
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TILDEN FCKJNDATIONS.
Copyright, 1913
by Alexander L. Moir
i Lowell^ Mass.
Published by the Author
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Press of the
Union Printing Company
Lowell, Mass.
Aberdeen Advocates, 374
Aberdeenshire Sasine Registers. By J. G. Burnett, IJsq 286
Aberneth}' of Mayen. 214
Alexander Wilson Moir, (civil service) 348
American Soldiers in the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783 31
Ancestry of Moirs of Scotstown and Barns. By J. G. Burnett, Esq. 135
Ancient Ayrshire Family, An 351
Andrew Moir I. of Overhill, and Descendants ..,.-,. .^j 114
Archibald Moir, Banker, Alioa.^ .;;,..,..'. ^, ..'. . ,.',.'':,.-. 335
Armorial Bearings of the F^^Hy 9f Jjii^ir in- Scdtland 14
Auchterarder Baptisms, 1700-1844 . , . ._.,.' ., \ .'/.' 90
Banffshire Moirs '</. '. . .',.'.' . . .' 187
Bards of Bon Accord, The ,,, ,, ;
I. George Moir .\. . .>.v.\V.'- J". .... . 337
II. Rev. John Moir, M. A'. ..'...■.. .! 337
III. William Moir 338
Blackford Baptisms, 1700-1844 90
Burgesses of Guild and Trade, Aberdeen, 1399-1700 95
"Bydand," The Gordon Motto 340
Byres of Tonley. By A. J. Mitchell-Gill, Esq 130
Callander Births, 1750-1775 88
Captain James Philip Moir, D. S. O. 336
Clackmananshire Moirs 189
Comrie Baptisms, 1700-1844 90
Corrections 492
Correspondence from the Stoneywood Manuscript 152
Crief Baptisms, 1700-1844 90
David Macbeth Moir, M. D., Family and Descendants 176
Dedication, "To My Father' ' 9
Delta Centenary, The
I. David Macbeth Moir 327
li . The Memory of Delta 330
2 MoiR Genea];ogy
Descendants of James Moir of Doune, Perthshire 230
Descendants of James Moir, Tarves, Aberdeenshire 159
Descendants of Robert and Ellizabeth Moir, Thornhill, Perthshire. . 242
Doune and Thornhill Moirs 236
Doune, Perthshire 227
Dr. James Moir, Son of Rev. George Moir and Martha Byres 123
Dr. John Muir, St. James Church, Glasgow 364
Dunblane Testaments, 1665-1777 100
Dunning, Baptisms, 1700-1844 90
Earl)' American Mores, The. By Rev. George Mooar 30
Edinburgh and Deith Moirs 190
Elginshire Moirs 191
Extracts from Maxwell Wills, Doune, Perthshire 99
Famil)' of Moir and More, The, Scotland, by Henry Paton 82
Family Record 402 to 411
Fif eshire Moirs 218
Finale 401
Forfarshire Moirs 231
Frederick L,. M. Moir 339
George Jameson 363
George Moir, of Belmont St. Congregational Church, Aberdeen 359
"A Sabbath Morning Reflection' ' 359
George W. Moir, Soldier 361
Graham-Moirs of Deckie 282
Great American Family, A 200
Hannah More, AuHid>ress .■■. .*,. ,'. ... ^.^. 350
Henry More, Aut£®K*. .' .'.,.» . .^. . . ."..^v. *..ll.;.: 350
History of the Mores. . Sy. Charle's tlhtfrcll More 25
Hon. James Moir, Scr^niqn, P^. :^. .'....7 338
Hon. William J. Moir^,. ^g/dqra,' 'I'oVa. . : 347
xiltistr3,tiotis •••«••«% ••>«.«.i*.««...^. •■•..•... ••••••*.•• 6
Index, Moirs *• •*• •'••. .'..'. J.\ .'. i .. I 439
Index, other Names 466
Index to Place-Names 427
Interesting Canadian Branch, An 212
Introductory 10
Invernesshire Moirs 224
James Moir, Fenton House, Alloa 334
James Moir-Marie Scrougie, Marriage Contract 112
Jay Gould' s Family 305
John^Moir, Blind Poet of the Feugh 341
I. Phases o' the Feugh 341
II. Twenty-third Psalm 342
III. Woman 343
John W. Moir 339
John Muir, Geologist, etc , .- 361
James Moir, M. D. , Naval Surgeon 348
John Wilson Moir 347
Kilmadock, Doune, Births (Allied Families) 1623-1843 66
MoiR Gsne;ai<ogy 3
Kilmadock Marriages, 1623-1854 79
Kincardine Births, 1843-1854 87
Kincardine Marriages, 1770-1854 78
Kincardineshire Moirs 234
Kincardine, Thornhill, Births, 1691-1843 75, 77
Lanarkshire Moirs 226
Lands of Cotton, Aberdeenshire 105
Leckie House and Estate 275
Kilmadock, Doune, Births, 1623-1843 58
Letter from William Moir-Bryce 125
List of Emigrants to America 28
List of Fiars Jurors, Aberdeenshire, 1604-1900 97
Lonach Society, The, Original Members 98
Methlick Baptisms and marriages 55
Moir and More Graduates 36
University of Aberdeen 39
University of Edinburgh 40
University of Glasgow 37
University of St. Andrews 41
Moir and More in Scotland, by Henry Paton 23
Moir Arms, The, at Stoneywood Works 15
Moir Memorials : 291
Aberdeenshire Epitaphs 316
Allenvale, Aberdeen, Burials 310
Ann Smillie Moir 326
Duncan Moir 323
Epitaphs, St. Clement's, Aberdeen 293
Epitaphs, ' 'Thanage of Fermartyn" 320
George Moir, LL. D 295
Isabella MacLarty Moir 325
John Moir, Monquhitter 303
John Moir, Woodside 321
Margaret Stewart Moir 297
Martha Smith Moir 323
Methlick Burials 297
Moirs in "Aberdeen Journal" Obituary, 1748-1889 305
Nellfield, Aberdeen, Cemetery 307
Obituaries prior to 1800 396
Patrick Moir, Epitaph 304
Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Churchj'ard 313
Record of St. Clements, Aberdeen 291
Scotstown's Mausoleum, Aberdeen 298
St. Clements, Aberdeen, Churchj'ard 312
St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, Churchyard 316
St. Peter's, Aberdeen, Churchyard 313
Tarland Churchyard 312
William Moir's Memorial Window 315
Moir of Barnes 143
Moir of Ferryhill 144
Moir of Hilton 142
4 MOIR GlENBAIvOGY
Moir of Invernettie 140
Moir of Ivonmaj' 141
Moir of New Grange 141
Moir of Otterburn 145
Moir of Stoneywood 146
Moir Memorials 291
Moirs and Mores in Ancient Charters 32
David II., (1329-1370) 32
Robert I., (1314-1328) 32
Robert II., (1370-1390) 34
Robert III. , (1390-1406) 34
Robert, Duke of Albany, (1406-1419) 35
Moirs and Mores in America, The 26
The Moirs and Mores of Scotland, The, by David F. More .... 20
Moirs of Aberdeenshire, by Andrew J. Mitchell-Gill, The 19
Moirs of Cromar 155
Moirs of England 209
Moirs of Foveran 127
Moirs of L/eckie 277
Moirs of Scotland, The, Descended from Aberdeenshire Moirs 373
Moirs of Scotstown 138
Moirs of Stoneywood, from the Stoneywood Book 370
Moirs of Stonejrvvood, The 106
I. From ' 'Aberdeen Free Press" 106
II. From "Scott's Tales of a Grandfather" 108
More of Linley 366
Mores and Mtires of Caldwell and Rowallan, The 358
Miires of Rowallan, The, an Ancient Family 351
Mures, The, by ' 'G' ' in Kilmarnock Standard 356
Muthill Baptisms, 1700-1844 .... 90
Official Record, War Department, Washington, U. S. A 368
Old Beid House, Aberdeen 369
Old Greenburn Market, The 110
Old Mansion House of Stoneywood, by James Cruikshank ., 109
Old Records, from Tonley Family Bible 134
Origin of Moir, by Hon. James Moir 17
Origin of the Moir Coats of Arms, by Nathaniel Holmes
Morrison, L^Iy. D 13
Origin of the Surname, by Prof. Cosmo Innes . . 18
Orkney and Shetland Moirs 207
Other Aberdeenshire Moirs 180
Other Moirs 211
Other Perthshire Moirs , 268
Passengers on the Mayflower 27
Personal, Biographical and Historical Notes 375 to 400
Armorial Families 381
Articles relating to Moirs in the Glasgow Exhibition (1911). . . . 392
Big Moir of Culter 397
Books written or edited by Moirs 375
Coming of age of L/ord Moore 398
MoiR Geneai,ogy 5
Grizel More of Rothiemurcbus 383
James Moir and the West End Park 385
Mar's ' 'Wark' ' 400
Moirs in Aberargie, Perthshire 382
Moirs in Aberdeen 382
Moirs in Braidbaugb 382
Moirs in Edinburgh 382
Moirs in Forres 382
Moirs in Kirkaldy, Fifeshire 382
Moore and Mure Book Collectors 378
Moore, More and Muir Silhouettes 380
My Lady Honeysuckle 399
Old Song 387
Robert Murdoch Lawrance 398
Stonehaven Engineer's Heroism 398
Tarty, IvOgie-Bachan 393
Place-Names, Doune and Thornhill 228
Powis Papers, Moir References 216
Registers of Buchanan, Elginshire, 1699-1761 57
Registers of Forres, Elginshire, 1 675-1758 56
Registers of Rothiemurcbus, Inverness-shire, 1774-1800 57
Registers of St. Andrew's, Aberdeen, 1775-1810 51
Registers of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, 1570-1700 42
Renfrewshire Moirs 272
Rev. Thomas Moir, M. A. , of Aberdeenshire 346
Robert Moir of Ontario 344
Robert Moir, Merchant, Oquawka, Illinois 345
Scotstown Library Notes 104
Scotstown Notes 105
Sir John Moore 362
Sir Michael Bruce, Baronet 349
Sir Thomas More, Statesman 349
Society of Friends, Records 55
St. George's, London, England, Marriage Registers, 1573-1853 94
Stirling Births, 1671-1700 89
Stirling Volunteers 103
Stoneywood House 110
Stoneywood Notes 106
Surname of Moir or More, The, by A. J. Mitchell-Gill, Esq 61
Tulliallan Births, 1855-1900 82
William Mitchell 364
Wright's and Cooper's Records, 1731-1911 99
Alexander J. Moir and family of Worcester, Mass 232
Alexander Moir and family, Lowell, Mass 251
Alexander Moir, calico printer, l^owell. Mass 9
Alexander Moir, engineer, Halifax, Nova Scotia 152
Alexander Wilson Moir, civil service 360
Ann Black (wife of James Moir, blacksmith) , Annet, Aberdeenshire. 168
Archibald Moir, of Alloa 344
Arms of the Scottish Universities 40
Bridge of Teith, and U. F. Manse, Doune, Perthshire 72
Chapel, King's College, Aberdeen 120
Cross, Main St. , Doune, Perthshire 72
Cross and Municipal buildings, Aberdeen, Scotland 88
Culloden, Graves of the Clans 200
David Macbeth Moir, M. D. , Scottish Poet 328
Delta's Monument, Musselburgh, Scotland 328
Denny, U. F. Church, Stirlingshire 392
Doune Castle, Doune, Perthshire 72
Duncan Moir, merchant, I^owell, Mass 344
Fdinbnrgh University 392
Forres, Elginshire • 392
Frederick I^ewis Maitland Moir, African Pioneer and Traveler 392
Gargunnock 312
Gartincaber House, near Doune, Perthshire 88
George Jameson, artist 24
George Moir, blacksmith, Uttle Ardo, and Margaret Calder, his wife. 168
George Moir, of Pro\'idence, R. 1 72
George Moir, tailor, Methlick (son of George Moir, blacksmith,
L,ittle Ardo) 168
George R. Moir and his blacksmith shop, British Columbia 168
Glasgow University 88
Gould Memorial Church, Roxbury, New York 392
Hannah More, authoress 376
MoiR Gbneaix>Gy 7
Hon. William J. Moir of Eldora, Iowa 184
House of Baillie William L/Ogan and Janet Moir, Old Aberdeen 376
Interior St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen 56
Isabella Dobson Watson Moir 360
Isabella Byres, in group, (Tonley Collection) 40
John Milne, Inspector of Poor, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire 152
John Moir and family of Winnipeg, Manitoba 280
John More's Monument, Roxbury, New York 40
John S. Moir, D. O., of Lowell, Mass 280
John Russell and family of Glasgow 216
James Byres, in group, (Tonley Collection) 40
James Moir, blacksmith, Fedderate, (son of Geo. Moir, Little Ardo)- 168
James Moir, blacksmith, Annet, Aberdeenshire 168
James Moir, J. P. , Alloa, Clackmananshire 344
James Moir, M. A. , schoolmaster, Savock of Deer 168
James oir II of Stoneywood, over 15 years M. P. for Aberdeenshire
(Scougal, Painter) 40
James Moir IV of Stoneywood, (from the painting in the Skene Col-
lection) 120
Janet (Moir) Byres, in group, (Tonley Collection) 40
King Charles 1 24
King's College, Aberdeen 56
Leckie House, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire 152
Loch Shiel and Prince Charlie's Monument 200
Lord Lewis Gordon 24
Main Street, Thornhill, Perthshire 88
Major James Philip Moir, D. S. O 344
Map of Doune, Thornhill and Neighborhood 228
Mark W. Moir of Eldora, Iowa 184
Marischall College, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen 56
Marischall College previous to 1840 120
M. Carland and wife, Corunna, Michigan 216
Moir of Hilton Coat of Arms Frontispiece
Moir Coat of Arms at Stoneywood Works "
Moir of Scotstown Coat of Arms "
Moir of Invernettie Coat of Arms "
Moir of Stoneywood Coat of Arms "
Moir Window, Scotstown Coat of Arms 136
Moir Window, Invernettie Coat of Arms , 136
Moir Window, Three Moir heads 136
Mrs. Alexander Moir (Isabella MacLarty) of Lowell, Mass 9
Mrs. James McLaren and Mrs. Joseph Kelley 312
Old Church at Muthill, Perthshire 56
Old Machar Cathedral : 312
Old Mansion House at Stoneywood 104
Old Newton House, Doune, Perthshire 72
Original Moir Tail-Pieces
104, 111, 159, 175, 199, 200, 206, 208, 21G, 215, 225, 229, 230, 235, 241,
255, 267, 276, 281, 285, 291, 294, 299, 314, 318, 326, 333, 336, 357, 369,
372, 373, 375, 376, 384, 400, 401, 412, 427, 439.
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Original Tail-Pieces '.
15, 16, 24, 34, 35, 36, 50, 54, 93, 94, 98, 109, 126, 154, 179, 227, 271,
300, 301, 343, 355, 381.
Otterburn and Abergeldie Coat of Arms Frontispiece
Palace of History, (Glasgow Exhibition, 1911) 392
Patrick Bj'res, (from the Tonley Collection) 40
Patrick Moir, (from the Tonley Collection) 40
Prince Charles Edward Stuart ; 24
Rev. George Moir, D. D., Minister at Peterhead, Aberdeenshire 40
Robert Moir of North Carolina 184
Robert Moir and family of Bberts, Ontario, Canada : 248
Robert Moir and family of Denny, Stirlingshire 252
Robert Moir and family of West Kilbride, Ayrshire 264
Robert Moir 's house at Govan 264
Robert Smith and family of Pollokshields, Glasgow 248
Rorie More's Horn 392
Scoto-English Seal 24
Scotstown's Mausoleum, St. Peter's Churchyard, Aberdeen 296
Seal of Aberdeen University, Aberdeen 56
Seal of St. Andrew's University, St. Andrew's, Fifeshire 392
Sir John Moore 360
St. Nicholas, West Church, Interior, Aberdeen 56
St. Nicholas Church, (now called East and West Church) Aberdeen- 56
Stoneywood House, Stoneywood, Aberdeenshire • • 152
Stoneywood Works, Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire 152
Susan (Moir) Kelley and Janet (Moir) MacLaren of Vernon, Mich-. 312
Tablet in wall of Old Beid House, Aberdeen 376
Tonley House, Whitehouse, Aberdeenshire 152
William Moir, in Group 40
William Moir, iron merchant, Aberdeen 168
William Moir, Sixth Principal of Aberdeen University (1649-1661)- • 40
William Moir, jeweler, New York City 312
William Moir's Memorial Window in Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church, New York City 312
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In loving memory of him, who did not live to see the full
completion of a task which has taken much time and study.
Whose whole heart was in this work, of which he was the
originator, whose counsels assisted in gathering together a
vast amount of information concerning his own branch of the
family.
This volume is respectfully dedicated by
THE AUTHOR.
intr0iiurt0rg
In compiling this work, it has been our desire to bring
together scattered facts, relating to the Moirs, especially those
of a historical nature, and have them registered in some form to
produce a book of reference with vital records of the different
families wherever found.
It is on account of the valuable assistance we have received
from the different branches recorded, that we are able to issue
this work. Genealogical data, however, does not appeal to
every family, with the result that several branches are not
given, as we have been unable to obtain the desired information.
The Moir family is undoubtedly one of the oldest of Scottish
families, and they certainly were of a hardy and generally pros-
perous race as their early records prove. They have carried
with them from generation to generation the tra^ittions and
high moral tone of their hardy ancestors.
The family formerly were in many lines of trade or pro-
fessions, some of these vocations are continued in the same
families to this day. Many are tillers of the soil, and have
in many cases, extended or enlarged their estate, or the younger
members of the family have bought other estates to " grow up "
on — a good thrifty sign — which is general among nearly every
branch we have recorded. Into whatever branch of industry
they have entered, it has always been to encourage and maintain
an honorable standard — that which is wholesome and pure in
life.
At first it was intended to enter in connection with this
work, a full account of the different religious bodies with which
the families were connected; but so many families have failed
to reply to this part of the family record, that it would not be
fair to put this into print. It is quite safe to say that a vast
majority of the Moirs are Presbyterian, while the Episcopalians
are a good second.
Aside from the different Moir families of Aberdeenshire,
which have been so fully and admirably set forth by Mr. Andrew
J. Mitchell-Gill, in his book " The Houses of Moir and Byres,"
MOIR GBNEAI^OGY 11
and which are herein transcribed with the kind permission of
the author, and to which we have added the registers of other
localities in that county — we have endeavored to show a full
account of the Doune and Thornhill families in Perthshire, and
the Leckie Moirs in Stirlingshire — all of the same branch.
The official records of these localities, (which are not in very-
good condition, there being many omissions), dates back to 1623
only, and it is a lamentable fact, that of all the progeny, that were
born in these places, there are now very few of our name in the
neighborhood, many having gone to other localities, mostly to
foreign shores, where they have generally expanded, and now
have places of their own. Even the Moirs of Leckie have gone
from the estate at Gargunnock, the Graham-Moirs having sold
it, and the last owner removes to Edinburgh, and even drops
the name of Moir.
Many of the localities from which other families of Moirs
originated we have not traced to their origin, but we have been
glad to receive the record as shown, and hope these will be
written out in full in some later edition.
We have also endeavored to put on record several of the
individuals of the family, with a world-wide reputation, among
whom are DAVID MACBETH MOIR, M. D., the Scottish
poet and literary man, whose poetry is of the first order, and
whose wholesome comic story of "Mansie Wauch," has made
much hearty laughter. The principal facts of the poet were
sent by his daughter, the wife of the late Rev. Professor Milli-
gan. D. D., now of Edinburgh.
The two brothers, FREDERICK LEWIS MAITEAND
MOIR and JOHN WILEIAM MOIR, who made their mark as
pioneers in the wilds of Central Africa, and who actively assisted
in bringing to an end the slavery which existed there, even at a
great self-sacrifice, are also chronicled.
Of the poets of our clan of Aberdeenshire, George Moir, Esq.,
is one of the most prolific and prominent, with a long and event-
ful career, and John Moir " the blind poet of the Feugh," has
written some fine poetry, the Twenty-third Psalm in broad Scots
being a good specimen. The Rev. John Moir, M. A., and William
R. Moir, Esq.. have also written many and valuable additions
to poetical literature.
There are many of our name who have been and are prom-
inent individuals, who are shining lights among men; magistrates,
12 MOIR Geneaxogy
judges, mayors, clergymen, lawyers, leaders in their various
professions or branch of industry in which they may be engaged,
as is herein shown.
The illustrations used in this work will serve to give some
idea of the people and locations. We have inserted views of
the various universities of Scotland, because there have been a
more than ordinary share of graduates of our patronymic from
these institutions.
The writer has been ten years at work on this genealogy
(in his spare time) and a considerable portion of the collections
that follow were made when he first began this work, and in-
formation concerning the additions to families and the departures
since, have not been as fully recorded. One needs hardly offer an
apology for knowing and therefore registering more of the facts
which concern his own immediate family; if, as to some other
branches of the family the record is proportionately much more
complete, thanks are due the correspondents who have taken
pains to make it so. He who has done what he could would be
glad to continue the work farther and perfect it, as there may
be found many omissions and inaccuracies.
The author begs gratefully to acknowledge valuable assist-
ance in this work from MR. ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL
of Savock; to MR. R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE and MR.
JOHN GEORGE BURNETT, all of Aberdeenshire; MR. WIL-
LIAM B. COOK of Stirling ; REV. WALTER MacLEOD and
MRS. ANNE MILLIGAN, daughter of DELTA of Edinburgh,
and REV. GEORGE MILLIGAN of Glasgow University.
In case of any errors or omissions or additional informa-
tion, in the event of a supplementary edition being printed, they
should be noted and sent to the author at the address here given,
and they will be placed in their proper position.
ALEXANDER L. MOIR.
Lowell, Mass., U. S. A.
ORIGIN OF THE MOIR COAT OF ARMS
NATHANIEL HOLMES MORRISON, LL. D.
Provost of Peabody Institute, Bedtimore, Md.
It is asserted that Kenneth Moir was one of the brave
soldiers who accompanied Lord James Douglas, or "The Good
Sir James " into Spain with the heart of King Robert the Bruce,
about the year 1330, and when they landed, they engaged with
Alonzo XI. of Spain, to fight on the Christian side against the
pagan Moors. Lord Douglas was killed in attempting to rescue
Sir William St. Clair of Roslyn ; but in the charge, and before
this happened, Kenneth Moir slew three Moors and cut off their
heads, when one of the Scottish host exclaimed " One Scottish
Christian Moir can kill three pagan Moors." It is believed that
this incident is the cause of the origin of the coat-of-arms of the
Moirs wherein are depicted three Moors heads with the blood
dripping from the neck.
Similar arms are matriculated in the arms of the Morrisons
of Preston Grange in Midlothian.
The name Moir means renowned, famous, a mighty one.
1792
ARMORIAL BEARINGS
Of the Family of MOIR in Scotland
From ihe " LYON REGISTER "
I. Dr. William Moir of Scotstowne, bears argent three
Registered negroes' heads. Coupe, proper, with a ribband or scarf about
ye brow knit behind, of the first ; above ye shield ane helmet
befitting his degree, mantled gules, doubled, argent. Next is
placed on ane torse for his crest a mort head upon two leg bones
salty re ways, proper. The motto in the escroll — " Non sibi sed
cunctis." — (Not for self , but for all).
II. John Moir of Stoneywood; argent, three mouritannian
Same date jjeads, couped, and distilling gutt de sang, proper. Crest a
mouritannian head couped as ye former. Motto — ' ' Major opima
ferat." — (Let the worthiest carry off the prize).
III. James Moir of Invernethie, Esquire, paternally de-
scended from the family at Stoneywood; argent, three Moors'
heads couped, each wreathed with laurel, and distilling three
drops of blood, all proper, in chief, a dexter hand pointing with
the forefinger towards the base of the last crest, an eye proper.
Motto — "Deusdedit." — (God gave). Matriculated, 27 Jan.
1792.
IV. Master William Moir of Hilton, Advocate, bears or,
1672-78 three men's heads couped, distilling drops of blood proper,
wreathed about with bay leaves, vert. Crest, a dexter arm
issuing from the shoulder out of a cloud, and holding a branch
of laurel, slipped, all proper. Motto — " Virtute non aliter." —
(By virtue, not otherwise).
V. Thomas Moir of Otterburne, whose grandfather was a
second son of ye familie of Abergeldie; argent, three negroes'
heads, couped, proper, within a bordure, counter-indented,
sable and or. Crest, a negroe's head, as the former. Motto —
" Mediocriter." — (With moderation).
VI. The L,eckie Moirs matriculated arms in 1796 as
follows : — (First and fourth quarters) Argent, three mouri-
tanian heads couped and distilling three drops of blood proper,
banded of the first, a pearl in each ear of the second, in the
centre, a mullet, gules, for Moir; (Second quarter) Argent, a
1672-78
MoiR Genkai,ogy 15
head crowned proper, in a chief sable three escallops, or, — for
Graham ; (First and fourth quarters of third quarter) Argent, a
galley, sails furled, oars in action, sable. This quarter is for
Stewart and Campbell.
For crest, a falcon proper, armed or belted, or, perched on
a heron lying on its back proper, beaked and membered gules.
Motto—" Ne Oublie."— (Not forgotten).
THE MOIR ARMS
At Stoneywood Works
This is a large casting on fine metal, built into the solid
masonry of a wall, near the ofl&ce building of Stoneywood Works
at Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire.
It contains the Stoneywood arms in conjunction with the
arms of Scrogie. This coat-of-arms must have originated with
James Moir II. of Stoneywood, as he married July 10, 1683;
Mary, daughter of Right Rev. William Scrogie, Bishop of
Argyll. (See marriage contract): —
Parted her pale, two coats ; first, three mouritanian heads,
couped, distilling gutt de sang, proper. Second, azure, a
chevron, or, between two scroggs (starved branches), in chief,
and a man's heart in base, argent. Above the shield a helmet
befitting his degree, mantled gules. Crest, a mouritanian head,
couped, distilling gutt de sang, proper; and the motto " Major
Opima Ferat."
THE SURNAME OF MOIR OR MORE
I
BY ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By the evidence of ancient charters, the orthography of this
name seems to have been so various as to occasion some difficulty in
distinguishing the different families who bore it, as we fimd Individuals
of the same family promiscuously designed by the name of Moir,
More, Moor, Moore, Mure, Muir, sometimes contracted to Mr and
even Moreson, Morrison and Mureson. The name has a double origin,
from Maure or Saracen, borne by foreign families in most of the con-
tinental countries of Europe, varied in accordance with the peculiar
idiom of the country, and in Scotland from the Gaelic etymology
MohP, big or great, allusive to remarkable size of person.
*Of the five entries of arms in the Lyon Register, to families of
the name of 31oir or More in Scotland, all are connected with Aber-
deenshire, and bear the three Moors' or Saracetas' heads.
The name of Morison in Scotland bears azure three Saracens'
heads, conjoined in one neck proper, the faces looking to the chief,
dexter and sinister sides of the shield.
The family and surname of Mure or Mulr is much mixed up,
and often confused with that of More or Moir. The principal family
of the surname of Muir seems to have been the Muirs of Rowallan,
in Ayrshire, who bear, argent, on the fesse azure, three stars, or;
quite different bearings from the name of Moir or More, yet there are
not wanting instances where two or more families, having the same
surname, and tracing to a common ancestor, bear quite distinct arms.
One, if not the most ancient, family of the surname of More, was
N* h*>f-' t^3.t of Polkellie, in the County of Renfrew. Gilchrist More was one
Heraldry °^ ^^® Barons who swore fealty to Edward I in 129 6. The heiress of
Polkellie, Janet More, in the time of David II married Sir Adam
Muir of Rowallan.
The late Mr. James Skene of Rubislaw, in a valuable and most
interesting manuscript history by him of the "Moirs of Stoneywoodi"
family, kindly lent me by his son, Mr. Wm. F. Skene, says: "Sir Gil-
christ More was a descendant of the Irisih O'Mores, and that the con-
nection appears fronn the grant made by Sir Gilchrist Muir of Row-
allan (who waa knighted at the Battle of Largs), of his lands of
•There is a sixth entry in the Lyon Register of Moir— the Arms of the Moirs of Leckie,
Stirlingshire, given herein.
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Polkellie to his Irish kinsman, Ronald More, who had come over
to assist in a contest with the Cumlttigs, and that the O'Mores of Ire-
land bore as crest the Moire's head or 'Bluidy Held,' in allusion to the
family name." He also says: "Several faimilies, possessing property
in the western counties of Scotland, branched off at different times
from that of Rowallan and Polkellie, most of whom adopted the name
of Mure, although More was the original orthography used in Ireland
and Great Britain."
The Moires, marquises of Drohega, in Ireland, have a Moor's
head, out of a coronet, for crest, and their arms have a resemblance
in the charges, although 'not in the tinctures, to those of the family
of Muir of Rowallan.
But we will now confine ourselves to the history of the Moirs or
Mores in Aberdeenshire. "The introduction of the name into that Sliene's MS.
country may with great probability be assigned to tlie circumstance
of the extensive possessions acquired there by Sir Reginald More, the
Chamberlain in David II's reign; and it is remarkaljle that while the
families in the western countries have almost all adopted the name of
Mure or Muir, those in Aberdeenshire have as uniformly retained the
original orthography of More or Moir." In the older records, however,
I often find the surname of the Aberdeenshire Moirs spelt also More,
and Moire, Moore, and so forth, and in a very few instances, Muire and
Mure.
ORIGIN OF MOIR
II
BY HON. JAMES MOIR
Ex-Mayor of Scranton, Pa.
"I have often wondered as to where the name originated. Many
claim that the construction of the name denotes French origin; but
my impression is that it is of Norse origin, and the French of this sur-
name are Norman-French. The Gaelic name More — or more prop-
erly spelled in Gaelic, Mhor — which means big, large, is a different
cognomen."
ORIGIN OF THE SURNAME
III
(From "Concerning Some Scottish Surnames" )
BY PROF. COSMO INNES
(Author of Innes' Genealogy)
(Written in 1857 — Printed, Edinburgh, 1860 )
When names are seeking, people are naturally called by the name
of the place where they have been born or live, so that you cannot
wonder that, in our own dear country, we have many Hills and Glens,
Craigs, Woods and Forrests. Mountain is a more English form of
Hill. We have the hills too near and like them too well to give them
grand-sounding names.
The Moor has given names to families in all the three kingdoms.
With us (in Scotland), they have enjoyed the usual license of spell-
ing, but the origin and sense of the word is the same, whether it is
spelt as the good Sir Thomas More used it, or like the wish anacreon
Moore, or our antique Muir, I have observed that in all its shapes,
the name connects itself with literature. One of our best (3-reek
scholars of the eighteenth century was Professor Moor of Glasgow.
Our foremost Grecian now (1857) is Sir William Mure of Caldwell,
the accomplished historian of Greek literature — accomplished in a
way so rare among Scotch gentlemen. (He died in the spring of
1860.) The author of "Zeluco" and his more illustrious son (Sir John
Moore) added an "e" to the name "for a difference," and some such
cause has produced the various reading Moir, still distinguished for
the strong propensity to literature.
THE MOIRS OF ABERDEENSHIRE
BY ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL
Author of Houses of Moir and Byres (1885)
It will be seen that the surname of Moir or More can fairly rank
as one of the oldest in the County of Aberdeen, even without entering
into the debateable question of Ranald or Reginald More, Chamber-
lain of Scotland, being pregenitor of the Moirs, as well as the Muirs,
who, as will be seen, had large grants in Aberdeeinshire in 1328.
As land-owners, however — with the exception of Patrick More de
Belhelvie, in 1647 — few of them appear before the seventeenth and
eighteenth centuries, and previous to that period, the heads of most
of the different families (doubtless all originally of the same stock)
seem to have been mostly substantial burgesses of Bon Accord.
Of the gallant and brave Moirs of Stoneywood, there were only
four generations — John Moir of Kermuck, afterwards of Stonej^wood,
the founder — keen, honest and shrewd, as became his good Burgess
ancestry. He was succeeded by his son, James II of Stoneywood, a
learned and gallant gentleman, for fifteen years M. P. for his county;
whose picture, attributed to Scougall, is in the Tonley Collection.
His son was James Moir III. of Stoneywood, the brave and staunch
supporter of the Prince, who, along with Lord Lewis Gordon and his
kinsman Moir of Lonmay, was among the most important of Charles
Stuart's supporters in Aberdeenshire. He was succeeded by his
equally good and brave son, James Moir IV, and last of Stoneywood,
the tried friend of his unfortunate Prince. With this worthy son of
worthy sires ended the male line of the gallant Stoneywoods, whose
representatives through the female line are the Skexies of Rubislaw.
Lands and houses pass away, and the place which knew them shall
know them no more.
Of the "broad acres" owned by the name of Moir in Aberdeen-
shire, only tW'O families of the surname hold estates in the county,
viz. — ^Moir-Byres of Tonley, whose lands (over 5000 acres) came to
them through the Byres family; and the old family of Moir of Scots-
town, who have owned that property for at least eight generations,
and who were much connected with the University and Old Town of
Aberdeen. Its present representative (1885), William Moir, is a
lieutenant in the 18th Hussars, and will, I hope, uphold the "auld
hoose," and add to, instead of diminish, the family inheritance.
Moir of Invernettie had aspired to "founding a family," and reg-
istered arms on that account, but his line became extinct before the
parent stem of Stoneywood, and Invernettie reverted to that family.
Of the loyal Moirs of Lonmay, the son of the Prince's brave sup-
porter sold the estate and bought New Grange in Forfarshire, which
was, however, soon parted with.
William Moir, M. P., of Hilton, although also wishful to "found
a house," and between 1672-8 registering arms, endures only for a
few years, and in 1682 there is another laird, and even the name of
his estate is changed.
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Moir of Barnes, out of a family of four sons and nine daughters,
appears at his decease to have left only eight daughters, his co-heir-
esses, whose husbands, no doubt, carefully and quickly divided his
estate of the Abergeldie Moirs. I have no particulars excepting of
their cadet "Moir of Otterburne," of whose house there were five
lairds; Tsut in 1765, their estates were sold.
Of the Tonley Moirs, we have first, Andrew Moir of Overhill, who
is able to give his large family, by two wives, each a comfortable
"set-out" in the world. His eldest son, likewise Andrew Moir, fol-
lows a country life, and devotes himself to agriculture. No doubt, his
wife, the Laird of Thornton's daughter, brings with her a suitable
dowry. He is thus able to place his sons comfortably in the world,
and to give each of his four daughters such a tocher as will not de-
crease their attractiveness in the eyes of a fond husband. The eldest
son of the last couple, the Rev. Andrew Moir, was for nearly thirty
years the minister of Ellon. By his well-born wife, Jean Forbes, of
the family of Waterton, he had, with other issue — the Rev. George
Moir, his heir, who was for fifty-five years the much-loved and re-
spected minister of Peterhead; his wife, Martha Byres, whom he mar-
ried in 1766, was the daughter of Patrick Byres of Tonley, the "Jacob-
ite Laird." Two of this fine couple's sons married their cousins, who
were sisters; but John Moir, the younger brother, married the elder
sister, Catherine Byres, whose descendants, as shown in the sequel,
now hold Tonley. "WTiile Janet Byres, the younger sister, married the
elder brother, James Moir, M. D., and their son, Patrick Moir-Crane,
is the present head of this branch of the Moir family, and heir-pre-
sumptive to Tonley (1885).
THE MOIRS AND MORES IN SCOTLAND
( Abridged from article on "Our Ancestors" )
BY DAVID F. MORE
Written in 1900
The Moirs and Mores have lived very long in Scotland, and are
scattered into almost every corner of it. There have been several
ancient and honorable families bearing the "name, five of whom have
registered arms, but none of them have endured in full vigor until the
present time. All these honorable families resided in Aberdeenshire,
on the extreme eastern side of the couoitry; yet on my return trip, I
met a fellow-passenger spelling his name the same way we do, who
resides in Islay, a large island off the western shore, and who said
that his ancestors had resided there for more than four hundred
years.
One great difficulty in determining relationship is the multiplicity
of ways of spelling the name. For instance, Sir John Moore, who died
in the Peninsular War, was born in Glasgow, and was lineal descend-
ant from Mure of Rowallan, whose name is always spelled Mure,
while the name of the daughter of Adam, who was first granted the
MoiR Genealogy 21
estate of Rowallan by King Robert II, was Elizabeth More. Many of
them spell the name Muir. and a great many of our own relatives now
in Scotland, spell their name Moir.
There are two derivations of the name given by historians. First
from Maiire, meaning Saracen, and second from Mhor, Gaelic, for
big, or great, and having reference usually to largeness of body,
although sometimes to positions to prominence, as, for instance, the
Duke of Argyle, although a Campbell, is always called MacCalluni
More.
All the coats of arms of the five registered families of Aberdeen
bear on their shields three Moor or negro heads. The same is true of
a number of families of our name in England. Just what it means,
no writer at this day attempts positively to state. Some say that the
Moirs might have been of Moorish descent; some that it was only a
play upon the word Moor; others, and perhaps the nearest the truth,
that the original progenitor procured renown in fighting against the
Moors, in the conflict which finally drove them out of Europe in
732 A. D.
Historians of Aberdeenshire believe that all the prominent Mores
of their shire were descended from one progenitor, but whether it was
from Sir Adam More, who lived in 1338, or from Reginald or Ronald
More, Chamberlain of Scotland, or from some other prominent man,
they cannot tell.
Besides Mure of Rowallan, there were: Moir of Stoneywood, Moir
of Scotstown, Moir of Hilton, and Moir of Braca, of whom it is said
that he was so wealthy that his purse stood upon one end. We called
in Edinburgh on a descendant of this Moir, one Mary Moir, and found
her to be a single lady, ninety-three years of age, hale and hearty,
bright and active, in full possession of all her powers of mind and
body. This family, like so many other prominent ones, only lasted
through four generations, when it became extinct through lack
of male issue.
We found our family name in many prominent positions in
Glasgow, London, and other cities we visited.
I think we should give due credit to a country that produces
such a quality of people. Bonnie Scotland is worthy all the love and
honor her sons or their offspring can bestow upon her. It might be
said of her, as the Psalmist said of the beloved city, Jerusalem:
"Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth," and it is true
of her, as of Jerusalem, "God is known in her palaces for a refuge."
The country may not be salubrious, nor all the people saints, but
there is a general average of both, above that of any land or people
I have seen.
THE FAMILY OF MOIR AND MORE, SCOTLAND
Abridged from article by HENRY PATON, Historian, Edinburgh
There can be no doubt that the surnames Moir, More, Moor,
Moore, Muir and Mure are iDUt variations of one and the same patro-
nymic. The form in which it first appeared in Scotland, and in which
it persists for about two centuries, is More. Even those from whom
the most considerable famxilies of Muir, such as the Muirs of Rowal-
lan, of Caldwell, and others, are almost invariably written "More," in
the early Scottish registers and charters, save that in Latin writs the
name sometimes occurs in the Latinized form of Mora.
From a considerable search made on the subject, my belief is
that the name of More first came from England. In Domesday
Book, which contains the result of a survey of England made by Wil-
liam the Conqueror in 1086, mention is made of the existence in that
country of several places of the name of More, particularly in the
Counties of Devon, Worcester, Hereford and Norfolk.
There is also in the early land registers of England, and in many
parts of that country, persons of the name of More mentioned, even
as far back as the reign of Henry II, which began in 1216, and
some of them held knightly rank, as Sir Henry de la More. This
style, "de la More," is at first universal, but latterly, towards the reign
of Queen Elizabeth, comes dovim to plain More, and later to Moir
and Muir. It was in the form "de la More" or "Mora" that the
name came to Scotland. In 1213, one Adam de la Mora was sent by
King John of England to the King of Scotland with a gift of gir-
falcons. It looks as if he, and perhaps some others of his name,
had then settled in Scotland, for by the end of that century, when
Edward I. was dealing with the Scots, about the succession of the
Scottish Crown, there were a considerable number of "De la Mores,"
including an Adam de la More, in Ayrshire and Lanarkshire. A
century later, when the Laird of Rowallan gets a confirmation charter
from King Robert the Third, he is designated Sir Adam More,
Knight; but it is in the same year (1391) that the first transmuta-
tion of the name takes place into "Mure," in a charter of pension
granted to the King's uncle Andrew Mure, he being a brother of
Elizabeth More of Rowallan. After this date, the common spelling
of the name is Muir or Mure.
The first, and perhaps the most eminent, of the Mores in Scot-
land— and he was the first who attained to eminence — was Reginald
de la More. He became a favorite with King Robert Bruce, who
employed him in embassies, and gave him a number of very consider-
able est8.tes in various parts of Scotland, one being that of Aber-
corn, in Linlithgow; another being the Thanage of Formartyn, which
included a greater part of Aberdeenshire. He was made Chamber-
lain of Scotland in 1329, and held that office until his death, in 1341.
One of his sons was Sir William More of Abercorn, and another was
Gilchrist More, the ancestor of the Mures of Caldwell, in Renfrew-
shire.
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The only connection which the royal family of Scotland had with
the Mores was the marriage of Elizabeth More of Rowallan to
Robert, the High Steward of Scotland, who afterwards became King,
as Robert II, on the death of David II, without issue.
The word "More," which occurs after such personages as Angus
Mor, Fergus 'Mor, Loarn More, MacCullum More, is not at all a
surname, for surnames did not exist in Scotland in their day. In all
these and innumerable other cases, it is merely a distinctive appella-
tion, "More" being simply the Gaelic adjective, meaning great or
big, or the Scotch word "muckle." The aspirated form, "mhoir," is
the feminine gender. So in the case of Ben More, Loch More, Glen-
more, Strathmore, and so forth, what is denoted is merely the great
mountain, lake, glen, and strath.
There is no "Clan Mhoir." This is just another instance of the
use of the adjective. The "Clan Mhic Gille Mhoir," of which Dr.
Brown refers in his history of the Highlands, is explained by Sir
Robert Gordon, the contemporary writer, whom he is quoting, to be
merely a sept or branch of the Clan MacLeod.
As to the family of Moir or More in the northern counties of
Scotland, it is possible they may have come from the lowlands. It
is also quite possible, however, that they may have been of Highland
origin, and assumed the name of Moir or More from the Gaelic
adjective just referred to. Surnames were much later of being
adopted in the Highlands than in the Lowlands, and they were by
no means general even in the sixteenth century. But this possibility
I merely suggest.
MOIR AND MORE IN SCOTLAND
BY HENRY PATON, ESQ.
Concerning the origin of the forbears of the MORE FAMILY of America, descended
from MOIRS of Rothiemurchus, Elginshire
In the early part of the sixteenth century, there were persons
of the name of More in Strathavon and Strathdee, 1527. (See Praser's
Chiefs of Grant III, pp. 68, 70.) In 1622 and 1632, there were Moirs
in the service of the Laird of Grant, one of whom, William Moir, was
his chamberlain on the estate of Mulben, w'hich lies about half way
between Keith and the lower Craigellachie, in Strathspey (lb. I.,
p. 274.) But later, the family seems to have greatly spread through
Strathspey, into the parishes of Moray and Banff, and also Aberdeen-
shire, for in 1745, there were the Moirs of Stoneywood in the parish
of Newhills, and Invernettie near Peterhead. James Moir of Stoney-
wood took part in the rebellion of 1745, having the command of the
Aberdeen battalion of the forces raised by Lord Lewis Gordon to
assist Prince Charlie.
The Forres registers show that some of the family of More were
resident there in or before 1690, as in that year (16th February)
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MOIR Gbneai^ogy
Agnes, the lawful daughter of John More and Margaret More, in
Mondole, was baptised.
In Aberlour Parish, in Strathspey, they appear to have beeto
numerous, as when the register opens in 1708, the name is of frequent
occurrence, the Christian names of the males being most commonly
John, David, William, Alexander, sometimes George, James, Peter;
and of the females. Christian, Margaret, Jean and Elizabeth. In the
Parish of Alvie, which comprises part of the district between
Grantown and Kingussie, the name Gregor More occurs in 1719, on
17th December, of which year a son, William, was baptised to Gregor
More, in Invermarkie, and his wife, Janet Fraser. And in some of
the surrounding parishes, the registers of which were glanced at for
the purpose, it is evident that the name was in considerable force.
PRINCE CHARLES EDWARD STUART
Scoto-English Seal
GEORGE JAMESON, Artist
KING CHARLES I
LORD LEWIS GORDON
HISTORY OF THE MORES
BY CHARLES CHURCH MORE
President of JOHN MORE ASSOCIATION of New York
(Written March 1,1905)
In' regard to the past history jn record of the name More, I have
given an extended investigation, and my belief is that the original
name of the family was More. And I trace it by record, history,
tradition and oral history brought down in Burton's History of Scot-
land, and Irish history back to and before the Christian era in the
chieftains and kings of the Milanese colony who settled in County
Antrim, Ireland, coming from Egypt, being a colony from Asia Minor
who settled there, and being so aggressive and prosperous to cause
jealousy of the Egyptians, they drove them out. It is said the chief
married a daughter of Pharaoh, and evidently they were an aggres-
sive and a race of ability, as manifested.
Owing to political difficulties (after these people settled and gave
the name to Scotland), many of the Mores changed their names to
Moir, Muir, and some, who went to Germanj', to Mohr. I think they
all trace back to the dominant rulers of that migration. And the
same descent in Scotland ruling to about the twelfth century in
name More, as Lorn and Fergus More were the first rules of that
name in Scotland, and their descendants to the twelfth century, where
it passed from the name More to the maternal side and came to the
throne by Robert Bruce, who was the rightful heir, although
Edward I of England, as overlord, gave it to John Baliol, second
daughter's descent; "Bruce," first daughter's; and Coimyn, third.
It is very interesting to follow the landmarks and all that leads up
to the tracings away back in the misty past. Yet I find tracings all
along the way that leads me to believe in the "Stone of Destiny,"
which is held so sacred by the Scots and English now with such
confidence. It was the one on which Jacob's head rested when he
saw the vision, and kept sacred by his descendants, and links this
family with its history.
Who knows they were not his descendants, which tradition gives
them a right to claim? And Queen Victoria, who had access to all
the records in the kingdom that were taken by Edward I to London,
when he overran Scotland in the twelfth century. Queen Victoria
traces back in the maternal line to Robert Bruce, and in the same
line back to King David of Jerusalem.
In 1900, I visited James Moir of Balinan, near Grant's Town, a
lineal descendant of a brother of John More, a man then eighty-three
years old, and knew all about the family, and John's whereabouts in
America. I asked him which was the family name. He said More
was the name, and original one, and way to spell it. When a boy,
the teacher at school told him he must spell it Moir, and he had
always done so, and his children also.
I claim that More is the correct way of spelling it, and it has
come down to us without a break, so far as I can trace, notwith-
26 MoiR Genkai^ogy
standing the vagaries through which different branches have been
willing to digress and mix it in way of spelling. We have no trouble
tracing so far as the public records show in Scotland. Before those,
we have to follow the line by tradition and oral evidence, aa it
appears in whatever form. I failed to find when there were not men
by the name 3Iore in my research. Mr. Randall, in charge of Holy-
rood Palace at Edinburgh, and a historian, confirmed me in my views
when I visited him in 19 00. I know the Scotch notion is that More
means "muckle or big." It was the men bearing that name who left
their impress distinctly, centuries ago, that you will find all over Scot-
land as More this and More that, which, if you eliminate and substi-
tute Bisr, would mean nothing.
THE MOIRS AND MORES IN AMERICA
There were undoubtedly a great many of the name of More who
previous to the Revolutionary War of 1776, emigrated to America
as there are a great many of that name in that war, and we will
try to brieflS'^ describe the result of some of our searches through the
official records, a great many of which are obtained from "The New
England Historic and Genealogical Register," which, however, covers
all the early records of the whole countrj\
g' ■%e^"'ste^ There was a "More" killed in King Philip's War in 1676. He lived
vol.44, p. 7l' in Mansfield, Mass.
Mary Palmer, b. June 28, 1713, m. William More, June 4, 1729.
G.' Reg.', vol. Children: Allen More, b. Jan. 17, 1730; Andrew More, b. Jan. 6, 1735;
50, p.223 James More, b. Mar. 21, 1738, d. Feb. 14, 1739; Abeline More, Eliza-
beth More, Content More, William More, Mary More.
N. E. H. and Edmund Moers, Jr., lived at Newbury. Mass., paying taxes on an
G. Reg., vol.
32, p. 157 estate there.
N. E. H. and Rebecca More, admitted to full communion in the First Church
?3 p 207 ^°^' of Charlestown, Mass., Feb. 8, 1740.
N. E. H. and Willliam, Archelaus, Elizabeth, Samuel and Sarah, children of John
G. Reg., vol. j^/fore, baptised Dec. 24, 1727, at Durham, New Hampshire, by Rev.
33, p. 345 and
p. 348 Hugh Adams.
do., vol. 34, Mrs. More struck by a great stream of fire (lightning), July 15, 1665.
p. 163. gYie was wounded and badly hurt.
p°271^°^" ^^' Enoch More paid taxes in Charlestown in 1688.
do., vol. 34, Mr. Thomas More's vessel cast away at Cape Cod in ye storm, four
p. 298 persons perished, and much wealth lost, Feb. 14, 1668.
do-, vol. 35, T. J. More was allotted four acres of land on Neponset River, in
P- "^^ Dorchester, Mass., in 1637.
do., vol. 36, William More, impanelled as a juror, Sept. 10, 1686, at Exeter, New
P- ^^^ Hampshire.
p°'m°^' ^^' The wife of John More died Jan. 26, 1661, at Braintree, Mass.
MoiR Genealogy , 27
James, ye sone of Enoch and Rebeckah More, was baptised Apr. 4, n.E. H. and
1681, in the First Church at Charlestown, Mass. G. Reg., vol.
Thomas Moire, baptised May 29, 1694, at Batlscan (Canada).*
April 25, 1778, a ship (brig) from White Haven, Captain More, cap- do., vol. 29,
tured by the Americans. (It would appear as if this brig were a fish- P- 21
ing vessel; it was afterwards given freedom). Diary of Dr. Ezra
Green, ship surgeon continental "War Ranger."
John More, 1669, signed a contract with twenty- two others for a new do., vol. 30,
minister, Mr. Emerson of Mendon, Mass. P- ^^
William More owned land on the south side of York River, Maine, do., vol. 31,
Aug. 25, 1679. P- ^^•
John More paid taxes in Billerica. Mass., 1688. ^^'io<^^^' ^^'
Andrew Moir, baker, and James Moir, carpenter and Joiner, came ^o vol 63
from Westminster, England, ship "Mermaid," to Maryland, Feb. 2 8, P. 27
1774.
From the Port of London, on the ship "Reward," Dec. 2 5, 1773, Jane do., vol. 62.
Moir, "lady," to visit her friends. (There is a lady of this name who P- ^
is married, according to London parish registers, in 1781.)
PASSENGERS ON THE MAYFLOWER
Arriving at Plymouth, Mass., 1620
Richard More and his brother Jasper More, brought by Elder
Brewster, both as servants, in the Mayflower, 16 20. Jasper died the
first winter from the severity of the season and exposure.
At the division of cattle in 1627, when the name of every man,
woman and child is given, Richard was still with Elder Brewster; but
by Gov. Bradford's history, p. 451, we are taught that he married,
and in 16 51 had four or five children alive, as if he had lost one or
more. It is vain to regret that the Governor did not mention the
names of the children or the mother. Perhaps he removed to one
of the newer settlements, for Winsor's "Duxbury" tells that he sold
his lands in 1637, and I am convinced, after long search, that he is
the Richard More, by Deane in History of Scituate, as the four other
passengers of this baptismal name were then all adults. — (From the
Genealogical Dictionary of New England, vol. 3, p. 229.)
*From Dictionaire Genealogique des Francais Canadieno, publ. 1871, voL 28, p. 159.
LIST OF EMIGRANTS TO AMERICA
List of
^'frica*^*° Feb. 17, 1634, from London in sailing vessel "Hopewell," Alexander
p. 41 More, ag-e 2 4.
p. 75 Thomas More, 33, sailed from London for the Barbadoes, May 2, 1635.
p. 260 John More, age 3 6, arrived in Virginia in the "Bona Nova," in 1620.
p. 260 Elizabeth More arrived in Virginia in the "Abigail," in 1622.
p. 120 George More, age 25, arrived in Virginia, in the "Globe," Aug. 7, 163 5.
p. 85 Henry More, age 19, arrived Bermudas in the "Truelove," June 10,
1635.
p. 136 Henrie More, arrived in Virginia, in the "Constance," Oct. 24, 1635.
p. 65 Isaac More, age 13, arrived New England, in the "Increase," Apr. 15,
1635.
p. 257 James More, buried in Virginia, in 1624.
p. 38 and 39 John More, 2 8, and John More, 30, arrived at the Barbadoes, Jan. 6,
1634.
p. 43 John More, 24, (S. Planter), embarked for New England, Mar. 22,
1634.
p. 62 John More, 41, left London for New England in barque "Suzan and
Ellen," Apr. 14, 1635.
p. 150 Hugh Moir passed from west of England to New England, Apr. 12,
1632.
p. 468 Peter More buried May 4, 1679, at St. George, Barbadoes.
p. 93 Richard More, 20, (S. Blessing), . for New England from London,
June 17, 1635.
p. 37 Robert More, 19, (S. Bonaventure), Jan. 2, 1634, passed to Virginia
from London.
p. 183 Robert More, "living" in Elizabeth City, Virginia, Feb. 16, 162 3.
p. 250 Robert More (50), in the "Providence," 1622, mustered at Elizabeth
City, Va.
p. 173 Sara More, "living" at Chaplain's Choice, Va., Feb. 16, 1623.
72 Suzan More (S. Ann and Elizabeth) left London for the Barbadoes.
p. 102 Thomas More, 18 (S. Transport), from London for Virginia, July 4,
1635.
p. 132 Thomas More, 18, (S. Dorst), from London for Bermudas, Sept. 30,
1635.
•J37 Thomas More, 26, (S. Constance), from London for Virginia, Oct. 24,
1635.
p 115 William More, 16 (S. Primrose), from London for Virginia, July 27,
1635.
p. 189 William More killed at "colledg" with four others, dead Feb. 16, 1623.
3g Edward Moir, 19 (S. Bonaventure), from London for Virginia, Jan. 2,
1634.
p. 228 Thomas de la Moir mustered into service, 1624, from Virginia.
MOIR GKNEAI.OGY 29
Enoch More, mate of ship "Success," aged 43, in 1685 married Re- From
becca Converse, Dec. 19, 1675 (died Jan. 3, 1732, age 83), had issue: ^'3^3^'*°'^'
1, Enoch, b. 1678; 2, James, b. 1681; 3, Rebecca, b. 1683; 4, Susanna, Genealogies
b. 1684; 5, Ruth, b. 1687; 6 and 7, James and William, b. 1688, both p"6^^'^^*^^'
died same year.
John More of Portsmouth, New Hampshire, married Hannah Sias, N. E. H. and
Mar. 15,1720. %,Sa79'"''-
Thomas More and Abigail Banfield of Portsmouth, N. H., Dec. 8, vol. 23, p. 272
1715.
Rebecca, Elizabeth, Francis and Sarai More were baptised at Charles-
town, Mass., in 1680.
John More and Susanna Willard of Lancaster, married Mar. 19, 1724. vol.17, p. 72
John More and Dorothy Stickney, married at Bradford, Mass., May vol. 18, p. 282
17, 1758.
There is an article on the Mores of Ireland, beginning in the fifteenth vol.19, p. 289
century, mentioning the O'Sullivan Mores, McCarthy Mores.
John More of Braintree, Mass., was given a grant of land in Nipmug, vol. 21, p. 380
near Boston, Mass.
There was a Robert Moir in Major Cutts' company at the Liouisburg vol. 22, p. 117
(Cape Breton) Expedition, in 1745.
Samuel More owned land in Portsmouth, N. H., in 1699. vol. 51, p. 44.
Abigail More, wife of Simon, buried at Long Island, July 21, 1758. vol.53, p. 175
Ruth Stanley More, daughter of Deacon Isaac and Ruth More, was vol. 53, p. 87
born in Norwalk, Conn., Jan. 5, 1657.
By the will of John More of Kittery, Maine, probated Apr. 2, 1736, vol.54, p. 387
mentions wife Sarah; sons, Robert, Jonadah, John, Edward, Robert ^^^JJ?^ ^^l'^*
p. 0/0)
2d, Ebenezer; and daughters Elizabeth, Abigail and Mary.
Hannah More, daughter of Jonathan, bap. May 21, 1710, in Waltham, vol.54, p. 223
Mass.
William More married Ann Goodwin, Jan. 16, 1723, in Berwick, Me. vol. 55, p. 311
James Moir of Boston, Mass., a "Scottish Man," married Feb. 6, 1657. Genealogical
Mary Booth, was one of the founders of the Scottish Charitable So- New'Erfg&nd
ciety, now famous; he may have been one of the outcasts of the Civil
War sold here, that had wealth or heart enough to form a family.
John More of Roxbury, Mass., freeman, July 3, 1632, by the church do.
records, he is "old John More of 99 years, 27 days (Oct., 1679)."
Jonathan More of Boston, younger son of William and Ann More, was do.
a temporary resident there, for by the will of his mother, June 16,
1656, shortly before her execution for the preposterous crime of
witchcraft, speaks of him and his brothers, John and Joseph, as if
all were in England, and in the codicil of June 19, 1656, acknowledged
"the more than ordinary affection and pains of this one, in the time
of my distress," as he had arrived to attend to the result of the
execrable fanaticism. She was probably the richest person hanged for
witchcraft, and the prejudice long slumbered.
(There is an additional list of over a hundred names of persons
bearing the name of More, who seem to have settled in th'- United
States, principally in New England, previous to 1750.)
30 MoiR Geneai,ogy
N. E. H. &G. Extracts from Governor Hutchinson's (of the Massachusetts Col-
39??^380. ^° ' ^^y^ original papers, and may furnish some light in respect to the
prisoners sent to the colonies and sold for slaves, no doubt by order
of the English government, as a sort of banishment for their rebel-
lion. It is probable that some of them were sent to the Barbadoes,
as all their names do not appear in the governor's list.
"The Scots, whom God delivered into your hands at Dunbarre,
and whereof sundry were sent hither, we have been desirous (as we
could) to make their yoke easy. Such as were sick of disease have
not wanted for chirurgery. They have not been sold for slaves for
perpetual servitude, but for six, seven, or eight years, as we do our
own, and he that bought many of them buildeth houses for them,
for every four an house, layeth some acres of ground thereto, which he
giveth them as their own, requiring three days a week to work for
him, and four days for themselves, and promiseth as soon as they
can repay him the money he laid out for them, he will set them at
liberty."
THE EARLY AMERICAN MORES
BY REV. GEORGE MOOAR
Author of the MOORS-MOOAR Genealogy
Early immigrants to Massachusetts of the name of Moor, Moore,
Mooers, Moors, Moir and More were not few. Such was Thomas of
Salem, 1636; Francis of Cambridge, 1638; John of Sudbury, 1640;
Edward of Newbury, 1648; and Abraham of Andover, probably 1680.
It has been thought by some that there were relationship with the
Scotch-Irish families of this name that came to New Hampshire in
1718.
The spelling in names is, no doubt, a rather precarious ground
on which to draw genealogical conclusions. For often, among de-
scendants known to be of the same family origin, there is much
variation in writing the name. As the spelling adopted is found in
use almost wholly within the line here traced, and is distinctive, the
occurrence of the same spelling, in the stories of Mr. Hall Caine, at
least piques curiosity. Once, so far away as San Francisco, the com-
piler found a native of the Western Isles that lie off the coast of
Scotland, who signed his name Moar. But the curiosity even of an
amateur must put itself within limits, and we have left to others
this line of research, which stretches backward beyond the sea that
brought our ancestors hither.
' 'VQr- '
AMERICAN SOLDIERS
In the Revolutionary War
The following list of soldiers of the Revolutionary War of Inde-
pendence in America, 1775-1783, are copied from the official records
of soldiers and sailors contained in the archives, and are all from one
state, the state of Massachusetts. As will be readily seen, many
of the persons named are from England, a few of them may have
originated in Scotland. Sometimes the same persons' names are
spelled in more than one way, according as the recording officer saw
fit to record them.
The original record contains a complete list of soldiers and sailors,
and describes fully the records of events, how long in the service,
with date of same, of each individual, so far as known. The volume
was printed in 1903.
Lieut.-Col. More
Capt. Abner More
First Lieut. Abijah More
Private Appolos More
Priva.te Asahel More
Private Bartholomew More
Serp-eant Benjamin More
Private Benjamin More
Private Cambrid^-e More
Private Charles More
Private Comfort More
Private Daniel More
Private Daniel More
Private David More
Private Ebenezer More
Private Edmund More
Private Edward More
Private Elias More
Private Elijah More
Private Elijah More
Private Elijah More
Private Elkins More
Private Ezra More
Private Frances More
Private Gideon More
Private Henry More
Private Isaac More
Private James More
Private James More
Private James- More
Private James More
Private John More
Private John More
Private John More
Private John More
Private John More
Private John More
Private John More
Private John More
Sailor John More
Private John More
Private Jonathan More
Private Jonathan More
Private Jonathan More
Private Jonathan More
Private Jonathan More
Second Lieut. Joseph More
Sergeant Joseph More
Private Joseph More
Drummer Joshua More
Captain Joshua More
Private Josiah More .
Private Josiah More
Private Josiah More
Private Josiah More
Second Lieut. Josiah More
Private Josiah More
Private King More
Private Kirley More
Private Lawson More
Private Luke More
Private Mark More
Private Moses More
Private Nathan More
Private Obadiah More
Private Perez More
Private Reuben More
Private Reuben More
32 MOIR GSNEAI^OGY
Captain Reuben More Private Timothy More
Private Richard More Corporal Timothy More
Private Samuel More Private Willard More
Private Samuel More Major Willard More
Private Samuel More Private William More
Private Silas More Corporal William More
Private Simon More Private William More
Private Thomas More Second Lieut. William More
Private Thomas More Private William More
Ensign Thomas More Captain William More
Private Thomas More Captain "VMlliam More
Private Thomas More Private William More
Private Thomas More Private Zebulon More
Private Thomas More
There was an Abel Moir and a George Moir soldiers in "King
Philip's War" of 1675-1678, in New England. The latter is entered as
from Newbury, Mass. (Pages 446 and 450, "Lists of Soldiers in King
Philip's War.")
Mr. David F. More, one of the authors of the ""More Family
History," in a letter referring to the list of ninety-two Mores who are
mentioned in the Revolutionary War records of Massachusetts, says:
"Where in the world are deccendants of these ninety-two
Mores? Some of them, I presume, lost their lives for their country,
some probably never married, but it would seem that enough of them
must have survived to have had an extensive progeny. I ask, where
are their descendants? Well, they are probably scattered all over
the northern half of our country. I have been through New England
considerably, but I never saw in directories or on signs but a few
Mores. Their patriotic and enterprising offspring probably helped
to people more western states, and their name — very many of them —
may have changed to Moore, and these are nuinerous all over our
country."
MOIRS AND MORES, NAMES AND ESTATES
Mentioned in Ancient Charters
ROBERT I. TITLES OF CHARTERS
(Reigned 1314-1328)
Carta to Ade More, undated and unreadable.
Carta to William de Mora, of the lands of Kilmarnock, Bondingtown,
Hertfchaw, and so forth, in vice com. Ayr.
Carta to Malcolm, Earl of Lennox, of the half of the lands of Lekkie,
nearest Buchaum, in Stirlingshire.
Carta to Reginald More, of the lands of Templestoun and Sheills,
given to him by Rudolphus Lindsay, dudum magister hospitalis
S. John Jerosolomitum.
DAVID II. TITLES OF CHARTERS
(Reigned 1329-1370)
Carta to Robert. Great Stuart of Scotland, of the lands of Kintyre,
with the advocation of the Kirks thereof in fee: and to John
Stewart, his son, gotten betwixt him and Elizabeth More, daug-h-
ter of Adam (More, Knight, and failzeing of John, to Walter, his
second brother.
Carta to Robert Bodefield, by Sir William More, of all his lands in
Dumfries, and fourtie acres in Traquair.
Carta Con. given by William More of Abercorne. to David Meldrum,
of the half of the lands of West Byres, within the barony of
Abercorn.
Carta Alexandri 'More, de terris de Kynchubr.
Carta confirmationis Davidi de -Melgdrum, medietatis terre de
Westbins, in baronia de Abercorn. data illi per Willielmum More
de Abercorn; apud Melros. 28 Oct. a. r. 34.
Carta confirmationis donationis quam. Willielmus More, Miles fecit
in perpetuam elemosinand altari Sancte Marie Virginus in
ecclesia, parochial! de Edynburgli, terre de Raylstoun in vie de
Edynburgh; 18 Septem. a. r. 34.
Carta to Willilam More of the Barony of Abercorn, by the resigna-
tion of John Graham, in vice com. Edinburg'h.
Carta of excambion betwixt Alexander Livingstoun of that Ilk, and
Ade More, Knight.
Carta toStevin More of the lands of Tullicultrie in vie. de Clackmanan,
Carta given by William More of Abercorn to William Touris and Hel-
enor Bruce, Countess of Carrick, of the lands of Dairy, in vie
de Edinburgh.
Carta to Rannald More, Chamberlin. of the lands of Formarteine,
Akintoir, Aboyn, Meikle Morfy, Douny and Caverays. which was
Isabel Baliol's, heir to Thomas Baliol.
There is a missing charter by David II, King of Scotland, to
Ranald More, Chamberlain of Scotland, of the lands of Fermartyn,
Akintor and Obeyne. (Rob. Index of Charters, p. 17.)
After the Chamberlainship of Ranald More, two of the sisters of
King David had the Thanage of Fermartyn.
In the Chamberlain's rolls of accounts for 1342, a payment of
£6, 12s. 6d. occurs to Thomas, son of Isaac, until otherwise provided
for. (Exchequer Rolls I. p. 510.)
Also in the accounts of Reginald More, Thane of Fermartyn and
Chamberlain of Scotland, in 1332, there is a payment of £10 from the
prepositi of the Burgh of Fyvie, Aberdeenshire. (Exchequer Rolls I.
p. 459.)
ROBERT II. TITLES OF CHARTERS
(Reigned 1370-1390)
Charta to Murthac, son of Malcolm, of the half lands of Leckie, lyand
near Buchanan, vie de Stirling, resigned by Malcolm, his father.
Charta to said Murthac, son of Malcolm, of two fourth parts of the
land called Racheon and Akrenmoneyth in the Lennox, -with the
oifflce of ferjeandry in the shire of Dumbretane, on the resigna-
tion of Ma,lcolm his father.
Carta confirming a grant by William More of Abercorne to Adam
Forester, Burgess of Edinburgh, of the Mains of Corstorsine,
vie de Edinburgh.
ROBERT III. TITLES OF CHARTERS
(Reigned 1390-1406)
Carta to Gilchrist More, of the lands of Kintumer, in the Barony of
Stanehouse, in vice com. Lanerk.
Carta to Gilchrist More, of the Barony of Stanehouse, in vice com.
Lanerk.
Carta to Adam More of Rowallan, and Danielstoun, his
spouse, of the lands of Polnekill Grey, Dumblay, Clunche, Clony,
Herber, Darlache Balgram, in the Barony of Cuningham, vie
Air; the lands of Ayntslare, by resignation of Janet Danielstoun,
in vice com. Lanerk.
Carta to Adam More of Rowalane, of the lands of Rowalane, in the
Barony of Cuninghame and Shire of Ayr, on the resignation of
said Adam.
ROBERT, DUKE OF ALBANY, REGENT OF SCOTLAND
CHARTERS (TITLES ONLY)
(Regent 1406-1419)
Carta. Confirmation of a charter by John de Dolas of Estir Leky,
to Murdoch de Leky, of the lands of Estir Leky, in the Shire of
Stirling. The original charter is dated at Leky, 10 Feb,
1406-7. Witnesses, Duncan, Earl of Levenax; John Gourlay
and Alexander Post, Burgesses of Stirling; Patrick Lindsay; and
John Napier, Donimo de Kilmehew. The charter is dated in
the first year of the Regency.
Carta. Confirmation of a grant by the said John de Dolas to the
said Murdoch de Leky, of the foresaid lands of Estir Leky, dated
the second year of the Regency.
John Mure was a witness to a charter under the regency of Robert,
the Duke of Albany.
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MOIR AND MORE GRADUATES
WITH HONOURS AND DEGREES
UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW
(Kindly furnished by PROF. GEORGE MILLIGAN of Glasgow University)
MOIR
1. MOIR, ALEXANDER ROBERT.
Born at Lockerbie, 28th July, 1872. Son of Peter Moir,
Draper. Graduated M. B., Ch. B. 1900. Address, Craig
Dhu, Kelty, Fife.
2. MOIR, GEORGE
Matriculated in February, 168 5.
3. MOIR, HUGH WALKER
Born at Glasgow, 10th October, 1885. Son of Francis Moir,
Grocer. Graduated M. B., Ch. B. 1906. Address, 24 Hay-
burn Crescent, Partick, Glasgow. Brother of No. 17?
4. MOIR, JAMES
Matriculated in 1675. I
5. MOIR, JAMES
Born at Welton, near Blairgowrie, 16th January, 1841. Son
of Alexander Moir, Farmer. Admitted Notary Public, 1865;
Law Agent, 1875; Member of the Faculty of Procurators in
Glasgow, 1875. Senior partner of the firm of Moir, Forbes &
Guy, Writers in Glasgow, Professor of Conveyancing in Glas-
gow University since 1889. Received the Honorary Degree
of LL.D. from the University of Edinburgh, 1901. Address,
9 University Gardens, Glasgow.
6. MOIR, JAMES
From Tullibody, Clackmannanshire. Born circa 1852. Son
of Peter Moir, Farmer. Graduated M. B., C. M. 1875.
Address, Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand. Brother
of No. 18; father of No. 16.
7. MOIR, JAMES CAMPBELL
Born at Dumbarton, 19th January, 1882. Son of John Moir,
Joiner. Graduated M. A. 1903. Address, 7 Latta Street,
Dumbarton.
8. MOIR, JAMES M'MURCHY
Born at Cairneyhill, Fife, 17th October, 1889. Son of No. 13;
brother of No. 15. Graduated M. A. 1908. Insurance Clerk,
7 Kelvinside Terrace, West, Glasgow.
9. MOIR, JOHN
Matriculated in 1790. Born at Falkirk. Second son of John
Moir, Joiner.
38 MoiR Geneai^ogy
10. MOIR, JOHN
Matriculated in 1810. Eldest son of John Moir, Artificer,
Paisley. Died while a Theological Student of the Secession
Church.
11. MOIR, JOHN
Matriculated in 1815. Eldest son of John Moir, Artificer,
Alva.
12. MOIR, JOHN
Matriculated in 1831. Eldest son of David Moir, Merchant
in l^erth.
13. MOIR, JOHN
Born at Glasgow circa 1848. Son of John Moir, Spirit
Merchant. Graduated M. A. 1870, B. D. 1874. U. P Minis-
ter at Cairneyhill, Fife, 1876-95. Died there 4th July, 1895.
iFather of Nos. 8 and 15. It is a curious coincidence that a
John More (see No. 23) should have been Minister of the
same congregation.
14. MOIR, JOHN
Born in Strathblane Parish, 3rd August. 1853. Son of John
Moir, Farmer. Graduated M. B. 30th April, 1877. Died at
Wester Ledriegreen, Strathblane, 17th July of the same year.
15. MOIR, MARGARET BARR
Born at Cairneyhill, Fife, 7th July, 1883. Daughter of No.
13; sister of No. 8. Graduated M. A. 1907, B. Sc. 1909.
Address, 7 Kelvinside Terrace, West, Glasgow.
16. MOIR, PETER
Born at Glasgow, 1st January, 1877, Son of No. 6; nephew
of No. 18. Graduated M. B., Ch. B. 1900. Address, Ponson-
by Road, Auckland, New Zealand.
17. MOIR, ROBERT WALKER
Born at Airdrie, 29th May, 1868. Son of Francis Moir,
Merchant. Graduated M. B., C. M. 1891. Address, Aber-
chirder, Banffshire. Brother of No. 3?
18. MiOIR, THOMAS
Registrar and Assistant Clerk of Senate of the University of
Glasgow, 1863-86. Died at Davieland, Thornliebank, near
Glasgow, 10th April, 1886, aged 49. Brother of No. 6; uncle
of No. 16.
19. MOIR, WILLIAM BROWN
Born at Maybole, Ayrshire, circa 1857. Son of Rev. James
Moir. Graduated M. B., C. M. 1879, M. D. 1881. Address, 53
Bothwell Street, Glasgow.
MORE
20. MORE, GAVIN
Matriculated in 1731. Son of John More of Cairnhill, Monk-
land Parish, Lanarkshire.
21. MORE, JAMES
Matriculated in 1771. Eldest son of John More, Glasgow.
22. MORE, JAMES WILLIAM
Born at Dunoon, 16th February, 1882. Son of George More,
Teacher, deceased. Graduated M. A. 1903. Licentiate of
the United Free Church. Address, Heathcote, Dunoon.
MOIR GUNEALOGY 39
23. MORE. JOHN
Matriculated in 1805. Eldest son of William More, Farmer
in Drymen Parish, Stirlingshire. Secession and U. P. Min-
ister at Cairneyhill, Fife, 1814-68. Died there, 2d January,
1868, aged 79. Father of No. 24. It is a curious coincidence
that a John Moir (see No. 13) should have been Minister
of the same Congregation.
24. MORE, JOHN
Matriculated in 1844. Third son of No. 23. U. P. Minister
at Alloa, 1853-60. Died at Algiers, 10th November, 1860,
aged 30.
25. MORE. MARGARET BATTISON
Born in Glasgow, 16th July, 1884. Daughter of William
More, Iron Founders' Assistant. Graduated M. A. 1906.
Teacher, 9 West Princes Street, Glasgow.
26. MORE, RICHARD
Born at Johnstone, Renfrewshire, eirca 1848. Son of Alex-
ander More, Clothier. Graduated M. B., C. M. 1882. Ad-
dress, West Kilbride, Ayrshire.
N. B. — ^The foregoing list of Moirs and Mores is complete, so far
as Graduates of this University are concerned. It dotes not include all
Non-^aduate Students, as there are no properly arranged and readily
accessible notes regarding them, especially for the period after 1842.
W. INNES ADDISON, Registrar.
University of Glasgow, 13th December, 1911.
UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
MOIR, MOORE, MUIR AND MURE GRADUATES
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
The following list of Moir, Moor and Mure are extracted
from the Roll of Alumni in Arts of the University of King's
College of Aberdeen — 1596-1860 — edited by Peter John Ander-
son, M. A., L,Iy. B., Librarian to the University of Aberdeen.
1677. Alexander Moor, Aberdonensis, A. M. Litr. 1687.
1731-35. Alexander Moir, Aberdonensis, 1st, Bursar, A. M.
1735-39. Alexander Moir, major, Aberdonensis.
1735-39. Alexander Moir, minor, Banfiensensis, A. M., M. D., 1763,
1813-17. Alexander Moir, Angusianus, bajan, semi.
1837-41. Alexander Forbes Moir, Strathdon, Aberdeenshire, BaJan
semi, tertian, magistrand.
1679-83. Guliemus Moir, Aberdonensis, A. M.
1679-83. Andrea Moore, Buchanensis, accessit, 1682, A. M.
1720-24. Andrea Moir, Buchansensis, bursar, tertian, magistrand.
1749-53. Andrea Moir, Perthensis, accessit 1750, bursar, tertian.
40 MoiR Geneai^ogy
1822-26 Andrea Moir, Aberdonensis, bajan, semi, tertian, magis-
trand, Hutton prize; M. D. 1840; lecturer on anatomy,
1839 to 1844.
1730-34. Georgius Moir, Aberdonensis, accessit 1731, A. M.
1828-32. Georgius Moir, Aberdonensis, bajan, semi.
1647-51. Jacobus Mure, Aberdonensis (bajan Mearischall College),
accessit, 1649, A. M. (Morus).
1697-1701. Jacobus Moor.
1715-19. Jacobus Moir, A. M.
1727-31. Jacobus Moir, Banfensis, bajan, semi, tertian, magistrand.
1845-49. Jacobus Moir (St. Nicholas Parish of Town of Aber-
deen), A. M.
1805-09. Joannes Moir, Aberdonensis, A. M.
1828-32. Georgius Moir, Aberdonensis, bajan, semi.
1844-48. John Moir, Fintray, Aberdonensis, bajan, semi, tertian,
magistrand, A. M. Marischall College.
1809-1813. Robertus Moir, Rossiensis (bajan, semi, Marischall Col-
lege), accessit 1811. A. M.
1679-83. Guliemus Moir, Angusiensis, semi.
172 3-27. Guliemus Moir, Aberdonensis, A. M.
1849-53. Guliemus Moir, Chapel of Larioch, A. M., M. B. 1859.
1823-27. Alexander Muir, Angusensis, bajan.
1826-30. Georgius Muir, Aberdonensis, bajan, semi, tertian.
1849-5 3. Robert Muir, Ayr, A. M.
MOIRS AND MORES IN EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY
WITH HONORS AND DEGREES
THE NAME OF "MOIR"
Name Graduated in the year Qualification
Robert Moir 1658 M. A.
John Innes Allan Moir 1828 M. D.
William Moir 1834 M. D.
Robert Moir 1853 M. D.
Robert Moir 1859 M. D.
David Moir 1865 M. A.
T t, ^7-1 TVT • U866 M. B., C. M. &in
John Wilson Moir j ^g^g ^ ^'
Byres Moir ^^^^ M. B.,C.M. &in
Jiyres moir ^ ^gg^ -^ ^
T^ -^ T\/r 1, 4-1, Tv/r • 5 1885 M. B., C. M. & in
Davia Macbeth Moir j .. ggg ^ .p. '
Henry Uddell Moir 1887 M. A.
James Moir 1857 M. D.
Note.— M. A., stands for Master of Arts.
M. D., stands for Doctor of Medicine.
M. B., C. M., stands for Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery.
M. B., Ch. B., stands for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
JAMES MOIR II., of Stoneywood, 15 years M. P. for Aberdeenshire. (Scougal, Painter)
PATRICK MOIR, Secretary to Lord Minto, Died 1810. (Henry Raeburn, Painter)
JANET^CMOIR) BYRES, PATRICK BYRES, ISABELLA BYRES, JAMES BYRES. WILLIAM
REV. GEORGE MOIR, D. D., 55 years Minister at Peterhead (Painted by John Moir his Son)
WILLIAM MOIR, Sixth Principal of Aberdeen University, 1649-1661
(All from the Tonley Collection)
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THE NAME OF "MORE"
Name Graduated in the year
I/auticelot Paxton More 1891
Paxton St. Clair More 1891
Francis Watson More \ ^^q^
John William More 1900
(1901
Hugh James More J 1906
(1910
Qualification
M. B., C. M.
C. M.
Ch. B. & in
M. B.
M. B.
M. D.
M. A.
M. A. &in.
M. B., Ch. B. &in
M. D.
MOIRS IN ST. ANDREW'S UNIVERSITY
Graduates since 1747 of the surname of MOIR
David Moir Entered 1835
David Moir Entered 1865
David Macbeth Moir* Entered 1877 and died in India
George Moir Entered 1850
Henry Paterson Moir Entered 1880
James R. Moir Entered 1868
John Moir Entered 1883
Patrick Moir Entered 1783
William S. Moir Entered 1883
William Young Moir Entered 1847
(More does not occur)
*This is a grandson of "Delta, the Scottish Poet."
Note.— M. A., stands for Master of Arts.
M. D., stands for Doctor of Medicine.
M. B., C. M., stands for Bachelor of Medicine and Master in Surgery.
M. B., Ch. B., stands for Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery.
MOIRS
BY A. J. MITCHELL-GILL
(From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES")
(We hope these registers will be useful in assisting families descended from Moirs in
tracing their pedigree. Throughout all of these registers, the original spelling is used.
Sometimes the same word may be spelled differently.)
From Registers of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, 1570-1700
1570. Feb. 4. JAMES KAY and MARGARET MOIR married.
1571. Feb. 17. EYEGANE AX,EXANDER and JANETT MOIR mar-
ried.
1575. Aug. 14. ROBERT BOYD and JANETT MOIR married.
1 Archibald, 14 Aug., 1575.
1574. June 20. WALTER MOIR and CHRICHTON PATERSON
married.
1575. Dec. 4. RICHARD MOIR and NANS FRESAR have a daugh-
ter Xans baptised.
1578. March .3. JOHN GROITT and MARGARET MOIR married.
1587. July 2 5. JOHN MOIR and MARGARET PAIP married.
1579. Nov. 8. WILLIAM CARMYSHELL and MARGARET MOIR
have Alexander baptised.
1581. Jan. 11. THOMAS COWPER and KATHRIN MOIR have a
clan, baptised.
1583. Sept. 15. 'WILLIAM MOIR and CHRISTIAN MORESON have
baptised Alexander.
1607. Dec. 2 7. PATRICK FERGUSON and KATHERINE MOIR
married.
1588. May 17. ALEXANDER MOIR and ELSPET CHEIN have
Patrick baptised.
PATRICK or PETER MOIR and ELPET ARMAND have:
1, Margaret, 24 Nov., 1632; 2, Alexander, 8 Jan., 1635; 3,
John, 7 Apr., 1637; 4, William, 18 July, 1641; Thomas Boyes,
etc.; 5, a son (blank), 17th Julj', 1644.
1604. Feb. 21. ^'ALTER MOIR, a dau. baptised, name blank.
1609. Feb. 7. ALEXANDER MOIR and AGNES WILSON married.
1612. April 21. JOHN MOIR and MARGARET ANDERSON mar-
ried.
ARTHOR MOIR and CHRISTIAN WRICHT:
1, Elspet. 18 Sept., 1608, Alexander Moir, etc.; 2, McoU, 4
Apr., 1613; 3, George, 6 Aug., 1615.
1607. July 5. ALEXANT)ER MOIR and MARIORIE MARNO mar-
ried. 1. Thomas, 15 Mar., 1610; 2, a son, 11 Aug., 1611;
3, Thomas. 16 July, 1613; 4, a son, 23 Feb., 1616.
1613. November. PETER MOIR and ELSPET CROSER married.
1, Peter, 30 Sept., 1616; 2, Agnes, 26 Dec, 1618; 3, Mariorie,
1 Dec, 1628; 4, Janet, twin with last, Mr. Jas. Moir, etc.;
5, Elspet, 1 April, 1630; 6, Christian, 23 Oct., 1632; 7, Mar-
garet, twin with last.
1618. GEORGE ANGUS and KATHERINE MOIR married.
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1620. Sept. 11. ANDREW GRAY and MARGARET MOIR had
Margaret.
1622. Feb. 21. Ai.EXANDER STEINSON and MARGARET MOIR
had a daughter.
WILLIAM MOIR and ISSOBELL MEASSONE:
1, Samuel, 15 July, 1624; 2 Alexander, 24 March, 1629;
3, Patrick, 7 Sept., 1631; 4, Issobell, 28 Nov., 1635; 5, James,
14 Mar., 1639.
WILLIAM MOIR and ELSPET MEASSONE had Susanna,
3, Nov., 1637.
1628. MR. WILLIAM MOIR and JEAN FORBES m. 10 Aug., de- Kennedy's
signed 1639, etc., baillie (was elected to the Town Council Annals, p.223
of Aberdeen 1595-6, or at least a Mr. William Moir was).
Principal of Marischall College, and his widow Jean Forbes
is alive and polled in 1696. 1, Agnes, 27 May, 1629; 2, Jean, Poll-book, vol.
29 June, 1630; 3, Andrew, 2 Sept., 1631; 4, John, 16 Nov. H. p. 624 '
1632; 5, Jean, 17 June, 1634; 6, Patrick, 10 Mar., 1638;
7, Issobel, 3 Dec, 1639; 8, Elizabeth, 13 Oct., 1648; John
More, a godfather.
1629. May 9. JO. GRAY and MARGARET MOIR had William.
1629. June 14. JOHN ROBERTSON and MARGARET MOIR mar-
ried.
1630. Jan. 3. JOHN KNOWLLY and MARGARET MOIR had
Janet. (A family named Knowles owned the property of
Logierieve, in Parish of Udney, in the end of the 16th cen-
tury.)
1633. JOHN MOIR and CHRISTIAN KINNAIRD married.
ROBERT GRAY and AGNES MOIR:
1, Robert, 23 July, 1630; 2, Agnes, 1 Nov., 1631; 3, Mar-
aret, 30 Mar., 1633; 4, Jean, 30 Apr., 1635.
1633. 3d Jan. THOMAS MOIR and JEAN LAMB married 3d. Jan.
1, Walter, 14 Nov., 1633, Mr. Walter Moir a godfather;
2, Patrick, 30 April, 1635; 3, Elspet, 8 Feb., 1638; 4, John,
21 Oct., 1640; 5, Jean, 6 Apr., 1643.
1634. 2d Dec. MR. JOHN MOIR and MARIONE EDIE married.
(She had probably been an Aedie of Newark.)
1636. June 11. MR. WILLIAM MOIR and ELSPET FORBES had
Alexander.
1639. Aug. 11. GILBERT MOIR and MARGARET FERGUSON
had Jean.
1638. June 19. ROBERT CRUIKJSHANK and MARGARET MOIR
married.
1645. April 11. UMQUHILL GILBERT MOIR and JANET CLARK
had Het^tor bap.
1637. Nov. 21. GEORGE MOIR and ISSOBELL RICKART married:
1, Christina, 1 Sept., 1639; Patrick Moir, a godfather; 2,
WiUiam, 1st April, 1641; Mr. Wm. Moir, etc.; 3, Agnes,' 18
Jan., 1652, John More, etc., godfathers.
1640. Nov. 30. GEORGE DEWGETH (DUGUID) and GRISELL
MOIR had John.
1641. Dec. 21. ANDREW MOIR and ANNAS LUMSDEN married
ADAM MOIR and CHRISTIAN FORBES.
1, William, 8 Apr., 1642, Wm. Moir, Bailzie, and Patrick
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Moir, godfathers; 2, John, 26 Apr., 1649; 3, Margaret, 1st
July, 1651, Robert Moir, etc.
ANDREW MORE and BARBARA BOTES:
1 Elspet, 29 Oct., 1654, Alexander More, etc.; 2, George, 11
Sept., 1656, George Boyes, etc.
1641. July 27. JAMES ROB and JANET MOIR married. 1, James,
24 April, 1642.
1643. Feb. 9. JAMES MOIR and CHRISTIAN SEL.BIE married.
1644. June 18. JOHN MOIR and AGNES SPINOLA married.
1647. Feb. 9. JOHN MOIR and Mu4lRGARET PURB married.
JOHN MORE and ISSOBELL FINDLAT. 1, John, 31 Oct.,
1648.
ROBERT MORE and MARGARET PRESSIE (PRESLEY).
1, Janet. John More a godfather.
1648. Nov. 21. JOHN MORE and JANET JOHNSTOUNE married.
1, Alexander, 24 Sept., 1649, Alexander More, a godfather.
PATRICK GELLIE of Balgerso and MARGARET MORE:
1, WiiMam, 24 Sept., 1648, Wm. More, elder, and Jr., etc.,
godfathers; 2, Alexander, 11 Aug., 16 50, Alexander Jaffrey,
Provost, John Jaffrey, Baillie; 3, Robert, 18th May, 1652;
4, Faull, 15 Jan., 1654; 5, James, 8 Nov., 1655; 6, Issobell,
12 Oct., 1660.
(The Gellies, who were considerable merchants at Aber-
deen, owned, for some generations, the estate of Black-
ford, in Aberdeenshire, and seemed to have several times
T, „ , , , intermarried with the Moirs and Byres families. Alex-
Poll-book, vol.
U, p. 598 ander Gellie (appears with his wife and family as alive
T Tj 1695-6) of Blackford, 1672-8, bears argent an ark in
the waters proper, surmounted of a dove azure, bearing
Poll-book vol ^^ ^^^ beak an olive branch vert. 16 70, Apr. 15, Patrick
n, p. 626* Gellie (appears in same record, designed "late baillie").
Retours ^®^^ °^ Patrick Gellie, merchant burgess of Aberdeen, his
father, in the lands of Balgerso, Parish of Foveran.)
ALEXANDER MORE, Baxter, and JANET RUNSIEMAN.
1, Bessie, 25 Apr., 1650; 2, Janet, 13 Oct., 1653, Patrick
More, Baillie, etc.; 3, Alexander, 24 April, 1656.
1652. MR. JOHN CAMPBELL married JEAN MOIR, dau. of Mr.
Wm. Moir, Principal, and Jean Forbes, 14 June:
I, William, 20 Mar., 16 54, Mr. Wm. Moir, Principal, Patrick
Moir, Baillie; 2, Elizabeth, 20 May, 16 58, Wm. Moir, Prin-
cipal and Wm. Moir, godfathers; 3, James, 30 Dec, 16 59; 4,
John, 12 June, 1662; 5, Robert, 28 June, 1663; 6, Janet,
19 Aug., 1665; 7, Patrick, 14 Jan., 1667; 8, Margaret, 16 Mar.,
1668; 9, George, 16 Aug., 1669; 10, Margaret, 21 Sept., 1670;
II, Anna, 11 July, 1674.
1654. Oct. 1. WILLIAM SMITH and EDRINE MORE, in Oldtown
Parish, dau. Janet.
1654. Dec. 31. GILBERT DAVIDSON and MARGT. MORE have
Matthew bap., Dr. Wm. More, etc., godfathers.
1655. Mar. 27. JOHN MORE and AGNES MORE, Oldtown. Bar-
bara, baptised.
1655. ALEXANDER BURNETT, designed "Polls," and AGNES
MOIR m. June 26:
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1, Margaret, 20 Aug., 1657, Alexander Burnett, late Baillie.
Patrick Moir, etc., godfathers; 2, Thomas, 16 Jan., 1659; 3,
Geils, 19 Feb., 1661, Robt. Burnett of Colpnay, etc.; 4,
Agnes, 15 March, 1663, John Jaffrey, late Provost, etc.; 5,
Alexander, 2 Feb., 1665; 6, Marjorie, 14 Aug., 1669; 7,
Robert, 7 Mar., 1672: 8, John, 24 Apr., 1673; 9, John, 15.
Aug., 1674; 10, David, 14 Mar., 1676; 11, George, 21 Aug.,
1677, George Skene of Fintray, Provost, Mr. Geo. Peacock,
etc., godfathers; 12, Andrew, 8 Jan., 1679, Wm. Cuming
of Auchry, etc., godfathers; 13, Patrick, 7 Nov., 1680, Pat-
rick Moire and Patrick Gellie, etc.
(These Burnetts were cadets of the Leys family, and
Alexander Burnett, b. 1665, was first of the Burnetts of
Kirkhill, now represented by the Bannermans of Elsick.)
1657. WILLIAM MOIR and ISSOBELL GILLANDERS, married
June 15.
JOHN BRANNES (Brands) and JANET MOIR:
1, Agnes, 29 Mar., 1655, Robt. and Geo. More, godfathers;
2, Margaret, 22 Dec, 1658, John Moir, etc.; 3, Johnne, 12
June, 1662.
THOMAS MITCHELL and MARJORIE MOIR:
1, Marjorie, 12 July, 1665, Mr. Wm. Moir Principal, Dr.
Wm. Moir and John More, godfathers; 2, Alexander, 28
Oct., 1656; 3, Janet, 24 Dec, 1657; 4, Thomas, 16 Jan., 1659;
5, John, 15 July, 1662; 6, Andrew, 20 Sept., 1663; 7, Wil-
liam, 13 Sept., 1664.
(Thomas Mitchell, a baillie in Aberdeen, whose Bon
Thomas, b. 1659, was sometime Provost of Aberdeen, and
first of the Mitchells of Thanistone.)
1655. Nov. 6. PATRICK MOIR and ISSOBELL KEINE, Oldtown,
dau. ClirJstian bap.
JOHN MOIR and MARGARET CRUIKSHANK (perhaps a
dau. of Robert Cruikshank of Banchory, Provost of Aber-
deen, 1693-8):
1, George, 5 Dec, 1661; 2, Jean, 9 Dec, 1662; 3, Margaret,
1st Jan., 1665; 4, John, 8 Nov., 1666; 5, Alexander, 12 May,
1668; 6, Margt., 16 Feb., 1671; 7, James, 11 June, 1673; 8,
William.
1663. GEORGE MOIRSONE, Litster, and MARIONE MOIR, married
August 4:
1, George, 12 May, 1663; 2, Robert, 28 April, 1665; 3, John,
27 Aug., 1667.
1668. June 16. JAMES BROWN and JEAN MOIR, married.
GEORGE MOIR and MARGARET SMELLIE married 14 July,
1663:
1, James, 5 July, 1676, James Moir, in Ferriehill, Jas. Car-
neigie, etc.; 2, Issobell, 17 May, 1664.
1664. May 31. JOHN MOIR and JANET BARNET. married.
1668. April 16. WALTER STEWART, Merchant, Banff (Provost
1692-95) and JANET MOIR married.
JOHN MOIR and BESSIE COLLISON married 4 July, 1667.
1, Margaret, 26 Oct., 1668; 2, John, 3 Nov., 1370, John Moir
of Stainiewood, John Moire of Barnes, John Moir, son of
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1669.
1668.
1668.
1659.
1670.
1671.
1674.
1679.
1680.
1680.
1681.
Bail'lie Patrick Moir, etc., godfathers; 3, Alexander, 21
Sept., 1672; 4, WUliam, 15 Nov., 1673; 5, Jean, 9 Mar., 1675;
6, George, 17 Mar. 1677; 7, Thomas, 27 Oct., 1678.
ROBERT MOIR Litster and MARIE PATON married Apr. 22.
Dec. 12. JAMES SCHAND, Cordiner, and JEAN MOIR
Dec. 12. JAMES SCHAND, Cordiner, and JEAN MOIR
married.
1, Jean, 8 Jan., 1670; 2, James, 8 April, 1672; 3, Thomas, 30
April, 1673; 4, Robert, 5 Apr., 1674; 5, Janet, 23 April, 1676;
6, Elizabeth, 8 Dec, 1678.
June 2. ANDREW MOIR and JEAN MACKIE married:
1, Marjorle, 16 Mar., 16 60, Alexander Moir, elder and jr.,
godfathers; 2, Wm., 29, June, 1667, Dr. Wm. Moir, Wm.
Brannes, etc., godfathers; 3, Elizabeth, 8 Dec, 1678.
July 30. ANDREW MOIR and HELLENE KER married:
1, Alexr., 8 Sept., 1671, Alexander Alexander, Baillie, Alex-
ander Burnett "Buchans," etc.; 2, Anna, 3 Sept., 1672, Wm.
Ker, Jr., etc.
.April 2 7, ALEXANDER HARDIE and BESSIE MOIR, mar-
ried:
1, John, 2 Sept., 1672, John Moir of Wattertoun, John
Anderson, etc; 2, Jean, 25 Dec, 1673; 3, James, 10 Oct.,
1675; 4, Jean, 1 Dec, 1677.
Aug. 13. ROBERT WEIR and ISSOBELL MOIR married.
1, John, 1 Aug., 1675; 2, Issobell, 4 Mar., 1677, Dr. Wm.
Moir, Patrick Moir, etc.; 3, Patrick, 10 Nov., 1678, Patrick
Moire, Baillie, Patk. Sibbald, Patk. Sandilands, Patk. Gellie,
godfathers; 4, Marg-aret, 23 Nov., 1679, David Aedie, Baillie,
etc.; 5, Robert, 20 Mar., 1681, Robert Patrie of Portle-
than, etc.; 6, Anna, 26 Sept., 1689; 7, Wm., 4 Aug., 1682; 8,
"Walter, 26 Aug., 1683, Walter Stewart, Provost of Banff,
etc.; 9, Jean, 1 Jan., 1688, John Moire, Baillie, etc.; 10,
Wm., 5th May, 1689, Dr. Wm. Moir, Wm. Souper, Wm.
Black, etc.
DONALD RIACH, weaver, and CHRISTIAN MOIR, m. 18 Dec.
1, Issobell, 19 Dec, 1680; 2, Christian, 18 Dec, 1681; 3,
Janet, 22 June, 1684; 4, Margaret, 20 Sept., 1685; 5, Chris-
tian, 10 Apr., 1692, Alex. Strachan of Clerkseat, etc.; 6,
Patrick, 17 Mar., 1695, Patrick Gelly, etc.
June 20. WILLIAM MOIR and JEAN CLERK married.
ARCHIBALD CAMPBELL and JEAN MOIR married 23 Nov.
1, Issobell, 29 Jan. 1682, Patk. Moir, Baillie, Dr. Wm. Moir,
etc.
Aug. 30. ROBERT MOIR and ELSPET MOIR married.
JOHN MOIR, merchant-burgess of Aberdeen, designed 1684,
"late theasurer," 1687 Baillie, deceased 1699, married JEAN
CAMPBELL, 29 April, 1683.
1, Patk., 2 3 Dec, 1683, Mr. Patk. Sandilands of Cotton, Dr.
Patk. Chalmers, etc.; 2, John, 7 Dec, 1684, John Leslie of
Colpnay, John Souper, etc.; 3, Jean, 4 Apr., 1686, Wm.
More, Geo. Leslie, Provost, Gilbert Black, Baillie, etc.; 4,
Wm., 8 Nov., 1687, Dr. Wm. More, Wm. Souper; 5, Issobell,
10 Oct., 1688, Sir Thomas Burnet, etc; 6, Elspet, 25 June,
1690, Andrew Fraser, Sheriff-Depute, etc.; 7, Margaret, 2
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Sept., 1691; 8, John, 13 Nov., 1692. Mr. John Campell, Jr.,
writer to the ma. signet, John Johnston of Newplace, etc.;
9, Gilbert, 15 Dec, 1603, Gilbert Moir, eldest lawful son to
the late Wm. Moir, Dr. in Physick; 10, Patrick, 12 Oct.,
1695, Mr. Patk. Chalmers, Dr. in Medicine, etc.; 11, James,
24 Mar., 1698, Mr. James Moir, regent; 12, Issobell (post-
humous child), 22 Dec, 1699, Thos. Mitchell, Lord Provost,
presenter of child in place of deceased father.
1684. Dec. 18. JOHN BLACK, smyth, and JANET MOIR married.
1683. WILLIAM MOIR, messenger, and CHRISTIAN RAY, mar-
ried 14 June.
1, Katlierine, 2 9 June, 1684, John Moir, theasurer, John
Moir, merchand, Geo. Keith, etc., godfather; 2, Jolin, 2
May, 1686, John More, theasurer, John More in Gellen or
Ellon, Mr. John Moir, Stainiewood's brother, John More,
merchand, John More, student, etc.
1683. Oct. 16. GEORGE MOIR, miller, and CHRISTIAN CRAIG-
HEID, married.
1698. May 30. ALEXANDER MOIR and JEAN BURNETT mar-
ried.
Alexander Moir, younger, and Janet Currie
1, Andrew, 23 April, 1657; 2, Janet, 13 May, 1658; 3, Elspet,
12 May, 1660; 4, Alexander, 29 June, 1662; 5, Margaret, 23
July 1663; 6, John, 11 Mar., 1666, John Moir of Barnes and
John Moir, Jr., godfathers; 7, Agnes, 26 Nov., 1668; 8, Isso-
bel, 6 Oct., 1672; 9, Alexander, 19 Oct., 1673; 10, James, 7
Feb., 1675; 11, Margaret, 2 July, 1676; 12, I.ssobell, 24, Feb.,
1678, Alexr. Burnett "Buchans," Patk. Strinach, etc., god-
fathers.
WILLIAM MOIR and MARGARET BURNETT. 1, Andrew,
9 June, 1657.
ANDREW MOIR and JANET CURRIE. 1, Marjorie, 10 June,
1670.
JOHN MORE and MARGARET PATERSON. 1, Janet, 26
Oct., 1660, Alex,, Robt. and John More, godfathers; 2, Mar-
garet, 15 Feb., 1663; 3, John, 3 Sept., 1665; 4, Robert, 2
Jan., 1668, Patk. Moire late Bailie, John Moire of Barnes,
and John Moire, Jr.
ALEXANDER MOIR or MURE and ELSPET COOK. 1, Bes-
sie, 13 Jan., 1661; 2, Issobell, 31, July, 1662; 3, Barbara, 2
Dec, 1664, John Souper, etc.; 4, Margaret, 3 Feb., 1667; 5,
Matthew, 23 April, 16 69.
JAMES BROWN and JEAN MOIR. 1, Bessie, 6 Feb., 1666;
2 John, 25 Sept., 1668.
ALEXANDER MOIR and JANjET or JEAN GELLIE. 1,
Jean, 2 June, 1691, Patk. Gellie, etc.; 2, Tliomas, 19 April
1684.
JOHN MOIRE and AGNES MOIRE. 1, Jean, 22 Nov., 1673.
JOHN MURRAY and ISSOBELL MOIRE. 1, Jean, 19 Apr.,
1674, James Moire, Alexander Alexander, etc.; 2, Alexan-
der, 20 Oct., 1676, Alexr. Moire, etc.
PATRICK MOIR and JANET TORTREE. 1, James, 27 Ap.,
1674.
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GEORGE MOIR and JANET JAFFRET. 1, Issobell, 3 Sept.,
1676, John Moire; 2, Issobel, 3 Sept., 1676, Patrick Moire,
late Bailie, etc.; 3, John, 4 May, 1678; 4, Robert, 14 Mar.,
1680; 5, George, 23 April, 1681.
PATRICK WALKER and ISSOBELL, MOIR. 1. Alexander,
16 Feb., 1675; 2, George, 23 Dec, 1679.
ADAM SMITH and ELSPET MOIR. 1, Patk., 16 May, 1675,
Patk. Moire, Patk. Gellie, etc.
ANDREW YOUNG and JANET MOIR. 1, WilUam, 10 Mar.,
1676; 2, Christian, 3 Aug., 1678; 3, George, 9 Feb., 1680;
4, Nathaniell, 7 Feb., 1682.
WILLIAM MOIR, merchant, and MARIORIE, dau. of late
James WALKER, merchant, married. 1, James, 30 Mar.,
1686.
WILLIAM MOIR, elder, merchant, and MARGARET, dau. of
Gilbert BLACK, late Baillie, married 16 June, 1705.
JOHN MOIR, merchant, and MARGARET MOIR, dau. of
the late Baillie John Motr, married 14 Feb., 1717.
GEORGE SIMSON, merchant, and JEAN, dau. of Gilbert
MOIR, Cooper, m. 21 Mar., 1719.
ALEXANDER MOIR and JEAN SELBIE. 1, Wm., 28 April,
1678; 2, Jean, 21 Aug., 1681, Thos. Mitchell, lister, John
Moire, etc.
GEORGE LARGG and MARGARET MOIR. 1, Margaret,
8 Mar., 1679, George Moire, a godfather.
JAMES SMITH and BESSIE MOIRE. 1, Elspet, 20 July
1679, John Moire, surgeon, etc.; 2, Christian, 25 Oct., 1681;
3, Agnes, 6 Oct., 1682; 4, George, 7 Oct., 1683; 5, Margaret,
27 Feb., 1686.
JAMES ROBERTSON and MARY MOIRE. 1, Janet, 9 May,
1680, Thos. Mitchell, late Bailie, Walter Robertson, etc.;
2, Margaret, 15 Sept., 1683, Mr. Geo. Seaton, etc.; 3, Isso-
bell, 26 Nov., 1685.
WILLIAM MOIR and JANET BEIDIE. 1, Jean, 30 Sept.,
1681, John Moire, Dr. Jas. Leslie, Alexander King, and John
Anderson; 2, Christian, 13 Mar., 1687, John More, merchant,
etc.
JOHN THOMPSON and MARIORE MORES had: 1, Thomas,
6 Nov., 1681.
WILLIAM WELCH and ISSOBELL MOIR had: 1, James, 19
Feb., 1684.
ALEXANDER ABERDEEN and MARGARET MOIR. (This
A. Aberdeen was dead in 16 96, when his widow was polled
with children, John and Issobell. He was probably pro-
genitor of the Aberdeens of Cairnbulg.) 1, Issobell, 2 Aug.,
1685, Sir. Geo. Skene of Fintray, John Moir Theasurer, John
Ross., etc.; 2, a dau., 15 Sept., 1688, John Moir, present
Baillie, and Robert Weir, merchant.
1687. Aug. 21. Mr. THOMAS JAFFRAY of Dilspro and ISSOBELL
MOIR married. (This Jaffrey was a great Quaker family,
long connected with the town, and owned for several gen-
erations the estate of Kingswells.) 1, Marie, 21 Aug., 1687,
Sir George Skene of Fintray, John More, Bailie, Dr. Wm.
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Moir and Gilbert Black, late Bailie; 2, John, 10 Mar., 1689,
John Moir, late Bailie, John Jaffrey, son to the deceast
David Jaffray, merchant, etc.; 3, John, 2 5 May, 1690, John
Sandilands, present Bailie, Capt. John Campbell of Moy,
etc.; 4, Margaret, 13 Oct., 1691, Wm. Farquharson of Inver-
cauld, Mr. Geo. Chalmer, Rector of Foord, etc.
WILLIAM CHESSER, "fermer," and HELEN MOIR. 1,
John, 4 Mar., 1693; 2, WiUiam, 10 Feb., 1695; 3, James, 11
Apr., 1697, Jas. Syper; 4, Margaret, 19 April, 1702.
MR. ALEXANDER MOIR, "writer" and "messenger," also
designed "merchant," and ANNA GORDON: 1, John, 4
June, 1693, John Moir, late Bailie, John Moir, Town's Coun-
cillor, and John Moir, skipper, etc.; 2, Alexander, 24 July
1694, Mr. Alexander Moir, Regent in Marischall collection,
Alexander Orem; 4, Wm., June 26, 1698, Wm. Moir,
merchant german to Stoneywood, Mr. Wm. Moir, messenger.
Wm. Bisset, late Dean of Guild, and Mr. Wm. Gordon, son
to the Earl of Aberden, etc.; 5, a son, Sept., 1699.
ALEXANDER MOIR, "burger and wright," and MARJORIE
WEBSTER. 1, Janet, 18 Mar., 1694, Wm. Moir Messen-
ger; 2, Issobell, 12 April, 1696, Wm. Moir Burges; 3, Mar-
garet, 28 Dec, 1697.
ALEXANDER MOIR, "horsehyer," and ISSOBELL MATHE-
SON: 1, Jean, 9 Sept., 1689, Robt. Gordon, etc.; 2, Mary,
4 Feb., 1691; 3, Mathew, 21 Dec, 1692, Mathew McKaill,
elder and jr., etc.; 4, Isobell, 24 Mar., 1695; 5, John, 5 Mar.,
1699.
JAMES GORDON, brother german to the laird of Badenscoth,
and MARGARET MOIR; 1, Mary, 11 May, 1690, Adam Gor
Inverbucket, and John Moir, late Baillie, etc.; 2, (Blank)
6, Mar., 1691; 3, Anne, 25 Oct., 1691, Alexander Gordon,
late Lord Provost, Adam Gordon of Inverbrie, etc.; 4,
Helen, 16 Feb., 1693, Mr. Geo. Moir, Regent, etc.; 5, Jean,
1 Feb., 1694, John Moir, late Bailie.
GEORGE FERGUSON and ELSPET MOIR. 1, Janet, 9 Nov.,
1690, Patk. Gellie, etc.
JOHN STRACHAN, merchant, and MARGARET MOIR. 1,
Alexander. 19 May, 1691, Alex. Strachan of Clerkseat, late
Dean of Gild; 2, James, 3 July, 1692; 3, W^m,, Oct. 8, 1693;
4, Issobell. 16 Dec, 1694; 5, Ann, 9 Mar., 1697; 6, Elizabeth,
27 Dec, 1698.
JAMES MOIR, Regent in Marischal Coll., and MARJORIE
BURNETT, probably dau. of Alexr. Burnett and Agnes
Moir. 1, Agnes, 16 Apr., 1693, Alexr. Moir, Regent, etc.;
2, Janet, 2 Oct., 1694, Mr. Thos. Burnett, advocate, and
John Burnet, designed "Poles"; 3, Jean, 23 Aug., 1695; 4,
Janet 12 Jan., 1698; 5, Rachel, 11 Nov., 1699, Patk. Gellie,
late Bailie, Mr. Alexr. Moir, Regent, etc.; 6, Alexr., 14 Jan.,
1701, Mr. Alexr. Moir, regent, and Alexr. Moir of Scots-
toun, etc.; , 7, James, 31 July, 1702, Jas. Moir of Stoney-
wood, Jas.. son to the late Bailie John Moir, etc.; 8, James,
Apr. 8, 1703, Mr. Adam Burnet, minister, and Dr. in Phis-
ick, Thos. Burnet of Kirkhill, advt. in Edinburgh, and John
50 MOIR Geneai^ogy
Burnet, merchant, "designed Poles"; 9, Jean, 19 Mar., 1705,
Jas. Moir of Stoneywood, and Wm. Moir, merchant.
WILLIAM FETTES, burges and tailour, and ANNA MOIR.
1, John, 12 July, 1694, John Moir, tailor, etc.; 2, Anna, 1st
Sept., 169 5, John Lesley of Colpnay, etc.; 3, Margaret, 29
Aug., 1699, James Davidson of Tillymorgan, etc.; 4, James,
6 Aug., 1700.
GILBERT MOIR, burges and Cooper, and MARGARET BAR-
CLAY. 1, Margaret, 5 May, 169 5, Wm. Moir, merchant,.
Mr. George Leslie; 2, Anna, 2 8 May, 1699, Alex. Aberdeen,
etc.
GILBERT MOIR and MARGARET MOIR. 1, Jean, 7 Mar.,
1697.
CAPT. JOHN ANDERSON, merchant and skipper, and JANET
MOIR. 1, John, 16 Nov., 1698.
THOMAS OREM, Merchant, present master of the Gild Hos-
pital, and AGNES MOIR. 1, Margaret, 17 Aug., 1701, Mr.
Thos. Oram of Glasgow, Alexr. Orem, present Bailie; 2, Wil-
liam, 2 May, 1703; 3, John, 12 Nov., 1705.
CAPT. JAMES GORDON of Barnes, and MARGARET MOIR
(probably dau. of John Moir of Barnes and Mary Cochrane.)
1, Margaret, 12 October, 1701, Adam Gordon of Inverbrie,
advt., and William Gordon of Old Govell, and Patk.
Gordon, merchant; 2, Issobell, 23 Oct., 1702, Mr. Alex. Gor-
don, factor in Campheir, and William Gordon of Kintore;
3, Christian, 27 April, 1704; 4, Margaret, 7 Oct., 1705.
EXTRACTS FROM ST. ANDREW'S EPISCOPAL
CHURCH, ABERDEEN, RECORDS
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
The following notes and extracts are from the registers in the
possession of the St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Aberdeen. These
commence 8th April, 1775, and have been searched to the end of
1910. There are thirteen volumes in all; these were kindly extracted
by Mr. R. Murdoch Lawrance, at Aberdeen.
1798. ALEXANDER MOIR, laborer, and CHRISTIAN ROBB,
Gilcomston, had:
1. Alexander, baptised 16th May, 1798.
2. William, baptised 2d May, 1800.
.3. Isabel, baptised 25th July, 1802.
4. James, baptised 17th March, 1805.
Christian Robb died of an inward complaint, aged 53, and was
buried 26th January, 1819.
1800. GEORGE MOIR, vintner, and STRATTON. Aber-
deen, had:
1. George, baptised 15th April, 1800.
2. Robert, baptised 26th May, 1801.
George Moir, vintner, died of gravelish complaint, in great
distress from some stoppage of the bladder; buried 27th May,
1813.
1812. JEAN MOIR, daughter of widow MOIR, died of consumption,
aged 44, and her mother and she were buried together,
Oct. 22, 1812. Widow Moir in Carmelite Lane died of
decline some years past seventy, 19th October, 1812.
1814. ANN MOIR, from Praserburg, died of consumption, aged 50,
buried 8th July, 1814.
1819. Mrs. MARGARET CUMINE, widow of the late GEORGE
MOIR, ESQ., of Scotstown, died at Belmont Street, aged 75;
buried 23d Jan., 1819.
1819. Miss KATHERINE MOIR, daughter of the late William Moir,
Esq., of Lonmay, aged 84, buried 22d February, 1819.
1819. GEORGE BYRES, weaver, and ELIZABETH MOIR, Wind-
mill Brae, had
1. Robert, baptised 12th March, 1819.
2. Jean, baptised by Rev. William Skinner, 26th April,
1821. She died of scarlet fever, aged 6%, buried
2d November, 1827.
3. William, baptised by Rev. William Browning in the
chapel, 24th August, 1825.
4. Alexander, baptised by the Rev. William Skinner, 30th
May, 1827.
1820. MRS. MARY MOIR, widow of the late Major Ramsay of In-
vernettie, died at Union Street, aged 70 Vz, of mental malady;
buried 10th November, 1820.
52 MoiR Gbneai^ogy
1822. AL,EXANI>ER iMOIR, weaver, Gilcomston, and BRIDGET
KELL.EY had
1. Helen, baptised by Rev. William Browning in the
chapel, 22nd October, 1822.
1824. ALEXANDER MOIR, ESQ., of Scotstown, late sherriff of the
County, residing at Scotstown, aged 63, died of appoplexy,
buried 26th June, 1824.
1826. SIR MICHAEL. BRUCE, Esq., of Scotstown, was godfather,
and LADY FORBES, of Castle Forbes, was godmother to
Walter Frederick (died December, 1827), son of Honorable
Walter Forbes, Esq., of Brux, by his wife Horatia Shaw, bap-
tised by Rev. William Browning in the chapel, 2 4th Septem-
ber, 1826.
1836. CHARLES GORROD of this parish, labourer, and ANNE
MOIR, daughter of the late Robert Moir, dyer in Aberdeen,
were married by Bishop William Skinner, 10th November,
1836, before witnesses — David Stephen, P. Moir, and John
Walker.
Anne Moir, wife of Charles Gorrod, Plaster, Huntly, died of
paralysis, aged 56; buried 6th January, 1842.
1840. JAMES MOIR, M. D., and William Skinner, advocate, in Aber-
deen, were witnesses to the marriage of Henry Hill of Ken-
sington, Middlesex, and Elizabeth Thompson of Old Machar,
daughter of the late James Thompson, Esq., marriage per-
formed by Bishop William Skinner, 27th October, 1840.
1841. JANE MOIR, daughter of WILLIAM MOIR, ESQ., late of
Ceylon, died at Chanonry House, Old Aberdeen, of affection
of the heart; buried 1st July, 1841.
1841. FREDERICK MORE, student of Medicine, died of consump-
tion at Union Street, aged 18; buried 17th August, 1841.
1841. ROBERT MOIR, wine merchant, Adelphi Court, and JUDITH
ELIZABETH LUCINDA WATTS had
1^ Greorge William Watts Moir, baptised by Rev. William
Skinner, 27th October, 1841.
1842. CAROLINE MORE, daughter of the late Gilbert More, Esq.,
died of consumption at Crown Street, aged 20%; buried 15th
March, 1842.
1843. ANDREW MENNIE, dyer, 106 George Street, and ANN MOIR
had
1. Helen, born 4th May, baptised by Rev. William Walk-
er in chapel, 14th May, 1843.
1843. ANDREW CASTELL and JEAN MOIR had
1. Andrew, born at 69 Virginia Street, baptised by Rev.
William Walker in chapel, 29th October. 1843.
2. George, born at 69 Virginia Street, baptised by Rev.
William Bruce in chapel, 2 5th January, 1846.
3. James, born at 48 Frederick Street, baptised by Rev.
Charles Wagstaff in chapel, 2 3d July, 1848; died
there, buried 23d July, 1848.
Andrew Castell was an engineer 1843-1846, and an overseer
afterwards.
1845. CHARLES MOIR, Esq., son of the late William Moir, Esq.,
died at Union Street of protracted decline, at the age of 16;
buried 24th March, 1845.
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53
1848. ANN ISABELLA MOIR, daughter of the deceased William
Moir, Esq., of Park, died at 28 Bon-Accord Terrace, aged 25,
of exhaustion and nervous excitement; buried 15th February,
1848.
1849. CHRISTIAN MOIR, 9 Blackfriars Street, aged 63, was buried
16th June, 1849.
1850. JEAN MOIR, widow of the lat^^ William M. Shaw, 135 King
Street, died of goitre and decline, aged 72, 24th February,
and was buried 1st March, 1850.
1850. JOSEPH DUNDAS, Esquire of Carronhall, and Fingask of the
Parish of Larbert, in the County of Stirling, and MAR-
GARET ISABELLA MOIR of Old Machar, daughter of
George Charles Moir, Esq., of Denmore, was married in Den-
more House, by Bishop William Skinner, 27th November,
1850, before witnesses — James M. Haggart, C. S. Camming
Bruce, Emmaline Forbes, Isabella Moir, and Christina
Frances Forbes.
The above Emmaline Forbes was the daughter of Henry
Forbes, Esq., of Balgownie. Married Rev. John Gabriel
Ryde, 29th April, 1851, and her marriage by Bishop William
Skinner was witnessed, among others, by Isabella Moir.
1851. CHARLES GEORGE MOIR, ESQ., of Denmore, died there,
aged 80, of a paralytic attack, buried 15th January, 1851.
1851. MAJOR HENRY KNIGHT ERSKINE, of Pittodrie, of the
Chapel of Garioch and of the Parish of Oyne, and MARY
ANN MOIR, elder daughter of the deceased George Charles
Moir of Denmore, in the Parish of Old Machar, were mar-
ried in the house of Scotstown, by Bishop William Skinner
of Aberdeen, 11th June, 1851, before witnesses — J. Hepburn,
Isabella Moir, George C. Bruce, and Georgina M. A. Forbes.
1853. GAVIN GREIG, gardiner, Parkhill, and MARY MOIR had
1. Robert Moir, baptised by Rev. John Gabriel Ryde,
8th April, 1853.
fA son Gavin was born at New Machar, 10th February, 1856.
Graduated Master of Arts at Aberdeen University, 1876.
Appointed Headmaster of Whitehill Public School, New
Deer, Aberdeenshire, 187 9. He is a Fellow of the Educa-
tional Institute of Scotland, and a Justice of the Peace of
Aberdeenshire. See biographical sketch in the Buclian Field
Club's work, issued in 1909, entitled "Twenty-one Years'
Research in Buchan," pp. 94-95.]
1859. ALEXANDER MOIR, farm servant, Longacre, Aberdeen, and
ELIZABETH SINGER had
1. Allan, born 29th January, baptised 18th March, 1859,
by Rev. George Sutherland.
1864. WELLWOOD MAXWELL of Sefton, near Liverpool, and
ISABELLA MOIR of Old Machar were married in church,
by Thomas George Suther, Bishop of Aberdeen, 14th April,
1864, before witnesses — Margaret Mary Leith and William
Maxwell, Jr.
1864. DAVID MOIR. JUNIOR, of the Parish of Dundee, and ISA-
BELLA SINCLAIR, of the Parish of Old Machar, were mar-
ried by Thomas George Suther, Bishop of Aberdeen, 27th
54 MoiR Genealogy
September, 1864, before witnesses — ^Thomas Baxter and Mar-
garet Baxter.
1874. GEORGE MOIR, labourer, 100 Spittal, and HELEN CRAIG,
10 Shiprow, were married by Rev. F. Kitchen, 12th January,
1874, before witnesses — William Duff and Charles Craig.
1885. GEORGE MOIR, journeyman iron moulder, 16 Kintore Place,
and JANET STEPHEN FORBES, had
1. William Robertson, baptised by Rev. James Myers
Danson, 28th June, 1885.
2. Jessie, born at 4 Kingsland Place, baptised by Rev.
James Myers Danson, 26th December, 1886.
1890. MANSFIELD FORBES MOIR and JESSIE HENDERSON
STEWART were married at 41 Ash vale Place, by Rev. James
'Myers Danson, 13th January, 1890, before witnesses —
William James Nicholson and Williamina Ballantyne.
1890. ALEXANDER BOYNE, KEITH, and AGNES MAITLAND
MOIR, also of Keith, were married at 62 Hamilton Place,
24th December, 1890, by Rev. James Myers Danson, before
witnesses — ^James Moir and P. [orbesl F.[raser] Maitland
Moir.
[James Moir, son of James Moir, was born at Kildrummy, 19th
November, 1845. He was rector of Banff Academy, Clas-
sical Master, Glasgow Academy, Rector of Grammar School
Aberdeen. He was the first and until 1905 (7th April) the
only Doctor of Letters of Aberdeen University. Died at
Bridge of Gairn, 16th May, 1902. M. A. 1869, LL. D. 1891;
D. Litt. 1898. His brother was Forbes Fraser Maitland
Moir; was born at Kildrummy, 1st April, 1847; died at 143
Union Street, Aberdeen, 26th July, 1891. M. B., C. M. 1873.
Aberdeen University.]
METHLICK BAPTISMS AND MARRIAGES
(Kindly furnished by JAMES M. A. WOOD of Aberdeen)
25th March, 1698, John Moir, Mill of Kelly, a daughter Margaret,
baptised.
27th January, 1723, William Moir, Mill of Methlick, a son Robert,
baptised.
30th December, 1731, Robert Moir, Truffhill, a son George, baptised.
31st December, 17 32, William Moir, Mill of Methlick, a son Robert,
baptised.
20th August, 1735, George Moir, Brainjohn, a daughter Ann, baptised.
27th May, 1744, William Moir, Meikle Methlick, a daughter Isabel,
baptised.
14th December, 1745, Alexander Moir, Mill of Chapelton, a daughter
Agnes, baptised.
13th August, 1758, William :Moir, Mill of Methlick. a daughter Bar-
bara, baptised.
10th October, 1762, William Moir, Mill of Methlick, a daughter
Margaret, baptised.
25th October, 1768, William Moir, Mill of Methlick, a daughter Isobel,
baptised.
14th January, 1772, William Moir, Mill of Methlick, a son Robert,
baptised.
15th February, 1778, William Moir, Brainjohn, a daughter Jean,
baptised.
16th November, 1719, William Moir and Margaret Gibb, both of the
parish were married.
22nd July, 1744. Alexander Moir of the parish and Barbara Baxter,
Foveran, were proclaimed for the first time.
31st December 1761, James Moir, Tarves Parish, and Helen Fuller,
Methlick parish were married.
22nd January, 1764, Alexander Ivlrkton, Tarves parish and Margaret
Moir, Methlick parish, were contracted, and were married 8
March, 1764.
26th December, 1775, Jolm Saint and Elspet Moir, both of parish,
were married.
SOCIETY OF FRIENDS' RECORDS
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
The undernoted Moor and More references are extracted from a
complete register of Births, Deaths and Marriages of all members of
the faith down to 1860. The register contains a complete summary of
all Quakers in Scotland and a transcript which is in beautiful hand.
56 MoiR Ge;nbalogy
•writing is housed in the Aberdeen Meeting House, Crown Street,
Aberdeen.
ANDREW MOOR had:
1. Benjamin, born at Prestonhaugh, 3d April, 1674.
2. Elizabeth, born at Prestonhaugh, 18th September, 1678.
3. Margaret, born at Litl Marti, 10th March, 1685.
4. Nathaniel, born at Waughton, 15th September, 1687.
5. Alexander, born at Waughton, 7th December, 1690.
6. George^ born at Waughton, 16th January, 1692.
— Edinburgh Meeting Records.
JOHN MORE, farmer, Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire, and his wife
Margaret had:
1. Mary, born at Kinmuck, Keithhall or Mont Kegree, 13th
September, 1792.
2. John, born at Kinmuck, parish of Keithhall, 2 9th May,
1794.
3. George, born at Kinmuck, 8th May, 1796.
— Aberdeen Meeting Records.
REGISTER OF FORRES, ELGINSHIRE, SCOTLAND
(Searched from 1675 to 1758)
(From "History of the More Family")
30th March, 1721, James, son of Andrew Moir, Wheelwright, and
Jean Hutcheon, was baptised.
5th May, 1723, Jean, dau. of Andrew More and Jean Hutcheon, was
baptised by Mr. Squire..
20th Nov., 1726, Robert, son to Andrew More and Jean Hutcheon, was
baptised.
27th June, 1728, L/odOTlc, son of Andrew More and Jean Hutcheon,
was baptised.
29th August, 1736, Jean, dau. of John Moir, Squarewright in town, and
Isobel Duncan, his spouse, was baptised.
3lst July, 1740, John More and Isobel Duncan, in town, had a son
baptised, called Alexander.
3d April, 1743, John More, Squarewright, and Isobel Duncan had a
dau. baptised, called Margaret.
(The birth of another son John, progenitor of the More
family of Roxbury, New York, born Feb. 24, 1745, is here
omitted, through neglect, as registration at that time was
not obligatory.)
12th May, 1748, Christian, dau. to John More and Isobel Duncan, hia
spouse, was baptised.
12 Jan., 1736, John Moir and Isobel Duncan were married.
THENEWYORfi
PUBLIC LIBBAfiYf
ASTOR, LENOX AND f
TILDEN FOUNDATIONS. i'.
PARISH OF ROTHIEMURCHUS
IN IVERNESS-SHIRE, SCOTLAND
(From "History of the More Family")
(Searched from 1774 to 1800)
JEAN, dau. to Alexander More in Tullochgrew, and Jannet
McDonald, his wife, born 7th October and baptised the 9th, 1774.
CHRISTIAN, dau. to Alex. More and Jannet McDonald, his wife. Born
24th April and baptised 28th, 1778, by Mr. Lev/is Grant.
DAVID, son to John More and Janet Ross at Lochmellan, was bom
16th November, 1775.
PARISH OF BUCHANAN
IN ELGINSHIRE, SCOTLAND
(From "History of the More Family")
(Searched from 1699 to 1761)
25th July, 1724, GEORGE MOIR, Schoolmaster at Salashie, and
HELEN McPARLiAN in the said town, both parishioners, gave up
their names to be proclaimed in order of marriage.
(Note in Margin)— This marriage was not consummated, she went off and mar-
ried another irregularly.
14th May, 1726, GEORGE MOIR and DOROTHY BALFOUR, both in
this parish, gave up their names to be proclaimed in order of
marriage.
(Note in Margin) — This marriage was not consummated.
24th September, 1726, GEORGE MOIR, schoolmaster at Leteraimh
in this parish, and MARY FERGUSON, in the parish of Drymen,
gave up their names to be proclaimed in order to marriage.
Married at Drymen, Sept. 27th, 1726, by Mr. Jo. Anderson.
21st Januarj', 1732. GEORGE MOIR, schoolmaster at Salachie, and
MARY FERGUSON, spouses, had a lawful daughter baptised,
called Mary.
16th October, 1735, GEORGE MOIR, master of the Charity School at
Salachie, and MARY FERGUSON, spouses, had a lawful son
baptised, called John.
KILMADOCK (FOR DOUNE) BIRTHS
1623-1843
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
162 5, March 13th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Moir. The bairne's
name is Agnes. Witnesses, Robert Bwy, James Finlason.
1626, October 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Moir. The bairne's
name is Marget. Witnesses, William Ferguson, William Bwy.
1627, November 4th. Ane bairn ibaptizet to Ihon Moir. The bairne'g
name is Ihon. Witnesses, James Cadell, Ihon Murdoch.
1629, August 30th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Moir. The bairne's
name is Ihon. Witnesses, Ihon Murdoche, Ihon Moir.
1630, February 21st. Ane bairn Tjaptizet to Ihon Moir. The bairne's
name is Robert. Witnesses, Andro Murdochston, Archibald Mur-
dochston, Robert Moir younger.
16 30, October 3rd. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Moir younger in
Newtoun. The bairne's name is Janat. Witnesses, Ro'bert Moir
elder, Mr. Walter Moir.
1631, August 21st. Ane bairn baptizet to James Norie (?). The
bairne's name is James. Witnesses, NicoU Muschet, Finly Spittell.
1631, December 18th. Ane bairn baptizet to Mr. Walter Moir. The
bairne's name is Marie. Witnesses, Ihon Edmistoun of Newtoun,
Herie Hume of Argaties.
1632, July 8th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Moir, Tailzeor. The
bairni's name is Robert. Witnesses, Andro Mitschell, William
Amer (?).
1632, October 14th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ro'bert Moir younger. The
bairne's name is Marget. Witnesses, Robert Bwy, Ihon Hender-
son, Ihon Tailzer.
1632, October 28th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Moir in Newton. The
bairne's name is Marie. Witnesses, Robert Moir, Ihon McHuchon.
1633, January 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Moir, younger.
The bairne's name is Marget. Witnesses, James Moir, Archibald
Smythe.
Note — Another Marget supra 1632, October, only four months between.
1C33, November 16th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Moir, Wobster.
The bairne's name is Janat. Witnesses, Sanders Steinson, Andro
Craufurd.
Moir? 1634, April 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to Andro Moyill. The bairne's
name is Ihon. Witnesses, William Mitschell, Ihon McKoy.
No entries in Register August, 1634, to October, 1635.)
1637, February 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Johne Moire. The
bairne's name Archibald. Witnesses, Robert Moire elder and
younger.
1638, January 29th. Ane bairn baptizit to James Moir. The bairne's
name Robert. Witnesses, William Cadell, Archibald Smith.
(Blank May, 1638, to October, 1641.)
1643, January 2 9th. Ane bairne baptizet to Mr. Walter Moir. The
bairne's name is Agnes. Witnesses, William Cadell and William
Mitchell.
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1643, 'March 12th. Ane bairne 'baptizet to James Moir. The bairne's
name is Archibald. Witnesses, James Drumond of Milanab, Mr.
Walter Moir.
1643, September 24th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir. The
bairne's name is Elspet. Witnesses, Mr. William Moir, Johne
Mioir.
1644, January 28th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir in Boghall.
The bairne's name is Christane. Witnesses, Robert Moir, wobster,
James Moir.
1644, January 29th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir in Neutoune.
The ^bairne's name is Henrie. Witnesses, William Cadell, Mr.
Walter Moir.
1645, June 3rd. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir in Lanrik. The
bairne's name is Robert. Witnesses, Andrew Stewart, John
Smyth.
1645, August 4th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Moir. The bairne's
name is Jaiues. Witnesses, Johne Gillespie, Thomas Kennie.
1646, March 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Moir, in Newtone.
The hairne's name is Isobell. Witnesses, Robert Moir, James
Moir.
1647, May 9th. Ane bairne baptiset to Mr. Walter Moir. The bairne's
name is Anna. Witnesses, William Cadell, Robert Moir.
1647, June 6th. Ane bairne baptizet to James Moir. The bairne's
name is Market. Witnesses, Robert Moir, Williani Cadell.
1647, July 25th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir. The bairne's
name is Robert. Witnesses, Robert McEwne, James Moir.
Note— 30th August, 1647. Mr. Walter Moir, witness to child of William Caddell.
1647, November 7th. Ane bairne baptiset to Robert Moir. The
bairne's name is David. Witnesses, Maister Walter Moir, Williani
Caddell.
1648, August 13th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Moir in Newtone.
The bairne's name is Johne. Witnesses, Mr. Walter Moir, James
Moir.
1649, January 21st. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir. The bairne's
name is Agnes. Witnesses, Robert Moir, James Paterson.
1649, August 12th. Ane bairne baptizet to James Moir. The bairne's
name is Walter. Witnesses, Mr. Walter Moir, John Farlane.
1649, October 31st. Ane bairne baptizet to Mr. Walter Moir. The
TDairn's name is Marie. Witnesses, Harie Home of Argatie, Johne
Edmondstone.
1649, December 2 3rd. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir in Landrik,
The bairne's name is Marlon. Witnesses, Mr. Walter Moir, Androw
Stewart.
1650, December 3rd. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Moir in New-
ton (?). The bairne's name is Robert. Witnesses, Mr. Walter
Moir, William Caddell.
1651, November 8th. Ane bairne baptizet to Mr. Walter Moir. The
bairne's name is Isobell. Witnesses, William. Caddell, Androw
Stewart, James Moir.
1652, February 2nd. Ane bairne baptizet to James Moir. The bairn's
name is Marie. Witnesses, James Edmondstone and William
Caddell.
Blank June, 1652, to May, 1668, and several leaves imperfect
after latter date.
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1668, May. Ane bairne baptize! to James Moir*. The bairn's name
is Joliiie. Witnesses, James Smyth.
1668, November 9th. Archbald Moir had ane child baptized in Dum-
blane, called .
1669, January 26th. Jean, daughter to Archbald Moir, in Glenwhilk.
Witnesses, John Moir and Robert Moir there.
1670, January 22nd. David, son to John Moir, in Argitgentie. Wit-
nesses, William Baxter and Robert McHutchson.
Note— 27th November, 1670. There is an entry of Marion and Christian, twins in
Lenrick, but the father's name is left out. There v/as a Moir in this place
See 23rd December 1649, ante.
1671, April 2nd. Robert Moir, witness to child of Andrew Dunckison,
in Lenrick.
1672, May 19th. Anna, daughter to John Moir, in Glenwhilk. Wit-
nesses, James Keir in Kilbryde and Robert Moir in Dunblane.
Note— Moile occurs 15th November, 1672.
1673, January 11th. Johiie, son to Thomas Moir in Row. Witnesses,
Johne Moir and Patrick Hendersone there.
1673, September 27th. "William, son to Archbald Moir, in Row. Wit-
nesses, Thomas and James Moir there.
1675, March 13th. Walter, son to John Moir in Glenwhilk. Witnesses,
John Greme (?) of Bowtoune and James Keir in Kilbryde.
1676, December 9th. Katharine, child to Thomas Moir, in Row. Wit-
nesses, Archbald and William Moirs there.
1676, December 30th. David, sone to Archbald Moir in Row. Wit-
nesses, Thomas Mitchell and Thomas Moir there.
1677, March 13th. Robert, child to Walter Moir in Doun. Wit-
nesses, Harie Ote and James McNair there.
1677, Nevember 27th. Child to James Moir in Lenrick was baptized
at Kincairdine. Witnesses,
1679, February 8th. Harie, child to Walter Moir and Janet Ote, in
Doun. Witnesses, Harie Moir in Newtoune and Harie Ote in
Doun.
1679, August 15th. Jean, child to Harie Moir and Marie Moir in
(New)toune.
1679, October 25th. Patrick, son to Thomas Moir and Hen-
dersone, in Row. Witnesses, James Henderson and John Moir
there.
Note — Only fragments of two leaves at 1680. On one of these Harie a child
Moir of . Other leaves at period more or less imperfect.
1680, September 4th. Agnes, daughter to Walter Moir and Janet Oat,
in Doune. Witnesses, Harie Oat and David Walnut there.
1682, October 30th. Jolin, son to Robert Moir of Lochfield, and Jonet
Stewart. Witnesses, William Stewart in Head and James
Stewart in Drumlithandy.
1682, November 22nd. Harie and Margaret Moirs** in Newtoune, a
child baptized, called Agnes. Witnesses, Andrew Smith and James
Farland in Doune.
Note— Some leaves misplaced 1683-85.
1685, April 19th. Elizabeth, daug^hter to Thomas Moir and Janet
Henderson. Witnesses, William Moir and James Henderson.
*This entry is bearly illegible and the surname is doubtful.
**This might be read Moris, but see 1679 August 15th (and 1687, Oct. 8th). The wife's
name there is, however ,Marie.
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1684, December 1st. Marjorie, daughter to Harie and Marie Moirs
in Newtoune. Witnesses, Banks and Andrew Smyth.
1687, October 8th. , daughter to Harie and Marie Moirs in
Newtoune. Witnesses, Andrew Henderson and James CulUngs
there.
1688, December 29th. Robert, son to Robert Moir and Margaret Mc-
Hutcheon in Parktoune. Witnesses, James Taylour and Harie
Moir.
1689, January 5th. Isabell, daughter to Duncan Moir and Christian
McGregor in Down. Witnesses, Don. Thomson and William Clark.
1689, February 24th. John, son to James Moir and Jonet Stewart in
Lanrlk. Witnesses, Thorn, and John Stewarts.
1689, November 20th. Marg-aret, daughter to Harie and Marie Moirs
(in) Newtoune. Witnesses, Andrew Smyth, maltman in Down,
and John Henderson in Newtoune.
1691, September 9th. Robert, gone to Harie and Marie Moirs in New-
toune. Wiitnesses, Andrew Clark and Thomas Mitchell.
Blank February, 1692, to March, 1694?
1696, March 5th. Margaret, daughter to Mr. George More and Mary
in Broich.
1697, April 25th. John, son to Finlay Moir, Shouldier, and Agnes
Lawman. Witnesses, Robert Thomson and William Smith.
Blank, January, 1699, to November, 1701.
1702, January 8th. James, son to Harie Moir, Merchant in Doun, and
Agnes. Harie Moir and Robert McClellan.
1702, August 2 3rd. David, son to Robert Moir of Lochfleld and
Stewart in Doun. Witnesses, John Moir of Crajdarnell
and Alexander Stewart of Annat.
1702, July 29th. Anna, daughter to umquhile Robert Moir and Mar-
garet McHutcheon, in Argattie. Witnesses,
Note— The Registers from 1691 to 1734 is defective and partially illegible.
1703, July 8th. John, son to David Moir and Janet Caddell, in Doun,
Witnesses, Robert McFarlan and Hary Moir there.
1705, October 19th. Alexander, son to William Moir, son to Robert
Moir of Lochfield and Katharine Wreight. Witnesses, William
Riddoch in Torry and John Carmichell there.
1707, March 8th. 3Iary, daughter to John Moir of Craigarnhall and
Florence Fergueson. Witnesses, Mr. George Campbell, minister
at Killmadock and Robert Stewart, chirurgeon in Doune.
1708, January 4th. Henry, son to Henry Moir and Agnes Moir in
Doun. Witnesses, Robert and Robert Thomson there.
1710, July 4t'h (or 14th). Baptised Issobell, daughter to John Moir of
Craigarnhall and Ferguson. Witnesses, Robert Stewart,
Chirurgeon in Doun, and Keir, Merchant there.
Note— About end of November, 1711, there has been an entry probably of Moir—
cdl that is visible of it being Moir.
1712, May 1st. Agnes, daughter to Henry and Agnes Moirs, in Down.
Witnesses, Hugh Thomson and Archibald Murdoch there.
1712, May 18th. Isobell, daughter to Patrick Moir and Jean ,
in Dragonburn. Witnesses, Henry , Merchants in Down.
Note— 1713 April 4th. Mary Moir spouse to Robert Stuart, chirurgeon, a child
Jean. The Laird of Annat and John Moir of Craigamell, witnesses.
1713, Oirca, June 2 6th. Jean, daughter to John Moir of Craigamel,
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and Florence Ferguson, his spouse. Witnesses, Robert Stu3>rt,
chirurgeon in Doun, Mr. George Brown, Schoolmaster there.
Note— At foot of page prior to March 1719, there has been an entry of a child t&
David More or Mores and Janet but remainder illegible.
Circa 1720. September 18th. Archibald, son to John Moir and Janet
Smith in Doun. Witnesses, David Moir there and Robert Mur-
doch in Wardhead.
1720, December 27th. John, son to Patrick Moir and Jane
in Greddon Burn. Witnesses, Henry Moir and Walter Paterson.
1720 (?) (second entry after above). Katharin, daughter to Johli
Moir and Janet Henderson in Raer (?). Witnesses, John Hender-
sone there and Patrick Moir in Greddin Burn.
1721, April 9th (circa). . .Archibald, son to Archibald Moir and Mar-
garet Mclsaac in Deanstoun. Witnesses, Gourlie in Mc-
Keanstoun and Alexander Mc Thornhill.
Note — Moir is doubtful.
1722, October 13th. Margaret, daughter to John Moir and Janet
Smith in Doun. Witnesses, Henry Moir there and Robert McCul-
loch in Sauchans.
1723, April 7th. Robert, son to John Moir and Anna Murdoch, in
Tigermuck. Witnesses, James Turnbull in Down and John Led-
inoch in Wastoun.
1730, May 3rd. Anne, daughter to John Moir and Janet Smith in
Down. Witnesses,
McLellanC?) 1732, Feb. 4th. Janet, daughter to Walter Moir and Isabell Mc
in Down. Witnesses, William McLelane and Alexander Robertson.
1733, May 11th. Henry, son to Walter Moier and Isabell McLellane
in Down. Witnesses, William McLellan there and Henry Moir in
Crachley.
173 3, June 3rd. Anna, daughter to Henry and Agnes Moirs in Down.
Witnesses, David Moir and Archibald Murdoch there.
1734, January 8th. Henry, son to James Moir and Helen Lennox in
Hole of Cambus. Witnesses, George Shearer and James Corsar in
Wester Lundie.
1735, July 20th. Alexander, son to John Moir and Ann Murdoch in
Lanrick. Witnesses, George Downie in Spittaltoun and James
Turnbull in Down.
1738, May 10th. James, child to James Moir and Helen Lennox in
Hole. Witnesses, George Shearer and Robert Duncanson in
Lundie.
1738, December 7th. Margaret, daughter to John Moir and Ann
Murdoch in Upper Lanrick. Witnesses, James Turnbull and
James Taylor in Down.
1740, December 28th. Anne, daughter to John Moir and Anne Mur-
doch in Upper Lanrick. Witnesses, Donald McQueen and James
Moir there.
Note— Mr. James Moir, Writer, Down, was witness to four of the children of
Archibald Murdoch of Gartincaber, bom respectively 9th May 1751, 1st
August, 1753, Sept. 1st, 1754 and 3rd January, 1757. These entries occur to-
gether at 23rd July, 1747.
*1757. John, son to John Moir and Janet McArthur, in Torrie, was
born 4th and baptised 9th December (1 say) January.
•This is inserted with other irregular entries after June, 1746. The battle of Culloden
in 1746, caused the whole country to have many irregularities, and many places had no
entries of births, marriages or deaths for years at this time. Such are the fortvmes or
misfortunes of v/as.
MOIR GENEAI.OGY 63
1750, April 1st. Margaret, daughter to James Moir and Janet Hender-
son, in Mains of Down, 'baptised by Mr. Tclfer, seceding Minister.
Witnesses, Robert Duncanson and Edward Thomson in Down.
1753, February 28th. Archibald, son to James Moir and Janet Hen-
derson, in Mains of Down, baptised by Mr. Telfer, Seceding Minis-
ter. Witnesses, Edward and John Thomsons there.
1755, October 5th. James, son to James Moir and Jannet Henderson
in Down. Witnesses, John Herdman there and Robert Duncanson
there.
1756. February 8th. John, son to James Moir and Elizabeth McFar-
lan in Lanrick.
1758, September 16th. Janet, daughter to James Moir and Elizabeth
McKowan in Over Lanerick. Witnesses, George Buchanan in Tor-
rie and William Murdoch in Lanerick.
1758, December 10th. Robert, son to John Moir and Margret McFar-
lan in Torrie. Witnesses, Robert Moir there and James Moir in
Over L/anerick.
1760, April 16th. Helen, daughter to Mr. James Moir, Mrs. Ann For-
est in Down. Witnesses, Patrick Edmonston of Newton and David
Hume Stewart of Argatie.
Note— Dead before 1776. See Dunblane testaments.
1760, August 3rd. John Moir and Margaret McFarlane, his spouse, in
Torrie, had a child baptised, called Ann. Witnesses, Patrick Fer-
guson and John McKinlay, both there.
*1777, Robert Moir and Agnes Drummond, his spouse, in Upper Lan-
rick had a child baptised the 20ith May, called David. Witnesses,
David Moir in Upper Lanrick and Alexander McFarlane in Doune.
1761, January 25th. James Moir and Elizabeth McEuen, his spouse,
in Over Lendrick, had a child baptised, called Henry. Witnesses,
Robert Moir there and John Moir in Torie.
1762, January 27th. Mr. James Moir, Writer in Down and Mrs. Ann
Forrest, his spouse, had a child baptised caWed Elizabeth. Wit-
nesses, David Hoome Stuart of Argatie and Archibald Murdoch
of Gartincaber. The child was born 26th.
1762, June 23rd. John Moir and Margaret McFarlane, his spouse, in
Wester Torrie, had a child baptised called Kathrine. Witnesses,
Patrick Ferguson and John McKinlay there.
1763. May 27th. Mr. James Moir, Writer in Down in Mrs. Ann For-
rest, his spouse, had a child baptised called 'John, Witnesses,
Mr. John Forrest and Archibald Murdoch of Gartincaber. The
child was born the 25th.
Note— Dead before 1776. See Dunblane testaments.
1763, July 24th. James Moir and Elizabeth McEuan, his spouse, in
Lanrek, 'had a child baptised, called James. Witnesses, Robert
and David Moirs there.
1764, February, Robert Moir and Agnes Drummond, his spouse, in
Over Lanrick, had a child baptised called, Janet. Witnesses, Rob-
ert Duncanson and David Moir there.
1764, July 29th. John Moir and Margaret McFarlane, his spouse, in
Wester Torrie, had a child baptised, called Margaret. Witnesses,
John McKinlay there and Robert Moir in Lanrek.
*The above entry appears after one for 22nd December, 1760. The name More in the
entry might be read Mur.
64 MoiR Genealogy
1764. Mr. James Moir, "Writer in Do-vsti, and Mrs. Ann Forrest, his
spouse, had a child born September 5th and baptised 7th thereof,
called Robbina. Witnesses, Archibald Murdoch of Gartincaber
and Mr. John Forrest, brother to Mrs. Moir.
1766, May 4th. Robert Moir and Agnes Drummond, his spouse, in
Lanrek, had a child baptised, called John. Witnesses, James and
John Moirs.
1766, November 10th. John Moir and Margaret McFarlane, his
spouse, in Wester Torry, had a child baptised called John. Wit-
nesses, John McKlnlay and Patrick Ferguson, both there.
1767, March 1st. James Moir and Elizabeth McEwn, his spouse, in
Upper Danrek, had a child baptised, called Ann. Witnesses,
David Moir there and John Moir in Torrie.
1768, September 25th. Robert iMoir and Agnes Drummond, his
spouse, in Over Lanrek, had a child baptised, called Henry.
Witnesses, David Moir there and Alexander McFarlane in Down.
The child was born 24th.
1770, May 2 7th, James Moir and Elizabeth McEwen, his spouse, in
Lianerk, had a child baptised, called Margaret. Witnesses, Rob-
ert and John Moir.
1771, March 31st. Robert Moir and Agnes Drummond, his spouse,
Ovir Landrick, had a child baptised, called James. Witnesses,
David Moir there and Alexander McFarlane in Down.
Kizabeth(?) 1772, June 14th. James Moir and Helen McEwen, his spouse, in
Landrick, had a child baptised, called DaTid. Witnesses, Robert
and David Moirs, both in Lendrick.
1773, December 26th. Henry Moir and Margaret Mitchell, his spouse,
in Sauchens, had a child baptised, called Ann. Witnesses, John
Mitchell in Sauchen, and Alexander McFarlan in Down.
Note— See 1775 infra.
1778, August 30th. Henry Moir and Margaret Mitchell, his spouse, at
Sauchens, had a ^child baptised, called James. Witnesses, Alexan-
der Macfarlane and David Mitchell, both there.
1778, Henry Moir and Margaret Mitchell, his spouse, at Sauchens,
had a child baptised October 1st, 1775, called Archibald. Wit-
nesses, David Mitchell and Alexander McFarlan, both in Down.
Note— Entered at 1778.
1786, February 12th. James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, his spouse,
at Mains of Down, had a child baptised, called James. Witnesses,
Andrew McFarlan and James Cullins, both in Down.
1787, September 23rd. James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, his spouse,
in Mains of Down, had a child baptised, called William. Wit-
nesses, Andrew McFarlan and James Duncanson, both in Down.
1789, October 15th. James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, his spouse, at
Mains of Down, had a child baptised, called Elizabeth. Witnesses,
Thomas Duncanson and John McFarlan, both in Down.
1791, July 31st. James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, his spouse, at
Mains of Down, 'had a child baptised, called Janet. Witnesses,
Archibald Moir and Andrew McFarlane, both in Down.
1793, February 24th. James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, his spouse, at
Sauchens, had a child baptised, called Isabel. Witnesses, Archi-
bald Moir and John McFarlan, both in Down. The child was born
the 17th February.
MoiR Gbnkalogy 65
*1794, May 18th. John Moir and Janet Stewart, his spouse, in Mac-
keanstoune, had a child baptised, called Robert. Witnesses,
William Thomson and James Chambers, both in Mackeanstoune.
The child was born the 7th May.
1795 (Feb.) James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, his spouse, in Sauchens,
had twins baptised, called Kathiine and Jean. Witnesses,
William Dick and William Johnstoun, both at Gartincaber. The
twins were born
(Above is between two entries dated 1st and 12th February.)
1796, June 27th. James Moir and Margaret Duncanson, his spouse, at
Bruch, had a child baptised, called Elen. Witnesses, David Moir Braicb (?)
at Camsay and Alexander Stewart at Muirhead. The child was
born the 2 5th June.
1796, September 15th. John Moir and Janet Stewart, his spouse, at
Mackeanstoune, had a child baptised, called Jean. Witnesses,
William Thomson and Alexander Steuart, both at Mackeanstoun.
Note— Inserted at September, 1797.
1798, April 27th. James Moir and Margaret Duncanson, his spouse,
at Mackeanstoun, bad a child baptised, called Elin. Witnesses,
William Thomson at Mackeanstoun and John Moir at Daldorn.
The child was born the 2 5th April.
1800, September 12th. James Moir and Margaret Duncanson, his
spouse, at Greenburn, had a child baptised Margaret. Witnesses,
Mr. Murray at Kilmadock and John Mcintosh at Norristoun. The
child was born the 5th September.
1802, November 21st. James Moir and Margaret Duncanson, his
spouse, at Gartinca.ber, had a child baptised, called Ann. Wit-
nesses, John and William Dick, both at Gartincaber. The child
was born the 13th November.
1805, June 2 3rd. James Moir and Margaret Duncanson, his spouse, at
Greenburn, had a child baptised, called John. Witnesses, Alexan-
der Stewart at Ijanrick and Robert Stewart there.
1811, Oct. 13th. Robert** and Elisabeth Moir, his spouse, at Mead-
owhead, had a child baptised, called George. Witnesses, William j. .
Moir and Robert Mitchell, both at Sauchens. The child was born
the 23rd September.
1812, November 8th. Robert and Elisabeth Moir, his spouse, at Mead-
owhead, had a child baptised, called Isabel. Witnesses, William .
Moir at Sauchins and Robert Mitchell at Dulate. The child was
born 1st November.
1814. Robert Moir and Elisabeth Moir, his spouse, in Meadowhead, of
Gartincaber, had a son named James, born 27th January.
1815. Robert Moir and Elisabeth Moir, his spouse, in Gartincabber,
had a child called Janet born 2nd and baptised 15th October.
Witnesses, Congregation.
1817. Robert Moir and Elizabeth Moir, his spouse, in Gartincabber,
had a child born 27th April and baptised 11th May, called Robert.
Witnesses, Congregation.
1819. Robert Moir and Elizabeth Moir, his spouse, in Gra,rtincaber,
had a child born 27th January, and baptised 7th February, 1819,
called WlUiam.
♦Inserted after November 30th.
**The surname of the father is omitted but Moir is in the margin.
66 MoiR Geneai^oGy
1820. John Moir, Liabourer, and Marrion McLaren, his spouse, in
Torry, had Marrion born 1st, baptised 14th December, 1820.
1837. Archibald Moir and Agnes McPherson, spouses, Doune, had
James, born 16th and baptised 30th November, 1837.
1840. Archibald Moir and Agnes McPherson, spouses, Doune, had
Agnes, born 30th January and baptised 12th February, 1840.
Searched from Beginning of Register to 1843.
KILMADOCK (FOR DOUNE) BIRTHS
1623-1843 (ALLIED FAMILIES)
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
Mothers' names not recorded till 1677
1623, November 10th. Ane bairne baptizet to Walter Farlan in Down.
The bairne's name is Arctilbald. Witneses, Archibald Stewart,
James Smythe.
1624, February 19th. Ane bairn baptizet to George Stevart, in Kil-
toryid. The bairne's name is Elspet. Witnesses, Finlay Magibbon,
Thomas Stewart.
1624, June 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Bryce in Garngaber.
The bairne's name is Ilion. Witnesses, Ihon MacRison, Ihon
MacRewar.
1624, July 14th. Ane bairn baptizet to Alexander Stewart and Elspet
Tailzeour. The hairne's name is Margret. Witnesses, James
Bryce, Ihon Tailzeour, Ihon Stevart.
1624, October 10th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart, Chalmer-
'lan. The bairne's name is Alaster. Witnesses, Herie Hwine, Ihon
Edmondston, James Don.
1625, January 13th. Ane bairn baptizet to Andro Stewart. The
bairn's name is William. Witnesses, Andro Magibbon, Robert
Bwy.
1625. March 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Farlan. The bairne's
name is James. Witnesses, James Smyth, Alexander Chrystie.
Eodem Die. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Stewart. The bairne's name
is Ihon. Witnesses, Walter Graham, Robert Stewart.
1625, May 15th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart. The bairne's
name is Marget. Witnesses, Archibald Forgesoiui.
1625, September 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Stewart. The
bairne's name is . Witnesses, Ihon Mitschell, James Hal-
dan.
Eo. Die. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Stewart, in Makeinstoun. The
bairne's name is William. Witnesses, William Stewart, Andro
McNab.
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MoiR GenkaIvOGy 67
1625, NovemlDer 7th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart, Deput.
The bairnes' name is Robert.* Witnesses, Ihon Edmondstoun
of Newtoun, Herie Hume off Argatie.
1625, November 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Bryce. The
bairne's name is Marion. Witnesses, William Eauen, William
Chalmer.
1626, January 22nd. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Stewart. The
bairne's name is Georg. Witnesses, James and Herie Stewarts.
1626, March 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Alexander Stewart. The
balirne's name is Katlierin. Witnesses, Ihon Stewart, Ihon Lamb.
1626, April 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to Archibald Stewart. The
bairne's name is Issobell. Witnesses, Robert Tailzeour, Ihon
Stewart, William Buchanan.
1626, October 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Stewart, Inbry, off
■Cambss. The "bairne's name is Janet. Witnesses, William
Mitchell, Robert Carmichell.
1626, November 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Stewart. The
bairne's name is Ihon. Witnesses, James Fogow, elder and
younger, Ihon Mitchell.
1626, December 27th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Makeinsk. The
bairne's name is William. Witnesses, Thomas McWillie, William
Smithe.
1627, January 7th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Bryce. The bairne's
name is Nans. Witnesses, Ihon and James Shawls, Ihon McNewar.
1627, January 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to William Stewart. The
bairne's name is James. Witnesses, James Stewart, James Fin-
lason, Ihon Stewart.
1627, January 28th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Katherin. Witnesses, Ihon Makertour, Ihon and James
Schaw.
1627, July 15th. Ane bairn baptised to Ihon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Janat. Witnesses, James and Thomas Stewarts, Ihon
Garrow.
1627, July 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Farlane. The bairne's
name is Dugall. Witnesses, James Stewart, Robert Wyld.
1627, August 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Stewart. The
■bairne's name is Catheran. Witnesses, Ihon Mitschell, Ihon
Smyth.
1627, September 2nd. Ane bairn baptizet to Georg Stewart. The
bairne's name is Janat. Witnesses, Thomas Stewart, Ihon Mur-
doch e.
1627, October 14th. Ane bairn baptizet to Ihon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Ihon. Witnesses, Robert Balfour, Robert Buy.
1628, May 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Stewart, younger. The
bairne's name is Marie. Witnesses, Robert and Walter Stewartis.
1628, October 19th. Ane 'bairn baptizet to James Stewart. The
bairne's name is Janat. Witnesses, Archibald Stewart, Alexander
Chrystie.
1628, October 26th. Ane bairn baptizet to Andro Stewart. The
'bairne's name is Janat. Witnesses, Robert Stewart, Robert
Smythe.
1628, November 16th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Bryce. The
bairne's name is Nans. Witnesses. Ihon Wither, William Faill.
*The name Robert is blurred as if meant to be deleted.
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this onwards
Parents are
seldom
designated.
1628, December 21st. Ane bairn baptizet to William Stewart. The
bairne's name is Eduard. Witnesses, James Finlasone, Jhon
Mitschell.
1629, March 15th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart in Watston.
The bairne's name is Marget. Witnesses, Robert Stewart, Jhon
Henryson.
Eodem Die. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart, in Danrik. The
bairne's name is Helen. Witnesses, Jhon Moreson, Robert Stewart,
in Lanrik, Robert Stewart, younger, in Broiche.
1629, March 29th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart, in Calechat.
The bairne's name is Marloun. Witnesses, James Bryce, Alexan-
der Stewart.
1629, June 7th. Ane bairn baptizet to Don. Stewart Claak of Mon-
teithe. The bairne's name is James. . Witnesses, James Muschett,
Alexander Chrystie.
1629, June 14th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Stewart (not designed).
The bairne's name is Robert. Witnesses, Andro Stewart, James
'Mitchell.
1629, July 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Helen. Witnesses, Robert Squyar, Robert Morvell.
N. B.— From 1629, August 23rd. Ane bairn baptised to Duncan Stewart. The
bairne's name is Duncan. Witnesses, Robert Bwy, Jhon Tailzeour.
Eodem Die. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Stewart. The bairne's name
is Annabll. Witnesses, James Stewart, Jhon Smythe.
1630, March 21st. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Makenzie.* The
bairne's name is Marget. Witneses, James More, William
Edmondstoun.
1630, July 5th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Robert. Witnesses, Robert Stewart, Andro Kildow.
1630 , October 31st. Ane bairn baptizet to Andro Stewart. The
bairne's name is Marget. Witnesses, Robert Stewart, elder and
younger.
1631, February 3rd. Ane bairn baptizet to Thomas Graham. The
bairne's name is Margetj Witnesses, William and Patrick
Grahames, Robert 'Stewart.
1631, February 13th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart. The
bairne's name is Jhon. Witnesses, Jhon AUoun, Walter Gourly.
1631, February 27th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Stewart, younger.
The bairne's name is Jhon. Witnesses, Jhon and James Stewartes.
1631, March 3rd. Ane (bairn) baptizet to Alaster Stewart, son to Jhon
Stewart, in the Muir. The bairne's name is Alaster. Witnesses,
Robert Tailzeor, John Tailzeor.
1631, April 10th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Janat. Witnesses, James Bryce, Robert Buchanan.
1631, June 3rd. Ane bairn baptizet to Georg Graham. The bairne's
name is Jhon. Witnesses, Archibald Stewart, William Cadell.
1631, August 14th. Ane bairn baptizet to William Stewart. The
bairne's name is William, Witnesses, John Baxter, Archibald
Pinlason.
1631, August 31st. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Jhon. Witnesses, William Chalmer, Herie Stewart.
1631, November 27th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart. The
bairne's name is James. Witnesses, Jhon, and Thomas Saters.
* Makenryk (?)
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1632, January 22nd. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Stewart. The
bairne's name is Janat. Witnesses, Thomas Graham, Jhon
Downie.
1632, February 12th. Ane bairn baptizet to Thomas Graham, in Dal-
doran. The bairne's name is Aiinabll, Witnesses, William
Graham., Alexander Naper.
1632, July 22nd. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Issobell. Witnesses, Robert Noruell, Robert McNab.
1632, November 25th. Ane bairn baptizet to Andro Stewart. The
bairni's name is Andro. Witnesses, Andro Stewart, Jhon Mur-
doche.
1632, December 11th. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Stewart in
Broche. The bairne's name is Walter. Witnesses, Robert Stew-
art, James Haldan.
1633, January 6th. Ane bairn baptizet to Robert Stewart, in Broiche.
The bairne's name is Catlirin. Witnesses, Walter Stewart, Jhon
Stewart.
1633, March 31st. Ane bairn baptizet to Thomas Graham, in Dal-
doran. The bairne's name is Annas. Witnesses, William Graham
of Boguhappell, Alexander Naper.
1633, August 25th. Ane bairn baptised to James Bryce. The bairne's
name is Dauid. Witnesses, Thomas Kirk, Archibald Clark.
1633, October 29th. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart, of Arne-
worlit. The bairne's name is James. Witnesses, Argatie, William
Stewart, Archibald Stewart.
1634, February 23rd. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The
bairn's name is Marget. Witnesses, Jhon Paterson, William
Moreson.
Eodem Die. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart, in Calechat. The
bairne's name is Jhon. Witnesses, James Bryce, Jhon Stewart.
1634, March 19th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Robert. Witnesses, Jhon Stewart, Jhon Henryson.
Eodem Die. Ane bairn baptizet to Thomas Graham. The bairne's
name is Catheiin. Witnesses, James Dog, Robert Stewart.
1634, April 20th. Ane bairn baptizet to Jhon Stewart. The bairne's
name is Dauid. Witnesses, Jhon Murdoche, Andro Stewart.
1634, June 8th. Ane bairn baptizet to William Stewart. The bairne's
name is Jhon. Witnesses, Finlay Clark, James Dewar.
1634, July 13th. Ane bairn baptised to Jhon Stewart, in Lanrik.
The bairne's name is Andro. Witnesses, John Stewart, Walter
Gow.
1634, August ^rd. Ane bairn baptizet to Walter Balfour. The
bairne's name is Walter. Witnesses, John and Robert Balfours.
Edoem Die. Ane bairn baptizet to James Stewart. The bairne's name
is Walter. Witnesses, Walter Farlan, Walter Stewart, Jhon Bwy.
Blank August, 1634, to October, 1635.
1636, February 27th. Ane bairn baptizet to Archibald Stewart, in
Argatie. The bairne's name is Jean. Witnesses, James Ttewart,
Walter Farlane.
1638, February 8th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Stewart. The
bairne's name Hearie. Witnesses, Johne Stewart, William Clark.
Blank May, 1638, to October, 1641.
1642, April 17th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The bairne's
name is Johne. Witnesses, Johne Stewart, Androw Steuart.
Illegible
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1642, May 8th. Ane bairn baptizit to James Steuart. The bairne's
name is James. "Witnesses, Walter Farland, Archibald Smith.
1642, May 15th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Steuart. The bairne's
name is Marione. Witnesses, James Mitchell, James Halden.
1642, July 4th. Ane bairne baptizet to Harie Steuart. The bairne's
name is James. (Witneses) Robert Norvell, Walter Carmichell.
1642, July 24th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Steuart. The bairne's
name is James. (Witnesses) Robert Norvell, Waited Carmichell.
1642, October 2 3rd. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart. The
bairne's name is James. Witnesses, Johne Stewart, Robert
Steuart.
1642, December 2 5th. Ane bairne baptizet to umquhile Archibald
Steuart. The bairne's name is Marie. Witnesses, Thomas Chalm-
ers, Johne Innes.
1643, February 13th. Ane bairne baptizet to Walter Grahame of Bal-
lochallan. The bairne's name is Alexander. Witnesses, David
iMuschet of Calichat, Alexander Napeir.
1643, May 7th. Ane bairne baptizet to William Steuart. The bairne's
name is Walter. Witnesses, Johne Steuart, Murdoch Reoch.
1643, May 21st. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Steuart. The bairne's
name is Johne. Witnesses, Johne Steuart, Harie Steuart.
1643, Aug-ust 27th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Steuart. The
bairne's name is Agnes. Witnesses, John Steuart, William Clerk.
1643, September 17th. Ane bairne baptizet to James Steuart. The
bairne's name is Harie. Witnesses, James Makisoune, John Rob-
isoune.
1643, December 17th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Steuart. The
bairne's name is Margaret. Witnesses, William Faill, Johne
Smith.
1644, Julj'^ 15th. Ane bairne baptised to Walter Grahame of Balloch-
allane. The bairne's name is . Witnesses, Alexander
Monteith, William Grahame, Grahame of Boutoune.
Note — 23d July 1644, Harie Grime of Argatie and Archibald Stirling of Coldoch,
witnesses to child of Colin Campbell of Torrie.
1644, November 5th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The
bairne's name is Androu. Witnesses, John Mitchell, younger,
Robert Steuart.
1645, January 6th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The
bairne's name is Barbara. Witnesses, James McQuein, Androu
Stewart, Androu .
1645, February 21st. Ane bairne baptizet to Hary Stewart. The
bairne's name is Jonett. Witnesses, Robert Smyth, Murdoch
Reoche.
1645, March 2nd. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart. The bairne's
name is Walter. Witnesses, Mongo Morisone, Johne Stewart.
1645, July 10th. Ane bairne baptizet to Duncan McFarlane. The
bairne's name is Marie. Witnesses, Anton and Andrew Balfours.
1645, July 13th. Ane bairne baptised to Andrew Stewart, servitour to
David Muschett, of Spitteltone. The bairne's name is Elisabetli.
Witnesses, David Muschett, Walter Mitchell.
1645, July 29th. Ane bairne baptizet to Walter Grahame. The
bairne's name is Elisabeth. Witnesses, William Graham, Thomas
Drummond.
1645, December 4th. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart. The
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bairne's name Is Harie. Witnesses. Harie Stewart, Robert Whatit.
1645, December 4th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Grahame. The
bairne's name is Patrik. Witnesses, James Clark, James Jack.
1645, December 7th. Ane bairne baptizet to Alexander Stewart. The
bairne's name is James. Witnesses, Androw Stewart, James Clark.
1645, December 14th. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart. The
bairne's name is Robert. Witnesses, James Mackisone, Patrick
Hendersoune.
1646. January 11th. Ane bairne baptizet to Alexander Stewart. The
bairne's name is Elspet. Witnesses, Robert Talyior, Androw
Stewart.
1646, January 30th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart, in Lanrik.
The bairne's name is James. Witnesses, John Stewart, Robert
Stewart.
1646, March 8th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The bairne's
name is Walter. Witnesses, Robert Summer, Johne Smyth.
1646, May 4th. Two twinnes baptizet to John Farlane, lawful sone to
Walter Farlane. The name of the one is Walter, the name of the
other is Georg. Witnesses, Johne Watt, Robert Heart.
1646, May 23rd. Ane toairne baptizet to Walter Stewart in Balqd. p. Balquhid-
dcr (^)
The bairn's name is Elspett. Witnesses, William Chalmer, Patrik
McLorin.
1646, July 19th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Stewart, in Broich.
The bairn's name is Androw. Witnesses, Johne Stewart, Thomas
M'orisoune.
1646, August 16th, Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The bairn's
name is Johne. Witnesses, Robert Norwall, Walter Stewart.
1646, October 18th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The
bairne's name is Johne. Witnesses, Thomas Duncisone, John
Stewart.
1646, December 20th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart, Calichat.
The bairn's name is James. Witnesses, James McQuean, Murdoch
McArie.
1646, Decem'ber 31st. Ane bairnw baptizet to Patrik Grahame in Ces-
sintone. The bairne's name is Geilis. Witnesses, Johne Dog,
Johne Stewart.
1647, January 3rd. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart, in Over
Lanrik. The bairne's name is Archibald. Witnesses, Androw
Stewart, James Si.
1647, January 31st. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart, in Wats-
tone. The bairn's name is Marion. Witnesses, Johne Baccop,
Johne Stewart.
1647, February 28th. Ane bairne baptizet to William Stewart. The
bairne's name is Robert. Witnesses, William Clerk, Johne
'McEwne.
1647, March 14th. Ane bairne baptizet to George Grahame, in Kill.
The bairne's name is Androw. Witnesses, Duncan Campbell,
Johne Edmonston.
1647, March 28th. Ane bairne baptizet to Robert Stewart. The
bairne's name is Kathrtne. Witnesses, Johne Stewart, Androw
Stewart.
1647, May 2nd. Ane bairne baptizet to Donald Stewart. The bairne's
name is Isobell. Witnesses, James Stewart, Walter Stewart.
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1647, July 17th. Ane bairne ibaptised to Walter Stewart. The bairne's
name is Robert. Witnesses, William Caddell, Robert Stewart.
1647, August 1st. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart. The bairne's
name is Elspett. Witnesses, Mongo Moressoune, Johne Stewart.
Eo Die. Ane bairne baptizet to Harie Stewart. The bairne's name is
Elspet. Witnesses, Robert Hart, Robert Smith.
1647, October 10th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The
bairne's name is Jonett. Witnesses, James Stewart, James Miller.
1647, October 24th. Ane bairne baptizet to James Stewart. The
bairne's name is Jeane. Witnesses, Walter Gourlay, Walter
Farlane.
1647, October 31st. Ane bairne aptizet to Donald Stewart. The
bairne's name is Cristane. Witnesses, Androw Stewart, James
Stewart.
1648, March 5th. Ane bairne baptizet to Johne Stewart. The bairne's
name is Mariorie. Witnesses, Robert Stewart, John Smyth.
1753, February 15th. Da-vid, son to Donald Stewart and Katharine
Ferguson, in Craigtoun. Witnesses, John and Patrick Fergusons
there.
1753, August 24th. child to Alexander and Janet Stewarts, in
Burn, of Cambus. Witnesses,
1754, February 3rd. Alexander, son to John and Mary Stewarts, in
Berry-hill. Witnesses, Hugh Stewart in Ballicaish and John Shaw
in Craigtoun.
1754, April 28th. Archibald, son to John Stewart and Jean McUlloch
in Earn. Witnesses, Archibald and Robert McUllochs in Deans-
toun.
1754, May 26th. Robert, son to William Stewart and Dorothy
McCruer in Rosehall. Witnesse, Alexander Buchanan there and
Archibald McCruer in Callibuckalzie.
1754, June 19th. Janet, daughter to Alexander Stewart and Janet
Stewart, in Bridge-end of Down. Witnesses, Hugh and James
Stewarts in Ballicaish.
1754, July 21st. Thomas, son to William Stewart and Margaret Cad-
dell, in Lanrick. Witnesses, Thomas McFarlan and Patrick Fer-
guson in Down.
17 54, July 24th. John, son to Robert Stewart and Agnes Galbraith
in Annat. Witnesses, James and Hugh Stewarts in Ballicaish.
1754, August 27th. child to Patrick Stuart and McRewar
in Callibuhallie.
1754, September 2nd. Jean, daughter to David Bryce and Jean Len-
nox, in Milton of Cambus. Witnesses, Alexander Murdoch and
Robert Bryce there.
*1754, November 8th. Duncan McFarlan and Kathrine McFarlan, his
spouse, at Strait of Ballachallan, had a child baptised, called
"Walter. Witnesses, George McLeish, Ballacrans, and the Rev.
Mr. Stewart, Minister, Callander.
1754, October 27th, Robert and Isabel, twins to Robert McFarlane
and Isabell McGibbon, in Carse of Cambus. Witnesses, George
McKewan and Hugh Stewart there.
1754, November 24th. Jannet, daughter to Robert and Isobel Steuarts
in Broich. Witnesses, John Henderson and Gilbert Baxter there.
*Inserted after entry for September 23d.
GEORGE MOIR
of Providence, R. I.
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Eod. Die. Agnes, daughter to John McFarland and Helen Yool at
Cambusmore. Witnesses, John McLauchlan and John Smith, in
Cambusmore.
1754, December 22nd. Katharine, daughter to Donald Steuart and
Ann McGibbon, in Burn of Cambus. Witnesses, Archibald
McArthur and Robert Shaw there.
1755, January 1st. James, son to Hugh Steuart and Jannet Duncanson
in Ballacaish. Witnesses, Robert Steuart in Annat and James
Steuart in Ballacaish.
1755, February 9th. James Steuart and Kathrin Steuart, in Drum-
vaich.
1755, February 16th. Alexander, son to James Steuart and Christian
Thomson, in Kirktown. Witnesses, Archibald McArthur and John
Mitchell in Buchanie.
1755, March 2nd. Duncan, son to Donald Steuart and Katharine Fer-
guson, in Heads. Witnesses, John and Patrick Fergusons there.
1755, April 20th. Jannet, daughter to John Stewart and Jannet
Maqueen, in Wardhead. Witnesses, Edward Thomson there and
George Shearer in Lundie.
1755, April 27th. James, son to Alexander McFarland and Margaret
Squyre in Down. Witnesses, James McFarland and Thomas
McFarlane there.
1755, September 22nd. Alexander, son to Robert McFarlane and Mar-
garet Robertson, at Drumshogle. Witnesses, Alexander Drum-
mond and Thomas Wingate, both at Burnbank.
1755, December 27th. Elizabeth, daughter to Dougal Stewart and
Helen McCulloch, in Burn of Cambus. Witnesses, James McCul-
loch and Duncan Balfour there.
1756, January 11th. John Stewart in Iron and Jean McCully.
Cully.
Note— Above names restricted after this to entries where allied with Moir.
1756, March 7th. Alexander, son to James Steuart of Auchrig and
Katharine Steuart in Argaty. Witnesses, John L.aw and
1765, November 3rd. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, his
spouse, in Down, had a child baptised, called Janet. Witnesses,
Archibald Murdoch and David Bain, both in Down.
1767, July 22nd. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, his spouse,
in Down, had a child baptised, called Archibald. Witnesses,
Stephen Petrie, Surgeon, and Archibald Murdoch, both in Down.
1769, May 31st. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, his spouse,
in Down, had a child baptised, called Ann. Witnesses, John
McFarlane and John Petrie, both in Down.
1773, November 7th. Andrew McFarlan and Kathrine Moir, his
spouse, in Down, had a child baptised, called Helen. Witnesses,
John McFarlan in Down and Archibald Moir, Mains of Down.
1778, May 17th. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, his spouse,
in Down, had a child baptised, called Archibald. Witnesses,
Archibald and James Moir, both at Mains of Down.
Note— 26th July, 1778, Helen Eadie wife of John Taylor at Hillside.
1779, August 8th. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, his spouse.
in Down, had a child baptised, called William. Witnesses, James
Moir at Mains of Down and James McGowane, Down.
1781, June 10th. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, his spouse.
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in Down, had a child baptised, called Andrew. Witnesses, John
Campbell and James Thomson, both in Down.
1784, April 2 5th. Alexander Stewart and Ann Moir, his spouse, at New
Biggins, of Lendrick, had a child baptised, called Mary. Wit-
nesses, William Murdoch at Lendrick and William Murdodh at
Broich.
1789, October 18th. Andrew McFarlan and Kathrine Moir, his spouse,
In Down, had a child baptised called Margaret. Witnesses, James
Thomson and James Campbell, both in Down.
1756, February 15th. Alexander Stewart and Anne Moir, his spouse,
in Biggins of Lanrick, had a child baptised, called Elizabeth. The
child was born 8th February.
1757, April 1st. Andrew McFarlan and Katherine Moir, his spouse, in
Down, had a child baptised, called Stephen. Witnesses, John
McFarlan at Carse of Cambie and David Square at Kilmadock.
1789, October 18th. Andrew McFarlan and Kathrine Moir, his spoust,
in Down, had a child baptised, called Katlirlne. Witnesses,
David Kene and John McFarlan, both in Down.
Note— 10th October, 1790, Robert Eadie and Isabel Sharp at Blackhill— Andrew
other children later.
1793, October 27th. Alexander Stewart and Anne Moir, his spouse, at
Upper Lendrick, had a child baptised, called Isabel. Witnesses,
John McGregor at Upper Lendrick and John Moir at Dalhorn.
The child was born the 18th October.
Note— There is no entry of children to this couple between 1786 and 1793.
1797, March 12th. Alexander Stewart and Anne Moir, his spouse,
in Lanrick, had a child baptised, called Kathrine. Witnesses,
Robert and John McGregor, both in Lanrick. The child was
born the 5th instant.
1802, June 17th. Alexander Stewart and Anne Moir, his spouse, in
Lanrick, had a child baptised, called Jolui. Witnesses, John
Marshall and Peter Henderson, at Iron. The child was born the
7th June.
1804, August 5th. Alexander Stewart and Anne 'Moir, his spouse, at
Biggins, of Lanrick, had a child baptised called Agnes. Wit-
nesses, John Marshall at Iron and Robert Stewart at Biggins.
The child was born the 31st July.
1807. Magnus Cuming and Ann Moir, his spouse, at Doune, had a
child baptised the 17th May, called Janet. Witnesses, John
Mitchell and James Henderson, both in Doune. The child was
born the 10th May.
1809, April 30th. Magnus Cuming and Ann Moir, his spouse, at
Doune, had a child baptised, called John. Witnesses, James Hen-
derson and Thomas Reid, both in Doune. The child was born the
26th April.
1811, June 10th. Magnus Cuming and Ann Moir, his spouse, at
Doune, had a child baptised, called Archibald. Witnesses, John
Mitchell and James Henderson, both in Doune. The child was
born the 6th July.
1813. Magnus Cuming and Ann Moir, his spouse, in Doune, had a
child called James born 12th and baptised 18th October, 1813.
Note— Inserted between January and April, 1814.
1816. Magnus Cuming and Ann Moir, his spouse, in Doune, had a
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child called William, born 25th. February and baptised 10th
March.
1818. Magnus Cuming, Deanston Works, and Anne Moir, his spouse,
(Doune), had Magnius, born 24th and baptised 30th, June, 1818.
1820. Magnus Cuming, Deanston Works, and Anne Moir, his spouse,
Doune, had Robert born 25th June and baptised 6th July, 1820.
Note— The two immediately preceding entries are inserted together in 1820.
KINCARDINE BIRTHS, THORNHILL (Perthshire)
1691-1843
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD, Edinburgh)
1706, January 9th. Jean Moir, wife of Lieutenant Colin Fairfoull.
a daughter named Susanna.
Note— Other children to above couple occur later. One of the witnesses fre-
quently to the baptisms is John Graham.
1711, April. Anna Moir, wife of MilngoodJ^** a daughter Janet.
1741, April 26th. Jean, daughter to Robert Moir and Grizi-11
McArthur. Witnesses, Robert and Thomas Stewarts, Noristoun.
1743, February 27th. James, son to Robert Moir and Grizall
McArthur. Witnesses, Thomas Ferguson and Thomas Mitchell.
1744, November 4th. Jolin, son to John Moir and Agnes Drummond.
Witnesses, John Spittall and George Drummond.
1746, September 7th. Thomas, son to John Moir and Agnes Drum-
mond. Witnesses, John Drummond and Patrick Moir.
1748, February 6th. George, son to Robert Moir and Grizall
McArthur. Witnesses, James Chalmers and Joseph McUlloch.
1748, December 14th. Agnes, daughter to John Moir and Agnes
Drummond. Witnesses, Patrick Moir and George Drummond.
1769, August 2 8th. David, son to John Moir and Margaret McFar-
lane, Doldoran.
1770, July 22nd. George Moir, witness to child of James Belch.
1772, August 9th. James, son to John Moir and Margaret McFar-
lane, Daldoran.
*1775, April 30th. Jean, daughter to John Moir and Margaret
McFarlane, Daldoran.
1776, November 24th. Alexander, son to George Moir and Janet
Adam, Bowhapple.
1777, August 17th. Alexander, son to John Moir and Margaret
McFarlane, Daldoran.
1778, March 8th. Robert, son to George Moir and Janet Adam,
Bowhapple Moss.
**Milngoody witness on 13th May 1735 to child of Lieutenant Stewart and Susanna
Fairfoul. There is an entry on 17th March 1710 of the marriage of George Muschet
parochiner and Anna Moir in Stiriing. 1743, June 1st, George Muschet younger of
Milngoody.
♦Interlined, without date, between April 30th and May 7th.
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1782. July 7th. Isobel. daughter to John Moir and Margaret McFar-
1782!''De?emhT"29th. Jean, daughter to George Moir and Janet
1784^August 22nd. George, son to George Moir and Janet Adam.
1786', April 30th. Janet, daughter to George Moir and Janet Adam,
Thornhill. ,, . , ^ „
1787, Au-ust 5th. George, natural son to Henry Moir and Jean
McGrigor.
1788, February 14th. Andrew, son to George Moir and Janet Adam.
Mosside. ^ » ^
1794 January 26th. James, son to George Moir and Janet Adam.
1796'. September 4th. John, son to John Moir and Christian Clark,
Daldoran.
179 6, December 4th. EUsabeth, daughter to George Moir and Janet
Adam, Bowhapple. ' *;
1798, August 26th. Margret, daughter to John Moir and *Margret
Clerk, Daldorn.
1799, May 5th. EUsabeth, natural daughter to Margaret Moir, Dal-
dorn.
1801, May 24th. Ann, daughter to John Moir and Christian Clark,
Daldorn.
1804, April 29th. James, son to John More and Christian Clark, Dal-
dorn.
1806, September 17th. Robert, son to John More and Christian
Clerk, Daldorn.
1808, January 22nd. Janet, daughter to James More and Margaret
Duncanson, Thornhill.
1808, November 4th. Christian, daughter to John More and Chris-
tian Clerk, Daldorn.
1809, April 30th. Cathrine, daughter to Alexander Moir and Jean
Hutton, Mosside.
1810, August 2 6th. David, son to John Moir and Marrion McLaren,
Daldorn.
1810, November 14th. George, son to Alexander More and Jean
Hutton, Mosside.
1812, February 8th. Mary, daughter to John Moir and Marrion
McLaren, Daldoran.
1813, January 29th. William, son to Alexander Moir and Jean
Hutton, Mosside.
1814, November 11th. Alexander, son to Alexander Moir and Jean
Hutton, Mosside.
1814, December 15th. Katharine, daughter to John Moir and Mar-
rion McLaren.
1816, January 7th. George, son to George Moir and Jean Stirling.
1816, September 1st. Andrew, son to Alexander Moir and Jean Hut-
ton.
1816, August 15th. James, son to John Moir and Marrion McLaren.
Note— Misplaced at December.
1818, October 10th. Jean, daughter to Alexander Moir and Jean
Hutton, Mosside.
Note— Misplaced at December.
*See 1796— Mother's name Christian.
MOIR GBNRAI.OGY 77
1819, June 6th. George, son to Andrew Moir and Isobel Dougal.
1820, October 10th. Robert, son to Alexander Moir and Jean Hutton,
Mosside.
1821, June 24th. Henry, son to Andrew Moir and Bell Dougal.
1822, December 31st. John, son to Alexander Moir and Jean Hutton,
Mosside.
1824, November 5th. Andrew, son to Andrew Moir and Isobella
Dougal.
1825, December 21st. James, son to Alexander Moir and Jean Hut-
ton.
1827, May 12th. Alexander, son to Andrew Moir and Isobel Dougal.
1827, September 16th. James, natural son to John Moir and Janet
Cameron.
1829, October 27th. Mary, daughter to Andrew Moir and Isobel
Dougal.
1833, March 31st. Janet, daughter to Andrew Moir and Isobell
Dougal, Thornhill.
KINCARDINE BIRTHS (Perthshire)
1691-1843
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
Note. The names in the margin are only taken when in conjunction
with Moir or More .
1762, May 16th. Jean, daughter to John Mitchell and Jean Moir. Edy or Edie
. Comyns or
Witnesses, Peter McNab and James Christie. Cumins.
1765. May 12th. Paul, son to John Doeg and Beatrix Moir. Wit- j^^^pg^j^g
nesses, John and William Christies. Stirling
1773, January 10th. Alexander, son to Robert McFarlane and G^r^aln
Moir, Daldoran.
1792, December 18th. Agnes, daughter to Alexander Duncanson and ^cKenzie
Janet Moir. Doeg
1794, October 12th. John, son to Alexr. Duncanson and Janet Moir, Duncanson.
Thornhill. Clark
1796, August 16th. IVfary, daughter to Alexr. Duncanson and Janet Symmeis.
Moir, Thornhill. McQueen.
1800, March 2 3rd. Robert, son to Alexr. Duncanson and Janet Moir,
' , , , , ^ Campbell.
1810, June 28th. Stephen, natural son to Joseph Clark and Jean
More, Daldoran.
1815, November 5th. John, son to John Symmers and Jean More.
1820, January 2nd. Janet, daughter to John McQueen and Elis Moir.
1821, July 29th. Margaret, daughter to William Junkine and Mar-
garet Moir.
1822, May 6th. Archibald, son to John Campbell and Mary Moir.
KINCARDINE MARRIAGES (Perthshire)
1770-1854
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
1776, July 6th. George Moir and Janet Adam, both parishioners, hav-
ing marriage lines bearing date November, 1773, were rebuked
and fined.
1780, May 21st. James Moir in Kilmadoke and Isobel Thomson in
this parish.
Note-Entries from 1st May, 1784, to 26th February, 1785, " lost."
1793, October 19th. John Moir and Mary Buchan, parishioners.
1793, June 26th. John Moir in Kilmadok and Janet Stewart in this
parish.
1795, July 25th. John Moir in this parish and Christian Clark, Cal-
lander.
1805, June 30th. John More in Port Parish and Janet Marjoribanks
in this parish.
1807, March 7th. Alexander Moir and Jean Hutton, both in this
parish.
1809, December 17th. John Moir and Marrion McLaren, Parishioners.
1815, August 20th. George Moir and Jean Stirling, parishioners.
1829, November 22nd. John Moir and Mary Ferguson, parishioners.
1843, September 3rd. Andrew Drummond and Elisabeth Maxwell,
parishioners.
1844, October 13th. Robert Hutton in this parish and Catharine
'Moir in the parish of Kilmadock.
1845, February 16th. Andrew Moir and Mary Smith, Parishioners.
1845, December 21st. Henry Moir and Christian Stewart, Parishioners.
1846, May 24th. William Moir of this parish and Grace McFarlane
of the Parish of Port.
1847, May 23d. Robert Drummond and Margaret Connel, Parishioners.
1847, September 26th. Archibald Sands and Janet McAlpine, Parish-
ioners.
1S48, April 23rd. Andrew Moir of Parish and Margaret McQueen in
the Parish of Port of Monteith.
Note in Register at 1853 that the record is defective through the carelessness, etc.,
of the Session Clerk.
KILMADOCK MARRIAGES
1623-1854
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
1624, June 2 2nd. Robert and Jhon Moir, witnesses to marriage Jhon
Tailzeour and Elspeth Murdoche.
1624, Aug. 25th. Robert Moir, witness to marriage George McCullie
and Marion Bowie.
1625, June 21st. Jhon Moir, witness to marriage John Robison and
Christian McKray.
1625, November 4th. Mariet, Jhon Murdoclie, Geln Moir. Witnesses,
Robert Tailzeour, Robert Moir, Robert Stewart.
162 5, December 11th. iMariet, Jhon Moir, Miller, Janat Buchanan.
Witnesses, Alexander Jack, Archibald Stewart.
1626, June 15th. Mariet, Jhon Moir, Katherin Tailzeour. Witnesses,
Robert Tailzeour, William Buchanan.
*1627, April 25th. Mariet, Archibald Menzies, Margret Moir. Befoir
thir witnesses, Robert Stewart; William Fergeson.
1627, December 18th. Mariet, Archibald Gregour, Agnes Moir, both
in this parish, befoir thir witnesses, Andro Thomson, Jhon Ferge-
son.
Blank from July, 1634, to 15th May, 1645.
1645, June 1st. Mariet, Johne Dowgall, Margrat Moir, both parochin-
ers, witnesses James Wricht, Johne Moir.
1647, July 18th. James Moir, witness to Marriage Archibald Menzies
and Jonet Wyld.
1647, November 20th. Robert Moir, witness to marriage Cannioch
and McHutchone.
1648, October 26th. Walter Moir, witness to marriage Spittell and
Napier.
1648, November 28th. Robert Moir, witness to Marriage Smyth and
Johnston.
Blank December 1650 to February 1652, and June 1652 to
June 1717, except one entry for 1666; also April 1720 to
March 1722.
1717, June 21st. James Kanser and Isobell Moir, both in this parish.
1717, November 29th. James Moir and Margaret Dason (?).
1719, November. 1 Moir and Janet Pateron, both in this
parish.
1720, January 1st. John Moir in this parish and Anna Murdoch in
Kincardine.
1720, January 2nd. William Mclson and Mary Moir, both in this
parish, gave up their names.
1721, June 10th. Walter Moir and Isabell McLellan, both in this
parish.
*See Dunblane testaments.
80 MoiR Geneai,ogy
1733, September 4th. Walter Moir and Isobell Glass, both in this
parish.
Blank November 1735 to November 1756, except one entry
for 1747.
1757. Robert Moir in this parish and Janet Fisher in Stirling parish
were listed 18th February (to be proclaimed in order to mar-
riage).
1757. John Moir and Margaret McFarlane, both in this parish, were
listed 12 th November.
1761, February 1st. Mr. John Burns* in Stirling and Miss Mary Moir
in this parish declared their purpose of marriage and gave to the
poor Is. 8d.
1763, January 29th. Robert Moir in this parish and Agnes Drummond
in parish of Kincardine declared their purpose of marriage and
gave to the poor 1-8.
1764, August 12th. Andrew McFarlane and Kathrine Moir, both in
this parish, declared their purpose of marriage.
1768, November 12th. James Graeme and Jean Moir, both in this
parish, declared their purpose of marriage and gave to the
poor Is. 8d.
1769, January 28th. Nicol McLeran and Ann Moir, both in this
parish, declared their purpose of marriage.
1773, February 13th. Henry Moir in this parish and Margaret
Mitchell in parish of Lecropt declared their purpose of marriage.
1777, January 11th. James Reid in this parish and Jean Moir in
Stirling declared their purpose of marriage.
1777, May 31st. John McNee and Jean Moir, both in this parish,
declared their purpose of marriage.
1780, May 26th. James Moir and Isabel Thomson, both in this parish,
declared their purpose of marriage.
1781, June 2 3rd. Robert Oliver in Old Gray Friars Quarter, Edin-
burgh, and Margaret Moir in this parish declared their purpose
of marriage.
1782, June 16th. David Moir and Ann McArthur, both in this parish,
declared their purpose of marriage.
1783, May 31st. Alexander Stewart and Ann Moir, both in this
Parish, declared their purpose of marriage.
1784, November 27th. James Moir and Isabel McKenzie, both in
this parish, declared their purpose of marriage.
1789, December 5th. Mr. James Tod, Borroustounness, and Miss
Elizabeth Moir in this Parish declared their purpose of marriage.
1792, February 25th. Alexander Duncanson in parish of Kincardine
and Janet Moir in this parish declared their purpose of marriage
and married 16th March.
1793, July 6th. John Moir in this parish and Janet Stewart in parish
of Kincardine declared their purpose of marriage and were mar-
ried the 2 6th July.
1793, September 29th. 'Mr. Andrew Cowan, Merchant Barony Parish,
Glasgow, and Miss Robina Moir in this Parish, declared their pur-
pose of marriage and were married the 1st October.
1795, December 5th. James Moir and Margaret Duncanson, both in
*In rubric the name is Bum. It does not appear in Stirling Reg:ister.
I
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this parish, declared their purpose of marriage and were married
the 25th December.
1799, August 2 3rd. John Symers in this parish and Margaret Moir in
the parish of Kincardine declared their purpose of marriage and
were married the 13th September.
1806, June 7th. Andrew Moir in Parish of Kippen and Mary
Monteath in this Parish declared their purpose of marriage and
were married 27th June.
1811, February 16th. *Robert and Elizabeth Moir, both in this parish,
declared their purpose of marriage and were married the 1st
March.
1817, January 11th. John Bryce of the Parish of Renfrew and
Isabella Moir of this Parish declared their purpose of marriage,
and having been proclaimed pro. 1 mo. and 2 do. 12th pro. 3 tio.
19th January, were married.
1831, November 19th. John Gumming of this Parish and Mary Moir
of St. Mary's Parish, Edinburgh, declared their purpose of mar-
riage, and having been proclaimed pro. 1 mo. and 2 do. 20th and
pro. 3 two. 27th November, were married 1st December.
1837, August 12th. Archibald Moir and Agnes McPherson, both of
this parish, declared their purpose of marriage and having been
proclaimed pro. 1 mo. and 2 do. 13th and pro. 3 tio. 20th, were
married 24th August, 1837.
1841, December 4th. William Maule of this parish and Catharine
Moir of the parish of Kincardine, declared their purpose of mar-
riage and having been proclaimed pro. 1 mo. and 2 do. 5th and
pro. 3 tio 12th, were married 16th December, 1841.
1844, October 12th. Robert Hutton of the Parish of Kincardine and
Catharine Moir of this parish, declared their purpose of marriage,
and having been proclaimed pro. 1 mo. 2 do. and 3 tio., were
married 15th October, 1844.
1846, January 9th. Robert Moir of the parish of Callander and Cath-
arine McMartin of this Parish declared their purpose of marriage,
and having been proclaimed pro. 1 mo. 3 do. do 3 tio., were mar-
ried 12th January, 1846.
1S47, May 15th. David Forrester and Ann Moir, both of this Parish,
declared their purpose of marriage; and having been proclaimed
pro. 1 mo. 2 do. and 3 tio. 16th, were married 21st May, 1847, by
the Revd. Alexander Leitch, Free South Church, Stirling, wit-
nesses, John McFarlane writer, John Forbes Bookseller, both in
Stirling.
1851, April 26th. James Greenhorn of the Parish of Stirliner and Ann
Moir of this Parish, declared their purpose of marriage and hav-
ing been proclaimed pro. 1 mo. 2 do. and 3 tio. 27th were married
28th April, 1851.
*Name in rubric— Moir.
TULLIALLAN BIRTHS
(For Kincardine on Forth, Perthshire)
1855-1900
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
MOIRS AND ALLIED FAMILIES
1855. No. 2. Da^id Drumxnond, born 1855, January 12th, 3 a. m. at
Tulliallan. Father, David Drummond, Shoemaker, age 35. Birth-
place, Tulliallan. Married 1844 at Glasgow. Issue 2 boys and 3
girls living. Mother, Agnes Drummond, maiden name Anderson.
Her 5 child, 34 years. Born at Tulliallan. Informant the Father.
Registered 1855, January 22nd.
1855. No. 54. John Drummond, born 1855, August 11th, at New-
town, Tulliallan. Father, Andrew Drummond, Sailor, 52 years,
birthplace Tulliallan, married 1836 at Clackmannan. Issue 4
boj's and 2 girls alive, 2 boys deceased. Her eighth child^
Mother, Margaret Drummond, maiden name McQueen, age 41
years, birn at Clackmannan. Informant the mother. Registered
1855, August 30th.
1856. No. 49. Edward Dinimmond. Born 1856, October 5th, 11.55
p. m. at Blackball, Tulliallan. Father, Andrew Drummond, Cab-
inetmaker. Mother, Mary Ann Drummond, maiden name Halley.
Informant the Father. Registered 185 6, October 10th.
1856, No. 43. Isabella Dnmmiond. Born 1856, September 12th, 12
midnight, at High Street, Kincardine. Father, Peter Drummond,,
Agricultural Labourer. Mother, Betsy Drummond, maiden name
Johnston. Informant the Father. Registered 1856, September
26th.
1857. No. 11. Mary Wrig'lit Drummond. Parents, David Drummond,
Shoemaker, and Agnes Drummond, maiden name Anderson. Born
at Elphinston Street, Kincardine. Informant, the Father. Regis-
tered 5th March, 1857, at Tulliallan.
1857. No. 45. Margaret Drumiuond, born 1857, August 23rd, 1.30
P. M. at Kirk Street, Kincardine. Parents, Andrew Drummond,
Agricultural Labourer, and Margaret Drummond, maiden name
Dougall. Informant, the Father. Registered 1857, September
4th, at Tulliallan.
1857, No. 19. Elizabeth More. Born 1857, March 18th, 10 P. M. at
Kirk Street, Kincardine. Parents, James More, Agricultural
Labourer, and Jean More, maiden name. Home. Informant, the
Father. Registered 1857, April 3rd.
1857. No. 31. Stewart, Robert Rintoul. Born 1857, May 20th, 10.30
A. M. at Kirk Street, Kincardine. Parents, William Stewart,
General Labourer, and Margaret Stewart, maiden name Anderson.
Informant the Father. Registered June 4th at Tulliallan.
1859. No. 2. Drununond, Andrew Malcolm. Born 1858, December
30th, 6 a. m., at Blackball, Tulliallan. Parents, Andrew Drum-
mond, Cabinetmaker, and Mary Ann Drummond, maiden name
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Halley. Informant the Father. Registered 1859, January 14th,
at Tulliallan.
1859. No. 55. Drumnjond, George. Born 1859, August 19th, 9 P. M.
at Elphinston Street, Kincardine. Parents, David Drummond,
Shoemaker, and Agnes Drummond, maiden name Anderson.
Informant the Father. Registered 1859, August 13th.
1859. No. 26. Moire, Janet. Born 1859, May 6th, 6 P. M. at Kirk
Street, Kincardine. Parents, James Moire, General Labourer,
and Jane Moire, maiden name Home. Informant, James Moire,
the father. Registered 1859, May 21st.
1860. No. 45. Drummond, Christian Ann. Born 1860, September 21st,
4 a. m. at Blackball, Tulliallan. Parents, Andrew Drummond,
Cabinetmaker and Mary Ann Drummond, maiden name Halley.
Informant the Father. Registered 1860, October 8th, at Tulli-
allan.
1861. No. 41. MeKenzie, George Mercer. Born 1861, July 29th, 1
p. m. at Knowehead, Kincardine. Parents, John MeKenzie, Agri-
cultural Labourer, and Agnes MeKenzie, maiden name Mercer.
Married 1860, October 5th, at Kincardine. Informant the Father.
Registered 1861, August 1st, at Tulliallan.
1862. No. 14th. Elizabetli Drummond. Born 1862, March 2nd, at
Elphinston Street, Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan. Parents,
David Drummond, Shoemaker, and Agnes Drummond, maiden
name Anderson. Married 1844, November, at Glasgow. Inform-
ant, the Father. Registered 1862, March 18th, at Tulliallan.
1862. No. 70. Johan Gibb Moir. Born 1862, December 19th, 5 p. m.
at Newtown Kincardine, parish of Tulliallan. Parents, Walter
Moir, Engine Keeper, and Helen Moir, maiden name Duncanson.
Married 1862, October, at Kincardine. Informant, the Father.
Registered 1862, December 25th, at Tulliallan.
1863. No. 36. Elizabeth Drummond. Born 1863, July 4th, 3 a. m.
at Brucefield, Parish of Tulliallan. Parents, Andrew Drummond,
Railway Labourer, and Margaret Drummond, maiden name
Dougall. Married 1857, January, at Auchterarder. Informant the
Father. Registered 1863, July 17th, at Tulliallan.
1863. No. 44. Janet Johnston MeKenzie. Born August 28th, 5.30
p. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan. Parents, John
MeKenzie, Agricultural Labourer, and Agnes MeKenzie, maiden
name Mercer. Married 1861, October, at Kincardine. Informant,
Agnes MeKenzie, Mother. Registered 1863, September 14th, at
Tulliallan.
1864. No. 19. William Drunmiond. Born 1864, May 4th, 5 a. m.,
at Gartary, Parish of Tulliallan. Parents, William Drummond,
Ploughman, and Helen Drummond, maiden name Ferguson. Mar-
ried 1858, December, St. Ninians. Informant the Father. Regis-
tered 1864, May 12th, at Tulliallan.
1864. No. 7. John McFarlane. Born 1864, February 14t'h, 10 p. m.,
at West Carse, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, Alexander McFar-
lane, Ploughman, and SaraTi McFarlane, maiden name Hamilton.
Married 1852, January, at Kippen. Informant, the Father.
Registered February 23rd, 1864, at Tulliallan.
1865. No. 49. Andrew Drummond. Born 1865, August 11th, 1 p. m.,
at Brucefield, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, Andrew Drummond,
84 MoiR Genealogy
Railway Labourer, and Margaret DrummoncI, maiden name
Dougall. Married, 1857, January, Kincardine. Informant, the
Father. Registered August 2 6th, at Tulliallan.
1865. No. 31. Tiny Drummond. Born 1865, April 25th, 2 a. m., at
Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, David Drummond,
Shoemaker, and Agnes Drummond, maiden name Anderson.
Married 1845, November, Glasgow. Informant, the Father. Reg-
istered 1865, May 10th, at Tulliallan.
1865. No. 2. Arcblbald Moir, Born 1865, January 4th, 6 p. m., at
Kincardine. Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, Walter Moir, Labourer,
and Helen Moir, maiden name Duncanson. Married 1862, Oct.,
Kincardine. Informant, the Father. Registered 1865, January
11th, at Tulliallan.
1865. No. 30. Janet Anne Sands. Born 1865, April 23rd, 10 a. m.,
Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan. Mother, Janet Sands, Seam-
stress. Informant, Anne Sanders, Grandmother. Registered
1865, May 2nd, at Tulliallan.
1867. No. 2 7. Andrew Drxunmond. Born 1867, May 4th, 6 p. m., at
Brucefield, Tulliallan Parish; Parents, Andrew Drummond,
Labourer, and Margaret Drummond, maiden name Dougall. Mar-
ried 1857, Auchterarder. Informant, the Father. Registeired
1867, May 11th, at Tulliallan.
1867. No. 31. Mary McKenzie. Born 1867, May 12th, 1.40 p. m., at
Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, Thomas McKenzie,
Ploughman, and Betsy McKenzie, maiden name Archibald. Mar-
ried 1864, August, at Alloa. Informant, the Father. Registered
1867, May 31st, at Tulliallan.
1867. No. 58. Thomas Dnmimond. Born 1867, September 14th,
7 a. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, David Drum-
mond, Shoemaker, and Agnes Drummond, maiden name Anderson.
Married 1843, September, Glasgow. Informant, the Father.
Registered 1867, October 2nd.
1868. No. 72. Peter MeFarlane. Born 1868, November 16th, 4 a. m..
at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, Peter McFarlane,
carter, deceased, and Jane McFarlane, maiden name Cameron.
Married 1868, February, Auchterarder. Informant, Jane McFar-
lane, Mother. Registered 186 8, December 2nd, at Tulliallan.
1869. No. 46. Alexander McKenzie. Born 1869, July 23rd, 12 mid-
night, at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, Andrew
McKenzie PlougTiman, and Janet Hutchison, Agricultural
Labourer. Informants, the Father and Mother. Registered 1869,
August 4th, at Tulliallan.
1869. No. 61. William Buchanan McKenzie, Born 1869, October
16th, 10 p. m., at Gartary, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, David
McKenzie, shepherd, and Mary Ann McKenzie, M. S., Buchanan.
Married 1868, December, at St. Ninians. Informant, David
McKenzie, Father. Registered 1869, October 28th, at Tulliallan.
1871. No. 52. Isahella Steedman Sands. Born 1871, October 6th, 12
hours noon, at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan, female. Father,
Jolin Sands, Carpenter; mother, Isabella Sands, M. S., King.
Informant, John Sands, Father, not present. Registered 1871,
October 13th, at Tulliallan. Registrar, Thomas Buchanan. Mar-
ried 1871, March, at Kincardine.
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1873, No. 44. Alexander Drumiuond. Born 1873, September 27th,
0 hours 30 minutes a. m., at Dolanhamie, Parish of Tulliallan.
Father, John Drummond, Ploug"hman; Christina Drummond, M.
S., Sinclair. Married 1861, May, Dunfermline. Informant,
Christina Drummond, her (x) mark. Mother. Thomas Buchanan,
Registrar, witness, 1873, September 13th, at Tulliallan.
1873. No. 45. Mary Tait Sands. Born 1873, September 20th, 6
■hours a. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan, female. Father,
John Sands, wright, and Isabella Sands, m. s-, King. Married
1871, March, Kincardine. Informant, John Sands, Father, not
present. Registered 187 3, October 4th, at Tulliallan. Thomas
Buchanan, Registrar.
1874. Agnes Anderson Drummond. 1874, May 14th, 3 hours 30
minutes p. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan; Parents, John
Drummond, Commercial Traveller; Margaret Drummond, m. s.,
Steele. Married 1869, December, Kincardine. Informant, John
Drummond, Father, not present. Registered 1874, May 29th;
Thomas Buchanan, Registrar.
1875. No. 58. John Sands. Born 1875, November 11th, 0 hours 30
minutes, at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents, John
Sands, wright; Isabella Sands, m. s., King. Married 1871, March,
at Kincardine. Informant, John Sands, Father, not present.
Registered 1875, November 20th, at Tulliallan; Thomas Buchanan,
Registrar.
1878. No. 1. Betsy Moir. Born 1877, December 26th, 1 hour 30
minutes, at Sands, Parish of Tulliallan, female; Parents, John
Moir, Gamekeeper; and Margaret Moir, m. s., Reid. Married
1875, February 4th, at Greenloaning, Ardoch. Informant, John
Moir, Father, present. Registered 1878, January 3rd, at Tulli-
allan; Thomas Buchanan, Registrar.
1879. No. 15. James Moir. Born 1879, February 22nd, 10 hours
15 a. m., at Sands, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents, John Moir,
Gamekeeper; and Margaret Moir, m. s., Reid. Married 1876,
February, at Ardoch. Informant, John Moir, Father, present.
Registered 1879, February 28th, at Tulliallan; Thomas Buchanan,
Registrar.
1879. No. 49. James Jeffrey Sands. Born 1879, June 20th, 11 hours
a. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents, John
Sands, joiner; Isabella Sands, m. s.. King. Married 1871, March,
at Kincardine. Informant, John Sands, Father, not present.
Registered 1879, June 28th, at Tulliallan; Thomas Buchanan,
Registrar.
1880. No. 4. Margaret Drummond. Born 1880, January 5th, 7
hours p. m., at Broomknowe, Parish of Tulliallan, female;
Parents, John Drummondd, Farm Servant, and Christina Drum-
mond, m. s., Sinclair. Married 1861, May, at Dunfermline.
Informant, Christina Sinclair or Drummond, her (x) mark.
Mother. Thomas Buchanan, Registrar, witness. Registered 1880,
January 23rd, at Tulliallan; Thomas Buchanan, Registrar.
1881. No. 40. John Moir, Born 1881, August 9th, 6 hours 30 minutes
a. m., at Sands, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents, John Moir,
Gamekeeper, and Margaret Moir, m. s., Reid. Married 1876,
February 4th, at Ardoch. Informant, John Moir, Father, not
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present. Registered 1881, August IGth, at Tulliallan; Thomas
Buchanan, Registrar.
1881. No. 56. Adam Laing Sands. Born 1881, October 26th, 2 hours
p. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents, John
Sands, Joiner; Isabella Sands, m. s.. King. Married 1871, 9th
March, Kincardine. Informant, John Sands, Father, not present.
Registered 1881, November 12th, at Tulliallan; Thomas Buchanan,
Registrar.
1883. No. 30. Alexander Reid Moir, Born 1883, July 2nd, 4 Lours
30 minutes a. m., at Sands, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents,
John Moir, Gamekeeper; Margaret Moir, m. s., Reid. Married
1876, February, at Ardoch. Informant, John Moir, Father, not
present. Registered 1883, July 14th, at Tulliallan; Thomas
Buchanan, Registrar.
1884. No. 9. Jeanie King Sands. Born 1884, February 15th, 6 hours
30 minutes p. m., at Kincardine, Parish of Tulliallan, female;
Parents, John Sands, Joiner; Isabella Sands, m. s.. King. Inform-
ant, John Sands, Father, not present. Registered 18 84. March
1st, at Tulliallan; Thomas Buchanan, Registrar.
1885. No. 28. David Moir. Born 1885, June 19th, 10 hours 10
minutes a. m., at Sands Lodge, Parish of Tulliallan, male; Parents,
John Moir, Gamekeeper; Margaret Moir, m. s., Reid. Married
1876, February 4th, at Ardoch. Informant, John Moir, Father,
present. Registered 1885, July 8th, at Tulliallan; Robert Baxter,
Registrar.
1886. No. 10. Helen Sands. Born 1886, February 20th, 11 hours
15 minutes p. m., at Silver Street, Kincardine, Parish of Tulli-
allan, female; Parents, John Sands, Joiner; Isabella Sands, m. s.,
King. Married 1871, March 9th, at Kincardine. Informant, John
Sands, Father, not present. Registered 18 86, March 6th, at Tulli-
allan. George Gibb, Registrar.
1893. No. 2. Jane Hay Brummond. Born 1893, January 4th, 4
hours 30 minutes a. m., at Regent Street, Kincardine, Parish of
Tulliallan, female; Parents, Alexander Drummond, Mason; and
Mary Ann Drummond, m. s., Raffan. Married 1885, September
4th, at Urquhart. Informant, Alexander Drummond, Father,
present. Registered 1893, January 21st, at Tulliallan. George
Gibb, Registrar.
1899, No. 15. Annie Hiitton Hunter Dmnimond. Born 1899, February
2 4th, 3 hours 4 5 minutes p. m., at Newtoun, Parish of Tulliallan,
female; Parents, John Drummond, General Labourer, (Domicile,
Mar Place, Sanchie) and Jane Drummond, m. s., Meek. Married
1898, November 4th, at Tulliallan. Informant, John Drummond,
Father. Registered 1899, March 11th, at Tulliallan. George
Simpson, Registrar.
KINCARDINE BIRTHS (Perthshire)
1843-1854
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
1843, February 12th. Isobella, daughter to Thomas Drummond and
Tsobella Stewart.
1843, March 27th. David, son to Andrew Drummond and Margaret
Drummond.
1843, June 12th. Peter, son to Alexander Drummond and Rachel
Mclnnes.
1844, March 24th. Katharine Re'd, daughter to Jolhn Drummond and
Janet McEwan, Drip Moss.
1844, August 26th. George, son of Andrew Drummond and Elisabeth
Maxwell, Boguhapple.
1845, November 21st. William, son to John Drummond and Janet
McEwan, Nailorslane.
1846, May 11th. Ag-nes, daug'hter to Andrew Drummond and Elisabeth
Maxwell, Boguhapple.
1846, December 2 3rd. Janet, daug'hter to Thomas Drummond and
Isabella Stewart, Kirklane.
1847, June 8th. Duncan, son to Andrew Drummond and Margaret
Drummond, Nailorslane.
1847, September 2 5th. John, son to John Drummond, Janet McEwan,
Nailorslane.
1848, March 3rd. William, son to Andrew Drummond and Elisabeth
Maxwell, Boguhapple.
1848, April 15th. Jane, daughter of Andrew Moir and Mary Smith.
1849, December 4th. George Craig, natural son to Andrew Moir
and Jean Craig. Thornhill.
1859, January 27t)h. Janet, daughter to John Drummond and Janet
McEwan, Drip Moss.
1850, March 12th. John, son to Andrew Drummond and Elisabeth
Maxwell, Boguhapple.
1850, June 28th. Alexander, son to William Moir and Grace McFar-
lane, Mosside.
1851, March 27th. Jolin, son to Henry Moir and Christian Stewart,
Summerlane.
1852, January 13th. Hugh, son to John Drummond and Janet
McEwan, Drip 'Moss.
1852, January 26tJh. Isabella, daughter to Andrew Drummond and
Elisabeth Maxwell, Boguhapple.
1852, June 29th. Peter, son to Henry Moir and Christian Stewart,
Summerlane.
1852, August 5th. John, son to William Moir and Grace McParlane,
Mosside.
N. B. There is note in Register at 1853, to the effect that
"the Register of Births for 1853 is most lamentably
deficient In consequence of the habitual and obstin-
ate carelessness and inaccuracy of the late Session
Clerk."
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1854, May 14th. James, son of Andrew Drummond and Elisabeth
Maxwell, Boguhapple.
1854, June 16th. Margaret Ferguson, daughter of John Drummond
and Janet McEwan, Nailors Lane.
1854, September 12th. Isabella, daughter of William Moir and Grace
McFarlane, Moss-side.
CALLANDER BIRTHS
Marriage.
Episcopal
Registers
Continued.
Marriage.
Marriage.
Ordinary
Registers,
1764
Onwards.
1750-1775
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
1753, George Drummond and Margaret Drummond, in Cuilt, had a son
born 22nd, and baptised 25th December, called Alexander.
1754, George Drummond and Janet McArthur, in Maines, had a son
born 12th and baptised 13th February, 1753, called Robert.
1754, George Drummond and Janet McArthur, in Maines, had also a
son born 2 5th February, and baptised 3rd March, called George.
Xote. The two preceding entries occur together at 1754.
1755, Patrick Drummond and Catharine McKuinens, in Kilmahag,
had a daughter born 15th, and baptised 16th May, called Cath-
arine.
1756, George Drummond and Janet McArthur, in Maines, had a son
born 12th, and baptised 13th May, called Patrick.
1763, John Drummond and Ann Wood, in Cuilintoggle, had a son born
6th, and baptised 7th, called James.
At 1763 occurs "Register of such in this Parish as were
married, and had children baptised by Episcopal Ministers."
Alexander Stewart of Glenbucky, in this Parish, and Mrs. Janet
Drummond in the Parish of Kilmadock, were married 23rd
January, 17 34.
Then follow entries of six of their children.
Mr. Duncan Stewart, Brother to Glenbucky, and Mrs. Grissell Drum-
mond, daughter to Mr. David Drummond, brother to John Drum-
mond of Culchuly, were married in the year 1730.
Then follow entries of four of their children.
John Ferguson, in the parish of Balquidder, and Catharine Drum-
mond, alias McGrigor, in this Parish, listed themselves to be pro-
claimed, in order to marriage, 6th May, 1738, and before their
third proclamation were married.
John Drummond, alias McGrigor, and Janet Drummond, alias Do., in
Achnahaird, had a son born 1st, and baptised 2nd April,* called
Patrick.
1764, Alexander Drummond and Barbra Drummond, at Damhead of
Deny, had a son born 12th, and baptised 14th January, called
John.
*No year given for this entry, the preceding one is December, 1749, and the succeeding
one 1748. The MacGregor's of Balquidder are of the same clan as the celebrated Rob Roy.
Many of the clan changed the name to Drummond after 1745, for obvious reasons.
MoiR Gknbai,ogy 89
1764, John Drummond and Anne Wood, in Cuilantogail, had a son
born 23rd, and baptised 25th of November, called James.
1766, John Drummond and Anne Wood, in Cuilantoigel, had a son
born the 23rd, and baptised the same day of October, called John,
1769, Robert Drummond and Mary McLaren, in Dreppan, had a son
born the 22nd of January, and baptised the 28th of Do., called
Patrick.
1769, John Drummond and Anne Wood, in Cuilantoguil, had a daughter
born the 16th of January, and baptised the 29th of Do., called
Susanna,
1771, Robert Drummond and Mary McLeran, in Cosh, had a daughter
born 19th, baptised 25th August, called Janet,
1771, George Drummond and Janet McArthur, in Brebochastle, had a
daughter born 2 3rd, baptised 29th December, called Jean.
1774, Robert Drummond and Mary McLeran, in Cosh, had a daughter
born 19th, and baptised 21st March, 1774, called Isabell. (This
under 1775.)
STIRLING BIRTHS
MAY 1671-1700
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
No record of births from March 1592, to May 1671
1671, July 1st. Parents, John Moir, Isobell Burne, child David, Wit-
nesses, James Russel, George Lapslie.
1672, September 21st, Johne Moir, Isobell Burne, Margaret. Wit-
nesses, George Lapslie, Johne Arroll.
1673, February 2nd. Robert Moir, Jonet Gillespie, Mary, Witnesses,
Andrew Thomson, Johne Duncanson.
1671, June 3rd. William Gilphillan — Jonat Gilphillan, Sibilla. Wit-
nesses, Thomas Miller. Thomas Gilphillan.
1671, December 31st. Thomas Gilphillan — Jonat Ewing, Jonat. Wit-
nesses, Thomas Ewing, Robert Gardiner, William Gilphillan.
1673, January 16th. Willliam Gilphillan — Jonat Gilphillan, Sybilla.
Witnesses, Thomas Miller, Thomas Gilphillan.
1673, July 19th. Thomas Gilphillan — Jonat Ewing, Thomas. Wit-
nesses, Thomas Ewing, William Gilphillan.
1672, January 4th. Johne Sandis — Isobell Wright, James. Witnesses,
Johne Sandis, Merchand burgess of Stirling; John Morison,
Cowper, younger, and James Morison, Couper, elder.
1806 — Married on 24th April, at Edinburgh, WILLIAM GLAS, Esq., of Marriage.
Stirling, to MISS JANE MOIR, dau. of the deceased John
Moir, Esq., of Hillfoot, writer to the signet.
REGISTER OF BAPTISIMS
IN THE PARISHES OF
MUTHILL, AUCHTERARDER, BLACKFORD, COMRIE,
CRIEFF AND DUNNING, IN PERTHSHIRE
1700-1844
John More, lawful son of George More and Janet Smith, in the
chapel of Struthill, born 28th June, baptised 29th June, 1700.
Marg-aret More, lawful daughter of Andrew More and Agnes
Harruer, in Drunlakinoch, was born 2 9th Nov., baptised 1st. Dec, 1701.
James More, lawful son to Thomas More and Isabel Tais, in
Drummond, born 6th March, baptised 6th March, 1703.
Andrew More, lawful son to Andrew More and Agnes Harruer,
an Drumlakinoch, born 3d May, baptised 4th May, 1704.
John More, lawful son of John More and Isabel Bryce, in Pett,
was born the 12th day of June, and baptised 17th June, 1704.
James More, lawful son of John More and Janet Whyte, in Mut-
hill, born 10 Sept., baptised same day, 1704.
Thomas, son to Thomas More and Isabel Tais, born Oct. 13, 1705,
baptised Oct. 14, 1705.
Margaret, daughter to James Gloag and Helen More, in West
Drummawhance, born Sept. 26, baptised Sept. 29, 1706.
Mary, daug'hter of Thomas Moir and Isabel Tais, in Drummond,
born April 17, baptised April 19, 1708.
Helen, daughter of Thomas Gloag and Helen More, in Wester
Drummawhance, born Sept. 24, baptised Sept. 25, 1709.
Jean, daughter to Andrew Moir and Agnes Harruer, in Drum-
lakenoch, born 15 March, baptised same day, 1710.
Jean, daughter to John Brydie and Janet More, in Easter Borland,
born Sept. 11, baptised Sept. 12, 1711.
Jean, daughter to James Gloag and Helen Moir, in Wester Drum-
mawhance, born March 2, baptised March 5, 1713.
Patrick, son to Patrick Gibson and Janet Moir, in Cultiheldech,
born Apr. 2, 1715, baptised same day.
Andrew, son of James Gloag and Helen Moir, in Wester Drum-
mawhance, born July 30, baptised Aug. 2, 1715.
John, son of Patrick Gibson and Janet Moir, in Cultiheldech, born
April 6, baptised same day, 1716.
Helen, daughter to James More and Janet Clemmett, in L.adystoun,
in the parish of Blackford, born April 3, baptised in the Miltoun of
Machany, April 5, 1720.
Margaret, daughter to John More and Isabel Miller, in Daurside
of Machany, in the Parish of Blackfoord, born July 6, baptised July 7,
1727.
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Agnes, daughter to James More and Janet Clemett, in Ladytoun,
of Machany, born June 8, baptised June 10, 1728.
Andrew, son of John More and Isabel Miller, in Daurside, of
Machany, born Oct. 4, baptised Oct. 5, 1728.
Margaret, daughter to William Maltman and Helen More, in
Drumness, born Jan. 29, baptised same day, 1731.
David, son to John More and Isabel Miller, in Damside, in
Machany, born July 23, baptised same day, 1731.
Andrew, son to William Maltman and Helen More, in Drumness,
born Dec. 17, baptised same day, 1731.
Margaret, daughter to Alexander Ross and Ann More, in Machany,
born June 24, baptised same day, 1732.
Margaret, daughter to Andrew More and Ann Gray, in Drumlakin,
born July 15, 1732, baptised same day.
Margaret, daughter to James More and Janet Clemmet, in Ladys-
toun, of Machany, born May 17, 1734, baptised same day.
James, son of James Moir and Janet Clemmet, in Lady'stoun,
Parish of Blackfoord, born and baptised Jan. 21, 1736.
Alexander, son of Andrew Moir and Ann Grey, in Drumlakin, born
and baptised Oct. 10, 1736.
Mary, daughter of John Moir and Isabel Miller, in Half-Merkland,
born Jan. 29, baptised Jan. 31, 1739.
Isabel, daughter of James Moir and Janet Clemmet, in Ladytoun,
Parish of Blackford, born March 30, baptised April 2, 1740.
Andrew, son of William Maltman and Helen Moir, in Drummess,
Parish of Blackford, born Sept. 25, baptised Sept. 28, 1740.
Andrew, son of Andrew Moir and Ann Grey, in Crofthead, of
Farmtown, Parish of Blackford, born Dec. 30, 1741, baptised Jan. 2,
1742.
Janet, daugliter of William 'Maltman and Helen Moir, in Drum-
mess, Blackford Parish, born 9 August, baptised 21 August, 1743.
John, son of Andrew Moir and Ann Grey, in Crofthead, of Farm-
town, Parish of Blackford, born August 31, baptised Sept. 2, 1744.
(On account of the Civil War of 1745-46, and its terrible results,
the parisih records were omitted from the years 1746 to 1749.)
March 20, 1750. Helen, lawful daughter of Ann Grey, in Croft-
head, of Farmtown, born March 18, was baptised the 20th day of
March, 1750. With such excessive severity were the penal laws
executed at this time, that Andrew Moir, having neglected to keep his
appointment with me at my own house this morning, and following
me to Lord Rollo's house, but I was obliged to go under the cover of
trees in one of Lord Rollo's parks, to prevent our being discovered,
and baptise the child there.
James, son of William McLeish and Mary Moir, in Muthill, born
Nov. 16, baptised Nov. 18, 1750.
Ann, daughter of William McNabb and Margaret Moir, In
Drumduie, born Oct. 30, baptised Nov. 1, 1754.
John, son of William McLeish and Mary Moir, in Muthill, born
Dec. 3, baptised Dec. 8, 1754.
Jean, daughter of William McNabb and Margaret Moir, in
Drumduie, born Jan. 15, baptised Jan. 16, 1756.
Isabel, daughter of William McLeish and Mary Moir, in Muthill,
born March 19, baptised March 20, 1757.
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William, son of Alexander Moir and Janet Dow, in Lentibbert,
born May 25, baptised May 27, 1758.
Alexander, son of Margaret Moir and William McNabb, in
Drumduie, born and baptised July 9, 1758.
Mary, daughter of William McLeish and Mary Moir, in Muthill,
born Dec. 12, baptised Dec. 14, 1759.
Andrew, son of Alexander Moir and Janet Dow, in Easter*
Drummawhance, born June 21, baptised June 23, 1762.
Margaret, daughter of William McNabb and Margaret Moir, in
Drumduie, born July 1st, baptised July 5, 1763.
William and Mary, twin children of James Moir and Agnes
Maltman, in Muthill, born and baptised Feb. 10, 1764.
Andrew, son of James Moir and Agnes Maltman, in Muthill, born
Nov. 3, baptised Nov. 10, 1765.
Helen Moir, daughter of Andrew Moir and Janet Moir, in
Crofthead, Parish of Blackford, born Jan. 26, 1767, baptised same day.
William, son of Andrew Moir and Isabel Drummond, in Ladys-
town, Parish of Blackford, born October 17, baptised Oct. 30, 1768.
James, son of William McNabb and Margaret Moir, in Drumduie,
born and baptised Dec. 24, 1768.
Margaret, daughter of Andrew Moir and Janet Moir, in Crofthead,
Parish of Blackford, born Dec. 10, baptised Dec. 18, 1770.
James, son of Andrew Moir and Janet Moir, in Crofthead, Parish
of Blackford, born Jan. 2, baptised Jan. 15, 1773.
William, son of Andrew Moir and Janet Moir, in Crofthead,
Blackford Parish, born March 9, baptised 20 March, 1775.
Jean, daughter of Patrick Miller and Helen Moir, in Kincardine,
Crief, born Sept. 16, baptised Sept. 22, 177 5.
Andrew, son of Patrick Miller and Helen Moir, in Easter
Tamakuvick, Parish of Crief, born August 28, baptised Sept. 14, 1778.
In Muthill Chapel, John, son of Jame* Ouston and Janet Brander,
in Inverness Parish, born in Crieff, Nov. 12, 1783, Helen Moir, in
Crief, being sponsor.
Ann. daughter of John Moir and Margaret Gray, in the Cavin,
born Nov. 23, baptised Nov. 27, 1789.
Beatrix, daughter of Andrew Moir and Ann Allan, in Muthill, born
Oct. 26, baptised Oct. 31, 1790.
Andrew John, son of Andrew Moir and Isabel Clarke, in Auch-
terarder, born April 3, baptised May 9, 1791.
Andrew, son of John Moir and Margaret Gray, in Cottertown, in
Drummawhance, born Oct. 18, baptised Oct. 21, 1791.
Ann, daughter of Andrew Moir and Helen Crawford, Blackford
Parish, born March 7, baptised March 28, 1792.
Elizabeth, daughter of John Moir and Margaret Gray, in East
Mill, of Auchterarder, born August 30, baptised Sept. 5, 1793.
Mary, daughter of Andrew Moir and Helen Crawford, in
Crofthead, of Machany, Blackford Parish, born Jan. 28, baptised
Feb. 14, 1797.
Ann, daughter of William Moir and Jean Allan, in Muthill, born
Sept. 17, baptised Sept. 22, 1799.
*The famous George Buchanan, educator and tutor of James VI., and also of the Court
of Queen Mary, was called the " Laird of Dromwhassel." He and his forbears lived and
died in this neighborhood.
MOIR GENKAtOGY
93
James, son of William Moir and Jean Allan in Muthill, born
July 13, baptised July 19, 1801.
William, son of William Moir and Jean Allan, in Muthill, born
Jan. 23, baptised Jan. 29, 1804.
Thomas, son of William Moir and Jean Allan, in Muthill, born
Feb. 18, baptised Feb. 23, 1806.
Beatrix, daughter of William Moir and Jean Allan, in Muthill,
born Jan. 14, baptised Jan. 20, 1811.
Jane, natural daughter of Captain Henry Wilson of the 72nd
Regiment, and Beatrix Moir (born 1790), in Muthill, born Sept. 8,
1813. William Moir, sponsor.
Mary Ann Jane, daughter of Charles Stuart Edward, near Kempo
Castle, and Mary Moir, born Dec. 3, baptised Dec. 13, 1819.
Andrew, son of Andrew Moir and Jean Allan, in Muthill, born
July 31, baptised August 1, 1813.
31argaret, daughter of Andrew Moir, wright, in Muthill, and
Margaret Cramb, born Dec. 24, 1827, baptised Jan. 6, 1828.
Martha, daughter of Andrew Moir, wright, in Longshot, and
Margaret Cramb, born May 29, baptised June 14, 1829.
Helen, daughter of Andrew Moir, wright, at Northgate, of Culdees,
and Margaret Cramb, born Jan. 2, baptised Jan. 24, 1832.
Mary, daughter of James Moir, Farm Servant, at Fuer, in Muthill,
and Helen Robertson, born July 4, baptised Nov. 10, 18 33.
Anna, daughter of Andrew Moir, wright, and Margaret Cramb,
Porter lodge of Culdees, born Oct. 26, 1833, baptised Jan. 12, 1834.
Janet, daughter of Andrew Moir, carpenter, Westgate of Culdees,
and Margaret Cramb, born Dec. 8, 1838, baptised March 30, 1839.
Andrew James, son of Andrew Moir, carpenter, and Margaret
Cramb, born at Westgate of Culdees, Oct. 1, baptised Dec. 12, 1840.
By the Rev. James Moir of Brechin, William Moray, son of the
Rev. Alex. Meldrum, Ep. Minister of Muthill, and Jane Catherine
Wickham, born May 20, baptised June 6, 1841.
Robert, son of Andrew Moir, carpenter, and Margaret Cramb,
born at Machany house, Feb. 6, baptised March 27, 1844.
There are also 13 Moir entries from Jan., 1847, to Nov., 1886,
in the same Register.
MARRIAGE REGISTER
ST. GEORGE'S PARISH CHURCH
LONDON, ENGLAND
(From published lists of Baptisms and Marriages — 1573 to 1853)
(No baptisms found)
April 20, 1747, GEORGE MOIR and ELIZABETH GREAY, of St.
Martin's in the Fields, were married at St. George's Chapel,
London.
Nov. 17, 1781, EDWARD STAFF and JANE ELIZABETH MOIR were
married at the Parish Church, St. George's, Hanover Square,
London.
Jan. 3, 179 5, GEORGE D'ALMAINE of the Parish of St. Paul, Covent
Garden, London, and MARY MOIR, of the Parish of St. Martin's
in the Fields, spinster, minor, were married by Edward Embry,
Curate of St. Paul's Church. Witnesses, John Moir and Thomas
D'Almaine.
April 23, 1811, DAVID MOIR and ELIZABETH MOSS were married
at St. George's Parish Church, Hanover Square, London.
September 20, 1829, ROBERT HOWLETT and HELEN MOIR were
married at St. George's Parish Church, Hanover Square, London.
June 12, 1830, JAMES MOIR and MARY PANKHURST were married
at St. George's Parish Church, Hanover Square, London.
July 24, 18 3 3, JAMES RANDALL and ELIZABETH MOIR were
married at St. George's Parish Church, Hanover Square, London.
From the London Times of September 25, 1903, we learn that Brevet
Major ALLAN JAMES GORDON MOIR married a Miss Druce.
(There were examined, at this time, the records of four other London
Parishes, but no more Moirs were noted.)
ABERDEENSHIRE
BURGESSES OF GUILD AND TRADE OF THE BURGH OF ABERDEEN
1399-1700
(List Furnished and Introduction by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ.)
The following Moir extracts are taken from the f.rst two volumes
of the Miscellany of the New Spalding Club, printed for the Club at
Aberdeen, 1890 and 1908, respectively. The editor of this valuable
compilation from the Council Registers was the late lamented Mr.
Alexander Macdonald Munro, City Chamberlain, who died at Aberdeen,
26th January, 1911. The register was prefaced by a special note on
the names of the register occurring ten or more times, by one of our
clan, the late Mr. James Moir, the respected Rector of the Grammar
School, Aberdeen, who was Convener of Committee on Church
Records to the Club mentioned. His remarks, so far as the Moir
family are concerned, may be put on record here. They are in
comparison with the issue of the Aberdeen Directory of 1890-1891.
We find Moir 31, Muir (added to Moir) 4, and the name Moir appeared
no less than thirteen times in the Directory already mentioned. The
contractions seen at the end of extracts, from 1633 onwards, stand
for: —
g, guild burgess; t, trade burgess.
G, honorary burgess, or admitted gratis without composition.
J, in right of father's burgess-ship.
1400, More, Patrick. (* Cautioner, Thomas Amfrey.)
1406-07, More, Duncan. (Cautioner, And. Gifford and Thomas Roule.)
1466, September 12. More, William.
1481, September 27. More, William (dwelling in the country).
1493-4, Moir, Robert (at the instance of the Abbott of Arbrothok.)
1503-4, Moir, Alexander.
1507-8, Moir, Thomas. (Composition remitted at request of James
Colisone.)
1558-9, Moir, Andrew. (Cautioner, William Robertsoune, goldsmyt.)
1596, July, Moir, Andro (baxter), becaus he was a prenteis within the
toun, quha gawe his ayth, according to the common forme,
and forder, that he suld not aspyr, nor seik any farder
libertie, nor privelege.
1560, December 9, Moir, William.
1567, Moir, William, was cautioner to Gilbert Sengzeour.
1598, October 2 7, Moir, Mr. William, son to William Moir.
1600, September 12, Mr, William Moir was cautioner to Alexander
Lome.
1605, September 13, Mr. William Moir was cautioner to John Chalmer,
ex gratia.
1605, September 24, Mr. William Moir was cautioner to John Watsoun,
ex gratia.
*Cautioner is a Scots word, meaning, a surety.
96 MoiR Geneai,ogy
1606. September 3, Moir, Alexander ("Weaver).
1607, September 22, Moir, William, eldest son of Mr. Willliam Moir.
1609, September 22, Moir, Peter (ex gratia, Cautioner, Mr. William
Moir, treasurer).
1611, September 24, Moir, William. (Cautioner, Mr. William Moir.)
1614, October 20, Moir, John (simple burgess).
1615, May 1, Moir, John, eldest son of the late Alexander Moir (for
the past thirty years in the service of the King of France).
1615, September 22, Moir, John (pupil), second son of Mr. William
Moir, treasurer.
1617, September 23, Moir, Henry, third son of Mr. William Moir, dean
of guild.
1619, January 22, Peter Moir was cautioner to Alexander Ross,
merchant.
1620, September 25, Moir, William.
1633, July 10, Moir, Thomas, weaver, eldest son of Alexander Moir,
weaver. t. J
1647, December 2 9, Moir, Alexander, baker, served with the late
Robert Forbes. t.
1647, December 22, Moir, Jon, smith in the Clintertie, to the hammer-
men craft, in respect of the few number of craftsmen within
this burghe, speciallie of the lorimers, and that sindrie o£
the said trade are dead of the plague of pestilence. G.
1648, February 9, Moir, Alexander, and Ergo, James, smith, in respect
of the few number of craftismen, speciallie of the lorimers,
and that sindrie of the trad ar dead of the plague of
pestilence. t.
1648, April 4. Moir, George, dyer. t.
1655, August 1, Moir, Johne, drywalker, simple burgess.
1654, March 8, Mr. John Campbell, Shereff Clark of Aberdeen, married
eldest daughter of Mr. William Moir, Principal of the New
College of Aberdeen. G.
1657, April 30, Moor, Alexander, bookmaker and claspmacker. in
Montrose, "employing and exerciseing himselfe in macking
of hooks, clasps, and any other workmanship cf that
nature." t.
1658, June 16. Thomas Moir, couper's servant, Alexander Mill. t.
1659, January 18, Moir, John, merchant. g.
1660, March 21, Moir, John, eldest son to Patrick Moir, baillie of
Aberdeen. g.
1663, June 24, Moir, John, son of the deceased John Moir, weaver, t.
1667, August 14, Moir, John, merchant, married the daughter of
Alexander CoUisone, burgess, whose predecessors had been
magistrates. g.
1668 May 23, Moir, Patrik, second sone to the deceast Mr. William
Moir, sometyme baillie of Aberdeen, and principall of the
college of the samen. g,
1669, August 20, Moir, James, in Ferriehill, son of the deceast William
Moir. g.
1676, September 2 5, Moir, Gilbert, second son of William Moir, doctor
of medicine. g,
1682, May 2i, Moor, Alexander, buikmaker, onlie son of the deceist
Alexander Moor, buikmaker, burgess. t.
MOIR GENEAI.OGY 97
1683, September 25, Moir, Andrew, merchant, son of William Moir, in
Broombrae, at request of George Aidie, dean of guild, g.
1688, September 11, Moir, Andrew, in old mill of Foverane. g
1688, September 5, George Gordon, of Kirktown, of Dyce, who married
a daughter of Mr. William 31oir, doctor of medicine. g.
1689, February 28, 3Ioir, John Mr . advocate, son of the late John
Moir, of Stonniewood, burgess, and William Moir, his fourth
son. g-
1690, December 27, Moir, Alexander fourth son of Mr. William Moir,
doctor of medicine, burgess. g.
1691, September 22, Moir, Alexander, wright. t.
1693, August 23, Moir, Gilbert, cooper. t.
1698, July 9, Muire, John, provost of Aire. G.
1698. Ju^ 9. Mores, John, burgess of St. Andrews. G.
ABERDEENSHIRE
List of FIARS JURORS, 1604 to 1900
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
The undernoted list was compiled by David LittleJohn, L. L. D.,
Sheriff-Clerk, for the second volume of the "Miscellany" of the New
Spalding Club, issued 1908.
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstoun, 172 3 and 1729.
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, 1793 and 1794.
Moir, George, of Scotstown, 1751-'76 — 10 times.
Moir, George, miller, Old Aberdeen, 1678.
Moir, George, of Denmore, 1832 and 1833.
Moir, James, in Ferriehill, also of Ferriehill, 1667-78.
Moir, James, younger, of Stonywood, 1723.
Moir, James, of Stonywood, 1739.
Moir, (also Moor and Muir) ; Robert, merchant in Aberdeen, 1720-33.
Moir, William, in Caberstoun, 1655.
Moir, William, in Slippiehillock, 1690.
Moir, William, burgess, now in Ferriehill, 1629.
Moir, William, of Ferryhill, 1655.
Moir, William, of Ferryhill, 1730-48.
Muir, Alexander, of Loirston, 1840.
THE LONACH SOCIETY
ORIGINAL MEMBERS
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
The following MOIRS were ordinary members of the Lionach.
Highland and Friendly Society, inaugurated 1825. Of the 277
members —
No. 89. John Moir, Senior, Finnylost, Strathdon.
No. 90. Arthur Moir, Finnylost, Strathdon.
No. 91. John Moir, Junior, Finnylost, Strathdon.
No. 79. Alexander Moir, Finnylost, Strathdon.
No. 80. James Moir, Faichley.
This interesting gathering is still held annually on Donside,.
Aberdeenshire.
WRIGHT'S AND COOPER'S SOCIETY RECORDS
OLD ABERDEEN, 1731-1911
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
George Mores, mentioned in the records, 1769-1771.
John More, mentioned in the records, 1764-1766.
Thomas Mores, mentioned in the records, 1731-1735, and frequently,
1744-1769.
This society has always been a small body, and probably an
off-shoot of the Wrights and Coopers of Aberdeen, one of the seven
Incorporated Trades, whose oldest minute book is dated 1692. The
history of the Incorporated Trades belonging to Aberdeen was written
by Ebenezer Bain, ex-master of Trades Hospital, in 1887. From his
scarce volume, we reproduce entries relating to the Moirs —
REV. JOHN MOIR'S portrait, by Cosmo John Alexander, hangs
in the great hall. He was Rector of West Tinfieild, Yorkshire. He
mortified in 1736, 1000 merks, Scots (present-day value £83:6:8) for
the support of a Philosophy Bursar at Marischal College, Aberdeen,
and in the event of no Tradesmen's son applying for the said Bursary,
the money was to be devoted to the maintainance of decayed Trades-
men, preference always being given to the name of Moir.
GILBERT MOIR, Cooper. His portrait, by an unknown artist,
hangs in the great hall. He was elected Convener of Trades in 1710.
WILLIAM MOIR. He appears to have been a member of the
Wright and Cooper trade, for in one of the acts of the Society anent
bitter and despiteful speaking, there is cited a breach of the act:
2nd April, 1735. The court considering that Adam Baxter called
William Moir a brute, in presence of the court, they therefor amerciate
him, the said Adam Baxter, in Forty shillings, Scots, to be paid by
him to be trade, for use of the poor, for the said transgression, in
terms of the third act of this book; and debar him from voting in
any affair of the trade until satisfaction be made before the Court,
which, being paid by the said Adam Baxter, the trade discharge the
above amerciament, and ordered the sum of forty shillings to be
re-paid to him.
EXTRACTS
FROM OLD WILLS AND MARRIAGE SETTLEMENTS AND DIS-
CHARGES IN CONNECTION WITH THE MAXWELL
FAMILIES OF DOUNE
(Kindly furnished by HELEN MOIR MAXWELL of Doune)
1713, ALEXANDER MOIR, writer in Dunblane, by JOHN MOIR,
notary public.
1718. Will of WILLIAM MAXWELL, written by JAMES MOIR, of
Lochfield, writer. (Lochfield is a farm about half-way
between Doune and Thornhill.)
1727. ROBERT MOIR, son to JAMES MOIR, writer in Doune. By
JOHN MOIR, notary public.
1767. JAMES MOIR, writer in Doune. ^ ^ a c\— '
DUNBLANE, PERTHSHIRE, TESTAMENTS
(Kindly furnished by REV. WALTER MACLEOD of Edinburgh)
I
Dunblane Testament, Dative and Tnventary, of the goods, etc., pertaining
Testaments to umquhile MARGARET MOIR,* relict of Archibald Menzies, at the
vol.8. Burns of Cessintullle, within the parish of Kilmadock, and Commis-
sariot of Dumblane, the time of her decease in June, 1664. Made and
given up by Thomas McHillie, (?) spouse to Jeonet Menzies, lawful
daughter to said defunct. Debts due by Humprie Risk; John Bowie,
in Kingsboquhaple; Jeonet Clark, at the Burn of Cessintullle; John
Symmer, there; Robert Smyth, in Doune; David Dog, of Ballingrew;
Walter Graham, in Kingsboquhaple; John Spittel, elder, in Noristoun;
Captaine David Muschett; William Miller, at the Miln of Doune;
James Wrycht, at the Burne of Cessintullle; John Neill, in Eoghall;
Mareoun Kinloch, in Kingcairne; Alexander Muschett, Messenger;
John Doig, in Murdochstoun; William Haldan, in Garncaber; William
Chalmer, in Cardrois; Andrew Dick; Jeonett Spittall; Robert Symmer,
in Denrick; John McEller, in Doune.
Sum of the Inventar — £118: 6: 8d.
No debts owing by the deceased.
No division.
Confirmed, 19th January, 1665, ROBERT MOIR, in Newtoune, of
Doune, cautioner.
II
Dunblane The Testament, Testam.entar, Inventary and Latter Will, of the
Testaments goods, etc., which pertained to umquhile JAMES MOIR, in Aberargy,
Vol.8. within the parish of Abernethie, and Commissariot of Dumblane; the
time of his decease in June, 1664. Made and given up by himself, on
13th June, 1664, before these witnesses, — ANDREW MOIR. eldest
lawful son to JOHN MOIR of Aberargy.
Sum of Inventar — £2 3.
Debts due by James Poltie, in Cary; Gilbert Gairner, in Aberargy;
Summa patet.
Debts due by James Poltie, in Cary; Gilbert Gairner, in Aberargy,
Alexander Burt, tailor, in Loanhead of Balmanno; William Rentoule;
John Playfair, in Cairney; William Buist, in Pittindy.
Sum of debts owing to dead — £74:6:0.
Sum of Inventar and debts — £97:6:0.
To be divided into three parts, ilk part.
The said defunct, by his Latter Will, nominates DUNCAN MOIR,
his eldest lawful son, his only executor and intromittor, with his goods
and geir, and to pay debts, to viz, — Agnes Powrie, his spouse, "mother-
♦Married, April 25th, 1627, see Marriage Registers of Doune.
MoiR Genealogy
101
in-law" to the said Duncan, 100 merks; and nominates *JOHN MOIR,
of Aberargy, and JOHN MOIR, his lawful brother, tutors and overseers
to bairns; and what shall happen to be over and above the said 100
merks, the said JOHN MOIR, of Aberargy, and JOHN MOIR, his
brother, shall deliver among his whole bairns, viz: Duncan, Margaret,
and Helon Moirs, as they shall think it expedient.
Confirmed, 3d November, 1664, JOHN MOIR, in Nether Aberargy.
is cautioner.
Ill
Testament, Dative and Inventary of the goods, etc., which per- Dunblane
tained to the deceast JOHN MOIR, Skinner, in Dumblane; and Helen Testament^
Tindall, his spouse, Indweller in Dumblane, the time of their respective Vol.18,
deaths as follows, viz: the first in the last day of June, and the
second on 14th March, both in the year 1713. Made and given up by
ALEXANDER MOIR, Writer in Dumblane, Executor, Dative, qua
Creditor, preferred and decerned to saids Defuncts, for payment or
inter alios, sum, in Decreet, at the instance of Mr. Robert McClelland,
of Barrclay, Collector of Excise; and in another Decreet, at the
instance of James Watson, of Ormistoun, against said JOHN MOIR,
for rent of his house. Dated 12th March, 1713.
Sum of the Inventary — £29:2:8.
Confirmed, 2nd June, 1715. Robert Finlayson, Merchant in
Dumblane, Cautioner.
IV
Testament, Dative, and Inventary of the goods, etc., which Dunblane
pertained to the deceased ALEXANDER MOIR, Writer in Dumblane; Testaments
Made and given up by Mr. John Primrose, of Tulliallan, and John Vol.18.
Bryce. Merchant in Dumblane, joint Executors, Creditors decerned and
confirmed to the said Defunct.
Summa — ( ).
Among the list of debtors appears the following Item by Sir
David Threapland, of Fingask, and JAMES MOIR, Writer, £10:2:6.
HENRY MOIR, Merchant in Down, DAVID MOIR in Low, and
Alexander Moir.
Confirmed, 9th July, 1724, Robert Banks, Merchant in Stirling, is
cautioner.
V
Tlie Testament, Dative, and Inventary of the goods, etc., which Dunblane
pertained to the deceased ALEXANDER MOIR, Writer in Dumblane, Testaments
in the parish thereof, the time of his decease in February last. Made y°J: ^^„
and given up by James Cairns, younger, merchant in Dumblane, as
present Treasurer to the Corporation of Skinners of Dumblane;
Executor, Dative, qua Creditor, decerned to said Defunct, for payment
to him as Treasurer foresaid of 50 merks, per bill dated 26th
September, 1722. Debts due by Christopher and Robert Finlaysonea,
Merchants in Dumblane, and William Ker, Skinners there, Andrew
Ker, Bellmaker in Dumblane.
Summa patet — ( ).
Confirmed, 9th July, 1724; John Gillespie, Writer in Dumblane,
cautioner.
Folio 226.
*See note in Appendix, " Moirs of Aberargie."
102
MoiR Geneai,ogy
VI
Dunblane Testament, Dative, and Inventary, of the household plenishing,
Testaments and others, which pertained to the deceased HARY MOIR, in Newtoun
Vol. 19. of Doun, and MARGARET PATON, his spouse, within the parish of
Kilmadock, the time of their deceases in May last; Made and given up
by WALTER MOIR, wright in Doun, brother german to the said
Defunct, only Executor, Dative, qua creditor, decerned to said
Defuncts, for payment of funeral and medical attendance, etc.
Sum of Inventary — £177:13:0.
Confirmed, 5th June, 1740; Walter Paterson in Doun, is cautioner.
VII
Dunblane Testament, Dative and Inventary of the debts, etc., which per-
Testaments tained to the deceased JAMES MOIR, Writer in Dumblane, the time
Vol. 20
Folio 96.
Folio 133.
of his decease in December, 1739; Made and given up by JEAN MOIR,
the Defunct's daughter, spouse of Thomas Duthie, Writer in
Dumblane; only Executors, Dative, qua nearest in kin, decerned to
said Defunct, by Decreet, dated 1st July last.
Debts due by persons therein mentioned.
Summa Inventary — ( ).
Confirmed, 27th January, 1743; John Duthie, mason in Dumblane,
is cautioner.
Elk, given up by said Executors, of debts due by persons thereio
mentioned, omitted furth of the principal.
Confirmed Testament. — ^Dated 26th January, 1744; same cautioner.
VIII
Dunblane Testament, Dative, and Inventary, of the goods, etc., pertaining
Testaments to the deceased ALEXANDER MOIR, in Hillhead of Machany, within
Vol. 20
Folio 104.
the parish of Blackford; the time of his decease in the month of
( ) last; Made and given up by George Moir, in Hillhead of
Machany, the Defunct's brother-german, who is decerned only
Executor, Dative, qua nearest in kin to said Defunct.
Debt due by bond, granted to Janet Richard, relict of Alexander
Moir, in Hillhead of Machany, by said GEORGE MOIR, dated 18th
January. 1636; Sum in Bill by said Janet Richard, upon James Dawson
at Machany, dated 2nd January, 1641. Sum due to said Janet, by
John Richard, in Craig of Matherly, her brother; Sum due also, by
Alexander Richard in Craig of Motherby, and others therein men-
tioned, to all which sums the said deceased ALEXANDER MOIR had
right, by Disposition and Assignation, from the said Janet Richard,
his mother. Dated 17th April, 1741. Registered in Stewart Court
Books of Strathearn, 19th January, last.
Summa Inventary — £216:5:0.
Confirmed, 17th February, 1743, Mathew Gentill.
IX
Dunblane Testament, Dative, and Inventary, of the debt, sum of money
Testaments which pertained to the deceased ANN MOIR, daughter of the also
Vol.20 deceased JAMES MOIR, Writer in Dumblane, the time of her decease
Folio 98. jjj January last; Made and given up by JEAN MOIR, the Defunct's
MOIR GENEAI.OGY 103
sister-german, spouse of Thomas Duthie, Writer in Dumblane, only-
Executors, Dative, qua nearest in kin, decerned to said Defunct, by
Decreet, dated 5th August last.
Debt, due by the Honourable Major General James Campbell, of
Lawers, per Bond granted to Defunct, and said JEAN MOIR, dated
31st October, last.
Confirmed. 27th January 1743, John Duthie, mason in Dumblane,
is cautioner.
X
Testament, Testamentar, and Inventary of the goods, etc., which Dunblane
pertained to the deceased JAMES MOIR, Writer in Doune, in the Testaments
parish of Kilmadock, the time of his decease in Oct., 1776, last. Made, Vol.23,
and given up partly by himself, upon 2Gth August, 1775, and by
•ELIZABETH and *ROBINA MOIRS, only children of the said
Defunct, with consent of John Forrest, of Deanstaine, their only ac-
cepting, and acting tutor, and curator, for his interest; Which
ELIZABETH and ROBINA MOIRS, the said Defunct nominated, to
be his only Executors, by his Assignation, etc. Registered in the Court
Books of the said Commissariot, on 5th December, last.
Sum of the Inventary — £252:l:4d.
Sum of debts due by persons therein mentioned — £586:7:7. The
said Defunct, by his Registered Assignation and Nomination, conveys
in favor of said ELIZABETH and ROBINA MOIRS, his two daugh-
ters, and only children, in life, procreate betwixt him and the deceast
Ann Forrest, his spouse, his whole goods and gear; and failing of
them, to John Forrest, and his foresaids. With the burden of enter-
taining and maintaining of ISOBELL MOIR, his sister. He appoints
said John Forrest; James Maule, factor to Earl of Murray; Johanna
Leslie, daughter of deceased John Leslie, Merchant in Edinburgh;
George Stewart, younger of Argatie; John Buchanan, of Auchleshie;
Mr. James Smith, Minister at Kilmadock, to be Tutors and Curators to
his said daughters. Dated at Doune, 26th August, 1775. Witnesses —
Allan Stewart, at Bridgend of Death; and Malcolm Wright, and William
Key, his servants.
Confirmed 6th September, 1777. William McGruther, Writer in
Doune, is cautioner.
THE FOLLOWING MOIRS WERE MEMBERS OF THE
LOYAL STIRLING VOLUNTEERS
From the STIRLING ANTIQUARY
By W. B. COOK, Stirling
Charles Moir, Wright, Stirling, joined the Corps 24 May, 1801. Vol. 3, p. 77.
Thomas 31oir, Maltman, Stirling, joined the Corps 24 May, 1801.
Charles Moir, weaver, Stirling, joined 19th April, 1803.
Robert Moir, servant, Livilands, Joined 27th Oct., 1803.
*See Doune Births, 1762 and 1764.
NOTES ON THE MOIRS FROM SCOTSTOWN LIBRARY
(Kindly lent by MAJ. P. MOIR-BYRES of Tonley)
WILLIAM MOIR, elder, of Spittal and Scotstown, was principal
of Marischal College in 1658.
WILLIAM MOIR, of Scotstown, appears as subscribing to King's
College in 168 8.
(The preceding notices are from Spalding Club publications.)
GEORGE MOIR occurs frequently in the books. The earliest
date I have noticed is 1726, and the latest 1791. The handwriting on
the earlier volume is different from that on the volumes after 1733,
and suggests that possibly there were two of the same name. If there
were two, there is nothing I noticed to show what the earlier one was,
but the later one was a lawyer, had apparently been educated in
Holland, and from the books acquired was a man of accomplishments.
ALEXANDER MOIR occurs on the books from 1771 downwards.
He was an advocate at the Scottish bar, had been educated in Holland,
appears as practicing in 1786 and 1787. Some time prior to 1804,
he had succeeded to Scotstown. There was a SHERIFF MOIR in
Aberdeenshire, in the beginning of the nineteenth century, and
probably he is the same Alexander Moir, as he had a valuable collec-
tion of books on Scottish and Roman law, which appears to have been
kept up to about 1820.
On the more recent books, the only names I have noticed are
those of SIR MICHAEL and LADY BRUCE.
(J. D. W., Scotstown, Bridge of Don, Aberdeenshire.)
MOIR WINDOW AT TONLEY
Whitehouse, Aberdeenshire
'SNOUVONDOd N3anu
ONv xoNHT 'aoxs*
Advygn ongnj
LANDS OF COTTON IN ABERDEENSHIRE
From "ANNALS OF WOODSIDE AND NEWHILLS "
Att Aberdein, 24th July, 1695, years in presens of John Allardes,
ane of the baillies of the burgh —
The said day, it was judicially verified and proven, be the
depositions of Alexr. Skein, of Dyee; Gilbert Black, lait baillie; John
Moir, lait baillie; Mr. James Moir of Perriehill, that Gilbert Moir,
son of deceast Dr. William Moir, of Scotstoun, now in the Kingdom
of Poland, who went from this about 18 years ago or thereby, being
then about the age of ( — ) years, or thereby, is the second lawful
son of the said deceased, Dr. William Moir of Scotstoun, procreat
betwixt him and Margaret Skein, his spouse, in the lawful bonds of
matrimony; and that the said deceased Dr. William Moir of Scots-
toun, principal and professor of mathematics in the Marischall
College of Aberdeen, procreat betwixt him and Jean Gordon, his
lawful spouse, daughter of the deceased Gilbert Gordon of Gordons-
mill, of the family of Clunie; and that the deceased William Moir of
Scotstoun, procreat betwixt him and Janet Rae, his lawful spouse.
All which they deponed to be of veritie, by virtue of their great
oath sworn; Whereupon the said baillie ordained ane testimonial to
be extended, in ample and due form.
MOIRS OF SCOTSTOWN
(Some notes furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
1798. Paid MR. MOIR of Scotstown, laid out in repairing the road
from Seaton gate to the Bridge of Don — £15:0:0.
1808. Paid MR. MOIR of Scotstown, expended by him in repairing
the approaches to the Bridge — £15:0:0.
The above notes relating to the MOIRS of SCOTSTOWN are
extracted from air. William Paul's "Notes on the Early History of
the Brig of Balgownie" [Aberdeen, 1876]. They refer to the accounts
of the Bridge of Don fund. It is of this famous bridge, which has
been built over six centuries, that Lord Byron writes in "Don Juan":
Brig o' Balgownie I wicht is thy wa',
Wi' a wife's ae son and a mare's ae foal,
Doun Shalt thou fa'.
STONEYWOOD
INTRODUCTORY NOTES
"Observe below, where, with becoming pride,
Fair Stoneywood stands by the river side,
■^y/"hose owner still maintains our ancient laws.
And stood, like Cato, in his country's cause —
Would every Scot act such a part as he.
How happy still might Caledonia be."
(From "Don," by Forbes of Bnix, published
in 1655, and reprinted with additions in 1742.)
The Author of "A View of the Diocese of Aberdeen," gives it as
his opinion that being a stoney place, and having a fir grove hard
by, quhere the green burn falls into the Don, comes the name
Stotneywood.
THE MOIRS OF STONEYWOOD
I
(From Article in the "ABERDEEN FREE PRESS," July 6, 1910)
The MOIRS of STONEYWOOD flourished for a century only
(1671-1784), but two of them figured conspicuously in the two great
Scottish events of that period, the Jacobite risings of 1715 and 1745.
The first of the family was Jolin Moir, second son of *Mr. WilUam
Moir, who was Treasurer of Aberdeen in 1615. He became proprietor
of the estate of Kermuck (or Ellon), on Kennedy of Kermuck being
outlawed for fatally wounding Thomas Forbes of Waterton in a duel;
but he sold it in 1688 to Sir John Forbes of Waterton. Three years
later, he purchased from Eraser of Muchalls the estate of Stoneywood,
embracing Waterton, Clinterty, and Greenburn. He married Jean
Sandilands, eldest daughter of James Sandilands, town clerk of
Aberdeen, and proprietor of the estate of Cotton. His eldest son,
James, who succeeded to Stoneywood, sat in Parliament as member
for .-berdeenshire for eighteen years (1689-1707), and was also one
of the Commissioners appointed for settling the Union of the King-
doms. The Union apparently did not prove to his liking, for he and
his son James became ardent Jacobites, and actively supported the
local rising in favour of the old Pretender. They were among the
gentlemen who entered the town with the Earl Marischal, on Septem-
ber 20, 1715. and "with drawn swords, rode to the Cross, where the
Sheriff proclaimed the Chevalier." The elder Moir was also one of
*See Mr. Burnett's article on "Ancestry of the Moirs of Scotstown and Bams."
MoiR Geneai,ogy 107
thA Jacobite Town Council elected on September 28. At his death,
in 1739, he was succeeded by his son James, who married a daug'hter
of V/illiam Erskine of Pittodrie.
Their eldest son James (who became the fourth of Stoneywood)
was the most prominent member of the family, having taken a very
active p ,rt in the 1745 rebellion. When Lord Lewis Gordon, who had
been appointed by Prince Charlie, Lord Lieutenant of the counties of
Aberdeen and Banff, made his appearance in Aberdeen in the begin-
ning of November, 1745, to assume the direction of affairs, he wab
accompanied by James Moir of Stoneywood and William Sloir of
Ijonmay, James Moir's half-brother; and it was "Stoneywood" who
was commissioned to execute Lord Lewis Gordon's order on the town
of Aberdeen and the gentlemen of the county to "furnish and rigg out
a number of able-bodyed men sufficiently cloathed and arm -d,
answerable and effeiring to the land tax." The anti-Hanoverian
sentiment was by no means so strong in 174 5 as it was thirty years
before, and there was difficulty in getting either the men or the
money. "We have all got most unthankful business," Lord Lewis
wrote to "Stoneywood," "and we have to deal with a sett of low-
minded, grovelling wretches, who prefers their own interest to the
good of their country, or the indispensable duty they owe to their
lawful Prince." Moir, however, managed to raise a batallion, which
was known by the name of "Stoneywood's Regiment," he himself
commanding it and having the title of Colonel. It was largely
recruited in Aberdeen, more than one of the prisoners captured on
the collapse of the rising confessing that "he putt a white cockade
in his hatt, and joyned James Moir of Stonnywood and other rebels
when they entered the town and made a parade with them down the
streets."'
Moir's zeal for "the cause" was very marked, and it is said that
he "stood high in the estimation of the Prince, and to the warm
interest which the latter showed in his welfare at a subsequent period,
he was considerably indebted." He fought at CuUoden. After that
fatal conflict, we are told, Mr. Moir reached his house at Stoneywood,
which had been some time occupied by a party of English troops.
He narrowly escaped detection, and fleeing into the district of Buchan,
he was concealed in the house of a crofter of the name of Bartlett, in
the parish of Cruden, a retreat which had been prepared for him
by the exertions of "a faithful retainer." He had several narrow
hairbreadth escapes from detection and capture, and he had recourse
to various disguises and expedients. The story of his adventures,
indeed, is pretty much akin to the better known account of Lord
Pitsligo's evasions of his pursuers. It was November, 1746, before
his friends managed to get him out of the country, and he then
embarked on board a small sloop on the Buchan coast, which was
bound for Norway. He spent fifteen years in exile, partly in Gothen-
burg and partly in Sweden, and eventually obtaining Royal permission,
he returned to Stoneywood in 1762. His estate escaped confiscation,
owing to' his having had the prudence to assign it to some of his
family prior to "setting out for the wars." He died in 1784, aged 74.
All his seven sons died before him, and he left only two daughters,
the elder of whom married George Skene of Rubislaw. She is referred
to in the recently-published volume of "Memories of Sir Walter
108 MoiR Geneat.ogy
Scott," by James Skene, as "The heiress of the Jacobite Moirs of
Stoneywood, a woman of character and eccentricity, who shocked her
contemporaries by such extravagances as making her annual Journey
to Edinburgh on horseback, in a scarlet riding habit."
The Moirs of Stoneywood cherished a valuable relic which came
into their possession, namely, the Bible whicli Charles I. put into the
hands of Bishop Juxon on the scaffold — described by Dr. John Brown,
who had seen it, as "a quarto, printed in 1637, bound in blue velvet,
and richly embroidered and embossed with gold and silver lace.
There is the crown and the Prince of Wales's feathers, showing it had
belonged to Charles II when Prince. He must have given it to his
hapless father, as the C. P. is changed into C. R." A little history of
some interest attaches to this relic, which passed to the Skenes of
Rubislaw, the descendants of the Moirs of Stoneywood. Stoneywood
itself was sold by Maria Moir, James Moir's second daughter, to James
Forbes of Seaton, in 1789, and passed by succession to James Gordon
Hay of Seaton (grandson of James Forbes, his daughter Elizabeth
having married Lord James Hay). In May, 1877, a large portion of
the estate was purchased by Messrs. Alexander Pirie and Sons from
James Gordon Hay, and formed into a new and separate property
known as the estate of Waterton.
THE MOIRS OF STONEYWOOD
II
From Article in "THE TALES OF A GRANDFATHER"
By SIR WALTER SCOTT
On receiving intelligence of the approach of MacLeod, with four
hundred and fifty of his own men, and two hundred Monroes, and
other volunteers commanded by Monroe of Culcairn, — Lord Lewis
Gordon got seven hundred men under arms, chiefly Lowland men of
Aberdeenshire, under Moir of Stonej'wood, and Farquarson of
Monaltry, with a proportion of the Royal Scots regiment, and hastened
against the enemy.
It is remarkable, on the occasion of the action which immediately
followed at Inverary, that those who appeared for the government
were all Highlanders, in their proper garb; and that the greater part
of those who fought for the Stewarts wore the Lowland dress, being
the reverse of what was usually the case in the civil war.
— Page 142, Vol. II, third series (Parker's Edition).
On page 16 8 of the same history, we learn that "Moir of Stony-
wood, who commanded for the Prince, was compelled to retreat to
Fochabers, he being in charge of the City of Aberdeen, the Duke
of Cumberland being his opponent at this time, having an over-
whelming force."
On page 185. "At the final line-up at Culloden field, Moir of
Stonywood's batallion was assigned to the left wing of the second line,
along with Sir Alexander Bannerman's batallion."
THE OLD MANSION HOUSE OF STONEYWOOD
From the STONEYWOOD CHURCH BAZAAR BOOK
By JAMES CRUIKSHANK, Bankhead
At what date this building was erected, there are no records to
authenticate. The Baron's Fraser, who held the property for two
centuries, do not seem to have made this part of the country their
residence, and it may be assumed, therefore, that its erection dates
from a period subsequent to their occupancy of the estate. In 1671,
five years after the erection of Newhills into a parish, Stoneywood
passed from the Baron's Fraser and became the property of the
family of Moir. They, in turn, held it for four generations, or in
other words, for nearly 120 years. As all of the four lairds made
this their home, it is likely that the mansion house was erected during
the lifetime of the first laird, in proof of which it may be stated that
the coat of arms which was built into the wall, and which is still
preserved at Stoneywood works, was that of the Moirs.
Only one wing of the old house still stands, and this forms part
of the paper works of the Messrs. Pirie, who now own the estate,
but its stout, ashlar walls show little signs of decay.
Tradition still points to the room where "Steenie" is supposed to
have slept, on the night of his return from Culloden. It is an under-
ground oblong-shaped apartment, which had probably been the
kitchen. Thus, this remnant of old Stoneywood stands in our midst
as a memento of the romantic period of the '45, and serves to remind
us how close was the connection of our own neighborhood with the
stirring events then enacted.
STONEYWOOD HOUSE
DESCRIPTIVE ADVERTISEMENT OF THE PROPERTY
FROM AN OLD NEWSPAPER
The following is an advertisement of the sale of Stoneywood
Estate, 6th September, 1784, and it describes Stoneywood Mansion:
"The mansion house of Stoneywood, with the offices, garden,
pigeon house, and that part of the estate called the lower barony of
Stoneywood, with the salmon fishing on the River Don, belonging to
said estate. The present gross rents amount to £475 sterling. The
mansion house, which is modern and sufficient to accommodate any
family, stands on a beautiful situation, on the banks of the Don,
within four miles of Aberdeen. The garden is enclosed with stone
walls, and well stocked with fruit trees, and there is a complete set
of farm houses, built in a most substantial manner, and covered with
slated and tiled roofs. The lands hold of the Crown, and will entitle
the purchaser to vote in electing a member for the County of
Aberdeen; and the tiends were valued many years ago and exhausted."
THE OLD GREENBURN MARKET
ON STONEYWOOD ESTATE
AN ACT OF PARLIAMENT
The following is an extract from "Acta Parliamentorum Gutielmi
1701, vol. X, p. 233":
"Act in favour of James Moir of Stoneywood for two yearly fairs
at the Greenburn on the Lands of Stoneywood."
"Our Soveraign Lord and Estates of Parliament, Considering
that fairs and mercats in convenient places tend very much to the
good, and to the advantage of the inhabitants thereof, and to his
Majestie's other leidges, dwelling near thereto, and likewayes to
increase trade and commerce in the nation. And it is fit for these
ends, to authorize the publick fairs following at Greenburn, on the
Lands of Stoneywood, Pertaining to James Moir of Stoneywood, and
lying in the Shire of Aberdeen, — do therefor, by thir presents.
Appoint the publick fairs underwritten, to be kept and holden yearly,
in all time coming, at the said Greenburn, One upon the second
Thursday of June, to be called "Hagg fair"; and another upon the
last Thursday of July, to be called "Bathie fair," for all kinds of
merchandice. And have given and granted, and hereby give and
grant to the said James Moir and his heirs and successors forever, the
right and privelege of keeping and holding the said two yearly fairs
and the haill customes, profits, and casualties of the same, and all
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111
other advantages used and wont. With full power to exact, uplift,
dispose upon, and enjoy the same, and to proclaim and ride the said
fairs, and do all other things thereanent, as they think fit, which any
having the privelege of keeping fairs, this Kingdom lawfully do or
may do."
"The Greenburn market having been for a long time discontinued,
the Messrs. Pirie (present owners) a few years ago kindly enclosed
the stance by a substantial wall, and laid it out for the use of the
workpeople and tenants, as a park or recreation grounds."
"That the five-shilling notes drawn by James More of Stoneywood
on Robert Byres, at Edinburgh, continue to be paid by him, as
formerly. Any who want twenty-shilling notes may apply to Alex-
ander Macraw, at Robert Mitchell's, vintner, in Aberdeen."
(Aberdeen Journal Advertisement, 1763.)
Moir of Ivcckie
JAMES MOIR OF STONEYWOOD - MARIE SCROUGIE
MARRIAGE CONTRACT — 1863
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen)
ATT TIL.L.EFOUR — the twentie eight day of Jany., XVI, four
score three years. It is appointed, contracted, finnaly ended, and
aggreed between James Moar of Stonniewood, one the ane part, and
Marie Scrougie, daughter to the deceist William, Bishop of Argyle,
with assent of Master James Scougall, Commissar of Abd. And
Katherin Scougall, her mother, her curators, and of Master Roberta
MacKenzie of Killgiulloclruni, now husband to the said Katherin
Scougall, one uther part in manner form and affect as after followes —
that is to say the sd. James Moar shall God willing marie spous and
take to his lawful wife the sd Marie Scrougie. Lykeas she shall accept
and take to her lawfull husband the sd James Moar and they both
solemnize the honorable bond of m.atrimonie with uthers, in face of
holie kirk, be the words of the present tyme, betwixt the date heirof
and the — day of next to come. And thareafter shall love and
cherish, treat and entertain uthers as becometh Christian married
persons of their estate and rank during the said marriage. In con-
templatione of which marriage, the sd Marie Scrougie with consent of
her fds, curators, sells and disposes to the sd James Moar, her appar-
ent husband, his airs and assignes, all and sundrie Lands, heritages,
fishings, tenements and rents, and other heritable estate and fortune
whatsomever, either properlie pertaining and belonging to herselfe
or whereunto she has or may have right as anyways representing her
sd deceist father. And makes and constitutes the said James Moar
her appearant husband, his airs and assignes, her very lawfull
cessienors, assignes and donators, in and to all whatsomever goods,
gear, debt, soumes of money and other moveable estate and fortune
whatsomever pertaining and resting awand to her, either properlie
for herselfe, or whereunto she may succeed, and have right be deceiss
of her sd. father. In any manner of way, and in and to all contracts,
dispositions, heritable or moveable bands, charters, infeftments,
leasings, precepts of clareconstat, services terbotts, assignations,
translations and all other wreitts, evidentes and securities, either made
or conceaved, in the sd Marie, or in favour of her sd. deceist father,
of and concerning the forsd heritable and moveable estate and fortune,
with all that has followed or may follow thereupon. With power to
the sd. James Moar and his forsds, to the empelment and fullfilling
to tohein of the fds, writts, rights, evidents and securities, and to doe
all things necessar, anent the premises, which the said Marie Scrougie
might have done herselfe, before the granting heirof.
DECLARAND, the above written generall disposition and assigna-
tion to be above (?) valid sufficient and effectual in Law, to the sd.
Jamies Moar and his Forsds. as if every particular were geiven
expresslie nominat, ingrost and set down. With the not inserting
wherof the sd. Marie Scrougie with consent of her Fds, curators, be
thir presents, dispenses for ever. And the sd. Marie Scrougie be thir
MOIR GENEAI.OGY 113
presents binds and obleidges her airs excrs and successors with consent
of her saids curators, to warrand the above written disposition and
assignation good, valid and effectuall, from all facts and deeds done,
or to be done to her, or her forsaids that may be hurtfull, or preju-
dicial! hereunto, in any sort, excepting from the said warrandise, any
debts and soumes of money, actualie uplifted be the said Marie
Scrougie, or her tutors or curators, before the dait hereof, where or
profitablie employed. Jae. Moire.
PROVIDING allways, lykeas it is hierby provided and declared,
that the said Katlierin Scougall, and her said present husband their
consent to the above written disposition and assignatione shall noways
prejudge them anent the fulfilling to them of the oblidgments
contained in the contract matrimoniall part, betwixt the said deceist
William, Bishop of Argylle, and the said Katlierin Scoiigall, his spous,
whereunto the said umqhelle William, Bishop of Arg'ylle stood theirbv
bound and obleigt to the said Katherin Scougall, his spouse, in any
manner of way, nor to any other provisions, or destinations made,
granted, and appointed be him in his lyfe tyme in favors of his said
spous.
AND ONE THE OTHER PART the said James Moar of Stonnie-
wood be thir presents binds and obleidges him, his airs and successors
whatsomever to duly, lawfullie infeft and the said Marie
Scrougie his appearant spous in Lyfe-rent dureing all her days of her
Lyfe tyme. In all and haill, the towns and Lands of Mickell Clintertie,
Mouters, Sequells and Gyashops, of the same with the houses, biggings,
yards, tofts, crofts, outfitts, infitts, mosses, moors, middowes, comontie,
common pasturage, parts, pendicles and pertinents, of the forsaids
haill Lands, and Millne Lyand, within the Parrochin of Newhills, and
Sherriffdome of Aberdeen.
And that be severall and charters, Infestments and maner of
Holdings, And theirof to beholden of the said James Moar and his
forsaids, and the other from him and them of his immediate lawfull
superior of the forsaids Lands, Milne, and others above written, both
in free blemsh for yearly payment of Ane Pennie, Scots Money, upon
the ground of the saids Lands of the same bees required allennorly or
otherwise to — [Remainder wanting.]
The southwest corner has signatures. [We have put within
brackets the part amissing owing to the document having been cut
with scissors at foot.]
JAE M[OIR].
MARY S[CROUGIE].
PA. SCO[UGALL].
JAMES [SCOUGALL].
R. KENZIB.
James Scougall, above-mentioned, was a son of Patrick Scougall,
Bishop of Aberdeen. He was made a Guild Burgess of Aberdeen, 7th
February, 1672.
[The original document is in the possession of Robert Murdoch
Lawrance, "Cairnchina," 23 Ashley Road, Aberdeen (who has sent for
this book many valuable manuscripts), and which he has transcribed
especially for insertion in the family history. It is in the old hand-
writing, and the characters were difficult to transcribe.]
ANDREW MOIR I. OF OVERKILL, AND DECENDANTS
PROGENITOR OF THE MOIR-BYRES FAMILIES
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By A. J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
(In the latter half of the seventeenth century, before there were
so many outlets, as the opening up of the Colonies, etc., half of the
best farms in Aberdeenshire were in the hands of the sons and near
connections of the gentry; and many of their descendants are still to
be found occupying the same lands.)
Major Opiina Ferat.
(Let the worthiest carry off the prize.)
Andrew Moir or 3iore, sometimes IJalrd of Overhill, the direct
progenitor of the Moir-Byres family. Born in or about 1621, was a
wealthy Burgess of Aberdeen (admitted 11 Sept., 1688), and resided
for many years at Oldmill (the house which this worthy built, lived
and died in, is still standing, and architecturally speaking, it is superior
to many of ths Lairds' houses of that period), in the parish of Foveran,
in that county, where he died, at the age of 73, the 14 Dec, 1694, and
was interred in the parish churchyard. See inscription on his tomb-
stone.
He was twice married, although I have been unable to ascertain;
the name of his iirst wife. His descendants preserve the following
tradition, viz., "that previous to his second marriage, he divided his
property with the children of his first wife, in order that he might not
do them injustice, by bequeathing too large a portion of his property
at a future period to children that might be born of the proposed
marriage. By his will (Aberdeen and Banff wills were nearly all
burned before 1721), made 1670-80, he left his wife and four children
of the second marriage 30,000 merks Scots — a large sum in those
days." Andrew Moir, who, for a few years after 1681, appears in the
Foveran Register of Baptisms, designed, "Of Overhill," — this had
probably been the farm of that name, now on the property of
Blairythan, in the parish of Foveran — married in 1670, 1672, for his
second wife, Agnes Montgomerie, (b. 1650, died March, 1730).
ANDREW MOIR of Overhill and Oldmill, and AGNES
MONTGOMERIE had (Foveran Regs, of Baptisms) five sons
and three daughters ; —
1. Andrew; of him again.
2. Gilbert, bap. 12 Feb., 1675. V^itnesses, Gilbert Moir in Haddo,.
and Gilbert Moir in Pitmillan. W^as Muster-Master Depute
in Scotland, and is so designed when admitted a Guild
brother of Aberdeen, 28 June, 1716.
3. George, the Rev. M. A., bap. 12 May, 1679. Witnesses, George
Pirie in Savock (probably a brother of Alexander Pii*ie, who
married Agnes Moir), and George Conon, in Newtyle. Wa&
MoiR Geneai,ogy 115
according to Scott's "Fasti Ecclesiae Scoticanae," licensed
31 Oct., 1705; called to Towie, 21 Nov., 1708; ordained
20 July, 1709; translated to Cluny, 3d Oct., 1717; and to
Kintore, 9 Aug., 1727 (all in Aberdeenshire); and died there
9 April, 1737. Mr. Moir was contracted 14 Dec, 1718, and
married 13 Jan., 1719, to Joan Forbes, third daughter of
Sir Wm. Forbes, IV, Baronet of Monyniusk, in Aberdeenshire,
Tjy his wife, the Lady Jean Keith, daughter of John I., Earl
of Ivlntore. Issue, two sons and two daughters, viz;
1. William (born 1726, d. 19 March, 1794), the Rev.
M. A., licensed by Presbytery of Ellon, 4 Oct., 1748,
and presented that day to Fyvie, in Aberdeenshire;
ordained 27 April following (Scott's "Fasti");
married 22 Oct., 1776, Helen Constable (who died at
Aberdeen 26 Feb., 1817, aged 67, and had issue.)
2. George, died young, unmarried.
1. Agne.s, born 1723-9; married Alexander Rose, eldest
son of Rose, Laird of Lethuity, Aberdeen-
shire, and died in 1809 at the manse of Auchterless.
Her daughter, Jane Rose, b. 1754, married 1790, the
Rev. Alexander Rose, minister of Auchterless, also
in the County of Aberdeen, and died in the town of
that name. 22 Sept., 1820, leaving two daughters. 1.
Agnes Rose, b. 1795, died unmarried in 1827; and 2.
Jane Margaret Rose, b. 1796, m. 1823 the Rev. John
Johnston of Forgandenny, in the County of Perth,
and died 26 Sept., 1832, leaving two sons and two
daughters, viz.: 1. John Robert Johnston, b. 1828,
settled in New Zealand, married 1850, and died 1862,
leaving two sons and four daughters. 2. Alexander
Rose Johnston, b. 1832, married 1866, Pauluie A.
M., daughter of Alexander Farquhar of Glenesk,
Aberdeenshire. Issue, two sons and four daughters.
1. Jane Taylor Johnston (eld. daughter of Rev. J.
Johnston), b. 1825, m. 1881, Andirew Patterson Reid
of Tighnamara, Rosemeath Co. Dumbarton. 2.
Agnes Rose Johnston (2d dau.), b. 1830, m. 1860.
Donald M. Macandrew, merchant, Leith, and now
of Torquay.
2. Jean Moir (second daughter of Rev. George Moir and
Jean Forbes), b. 1730, m. 1751, James Jopp of Cot-
ton (who died 1794), merchant in and sometimes
provost of (Aberdeen) (from Michaelmas, 1768 to
1770, again 1772 to 1774, from 1776 to 1778, from
1780 to 1782, and in 1786). Issue, two daughters.
1. Jean Jopp, b. 1755, m. 24 Jan., 1799, Gavin
Young of Liondon, merchant, and died 18 36
(no issue).
2. Janet Jopp, married John Barnes, of East
Flnehley, Middlesex, and of the Stock Ex-
change, and died 15 Nov., 1848, leaving is-
sue.
Samuel (son of Andrew Moir I. and Agnes Montgomerie) , Poveran
bap. 21 June, 168 3; witnesses, Robert Montgomerie and Registers
116 MoiR Genealogy
Samuel Forbes (probably the same person who afterwards
succeeded to the estate and became II Forbes, Baronet of
Foveran.
5. James, bap. 17 Aug., 1689. Witnesses, James Widowson and
James Sutherland.
1. *Margaret, bap. Feb. 18, 1677. Witnesses, James Scott
in Haddo, and Thos. Grig, Liiiihead.
2. Marjory, .bap. April 18, 1681. Witnesses, Robert
3Iontgomery in Groveshill, Thomas Grig at ye
Liinhead, and Mr. Daniel Taylor, Session-Clerk at
Foveran. Buried (at Foveran) 12 Aug., 1681.
3. Isabel, bap. Apr. 3, 1686. Witnesses, George Webster
and Gilbert Moir.
Foveran Agnes Montgomerle, Tenant in Oldmill, is polled as a gentlewoman.
Registers "Her proportione of the valuatione with the general poll is £l:9s.
Andrew and Margaret Mores, her children." — Poll book of
Aberdeenshire, vol. II, p. 52, 1695-6.
Copy of Inscription on Andrew Moir's Tombstone, Foveran Churchyard:
**Here lyes, under the hope of a blessed Resurrection,
Andrew More, Burgess of Abd., who departed this
life the 14 day of December, 1694, and of his age 73
year — also Agnes Montgomery, spouse to Andrew Moir,
who died March, 1730, aged 80 years — likewise And-
rew Moir, their eldest son, who died May, 1733,
aged 60 years — also Elizabeth Simpson, his Spouse,
who died 20 Sep., 1761, aged 86 years. Likewise, Isobel
Moir, his daughter, spouse to John Meders, Burger
in Abdn., who died the .... day of May, 1777, aged 70.
Represented by the family of Moir-Byres of Tonley, in the Parish of
Tough.
II
ANDREW MOIR, born in or about 1673; died, 2d May.
1733. See tombstone inscription above. Settled at Cutler-
cullen, in the parish of Foveran; and in 1728, has a renewal
of the tack of Oldmill, from Sir Alexander Forbes, Bart., of
Foveran. He married, 1699-1700, Elizabeth Simpson (b. 1675,
d. 20 Sept., 1761), daughter of Robert Simpson of Thornton,
Aberdeenshire; and had issue, four sons and four daughters, viz:
1. Andrew Moir, his heir, b. 1703.
2. Robert 3ioir, bap. 1st Nov., 1712. Witnesses, Robert Moir in
*George Catto, tenant and gentleman in MonkshUl, Foveran, Margaret Moir, his wife,
and Robert Catto, their son. She may have been the eldest daughter of Andrew Moir I.—
See above. These Cattos were, I think, the progenitors of a respectable family of Aber-
deen merchants, who were intermarried with the Dingwalls of Rannieston, London, etc.
**It will be observed that the surname is first spelt More, and afterwards Moir, on the
tombstone. 1662, 7th Feb., James Catto in Upperhill (overhill) of Foveran, brings an action
against Andrew Moir of Oldmill, and Gilbert Clark, at the Kirk at Foveran. (Sheriff Court
Records of Aberdeen.)
MOIR GENBAIvOGY 117
Greyshill, etc., alive (according to family papers) and
resident at Little Mill of Esslemont, parish of Ellon, in 1746.
3. George Moir, 31. A., "Mr." "student in philosophy" (so de-
signed in fannily papers), bap. by Mr. Alexander Gordon,
minister, 12 Dec, 1714. Witnesses, Robert Moir in Grey-
shill, and Geo. Pirie in Savock, alive 1744.
4. Gilbeit Moir, bap. 2d May, 1719, an eminent merchant of
Aberdeen, and burgess of that town, acquired the property,
and built the still existing mansion house of Raeden, near
Aberdeen; married in June, 1745, Helen Shepherd (who died
8 Jan., 1791), daughter of George Shepherd, merchant-
burge.ss of Aberdeen, by his wife, Helen Thompson, of the
family of "Thomson of Banchory.'* County Kincardine. Mr,
More — so he and his descendants spelt their surname — died
27 Nov., 1796, and is interred along with many of his family
and descendants in the churchyard of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen,
where there are several tombstones of the family. Issue,
with children died young and unmarried, two sons and two
daughters, viz:
1. George II. of Raeden, merchant-burgess of Aberdeen,
and provost of that town, from Michaelmas, 1795, to
1797, and again from Michaelmas, 1807 to 1809,
married, first, Jane, (who died 24 Feb., 1794) eldest
daughter of Alexander Innes of Breda, Co. Aberdeen,
and of Cowie, Co. Kincardine, advocate in and
commissary clerk of Aberdeen, and had with other
issue, Gilbert More of the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Civil
Service, who died at Singapore, unmarried, 25th
Aug., 1830. Provost More married, secondly, Harriet
Beauvais of Aberdeen, (who died 8 July, 1855, aged
82) and by her he had, with other issue, George
More, major in the Hon. H. E. I. Co.'s Service,
married Jane Mitchell, daughter of James Mowat of
of Aberdeen, manufacturer, and had issue, Cliarles
More, chief engineer of the Thames Conservancy,
and of 90 Sutherland Gardens, Maida Vale, London,
W. Provost More had by both his wives, fourteen
children.
2. Alexander, b. circa 17 56; sometime merchant and
Dean of Guild, of Aberdeen. Afterwards collector
of customs at the port of that town; married
Margaret (who died Jan., 1815, aged 42), fourth
daughter of Alexander Innes of Breda and Cowie,
and had issue. Mr. More died 30 April, 1836.
1. EUzabetli, b, circa 1749, married Bailie Charles
Farquharson of Aberdeen (who was in Dec, 1809,
accidentally killed by an explosion of gunpowder),
and died April, 1831.
2. Catherine, married in July, 1792, James Tliompson,
advocate in Aberdeen, and cashier of the Aberdeen
Banking Company, known by the soubriquet of "the
Black Prince," and died in Aberdeen, in July, 1800,
leaving issue:
118 MoiR Genealogy
ReS^ JEAN MOIR (eldest daughter of Andrew Moir II. and
Elizabeth Simpson of Thorntou), bap. at Foveran, 14 Mar.,
1701. Witnesses Mr. George Moir (the child's uncle, afterwards
minister of Towie), and William Armand, servitor to ye said
Andrew Moir. Married (contract dated Aug. 14), 2d Sept.,
1751, William Mitchell*, of Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, mer-
chant, son of William Mitchell, of Newburg, merchant.
Jean Moir — Mrs. Mitchell — was interred in the church-
yard at Foveran, 25 Jan., 1792 (burial register of the parish);
issue, three sons and two daughters.
1. William Mitchell, bap. 13 Sept., 1736, m. 1st, 1759,
Elizabeth, dau. of John Middleton; she died without
issue. He m. 2d, 1761-2, May, dau. of William Fordyce.
He died May 10, 1816; had issue: —
1. William Mitchell.
2. Walter Mitchell.
1. Mary ]\litchell.
2. Elizabeth Mitchell, m. William Mitchell.
3. Margaret Mitchell.
4. Helen IMltchell, b. 1778, died young.
5. Elliot Mitchell, b. Aug. 12, 1782.
2. Andrew Mitchell, b. 1737, d. May 13, 1799; m. Margaret
Cattenach, and had issue: —
1. William Mitchell, killed by a fall from his horse.
2. Andrew IMitchell.
3. Alexander Mitchell, b. 1769.
4. John Mitchell, b. Dec. 20, 1771, died young.
5. GUbert MltcheU, b. 1774, d. 1844.
1. Jean ^Mitchell, m. 1783, John Ligertwood.
2. 3Iargaret Mitchell, m. 1798, Alexander Mitchell.
MARGARET, dau. of GILBERT MITCHELL, m. DAVID
GILL, and from this union, four sons and one daughter, two of
whom are DAVID GILL, LL. D., F. R. A. S., F. R. S., J. P.,
etc., ASTRONOMER ROYAL at the Cape of Good Hope, and
ANDREW JOHN MITCHELL GILL, the genealogist, and
author of the "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES," a great
deal of which is entered in this book with the author's kind
permission.
2. Agnes Moir (second dauerhter of Andrew Moir, II, and
Elizabeth Simpson of Thornton) bap. 5 Feb., 1705; witnesses,
*This family of Mitchell have been connected with the district for at least 300 years,
and are of the same stock as the Mitchells of Tillygreig, in the parish of Udney (whose arms
are sable, a fesse, wavy, between three mascles, or), afterwards of Thainstone in Kintore,
and as Mitchell of Colpna, now called Orrock, in Belhelvie, and were long connected with
trading in grain and merchandise, at the small shipping port of Newburgh.
MoiK Genealogy 119
Robert Pittendreiftli, yoimser, and George Duff, in Oldmill;
married, (contract dated 16 Nov.) Dec. 10, 1732. George
Gray, merchant of Boghouse, parish of Tarves, son of George
Gray in Iladdo, Foveran.
3. Isobel Moir, (third daughter of Andrew Moir IT,) bap.
21 April, 1707; witnesses, Robert Simpson of Thorntoune,
the child's grandfather, and George Duff in Oldmill; married
John Meders, burgess of Aberdeen; and died in 177 7.
4. ELIZABETH MOIR, (fourth dau. of Andrew Moir II,) ba.i.
6 Aug., 1709; witnesses, Mr. George »Ioir, minister of Towie, the child's
uncle, and Robert Simpson of Thornton: m. (contract dated 26 May,
17 44) * James Gray, sometime of Overhill, and afterwards in Mains
of Foveran, another son of George Gray in Haddo, issue, at least one
son and one daughter.
1. George Gray, bap. 20 April, 17 4 5.
1. Elizabeth Gray, m. James Milne of Rosehearty, merchant**
and had a son George Milne, b. 1777; m. 1821, Margaret,
dau. of William Milne of the same place, (she died 1855)
and had with other issue George Milne of Westwood, banker
in Aberdeen, b. 1826, m. 1862, Williamina, third dau. of the
late John Panton, in Itnockiemill, Turriff, Aberdeenshire,
and has issue.
Ill
ANDREW MOIR, the REV. M. A., (eldest son of II, Andrew Moir, of
Oldmill and EUzabeth Simpson of Thornton) bap. in the kirk of
Foveran, 13 Aug., 17 03. Witnesses, Andrew Moir, in Old Aber-
deen, and Andrew Jaffrey, in Cultereullen. Was according to
Scott's "Fasti," licensed 9 August, 1727; ordained and placed at
Towie, 11 Sept., 1728; translated to Methlick, 31 May, 1739; and
from there to Ellon, all in Aberdeenshire, 24 April, 1745; of
which place he died minister, 19 March, 1774; and was interred
with his wife and several members of his family in the church-
yard there. On outside of the church of Ellon, there is a tablet
to his memory Mr. Moir married 7 Sept., 1737, Jean, (who died
in Oct., 1789, aged 74) daughter of the Rev. WiUiam Forbes of
Tarves (a younger son of Sir John Forbes of Waterton, Knight,
by his wife, Jean Gordon, sister of George I, earl of Aberdeen)
by Janet, his wife, daughter of Prof. James Gregory, inventor of
the reflecting telescope. Issue, three sons and three daughters,
viz: — •
1. George, the Rev., his heir (of whom again).
2. William, b. 2 Nov., 17 50, who died in London, unmarried.
3. Andrew, born 28 April, 1753.
Of the daughters, Janet, (the second) born 10 Oct.,
1743, died unmarried, and Jane, (the third) b. 8 Nov.,
1745, also died unmarrieJ, 16 Sept., 1816.
*James Gray, in Overiiill, had also by his wife, Elizabeth Moir, a son; George Gray, in
Meikle Haddo (the child's grandfather) and William Mitchell, in Bridgefoot ahe child's
uncle), witnesses.— [Foveran Registers].
**0f five sons and two daughters of James Milne and Elizabeth Gray, all died unmarried
or without leaving issue, excepting the third son, George Milne, b. 1777.
120 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
ELIZABETH MOIR, (eldest daughter of the Rev. Andrew Moir and
Jane Forbes) born 6 Nov., 17 39, married Robert Gordon, some-
time designed of Grange and Clerkhill, both in Aberdeenshire.
Baron Baillie of Peterhead, and advocate in Aberdeen (admitted
in June, 1784). The register of Peterhead gives the following
children:
1. James Garden. )
2. Alexander. )
Twins, born 4th March, and bap. 6th, 1770. Witnesses, the
Rev. George Moii', (uncle of the children) and Capt. Harry
Gilchrist, in Fraserburgh.
3. Frances Garden, bap. 2 3d June, 1771. Witnesses, Rev. George
Moir and Alexander Reid, in Blackhouse.
4. Robert Garden, bap. June 5, 1763. Witnesses, James Arbutli-
not and Charles Smith, merchants, there.
5. Andrew Garden, bap. 13th Dec, 1765. Witnesses, Capt. John
Thomson, shipmaster, and Dr. Thomas Gordon of Clerkhill.
1. Janet Garden, b. 28th and bap. Nov. 30th, 1767. Witnesses,.
Rev. George Moir and Dr. Thomas Gordon of Clerkhill.
Married Major Robertson and had four daughters:
1. Elizabeth Robertson, m. Dr. George Fyfe.
2. Jessie Robertson, m. Captain Frances Erskine Loch,
R. X., fourth son of George Loch of Drylaw, in the
county of Edinburgh, and has issue.
3. Catherine Robertson, m. Adam Gibb Ellis, of Edin-
burgh, W. S. (no issue).
4. Rachel Robertson, ni. George Brodie, advocate
in Edinburgh, and Historiographer-General for
Scotland.
2. Mary Garden, bap. 27 Dec, 1768. Witnesses, Rev. George
Moir and George Gordon of Sheelagreen (relative of Mrs.
George Moir's) .
3. Jean Garden, bap. 17 Aug., 1764. Witnesses, George Gordon
of Sheelagi'een, and Dr. Thomas Gordon of ClerkhUl.
Of the sons of Elizabeth Moir and Robert Garden, one was a
colonel in the army, and died unmarried. Another son, George
Garden, (not in above list) settled as a merchant in Montreal, married
his relative, Euphemia, daughter of William Forbes of Echt, Aberdeen-
shire, and had at least two sons, viz: Robert Garden of London
married, (no issue) and WUllam Garden, also of London, and has
issue.
Of the other daughters of Elizabeth Moir and Robert Garden, one
became Mrs. Garland of Catmton, near Fordoim, and had issue;
another, wife of Lieut, Forsyth, R. N., of Harthill, Aberdeenshire, and
had issue; another married Andrew Nichol of Aberdeen, of the same
family as Nichol of Ballogie, in Aberdeenshire, and had issue; and
another became Mrs. Greig, and had issue; her husband was a farmer
in Forfarshire.
IV
The Rev. GEORGE MOIR, M. A., (see illustration) born at Ellon,.
5 April, 1741, took his degree of M. D. at Marischal College, Aberdeen;
diploma dated 1765, was according to Scott's "Fasti," licensed 26 April,
-^?-.
From a Painting in Possession of the Skenes of Rubislaw
MARISCHAL COLLEGE
Previous to 1840
CHAPEL, KING'S COLLEGE
Aberdeen
TmrnwYmK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
i ASTOR, LEMOX AND
' "T'LOEN FOUNDAT/ONS.
MoiR Genbalogy 121
presented by George III, 6th May, 1765, to Peterhead, and ordained
11 Aug., following. Of this much-respected gentleman, who was for
the long period of fifty-five years minister of Peterhead, it is told that
he had at the same place, at different times, "three churches, three
manses, and thrice an augmentation of his living." Dr. Moir had a
sexton, who lived in the Kirkton of Peterhead, named Mutch, and he
was fond of saying "that there was Mutch in the Kirkton, but Moir
(often pronounced More) in the Manse." He wrote "The Statistical
Account of the Parish of Peterhead," which is very valuable.
*Dr. Moir, who died 18 Mar., 1818, and is interred at Peterhead,
married 7 August, 1766, Martha, third dau. of Patrick Byres I, of
Tonley; and commenced the connection between the Moirs and Byres,
which has resulted in their being merged into one family.
Mrs. Moir died in Nov., 1816, aged 77, and was buried beside her
husband. Issue, eight sons and two daughters, viz: —
1. Andrew, bap. June 12, 1767. Witnesses, Robert Gardon, Register of
baillie, (the child's uncle by marriage) and Dr. Tlioinas Peterhead
Gordon of Clerkhill; an oflficer in the army; died in India,
unmarried.
2. Patrick or Peter, (so called in Register) bap. July 5, 1769.
Witnesses, Peter Buyers of Tonley, and George Gordon of
Sheelagreen. Was secretary to Lord Minto, Gov.-Gen. of
India, whom he accompanied to Bengal in 1807, and was
appointed Commissioner of the Court of Requests at Calcutta
in the same year; a trust which he discharged with integrity,
assiduity and ability, to the time of his decease, which
occurred there, 5 Feb., 1810. For inscription on his tomb-
stone, erected by his friend and patron, Lord Minto, see
article on another page.
3. James, bap. 14 Nov., 1770. Witnesses, George Gorden,
Sheelagreen, and Baillie Robert Garden of Clerkhill. Of
him again.
4. Robert, bap. 24 Mar., 1772; witnesses, Mr. David Wilson,
surgeon, and George Gordon of Sheelagreen. Died
unmarried.
5. John, born in or about 1775, well known in the north-east of
Scotland as an artist, and in not a few of the country houses
there are his portraits to be seen. He acquired the small .
property of St. Catherine's, near Peterhead, where he often
resided, and died 28 Feb., 1859, and was interred beside his
parents in Peterhead Churchyard. Mr. Moir married in
1800, his cousin-german, Catherine, eldest daughter of, and
co-heir of Captain John Byres, R. E., issue, four sons and
three daughters, viz: —
1. George, born at Ambleside, Westmoreland, where he
died an infant.
2. Patrick Moir-Byers, IV, of Tonley.
♦Copy of letter. Earl Marischal to Mr. Moir, Minister of Peterhead, dated from Keith-hall
lOOct., 1763: —
" Sir : — I have heard from all who know you, so good a character of you, that I am
glad the good town of Peterhead has you for minister, and I daresay you will be recipro-
cally pleased; be assured of the esteem with which I am, Sir, your most humble servant,
"MARISCHALL."
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3. James Gregory Moir-Byers V. of Tonley.
4. George Moir-Byres VI, and now of Tonley (1885).
1. Isabella, died unmarried.
2. Catherine, married first John Foster Fraser, issue two
sons, viz: John Fraser and George Patrick Fraser;
and secondly, William Flndlay.
3. Stuart, married 3d April, 1849, James Balvaird-
Bathgate Junior, and has one son, George Moir
Junior, born 2d Jan., 1850.
6. William, sometime a writer in Edinburgh, went to Trinidad,
and died there unmarried 31 Aug., 1802.
7. Forbes, died young.
8. Andrew, of Quebec, merchant, died there unmarried in 1832.
V
1. JANET MOIR (eldest daughter of the Rev. George Moir and
Martha Byres) married first, Christopher IVorton, (son of
Christopher Norton of Penkridge, etc) of Penkridge and
Congrave, in the County of Stafford, to whom she had one
son and two daughters, viz: —
1. James Christopher Norton, a Lieut, in the Hon. E. I.
Company, died in India, unmarried.
1. Liouise Liatifer Norton, who became the first wife of
Alexander Copland, advocate, Aberdeen, son of
Professor Patrick Copland of the same place, and
had issue.
2. Martha Norton, died unmarried.
Janet Motr married secondly, Captain John Davidson of Gotten-
burgh, to whom she had two sons, viz: —
1, George Moir Davidson, minister of Watten, in Caithness,
married Isabella, dau. of Rev. John Grant of Sandy, in the
Island of Orkney. Issue, six sons and two daughters.
1. George WUliam Davidson, born 1836, Professor of
Anatomy in the Veterinary College, Edinburgh, died
unmarried.
2. John Kerr Davidson, Doctor of Blackbnm, Lancashire.
married Mary, daughter of Captain Woodruife, R. N.,
and had issue.
3. Patrick Moir Davidson, Dr. of Congleton, b. 3d Feb.,
1844, m. first, Anna Phipps, dau. of WlUiam BoUean
of Dublin, merchant, and secondly, Emily Stainforth.
4. James Andrew Davidson.
5. Robert Davidson.
Both deceased.
6. Da\id Charles Davidson, surgeon, Indian Army,
married Edith F. Meynell, second dau. of Major
General Clarke, formerly Commissioner of Oudh.
1. Jessie Moir Davidson, died 1844.
2. Isabella Davidson.
2. Patrick Moir Davidson, some time an offlcer East Indian Mer-
cantile Service, married Sophia, daughter of Capt. Charles
White.
2. JANE MOIR (second daughter of Rev. George Moir) became
first wife of the Rev. William Donald of Peterhead (no
issue).
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JAMES MOIR, M. D., (third son of the Rev. George Moir and
Kartha Byers of Tonley) bap. at Peterhead 14 Nov., 1770, was some-
time of Johnston, Rubislaw, near Aberdeen, and afterwards of
Braehead, near Old Aberdeen. Dr. Moir, who was one of the leading
physicians of his day in Aberdeen, died there in Nov., 1861, and was
Interred in St Nicholas Churchyard, in the vault of his maternal
ancestors, the Donaldsons of Auchmull. (Inscription on tombstone —
"Under this stone, in the place of sepulture appropriated during 200
years for her maternal ancestors of the name of Donaldson, the last
of Auchmull, are deposited the remains of Janet, wife of Dr. Moir,
Physician in Aberdeen, who died in the 17th June, 1818, aged 37. Also
of their son James, who died in April, 1826, aged 9 years; and of
the above Dr. Moir, who departed this life 4th Nov., 1861, aged 91,
etc.") He married in 1802, his cousin-german, Janet, (who died 1818,
and was also interred in the Donaldson vault) youngest daughter and
co-heir of Capt. John Byres, R. E.; by his wife, Isabel Donaldson of
Auchmull.
1. James, died young, b. 1817, died 1826.
2. Patrick, his heir.
1. Janet, (Jessie) of Bon Accord St., Aberdeen; died unmarried
1870.
DR. JAMES MOIR
Son:of REV. GEORGE MOIR and MARTHA BYRES of Tonley
BORN 1770, DIED 1S61
(From Aberdeen Journal, November, 1861)
We observed the name of this old and respected citizen In our
obituary of the bye-past week, and cannot let it pass without some
slight notice of the event. Dr. Moir was born at Peterhead, in 1770,
being the son of a minister of the parish; and having received the
early portion of his education there, and partly at the Academy of
Maryculter, under the charge of Dr. Glennie, he entered the classeg
at Marischal College, and passed through the usual course of study
at the University. Being destined for the medical profession, he
became a pupil of the late Dr. George French, who was Professor of
Chemistry; and while thus engaged, he, along with a few fellow-
students, among whom was the late Sir James McGregor, for the sake
of mutual improvement, met together, and instituted the Medico-
Chirurgical Society, on the 15th December, 1789. He subsequently
went to Edinburgh, and completed his medical education under the
superintendence of his relative, Dr. James Gregory, Professor of
Medicine in the University, and graduated there about the year 1792.
He was soon after attached as surgeon to the Hopetoun Fencibles, and
continued with this corps till it was disembodied, in 1798. After this.
Dr. Moir settled permanently in Aberdeen as a medical practitioner.
He was elected one of the medical officers of the Royal Infirmary, in
1808, and resigned this appointment in 1814. He was also appointed
surgeon to the Aberdeen Bridewell, after its erection; and besides
124 MoiR Genealogy
conducting an extensive private practice, he took an active interest in
the management and prosperity of the various public charities and
instiutions of the city. Though originally of a strong constitution,
he began to feel the infirmities of age approaching, and after a long
and laborious medical career, he finally retired from the practice of
his profession, in 1843, and from this time lived in the quietness of
private life at his cottage at Braehead, near Balgownie, enjoying the
respect and affection of his friends and neighbors. He continued to
possess remarkable good health, and was seldom confined to his bed,
till within a few days of his death, which took place, without a struggle,
on the 4th of Nov., 1861, thus wanting only six days to complete his
ninety-first year. His funeral was conducted on Monday, the 11th day
of November, from the hall of the Medico-Chururgical Society, in King
Street, the remains being preceded by the president and members of
the Society, walking in procession to the Churchyard of St. Nicholas,
out of respect to his memory. Any lengthened eulogium on the
deceased would be out of place. His habits were domestic and retiring,
and he avoided public notice and display. As a practitioner, he was
much esteemed for his accurate and extensive knowledge, and the
kindness and consideration he showed in his intercourse with his
brethren. The same qualities were no less felt in his intercourse with
his patients; though sometimes he might startle by the abruptness of
his manner, his wonted urbanity soon reconciled them to him, and they
came to regard him with much confidence and affection. In fact,
under a certain roughness of exterior, there lay concealed much
tenderness and feeling, too often called forth during those scenes of
affliction and distress which medical men are so frequently obliged to
witness in the course of their professional duties. To the poor, he
gave largely of his time and skill, without the least expectation of
being remunerated. He was a sincere Christian, and kind and
benevolent to all.
VI
PATRICK MOIR, present head of and representative of this
branch of the Moir family. Born 1813. Assumed the additional
Burname of Crane (the sons of Mr. Moir-Crane drop the surname of
Crane) and is now of Crowcroft, Levenshulme, Lancashire. Married,
1838, Maria, eldest daughter of John White, merchant, of Quebec.
Issue seven sons and three daughters: —
1. George, now of Stoneywood, Victoria Park, Manchester, b.
23 April, 1839, m. 11 Aug., 1866, Sophia Matilda, eldest
daughter of Andrew Hume Bulteel, of Her Majesty's Customs,
Liverpool. Issue, five sons and two daughters, viz:
1. Patrick, b. 10 Oct., 186 9.
2. George Bulteel, b. 29 Sept., 1870.
3. Edward Byres, b. 30 June, 187 3.
4. Douglas, b. 31 Jan., 1875.
5. James Sandilands, b. 28 July, 1881.
1. Sophie.
2. Mabel.
2. James, born 1st July, 1842; merchant of Albany, U. S.,
married 20 Apr., 1870, Alice Catherine, daughter of Edward
Andrews, M. D., of Titchfield Hants. Issue, (with a son
Byres and two daughters, Alice-Maud and Mary-Helen, died
young) two sons and two daughters.
MoiR Genealogy 125
1. James Douglas, b. 29 Aug., 1871.
2. Gordon, b. 27 Oct., 1877.
1. Alice Hilda.
2. Dorothea.
3. Douglas, M. D., of Manchester, born 15 June, 1844, m. 6 Dec,
1876, Mary Florence, daughter of Edward Wood of Man-
chester, merchant. Issue, two sons and one daughter, vi«:
1. Edward, born 14 Jan., 1878.
2. Douglas, b. 1st Sept., 1883.
1. Marjory Douglas.
4. John, born 27 July, 1848; m. 30 June, 1880, Esther Anne
Mallaber, daughter of William Lowndes- Yates of Congleton,
Cheshire. Issue, 2 sons:
1. Howard Liowndes, b. 7 Aug., 1881.
2. John Liowndes, b. 20 Dec, 1882.
5. Patrick, b. 22 March, 1850, married 16 April, 1879, Anne,
daughter of Charles Smith Ross and Euphemia Buchan
Cruden, both of Aberdeenshire.
6. Byres, M. B., of Leinster Square, Bayswater, London, b.
5 April, 1853.
7. Richard, born 27 Jan., 1855. . .
1. Jessie Caroline, m. 23 June. 1870. John Hill of Manchester,
merchant. Issue, four sons and two daughters, viz: —
1. Harold James, b. 6 Sept., 1874.
2. Claude John Gomes, b. 3 July, 1877.
3. Cyril Patrick, b. 28 June, 1879.
4. Francis Joseph, b. 15 Nov., 1880, d. July 20, 1881.
1. Florence Maria White.
2. Evelyn Rebecca, died young.
2. Caroline, married 20 June, 1872, James Hutchinson of
Liverpool, merchant, and had issue: —
1. Robert Leonard, b. 4 Isov., 1876.
2. Allan Moir, b. 20 March, 1878.
1. Caroline Maria.
2. Kathleen Gilmour.
3. Margaret Constance.
3. Maria.
LETTER FROM WILLIAM MOIR BRYCE
OF EDINGURGH
*The author received the following communication: —
Dear Sir:
I have your letter of enquiry regarding the origin of my middle
name, "Moir.'* M^- name-father — there are no god-fathers In our
Scottish Church — was a Mr. Moir, who ultimately succeeded the late
General Bryes in the Estate of Tonley, in Aberdeenshire. He then
♦This gentleman is the author of several historical and genealogrical Iwoks.— [A. L. M.
126
MOIR GSNBAlvOGy
See p. 121.
Art. 5, John,
etc., son of
Rev. Geo.
Idoir. M. A.
took the name of Moir-Byres. . .The story is as follows: The father of
this Moir-Byres was a portrait painter, who never attained any
distinctive position in his art. He was engaged by the old General to
paint a portrait of his only child, Miss Byres, with whom he eloped.
They were married, of course, and had two children. The lady died
in giving birth to the second son, George, who succeeded his brother
In the Estate. I was born in 1842, and at that time, the first of these
sons, who wa3 brought up in expectation of succeeding his grand-
father, the General, was very hard up, and received much kindness
from my fatlier. Personally, I have no recollection of seeing him,
and he disappeared entirely from our ken. I adopted my full name
in distinction to that of my father, who was also a W. M. Byrce.
Yours truly,
WM. MOIR BSYCE.
Edinburgh, 20th Nov., 1911.
MOIRS OF FOVERAN
(From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYERS")
By A. J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
1574. .,30th Novr., William Moir, in Auchloun, a farm now on the
estate of Tillery. — ("Sheriff Court Records of Aberdeen, and
Antiquities of the Shire of Aberdeen," Spalding Club.)
1575. Octr., Agnes Moir in Meikle Haddo. (Ibid.)
1596. May 29, John Moir of Newburgh. (Ibid.)
1597. 21st April, Andrew Moir, Smyth, in Foveran against Helen
Fraser, tried for witch-craft ("Miscellany of the Spalding
Club," vol. 1, p. 108) in the list of "Nomina Assise" (court
held at Aberdeen), (at p. 110 ibid.) the names of William
Moir in Balgeirscho and Andrew Moir, Smyth, in Foveran.
Reg. of St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, 1613. 22d June, Arthur
Udny — no doubt of the family of that illt — and Janett Moir,
married at Fowerane.
WILLIAM MOIR of Belhelvie has a son: — Reg^erof
1. Alexander, bap. 4th Jany., 1659. Witnesses, Alexander Baptisms
Lindsay of Many, and Alexander Lyon of Darahill. Foveran*
Alexander Pirie in Auchnacant, in the parish of Foveran, after-
wards in Meichle TIpperty, in the adjoining parish of Logie-Buchan, Poll Book
md. Agnes, dau. of Andrew Moir I, of Oldmill. (Andrew Moir I of 226'aiid^L
Oldmill had, I think, by his first wife — with James, died young — three
sons and one daughter: 1. Alexander, in Newtyle. 2. Gilbert, In
Haddo, md. 1st and 2dly, 1681, Janet Forbes of Blackhall, 3.
Robert, of Overhill, 1, Agnes, md. Alexander Pirie, as above, and
probably more children) by his first wife. (b. 1668, Mrs. Pirie died
14th Feb., 1696, tombstone in Foveran Churchyard.) Alexander Pirie
was clerk and collector of the poll tax for Logie-Buchan, 1695-96.
Issue: —
1. Andrew, bap. 30th June, 1686. Witnesses, Andrew Moir and
Andrew Sutherland.
2. Jean, bap. 27th April, 1688. Witnesses, Andrew Moir, child's
grandfather and Robert Moir, probably child's uncle.
3. Agnes.
4. Barbara. (The four children all mentioned on tombstone
had probably died young.) The George Pirie of Savock,
who appears as witness of the bap. of the Rev. George Moir
in 1679, etc., had been probably a brother of Alexander's, of
Tipperty, and of James Pirie, who was settled at Irewells, in
Udney parish, towards the end of the seventeenth century,
who, by his first wife, Helen Mair, was father of William
Pirie, b. in 1700 — the first of the name who settled at
Orchardton, in that parish, a place his descendants resided
at for nearly two centuries; who, by his wife, Flizabeth
Lalng, had Patrick Pirie, who m. 1st March, 1778, Margaret,
dau. of Alexander Smith, papermaker, Stoneywood; and
128 MoiR Gbnbalogy
thus began the Pirle's connection with paper trade, which
their descendants, the Piries of Stoneywood and Waterton,
have so ably conducted and extended. The younger son,
James Plrie, succd. to Orcbardton, and was grandfather of
the late James Pirie.
ALEXANDER MOIR of Newtyle (perhaps another son of Andrew
Moir I, by his first wife) had: —
1. Cliristian, bap. 30 Jan., 1659. Witnesses, John Turing, in
Overhills, and George Thomson in Pitmillan.
1. Liilian, bap. 1st Nov., 16 63. W^ltnesses, George Conan there,
and Andrew More of Oldniill in Foveran.
3. Janet, buried 2 2d March, 1660.
Foveran Besides Agnes Moir, b. 1668, Mrs. Pirie, Andrew Moir I, of Oldmill
Burial had other children. A son, James Moir, was baptised 6 Oct., 1659.
Registers Witnesses, Jas. Scot, in Meikle Haddo, and Alexander Houston, in
Balgerseho, and buried at Foveran, July 5, 1660.
GLLBERT MOIR, of PitmUlan, described as tenant and gentle-
man, with his wife and two children. — Poll book, vol. II, pp. 150, 153.
1. Andrew, baptised 2 Jan., 1672. Witnesses, Andrew Bloire,
younger, and Andrew Milne.
2. Robert, bap. 10 May, 1678. Witnesses, Robt. More, in Old
Milne and Robt. Milne in PetmUlan.
3. Barbara, bap. 1st June, 1680. Witnesses, Andrew More and
Thomas Grig.
4. Isobel, bap. 27 Aug., 168 3. Witnesses, Andrew Moir and
George Watson.
5. Alexander, baptised 21 Aug., 1686. Witnesses, Alexander
Johnston and Alexander Pirie.
6. Janet, bap. 18 Nov., 1687. Witnesses, Andrew Moir, Alexander
Pirie.
GILBERT MOIR sometime of Haddo, Foveran (another son,
I think, of Andrew Moir I, of Oldmill, by his first wife.) (A Gilbert
Moir was M. P. for Banff in 1646-1647-1648.)
Note — It was not uncommon about this period to have two members of a
famUy baptized by the same Christian name, and in one instance, three
of one family had all the same Christian names— information from
Rev. Walter MacLeod of Edinburgh.
Foveran *• Elizabeth, bap. July, 1675. Witnesses, James Scott and John
Register of Blair, both there.
Baptisms 2. Anna, baptised 5 Jan., 1678. Witnesses. James Scott, Mr.
Alexander Johnstone.
3. Alexander, bap. 15 July, 1680. Witnesses, *Alexr. Roae,
son of **John Rose, and James Scott in Haddo, and Mr.
Alex. Burnett, schoolmaster at Foveran.
♦Alexander Rose, son of the minister of Foveran, may have been the ancestor of the
Rose* of Lethinty.— Scotts "Fasti," etc.
**1667. Minister of Foveran (D. D. 1684). died 1690, married a daughter of the family
of Udny of that Uk. His father, the Rev. Alexander Rose, Laird of Insch, in the Garioch,
descended of Kilravock, was minister of Mons^musk. Dr. John Rose, of Foveran, succeeded
to the paternal property of Insch. His brother, Alexander Rose, was consecrated, 1686,
Bishop of Moray, and in 1688, Bishop of Edinburgh, while his uncle, Arthur Rose, was
Bishop of Argyll, 1675, of Glasgow, 1679, and who, in 1684, became Archbishop of St An-
drew's, and Primate of Scotland.
MoiR Genealogy 129
Gilbert Moir marries secondly — contract dated 9th August, 1681 —
Janet, daughter of the late Patrick Forbes, sometime of Blackhall, of
the ancient family of Pitsligo.
4. James, bap. 27 Sept., 1682. Witnesses, James Scot and James
Moir.
5. William. 6. Thomas. Twins, bap. 1st June, 1684. Witnesses,
Will. Gordon and Win. Findlay; Thomas Forbes and Thomas
Grig.
Robert Moir of Overhill (probably a son of Andrew Moir I, by
hla first wife) married. [He is described as tenant and gentleman
there, with his wife, 1695-6. Poll book, vol. II, p. 151.]
1. Agnes, bap. 16 May. 1685. Witnesses, Andrew Moir and
George Webster.
2. Isobel, bap. 12 Sept., 1687. Witnesses, Andrew Moir and
Robert Temple.
3. Andrew, bap. 16 Aug., 1690. Witnesses, Andrew More and
Andrew Sutherland.
4. John, bap. 25 March, 1693. Witnesses, John Udny, John
Scot.
5. Elspet, bap. 19 May, 1694. Witnesses, Alex. Pirie, Alexander
Johnston.
The Poveran family of Moir seem to have had daughters married
to people named Catto, Connon, Johnston, Fint([ay, Webster, etc., and
over two and a half centuries ago, appear to have had a large
connection in that district.
GEORGE MOIR in Savock:
1. Barbara, bap. 20 July, 1691. Witnesses, George Conan, Adam poveran
*lill- Register of
2. William, bap. 27 June, 1693. Baptisms.
ALEXANDER MOIR in Overhill contracted 6th April and md. 1st.
May, 1705, Janet Milne.
1. John, bap. 15 Nov., 1705.
2. Issobel, bap. 21 July, 1707.
3. Elspet, bap. 15 May, 1709.
4. Barbara, bap. 21 July, 1721.
5. Agnes, bap. — , 1723.
6. Jean, bap. 20 Dec, 1726.
JAMES MOIR, in Newtyle, md. 1st Jan., 1704, Margaret Watson.
1. Janet, bap. 16 Feb., 1707. Witnesses, Gilbert Moir in
Pitmillan, and William Watson, in Minnes. (Probably the
paternal and maternal grandfathers.)
2. Susanna, bap. 17 April, 1709. Witnesses as before.
Of this prolific race of the Foveran Moirs, none known to be of
this stock are now in the district. There is still the name in the See article,
parish Mr. George Moir, in Knockhall, whose progenitors came from "Moirs of
Dyce, and the Moirs in Tarty, Logie-Buchan, who own part of the Tarty." else-
estate of Auchleuchries, in the parish of Cruden, whose descent I am ^*»«''« "» *•»»•
QQQir
not acquainted with.
BYRES OF TONLEY
(From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES")
By A. J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
"Marte Suo Tutns'' (Safe by his own exertions)
PATRICK BYRES, (2d son of Robert Byres of Dublin and Jean
Sandilands) born at Dublin, 13 May, 1713, I of Tonley — of this family —
became, through the extinction of the elder branch, representative of
the Byres of Coates, in the County of Edinburgh, and as such, registers
Family bis arms, 7 Feb., 1755. Mr. Byres m. 14 June, 1733, his relative,
Bible. Janet, dau. of James Moir, M. P., of Stoneywood, on Donside, by his
second wife, Jean, dau. of Alexander Abemethy of Mayen, on Deveron
side — County Banft — (See family of Moir of Stoneywood); and
Oct. 8, same year, settled at Tonley. Mrs. Byres (who was buried at
Register Tough, in which parish Tonley is, Sept., 1787) was sister of Col.
of Tough James Moir of Stoneywood — ^see that family — one of the most zealous
of the Stuarts' adherents. Patrick Bjnres, known as the "Jacobite
IJaird," was "out" in the "45," and engaged ardently in the cause of
Charles Edward Stuart, and was a major in the regt. (known as
Stoneywood's Regt.) raised by his brother-in-law, the above CoL
James Moir.
"After fighting at the battle of Culloden, he was concealed in the
Castle of Cluny, near Tonley, by his friend Gordon of Cluny, until he
got an opportunity of escaping to France. He entered into the regi-
ment of Royal Scotch in France, commanded by Cameron of liochiel,
and was exempted from the first pardon, and would have lost Tonley
but through the interest of his friends, it was made to appear that the
offending Jacobite was called Patrick and not Peter Byres, (as his
name had bean entered in the list) therefore his estate was not liable
to be confiscated, and he was eventually allowed to return to his
Highland home in Scotland."
PATRICK BYRES, (who was in June, 1741, admitted a Burgess
of Guild of Aberdeen) had issue by his wife, Janet Moir, four sons
and three daughters, viz: —
1. James, bap. 7 May, 1734, his heir, II of Tonley.
Family 2. Robert of Kincraigie, bap. 12 Dec, 1740, merchant of Memel,
Bible. in Prussia, and London. He bought the estate of Kincraigie
from the liCSlies,, 8 Dec, 1786, which adjoins Tonley. (But
the title was taken in favor of James Byres II, of Tonley,
his brother, as specified in a deed dated Nov., 1794.) And
the old mansion of Kincraigie, with additions, is the present
mansion-house of the property. "The auld hous," or part
of it, is now the farm-house of Mains of Tonley; and a
stone, evidently belonging to it, bears the date 1735. Robert
Byres married his relative, (contract dated 12 Nov., 1770)
Family Margaret, dau. of James Burnett, merchant of Aberdeen^
Papers descended of the Dalladies branch of the house of Leys. He
possessed considerable property at St. Pierre, Martinique,
Tough.
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which he had gone to look after, and where he died,
17 Nov., 1799. Issue, two sons and two daughters: —
1. James. "Sept. 24, 1794, died, son of Robert Bjers, Registerof
brother to the present Mr. James Byers of Tonley. ^^"®^°*
The death of this young man was occasioned by an
accidental discharge of a fowling-piece in the hands
of his brother, Patrick Byres, while the two brothers
were in the field, shooting crows."
2. Patrick, of him again a^ ETI Byres of Tonley.
1. Isabella, m. (as 2d wife) Lieiit.-Col. James Stewart,
of the 42d Highlanders, youngest son of Charles
Stewart of Shambellie, in the Stewartry of Kirk-
ondright; no issue.
2. Janet, died unmarried.
3. "William, b. 29 Oct., 1742. "He always was a delightful child.
He served in the Navy, was appointed one of the King's
surveyors, and dyed in St. Vincent's, in 1764-5. He always
behaved well." — See Reg. in family Bible. Tablet to his
memory in Church of Tough.
4. John, born 31 March, 1745. A captain Royal Engineers, Hon.
East India Company's Service. He made a fine model of
Gibraltar, which is now in the Museum of the Royal
Engineers, at Chatham. Captain Byres married, (contract
dated 1 Oct., 1744) Isobel, dau. of James Donaldson, M. D.,
of AuchmuU, by his wife, Katherine Gordon, of the family
of Pitlurg, and died 17 Sept., 1788. Issue, two daughters
and co-heiresses: —
1. Katherine Byres, married, 1800, her cousin-german,
John Moir of St. Catherine's, Peterhead, artist, and
had issue.
2. Janet Byres, married, 1802, her cousin-german, James
Moir, M. D., elder brother of John Moir of St.
Catherine's, and had issue.
1. Jane, born 6 July, 1735, married John Dumo, J. P., of Cattie,
now Whitehouse, in the parish of Tough, Aberdeenshire.
Mr. Dumo, who was b. in 1741, was an advocate in Aberdeen.
At his decease, which occurred in the Island of Jamaica, in
Dec, 1816, he was the senior member of the Society of
Advocates of Aberdeen, and also the oldest life manager of
the Royal Infirmary there. A brother of his was Sir James
Dumo, Knight of Artrochie, H. M. B. Consul at Memel, in
Prussia, who died in 1807. Jane Byres or Durno died
without surviving issue.
2. Isabella, born 15 April, 1737, m. Robert Sandilands. He was
a relative of his wife, a Sandilands of the Craibston, or
Cotton families. This lady, who also died without issue,
was killed by a fall from a pony carriage.
3. Martha, born 6 July, 1739, m. in 1766 the Rer. Dr. George
Moir of Peterhead, and had issue.
In the diary of the Rev. John Bisset of Aberdeen, of which part
Is printed in Vol I of the Miscellany of the Spalding Club, occurs,
under date Feb. 3, 1746, the following paragraph: "Yesterday came
In here from the South, liOnmay (William Moir), Tonley (Patrick
132 MoiR Genealogy
Byres I of Tonley), Robert Sandilands, Charles Moir, and one they
call Captain Ferrier, and, I am told, four more gentlemen came at
night, whose names or designations I have not yet got."
JAMES BYRES U. OF TONLEY
"JAMES BYRES (eldest son of Patrick Byres I of Tonley and
Janet Moir of Stoneywood) II. of Tonley, born 7 May, 17 34, and bap.
by Mr. Patk. Laing; my IJord Forbes, godfather." Like his father,
this laird was a devoted Jacobite, and was for some time an officer in
liOrd Ogilvie's regiment, under the French king. Beius: mostly
educated in France, Mr. Byres adopted the Roman Catholic faith. He
was much devoted to the fine arts, and was for nearly forty years
before 1790, antiquarian resident at Rome, and was author of
"Hypogaei or Sepulchral Caverns of Tarquinia," the capital of ancient
Etrurla. The engravings in this work, which are very fine, were
executed by his nephew, IVir. Christopher Norton, w^ho lived for many
years with his uncle at Rome. It has always been understood in the
family that James Byres was a lay-cardinal at Rome, and a fine oil
painting of him, in his cardinal robes, is at Tonley. There is also at
least another good picture of him there, as well as one at Castle
Fraser, the seat of the MacKenzie-Frasers, near Tonley. But the
finest portrait of this gentleman, by Raeburn, is now in the possession
of Mr. David Scott-Moncriefif of Edinburgh. The following extracts
from "John Leech and Other Papers," by John Brown, M. D., the
talented author of "Rab and His Friends," etc., are interesting. On
Sir Henry Raeburn, p. 420, "Byres, Barry's antagonist, gave him an
advice he ever after followed, and often spoke about: 'Never paint
any object from memory if you can get it before your eyes.' " Again,
speaking of Sir Henry Raeburn's pictures, then 1882, at Charlesfield,
Mid-Calder, near Edinburgh, the residence of Sir Henry's grandson,
L. W. Raeburn, at p. 432, Dr. Brown says: "Besides many others, over
the fireplace is a life-size portrait of Mr. Byres of Tonley, whom we
have mentioned as at Rome with Raeburn; this was painted longr
after, and is of the first quality, done with the utmost breadth of
felicity. The ruffles of his skirt are still of dazzling whiteness, as if
bleached by the burn side."
According to the "Scots Magazine," James Byres left Rome in
1790, and died at Tonley, 3 Sept., 1817, in his 84th year. From Tough
parish register: "1796, Feb. 3, James Byres of Tonley, and Robert
Byres, Esq., residing there, were witnesses to the bap. of Patrick,
son of the Rev. Alexander Urquhart." This Laird united the two
properties of Tonley and Kincraigie, and entailed them on a series of
heirs, besides doing much to beautify and improve these estates.
PATRICK BYRES HI. OF TONLEY
PATRICK BYRES III, of TONLEY (eldest surviving son of
Robert Byres of Memel, and Margaret Burnett) born circa 1778, and
was a major-general In the Hon. E. I. Co.'s Service, succeeded to the
family property on the death of his uncle, James Byres, in 1817;
married, first, Jessie, dau. of Lieut. Col. Denny, and had an only son.
1. James, a lieut. in the First Royals, accidentally drowned at
Athlone, Ireland.
The General married, secondly, in April, 1834, his cousin-german,
Margaret, eldest dau. of Lieut. Col. Joseph Burnett of Cradgirth,
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Ayrshire, without issue, and died 1 Feb., 1854, and was interred at
Tough, where there is a tombstone erected to his memory. The
succession then opened to the next heir of entail, Patrick Moir, eldest
son of Katherine Byres, cousin-german of Gen. Byres, and her
husband, John Moir, of St. Catherine's.
PATRICK MOIR-BYRES IV. OF TONLEY
PATRICK MOIR-BYRES IV, of TONLEY, (eldest son of
Katherine Byres, and her husband, John Moir of St. Catherine's)
b. 1802, succeeded, 1854, his cousin. General Byres, and assumed the
additional surname and arms of "Byres of Tonley"; was a magistrate
and Commisssoner of Supply for Aberdeenshire, died at Tonley,
unmarried, in 1863, and was interred at Tough. He was succeeded
by his next brother.
JAMES GREGORY MOIR-BYRES V. OF TONLEY
JAMES GREGORY MOIR-BYRES V. of TONLEY, born 17 Nov..
1804; m. in May, 1858, Mary, dau. of Henry Prideaiix Hensleigh,
surgeon, of London, by Mary Norrington, his wife, and relict of the
Rev. Thomas Gordon Torry Anderson, (who was son of Patrick Torry,
Bishop of St. Andrew's, Dunkeld and Dumblane, of Fawsyde, Kin-
cardineshire, sometime incumbent of St. Paul's, Dundee (to whom
she had one son, Alexander Penrose Torry Anderson, M- D.) Sir,
Moir-Byres, who was a magistrate and Commissioner of Supply for
the County, bought the property of Fairley, from the Thomsons, in
the parish of Newhills, Aberdeenshire, and died in Aberdeen, 6 Nov.,
1881, and was interred at Tough, leaving an only daughter and heiress,
viz: Patricia Byres Moir-Byres, of Fairley, m. 9 Dec, 1879, Capt.
Harry Vesey Brooke, formerly of the 92d Gordon Highlanders, second
son of the late Sir Arthur Brinsley Brookie, Bart., of Colebrooke,
County Fermanagh, and the Hon. Henrietta Julia Auson. Issue, a
son.
1. James Anson Otho Brooke, b. 188.. This Laird was succeeded
by his next brother.
GEORGE MOIR-BYRES VI. OF TONLEY
GEORGE MOIR-BYRES of TONLEY is a magistrate and Com-
missioner of Supply for Aberdeenshire, born 1807; married, 1854,
Alleyne, dau. of Thomas Houghton Fields, of Colby, Lincolnshire, and
has issue, three daughters, viz: —
1. Alleyne Catherine Elizabeth, m. Dec, 1881, Napier MacLeod
Wylie, of Edinburgh.
2. Stuart.
3. Jean.
Mr. Moir-BjTes died Dec. 30, 1909, and was succeeded by Patrick
Moir-Byres VII, of Tonley, a retired major in the British Army, whom
the author of this book visited in 1910, and was welcomed and
accorded special privileges at the Moir-Byres homestead, at Tonley,
Whitehouse, Aberdeenshire.
*OLD RECORDS
Copied from FAMILY BIBLE at TONLEY
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
1704, in September, I was m£.rried to Mrs. Jean Sandilands,
daughter to Patrick Sandilands, Esq., of Cotton, and Nov. 4, we
arrived at Dublin. 1705, Aug. 17, my wife was brought to bed of a
daughter, who was the same day christened by the name of Margaret.
1706, 25 October, my wife was brought to bed of a daughter, who
was christened Nov. 15, by the name of Janett. 24 Dec, our eldest
daughter, Margaret, dyed of chincough and teething, and was buried
under the chancell at St. Mary's, Dublin. 1709, 27th (Jan.) (?) at
night, (at 11) my wife was brought to bed of a son, who was christened
by the name of James. February 5, died our daughter Janett, and
was buried by her sister, in the Chancell at St. Mary's. She died of a
fever. 1711, Monday, 24 September, my wife was brought to bed of
a daughter, who was christened on the 12th of October, by the name
of Jean. 1713, Wednesday, 13 May, my wife was brought to bed of
a son, twixt 9 and 10 at night, who was christened Patrick, on the 1st
of June. On the 19 of the same month, died our eldest son, James,
and wag buried by his two sisters, under St. Mary's Chancell.
FAMILY OF PATRICK BYRES OF TONLEY
1733, I was married to Janet Moir, daughter of James Moir,
Esq., of Stoneywood, and October the 8th, we came to Tonley, N. B.
We were married 14 June. 1734, May 7, my wife wa.s brought to bed
of a son, who was christened by the name of James, by Mr. Patrick
IJaing, my Lord Forbes, godfather. 1735, July 6, my wife was brought
to bed of a daughter, same day was christened by name of Jane. 1737,
April 15, my wife was brought to bed of a daurrhter, who, same day,
was christened by the name of Isabella. 1739, July 6, my wife was
brought to bed of a daughter, who was christened by the name of
Martha. 1740, Friday, Dec. 12, my wife was brought to bed of a son.
Eg was next day christened by the name of Robert. 1742, Oct. 29,
my wife was brought to bed of a son. He was the next day christened
by the name of William. He always was a delightful child. He
served in the Navy, was appointed one of the King's surveyors, and
died in St. Vincent's, in 1764-65. He always behaved well. 1745,
Mar. 31, my wife was brought to bed of a son, who was christened
by the rame of John.
The author of tliis Genealogy personally saw and read th^e notes while on a visit
there in 1910. They are in a good state of preservation, of a fair handwriting, and plainly
readable.
ANCESTRY OF MOIRS OF SCOTSTOWN
AND BARNS
By JOHN GEORGE BURNETT, Esq., of Powis House, Aberdeen
Appended are some notes as to the early Moirs, which, in their
conclusion, differ somewhat from the hitherto accepted view.
Mr. Mitchell-Gill, in his history of the Moirs (p. 71) gives under From printed
the head of Moir of Stoneywood— "iv. Mr. William Moir, M. A., copy in
Burgess of Aberdeen, married Janet Rae, served heir to his father, f'^^^gi^'JgiQ
1602, Treasurer of Aberdeen, 1615.
1. Henrie, bap. 28th May, 1605.
2. John, born 1610 (tombstone); of him again as Stoneywood's
ancestor, next page.
3. William, as Scotstown's progenitor — see p. 75," etc., etc.
"v. John Moir I. of Stoneywood, (eldest son of Mr. William Moir,
Burgess of Aberdeen, and Janet Rae), born 1610 (tombstone, St.
Nicholas' Churchyard, Aberdeen.)"
Again on p. 75 — "v. William Moir (whom I make third son of
Mr. William Moir, Burgess of Aberdeen, and Janet Rae — see p. 71)
I. of Scotstown, Professor of Marischal College, Aberdeen."
What I would endeavour to prove is —
(1) That the first proprietor of Scotstown was not Principal
William Moir, but Treasurer William Moir, his father, who married
Janet Rae. This is made clear by — (a) An extract from a birth-
brieve quoted from "Spalding Club Miscellany," v. 362. "And that
the said deceast Dr. William Moir was eldest lawf ull son to the deceast
Mr. William Moir of Scotstoun, principall and professor of mathe-
maticks in the CoUedge Marischall of Aberdein, procreat betwixt him
and Jean Gordon his lawf ull spouss, daughter to the deceast Gilbert
Gordon of Gordonsmill . . . ; and that the said deceast Mr.
William Moir was lawful! son to the deceast Mr. William Moir of
Scotstoun procreat betwixt him and Jannet Rae, his lawf ull spouss;
. . ." (b) "Sa, to Mr. Wm. Moir burges of aberden be andro
hervie of denstoun On the tua pt Lands of Scottistoun, dait 12 July
1602, Notter Mr. Wm. Chalmer Pnt. Penes augti 1602. " [Minute
Book, Aberdeenshire Sasines.] (c) June 17, 1620 George Pecok,
Appothegar, burgess of Abd. v. Thomas Jamesone in Scottistoune,
and hil mother and brother. Cautioner Mr. Wm. Moir, burgess
of Abd. Peats in the Moss of Scotistoune had been arrested by Pecok,
as proprietor of the third part of the lands, moss, etc. ["Sheriff Court
Records," ii, 242.] (d) "Renun of the towne of scottistoune maid
be george peacock. To Mr. Wm. Moir 7 Septr. 1620." [Minute Book,
Aberdeenshire Sasines.]
(2) That Principal William Moir was the eldest son of Mr.
William Moir. (a) Precept of sasine 2 May, 1623. Mr. William
Moir as "legitimus et propinquior heres masculus prefat. quondam
Magistri Gulielmi sui patris" of the lands of Calsayseat. (b) In«
136 MoiR GenkaIvOGy
strument of sasine following thereupon of the same date, in which
Mr. William Moir is described as burgend de Aberden filius primoe
genitus legitime deseruitus quondam Magistri Gulielmi Moir burgend
dicti burgu. (c) Instrument of resignation dated May 31, 1656,
Mr. William Moir, in favour of his eldest son. Dr. William Moir, in
which Mr. WUliam Moir is described as "principall of the new coUedge
of aberdeen." ["Powis Papers."]
(3) That Mr. John Moir was the second son of Treasurer William
Moir, and was the ancestor not of the Stoneywood but of the Barnes
Moirs — (a) [Burgess Register of Aberdeen.] "Sept. 22, 1615,
Moir, John (pupil), second son of Mr. William (treasurer)." ["New
Spalding Club Miscellany," i.] (b) Instrument of sasine, Mr.
William Moir, Burgess of Aberdeen, to John Moir, of a tenement and
garden near the Gallowgate, May 24, 1615. "propter paternu am-
orem quern habet et gerit erga dilectu filiu suu legitimu secunde genitu
Joanem Moir." [Aberdeen Sasine Register.] (c) June 1, 1604.
"Sa to \Vm. Moir burges of abd. on the lands of Sonyside & spittle-
hill as also on the croftis besyde ye Calsayseat dait 1 Junij. 1604.
Notar Mr. Win. Chalmer, [Minute Book, Aberdeenshire. Sasines. ]
(d) March 8, 1626. "Sa to mr Johne Moir burges of abd. & mariorie
beans his spous on the landis of sonysyidS March 1628 James Dauid-
sone." [Minute Book, Aberdeenshire Sasines.] N. B. "factum et
cocessum per magrum gulielmu moir burgen eiusdem burgi fratrem
germanu dicti magri Joannis prefato magro Joanni et mariorie beans
sue et future spouse." [Aberdeenshire Sasine Register.] (e) Sept.
25, 1628. "Sa to mr. Johne Moir, burges of abd. and Meriorie beanes
his spouse On the toune and lands of Stonysyid. 25 Sept. 1628, mr.
alex. Reid, not." [Minute Book, Aberdeenshire Sasines.] (f)
Extract from the Aberdeen Burgess Register. Feb. 1, 1654.
John Moir, eldest son to deceast, Mr. John Moir, burgess. ["New
Spalding Club Miscellany," ii., 405.] (g) Extracts from register of
births. John Moir and Mariorie Beanes, a son John, bapt. May 17
1631 ws. Archibald Beanes. A daughter Christian bapt. Feb. 22, 1633.
A daughter Mariorie bapt. Sept. 9, 1634. [Old Aberdeen Parish
Register.] (h) Instrument of sasine following on Charter to Mar-
jorie Moir and Thomas Mitchell, burgess of Aberdeen, her husband,
of a half net's fishing in the Don. John Moire "LawfuU sone to the
deceist master Johne moire burges of aberdene" procurator in name
of bis sister Marjorie Moire. Dated Jan. 28. 1654. (i) Service of
heirs, June 24, 1685. John Moir of Barnes burgess of Aberdeen
heir of Mr. John Moir burgess of the said burgh his father, (j)
Jan. 12, 1655. Sasine on matrimonial contract between Walter
Cochrane late Baillie of Aberdeen for himself and "tackand bur-
dene on him for marie Cochrane his second laull. daughter" and the
said Mary for herself, and Johne Moir "eldest laull. sone to the
said deceast master Johne moir burges of the said brugh with
consent and assent of meriorie beans his mother" and the said
Marjori for herself binding themselves infeft to John Moir and the
heirs of him andMary Cochrane with certain lands and tenements in
THREE MOIR WINDOWS
at Tonley House
Whitehouse, Aberdeenshire
NO
tilo
VfO0N0A.lO^'S.
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Aberdeen. [Aberdeen Sasine Register.] (k) Service of heirs, April
11, 1674. 5709 Janeta, Marjoria, Issobella, Agneta, Jeanna, Mor-
gareta, Christina et Maria Moires haeredes portionaria Joannis Moir
de Barnes mercatoris burgensis de Aberdcin patris (xxxii.,298, "Inqu.
Gen."] (1) Oct. 24, 1691. Matrimonial Contract between Master
Alexander Fraser Regent King's College on the one part and Christian
Moir, daughter and coheir of the deceast John Moir of Barnes with
the consent of Mary Cochrane relict of the said John Moir, her
Mother. ["Powis Papers."] (m) Extract from the poll book, 1696.
"Mary Cochrane relict of John Moire of Barns whose poll, if in lyfe
would have been £9 6s." ["Poll Book," ii, 623.]
(4) That Mr. Henry Moir was the third son of Treasurer William
Moir. (a) Extract from the Aberdeen Burgess Register, Sept. 23,
1617. Moir, Henry, third son of Mr. William M., dean of guild.
["New Spalding Club Miscellany,"j] (b) Jan. 4, 1651. Sasine
of John Moir "fiilij Legitim natu maxirai quondam mri Joannis Moir
burgen dicti burgi ac heredis propinquioris quondam mri henriceMoir
fratris Imediati junioris dicti mri Joannis et sic patriu dicti Joannis
on a tenement of land on the east side of theGallowgate. [Aberdeen
Sasine Register.]
To sum up —
Mr. William Moir, son of William Moir, was admitted Burgess of
Aberdeen in 1598. He was Dean of Guild of the city in 1606 and
1616, and Treasurer in 1615, etc. He had sasine on two-thirds of
Scotstown in 1602, on the remainder of Scotstown in 1620, on Calsay-
seat in 1603, on Sunnyside and Spittal and crofts beside Calsayseat in
1604, also on land on the east side of the Gallowgate in 1608. He mar-
ried Janet Rae, and died in or before 1623, having had the following
eons —
1. Mr. William Moir. He graduated at Marischal College in
1616, was Baillie of Aberdeen, Professor of Mathematics 1641-1661;
and Principal of Marischal College 1C49-1661. He had sasine on
Calsayseat in 1623, on land on the east side of the Gallowgate in 1623,
on the lands of Spittal in 1628, and on the lands and milne of Gordons-
Milne in 1633, and on the north lands of Kirktone of Hospitall in
1652. He married Jean, daughter of Patrick Gordon of Gordonsmilne,
and was succeeded by his eldest son, Dr. William Moir of Scottstown.
Another son Partick, received sasine on the lands of Spiltall in 1672.
2. Mr. John Moir. He graduated at Marischal College in 1617,
was admitted burgess in 1615. He received sasine on land on the east
of the Gallowgate in 1615, and on Sunnyside of Spittail in 1626. He
married, 1626, Marjorie, daughter of Archibald Beanes, burgess of
Aberdeen, and died before 1651, having had the following family: —
(i.) John Moir of Barnes, bapt. May 17, 1631.
(ii.) Xtain, bapt. Feb. 22, 1633.
(iii.) Marjorie, bapt. Sept. 9, 1634, mar. to Thomas Mitchell,
burgess of Aberdeen.
3. Mr. Henry Moir. He was admitted burgess in 1617, was pos-
sessed of land in the east side of the Gallowgate, and died before
1651, s. p.
Manuscript
*MOIRS OF SCOTSTOWN
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By A. J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
"Non sibi sedi cunctis." — (Not for self, but for all.)
Skene's V. WILLIAM MOIR, (whom I make third son of
Mr. William Moir, burgess of Aberdeen, and Janet Rae)
I. of Scotstown, (the estate of Spittal seems also to have
gone along with that of Scotstown in the Moir family.)
tProfessor in Marischal College, Aberdeen. Married
JEAN, dau. of GILBERT GORDON of Gordonsmill,
and had a son.
VI. DR. WILLIAM MOIR, II. of Scotstown, married
at Dyce, 5 June, 1656, JMARGARET, (alive 1695-6),
daughter of GILBERT SKENE of Dyce; and died 1670.
Issue: —
1. William, his heir, bap. 9 Sept. 1658. Ro. Forbes, baillie;
Gilbert Skene of Dyce; Mr. William Moir, principal;
Patrick Moir, late baillie; Alexander Skene of Dyce Yr.,
Mr. John Campbell, etc, godfathers.
2. §Gilbert, 15 Feb., 1663, went to Poland, 1667.
3. Patrick, 10 Aug., 1666.
4. Alexander, 8 May, 1668.
1. Jean, 11 June, 1857. Patrick Moir, baillie; and Gilbert
Skene of Dyce, godfathers.
2. Margaret, 15 Dec, 1659.
3. Marjorie, 22 May, 1661.
4. Jean, 25 Apr., 1670.
5. Issobell, 24 Dec, 1671.
6. Marie, 8 Oct., 1676.
7. Elizabeth, 11 Apr., 1680. James Moir and Robert Patrick
of Portlathan, godfathers.
VII. DR. WILLIAM MOIR, III. of Scotstown, b.
1658, m. JEAN, dau, of ALEXANDER ABERNETHY,
I. of Mayen; she remarried as his second wife, JAMES
MOIR, II. of Stoneywood. His son : —
VIII. ALEXANDER MOIR, IV. of Scotstown, was
served heir to his father, 26 Jan., 1695; married MARY
CHALMERS.
*For Coat of Arms, see page 14. tSee Mr. Burnet's article, "The Ancestry of the
Moirs of Scotstown and Barns. tShe is polled with her daughters, Jean and Elizabeth,
Poll-book, Vol. 11, p. 627. §See article, "Lands of Cotton."
MoiR Genbai,ogy 139
1721, Aug. 19. "Alexander Moir of Scotstoune and Mary Chal- Retoursand
I^ccistdTS of
mers, his spouse, a daughter, Janet, baptised; James Moir Saint
of Stoneywood and Dr. Patrick Chalmers, physician, wit- Nicholas
nesses."
1723, Mar. 4. Jean, bap., William Moir of Innernethy and
James Moir, merchant, witnesses.
1724, May 16, William, bap., William Moir, son of James Moir of
Stoneywood, a witness.
Their son (IX.) GEORGE MOIR, V. of Scotstown,
married twice; by his first wife, he had: —
1. Alexander, his heir.
GEORGE MOIR, married secondly, MARGARET, daughter
of GEORGE CUMINE of Pittulie, by his wife and cousin,
Christian Guthrie of King-Edward. Issue.
2. George Charles, b. 10 Oct., 1771, sometime merchant in Tombstones
Babia, afterwards of Denmore, near Aberdeen, died 1851; st. Peter's
having married Mary Agnew, only dau. of the late Sir Aberdeen'^^'
William Bruce, IX., Baronet of Stenhouse. Issue, two
daughters: —
1. Mary Anne Moir, married the late Lieut. Col.
Knight Erskine, of Pittodrie. Issue, the present
(1885) Laird, and a daughter, Mrs. Flower.
2. Margaret Isabella Moir, married Joseph E>undas,
of Carron Hall and Fingask, Stirlingshire and
has issue.
3. William, b. 1789, of Park, on Deeside, m. Mary Elizabeth,
(who died 1868) dau. of John Forbes of Blackford, by
Margaret Gregory, and died, 1843, leaving five sons
and five daughters, of whom
1. George as VIII, of Scotstown.
2. Mary Christina, m. 1795, Alexander Fraser, IV.
of Fraserfleld or Balgownie, of the noble family
of Saultoun and had issue.
1. Isabella, m. John Urquhart of Craigston and
had issue.
X. ALEXANDER MOIR, VI. of Scotstown, b. 1764,
for many years Sheriff-Substitute of Aberdeen, he was
major-commandant, Roj'^al Aberdeen Volunteers, 1795-
1796. (His portrait is given in Mr. Donald Sinclair's From note.
"History of the Aberdeen Volunteer," published by the R.Murdoch
Aberdeen Daily Journal office, in 1907.) d. 21 June, 1824, Abl^een.' °
1Q12
having m. MARGARET, dau. of JAMES GORDON,
of Leicheston, in Morayshire and had by her an only
daughter: —
XI. ISABELLA MOIR, VII. of Scotstown, b. May
1799, m. 10 June, 1822, SIR MICHAEL BRUCE, VIIL,
140 MoiR Genealogy
Baronet of Stenhouse, and d. 19 Nov., 1867, (without
issue).
XII. GEORGE MOIR, C. B., Co]. Bengal Horse
Artillery, b. March 1820, VIII. of Scotstown, (eldest son
of William Moir of Park, and Mary Elizabeth Forbes)
succeeded to that property under the will of his cousin,
the above Lady Bruce; married MISS BEAN, dau. of
COL. BEAN, and died in India, 5 Feb., 1870, whose son,
XIII. WILLIAM MOIR, IX. and now, (1885), of
Scotstown, is a Lieut, in the 18th Hussars.
MOIR OF INVERNETTIE
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By A. J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
Deus Dedit. — (God gave.)
This family was a cadet of Moir of Stonej^wood,
and the estate, which is near Peterhead, reverted back
to that family, on the extinction of the Invernettie line.
*JAMES MOIR of Invernettie, matriculates arms
in 1792. His wife probably was CATHERINE AR-
BUTHNOT, as a James Moir of Invernettie marries a
sister of John VI., Viscount Arbuthnct.
SandHand's WILLIAM MOIR, (fourth son of John Moir of
andskene's Stoncywood and Jean Sandilands,) a merchant in Aber-
Manuscnpt , , , ,
deen, bought the estate of Invernettie. There is a
charter to William Moir, dated 1708. merchant in Aber-
deen of the lands of Invernettie. Mr. Moir was suc-
ceeded in this estate by his nephew.
Registers 1720, 21 Dec. "William Moir of Innernethie, a witness to the
Nilhoras bapt. of William, son of Dr. Mathew McKaill, Physician,
and Margt. Black, his spouse."
*For Coat of Arms, see page 14.
MOIR OF LONMAY, Afterwards of NEW GRANGE
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
I. *WILLIAM MOIR, first of theMoirs of Lonmay,
in Buchan (was eldest son of James Moir II. of Stoney-
wood, by his second wife, Jean Abemethie.) He married
a sister of General Fullerton of Dudwick.
1. William, his heir,
1. Isabella.
2. Catherine.
3. Jean, m. William Cumine of Pittuiie in Buchan, and by her
had Capt. Adam Cumine, first of the Cumines of Rat-
tray, near Peterhead.
II. t WILLIAM MOIR of Lonmay, sold that prop-
erty and bought New Grange, in Forfarshire. He m.
WORTLEY, eldest dau. of JAMES STUART of Blair-
hall, of the noble family of Bute. Issue: —
1. William.
2. James.
1. Mary.
2. Margaret.
3. Anne.
III. WILLIAM MOIR of New Grange, married.
Issue: —
1. William.
2. George.
3. Alexander.
And five daughters, one of whom, Wortley Cornelia Anne
Moir, was second wife of Sir James Gardincr-Baird V., Baronet.
Captain Moir, lately (1837) tried and executed in London for
having shot a person who was trespassing in his grounds, near London,
was the representative of this family."
*The estate of Whitehill, Midlothian, had come into the Stoneywood family ••hrough
inheritance from the Scougala. The Laird seems to have given it to his son William,
who in 1727 has a charter of it and is styled, William Moir of Whitehill. and by a
second charter, dated 1732, this William seems to have disposed of Whitehill and
purchased Lonmay."
tDouglas's "Baronage," Skene's Manuscript. (Most of the particulars about this
family taken from it.)
*MOIR OF HILTON
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
"Virtute non aliter." — (By virtue, not otherwise.)
Register of I. WILLIAM MOIR, Advocate in Edinburgh, mar-
AbeSn^'' ried 21 May, 1666, ISOBEL. dau. of JOHN ALEX-
ANDER, burgess of Aberdeen, and was admitted in
Sept. 1670, jure paternitatis, burgess of Aberdeen. In
1666, he bought the lands of Knaperna, in Udny Par-
ish; in 1668, those of Fisherie, in King- Edward,
probably from the Guthries of King- Edward; and in
Lyon 1674, from the Donaldsons of Hilton, those of Hilton in
Ellon Parish, all in Aberdeenshire. Between 1672-1678,
he matriculates arms, and is designed "of Hilton" about
1682, he sold Hilton to the Roses of Insch, who gave it
the name of Rosehill. This family again sold it about
1693, to the Turners, — a family whose progenitors were
farmers in the Parish of Birse, Aberdeenshire, who gave
it its present name of Tumerhall. William Moir, who
was one of the principal clerks of Session, was M.P. for
Kintore, 1667, Convention, 1669-74.
Forster's 1672, 5th July, "He was by order of the Parliament,
pSment? sent to prisou in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh, during the
^'^^^ Lord Commissioner's pleasure, for some words uttered
by him tending to the subversion of the constitution of
Parhament. He was released on the 10th, having craved
pardon of the Commissioner and the Parliament on his
knees."
Issue: —
Skene's 1. William, b. 1667.
Manuscript 2. James, b. 1670; godfather, James Moir of Ferryhill.
3. William, b. 1671; godfathers, Dr. Wm. Moir of Scotstoun
and Wm. Moir, his son.
4. George, b. 1688.
Registers of 5. Jeane, 20 June 1673; John Moir of Barnes, godfather.
St. Nicholas 2. Anna, 4 July, 1683, after Anna, Countess of Aberdeen and
Lady Anna Gordon, dau. of Sir George, Earl of Aber-
*For Coat of Arms, see page 14.
MoiR Ghnealogy 143
deen and Lord High Chancellor of Scotland. Mr. William
Moir, Doctor of Medicine; John Moir, Apothecarie; Sir
Geo. Skene of Fintray; godfathers.
MOIR OF BARNES
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
"1678. 2d April. Wa Iter Reid,comperit for John Moir of Barnes, Sheriff Court
and produced ane charter grantit be ye Earl of Mar in favour Aberdeen
of Alexander Erskine of Barnes predecessor of the said John
Moir, dated 22d. July, 1636."
I. *JOHN MOIR of Barnes, in the Parish of Premnay,
Burffess of Aberdeen, married 13 Feb. 1655, at Aberdeen, Registersof
St Nicholas
MARIE, or MARY COCHRAN. She had doubtless
been a Cochran of Dumbreck. [The Cochrans of Dum-
breck were long connected with the town of Aberdeen,
Walter Cochran of Dumbreck was a provost in 1691-93;
and his son, Walter Cochran was Town-Clerk-Depute Kennedy's
in 1728. They intermarried with the old Gordons of Aberdeen"
Newton, Cruick shanks of Banchory, Udneys, etc. —
Arms, — ermine, on a chief, gules, a stag's head erased,
or, between two mullets, argent.] — (Lyon Reg.)
1. Johne, 18 Sept., 1660.
2. Walter, 14 Nov., 1661.
3. Johne. 21 Apr., 1663. Jrelxactly'as
4. Waiiam, 2 Mar., 1666. recorded in
1. Janet, 22 Nov., 1665. Wm. Moir and Dr. Wm. Moir, god- Mo?r'and°
fathers. By-'^j
2. Marjorie, 12 Mar., 1657, became second wife of Geo. Gor-
don, II. of Sheelagreen.
3. Marie, 20 Jan., 1659. Mr. John Campbell, etc., godfathers.
4. Isobel, 7 June, 1664.
5. Agnes, 20 April, 1667.
6. Jean, 9 July, 1668.
7. Margaret, 11 Nov., 1669.
8. Christian, 4 July, 1671.
9. Mary, 26 April, 1673.
"JOHN MOIR of Barnes by his wife, MARY COCHRANE, has Thange of
a second daughter, Marjorie Moir, who married as his second wife, °""^ ^°
*See Mr. Burnet's article, "The Ancestry of the Moirs of Scotstown and Bams."
144 MoiR Genealogy
George Gordon, II. of Sheelagreen in Aberdeenshire; by whom she
had a son, William Gordon. "He left the estate of Rothney to Wil-
liam, though it came by his first wife, Helen Erskine the mother of
George Gordon. William Gordon had a son George, who in 1772, is
returned heir to his father. The descent of the Gordons of Rothney,
according to the author of the "Earldom of Garioch," is now extinct.
(From Thanage of Formartyn, p. 265.)
Index of "1674, April 11, Janet, Marjory, Isobel, Agnes, Jean, Margaret,
Retours (Margaret Moir seems to have married Captain James
Gordon designed "of Barnes") Christian, and Marie Moires,
are served heir-portioners of John Moir of Barnes, Merchant
Burgess of Aberdeen, their father.
p hnnie "Mary Cochrane, relect of the deceast umquhill, John Moir, some-
Vol. ii, p. '623 tyme of Barnes, is aUve, 1695-6."
MOIR OF FERRYHILL
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
I. JAMES MOIRE, who has in 1667 a lease of Ferry-
hill (but is sometime described of Ferryhill), married,
first, I think, JEANE MOIRE.
Registers of !• William, 8 Feb., 1666; Dr. Wm. Moire, Mr. Wm. Moire,
Abe'd^^^^^' Advocat, and Robert Burnet, godfathers.
2. James, 19 Jan., 1667; Prof, of Philosophy in Marischal CoU.
Retours 1696, Apr. 2, served heir of John Moire of Ferriehill,
his father.
3. John, 19 Dec, 1668.
1. Marjorie, 24 Dec, 1669.
JAMES MOIR, married secondly, RACHELL, dau.
Memoirof of CHARLES DUN, Litster, of Aberdeen, sister of Sir
unn p^|^jj,j^ Bun, Court Physician, at Dublin, and niece of
Dr. Patrick Dun, Principal of Marischal College, the
munificent founder of the grammar school of Aberdeen.
The Dunns of Tarty in the Parish of Logie-Buchan,
were near relatives of this family. James Moir and
Rachel Dun had: —
1. Janet, 21 Jan., 1673; Robt. Forbes, Provost; Thos. Mit-
chell, late Baillie, etc, godfathers.
2. Margaret, 28 Jan., 1674; John Moir of Stoneywood, Patrick
Gellie, etc., godfathers.
MoiR Geneai/jgy 145
3. Catherine, 5 Oct. 1676.
4. Isobel, 1684, James Moir of Stoneywood, James Sandl-
lands of Craibstone, Mr. Walter Grahame, Robert
Burnet of Elrick, godfathers.
Rachel Dune or Moire, with her two daughters, Catherine and vo/1'fp''625
Janet, polled 1695-6.
*MOIR OF OTTERBURN
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
"Mediocriter." — (With moderation.)
I. MR. THOMAS MOIR, minister of Morebattle,
1610-33, second son of Moir of Abergeldie, Co. Aberdeen,
married Isabel Ker.
II. MR. WILLIAM MOIR of Otterbiim, in the
Parish of Morebattle, was served heir of his father, 29
Oct., 1639. He acquired Corbethouse; it came into the
possession of his widow, Dorothy Ker, 18 Sept., 1673,
who married, 6 Oct., 1672, Mr. William Galbraith,
minister of Morebattle, and afterwards of Jedburgh,
and he disponed Corbethouse to her son, 9 April, 1687.
III. THOMAS MOIR of Otterbum and Corbethouse,
registered arms about 1676, and three sons — Thomas,
Andrew, Henry.
IV. THOMAS MOIR of Otterbum, died in May,
1756, was succeeded by his son: —
V. ANDREW MOIR of Otterbum, who married
ELIZABETH ELLIOT, and had a son:—
VI. THOMAS MOIR of Otterbum, whose estates
were sold by judicial sale, 4 Dec, 1765, Otterbum to
Gilbert Elliott in Jedburgh, Corbethouse to William
Ker of Gateshaw; and Rannieston to Adam Keir, baker
in Edinburgh; he was dead s. p., before 23 July, 1783,
when his sisters, Sarah, Jean, Barbara, Charlotte, Chris-
tina and Elizabeth were his co-heirs of provision general.
♦For Coat of Arms, see page 14.
MOIR OF STONEYWOOD
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
(For an interesting and beautiful account of this family, see "A
Jacobite Family" by JOHN BROWN, M. D., the talented
author of "Rab and Kis Friends," from which the particulars
given are taken.)
*THEMOIRS OF STONEYWOOD seem, from the earliest record
down to their close, to have been devotedly attached to the House
of Stuart; and inherited through Bishop Patrick Scougal of Aberdeen,
(the grandfather of Mary Scroggie, who married in 1683, as first wife,
James Moir 11. of Stoneywood ) the Bible presented by Charles I.,
when on the scaffold, to his faithful friend Bishop Juson. Bishop
Juxon was, it is understood, a relative of the Scougal family. The
grandson of John Moir I. of Stoneywood was: —
JAMES MOIR III. of STONEYWOOD, of whom, and his caird-
servant John Gunn, many amusing and interesting stories are told.
The best of these, perhaps, is the rescue of the Earl of Winton in 1715,
then under sentence of death in the Tower of London for his concern
in the Rebellion of that period. During his sojourn in the Tower,
the authorities allowed his books and family papers to be carried to
and from his cell in a hamper; Stoneywood who happened to be in
London with his servant, went to visit his captive friend; John Gunn,
who was a man of immense size and strength, undertook if the Earl
put himself, instead of his charters into the hamper to convey him
out of the Tower. This feat the stalwart Gunn performed with
perfect success. Lord Winton retired to Rome, where he died in
1740. The son of this Laird: —
JAMES MOIR IV. of STONEYWOOD, b. 1710, was one of the
Stuarts keenest supporters in the North, engaged ardently in the
Royal cause, and raised the regiment known as the "Stoney woods,"
of which he was Lieut. Col.; defeated at CuUoden, he in common
with his companions, was proscribed, and roamed for some time in
the wilds of Aberdeenshire. An ancedote is told of his taking shelter
with a cobbler named Clark, under the name of James Jamieson
(a ready rendering of the son of James, his father), and acquitted
himself so well in this new line of life, as to win commendation from
the old man, who said, "Jeems my man, what for did ye no tell me,
ye had been bred a sutor?" "And so I was, freend," replied the
Laird, "but to tell ye God's truth, I was an idle loon, gey weel faured,
*The estate of Stoneywood, situated on the River Don, in Aberdeenshire, four miles
_ , from the sea, consists of properties of Stoneywood, Waterton, Clinterty and Greenbum,
St. Nicholas ""i'^^d in one barony. It was originally the property of Fraser of Muckills, or Muchalls,
Aberdeen but was sold by Lady Fraser, in 1671, to John Moir, of Kermuck, or EllonAb. 1610, ob. 1671).
MOIR GENKAI.OGY 147
and ower-fond o' the lassies, so I joined the Prince's boys, and ye
see what's come o't." It is pleasant to add that Stoneywood when
brighter days came, never forgot the services of his old friends, and
maintained the widow and five children of Bartlett (the cobbler
in question having died) at Stoneywood, till the latter were able to
support themselves.
After being assisted through many straits by his faithful wife,
Margaret MacKenzie, of Ardross, and his equally faithful servant,
Gunn, who with his gipsy spouse, acted as messengers between hus-
band and wife, Stoneywood followed his Prince's example and escaped
to Norway with his friends. He was protected by the King of Sweden
who conferred on him, a patent of nobility; and becoming a naturalized
subject, his lady joined him within a year from his arrival at Gotten-
berg.
In Scotland, meanwhile, Moir was arraigned before the Edinburgh
High Court of Justiciary; but even the testimony of adverse witnesses
only went to prove the honour and humanity displayed throughout
his soldier life and he was allowed to return to Stone5nYOod in 1762
where he died, in 17S2, leaving a widow and two daughters; his seven
sons all having died before their father. Mrs. Moir survived till
1805, dying at the advanced age of ninety-six years.
MOIR OF STONEYWOOD
"Major Opima Ferat" (Let the worthiest carry off the prize.)
I. JOHANNES MOIR, 1470-1516.
John Moore, Burgess of Aberdeen, 24 July, 1505, fhTGre^lLi
of James IV., whose son may have been: — 2595. p. 551
II. JOHN MOIR, Pie died before his son: —
III. WILLIAM MOIR, Burgess of Aberdeen 1560, Manuscript
served heir to John Moir, his grandfather.
His son: —
IV. *WILLIAM MOIR, M. A., Burgess of Aberdeen,
married Janet Rae, served heir to his father
1602, Treasurer of Aberdeen, 1615. Had issue: —
1. Henrie, bap. 28. May, 1605. Registers
2. John, born 1610, (tombstone); of him again, as Nifho?is,
Stoneywood's ancestor. Aberdeen
3. William as Scotstoun's progenitor.
4. Patrick, 13 July 1615, Baillie, and afterwards,
(1648, ) Dean of Guild, and (1672, ) Collector of
Excise of Aberdeen, married 4 Jan. 1637, Isobell
Gray (twice in register called Grahame ). Issue: —
1. William, 7 June, 1638.
2. Thomas, 20 May, 1640.
3. Patrick, 18 May, 1641.
♦See Mr. Burnett's article in this book.
148
MoiR Genealogy
Tombstone
Saint
Nicholas
Churchyard,
Aberdeen
Memoranda
of the fam-
ily of Forbes
of Waterton
4. James, 22 July, 1642.
5. George.
6. Issobell, 15 Dec, 1646.
7. Jean, 25 June, 1648.
8. Elspeth, 10 June, 1652.
9. Rachel, 25 Mar., 1655.
10. Margaret, 10 Mar., 1659.
Sir Robert Farqhuar, John Leslie Jr.,
etc., godfathers.
V. JOHN MOIR I. of Stoneywood, eldest son of
William Moir, Burgess of Aberdeen and Janet
Rae, born 1610, is said, according to Skene's
MS. to have been first designed of Ferryhill,
afterwards of Kennuck or Ellon, and in 1671,
as before stated, of Stoneywood.
"1657. The two Kennedy's flying the coun-
try, make over their estates to John Moir,
and his wife, *J. Sandilands, and the longest
liver of them. He has a charter of Caimmucks
in 1665."
"1668. JOHN MOIR and his wife, make
over to Sir John Forbes of Watertown, all the
lands of Ardgrain, Caimmucks, Broomfield,
Kirkhill and other property, they had bought
from the Kennedy's for £42,500. Scots.''
By which it would appear, the estate of Ellon
had only been held by John Moir for eleven
years. He married Jean Sandilands, b. 1636,
d. 15 Aug., 1687, eldest dau. of James Sandi-
lands I., of Cotton, by Marjory Burnett of
Count es swells, and had issue: —
1. James, 1659.
2. John, according to Skene's MS., Civilist of King's
Coll., and an advocate in, and Town Clerk of
Aberdeen 1689, died young.
3. William, 15 Jan., 1669. Dr. Wm. Moir, Dr. Wm.
Johnstone, Dr. Wm. Fraser and Wm. Gellie,
godfathers — first of the Moirs of Invernettie.
4. Patrick, bap. Dec. 12, 1671.
5. Issobell, 31 Aug., 1660.
6. Marjorie, 5 Jan., 1665.
7. Jean, 21 Oct., 1673.
♦Jean Sandilands married secondly, on Stoneywood 's death, William Cumine of
Anchry and liad issue. Accordinfr to the genealogy of the family of Sandilands of
Craibstone and Cotton, Alexander Moir, (fourth son of the above John Moir and Jean
Sandilands) was Professor of Greek in the Marischal College of Aberdeen.
MOIR GENRAI.OGY 149
VI. JAMES MOIR II. of STONEYWOOD, bap. at ^"embSsof
Aberdeen 1st Sept., 1659, John Jafifray, Pro- ^.^2'm'"*'°'*
vost, James Moir, Mr. James Sandilands, etc.,
godfathers; who sat in Parliament for fifteen
years as member for Aberdeenshire, 1G89-1702,
1702-1707; was also one of the Commissioners
appointed for settling the Union of the King-
doms died 22 Nov., 1739.
JAMES MOIR, married first, 10 July, 1683, g^jj^tone^
MARY, eldest dau. of the RIGHT REV. Churchyard.
Aberdeen
WM. SCROGGIE, Bishop of Argyll, (elected
1666, died 1675,) by his wife, a dau. of Patrick
Scougal, Bishop of Aberdeen, who was a son
of Sir John Scougal of that ilk, in East Lothian.
1. James, his hoir. Poll-book
2. Rhoderick, bapt. at Aberdeen, 25 Aug., 1689,
(whose portrait, clad in armour, is amongst
the Stoneywood pictures, ) drowned at sea, along
with his cousin James Sandilands, 1713-14.
3. William, an Advocate (? ), and probably the
inheritor of the estate of Whitehill, in Mid-
lothian, a property which had devolved by
inheritance from the Scougal family to that of
Stoneywood.
4. Alexander, Principal of St. Andrew's Coll., at the Skene's
abolition of Episcopacy, whose descendants are Manuscnpt
stated to have inherited the estate of Inver-
nettie in Buchan — •see Moir of Invernettie.
1. Jean, married John Abernethy, II. of Mayen.
2. Katherine.
3. Marjory.
VI. JAMES MOIR II. of STONEYWOOD, married
secondly, JEAN, dau. of ALEXANDER ABER-
NETHY I. of MAYEN, and relict of William
Moir of Scotstown.
1. William of Lonmay — (see that family.)
2. John, b. 1697, died 19 April, 1720.
3. Patrick, 26 Feb., 1707. Alexander Moir, Regent, a
witness.
1. Janet, married 14 June, 1733, Patrick Byres I. of
Tonley — (see that family. )
2. Isabella, died unmarried.
VII. JAMES MOIR III. of STONEYWOOD, (eldest
son of James Moir, by his first wife, Mary
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Scroggie), one of the keenest of the Stuarts'
supporters in the North; engaged ardently in
the Royal cause; raised, and was the Colonel of
"Stoneywood's" Regiment; and as before stated,
married JEAN, daughter of William Erskine
of Pittodrie, by his wife, Mary Grant of
Ballindalloch, and died 1782, Issue, five sons
and two daughters.: —
1. Jaraes, his heir, b. Sept. 29, 1710.
2. Thomas, who having had a quarrel with his
brother James when they were both young men,
took it so much to heart that he left his father's
home clandestinely, and went to sea, having
engaged him«elf as a sailor. He afterwards settled
as a merchant in Falmouth (England.) Issue: —
1. Capt. Thomas.
2. James, a Barrister.
3. A dau., m. Dr. Vivian cf Falmouth.
Skene's _ JAMES MOIR IV. of STONEYWOOD, having lost his own
anuscnpt ggyg^ gons, "was very anxious to form a nearer connection by the
marriage of his daughter Maria to her cousin James Moir (the Bar-
rister). He intended to have paid a portion to his elder daughter
Mrs. Skene, and to settle the estate of Stoneywood on James Moir
and his daughter Maria, which upon the eve of accomplishment
was defeated by the underhand machinations of Mr. Dumo — see
sequel — the as yet unrevealed enemy of the family, who feared
that the marriage might become the means of bringing his base prac-
tices to light. Accordingly, he found means to persuade Mr. James
Moir that his uncle was deceiving him, and had given a false state-
ment of his affairs, as the estate was drowned in debt, and he only
wanted the marriage to involve Mr. James Moir in his toils, so as
to get him to reUeve the burdens on the property. Upon obtaining
this information, the young gentleman thought it prudent to leave
Aberdeen and when he reached England, wrote to his uncle, stating
the cause of his desertion. Miss Moir felt it very severely for a
long time, and the disappointment occasioned her withdrawing her-
eeli from society; while her father was so offended as to revive again
the disunion which had so long separated the two famiUes."
3. Alexander,
4. William — both died abroad unmarried.
5. Charles, engaged in the Rebellion of 1745.
1. Mary.
2. Clementina, named after queen Clementina
Sobiesky, mother of Prince Charles Edward.
Kennedy's "1745. In the beginning of November, Lord Lewis Gordon,
Aberdeen ^^° ^^^ '-'^^'^ appointed by the Prince, Lord Lieutenant of the counties
Vol.1, p. 229 of Aberdeen and Banff, made his appearance in the town, accom-
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panied by Wm. Moir of Lonmay and James Moir of Stoncywood
and assumed the direction of public affairs."
IV. JAMES MOIR, IV. of STONEYWOOD, b.
1710, married at Ardross, in Ross-shire, in Sept,'
1740, his cousin, Margaret, daughter of ( )
Mackenzie of Ardross; and had fifteen children, Arms. see
D. 14
who mostly died children, excepting Charles
(the eighth son), b. 1752, entered the British
Army and was killed in America.
1. Jane, m. George Skene of Rubislaw, whose de-
scendants now represent this family.
2. Maria, married Major Ramsay, of the Scotch
Brigade, a son of Ramsay of Kinaldie, in For-
farshire, (without issue. )
This Laird, was, like his progenitors, a warm supporter of the
Stuarts.
GEORGE SKENE of Rubislaw, left the following
children by his wife JANE MOIR, who died in Edin-
burgh on March 29, 1820, aged 79, having been 44
years a widow: —
1. Margaret Skene, b. Sept. 4, 1767, m. Col. Ramsay of
the 2d or Queen's Regiment of foot, and had issue.
2. Helen Skene, b. Aug. 13, 1768, remained unmarried,
and died in Florence, Italy, in 1841.
3. Catherine Skene, b. Oct. 20, 1769, m. Sir Henry Jardine,
King's Remembrancer of Exchequer, and had issue, she
died in 1838.
4. George Skene, b. Dec. 14, 1770.
5. Jean Skene, b. Dec. 5, 1771, died in infancy atRubislaw.
6. Maria Skene, b. Dec. 22, 1773, died in infancy at Aber-
deen.
7. James Skene, b. Mar. 7, 1775.
SOME CORRESPONDENCE FROM THE
STONEYWOOD MANUSCRIPT
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By A. J. MiTCHELL-GILL of Savock
Copied from Original Letters bound into the Stoneywood MS., in the possession
of W. F. Skene W. S., whose father compiled it. No. 1-58 (marked "from Capt. Byres").
1745 I. LETTER, Patrick Byres, of Tonley, dated from Duffus to Coll'n James Moir, of
Stoneywood att Findhorn 1746, Mar. 18.
Dr. Sir, — Before I coud dispatch the Carts and the Horses into Elgin, Mr. Moir
arrived here, and told me you was march'd w't a part of the Battalion for findhorn, and
proposed that I should meet you on the West road from Elgin. As it's impossible for
me to bring the men to findhorn to-night, having sent them into Elgin w't the carts, I
thought proper to send the bearer to know if I should join you tomorrow there, or con-
tinue the party at Gordonston till further orders. If I be to join you at ffindhom
you'll please cau'd (caused) Raebum goe directly from you to Elgin, and cause the
Lieutennatt or Ensign bring them up there, and then come to me here, but if the party
be to be continued at Gordonstin he may come straight here, and I shall bring them out
here. I ever, Yrs, &c.
(signed) "PAT'K BYRES."
1747 11. LETTER No. 164. — From last, addressed A. Mons. Monsieur Jacques Jameson
(Stoneywood's assumed name, and a ready description of his parentage, James, son of
James) Negociant, a Gottenburgh dans la Suede, dated Paris 18 May 1747.
Sir; — Some days ago I received yours of the ISth ultimo, O.S. Since my last to
you the prince is returned from M — d, and lives at present in a village called Pessy, about
a league from here. In consequence of yours I went there, and communicated youra
to Sir Jo. Graham, who told me what I knew very well before, viz: that though the Court
of France had approved of the list you and I were in, and had ordered the Pay't y'rof,
and although on the faith of that Mr. Waters had advanced above 4000 Livres, yet as
the demands for the campaign had been, and still continued very pressing, the intendant
of the ffinances had not as yet pay'd in any part of the money ordered by that list of
Mr. Waters, that till it was pass'd he would advance no more, but that he had writt
to the Minister the very day I spoke to him, and that he expected the money
would be very soon pay'd in to Waters. That how soon that happened, he'd let me
know, and I should have ane order for yours and y'r broyr's. As I know very well that
every word of the above was true, I could say nothing in return: only I told him that
as I had writt you in Consequence of his own desire, I wish'd he'd give me ane order on
Waters. He said he would willingly, but he was sure Waters would not pay it (having
refused severall before) till he was reimbursed of his advance, which could not be
long. I likewise ment'd you and Charlie to the Prince at dinner, who expressed his
satisfaction of your being safe, and seemed very well plesaed when I told him that
you'd be in Scotland among the first of his friends. When that will be, God knows,
tho' we hope here it won't be long. Please make my compliments to Messres Scot
and Carnegie, and tell them they ere in the same list with us, and will draw 1000
Livres each when the money is pay'd, being insent as Captains. Sir James Stewart
and his family have been at St. Seden since November last. Sir James Leslie is w't the
army in Flanders. Lochell is and has been here since the pr. (Prince) arrived. I beg
you'll make my compliments in every particular way to Mr. Baxter, and tell him when
he goes home, 1 hope he'll be so good as to lett my wife, and the rest of my friends know,
I am well, for tho' I have writt severall times yett as the communication to Holland is
DOW stopt, I doubt very much if we can expect to hear from Britt. by that way, and let
me know if you think it more practicable y'r way. As to business, there is scarce any
possibility of success here; the war has ruined that at present. So that the army is the
'*i«^l
nnock.
Grri
^^'^S-'""-
sT'in'«W«>'i«-
THFwEwyoRF
''"BLIC LIEftAfty
JOHN MILNE,
Inspector of Poor
Bucksburn, Aberdeenshire
ALEXANDER MOIR
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Pioneer Engineer and Engine Builder
Extensive Shops at Halifax
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only resource at present, which I am not as yet determined to follow. Shall be glad to
know what scheme youre on, and how you propose to prosecute it. Severall British
letters insist positively that there is to be a second bill of attainder. The F. are carrying
all before them in Dutch Flanders; they have taken Sluice, Sas de Grand, fort Phillyspiaee
and Hulst but have lost a considerable number of men before Hulst, the dutch
having defended it better than their oy'r towns since the election of a Stadhoulder. We
expect daily the news of a generall action in flanders, which is thought unavoidable, and
if the Allies be beat, It's hard to foresee what may be the consequence. The D — ke
has left this some time ago privately, and where's he gone is a secret. Remember me
to young Gask. and to honest Generall Gordon. We drink all your healths often. L'd
Lewis is on this side the water; Sr. Will Gordon is here, and is L. Coll. to L'd Ogil. I
am Sir. Y'r Most Humble Servant, (Signed) "PAT BYRES."
P.S. When I write to Scotland, I sign Pat Robertson but ther's no danger twixt
this and you. I sign my own name.
IIL LETTER No. 189. From last to same, dated Paris, 10 Aprile, 1747 N.S.
"Sir, — I received yours of the 7th ultimo — I suppose old style — some days ago
though I have reasons enough to excuse my declining any correspondence w't you after
the usage I very undeservedly met w't from you, whereof, though you make no mention
I make no doubt of youre being sensible, yet, as it was always my principall that of the
two I'd rather any man were in the wrong to me, than I to him, I therefore thought it
incumbent on me to acquaint you of some facts which concern you. You must know
then that after being some time here, on hearing that your brother and you had arrived
at Gotheburg, as there was a list of the prince's friends making up, in order to be given
in to the Court of france . I waited on Sir Jo. Graham, who does business here, for the
Duke of York, and told him that your Broy'r and you were arrived in Sweden, and de-
sired that he would put you in the List, which he was making up of the Prince's friends.
He ask'd what Quality you had served in I told him you as Coll. and your broy'r as Capt.
of Lord L. Gordon's first Batt. He said he would insert you as Lt. Coll. and your Broy're
as Capt., seeing he knew that you had acted as such. Ld. Lewis having been Coll. him-
eelf. which was accordingly done; and now the Court of france have is.sued money for
the payment of that List, so that there's 1500 livres for you, and 1000 for Charlie, which
you and he may send orders to any one of your friends here to wait on Sir Jo. Graham,
who will giveanyone so Impovvered ane order on Mr. Waters, the Banq'r, for each of these
sums. You'll need also, I believe send at same time y'r recepts to Mr. Waters for his
exoneration in case you propose to draw the money, and directions. What way to apply
or remitt it after .Mr. Waters pays it. 1 believe the Court of france mav be previiled
on to make some more pay'ts in the same way, to such of the prince's friends as are not
at yett oyrwise provided for, although I doubt much of their being continued. I have
writt to Scotland to lot Charlie know of this, in case he should be still there. I am heartily
Concerned I do assure you for the loss you have suffered in your family by the death
of your two sons. If Charlie come to Sweden, I'm still of opinion that he could do better
here than anywhere else. However, as his best judge of that is him.self, I only hint it,
that he may have it in his eye. Mr. Ogilvie of Inshewnn, who is just now w't me, desires
to be remembered to you — I am, sir, your most Humble Servant
(sig'd) "PAT. BYRES."
P.S. I desire that Charlie may write me how soon he arrives in Sweden, and if you
write to Scotland that you'd fall on some way to cause him to write me from there if
he has not yett left the country.
IV. LETTER No. 190. — Patrick Bvres to James Moir, Paris, 1st Aug., 1747.
Sir, — At last after being obliged to be severall times at the trouble to go and come
to the prince's Quarters at St. Toin, which is 2 leagues from here, 1 Got an order from
Sr. Jo. Graham on Mr. Waters for loOO livres for you, and euoyr for 1000 for Charlie,
and on giving my recopt on the the back of them, Mr. Wateis has pay'd me the money,
which is now in my custody. I was obliged to leave your orders w't Sir Jo. as a voucher
to him before he'd give mc a precept on Mr. Waters, so on recept of this you'll send me
a recept for the 1500 livres. As mine lyea with Mr. Water.--, and in the meantime i thall
endeavor to get a Bill for said sum on UoUand, payable to Mr. Crawford, tho' 1 could
wish to hear from you first, as pos.-ibly you may have altered your intention, it cost nje
about five and twenty or thirty livres in Coach hire, &c.,8olliciting for you, which I sup-
pose you will not grudge. We have had here Copies of ane act ol the Brittish parl't which
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they pretend to dignifie w't the title of a Bill of Indemnity, tho' in my opinion it ought
rather to be called a 2d Bill of Attaindre. There are in it 85 gentlemen excepted, beside
those already attainted of wh. number yr. unkle, you, and I are three. Besides these, 85
Excepted by name, all abroad, all in foreign service, all transported, and all, any man-
ner of way concerned in the late rebe'-lioa are excepted in the General Clause, so that
one or oyr. Everybody is Included; tho' as to those not Excepted by name, in my opinion
I think they may w'out any danger go home — and I was resolved to have done so my-
self had I not been Excepted. I had a letter from Robie SandUands two or three posts
ago, to which I wrote him ane answer the 23d ulto w't my thoughts anent what he should
do, which I see no reasons hitherto to alter. Please remember me to him, and tell him
that I have gott him marked down as a Capt. in a list they are just now making up to
be given in to the Court, but when it wUl be given in or when paj''d is very uncertain.
Had he write a post sooner, he had been in a list just now given in, and which will, I be-
lieve be soon payed. He wrote me your Lady was come over, I hope she is well; please
remember me to her. The only news here are that the french have been sadly defeat
in Italy, and have lost oyr 8000 men, and a number of generall offr's ; out of 28 Battal'n
there are 27 Colonells slain, along with Chev'ir de Belisle, who commanded that Corps,
and is said the Marschall de Belisle and the v.-hole army have retired to the frontiers
of pcovence, which if true, is a very great check. Glenbuckett arrived here two or three
Days ago w't Mr. Menzies. In order to save postage I have writt Charlie on this. Hav-
ing nothing further to add — I am Sir ,Your Most Humble Servant
(sig'd) "PAT. BYRES."
V. LETTER No. 191. — Patrick Byres to Mr. Charles Moir.
Paris 1st August, 1747.
Dear Charlie, I had yours from Gotthburgh, and was glad to ( ) you had got safe.
1 have gott your 1000 livres, and shall remitt or employ it as you order; in my opinion
you should come here, as yoiir passage to Holland would cost you nothing. Tarriebreeka
you know pay't no freight, and when in Holland you should gett yourself made Burger
atRotfd'm, and then proceed to Ostend, Dunkerque, or any oyr place of that kind and
buy a prize which you can do pretty easy, and so you'll be just in your old way again,
and might be usefull to y'r friends. Your being made burger at Rotterdam 'will cost
you but a trifle of 15 f . or 20 f . ; or if you please, you may gett yourself made a Burger
of Gottenburgh, which I believe would be better, and then you could sail your vessell
as a Swedish ship, for in all probability, the Dutch will soon be in war w't the french.
This is my scheme, but if you have any better of your own you know Counsel's not Com-
mand. When you write me how to order your 1009 livres, send a lecept along because
mine lyes for it. I heard lately from y'r aunt all is weU at home; and she writes me that
you had left Scotland sometime ago. Make my compliments to all friends, and I ever
am, Dear Charlie, Yours Most Affectionately,
(Sig'd^ While PAT BYRES.
To MR. CHAS. MOIR.
*THE MOIRS OF CROMAR
1745
With an Account of a Relic of Culloden and its Associations.
By GEORGE GAULD, Braes of Cromar
About the period of the Rebellion of 1745, there lived in the
near vicinity of Loch Kinnord, a stout yeoman of the name of Moir.
Like not a few of the Cromar men of that eventful time, MOIR
not only took part in the rising, but fought in the ranks of the un-
fortunate PRINCE CHARLIE at the battle of Culloden, under hia
chief, JAMES MOIR of Stoneywood. After that disastrous and
decisive defeat, which for ever sealed the fate of the House of
Stuart, MOIR returned to more peaceful pursuits, and appears to
have settled down somewhere along the vale of the Burn of Logic,
in his native Cromar. Whether he was wounded in the battle or
not, cannot be ascertained at this late period, but the likelihood
is that he was, seeing that the tartan plaid which he wore in the
action, and which still exists in a wonderfully good state of pre-
servation, shows quite unmistakably the mark of a bullet hole
through its folds. MOIR'S wife seems to have died some time in
advance of him, and in course of time he himself was called upon
to pay the last debt of nature. On his deathbed, he confided the
care of his family, consisting of two young boys, respectively ^
DONALD and JOHN MOIR, to a relative of his own, also re-
siding at the time in the Burnside of Logie district. Nor did he
intend his children to be a mere unpaid burden on the charity
of his friend, as, at the same time, he handed over, along with
the custody of the boys, what was then considered a very hand-
some sum of money for their proper maintenance and education
and general upbringing. From the fact of the children being so
young at the time of their father's death, it is evident that MOIR
must either have married late in life or else died a comparatively
young man. The latter assumption is probably the correct one,
as probably his early decease might have been hastened by the
privations, he was almost certain to have endured in the course
of the campaign, or from the effects of having been wounded in
the battle of Culloden.
Be that as it may, his friend appears to have been the sole
and only guardian appointed by him to have charge of the boys
and their effects, and before long he clearly proved himself to be
most incompetent for the office. He speedily developed a far
♦This well-written article by G. G. (the late Mr. George Gauld, Braes of Cromar,
and latterly at Hillhead of Findrack), appeared in the Aberdeen Daily Journal, 9th
November, 1905. and was re-printed in the Aberdeen Weekly Journal, Friday,
December 27, 1912. This article waa furnished for this work by R. Murdoch Lawrance,
Esq., of Aberdeen.
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greater affection for the money of his dead friend than for the
children, and used them so harshly, and even cruelly, that at
length, the elder boy, DONALD, ran away and took refuge at a
farm in the lower end of the "Howe" of Cromar, nor did his
guardian — so-called — ever once take the trouble to go after him
or make any inquiries concerning his welfare. Bye-and-bye, when
the younger boy, JOHN, had grown up a little, he also, in order to
escape the cruelty and oppression of his guardian, ran away out
of Cromar altogether, into the parish of Leochel-Cushnie, and
landed at a farmhouse in the evening just as the shades of night
were falling. On being interrogated as to who he was and where
he had come from, he was too young to give a satisfactory answer,
but replied that he "Cam' in o'er the tap o' yon hill." He got
supper with the family and slept with the farmer, whom, on the
following morning, he assisted, as best he could, in the very
necessary duty of "muckin' " the byres. The poor boy was kindly
treated, and was allowed to remain at the farm as his house until
he grew up. In course of time the worthy farmer, through re-
peated inquiries made during his visits to the markets, at Tarland
— then, and for long after, gatherings of great size and importance
— not only discovered the boy's history, bat also the residence of
his brother DONALD in Cromar. It is not recorded that any
proceedings were ever instituted against their unnatural guardian,
who, in all probability, was allowed to live and die in posssesion
of his "ill-gotten gear." When the two brothers had arrived at
manhood they put their earnings together and became joint
tenants of the half of the farm of Bellastraid, in their native
district of the Burnside of Logie, in Cromar, and later on took
a lease of the adjoining farm of Logie, now known as Mains of
Logie, which, together with Bellastraid, now forms a portion of
the estate of Glendavan, the property of Professor Ogston, of
Aberdeen University.
The name of the wife of the above DONALD MOIR, farmer
in Mains of Logie, is not known, but he left, at least, a family
of four children, who survived to man and womanhood — two sons
and two daughters. His son, JOHN MOIR, farmer of Monan-
dawin, married Elizabeth Henry of Dovin, but died without issue.
His second son, Donald, was a cooper to trade, and his wife's
name was Anne Robertson. He lived latterly in Tarland, and
eventually died there. He left an only daug'iter, namsd Anne
Moir, who became the wife of John Skeen, late innkeeper and
general merchant in Tarland, to whom she had a family of tea
children — five sons and five daag'iters. One of her sons, the late
Deputy-Surgeon-General, William Skeen, eventually became the
possessor of the tartan plaid, with the buUel-hole throug'i it,
which had done service on CuUoden Mulr, and which still
remains a treasured rtlic in his family. In all probability, this old
tartan phiid was the whole — or, at anycate, the bulk — of their
father's property DONALD and JOHN MOIR ever recovered from
their greedy, grasping guardian.
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MARY MOIR, daughter of DONALD MOIR, farmer in Mains
of Logie, married George Gauld, farmer in MJgvie; to whom she
had a family of eleven children, nine of them surviving fo man
and womanhood. From this union sprung a number of large and
well-known families in Cromar, namely, the Andersons of Bella-
more, the Reids of Smiddyhill, the Grants of Blackmill, the
Raids of Migvie, the Gaulds of Tillykerrie, the Gaulds of Milton
of Whitehouse, in the Braes of Cromar; and the Gordons of
Littlemjll, in Glenn: uick.
ISABELLA MOIR, seeond daughter of DONALD MOIR,
farmer in Mains of Logie, married James Tawse, farmer in
Strathweltie, near Tarland, to whom she had a family of four
children — three sons and one daughter — all of whom died un-
married at advanced ages.
The name of the wife of JOHN MOIR, joint tenant with his
brother DONALD in the farm of Mains of Logie, is not known,
but he left at least one daughter of the name of ELSPET MOIR
who married a man of the name of Bunch, in the county of
Forfar, and she is known to be interred in the churchyard of
Glamis. Previous to her marriage, MRS. ELSPET MOIR had a
natural daughter named Anne Carey, but who was known all her
lifetime by the Scottish border surname of Kerr, although her
proper name was really the English one of Carey. Anne Carey's
early experience of life was remarkably trying — beyond that of
most children of her years. She used to relate in after days that,
although living in her mother's house, where she might have
naturally been considered safe from oppression and bad usage, her
half-brother and sister treated her so harsh that, at the tender age
of between seven and eight years, she ran away from her home,
resolved to make a living in the world for herself rather than
endure the tyranny of her youthful persecutors any longer. She
may have been prompted to take this step through hearing her
mother relate the adventures of her father and uncle, in this same
line in their boyhood. At anyrate, she first made her way over
the hills from Forfarshire to Braemar, and having, while living
with her mother, frequently heard her speak about her relations
in Cromar, in Aberdeenshire, she made up her mind to try and
reach them. She stayed for a period in Braemar performing such
light and simple duties as a child of her years might be able to
execute, and then gradually worked her way down Deeside, till
she reached Glentanar, where she acted as a goatherd for a con-
siderable time. She eventually reached her mother's cousin, the
good-wife of Migvie, in Cromar, in whose family she remained a
valued servant till she grew to womanhood. Anne Carey was
never married, and finally died in Tarland on 19th January, 1887,
at the reputed age of 84, although generally supposed to have
been much older. She was interred in Tarland Churchyard.
An old table-shaped tombstone in the west end of Migvie
Churchyard in Cromar, bears the following inscription: —
"In memory of George Gauld, farmer in Migvie, who died
January 16th, 1822, aged 70. Also of his daughters Arm and
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Mary, who died in infancy. This stone is placed by his wife,
MARY MOIR, daughter of DONALD MOIR, late in Logie, and
surviving family, John, William, George, Henry, Isobel, Margaret,
Jean, Betty aad Helen. The said William Gauld died at White-
house, Cromar, on the 19th Nov., 1866, in the 86th year of his
age. Betty Gauld, relict of George Gordon, farmer in Littlemill,
Glenmuick, who died 16th June, 1866, in her 80th year."
The base supporting the east end of the stone gives the date
of erection — 1822; and that supporting the west end bears the
following addition to the inscription to the memory of George
Gauld on its face: "His father Harry, his grandfather Robert,
and his great-grandfather Alexander, were ail successively farmers
in Migvie." At least eight generations of the family are known
to be interred around this stone.
The first of the Gaulds to settle in Cromar was a native of
the parish of Glass, where the name is still a common one. They
are said to have originally been a sept of the Clan Macpherson,
the name of Gauld having arisen from the term "Gault" (said to
be Gaelic for hillmen,) being applied to them by their lowland
neighbours in their intercourse together when the former descended
from the hills for the purpose oi trading at fairs and markets. At
these and all similar public gatherings they long held the reputa-
tion of being boisterous citizens, who did not hesitate to carry
matters with a somewhat high band when they found a fitting
opportunity for so doing. Be that as it may, the name was — and
still is — common in the parish of Glass, as witness the old proverb:
"The Gaulds of Glass for fiddlers," while nearly everyone of the
name in the north of Scotland seems able to trace his and her
descent in a more or less direct manner back to the common
stock in this rather out-of-the-way northern parish.
The first of the Migvie Gaulds had his ca*-tle carried off by
the caterans from his farm in the parish of Glass — a by no means
infrequent occurrence in those troublesome times. He, on dis-
covering his loss, followed the band in pursuit as far as Cromar,
in the farm of Tillj'kerrie, on the estate of Pronie, and near to
the old mansinn-house of that name. He was wont to relate that
shortly after taking up his residence at Tillykerrie, he heard the
caterans trying to break in through the hou^:e in the night-time, in
order to take his life, for the supposed trouble he had given them
in trying to recover his own propertj', when he followed them
from Glass to Cromar. Whether he was the Alexander men-
tioned on the base of the tombstone in the churchyard of Migvie
or not is unknown; but, if not, then his successors must have re-
moved from Tillykerrie to the farm of Migvie, before very long,
as an old receipt-book still in existence shows the Gaulds as tenant
farmers in Migvie, paying rent to the Farquharsons of Finzean,
the proprietors, for well-nigh two hundred years in unbroken suc-
cession.
DESCENDANTS OF JAMES MOIR
BLACKSMITH
TARVES, ABERDEENSHIRE
1696
Collected by JAMES M. A. WOOD, ESQ., Aberdeen
I.
JAMES MOIR, BLACKSMITH, TARVES, AND HIS SON, GEORGE
MOIR, Blacksmith, ANNET, METHLICK
JAMES MOIR, smith, in Tarves, was there in
1696 (Aberdeenshire Poll Book). That is the only re-
ference found regarding him. As the Poll Book shows,
he was married, but his wife's name is not mentioned.
It is not known when they died, or what children they
had other than their son: —
George Moir, blacksmith, Annet, Methlick. He
was born about 1702. He married Jean Fife.
He died on 12 March, 1784, aged 82, and his wife
on 14 February, 1785, aged 72. They were
buried in Tarves Churchyard where a tomb-
stone was erected by their sons "in memory of
160 MoiR Genealogy
their regard for their deceased parents." George
Moir and Jean Fife had children: —
1. James Moir (See Chapter II. )
2. George Moir (See Chapter III. )
3. WiUiam Moir.
4. *Elspet (or Elsie ) Moir, baptised 6 April, 1740. Was
married and had issue.
5. *Elizabeth Moir, baptised 9 March, 1743. Was married
and had issue.
6. Ann Moir, married George Findlater, Coultercairn.
She died December 1795, aged 56. There was issue
of the marriage.
II.
JAMES MOIR, eldest son of GEORGE MOIR and
his wife JEAN FIFE, was baptised on 1st January,
1737, (1738?). He was twice married, (1) to JEAN
MORRISON, and (2) to ANN PATERSON. He
had children: —
I. GEORGE MOIR, Grandhome, near Aberdeen.
Married ANN MOIR. Children:—
1. William Moir, sometime a blacksmith at
New Byth, afterwards in Detroit. Was
twice married, (1) to Jean Morrison
and (2) to ( ). Children of first
marriage: —
1. Ann Moir, married John Hutchings,
Detroit, and had issue.
2. Isabella Moir, was twice married, (1 )
( ) Carey, and (2 ) to James
Black, Detroit. Issue of both mar-
riages.
3. George Moir, engineer, Detroit. Was
in Turriff in 1888. On 2nd March,
1888, he served heir to his uncle
James Moir, banker, Portsoy.
4. Mary Moir, died unmarried.
2. Rev. Robert Moir, minister, of Rothie
May. Was married, but no issue.
3. James Moir, banker, Portsoy. Was
twice married, (1) to Barbara Mor-
*The Records of the Parish of Methlick show that Elizabeth Moir married, on 30
December, 1773, William Riddell, Brownhill, Monquhitter. Family memoranda have it,
however, that it was Elspet or Elsie Moir who married William Riddell, and that Eliza-
beth Moir married Charles Mair. The similarity in the names may have caused some
confusion. There was issue of both marriages.
MoiR Genrai^ogy 161
rison, and (2) to ( ) Findlay,
daughter of Colonel Findlay, Millbank,
Nairn. He died on 3rd October, 1887,
but no issue.
4. Jean Moir, married George King. No
issue.
5. Ann Moir, died unmarried.
6. Margaret Moir, married Alexander Mor-
rison, merchant, Turriff, and had issue.
7. Mary Moir, was twice married, (1) to
( ), (2) to James Mathieson,
Hamilton, Canada.
8. Helen Moir, died young.
II. JAMES MOIR, bookseller, Bristol. Died there,
unmarried.
III. JOHN MOIR, died young.
IV. MARY MOIR, died young.
V. ISABELLA MOIR, married James Daniel, far-
mer, Hillhead, Pitfodels, Aberdeen, and had
issue.
III.
GEORGE MOIR, BLACKSMITH, ANNAT, SON OF GEORGE
MOIR, ANNAT, METHLICK
GEORGE MOIR, blacksmith, Annat, son of
GEORGE MOIR, Annat, Methlick, and his wife
JEAN FIFE, was twice married. (1) to ANN JACK
on 1st November, 1781, she died Oct. 4, 1786, aged 36;
{Tombstone) and (2) to JANET FLORENCE. There
was a daughter of the first marriage and seven chil-
dren of the second, viz: —
I. ISABELLA MOIR, born 6 October, 1782. Was
twice married, (1) to GEORGE HARVEY,
Aquhadley, Ellon, and (2) on 19 August,
1810, to JOHN SIM, shoemaker, Flinthills,
Methlick. Children: —
1. Susan Harvey.
2. Alexander Harvey.
3. John Sim.
4. George Sim.
II. MARGARET MOIR, baptised 19 June, 1787.
162 MoiR Geneai,ogy
Was married to JAMES BRUCE, banker, Old
Meldrum. Children: —
1. Elizabeth Bruce, married William Keith and had
issue.
2. James Bruce, banker, Old Meldrum. Married and
had issue.
3. John Bruce, banker, Old Meldrum. Married Jean
Johnstone, and had issue.
4. Margaret Bruce, married and had issue.
5. Robert Bruce.
6. Jean Bruce, married.
7. Alexander Bruce.
III. BARBARA MOIR, baptised 15 April, 1789.
Died young.
IV. GEORGE MOIR, baptised 14 October, 1790.
(See Chapter IV.)
V. JAMES MOIR, born 13th and baptised 16
February, 1793. (See Chapter VI).
VI. JEAN MOIR, baptised 11 August 1795. Was
married to JAMES WALKER, baker, Huntly.
Children: —
1. James Walker, died in infancy.
2. George Walker, bookseller, Aberdeen. Many years
a Town Councillor, and a baillie in Aberdeen.
Married Jane Craig. He survived his wife and
died on 6 January, 1910, aged 89. No issue.
3. Janet Walker, died young.
4. Alexander Walker.
5. William Patterson Walker.
6. John Walker, married Mary Ann Hay, and had
issue.
7. Jean Walker, died in infancy.
8. Elspet Walker, married George Smith, and had
issue.
9. Margaret Walker married and had issue.
10. Mary Walker married John Elliot, and had issue.
VII. ELSPET MOIR married JOHN BLACK. No
family.
VIII. WILLIAM MOIR, Annat, died unmarried.
IV.
GEORGE MOIR, BLACKSMITH, ARDO, SON OF GEORGE MOIR,
ANx'^AT, AND JANET FLORENCE
GEORGE MOIR, blacksmith, Ardo, was son of
GEORGE MOIR, Blacksmith, Annat, and his wife
MoiR Genealogy 163
JANET FLORENCE, and was baptized on 14 October,
1790. He carried on business for some time at Newseat,
and latterly at Ardo. He married MARGARET
CALDER on 1st July, 1813. She died on 10 November,
1866, aged 75, and her husband on 24 March, 1871.
Children: —
I. ELIZABETH MOIR, baptised 9 June, 1814.
Died 3 April, 1869.
II. GEORGE MOIR, tailor, Methlick, baptised
25 October, 1815. Married BARBARA OF-
FICER, on 15 November, 1849. She died 10
January, 1895, aged 67, and GEORGE MOIR
on 10 November, 1896. Children: —
1. GEORGE MOIR, Glencaim, Methlick,
both born 13 November, 1850. Mar-
ried MARY CHRISTIE on 25 August,
1879. Issue:—
1. George Moir, born 17 December, 1887.
2. JAMES MOIR, born 28 May, 1852.
Married and had issue.
3. PETER ANDERSON MOIR, born 18
June, 1854. Married and had issue.
4. MARGARET MOIR, born 28 July,
1856. Married and had issue.
5. WILLIAM MOIR, merchant, Auch-
nagatt, born 6 August, 1858. Married
ELIZABETH CAMERON on 11 Sep-
tember, 1888. Children: —
1. Christina Jane Smith Moir.
2. Georgina Moir.
3. Jane Smith Moir.
4. Elizabeth Moir.
5. William Moir.
6. Hugh Cameron Moir.
7. Mary Christie Moir.
6. MARY FRASER MOIR, born 9 August,
1860. Married EDWARD BURNETT
on 26 December 1896. Issue.
III. JAMES MOIR, blacksmith, Fedderate, was born
2 February and baptised 10 March, 1817. Mar-
ried AGNES DUNCAN. He died 6 Feb-
164 MOIR Geneai^ogy
ruary, 1890, and his wife on 28 March, 1899.
Children: —
1. GEORGE MOIR, died young.
2. JAMES MOIR, schoolmaster, Savoch.
(M.A., Marishal College, Aberdeen,
1860.) Married, but no issue.
3. WILLIAM MOIR, sometime in Aber-
deen, afterwards in Peterhead. Mar-
ried MARGARET BIRNIE, and had
issue.
4. ANN MOIR, married JAMES OGS-
TON, wrigbt, New Deer. Issue.
5. AGNES MOIR, married ROBERT
FORBES, Fedderate, New Deer. No
issue.
6. GEORGE MOIR, blacksmith, Fed-
derate, New Deer, born 10 June,
1854. Married GEORGINA SMITH.
He died 19 June, 1895. Children:—
1. Jane Helen Moir, died young.
2. George Robert Moir, blacksmith, Mil-
ner, B. C, Canada, born 10 Septem-
ber, 1879. Married 26 Oct., 1906,
Chrissie Tarves, had issue: —
1. Georgiana Ann Moir, born
Sept. 2, 1908.
3. Christina Agnes Moir, born May, 1881.
4. James William Moir, blacksmith, Fed-
derate, born June, 1883.
5. LyallTom Moir, born February, 1891.
6. Frank Forbes Moir, born March, 1893.
7. ROBERT MOIR, engineer. Married
and had issue.
IV. MARGARET MOIR, baptised 15 September,
1818. Married CHARLES WILL, shoemaker,
Methlick. Children: —
1. Margaret Will, married James Michie, Northfield,
Rayne.
2. Charles Will, married Helen Ewing.
V. BARBARA MOIR, baptised 26 July, 1820.
Died unmarried.
VI. ANN MOIR, born at Methlick on 12 January,
1822. (See Chapter V.)
MoiR Gkneai.ogy 165
VII. WILLIAM MOIR, Blacksmith of Layton, On-
tario, b. 1826 in Ardo, Methlick, Aberdeen-
shire, m. jfirst, CHARLOTTE GRANT, dau.
of JOHN GRANT, (b. 1830, d. 1872) and had
issue: (Mr. Moir died in 1898.)
1. JOHN GRANT MOIR, b. Mar. 7, 1852,
at Little Ardo, Aberdeenshire. Is
now a clerk at Wakefield, Nebraska.
M. 1881, ELIZABETH ANN SWEET,
dau. of WILLIAM SWEET, of Exeter,
Ontario, and had issue: —
1. Nettie Lorene Moir, b. Mar. 2, 1882,
in Grand Bend, Canada.
2. John Edgar Moir, b. Oct. 4, 18S3, in
Thedfcrd, Canada.
3. Harry Grant Moir, b. April 29, 1886, in
Wakefield, Neb.
4. Anna Louise Moir, b. Oct. 24, 1889, in
Wakefield, Neb.
5. Laura Ruth Moir, b.Nov. 20, 1891, in
Wakefield, Neb.
6. Dorothy Elizabeth Moir, b. Feb. 29,
1894, in Wakefield, Nab.
7. Margaret Irene Moir, b. Sept. 25, 1895,
in Wakefield, Neb.
8. Kenneth Nelly Moir, ) Twins
9. Alice Katherine Moir, )
born Sept. 2, 1897, in Wakefield,
Neb.
2. JANE or JEAN MOIR of Layton, On-
tario, born Nov. 1855, in Greens,
Monquhitter, Canada; m. JAMES
RENNIE, farmer, of Layton, Ontario,
and had issue: —
1. John Taylor Rennie.
2. David Grant Rennie.
3. Jean Ann Rennie.
4. Margaret Wilhelmina Rennie.
5. Mary Elizabeth Rennie.
6. James Charles Rennie.
7. William Alexander Rennie.
3. WILLIAM MOIR, b. 1854, d. Sept. 16,
1887.
4. JAMES MOIR, b. 1856, d. 1903.
166 MoiR Genealogy
5. MARGARET MOIR, b. 1858, d. 1885.
6. ALEXANDER MOIR, b. May 19, 1860,
in Aberdeen, Scotland, m. June, 1884,
( ), and had issue: —
1. Charlotte Moir, b. Feb. 24, 1885, in
Toronto, Ontario.
2. Dugald Alexander Moir, b. March 25,
1886, in Toronto, Ontario.
3. John Stewart Moir, b. Dec. 4,1890, in
Wind so r, Ontario .
4. George Roy Moir, b. Feb. 3, 1895, in
Windsor, Ontario.
5. Gordon Bruce Moir, b. Dec. 31, 1897,
in Windsor, Ontario.
6. Alice Robina Moir, b. Sept. 6, 1901,
in Windsor, Ontario.
7. CHARLOTTE MOIR, b. 1862, m. and
now (1904) living at Gresswell, Ont.
8. WILLIAM MOIR m. second, ELIZA-
BETH RENNIE, dau. of CHARLES
RENNIE, and had issue: —
1. Mary Elizabeth Moir, of Layton, On-
tario, b. March 9, 1878, in Wick, Ont.
VIII. JANE MOIR, married GEORGE MILNE, tai-
lor, Aberdeen. They had only one son,
GEORGE, who died in infancy.
IX. ALEXANDER CALDER MOIR, of Oelwein,
Iowa; b. April, 1828, in Ardo, Methlick,
Aberdeenshire, m. June, 1847, first, JANE
MILNE and had issue: (Mrs. Moir, d. Jan.
1850.)
1. Helen Moir, of Des Met, South Da-
kota, b. April 28, 1848, m. June, 1870,
Donald Swainson, son of John Swain-
son, and had issue: —
1. John Swainson, b. March 16, 1871, in
Sonya. Canada.
2. Jane Milne Swainson, b. Oct. 29, 1873,
in Balsoir, Canada, m ( ) Grover,
and had issue.
3. Mary Swainson, b. Nov. 26, 1875, in
Victory Road, Canada, m. ( )
Siedschlaw, and had issue.
MoiR Genealogy 167
4. George Swainson, b. Mar. 26, 1877,
in Kirkfield, Canada.
5. Margaret Swainson, b. June 23, 1879,
in Kirkfield, Canada, m. ( ) New-
man, and had issue.
6. Alexander Caldcr Swainson, b. Sept.
30, 1880, in Kirkfield, Canada.
7. Flora Swainson, born Oct. 27, 1882,
in Kirkfield, Canada, m. ( )
Siverts, and has issue.
8. Anna S^ainscn b. Sept. 20, 1884, in
Arkona, Canada.
9. Daniel Swainson, b. June 5, 1886, in
Arkona, Canada.
10. Edward Swainson, b. April 3, 1888, in
Des Met, South Dakota,
11. Helen Moir Swainson, b. Feb. 3, 1890,
in Des Met, South Dakota.
ALEXANDER CALDER MOIR, m. second, Nov.
1854, ANN REID, dau. of JAMES REID of Newdeer,
Aberdeenshire, and had issue: —
1. ALEXANDER MOIR, b. Sept. 19, 1856,
in Ardo, Methlick, Aberdeenshire.
2. ANNA SCOTT MOIR, b. July 13, 1859,
in Northville, Michigan, m. Dec. 30,
1883, WILLIAM B. JOY of Huron,
South Dakota, and had issue: —
1. WiHiam Reid Joy, b. July 4, 1885, at
Huron, S. D.
2. Ethel Alsina Joy, b. Sept. 16, 1887, at
Huron, S. D.
3. Clarence Moir Joy, b. April 25, 1890, at
Huron, S. D.
4. James Ray Joy, b. Feb. 13, 1894, at
Huron, S. D.
5. Dorothy Joy, b. Oct. 11, 1898, at Huron,
S. D.
3. GEORGE EDWARD MOIR, b. Dec.
10, 1861, in Detroit, Mich., now a
railway mail clerk, stationed at Du-
buque, Iowa., m. Jan. 22, 1885,
ANNA Mac ALLISTER, dau. of
JOHN Mac ALLISTER, and had
issue: —
1. Leo Hughes Moir, b. July 12, 1888, in
Plymouth, Iowa.
168 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
4. MARGARET JANE MOIR, of North-
wood, Iowa, b. Mar. 22, 1864, in De-
troit, Michigan, married WILLIS W.
HUNTER of Northwood, Iowa, and
had issue.
5. JAMES WHYTE MOIR, of Oelwein,
Iowa, b. Feb. 6, 1868, in Northwood,
Iowa, m, June 14, 1892, ADDIE
BACON, dau. of Jerome Bacon of
Medina, Wisconsin. No issue.
X. JOHN MOIR, married ISABELLA LAW-
RENCE, and had issue.
XI. ELSPET MOIR, married JOHN SANGSTER,
Belhelvie. She died on 23 January, 1891.
They had issue.
XII. ROBERT MOIR, Blacksmith, Ardo, married
ELIZABETH CHEYNE. He died on 9 De-
cember, 1900. They had issue.
XIII. JESSIE MOIR, born 9 December, 1830. Died
in infancy.
V.
ANN MOIR, DAUGHTER OF GEORGE MOIR, BLACKSMITH,
AND HER DESCENDANTS
ANN MOIR, daughter of GEORGE MOIR, black-
smith, Ardo, and his wife, MARGARET CALDER,
was born at Methlick on 12 January, 1822. She was
married to JOHN MILNE, inspector of poor, Bucks-
bum, Aberdeenshire, on 16 December, 1845. She died
9 January, 1891, and her husband on 17 September, 1895,
both being buried in the Churchyard of the Parish of
Newhills. Children: —
I. MARGARET MILNE, born 25 August, 1846.
Was married to JAMES BROWN, slater, on
18 June, 1869. Children:—
1. Ann Milne Brown, born 12 August, 1870.
2. John Brown, born 29 March, 1872.
3. Margaret Brown, born, 10 July, 1874.
4. Jane Helen Brown, born 29 August, 1876.
5. James Brown, born 27 March, 1878.
6. William Brown, born 1 July, 1879.
7. Robert George Brown, born 8 June, 1881.
8. Alexander Milne Brown, born 9 March, 1883.
9. Joseph Alexander Brown, born 30 August, 1884.
DESCENDANTS OF JAMES MOIR
Blacksmith, Tarves, Aberdeenshire
1. George Moir and Wife 5. James Moir, M. A., Schoolmaster
2. George Moir, Tailor 6. James Moir, Blacksmith, Fedderate
3. James Moir, Blacksmith, Annat 7. Ann Black, Wife of No. 6
4. William Moir, Iron Merchant, Aberdeen
(See pages 159 to 175)
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MoiR Gkneai.ogy 169
II. JOHN MILNE, builder, Aberdeen, born 17
April, 1848. Married MARTHA TAYLOR
VALENTINE on 21 July, 1871. Children:—
1. William Gray Milne, born 12 April, 1872.
2. Mary Ann Milne, born 21 November, 1873.
3. Robert George Milne, born 21 October, 1875.
4. Alice Milne, born 4 March, 1878.
5. Louisa Smith Milne, born 29 November, 1879.
6. John Milne, born 29 May, 1881.
7. Margaret Milne, born 9 August, 1884.
8. James Milne, born 24 October, 1886.
III. GEORGE MILNE, Waterford, Ireland, born 2
March, 1850. Married MARY PIRIE VAL-
ENTINE. Children:—
1. Helen Gray Milne, born 21 November, 1873.
2. Maggie Jane Milne, born 5 June, 1875.
3. Agnes Bruce Milne, born 2 August, 1876.
4. George Milne, born 20 July, 1878.
5. Edward Milne, born 20 April, 1880.
6. John Milne, born 8 December, 1881.
7. Alexander Milne, born 10 February, 1884.
8. Josephine Milne, born 11 May, 1886.
9. Robert Milne, born 1 April, 1888.
10. James Brown Milne, born 27 April, 1891.
11. Ada Valentine Milne, born 10 December, 1893.
IV. JAMES MILNE, born 22 March, 1852; died
14 February, 1867.
V. WILLIAM MILNE, Aberdeen, born 28 July,
1854. Married MARJORY GRANT ANDER-
SON. Children:—
1. Jane Ann Milne, born 27 September, 1873.
2. Marjory Brown Milne, born 21 May, 1875.
3. Williamina Grant Milne, born 5 April, 1877.
4. Margaret Helen Bimie Milne, born 27 Feb-
ruary, 1879.
5. James Myers Danson Milne, born 10 April,
1881.
6. Mary Pirie Milne, born 15 August, 1883.
7. Joseph Reid Milne, born 21 June, 1886.
8. Martha Valentine Milne, born 18 October, 1888.
9. John Milne, born 18 November, 1890.
VI. ALEXANDER MILNE, born 10 August, 1856.
Died 20 August, 1858.
VII. JOSEPH MILNE, Dublin, born 29 October,
170 MoiR Genealogy
1858. Married MARGARET GEDDES REID
on 28 October, 1880. Children:—
1. John William Milne, born September, 1881.
2. James Milne, born November, 1882.
VIII. ROBERT MILNE, Glasgow, born 5 October,
1862. Married JANE GIBSON YOUNG on
26 December, 1883. Children:—
1. Adeline AnnabeUa Gibson Milne, born 1 Novem-
ber, 1884.
2. Percy William Milne.
IX. JANE ANN MILNE, born 29 January, 1865.
Died 8 August, 1865.
X. ANN MOIR MILNE, born 27 May, 1868.
Married JAMES MACINTOSH on 25 April,
1894. Children:—
1. Frances Alice Macintosh, born 3 March, 1895.
2. James Archibald Macintosh, born 25 May, 1896.
3. Ernest Graham Macintosh, born 10 May, 1901.
VI.
JAMES MOIR, BLACKSMITH, ANNAT, SON OF GEORGE MOIR,
BLACKSMITH, ANNAT
JAMES MOIR, blacksmith, Annat, was born on 13
February, 1793. He married ANN BLACK. JAMES
MOIR died on 13 October, 1875, and his wife on 20
January, 1885, aged 81. They had family: —
I. ANNMOIR, born 22 July, 1827; died 16 January,
1829.
II. CHARLES MOIR, bookseller, Aberdeen, was
born on 15 November, 1828. He married
ANN WOOD HOWARTH. He died 4 July,
1899, and his wife on 21 March, 1905. Chil-
dren:—
1. Charles Moir, born 8 September, 1860.
2. Annie Moir, born 22 May, 1862.
3. Josephine Moir, born 26 July, 1864.
4. Jane Walker Moir, born 28 November, 1867.
Was married on 25 March, 1908, to Rev.
John Smith, Friockheim, Forfarshire.
5. James Moir ^
6. Elsie Moir > died in infancy.
7. Isabella Moir ^
MoiR Genbai,ogy 171
III. JAMES MOIR, born 2 August, 1830. (See
Chapter VII).
IV. WILLIAM MOIR, born 29 May, 1832. (See
Chapter VIII).
V. MARGARET MOIR, born 15 April, 1834. Was
married to ALEXANDER ANDERSON.
They have an only son: —
1. Alexander Anderson, Montreal, born 14 December,
1858. Married on 4 April, 188S, Marianne
Thorn. Children: —
1. James Thorn Anderson, born 25 June,
1889.
2. Alexander John Anderson, born 29 July,
1891.
VI. ISABELLA MOIR, born 29 June, 1836. Died
18 May, 1854.
VII. JEAN MOIR, born 12 June, 1838. (See
Chapter IX).
VIII. GEORGE MOIR, born 27 December, 1840. Died
16 November, 1849.
IX. JOHN MOIR, born 29 June, 1843.
X. ELSIE MOIR, born 3 September, 1846. Was
married on 30 July, 1874, to GEORGE
MORRISON, merchant, Boghead, Caimbie,
Huntly. Children: —
1. William Moir Morrison, born 27 June, 1875.
2. George Alexander Morrison, born 8 November,
1877.
3. Francis Morrison, born 16 July, 1879.
4. James Morrison, born 15 July, 1882. Died 5
April, 1889.
5. Elsie Morrison, born 19 October, 1884. Died
2 July, 1895.
6. Charles Morrison, born 7 February, 1888. Died
6 November, 1899.
7. Maggie Charlotte Morrison, born 22 April,
1890.
172 MoiR Genbai,ogy
VII.
JAMES MOIR, BLACKSMITH, KEITHFIELD, SON OF JAMES MOIR,
BLACKSMITH, ANNAT, AND HIS DESCENDANTS
JAMES MOIR, blacksmith, Keithfield, son of JAMES
MOIR, Annat, and his wife, ANN BLACK; was born
on 2nd August, 1830. He married ANN KNOX. He
died on 5 June, 1908, and his wife on 15 July, 1908.
Children: —
I. WILLIAM MOIR, married MARY COUTTS,
and had issue.
II. ELSIE MOIR, was married to GEORGE
PORTER. Issue.
III. ANN MOIR, was married to JAMES THOM.
Issue.
IV. MARY MOIR, was married to JAMES GOR-
DON, sometime carpenter, Insch, afterwards
in Toronto. Issue.
V. JAMES MOIR, Keithfield, Tarves. Married twice,
(1) to ELIZA TAIT on 13 April, 1886. She
died 10 February, 1898. (2) MAGGIE AN-
DREW, on 9 June, 1903. There were eight
children of first marriage and five of second,
viz: —
1. Nellie Moir, married John Home.
2. James Moir.
3. Charles Moir, married Jessie Kemp.
4. Annie Moir.
5. Alexander Moir.
6. John Moir.
7. William Moir.
8. Isabella Moir.
9. Mary Moir.
10. George Moir.
11. Alice Moir.
12. Elsie Moir.
13. Thomas Moir.
VI. ISABELLA MOIR, was married to WILLIAM
HORNE. No issue.
Vn. ALICE MOIR, was married to JAMES PRATT.
Issue.
VIII. AGNES MOIR, was married to JAMES
STEPHEN. Issue.
MOIR GENEA.I.OGY 173
VIII.
WILLIAM MOIR, IRON MERCHANT, ABERDEEN, SON OF JAMES
MOIR, BLACKSMITH, ANNAT, AND HIS DESCENDANTS
WILLIAM MOIR was the third son of JAMES MOIR,
blacksmith, Annat, and his wife ANN BLACK. He was
born at Annat on 29 May, 1832. At an early age he Wiiuam Moir.
came to Aberdeen, and entering the business of MESSRS. yJ^rdeS dSd
GLEGG & THOMSON, iron merchants there, he January s'l.
ultimately became a partner of that firm. WILLIAM J^tt^^rofj^
MOIR married at Aberdeen on 25th October, 1860, m. a. wood,
HELEN BOWMAN, daughter of ANDREW BOW- ^;^^f '°""
MAN, plasterer. She died at Aberdeen on 10 June,
1903, aged 72. They had family:—
I. HELEN MOIR, born 9 June, 1865. Was
married on 4 June, 1889, to FREDERIC
McCRAE, Aberdeen. He died 21 October,
1908, aged 48. Children:—
1. Elsie McCrae, born 2 July, 1891- Died 8 Octo-
ber, 1895.
2. William Moir McCrae, born 13 June, 1894.
3. Elizabeth Wilson Thorn McCrae, born 26 June,
1898.
II. JAMES MOIR, of GLEGG & THOMSON, LTD.,
iron merchants, Aberdeen, born 23 April, 1868.
Married at Keith, Banffshire, on 3 August,
1898, ISABELLA McGREGOR. Children:—
1. Helen Bowman Moir, born 17 July, 1899.
2. William Keith Moir, born 3 February, 1901.
3. Charles McGregor Moir, born 9 March, 1903.
4. Mary Frances Lorimer Moir, born 22 May, 1907.
5. Janet Isobel Moir, born 23, August, 1911.
III. ELSIE MOIR, born 5 May, 1870. Was married
on 18 July, 1901, to JAMES M. A. WOOD,
solicitor, Aberdeen. (Who collected and kindly
forwarded these notes on this family.) Chil-
dren:—
1. Edward James Wood, born 3 September, 1902.
2. Douglas Moir Wood, born 4 January, 1907.
3. Elsie Ethel Anderson Wood, born 11 September,
1910.
IV. WILLIAM MOIR, born 12 August, 1872. Died
15 June, 1891.
174 MoiR Genealogy
IX.
JEAN MOIR, DAUGHTER OF JAMES MOIR, BLACKSMITH, ANNAT,
AND HER DESCENDANTS
JEAN MOIR was born on 12th June, 1838. She was
married to FRANK IRVINE, (a native of Methlick)
who settled as a farmer at Seattersquoy, Stenness,
Orkney. They have family: —
I. JOHN IRVINE, Aberdeen, born 26 July, 1858.
He married ELSIE JANE REED. Chil-
dren:—
1. Mary Ann Reid Irvine, born 3 March, 1880.
Wag married on 27 December, 1905, to George
Coutts, Wartle. Children:—
1. John Irvine Coutts, born 7 March, 1907.
2. Mary Coutts, born 3 November, 1908.
3. Alice Benzie Coutts, born 25 January,
1910.
2. Jeannie Moir Irvine, born 18 March, 1893.
3. Francis Knox Irvine, born 13 November, 1897.
4. James Moir Irvine, born 5 December, 1899.
II. JAMES MOIR IRVINE, merchant, Fordsburg,
Transvaal, South Africa, born 29 January,
1860. Married ISABELLA WOOD OMAN.
IIL MARGARET DAVIDSON IRVINE, born 22
May, 1861. She was married on 7 Feb-
ruary, 1889, to WILLIAM ROBERTSON
NORQUOY, who has settled as a farmer in
New South Wales. Children: —
1. Francis Irvine Norquoy.
2. Jeannie Moir Irvine Norquoy.
IV. MARY ANN IRVINE, born 17 May, 1863.
V. FRANCIS KNOX IRVINE, Llanglaagte Mines,
South Africa; born 17 April, 1866. Married
MARY McCRAE. They have issue.
VI. JANE MOIR IRVINE, born 2 June, 1868.
Was married on 9 September, 1890, to the
REV. GEORGE R. MURISON, minister of
the Parish of Stenness, Orkney. Children: —
1. Jeannie Moir Murison, born 13 June, 1891.
2. Frank Irvine Murison, born 4 June, 1894.
3. Mary Irvine Murison, born 29 AprU, 1900.
4. Margaret Irvine Murison, born 3 February,
1902.
MOIR Genrai^ogy
175
5. Isabella Heriot Gordon Murison, born 15
September, 1904.
6. Elspeth Alexandra Murison, born 14 September
1907.
VII. WILLIAM MOIR IRVINE, born 20 Febru-
ary, 1870. Died in infancy.
VIII. ANN ISABELLA BLACK IRVINE, born 14
June, 1871.
IX. CHARLES WILLIAM IRVINE, born 4 October,
1875. Died in infancy.
X. CHARLES WILLIAM IRVINE, Llanglaagte
Mines, South Africa, born 10 December, 1879.
Married ELNA McFAYDEN, and has one
child : —
1. Hector McFayden Irvine.
XL WILLIAM MOIR IRVINE, Mashonaland,
South Africa, born 31 January, 1882.
XII. ROBERT BURGESS IRVINE, Llanglaagte
Mines, South Africa, born 31 January, 1882.
Married MARY HUGHES. Children: —
1. James Moir Irvine.
2. Isabella Irvine.
DAVID MACBETH MOIR, M. D., (Delta)
SCOTTISH AUTHOR
FAMILY AND DESCENDANTS
Kindly Furnished by His Daughter, MRS. A. M. MILLIGAN, of Edinburgh
ROBERT MOIR of Aberdeenshire, m. ELIZABETH
MURRAY, and about 1730, he went south to Ormistoii,
East Lothian, where their two sons, ROBERT MOIR
and JOHN MOIR, were born. What ultimately became
of JOHN is not known, but ROBERT, (b. 1761, d.
1817), m. ELIZABETH MACBETH (1762-1842), and
had issue, all of whom were born at Musselburgh: —
I. MARGARET CHARTERIS MOIR, b. 1797, d.
1849.
II. DAVID MACBETH MOIR, b. Jan. 5, 1798,
and was a physician in active practice at Mus-
selburgh, from his manhood until his death
July 6, 1851. His family record follows.
III. HUGH ROSS MOIR, 1800-1852, had two
sons, both of whom are dead.
IV. CHARLES SCOTT MOIR, 1804-1858, died un-
married.
See personal Of the above family, DAVID MACBETH MOIR,
g^tawJh (Delta,) m. CATHERINE ELIZABETH BELL, and
portrait on their family were: —
anotherpage. j ELIZABETH CATHERINE MOIR, b. 1830,
d. 1904, m. THOMAS R. SCOTT, M. D., and
had issue.
II. ROBERT MOIR, doctor of medicine, in the
Indian Medical Service; latterly practised in
St. Andrews, Fifeshire; born Musselburgh,
October 23, 1831, m. Sept. 20, 1859, ALISON
PATERSON of Aberdeen, and had issue: —
1. David Macbeth Moir. b. June 30, 1860, in
Hyppa, India, m. June 20, 1897, and died
of blood-poisoning in Calcutta June 6, 1907.
2. Henry Paterson Moir, b. May 13, 1864, in
Benares, India, and is now in business for
MoiR Genealogy 177
Messrs. Balfour, Guthrie & Co., of San Fran-
cisco, Cal.
3. Catherine Moir, b. July 24, 1865, in Agra,
India, and now (1912), in secretarial and
school work in St. Andrews, Fifeshire,
4. Alison Moir, born Aug. 21, 1867, in Agra,
India, and married M. R. Jardine, barrister-at-
law in Bombay, India, and has issue.
5. Emily Elizabeth Moir, born June 4, 1872,
in Simla, India, and m. May 10, 1904, E.
O. E. Leggatt, (retired), of the Indian Civil
Service.
6. Robert Moir, Jr., born May 24, 1873, in
Simla, India, and d. in St. Andrews, Fifeshire,
Oct. 14, 1881.
7. John Elliott Moir, born Aug. 13, 1875, in St.
Andrew's, m. Nov. 14, 1906. He is a Cap-
tain in the Indian Army. He has issue.
III. CHARLES BELL MOIR, b. 1833, d. 1838,
was one of his father's favorite children, and
the one of whom the father wrote "Cassa
Wappy," one of the poet's finest productions.
IV. DAVID MACBETH MOIR, JR., b. 1835, d.
1839.
V. WILLIAM BLACKWOOD MOIR, b. 1836, Named for a
member of the
d. 1838. famous Pub-
VI. CATHERINE YOUNGHUSBAND MOIR, b. Ushing House.
1838, m. MAJOR GENERAL T. ORR, and
has issue.
VII. ANNE MARY MOIR, b. 1840, at Mussel-
burgh, m., 1859, REV. WILLIAM MILLI-
GAN, D.D., professor of divinity and biblical
criticism in Aberdeen University, (b. 1821, d.
1893,) son of Rev. George Milligan, D.D., of Elie
Fife, (b. 1793, d. 1858), and had issue: —
1. George Milligan, b. 1860, at Kilconquhar, Fife,
now professor of divinity and biblical criti-
cism in Glasgow University, (to whom the
author of this work is indebted for the splen-
did list of Moirs and Mores who graduated
from the University of Glasgow), m. 1891,
and has issue.
2. David Macbeth Moir Milligan, b. 1861, at Mus-
selburgh, now an advocate in Aberdeen, m.
1890.
3. Catherine Elizabeth Milligan, b. 1862, at Old
178 MoiR Geneai^ogy
Aberdeen, m. 1884, Y. W. H. TraU, professor
of botany, in Aberdeen University, and has
issue.
4. William Milligan, b. 1864, at Old Aberdeen, an
M, D., (specialist in ear and throat diseases),
m. 1890, and has issue.
5. Janet Frazer Milligan, b. 1870, at Old Aber-
deen, now (1912), in Edinburgh.
6. Anne Mary MiUigan, b. 1868, in Old Aberdeen,
now (1912), in Edinburgh.
7. Frederick Patterson MUligan, b. 1871, in Old
Aberdeen, m. 1903. He is now (1912), a
Writer to the Signet, at Edinburgh.
8. Wyndham Anstnither Milligan, b. 1871, at Old
Aberdeen, an M. D., now (1912), in London;
m. 1903, and has issue.
9. Emily Mcir MiUigan, b. 1873, at Old Aberdeen,
m. 1910, to Ralph HiU Stewart, actuary, of
Edinburgh, and has issue.
10. Agnes Charlotte MUligan, b. 1875, at Old Aber-
deen, m. 1900, to Godfrey Mohun Carey, of
Sherborne, Dorset, England, and has issue.
11. Oswald BeU Milligan, b. 1879, at Old Aber-
deen, now (1912), a minister, of St. Leonard's
Parish Church, Ayr.
VIII. JANE ORR MOIR, b. 1841, m. A. OGILVIE
SPENCE, and has issue.
IX. JOHN WILSON MOIR, b. 1843, m. HELEN
FOWLER, and has issue.
X. EMILY ROBERTSON MOIR, b. April 6,
1845, at Musselburgh; m. Oct. 5, 1864, to
CHARLES DUNCAN, b. Jan. 13, 1831, d.
Oct. 14, 1886. Advocate and procurator-fiscal
of Aberdeenshire, son of William Duncan,
shipowner, Aberdeen, (b. July 28, 1788, d. June
26, 1855); and Isabella Matthews, (b. July 19,
1801, d. Sept. 19, 1884.) Emily Robertson Moir
died Dec. 15, 1898. Had issue: —
1. WUliam Oswald Duncan, b. Jan. 3, 1865, in
Aberdeen, since 1887 an advocate in Aber-
deen, and a soldier in the 4th Gordon High-
landers for 24 years (1912 ), rising to the
rank of major.
2. Macbeth Moir Duncan, b. Sept. 1, 1866, at
Aberdeen, also an advocate, and a major in
the H. D. R. F. Artillery, m. June, 1906.
(No issue. )
MOIR GENEAI.OGY
179
3. Katherine Moir Duncan, b. Jan 18, 1872, at
Aberdeen, a graduate of St. Leonard's and
St. Andrew's Universities, m. Nov. 17, 1906,
Hugh De Maine Alexander, (b. Edinburgh,
Oct. 23, 1872 ), son of William Black Alexander,
and has issue: —
1. Emily De Maine Alexander, b. Nov. 1,
1907, at New Machar, Aberdeen-
shire.
4. James Matthews Duncan, b. June 17, 1874, at
Fintray, Aberdeenshire, m. April 11, 1901,
Muriel Skelton Stephenson, of Grimsby, and
has issue: —
1. William Moir Matthews Duncan, b.
April 2, 1902, at Grimsby.
2. Charles Matthews Duncan, b. Dec.
13, 1904, at Grimsby.
3. Delta Muriel Matthews Duncan, b.
Dec. 13, 1904, at Grimsby,
5. Charlotte Rose Duncan, b. Nov. 7, 1878, at
Aberdeen, m. June 20, 1903, James George
Paull, advocate of Aberdeen, and has issue.
6. Charles Julian Duncan, b Nov. 17, 1881, at
Murtle, died 1912.
7. Emily Robertson Duncan, b. Oct. 25, 1883,^ at
Murtie, now (1912), at Aberdeen.
8. Alexander Bell Duncan, b. Feb. 2, 1885, at
Murtle, now an Indian civil servant, in India.
XI. OSWALD BELL MOIR, b. 1847, (now 1912,)
unmarried.
*OTHER ABERDEENSHIRE MOIRS
This lady has
written some
fine poetry.
(W. M. Moir
of Chicago.)
tJOHN MOIR, grocer, of Duluth, Minn., b. Oct. 3,
1867, in Bellrock, Ontario, son of George Moir, of Cold-
wells, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and Margaret Taylor,
(died May, 1912), grandson of John Moir, of Cold-
wells, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, and Elizabeth Scott;
married Nov. 30, 1890, Florence M. Walker, dau. of
Samuel Walker, of Caldwell, Kansas, and had issue: —
1. Ina Pearl Moir, born Oct. 16, 1892, Duluth,
Minn., d. March 29, 1893.
2. Hazel Muriel Moir, b. Aug. 3. 1895, Duluth,
Minn..
3. Florence Oliver Moir, b. Apr. 1, 1898, Duluth,
Minn., d. May 17, 1898.
4. Earl Ray Moir, b. Sept. 5, 1899, Duluth, Minn.
JAMES RIDDOCH MOIR, electric lighting inspector
and cable tester for the Corporation of Glasgow, b. March
1st, 1869, at Hattencrook, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire,
son of George Moir, gamekeeper, (b. Whiterashes,
Hattencrook, Oldmeldrum, Aberdeenshire), and Mar-
garet Riddoch; grandson of John Moir, blacksmith,
Hattencrook, and Mary Marr. Married June 23, 1893,
Agnes Muirhead, dau. of Matthew Muirhead, of Glas-
gow, (b. Co. Armagh, Ireland), and had issue: —
1. Elizabeth Muirhead Moir, b. Mar. 17, 1894,
Glasgow, Scotland, tie and scarfmaker.
2. George Moir, born Jan. 16, 1899, at Bridgeton,
Glasgow, d. Oct., 1899.
3. Jeanie Mcllroy McGregor Moir, b. Jan. 4, 1904,
Glasgow.
ALICE MAY MOIR, formerly governess and trained
nurse, of San Francisco, California, b. May 21, 1868, in
Grange, Banffshire, Scotland, dau. of Duncan Moir,
school-teacher, of Mile- End, Aberdeen, Scotland, (brother
of William M. Moir, of Chicago, Illinois, and Alex-
ander Moir, of Indiana,) and Jane McConachie; grand-
*It is quite possible some of the following families may be able to trace their
lineage through the material contained in this work. There certainly ia a great
amount of data concerning the Moirs of this county.
tThis gentleman fully intended to send us for insertion in this work a group
photograph containing four generations of Moirs, but the death of the elder of the
four, made it so that he could not fulfill his obligation.
MOIR GENEAlyOGY 181
daughter of Alexander Moir, and *Elizabeth Henderson
Skene, (who, after his wife's death, emigrated to Indiana,
U. S. A., having sold his property at Mile-End, Aberdeen,
Scotland.) Married, Feb. 17, 1901, Dr. August Fred Rein-
hold, of Berlin, Germany, and had issue: —
1. August Fred Skene Rienhold, b. Mar. 31, 1902, in New
York City, N. Y. (Dr. Reinhold died about 1905, in San
Francisco, Cal. )
tWILLIAM M. MOIR, carpenter, (was three years a
private in the Scottish rifle volunteers) of Chicago, Illinois,
b. 13 Sept., 1838, son of Alexander Moir, of Aberdeen-
shire, Scotland, and Elizabeth Mennie; grandson of
Alexander Moir, of Mile- End, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, and Elizabeth Henderson; m. Dec. 30, 1861,
Emma Milne, dau. of Andrew Milne, and had issue: —
1. William M. Moir, Jr.
2. Elizabeth Moir.
3. NelUe Moir.
4. Alfred Moir.
5. Emma Moir.
6. Alexander Moir )
7. Andrew Moir \ ^^^^ children.
ALEXANDER MOIR, travelling salesman, of Chicago,
111., b. Sept. 19, 1856, in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, son of Alexander Moir, of Aberdeen, and Ann
( ); married Nov. 14, 1878, Ellen May Kinyon,
dau. of Benjamin Kinyon, of Randolph, Wisconsin, and
had issue: —
1. Myrtle A. Moir, b. Nov. 3, 1880, Britt, Iowa.
2. Madeline A. Moir, b. Aug. 26, 1886, Waterloo, Iowa.
JOHN MOIR, (son of John Moir), b. 1804, in Aberdeen,
Scotland, died in New York City in 1895. His two sons
and three daughters were all born in Aberdeen, on the
spot where the Aberdeen Carnegie Library now stands;
he m. Agnes Jane Moir, (born Moir), who died in New
York City, in 1865. Had issue: —
1. John Moir, m. Mary Jane Van Hoesen, of Calkill, and
had issue: —
*The above Elizabeth Henderson Skene was a sister of Alexander J. C. Skene, M.
D. LL.D., of Brooklyn, N. Y., president of and Dean of the College hospital, one of the
Skenes of Skene, the first of whom slew a wolf in the path of King Malcolm, and did
some other brave acts for which he was rewarded by getting from the king "as much
land as that crow flies over," which proved to be an extent of some 270 miles.
(From letter of Mrs. Reinhold.)
+The above W. M. Moir had a brother John Moir who was named after a John Moir
of Beniche mountain, near Aberdeen, and Wm. M. Moir was also named after another
estate owner, — "lang Willie Moir" of Begossie, in the Highlands, who always wore kilts,
and who "tied his garters below the knee, without bending his back."
182 MOIR GKNEAI.OGY
1 Mary Moir.
2. Jane Agnes Moir, who m. Rev. Henry R. WUson.
Now (1905, ) deceased.
3. John Moir, Jr., died young.
2. Mirgaret Moir, m. Thomas Ward, now, (1904, ) deceased.
3. Jane Moir, who died unmarried.
4. Agnes Victoria Moir, m. John Smith, both, (1904, ) deceased,
and had issue: —
1. Agnes Victoria Smith, married John Hobart, (now
deceased.)
2. Frances Preston Smith.
3 William Moir Smith, (killed in civil war, 1861-1865,)
m. and had issue: —
1. Agnes Victoria Smith, (alive 1904),
m. to Robert Cratur, 1902.
4. James Davis Smith, m. ( ), and had six chil-
dren, three of whom are living (1904), including
one daughter married.
5. *William Moir, born Aug. 15, 1826, died in New York
City, March 21, 1898; m. Emily Hun Sexton, and had
issue: —
1. Emilj' Moir, died in infancy.
GEORGE MOIR, Aberdeen, son of William Moir
and Helen Alexander, b. June 16, 1848; m. June 6, 1871,
Elizabeth Brebner, now (1912), deceased, dau. of George
Brebner of Whitehill, Aberdeenshire; and had issue: —
1. George Moir, b. Sept. 9, 1872, at Whitehill, now at
Johannesburg, South Africa.
2. Isabella Helen Moir, b. April 1, 1874, at Stripeside, Aber-
deenshire, now (1912), at Toronto, Canada.
3. WiUiam Moir, b. Jan. 9, 1875, at Stripeside, Aberdeenshire,
now at Killamey, Ireland.
4. Robert Moir, b. Sept. 26, at Stripeside, now deceased.
5. James John Moir, b. April 16, 1878, at Stripeside, now
deceased.
6. Jane Moir, b. July 14, 1880, at Stripeside, now at Aberdeen.
7. Alexander Moir, b. Feb. 1, 1882, at Ballhill, now at Barre,
Vermont.
8. Elizabeth Moir, b. Mar. 20, 1885, at Ballhill, Logie-Buchan,
now at Aberdeen.
9. John Shand Moir, b. June 1, 1897, at Aberdeen.
WILLIAM WILSON MOIR, of Toronto, Ontario,
born Feb. 14, 1851, in Toronto, son of George Moir, of
Aberdeen, (and Canada), and Agnes Petrie; m. Nov. 10,
1880, Frances Maria Rainey, daughter of David Rainey,
♦This William Moir, was for many years treasurer of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
Church of New York City, and a beautiful taemorial window was there erected to his memory
by his widow; a photo-engraving of the window is published in this book under Memorials.
MoiR Genkalogy 183
of Cookstown, Ontario, and had issue: —
1. William Petrie Sylvester Moir, b. Aug. 21, 1881, Cooks-
town, Ont.
2. Mary Olive Moir, b. Mar. 19, 1883, Cookstown, Ontario.
3. David Wesley Moir, b. June 25, 1885, Cookstown, Ontario.
4. Frances Florence Charlotte Moir, b. July 19, 1898, Toronto,
Ont.
JAMES ALEXANDER MOIR, business manager,
of London, Ontario, b. May 4, 1877, in Princeton,
Ontario, son of James Moir, of Elora, Ontario, and Agnes
Winters; and grandson of James Moir, of Aberdeen,
Scotland, and ( ), m. Nov. 11, 1903, Addie Calbeck,
daughter of James Calbeck, of Brantford, Ontario, and
had issue.
JAMES MOIR, formerly of Aberdeen, afterwards of
Brantford, Ontario, m. ( ), and had issue: —
1. William Henry Moir.
2. Laura May Moir.
3. James Alexander Moir.
FORBES MOIR, of West Garafraxa, Ontario, b. July 13,
1851, Crathie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son of Forbes
Moir and Elizabeth McGregor; and grandson of William
Moir, of Insch, Aberdeenshire, and Janet Copland;
m. Nov. 25, 1878, Agnes Gerry, daughter of John Gerry,
of Fergus, Ontario, and had issue; —
1. Elizabeth Moir, born July 30, 1881, in West Garafraxa,
Ontario.
2. Florence Edna Moir, born March 2, 1884, in West Gara-
fraxa, Ontario.
3. Forbes Byron Moir, b. May 24, 1886, in West Garafraxa,
Ontario.
4. Mary Moir, b. Oct. 12, 1888, in West Garafraxa, Ont.
5. John Charles Moir, b. Feb. 19, 1891, in West Garafraxa,
Ontario.
6. James Gerry Moir, b. May 20, 1893, in West Garafraxa,
Ontario.
7. Alexander Leith Moir, b. Dec. 7, 1898, in West Garafraxa,
Ontario.
GEORGE MICHIE MOIR, of Sunnidale Corners,
Ontario, b. Sept. 18, 1839, in York, Canada, son of George
Moir, of Aberdeen and Agnes Petrie; grandson of George
Moir, of Aberdeen and Catherine Macintosh; m. Jan.
26, 1869, Mary Jane McLennan, daughter of Alexander
McLennan, of Innisfail, Ont., and had issue: —
184 MoiR Genealogy
1. Elizabeth Ann Moir, b. Nov. 26, 1869, in Sunnidale
Corners, Ont.
2. Agnes Petrie Moir, b. Dec. 21, 1871, Sunnidale Comers,
Ont., died there, Mar. 5, 1895.
3. George Moir, b. Sept. 7, 1873, in Sunnidale Corners,
Ontario.
4. James Alexander Moir, b. Sept. 18, 1875, in Sunnidale
Corners, Ontario, married Dec. 28, 1904, Miss Lillian
Townley, of Toronto, dau. of John A. Townley, of Aurora,
Ontario, by the Rev. J. T. Morris, of Toronto.
5. Mary Emily Moir, b. Sept. 24, 1877, in Sunnidale Corners,
Ontario.
6. John Archibald Moir, b. Nov. 28, 1879, in Sunnidale
Corners, Ontario.
7. Walter Gordon Moir, b. July 18, 1883, in Sunnidale Comers,
Ontario.
WILLIAM BOWMAN MOIR, of Hamilton, Ontario,
b. 1858, at Aberdeenshire, Scotland, son of John Moir
and Barbara Ratray, both of Ballater, Aberdeenshire,
married 1874.
SARAH MOIR of Nichol, Ontario, b. Jan. 21, 1864, in
Nichol, Ontario, daughter of Alexander Leith Moir, of
Nichol, Ontario, and Joan Wilson; and grand-daughter
of Alexander Moir, of Rayne, Aberdeenshire, and Isabella
Bannerman.
JOHN SHAW MOIR, of Elora, Ontario, b. Dec. 11,
1848, in Township of Nichol, Ontario, son of Alexander
Leith Moir and Joan Wilson, grandson of Alexander Moir,
of Old Rayne, Aberdeenshire, and Isabella Bannerman;
m. Elizabeth Cooper, daughter of James Cooper, of Wel-
lington, Ont., and had issue: —
1. James Alexander Moir, b. Mar. 22, 1881, in Nichol, Ont.
2. John Frederick Moir, b. July 20, 1883, in Nichol, Ont.
3. Mary EUzabeth Moir, b. Aug. 22, 1885, in Nichol, Ont.
4. William Walter Moir, b. Jan. 31, 1888, in Nichol, Ont.
5. Florence May Moir, b. July 30, 1890, in Nichol, Ont.
6. David Nelson Moir, b. Jan. 19, 1893, in Nichol, Ont.
7. Forbes Edward Moir, b. Aug. 30, 1895, in Nichol, Ont.
8. Annie Catherine Moir, b. Aug. 24, 1898, in Nichol, Ont.
ALEXANDER MOIR, of Township of Nichol, Ontario,
b. June 19, 1855, son of Alexander Leith Moir, of Nichol,
Ont., and Joan Wilson; and grandson of Alexander Moir
of Old Rayne, Aberdeenshire, and Isabella Bannerman.
ELSIE MOIR, nurse, of Baltimore, Maryland, b. June
4, 1822, in Keith Hall, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; daughter
HON. WILLIAM J. MOIR
of Eldora, Iowa
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of Alexander Moir, woodsawyer, of Aberdeen, Scotland,
and ( ) Cassie, dau. of John Cassie; and grand-
daughter of Alexander Moir, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and
( ). (Alive 1910.)
ALEXANDER MOIR, millwright, of Los Angeles,
California, b. Oct. 7, 1845, son of James Moir, of Aberdeen,
Scotland, and Ann Henderson, and grandson of James
Moir, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and ( ) Williams; m.
Dec. 25, 1878, Harriet Marcia Allen, dau. of Abner W.
Allen, of Highgrove, California, and had issue : —
1. Joseph Waiiam Moir, b. Sept. 14, 1880, Worthington,
Minn. (See below.)
2. Abner Allen Moir, b. Dec. 21, 1882, Nonesuch, Mich.,
d. Sept. 6, 1886.
3. John James Moir, b. Sept. 29, 1884, Worthington, Minn.
4. Reuben Crawford Moir, b. Oct. 19, 1885, Sious City, Iowa,
d. 1888.
5. Jessie Ann Moir, b. Oct. 1, 1887, Pasadena, Cal.
6. Charles Raymond Moir, b. Nov. 29, 1892, Highgrove, Cal.
7. Margaret Jean Moir, b. Dec. 6, 1897, Highgrove, Cal.
8. Mildred Ethel Moir, b. Nov. 7, 1902, Highgrove, Cal.
JOSEPH WILLIAM MOIR, mechanic, of Los Angeles,
Cal., b. Sept. 14, 1880, in Worthington, Minn., son of
Alexander Moir, of Los Angeles, Cal., and Harriet Marcia
Allen; and grandson of James Moir, of Aberdeenshire,
Scotland, and Ann Henderson; m. June 14, 1903, Alice
Catherine Payne, dau. of Richard E. Payne, of Colorado
Springs, Colorado.
ALEXANDER MOIR, stone cutter, of Quincy, Mass.,
b. 1852, in Aberdeen, Scotland, son of James Moir, of
Aberdeen, Scotland, and Helen Pirie; m. 1874, Isabella
Moir, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Isabella Moir, b. Mar. 11, 1875, Aberdeen, Scotland,
school teacher.
2. John Moir, b. Nov. 2, 1878, Aberdeen, Scotland, lawyer.
3. William Reed Milne Moir, b. Oct. 16, 1880, Aberdeen,
Scotland, book buyer.
4. Helen Rowena Moir, b. Oct. 15, 1884, Quincy, Mass., music
teacher.
5. Frederick Ernest Moir, b. 1886, Quincy, Mass., student
Harvard College (1905).
DAVID ANDREW MOIR, bookkeeper, of Fitchburg,
Mass., b. 1873, in Aberdeen, Scotland, son of Alexander
Moir, of Aberdeen, Scotland, and Eliza Jane Webster
186 MoiR Genealogy
Milne Moir; m. *Barbara Russell, dau. of Patrick Russell,
of Aberdeen, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Jean Moir, b. 1895, Aberdeen, Scotland.
2. La vinia Robertson Moir, b. 1897, Aberdeen, Scotland, d. 1899.
3. Cecilia Ann Moir, b. 1898, Aberdeen, Scotland.
CHARLES H. MOIR, having a largo sugar and coffee
plantation in Guatemala City, Guatemala, born in Aber-
deen, Scotland, having two brothers and one sister living
(1913), as follows: —
1. John Munro Moir, M. D., practicing in Inverness.
2. William Moir, civil engineer, in India.
3. Grace A. Moir, in Aberdeen, unmarried.
C. H. Moir married 1904, Concha, elder daughter
of Doctor and General jFrancisco Anguino, and had
issue: —
1. Charles Moir, born 1906.
2. Graciela Moir, born 1908.
ABERDEENSHIRE
From the County Directory of Scotland, for 1901-1904.)
Rev. A. F. Moir, Baillie's Wells, Cults, Aberdeen.
Alexander Moir, farmer, Brae, Kintore.
Alexander Moir, farmer, Holland Bush, Glassel.
Alexander Moir, farmer, North Artrochie, Ellon.
Alexander Moir, Snipfield, Colpy, Insch.
Alexander Moir, farmer, Waterton, Ellon.
Andrew Moir, Wardhouse, Mains, Insch.
George Moir, Fedderate, New Deer.
George S. Moir, Jr., Knockhall, Newburgh.
James Moir, M. A., Firs, Kinharrochie, Ellon.
Robert Moir, Tarty, Ellon.
*Thi3 lady is a noted Scottish singer, with a good reputation in her own circle,
which includes several states.
fDoctor and General Francisco Anguino is one of the principal personages in the
Republic of Guatemala; speaking politically, legally and socially. He has served under
several administrations, as Magistrate, Minister successively of War, Foreign Relations,
Justice and the Interior. He has been Vice-President of the Republic, Minister in
Washington, U. S. A., and in Mexico, and is actually Vice-President of the National
Assembly, and President of the Council of State.
BANFFSHIRE MOIRS
*WILLIAM J. MOIR, attorney-at-law since 1856, mem- Particulars
bar of legislature two terms; mayor of Eldora, Iowa, two fvom"Annai3
terms; treasurer and trustee of the State Industrial School of of lowa,"
Iowa, for thirty years (1904) and on the first day of July, "^*
1903, made his 69th semi-annual report as treasurer of
Eldora lodge, I. O. O. F. ; was born October 19, 1824, in
Buchan, Scotland, son of John Moir of Buchan, Scotland,
(who came to Stanstead, P. Q., Canada, in 1830, and who I9i2.
died recently) and Mary Morrison. Married October 27,
1847, Olive Jane Ball, of Stanstead, Province of Quebec,
and had issue : —
I. MARCUS WILLIAM MOIR, tax ferret, now of
Eldora, Iowa, b. May 11, 1851, in Bristolville,
Ohio; m. 1872, Frances Augusta Graves, dau. of
Harvey Graves, of Eldora, Iowa, and had issue: —
1. Clara Luella Moir, of Aberdeen, South Dakota,
b. 1873, in Eldora, Iowa; m. 1895, Samuel Sher-
man Foster, hotelkeeper, son of William Har-
rison Foster, of Mason City, Iowa.
2. Harriet Jane Moir, of Eldora, Iowa, b. May 14,
1878, in Eldora, Iowa; m. Sept. 20, 1897, George
Harold Brooks, farmer, son of William Brooks,
of Joplin, Missouri, and had issue: —
■''William J. Moir was born in Banffshire, Scotland, October 19, 1824. He came to
this country with his parents in 1830. He was educated at Derby Academy, Vt., and
was naturalized at Plymouth, Ind., in August, 1854. At the latter place he studied
law and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He settled in Eldora, Hardin county, the
same year, where he has since resided and practiced his profession. He has twice served
— in 1862 and 1864 — in the Iowa House of Representatives, where he proved himself a
useful and conscientious member. He also served twelve years on the Eldora school
board, and was twice elected mayor of that city. Mr. Moir was the leader in the work
of founding the State Reform School at Eldora, and one of its foremost friends and pro-
moters. He served as one of the Board of Trustees — with the exception of two years —
from the beginning, until it was taken in charge by the Board of Control in 1898. He
was many years treasurer of the institution, during which time he disbursed the sum of
$1,228,557.25, for which he never asked nor received any compensation whatever. His
services in connection with the Reform School have always met with hearty approval,
and he is well known to the people of Iowa from his long and eflScient work in building
up that institution.
He is a well-known author of articles for the press, and has written for the "Annals
of Iowa," an historical magazine published by the Historical Department of Iowa, an
article on "Enoch Worthen Eastman." William John Moir, had several uncles, (brothers
of his father,) viz: — William, David and James or Robert Moir.
(From "Annals of Iowa," July, 1904.)
(See portrait inserted.)
188 MoiR Genealogy
1. Margery Frances Brooks, b. Jan. 18,
1898, Eldora, Iowa.
2. Vivian Harriett Brooks, b. Apr. 7,
1900, Eldora, Iowa.
3. Marcus William Moir Brooks, b. Apr.
26, 1901, Eldora, Iowa.
3. Mabel CSiarlotte Moir, born Oct. 27, 1881, in
Eldora, Iowa.
II. GEORGE J. MOIR, painter and decorator, of Eldora,
Iowa, born Oct. 14, 1861, in Eldora, Iowa; m.
1883, ( ), and had issue: —
1. *William J. Moir, Jr., b. 1884, Eldora, Iowa, and
(1905) is attending college in Des Moines, Iowa.
JOHN NICOL MOIR, of GraniteviUe, Quebec, b. May
28, 1835, in Beebe Plain, Quebec, Canada; son of John
(Buchan) Moir, of Banff, Scotland, a stone mason, (b. Nov. 6,
1797; d. Oct. 26, 1879,) and Sophia Nicol. Married Sept.
28, 1863, Emma Tryon, of Clarenceville, Quebec, and had
issue : —
1. Mary Ella Moir, b. Dec. 20, 1866, in GraniteviUe, Quebec,
Canada.
CHARLES MOIR, physician, of Louisville, Kentucky,
b. 1858, in London, Ontario, son of James Moir of
Banffshire, Scotland, and Mary MandervUle, daughter of
( ) Manderville, of County Louth, Ireland; m. 1880,
Clara Jacques, dau. of Louis Jacques, of Belgium, and
had issue : —
1. Charles Louis Moir, b. 1882, Cincinnati, Ohio.
Both father and son are graduates of the Medical
College of the University of Louisville, Kentucky. The
father has three brothers living, one John Moir, in
London, Ontario, one Frank Moir, in Los Angeles, Cali-
fornia, and one James Moir in St. Mary's, Ontario.
BANFFSHIRE
(From the County Directory of Scotland, for the years
1901-1904.)
David Moir, Berry drum, Cornhill.
Mrs. MoLr, Haugh, Aberlour.
NAMES OF RESIDENCES
Moir Clochan, ) at Clochan, Banffshire,
m, )
Moir Homie, ) two and one-half miles from Port Gordon.
*A note from this young man's grandfather, dated Sei^t. 10, 1912, states that William J.-
Moir Jr., is now teaching in Lake Forest College, near Chicago, Illinois.
CLACKMANANSHIRE MOIRS
EDWARD MOIR, farmer, of Coalsnaughton, Clack-
mananshire, married Janet Sharpe, and had issue among
others : —
Alexander Moir, miner, b. 1810, of Coalsnaughton,
Tillicoultry; m. Margaret Harley, and had issue. (He
died 1882, and she died 1872).
1. Margaret Moir, b. in Scotland, now (1912) in Clinton,
Mass.
2. Janet Moir, b. in Scotland, now (1912) in Clinton, Mass.
3. Edward Moir, engineer, b. 1844 in TilUcoultry; m. 1871;
Ann Ramsay, dau. of James Ramsay of Dumfries, and
had issue: —
1. James Alexander Moir, engineer, for 15 years,
(1912) in Clinton, Mass., for 8 years a black-
smith, in Scotland, b. 1872, in Dumfries; m.
Feb. 22, 1899, Margaret Harrower, and had
issue : —
1. Edward Alexander Moir, born Dec. 4,
1902, in Clinton, Mass.
2. Margaret Ramsay Moir, born May 30,
1911, in Clinton, Mass.
2. Mary Margaret Moir, born 1874, at Edinburgh,
now (1912) in Tillicoultry.
3. Robert Ramsay Moir, engineer, (stationary) b.
1876, in Edinburgh; m. 1909, and was killed
accidently by an engine, Feb. 1911, at Glasgow.
4. Elizabeth Hamilton Moir, b. at Dollar, Scotland;
m. 1909, Robert R. Moir.
CLACKMANANSHIRE
(From The County Directory of Scotland, 1902.)
JAMES MacARTHUR MOIR, Hillfoot, Dollar, Clack-
manan shire.
S. H. MOIR, Rowanbrae Cottage, Garelochead.
MISSES MOIR, Benvue, Kilcraggan.
EDINBURGH AND LEITH MOIRS
PETER MOIR, mariner, of Newport, Rhode Island,
b. 1857, Glasgow, Scotland, son of Edward Moir of
Portobello, Scotland, and Margaret Dawson; grandson
of Edward Moir and Eliza Burns, of Leith, Scotland ; m.
1897, Annie Pullin, dau. of Samuel FuUin, of Dublin,
Ireland.
WILLIAM RALSTON SOMERS MOIR, for 10 years
captain 15th Sept. Co., of New York regiment, subway
builder, of New York City; b. 1867, in New York, N. Y.,
son of William Somers Moir, of Edinburgh, Scotland, and
Elizabeth Chinscola; grandson of William Moir, of Edin-
burgh, Scotland, and Jane Somers; m. 1889, first, Mabel
Afton of Rochester, New York, who d. 1899, and had
issue: —
1. Jesse Moir, b. 1891, Bloomfield, New Jersey.
2. WilUam Moir, b. 1895, New York City, d. 1895.
W.,R. S. Moir, married secondly, Johanna Geneva Eberhardt,
of Germany, dau. of Eide H. Eberhardt.
The above W. R. S. MOIR, had a brother and sister as follows: —
1. Jesse T. Moir, b. 1871, in New York City, m. 1898; he is
a custom house weigher; has issue.
2. Jane Somers Moir, b. 1869, in New York City, m.
1888 ( ) Knapp, of Newark, New Jersey, and
has issue.
EDINBURGSHIRE
(From Scottish County Directory, 1902.)
See page 179. OSWALD B. MOIR, The Elms, Hillhead, Laswade.
ELGINSHIRE MOIRS
DESCENDANTS OF ALEXANDER MOIR AND MARGARET
FORSYTH OF FORRES
The family of ALEXANDER MOIR and MAR-
GARET FORSYTH of Forres, Elginshire, Scotland,
were at least three sons, and one daughter, namely: —
1. AGNES MOIR, who married a Mr. Petrie.
2. WILLIAM MOIR.
3. JOHN MOIR, who married Mary Lyle.
4. ALEXANDER ANDERSON MOIR.
Of this family, three are known to have been born in Forres,
Elginshire, and to have come to America early in the Nineteenth
century; John Moir and Alexander Anderson Moir went south,
settling in Virginia, and North Carolina. John did not have many
children, but Alexander Anderson Moir has a large number of descend-
ants now scattered throughout the territory named.
Alexander Moir, father of this family, had a younger brother
Robert, who also has a large posterity in Virginia and North Carolina,
many of whom are prominent in public affairs, and successful in
business. Of this family, one a son of John, met another Moir (said
to have been a cousin ) in the American Civil War, one as a soldier
from the South, and one as a prisoner from the North, and through
their surname, became fast friends, the soldier aiding the prisoner
at every opportunity. And there is a record of friendliness between
the two, which has strengthened family relations to this day.
ALEXANDER ANDERSON MOIR, b. Forres, m.
Mary Holt Cogbill, and had issue: —
1. Lucy Ann Elizabeth Moir, b. Apr. 26, 1826, at
Leaksville, North Carolina, m. July 29, 1846,
Henry Tuggle, sheriff of Patrick County, Vir-
ginia, son of John Tuggle, and had issue: —
1. James Edwin Tuggle, b. Mar. 13, 1848, in
Stuart, Virginia, died July 31, 1865, unmarried.
2. Henry Irving Tuggle, born Sept. 1, 1849, in
Stuart, Va., m. Dec. 27, 1877.
3. Thomas Alexander Tuggle, b. Aug. 16, 1851, in
Stuart, Va.
4. Mary Elizabeth Tuggle, b. May 22, 1853, in
Stuart, Va., m. May 23, 1875, Rev. D. John-
son Scales and had issue, six children: —
1. Jessie Evelyn Scales, born Apr. 4,
1879, in Patrick County, Va., married
This branch ie
quite possibly
related to the
"More" family
described in
article follow-
ing this family.
192 MoiR Gbnealogy
Sept. 9, 1900, ( ) Wood, and
had issue.
2. Harriet Mae Scales, b. Feb. 14, 1880,
in Henry County, Va.
3. Marguerite Lucy Scales, born May 11,
1882, in Henry County, Va.
4. Thomas Henry Scales, b. Sept. 27,
1886, in Henry County, Va.
5. Nellie Noel Scales, b. Apr. 1, 1889,
in Henry County, Va.
6. Robert Emmett Scales, b. Sept. 11,
1893, in Henry County, Va.
5. John William Tuggle, deputy sheriff and county
treasurer of Portsmouth, Virginia, b. May 7,
1855, in Patrick County, Va., m. Mary Ann
Putzel, dau. of Sigmund Putzel of Germany,
and had issue: —
1. William Henry Tuggle, b. Jan. 2, 1882,
in MartinvUle, Va.
2. John Edward Tuggle, b. Nov. 22, 1884,
in Martinville, Va.
3. James Beverly Tuggle, born Mar. 30,
1887, in Martinville, Va.
4. Mary Lucy Tuggle, b. Jan. 23, 1890,
in Martinville, Va.
6. Lucy Emma Tuggle, b. Aug. 16, 1868, in
Stuart, Va.
7. Robert Emmett Tuggle, born June 3, 1861, in
Stuart, Patrick County, Va.
8. Walter Lee Tuggle, born Sept. 21, 1863, in
Stuart, Patrick County, Va.
9. Caroline Margaret Tuggle, born Oct. 28, 1865,
in Stuart, Patrick County, Va. m. Feb. 9,
1887, Charles H. Hudspeh, and had issue, one
child:—
1. Bessie Reed Hudspeh.
10. Penelope Noel Tuggle, born Oct. 4, 1871, in
Stuart, Patrick County, Va., m. Oct. 26,
1898, Charles James Lightly. (No issue.)
II. ALEXANDER THOMAS MOIR, merchant
and soldier, of Westfield, North Carolina, b.
1828, in Leaksville, N. C; m. 1856, Elizabeth
Jane Smith, dau. of Jabez H. Smith, of Floyd,
Va., and had issue: —
1. Mary Alice Moir, b. 1857, in Westfield, N.
C, married Oct. 12, 1892, Henry Clay Allen,
son of Baldwin Allen, of Louisa, Virginia,
and had issue: —
MoiR Gbneai,ogy 193
I. Henry Moir Allen, born Feb. 18,
1897, in Roanoke, Va.
2. Edgar Percival Moir, born 1859, in West-
field, N, C, m. 1883, and had issue.
3. Lucien Alexander Moir, b. 1861, in Westfield,
N. C, and died when two years old.
III. WILLIAM WALLACE MOIR, public com-
missioner of accounts, of Stuart, Va., b. 1835, in
Stuart, Va.; m. 1859, Carolina Virginia Martin,
dau. of Thomas S. Martin, of Caroline, Va.,
and had issue: —
1. Edwin L. Moir, b. 1860, in Stuart, Va.
2. Henry M. Moir, b. 1861, in Stuart, Va.
3. Virgil Pearson Mcir, b. 1864, in Stuart, Va.,
m. 1888, Minnie McCrary, dau. of Thomas
Witt McCrary, of Nelson, Va., and had issue: —
1. Marion McCrary Moir, born 1890, in
Stuart, Va.
2. Virginia Branch Moir, b. 1892, in Stuart,
Virginia.
3. William Wallace Moir, b. 1900, in Win-
ston-Salem, N. C.
4. McCrary Moir, born 1903, in Winston-
Salem, N. G.
4. Mary E. Moir, b. 1866, in Danbury, Va.
5. Thomas Alexander Moir, b. 1868, in Stuart, Va.,
and died 1885.
6. Percival Mac Pherson Moir, master of laws,
attorney-at-law, 1st Sergeant, of Co. D, 2d
regiment of Virginia, in the Spanish-American
War, later was treasurer of Cavite Province,
Philippine Islands, and the prosecuting attorney
Mountain Judicial District, in the same islands.
Now, (1912,) of Cervantes, P. I., b. 1870,
in Stuart, Va., m. Dec. 28, 1902, Maude H.
Kirtland, dau. of Edward Mansfield Kirtland,
of St. Louis, Mo.
7. Jepie Moir, b. 1870, in Stuart, Va.
8. William Wallace Moir, Jr., b. 1872, in Stuart, Va.
9. Charles R. Moir, b. 1874, in Stuart, Va.
IV. CYBELLA SUSAN MOIR, of Chatham, Va.,
b. Dec. 3, 1840; m. 1866, Walker Timberlake
Noel, of Fluvanna, Va., and had issue: —
1. Julia Fenwick Noel, b. 1868, in Stuart, Va., and
died in 1870.
2. *Moir Alexander Noel, b. April 23, 1870, in
*Moir Alexander Noel, Sr., in 1899, was in Co. F. 43rd U. S. V. Infantry, and later
went to the Philippines where the regiment served for nearly two years. Afterwards
followed the printer's trade, and was for some time editor of a newspaper at Dawson
Springs, Kentucky, (The Weekly Oracle).
194 MoiR Genealogy
Stuart, Va. ; m. June 22, 1904, Laura S. Ligen,
dau. of Robert C. Ligen, and had issue: —
1. Moir Alexander Noel, Jr., b. June
29, 1905.
2. Robert Walker Noel, b. Jan. 18, 1907.
3. Lotta Margaret Noel, b. May 27, 1908.
3. Charles Wallace Noel, b. Apr. 2, 1872, in
Stuart, Va., now a farmer of Chatham, Va. »
m. Aug. 25, 1895, Annie Laurier, dau. of
John E. Laurier, of Pittsylvania, Va., and
had issue: —
1. Anna Wallace Noel, b. Dec. 30, 1896,
in Chatham, Va.
4. Robert Boisseau Noel, b. Feb. 24, 1874, is a
railroad employee, of Chatham, Va. ; m. Feb.
8, 1898, Anna Virginia Shields, dau. of Thomas
Langhorn Shields, and had issue: —
1. Herbert Moir Noel, b. Oct. 1, 1899, in
Chatham, Va.
2. Helen Moir Noel, b. Mar. 1, 1901, in
Chatham, Va.
5. Walker Timberlake Noel, b. 1877, in Stuart,
Va., and m. 1902, ( — ), and had issue.
6. Clayson Beason Noel, b. 1880, in Stuart, Va.
7. John Forsyth Noel, b. Feb. 17, 1882, in Stuart,
Virginia.
V. JOHN WILLIAM MOIR, of Rocky Mount,
Virginia, son of Alexander Anderson Moir, and
Mary Holt Cogbill; m. Barbara Adeline Bur-
nette, and had issue: —
1. Margaret Moir, of Kingston, N. C, m. 1887,
Walter Holdersby, son of Richard Holdersby,
of Danville, Va., and had issue: —
1. Elise Holdersby, born 1891, in Chase
City, Va.
2. Ida Moir, v?ho married a Mr. Stephens. She died
shortly after the birth of her only son: —
1. Moir Alexander Stephens, b. 1892.
3. James Cogbill Moir, merchant, of Roanoke, Va.>
b. 1857, in Elamsville, Va.; m. 1887, H. May
Tumbull, dau. of Louis Edward Tumbull, of
Retreat, Va.
4. John William Moir, of Kingston, N. C, mer-
chant, b. 1860, in Rocky Mount, Va. ; m.
1903, Lula Maud Duncan, dau. of WUliam
Duncan of Amherst, Virginia, and had issue.
VI. JAMES COGBILL MOIR, who m. Louisa E.
Carter, was a merchant of Leaksville, N. C,
MOIR GENRAt^OGY 195
they had at least two children: —
1. Mary Alice Cogbill Moir, of Rocky Mount,
Va,, b. 1850, in Elamsville, Virginia.
2. John Alexander Moir, merchant and farmer, of
Rocky Mount, Va., b. 1853, in Elamsville, Va. ;
m. 1887, Bertha Lee Richards, dau. of William
A. Richards, of Pittsylvania, Va. No issue.
SANDY (?) ALEXANDER MOIR, physician, mer- The fuU name
chant and farmer, of Francisco, North Carolina, graduate ■« exactly as
' ' ° written by
of the University of North Carolina, b. October 17, 1862, himself, and is
in Francisco, N. C, son of Robert Forsyth Moir, of Leaks- ^he name he
" ' has alv/ays
ville, N. C, and Serena Jane Clark, grandson of Alex- been known by.
ander Anderson Moir, of Forres, Scotland, and Mary
Holt CogbilL Married, June 2, 1893, Alpha Dunkley,
dau. of Samuel Dunkley, of Patrick County, N. C,
and had issue: —
1. Robert Dunkley Moir, b. April 18, 1894, in Limerick, N. C.
2. Lucy Serena Moir, b. Oct. 28, 1897, in Limerick, N. C,
3. Samuel Alexander Moir, b. Nov. 18, 1898, in Limerick,N. C.
4. Emma Lillian Moir, b. Jan. 31, 1901, in Francisco, N. C.
ROBERT MOIR, tailor, afterwards farmer, large
planter and manufacturer, was a brother of ALEX-
ANDER MOIR who married MARGARET FOR-
SYTH, both of whom were born in Forres, Elgin-
shire, Scotland. At the close of the Civil War, (1861-
1865) Robert was the owner of over fifty slaves.
Robert was born, Oct. 15, 1796, in Forres, he came to
America early in the Nineteenth century, and settled in
Rockingham County, North Carolina. He m. Elizabeth
Perray Porter, on July 1, 1819, and had issue, eleven
children as follows: —
I. MARGARET MOIR, b. Mar. 23, 1820, in Rock-
ingham Co., N. C, and m. Burrell Roberts.
(No issue.)
II. JANET MOIR, b. Feb. 19, 1822, in Rocking-
ham Co., N. C; m. George Rejoiolds, and had
issue, one son, who died without issue.
III. ELIZABETH MOIR, b. Dec. 28, 1823, in
Rockingham Co., N. C, m. N. D. Sullivan
of Forsyth Co., N. C, and had issue: —
1. Sallie Sullivan, b. in Forysth Co., N. C, m.
P. N. Booe, and had issue: —
1. Sarah Clement Booe.
196 MoiR GeneaIvOGY
2. Sullivan Booe.
3. Elizabeth Booe.
4. Lucy Hodgin Booe.
5. Phillip Booe.
6. Alexander Booe.
2. Elizabeth Sullivan, born , m. W. N. Poin-
dexter, and had issue: —
1. Nat. S. Poindexter.
2. Elizabeth Poindexter.
3. William Poindexter.
IV. DE WITT CLINTON MOIR, b. Jan. 14, 1826,
in Rockingham, Co., N. C, was a Confederate
soldier in the Civil War (1861-65), and was
killed in battle.
V. PENELOPE GEE MOIR, b. Nov. 23, 1827, in
Rockingham Co., N. C, m. 1850, Walter B. John-
son (who d. June 29, 1885). She d. April 4,
1912. No issue from this union.
VL LUCY PARTHENA MOIR, b. Feb. 24, 1832,
in Rockingham Co., N. C, m. S. H. Hodgin,
and had issue: —
1. Anna Hodgin, b. in Forsyth Co., N. C, and m.
J. W. Hanes, of Winston-Salem, N. C, and
had issue.
2. James Moir Hodgin, born in Forsyth Co., N.
C, m. Daisy Maroney, of Salisbury, N. C,
and had issue, one child: —
1. Moir Hodgin.
3. George D. Hodgin, b. in Forsyth Co., N. C,
now of Winston- Salem, N. C.
4. Mary Hodgin, died unmarried.
VII. ROBERT ALEXANDER MOIR, was a Con-
federate soldier, 1860-1863, served in the 57th
N. C. Regiment, now a farmer (1905), of Rock-
ingham, Va., b. 1834, in Rockingham, N. C,
m. 1858, Sarah Elizabeth Allen, dau. of James
Allen, and had issue: —
1. Mary Elizabeth Moir, m. 1879, ( ), d. 1896.
2. Jennie Moir, d. 1890.
3. Robert Alexander Moir, Jr., d. 1898.
4. Lena Tabitha Moir.
5. Samuel Whitfield Moir.
6. James Allen Moir.
7. John Fletcher Moir.
8. Sallie Dora Moir.
9. Walter Nathaniel Moir.
MoiR Geneai,gy 197
VIIj ANNA DELIGHT MOIR, b. Aug. 4, 1836;
died young.
IX. JAMES STEWART MOIR, farmer, of Walkers-
town, N. C, born 1838, in Leaksville, N. C,
m. 1867, Melvina Van Hoy, dau. of Abram
Van Hoy, of Walkerstown, N. C, and had
issue: —
(J. S. Moir was a Confederate soldier, 1860-
1863, (is alive 1912), 3d Cavalry, N. C.)
1. De Witt Clinton Moir, b. 1869, in Walkers-
town, N. C, m. 1902, Lillie May Dicks, dau.
of Dr. W. P. Dicks, of Walkerstown, N. C,
and had issue: —
1. Margaret Malvina Moir, b. 1903, in
Walkerstown, N. C.
2. Lillie Demarius Moir, born 1870, in
Walkerstown, N. C.
3. Betty Sullivan Moir, born 1873, in
Walkerstown, N. C, and married
Robert Christian, and had issue.
(She died 1898,) —
1. Bettie Christian.
4. Thomas Robert Moir, b. 1878, in
Walkerstown, N. C,
X. ROBINA MOIR, b. May, 1840, in Rockingham
Co., N. C, and died young.
XI. T^BITHA INGRAM MOIR, born October 25,
1829, in Rockingham County, N. C, married
Charles B. Ogbum, of Forsyth County, N. C,
and had issue: —
1. Cora Elizabeth Ogburn, b. in Forsyth Co., N.
C, m. WiUiam P. Hill, of Forsyth Co., N. C, and
had issue: —
1. Charles Gideon Hill, b. in Fors5^h Co.,
N. C, m. Mary E. Cannon, of Con-
cord, N. C, and had issue, two chil-
dren.
2. William P. Hill, Jr.
3. Eugene HiU.
4. Elizabeth Hill.
5. Ashton Hill.
2. Robert Edward Ogbum, b. ( ) m. Ella
. Masten, and had issue: —
1. Robert M. Ogburn.
2. Nathaniel Ogbum.
3. J. Fred Ogbum.
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4. Heniey Ogbum.
S. Charles DeWitt Ogbum, tobacco manufacturer
and merchant, of Winston-Salem, N. C, born
April 25, 1S61, in Forsyth Co., N. C, m. Feb.
12, 1895, Carrie C. Shelton, dau. of John
F. Shelton, of Forsyth Co., N. C, and had
issue : —
1. Carl De Witt Ogburn, b, Dec. 23, 1895.
2. Ralph Belo Ogbum, b. Dec. 14, 1897.
•JOHN MOIR of Forres, Scotland, and MARY LYLE
had at least two children: —
I. MARGARET MOIR, of Rockingham County, N.
C, b. Forres, Scotland, Feb. 10, 1831; m. Mar.
2, 1852, Thomas William Field, son of Rev.
Benton Field, of Randolph, N. C.
1. Mary Lyle Field, b. Feb. 6, 1853, in Rocking-
ham Co., N. C, m. Sept. 20, 1879, James
Madison Price, farmer, tobacconist and in-
surance, son of John Pryor Price, of Rocking-
ham, N. C, and had issue: —
1. Edgar Field Price, born June 30, 1872
Rockingham Co., N. C, m. 1899.
2. Mary Eleanor Price, b. Dec. 27, 1874,
Rockingham Co., N. C, a music
teacher.
3. Margaret Moir Price, b. Mar. 16, 1877,
in Henry Co., N. C.
4. Martha Price, b. March 22, 1879, in
Henry Co., N. C, died July 22, 1880.
5. William Pryor Price, b. Aug. 5, 1881;
in Henry Co., N. C, a student (1904),
at the Philadelphia Textile School.
6. John Moir Price, b. Dec. 31, 1886, in
Rockingham Co., N. C.
7. James Bruce Price, born July 22, 1888,
in Rockingham Co., N. C.
2. A daughter, married and died without issue.
3. John Benton Field, of New York City, b. Nov.
11, 1868, in Rockingham Co., N. C, now
(1905 ) a bookkeeper for the American Cigar
Co., at New York City; m. Nov. 27, 1890, Kate
Collins, of PUot Grove, N. Y., and had issue: —
1. Henry Roe Field, b. Sept. 7, 1891, in
Rockingham, N. C.
II. HENRY CLAY MOIR, formerly a Confederate
soldier, of the 93rd North Carolina Regiment, in
the American Civil War of 1861-1865, b. April
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27, 1844, in Leaksville, N. C; m. April 27,
1898, Fannie Wilson, dau. of George Griggs, of
Henry County, Va. (No issue.)
This soldier was one of those who on being taken pris-
oner, met another soldier of the same name, (said to have
been a cousin) a Union soldier, of whom he writes, "He
was more than kind to me while I was in prison at Point
Lookout, Maryland, for thirteen months during the war."
*ROBERT MOIR, of Burlington, Iowa, son of WIL-
LIAM MOIR and AGNES PETRIE, both of Forres,
Elginshire, Scotland, born October 30, 1824, came to
America, in 1833, and afterwards settled in Oquawka,
and Burlington, Iowa, he m. 1849, Mary Nicol, and
had issue: —
1. John Moir, b. Mar. 2, 1850, in Oquawka, 111., married
( ), and had issue, (he d. Oct. 13, 1896 ) :—
1. John Moir, Jr., now deceased (1904).
2. Mabel Moir.
3. Robert Moir, now deceased (1904).
2. Martha Moir, b. 1852.
3. William Moir, b. Feb. 23, 1854, d. Dec. 28, 1882.
4. Mary Moir, b. 1856, m. C. B. King, of Peoria, III., and
had issue, two daughters: —
1. Helen King.
2. Marie King.
5. Robert Moir, b. 1858, married ( ), and had issue: —
1. Margery Moir.
6. James Moir, b. 1860.
7. Alexander Moir, b. 1862, m. ( ), and had issue: —
1. Martha Moir.
8. Ida Moir, b. Aug. 17, 1866, in Oquawka, 111., m. Oct.
9, 1895, George Stone Tracy, of Burlington, Iowa.
(No issue.)
*See extended account of this gentleman on another page.
*A GREAT AMERICAN FAMILY
See pages 56
and 57 for
records of
births, etc.
More Family
History,
PageXVni..
also page 71
JOHN MORE, of Roxbury, New York, was born Feb.
24, 1745, in Forres, JEIginshire, Scotland; died Jan. 1,
1840, in Roxbury, New York; son of JOHN MOIR, and
ISOBEL DUNCAN; grandson of GREGOR MOIR and
ISOBEL GRANT. He m. June 9, 1770, in Elgin, Scot-
land, (by Rev. David Rentoul) BETTY, dau. of
ROBERT TAYLOR and JEAN INNES. She was born
1738, in Elgin, and d. Oct. 13, 1823, in Roxbury, New
York. John came to America in 1772, (the two elder
children of his family having been born in Scotland.) He
settled shortly after in Roxbury, New York. Had issue: —
I. JOHN TAYLOR MORE, b. Feb. 27, 1771, d.
June 23, 1857, married 1792, ELEANOR
LARA WAY, and in the record of the MORE
FAMILY printed in 1893, there were 187 de-
scendants, recorded as follows: —
12 children,
48 grandchildren,
101 great-grandchildren, and
26 great-great-grandchildren.
*The particiilars given in this article are taken from the "More Family History,"
published in Binghamton, N. Y., 1893.
tForres, County of Elgin, Scotland, near there, a famous monument — no one knows
its origin — 25 feet in height, made of the hardest granite in Scotland.
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II. ROBERT MORE, b. July 8, 1772, d. Feb. 19, "MoreFamUy
History.
1849, m. SUSANNA FELLOWS, and in the p.gexx..
records of the MORE FAMILY of 1893, and page i03
there were 147 descendants, as follows: —
9 children,
36 grandchildren,
64 great-grandchildren, and
38 great-great-grandchildren.
III. ALEXANDER TAYLOR MORE, b. January do.
5, 1775, died March 11, 1854, married 1795, l^f^^^l^
NANCY HARLEY. According to the MORE
FAMILY HISTORY in 1893, their descendants
numbered 204, as follows: —
14 children,
57 grandchildren,
96 great-grandchildren, and
37 great-great-grandchildren.
IV. JONAS MOIR, b. March 22, 1778, d. March 5, ^■
1852, married DEBORAH PERSON. In 1893, SfpSi
there were records of 148 descendants, in the
MORE FAMILY HISTORY as follows: —
9 children,
34 grandchildren,
65 great-grandchildren, and
40 great-great grandchildren.
V. JEAN MORE, b. April 3, 1780, d. June 5, 1861; ^■
m. in 1795, DAVID SMITH of Forres, Scot- anfpSis
land, and there were in 1893, according to the
MORE family history, a total of 202 descend-
ants of this couple, as follows: —
12 children,
57 grand-children,
96 great-grand-children, and
37 great-great-grand-children,
VI. JAMES MORE, b. Jan. 10, 1782, d. May 19, do.
1866; m. ROXANNA BENJAMIN, and ac- Indp™'
cording to the family history printed in 1893,
there were a total of 93 descendants, recorded
as follows: —
7 children,
25 grand -children,
41 great-grand-children, and
20-great-great-grand-children.
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"MoreFamiiy VII. DAVID MORE, b. Jan. 11, 1786, d. Nov. 29,
SgeSix.. 1873; m. ELIZABETH GOULD, and in the
and page 255 MORE history of 1893, there is a record of
119 descendants, as follows: —
13 children,
51 grand-children,
50 great-grand-children, and
5 great-great-grand-children.
DO. VIII. EDWARD LIVINGSTONE MORE, b. Aug.
TafpS/ 1'*' ^^^^' ^- ^^S- 13, 1867; m. Jan. 1, 1808,
CHARITY STANLEY, and there were re-
corded in the genealogical record of the family
in 1893, 125 descendants, as follows: —
13 children,
52 grand-children, and
60 great-grand-children.
This makes a total of 1225 descendants of JOHN MORE
and BETTY TAYLOR recorded in 1893, in the family
record — most remarkable figures for one family. The
record is illuminated with many famous names, some of
whom are known world-wide, professional men, doctors,
lawyers, clergymen, men who have been leaders in the
finances of the world.
The complete record of this family fills a good sized
"book, and it has been gotten up so finely, and there have
been a number of supplements printed, appearing periodi-
cally, that it would be out of place to more than just barely
mention the family in this manner. The family are
widely scattered now, over the United States principally.
From first to last this is an honorable and upright family
and a credit to the Moirs from whom they are descended.
The Gould Memorial Church at Roxbury, New York, was pre-
sented by a descendant of Jay Gould, and is a memorial to his mother
— Mary More Gould. (See illustration. )
The More family had a great re-union in 1890 at Rox-
bury, New York, at which time an immense granite shaft
was erected over the graves of JOHN MORE and BETTY
TAYLOR. A representation of the monument is shown
herewith.
Since 1890 the family have fully organized, and meet
at Roxbury every five years. They also issue periodi-
cally, as already mentioned, "The Historical Journal of
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the MORE family," containing full historical informa-
tion, as well as bringing the genealogy up to the time of
publication.
Representatives of the MORE family of AMERICA, who continue to
spell the name MOIR in SCOTLAND
JOHN MOIR and ISABEL DUNCAN, were married More Family
at Forres, Elginshire, Scotland, Dec. 22, 1735. They had "^gex.'.and
issue: — page 23
1. JEAN MOIR, b. Aug. 29, 1739, m. Nov. 12, 1766, JOHN
TORRIE, and had issue.
2. ALEXANDER MOIR, b. July 31, 1740, married but
date and wife's name is uncertain.
3. MARGARET MOIR, b. Apr. 3, 1743.
4. JOHN MORE, b. Feb. 24, 1745, m. 1770, BETTY
TAYLOR, dau. of ROBERT TAYLOR, and had issue.
5. CHRISTIAN MOIR, b. May 12, 1748.
6. ISABEL MOIR, b. Jan. 26, 1750.
7. JAMES MOIR, b. Mar. 8, 1752, m. 1778, probably,
HELEN WILSON .
8. DAVID MOIR.
(It will be noticed that JOHN in the above family is the
only one who spells his name More, we are taking the
privilege of naming the others Moir, because, 1st, the
father's name is Moir; and 2d, subsequent descendants
of most of the others continue to spell the name Moir.
Even in the parish registers, some of these are spelled
More; but this is not to be wondered at, when the name,
whether spelled Moir or More is pronounced More,
especially in the lowland Scottish dialect.)
DAVID MOIR, a brother of the above-described
JOHN MORE, had two sons, GREGOR and PETER,
and two daughters.
PETER had six sons, JAMES, JOHN, GREGOR,
PETER, DAVID, and ALEXANDER, and three
daughters, ELLEN, BARBARA and JANET. BAR-
BARA married JAMES GRANT, and her grandson, WIL-
LIAM GRANT, now (1906), resides in New York City.
JAMES had one son PETER, and one daughter,
BELLA JEAN.
a
204 MoiR Genealogy
GREGOR, son of PETER, came to and settled in
America.
DAVID MOIR, brother of JOHN MOIR, who mar-
ried ISABEL DUNCAN, (both of Forres) married
HELEN GRANT, dau. of GREGOR GRANT, and the
pair were styled "of Drumcork," December 1788, and
they had issue, at least two children: —
1. Gregor Moir, b. Dec. 1788.
2. John More, b. June 28, 1790.
In Aug. 3, 1838, there was married at Lynlish, by the
Rev. John Clark, PETER MOIR and JANET ROB-
ERTSON, both in Balnaan of Muckrach, and on Aug. 19,
1839, there was born, GREGOR MOIR to this couple.
The above PETER, was probably a son of the DAVID mentioned
on page 203.
DAVID MOIR of Liverpool, England, fourth son of
PETER MOIR and JANET ROBERTSON of Balnaan
of Muckrach, Grantown-on-Spey, m. ANNIE FRANK-
LIN, and had issue: —
1. Annie Ellen Moir, b. July 5, 1879.
2. Ernest Franklin Moir, b. Nov. 25, 1880.
3. James B. Moir, b. Mar. 2, 1882.
4. Frederick William Francis Moir, b. Oct. 30, 1884.
5. Barbara Helen Moir, b. Dec. 11, 1887.
6. John Malcolmson Moir, b. Jan. 20, 1890.
7. Thomas Amos Moir, b. May 1st, 1892.
8. Jessie Irene Moir, b. Feb. 15, 1895.
Of the above family, JAMES B. MOIR, obtained a
Bachellor of Science degree from the Liverpool CoUege,
and he is now, (1911), assistant master of the Council
School at Liverpool.
FREDERICK W. F. MOIR also won a degree of
Bachellor of Science, and also a Bachellor of Arts degree
at London.
JOHN M. MOIR, also won a Bachellor of Science
degree.
MOIRS' IN ELGINSHIRE
(From Scottish County Directory for 1902.)
J. MOIR, Aden Villa, Elgin.
JAMES MOIR, farmer, Balnaan, Dulnain Bridge,
Grantown-on- Spey.
JAY GOULD'S INTERESTING FAMILY
Great-great-grand-parents — JOHN MOIR— ISABEL Nfatemai
DUNCAN. ^
Great-grand-parents — JOHN MORE — BETTY
TAYLOR.
Grand-parents —ALEXANDER T. MORE— NANCY
HARLEY.
Parents— JOHN B. GOULD— MARY MORE.
JAY GOULD'S great-grand-parents came from Forres,
Elginshire, Scotland, in 1772, and landed in America;
shortly afterwards were pioneers in the then wilds of
western New York state, at Moresville, now a part of
Rochester, New York. JAY GOULD was b. May 27,
1836; m. Jan. 22, 1863, HELEN DAY MILLER, and d.
Dec. 2, 1892. His family follows:—
I. GEORGE JAY GOULD, born 1864, m. 1886,
EDITH KINGDON and had issue:—
1. Kingdon Gould, b. 1887.
2. Jay Gould, b. 1888, m. April 1911, Annie Douglas
Graham. Issue: —
1. Eleanor Gould, b. Jan. 31, 1912.
3. Marjorie Gwynne Gould, b. 1890, m. April 19,
1910, Anthony Drexel, Jr., and had issue: —
1. Edith Kingdon Gould Drexel, b. 1911.
2. A son, born Dec. 9, 1912.
4. Helen Vivien Gould, b. 1892, m. Feb. 7, 1911,
Lord Decies. Issue: —
1. Eileen Vivien de la Poer Beresford, born
Aug., 1912.
5. George Jay Gould, Jr., b. 1896.
6. Edith Kingdon Gould, b. 1901.
7. Gloria Anna Gould, b. Mar. 31, 1906.
II. EDWIN GOULD, b. 1866, m. 1892, SARAH
SHRADY, and had issue: —
1. Edwin Gould, b. 1893.
2. Frank MUler Gould, b. 1899.
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III. *HELEN MILLER GOULD, b. 1868, m. Jan. 22,
1913, FINLEY J. SHEPARD, son of a Clergy-
man, and Assistant to the President of the
Missouri Pacific Railroad.
IV. HOWARD GOULD, b. 1871, m. 1898, KATH-
ERINE CLEMMONS.
V. ANNA GOULD, b. 1875, m. 1895, COUNT
PAUL MARIE BONIFACE DE CASTEL-
LANE and had issue: —
1. Boniface de Castellan e, b. 1897.
2. George de Castellane, b. 1898.
3. Jay de Castellane, b. 1902.
Married second, 1908, DUKE De TALLEY-
RAND PERIGORD, PRINCE De SAGAN,
and had issue : —
1. Charles Maurice Jason Howard, Duke deSagan,
b. 1909.
VI. FRANK JAY GOULD, b. 1877, m. 1901,
HELEN MARGARET KELLEY, and had
issue: —
1. Helen Margaret Gould, b. 1902.
2. Dorothy Gould, b. 1904.
Married second, 1909, EDITH KELLEY.
Ffwitfi
*Helen Gould. A name to conjure with among the enlisted men of the Army and
Navy. A woman of great wealth, regarding herself as a trustee of her riches for the use
and benefit of others. One who prompted by the wholesome dictates of a kindly heart
and a sweet natiire, has quietly and unostentatiously brought sunshine and happiness
into the lives and homes of thousands. A philanthropist who has aroused no an-
tagonisms and encountered no adverse criticism. Patriotic, generous and devoted to
the uplift of humanity, she has won the admiration of the American people, and
richly merits the tokens and expressions of appreciation which on the occasion of her
marriage have come to her from people in all walks of life, and from the press of the
land. From "The Human Factor," March, 1913.
ORKNEY AND SHETLAND MOIRS
ALBERT EDWARD MOIR of Albany, New York,
hotel clerk, b. April 1, 1877, in Buffalo, New York, son of
Rev. David Stewart Moir of Kirkwall, Orkney Islands,
Scotland, Episcopal minister, (formerly bookbinder),
who claimed distant relationship to Washington Irving,
the author, and had three sisters, who all died unmar-
ried. He left Edinburgh when about 16, soon after the
second marriage of his father Richard Moir, and Eliza-
beth Golding; grandson of Richard Moir of Edinburgh,
Scotland, and Stewart; m. Dec. 25, 1893, to
Maude Almeda Dalmadge, dau. of Jacob J. Dalmadge
of Milford, Ontario. No issue.
JAMES MOIR of Scranton, Pennsylvania, merchant
tailor; member of the city council 10 years, mayor 3 years,
at present (1911), municipal judge. B. Oct. 17, 1839, in
Forgue, Aberdeenshire, Scotland; son of John Moir,
b. 1800, in Stromness, Orkney, Scotland, and Elspet
Robertson, grandson of John Moir of Stromness,
Orkney, and Elizabeth Shurey; m. Dec. 1865, Frances
L. Flint, dau. of Francis Flint, of Birmingham, England,
and had issue: —
1. James Smith Moir of Buffalo, N. Y., b. Dec. 1866, in
London, England, m. 1889. — — .
2. John William Moir of St. Louis, Missouri, b. 1868, in
Philadelphia, Pa., blacksmith and now detective.
3. Helen F. Moir, trained nurse, b. 1870, in Philadelphia, Pa.,
1893, ( — ) living in Philadelphia.
4. Robert Burns Moir, b. 1872, in Scranton, Pa., d. Feb. 1896,
was civil engineer, and a cadet at West Point military
academy. (See official letter from Washington, D. C,
on another page. )
5. Wallace Moir, b. 1874, in Scranton, Pa., m. 1897 ;
he is a civil engineer.
6. Franklin Taylor Moir, of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, b. 1877,
in Scranton, Pa., a steam fitter and plumber.
7. Wilfred Stanley Moir, born 1880, in Scranton, Penn., a
surveyor.
208 MOIR GENKAI.OGY
8. Flora M. Moir, b. 1884 at Scranton, Pa.
9. Elsie Sarah Moir, b. 1886, in Scranton, Pa.
10. Fannie L. Moir, b. 1889, in Scranton, Pa.
MR. MOIR belongs to a number of societies, among
which may be mentioned: —
Peter Williamson Lodge, F. and A. M.; A A. Scottish
Rite; Mystic Shrine; Robert Bums Lodge, L O. O. F.;
Scrantonia Canton; Columbus Commandery, Knights of
Malta; Knights of Honor; ex-president North American
United Caledonian Association; a winner of Champion
cup for being the best dressed highlander; was a captain
in the 13th Pennsylvania regiment, for over seventeen
years.
John Moir, father of James, had at least two brothers,
Robert and David, the latter was never married, the
first had two sons, but their present residence is not
known.
James mentions one peculiarity of the Moirs, espe-
cially of his own branch, and those in the northeast of
Scotland — their dark hair and swarthy complexion.
JOHN MOIR, blacksmith, of Minneapolis, Minn., b.
July 1, 1852, in Lerwick, Scotland, son of John Moir,
of Lerwick, Shetland Islands, Scotland, and Margaret
Robertson, m. Apr. 7, 1881, Margaret Harkness, dau.
of Francis Harkness of Greenock, Scotland, and had
issue: —
1. John F. Moir, b. Mar. 12, 1882, in South Bend, Ind.
2. Robert C. Moir, b. Nov. 5, 1884, inYorkville, 111., d. Dec.
19, 1889.
3. James T. Moir, b. Dec. 14, 1886, in Bolivia, 111.
4. Margaret E. Moir, b. Oct. 4, 1889, in Minneapolis, Minn.
5. Lilly M. Moir, b. May 6, 1893, in Minneapolis, Minn.
^ome:' Moif< j(c/\o Cf{E$j6
MOIRS OF ENGLAND
DAVID MOIR, of Yonkers, New York, b. 1867, in
Northumberland, England, son of David Moir of
Northumberland and Elizabeth Wilson; married Sept.
14, 1889, Isabella Dickinson, daughter of Peter Dickin-
son, of Northumberland.
HANNAH MOIR, of Oakland, California, b. 1833, in
Falmouth, England, dau. of Alexander Moir of Fal-
mouth, Cornwall, England and Elizabeth Rice Pomeroy,
grand-daughter of Moir of Falmouth, England.
Married 1859, Thomas Gardner, son of Thomas Gard-
ner of Kippen, Stirlingshire, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Thomas Moir Gardner, cashier firemen's insurance fund of
San Francisco, California, b. 1860, in Sacramento,
Cal., m. 1887 and again in 1897.
2. Robert Kirk Gardner, cashier Wells-Fargo Express Co.,
San Francisco, b. 1862, m. 1890, d. 1902.
3. Hannah Elizabeth Gardner, b. 1863, in Sacramento, Cal.,
d. 1866.
4. Charles Harrison Gardner, private sec'y to Pres., Wells-
Fargo Exp. Co., New York City, b. 1867, in Sacramento,
Cal., m. 1892.
5. Frank Pomeroy Gardner, b. 1869, in Sacramento, Cal.,
d. 1874.
6. George Hamilton Gardner, broker, of Cleveland, Ohio,
b. 1871 in Sacramento, Cal.
7. Florence Althia Gardner, b. 1875, in Sacramento, Cal.
*EDWARD JAMES MOIR, letter carrier, of Phila-
*The above Mr. E. J. Moir, had an uncle who lived at Cowes, Isle of Wight, England,
who was the principal jeweler, watch and clockmaker there. He also had charge of and
regulated the town clock, and all the clocks in the royal palace on the island. Some of
his descendants still reside there. His son, Thomas Alexander Moir, in 1870, Uved in
Omaha, Nebraska; a daughter, Mrs. Louis Bochmer, lived at Council Bluffs, Iowa. Ho
abo had children living in Australia. One son, Robert, wanted to see the world, and as a
sailor, became mate on an English vessel bound for Philadelphia ; on the voyage the crew
mutinied, killed the captain and one mate, but as Robert was well-liked by the most of
the crew they gave him the privilege of walking the plank overboard; he came up directly
under the stearn and got hold of the rudder chains, and hours afterwards, got through a
window into the cabin, and hid in the hold, where one of his sailor-friends found him and
fed him until the ship reached Philadelphia. All hands were there arrested and finally
sent to England for trial, Robert as a witness. They were all convicted. Robert after-
wards returned to Philadelphia for a short time as a house and sign painter, and was
doing well; when he suddenly decided to go to New Orleans. This was previous to
1861. He was never after heard from.
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delphia, Pennsylvania, b. May 4, 1840, Falmouth, Eng-
land. Possibly a descendant of Thomas Moir, who left
Stoneywood, Aberdeen, early in the eighteenth century,
See page 150. and settled in Falmouth, who had issue there: —
1. Capt. Thomas Moir.
2. James Moir, a barrister.
3. A daughter; married Dr. Vivian of Falmouth.
Son of Alexander Moir, of Falmouth, England, and
Elizabeth Pomeroy; m. Jan. 7, 1864, Eleanor Klonegar,
dau. of John Campbell Klonegar, of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and had issue:—
1. Hamiah Moir, b. Aug. 25, 1865, in Philadelphia, Pa.,
married Feb. 8, 1893, Fee.
2. John Alexander Moir, b. Jan. 22, 1868, in Philadelphia,
Pa., d. May 29, 1873.
3. Sallie Klonegar Moir, b. Apr. 30, 1873, in Philadelphia,
Pa., d. Dec. 20, 1889.
4. Eleanor Francis Moir, b. Jan. 13, 1879, in Philadelphia,,
Pa., d. Apr. 15, 1881.
•OTHER MOIRS
WILLIAM MOIR, of Winnepeg, Manitoba, b. 1846,
in Elora, Ont., son of James Moir of Elora, Ont., and
Margaret Pellek, grandson of John Moir and ( .)
Married 1873, Elizabeth Livingston McQueen, dau. of
John Duncan McQueen, and had issue: —
1. Arthur Homewood Moir.
2. William Reginald Moir,
3. James Bruce Moir.
4. Isabella Maude Moir.
5. Jacqueline Annie Moir.
6. John Duncan Moir.
7. Harold Wilson Moir.
8. Alexander Gartshore Moir.
9. Leslie Moir.
A brother of James Moir, father of William, is a British officer in
New Zealand, and has a family there.
GEORGE MOIR, marine engineer, of Manilla, Philip-
pine Islands, b. Glasgow, Scotland ; son of David Moir of
"Scotland," and Helen Stewart; m. 1883, Christian
MacPherson, daughter of John MacPherson, of Prince
Edward's Island and had issue: —
1. William Fred Moir, b. June, 1885, in Taison, California.
2. Anna Margaret Moir, b. 1886, in Taison, California, a
music teacher.
WILLIAM JOHN MOIR, of Bondhead, Ontario,
Canada, born Nov. 30, 1874, in Essa, Canada, son of
John Moir and Sarah J. Coleman, of Cookstown, Ont.,
and grandson of George Moir and Agnes Petrie, who
came to Canada from Scotland about 1855. William
J. Moir was a captain in the 36th Peel regiment of.
Ontario, in the Boer War.
PETER CAMPBELL MOIR, jewelry salesman, of
Montreal, Quebec, Canada, b. 1883, in Lachute, Canada,
son of George Littel Moir, of Beauhamois, Quebec, Can-
*It may be that under this heading some of the Moirs may find connections with
other families in other parts of the Genealogy. But we are not in a position to place
them there, especially when the writers mention "Scotland" only as the place their
forbears originally came from. (A. L. M.)
212 MoiR Geneai,ogy
ada, a past master of freemasons, of Lachute, Quebec,
and Nellie Armstrong; grandson of Peter Campbell
Moir and ( ) Littel, of Beauhamois, Quebec, Canada.
WILLIAM HENRY MOIR, merchant, (traveling hat
salesman) of Antigo, Wisconsin, b. 1872, in Princeton,
Ontario, son of James Moir, (wholesale saddlery) of
Elora, Ontario, and Agnes Winters; grandson of James
Moir, (retired farmer) of Elora, Ontario, and ;
m. Belle Lyon, dau. of Wallace L. Lyon, of Brushton,
New York, and had issue: —
1. Wallace Lyon Moir, b. 1900, in Antigo, Wisconsin.
2. MUdred Moir, b. 1904, in Antigo, Wisconsin.
MR. MOIR was formerly three years in the Wisconsin National
Guard and was first sergeant.
AN INTERESTING CANADIAN BRANCH
BENJAMIN MOIR, who stood beside SIR JOHN
MOORE at the battle of Waterloo, and one of the early
settlers at Halifax, Nova Scotia, pioneer in the biscuit
and confectionery business in Canada, one of the largest
in their line, their goods being sold all over Canada, had
the contracts for years to supply the British Government,
(Army and Navy) at Halifax, with bakery supplies —
among others had a son: —
BENJAMIN MOIR, who succeeded to the business;
he married ISABEL CHURCH, and had issue, (all born in
Halifax, N. S.)
i Two sons, who died young.
3. BENJAMIN MOIR, died when about 30 years of age.
4. W. C. MOIR, who succeeded to his father's business, and
died 1897.
5. JOHN ALEXANDER MOIR, died aged 39, was married
and had issue among others: —
1. Isabel Moir, b. Halifax, N., S., m. 1876, John
Archibald, son of WUliam Archibald, of Mus-
quodoh, N. S., and had issue: —
1. Howard Moir Archibald, b. Jan. 18,
1884, at St. John's, Newfoundland,
an architect.
2. Louise Victoria Arcliibald, b. Feb. 18,
1887, in Montreal.
MoiR Gknkai,ogy 213
6. *HENRY MOIR, a piano manufacturer, who left for the
U. S. previous to the Civil War in 1861, and never was
heard from afterwards, probably killed in battle.
7. GEORGE MOIR, a piano manufacturer, pioneer in the
line, in Nova Scotia, died about 1892, in Truro,
Nova Scotia. He married Adeline Phinney and had
issue, among others, one son, Charles C. Moir, music
teacher, dealer in pianos and accessories, now at
830 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass. He m.
1909, Laura Lamprey of New Hampshire and had
issue; one child born 1911.
8. JAMES MOIR, who went to Colorado about 1877, and has
not been heard from afterwards.
9. ANNIE MOIR, died unmarried at the age of 19 years.
10. ISABEL MOIR, married a military man, paymaster,
named Swabrick, and died shortly afterwards without
issue.
ALEXANDER MOIR, engineer, of Halifax, N. S.,
pioneer in the business of making marine engines and ship-
ping tackle of all kinds, making marine engines for the
♦The following notes from a Halifax (Nova Scotia) newspaper (1912) refer to this
family: —
In a notice of the recent death in Truro of a prominent musician there, who, some years
ago — in the sixties — had been engaged in the manufacture of piano-fortes in Halifax,
the statement was made that he had taken a part in the manufacture of the first piano-
forte made in Nova Scotia. It may be of interest to recall the fact that there was a piano
manufactory in Halifax upwards of sixty years ago. H. & G. Moir, had warerooms at the
corner of Harrington and Duke streets, opposite the general post office.
In asking the public to encourage native industry, theMoirs called the attention of
music lovers to some new pianos of their own manufacture, which for beauty of style,
delicacy of touch, power and quality of tone, surpassed all others ever made in this country
or imported. Their tone was so rich, round and powerful, as entirely to preclude the
possibility of being appreciated without being heard. These instruments were of remark-
able strength, made in the most durable and substantial manner, of the best seasoned
material, with improvements made by the Moriaon, their own patent, which rendered
their instruments more substantial and kept them in tune longer than any imported article.
AU instruments of this firm were warranted to stand any climate, were claimed to be
equal to any in the known world, and the Moirs professed their willingness to give security
to any amount to the same effect. They sold pianos 20 per cent lower than could be
imported, either from England or the United States. They could supply pianos from
J35 to $100. The Moirs labored for some years in trying to induce the public to give
their articles a generous appreciation, but it was all in vain. At last they threw up the
trade in disgust, and wiping "the dust from their shoes," departed for other lands where
the policy of encouraging home industries had gained a deeper foot-hold.
The Moirs had a brother, William C, who, like them, was filled with an enterprising
spirit. He was engaged in the trade of bread-making. The frowns of fortune did not
dismay him. Meeting with untoward circumstances that would have crushed the average
man, he grasped them with a hand of mettle and threw them under his feet. He set out
in life to lift up to a high plane in Halifax the all-important business of making bread for
the people — a good, clean article, wholesome in every particular. He established a
manufactory into which he introduced every feature of machinery that inventive genius
had devised, to improve the making of "the staff of life." The establishment which he
firmly fixed in our city is justly the pride of our citizens to this day.
214 MoiR Geneai^ogy
British Government, starting when the business was in
much demand, when it was young. He died previous to
1893, and the business is now carried on by two of his
sons, Alexander and William Moir. The author of this
Genealogy called in 1897 on these parties, and was
entertained there.
*ABERNETHY OF MAYEN
BY A. J. MITCHELL-GILL
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
"Salus per Christum." — (Safety through Christ.)
I. ALEXANDER ABERNETHY, (a cadet of the Aber-
nethies, Lords Saltoun) of Auchencloich, in the parish
of Rothiemay, Banfishire, m. Isobel, (contract dated
30 Nov., 1658,) daughter (and co-heir with her sisters,
Christian Hacket, wife of Robert Gordon of Chapel-
toune, and Elizabeth Hacket of Archibald Dunbar
of Newton,) of Walter Hacket and his wife, Janet
Leslye, who had a charter of the lands of Mayen in
1649. Mr. Abernethie bought up the interests of
his sisters-in-law in Mayen, and became sole pro-
prietor. Issue : —
1. John, his heir.
2. William.
3. "Master" George.
1. Jean or Joan, m. first, Waiiam Moir of Scots-
toun, and secondly, James Moir of Stoney-
wood.
2. Christian, m. Alexander Hay of Ambath, who
also owned the estate of Tonley; from him it
was bought by the ancestors of the Byres
family, 8 April, 1720. Mr. Hay engaged in
the rebellion of 1715, and was forfeited; although
he had a family of eight children, his descend-
ants are now extinct.
*Most of the facts about the Abernethys of Mayen were sent me by Captain
Dunbar-Dunbar of Sea Park, and were taken by him from original documents in the
Mayen Charter Chest. In two documents therein is mentioned, — "1643, 4 July, Cap-
tain Thomas Moore, son of the deceased Thomas Moore in Peterhead, when James
Abernethie, servitor to Mr. Robert Bruce, Advocatt, is appointed factor and commis-
sioner for him, 1644, 20 July — Thomas Moore is designed 'GeneraU Adjutant of ye
Scots Cavilrie,' in England, when he gives full power to James Abernethie, Writer and
Advocate, to arrest James Ore COrr) in the Canongate."
MoiR Genealogy 215
3. Janet.
4. Elizabeth.
5. Isobel, m. Rev. Alexander Shand, of Insch.
ALEXANDER ABERNETHY died 1683, and his widow Isobel
Hacket, thereafter married Alexander Forbes of Blackstone.
II. JOHN ABERNETHY II., of Mayen, m. Jean, dau of
James Moir II., of Stoneywood, by his first wife.
Mary Scroggie, while his sister, Jean Abernethie, is
the second wife of his father-in-law.
1. James, his heir.
1. Jean or Joan, m. William Moir, of Spittal.
2. Elizabeth m. the Rev. Hugh Innes, of Mortlach.
III. JAMES ABERNETHY III., of Mayen, m. Jane, dau.
of Alexander Duff I., of Hatton. Having unfortunately
shot John Leith, ofLeith Hall, in a duel fought in the
streets of Aberdeen in Dec. 17G3, he fled to the conti-
nent, and was outlawed. Issue: —
I. James, his heir, IV., of Mayen, died unmarried,
and intestate, 1785, had four daughters, viz.:^
1. Jane, (b. 1751, died 1805), m. Major,
afterwards Colonel Alexander Duff, 58th
Regt., generally known as "Tiger Duff"
so-called from a deep seam in his face
inflicted in an encounter in India with
a tiger. Their son, Gapt. William Duff,
of Mayen, sold that property; d. 1857.
2. Isobel m. Captain William Graham, 42d
Regt., sometime "Master of Ceremonies
at Edinburgh" and had issue.
3. Helen.
4. Anne.
Arms. — Or, a lion rampant, gules, surmounted of a ribbon, sable.
Crest. — A parrot feeding on a bunch of cherries, proper.
POWIS PAPERS— MOIR REFERENCES
By JOHN GEORGE BURNETT, Esq., of Aberdeen.
Nov. 27, 1602. Instrument of resignation by Andrew Brabner junior,
Burgess of Aberdeen, of that portion of the Commonty of the
Burgh called Calseyseatt, in favour of Mr. WUliam Moir,
Burgess of the said Burgh.
Sept. 20, 1603. Charter by the Provost Baillies, etc., of Aberdeen to
Mr. William Moir and his heirs male of Calseyseatt; and
Instrument of Sasine following thereupon of the same date.
May 2nd, 1623. Precept of Sasine on the lands of Calseyseatt in
favour of Mr. William Moir, legitimate and nearer heir of hie
Father, the late Mr. William Moir and instrument of sasine
following thereupon of the same date.
May 10, 1656. Contract Matrimonial between Mr. William Moir and
Margaret Skene, only daughter of Gilbert Skene of Dyce.
May 31, 1656. Instrument of resignation Mr. William Moir, Prin-
cipal, to Dr. William Moir, his eldest son, and Gilbert Skene,
of Dyce, on behalf of his daughter of lands of Calsieseat.
June 3, 1656. Charter by the Provost, etc., of lands of Calsieseat to
Dr. William Moir, Doctor of Medicine, and instrument of
sasine following thereupon of the same date.
Oct. 20, 1688. Disposition by Dr. William Moir, in favour of George
Gordon, Burgess of Aberdeen, second lawful son of Henry
Gordon, of Auehlyne of the lands of Calsieseat.
Nov. 8, 1688. Instrument of resignation by George Keith, Advocate,
Aberdeen, on behalf of Mr. William Moir of Scotstoune,
heriditary proprietor, to John Gordone Baillie, on behalf of the
Provost, etc., superiors, of the lands of Calsieseat in favour of
George Gordone.
June 18, 1688. Heritable bond George Gordone, 2nd son to Henry
Gordon of Auehlyne, to Mr. William Moir of Scotstoune,
Doctor of Medicine, for 3500 merks Scots furth of the croft
of land called Calsieseat.
July 20, 1688. Bond of provision Dr. William Moir to Elizabeth Moir,
his youngest daughter of the sum of 2000 merks Scots being
part of heritable land of 3500 merks Scots, reserving to him-
self and Margaret Skeine, his spouse, the annual rent of the
said 2000 merks.
Nov. 21, 1691. Receipt Dr. William Moir from George Gordone of
Kirktone of Dyce of 1000 merks Scots, being part payment
of the above bond. Witness John Moir, son to the said
Doctor Moir.
July 24, 1711. Decreet of adjudication at instance of Elizabeth Moir
and Mr. John Mulligan, minister of the gospel at Methlick,^
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against Alexander Moir, eldest son of Mr. William Moir,
Doctor of Medicine in Elgin, eldest son of the late Dr. William
Moir of Scotstoune of above-mentioned 2000 merks, Scots.
Aug. 6. 1707. General charge at instance of Elizabeth Moir and Mr.
John Mulligan, her spouse, against Alexander Moir his tutors
and curators to enter heir to his grandfather Dr. William
Moir within forty days.
May, 1703. Contract matrimonial between Mr. John Mulligan,
minister of the gospel at Methlick and Elizabeth Moir,
youngest daughter of Dr. William Moir of Scotstoune.
Dec. 23, 1713. Disposition and assignation Mr. John Mulligan and
Elizabeth Moir to Alexander Fraser of the above-mentioned
heritable bond on Calsieseat.
Oct. 24, 1691. Matrimonial contract between Master Alexander
Fraser, Regent of King's College Aberdeen and Christian
Moir, daughter and one of the co-heirs of the deceased John
Moir of Barnes, with the consent of Mary Cochrane, relict
of the said John Moir. (Mary Cochrane binds herself to pay
certain sums to Mr. A. F. and Christian Moir, and for further
security to have herself duly and lawfully infeft in "All and
haill that sexth pairt of the sunne-half of the maines of Barnes.
Extending to three pleughes of land, the sexth pairt of the
sun half of the milne milnelands mulbures and sequells
thereoff. The sexth pairt of the sunne-half of the lands of
Daes and sun half of the lands of west bigging with the man-
ner place of Barnes, town and lands of Earlsfield, houses,
biggings, yeards, and ofts, Crofts, outsetts, insetts, an-
nexes, connexes, commonly common pasturage, mosses, mures,
meadows, tennants, tenandrys and service of free tennents
pairts, pendicles, and pertinents, whatsomever Lying within
the parochin of Fremney and Shrefdome of Aberdein which
fell and appertained to the said Christian Moir and of the
airs, Portioners of the said deceist John Moir of Barnes, her
father And sicklyke in all and haill that sexth
pairt of the Town and lands of Sunniesyde, with the pairts,
pendicles, and pertinents of the same, lying within the
Barony and regality of the Spitthill.")
Disposition made on the advice and consent of Mr. George
Fraser, sub-principal King's College, (brother) Mr. William
Fraser, minister at Kilmorah; (eldest brother) for Mr. Alex-
ander Fraser, and of Mary Cochrane, George Gordon of
Rothmey and Mr. George Chalmers, Parsone off ffoord in
England for .Christian Moir.
FIFESHIRE MOIRS
A REMARKABLE BRANCH
JAMES MOIR, M. D., of Edinburgh, b. 1780, son of
JAMES MOIR of Fife, and WINNIFRED JOHN-
STONE; married 1805, to MARGARET LAING STEN-
HOUSE; volunteered his services as medical officer at
the time of the British wars against Napoleon I., of
France. His brig going down channel, was driven
ashore on the coast of France, and all hands were cap-
tured. He was taken prisoner to Verdun. An officer
got permission to have his wife sent there, with an
attendant, who happened to be MRS. MOIR; while
still practicing his calling, and a prisoner, the mother
gave birth to JOHN INNES ALLAN MOIR, (afterwards
M. D. of Edmburgh) born April, 4, 1808. In 1814,
immediately after the decisive battle of Waterloo, all
the prisoners were liberated, and returned to Scotland.
He had at least three sons: —
I. JOHN INNES ALLAN MOIR, M. D., of Edin-
burgh, president of the College of Physicians
at Edinburgh, b. April 4, 1808, at Verdun,
France; m. MARGARET LOUISA MAIT-
LAND-HERIOT, and had issue, at least two
sons: —
1. John William Moir, who with hip younger
brother, was a pioneer in British Central
Africa, (see extended account) b. 1851,
at Edinburgh; m. Helen Elizabeth Tod,
dau. of Henry Tod, Writer to the Signet,
of Edinburgh, and had issue: —
' I Two born in Africa and died young there.
2. )
3. Henry Maitland Moir, b. 1887, at Edin-
burgh, a medical student.
4. Margaret Louisa Maitland Moir, b. 1891,
at Edinburgh.
Moi& Gbnbalogy 219
2. Frederick Lewis Maitland Moir, now of
Glasgow, secretary and director of the
African Lakes Corporation; (an extended
account of this worthy and interesting
gentleman, and his elder brother John
W. Moir, appears in this volume) born
later than 1851, at Edinburgh; m. Oct.
4, 1885, to Jane Fordyce Beith, dau.
of Gilbert Beith, M.P., for Glasgow,
Indian merchant, (born Glenelg, near
Oban) and had issue: —
1. Annie Maitland Moir, b. Feb. 2, 1887,
at Blantyre, British Central Africa.
2. Dorothy Caroline Moir ) rj,^.^^ g^^^
3. Margaret Louise Moir )
Oct. 9, 1891, at Edinburgh, Scotland.
II. JAMES MOIR, merchant of Edinburgh, later
coming to America in 1836, landing at New
York City, where he m. MARY McELROY,
dau. of REV. JOSEPH McELROY, D.D.,f or
over fifty years pastor of the Scotch Presby-
terian Church, New York City. He had at
least one son: JOSEPH McELROY MOIR,
a retired engineer, of Minneapolis, Minnesota,
b. March 18, 1846, in New York City. He m.
March 18, 1874, AGNES POND, dau. of REV.
GIDEON HOLLISTER POND, pioneer mis-
sionary to the Indians of Minnesota, and had
issue: —
1. Marion Walker Moir, b. April 28, 1875, at Bloom-
ington, Minn.
2. James Moir, cashier in the offices of the New York
Central and Hudson River Railroad, at Mount
Vernon, New York; born Sept. 15, 1876, at
Bloomington, Minn., m. April. 11, 1901, to Sarah
Charlotte Spence, dau. of William Spence, of
New York City, and had issue: —
1. Ruth Spence Moir, born April 18, 1902,
at Mount Vernon, New York.
3. Joseph McElroy Moir, Jr., b. Jan. 15, 1878, at
Bloomington, Minn.
4. William Wildei-ming Moir, b. March 26, 1881, at
Bloomington, Minn., now an M. D.
220 MoiR GeneaIvOGy
5. Dougald Stuart Moir, b. Aug. 26, 1884, at Bloom-
ington, Minn., d. May 23, 1888.
6. Arthur Duncan Moir, b. Feb. 21, 1887, at Bloom-
in gton, Minn.
7. Agnes Pond Moir, born Dec. 12, 1888, at Bloom-
ington, Minn.
8. John Moir, b. Nov. 6, 1890, at Bloomington, Minn.
III. *ALEXANDER WILSON MOIR, C.M.G., Com-
panion of the Most Distinguished Order of
St. Michael and St. George, created in 1877;
Club St. Georges; for over 40 years, civil service
(British) in H. M. customs at Bahamas; Pres-
ident of Turks Islands, Virgin Islands, Do-
minica, and St. Kitts, all in the West Indies;
b. March 28, 1825, at Edinburgh, married 1852,
ISABELLA DOBSON WATSON, daughter of
REV. JAMES WATSON, Presbyterian min-
ister, and died April 6, 1897. Had issue: —
1. Isabella J. H. Moir i rp .
2. Margaret A. A. Moir J
Born April 7, 1854, at Kingston, Jamaica.
Both live at St. Mawes, in Cornwall, England,
the latter has been married twice, in 1879 and
in 1887, and has issue. The former never mar-
ried.
3. Elizabeth Catherine Moir, born Oct. 21, 1855, at
Belize, Honduras, (Brit.) was twice married,
1870-1885— now (1912) a widow.
4. Amy Alice Anna Moir, b. 1857, at Belize, Hon-
duras, d. 1866.
5. James F. William Moir, b. 1859, at Belize, Hon-
duras, married 1886; an engineer now (1910) in
London.
6. Constance M. Louise Moir, b. 1860, at Kingston,
Jamaica, d. 1861.
7. Alexandra Bertha Christina Moir, b. 1864, at Turks
Islands, W. I., m. July, 1883, d. at Antigua, W. I.,
April 17, 1884.
*Hi3 diUL'hter Isabella, who is an iava.Hd and is livin? at St. Mawes in Cornwall,
writ'ss of her father, "i am sure mv father w ml 1 n<?\'er have oonsiderod himself a
'prominent persou,' or' seek a place amon? anch. — He was just an ordinary man
though tall and good-looking, and with a very pleasant voice."
FORFARSHIRE MOIRS
JOHN MOIR of Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland; m.
Mar. 13, 1802, MARTHA HARRIS, and had issue:—
1. John Moir, b. May 10, 1803, Arbroath; d. May 24, 1803.
2. Alexander Moir,b. March 24, 1804, Arbroath. (Baker and
pastry cook, see below.)
3. David Moir, b. Oct. 7, 1805, Arbroath; d. May 22, 1807.
4. Thomas Moir, b. Mar. 3, 1808, Arbroath.
5. Isabella Moir, b. June 11, 1810, Arbroath.
6. Margaret Moir, b. Aug.20, 1812, Arbroath ; d. Mar. 29, 1814.
ALEXANDER MOIR, baker and pastry cook, of
London, England; b. March 24, 1804, in Arbroath, Forfar-
shire, Scotland; son of JOHN MOIR and MARTHA
HARRIS of Arbroath, Scotland; m. Sept. 23, 1830,
SUSAN WURR, dau. of RICHARD WURR, and had
seven children, of whom the following are the two who
lived longest: —
1. Alexander G. Moir, b. March 6, 1 837, London, England, and
had issue. (See below). Christened at St. Luke's
Church, Chelsea.
2. Thomas John Moir, b. London, England; christened at
Trinity Church, Sloane.
♦ALEXANDER G. MOIR, carpenter, builder, painter,
decorator, for 35 years Assessor and Highway Commis-
sioner, has prospered, having a large farm of 300 acres,
well supplied, at Temple, New Brunswick; b. Mar. 6,
1837, in London, England, son of ALEXANDER MOIR,
of Arbroath, Forfarshire, Scotland, and SUSAN WURR;
grandson of JOHN MOIR, of Arbroath, Scotland, and
MARTHA HARRIS; m. Dec. 26, 1864, HULDAH
INGRAHAM, daughter of MANUEL INGRAHAM of
Canterbury, England, and had issue: —
1. Frances Mary Moir, b. Dec. 9, 1865, in Temple, N. B., m.
June 15, 1892, John Alfred Patterson, of Woodstock, N.
B., and had issue.
2. George Alexander Moir, b. Dec. 8, 1867, in Temple, N. B.
♦Alexander G. Moir had a brother, John Moir, who left London, England, many
years ago, and although efforts had been made to locate him, he ha.-j not been found.
222 MoiR Gbneai^ogy
3. Annie Gertrude Moir, b. Apr. 11, 1870, in Temple, N. B.,
m. Oct. 15, 1902, Asaph H. Faxon, of Gambridgeport,
Mass.
4. Edith Maud Moir, b. Aug. 8, 1872, in Temple, N. B., m.
Apr. 10, 1891, Merrill David Green, d. Aug. 8, 1897,
had issue.
5. Susan Isabella Moir, b. Sept. 14, 1874, in Temple, N. B.,
m. John Murdoch MacDonald, of St. Louis, Missouri,
and has issue.
6. Charles William Moir, b. April 15, 1877, in Temple, N.B.,
died Feb. 15, 1901.
7. Percy Miles Moir, b. Mar. 20, 1882, in Temple, N. B.
•DAVID MOIR, wine merchant, of Edinburgh, Scot-
land, served 34 years in the Queen's Regiment of the
Edinburgh Rifle Volunteers, and held the rank of Colour-
Sergeant, b. Sept. 5, 1864, in Earlsferry, Fifeshire, son
of JAMES WILKIE MOIR, schoolmaster, of Keir Parish
School, Dumfries-shire, (b. Dundee, Forfarshire, July 1,
1839), and MARGARET GLOVER, a poetess, (for a
biographical notice and poems, see "Modem Scottish
Poets," fourth series, published by D. H. Edwards,
Brechin, 1882.) Grandson of DAVID MOIR, iron-
founder, and ANNA WILKIE, both of Dundee, For-
farshire. Married JANE MILLER STEWART, dau.
of JOHN STEWART, butler, of Rait, Perthshire,
and had issue : —
1. James Wilkie Moir, b. May 22, 1891, in Edinburgh.
2. Jean Ehincan Moir, b. Sept. 5, 1895, in Edinburgh.
DAVID MOIR, SR., engineer, of Buffalo, New York,
b. June 22, 1849, in Dundee, Forfarshire, Scotland ; m.
Jan. 1st, 1874, FRANCES ( ), and had several
children. MR. MOIR died, July 14, 1903.
JOANNA JARVIS MOIR, of St. Joseph, Missouri,
b. Jan 23, 1857, in Dundee, Scotland, daughter of JAMES
MOIR, of Dundee, Scotland, and MATILDA GRAHAM,
and grand-daughter of JAMES MOIR, of Dundee, For-
farshire, Scotland and ANNIE PETRIE, (has a half-
brother JAMES MOIR, in Harbor Springs, Michigan^
and a nephew WILLIAM J. MOIR, in Houghton, Michi-
gan.) ^
♦The above David Moir had 5 brothers and 5 sisters, as follows — 3 brothers in Edia~
burgh, 1 in India, and 1 in Ceylon; 3 sisters in Scotland, and 2 in South Africa.
MoiR Genealogy 223
GEORGE MacLEAN MOIR, clerk, of 14 Roseneath
Place, Edinburgh, son of PETER MOIR, of Kincreich
Mill, Forfarshire, and ISABELLA ROBERTS, grandson
of WILLIAM MOIR, farm overseer, of Nether Hayston,
Forfarshire, and ( ) NORRIE; b. Dec. 20, 1866, at
Kmcaldrum Mill, Forfarshire ; m. June 6, 1901, MARY
MacINTYRE, dau. of PETER MacINTYRE, of Vir-
ginia, U.S.A., and had issue: —
1. Elizabeth Stuart Moir, b. Sept. 3, 1902, at Edinburgh.
2. George Edward Moir, b. Aug. 16, 1904, at Edinburgh.
3. David Roberts Moir, b. Nov. 26, 1906.
4. Isabella Roberts Moir, b. Mar. 3, 1909, at Edinburgh.
5. Andrew Hill Moir, b. Dec. 11, 1910, at Edinburgh.
JAMES MOIR, bank agent of Lenzie, Glasgow,
Scotland; b. Mar. 5, 1859, at Kirriemuir, son of WIL-
LIAM MOIR, (b. 1834, d. Aug. 30, 1885) and ESTHER
MAIDEN, dau. of JAMES MAIDEN; grandson of
ROBERT MOIR, of Brechin, Forfarshire, (died Jan.
1850,) and ELIZABETH STEWART. Married Dec. 9,
1884, JANE MUIR PATON, dau. of ROBERT BATON,
of Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Jane Muir Moir, born Sept. 10, 1885, at Pollokshaws.
(School teacher.)
2. William Moir, b. Dec. 18, 1886, at Pollokshaws. (Bank
clerk.)
3. Robert Paton Moir, b. July 26, 1888, at Pollokshaws.
(Mercantile clerk.)
4. Esther Maiden Moir, b. May 28, 1890, at Pollokshaws.
5. Elizabeth Stewart Moir, b. Dec. 12, 1891, at Pollokshaws.
6. Janet Ramsay Paton Moir, b. June 16, 1893, at Glasgow.
7. Catherine Paton Moir, b. Aug. 28, 1895, at Stepps Rd.,
Gadder.
8. Mary Paton Moir, b. July 1, 1897, at Lenzie, Gadder,
Lanarkshire.
9. Agnes Paton Moir, b. Feb. 8, 1899, at Lenzie, Gadder,
Lanarkshire.
FORFARSHIRE
From the Scottish County Directory, 1902.
PETER MOIR, New Grange, Kmcaldrum, Forfar-
shire.
INVERNESSHIRE MOIRS
GREGOR MOIR, upholsterer and bagpiper of New
York, N. Y., born Aug. 9, 1840, in Carrbridge, Inver-
nesshire, Scotland, married Aug. 21, 1880, SARAH
ZULIEKA, of Kidderminster, England, came to America
in 1883. He died June 24, 1903, in New York City.
He was a member of the Scottish Clans. Had issue: —
1. Harriet Moir, b. Oct. 30, 1882, in Liverpool, England.
KINCARDINESHIRE MOIRS
JAMES ERNEST PETERKIN MOIR, travelling
agent, of Toronto, Ontario, b. 1878, in Aberdeen, Scot-
land, son of GEORGE MOIR, of Drumlithie, Kincardine-
shire, Scotland, and MARY PETERKIN, grandson of
GEORGE MOIR and ELIZABETH BARCLAY, both
of Scotland; m. 1902, ELIZABETH LINALL, daughter
of HARRY LINALL, of Toronto, Canada, and had
issue.
GEORGE FOREST BARCLAY MOIR, assistant
cashier of Railway Dept. of the International Cor-
respondence Schools, of Chicago, 111,, b. Oct. 3, 1875, in
Erin, Ontario, son of JAMES MOIR, of ( ), Scot-
land, and MARY M. HUGHSON; grandson of GEORGE
MOIR, of Drumlithie, Kincardineshire, Scotland, and
( ) BARCLAY.
GEORGE MOIR, clerk to the French Consulate at
Glasgow, Scotland; b. 1855, in Glasgow, eldest of three
children of DAVID MOIR, who was born near Law-
rencekirk, (Kincardineshire), about 1825, he died in
Lawrencekirk in 1874, and was buried in the family lot
at Fettercairn. GEORGE was a grandson of DAVID
MOIR, who was married twice.
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225
DAVID, father of GEORGE, was from the first wife,
and was brought J^up by the grandmother, he came to
Glasgow in 1853, there were several brothers and sisters
in the family.
GEORGE MOIR, paving [block cutter, of Brooklyn,
N. Y., b. 1868, at Kemnay, Aberdeenshire, son of
JAMES MOIR, of Newton Hill, Kincardine, (paving
block cutter) and Helen Morris, grandson of ALEX-
ANDER MOIR, farmer, of Stonehaven, Kincardine-
shire, and CHRISTINA MOIR, m. 1897 ( ), and
had issue: —
1. Helen ^Moir, born 1899, at Furnace, Argyleshire, now
(1912), at Woodside, Aberdeen.
LANARKSHIRE MOIRS
WILLIAM MOIR, carpenter, inventor, of New York
City, b. Dec. 20, 1854, at Glasgow, Scotland, son of
WILLIAM MOIR of Gamkirk, Lanarkshire, near Glas-
gow, and Isabella Paterson.
ROBERT HORN MOIR, hotel-keeper of New York
City, b. Nov. 13, 1865, in Helensburgh, Scotland, son
of WILLIAM MOIR of Garnkirk, Lanarkshire, Scot-
land, and ISABEL PATERSON; m. 1883, ANNA. M.
HANNAFIELD, dau. of BERNARD HANNAFIELD,
of Scarsdale, New York, and had issue: —
1. Isabella Paterson Moir, b. Sept., 1884, in Philadelphia, Pa.
2. William Bergen Moir, b. April, 1886, in Philadelphia, Pa.
3. Robert Moir, Jr., b. 1888, in New York City.
ALEXANDER MOIR, mechanical engineer, of 255
Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia; son of ALEX-
ANDER MOIR, mechanical engineer, (b. Jan. 13, 1821;
d. Dec. 30, 1889), and HELEN MOODIE; grandson
of ALEXANDER MOIR, of Lanark, Scotland, and
MARY McPHERSON; m. Oct. 28, 1878, first, MAR-
GARET S. HURLEY, and had issue:—
1. Mary Alice Moir, b. Nov. 11, 1879, at Halifax N. S., d.
Mar. 23, 1887.
2. John Alexander Moir, b. Mar. 11, 1881, at Halifax, N. S.,
(mechanical engineer).
3. Elizabeth B. Moir, b. Dec. 24, 1882, at Halifax, N. S.
4. Helen M. Moir, b. Sept. 9, 1884, at Halifax, N. S.
MR. MOIR m. second, July 3, 1889, MARGARET
A. GAULT, dau. of JOHN GAULT, and had issue:—
1. J^therine W. Moir, b. Nov. 28, 1891.
LANARKSHIRE
(From the County Directory of Scotland, 1902.)
GEORGE MOIR, Westmount, Dullatur, Castlecary Station,
Glasgow.
JAMES MOIR, Well Bank Cottage, Campsie Glen, Glasgow.
*DOUNE, PERTHSHIRE
The town of Doune, in Perthshire, where the river Teith is spanned
by a noble bridge, the work of one who though by craft a tailor, was
truly noble in heart. An inscription on the left parapet, and tran-
scribed more legibly on the other side, tells us that "In the year of
God 1535, founded was this bridge by ROBERT SPITTEL, tailor
to the most noble princess MARGARET, Spouse to JAMES IV."
Along with the narrative, he boldly blazons a pair of scissors, en
saltier.
About half a mile below the bridge, on a peninsula formed by the
junction of the Ardoch burn with the Teith, stands the old castle of
Doune, still a majestic pile, with its two massive, square towers, its
turrets, and high embattled walls.
Sir Walter Scott spent several summers in his youth at Cambus-
more, in this neighborhood; and naturally he speaks of its beauty. In
the "Lady of the Lake," he sketches this district, mentioning "Land-
rick," and "Deanstoun," where Moirs resided for several genera-
tions' Canto Fifth,
"Along thy banks, swift Teith! they ride,
And in the race they mock thy tide;
Torry and Landrick, now are past.
And Deanstoun lies behind them cast :
They rise, the bannered towers of Doune,
They sink in distant woodland soon."
XVIII.
♦From "Picturesque Guide to the Trossacha, &o.," Edinburgh, Adam & Charles
Black, 1889.
DOUNE AND THORNHILL
Doune, Thomhill and Neighborhood
THE ORIGIN OF PLACE-NAMES OF ESTATES
Formerly Occupied by MOIRS
(By the late W. B. COOK, Esq., of Stirling)
SAUCHENS,— is the saughs or willows.
DEANSTON, — was formerly Sauchentxim.
LOCHFIELD, — so called from its being near the Loch o' Watson of
an old name. It is mentioned in a document of 1492,
along with other estates in the locality.
♦GARTINCABER,— is "the enclosure of poles or speocks." What
the tower was erected for is unknown. It is well
known that this estate is the geographical centre of
Scotland.
*The site of the centre of Scotland, like many other things, is a disputed point, but
the common belief is that the spot is in the neighborhood of Gartincaber, which ia situated
2 1-2 miles southwest of Doune, in Perthshire. A tower erected there, on an eminence, is
held to mark the exact centre. (From the "Scottish American.")
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MOSS-SIDE, — named from the soft moss lands, characteristic of this
part of the Forth river.
BOQUHAPPLE, — owes its name to the chapel, — "the bothy of
the Chapel," both capel. It is said this name suggested
to Sir Walter Scott, his "Laird of Balmawhapple."
MEADOWHEAD,— at the head of the meadow.
NETHERTON, — is the lower town, and why I am unable to say.
This farm is made up of feuars acres and a number of
small holdings. One of the fields is known as "Netherton
of Moss-Side," another is the "Three Neukit Lea"
and a third is "Dalwhilpert." There was once a road
leading from this farm to the village, but it is now closed,
and there is not much sign of it left, although it can
still be traced.
^DESCENDANTS OF JAMES MOIR
1625
OF DOUNE, PERTHSHIRE
The early baptismal records, and also the marriage
registers of Doune, (parish of Kilmadock) and Thomhill,
(parishes of Kincardine and Tulliallan) are very incom-
plete, as will be seen by referring to the extractable
records in this book; there are a great many omissions,
and at places, they are in bad shape — especially is
this so of the marriage registers.
They prove, however, that about 1625 there were in
Doune, ROBERT, JOHN, JEAN, MARGARET, WAL-
TER, AGNES, and JAMES MOIR. There is no record
of the birth or baptism of DAVID MOIR who was born
at Doune, and was the first of the MOIRS of Leckie,
(1668), an account of whom is given under that head.
Probably, each of these personages were related to the
others.
*The account of this numerous and interesting family are taken from Private Family
Records as well as the account of Births, Marriages &c., given in this book, pages 58 to
89. Many individual records can be verified.
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Of the above, JAMES married, but the name of his
wife is not known, (the estate where they lived, is called
Newton-of-Doune,) he was probably an uncle of DAVID
MOIR, afterwards "of Leckie." It is recorded in the
Kilmadock Kirk Session Records, that JAMES and voi. ii. pages
his brother WALTER were members of the session of
Kilmadock Parish Church, in 1652, and later. (From
the "Stirling Antiquary," by W. B. Cook.) This couple
had at least seven children, as follows: —
1. JOHN MOIR, b. Aug. 30, 1629.
2. JAMES MOIR, b. Aug. 21, 1631, he m. and had issue.
3. ROBERT MOIR, b. Jan. 29, 1638, he witnessed a baptism,
(Andrew Duncanson), 1671.
4. ARCHIBALD MOIR, b. Mar. 12, 1643, afterwards of
"Glenwhilk." (Of whom again.)
5. MARGARET MOIR, b. June 6, 1647.
6. WALTER MOIR, b. Aug. 12, 1649; he m. JANET OTE,
and had issue, at least three of a family: —
1. Robert Moir, born Mar. 13, 1677, afterwards of
"Lochfield," m. ( ) Stewart, in Doune, and
had issue: —
1, Anna Moir, b. July 29, 1702.
2. Alexander Moir, b. Oct. 19, 1705.
2. Harrie Moir, b. Feb. 8, 1679, m. Agnes Moir,
Doune; and had issue, at least two children.
1. Henrj' Moir, b. Jan. 14, 1708.
2. Agnes Moir, b. May 1, 1712.
3. Agnes Moir, b. Sept. 4, 1680.
7. MARIE MOIR, b. Feb. 2, 1652, m. HARRIE MOIR,
of Newton of Doune, and had issue, at least six of a
family: —
1. Jane Moir, b. Aug. 15, 1679, m. Lieutenant Colin
Fairfoull, and had issue, several children,
among whom: —
1. Susanna Fairfoull, b. Jan. 9, 1706.
2. Agnes Moir, b. Nov. 22, 1682.
3. Marjorie Moir, b. Dec. 1, 1684.
4. A daughter, b. Oct. 8, 1687.
5. Margaret Moir, b. Nov. 20, 1689.
6. Robert Moir, b. Sept. 9, 1691.
Of the above family, ARCHIBALD married, and
there is no record of the name of his wife, they had
issue, at least three, as follows: —
1. Jean Moir, b. Jan. 26, 1669.
2. WiUiam Moir, b. Sept. 27, 1673.
3. David Moir, b. Dec. 20, 1676; who m. Janet Caddell, the
marriage register being blank from 1650 to 1717, with
232 MoiR Geneai,ogy
few exceptions, there is no official record of the date of
the marriage, they had issue: —
1. John Moir, b. July 8, 1703, who m. Anna Mur-
doch, and had issue: — a child, b. March, 1719.
They had at least four other children: —
1. Robert Moir, b. Apr. 7, 172.3, and m.
Grizzall MacArthur, (of whom after-
wards).
2. .\lexander Moir, b. July 20, 1735.
3. Margaret Moir, b. Dec. 7, 1738.
4. Ann Moir, born Dec. 28, 1740, m. Nicol
MacLaren and had issue .
The elder son of this family, ROBERT MOIR, m.
GRIZALL MacARTHUR, and had issue:—
1. Jean Moir, b. April 26, 1741, and m. Nov. 12, 1768, James
Graeme, and had issue.
2. James Moir, b. Feb. 27, 1743, and m. May 26, 1780, Isabel
Thompson.
GEORGE MOIR, third child of ROBERT MOIR
and GRIZALL MacARTHUR, b. Feb. 6, 1748; m.
JANET ADAM, and this couple had at least eight of a
family, as follows: —
1. Alexander Moir, b. Nov. 24, 1776.
2. Robert Moir, b. Mar. 8, 1778; m. Elizabeth Moir, (of whom
again).
3. Jean Moir, b. Dec. 29, 1782; m. Duncan MacPherson, (of
whom again).
4. George Moir, b. Aug. 22, 1784; m. Jane Stirling, (of
whom again).
5. Janet Moir, b. Apr. 30, 1786; m. John Stewart, (of
whom again).
6. Andrew Moir, b. Feb. 14, 1788; m. Isabella Dougall, (of
whom again).
7. James Moir, b. Jan. 26, 1794; m. Elizabeth Forsyth, (of
whom again).
8. Elizabeth Moir, b. Dec. 4, 1796; m. John MacQueen,
(of whom again).
HENRY MOIR, b. 1680, it is not known who his
parents were, as the record is partly illegible. He is also
Hermaiden Called HARRIE. He m. AGNES ( ), of Doune
^^^'Tf . and had at least three of a family:—
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si p. 61 ' 1. JAMES MOIR, b. Jan. 8, 1702, m. HELEN LENOX,; in
"Hole of Cambus," and had issue: —
1. Henry Moir, b. Jan. 8, 1734.
2._._ James Moir, b. May 10, 1738.
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2. HENRY MOIR, b, Jan. 4, 1708, m. ACNES MOIR, and
had issue, at least one child: —
1. Anna Moir, b. June 3, 1733.
3. AGNES MOIR, b. May 1, 1712.
JAMES MOIR, son of JAMES, of the above family,
m. ELIZABETH MacEWAN, and had issue:—
1. JANET MOIR, born Sept. 16, 1758, and
m. ALEXANDER DUNCANSON, and had
issue.
2. HENRY MOIR, b. Jan. 25, 1761.
3. JAMES MOIR, b. July 24, 1763; m. ISABEL see below
Mackenzie, (of whom afterwards).
4. ANN MOIR, b. Mar. 1, 1767, and m. ALEXAN-
DER STEWART, and had issue:—
1. Mary Stewart, b. April 25, 1784.
2. Elizabeth Stewart, b. Feb. 15, 1786.
3. Isabel Stewart, b. Oct. 27, 1793. {^Note in the
record, — "there is no entry of children to this
couple between 1786 and 1793.")
4. Katherine, b. Mar. 12, 1797.
5. John Stewart, b. June 17, 1802.
6. Agnes Stewart, b. Aug. 5, 1804.
5. MARGARET MOIR, b. May 27, 1770, m.
WILLIAM JUNKINE, and had issue.
6. DAVID MOIR, b. June 14, 1772. He removed
to Campsie.
JAMES MOIR, third of the above family m. Nov.
27, 1784, *ISABEL MacKENZIE, and had issue, at
least seven children: —
1. James Moir, b. Feb. 12, 1786.
2. William Moir, b. Sept. 23, 1787, was married, and went to
London, was coachman to Rev. Alexander Fletcher,
there; both he and his wife died of cholera, at the time
of the great plague.
3. Elizabeth Moir, b. Oct. 15, 1789, m. Robert Moir. (See Page 242
account of his ancestry, of whom again).
4. Janet Moir, b. July 31, 1791.
5. Isabel Moir, b. Feb. 24, 1793, m. Jan. 19, 1817, John Bryce
of the parish of Renfrew, (a copy of the marriage cer-
*Isabel MacKenzie had a brother who lived in India, and who amassed a large fortune,
when he died suddenly, leaving forty thousand pounds sterling; several of the family at
the time hired a lawyer, (who was a relative), at Edinburgh, to see what could be done
towards securing the fortune; he collected several fees and after several years, he died,
without securing any results to the family. Nothing has since been done about the matter.
Meantime the money ia in Chancery and has grown to prodigious proportions.
234 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
tificate is in possession of the author) and had issue, at
least two: —
1. Isabella Bryce, m. to James Work, an engineer
on one of the ocean steamships crossing the
Atlantic.
2. Helen Bryce, who married James Lyle, Glasgow,
carpet manufacturer.
6. Katherine Moir ) ^^j^^^ ^ p^^ 1795
7. Jean Moir )
GEORGE MOIR and JANET ADAM, had:—
I. ALEXANDER MOIR, born Nov. 24, 1776. (Of see page 236
whom again.)
II. ROBERT MOIR, born March 8, 1778; married See page 242
ELIZABETH MOIR; and had at least 12
children. (Of whom afterwards.)
III. JEAN MOIR, born Dec. 29, 1782, in ThomhiU,
m. DUNCAN MacPHERSON, we have not
been able to trace this branch.
IV. GEORGE MOIR, b. Aug. 22, 1784, in ThomhiU, Morecompiete
married JANE STIRLING. George came to foUot ''"°'*^
America in 1844, and settled later in Hensall, '^ter on ;
Ontario. From the twelve children mentioned I
below, there were 80 direct children in 1904,
and many of these have families of their own.
1. George Moir, born Oct. 2, 1817; married Elizabeth
Buchanan.
2. Margaret Moir, born Oct. 2, 1817; m. Alexander
Buclianan.
3. John Moir, b. Aug. 20, 1819; m. Mary Anderson.
4. Alexander Moir, b. Aug. 15, 1821; m. Jessie Russell
Ross. H
5. Robert Moir, b. Aug. 12, 1823.
6. James Moir, b. April 30, 1825; m. Isabella Murray.
7. Jean Moir, b. July 31, 1827; m. James Murray.
8. Janet Moir, b. Apr. 29, 1829; m. Robert Murray.
9. Peter Moir, b. May 25, 1831.
10. Andrew Moir, b. June 28, 1833. i
11. Thomas Robertson Moir, b. Dec. 1, 1835; never was K
married, now (1904), living.
12. WilUam Moir, b. 1837.
V. JANET MOIR, b. April 30, 1786, in ThomhiU,
m. to JOHN STEWART, had a familj^, but
we have not been able to trace this branch.
VI. ANDREW MOIR, b. Feb. 14, 1788, in Thorn- See laterpai
239
MoiR Geneai,ogy 235
hiU, married to ISABELLA DOUGALL, lived
at Callandar, Perthshire, and had a large fam-
ily, most of whom later settled in America.
VIL JAMES MOIR, born Jan. 26, 1794, in Thomhill, s** p***
m. to ELIZABETH FORSYTH, and had issue;
James came to New Brunswick, in 1818, and
was accidentally drowned in St. John's ice-
bound harbour, in 1833. one stormy night,
while trying to board a vessel: —
1. Robert Moir.
2. James Moir.
3. Mary Moir.
4. Ruth Moir.
5. George Moir.
6. Sarah Moir.
VIII. ^ELIZABETH MOIR, born Dec. 4, 1796, at
ThomhiU, m. 1819, JOHN MacQUEEN, and
had issue: —
1. Janet MacQueen, b. Jan. 2, 1820, at Thomhill.
There was a large family born to thia couple,
probably all the others were born in America, to
which place they emigrated. The descendants
are mostly scattered throughout the Province of
Ontario. We have tried to follow up this line,
but members have refused to reply to enquiries
sent.
IX. HELEN MOIR, | ^he date of birth of these
X. MARY MOIR. J
two have not been ascertained, but it is
known that the former never was married, and
the latter died young.
DOUNE AND THORNHILL MOIRS
(CONTINUED)
The descendants of GEORGE MOIR, b. February
6, 1748, son of ROBERT MOIR and GRIZALL Mac
ARTHUR; who m. July 6, 1776, JANET ADAM, of
Boquhapple Moss, and Moss-side farm, Thomhill.
(There are a great many descendants of this couple,
mostly distributed throughout the United States and
Canada, although there are several families of this
branch still in Scotland.) They had issue.
I.
ALEXANDER MOIR, b. Nov. 24, 1776, at Mains,
Thomhill, m. March 7, 1807, JEAN HUTTON, dau.
of WILLAIM HUTTON. He was a burgess of Dun-
fermline, (see extracts on another page) and was ad-
mitted October 24, 1809. Had issue: —
I. CATHERINE MOIR, born April 30, 1809, at
Thomhill, she m. Oct. 13, 1844, ROBERT
HUTTON, and had issue, she died in Ire-
land.
II. GEORGE MOIR, b. Nov, 14, 1810, at Thom-
hiU.
III. WILLIAM MOIR, b. Jan. 29, 1813, at Thomhill,
(Moss-side farm,) married May 24, 1846,
GRACE MacFARLANE, daughter of JOHN
MacFARLANE, of the Parish of Port, Ker-
buck, Dunblane, and had issue: —
I Two sons, who died in infancy.
3. ALEXANDER MOIR, farmer, b. June 28, 1850, at
Moss-side farm, Thomhill, m. Mar. 22, 1874,
ELIZABETH PATTERSON DICK, daughter of
James Dick, b. Gartincaber, near Thomhill,
and had issue: —
1. *William Moir, farmer, b. April 30, 1875,
at Moss-side farm, Thomhill.
2. James Moir, clerk, born Nov. 6, 1876, at
Nethercarse farm, Gargurmock.
•William, Alexander and Jean G. Moir of this family have hired another farm
called Capel Church farm, at Folkstone, and are doing well, according to report.
MoiR Geneai/)GY 237
3. *Alexander Moir, farmer, b. Jan. 6, 1879,
at Nethercarse, Gargunnock.
4. John Moir, draper, b. Aug. 20, 1880, at
Nethercarse, Gargunnock. (He served
about 2 years in the South African
war in the Imperial Yeomanry.) He ia
now 1912, at Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
5. *Jean Galbraith Moir, b. Aug. 20, 1882, at
Nethercarse farm.
6. Robert Moir, farmer, b. June 27, 1884,
at Nethercarse farm, Gargunnock, he
died May 21, 1904.
7. George Moir, b. March 8, 1886, at Nether-
carse farm, Gargunnock.
8. Elizabeth Grace Macfarlane Moir, born
Jan. 12, 1888, at Nethercarse farm,
Gargunnock.
9. Isabella Ann Moir, b. Jan. 1, 1890, at
Nethercarse farm, Gargunnock.
10. David Moir, b. Jan. 1. 1891, at Nether-
carse farm, Gargunnock, died there,
Dec. 20, 1905.
11. Andrew Moir, born April 19, 1892, at
Nethercarse farm, Gargunnock.
12. Mitchell Archibald Moir, b. Feb. 3, 1895,
at Nethercarse farm, Gargunnock, now
farming with an uncle at Park of Keir,
Dunblane, Perthshire.
13. Peter Moir, b. March 5, 1897, at Nether-
carse farm, Gargunnock.
14. Isaac Dick Moir, born July 17, 1898, at
Nethercarse farm, Gargunnock.
4. JOHN MOIR, b. at Thomhill, died March 15,
1892, at Warquami, New Zealand.
5. A daughter, who married GEORGE ADAM, now
of 11 Alexandria Place, Partick, Glasgow.
6. WILLIAM MOIR, a farmer and live-stock mer-
chant, having a farm of over 900 acres, at Thom-
hill, called "Netherton farm," (where the author
spent a day in 1910.) He was b. at Thomhill,
and married 1st, JANE SANDS, and had issue:—
1. William Moir, born 1892, at Netherton
farm, ThornhUl.
2. Alexander Moir, born 1894, at Netherton
farm, Thomhill.
3. A daughter, now deceased.
*See footnote on page 236.
238 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
MR. MOIR m. 2nd, JANET SANDS, a sister
to the first wife, and had issue: —
4. Margaret Moir, born 1901, at Netherton,
Thomhill.
5. Grace Moir, born 1903, at Netherton,
Thornhill.
6. John Moir, born 1906, at Netherton,
Thomhill.
JANET SANDS-MOIR died in 1909.
IV. ALEXANDER MOIR, born Nov. 11, 1814, m.
Jessie Morrison, and had issue: —
1. Alexander Moir, who is m. and living (1912) in
Glasgow. He has a family. One son, Alexander
Moir, is now in London, Ontario.
2. Jessie Morrison Moir, who m. Apr. 12, 1862,
Archibald MacNicol, in Scotland, and who came
to the United States, and died in Pawtucket,
Rhode Island, Mar. 9, 1886; had issue.
3. Jane Moir, who m. Alexander Montgomery, died
April 15, 1910, and had issue, several children,
among whom, one daughter, Jane Montgomery,
who married as a second wife, Archibald Mac-
Nicol, (who had previously married Jessie M.
Moir, her sister), in Lowell, Mass., later going to
Jewett City, Conn., and had issue, several chil-
dren, among whom: —
1. Archibald MacNicol, Jr., who died 1910,
unmarried.
2. Alexander Mac Nicol, b. Jewett City, Conn.
4. George Moir, who died unmarried, at Thornhill,
Perthshire.
5. Sophia Moir, who m. 1860, John MacDonald, who
was accidentally killed in a boiler-yard in Glas-
gow in 1861. She came to America in 1866,
and married, secondly, George Kenyon 1868,
living (1912) at Pawtucket, R. I., and has issue.
6. Margaret Moir, who m. Mr. Alexander Nelson,
and lived in Paisley, Scotland.
V. ANDREW MOIR, born Sept. 1, 1816, at Thom-
hill, married Feb. 16, 1845, MARY SMITH of
Thomhill, and had issue.
VI. JEAN MOIR, born Oct. 10, 1818, at Thomhill;
she died in New Zealand.
VII. ROBERT MOIR, born Oct. 10, 1820, at Thom-
hill, he m. and has issue.
VIII. JOHN MOIR, born Dec. 31, 1822, at Thom-
hill, he also m. and left issue.
MoiR Genealogy 239
IX. JAMES MOIR, b. Dec. 21, 1825, at Thomhill,
he m. firstly, ( ), and had issue, at least
one son James, who is living (1912) in Glas-
gow, Scotland.
He married secondly, 1869, Catherine Drum-
mond, both husband and wife died within a
year of the birth of a son: —
1. Alexander James Moir, b. April, 1870, at Thom-
hill, Perthshire, at the decease of both his parents,
he was brought up by the grandmother on
the mother's side. He afterwards came to the
United States, settled at Worcester, Mass.,
where he learned the dry and fancy goods
business, with the John C. Mac Innes Company,
where by strict attention to business, and other
good qualities, he rose to become a partner in
the firm; later enlarging and doing a complete
department store business. He m. 1893, Bertha
Day, dau. of Edward Day of Chester, Mass.,
had issue: —
1. Bertha Day Moir, b. 1898, at Worcester,
Mass., she died there in 1909.
2. Chester Drummond Moir, b. 1901, at
Worcester, Mass.
II.
JAMES MOIR, stone mason^ of Port Glasgow, Scot- see page 235
land, afterwards of New Brunswick, son of GEORGE
MOIR, of Thomhill, and JANET ADAM; b. Jan. 26,
1794, at Thomhill, m. 1822, ELIZABETH FORSYTH.
(MR. MOIR was accidently drowned one stormy night
in 1833, while attempting to board a vessel in the ice-
bound harbor of St. John's, New Brunswick.) Had
issue: —
I. ROBERT MOIR, who died young.
II. JAMES GILBERT MOIR, b. Nov. 11, 1822,
in New Brunswick, m. ANN CATHERINE
CHAPPEL, and d. Mar. 19, 1901, had issue,
at least one son: —
1. Robert Arthur Moir, farmer, of Mount Whatley,
New Brunswick, b. Dec. 11, 1878, in Tidnish,
Nova Scotia, he married 1904, Mabel Gertrude
Carter, dau. of Samuel Cyrus Carter, of West-
moreland Point, New Brunswick, and had issue.
240 MoiR Geneai^ogy
III. MARY MOIR, m. ROBERT JACKSON of
St. Martin's, New Brunswick, and had issue.
IV. RUTH MOIR, b. New Brunswick, 1826, died
aged 69, was m. and had issue.
V. GEORGE BYRON MOIR, b. July 5, 1828, in
Sussex, New Brunswick, m. Feb. 26, 1861,
ANNA BRANDER, daughter of JAMES
BRANDER, of Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scot-
land, and had issue: —
1. Joseph William Moir, born Dec. 5, 1861, in Mount
Whatley, New Brunswick; died there, Nov. 13,
1865.
2. Mary Elizabeth Moir, b. Jan. 13, 1863, in Goose
River, Nova Scotia, d. Mar. 6, 1867.
3. Lilla Ann Moir, b. Jan. 10, 186.5, in Nappan, N. S., d.
Nov. 7, 1865.
4. Lilly Ada Moir, b. Oct. 2, 1866, in Nappan, N. S.,
m. Nov. 5, 1889, Hugh Armour, son of Hugh
Armour, of Johnstone, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. George Hugh Armour, b. Sept. 12, 1890,
Banff, N. W. T.
2. John Armour, b. Nov. 25, 1892, in Regina,
N. W. T.
3. William Armour, born April 17. 1896, in
Regina, N. W. T.
4. Martha Armour, b. July 5, 1898, in Regina,
N. W. T.
5. Robert Armour, b. June 22, 1900, in Regina,
N. W. T.
6. Alexander Armour, bom June 19, 1904,
in Regina, N. W. T.
VI. SARAH ELIZABETH MOIR, born May 17,
1833, in Shepardy, New Brunswick, m. 1850
DAVID FLINN, of KentviUe, Nova Scotia,
and had issue: —
1. EUa Flinn, born Jan. 10, 1851, iin St. John's, New
Brunswick, married a mechanic, had issue, and
died in 1899.
2. William Flinn, b. Dec. 9, 1853, in St. Johns, N. B.,
married, had issue, and is now (1904,) at Villard,
Minnesota.
3. Mary Flinn, b. Dec. 16, 1857, in St. John's, N. B.,
married a mechanic, and is now, (1904,) living in
Norwich, Conn.
4. Sarah Flinn, b. Dec. 16, 1857, Woodville, N. S., and
d. 185?.
MoiR Geneai^ogy
241
5. George Moir FUnn, born Mar. 8, 1860, in Wood-
ville, N. S., now (1904,) living at Medford.
Minnesota.
6. Everett Richardson Flinn, born Dec. 10, 1862, in
WoodvUle, N. S.
7. Hermon Alton Flinn, b. June 6, 1865, in Wood-
vUle, N. S., d. 1885, in Norwood, Mass.
Descendants of ROBERT MOIR, (b. 1778) who mar-
ried (1811), *ELIZABETH MOIR, at ThornhiU, Perth-
shire. See page 234.
GEORGE MOIR, farmer and veterinary surgeon,
of Alpena, Michigan, born October 13, 1811, at Doune,
Perthshire, he came to America about 1840, settling in
the eastern province of Quebec, afterwards going west
to Alpena, Michigan, where he m. 1868, ELIZABETH
O'BRIAN. MR. MOIR died Mar. 6, 1893. Had
issue: —
1. Elizabeth Moir, dressmaker, born Nov. 5, 1869, Alpena,
Michigan.
2. Robert Moir, b. May 24, 1871, in Alpena, Mich., died March
26, 1896.
3. Isabella Moir, b. Sept. 9, 1873, Alpena, Mich.
II.
ISABELLA MOIR, born Nov. 1, 1812, in Doune,
Perthshire, married ROBERT MONTEITH; no issue;
died in Glasgow in 1852, the same year as the death
of her mother in America.
III.
JAMES MOIR, of Denny, Stirlingshire, gardener and
beadle, b. January 27, 1814, at Doune, Kilmadock parish,
and m. July 10, 1845, MATILDA MacKELLAR, Denny.
(Mr. Moir d. May 19. 1894.) Had issue:—
I.
II. ELIZABETH MOIR, b. Feb. 20, 1849, at Denny,
m. July 14, 1871, JOHN RUSSELL, plumber,
of Glasgow (b. Campsie), and had issue: —
1. Matilda MacKellar Russell, b. July 20, 1872.
2. John Russell, b. July 4, 1874.
3. Elizabeth Russell, b. July 22, 1876.
*See account of her ancestry and lineage.
MoiR Gknealocy 243
4. James Moir Russell, b. Dec. 13, 1878.
5. Robert Moir Russell, b. July 6, 1881; m. Aug. 28,
1901, and has issue.
6. William Russell, b. Sept. 24, 1883.
7. Jeamiie Russell, b. Dec. 11, 1885, m. 1911, a
Mr. MacPherson, and has issue , one daughter.
She afterwards removed to Auckland, New Zea-
land.
8. Jessie Russell, born Oct. 29, 1888, m. 1910, John
Payton, of Lowell, Mass., and has issue: —
1. Elizabeth Payton.
9. Andrew Moir Russell, b. April 20, 1892.
10. Jenny Russell, b. Sept. 9, 1894.
III. ROBERT MOIR, blacksmith and engineer, of
Denny, Stirlingshire, born Mar. 27, 1851, East
Boreland, Denny, married MARTHA SMITH,
Aug 22, 1873. (Mr. Moir d. 1912. Mrs. Moir
d. Oct. 9, 1911.) Had issue:—
1. James Moir, ironmoulder, b. Feb. 17, 1874, m.
July 17, 1895, Mary Mac Kerracher Kemp, Denny,
and had issue: —
1. Catherine Moir, b. Oct. 11, 1896.
2. Robert Moir, b. May 15, 1898.
3. JamesMoir, b. May8, 1900; d. Jan. 21, 1901.
4. John Moir, b. May 8, 1900.
5. James Moir, b. Oct. 14, 1902.
2. Robert Moir, b. April 3, 1875; d. Aug. 15, 1881.
3. Elizabeth MacDonald Moir, b. Dec. 23, 1876, m.
Charles Grant, a police officer of Kinrosshire and
had issue: —
1. Martha May Grant, b. June 26, 1900.
2. Jessie Clark Grant, b. Nov. 2, 1904.
And two others.
4. Matilda MacKellar Moir, b. Nov. 25, 1878; married
James Grant, a contractor and builder, now of
New Haven, Conn., and has issue.
5. John Moir, a moulder, b. May 16, 1881, now
(1912), in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
6. George Moir, b. Dec. 29, 1883, m. and has issue: —
1. Robert Moir, b. April, 1911, now (1912), at
Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.
7. Robert Moir, born Oct. 1, 1888, now at Rainy River,
Ontario, Canada.
8. Alexander Moir, born Feb. 13, 1891, now at Rainy
River, Ontario, Canada.
IV. JANET MOIR, born Oct. 4, 1855, at East Bore-
land, Denny, married Sept. 15, 1879, HUGH
SMELLIE and had issue:—
244 MoiR Geneai,ogy
1. David Smellie, b. Sept. 23, 1880.
2. James Alesander Smellie, b. April 30, 1883.
3. Hugh SmeUie, b. June 14, 1887.
4. Robert Smellie, b. Feb. 7, 1891.
5. William Smellie, b. Aug. 4, 1893.
IV.
JANET MOIR, of Vernon, Mich., b. Oct. 2, 1815,
in Thomhill, Perthshire, Scotland, m. 1842, JAMES
MacLAREN, of St. John's, New Brunswick, and had
issue: — (She died 1905. He died some years previously.)
1. Elizabeth MacLaren, born July 29, 1843, in Corumia,
Mich., married Oct. 12, 1872, Michael Garland, of
Ejnsale, Ireland, and had issue: —
1. Bessie Garland, born April 22, 1878, Corunna,
Michigan.
2. Gharles Sumner Garland, b. Oct. 9, 1882, in
Gorunna, Mich.
2. Archibald, born 1848, in Vernon, Michigan, (deceased,
unmarried.)
3. Gatherine, b. 1851, in Vernon, Michigan.
4. Mary, b. 1853, in Vernon, Michigan,
5. Robert, b. 1858, in Vernon, Michigan.
V.
ROBERT MOIR, blacksmith and farmer, born April
27. 1817, in KHmadock parish, Doune, Perthshire,
Scotland, m. May, 1846, in Province Quebec, Canada,
MARGARET DAWES, dau. of THOMAS DAWES
of Montreal, P. Om Canada, and had issue as fol-
lows:— (MR. MOIR died Mar. 12, 1901). (MRS.
MOIR died Dec. 27, 1904.)
1. Robert Moir, (teacher), b. 1847, in Port Daniel,
P. Om m- Helen Blake, and had issue: —
1. Eva Jane Dawes Moir, born Miramichi, New
Brunswick, married Dec. 22, 1900, James
Hamilton, and had issue: —
1. James Blake Hamilton, born Oct. 15,
1902.
2. James Douglas Hamilton, born June,
1904.
3. Thomas Dawes Millar Hamilton, b.
Aug., 1906; died Sept., 1907.
MoiR Geneal,ogy 245
2. Thomas Dawes Moir, (farmer), born April,
1849, in Lance Aux Beaufils, P, Qm Canada.
Unmarried.
3. Charlotte Amelia Moir, born 1852, in Lance
Aux Beaufils, P. 0-, Canada; married 1874,
Peter Gordon Simpson, carpenter, (died
1897), and had issue- —
1. Annie Elizabeth Simpson, born July 26, 1875,
in Leamington, Ontario; married March 26,
1901, to Lemuel Sloane, and had issue: —
1. Bessie Sloane, born June 12, 1902, in
Leamington, Ont.
2. Mildred Sloane, born July 11, 1905, in
Leamington, Ont.
3. Baby boy, b. Oct. 31, 1911, in Leam-
ington, Ont.
2. Allan Gordon Simpson, printer, of Pittsburg,
Pennsylvania, born 1878, in Leamington,
Ontario, married 1st, ( ) Wilson, and
had issue: —
1. Mildred Simpson, b. 1905.
Mr. Simpson, married 2d. Eva Hodgkins, of
Leamington, Ontario, and had issue, one
son: —
2. James Simpson, born April, 1907, in
Detroit, Michigan.
3. Bert James Simpson, telegraph operator, born
1881, in Leamington. Ont., married 1906, to
Jean Mc Curdy and had issue: —
1. Donald Simpson, born July, 1903, in
Glendale, Oregon.
2. Allan Simpson, born Jan. 1905, in
Glendale, Oregon.
4. Elizabeth Moir, b. April 5, 1852, Lance Aux
Beaufils, P. Qm died June 15, 1865.
5. Mark George Moir, of Eberts, Ontario, farmer,
born 1853, in Lance Aux Beaufils, P. Qm
Canada, married 1881, Judith Lenfesty, of
Perce, P. 0>» Canada, and had isssue: —
(Mrs. Moir died Dec. 18, 1904.)
1. WUIiam Alexander Moir, born July 1882, in
Perce, P. 0-
2. Ethel Susan Moir, b. Dec. 31, 1883, in Perce,
Gaspe, P. 0.
246 MoiR Gene;ai,ogy
3. Myrtle Edith Moir, born Feb. 4, 1886. Tumer-
ville, Ont., married Sept., 1909, William
Oliver Bower of Eberts, Ontario, who shortly
afterwards removed to Saskatchewan.
4. Ernest Raymond Moir, born May 11, 1888, in
Tumerville, Ont.
5. Lloyd James Moir, b. June 26, 1890, in Tumer-
ville, Ont.
6. Ida Amelia Moir, b. June 20, 1892, in Tumer-
ville, Ont.
7. Wilson Irvin Moir, b. May 2, 1896, in Tumer-
ville, Ont.
8. Amy Christina Moir, b. July 21, 1898, in Tumer-
ville, Ont.
6. James Moir, born Sept. 24, 1855, in Lance
Aux Beauflls, P. Q., Canada, died there Jan.
31, 1881.
7. Joseph Dawes Moir, of Tumerville, Ontario,
merchant, b. July 18, 1857, in Lance Aux
Beaufils, P. Om Canada, m. June 24, 1885,
Ida Adelia Turner, (born July 16, 1861,
Prince Edward County, Ontario), and had
issue: —
1. James Percival Moir, born April 1, 1886, in
Tumerville, Ont.
2. Helen Beryl Moir, b. June 16, 1887, in Tumer-
ville, Ontario, married Dec. 1909, to Samuel
Herbert Davies of Oxbow, Sask., and had
issue : —
1. Marion Hathaway Davies, born Sept.,
1910, in Oxbow, Sask.
3. Josie May Moir, born Jan. 16, 1889, in Tumer-
ville, Ont., married Dec, 1908, to Clarence
Junk, in Oxbow, Sask., and had issue, one
son: —
1. James Moir Junk, born 1910, in
Oxbow, Sask.
4. Sarah Margaret Moir, born Oct. 9, 1891, in
Tumerville, Ont. Married 1910, to Thomas
HalliweU of England, at Oxbow, Sask., and
had issue, one daughter: —
1. Madge Halliwell, born 1910, at Oxbow,
Sask.
5. Annie Marion Moir, b. Oct. 31, 1896, in Tumer-
ville, Ont.
6. Thomas Dawes Moir, b. Jan. 22, 1898, in Tumer-
ville, Ont.
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7. Malcolm Moir, born Nov. 9. 1906, in Oxbow,
Sask.
8. Lily Jane Moir, of Eberts, Ontario, b. Feb.
16, 1859, in Lance Aux Beaufils, P. Qm
Canada.
9. Margaret Moir, b, Dec. 15, 1860, in Lance
Aux Beaufils, P. O*. Canada, and died there,
Sept. 1, 1896.
10. Alexander William Moir, merchant and post-
master, of Dawn Mills, Ontario, born Dec.
6, 1863, in Lance Aux Beaufils, P. Q**
Canada; m. Oct. 30, 1888, to Elizabeth
Cassie Turner, of Tumerville, Ont., and
had issue: —
1. Raymond Earl Moir, born Jan. 31, 1890, in
Chatham, Ont.
2. Robert Claire Moir, b. May 25, 1895, in Dawn
MiUs, Ont.
3. Allan Leo Moir, b. Mar. 2, 1897, in Dawn Mills,
Ontario.
4. Kate Veronica Moir, born Feb. 2, 1899, in Dawn
Mills, Ont.
11. Edmund Head Moir, merchant and postmaster
of Eberts, Ontario, born Mar. 13, 1864, at
Lance Aux Beaufils, P. Om Canada; m. Sept.
27, 1894, to Estella Grooms, daughter of
John Grooms, and had issue: —
1. Lillian Daisy Marguerite Moir, b. Sept. 19, 1895,
in Eberts, Ontario.
12. Phoebe Isabella Moir, b. Aug. 22, 1866, in
Lance Aux Beaufils, P. 0«» Canada, married
Walton Weddington Grooms, of Eberts,
Ontario.
13. Annie Moir, of Eberts, Ontario, b. June 28,
1868, in Lance Aux Beaufils, P. 0 » Canada;
married Aug. 22, 1904, to F. James Ball, of
Goderich, Ontario, and had issue: —
1. Annie Evelyn Ball, born Feb. 27, 1908, in Eberts,
Ontario.
248 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
VI.
WILLIAM MOIR, school teacher, of Cascapedia^
Province of Quebec, born 1819, in Thomhill, Perth-
shire, Scotland, married 1862, JANE TAYLOR. Had
issue:— (Mr. Moir died Sept. 18, 1902.)
1. Robert William Hastwell Moir, b. Dec.2, 1862.
2. Grace Rebecca E. Moir, born Jan. 22, 1865;
married 1890, to William Carmichle, and had
issue: —
1. March Carmichle, born Mar. 3, 1891; died July
7, 1894.
2. Ethel Jane Carmichle, b. July 13, 1892.
3. Eleanor Sidgrave Carmichle, born November
28, 1893.
4. William Clifton Carmichle, b. Oct. 29, 1895.
5. Duncan Forrest Carmichle, b. May 8, 1898.
6. Robert Hastwell Carmichle. b. Feb. 28, 1900.
7. Mary Mildred Carmichle, born May 6, 1902,
died May 3, 1903.
3. David Gordon Moir, b. Jan. 31, 1867, married
June 2, 1903.
4. John Wilby Moir, b. June 23, 1869; d. 1882.
5. George Evenly Moir, b. Dec. 23, 1870.
6. WilUam A. Moir, b. Apr. 3, 1873.
7. Lavinia Jane Moir, b. Aug. 10, 1875; married
April 4, 1900, to Isaac Starrak, and had
issue, one son: —
1. John Starrak, b. Jan. 12, 1903.
8. James Sydney Moir, sawyer, b. Sept. 23, 1877.
9. Lindsay Moir, b. Oct. 15, 1881.
10. John A. Moir, station agent, b. July 30, 1884.
VII.
SUSAN MOIR, b. 1822, at Denny, Scotland; m.
JOSEPH KELLEY (who died 1878), in Caledonia,
Michigan. No issue. She died in 1905, in Vernon,
Michigan.
VIII.
JOHN MOIR, b. 1823, at Denny, Scotland, died
in infancy.
IX.
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gineer, of Glasgow, Scotland, (where he died 27th
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August, 1880), b. Feb. 10, 1824, at Carronhall, near
Denny, Stirlingshire; married 1849, ANN SMILLIE, of
Polmont, (she died in Glasgow, Dec. 1910,) and had
issue, as follows: —
1. Robert Moir, boat-builder, of Govan, b. Nov.
21, 1849, in Polmont, Stirlingshire, married
June 27, 1879, Elizabeth Hardie, daughter
of Robert Hardie, farmer, of Fouldubs,
Falkirk, and had issue: —
1. Mary Nimmo Moir, born Aug. 2, 1880, in North-
gate, Livingstone, Linlithgow, Scotland, m.
June 6, 1905, ( ) Brebner; and had
issue: —
1. Elizabeth H. Brebner, born April 10,
1906, in Govan.
2. Arthur G. Brebner, b. Nov. 6, 1907, in
Govan.
3. Jane C. Brebner, born July 28, 1909, in
Govan.
4. Mary Brebner, b. May, 1911, in Govan.
2. Duncan Robertson Moir, born June 6, 1882, in
Howden, Midcalder, Midlothian, a boat-
builder, bridge-builder and engineer, at present
making new railways and building bridges
in Cape Colony, South Africa; m. 18 Dec,
1906, at Cape Town, Letitia Craig-Caldwell,
dau. of James Craig-Caldwell, Supt. Carting
Department, Co-Operative, Glasgow, and had
issue.
3. Ann Smillie Moir, b. Oct. 25, 1883, in Govan,
Glasgow, Scotland.
4. Robert Hardie Moir, born Nov. 28, 1887, in
Govan, Glasgow, Scotland.
5. Alexander Moir, b. Jan. 13, 1891, in Govan,
Glasgow, Scotland.
2. Alexander Smillie Moir, marine engineer, and
for many years chief engineer of the steam-
ship Alps, one of a line of steamships plying
between New York and South America. Born
July 26, 1851, at Coatbridge, m. August,
1878, Margaret Hardie. He died about 1898,
in New York City; no issue.
3. Annie Moir, b. Aug. 17, 1854, at Coatbridge,
• m. 1881, George Fraser, hotel proprietor and
manager, of Ayr, Ayrshire. (She died Nov.
25, 1904.) Had issue:—
250 MoiR Genbai^ogy
1. John Fraser, b. Dec. 21, 1882.
2. Annie Smlllie Fraser, b. July 9, 1884.
3. Duncan Moir Fraser, b. July 16, 1886.
4. Edith Elizabeth Fraser.
5. Alfred George Fraser, b. 1891, d. Apr. 22, 1893.
4. Elizabeth Moir, born 9th October 1858, at
Calderbank; m. July, 1882, Robert Smith,
draper, merchant, house-factor, and insurance
agent, of Glasgow, and had issue: —
1. Annie Binnie Smith, b. Oct. 9, 1885, in Glasgow.
2. Catherine A. Smith, b. Jan. 17, 1888, in Glasgow,
married Sept. 29, 1909, at Glasgow, John M.
Milne, an artist in photo-engraving work,
now in Boston, Mass.
3. Elizabeth Moir Smith, b. April 2, 1890, in
Glasgow, now a school-teacher at Kilmarnock,
Ayrshire (1912).
4. Jeanie D. Smith, b. April 13, 1892, in Glasgow.
5. Mary Moir Smith, born Sept. 17, 1893, in
Glasgow.
6. Robert L. Smith, born July 9, 1895, in Glasgow.
7. Duncan Robertson Moir Smith, b. July 21,
1897, in Glasgow.
8. George W. Smith, b. Aug. 20, 1899, in Glasgow.
5. Duncan Moir, draper, merchant, b. July 10,
1864, in Glasgow, Scotland; m. Mar. 5,1890,
Jeanie Kelso, daughter of James Kelso, of
Govan, and had issue: —
1. Martha Moir, b. June 21. 1893, in Govan.
2. Annie Moir, born Sept. 18, 1895, in Glasgow.
3. Duncan Moir, born Aug. 15, 1897, in Glasgow.
6. William Moir, draper's clerk, of Glasgow, born
May 12, 1873, in Glasgow, m. June 26,
1902, Margaret Downs, dau. of John Rae
Downs, of Uddingston, and has issue: —
1. Margaret McDonald Moir, b. May 24, 1904, in
Glasgow.
2. Annie Smillie Moir, b. April 14, 1907, in Ibrox,
Glasgow.
3. Duncan Rae Moir, b. Mar. 5, 1909, in Ibrox,
Glasgow.
4. John Downs Moir, b. Nov. 8, 1911, in Ibrox,
Glasgow.
X.
Referred to on ALEXANDER MOIR, calico printer, of Lowell, Mass.,
page 9 ^ g^ ^ l3_ April 17, 1826, in Denny, Stirlingshire,
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252 MoiR Genealogy
Scotland; m. Mar. 13, 1856, 'ISABELLA MacLARTY,
b. Paisley, Scotland, Nov. 15, 1831, dau. of DUNCAN
Mac LART Y, of Campbelltown, Argyleshire. Mr. Moir
died Feb. 3, 1911, and his wife Oct., 1896, and had
issue: —
1. Robert Moir, brass-finisher, of Lowell, Mass.,
b. Apr. 16, 1857, in Denny, Stirlingshire,
married 1883, Florence S. Crowther, dau. of
Thomas Crowther and Emma Jones, and
had issue: —
1. Alexander Thomas Moir, of Ithaca, N. Y., born
Lowell, Mass., June 17, 1884, he is assistant
professor of liusbandry in Cornell University,
at Ithaca, N. Y.
2. William Duncan Moir, b. Dec. 5, 1886, in Lowell,
Mass., d. there Aug. 9, 1890.
3. Isabel Henrietta Moir, born July 1, 1891, in
Lowell, Mass.
2. Annie D. Moir, of Lowell, Mass., born Sept. 12,
1858, in Denny, Stirlingshire; m. firstly 1882,
John Houston Forsyth. He died May. 5,
1884, and had issue: —
1. Alexander George Forsyth, born Lowell, Mass.,
July 1st, 1884.
^Duncan, John, Lionel, Edward, William, Alexander and Martha, were childen of
Edward MacLarty, of Campelltown, Argyleshire, Scotland.
Alexander MacLarty, of this family was a sea captain, and m. Nancy ( ).
Martha MacLarty married Matthew Gemmell, of Paisley, Scotland, and their
descendants now live there.
Duncan MacLarty married Ann Dixrrough, dau. of ( ), and Marion Durrough,
and had issue: —
1. Isabella Mac Larty, b. Oct. 15, 1831, in Paisley, Scotland, m. Mar. 13,
1856, at Denny, Stirlingshire, Alexander Moir, and had issue as noted
above.
S. Edward MacLarty, b. 1833, Paisley, Scotland, came to America in the early
50's, and was last heard from in 1857 at Carlton, Indiana.
3. Margaret MacLarty, b. 1835, at Rothesay, Scotland, m. Robert Wild, and
had issue, one son: — ^Robert Wild. She died about 1890, at Denny.
4. Duncan MacLarty, b. 1836, at Denny, Scotland, and died at the age of
five years at Paisley.
8. John Mac Larty, block printer on linoleum oil cloth, and master mechanic,
b. 1838, at Denny, m. Nov. 22, 1867, Mary Galbraith, dau. of Peter
and Marion Galbraith, and had issue, at least four children, as
follows: —
1. Marion MacLarty, b. Oct. 29, 1869, in Linoleumville, Staten
Island, New York; m. Conrad Zurcher, and had issue, four
daughters: — Anna Z., Marion, Flora, and Helen Galbraith.
2. Annie MacLarty, b. LinoleumviUe, New York, m. James Jeffrey.
3. John D. Mac Larty, of the Department of Education, New York
City, b. Linoleumville, New York, m. Margaret Sidgr eaves,
and had issue, two daughters: — Margaret and Thelma Mac
Larty.
4. Florence MacLarty, b. Linoleumville, New York, married Charles.
Decker.
MoiR Ghnbai^ogy 2$3
She m. 1888, secondly, Joseph Johns, car-
penter, no issue.
3. Elizabeth Moir, born August 12, 1860, in
Thomliebank, Renfrewshire; married Oct. 6,
1880, William James Hart, master-mechanic,
son of James and Elizabeth Hart, of Lowell,
Mass., and had issue: —
1. Frederick James Hart, dentist, b. Jan. 3, 1882,
graduated from Tufts Medical College, with
the degree of D. M. D., class of 1904, now
practising his profession in Boston, Mass.
2. Belle Hart, born 1884, in Lowell, Mass., now
deceased, died young.
4. Duncan Moir, b. Sept. 8, 1862, in Thomliebank,
Renfrewshire, Scotland, and died Oct. 12,
1892, in Lowell, Mass. One of the firm of
Moir Brothers, in the dry and fancy goods
business; a very promising young man. (See
memorials on another page.)
5. Alexander L. Moir, of Lowell, Mass., civil
servant, born April 17, 1864, in Thomlie-
bank, Renfrewshire, is the author of this
genealogy; married Feb. 27, 1889, *Christina
Morrison, daughter of Finley Morrison, of
Inverness, Scotland, and Isabel Mac Kinnon,
of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, and had
issue: —
1. Robert Finley Moir, b. May 1, 1890, in Lowell,
Mass.
^Duncan Morrison m. Catherine MacPhail, and had issue, among others: —
Malcolm Morrison, who m. Margaret Morrison, dau. of Finley Morrison and
Catherine Mac Donald, and had issue among others: —
Finley Morrison of Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, (coming from Inverness, Scotland,
with his parents when two years of age in 1822), who m. first, Isabel
MacKinnon, b. 1822, and had issue: —
1. Margaret Morrison, m. Henry Long, of Dracut, Mass.
2. Flora Morrison, m. Thomas Gray, of Lowell, Mass.
3. Annie Morrison, m. Robert H. Canavan, of Windsor, Nova Scotia.
4. E9ie Morrison.
6. Christina Morrison, m. Alex. L. Moir, of Lowell, Mass.
Finley Morrison m. secondly, Mary Graham, and had issue: —
1. Malcolm Morrison, m. Susan Ashley, of Lowell, Mass.
2. Donald John Morrison.
3. Duncan Archibald Morrison, m. Rebecca MacPherson, now at
Whycocomagh, Cape Breton, N. S.
4. Isabel Margaret Morrison, m. Charles Gilford of Concord, New
Hampshire.
254 MoiR Genealogy
2. Malcolm Alexander Moir, born Jan. 25, 1892,
in Lowell, Mass.
3. Isabel Morrison Moir, born Nov. 25, 1893, in
Lowell, Mass.
4. Kenneth Eliot Moir, b. May 27, 1908, in Lowell,
Mass.
6. George Moir, of Providence, Rhode Island,
b. April 15, 1866, at Thomliebank, Ren-
frewshire, department store manager; m.
Sept. 26, 1894, Jennie Macintosh, daughter
of Andrew Mac Intosh, and Frances Thomp-
son, and had issue: —
1. Wallace Andrew Moir, born Nov. 22, 1897, in
Lowell, Mass., now deceased.
2. Helen Marie Moir, b. Jan. 26, 1900, in Lowell,
Mass., now deceased.
3. LucUle Jeanette Moir, born in Lowell, Mass.,
Apr. 21, 1902.
4. George Moir, b. in Lowell, Mass., 1905.
7. John Stuart Moir, of LoweU, Mass., optician,
born May 9, 1868, in Parkhead, Glasgow,
a graduate of Dr. Kline's Optical College,
of Boston, Mass., and now practicing as an
optician in Lowell, Mass. ; m. Nov. 25, 1891,
Margaret Thomas, dau. of Hugh Thomas,
of Lowell, Mass., and had issue: —
1. Harry Thomas Moir ^ Twins, born July 11, 1900,
2. Harold Duncan Moir y at LoweU, Mass.
3. Alexander Hugh Moir, born June 28, 1903, at
Lowell, Mass.
8. James Moir, of Roxbury, Mass., travelling
salesman, for the Yale and Towne Mfg. Co.,
b. Oct. 15, 1870, in Bridgeton, Glasgow,
Scotland; m. Sept. 22, 1897, Catherine F.
Young, dau. of Thomas Young, and had
issue: —
1. Christina Isabel Moir, b. May 28, 1903.
XL
ANDREW MOIR, of Glasgow, Scotland, b. 1828,
in East Boreland, Denny, Stirlingshire; married 1853,
MARGARET STEWART, and had issue:—
1. Robert Moir, marine engineer, of West Kilbride,
Ayrshire, born Oct. 22, 1854, in Neilston,
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255
Renfrewshire, Scotland; married first, 1881,
Grace Marie Whannell, daughter of Robert
Whannell, of Glasgow. (He died March
19, 1910.) Had issue:—
1. Grace Whannell Moir, born Aug. 21, 1894, in
Hong Kong, China.
2. Robert Stewart Moir, born Aug. 27, 1896, in
Hong Kong, China. (The father was in
business there for several years.)
Mrs. Moir, died Nov. 28, 1898.
Robert Moir, married secondly, 1901, Margaret
Craig Boyd, dau. of Thomas Boyd, of West
Kilbride, Ayrshire, and had issue: —
1. Margaret Craig Moir, b. Sept. 12, 1902, in West
Kilbride.
2. George Allan Moir, b. Mar. 2, 1904, in West
Kilbride,
2. Allan Moir, died unmarried.
3. Jeannie Moir, married Mr. King and had issue.
4. Margaret Moir, married Mr. Allan Cunning-
ham, no issue.
5. Andrew Moir.
6. Elizabeth Moir, married Mr. Mac Adam and
had issue.
XII.
JOHN MOIR, b. 1830, Denny, Scotland, and died
at the age of seven years. (There were two of this
name in the family, the first one was dead before the
second was born.)
256 MoiR GeneaIvOGy
DOUNE AND THORNHILL MOIRS
(CONTINUED)
See page 234 GEORGE MOIR, farmer, of Huron, Ontario, b. Thorn-
hill, Perthshire, Scotland; married, ( ) JANE
STIRLING; came to America, in 1845, and settled in
Huron County, Ontario, had issue: —
See below 1. George Moir, b. Jan. 7, 1816, Thomhill, Scotland, m. in
Scotland to Elizabeth Buchanan.
2. Margaret Moir, b. Oct. 2, 1817, in Callander, Scotland, m.
in Scotland to Alex. Buchanan, died Apr. 19, 1901.
See page 259 3. John Moir, b. Aug. 20, 1819, in Callander, Scotland, m.
in Scotland Mary Anderson, died 1870.
4. Alexander Moir, b. Aug. 15, 1821, in Callander, Scotland,
m. Janet Ross, died Sept. 18, 1898.
See page 262 5. Robert Moir, b. Aug. 12, 1823, in Callander, Scotland,
m. in Scotland, to Katie McMartin.
See page 261 6. James Moir, b. Apr. 30, 1825, in Callander, Scotland, m.
Isabella Murray.
7. Jean Moir, b. July 31, 1827, in Callander, Scotland, m.
James Murray, died June 31, 1903.
8. Janet Moir, b. Apr. 29, 1829, in Callander, Scotland, m.
Robert Murray, died June 12, 1863.
9. Peter Moir, b. May 25, 1831, in Callander, Scotland, m.
Catherine Elder.
10. Andrew Moir, b. June 28, 1833, in Callander, Scotland, m.
Isabel Dougall, died June 5, 1860.
11. Thomas Robertson Moir, b. Dec. 1, 1835, in Callander,
vScotland, never married, (alive 1906.)
12. William Moir, b. Oct. 28, 1837, in Callander, Scotland, m.
Marion Gibson.
Each branch of this family is represented further on.
GEORGE MOIR, farmer, of Thomhill, Scotland, b.
Dec. 28, 1815, son of GEORGE MOIR and JANE
STIRLING, of ThomhiU, Scotland, m. 1841, ELIZA-
BETH BUCHANAN, dau. of COLIN BUCHANAN,
of Callander, Scotland, and had issue: —
See page 261 1. Jane Moir, b. 1842, m. James Armstrong, Crystal City,
Man.
.2. Margaret Moir, born ( ), m. William Trann, Crystal
City, Man.
3. James Moir, b ( ), deceased.
4. George Moir, b. ( ), Traverse City, Mich.
5. John Moir, b. (— — ). Glendinning, Manitoba.
6. Peter Moir, b. ( ), Hurondale, Ontario.
7. Isabella Moir, b ( ), Hay, Ontario.
See page 262 8. Janet Moir, b. ( ), m. John Traquair, of Hensall, Ont.
Do. 9. Agnes Moir, b. (— ), m. John Stewart, of Hensall, Ont.
MoiR Geneai,ogy 257
JANE MOIR, of Port Haney, British Columbia, b.
May 19, 1840, in Kildare, Ireland, dau. of GEORGE
MOIR, of Thomhill, Scotland, and ELIZABETH
BUCHANAN; grand-daughter of GEORGE MOIR
and JANE STIRLING, of Thomhill, Scotland; m. Dec.
22, 1870, JOHN REITH, son of WILLIAM REITH,
of Kincardineshire, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Isabella Reith, b. Nov. 3, 1871, in Hensall, Ont., a school
teacher.
2. George Reith, b. Feb. 9, 1874, Middlesex, Ontario; m. June
21, 1903, to Jessie Wyland. (Mr. Reith is chief clerk
to Gen. Supt. of the Chicago and Great Western
Railroad, at St. Paul, Minn.)
3. Elizabeth Reith, b. Oct. 7, 1875, in Middlesex, Ontario, m.
June 28, 1897, Dr. C. E. Stewart, of the Battle Creek
Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Mich. (Mrs. Stewart was
formerly matron of this Sanitarium.)
4. Jane Reith, b. Nov. 15, 1877, in Huron Co., Ontario. Nurse
at Sanitarium, Battle Creek, Michigan.
5. William Reith, b. Aug. 28, 1881, in Huron Co., Ont., m.
( ) to Alice Nelson.
6. John Reith, b. Sept. 10, 1883, in Huron Co., Ont., at Walla
Walla College, Wash.
7. Margaret Reith, b. Mar. 23, 1886, in Huron Co., Ont.
8. Eleanor Reith, b. Apr. 1, 1889, in Hensall, Ont.
9. Harold James Reith, b. Aug. 26, 1891, in Hensall, Ont.
MARGARET MOIR, of Bonnington, Assinobia, Can-
ada, b. May 25, 1848, in Kildare, Ireland, (canae to
Canada in 1862), dau. of GEORGE MOIR, of Thomhill,
Scotland, and ELIZABETH BUCHANAN; grand-daugh-
ter of GEORGE MOIR and JANE STIRLING, of
Thomhill, Scotland. M. Jan. 1, 1878, RICHARD WEIR,
son of JAMES WEIR, of Middlesex, Ontario, and had
issue: —
1. Elizabeth Moir Weir, b. Dec. 8, 1878, in Meadow Lea,
Manitoba.
2. Susan Sutton Weir, b. Aug. 9, 1880; in Carmen, Manitoba.
3. Mary Weir, b. Jan. 30, 1882, in Carmen, Manitoba.
4. James Weir, b. May 8, 1883, in Carmen, Manitoba.
5. George Weir, b. May 10, 1885, in Miami, Manitoba.
6. Archie Weir, b. Apr. 6, 1888, in Balmoral, Manitoba.
7. Richard Weir, b. July 13, 1892, in Ardock, North Dakota.
8. John Alexander Weir, b. Dec. 13, 1894, in Ardock, North
Dakota.
JOHN MOIR, carpenter, of Winnepeg, Manitoba, b.
May 6, 1850, in County of Kildare, Ireland. Came to
258 MOIK GHNBALOev
Canada in 1862, son of GEORGE MOIR, of Thomhill,
Scotland, and ELIZABETH BUCHANAN; grandson
of GEORGE MOIR and JANE STIRLING, of Thom-
hill, Scotland, m. MARGARET LANG, daughter of
JAMES LANG and ANN SIMPSON, of Scotland, and
had issue : —
1. George Glendinning Moir, b. Aug. 13, 1879, in Grand Bend,
Ontario, a photo-engraver, went to South Africa, in
the Boer war, with Baden- Powell's mounted police, and
served eighteen months' active service there.
2. James Hilton Moir, b. Feb. 28, 1882, in Glendinning, Mani-
toba, a school-teacher.
3. Elizabeth Lavinia Moir, b. Jan. 10, 1885, in Virden, Man.
4. Annie Winifred Moir, b. Apr. 5, 1888, in Glendinning, Man.
5. Jessie Lang Moir, b. Apr. 16, 1892, in Glendinning, Man.
6. Colin Argyle Moir, b. July 10, 1894, in Glendinning, Man.
7. David Alexander Moir, b. Sept. 30, 1896, in Glendinning,
Manitoba.
8. Melvin Russell Moir, b. Apr. 3, 1901, in Glendinning,
Manitoba.
JANET BUCHANAN, of Detroit, Michigan, b. 1845,
in Toronto, Ontario, dau. of ALEXANDER BUCHA-
NAN and MARGARET MOIR, of Hensall, Ontario;
m. 1863, WALTER SCOTT GRIFFIN, son of ALFRED
GRIFFIN, of Gonanoque, Ontario, and had issue: —
1. Margaret Griffin, b. 1864, in Rodgerville, Ontario.
2. Jennie Griffin, b. 1865, in Peterborough, Ontario.
JANE BUCHANAN, of Hensall, Ontario, b. Oct. 18,
1849, in Usbome, Ontario; dau. of ALEXANDER
BUCHANAN, of Glasgow, Scotland, and MARGARET
MOIR; m. Jan. 4, 1871, BENJAMIN SMILLIE, son
of STEWART SMILLIE, of Belfast, Ireland; and had
issue: —
1. Mary Ann SmilUe, b. Oct. 2, 1871, in Hensall, Ontario, m.
July 6, 1892, John Elder.
2. James SmiUie, b. Aug. 23, 1873, in Hensall, Ontario.
3. Margaret Alice Smillie, born Oct. 3, 1875, in Hensall, On-
tario.
4. Jane Smillie, b. Feb. 10, 1878, in Hensall, Ontario.
5. Alexander Buchanan Smillie, b. Mar. 6, 1880, in Hensall,
Ontario.
6. Emmaline Eva Smillie, b. Feb. 28, 1882, in Hensall, On-
tario.
7. Benjamin Stewart Smillie, b. April 11, 1884, in Hensall,
Ontario.
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CHRISTINA BUCHANAN, of Ashfield, Ont., b.
Apr. 29, 1853, in Usbome, Ontario, dau. of ALEXAN-
DER BUCHANAN, of Glasgow, Scotland, and MAR-
GARET MOIR; m. July 13, 1882, JOHN COWAN,
son of DAVID COWAN, of Ashfield, Ontario; and had
issue: —
1. William Arnold Cowan, b. Oct. 18, 1883, in Ashfield, On-
tario.
2. Margaret Clarissa Cowan, b. Jan. 12, 1885, in Ashfield,
Ontario.
3. John Cowan, b. Jan. 15, 1888, in Ashfield, Ontario.
4. David Mervin Cowan, b. Mar. 11, 1891, in Ashfield, On-
tario.
5. Annie Jane Cowan, born Apr. 25, 1893, in Ashfield, On-
tario.
6. Christian Pearl Cowan, b. Oct. 23, 1894, in Ashfield, On-
tario.
7. Luella Elizabeth Cowan, b. June 8, 1897, m. in Ashfield,
Ontario.
DUNCAN MOIR BUCHANAN, B. A., clergy-
man, of Lanark, Ontario, b. May 3, 1857, in Usborne,
Ontario, son of ALEXANDER BUCHANAN and
MARGARET MOIR; m. Feb. 23, 1881, AMANDA
ELIZA PERKINS, dau. of CHARLES PERKINS, of
Torquay, Devonshire, England; and had issue: —
1. Mabel Amanda Buchanan, b. Dec. 16, 1881, in Kintail,
Ontario.
2. Charles Garfield Buchanan, b. Aug. 24, 1886, in Exeter,
Ontario.
3. Blanche Oreanna Buchanan, b. Feb. 3, 1890, in Toronto,
Ontario.
4. Victor Alexander Buchanan, b. May 24, 1891, inToronto,
Ontario.
5. George Randolph Buchanan, b. July 6, 1896, in Lanark,
Ontario, d. Aug. 6, 1902.
Mr. Buchanan is a graduate of Toronto University, and
Knox College of Toronto, in 1891.
JOHN MOIR, stone mason, of London, Ontario, b.
1819, in Callander, Scotland, son of GEORGE MOIR, of
Thomhill, Scotland, and Jane Stirling; m. 1844, MARY
ANDERSON, dau. of DAVID ANDERSON, of Caith-
ness, Scotland; and had issue: — (Mr. Moir died in
1870.)
260 MoiR Genealogy
1. George Stirling Moir, b. Glasgow, Scotland, m.
( ), and now lives in Kansas City, Mis-
souri. He has one child: —
1. David Anderson Moir, he is also married, and haa
one child: —
1. David Stirling Moir.
2. David Anderson Moir, b. 1853, Glasgow, Scot-
land; m. 1883, Amy Lavina Adams, daughter
of Dr. John G. Adams, of Acton, Ontario.
Mr. Moir in 1904, had been for 28 years a
Methodist Episcopal Clergyman, a graduate
of Wesleyan Theological College, and McGill
University, Montreal; has been President of
Hamilton Conference of the M. E. Church;
also has filled nearly every prominent position
in the Conference. (No issue.)
GEORGE MURRAY, farmer, of Le Mars, Iowa,
born Nov. 27, 1852, at Hensall, Ontario, son of JAMES
MURRAY and JEAN MOIR, of Hensall, Ontario;
m. Sept. 28, 1881, MATILDA Mc LAREN, dau. of
ROBERT Mc LAREN, of Glasgow, Scotland; no issue.
ROBERT WELLESLEY MURRAY, school teacher,
of Toronto, Ontario, b. 1855, in Tuckersmith, Ontario,
son of JAMES MURRAY and JEAN MOIR, of Hensall,
Ontario; married 1881, JAMESINA ROSS, daughter of
WILLIAM ROSS, of Caithness, Scotland; and had
issue: —
1. James Ross Gillespie Murray, b. 1882, Pictou, Ontario.
2. Robert McCheyne Murray, b. 1884, Pictou, Ont., d. 1894.
3. George Wilfred Murray, b. 1890, Toronto, Ont., d. 1894.
4. John Grant Murray, b. 1893, Toronto, Ontario.
5. Lawrence McCheyne Murray, b. 1895, Toronto, Ontario.
JANE MURRAY, school teacher, of Hensall, Ontario,
b. 1861, in Hensall, Ont., dau. of JAMES MURRAY
and JEAN MOIR, of Hensall, Ontario.
THOMAS MURRAY, high school teacher, of Owen
Sound, Ontario, b. Aug. 28, 1869, in Rodgerville, Ontario,
son of JAMES MURRAY, of Hensall, Ontario, and
JEAN MOIR, (dau. of GEORGE MOIR, and JEAN
STIRLING); m. Dec. 19, 1900, EDITH REDFERN
dau. of JOHN WESLEY REDFERN, of Owen Sound,
Ontario.
MOIR GENEAt,OGY 261
JAMES MOIR, farmer, of Hay, Ontario, b. Apr. 30,
1825, in Callander, Scotland, son of GEORGE MOIR,
of Thornhill, Perthshire, Scotland, and JEAN STIR-
LING; m. Aug. 25, 1852, ISABELLA MURRAY, dau.
of JAMES MURRAY, of Hay, Ontario; and had
issue: —
1. Jean Moir, born July 26, 1853, in Paris, Ontario; m. See below
James Armstrong.
2. Margaret Moir, b. July 8, 1855, in Osborne, Ontario; m.
William Trann.
3. James Moir, b. Oct. 16, 1857, in Osborne, Ontario; died
June 12, 1883.
4. George Moir, b. July 26, 1859, in Osborne, Ont. (Do.)
5. John Moir, b. Oct. 13, 1861, in Osborne, Ont.
6. Peter Moir, b. July 18, 1863, in Osborne, Ont. (Do.)
7. Isabella Moir, b. June 25, 1865, in Osborne, Ont. See p. 262
8. Janet Moir, b. Oct. 11, 1867, in Osborne, Ont., m. Nov. (Do)
9, 1887, John Traquair.
9. Agnes Moir, born May 30, 1870, in Osborne, Ont., m. Feb. <Do)
22, 1893, John Stewart.
JENNIE MOIR, of Crystal City, Manitoba, b. July
26, 1853, in Paris, Ontario, dau. of JAMES MOIR, of
Thornhill, Scotland, and ISABELLA MURRAY; mar-
ried JAMES ARMSTRONG, son of GEORGE ARM-
STRONG, of Ireland; and had issue:—
1. James Armstrong, b. July 4, 1877, in Usbome, Ontario.
2. Naomi Armstrong, b. July 22, 1879, in Usbome, Ontario;
m. July 22, 1898, Sidney Tarras, and had issue: —
1. Earl Moir Tarras, b. July 21, 1900.
3. George H. Armstrong, b. June 29, 1881, Usbome, Ontario.
4. John W. Armstrong, b. Sept. 15, 1883, Usborne, Ontario.
5. Agnes Leona Armstrong, b. Aug. 18, 1891, Goodland, Mich.
JOHN MOIR, farmer, of Glendinning, Manitoba,
b. Oct. 13, 1861, Osborne, Ontario, son of JAMES MOIR,
of Thornhill, Scotland, and ISABELLA MURRAY;
m. 1888, MARTHA SCOTT CLEMENTS, dau. of
JAMES CLEMENTS, of Ireland; and had issue:—
1. Lulu Violet Moir, b. Aug. 18, 1889, Glendinning, Man.
2. Clifford James Moir, b. Mar. 13, 1894, Glendinning, Man.
3. Gordon John Burnett Moir, b. Dec. 27, 1898, Glendinning,
Manitoba.
PETER MOIR, of Usbome, Ontario, b. July 18, 1863,
Usbome, Ont., son of JAMES MOIR, of Thornhill,
Scotland and ISABELLA MURRAY; m. Jan. 23,
262 MoiR Genealogy
1894, JANET CLARK, daughter of MATTHEW
CLARK, of Yorkshire, England; and had issue: —
1. James Ira Moir, b. Apr. 16, 1895, Usbome, Ontario.
2. Peter Alvin Moir, b. Sept. 29, 1896, Usbome, Ontario.
3. Jessie Lila Moir, b. Mar. 27, 1898, Usbome, Ontario.
4. John Harold Moir, b. Jan. 26, 1900, Usbome, Ontario.
5. Oran Qark Moir, b. Sept. 16, 1902, Usbome, Ontario.
See p. 261 ISABELLA MOIR, of Hay, Ontario, b. 26 June, 1865,
in Usbome, Ontario, dau. of JAMES MOIR, of Thorn-
hill, Scotland, and ISABELLA MURRAY, unmarried
(1904).
See p. 261 JANET MOIR, of Tuckersmith, Ontario, b. Oct. 11,
1868, Usbome, Ontario, dau. of JAMES MOIR, of
Thomhill, Scotland, and ISABELLA MURRAY; m.
Nov. 9, 1887, JOHN TRAQUAIR, son of JOHN TRA-
QUAIR, of Scotland; and had issue: —
1. Roy Moir Traquair, [born Aug. 13, 1889, Tuckersmith,
Ontario.
2. Melvyl John Traquair, b. May 6, 1891, Tuckersmith,
Ontario.
3. James Albert Traquair, b. ,Dec. 15, 1893, Tuckersmith,
Ontario.
See p. 261 AGNES MOIR, of Hensall, Ont., b. May 30, 1870,
in Usbome, Ontario, dau. of JAMES MOIR, of Thom-
hill, Perthshire, Scotland, and ISABELLA MURRAY;
m. Feb. 22, 1893, JOHN STEWART, son of JAMES
STEWART, of Thomhill, Scotland.
Seep. 234 for ROBERT MOIR, farmer, of Usbome, Ontario, b.
parentage ^^^ ^2, 1823, at Farm of Boquhapple, near Callander,
Perthshire, Scotland; son of GEORGE MOIR, of
Thomhill, Scotland, and JEAN STIRLING; m. Jan.
9, 1846, CATHERINE McMARTIN, (b. 1820), of
Killen, Ireland; and had issue: —
1. George Milton Moir, b. 1846, at Callander, Scotland, was
principal of St. Mary's College, and was for nine
years editor of a newspaper at Exeter, Ontario. He m.
1871, N. McCarter, and had issue, at least three chil-
dren:—
1. Mary Felicia Moir, a nurse.
2. Helen Moir, also a nurse, at Long Island
College Hospital, Brooklyn, New York.
MoiR Genealogy 263
3. Robert Huntington Moir, of Ottawa, Ontario,
b. Aug. 18, 1873, in Blanchard, Ontario;
he was in Lord Strathcona's Mounted Rifles,
and saw service in the Boer war, 1900-1903,
mentioned in despatches — medal and five
clasps. He m. July 31, 1901, Annie Tolton,
dau. of Albert Tolton, of Geulph, Ontario,
and had issue: —
1. Douglas Stewart Moir, b. May 30, 1902,
at Thomwall, Ontario.
2. Mary Moir, b. 1819, at Doune, Perthshire, Scotland,
and m. 1874.
3. Jane Moir, b. 1851, at Usbome, Ontario, and m. 1877.
4. John Moir, b. 1853, at Usbome, Ontario, and m. 1881.
5. Daniel Moir, b. 1855, at Usbome, Ontario, and m. 1886.
6. Catherine Moir, born 1857, at Usbome, Ontario, and
m. 1879.
7. Margaret Moir, born 1860, at Usbome, and m. 1881.
GEORGE ROSS MOIR, formerly teacher, now far- Page 23t for
mer, of Orange City, Iowa, b. April 17, 1855, in Usbome parentage
Ontario, son of ALEXANDER MOIR and JANET
RUSSELL ROSS, of Thomhill, Scotland; m. MARY
FLORENCE TUCKER, dau. of RUFUS K. TUCKER,
of Oakland, California; and had issue: —
1. George Alexander Moir, born Mar. 21, 1884, in Orange
City, Iowa.
2. Grace Ella Moir, b. Nov. 3, 1885, in Orange City, Iowa.
3. William Rufus Moir, b. Oct. 9, 1887, in Orange City,
Iowa.
4. Bertha Florence Moir, b. June 15, 1894, in Orange City,
Iowa.
5. Carl Raymond Moir, b. May 19, 1897, in Orange City,
Iowa.
6. Leroy Edison Moir, b. Oct. 21, 1899, in Orange City,
Iowa.
7. Hugh Mervin Moir, b. Sept. 20, 1902, in Orange City,
Iowa.
JANE MOIR, of LeMars, Iowa, b. Feb. 6, 1857, in Page 234
Usbome, Ontario, dau. of ALEXANDER MOIR, of
Thomhill, Scotland, and JANET RUSSELL ROSS;
grand-dau. of GEORGE MOIR, of Thomliill, Scotland,
and JEAN STIRLING; m. Dec. 27, 1878, RICHARD
HAWKINS, son of WILLIAM HAWKINS, of Wick-
low, Ireland; and had issue: —
1. William George Hawkins, b. July 23, 1880, Usbome, Ont.
2. Jessie Amelia Hawkins, b. Mar. 14, 1882, Usborne, Ont.,
m. ( ), Sept. 2, 1903.
264 MoiR Geneai^ogy
3. Richard Alexander Hawkins, b. Oct. 8, 1885, Usbome^
Ontario.
4. Martha Jane Hawkins, b. Apr. 30, 1890, LeMars, Iowa
5. Albert Thomas Hawkins, b. Mar. 22, 1897, LeMars, Iowa.
Page234 JANET MOIR, formerly teacher, of Bamesville, Min-
nesota, b. Oct. 27, 1860, dau. of ALEXANDER MOIR,
of Thornhill, Scotland and JANET RUSSELL ROSS;
m. 1888, FRANK T. EASON, son of JAMES EASON,
of England, and had issue: —
1. Alexander F. Eason, b. Jan. 8, 1890, in Iowa.
2. George Thomas Eason, b. Dec. 23, 1896, in Iowa.
Page234 GAVIN MOIR, farmer of Kent, Minnesota, b. July
10, 1862, in ( ), Canada, son of ALEXANDER
MOIR, of Thomhill, Scotland and JANET RUSSELL
ROSS; m. ELLA TUCKER, dau. of R. K.TUCKER of
Ohio, and Oakland, California; and had issue: —
1. George Rufus Moir, b. Sept. 27, 1887, in Iowa.
2. Robert Alexander Moir, b. Dec. 15, 1890, in Iowa.
3. Jessie Olive Moir, b. Jan. 15, 1895, in Iowa.
4. Gavin Albert Moir, b. Dec. 23, 1898, in Iowa.
5. Eugene Moir, b. April 21, 1901, in Kent, Minn.
Page 234 AGNES MOIR, of Bamesville, Minn., b. May 6,
1864, in Usbome, Ontario, dau. of ALEXANDER MOIR,
of Thomhill, Scotland and JANET RUSSELL ROSS;
m. May 22, 1885, IRA VAN WECHEL, of Wisconsin;
and had issue: —
1. Jessie Lavina Van Wechel, b. July 19, 1886, in Sioux Co.,
Iowa.
2. Eunice Ida Van Wechel, b. Jan. 16, 1888, Plymouth Co.,
Iowa.
3. Frank Alexander Van Wechel, b. Dec. 26, 1890, Plymouth
Co., Iowa.
4. Clarence Aaron Van Wechel, b. Dec. 8, 1892, Plymouth
Co., Iowa.
5. Floyd Lee Arie Van Wechel, b. July 24, 1894, Plymouth
Co., Iowa.
6. Ethel Margaret Van Wechel, b. Oct. 1, 1896, Bamesville,
Minn.
Page234 RUSSELL JOHN MOIR, farmer, of LeMars, Iowa,
b. May 4, 1868, in Exeter, Ontario, son of ALEXANDER
MOIR, of Callander, Scotland and JANET RUSSELL
ROSS; m. Sept. 27, 1894, LILLIE HARRIMAN, of
Sioux Rapids, Iowa; and had issue: —
1. Jessie Lillie Moir, b. May 2, 1896, in Maurice, Iowa, and
d. Feb. 5, 1902.
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MARY LUCY MOIR, of Larchwood, Iowa, b. Aug. Page 234 for
7, 1870, at Hensall, Ontario, dau. of ALEXANDER p«^«°tage.
MOIR, of ThomhiU, Scotland and JANET RUSSELL jessie(?)
ROSS;m. Nov. 30, 1892, MERRIT CASH McMULLEN,
eon of CALVIN Mc MULLEN, of Unionville, New York;
and had issue: —
1. Jessie Sarah Mc Mullen, b. Jan. 1, 1894, in Games, Iowa.
2. Alexander Edison Mc Mullen, b. Sept. 5, 1895, in Larch-
wood, Iowa.
3. George Dewey Mc Mullen, b. Jan. 6, 1898, in Larchwood,
Iowa.
4. Iva Mae Mc Mullen, b. Sept. 22, 1903, in Larchwood, Iowa.
ROBERT STIRLING MOIR, farmer, of Kimball, Page234
South Dakota, b. Aug. 22, 1872, son of ALEXANDER
MOIR, of Thomhill, Scotland, and JANET RUSSELL
ROSS; m. Oct. 26, 1898, FLORENCE D. LADEN-
BERGER, dau. of CHARLES H. LADENBERGER,
of Glenbeulah, Wisconsin, and had issue: —
1. Robert Roy Moir, b. Sept. 25, 1899, in Maurice, Iowa.
2. Floyd Eugene Moir, b. May 25, 1901, in Maurice, Iowa.
PETER WILLIAM MOIR, farmer, of Exeter, Ontario, Page234
b. Mar. 8, 1877, son of ALEXANDER MOIR, of Thora-
hai, Scotland, and JANET RUSSELL ROSS, dau. of
GAVIN ROSS; m. Mar. 14, 1900, ALICE OSBORNE,
daughter of DAVID OSBORNE, of Seney, Iowa; and
had issue: —
1. William Lawrence Moir, b. June 28, 1902, in Games, Iowa.
♦ANDREW CLARKSON MOIR, farmer, of Cavite, Page234
South Dakota, b. Feb. 14, 1880, Usbome, Ontario, son
of ALEXANDER MOIR, of Thomhill, Perthshire
and JANET RUSSELL ROSS; m. ( ), NELLIE
WINTER, daughter of MARTIN WINTER, and had
issue: —
1. Elmer Edwin Moir, b. April 8, 1901, at Gavite, S. D.
2. Walter Wilfred Moir, b. June 19, 1903, at Gavite, S. D.
GEORGE MOIR, farmer, of Hensall, Ontario, b.
May ,21, 1819, in Thornhill, Perthshire, Scotland, son
of ANDREW MOIR, of Thomhill, and ISABELLA
DOUGALL; m. ( ), AGNES ROSS, dau. of GAVIN
ROSS, of Cariuke, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Andrew Moir.
♦This A. C.Moir is a pioneer farmer, on the plains of South Dakota, talcing a home-
stead in 1903; and mentions starting a chvirch in his house, the first in the neighborhood.
266 MoiR Geneai^ogy
2. Gavin Moir.
3. George Ross Moir.
4. Jane Moir, b. Oct. 30, 1857, at Hensall, Ontario, m. Sept.
24, 1891, Richard Munroe, son of William Munroe,
of Woodstock, Ontario, and had issue: —
1. George Moir Munroe, born July 29, 1892, at
Inwood, Ontario, d. Aug. 7, 1892.
2. Agnes Ella Munroe, born August 14, 1895, at
Inwood, Ontario,
3. Ethel Coutts Munroe, born Nov. 13, 1898, at
Inwood, Ontario.
5. James Moir.
6. WiUiamC. Moir, of Huntsville, Ontario, b. Feb. 9, 1863, in
Hensall, Ontario, married May 23, 1888, Margaret
Murray, daughter of James Murray, of Perthshire,
Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Cassie Jane Ross Moir, born March 7, 1890, at
Lamblin, Ontario.
2. Agnes Winnifred Moir, born January 24, 1893, at
Lamblin, Ontario.
7. Isabella Moir, b. ( ), m. Robert Dalrymple.
8. Agnes Moir, b. ( ), m. Robert D. Young.
Page234 THOMAS ROBERTSON MOIR, retired farmer, of
Hensall, Ontario, b. Dec. 1, 1835, in Callander, Scotland,
son of GEORGE MOIR and JANE STIRLING,
of Thornhill, Perthshire, Scotland; and grandson of
GEORGE MOIR, and JANET ADAM, of Thornhill,
Perthshire, Scotland; came to Canada in 1845, never
married, living 1904.
Page234 JANE MURRAY, of Blythe, Ontario, b. Oct. 14, 1865,
in Hay Township, Ontario, dau. of ROBERT MURRAY
and JANET MOIR; m. May 10, 1882, THOMAS WAN-
LESS, son of JAMES WANLESS, of Varna, Ontario, and
had issue: —
1. Henry Arthur Wanless, born February 21, 1883, in Exeter,
Ontario.
2. Etta May Wanless, b. June 11, 1885, in Exeter, Ontario.
3. Robert Murray Wanless, born August 16, 1890, Paisley,
Ontario.
4. Lily Maud Wanless, b. Nov. 7, 1892, Blythe, Ontario.
Page 234 WILLIAM MOIR, retired farmer, of Hensall, Ontario,
b. 1837, in Callander, Scotland, son of GEORGE MOIR
and JANE STIRLING, of Callander, Scotland; m. 1876,
MARION GIBSON, dau. of ROBERT GIBSON, and
had issue: —
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267
1. Jessie Stirling Moir, b. 1878, in Hensall, Ontario.
2. Louise Jane Moir, b. 1880, in Hensall, Ontario.
ALEXANDER MOIR, lace and muslin manufacturer,
(the first to endeavor to get lace manufacturing in Scot-
land,) of Bearsden, Dumbartonshire, Scotland, b. 1833,
in Maryhill, Lanarkshire, son of JOHN MOIR, contractor,
of Campsie, Stirlingshire and MARGARET STEWART;
grandson of ALEXANDER MOIR, builder, of Doune,'
Perthshire, and JANE MacPHERSON; m. July 20,
1872, JANE BOYD, dau. of Robert Boyd, coal-
master, of Langside, Lanarkshire, and had issue: —
1. Jessie Margaret Moir, b. 1873, Glasgow, Scotland; m. Apr.
6, 1899.
2. Jane Alexandrina Moir, b. 1875, Glasgow, Scotland.
3. Florence Adamson Moir, b. 1876, Glasgow, Scotland.
4. John Stewart Moir, b. 1878, Glasgow, Scotland.
5. William Boyd Moir, b. 1880, Glasgow, Scotland.
OTHER PERTHSHIRE MOIRS
Married
Christine
Prennan
The author
called on this
lady in 1910.
She was the
means of add-
ing a great
amount of
information
to this book.
He married a
Miss Wilson,
see page 269.
See Alexander
Moir above
ALEXANDER MOIR, of MuthiU, Perthshire, Scot-
land, m. JANET McLEICH; and had issue:—
I. JAMES MOIR, who m. ELIZABETH DRUM-
MOND and had issue with others: —
1. A daughter, who died young, from a
burning accident.
2. Alexander Moir, who married and lived
in Ayr, and raised a large family. His
grand-children and great grand-children
are still there.
3. James Moir, m. ( ) Graham, and
came into possession of property through
his wife's mother, a Janet Graham,
the property having been in that
family since 1488, and had issue: —
1. Helen Moir, who m. ( ) Maxwell, of
Doune, Perthshire, and had issue.
4. John Moir, who came to America, in
1790, married, and had a family, and
afterwards changed his name to Muir.
John went into the lumber business, in
Alexandria, Virginia, and furnished free
to the U. S. Government, the mahogany
wood for the coffin of George Washing-
ton, the American Patriot, who died in
1799. The family have been quite
prominent in Alexandria, at least one
of the sons being mayor of the city.
JAMES MOIR, consulting engineer and ship-sur-
veyor, of Pollok shields, Glasgow, Scotland, b. Dec. 12,
1853, in Ayr, son of JOHN MOIR, of Muthill, Perth-
shire, Scotland, and MARGARET LEVEN; grandson
of ALEXANDER MOIR, of Muthill, Perthshire, and
CHRISTINE PRENNAN; great-grandson of ALEXAN-
DER MOIR, of Muthill, Perthshire, and JANET
MoiR Gbnealogy 269
McLEICH; m. 13 March, 1889, ALICE CHALMERS,
dau. of ALEXANDER CHALMERS, of Bankfoot,
Perthshire.
ALEXANDER MOIR, b. 1770, d. Dec. 8, 1863; grandfather of
the above JAMES MOIR, had three brothers born in Muthlll, viz:
JAMES, (b. 1768 and d. 1840), JOHN and WILLIAM. John married See page 268.
a Wilson at Blantyre, near Glasgow, and settled in America, and |^"^'fv .
changed his name to MUIR. WILLIAM was a miller in Dunblane,
Stirlingshire, afterwards enlisting as a soldier, and marched to the
continent of Europe, and was never heard from after.
*DAVID MOIR, of Roxbury, Mass., born Glasgow,
Scotland, 1844, son of WILLIAM MOIR, of Perth-
shire, Scotland, and JANE KAY, a grandson of DAVID
MOIR of Perthshire, Scotland, and JANE LENOX;
m. 1877, MARGARET CRAWFORD BOYD, dau. of
CRAWFORD BOYD, of Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, and
had issue : —
1. Alice Wood Moir, born 1878, in Dunoon, Argyleshire,
Scotland.
2. William Moir, b. 1879, in Dunoon, Argyleshire, Scotland.
3. Jane Kay Moir, b. 1881, in Largs, Ayrshire, Scotland, m.
Conrad Sorenson, of Norway, and had issue: —
1. Dorothy Hope Sorenson, b. May 19, 1903, in
Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
4. Janet Dickie Moir, b. 1883, in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
5. Mary Boyd Moir, b. 1884, in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
6. Crawford Boyd Moir, b. 1886, in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
7. David Moir, Jr., born 1887, in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.,
died 1890.
8. Margaret Boyd Moir, b. 1889, in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
9. David Moir, 2d, b. 1891, in Roxbury, Boston, Mass.
10. Charles Sutherland Moir, b. 1893, in Roxbury, Boston,
Mass., d. 1894.
JOHN STEWART MOIR, flour miller, of Minne-
apolis, Minn., b. 1853, in Perthshire, Scotland, son
of J HENRY MOIR, of Aberfoyle, Perthshire, and
CHRISTINE STEWART, grandson of JOHN MOIR, of
Aberfoyle and ( ) McNAB; married 1884, ELLEN
ROCHFORD, dau. of JOHN ROCHFORD, of Kildare,
Ireland, and had issue: —
1. Mary Stewart Moir, b. 1885, Minneapolis, Minn.
♦Mr. David Moir wa8 a baker, died in Roxbury March 13, 1912.
tA brother of the above Henry Moir, namely John, went to California in 1848, at the
time of the discovery of gold, and had not been heard from since.
270 MoiR Gbnealogy
I. JAMES MOIR, of Alloa, a banker and factor
for Lords Mar and Abercrombie, etc., who with
his younger brother Archibald, are more fully
described in another article in this book, both
were sons of JAMES MOIR, (b. about 1760) and
MARGARET WHITEHEAD, of Kippenrait
farm, near Shenifmuir, afterwards of Dun-
blane, Perthshire. James Moir, was born 1801,
and at an early age his family removed to Alloa.
He m Janet Strang, of Alloa, dau. of John
See page 218 Strang, sea captain, ("who was imprisoned in
France during the Napoleonic wars, his ship
being captured,") of Gharleston-on-the-Forth,
Scotland, and had issue, at least three sons: —
1. The elder son died while quite a youth,
through a shooting accident.
2. The second son, James Moir, Jr., died in
1882, leaving four of a family: —
1. James Philip Moir, D. S. O., a major of the
Royal Engineers, (an extended account
of whom with portrait is given in an-
other article), b. April 28, 1872, in Alloa,
m. Oct. 26, 1910, Ida Muriel Goodwin,
dau. of Harry Arthur Goodwin, clergy-
man, of Sheffield, England, and had
issue : —
1. Jane Morse Moir, born Oct. 25,
1911, at Lorraine, Famsboro
Park, Hants, England.
2. A second son is a commander in the royal
navy (1911).
3. WiUiam Moir, now at Alloa (1911).
4. Mary Jean Moir, now at AUoa (1911).
3- William Moir, third son of James Moir
and Janet Strang, b. May 8, 1843, at
Alloa, "first studied law, and ended at
the fine arts;" he was "highly cultured
and a great conversationalist." Married
Nov. 29, 1906, Maude Orlebar Moir,
dau. of Robert Moir, who was b. April
1, 1838, at Dunblane, Perthshire, a
civil service surveyor of taxes, of Bow-
den, Cheshire, England, where he died
Jan. 11, 1898. No issue.
MoiR Genealogy
271
II. ARCHIBALD MOIR, brother of JAMES came
to Alloa from Dunblane, about 1835, married
SUSAN MAIN, dau. of DAVID MAIN and
GRIZELL BEGGS ; he had at least two
sons: —
1. J. W. Moir.
2. Archibald Patrick Moir, (both
of whom, From "Alloa.
60 years ago,"
now carry on in even larger measure, ^yjames
the business of their father and uncle;) Archibald,
Buchan Bros.
Publishers,
b. Oct. 25, 1860, at Alloa, he m. June
4, 1889, Margaret Gifford, daughter Aiioa, i9ii.
of Robert Gifford, gentleman, of Bal-
bumock, Wigtownshire, and had issue: —
1. *Archibald Gifford Moir, b. Alloa.
2. Margaret Gifford Moir, b. Alloa.
3. *Robert Gifford Moir, b. Alloa.
Arms of St. Andrew's Society, New York City
*AichibaId G. Moir and Robert G. Moir, are both athletes at Fettes College,
Edinburgh, and cricket and football players. The former won a gold medal for being
the best all round athlete of his year, and the latter holds the record for 200 yards run,
wad also many athletic events and sports. — (From letter of the young men's father, 1912.)
RENFREWSHIRE MOIRS
RICHARD MOIR, of Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire,
Scotland, b. in 1808 there, (died April 17, 1866), son of
JOHN MOIR, married twice, the first family was: —
1. Mrs. George Maitland IngersoU.
2. Agnes, died some years ago.
3. John Moir of Haldimand Co., Ontario, b. Jan. 22, 1836.
(See below.)
4. Mrs. James Patterson, of Oxford Co., Ontario.
See page 273 5. Mrs. Lawrence Ruddick, of Dorcliester Station, Ontario.
The second family was: —
1. William Moir of Toronto.
2. Richard Moir of Streetsville, Ontario.
3. Sarah Ann Moir, died some years ago, unmarried.
JOHN MOIR, farmer, of Haldimand Co., Ontario;
b. Jan. 22, 1836, in Orange Co., New York; son of
RICHARD MOIR, of Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scot-
land, and AGNES CLARK; grandson of JOHN MOIR;
m. Jan 23, 1860, ANN SILLARS, dau. of DONALD
SILLARS, of Argyle, Scotland, and had issue: —
1. Catherine Elizabeth Moir, born Oct. 28, 1860, Wellington,
Ontario. Teacher.
2. Agnes Moir Clark, b. Aug. 24, 1862, Wellhigton, Ontario,
m. Aug. 2.3, 1892.
3. Margaret Moir, b. June 2, 1864, Wellington, Ontario, m.
Jan. 1, 1889.
4. Mary Ann Moir, b. May. 27, 1866, Wellington, Ontario.
Teacher.
5. Isabella Moir, born Dec. 11, 1867, Wellington, Ontario.
Teacher.
6. John Alexander Moir, b. Mar. 11, 1870, Wellington,
Ontario. Clergyman.
7. Archibald Moir, M. D., born April 14, 1872, Wellington,
Ontario, m. Oct. 1, 1903.
WILLIAM MOIR, grocer, of Boston, Mass., b. Jan.
31, 1862, in Pollokshaws, Scotland, son of THOMAS
MOIR, of Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and
MARY HETHERINGTON, grandson of WILLIAM
MoiR Genealogy 273
MOIR of Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and
MARY McLEAN. M. July 2, 1891, MARGUERITE
WINNIFRED BATTERSBY, daughter of JOHN BAT-
TERSBY, of Liverpool, England; and had issue: —
1. William Stuart Moir, b. May 20, 1892, in Boston.
Massachusetts.
MARION MOIR, of Scarboro Township, York County,
Ontario, b. June 18, 1841; dau. of RICHARD MOIR,
(a power loom weaver, who came to N. Y. City, in 1830,
and removed in 1840 to Scarboro, Ontario, where he died
in 1866,) of Pollokshaws, Renfrewshire, Scotland, and
AGNES CLARK, m. Dec. 5, 1861, LAWRENCE
RUDDICK, farmer, of Scarboro, Ontario, son of JOHN
RUDDICK, of Armagh, Ireland, and had issue: —
1. John .\rchibald Ruddick, b. Sept. 3, 1862, Oxford, Ont.,
cheese and dair}' inspector, (see next article), he m. Sept.
8, 1886, to Harriet E. Congdon, and had issue.
2. Agnes Moir Ruddick, b. Mar. 10, 1864, Oxford, Ont., m.
Nov. 3, 1893, to ( ), and died June 4, 1903.
3. Richard Albert Ruddick, b. Jan. 21, 1866, Oxford, Ont., a
minister of the Gospel, now (1904), in Wisconsin;
m. Oct. 1900, to ( ).
4. Mary Ellen Ruddick, b. Oct. 19, 1867, in Oxford, Ont, m.
Oct. 31, 1888, to ( ).
5. James Harrington Ruddick, born Oct. 27, 1870, in Oxford,
Ont., m. Oct. 10, 1894, to (— ); he is a tailor by-
trade in New York state.
6. Margaret Isabelle Ruddick, b. May 8, 1876, in Oxford, Ont.
A school-teacher.
7. Lawrence Ruddick, b. Dec. 10, 1879, in Oxford, Ont., m
Sept. 30, 1902, to ( ).
JOHN ARCHIBALD RUDDICK, engaged in the
dairy business all his life, becoming expert dairy com-
missioner for the Canadian Government, at Ottawa, as
he describes, — "the most important position in the world
in my line;" b. Sept. 3, 1862, in Oxford, County, Ontario,
son of LAWRENCE RUDDICK of Scarboro, Ontario,
and MARION MOIR; grandson of RICHARD MOIR,
of Glasgow, Scotland, and AGNES CLARK. M. Sept.
8, 1886, HARRIET EMILY CONGDON, daughter of
HENRY CONGDON, of Fort Covington, New York, and
had issue: —
1. Marion Ruddick, b. July 4, 1887, in Lancaster, Ontario.
274 MoiR Genealogy
MARGARET MOIR, of Canfield, Ontario, b. June 2,
1864, dau. of JOHN MOIR, farmer, of Orange, New York,
and ANNE SILLARS; grand-dau.of RICHARD MOIR,
of PoUokshaws, (weaver on power loom, who came to
New York City, about 1830, and removed in 1840, to
Scarboro, Ontario; b. 1810, m. 1830, d. April, 1866,) and
AGNES CLARK; m. Jan. 1, 1889, to JOHN TURN-
BULL, (b. Dec. 14, 1857,) of Canfield, Ontario, son
of ANDREW TURNBULL and AGNES SWAN, and
had issue: —
1. John Andrew TumbuU, b. July 22, 1890, in Seneca, Ontario.
2. Alexander TumbuU, b. Jan. 12, 1893, in Seneca, Ontario.
3. Archibald Moir TumbuU, born Dec. 3, 1895, in Seneca,
Ontario.
JOHN MOIR, farmer, of Dunnville, Ontario, b. 1836,
in New York, son of RICHARD MOIR, of PoUokshaws,
(who came to New York City in 1830, was a power loom
weaver, and 10 years later removed to Scarboro, Ont.,
where he died in 1866), and AGNES CLARK; m. 1860,
to ANNE SILLARS, of Scotland, and had issue:—
1. Archibald Moir, born ( ), of DunnviUe, Ontario,
physician and surgeon; married Edna Margaret Byres,
dau. of James Douglas Byres.
2. Catherine Elizabeth Moir, teacher high school. Port
Hope, Ont.
3. Agnes Clark Moir Porteous, (widow) DunnviUe, Ontario.
4. Margaret Moir TumbuU, Canfield, Ontario.
5. Isabella Moir, teacher, DunnviUe, Ontario.
6. John Alexander Moir, Presbyterian minister, now (1904),
studying in Scotland.
7. Mary A. Moir.
The above John Moir, has two brothers, one of whom, WUliam
Moir, of Toronto, Ont., m. Miss Sangster, and has a daughter, BeUa,
b. 1882; another brother, Richard Moir, residence unknown, has
three or four of a family.
He also has four sisters younger than himself as follows: 1. Mrs.
George Maitland, who had three sons and one daughter; two of who,
were married in 1904. 2. Mrs. J. Patterson, who has a large family,
now mostly married, one son is a professor at McGiU University.
3. Mrs. L. Ruddick, who also has a family. 4. Agnes Moir, who
died unmarried many years ago. Several of these are recorded in
this book.
LECKIE HOUSE AND ESTATE
By the late W. B. COOK, of Stirling
(See illustration)
The estate of Leckie comprises a large area of rich carse land along
the river Forth, behind which there is a stretch of dryfield land, while
still further to the south the property rises over moorland and hill
ground to a height of 1600 feet above sea level. The slope of the hill
ground, which is very steep, and at places precipitous, is intersected
by a number of streams, which in their progress towards the Forth,
produce a very beautiful and diversified landscape. The estate ex-
tends to about 3038 acres, whereof about 260 acres are woodland,
1778 acres areable, and 1000 acres rough pasture and hill ground. The
old house of Leckie is situated about 300 yards from the mansion-
house, and forms an interesting and picturesque feature of the property.
There are twelve farms on the estate, and eight of the grass parks,
extending to 155 acres, are let for the grazing season to the farmers
in the neighbourhood. Three of the old place-names on the estate
are interesting from an antiquarian point of view. "Carleatheran"
probably indicates the site of an ancient fort on the hill slope, or on
the shore of the loch, while "Craigtnakessock" is associated with St.
Ressock, or St. Kessag, and the well on the craig was not improbably
considered a holy well on that account. Another Celtic saint, St.
Columba, (or is it St. Colmoc?) is commemorated by St. Colme's Glen,
behind the present mansion-house.
The place-name, Leckie — Leky, Lekke, Lekky, are old forms of the
name — is not to be found in Johnston's "Place-Names of Scotland,"
and it is also omitted from the same writer's "Place-Names of Stirling-
shire," for what reason it is impossible to guess, as its derivation is
simple enough. The first known owner of Leckie, is said to have been
a certain Malise de Leggie, during the invasion of Edward L of Eng-
land, but he is a rather mythical personage, and besides, at that
period owners more usually took their surname from the lands than
the lands from their owners. Sir Herbert Maxwell, in his, "Scottish
Land Names," (p. 152) says: "Leacan, a derivation of leac, a flag-
stone, is occasionally used to denote a sloping hillside. From another
variant, leacach, comes Leckie in Stirlingshire, most appropriately
named from its position on the north flank of the Lennox range," We
should be inclined to derive Leckie from the substantive leacann, the
side of the hill, rather than from the adjective leacach, but the root-
word is the same. Mr. Matheson, in the his "Place-Names of
Elginshire," derives Lekin in the parish of Knockando, from the Gaelic
leacann, steep, shelving ground on the side of a hill. Leac, the root, "Celtio Place-
originally means a large flat stone, especially a stone placed to mark a john^Milne
grave — a smooth, bare hillside. M. A., LL.'d.
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The lands of Leckie were Crown property till the reign of Robert
the Bruce, who granted the west half nearest Boquhan, to Malcolm,
fifth Earl of Lennox, in recompense for the lordship of a carcucate
or ploughland, of Cardross, in Dumbartonshire, where the King
erected a castle, in which he died in 1329. The terms of the original
charter of Wester Leckie, are repeated in a charter granted by David
II. in favour of Malcolm, son of Duncan, and grandson of Murdoch,
who was the son of Core, one of the younger sons of Alvv^yn, second
Earl of Lennox. This charter, dated 31st March, 1352, narrates the
excambion above referred to, and states that the lands were surren-
dered by Donald, Earl of Lennox. *The reddendo is a pair of gilt spurs
at the feast of Pentecost (or Whitsunday,) if demanded. tAnother
charter by King David to the same effect and dated 12th March, 1356,
is preserved at Leckie.
*Fraaer'8 the Lennox ii — 409.
tFraaer'a the Lennox ii — 411.
THE MOIRS OF LECKIE
From "THE LAIRDS OF LECKIE"
By the late W. B. COOK, of STIRLING
DAVID MOIR, sheriff clerk, of Stirling, had assisted in a monetary
way, JOHN LECKIE of that ilk, to tide over financial difficulties,
and in 1668, MOIR was probably his law agent. At all events, the
crisis ended in the transference of the estate of Leckie to the lawyer,
and there is no longer a Leckie of that ilk, although the dispossessed
laird continued to be so designed. With this laird, therefore, ends the
long line of LECKIE of Leckie.
*David Moir of Craigamhall, seems to have originally belonged to See reference,
Doune. A Walter Moir, writer there, who flourished at the same page 230.
period, may have been his brother. tJohn Moir, eldest son of this
Walter, succeeded David Moir in Craigamhall, and his near relatives,
(probably uncles) were James Moir in Newton -of- Doune, and
Robert Moir in Lanrick. fCraigarnhall," was originally "Craig-
amot." It is included among the lands formerly in the Earldom
of Strath em, and granted 8th February, 1442-3, to Michael, Bishop
of Dunblane, and his successors in office, and the Chapter of the
same place. It afterwards formed part of the Deanery lands.
At the Reformation, these lands were feued out to different per-
sons, who subsequently became their proprietors, and it ap-
pears from an entry in a manuscript volume in the Register
House, Edinburgh, entitled "Charge of the Temporalities of Kirk-
lands, north and south of the Forth, 1569," that the lands of
Cragamall and wood thereof, lying within the parish of Dunblane,
were set in feu to James Sinclair, yr. of Bankis Row, the yearly feu-
duty amounting to £16 8s 4d Scots. ** A royal charter, dated 2nd
December, 1594, grants to this James Sinclair, the lands of Craigamall,
with wood, formerly possessed in feu by the Dean of Dunblane, the
reddendo being twenty-five merks. ttThe place-name is changed in
the next recorded charter, which is dated 26th December, 1642, and
grants to James Stirling of Balwill, and William Stirling, his eldest
son, the lands of Craigamhall, with wood, in the parish of Balmadock
(sic) and county of Perth, which were formerly held by the Dean and
Chapter of the Cathedral Church of Dunblane. The name of the
parish may be Kilmadock in the original, but the lands are now in
parish of Lecropt. It is possible that some fancied connection with
Amhall, an old mansion belonging to the Stirlings of Keir, and situated
*The records of Doune are incomplete, and do not mention David's birth.
tDunblane Decreets. Also, sec page 227.
tReg. Mag. Sig.
*'Reg- Mag. Sig.
HReg. Mag. Sig-
278 MoiR Geneai^ogy
a short distance to the south-west, suggested to the Stirlings of Balwill,
cadets of the Keir family, the above-noted change of the place-name
to Craigamhall, but at a later period it re-appears in oflBcial deeds as
"Cragamal." We do not again meet with what was probably the
original name, "Cragamot."
David Moir was owner of Craigamhall, when on 21st January, 1659,
he, together with Marie Stewart, his spouse, were infeft in Stirling of
Keir's ludging, at the foot of Broad Street, Stirling. *By a sasine dated
8th May, 1665, David Moir had himself infeft in this tenement in life-
rent, and his scond son, James, in fee. tFrom certain legal proceed-
ings which were necessary in 1687, we learn that a royal charter
was presented in favour of David Moir, elder, and his heirs, dated 12th
June, and instrument of sasine dated 27th June, 1668, granting to them
Easter Leckie and Shirgartane, with half of Wester Leckie; also
charter by Charles II. in favour of the said David Moir, elder, and
Marie Stewart, his spouse, in liferent, and David Moir, their eldest
lawful son, in fee, of the half of Wester Leckie, dated 12th July,
1670. David Moir, senior, Ukewise obtained seisin of the lands
of Cambusbarron, on a wadset on 3rd August, 1672. jOne of the new
Laird's first actions was to protest against the proportion of men the
parish of Gargunnock was required to furnish to the Stirlingshire
Militia, which protest the Commissioners admitted. It appears that
the parish had also to supply 17 horses out of 73 required for the
regiment, the Barony of Leckie's share being one horse. **David,
Moir of Leckie is named as a Comissioner of Supply for Stirlingshire
in 1678 and again in 1685. Both the Laird of Leckie and his
eldest son were dead before 16th August, 1687, when James Moir, the
second son was served heir to his father in Easter Leckie and Schir-
gartane, and to his brother David in Wester Leckie, but these services
were not extended or retoured with Chancellarie, "in regard that ten
days thereafter the person so served was deceased." tt James Moir,
who was thus so suddenly cut off, was joint Sheriff-Clerk along with
his father. They were also joint-Clerks of the Lordship of Stirling
and Bailliery of the Water of Forth.On 11th January, 1688, ttGeorge
Moir, third son of David Moir of Leckie and Marie Stewart, was
served heir to his father and his eldest brother, in Easter and
Wester Leckie. ***David Moir, chirurgeon, Stirling, a near relative
of the Laird of Leckie, obtained seisin from him of Keir's ludging in
Stirling, with life-rent to Marion Moir, his second wife, the instru-
ment bearing date, 25th June, 1698, but this property reverted to
♦Stirling Burgh Sasines.
tCounty Court Book.
tMinutes of Commissionera of Militia for Stirlingaliire.
**Act3 of Parliament.
t+County Court Book.
JI^George Moir of Leckie serves heir special to David Moir, his brother-germain.
Both were sons of David Moir of Leckie, George being the sefond son. On this date,
11 Jan., 1688, he serves heir to the lands of Easter and Wester Leckie. (Special Ser.
II, Stirling.) He also terves heir in general to hb father on same date.
(Gen. Ser.)
***Stirling Burgh Sasines.
MoiR Genhalogv 279
the Laird a few years later. Isabel Moir, sister of George Moir,
of Leckie, married John Graham, of Aberuthven, afterwards of
Boquhapple, through which marriage the Leckie estate eventually
came to the Grahams, as will afterwards be seen. *The Laird of Leclde
was a Commissioner of Supply in 1696, but after this date, there ia
no record of him. He married and had a family, but the name of hia
wife has not been ascertained. tHe died in September, 1710, and was
succeeded by his eldest son, James.
tt James Moir of Leckie was probably under age when he succeeded
to the estate; certainly, he was but a young man, as three years previ-
ously he was under the tutorship of Mr. John Graham, of Boquhapple,
bis uncle, and others. He had a younger brother, George, but
whether his father left any more of a family we do not know.
tThe Moirs must have been related by marriage to the Setons of
Touch, as in 1738 the Laird of Leckie is named as tutor-in-law to
James Seton, and on the death of the latter, unmarried, in 1742,
JtGeorge Moir, brother of the Laird, was appointed one of the
curators of Elizabeth Seton, heiress of Touch.
Owing to physical infirmity, James Moir, who remained unmarried,
felt himself obliged to surrender Leckie to his brother. By a convey-
ance, dated 1st May, 1739, he disponed his heritable estate in favour
of George Moir, his brother-german, who was then in Jamaica, and
as his (James's) debts and funeral charges, and other privileged
debts, might not be so well looked after as if the heir had been in this
country, he authorized and appointed Moses Buchanan of Glins, to take
care of, manage, and regulate all the affairs that might concern the
estate, until his brother's return to the kingdom, or a commission or
factorage under his hand should be executed. ***He also nominated
John Stirling of Garden, William Govan of Drumquhassel, and
William Graham of Boquhapple his commissioners to give instructions
to Buchanan. The date of James Moir's death has not been discov-
ered, but he did not long survive the demission of his estate.
t+tThe new Laird of Leckie, after settling down at home, married a
wife who brought him a considerable tocher. The facts are disclosed in
a process of separation and aliment, rendered necessary by the bad con-
duct of George Moir. The lady was Anne Montgomerj', niece of Sir
Walter Montgomery, of Kirktonholm, in Dumfries-shire, who gavr
her a marriage portion of ^2000, and made a settlement by which she
was entitled to ^6000 after his death, but only, it appears, if she had
any family. It v/as also a condition in the marriage contract, which
was dated 25th February, 1745, that the Laird of Leckie should
assume the name and arms of Montgomery, in addition to his own.
Two of the witnesses to the contract, are Home, of Argaty, his first
♦Acts of Parliament.
tServices of Heirs.
ttStirlingshire Bonds.
tStirlinghire Bonds.
t+Reg. of Curatories.
♦♦^Stirlingshire Bonds.
tttSeasion Papers.
280 MOIR GBNEAI.OGY
cousin, and Wm. Govan, Jr., of Drumquhassel, his second cousin.
In accordance with the condition contained in this marriage contract,
the Laird assumed his wife's name, styling himself George Montgomery-
Moir, of Leckie. There was no issue of the marriage, and it is not
unlikely that the vanishing of all chance of receiving the ^6000 be-
queathed to Anne Montgomery, accounts in some degree for the beha-
viour of her husband, which compelled her to institute the action for
separation and aliment.
An important event marked the first year of this unhappy marriage.
The Jacobites were in arms under the leadership of Prince Charles, and
the Laird of Leckie was in strong sympathy with the movement. On
the 13th September, the Highland army, on their way south, crossed the
river Forth at the Fords of Frew, and made a halt while the Prince
went up to Leckie House. The Laird, however, was not there to re-
ceive him. The Hanoverian General, Blakeney, had been informed by
spies that Moir of Leckie was preparing to entertain the Prince, and
on the night before his expected arrival, the Laird was seized in his bed
by a party of dragoons and carried prisoner to Stirling Castle. Not-
withstanding this contretemps, the Prince and his suite were welcomed
to dinner atLeckie, and not only they, but many of the Prince's friends,
who followed soon after, were entertained in a most hospitable manner.
From Leckie House, Prince Charles addressed his famous message to
the City of Glasgow, demanding a sum of £15,000, besides what was due
to the Government, and whatever arms could be found in the city.
*The Magistrates paid no attention to the demand; but shortly
afterward they received a visit from a body of the insurgent cavalry,
accompanied by Glengyle, and his clansmen the MacGregors, which
made them fain to compromise the claim by paying ^5000 and con-
tributing about ^500 worth of goods. The New Statistical Account
of Gargunnock Parish, and also the local histories, state that the
Prince slept at Leckie House on the night of the 13th September, but
that is a mistake. The account given by one of the Prince's follow-
ers, and published in the tLockhart Papers, says: — "This night we
lay at Touch," from which place the army resumed its march south-
wards next morning. On the retreat to the north early in 1748, the
Prince's baggage sent on in advance, was deposited at Leckie on the
25th January, and on the 1st February, the army recrossed the Forth
by the Fords of Frew, but on this occasion, there was no time to spare
for dinner at Leckie House. Everything was in confusion, for the
Duke of Cumberland was on the Prince's track, and several guns and
carriages had to be left behind.
^George Moir, who dropped the name Montgomery, after the legal
proceedings above narrated, was a witness in a will case, tried in 1765,
when his age is given as 50 years and upwards. He lived till 1792, when
he must have reached his 78th year. Having no children, he executed
•Historic Scenes of Stirlingshire.
tVol. ii., 486.
JMorrison's Decisions.
JOHN MOIR AND FAMILY
of Winnipeg, Manitoba
I See page 257)
JOHN S. MOIR, D. O.
Lowell, Mass.
I n L i:-i r, v^.^
MOIR GBNRAI,0GY
281
five years before his death, an entail of the estate of Leckie, under
which Dr. Robert Graham, of Boquhapple, grandson of Isabel Moir,
succeeded as heir of tailzie and provision.
THE GRAHAM-MOIRS OF LECKIE
From "THE LAIRDS OF LECKIE"
By the late W. B. COOK, of Stirling
According to the family pedigree, Dr. Robert Graham of Boquhapple,
represented a cadet branch of the great House of Montrose. George
Graham of Callander, brother of the first Earl of Montrose, had, by a
daughter of Moray of Abercaimey, four sons, of whom the third was
Laurence, who married a daughter of Drummond of Borland, by whom
he had a son and a daughter. Giles, the daughter, married her kins-
man, Graham of Garvock. Her brother, John, entered the ministry,
and was parson at Aberuthven. He was a member of the General As-
sembly of 1636, which deposed the Bishops. He himself married a
grand-daughter of Archbishop Hamilton, of St. Andrews. — Giles,
daughter of Hamilton of Blair. By this lady, he had two sons and a
daughter. The eldest son, John, was killed in assisting to rescue his
chief, the Marquis of Montrose, when he came over from France to
restore Charles H. to the throne. His second son, Robert Graham, of
Aberuthven, married Margaret Hay, of Stronevay, whose brother
became the husband of Robert's sister. Two sons and a daughter
were the issue of Robert's marriage. Both the sons, John and James,
were bred to the Church, but gave it up. John succeeded to the
wadset of Aberuthven, with burden of his brother and sister's por-
tions. This estate was purchased by the Marquis of Montrose in
1702, and two years after, John Graham bought the estate of Boqu-
happle, which had previously belonged to a branch of the Menteith
Grahams. This circumstance has led to mistakes in certain Graham
pedigrees, the Montrose Grahams being confounded with Menteith
Grahams, but into this matter there is no occasion to enter here.
John Graham, of Boquhapple, as we have already seen, married
Isabel Moir, daughter of David Moir, of Leckie, by whom he had a
family of four sons and four daughters. James Graham, the eldest
son, married Catherine, daughter of William Govan, of Drumquhassel,
by whom he had three sons and nine daughters. John, the eldest
son, died unmarried in the East India Company's service, and the
youngest son, William, also died a bachelor. Robert, the second son
of James Graham of Boquhapple, studied medicine, and took the
degree of M.D.* He appears to have practised in the town of Stirling.
Under a deed executed by George Moir of Leckie, on 22nd Decem-
ber, 1789, his heir of entail. Dr. Robert Graham of Boquhapple, physi-
cian in Stirling, was appointed his sole executor, and a disposition of
moveables was made in his favour.** In accordance with the deed
of entail. Dr. Graham, on succeeding to the estate of Leckie, dropped
♦Family Pedigree.
•♦Stirlingshire Bonds.
MOIR GUNEALOGY 283
the name of Graham and took that of Moir, but was unable to aesuine
the arms of Moir of Leckie, because none had been registered. *The
terms of the entail rendered it necessary for the heir of Leckie to raise
an action in the Court of Session against his own son, Dr. Charles
Alexander Graham, and others, to have certain questions decided, and
the record of the case in Morrison's "Decisions" supplies the fol-
lowing interesting particulars: — "George Moir, in 1787, executed an
entail of the estate of Leckie, with strict irritant and resolutive
clauses, amongst others, that it should not be in the power of the heirs
male of his body, or others, heirs substituted to them, to increase
the rental above ^1000. On his death in 1792, the rental amounted
to ;i^ll23, without including rent for 150 acres in his natural pos-
session. Dr. Robert Moir succeeded him under the entail, and
brought an action against the substitutes concluding that he should
be at liberty to keep up and augment the rent of the entailed estate,
as if this clause had not been inserted. It was held by the Lords that
the clause was to be held as discharged by the entailer. The entail
likewise contained a clause that the heirs of tailzie should be bound
to use the name and title of Moir of Leckie exclusive of every other
name and title, and to carry the arms of Moir of Leckie without any
addition, diminution, or alteration of any kind. After the action
came into Court it was discovered that there were no arms of Moir
of Leckie matriculated in the Lyon Office. The pursuer being the
heir alioque successoris, only in one-fourth of the estate as represen-
tative of one of the four heirs portioners, it was likewise doubted
whether they were ascendible to heirs of entail, or whether they neces-
sarily descended jure sanguine to Mr. Moir's heir of line. The Lords
found it incumbent on the pursuer and other heirs of entail to follow
out the tailzier's appointment in carrying the name and arms of
Moir and Leckie, and for that purpose to obtain from the Lyon Office,
arms of that description descendible to heirs of entail of Leckie."
Dr. Robert Graham's arms, blazoned, confirmed, and assigned, 14th
December, 1764, are thus described in the family pedigree: — Argent;
a man's heart gules, ensigned with an imperial crown proper; on a chief
sable three escallops or ; above the shield a helmet befitting his degree
with a mantle gules doubling argent. On a wreath of his colours is set
for crest, an escallop as the former. This motto, Spero meliora. **In
accordance with the Lords' decision of 1794, the Leckie arms were
matriculated in 1796, as follows: — (1st and 4th quarters)-Argent;
three Mauritanian heads couped and distilling three drops of blood
ppr., banded of the first, a pearl in each ear of the second, in the centre
a mullet gu, for Moir; (2nd quarter) argent, a head crowned ppr. in a
chief sable three escallops or, for Graham. (1st and 4th quarters of
3rd quarter) argent; a galley, sails furled, oars in action, sable. This
quarter indicates a Stewart and Campbell connection, Dr. Robert
Moir's wife being a Stewart of Ardsheal. The Moir arms are similar to
those of Moir of Hilton. Moir ofLeckie's crest was a falcon proper,
*p. 15.537.
**Balfour Paul's Ordinary of Scottish Arms, pp. 84, 117, 146, 150.
284 MoiR Geneai,ogy
armed or belted, or, perched on a heron lying on its back proper,
beaked and membered gu, with the motto, *"Ne Oublie."
Dr. Robert Moir of Leckie married Anne, daughter of Charles
Stewart of Ardsheal, chief of the Stewarts of Appin and Lorn, by whom
he had five sons and six daughters: — James Lennox Moir, the eldest
son, died in infancy. Charles Alexander the second son, succeeded
his father, and will be noticed below. Of James, the third son, no
particulars are given in the family pedigree. Robert, the fourth son,
was Professor of Botany in Edinburgh University, and died 7th August,
1845. He married Elizabeth Belches, second daughter of David
Hamilton of Drumpellier, and left a family. The fifth son of Dr. Moir
of Leckie, was John, a captain in the Royal Navy. The Laird of Leckie
died in August, 1819, and was buried in Leckie. The Grahams seem
to have had a right of burial in St. Andrew's Chapel, or Garden Aisle,
at the West Church, Stirling, but none of the Lairds of Leckie are
buried there.
Charles Alexander Graham took the surname of Moir on succeeding
to Leckie, in the Barony of which he was infeft on 8th June, 1820.**
He was a doctor by profession, and practised up till his father's death.
He built the new mansion-house of Leckie on the plan of an old Eng-
lish baronial mansion-house. It stands on a higher situation than the
old house, and has a commanding view of the Vale of Menteith. Dr.
C. A. Graham- Moir married Henrietta, second daughter of Robert
Hay, of Drumelzier and Dunse Castle, and Janet Erskine, eldest dau.
of James Erskine, of Cardross, and Lady Christian Bruce, daughter
of the Earl of Elgin. The issue of this marriage was an only son
and three daughters: —
1. Robert Graham-Moir.
2. Janet Erskine Graham.
3. Ann Stewart Graham, who died 1846.
4. Isabella Matilda Graham.
The Laird died 18th August, 1845, aged 73, and was buried in the
family burying ground at Leckie; his widow died 6th Aug., 1854.
Robert Graham Moir, the next Laird of Leckie, was a justice of
the peace and Deputy Lieutenant of Gargunnock; he m. Anne Eliza-
beth, third dau. of WiUiam Hay of Dunse Castle, Whittingham, and:
Drumelzier, by whom he had two sons and four daughters as follows: —
1. Charles William Graham-Moir, b. 26 July, 1858, and d.
9 March, 1861.
2. Alastair Erskine Graham-Moir, justice of the peace, b. 18
July, 1863, m. Nov. 11, 1897, Winnifred Edith, second
dau. of Right Hon. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Baronet, P. C.,,
M. P., and has issue: —
1. Charles WUliam, b. 30 Oct. 1898.
2. A son, born Feb. 24, 1905.
And others.
•Kirkwood's Crests, p. 53, and Fairbairn's Crests, 335.
••Stirlingshire Sasines .
MOIR GENEAI.OGY 285
1. Henrietta Florence May Graham-Moir.
2. Evelyn Annie Graham-Moir,
3. Marion Clementina Graham-Moir.
4. Mabel Christian Hay Graham-Moir, d. Dec. 24, 1882.
Robert Graham-Moir died Mar. 3, 1864, and was succeeded by hia
infant son, *Alastair Erskine Graham-Moir, who lived on the estate
until 1906, when he sold the property to Mr. George Younger, of Valley-
field, Kinross, in the spring of that year. He was the last of the Lairds
of his line, and seemed to be in want of the usual thriftiness of the
Moirs.
Shortly afterwards, he advertised that he intended to drop the
name of Moir. The estate of Boquhapple still remains in the family.
Mr. Graham-Moir removed to Edinburgh, after selling the prop-
erty.
STIRLINGSHIRE
(From the Scottish County Directory, 1902.)
MR. MOIR, Airth Mains, Airth, Larbert.
ALEXANDER MOIR, Farmer, Nethercarse, Gargunnock.
DAVID MOIR, Farmer, Gateside, Balfron, Balfron Station.
DAVID MOIR, Lednabra, Balfron Station.
JAMES MOIR, Park of Auchintroig, Balfron Station.
JOHN MOIR, Carse of MacOrriston, ThomhiU, Kippen Station.
WILLIAM J. MOIR, Netherton, ThomhiU, Kippen Station.
•The Tutors of Alastair Erskine Graham-Moir, (then a minor) were assessed £3,077
as the valuation of the estate of Leckie in 1880. There were twenty-six estates in Gar-
gunnock, which is sis miles long and four broad. Leckie being the largest.
From Nimmo's History of Stirlingshire.
Vol. 2. page 268.
286 MoiR Genealogy
ABERDEEN SASINE REGISTER AND
MINUTE BOOK
MOIR REFERENCES
Kindly Furnished by JOHN GEORGE BURNETT, ESQ., Aberdeen
July 9, 1608. Sasine to Mr. William Moir on the Interior land on the
east of the Gallowgate conquered from William Norie, son
and heir of the late Robert Norie.
May 2, 1623. Sasine to Mr. William Moir on the Interior land on the
east of the Gallowgate conquered from William Turing of
Foveran. (Witness Mr. John Moir, brother of the said
William Moir) for implement of his marriage contract with
Agnes, daughter of Patrick Gordon of Gordonesmylnes.
May 24, 1615. Sasine Mr. William Moir, Burgess of Aberdeen to his
second son John Moir, on a tenement and garden on the east
of the Gallowgate, where the road goes to Aberdeen.
June 29, 1638. Sasine. Mr. WiUiam Moir on the tenement of Janet
Forbes. (Minute book.)
May 1, 1646. Sasine. Mr. William Moir and Janet Forbes, his
spouse. (Minute book.)
Jan. 3, 1650. Sasine. William Moir on the tenement of James
Robertson. (Minute Book.)
Jan. 4, 1651. Sasine. John Moir, eldest son of the late Mr. John
Moir, burgess of Aberdeen, and heir of Mr. Henry Moir imme-
diate younger brother of the said Mr. John Moir, and so
uncle of the said John of a tenement of land on the East side
of the Gallowgate.
Jan. 4, 1651. Sasine. John Moir heriditary proprietor of the above
land with consent of Baillie Patrick Moir his curator of the
above-mentioned lands in favour of Mr. William Moir,
Principal of Marischal College.
Jan. 12, 1655. Sasine on marriage contract between John Moir
eldest son of the deceased John Moir and Marjorie Beans,
his relict, and Mary Cochrane, second daughter of Walter
Cochrane, late Baillie of Aberdeen, disponing the tenement
on the East of the Gallowgate, reserving to Marjorie Beans
her life-rent.
June 4, 1656. Sasine. Mr. William Moir and Margaret Skein, his
future spouse, of the inland of Mr. William Moir.
July 24, 1657. Sasine. Patrick Moir of the lands of Master Thomas
Smith. (Minute book.)
Reg. Aug. 15, 1657. Sa. to Mariore Beanes and John Moir, her son,
off ye Pendicle called Corriedoune.
Reg. Aug. 27, 1658. Sa. to John Moir, eldest lauU sone to Wm.
Moir of Ferriehill off ye lands of Ardgraine.
Reg. Aug. 28, 1658. Sa. to John Moir, eldest lauU sone to Wm. Moir
of Ferriehill, of ye lands of Carnmucks.
MoiR Grnealogy 287
Reg. Aug. 12, 1657. Sa. to Walter Cochrane, lait Bailzie of Abd.,
John Leslie, burges Yr. and Issobell Cochrane, his spoua
John Moir Mcht Yr. and Marie Cochrane his spous off ye
barronie of Meanie. Al. forbes, not.
Reg. Oct. 29, 1656. Sa to Mr. Wm. Moir, Doctor of Medicine off
thrie rigis or croftis of land. John Sandilands, not.
Reg. Oct. 11, 1656. Sa. to Mariore Beanes off ane ploughe of the
lands of Auchintoull. James not.
Reg. July 18, 1656 — Sa. to John Moir, Mcht, in Abd. and Marie
Cochrane his spous, off twa ploughes of land of wast
fintray. — Al. Forbes, notary.
Reg. June 6, 1656. — Sa. Inst, of Resign, be Mr. Wm. Moir In
favours of Doctr.Wm. Moir his sone, of the Lands of Scottis-
toune, — Al. Forbes, Nott.
Reg. June 6, 1658. Sa. Inst, of Resign, be Mr. Wm. Moir In favours
of Doctr. Wm. Moir his sone. Off tenements in parochin of St.
Machar.
Reg. June 6, 1656. Sa. to Doctr. Wm. Moir doctor of medicine, and
Margaret Skeine, his spous of the Lands of Kirkton of Dyce.
— Alex. Irvine, Nott.
Reg. April 19, 1656. Sa. to Mr. James Moir in Wast Atarive, Off the
Lands and Mains of Auguhorthies. — George baird, nott.
Reg. Apr. 2, 1655. Sa. on charter to Mariorie Beanes, relict of the
deceist John Moir, burgess of Abd., of thetoune and lands of
Brodland. — Wm. Chalmer, nott.
Reg. Sept. 8, 1654. Sa. to Mariorie Beanes, relict of Mr. John Moare
of the lands of brodland. Wm. Chalmer, nott.
Reg. Jan. 28, 1654. Sa. to Mariorie Moir, spous of Thomas Mitchell,
merchand in Abd. of the half nettes salmond fishing on the
water of Done. Wm. Chalmer, nott.
Reg. Oct. 4, 1652. Sa. to Mr. Wm. Moir, prinll. of the Colledge of
new Abd., and his spous. off the north Lands of the Kirktone
of hospitall. — Patrick Cruickshank, nottar thereto.
Reg. Mar.. 18, 1651. Sa. to Mr. James Moir, minister of God's word
at the kirk of Tarves, of the tounelands of Wedderlaires.
George baird, not.
Reg. Feb. 3, 1663 Sa. Mr. William Moir and his spouse of the
lands of Kirktoune of Dyce. — (54.)
1664. Sa. Mr. William More, of the toun and lands of Wed-
derlaire (son of James Moir, minister of Tarves.) (539) and
(541.)
Jan. 1, 1644. Sa. Dr. William More, and Margaret Skene, his spouse,
of the lands of Scotston. (568.)
1665. Sa. John Moire and his sons of the lands and baronie of
argrais. (456.)
March 1666. John Moir the lands of Kinnellor (403), (406.)
Reg. May 15, 1672. Sa. Pairick Moir son to Mr. Wm. Moir, prin'll
off the coUedg Maraschell, Aberdene, off the lands and bar-
ronie of Spittill. registrat 15 May, 1672. (505.) (512.)
288 MoiR Geneai^ogy
2 May, 1671. Sa. Joha Moir, of Cairmucks and Joan Sandilands hia
spous, and John Moir her sone of Lands of Stoney wood regrat
2 May 1671 (298).
Aug.. 1, 1672. Sa. John Moir of Kermucks of the half lands of
Torre. 1 Aug. 1672.
Nov. 26, 1673. Sa. John Moir of Barns, of Milne and Milne lands of
Corstrie. 26 Nov. 1673.
On the 29th July 1673, there is a disposition by Andrew Skene
of Rudrieston, and Christian Skene, his spouse, and Robert
and Andrew Skene his lawful sons, to John Moir, of the
lands of Rudrieston.
Sept. 30, 1674. Sa. John Moir, lands of Cooklaw.
Nov. 21, 1677. Sa. Mr. Wm. Moir of Scotstown the lands and barony
of Spittell.
March 3, 1635. Sa. to Archibald Beanes, burges of Abd. of the toune
and landis of Auchmenzie, 3 Marche, 1635.
July 27, 1633. Sa. to Mr. William Moir, burges of Aberdene, of the
landis and milne of gordonsmilne 27 July, 1633.
Sept. 25, 1628. Sa. to Mr. William Moir, burges of Abd. on the lands
of SpittalL— Mr. Alex. Reid, not.
Sept. 25, 1628. Sa. to Mr. John Moir, burges of Abd. and Meriore
beanes his spouse. On the toune and Lands of Sonysyd Sept.
25, 1628. Mr. Alex. Reid, not.
Aug. 30, 1602. Sa. to Mr. Wm. Moir, burges of Aberdeen be Andro
hervie of denstoun. On the tua pt. Lands of Scottistoun
dait 12 July, 1602. Notter Mr. Wm. Chalmer. Put
Peves Augt. 1602.
Aug. 20, 1602. Sa. to Mr. Wm. Moir, burges of Abd., be Magr.
Fduid rait, Prinll. of the King's College of auld Abd., on ye
sone halff of the Spittell in auld Abd. dait 7. Augti.,
1602. Nottar, Mr. Wo. Clark Pnt. 20 Augti. 1602.
June 1, 1604. Sa. to Mr. Wm. Moir, burges of Abd. on the lands of
sonysyde and spittihill, as also on the croftis besyde ye
calseyseat, dait 1, Junij 1604. Notar, Mr. Wm. Chalmer.
May 14, 1608. Sa. givin to Archbald beanes Litster and Christian
Anand his spous One ye — and haul yards of Cukstoun.
Pnted. 14 May, 1608. nor. George Barrone.
Sept. 7, 1620. Renun of the toune of Scottistoune maid be George
peacock to Mr. Wm. Moir 7 Sept. 1620.
Nov. 22, 1620. Sa to Mariorie Moir, relict of umqll. Andro forbes
glasswright, On ane tenement of land in Abd. 22 Novr.
1620. Mr. Thomas Mollesone, Not.
March 8, 1626. Sa. to Mr. Johne Moir, burges of Abd. to Mariorie
beanis his spous, on the landis of sonysyd, 8 March, 1626.
James Davidsone.
May 15, 1679. Sa. Janet, Marjorie, Isobell, Jean, Margaret and
Christian Moires, as aires, portioners, to umqtt John Moir,
burges of Abd., of the lands of Sunniesyd. regrat. 15. May,
1679.
MoiR Genealogy 289
June 27, 1679. Sa. Janet, Marjorie, Isobell, Jean, Margaret and
Christian Moirs, Laull daughters and airs portioners to
umqll. John Moir, merchant burgess of Aberdeine, of three
pleughes of the sunn halfe of the maines of the Lands of
Barnes wt the crofts yrof and sunn halfe of dues the
manner place of Barnes, and sunne halfe of the milne of
Barnes and sunn halfe of west bigging fra the prinll, and in
warrandice yrof of the Lands of Rothney and Hillocks,
Regrat 27 June, 1679.
April 20, 1680. Sa. Mr. William Moir of Scotstoune doctor of medi-
cine, of the Lands andBarronie of Spittel, called the hospital!
of Sanct. Peter,— regrat 20 Aprill 1680.
December 23, 1680. Merjorie Moir, spous to George Gorden of
Rothney, of the Lands of Drumrossie, both sunn and shadow
halves yeof. regrat 23 December 1681.
May 11, 1681. Sa. to Wm. Moir, eldest Laull sone to Mr. Wm.
Moir of Scotstoun, of all and haill the kirktone of Spittill
Lyand within the regalite of the King's College of Abd. . . .
etc.
October 13, 1681. Sa. JamesMoirof ferriehill of all and haill the
Tenement of Lands rigg or croft, consisting of the twelve ells
of breedth Lyand in the east side of the citie of old aberdeine.
August 23, 1683. Sasine. Wm. Moir, eldest sone to Doctor Wiliiatn
Moir, of Scotstoune and Jeane Abernethie his spous, of the
sunne south pairt of yekirktoune of Spitthill Lie thehospitall
of sant peter Lie the outfaulds thereof as also the shadow
and northmost pairt of the lands of Kirktoune of Spitthil
Lyand as sd is — regrat, etc.
June 16, 1685, Sasine, William Moir yonr. of Scotstoune, of the
Lands thereof. Regrat the 3d. day.
August 3, 1693. Sa. Wm. Moir, writer in Aberdeen, off Two Crofts,
about Aberdein called Langlands and Cuttings. — Regrat.
ye 3d. of August Leif 368,369. John Anderson N. P.
Dec. 6, 1697. Sa. Mr. Alexander fraser, one of the Regents of ye
King's CoUedge of Aberdeine Off twelve Ruids, of Land
(called Pouis) In old Aberdeine . . . Regrat in ye 1 Leif.
December 6, 1697. Sa. Christian Moire, spouse to Mr. Alexander
ffraser .... (as above) . . . Regrat in ye 4 leif.
November 28, 1699. Sa. James Gordon of Barnes and Margaret
More, his spouse of the Lands of Barnes and oyrs. (and
Rothey in warrandice.) registrat in the 410 leaff — William
Johnston, nottar yrto.
April 16, 1701. Mr. James Moir of Ferriehill and Patrick Milne f'ter
in Aberden, of ane a rent out of Langlands and Cutting. —
Alex Leslie — N. P.
June 18, 1705. Marjorie More, spouse to George Gordon of Knockes-
pock, one Three pleughs of Newtoun of Knockespock, pro-
duced the eighteenth day of June 1705. Be Robert Irvine
290 MOIR Ghnealogy
wreiter in Aberdein, and registrat in the 18 lea£f. Mr. Alex.
Innes, nottar yrto.
December 15, 1712. Sa. Alexander Moir of Scotstown on the sun
and shadow halfs of Kirktown of Spitthill produced the
fifteenth day of December 1712 be John Gordon
writer in Aberdein and registrat 10, 11, and 12 leafs. Patrick
Sandilands, nottar.
February 3, 1663. Instrument of seisin following on charter to Dr.
Wm. Moir and Margt. Skene, his wife of lands of Kirktoun
of Dyce, 3, Feb. 1663.
June 23, 1721. Sa. Mary Chalmers, spouse to Alexander Moir of
Scotstoune in a rent on the sun or south side of Kirktoun of
Spithill . . . And during the conjunct lifetyme of Jean
Abernethie, spouse to James Moir of Stoniewood, and the
said Mary Chalmers, after the said Alexr. Moir's decease in
case they happen to survive him on Scotoun Thackhetherhill
and Dubfoord with the pendicle yrof called silverburn and
Caniecroft with their pertinents Lying within the parioch and
shereffdome forsaid. Presented by John Maule writer in
Aberdeen, — and registrate the 139 and 140 leaves. Wm.
Hay, Nottar thereto.
Dec. 11, 1728. Sa. William Moir, son to Jas. Moir of Stony wood
on toun and lands of Whitehill, reserving to sd. James Moir
his life rent right of one-half nets salmon fishing proceeding
on ch from crown in favours of sd. Wm. Moir.
July 2, 1741. Sa. Wm., Isobel and Janet Moir, children of deceist
James Moir of Stoney wood and nearest and lauU Joint Heirs
of Provision to the deceist Patrick and Elizabeth Moirs their
brother and sister dated the 25 June, 1741. In all and haill
Lands of Muir (?) of Stonywood.
May 10, 1745. Sa. to James Moir, now of Invernettie, heir served
and retoured to Wm. Moir of Invernettie, his uncle of a rent
on Stoneywood.
August 29, 1746. Sa. Mrs. Jannet Moir, spouse to Patrick Byres
of Tonley, of town and lands of Findlatrie.
August 3, 1752. Sasine, George Moir of Scotstoune and Alexr.
McDonald mercht. in Abd., of towns and lands of Arduthie.
Dec. 12, 1752. Sa. George Moir of Scotstoun of all and haill lands
and toun of Scotstown.
May 17, 1757. Sa. Wm. Moir of Lonmay as heir of deed. William
Moir of Lonmay.
June 19, 1757. Contract of March 9, dated the 15th of June betwixt
George Moir of Scotstoun, Proprietor of the lands of Sunni-
side, and James Bartlett Farmer in Abdeen. Proprietor of
the Croft of Causewayend.
Epitaphs and Burial Records of St. Clement's Churchyard
Footdee, Aberdeen
Kindly Transcribed by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE
Oan. 1st, 1855. to Dec. 31. 1911.)
ALEXANDER MOIR, *Oyne, Aberdeenshire, aged one and one-half
years, buried 4th July, 1878.
ANN MOIR or Allardyce, 30 Park St., Aberdeen, aged 76, buried 10th
December, 1887.
fANN MOIR, who resided in 67 Frederick St., Aberdeen, died 4th
June, 1910, at the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, aged 71, and waa
buried 7th June, 1910.
•Oyne is a parish.
tShe was a daughter of Robert Moir and Ann Allardyce, but her name has not
been inscribed on the family tombstone. She was a bright woman and a devoted
ohurob worker.
292 MoiR Geneai^ogy
ANNIE REID MOIR, Neptune Terrace, Aberdeen, aged four and
one-half weeks, buried 10th November 1884.
CALDER MOIR, 128 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, aged 50, buried 25th
May, 1855.
♦DANIEL MEARNS MOIR, Neptune Terrace, Aberdeen, aged 23,
buried 19th August, 1886.
DANIEL MEARNS MOIR, Neptune Terrace, Aberdeen, aged 10
months, buried 3d April, 1888.
GEORGE MOIR, 24 James St., Aberdeen, aged 86 years, buried 22nd
October, 1855.
GEORGE S. MOIR, 3 Rosemont Place, Aberdeen, aged 48, buried
26th November, 1885.
HENRY A. MOIR, 26 Hill St., Aberdeen, aged 10 months, buried 9th
October, 1884.
H. MOIR, Lamont Place, Aberdeen, had a child buried 31st October,
1906.
ISABELLA MOIR, 13 York St., Aberdeen, aged 22, buried 6th May,
1879.
JAMES MOIR, 12 Links St., Aberdeen, aged 78, buried 27th August,
1855.
JAMES MOIR, 156 West North St., Aberdeen, aged one and two-
third years, buried 11th May, 1878.
JAMES MOIR, ropemaker, 74 Skene Square, Aberdeen, died 10th
November, buried 14th November, 1908.
MARGARET BAXTER MOIR, 96 John St., Aberdeen, aged one
and one-half years, buried 9th December, 1871.
MARGARET MOIR, King's Crescent, Aberdeen, aged 72, buried 13th
April 1885.
MARGARET MOIR, aged 86, buried 3rd February, 1886.
MARGARET MOIR, 21 James St., Aberdeen, aged 60, buried Ist
October, 1865.
MARY MILNE MOIR, 19 York St., Aberdeen, aged five and one-
quarter years, buried 4th January, 1865.
MARY MOIR, Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, aged 51, buried 24th
April 1895.
tMAUDE UNDERWOOD MOIR, 87 Urquhart Road, Aberdeen, died
27th December, 1902, buried 30th December, 1902.
MOIR'S CHILD was buried from 46 Virginia St., Aberdeen 26th May,
1871. (No age given.)
ROBERT MOIR, 169 Gallowgate, Aberdeen, aged 52, buried 13th
June, 1855.
SUSAN MOIR, James St., Aberdeen, aged 96, buried 11th February,
1888.
THOMAS MORE, 26 St. Clements St., Aberdeen, aged 45, buried
15th March, 1864.
*Thi3 child and that mentioned below was named after Daniel Mearna who was
Lord Provost of Aberdeen 1895-1898. A brother of this Daniel Mearna died at Aber-
deen February, 1913. — Scottish American.
tShe was the wife of John Moir, Jr.
MoiR Genealogy 293
WILLIAM MOIR, aged 74, buried 27th April 1855.
WILLIAM B. MOIR, 13 Neptune Terrace, Aberdeen, aged 20, buried
29th October, 1881.
WILLIAM KENNEDY MOIR, 21 Carmelite St., Aberdeen, aged 5
months, buried 12th November, 1862.
WILLIAMINA MOIR or PETRIE, 15 Allan Street, Aberdeen, aged
34, buried 10th January, 1888.
WILLIAM MOIR GOLDIE, 43 Jopps Lane, Aberdeen, aged one
and one-half years, buried 20th March, 1866.
WILLIAM MOIR, 21 Berry Lane, Aberdeen, aged 47, buried 13th
June, 1857.
WILLIAM MOIR, 21 Spring Garden, Aberdeen, aged 21, buried 26-
Sept., 1864.
(Note.) The burial records are missing, 7th July, 1857, to 22 Aug.,
1862.
EPITAPHS ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCHYARD
ABERDEEN, SCOTLAND
I. A granite headstone is inscribed: —
"Erected by loving friends, in memory of WILLIAM W.
MOIR, who died 22nd September, 1864, aged 21 years;
also his father, ROBERT MOIR, who died 11th June,
1855, aged 52 years, and his mother, ANN ALLARDYCE
MOIR, who died 7th December, 1887, aged 76 years."
II. A granite headstone, bears the following: —
"The burying ground of JAMES MOIR, rope-maker,
Aberdeen."
III. A headstone, the lettering at base of which on the obverse side
is much decayed, bears: —
"Erected by Henry Jamieson, late in the 78th Regiment
of Foot, in memory of his step-children — JOANNA MOIR,
who died in 1805; JEAN, died 1813; JESSY, died 1820;
all in the 7th year of their age; and Mary who died 28th
Sept., 1828, aged 14 years; also of his nephew — John
narrower, who died in 1825, aged 3 years. The aforesaid
Henry Jamieson died 9th May, 1850, aged 51 years. Ann
Wilson, his spouse, died 17th Nov., 1843, aged 67 years.
JAMES MOIR who died 14th August, 1847, aged 56
years. WILLIAM MOIR died 11th June, 1857, aged
47 years."
The reverse side is inscribed : —
"Also SYMON MOIR, who died 6th Deer., 1830, aged
11 months; JAMES MOIR died 15th July, 1848, aged 7
years. ANN MOIR died 25th July, 1848, aged 15 years;
294 MoiR Genealogy
WILLIAM MOIR died 29th August, 1848, aged 13 years;
ISABELLA MOIR died 7th September, 1848, . aged 1 year
and 6 months; HENRY MOIR who died 13th May, 1862,
aged 33 years, and MARY, died in infancy. W. K. MOIR,
aged 5 months, grandson of the aforesaid WILLIAM
MOIR; CATHERINE F. MOIR, died May, 1862, aged
60. MARY A. D. MOIR, died 10th Dec, 1884, aged 48,
also her children — MAGGIE and JAMES. Her husband,
G. S. MOIR, died Nov. 22, 1885, aged 48."
THE BURYING GROUND OF GEORGE S. MOIR
IV. A Tablestone bears: —
"In memory of Ann Ross, spouse of GEORGE MOIR,
vintner, 'Old Ship,' Aberdeen, who died 29th April, 1792,
aged 38 years. Also GEORGE and ISOBEL their infant
children. Also Mary Baxter, from Wigton in Cumberland,
second spouse of the said GEORGE MOIR, who died 13th
of March, 1797, aged about 44 years. Likewise the said
GEORGE MOIR, died 27th May 1813, aged 63 years. Also
his daughter, JANE MOIR, widow of William Maxwell
Shaw, sometime teacher of music in Aberdeen, who died
24th February, 1850, aged 72 years. This tribute to the
memory of a most amiable and affectionate sister, is
inscribed by her surviving brothers, GEORGE (afterwards
Sheriff of Stirlingshire,) and ROBERT MOIR."
*GEORGE MOIR, LL.D., Sheriff of Stiriingshire
By JAMES FORBES GEORGE, Journalist
In none of the biographies of this distinguished Aberdonian that I Contributed to
have seen is the occupation of the father stated. " Mr. A. F. Pollard, ^^J Qutdes'l^y
in the "Dictionary of National Biography," simply says, "he was the j. f. George,
son of GEORGE MOIR, of Aberdeen." Now this GEORGE was April 1902.
neither an obscure nor impecunious citizen. He however, belonged Page 150.
to a calling which like that of "General Merchant," and messenger-of-
arms, has not maintained its ancient repute, and is now, "sair awa'
wi't," in the estimation of the "genteel." Hence, possibly, the sup-
pression. MOIR was in fact, a member of "the trade," a prosperous
vintner, and landlord of the "Old Ship," who thought very well of
himself and his environment, and was able to "count kin" to his own
satisfaction, with the MOIRS of Stoneywood.
GEORGE MOIR, the younger, graduated M. A. at Marischal
College in 1817, at the age of 17; ROBERT MOIR, a brother, was a
bajan in Waterloo year, but did not graduate. In 1824, ROBERT
was a wine merchant, carrying on business in Adelphi Court, and living
in Peacock's Close. This address now sounds like a music hall joke.
So do the addresses of many other and more eminent citizens of that
period. The Close, which became notoriously "deboshit," in its old
age, was then in its infancy, dating from about 1820, when the first
house was built by Frances Peacock, the celebrated dancing-master.
One of ROBERT MOIR'S class-fellows, was Alexander Tower, son of
Baillie George Tower, and subsequently a merchant at Santa Cruz.
Another was George Ronald, Junior, son of the host of the far-famed
"Lemon Tree," in Huxter Row. The house with the kindly hostess,
Mrs. Ronald, is still a pleasant memory to the older citizens, and
is even known to such of the younger generation as had fathers and
grandfathers not averse from cards, late hours, and whisky-punch.
Some of the associations are amusing if not edifying. One morning,
after a long sitting in this inn, might have been seen the interesting
spectacle of one baillie staggering home, with a liquor-logged brother
magistrate on his back. It is to be hoped that history will not repeat
itself in this fashion. ROBERT MOIR was afterwards a banker in
Teignmouth.
The "Dictionary of National Biography" does not give the name
of SHERIFF MOIR'S wife. Carlyle, in a letter written in 1833, with
several characteristic depreciatory snarls, mentions ROBERT MOIR
was then living in Northumberland St., Edinburgh, with a wife and
two or three infants. MRS. MOIR was Flora Tower, who belonged
*Kindly furnished by R. Murdoch Lawrance, Aberdeen.
296 MoiR Geneai,ogy
to the influential Aberdeen family of that name. The sheriff's daughter,
ANNE TOWER MOIR, is the present Countess of Drogheda, having
married in 1879, Ponsonby William Moore, who in 1892, succeeded
to Moore Abbey, with the earldom and other minor honours, on the
death of his kinsman, Henry, 3rd and last Marquis of Drogheda.
Of the Sheriff's brother-in-law, WILLIAM MAXWELL SHAW,
we have received the following facts of his musical career from MR.
ROBERT MURDOCH LAWRANCE, a promising young author
and genealogist in Aberdeen.
"After competitive trial on 13th December, 1797, MR. WILLIAM
MAXWELL SHAW, who came to Aberdeen from Dingwall, was
elected to the office of precentor of the West Parish Church, Aberdeen,
and teacher of vocal music in the city, at a salary of ^20 for precentor
and £5 as teacher of vocal music." It is somewhat doubtful whether
Mr. Shaw was a native — some authorities maintain he was, while
others seem equally determined he was not — but he at least was of
Scottish extraction. For about eight years, Mr. Shaw "took up the
line," in the West Kirk, and then left for America, where at Boston,
Mass., in July, 1805, — the year in which he resigned office — he died.
He is spoken of as "one of the first vocalists of his time, as weU as an
excellent instrumentalist." His singing of the Psalms was so much
admired that "the Congregation accompanied him verj' softly, that
they might be able to hear his beautifully round and manly voice,
which appeared to fill the church without any exertion or disagreeable
hardness." MR. SHAW edited, about 1800, a collection of Church
Tunes, — thirty-one in number — of which six were composed by
himself. Everything points to the precentor having been a really
cultured musician, and considerably ahead of his time. MR. SHAW
was a pupil of Urbani.
OBITUARIES
From "MUSGRAVES OBITUARY" prior to 1800.
By SIR WILLIAM MUSGRAVE, 6th Baronet, Cumberland, England
ALEXANDER MOIR, Bursar at King's College, Aberdeen, died 1766.
(S. M. 615.)
GEORGE MOIR, of Leckie, died 27 Oct., 1792, aged 85.
(G. M. 1056.)
JACOB MOIR, painter at Rome, died 1793.
(S. M. IV. 619.)
JAMES MOIR, at Kensington, (London), 16 May, 1752.
(G. M. 241.)
REV. JOHN MOIR, (Anecdotes, Living Authors.) (No date given.)
(E. M. IV. 126.)
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METHLICK (ABERDEENSHIRE), BURIALS
Kindly furnished by JAMES M. A. WOOD. Esq., Solicitor, Aberdeen
12th Feby., 1675. GEORGE MORE, husband of Marion Byres, was !=-ee Genealoior
buried. <>t this Branch,
29th Septr., 1677. JANET MORE was buried. paaeeisa to 176
25th Jany., 1755. WILLIAM MOIR, a child in Meikle Methhck, was
buried . Died of small pox.
22 June, 1756. BEATRIX MOIR, spouse of Robert Gibb, in Balna-
goak, was buried.
13th March, 1762. ROBERT MOIR, Tarves parish, was buried.
(He must have been a native of Methlick parish.)
26th July, 1777. ALEXANDER MOIR, son of WILLIAM MOIR,
Brainjohn, was buried.
3rd Jany., 1782. MARGARET MOIR, daughter of ALEXANDER
MOIR, Brainjohn, was buried.
18th June, 1795. WILLIAM MOIR, in Brainjohn, was buried.
In Loving Memory See reference,
of page 254
MARGARET STEWART MOIR
Beloved Wife of Andrew Moir,
who died on
Saturday, 28th February, 1903;
Aged 71 years.
Glasgow, Scotland.
'Twill comfort mourning hearts to know
Her sufferings all are o'er.
And in her Saviour's presence
She doth dwell for evermore.
Whate'er we fondly call our own
Belongs to heav'n's great Lord,
The blessings lent us for a day
Are soon to be restor'd.
*SCOTSTOWN MAUSOLEUM
Kindly Transcribed and Furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE of Aberdeen
According to Mr. William Brodie's "Aberdeen, Its Traditions and
History," p. 26, "the site of the Mausoleum of the Moirs of Scotstown
in St. Peter's Cemetery in Old Aberdeen, was formerly the site of the
chapel that formed part of the hospital buildings, founded by Matthevf
Kyninmonde, Bishop of Aberdeen, about the year 1197." An illustra-
tion of the Mausoleum will be found in this book.
ST. PETER'S CEMETERY MAUSOLEUM
The illustration is a sketch of the front entrance to the Mau-
soleum in St. Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen, as obligingly drawn by
Mr. William Stuart Milne, architect, Aberdeen.
The following is a complete transcript of the inscriptions on the
tombstones, etc., within the enclosure, to members of the family of
MOIR of Scotstown.
A wall monument on the north side bears : —
Sacred to the memory of George Charles Moir, Esq., of
Denmore. Born A. D. October 10th, 1771, died January
12th, 1851. Mary Agnes Bruce, widow of the above, only
daughter of the late Sir WUliam Bruce, Baronet of Sten-
house. Born 11th May, 1803; died at Leamington, 28th
January, 1882.
George Charles Moir, was the eldest son of George Moir of Stoney-
wood, and his wife, Margaret, daughter of George Cumine, of Pitulie.
(Temple's "Thanage," p. 646.)
There are four wall tablets on the south side as follows : —
(1.)
To the memory of George Moir, C. B., of Scotstown,
Colonel of the Royal Bengal Horse Artillery. Born at
Aberdeen, 13th March, 1820, died at Umballah, India, 5th
February, 1870.
Colonel George Moir, was the eldest son of William Moir of Park,
brother of George Charles Moir (1771-1851).
♦This article has been printed in the "Notes and Queries" of the Aberdeen V/eekly
Journal. See Genealogy of this branch, pages 13S to 140.
MOIR GENKAIvOGY
(2.)
299
Sacred to the memory of William Moir, who died 25th
May, 1843, aged 63. Also of his widow, Mary Elizabeth,
died 6th January, 1868, aged 72. And of their children —
Alexander, died 30th January, 1826, aged six weeks; Charles,
died 20th March, 1845, aged 15; Anne Isabella, died 10th
February, 1848, aged 25; Margaret, 20th January, 1903.
William Moir was the father of Colonel George Moir, C. B.,
Scotstown, mentioned on page 298. He married Mary Elizabeth
Forbes, daughter of John Forbes, of Blackford. (Temple's "Thanage,"
p. 646.)
(3.)
In memory of Louisa Moir, wife of John Bell Sedge-
wick, died in London, 18th February, 1883. Also of Isabella
Moir, wife of Wellwood Maxwell, died at Holmfield, Liver-
pool, 4th June, 1898.
(4.)
In memory of William Moir, born in Aberdeen, 9th May,
1824; died in London, 24th March, 1872. And of John
Forbes Moir, born in Aberdeen, 5th June, 1821; died in
London, 28th April, 1890.
A sarcophagus on the east side has at base: —
'Non Sibi Sed Cunctis"
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On the right-hand side of the sarcophagus, facing the east, there is
a small cross, inscribed : —
The initials "W. M." stand for William Moir of Park, son of
George Moir of Stoneywood, who died 29th April, 1789, and "M.E.M."
for Mary Elizabeth Moir, daughter of John Forbes of Blackford. (See
inscription on south side No. 2, page 299.)
A wall tablet on the east side, surmounted by the Moir coat-of-arms
and motto, "Non sibi sed cuncti3,"(Not for one, but for all) bears the
following inscription: —
"Sacred to the memory of Alexander Moir, Esquire, of Scotstown,
Sheriff of Aberdeenshire, who died 21st June, 1824, aged 64. And
Isabella Moir, only child of Alexander Moir, of Scotstown, and wife
of Sir Michael Bruce, Baronet of Stenhouse, born 14th May, 1799;
died 19th November, 1867."
Alexander Moir of Stoneywood, born 1760, (not 1764 as inadvert-
ently stated by Mr. A. J. Mitchell -Gill and Rev. William Temple)
was the only son of George Moir of Scotstown and Spittal, whose first
wife's name cannot be ascertained from the Burial Registers, as these
covering the period 1730 to 1769 have been lost.
In any case, she died 1760, (see plan furnished on page 302),
probably after having given birth to her illustrious son.
Interesting information concerning the connection of Alexander
Moir of Scotstown, with the old volunteer force, is given by Mr.
Donald Sinclair in "The History of the Aberdeen Volunteers," published
by the "Aberdeen Journal" Office, 1907. An excellent portrait re-
produced in that serviceable volume, belonged to Lieutenant-Colonel
MOIR GKNaAtOGY
sbi
Knight Erskine, of Pittodrie, who married his niece, Mary Anne Moir.
The original portrait is now in the poaseasion of Rev. James Smith,
minister of St. George's in the West, Aberdeen.
I find that Sheriflf Moir, as a patron of local literature, subscribed
to the first edition of Francis Douglas's "General Description of the
East Coast of Scotland," published by Alexander Weir, Paisley, 1782;
and to "Poems of Ossian," edited by Hugh and John Mc Galium,
published at Montrose, 1816.
A small granite cross on the west side is inscribed: —
m
"G. C. M." represents George Charles Moir, and"M. A. M." Marjr
Agnew Moir, his wife, only daughter of Sir William Bruce, of
Stenhouse. (Temple's "Thanage of Fermartyn," p. 646.) They were
married 10th June, 1828.
At the end of the second register of St. Peter's Churchyard, Aber-
deen, there is a finely drawn bird's eye plan of the old MOIR MAUSO-
LEUM, which occupies a prominent position on the mound in the
centre of the older portion of the graveyard. It is headed: —
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PLAN OF SCOTSTOWN'S BURIAL PLACE, AT
ST. PETER'S CHURCH, ABERDEEN
(1) A dead bom child of
Scotstown, 1777.
Mrs. Jean Ramsay,
1751.
Mrs. Jean Innes, 1765.
(2) Mrs. Mackenzie, 1785.
Lady Scotstown, 1760.
(11) Scotstown, 1789.
(3) Lady Scotstown, 1819.
Mrs. Betty Chalmers,
1763.
(4) Mrs. Janet Chalmers,
1783.
Jean, Scotstown' s sec-
ond daughter, 1731.
Mary, his third daughter,
1735.
Janet, eldest daughter
1738.
(5) Mrs. Gordon of Glas-
trruni, 1811.
Scotstown, 1732.
Lady Scotstown, 1767.
(6) Lady Scotstown, 1800.
(7) Scotstown, 1824.
(8) Alexander Moir, infant
son of William Moir,
Esq., of Park, 1826.
William Moir of Scots-
town, 1737.
(9) Lady Pitully, 1785.
(10) Miss Lidderdale, 1786.
(12) Lady Dudwick, 1805.
See reference,
page 300; also
pages 138 to 140
In order to identify the persons here mentioned, I have examined
the first register, 13th April, 1769, to 30 December, 1797; and the
second register, 5th January, 1798, to 31st July, 1831. The following
is the result: —
(1) 1777. December 21. A dead born child of George Moir,
Esq., of Scotstown,
(2) Mrs. Mackenzie (I can not identify this personage in the
register) .
(3) 1819. January 23. Mrs. Margaret Cumine, 75 years, relict
of George Moir of Scotstown. (She was the second wife of George
Moir of Scotstown, who died 29th April, 1789.— (Temple's "Thanage
of Fermartyn," p. 646.) The name of George Moir's first wife, who
apparently, died in 1760, is not known to me.)
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(4) 1783. December 29. Mrs. Janet Chalmers interred in the
tomb.
(5) 1811. March 1. Mrs. Isabel Gordon, 80 years, rehct of
James Gordon, of Glastirum, and mother of the late Mrs. Margaret
Moir.
(6). 1800. January 22. Mrs. Moir of Scotstown. (Margaret
Gordon, daughter of James Gordon of Leicheston, Morayshire.)
(7) 1824. June 26. Alexander Moir, Esq., of Scotstown, Advo-
cate 1782, Sheriff Depute of Aberdeenshire from 1795 to 1822.
(8) 1826. February 4. Alexander Moir, 2 months, son of
William Moir, Esq., of Park.
(9) 1785. March 26. Mrs. Cummine of PituUy.
(10) 1786. Mrs. Lidderdale. (lean not identify this person in
the register.)
(11) 1789. May 2. George Moir, Esq., of Scotstown interred in
the tomb. (He was the second son of Alexander Moir of Scotstown
and his wife, Mary Chalmers (Temple's "Thanage of Fermartyn,"
p. 646).
(12) 1805. April 13. Mrs. Mary Guthrie, 87 years, relict of the
late John FuUerton, Esq., of Dudwick, in tomb.
JOHN MOIR, FARMER, MONQUHITTER
MR. JOHN MOIR, farmer, Millfield, Monquhitter, died on
Saturday afternoon. Deceased, who was 52 years of age, had been in
indifferent health for some time.
Mr. MOIR was a native of Monquhitter parish, having been born
in Cuminestown Village. At a comparatively early age he commenced
a carting business on his own account. Gradually his connection
extended, and subsequently he acquired the small farm of Kirkton of
Teuchar, which he held for a number of years in conjunction with his
hiring business. Eleven years ago when the extensive and desirable
farm of Millfield came in the market, MR. MOIR leased the holding,
and, ever of a progressive turn, he soon converted it into a dairy farm,
keeping a herd of some 50 cows. Millfield was considered to be one
of the best equipped milk distributing agencies in the district, supply-
ing as it did the neighbouring villages, besides sending a regular daily
supply to Aberdeen. Some years ago MR. MOIR added the farm of
South Teuchar to his already extensive acreage, thus becoming the
largest tenant farmer in the parish.
The deceased took an active interest in everything pertaining to
the welfare of the community. In politics he was a staunch Con-
servative, and for a time was a member of Monquhitter School Board.
He was also a leading member of Garmond Athletic Society, and was
repeatedly made the recipient of presentations from that body. MR.
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MOIR'S striking personality and courteous manner, will be missed
by a wide circle of agricultural friends as well as by his extensive
clientele with whom he was daily coming in contact.
Deceased leaves a widow, daughter of the late Mr. Charlea
Sangster, Burnside of Teuchar, and a large family. The funeral
takes place to-day, to Monquhitter Cemetery.
From the "Aberdeen Journal," Jan. 19, 1912.
Alao named
Peter in
Register. Refer
to page 121
MR. PATRICK MOIR
From the "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL, of Savock
Eldest son of DR. GEORGE MOIR, parish minister of Peterhead,
died in India, in 1810. The Aberdeen Journal of 12 August, 1812,
contains the following reference to him: —
THE LATE PATRICK MOIR, ESQ.
This highly respected gentleman, the eldest son of the REV. DR.
MOIR of Peterhead, died at Calcutta more than two years ago. His
friend and patron, LORD MINTO, paid the last tribute to his worth
in the following epitaph, in which his character and merits are most
happily dedicated: —
&arrrii to tijf Memory of
jpatrirk iEntr, Ssrimrp.
Who died at Calcutta on the 5th February,
A. D. 1810.
in the 41st year of his age-
In 1806 he filled the office of Secretary of LORD MINTO, at that
time President of the Board of Commissioners for the Affairs of India,
whom he accompanied to Bengal in the year 1807, and was appointed
a Commissioner of the Court of Requests, at Calcutta, in the same
year, a trust which he discharged with Integrity, Assiduity and
Ability, to the time of his decease.
His Virtues, Talents, and Accomplishments,
all of the highest order,
enhanced by a singular Simplicity
and Modesty of Character,
had attracted in an eminent degree
the Esteem and Regard
of the World.
His gentle but cheerful Manners,
his benevolent and warm Affections
endeared him to numerous Friends,
whose tender but sorrowful Recollections
will long survive him.
He lived Respected and Beloved,
and died Deservedly and Universally Deplored.
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Soft on thy Tomb, shall fond Remembrance shed
The warm but unavailing Tear,
And purple Flowers, that grace the virtuous dead,
Shall strew thy loved and honored Bier.
MOIRS IN THE "ABERDEEN JOURNAL" OBITUARY
1748-1889
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ.. of Aberdeen)
1749, Nov. 7, On Saturday, died in the 85th year of her age, much
regretted, Jean Abemethie (Lady Stoneywood), eminent
through the course of a well-spent life, for all the Christian
and social virtues.
1766, Nov. 6, Died here, of this date, Jean Erskine (Lady Stoney-
wood), in the 84th year of her age.
1768, Feb. Ist, Died of this date, Mr. Alexander Moir, merchant.
1774, July 10, Died of consumption, of thus date, Mr. Charles Moir,
preacher of the gospel.
1775, Jan. 28, Died at Invemettie, of this date, Mrs. Moir of
Invemettie, relict of James Moir, Esq., of Invemettie, and
sister of the viscount of Arbuthnot.
1777, Feb. 15, Died here of this date, in the 79th year of her age,
Mrs. Isabel Moir. daughter of the deceased James Moir, of
Stoneywood.
1778, March 22, Died of this date, at his house, near Peterhead,
William Moir, of Invemettie.
1784, Oct. 1st, Died at Stoneywood, of this date, James More, Esq.,
of Stoneywood.
1789, April 29th, Here, George Moir, Esq., of Scotstown.
1792, Nov. 14th, At Invemettie, James Moir, Esq., of Invemettie.
1794, Mar. 19th, Rev. William Moir, minister of the gospel, at Fyvie.
1798, Jan. 19th, Here, Mr. Robert Moir, stocking manufacturer.
1800, Jan. 17th, Here, Mrs. Moir, of Scotstown.
1807, Sept. nth. At Essingham, Surrey, George Moir, Esq. of King-
ston, Jamaica, only son of the late Rev. William Moir, minister
of Fyvie,
1805, Dec. 6th, Here, Mrs. Moir, of Stoneywood.
1815, Jan. 9th, Here, in her 43rd year, Mrs. More, wife of Alexander
More, Esq., Collector of Customs, Aberdeen, and daughter
of the late Alexander Innes, Esq., of Cowie.
1817, Jan. 26th, Here, Mrs. Helen (Constable) Moir, relict of Rev.
William Moir, minister of the parish of Fyvie.
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1819, January 18th, Died here of this date, Mrs. Moir, of Scotstown.
1824, March 7th, Here, James Moir, aged 101, he was brother-in-
law to the Veteran McDougall, who supported General Wolfe,
after he received his mortal wound on the Plains of Abraham
at Quebec. The wife of James Moir was buried on Sunday
last, aged 81, and her husband died within an hour after she
had been laid in the grave.
1824, June 21st, At Scotstown, Alexander Moir, Esq., of Scotstown.
1828, March 14th, Here, George More, Esq., of Ralden, in his 77th
year.
1828, July 20th, Here, Miss Helen More, daughter of the late
Gilbert More, of Ralden.
1836, April 29, At Sunnybank, Alexander More, Esq., late Collector
of Customs, aged 80.
1839, Feb. 1st, Mr. Robert Moir, Tartj', farmer, aged 67.
1843, Nov. 10th, At Asseeghur, Major George More, 24th Regiment,
Bombay, H. I., eldest surviving son of the late Provost,
George More, of Aberdeen.
1851, Jan. 31st, At 36 Schoolhill, Crombie More, daughter of the
late Mr. George More, of Ralden.
1851, Nov. 10th, At his house, 103 Gallowgate, Mr. Alexander Moir,
late hosier, in his 84th year.
1855, Mar. 31st, Mrs. Urquhart (Isabella, daughter of George Moir,
of Scotstown), widow of John Urquhart, Esq., of Craigston,
aged 79.
1857, Feb. 28th, At St. Catherine's Cottage, near Peterhead, John
Moir, Esq., aged 82.
1862, Dec. 14, At Scotstown, Sir Michael Bruce, Bart, of Stenhouse,
in his 67th year.
1870, Feb. 5th, At Umballah, India, Colonel Moir, of Scotstown,
Royal Horse Artillery.
1878, April 20, At 150 Crown Street, Aberdeen, Helen, eldest daugh-
ter of the late Alexander More, Collector of Customs, aged 80.
1881, November 6, At Aberdeen, James Gregory Moir-Byres, Esq.,
of Tonley, in his 78th year.
1883, June 27th, At Aberdeen, James Moir, surgeon, aged 65.
1886, August, At EUesmere Lodge, Malvern, Alexander More, Esq.,
only son of Alexander More, sometime Collector, H. M.
Customs, Aberdeen, aged 89.
1888, September 22, At Free Church Manse, Woodside, Elsie Hay,
wife of Rev. Alexander Forbes Moir.
1882, Jan. 28, At Leamington, Mary Agnew, widow of George Moir,
Esq., of Denmore, in her 79th year.
1880, March 17, At the manse, Rothiemay, Rev. Robert Moir, M. A.,
aged 78.
NELLFIELD CEMETERY, ABERDEEN
(Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE. ESQ., of Aberdeen)
A wall monument, lair 46, section 1 ; a square granite slab, inserted
into wall: —
"ALEXANDER MUIR of LOIRSTON, Advocate, Aberdeen,
born 21st Novr. 1793; died 13th Novr. 1850; and several of his family
P. K. M.,— M. A. C. K.,— J. B. F."
(Alexander Muir of Loirston, died at Loirston, Nigg, Kincardine-
shire, aged 57, and was buried 18th November, 1850. He was a son
of GEORGE MUIR, Slains, Aberdeenshire, became an advocate in
Aberdeen, 1817. He was a fiars juror in 1840. His son, Patrick Kil-
gour Muir, born at Aberdeen, died at Queen Street, Aberdeen, aged
3 years, 10 months, buried 18th May, 1836. Alexander Muir of
Loirston was twice married; (1) Mary Ann Catherine Kilgour, born
at Montrose, died at Queen Street, Aberdeen, aged 29, buried 3d
May, 1837. (2) Jane B. Ferguson, born at Old Machar Parish,
Aberdeen, died at Bon- Accord Street, Aberdeen, aged 26; buried 26th
January, 1849.)
A finely carved granite wall monument, lair 50, section 1, is in-
scribed:—
"In memory of JOHN MOIR, manufacturer, Aberdeen, who died
8th December 1833, aged 67 years. Also his children, PETER MOIR,
surgeon, East Linton, who died here, 6th February, 1837, aged 33
years; ELIZABETH MOIR who died 2nd February, 1867, aged 72
years; BENJAMIN MOIR, manufacturer, Aberdeen, who died 27th
March, 1872, aged 65 years; and AGNES MOIR, who died 3rd April,
1876, aged 77 years." At foot of each base "B. M." in monogram.
(PETER MOIR, surgeon, was born at Inveresk, and died at
Canal Terrace, Aberdeen. ELIZABETH MOIR, was described as
"ELIZABETH MOIR or ERSKINE," in burial register.)
A freestone memorial at lair 761, section 1, bears: —
"Erected in memory of CHARLES MOIR, who died 25th
August, 1881, also his wife ELSPET BADENOCH, who died May
1867, and their son JAMES, who died Feb. 1846."
(CHARLES MOIR, who was 68 years of age, was buried 27th
August, 1881.)
A granite headstone, lair 896, section 1, bears: —
"Sacred to the memory of ANN, daughter of FRANCIS and
JULIA MOIR, late Mains of Cookney, who died 15th June, 1859,
aged 2 years. Also, AGNES, wife of WILLIAM ANDERSON,
Bumhead, Cookney, who died 10th February, 1S90, aged 38 years.
308 MoiR Geneai^ogy
Also the said FRANCIS MOIR, who died 25th July, 1891, aged
72 years. Also his wife JULIA TROUP, who died 26th March,
1910, aged 80 years."
"MOIR"
(FRANCIS MOIR was the father of ALEXANDER A. S. MOIR,
merchant, Aberdeen, JULIA TROUP, widow of FRANCIS MOIR,
farmer, Muchalls, Kincardineshire, died at Paradise Gardens, In-
verurie, Aberdeenshire. Cockney is in Kincardineshire.)
A headstone, on lair 1246, section 1, has: —
{Obverse)
"Erected by WILLIAM MOIR, merchant in the Green, Aberdeen;
in memory of his sons, JOHN, died at Keith, aged 6 years; NORMAN,
carpenter, died at Honkong, aged 28 years; ANDREW, carpenter,
lost in Algoa Bay, with the ship, "Princess Charlotte," aged 33 years;
JAMES, carpenter, lost with the ship "John Taylor," on her passage
from China, aged 29 years. Also his wife *ANN LAWRENCE, who
died 16 March, 1868, aged 70; also WILLIAM MOIR who died 26
Jan., 1884, aged 86 years."
{Reverse)
"Also JOHN MOIR, merchant, died 4 Octr., 1868, aged 37; JESSIE,
died 14th December, 1869, aged 40 years; ELIZABETH, died Blst
Deer., 1877, aged 51 years; JOHN HAY MOIR, who died atKimberley,
South Africa, 24 July, 1882, aged 20 years. Also MARY B.
MITCHELL, wife of ALEXANDER MOIR, who died 22 March,
1885, aged 25; also the said ALEXANDER MOIR, who died 6th
October, 1888, aged 30 years; also **MARGARET MUCKLE, wife
of WILLIAM D. MOIR, who died 25th Deer., 1901, aged 72 years."
A headstone, lair 254, section 2, bears: —
"In memory of CONSTANCE NISBET MALCOLM, born 9th
July, died 18th December, 1883; daughter of ALEXANDER MAL-
COLM, merchant in Aberdeen, and in memory of his son AN-
DREW MOIR MALCOLM (died at 30 Skene Ter., Aberdeen),
student of medicine, born 13th April, 1875, died 5th April, 1893.
And of the said tALEXANDER MALCOLM, born at Kemnay,
12th June, 1835, died at Aberdeen, 18th March, 1897, and of
his wife JLOUISA MOIR, born at Aberdeen, 5th July, 1841,
died at Foveran, 17th May, 1907."
*ANN LAWRENCE was a couain of Jessie Lawrence, wife of WILLIAM SPEEDMAN,
Sacrist, King's College, Aberdeen.
**Died at 35 Forbes Street, Aberdeen.
+Died at 30 Skene Terrace, Aberdeen, wine merchant at John Street, Aberdeen.
He was for many years a traveUer to Mr. A. Ogston and Sons, Loch Street, Aberdeen,
and in 1874 he started business on his own account in John Street, Aberdeen. In 1893,
he disposed of the proviaion business to Hurry and MacPherson, Aberdeen. He was
an excellent business man, of the most sterling qualities, and while he was of a rather
reserved disposition, he had a host of friends, by whom he was held in the highest reapeet
and esteem. He was survived by a son and a daughter.
tDied at United Free Church Manse, Foveran, Aberdeenshire.
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A headstone in lair 454, section two, bears: —
"The last resting place of SARAH WHITE, relict of the late
ALEXR. MOIR, ESQ., of Granitehill, who died 4th January, 1882,
aged 81 years."
(Granitehill is near Aberdeen. MRS. MOIR was buried 9th
January, 1882.)
A small stone on lair 572, section 2, bears the simple inscription,
"Never Forgotten, 1886." The lair belonged to
JOHN MOIR, who died at the Royal Infirmary, Aberdeen, 28th
Septr. 1893, aged 54, buried 1st October, 1893. Of this family, (1>
ALEXANDER DUNCAN MOIR, 10 months, buried 28th Sep-
tember, 1870; (2) JOHN MOIR, 9 months, buried 24th April, 1872,
(3) MOIR, non age, buried 18th April, 1876; (4) WILLIAM
MOIR, 8, buried 5th April, 1886.
A headstone on lair 612, section 2, bears: —
"In memory of JANE MOIR, who died Octr. 30, 1897." (She
was 68 years of age, and was buried 3d November, 1897.)
A wall monument, lair 163, section 3: —
"The Burial Ground of WILLIAM MOIR. In memory of his
mother-in-law MARY LEONARD, who died at Perth, 4th Aug., 1905,
aged 83."
A wall monument, lair 165, section 3: —
"The family burying ground of ALEXR. A. S. MOIR, merchant,
Aberdeen. Francis, who died in infancy." (FRANCIS MOIR, aged
2 days, was buried 3rd November 1896.)
JAMES MOIR, baker, Aberdeen, is lairholder of lair 333,
section 3. His wife, MARY A. MILNE, died at 55 Esslemont
Avenue, Aberdeen, aged 56, buried 15th November, 1910. His
8on, William Moir, aged 1 year, 1 month, buried 8th May, 1885.
There is a memorial in lair 983, section 3: —
"ALEXANDER MOIR, engine driver, Caledonian Railway, Aber-
deen, died 15th March, 1909. Buried 18th March, 1909. EVA
MOIR, 3 days, buried 30th December, 1893; and CHRISTINA
MOIR, aged 23, died at 51 Balmoral Place, Aberdeen, 9th Deer., 1909,
buried 12th December, 1909."
CHARLES MOIR, is lairholder of lair 1643, section 3.
Of his daughters: —
JANE TOUGH MOIR, aged 1 year, 10 months, was buried 10th
May, 1893.
EDITH DAVIDSON MOIR, died at "The Bush", Peterculter,
Aberdeenshire, aged 1 year and 3 months, 4th May, 1900; buried
5th May, 1900.
BURIALS IN ALLENVALE CEMETERY, ABERDEEN
(Transcribed by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ.. Aberdeen)
The first interment in this cemetery took place 17th March, 1874;
and up to 8th September 1912, there has been 9,731 interments.
1879. Isabella Michie, wife of Alexander Moir, stonedresser, born
at Echt, Aberdeenshire, 24th March, 1841, died at 205 Barron
Street, Woodside, 15th February, buried 17th February,
1879.
1879, Jemima Home Moir, daughter of James Moir, farm servant.
South Mile End Avenue, Aberdeen, born there, February,
died there 4th May, buried 6th May, 1879.
1881. James Moir, insurance agent, born at Brechin, 29th March,
1820, died at Prospect Cottage, Holburn Place, Aberdeen,
20th April, buried 25th April, 1881.
1882. Isabel Moir, wife of T. H. Moir, 60 Powis Place, Aberdeen;
born at King Edward, Aberdeenshire, 2nd March, 1863, died
at 60 Powis Place, Aberdeen, 4th March, buried 8th March,
1882.
1886. Mary Moir, at school, born at Millbrex, Aberdeenshire, 10th
August 1876, died at 5 Mount street. West Aberdeen, 31st
January, buried 3rd February, 1886.
1886. James Moir, merchant, Aberdeen, born 1853, died at Isla
cottage, Broomhill Terrace, Aberdeen, 4th July, buried 7th
July, 1886.
1887. Christina Moir, late dressmaker, born at Insch, Aberdeen-
shire, 1815, died at 27 Skene street, Aberdeen, 19th June,
buried 22nd June, 1887.
1887. Alexander Moir, clerk, born at Glasgow, 1842, died at 216
Union Street, Aberdeen, 17th October, buried 21st October,
1887.
1887. Elsie Ross or Moir, wife of Alexander Moir, Granitehill,
Caimcry, Aberdeenshire, born at Premnay, Aberdeenshire,
1845, died at Granitehill, 30th November, buried 3rd Decem-
ber, 1887.
1889. Jane Moir, residing at 19 Richmond Terrace, Aberdeen; born
at Millbrex, Aberdeenshire, 1838, died at Drumlithie, Kin-
cardineshire, 15th February, buried 19th February, 1889.
See next page 1891. Forbes Fraser Maitland Moir, M. B., C. M., died at 143
Union Street, Aberdeen, 26th July, buried 29th July, 1891.
He was the second son of the late respected Mr. James Moir,
Blinkbonny, Keith; whose death, at the age of 77 years,
occurred 1890. Dr. Moir was born in the Parish of Kil-
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drummy, Aberdeenshire, 1st September, 1847, and graduated
M. B., G. M., at Aberdeen University in 1873. He married
a Miss Cruiclishank, by whom he had an only son, — Forbes
Maitland Moir, who died at Aberdeen, 2d September, 1910.
For a splendid obituary notice of Dr. Moir, accompanied by
a full-page portrait, see "In Memoriam," 1881. pp. 163-167.
1892. John Moir, son of Alexander Moir, 123 Barron Street, Wood-
side, was born at Woodside, 3rd March, 1874, died at Royal
Infirmary, Aberdeen, 13th September, aged 19, buried 16th
September, 1892.
1894. Emslie Douglas Moir, son of W. Moir, 4 Rosemount House,
Aberdeen, born there, 27th November, 1893, died there,
25th February, buried 27th February, 1894.
1894. Christina Beaton Moir, daughter of George and Jane Moir,
born at Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, 1879, died at 9 Rich-
mond Terrace, Aberdeen, 30th March, buried, 2d. April, 1894.
1894. Elizabeth Ross, wife of James Moir, 181 George Street, Aber-
deen, born at Geylon, 1826, died at 181 George Street, 14th
February, buried 18th February, 1894.
1896. Agnes Elizabeth Moir, daughter of Robert Moir, Royal Arsenal,
Woolwich; born in Kent, 1881, died at 1 View Terrace,
Aberdeen, 15th September, buried 18th September, 1896.
1896. Harold James E. Moir, child of J. A. Moir, born at 12 Ferryhill
Terrace, Aberdeen, 14th September, died there, 8th October,
buried 11th October, 1896.
1897. Alexander Moir, stonedresser, born at Aberdeen, 1830, died
at 661 Great Northern Road, Aberdeen, 4th March, buried
6th March, 1897.
1898. William Moir, shop porter, born at Premnay, Aberdeenshire,
1859, died at 54 Ashvale Place, Aberdeen, 23rd November,
buried 26th November, 1898.
1900. Mary Moir, child of William T. Moir, 29 Broad Street, Aber-
deen, born there, 1898, died there, 30th December, 1899,
buried 2nd January, 1900.
1902. James Moir, rector of Aberdeen Grammar School, residing at See page 310
Gordonsdale Road, Aberdeen, brother of Dr. Forbes Fraser
Maitland Moir, and son of James Moir, Blinkbonny, Keith,
was born at Clova, Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, 19th Novem-
ber, 1845, died at Bridge of Gavin, 16th May, buried 19th
May, 1902.
He graduated M. A., 1869, at Aberdeen University,
L.L.D., conferred 1891, D. Litt., in 1898. Rector of Banff
Academy; Classical Master, Glasgow Academy, and Rector of
Aberdeen Grammar School, from which he resigned, owing
to failing health 1899. He was the first, and until 7th April,
1905, the only Doctor of Letters of Aberdeen University.
For biography, see "In Memoriam, " 1902. pp. 95-99, accom-
panied by portrait. He was survived by two sons — James
Mou-, M. A., BS. C. (1897), and William Iravride Moir, M.
B., Ch. B. (1898), both graduates of Aberdeen University.
See reference to
another Tartan
Plaid in "Moira
of Cromar,"
page 155
TARLAND PARISH CHURCHYARD, (Aberdeenshire)
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., Aberdeen.
An obelisk bears the names of JOHN SKEEN and his wife ANN
MOIR, who both died in 1870, at the respective ages of 76 and 71.
SKEEN was a merchant and stamp distributor at Tarland. He had
a large family of sons and daughters; two of the former studied medi-
cine, and both entered Queen Victoria's service, in which the elder was
staff surgeon, and the other was in India.
An oak panel, initialed —
A : M : : I : L
and dated 1696, which was brought from the old Kirk of Logie-
Coldstone, and is now in possession of SKEEN of Tarland, is said to
have reference to an ALEXANDER MOIR, and his wife JEAN
LUMSDEN.
The same family have also a Tartan Plaid said to have been worn
by one of the MOIRS at CuUoden.
{Jervice's Epitaphs and Inscriptions, Vol. II., p. 267.)
ST. CLEMENT'S CHURCHYARD BURIALS
ABERDEEN
From the OLD REGISTERS, Preserved in the Register House, EDE^URGH
Transcribed by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., of Aberdeen.
From Jan. 1, 1789 to Dec. 31, 1854.
1799 — June 21, Miss More, daughter of Mr. Geo. More, Aberdeen.
1802 — Aug. 9, Mr. Moir from Peterhead.
1803— Aug. 29, John More, a child.
1803 — Dec. 21, Johanna Moir, a child, Aberdeen.
1805 — Aug. 5, May Moir, Footdee, Aberdeen.
1807 — Aug. 7, Jane Moir, a child.
1813 — June 1, George Moir, vintner, Aberdeen, aged 63.
1831— Oct. 28, William Moir, aged 9 months.
1840 — June 13, Helen Moir, Yeats Lane, aged 2.
1841— July 2, Miss Moir, *01d Town, aged 26.
1842 — Mrs. Smith, residing at Moir's Close, Footdee, aged 71, was
buried 22 March 1842.
1842 — June 14, Joseph Moir, Canal Lane, aged 1.
1847 — Aug. 18, James Moir, East North street; 36 yrs.
1848 — July 18, James Moir, Berry Lane, 7 yrs.
*01d Town, means. Old Aberdeen.
TSS^'
WILLIAM MOIR OF NEW YORK CITY
His Memorial Window in Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church, New York City —
{Erected by his widow)
(Photo of Window by Courtesy of Tiffany & Co.,
New York)
^-9^^^^
Maflsnaewss
i
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1848 — July 27, Ann Moir, Berry Lane, 15 yrs.
1848— Aug. 31, William Moir, Berry Lane, 13 yrs.
1848 — Sept. 8, Isabella Moir, Berry Lane, 1% yrs.
1849 — Mar. 5, William Moir, (from) Infirmary, 74 yrs.
1849— Mar. 19, Margaret Moir, Wellington Street, 85 yrs.
1850 — Mar. 1, Mrs. Jean Moir, or Shaw, King Street, 72 yrs.
1852 — Jan. 28, Budget Moir, (from) Infirmary, 21 months.
1852 — June 15, Mary Moir, (from) Deadhouse, 50 yrs.
1852 — Aug. 24, Thomas Moir, St. Clements Street, 7 weeks.
1853 — Jan. 1, James Moir, Harriet Street, 79 yrs.
SAINT PETER'S CHURCHYARD, ABERDEEN
A tablestone, adjoining the old MOIR family mausoleum, bears: —
"In memory of JOHN MOIR, mason, Abd. who died 15th Deer.
1817, aged 63 years; also of his son, JOHN MOIR, shipmaster, who
died at Aberdeen 5th September, 1832, aged 43 years. And of his
mother JEAN MICHIE, spouse of JOHN MOIR, mason, who died
6th April, 1834, aged 78 years. Also of HELEN MOIR, spouse to
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, butcher, Abdn., who died 30th Octr.
1848, aged 48 years."
According to MR. CHARLES MICHIE'S privately printed book,
"Michie," JEAN MICHIE was a daughter of ALEXANDER
MICHIE, Eastertown, Glenbucket, Aberdeenshire.
PETERHEAD CHURCHYARD, ABERDEEN
An old tablestone bears the following inscription: —
"Under this stone is interred, in hopes of the resurrection to eternal See page 140
life, the body of James Moir of Invernettie, who was born 28th March,
1703. He married Katherine Arbuthnott, lawful daughter to the Hon.
John Arbuthnott of Fordoune, in the year 1744, with whom he hved in
all the happiness of that state till it pleased God to call him off this Hfe
on the 2l8t May, 1765. As also the body of their son, James Arbuth-
nott, who was born the 15th July, 1753, and died the 16th of January
next after. As a testimony of regard to the memory of her most loving
and dear husband, and beloved son, the disconsolate widow and sor-
rowful mother hath caused this to be placed here, who departed this
life the 28th of January, 1775, in the 59th year of her age, and her
remains are also interred under this stone. Also those of her niece,
Jean Arbuthnott, spouse to Alexander Gordon, of Invernettie, who died
11th of March, 1826, aged 71."
The estate of Invernettie from an early period belonged to the Earls
Marischal. About 1708, William Moir, merchant, Aberdeen, (a
younger son of John Moir of Stoneywood, and his wife, Jean Sandi-
lands of Cotton) purchased it for some ^500 stg. He was succeeded
by his son James Moir, who married Katherine Arbuthnott. This
lady was the sister of John, sixth Viscount Arbuthnott — her mother
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being Margaret, daughter of James Falconer of Phesdo, one of the
Lords of Session. Her niece, Jean Arbuthnott, was the daughter of
Dr. Thomas Arbuthnott of Balglassie. Mr. and Mrs. Moir's nephew,
William Moir, succeeded to Invernettie. He married Jean, daughter
of Colonel Lewis Hay. She died 25th December, 1770, in her 50th
year. (Tombstone in St. Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen.)
I
WILLIAM MOIR'S MEMORIAL WINDOW
NEW YORK CITY
"In memory of MR. WILLIAM MOIR, who was treasurer of the See page 182
First Presbyterian Church, Fifth Avenue and Eleventh Street, for 23
,years, a memorial window designed at the Tiffany studios, has been
placed by his widow. It is in three openings and it represents three
stages in the life of Columba, the apostle of the Picts. The left panel
illustrates Columba about to leave for Scotland. The ship is seen
with sails flying and Columba standing at the shore with his travehng
staff. In the centre opening, the apostle is seated before a group of
people preaching the Gospel. The scene is in Scotland. The third
scene shows Columba, just before his death, standing beside his couch
listening to the church bells. The moon which is partly hidden by the
clouds, throws enough light over the picture to make the object
visible. The upper section of the window which is placed above the
gallery, is composed of three richly colored medallion panels and
tracery. The panels contain the coat-of-arms or insignia of the town
of Aberdeen, Kingdom of Scotland, and the Presbyterian Church. At
the base of the window appears a crown and sceptre and an inscription
to the memory of MR. MOIR.
The deceased was at one time a well-known Scottish jeweler on
Hudson Street and on Sixth Avenue."
— Scottish American, Jan. 4, 1911.
Mr. Moir was born 15th August 1826, at Aberdeen, Scotland, came
to New York, when a lad, first established in business in Hudson Street,
then the "uptown" store, cor. 23rd St. and Sixth Avenue, where for 20
years he was successful in the jewelry business. For twenty-two years
he was treasurer of the First Presbyterian Church ; for many years, was
trustee of the Presbyterian Hospital. He was a Director of Green-
wich Bank and also Greenwich Savings Bank. Member of St.
Andrew's Society of New York.
Copy of tombstone of WM. MOIR, who died in London, England, See page 269
in 1875. This WM. MOIR is a brother of the DAVID MOIR, of
Roxbury, Mass., and whose record is herein shown: —
Erected by DAVID MOIR
of Glasgow
In Memory of
His Brother
WILLIAM MOIR
(Late of Perth)
Who died Jan. Slst, 1875
Aged 32 years
Much and deeply regretted
316 MoiR Geneai<ogy
"At St. Nicholas Churchyard, Aberdeen, JAMES MOIR, M. D.
third son of REV. GEORGE MOIR and MARTHA BYRES of
TONLEY, who died 4th November 1861, aged 91 years. Born at
Peterhead. Also under this stone, in the place of sepulture appro-
priated during 200 years for her maternal ancestors of the name of
DONALDSON, the last of Auchmull; are deposited the remains of
JANET wife of DR. MOIR, physician in Aberdeen, who died in the
17th of June 1818, aged 37. Also of their son JAMES, who died
in April 1826, aged 9 years."
From "A. J. Mitchell-Gill's Moir & Byres."
ST. NICHOLAS CHURCHYARD, Aberdeen.— Section D.
From "ABERDEENSHIRE EPITAPHS," by John A. Henderson
On a fiat stone, (7 ft., 6 in. by 4 ft. 8 in.) lying on the ground imme-
diately below the Blackwell tablet there is inscribed: —
"Here lyes lohn Moir of Stonywood — who departed this life the
XV of November— MDCLXXIV and of his age the LIV year—
Also Jean Sandflands his spouse — who died the V of August
MDCLXXXVII — and of her age the LI year — Here lyes lames Moir
of Stonywood— who died the XXII of November MDCCXXXIX—
and of his age the LXXXI year — Also John Moir of Stonywood — who
died the XIX of April MDCCXX— and of his age the XXIII year.
At Glenbuchat a tablestone — on which is cut the representation
of a heart, flanked by the initials J. M. and B. H. bears the inscription — •
"Here lyes the dust of JOHN MOIR, some time farmer in Kirk-
town of Glenbucket, who died August 29th 1767, aged 56 years. Also
BARBARA HAY, his spouse, who died June 8th, 1781, aged 66 years;
also his children JOHN, JAMES, WILLIAM, JEAN, JEAN 2, and
MARY MOIR'S.
"In memory of JOHN MOIR, late farmer in Buchan, who died
December 12, 1828, aged 85 years. Also his spouse who died May 6,
1824, aged 62 years.
Done by the care of his sons, JOHN, JAMES, and ALEXR.
MOIRS." (The ancestor of this family was in Invernettie in 1696.
(Poll book) and afterwards at Badenyon.)
"At Peterhead, in memory of DR. MOIR, during 55 years minister
of this parish, who died 18th of March, 1818, aged 77 years. And his
wife MARTHA, who died on the 17th November, 1816, aged 77.
Sacred to the memory of JOHN MOIR, ESQ., who died on the
28th February, 1857, aged 82 years."
(This is a son of DR. MOIR'S above.)
MoiR Genealogy 317
A railed in grave at Aboyne, has a headstone bearing the inscription:
"In loving memory of the REV. A. HENDERSON MOIR, for 28
years, the faithful and esteemed Minister of the Free Church, Aboyne;
who died Ist March 1899, aged 54 years, also of his only child HENRI-
ETTA ELIZABETH, who died 29th October 1897, in the 13th year
of her age."
(This REV. A. H. MOIR was the son of JOHN MOIR, messenger-
at-arms, Aberdeen, and after completing his divinity course, he acted
for a short time as assistant at Birkenhead and Paisley, being inducted
as Free Church minister of Aboyne in 1871.)
A tablestone at Foveran, displaying a skull and crossbones, spade,
mattock, and sand-glass, has the inscription: —
"Here lyes under the hope of a blessed resurrection, ANDREW
MORE, Burgess of Aberdeen, who departed this life on the 14th day
of December, 1694, and of his age 73 years. Also AGNES MONT-
GOMERY, spouse of ANDREW MOIR, who died March 1730, age^
80 years. Likewise, ANDREW MOIR, their eldest son, who died
May 1733, aged 60 years. Likewise, ISABEL MOIR, his daughter,
spouse to JOHN MEDERS, Burgess in Aberdeen who died 30th of
May 1777, aged 70 years.
(The above ANDREW MORE or MOIR, sometime LAIRD of
OVERHILL, was the direct progenitor of the MOIR-BYRES family
of TONLEY.)
At Fyvie— "In memory of the REV. WILLIAM MOIR, who died
at the Manse of Fyvie, March 19, 1794, in the 68th year of his age, and
the 45th year of his ministry there.
And HELEN CONSTABLE, his spouse, died at Aberdeen 26th
February, 1817, aged 67 years."
(This REV. WILLIAM MOIR was the son of REV. GEORGE
MOIR of KINTORE, whose father ANDREW MOIR left an estate
(personal) representing 30,000 merks Scots.)
PITTODRIE— "MARY A. MOIR, wife of HENRY KNIGHT
ERSKINE of Pittodrie, Lieut. Col. Royal Aberdeenshire Highlanders.
Born 15th March 1829, died 22. Aug. 1896."
(She was the daughter of GEORGE MOIR of DENMORE.)
A railed in grave at New Machar, in a corner of the churchyard
inscribed: —
"Erected by the parishioners and members of the Free Church, New
Machar, in memory of REV. GEORGE MOIR. He was ordained
minister of this parish in 1840. At the disruption in 1843, he became
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minister of the Free Church. His ministrations were faithful, zealous,
and acceptable, and not without fruit. He died respected and beloved
on the 17th June 1857, aged 47 years.
'Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord.' "
EDITH EMMA MOIR, born Oct. 31, 1856, died May 13, 1860,
Ellen Shebby, wife of REV. GEORGE MOIR, born Nov. 30, 1822,
died June 24, 1896, buried at Workingham, Berkshire.
(REV. GEORGE MOIR, who went out at the disruption, became
the first minister of the New Machar. A son, ALEXANDER DYCE
DAVIDSON MOIR, died at Townsville, Queensland, 8th January,
1905.)
At Kinaldie— "WILLIAM MOIR, late farmer, Begsley, who died
the 31st of March 1822, aged 61 years. Also of their son JAMES,
who died 5th January, 1820, aged 24 years.
How still and silent now we rest.
Lie mouldering here in kindred dust.
Have left the friends we loved so dear.
And dropping down unshed a tear."
MoiR Gbnbai^ogy 319
From Epitaphs and Inscriptions from burial grounds and old
buildings in the North East of Scotland, by Andrew Jervice, F. S.
A. Scot. Edinburgh, David Douglas, 1879.
At METHLICK — ROBERT MOIR, merchant, Aberdeen, died
1798, aged 66 years.
By sobriety and industry he acquired a small fortune, which he left
to nearest relatives, except ^1700 for public charities, ^300 of which
to the Kirk session of Methlick. The interest of ;^700, of this amount
was left, to annually assist in the education of ten poor scholars of the
town.
Upon a plain headstone at Kirkden orldvies: — "Here lies interred
the body of REV. JAMES MOIR, who was ordained minister of the
gospel at Kirkden the 30th April 1735, and died 28th January, 1753."
A plate for collecting the offering bears his name and the date 1735.
His initials also appear upon a slab (built into the gate eaatside of
the Kirkyard) along with the couplet:
M. I. M.
"All ye who enter at this gate,
Oh now prepare for your last state."
— 1739 —
At Kinkell, churchyard, Aberdeenshire, 1832. Erected by JAMES
MOIR, mail-guard, in memory of his father, who departed this life,
2d February, 1829, aged 72 years.
"Stop, stranger, stop, don't walk along,
Stop one moment and read my stone;
And as you read the end of me
Be sure for death prepared to be —
Death did to me short warning give,
Be mindful therefore how to live.
Now slain by death, who spareth none.
And lies full low under this stone —
Rotting in dark and silent dust,
Prepare for death, for die thou must.
Life is uncertain, — death is sure.
Sin is the wound, — Christ is the cure."
A fiat slab in the Churchyard at Mortlach, which lay in the passage
towards the west end of the church in 1811, (now in churchyard near
the south wall) presents a shield in the centre with the MOIR aad
REID arms impaled. The following inscription is round the sides of
the stone: —
"heir . lyes . ane . honest . man . called . JOHNE . MOIR
. husband . to . ELSPET . REID . who . was . killed . . .
320 MoiR Gen:sai,ogy
.... efence . of. his . own . hovs . at . the . valk . miln
. of . Bolvenie . the . 13 . day . of . October . 1660 . mem-
ento . mori."
According to tradition, MOIR, who was reputed rich, was attacked
by "the Cateran band," and killed by a gun shot, while barricading
the door of his house. The house was till lately, and probably still
is pointed out by the peasantry as that in which MOIR was shot.
Whether "Johne," had been an ancestor of DR. ALEX. MOIR, a
native and once schoolmaster of Mortlach, who so generously left the
interest of ^600 for educational purposes to the parish, is uncertain,
though by no means improbable.
EPITAPHS FROM "THANAGE OF FERMARTYN"
By REV. WILLIAM TEMPLE
In the Churchyard of Tarves, Aberdeenshire, there is a tablestone
as follows: —
"Here resteth the remains of *GEORGE MOIR, late blacksmith
in Annat, died March 12, 1784, aged 82, and of JEAN FIFE, his
spouse, who died Feb. 14, 1785, aged 72.
This stone is erected by their sons in testimony of their regard for
their deceased parents.
Also, ANN JACK, spouse of their son, GEORGE MOIR in Annat,
who died 4 October, 1786, aged 36; and ANN MOIR, spouse of
GEORGE FINDLATER in Coultie's-Cairn, who died Dec. 24, 1793,
aged 56."
(The above from the oldest of several tombstones, relates to a
family, who according to Jervise, have been blacksmiths in this district
from before 1696.)
In the churchyard of Ellon, Aberdeenshire, a stone records that
the "REV. ANDREW MOIR, minister of Ellon, for thirty-two years,
died February 1774, aged 73. His wife, JEAN, died October 1779,
aged 74. Their daughter JANE MOIR, erector of the tablet, died
16. September, 1816, aged 70."
MR. MOIR married Miss Byres of Tonley — through this mar-
riage, the present family succeeded to the estate.
Another stone in the same Kirkyard, records "MARGARET
MOIR, wife of Silvester Falconer, some time of Fechil, afterwards of
Cross-stone, who died June 26, 1787, aged 52; also their sons, GEORGE
FALCONER, died at Kinloch, St. Fergus, 11 April, 1836, aged 74;
Silvester Falconer, died at Oldyards, Auchmacoy, 11 October, 1838,
aged 79."
*A full account of this family is given in this book, pages 159 to 175.
MoiR GbneaIvOGy 321
A tombstone in the churchyard at Foveran, Aberdeenshire, reads
"In memory of ELSPET HARVEY, wife of GEORGE MOIR, of
Knockhill, died 1842, aged 21.
Likewise of DAVID MOIR, son of GEORGE MOIR and ELSPET
HARVEY, died 10 March 1844, aged 2 years.
WILLIAM MOIR, minister of the Church of FYVIE, Aberdeen-
shire, a son of GEORGE MOIR, minister of Kintore, and presented
by the tutors of HON. WILLIAM GORDON of Fyvie in November
1748. He died 19 March, 1794, in his 68th year, and 45th of his
ministry. He married 22 October, 1776, HELEN CONSTABLE,
who died in Aberdeen, 26 February, 1817, aged 67, and had a son
George Moir.
A tablestone to the above REV. WILLIAM MOIR, and also one
to his wife HELEN CONSTABLE is in the Churchyard at Fyvie.
There is a tablestone to JACOBINA MOIR, spouse of JAMES
CLARK who died at Fyvie, Aberdeenshire Dec. 22, 1877, aged 70
years, in the Fyvie Churchyard."
Within an enclosure, a monument is "erected by parishioners and
members of the Free Church congregation, Newmachar, Aberdeenshire,
in memory of REV. GEORGE MOIR, minister of the parish in 1840.
At the Disruption in 1843, he became minister of the Free Church.
His ministrations were faithful, zealous, and acceptable. He died
respected and beloved on 17 June, 1857, aged 47 years.
'Blessed are the dead which died in the Lord.' "
(A daughter) EMMA EDITH MOIR, b.Oct. 31, 1856, died May
13, 1860."
MR. JOHN MOIR, FARMER, WOODSIDE
From "ABERDEEN EVENING EXPRESS," July 27. 1912
"Died at Gladstone Bank, Don Terrace, Woodside, Near Aberdeen
25 July, 1912.
Buried at St. Peter's Cemetery, Aberdeen, 29 July, 1912.
As briefly indicated in yesterday's 'Express,' many in the north-
eastern counties will regret to hear of the death of Mr. John Moir,
farmer, which took place on Thursday night. Deceased, who was 70
years of age, was only ill for a comparatively short period. Born at
Nochtyside, Strathdon, he was a man of progressive ideas, was of a
very cheery disposition, and ever ready to do a kindly turn to those who
deserved it. For many years Mr. Moir carried on the business of a
cattle dealer, being a regular attender at markets in the North. About
17 years ago, he became tenant of Woodside farm, which he occupied
at his death. He was for long a member af the Royal Northern Agri-
cultural Society, was a Liberal in politics, and an elder in Hilton United
Free Church."
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In all matters pertaining to the welfare of the agricultural industry,
Mr. Moir took a highly intelligent interest. He was a capable judge
of stock. As a young man he was a very prominent and successful
athlete, having drawn on three occasions with the famous Donald
Dinnie, in putting the stone and tossing the caber. Mr. Moir possessed
quite a number of medals and other prizes for his prowess in the field
of sports. Fifteen to twenty years ago, Mr. Moir was reckoned among
the foremost of quoiters.
Deceased is survived by a widow and grown-up family. The eldest
son, John, is the well-known manager of the Central Mart company,
Ltd.; Alexander is in the employment of the same company, and in
charge of the Turriff branch; Frank is at Woodside farm, and was
associated with his father; and James is tenant of Green Croft, Auch-
nagett. Of four daughters, the eldest is married to Mr. Robert Chap-
man, Mains of Hatton, Auchterless."
Privates A. MOIR, G. MOIR and R. MOIR are among the men
of the Gordon Highlanders who lost their lives in the South African
war (1899-1902), a list of whom with all others of that regiment are
inscribed on a huge granite monument at Edinburgh castle. The
author of this book saw this monument in the summer of 1910, when
on a visit to Scotland.
ALLASTER MOIR, ALEXANDER MOIR, ANDREW MOIR,
CAPTAIN CHARLES MOIR, FRANCIS MOIR, GEORGE MOIR,
HENRY MOIR, JAMES MOIR, JAMES MOIR of -STONEY-
Vv^OOD, ROBERT MOIR, WILLIAM MOIR, and WILLIAM
MOIR of LONMAY are among the official list of names of soldiers
who were fighting for Prince Charles Edward Stuart, in the "rebellion"
of 1745.
In the ancient burying ground at Kilchrenan, near Taycreggan,
on the western side of the lake, a massive granite monument has been
erected by the Duke of Argyll, in memory of his ancestor *CAILEAN
MOR, who distinguished himself in forays against the neighboring
clans, and in particular against the Macdougals of Lorn. The monu-
ment is inscribed: —
"Cailean Mor, slain on the
Sreang of Lome, A. D. 1294.
Erected by George Douglas Campbell,
8th Duke of Arygle, 28th Baron of Lochow."
*Cailean Mor, on the Sreang of Lome, A. D., 1294.
MOIR GBNEtAT^OGY 323
Memorial
"In Loving memory of
MARTHA SMITH MOIR (wife of ROBERT MOIR), Page 243
who died on Monday 9th Oct., 1911;
aged 60 years."
Denny, Stirhngshire.
133 Stirling Street
"We saw her fading day by day,
We could not bid her stay;
She was nursed with tenderest care,
Till the Lord called her away.
A sudden change, and in a moment fell.
And had not time to bid her friends farewell;
Think nothing strange, death happens unto all,
Her lot today, tomorrow you may fall."
Died Oct. 17, 1805, at Stirling, Mrs. Moir, widow of the late
John Moir, Esq., Writer to the Signet.
(From the Dundee Weekly Advertiser. Nov. 3, 1806.)
DUNCAN MOIR Page 253
Lowell, Mass.
Sept. 8, 1862. Oct. 12, 1892.
"He being dead, yet speaketh."
A man of men, in Christ, steadfast, content,
Pure as the morning dew, life's time well-spent —
Thy life below, thy living monument.
One of the tried and true, the frank and free,
True living thy chief aim, its fruit we see;
Death only adds new glory unto thee.
Whilst here thy life gleamed forth its sparkling light,
Thy memory now renews itself with might —
Now thou art safe beyond where all is bright.
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'Twas diligence that made thee unsurpassed,
Through diligence thy influence was cast,
And that keeps on increasing to the last.
Sweet are the lessons thy life here hath taught,
Influence glows from each theme thou hast sought,
Shines from each virtue, and gleams from each thought.
Thy thoughts, thy words and acts, are fertile seeds
Thou'st left behind, do help supply our needs.
They live and think, they say and do their deeds.
Thy life in Christ, the only perfect way,
Led through this world to everlasting day,
Where love eternal, joy and peace hold sway.
Thou'st gone to make our homeward welcome sweet ;
We follow in thy course, and soon will meet
No more to mourn or part, our joy complete.
A. L. M.
Page 253 DUNCAN MOIR
Lowell, Mass.
Sept, 8, 1862. Oct. 12, 1892.
The years glide on, and as they glide,
We think of thee when thou wert here.
We think of thee, when at our side
Thy joyful presence filled with cheer.
Too soon, in manhood's early prime.
The branch didst lose its fairest flower ;
Too soon, the falling sands of time
Proclaimed thy flight in sorrow's hour.
We think of all thy pleasant ways.
Thy cheerful voice still speaks to us ;
Thy face still sheds in sunny rays,
Thy light still shines aU-glorious.
Thy words and deeds still live and glow,
Still cheers us and impels us on
To live as thou hast lived below,
To rise and shine as thou hast shone.
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The songs which thou hast sung, impart
To us a charm, the accents clear
Still find an echo in our heart, —
Still bring to us a wholesome cheer.
The seeds which thou hast sown, still grow,
The lessons thou hast taught, endure —
These are thy monument below.
These show thy worth, these prove thee pure.
A. L. M.
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Lowell, Mass., 1831—1896
THOU HAST GONE TO THY HOME
Thou has gone to thy home, fraught with blessed delight,
Thou hast gone, and we miss thy loved face from our sight —
And we study the path thou hast chosen — and know
'Twas thy beautiful life that constrained thee below.
Thou hast gone to thy joy, and we seek to attain
The same pureness of life which on earth thou didst gain —
And the love thou hast giv'n, may it teach us to be
The more loving, more tender, the better for thee.
Thou hast gone, but we still hear thy voice day by day,
And it charms and delights us whate'er it may say —
And with love in each word, doth rehearse by-gone tales.
With a lesson and moral which each one inhales.
Thou hast gone, but thy love and thy kindness remain,
Thou hast left these behind, to relieve and sustain;
Thy kind voice still doth speak and thy thoughts doth take root,
Thy pure love in our lives, still will grow and bear fruit.
Thou hast gone, to thy rest, and we wish we could go,
Just to share in thy presence, the joys thou dost know — •
Just to know thou art near us and hear thy kind voice,
Just to love thee and with thee forever rejoice.
Thou hast gone and e'er long we shall follow thy way.
And so gladly we'll meet at the close of life's day;
And we'll try so to live as thou didst when below.
And bestow the same kindnesses thou didst bestow.
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Thou hast gone to thy joy — to thy radiant home,
Where no sorrow invadeth, no trouble can come;
Thou hast won the reward of the righteous and true,
Thou hast gained the eternal — the life ever new.
Thou hast gone to commune with the saints ever blest,
Where the good are at home and the weary at rest;
Where the angels doth praise and exultantly sing;
Where the Lamb is the Light, and where Love is the King.
A. L. M.
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In Loving Memory of
ANN SMILLIE,
ReUct of the late DUNCAN MOIR,
Who fell asleep on Thursday, 8th December, 1910.
In Her 81st Year.
Interred in The Southern Necropolis, Glasgow.
Now the labourer's task is o'er,
Now the battle-day is past;
Now upon the further shore
Lands the voyager at last.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping
Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
THE DELTA CENTENARY
I.
DAVID MACBETH MOIR
Jan. 5, 1798 (A) Jan. 5, 1898
By the REV. JAMES SHARP, Minister of Inveresk
(From "LIFE AND WORK." a Parish Magazine)
January. 1898
One of the first objects of interest that arrest the attention of the
visitor to Musselburgh is the statue, at the end of what is known as
"the Mall," erected to the memory of DAVID MACBETH MOIR;
it is the work of the famous scupltor, Mr. Handasyde Ritchie, and is
acknowlegded to be a striking likeness of the poet. The subscribers
to the permanent memorial included the names of the most famous
literary men of Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century.
The statue represents Dr. Moir in the classical robe and appropriate
attitude of the poet, with a scroll in one hand, the other being in the
act of inscribing his thoughts. The pedestal bears the following
inscription from the pen of Professor Aytoun:
"BELOVED AS A MAN;
HONOURED AS A CITIZEN;
ESTEEMED AS A PHYSICIAN;
AND CELEBRATED AS A POET.
BORN 5th JANUARY, 1798,
DIED 6th JULY, 1851."
As will be seen from the inscription, the centenary of the birth of
"Delta," occurred on Jan. 5th, 1898. The event was not allowed to
pass without suitable celebration. The inhabitants of Musselburgh
— the place of his birth and the scene of his labours — as well as many
admirers of his works, scattered far and wide, made preparations to
revive his memory, and to acknowledge his service to literature. There
are still many left with us who remember the stately form and the well
poised head of the gentle poet, and there are more to whom the memory
of the "amiable Delta" is a rich and rare possession.
The subject of our sketch received his early education at a school
in Musselburgh which his biographer considers of little note. But it
must be said in passing that Musselburgh during the greater part of
this century has been famous for its schools. At the age of thirteen
he became an apprentice to Dr. Stewart, a medical practioner in
Musselburgh, and during the last year of his apprenticeship he was
permitted to begin his medical studies at Edinburgh University. He
passed as surgeon in 1816, when he had reached his eighteenth year.
A year later his father died, and young Moir rose at once to the sup-
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port and comfort of his mother and the other members of his family,
and it must have been a rich reward to his exertions, that the mother
was spared to rejoice in the literary achievements of her noble and
devoted son. Soon after leaving the University, he became a partner
with Dr. Brown in a very extensive practice in Musselburgh and dis-
trict. Even before this, however, he had ventured to put himself in
print. At the early age of fifteen, he had sent a contribution to "The
Cheap Magazine," a Haddington publication, and subsequently his
essays appeared in the "Scots Magazine." It was at the age of nine-
teen, however, that he formed his literary connection with "Black-
wood's Magazine," and during the remainder of his career he was the
warm friend of the Blackwood of his day and of the charmed literary
circle of which "Delta" was not the least distinguished ornament.
About the close of 1824 he published in a separate volume "The
Legend of Genevieve, with other Tales and Poems," which he had
from time to time contributed to "Maga" under the nom-de-plume
of "A" "Delta." This publication was received with public favour,
and the author was hailed as a poet of merit. More poems appeared,
until he completely caught the ear of the public in the mournful
dirge of "Gasa Wappy," the self-given name of a dear child gone home.
It was the out-pouring of a stricken heart, and as such, has brought
comfort and consolation to many called by the same dark way.
"Do what I may, go where I will.
Thou meet'st my sight;
There dost thou glide before us still —
A form of light,
I feel thy breath upon my cheek.
I see thee smile, I hear thee speak.
Till Oh, my heart is like to break,
Gasa Wappy.
"And though perchance, a smile may gleam
Of casual mirth,
It doth not own, whate'er may seem,
An inward birth;
We miss thy small step on the stair;
We miss thee at thine evening prayer;
All day we miss thee everywhere,
Gasa Wappy.
As an illustration of how "Delta's" poetical works became known
and prized even in the highest circles, we quote the following from
"The Edinburgh Courant" of 30 January, 1858. "In moving an
address of congratulation on the marriage of the Princess Royal at a
Gourt of Gommon Gouncil in London on Tuesday, Mr. Under-Sheriff
Parker said, 'We shall always remember our Princess Royal. Though
she may continue in the Prussian dominions for many years to come,
as we hope she will, to attract by her graces and win by her virtues,
still shall we say in the words of her own favourite poet, the late Dr.
DAVID MACBETH MOIR— Scottish Poet
I
DELTA'S MONUMENT
Musselburgh
NEW
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Moir of Musselburgh, to whose elegant compositions it is understood
Her Majesty's family are greatly attached —
'The thoughts of thee are as a pleasant dream,
Soft, soothing, holy, beautiful and bright.
As of a star that sparkles o'er a stream,
Gemming the dewy coronal of night.' "
The poems of "DELTA," especially in the "Domestic Verses,"
which are unquestionably the best of his poetical pieces, are remark-
able for their "smoothness and facility of style." There is a graceful
fancy, and there is a tenderness and a pathos rarely surpassed. Pro-
fessor Wilson has said truly, "DELTA has produced many original
pieces which will possess a permanent place in the poetry of Scotland."
And Jeffrey ascribed to his poems, "more genuine pathos than any-
thing almost he had ever read in verse."
In October 1824, he began in the pages of Blackwood, "*The Auto-
biography of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith," a book which alone
would establish and perpetuate the fame of its author for all time
coming. It may be new to some when it is told that although the scene
of the story is laid in Dalkeith, the whole of the characters were well
known to everybody at the time, and remembered by many in the
present day to be genuine natives of Musselburgh. This, of course,
intensely increased the local interest of the story. The original of
Mansie was a well-known tailor, and Deacon Paunch and Cursecowl
were well-known butchers in the "Honest Toon." Their names could
even now be given, but they are withheld for obvious reasons. The
"Resurrection Scene" was enacted in a house within Inveresk Church-
yard and the eating of the cigars at the famous dinner took place
in a well-known mansion in this parish. For genuine humour as well
as deep pathos — as witness the death of "Mungo Glen" — there is
nothing better in the language. Maginn has characterised this work
as "admirably descriptive of a class of persons fast wearing out even
in that land of originals, Scotland, as well as of manners that are no
longer common."
"DELTA'S" position as a critic, rests upon the "Sketches of the
Poetical Literature of the Past Half-Century," being an admirable
estimate of a period through which he had lived. He also edited
the "Poems of Mrs. Hemans," wrote a "Life of John Gait" and
"OutUnes of the Ancient History of Medicine." One of the most
erudite of his works is his essay on the "Roman Antiquities of
Inveresk," read before the Antiquarian Society in the year 1850. In
all he wrote more than 350 articles and poems during his comparatively
short life.
If "DELTA" was admired as a poet and a delineator of Scottish
character, he was also beloved as a man. His private virtues may be
understood from his "Domestic Verses." As a physician, he passed
through the terrible visitations of cholera, ministering fearlessly to the
physical needs of his patients, while at the same time endeavouring to
*"The Autobiographic of Mansie Wauch: Tailor in Dalkeith," has been printed
(1913) in the Scottish American published in New York city.
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soothe their sufferings with the consolations of the Gospel. His letters
on the cholera contagion, were widely read and his views much can-'
vassed at the time.
The whole of DR. MOIR'S work was permeated with a truly
religious spirit. Notwithstanding his busy professional and literary
life, he took an active part in the work of the Church, of which he
was ordained an elder in 1844, and from 1846 till his death, he was the
representative for the Burgh of Annan in the General Assembly. It
is a tradition that during many years of his life he saw his minister,
and esteemed friend, almost every day to discuss matters affecting the
social and moral welfare of the town and parish.
His end came all too soon, on 6th July 1851, when he was on a visit
to Thomas Aird, his friend and biographer, at Dumfries. When it
was apparent that his end was near, certain members of his family, as
well as Mr. Blackwood and the Rev. J. G. Beveridge, hurried to
Dumfries. He was much comforted by their presence. He died as he
had lived, in a deeply religious faith and hope. "And now may the
Lord my God," he prayed, "not separate between my soul and body,
till He has made a final and eternal separation between my soul and
sin, for the sake of my Redeemer." The inhabitants of his native
town — a town, which, notwithstanding many tempting offers, he
steadfastly refused to leave — voted him a public funeral, and now
he sleeps in Inveresk churchyard — one of the most beautiful of all
resting-places in our land. "The world," says Fraser, "has but the
moiety of a notion of a little part of his worth, when it thinks that
his poetry comprehends all the merit which entitles him to the praise
and good-will of our courteous readers."
"O were I laid
In the greenwood shade,
Beneath the covert of waving trees;
Removed from woe.
And the ills below.
That render life but a long disease!"
THE MEMORY OF DELTA
♦PROFESSOR MASSON'S TRIBUTE
(In honour of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of DR. DAVID
MACBETH MOIR, "DELTA" (A) of BLACKWOOD'S MAGAZINE
and the author of "MANSIE WAUCH," a banquet was held Jan. 5, 1898,
in Inveresk Parish Hall.)
After the loyal toasts had been honoured, Emeritus-Professor
Masson. gave the toast of the evening, "THE MEMORY OF
DELTA." It was, exactly a hundred years ago since the man
*Thi3 appreciative article was published in an Edinburgh newspaper, Jan. 6, 1898,
and was kindly furnished by Mrs. A. M. Milligan, a daughter of "Delta."
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was born whose name and reputation had brought them together
that evening. He was born in Musselburgh on the 5th January 1798,
and a remarkable peculiarity of his life was that so long as he re-
mained in the world he was connected with Musselburgh. He re-
mained in Musselburgh all his life, and no allurement could draw
him more than a few days at a time away from Musselburgh. He
was for thirty-four years, of his life a medical man in Musselburgh,
and through those years, he performed according to all records, the
duties of a physician of a locality with admirable hard work and
with admirable bravery. He was an indefatigable and able phy-
sician, who showed peculiar bravery at a time when bravery, even
in the practice of medicine, was specially necessary. If there were
no other reason whatever for remembering that man, there would be
this one — that he was a good physician at Musselburgh for so
long a period. It might perhaps be that there were inhabitants
of Musselburgh still, it might be that even in that company there
were some who could remember the man himself, as he walked
about or rode about their country roads. There was much more
by which to remember Dr. Moir than that he was a good phy-
sician at Musselburgh. From his boyhood he was seized with
literary propensities and tastes, and about 1817, he began to be known
as a man of letters and a contributor in prose and in verse to various
Edinburgh periodicals, and most especially of all after the foundation
of Blackwood's Magazine, as a contributor to that periodical. (Ap-
plause.) He seemed to have been one of the most prolific possible
contributors, for it had been computed that his contributions in prose
and in verse amounted altogether to 370 special articles, which was at
the rate of one for every number of Blackwood through the whole
period of his connection with it. (Applause.) But not only was he the
most prolific of contributors, but he was one of the most conspicuous
and most liked and most beloved contributors. (Hear, hear.) Their
great reason for remembering him now was that he was a man of letters,
and that he had left literary remains in verse and in prose. The best
means of judging him now, judging his poetical remains, judging him
as a poet, was through the two volumes of his so-called poetical works,
which were published in 1852 — the year after his death — by his
friend Thomas Aird, with a memoir. He (Professor Masson) thought
the two volumes contained about 130 pieces. Now, if they compared
130 pieces with the 370 contributions to Blackwood — without our
being able to say how many other contributions to other periodicals —
they would see that these two volumes contained but a specimen, a
selection of his poems. Still, they were the most accessible means for
people now to judge of his poetical powers." After quoting from
"DELTA'S" works, various examples of his poetic genius. Professor
Masson proceeded: "Somehow, because he abstained from certain
higher walks of imagination represented in later poets, somehow on
that account he remained as a tradition, as a name, as the gentle
"DELTA," the amiable "DELTA," the man of fine melodious nature,
who was not now generally read. Generally read ! Who after fifty
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years, was or ever would be generally read ? (Applause.) In prose
or verse the man who schemed his literary life so as to be gener-
ally read fifty years after he was dead, staked his life on an improb-
bility. (Applause.) The true test was capability of being read after
fifty years — (Applause) — and of finding hearts that would respond
to what they read. (Applause.) And that was true of "DELTA,"
yet, and would be true, because he hit the affinities of human nature,
which were not temporary, but were everlasting. (Applause.) Another
thing, and a more important thing, was, there had been a mistake in
fact in representing "DELTA," as merely the melodious, the graceful,
the plaintive, the gently melancholy. He did rise higher than that.
He did exemplify imaginative power of the higher kind, and that they
would see, by referring to the two volumes of his collections. He
mentioned a few of the most important poems in which "DELTA"
rose above what was usually the plaintive, the finely graceful, the
merely melodious, and dared higher strains. He was not sure, were
he asked to name that poem of "DELTA'S" which all in all, was his
greatest, his most impressive verse performance, he would name "The
Dark Wagon." Often as poets and prose writers had nibbled at that
theme, he did not know that it had been so well seized, so poetically
conceived, as in that poem of "DELTA'S." (Applause.) Among
the poems that he had mentioned as illustrating his higher imaginative
power there was a set of a different kind, where he touched on what
they might call the weirdly and ghastly vein, the gruesome. What
he meant by that was not only representing something old in Scottish
history, but giving a totally romantic poem. Professor Masson went
on to notice the religious beliefs underlying all the author's works,
whether in prose or verse. That these beliefs were sincere in Dr.
Moir was exemplified, he said, in his life, and in some of his poems
he definitely expressed them, while in others of them there was a tinge
of these Christian beliefs very apparent, and yet unobtrusive. It
would be wrong, in speaking of "DELTA," to leave that sacred
topic totally unmentioned. (Applause.) After paying a tribute to
"DELTA" as a prose writer, Professor Masson said there was scarcely
a trace of humour in "DELTA'S" verses, and yet they were told about
him personally that he over-flowed with humour, and that sometimes
he plunged into a revel of fun. They should never have thought that,
from reading his two volumes of poems, and it would be a good thing
if some one were to ransack the old volumes of "Blackwood" and
bring out some of the relics of "DELTA," in the capacity of a
humourist. Fortunately, however, they had one specimen, the immor-
tal "MANSIE WAUCH"— (applause) — which was certainly a
masterpiece of comic invention and comic literature. If they took
the work merely as a succession of scenes of the adventures and
situations of Mansie, how laughable it was. There could be taken
from that book, extracts say for comic reading, that would vie with
any in Dickens' novels. (Applause.) He remembered reading the
book as a boy and laughing at it, but he had read it since, and he
now saw in it higher qualities of exquisite writing. Its characteristic
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333
had been said to be artlessness, but in his view it was consummate
artlessness. There was the exquisite Scottish, not broad Scottish,
but the Scottish quite fitted for the character of Mansie. And then
the character of Mansie himself was unique among Scottish comic
creations. There was not one among them that was quite the
same as Mansie Wauch. (Applause.) He had said enough to show
that "DELTA" was remembered in the British Islands on account
of his distinction in literature, and especially in the literature of
Scotland, in that age that included the last year of Sir Walter
Scott, and the afterglow that followed his death. The day on which
they met, ought at least to be remembered and would be remembered
in Musselburgh, which "DELTA" loved so well. (Applause.)
From a Memoir of "DELTA," published in 1860 by PROF.THOMAS
AIRD, we learn that "the poet was tall, well-formed and erect. His
hair was light, almost sandy, his features were regular and handsome,
eyes grey-blue, always ready for a twinkle. His voice was kindly.
His life was simple but practical. He signed his poems and papers
with a (A) DELTA, which sufficed to give him the nickname of
'DELTA.' 'THE AMIABLE DELTA,' has been a common phrase
for a series of years."
*JAMES MOIR
FENTON HOUSE, ALLOA
From "ALLOA, SIXTY YEARS AGO." by James Archibald
Mr. James Moir was connected with the town of Alloa for over
fifty years. He took a conspicuous part in all its projected useful
schemes and movements, and exercised from first to last, an important
influence on local affairs. Mr. Moir was tall, broadly built, a portly
looking gentleman, who from his appearance, proclaimed him to be a
leader among them. Mr. Moir came to Alloa when quite a young
man from the neighborhood of Dunblane. He in 1817, entered the
office of Mr. John Jamieson, writer and Sheriff-Clerk of the County.
Mr. Jameson was at this time an old man, but he took kindly to his
young apprentice, James Moir. Mr. Jamieson died, but his son
Robert carried on the business, assisted by James Moir, Mr.
Jamieson being agent for the Paisley Bank, which business the Com-
mercial Bank ultimately took over, and in 1850, transferred their
premises to the modern building in Bank street, with Mr. Moir as
its agent, where it has been ever since, with a MOIR as its agent. As
years passed on, other appointments followed, Mr. Moir having
such an aptitude for business that through time so many offices,
honours, and duties flowed in on him, that left nothing to desire. To
enumerate all the posts he held would be tedious. He was factor to
three Earls of Mar, also factor to Mr. Johnstone of Alva, and during
the minority of Lord Abercromby, he looked after the Abercromby
estates. Mr. Moir was connected with so many appointments and
duties that really his life was one continuous labour, but still he man-
aged to keep a grasp of all his work. At the starting of the town, he
took an important part, he held the post of senior magistrate for eight
years, and on his retiral from office, he was entertained at a dinner
given in public, in recognition of his long and faithful services to the
burgh. He also managed to take a deep interest in the affairs and
management of the Church he was connected with, namely, Townhead
U. P. Church, Rev. P. McDowall, minister. He often presided at
business meetings. As we have noticed, Mr. Moir was tall and
strongly built, and seemed likely to have a long career before him; but
how often do we see exemplified the fact, that the race is not to the
swift nor the battle to the strong. At the end of a week he did not
feel quite so well, but thought he would be all right on Monday; the
illness developed so rapidly that he died on the Monday, March 1st,
1875. The sad event, in its suddenness, took the town quite by
surprise, and it was soon felt that a prince and a great man had
fallen in their midst, as was evidenced by the great company of
*For genealogy of this gentleman, of Archibald Moir, and of James Philip Moir,
immediately following, see pages 270 and 271.
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gentlemen who camn from all quarters, to follow hia remains to their
last resting place, thus adding their last testimony of respect and
esteem, to one who was so widely known and respected."
ARCHIBALD MOIR, ALLOA
From "ALLOA, SIXTY YEARS AGO," by James Archibald
Archibald Moir was a younger brother of James, and he came
to Alloa from Dunblane about 1835. He began as clerk in the
office of Robert Jamieson, afterwards, he became connected with
the Commercial Bank, where he became accountant under his
brother James, who was bank agent. On the death of James in
1875, Archibald in connection with his nephew James Moir,
Jr., became joint agents, and a year or two later, Mr. James
Moir having gone abroad, Archibald became sole agent of the
bank, and factor to the Earl of Mar and Kellie. He held the bank
agency up till 1892, when his son, Mr. J. W. Moir received the
appointment. Mr. Moir had for many years been factor for
Lord Mar, after retiring from the bank, he still held his factorship
of the Alloa estates, and several other positions of trust. He was
best known to the public, for the active interest he took in all
philanthropic, charitable, and benevolent societies. His large and
generous heart went out in true sympathy to all classes of suffering
humanity. He was identified with every institution that was cal-
culated to help the poor, the afflicted, or the suffering. At public
meetings, he was a fluent and ready speaker, his utterances being
often interspersed with a rich vein of humour, which always secured
for him a ready hearing. From the interest he took in the Town-
head (now Moncrief) church, made him really the right-hand man
to all its ministers. For long years, he conducted the senior class in
the Sabbath school, and even after he retired from the work, he was
always ready to fill a gap, to come back for a time. He was church
treasurer for over fifty years, and to mark that event, he was pre-
sented with his portrait in oil, and a tea service for Mrs. Moir,
on which occasion abundant testimony was borne to the love and
esteem in which Mr. Moir was held by minister and people. His
readiness to help the widow and orphan was often amazing.
It would be difficult to exhaust all the good Mr. Moir crowded
into his long life, which was a record of continuous activity and use-
fulness, blended with exalted piety. He died suddenly, being taken
during the night of November 17, 1898, aged 81 years. Amongst the
roll of Alloa's leading men, there can hardly be a finer example of a
genial, happy Christian gentleman than Archibald Moir.
Of the two sons of James, the eldest went abroad, the younger
did not enter a business career, but studied art; while the sons of
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Archibald, — J. W. and A. P. Moir now carry on all agencies
and clerkships in even larger measure than was the case in their
father's and uncle's time.
CAPTAIN JAMES PHILIP MOIR
DISTINGUISHED SOLDIER
From "BRETT'S COMPANIONAGE" in Boston Public Library
See:page270 "Captain James Philip Moir, D. S. O., (Distinguished Ser-
vice Order) son of James Moir of Grange Place and Fenton House,
Alloa, Clackmananshire, a noted banker, (described elsewhere in this
work), born 1872, educated at Fettes College, and at the Royal Military
Academy, Woolwich, England; entered Royal Engineer, 1892, and
became Captain in 1902. Served with Nile Expedition 1898; present
at battle of Atbara, (medal, — Egyptian medal with clasps) and in the
South African war 1899-1902, was present at battles of Belmont
and Modder River, Relief of Kimberly, and battles of Paardeberg,
Johannesburg, Diamond Hill, and Belfast. Mentioned in despatches
for bravery; (Queen's medal with seven clasps, and King's medal
with two clasps, D. S. O.) was employed in South Nigeria as Super-
intendent of telegraph lines, 1905-1908. c. r.— D. S. O. 1900."
"THE BARDS OF BON-ACCORD"
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., of Aberdeen
I.
GEORGE MOIR
*George Moir. Born in Aberdeen, 1799, and educated at Aberdeen
University. Became a proficient linguist, acquiring German, French,
Spanish, and Italian, and soon became recognized as an elegant trans-
lator. Passed as advocate in 1825. Contributed to the "Edinburgh
Review," in 1824, an article on Spanish literature and Spanish lyric
poetry, with many beautiful specimens,, such as Manrique's elegy, "Oh,
let the soul its slumbers break," Luiz Ponce de Leon's "Noche
Serena," and the songs, "Bright Eyes," "Oh, Broad and Limpid River,"
and "Blow Light, thou Balmy Air," set to music as a glee by W.
Horsley. Translated Schiller's "Wallenstein" in 1827, and Schiller's
historical works, for Constable's Miscellany. Goethe inquired of
Carlyle about the translator in 1828, and Carlyle replied, describing
Moir as a man of small bodily stature; "he seemed to me a little
polished crystal, nearly colourless for the present, but in which at
some hour the sun might come to be retracted, and reflected in a
fine play of tints." Moir visited Craigenputtoch, in 1829, and
made several pictures of the house. He visited Germany the same
year and passed through Weimar, but Goethe was absent. Carlyle
gave him one of the four medals which Goethe had sent. Moir
wrote articles on Tasso, Calderon, and Camoens, and for the 7th
edition of the Encyc. Britt.. edited by Macvey Napier, the articles
on poetry and romance. Appointed 1838, professor of rhetoric and
belles-lettres, in the University of Edinburgh, but resigned in 1840
on obtaining the sheriffship of Ross-shire, and subsequently of Stir-
lingshire. In 1854, wrote a eulogy on Professor Wilson in "Black-
wood's Magazine." In 1864, appointed Professor of Scots Law in
Edinburgh University.
(From Aberdeen Newspaper.)
"Moir honorably maintained the traditions of Edinburgh law.
He was a man of very wide reading, and fastidious taste, alive to
very various degrees and kinds of excellence in literature. He died
16th October. 1870, aged 71."
From Encyclopedia Brittanica, IX. edition, vol. 16, p. 608.
II.
REV. JOHN MOIR, M. A.
Rev. John Moir, M. A. Episcopal clergyman, an alumnus
of Aberdeen University, where he obtained his degree. Settled in
London, and got a lectureship in St. Dionis Church. He published in
*See page 295 — Article "George Moir, LL.D., Sheriff of Stirlingahire."
338 MoiR Genealogy
1788, two volumes of "Gleanings, or Fugitive Pieces, consisting of
Essays, Sketches, Verses," etc. Had previously issued two volumes
of sermons, one in 1775 and another in 1786. Wrote also on "Female
Tuition," "History of the Life and Public Services of C. J. Fox," and
"Transactions in Ireland from 1760 to the present time, 1787." He
stated that his books were published for the support of a sickly wife
and numerous family, and that he had taken a lease of Dr. John's
house in Bolt Court, in the hope of letting it out for lodgings. These
particulars are gleaned from the Gentleman's Magazine. I failed to
discover the subsequent history of this unfortunate Aberdonian,
whose fate resembles that of Andrew Macdonald, so pithily de-
scribed by Isaac D'Israeli in his "Calamities of Authors."
III.
WILLIAM MOIR
William B. Moir. Born 1842, at Fedderate, Aberdeenshire,
and educated at New Deer, bookkeeper to a manufacturing firm at
Peterhead. Poet, lecturer, and newspaper correspondent. Twice
paid visits to South Africa. Died 20th February, 1910, aged 67. (See
Edwards' "Modern Scottish Poets," \ol. 1.)
HON. JAMES MOIR
SCRANTON, PENNSYLVANIA
(Scranton, Pa., Newspaper.)
Refer to Captain Moir, of Scranton, Pa., has written a great many arti-
page 207 g|gg f^j. ^jjg press of his home city, among these were a number on the
"Celts," and the "Celtic Bards." These articles of Captain
Moir's show him in a new light; that of literary man. His versa-
tility has not been appreciated as it ought. A modest tailor, he spent
evenings away from his sartorial labors, in the midst of a well-stocked
library of books, such as are found in few homes. Conversation
betrayed the great literary stores of his mind, and an occasional literary
allusion in the after-dinner speeches, full of Celtic wit and humor
revealed his literary taste and intellectual quickness.
Many have known JAMES MOIR, the MAYOR, the MILITARY
MAN, the CLEVER AFTER-DINNER SPEAKER, the SOUL of
CALEDONIAN BANQUETS, the FRATERNAL SOCIETY MAN,
but not all were acquainted with JAMES MOIR, the WRITER, the
HISTORIAN, the LITERATEUR, the best side of this many-
sided man.
*FREDERICK L. M. MOIR AND JOHN W. MOIR
CENTRAL AFRICAN PIONEERS
From "THE BAILLIE." Glasgow, Scotland
Frederick Lewis Maitland Moir and John William Moir,
both now of Glasgow (1912), had practically the same education, as
both graduated from the same schools, and from Edinburgh
University and also a college in Germany. In early life, both served
a very complete commercial apprenticeship.
Learning while they were still young, that the late Sir William
MacKinnon had conceived the idea of constructing a road from the
Zanzibar Coast, to Lake Nyassa, both volunteered their services, to
assist in furthering the scheme. Their offer was accepted, and sailing
for Zanzibar, they spent a tropical rainy season under canvas, during
which they succeeded in laying out some twenty miles of the road.
For want, however, of government support, the enterprise was ulti-
mately abandoned.
Happily, another and more fertile field immediately presented itself.
In 1878 the African Lakes Company was organized, partly to follow
out Dr. David Livingstone's great project, to suppress the slave trade,
then prosecuted so lucratively by the Arabs. Many hand to hand
fights occurred between the slavers and the forces of this company, of
which the two brothers were part managers. Leading his men on one
occasion in an assault upon a bullet-proof stockade, Frederick,
was shot through the right arm and the bone shattered. He came
home to Scotland, where he was obliged to have the elbow excised,
an operation which proved so successful that it was regarded as a
triumph of surgery.
Many adventures befell these brothers in the course of a residence
of fifteen years, not the least exciting of these was the crunching to
pieces of a small boat — in which Frederick was travelling — by
a hippopotamus, he saving himself by swimming to the bank of the
swift and deep river Shire, which flows out of Lake Nyassa, and joins
the Zambezi some hundred miles from its mouth. On another
occasion, on Lake Tanganyika with Mrs. Moir their two dhows were
driven ashore by a gale in the dangerous country, to the north of
Karema. At sundown, they were treacherously attacked by hostile
natives, and had to load their goods and ivory and put out to the
lake under a heavy fire, the band of Mrs. Moir's hat being shot
off by one of the bullets aimed at the boat.
Both of the brothers can speak several languages, Frederick
having a working knowledge of three African, besides three Conti-
nental languages. Both have in the course of their travels, shot many
elephants, rhinoceroses, hippopotami, buffaloes, and other big game.
*For genealogy, see pagea 218 and 219.
340 MOIR GaNBAI,OGY
Both are possessed of business principles of the highest integrity,
and endowed with a kindly, generous, and modest nature, and both
have a wide circle of friends.
Both have served the Dark Continent well, the prosperity of the
Nyassaland country in particular, being attributable in no small
degree to their enterprising, well-conceived and even heroic work.
John W. Moir states, that in Old Orange Free State and near
Kimberley, he met several Moirs, burgermeisters, who were doing
well.
*BYDAND
(The Gordon Motto)
Adapted from David Macbeth Moir, "Delta,"
By W. O. DUNCAN, ESQ., of Aberdeen
Scotland, dear to us is Scotland,
In her sons and in her daughters,
In the Highlands, Lowlands, Islands,
Wind swept Links and dancing waters.
In the glory of her story,
When her Tartans fire the field.
Dear to us the Gordon watchword,
"Byding," what come time may yield.
Ever dear her Doric language,
Mither tongue gey pawky kind.
Dear her Sabbath, for then faither
Hath a rest day tae his mind.
♦"Bydand" (The Gordon motto), is the title of a new song of more than ordinary
local interest, in that the words from 'Delta" (D. M. Moir), have been adapted by
Lieutenant-Colonel W. O. Duncan, 4th Battalion Gordon Highlanders, (T. F.) and the
music is composed by F. Campbell Oddy, bandmaster of the battalion. The words
rhyme clearly in telling the story of the old-fashioned Scots word "byding," and the
music is singularly melodious with a nice simple, flowing accompaniment. As a regi-
mental song, it should at once take its place among the other music inseperable to
various regiments of the service. The song is the composer's property, but is pub-
lished by Messrs. Boosey and Company, Regent street, London, and the coat price is
28 net. (Aberdeen Evening Express, 5th Maroh, 1913.)
Inserted with the kind permission of the author A. L. M,
JOHN MOIR, BLIND POET
BRIG O' *FEUGH, BANCHORY, ABERDEENSHIRE
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., of Aberdeen
The following tribute was paid by an anonymous writer to John
Moir, blind poet, in the Frazerburgh {Aberdeenshire) Herald, June
22, 1909. He says:
Some short time ago, the remains of John Moir, better known as
the "Blind Poet o' the Feugh," were laid to rest, and the visitors
now look in vain for the blackboard which hung at the cottage door,
and on which was recorded daily a verse of poetry, perhaps in
a patriotic strain over some event during the Boer War, or simply
recording some local event, or picturing in his mind's eye some scene
on the Feugh. On paying a visit to the cottage where he lived, laboured
and spun his rhyme, I was heartily entertained by his son, who,
although inheriting little of his illustrious father's rhyming powers,
has the same public spirit and hospitality. From my bed-chamber,
and where the poet must have often slept, I could hear the splashing
of the Feugh as it rushed over the waterfall at the bridge, and could
well imagine how the sounds must have awakened a responsive chord
in the heart of the blind poet, and drawn from his well-spring of poetry
the following lines :
PHASES O' THE FEUGH
When springs are at their lowest ebb.
And mountain streamlets gone to rest.
The Feugh is like a little child
Asleep upon its mother's breast.
But when these springs began to rise,
And babbling brooklets gem the ground,
The Feugh is like a maiden shy.
So softly slipping rocks around.
When hghtnings flash and thunders roll,
When mimic cascades sing for joy.
The brawling Feugh takes up the song,
And frolics like a madcap boy.
When fierce rain clouds' usurping power,
To deluge earth would fain conspire,
The Feugh is like an angry man,
Loud growling in deep tones his ire.
*Feugh, bum (brook) with wooded banks, (from "Celtic Place-Names in Aber-
deenshire," by John Milne, M.A., LL.D.)
342 MoiR GeneaIvOGY
The storm o'er-past, forth dart sunbeams,
Anon, all clouds are put to flight,
Foam-garland 'd rocks their heads uprear,
Arrayed, like bridal maid in white.
When Luna climbs the southern sphere,
And smiles adown Feugh's festooned glade,
Then, lo! a more enchanting scene
Was ne'er by pen or brush portray'd.
21 September. 1901.
Although the poet was blind for many years before his death, he
still cherished fond memories of the enchanting stream that mean-
dered past his cottage door, and never seemed to tire conjuring up the
scenes around his native Banchory. As is rightly recorded in the
preface to his little booklet, "Feugh Spray," (published 1898 — pp.56)
he was not much in sympathy with the romantic school of poets, of
whom Sir Walter Scott may be said to be the chief. Rather did he
prefer to tell a simple story in simple and homely language. He was
undoubtedly nature's poet — the rustling of the trees in Autumn, the
mariner of a Highland burn, touched his heart and found vent in such
poems as "To the Tourist," "Phases o' the Feugh," "Pure Possible
Pleasures," etc.
Mr. Moir was a great bookworm from his earliest days, and
collected a large library, and after he was deprived of sight, he taxed
the energies of all his friends reading to him the events of the day, or
interesting passages of his favourite authors. He was an ardent
politician, and a staunch supporter of the late Mr. John William
Crombie, Liberal Member (of Parliament) from Kincardineshire. Few
had such a grasp of the Scots dialect, as his Scotch version of the
Twenty-Third Psalm will show: —
TWENTY-THIRD PSALM
"Wha is my Shepherd, weel I ken —
The Lord himsel' is he;
He leads me whaur the girse is green
And burnies quaet be.
"Aft times I fain astray wad gang,
An' wanner far awa'.
He fin's me oot; he pits me richt.
And brings me hame an a'.
"His guidness an' His mercy baith,
Nae doot will bide wi' me;
While faulded on the fields o' time,
Or a' eternity."
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WOMAN
Were earthly homes of woman void, '
Sweet homes they'd prove no longer,
Mere shelters, and naught else beside,
Nor love, nor joy could they provide.
For which man's heart doth hunger.
Then let us prize her presence there,
And count the prize our treasure,
Life's blessings with her seek to share,
To make her happiness our care,
Nor find a greater pleasure.
Behold what love a mother shows.
What genuine emotion;
Her courage dangers to oppose,
Afflictions but still more disclose —
Unselfish, true devotion.
With loving care, her gentle hands
Do minister in sickness;
We listen to her grave commands,
Assured our safety such demands —
Her strength is ours in weakness.
We sing but half her noble deeds.
Her virtues, charms and graces,
Her faith in pure, domestic creeds,
Her wise foresight forestalls our needs,
Her presence, grief effaces.
27 September, 1901.
No less interesting were the verses that appeared daily on the black
board, usually of an advertising nature, and inviting passers by to
purchase the small wares he kept in his little shop adjoining the
cottage.
"Green peas and ducklings are trysting to meet.
Bought they must be e'er the tryst is complete;
They're in splendid ply,
Who'll come and buy?"
344 MoiR Genealogy
*ROBERT MOIR
OF ONTARIO
Kindly furnished by his Son, ROBERT MOIR
The subject of this sketch was born near Stirling, Scotland, about
the year 1817. Twenty-three years in Scotland, thirty-seven years
in the Province of Quebec and twenty-three in Ontario, may be taken
as marking three distinct periods of his life.
In Scotland he was known as a youth who, though slight of build
and far from robust in constitution, was so early and so tensily em-
ployed, as to leave barely time for a little schooling in the three R's.
At the age of seventeen, he commenced his apprenticeship as a
blacksmith, and from the fact he was selected to assist in making the
instruments required for experimental purposes by his master's son,
then a student at college, v/e must infer that he was a favorite
with his employer. It was while thus employed, that he gained a
knowledge of the construction of optical instruments and the pro-
perties of lenses, that was to be of use to him in after years. Often
has he told us of the spare hours used in experimenting with a rotary
steam engine which he and the student referred to above invented.
After its power had been tested in various ways and proven to be
quite remarkable, it came suddenly to grief by the explosion of its
boiler, — an old copper still.
This aptitude for mechanical experiment, together with an ardent
love of nature and the study of natural law in the things around,
mark him as one whose thoughts flowed in no ordinary channel.
After a brief period spent in the City of Glasgow, he embarked for
America and about the year 1842, commenced work in what was then
considered an extensive blacksmithing establishment, near Montreal.
Here again he seems to have found time and scope for experiment.
The proprietor wished to have a small cannon made for saluting
purposes. A "hooped cannon" was forged, which fortunately or
unfortunately burst into pieces the first time it was discharged.
His inventive skiU was soon after turned to better account in the
engine-room of one of the river steamers; which, even at that early
stage in Canada's development, were taking the place of the slug-
gish batteau and the "Durham boat." When all efforts of the en-
gineers had failed to start the huge rusted crank, the young Glasgow
mechanic, in less than an hour, released the stubborn piece of metal.
Amid the cheers of the crew, he was carried from the wharf on their
shoulders.
Immediately after his marriage in 1846, he accepted a position with
a lumber firm operating in Eastern Quebec. He had no intention of
spending more than two or three years on the shores of the Gulf of St.
Lawrence, yet he was destined to live.for upwards of thirty years amid
conditions so primitive, and to aU appearance so uncongenial, that we
wonder why a change was not made long before it did take place.
Here, however, he set up in business for himseK, only to find that his
*For Genealogy, see page 244.
-^ 'V,'a:
(See pages 334 and 335)
Captain JAMES PHILIP MOIR, D. S. O.
Grandson of James Moir, Banker,
Alloa.
(See page 336)
DUNCAN MOIR
Lowell, Mass.
(.Se; page 253)
ASTOR, Lc
.DEN FOl'
MoiR Gkneaix)GY 345
poor fisher neighbors made but scanty use of iron, in the construction
of their boats and fishing gear. Need we be surprised, that as the years
went by, the forge was found oftener locked than open, and its owner
encouraged by the returns of a really fertile farm, toiling in his fields
rather than at the anvil. As a farmer then, he was among the pioneers
of that region in the establishment of an Agricultural Society. P'ifteen
years rolled by, ere a grist mill was built at all worthy of the name.
Until that time the grist had to be taken in boats a distance of
nearly fifty miles. But the limit of agricultural pursuits in Eastern
Quebec is soon reached, its winter extending over nearly seven months
of the year, and its chilling Gulf winds retarding vegetation till June,
render profitable farming impossible. So about the year 1877, when
large numbers of the English speaking population were leaving for
locations in that vast New West, that Canada had so recently
acquired, he removed to a fertile farm in Ontario's finest fruit belt.
And there, surrounded by his sons and daughters, who had all found
spheres of useful occupation in that prosperous peninsula, we find
him spending the declining years of his long life; his chief delight
being to walk about his orchard and to study the habits of the birds
that annually come to build their nests
"In tree and shrub or leafy bower."
He had scarcely passed the allotted span, when his health, hitherto
so even, began to fail. A bronchial trouble set in, under which he
gradually grew weaker, till Feb., 1901, when he passed away so quietly,
that the watchers by his bedside could scarcely tell when the summons
came. For many years previous to his death, he had been a consistent
member of the church of his early days. Liberal in all his views, he
warmly supported whatever he considered might in any way promote
the weKare of the community in which he dwelt.
Never can his children forget that in him was exemplified, the
immense advantage of plain, simple living, temperate habits, and
that regard for system and regularity which his early training had
made part and parcel of his very being.
ROBERT MOIR, MERCHANT
OQUAWKA, ILL.
From Burlington, Iowa, Newspaper
Robert Moir, of Oquawka, 111., was born at Forres, Elginshire, Page i
Scotland, Oct. 30, 1824. His mother was one of seven children, none
of whom survived over 40 years of age, except herself, who lived to be
over 90; and Robert Moir was the only one of her children who
reached the age of 50 years. Mr. Moir came to the United States
in 1833, locating in New York, remaining there until 1849, when he
settled in Oquawka, 111. He married Mary Nicol, May 25, 1849.
He has been connected with the mercantile firm of Robert Moir
& Co., since he was married. The firm originally consisted of
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four brothers: — William who died in 1856, James who died in 1863,
Alexander who died in 1868, besides Robert who died in 1904.
Mr. Moir was one of the leading financiers of his locality, and
was well-known in business circles throughout the west. He possessed
great mental vigor, tireless energy and application, of shrewd and
unerring business judgment, which enabled him to manage large and
varied business enterprises, and render them successful beyond the
measure of men. He believed in punctuality to be an essential element
in business promises and relations, and ever practiced and exacted it.
He was positive in his opinions, but his seeming sternness was softened
by the courtesy of the old regime. He was a great reader with a
remarkable memory, and well-posted in general affairs. He was an
interesting conversationalist, sociable in his nature, and took a friendly
interest in the welfare of his friends. He was ever attached to hia
home and family, where he was loved and revered. He was very
modest in his tastes and unostentatious in his private and business
life. To be, and not to seem, was a dominant element in his nature.
REV. THOMAS MOIR, M. A.
OF ABERDEExNSHIRE
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ.. of Aberdeen
Rev. Thomas Moir, M. A., was the fourth minister of Cruden
(Aberdeenshire) United Free Church. He was the son of Adam Moir,
a farmer in Udny, and was educated at Aberdeen University, and
the Free Church College of the same city. During his fourteen years
ministry in Cruden, he did excellent work. He was a faithful preacher
and pastor, who won and retained the affection of hia flock. Unfortu-
nately, he was cut off, after a lingering illness, at the early age of 46.
He was buried at Cruden Parish Churchyard, amidst universal regret,
and the handsome obelisk which the Free Church congregation have
erected to his memory, tells its own story of work nobly done and of
affection proved and tried. He is the only minister of the Free Church
of Cruden who has died in office. On the obelisk mentioned, there is
4he following inscription: —
"Erected by the Free Church Congregation
of Cruden, in memory of Thomas Moir, M.
A., their faithful minister in church for
thirteen years. Born at Udny, March 9,
1831. Died at Aberdeen, June 22, 1877.
His last message to his people —
'Come to Jesus; come all.'"
His portrait is given in Rev. Adam MacKay's "Cruden and its
Ministers," printed at the Buchan Observer Works, Peterhead, 1912.
MoiR Genealogy 347
JOHN WILSON MOIR
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., of Aberdeen
Son of "Delta", was elected a member of the Round Table Club, Page 17S
January, 1871. He was one of the surviving members, January, 1900,
M.D, (Edinburgh), once in practice in Musselburgh, now in St.
Andrew's, Fifeshire.
The "Annals of the Round Table Club" were edited by John
Gray McKendrick, M. D., (Aberdeen); LL. D. (Aberdeen and
Glasgow); F. R. C. P. E., F. R. S., F. R. S. E.
Thirty-five copies only were issued in 1908, and the original proof
copy is now in the possession of R. Murdoch Lawrance, Esq., of
Aberdeen. The club included many distinguished men in the
medical profession, and was inaugurated 8th of December, 1868.
HON. WILLIAM J. MOIR
ELDORA, IOWA
From "AhfNALS OF IOWA." July 1904, (p. 416)
William J. Moir was born in Banffshire, Scotland, Oct. 19, Page 187
1824. He came to this country with his parents in 1830. He was
educated at Derby Academy, Vermont, and was naturalized at Ply-
mouth, Indiana, in Aug. 1854. At the latter place he studied law and
was admitted to the bar in 1856. He settled in Eldora, Hardin County,
Iowa, the same year, where he has since resided and practiced his
profession. He has twice served, in 1862 and 1864 — in the Iowa
House of Representatives, where he proved himself a useful and con-
scientious member. He also served twelve years on the Eldora school
board, and was twice elected Mayor of that city. Mr. Moir was
the leader in the work of founding the State Reform School at Eldora
and one of its foremost friends and promoters. He served as one of
the Board of Trustees — with the exception of two years — from the
beginning, until it was taken in charge by the Board of Control in
1898. He was many years treasurer of the institution, during which
time he disbursed the sum of .$1,228,557.25 for which he never asked
nor received any compensation whatever. His services in connection
with the Reform School have always met with hearty approval, and
he is well-known to the people of Iowa from his long and efficient work
in building up that institution.
William J. Moir, of Eldora, Iowa, in Feb., 1905, was serving
his seventy-first term as treasurer of Odd Fellows lodge there.
He has twice represented the district in the State legislature, and
is one of the pioneer lawmakers of Iowa. Before the inauguration for
the government of state institutions, Mr. Moir was for years a mem-
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ber of the board of the Iowa Industrial School for Boys. For many
years he was manager of the Opera House at Eldora. Mr. Moir
is a lawyer. He probably will continue to hold the oflSice he occupies
in the order of Odd Fellows for the balance of his life."
Special newspaper despatch, Feb. 1st, 1905.
ALEXANDER WILSON MOIR
CIVIL SERVICE
From "WHITTAKER'S PEERAGE, BARONETAGE AND COMPANIONAGE"
Page 220 Alexander WUson Moir, C. M. G., b. March 28, 1825, was
the son of James Moir, surgeon in the royal navy, (of whom
an account is given in this volume) was for over forty years in the
British Colonial civil service, being in charge of customs, was president
of Turks Islands, (Bahamas), Torlota (Virgin Islands), Dominica
(Leeward Islands, West Indies) and St.Kitts (West Indies). He was
created Companion of the Distinguished Order of St. Michael and St.
George, in 1877. In later life he retired to Jersey, England, where he
died April 6, 1897. He married Isabella Dobson Watson in 1852,
and seven children blessed the union.
JAMES MOIR, M. D.
NAVAL SURGEON
Page2is James Moir, M. D., a young married doctor of Edinburgh,
Scotland, volunteered his services as medical oflBcer, at the time of the
British wars against Napoleon I. of France. His brig going down
channel, was driven ashore on the coast of France, and all hands were
captured; he was taken prisoner to Verdun. An officer got permission
to have his wife sent there with an attendant, who happened to be
Mrs. Moir (Margaret Laing Stenhouse). While still practicing his
calling and a prisoner, John Innes Allen Moir (afterwards M. D., of
Edinburgh), was born, April 4, 1808. In 1814, immediately after
Waterloo, all were liberated and returned to Scotland.
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349
SIR MICHAEL BRUCE
BARONET OF STENHOUSE AND SCOTSTOWN
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., Aberdeen
Sir Michael Bruce, who married Isabella Moir, of Scotstown, Pagea 139
June 10, 1822, was one of a number of Aberdeen city gentlemen, who ^'^ ^^
formed a guard of honour at the landing of Queen Victoria, at Aber-
deen Harbour, 8 September, 1848. The late Mr. Peter Cleveland,
artist, made it a "famous local picture," afterwards engraved, and
now extremely scarce. He is described in the key to the portrait as
follows: —
24. SIR MICHAEL BRUCE, Baronet of
Stenhouse and Scotstown, Dean of the Faculty
of Marischal College, and Deputy Lieutenant
of the County. Sir Michael is wearing the
badge, suspended by tawney orange ribbon, of
the Baronets of Scotland and Nova Scotia.
(He died Dec. 14, 1862.)
SIR THOMAS MOORE
STATESMAN
From "ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA." IX. Edition
Sir Thomas More, Lord Chancellor, one of the most illustrious
men of his age, was born in Milk St., in the City of London, Feb. 7,
1478. Son of Sir Thomas More, a barrister and justice of the
Court of the King's Bench, in London. He graduated from Oxford
University, 1496. After which he studied law. Under Henry VII.,
he filled various prominent positions. After the accession of Henry
VIII. in 1523, he was chosen Speaker of the House of Commons; in
1529, he succeeded Cardinal Wolsey as Lord Chancellor. He resigned
in 1532. In 1534 he was commanded to swear obedience to the act
of succession. Upon his refusal, he was committed to the tower,
where he remained a year. On July 1, 1535, he was brought before
the high commission. The trial was a summary one; More was
found guilty and sentenced to death by beheading, and he was exe-
cuted July 6, 1535.
He wrote a great many poems in Latin, which have passed through
many editions; he also wrote many works in English, but his beat
known work is "Utopia," which describes an ideal social condition of
the world. There are also several historical articles by More,
notably, "History of Richard III," a fragment.
350 MoiR Geneai<ogy
*HANNAH MORE
AUTHORESS
From "ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA." IX. EdIHon
Hannah More, the authoress, was born at Stapleton, near Bristol,
England, in 1745. She was the youngest but one of five daughters of
Jacob More, a scion of a landed Norfolk family, who taught school in
Stapleton and Gloucestershire.
She made three reputations in the course of her long life; first
as a clever verse-writer, and witty converser in the circle of Johnson
Reynolds and Garrick; next, as an animated writer on moral and
religious subjects on the Puritanic side; and lastly, as a practical
philanthropist.
Among the literary efforts may be named "A Search for Happi-
ness," "Eldred of the Bower," "Thoughts on the Manners of the
Great," "Sacred Dramas," and a great many others. In one year
two million were circulated of her spirited rhymes and prose tales,
to counteract the doctrines of the French Revolution.
In her serene old age, philanthropists from all parts of the world
made pilgrimages to her home. She died at Clifton, September 7,
1833, at the mature age of eighty-seven.
HENRY MORE
AUTHOR
From "ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITTANICA" IX. Edition
Henry More was born at Grantham in Lincolnshire, England 1614.
His father was "Alexander More, Esq., a gentleman of fair estate
and fortune," highly spoken of by his son. He was graduated from
Christ College, London, in 1639, obtaining several degrees. He died
Sept. 1st, 1687, and was buried in the chapel of the college.
He wrote "Opera Theologica;" "Opera Philosophica;" "Opera
Omnia;" "Apology;" and "Philosophical Poems."
*Her portrait given herewith, is from a picture painted by Opie, in 1786. This
portrait is prefixed to volumes of the Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of
Hannah More, by William Roberts., Esq., Third Edition, revised with an additional
preface, 3 vols. Published by R. B. Seely and W. Burnside, and sold by L. B. Seely &
Sons, Fleet street, London. MDCCCXXXV.
AN ANCIENT AYRSHIRE FAMILY
THE MURES OF ROWALLAN
From the "KILMARNOCK STANDARD." June 22, 1912
The late Colonel Mure of Caldwell, whose death occurred with
startling suddenness, on the evening of 14th inst., belonged to an
ancient Ayrshire family, the Mures of Rowallan, much light was
thrown upon the genealogy of this family by the publication, in 1825,
of "The Historic and Descent of the House of Rowallane, by Sir
William Mure, Knight of Rowallane, written in or prior to 1657."
According to the author of the "Historic, " Rowallan had been in
possession of the Mures, previous to the reign of Alexander III., from
which they were dispossessed by the powerful house of Cuming, and
the owner. Sir Gilchrist More, was "redacted for his safety to keep
close in his castle of Polkellie." After the battle of Largs, however,
upon which occasion Sir Gilchrist received the honour of Knighthood
in reward for his bravery, he "was reponed to his whole inheritance."
"Sir Gilchrist," continues the author, "for preventing of more occasion
of trouble, and for settling of his owne securitie and firmer peace, made
allyance with this partie of power, and married Isabell, his onlie
daughter and heire, by accession of whose inheritance, to witt of the
lands of Cumingside, Draden, and Harwoods, his estate being en-
larged." The editor, however, remarks, that it is "fully as probable,
even from his own showing, that Polkelly was the more ancient inheri-
tance of his family, and that Rowallan was acquired solely by the
marriage of the heiress, Isabell, as is generally held." But to follow
our author — "After the death of Sir Walter Cumine, Sir Gilchrist
now secured not onlie in the title and full possession of his old inheri-
tance, but also in his border lands, quherin he succeeded to Sir Walter
forsaid within the Sheref dome of Roxburgh, being sensible and mind-
full of the deserving of his friends and followers in time of his troubles,
deals with all of them as became a man of honour, bestowing upon
each, parcell of land according to his respect, interest or (happly)
promise to the persone. He disponed to his kinsman Ranald More,
who had come purposlie from Ireland for his assistance in time of his
troubles and tooke share with him of the hazard of the battell, the
lands of Pokellie," &c. Now there is evidently a complete jumbling
of time and circumstances here. In the reign of David II., Maurice
Murray had a charter "of the waird of Walter Cuming of Rowallan,
in vie. de Roxburgh, with the lands thereof." It is thus apparent that
the Rowallan lands in Roxburghshire were not in possession of Sir
Gilchrist at this period; and it is next to impossible that the same Sir
Gilchrist Mure, who fought at the battle of Largs, could have been
alive in the reign of David II. Indeed he is stated by the author to
have died in 1280. No reliance, therefore is to be placed on the
"Historic" by Sir William farther back than can be corroborated by
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concurrent testimony. The immediate ancestor of Sir Gilchrist,
appears to have been "David de Moore," mentioned in a charter by
Alexander II, between 1214 and 1249, who is stated to have been "the
head of the house of Rowallane." This is extremely probable, at least
he is the first on record. That he possessed Rowallan, however, is
doubtful, though the lands of Polkelly, chiefly in Renfrewshire, may
have belonged to him. He was probably succeeded by Sir Gilchrist,
who fought at the battle of Largs. Archibald, who was slain at
Berwick, where the army of Baloil was wholly routed, in 1298. Wil-
liam, heir and successor, is honourably mentioned in an indenture
truce with England, in the non-age of King David, wherein he ia
designed, Sir William. "Sir Adam, who having been bred a long time
in his father's auld age, with the management and weight of all his
affaires both private and more publick, in these rougher times, found
the less difficultie to apply himself by a more easie method to main-
taine the Ictt and fortoune left by his predecessors, now in his own
hand."
It appears from the "Historic" (says Paterson), that the family
had suffered considerably during the war of independence, maintained
first by Wallace, and afterwards by Bruce; and Sir Adam is eulogized
for his prudence in having improved and enlarged their dilapidated
inheritance. Sir Adam is said to have married Janet Mure, grand-
daughter of Ronald More, heiress of Polkellie, by which the latter
estate was rejoined to Rowallan. By this marriage, he had two sons
and a daughter, Elizabeth, married to Robert, the High Stewart,
afterwards King of Scotland. There existed at one time much dubiety
as to the reality of this marriage. All our early historians, down even
to Buchanan, were of opinion that the union had never been legalized
by marriage. The author of the "Historic," however, quoting from a
"Deduction of the Descent of the House of Rowallane," collected by
Sir John Lermonth, chaplain to Alexander, Archbishop of St. Andrews,
says "That Robert, Great Stewart of Scotland, having taken away
the said Elizabeth, drew to Sir Adam, her father, ane instrument that
he should take her to be his lawfuU wife, which myself hath seen, saith
the collector, as also ane testimonie, written in Latine, by Roger
M'Adame, priest of our Ladie Marie's Chapell." Mr. Lewis Innes,
Principal of the Scots College at Paris, first completely proved the
fallacy of Buchanan's account of King Robert's marriages, by pub-
lishing in 1694, a charter granted by him in 1354, which charter showed
that Elizabeth More was the first wife of Robert, and made reference
to the dispensation granted by the Pope for the marriage. That dis-
pensation was long sought for in vain, but was at length discovered
in 1789, at which time a dispensation for the marriage of Robert II.
with Euphame Ross was also found." Ample proof of the union exists
in the Crown charters. For example, there is a charter by David II.
"to Robert, Great Stuart of Scotland, of the lands of Kintyre, with
See page 33 the advocation of the Kirks thereof in fee and to John Stewart, his
son, gotten betwixt him and Elizabeth More, daughter to Adam More,
Knight, and failzeing of him, to Walter, his second brother." Also
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a charter by Robert III. "to Andrew Muir, uncle to the King, of ane
pension of £20 sterling furth of the great customs on both sides of the
Forth, until said Andrew or his heirs should be heritably seized in a
£20 land in some convenient place." Elizabeth More, the first wife
of Robert II., is said to have been a woman of great beauty, and to
have attracted the attention of the High Stewart during the troublous
times of Edward Baloil, when he was frequently compelled to seek
safety in concealment. Dundonald Castle, then the chief residence
of the -"tewarts, was no doubt the "scene of King Robert's early
attachment and nuptial with the fair Elizabeth." From this union
are descended the existing race of British sover igns, as well as most
of the crowned heads of Europe.
Robert Mure of Rowallan, is described as a frequenter of the "court
in the minoritie of King James the Third. He was ane man, black
hared, and of ane hudge large stature, therefore commonlie called the
Rud of Rowallane. The king in his bearne head proponed to round
with him, and as ho offered swa to doe, dang out his eye with the spang
of ane cocle-shell. He was a man who regarded not the well of his
house, but in following court and being unfit for it, waisted, sold, and
wadset all his proper lands of Rowallane, quhilk may be an example
to all his posteritie."
Mungo Mure of Rowallan, appears to have greatly improved the
old fortalice of Rowallan, having " aisit ths hall vpone four vouttia
(vaults), and laiche trance, and completit the samen in his awin tyme."
He is described as a "man of singular valour, and very worthie of his
hands, quherof he gave good proofe in divers conflicts." It was this
laird of Rowallan who, with Robert Boyd, Guideman of Kilmarnock,
gave the Duke of Hamilton such signal assistance at the skirmish called
the "Field of Glasgow."
John Mure of Rowallan, is said to have taken "great delyte in
policie and planting. He builded the fore wark, back wark and woman
house, frome the ground." Ano her account states, that "he plaintit
the orcharde and gairdein, sett the vppir banck and nethir bank, the
birk zaird befoir the zett." He is said to have "lived gratioulsie" yet
from a "Letter of Sleance, by Alexander Cowper," it would appear that
he was not saikless of the feuds of his time. He was on friendly terms
with the Kilmarnock family, and assisted them materially on various
occasions, particularly when the Laird of Knockdolian attempted to
hold the Baillie; Court of Grougar.
The Laird of Rowallan, had a letter addressed to him by Queen
Mary, on her escape from prison in 1568; but as he subscribed the
"Band" in support of the Reformation in 1562, in which year he also
sat in Parliament, it is not probable that he attended the summons.
William Mure is described as "of a meik and gentle spirit, and
delyted much in the studie of phisick, which he practised especiallie
among the poore people with very good success. He was one religious
man and died gratiouslie in the yeare of his age 69, the yeare of our
Lord 1616." His latter will was "Subscryvit at Rowallane, the third
day of September, 1616 zers."
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Sir William Mure succeeded his father. "This Sir William," says
the "Historic," of which he was the author, "was pious and learned,
and had ane excellent value in poyeise; he delyted much in building
and planting; hebuilded the new wark in the north syde of the close,
and the battlement of the back wall, and reformed the whole house
exceedingly. He lived religiouslie and died Christianlie in the years
of (his) age 63, and the yeare of (our) Lord, 1657."
Some further notice, however, of Sir William, the author of "The
True Crucifixe," seems only a just tribute to his memory. He appears
to have early cultivated a taste for the muses, and some verses in Latin
on the death of his grandfather, occur amongst his juvenile pieces.
His manuscript poetry is considerable. Among the larger pieces is a
translation of some books of Virgil; a religious poem which he calls
"The Joy of Tears," and another, "The Challenge and Reply." Several
of his pieces have been published. In the "Muse's Welcome," a col-
lection of poems and addresses made to King James, on his visiting
Scotland in 1617, there is a poetical address to the King at Hamilton,
written by Sir William Mure of Rowallan. In 1628, he published a
poetical translation of the celebrated "Hecatombe Christiana" of Boyd
of Trochrig, together with a small original piece called "Doomesday."
In 1629 he published "The True Crucifix for True Catholikes." For
some years after 1629, he seems to have been employed on a version of
the Psalms, which was much wanted in Scotland at that time. The
old English version was not popular, and the one executed by King
James, and Sir W. Alexander, of Menstrie, was so disliked that the
Bishops would not press it upon the Church. King James' version
was not sanctioned by the Assembly, and some expression in it gave
offence to the people, e. g. the sun was called "The lord of light,"
and the moon "The pale lady of the night." Though this version was
rejected, still many wished that the old one should be improved, or a
better one substituted in its place. Several gentlemen attempted
particular psalms; but a version of the whole was undertaken by
Sir William Mure of Rowallan, which he seems to have finished in
1639. Principal Baillie, who attended the Westminster Assembly,
as Commissioner from the Church of Scotland, in a letter, dated at
London, January first, 1644, says, "I wish I had Rowallan's Psalter
here, for I like it better than any I have yet seen." It does not, how-
ever, appear, that Sir William's version was transmitted to the
Assembly; Mr. Rous', which was recommended by the English
Parliament, was finally adopted; and has ever since been used in
Scotland; but the committee appointed to revise Mr. Rous' version,
was instructed to avail themselves of the help of Rowallan's. The
attention of Sir William, was not entirely devoted to literary pur-
suits. He took his share in the burden of the duties of civil life,
being a member of the Parliament held at Edinburgh, June 1643,
and of the "Committee of Warre," for the sheriffdom of Ayr, in 1644.
He was also with the Scottish army in England, in 1644, and was
present in some engagements between the royal and parliamentary
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forces. Sir William was also one of the Rcmonstrators, who "brunt
the Gaite of Drumlanrig, and plundered and waistcd the lands," in
1650.
William Mure of Rowallan, the last lineal representative of the
family, succeeded his father in 1686. He was entered a student at the
University of Glasgow in 1660. His name frequently occurs in the
records of the parish of Kilmarnock. He is mentioned there, for the
last time, in 1695, in a commission to defend a process of translation
before the Synod.
Dame Jean Mure of Rowallan, his only surviving daughter, and
sole heiress, succeeded. This lady married, first, William Fairlie, of
Bruntsfield, afterwards designed of Fairlie. to whom she had issue.
She married, secondly, David, first Earl of Glasgow, by which marriage
she had three daughters, Jean Mure, Countess of Glasgow, died
Sept. 3, 1724, and was succeeded by her eldest surviving daughter of
the second marriage: —
Lady Jean Boyle Mure of Rowallan. She married the Hon. Sir
James Campbell, of Lawers, K.B., third and youngest son of James,
second Earl of Loudoun. He entered the army at an early age, and
served on the Continent, under the Duke of Marlborough. He com-
manded the British horse at the battle of Fontenoy, 30th April, 1745,
when he was mortally wounded, one of his legs being carried off by
a cannon ball. He expired soon afterwards, and was buried at Brussels.
He had a daughter, Margaret; and a son who succeeded him: —
James Mure Campbell, born 11th February, 1726. He assumed the
name of Mure on succeeding to the estate of Rowallan; he was elected
Member of Parliament for the county of Ayr in 1754; — succeeded
his cousin John, fourth Earl of Loudoun, on the 27th of April, 1782,
and died on the 28th April, 1786, being then a Major-General in the
army. He married, in 1777, Flora, eldest daughter of John
Macleod, of Rasay, and by her, who died in 1780, he had an only
child:—
Flora Mure Campbell, born in August 1780, Countess of Loudoun,
Baroness Manchline, &c., &c., who succeeded to the ancient patri-
monial inheritance of her ancesters, the Mures of Rowallan. Her
Ladyship married 12th July, 1804, Francis, Earl of Moira, Marquis of
Hastings, by whom she had issue.
THE MURES
By "G." in "KILMARNOCK STANDARD." (Published 1892)
The orthography of the name Mure has passed through a great
many changes. Both in the "True Crucifix" and the "Cry of Blood"
(British Museum), Sir William spelled it "Moore," probably because
Mure was more of a local name, and when he began to publish, he pre-
ferred the spelling which would be the more easily pronounced by Eng-
lish readers. I think there is no doubt that the Gaelic "More," mean-
ing "great or big," is the original, whether imported from Ireland, or
whether it was Strathclyde-British, need not matter. The probability
is, that the family owned Polkellie long before the time of Sir Gilchrist,
as the name is to be found in a charter in the reign of King Alexander
II. and the "Historic" states that Sir Gilchrist was buried with his an-
cestors in the Mute's aisle, at Kilmarnock, in the year 1277. When the
spelling More was altered to Mure, I think it was pronounced Moore
It is common enough to do so at the present time. The spelling
Mair, which is common in this district, is just the Lowland Scottish
pronunciation of More. A century ago, when Latin was so much in
vogue, it was often written Meuros, and there was a publisher in Kil-
marnock of that name. Besides nearly all the parish of Fenwick, and
a large part of Kilmarnock, a large area of land, used to be owned by
branches of the family all over Scotland.
I have seen the name written Meyer or Moir. Patrick Moyre or
Mure, of Annandstone (Upper Ward), witnesses charters in 1493 and
1508, and this family at one time held the Barony of Thankerton, in
Upper Ward. Samuel de la More deThangarston, signed the Ragman
Roll in 1296. The same family held the Barony of Symington (Upper
Ward), John Muir, of Anistoun, was served heir to his father, in the
barony of Symontown, with the patronage of the church in 1646.
More, de Mora, de la More (Delmore), Mure, Moore, Moor, Moir,
Muire, Muir, Mueros, Mair, Murison, and Moyre, are all just
different ways of spelling the same patronymic, and I think I may
safely say, that there is hardly another surname that has been
so variously spelled. I have a settled account in my posession of
"Peeter Mour, carpenter in Kilmarnock," dated 1741. The name
Gilmore, the servant or vassal of More, seems to have changed
in spelling along with More. It used to be Gilmure, and now is
commonly written Gilmour.
The Moors of Corsewall, who are descended from Captain Alexan-
der, second son of the poet, Sir William, still spelled it Moore. They
are the real nearest male representative of the old house of Rowallan,
and seam also to have inherited a large share of the genius and amiable
disposition of their ancestor. Sir William, as witness, General Sir John
Moore, and his father. Dr. Moore.
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357
The armorial bearings of the different families of the name in Eng-
land, Scotland, and Ireland, bear some family resemblance generally,
a Saracen or Moor's head, frequently alluded to as the "Bluidy Held
of Rowallan." There is a tradition that the crest and motto, were
adopted in consequence of some exp)loit in the Holy Land, during the
Crusades, but it is quite possible, that the name may have suggested it.
All families of consequence, adopted some heraldic distinction about
that period. The motto of the Mures, is "Duris Non Frango," and
again it is, "Durum Patientia Frango."
In "Fairbairn's book of Crests," I find Muir, of Riccarton, Bart.,
and can not think what family this could be. My notion is that Ric-
carton is an error for Rowallan. The great estate formerly held by
the Mures, have mostly passed into other families, through faUing to
heiresses, who failed to observe the old Hebrew law of success on
enacted by Moses (Numbers, XXXVI). It reminds one of what King
James Fifth said about the crown of Scotland, — "It would gang by
a lass."
THE MORES AND MURES
OF CALDWELL AND ROWALLAN
From BURKE'S "LANDED GENTRY"
The Mures of Caldwell, County Ayr, are immediately descended
from Sir Reginald More, of Abercorn and Cowdmas, who appears to
have been Chamberlain of Scotland as early as 1329, the first year of
the reign of David II. The name appears at various periods —
More, Mure, Muir, Moor, &c., and from the correspondence of the
armorial bearings, seems to be the same originally, as that of the
Moores, of Moore place, Kent.
The arms of Muir, of Caldwell, and Muir, of Rowallan, being
then the two chief houses of the name in Scotland, are exhibited on
page 46 of the Scottish Heraldry, emblazoned by Sir David Lindsay,
Lord Lyon, about the year 1540. Those of Caldwell, present the plain
shield of the Mores, "Three Mullets on a bend," while on the shield
of Rowallan, are quartered the wheat sheaves of the Comyns.
The most ancient of the name on record are the Mores of Polkelly,
near Kilmarnock in Ayrshire; one of whom, David de More, appears
as witness to a charter of Alexander II. The direct male line of
Polkelly, becoming extinct, the estate passed by marriage of the female
heir to the Mores, of Rowallan, cadets of the family of Polkelly,
who had acquired the neighboring estate of Rowallan from the
Comyns, its ancient Lords.
Gilchrist More (younger son of Sir Reginald More, of Abercorn,
one of the commissioners appointed A.D. 1340, to treat with the
Lords Percy, Mowray, and Nevill, on a truce between the two
nations), became the male representative of the house of Abercorn,
at the death of his older brother William. To him descended the
property of Cowdans.
The estate of Caldwell, in the shires of Ayr and Renfrew, he is
supposed to have acquired, by marriage with the heiress of Caldwell
of that ilk, then a family of some note, having given a chancellor
to Scotland in 1349.
Between 1340 and 1539, the family nams of More was changed to
Mure, at which latter date, John, son of John Mure, inherited the
estates of Caldwell, in Ayrshire.
ARMS
Arg. on a fesse, az. three mullets, of the first, within a border, angr.
Crest. A Saracen's head, ppr.
Motto. "Duris non f ranger."
GEORGE MOIR
OF BELMONT ST. CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH. ABERDEEN
Transcribed by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ.. Aberdeen
The founder and first deacon of the Church, now known as Belmont
Street Congregational Church, Aberdeen, was a native of Skene,
Aberdeenshire, and was born on the 29th June, 1764. He came to
Aberdeen as a boy of thirteen, and was afterwards in the employment
of Provost Abercrombie, Aberdeen, who was a stocking manufacturer
in 1799.
Thj Provost's business gave way, and Mr. Moir appears to have
taken up the retail hosiery trade, on his own account. For that period
he seems to have received a good education, a circumstance, coupled
with his early establishment in business, which points to the comfort-
able circumstances in which he had been reared. He became a burgess
of Guild in 1796. There is abundant evidence that he was a thought-
ful, intelligent, man, fairly entitled to the often loosely awarded
epithet, "well read." He also had the habit of the pen, and has a
good claim to authorship, although his works have never been printed.
They consist of an "Occasional Diary," of much interest, and an
incomplete series of letters designed for children, on the subject of
Religion, and entitled, "A Poor Father's Legacy." These were
methodically classified under distinctive headings, a storehouse of
readily available subject matter — the tabulated gleanings of a man
at once reflective and cultivated. Mr. John Bulloch, the historian,
of Belmont Street Congregational Church — the first Congregational
Church in Aberdeen — possesses a manuscript volume entirely of
George Moir's own composition. In it there are no fewer than fifty-
three poetical pieces. The following is a fair sample of his muse.
It is entitled: —
A SABBATH MORNING REFLECTION
Once more, the blessed day I se^,
When Jesus Christ, who died for me,
Arose triumphantly —
The dreary regions of the dead
Could not confine my living Head,
Or else my hopes would die.
Awake, my eyes; arouse, my heart,
Dull drowsiness away depart.
For Jesus early rose —
At early dawn, He left His grave,
And all His en'mies did outbrave,
And vanquished all my foes.
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The pious Mary early sought,
This Jesus who their pardon bought,
Before the shadows fled,
To the S'pulchre where he lay,
They took the solitary way,
And thought He still was dead.
But lo! an angel, blazing, bright.
In vestments of the purest white.
Addressed the plaintive pair —
Ye seek the Lord, be not afraid,
He now is risen — as He said;
Come, see, the Lord lay there.
But go and tell His friends the same,
And mention Peter out by name.
Lest He be sore cast down.
Though sin may hide His face awhile.
When sinners weep, the Lord will smile,
'Tis force that makes Him frown.
But am I sure that He was raised !
Yes, for the Galileans gazed.
While up to Heaven He flew.
And I am sure He'll come again !
Yes, for His promise must remain
A truth — if God be true.
So early as 1792, George Moir, was favorably known as a public-
spirited man, a man of practical benevolence. In that year he had the
honor to found a charity under the quaint title of "The Sick Man's
Friend Society." Among the many ways in which George Moir
helped the church in its early years, was in placing his home at the
disposal of the numerous "supplies," who came to officiate. What
kind of a home that was, may be gleaned from a verse of the poem,
"Wrote when I took up House."
"Oh, let this humble house of mine,
Be under Thy peculiar care;
And, as a little church of Thine,
Be daily sanctified with prayer."
In the midst of this good man's many activities, and interests, the
heavy hand of disease and death was laid on him. After a protracted
illness on the 16th November, 1802, at the comparatively early age
of 38, he closed a career, poor in years, but rich in experiences, and in
service. He was predeceased by three children, and survived by two,
a son and a daughter, the latter was a member of the church till
her death. The first. Captain, in connection with the church of which
George Moir was the founder, is thus registered under date 22nd
ALEXANDER WILSON MOIR
(Civil Service over 40 Years'
President of Turks Islands (Bahamas)
Torlota (Virgin Islands) Dominica and St.
Kitts, (West Indies)
'A. Orange, Photo. Edinburgh)
ISABELLA DOBSON WATSON MOIR
wife of
ALEXANDER WILSON MOIR
(Stuart Photo. Glasgow)
(See page 348)
SIR JOHN MOORE
See page 3621
PUBLIC H'^
JEN FOC
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April 1799. — "This day, George Moir, hosier in Aberdeen, and Ann
Smith, his wife, both members of this cliurch.had a son born, named
George, baptised by Mr. Moseley of Longbuckley, Northamptonshire.
The ordinance was performed in the chapel in the forenoon."
(From Mr. John Bulloch's "Centenary Memorials of the First
Congregational Church, Aberdeen.")
GEORGE W. MOIR
SOLDIER
Kindly furnished by HON. WILLIAM J. MOIR, of Eldora, Iowa.
George W. Moir, patriot soldier, born 1839, in Stanstead,
Province of Quebec, son of John Moir of Banff, Scotland, and Sophia
Nicols. He was brother to John Nicol Moir of Stanstead, P. Q., and
half-brother to William J. Moir, of Eldora, Iowa. He enlisted in the
12th Iowa Volunteer Infantry, and was elected 2nd lieutenant of that
company — was in the Battle of Fort Donaldson, and on the Gth of
April 1862, in the Battle of Shiloh, was slain while leading Company
"A." He was buried at Eldora, Iowa. He had previously taught
school for two years in Iowa.
"He was a good man, mentally, morally, physically; as brave a
man as ever drew a sword, and as good a brother as ever God gave to
man."
(See official letter elsewhere in this book, from the War Department Page 368
at Washington, in reference to this gentleman.
JOHN MUIR
GEOLOGIST, BOTANIST, EXPLORER, TRAVELLER
From "WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA." 1912
John Muir was born at Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland, 21st
April, 1838, a son of Daniel and Anne (Gilrye) Muir. He came
to America in 1849, with his father, who settled in Fox River,
Wisconsin, and cleared a farm. He entered the University of Wis-
consin when 22, and graduated in 1864. He commenced his lonely
journeys through Canada, Eastern and Western States, the North
and the South; in 1868 after exploring the Yosemite Valley, he settled
there, living alone on the mountains ten years, and making a particular
study of glacial terraces in the Sierra Nevada — on this subject he wrote
letters to newspapers beginning in 1871. He discovered in the High
Sierra, 65 residual glaciers. He made his first trip to Alaska in 1879,
362 MoiR Genealogy
discovered Glacial Bay, and Muir Glacier, and explored the upper
courses of the Yukon and MacKenzie rivers, and in 1880, accompanied
the DeLong search expedition in the ^'Corwin" to the Arctic.
He has written much for periodicals, urging the formation of
National parks, and forest preservation; the Sequoia and Yosemite
National Parks are due to his efforts.
He was given the honorary degree of A. M. at Harvard University,
1896; LL. D. from University of Wisconsin 1897; L.H.D. from Yale
University in 1911.
He is editor of "Picturesque California," and has written many
books of great scientific value. He travelled in Russia, Siberia,
Manchuria, India, Australia, New Zealand, South America in 1911,
and in Africa 1911-12.
His address is Martinez, California, U. S. A.
SIR JOHN MOORE
Abridged from "THE LIFE OF SIR JOHN MOORE"
By his brother, J. C. MOORE, published 1833
Sir John Moore was born in Glasgow, November 13, 1761.
He was a son of *Dr. John Moore, well-known as the author of
"Zeluco." They were descendants of the Muirs of Rowallan in
Ayrshire, and the Mures of Caldwell in Renfrewshire — whose
ancestor was Elizabeth More, the queen of King Robert IL, of
Scotland.
Sir John was appointed tutor to the young Duke of Hamilton,
and this appointment was the means of procuring for him educa-
tional advantages, by which he profited so much as to be called
in after life, "The Most Cultivated Officer in the Army." He
accompanied his father and the young Duke from court to court,
to all the chief capitals of Europe. While travelling, he was sud-
denly called in 1777, to join the 51st regiment. At this time he
was 16 years of age. He served in America, till the peace in 1783.
A year later, he was returned as a Member of Parliament for the
united boroughs of Selkirk, Peebles and Linlithgow. In 1790, he
resigned his seat in Parliament, and got an appointment as a
Lieutenant-Colonel in the Army, afterwards rising through merited
promotion to be Brigadier-General. In 1792, he went to Corsica,
in the Mediteranean; in 1796, he was called to the Barbadoes in
the West Indies. Two years later he took part in the Irish
Rebellion, and was active in the battles of Wexford and Vinegar
Hill. In 1799, he joined the expedition to Helder in Holland, and
*Dr. John Moore was born in Stirling in 1730, and died in London in 1802.
"Zeluco" was published in 1789. He was the first of his line to spell his name
"Moore." the spelling was changed "for a difference."
MoiR Genealogy 363
the following year he accompanied Abercromby to the Mediter-
ranean. He was some time in Egypt, diHtinguishing himself at the
battle of Alexandria. He afterwards was prominent in Spain,
Portugal and Sweden, and again in Spain, where he made his famous
retreat from Napoleon, falling back quickly, fighting every day and
invariably with success.
It was on the 16th January, 1809, that Sir John Moore fought
his last battle; he fell early in the day, and knew at once that his
wound was mortal. His last hours were cheered with the knowledge
of victory, and were spent in recommending his old friends, Graham
and Colburne, to the notice of his Government.
Sir H. Hardinge's description of these hours is in its way
inimitable, and in it must be studied, how a modern Bayard
should die in battle, every thought being for others, and none for
himself, or the pains his wounds gave him.
He was buried wrapped in a military cloak, in a hastily made
grave, at midnight the same day, in the ramparts of Corunna,
Spain. A monument has since been erected on the spot.
The well-known poem, "The Burial of Sir John Moore," by
Charles Wolfe, contains eight stanzas, of which the following are
two: —
"Not a drum was heard, not a funeral note.
As his corse to the rampart we hurried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell shot
O'er the grave, where our hero was buried.
Slowly and sadly, we laid him down,
From the field of his fame, fresh and gory;
We carved not a Hne — we raised not a stone,
But we left him alone in his glory."
GEORGE JAMESON
Abridged from "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES"
By ANDREW J. MITCHELL-GILL, of Savock
Gilbert Anderson of Finshaugh, (descended from a very old
burgess race of "Bon Accord," appears to have been connected with
the town of Aberdeen, so far back almost as any of the records of
the town extend), married at Aberdeen, 29th May, 1576, Janet
Moir, (who died 4th May, 1601), and had at least three children.
Marjory, the younger of the three, married Andrew Jameson, an
architect in Aberdeen. Their son was George Jameson, born
1588, the celebrated painter, termed "The Scottish Vandyke," who
married 12th March, 1624, Isobel Toasch, and had a large family,
one of whom, Mary, married Prof. James Gregory.
364 MoiR Genealogy
"He (*George Jameson) was endowed by nature with an
uncommon genius for portrait painting, which he discovered at an
early period of life. After passing through the usual course of
education at schools and college of the place, he went abroad and
studied at Antwerp, being fellow-student with Vandyke, under the
celebrated Rubens."
He painted many portraits of Charles I, and many eminent
men who flourished in the beginning of the 17th century, and many
of his works are to be found in the possession of the principal
families of Scotland. The finest collection of his works is at Tay-
mouth Castle, the seat of the Earl of Breadalbane. (See illustration.)
DR. JOHN MUIR, ST. JAMES' CHURCH
GREAT HAMILTON STREET. GLASGOW
Of DR. JOHN MUIR, a very able man of byegone days, some
good stories have been told. It was said that he used to mark his
"heads" in shorthand on his finger nails, and this led to the saying,
he has his sermon "on his finger ends." During the ten years con-
flict, he was a non-intrusionist, and went to the very edge of coming
out, but drew back at the last hour, joining the famous "forty thieves,"
led by Dr. Leishman of Govan. DR. MUIR was quite equal to the
occasion, for on the Sabbath after the Disruption, he preached
from 2 Samuel XV: ii, "And with Absalom went two hundred men
out of Jerusalem, that were called; and they went in their simpUcity,
and they knew not any thing."
tWILLIAM MITCHELL, Baptized 13 September, 1736
From "HOUSES OF MOIR AND BYRES," by A. J. MITCHELL-GILL of Savock
A stone which bore the annexed incomplete inscription, could not
be found, when Mr. Robert Murdoch Lawrance visited Newhills
Churchyard, near Aberdeen, May, 1908: —
"There are also here interred, Mr. William Mitch eU, merchant,
*George Jameson, born 1588, died 1644. He acquired large practice as a por-
trait painter, and had among his sitters, many of the most celebrated Scotsmen of hia
time. Among them James VI. and Charles I., Sir Archibald Johnston (Warriston),
the great Marquis of Montrose, and the first Marquis of Argyle. According to his
correspondence with Sir Colin Campbell of Glenorchy, his price for bust-size portraits,
was 20 merks, or with a gold frame £20 Scots, and he engaged to turn out 16 por-
traits in a period of three months. He was buried in Greyfriars churchyard, Edinburgh.
His pictures have suffered much from re-painting, varnish or neglect. Perhaps the best
examples of his work were seen in his portraits in the Glasgow Exhibition, 1911, of the
Second Marquis of Huntley and his wife; also the portrait of himself by himself at the
same place, now in possession of the Countess Dowager of Seafield.
tKindly furnished by R. Murdoch Lawrance, Esq., of Aberdeen.
MOIR GUNBAtOGY 365
Aberdeen, who died 10th May, 1816, aged 80. And of Mrs. Mary
Fordyce, his spouse, who died 13th April, 1824, aged 82. James
Lawrance, who died 10th April, 1843, aged 66. Also Elliot Mitchell,
his spouse, who died 20th November, 1854, aged 74. Also Elizabeth
Mitchell, spouse of the late David Morison, hat manufacturer, Mon-
trose, who died 12th April, (date worn off). Also Mary Campbell,
who died 12th January, 1886, aged 74."
James Lawrance, above mentioned, was the father of Walter Law-
rance, Fleet-Surgeon, Royal Navy, retired, who died at 5 East Craib-
stone Street, Aberdeen, 17th January, 1902, aged 82, and was buried
at AUenvale Cemetery, Aberdeen. Surgeon Lawrance was a native
of Aberdeen. He was educated at the Grammar School, and at
Marischal College. {Records of Marischal College, II., p. 493.)
Whence he passed into the Royal Navy in 1841. He was promoted to
Surgeon in 1852, Staff-Surgeon in 1854, and Fleet-Surgeon later,
retiring with that rank, 1871. Surgeon Lawrance had an exceedingly
interesting career, in the service of his country. During the 30 odd
years in which his name figured in the active list of the British Navy,
he served practically in all parts of the world. At various stages of
his career, he served on board over a dozen different vessels — on the
West African, Australian, and other stations — and naturally during
the long and interesting period which covered his connection with the
navy, he was an active participant in many important changes in the
first line of defence. His service in the Australian Station was during
a very lively epoch in the history of that colony, and he had many
interesting recollections of his experiences in that quarter of the globe.
He took out the last batch of convicts to Australia.
It may be interesting to mention that the last vessel on which Fleet-
Surgeon Lawrance served, was H. M. S. "C/ycfe," at Aberdeen, in
the early seventies. Personally, Surgeon Lawrance was of a most
genial, kindly disposition, and his friendship was appreciated by a
wide circle of acquaintances. He was a keen conservative in politics,
and a member of St. James' Episcopal Church, Aberdeen. He was
survived by his wife, who is still (1912), hale and hearty. His portrait
in uniform is given in "/w Memoriam," 1902.
I. Andrew Moir (1673-1733), and Elizabeth Simpson of Thornton
(1675-1761).
IL Jean Moir, eldest daughter (1701-1792), married William
Mitchell, Newburgh.
III. William Mitchell (1736-1816), merchant-burgess, married
secondly, Mary Fordyce of Aquhorties.
IV. Elliot Mitchell (1780-1854), married James Lawrance, manu-
facturer (1777-1843), at 27 Albyn Place, Aberdeen.
V. Elliot Lawrance died Ist August, 1886, aged 72, married 18th
December, 1834, Alexander Ogston, manufacturer, Aber-
deen. They had issue. Alexander Ogston was born
9th May, 1799, and was afterwards of Ardoe, died 11th
December, 1869, both were buried in Banchory- Devenick
churchyard.
(Walter Lawrance. He married without issue, Hannah Bennet,
daughter of Francis Bennett, M. A., of Brigg, Co. Lincoln.)
MORE OF LINLEY
From "BURKE'S LANDED GENTRY"
Richard (or according to Camden, Thomas) De La More, came
from Normandy with Duke William, and lost his life at the battle of
Hastings, leaving a son, Sir Thomas de la More, who, to use the words
of Camden, "built faire houses at Launceton in Cornwall; Halton in
Cheshire; and More in Shropshire, giving to the latter place his
paternal name." He married Constance, daughter of Robert de
Unfrevil, Lord de Tours, and was ancestor to the Mores of More, Co.
Salop.
William More, Esq., of Larden, in 1491, (grandson of Richard More,
of More and Larden) m. Elizabeth, dau. of John Berkeley, and had
two sons, viz: Edward, his heir, and Thomas of Needham in Suffolk,
whose son Robert, returned to Shropshire and was of Linley; he was
buried at More, Mar. 20, 1604, leaving a son Richard, of whom presently.
The elder son, Edward More, Esq., of Orleton, had three sons, viz:
1, Thomas, his heir; 2, John, clerk of the exchequer, father of Sir
Edward More, Knight of Oldham in Hampshire, and Eustice, the
eldest son. Thomas More, Esq., who succeeded his father at Larden;
m. and left at his decease a son and successor, Jaspar More, Esq., of
Larden, who died in 1613, leaving three daughters only, one of whom
m. Samuel More, the parliamentarian. The More of Larden estates
passed to his cousin, Richard More, Esq., of Linley, who thus re-united
the ancient estates of the family, being styled of More, Linley and
Larden; he m. a sister of Sir Thomas Harris, of Boreatton, Bart., was
sherriff in 1619, and represented the town of Bishop's Castle in the
long or fatal parliament of Charles I. The part he took was decidedly
anti-monarchial, and he appears early among the most active partisans
of the parliament within the county, but he died Dec. 6, 1643, before
the triumph of his party, and was succeeded by his eldest son, Samuel
More, Esq., of More, Linley and Larden, who took a leading part in
the civil commotions of Shropshire. He had scarcely paid the last
rites to his father, when he was called upon to take command of
Hampton Castle, one of the fortresses in Shropshire, which were at that
time in the interest of parliament; and he gallantly sustained a month's
seige, with but thirty-one men, against five hundred horse and foot.
Subsequently, events crowned with success the party espoused by Col.
More, as he is generally called; and he was actively engaged through-
out the Interregnum in the internal regulations of Shropshire, of which
he was returned to be one of the four representatives to the parliament
summoned by Cromwell for Sept. 1656. His first wife, a dau. of his
kinsman, Jaspar More, brought him three children. By a second mar-
riage he had three sons and four daughters, one of whom m. Sir John
Turton, a puisne judge of the King's bench. The sons were: 1, Richard
his heir; 2, Thomas, a medical doctor, d. unmarried in 1697, aged
MoiR Geneai^ogy 367
69; 3, Robert of Linley, who m. Sarah, dau. of John Walcot, of
Walcot, in Salop, and he had an only son, Robert, successor to his
cousin, Thomas More of More and Larden, the eldest son.
Richard More, Esq., of More and Larden, b. 1627, Member of
Parliament, for Bishop's Castle from 1688 to his death 10 years after.
M. in 1659, Ann, dau. of Isaac Pennington, Lord Mayor of London
in 1643, by this lady, from whom he was divorced, he had no issue. He
m., secondly, Dorcas Owen, and had with a younger son Richard, slain
in battle in 1709, another son.
Thomas More, Esq., of More and Larden, at whose decease in 1731,
his estates passed to his cousin-germain, only son of Robert More of
Lindley, (Third son of Col. More), Robert More, Esq., of Linley,
M. P., F. R. S., b. in 1703, who was highly distinguished as a naturalist.
He m. first in 1750, Ellen, dau. of Thomas Wilson, Esq., of Trevallyn,
and had by her: 1, Robert, his heir; 2, Thomas of Larden Hall, who
m. in 1795, Harriett, dau. of Thomas Mytton, Esq., of Shipton, Co.
Salop, and dying in 1804, left issue, Robert Henry Gayer More, in holy
orders, now of Larden Hall, Co. Salop, b. 20 June, 1798. Harriott
Mary, m. to her cousin. The Rev. Thomas Frederick More. Mr. More
m. secondly, Catherine, dau. of Thomas More, Esq., of Milliehope,
which lady d. without issue in 1792. He died himself Jan. 5, 1780,
and was succeeded at Larden by his second son, Thomas, and at Linley
by his eldest son, Robert More, Esq., of More, Linley and Shelve, who
was high sheriff of Salop in 1785; he m. 4. Aug., 1781, Eliza, dau. of
James Taylor, Esq., of Much Hadham Herts, and had issue: 1,
Robert Bridgeman of Linley Hall, high sheriff 1822, b. 29 April
1788, d. unmarried 1851. 2, Thomas Frederick, now of Linley Hall,
minister of the gospel, A. M., b. Jan. 19, 1790, m. 1831 his cousin,
Harriet May, dau. of Thomas More, Esq., and has issue — Robert
Jaspar More, and Harriet Louisa More. 3, Henry, an officer in the
Peninsular war, d. in 1814; also four daughters: — 1, Catherine
Louisa, m. 12 Feb. 1811, Thomas White, M. D., of Glastonbury
and Exeter. 2, Charlotte, m. Arthur Neale, Esq., barrister-at-law
Bellevue Co., of Stafford, and died 1828. 3, Laura Octavia, deceased.
4, Olivia. Henry died 12 Jan. 1818.
ARMS
Sa. a swan, close, ppr. beaked, gu. all within a border engc. arg.
Crests, 1st, an eagle, arg. preying upon a hare, sa. 2d, out of
Ducal coronet, is a swan's head and neck ppr.
OFFICIAL RECORD
RECORD AND PENSION OFFICE
WAR DEPARTMENT
Washington, D. C, Oct. 12, 1903.
Hon. Buti^er Ames,
Sir: — Referring to your letter of the 8th inst., in which
you request for Alexander L. Moir of Lowell, Mass.,
certain information from the military records, I have the
honor to advise you as follows:
sepagesei. It is shown by the records that GEORGE W. MOIR
mnamjMoir ^^^ mustered into service with Co. A, 12th Iowa In-
agei87 fantry, as Second Lieutenant, November 25, 1861, and
that he was "killed at the battle of Pittsburg, Tenn.,
April 6, 1862."
See page 203 It is further shown by the records that one ROBERT
BURNS MOIR was admitted to the Military Academy
at West Point as a Cadet, June 17, 1890.
Very respectfully,
F. L. CUNNINGHAM,
Chief, Record and Pension Office.
OLD BEID HOUSE, ABERDEEN
TABLET
(See Illustration)
This tablet in Latin is on a building known as the Beid house, Old
Aberdeen, which was built in 1676, the building taking the place of a
very old building of the twelfth century known by the same name.
The Old Beid House, Aberdeen (See illustration).
In 1604, this property was "resigned" by Sir Thomas Gordoune of
Cluny, Knight, and John Gordoune, Apparent of Avochie, by Peter
Blackburn, then Bishop of Aberdeen, in favor of Alexander Lillie, then
tenant; the croft of 40 roods or ells, lies in the east of the territory of
Seattoun, on the east side of the road leading from Old Aberdeen to
the Bridge of Don. From 1604 to 1670, no tenements stood on these
"40 roods." The tenant of Bishop Blackburn's time became possessor
and his heirs sold the subject to one of the magistrates of the Burgh
who we find by a stone tablet in the wall near the inner door of the house
has, in Latin, recorded the fact that he Baillie WILLIAM LOGAN
and JANET MOIR, his lawful wife, ordered this house to be built
in the year of our Lord 1676. Just one hundred and ten years
afterward, 1786, the property came into the possession of Forbes of
Seaton, and in that year he gave it with other tenements and lands,
for Bishop Dunbar's Hospital, hard by the Cathedral gate. It is
numbered 19 and 21 Don Street.
MOIRS OF STONEYWOOD
FROM THE STONEYWOOD BOOK
The Moirs are a very old family in Aberdeenshire, for they are
Reigned supposed to have settled in the County in the reign of *David II.
' The tMoirs of Stoneywood were descended from a burgess family
of that name, who appear in the records of the burgh about the middle
of the 15th century. The first of the Moirs mentioned on the tomb-
stone, John, was the son of jMr. WiUiam Moir, burgess, and in 1615
Treasurer of Aberdeen, by his wife, Janet Rae. John Moir was born
in 1620, and was first designed of Ferryhill and afterwards of Kermuck
or Ellon. This estate was conveyed to Moir by the Kennedys, when
they fled the country in 1657, and was sold in 1688 for the sum of
^42,500 Scots. In a delightful sketch of the family, under the title
of "**A Jacobite Family," contributed to the ^^ North British Review,"
by the late Dr. John Brown, author of "Rab, and his Friends," it
is stated that the estate of Ellon was sold by Moir while in his cups,
to BaUlie Gordon, a wealthy Edinburgh merchant, at a price greatly
under its true value.
About 1670, Moir entered into an agreement with Eraser, of MuchaUs,
now Castle Eraser, for the purchase of that estate, but was afterwards
persuaded to take instead the estate of StonejAvood, embracing Water-
ton, CUnterty, andGreenbum. This was in 1671. Previous to this,
however, he had married Jean, a daughter of James Sandilands, Town
Clerk of Aberdeen, by his wife Marjory Burnett, and the issue of this
marriage was at least four sons and three daughters. Of this family
James succeeded his father in Stoneywood, John became an Advo-
cate, and for a time filled the office of Town Clerk, formerly held by
his grandfather, and William became the progenitor of the Moirs of
Invemettie. John Moir died on the 15th November, 1674, in his
54th year, and his widow married as her second husband, William
Cumine of Auchry, and died as recorded on 5th August, 1687.
James, II., of Stoneywood, born in 1659, was one of the Members
of Parliament for the Shire, from 1689-1707, and acted as one of the
Commissioners who were appointed for settling the Union. He was
twice married, first on 10th July, 1683, to Mary, the eldest daughter
of Bishop William Scroggie of Argyle, and a grand-daughter of Patrick
Scougal, Bishop of Aberdeen. Of this marriage, there was issue, four
sons and three daughters, of whom James succeeded his father in
*Miscellany, Spaulding Club, I., p. 79.
tHouses of Moir and Byres. See pages 106 and 146.
JRefer to Mr. Burnet's article, "Ancestry of the Moirs of Scotstown and Barns,"
page 135.
**The sketch of this Family appeared in the March number 1866, and afterwards
in the (Horae Subsecivae), 3rd series.
MoiR Geneaix)Gy 371
Stoneywood, Roderick was drowned at eea, 1713-4, William, and
Alexander who became Principal of St. Andrew's College.
James Moir's second marriage was with Jean, a daughter of
Alexander Abernethy of Mayen, and the widow of William Moir of
Scotstown, and the issue of this marriage was three sons and two
daughters. Of the sons, William became proprietor of Lonmay, and
John, as recorded on the tombstone, died in 1720, at the early age of
23 years.
The Moirs were all ardent Jacobites, and in the '15, both father and
son took a part, though evidently not of such prominence as to lead
them into very serious trouble. Among the persons who "cam into
Town with Earl Marchall the 20th Septr. and wer at the Proclama-
tion" mention is made of "Ja. Moir of Stoniewood elder and j'ounger,"
while the elder Moir is further indicted as one of those "that mett in
Mist. Hepburns, vintners, and afterwards came and insulted the
Majestrates, and tooke possessione of the Armes and Amunitione,"
etc. The laird of Stoneywood would thus appear to have taken no
inconsiderable part in connection with the local rising, and on the
29th September, 1715, in the New Church (East), when the election
of a Town Council was proceeded with, he was chosen one of the
number. At his death in 1739, he was succeeded, as already stated,
by his son, James III., of Stoneywood, who had by his wife, Jean
Erskine, James IV,, of Stonejrwood, born 1710, who took such an
active part in the 1745 rebellion, having been constantly with the
Prince from his landing till the disastrous field of CuUoden. Stoney-
wood was much sought after by the Government, but he managed
to elude his pursuers, and the story of his wanderings and privations
forms the bulk of Dr. Brown's interesting sketch. He at last managed,
by the assistance of his wife, Margaret Mackenzie of Ardross, to get
to Norway, where he remained till 1762, when he was permitted to
return to Stoneywood, where he died in 1782, leaving a widow and
two daughters.
*The estate of Stoneywood passed away from the Moirs in 1789,
when Maria Moir, with consent, disponed the lands to James Forbes
of Seton. The family is now represented by Dr. William F.
Skene, Historiographer Royal, who is descended from Jane, the other
surviving daughter of James IV., and last laird of Stoneywood.
An interesting story is told by William M. Moir, of Chicago,
Illinois; (who claims descent from a branch of the Stoneywood
Moirs.)
At the rising in 1745, Stoneywood declared his intention of follow-
ing Prince Charles — his wife objected, and said he would lose his
estate, and maybe his head; the laird was determined, however, and
called for his riding boots and his best horse. His wife, either through
accident or design, emptied the contents of a kettle of boiling water
on the legs of the laird, who leaped and roared. (Dr. John Brown
*Annala of Woodside, Morgan, p. 174.
372
MOIR GENEAI,0GY
in his "Jacobite Family," mentions this burn on the leg.) The Laird
afterwards raised his tenants to fight against King George. An insult
to one of his largest tenants made him mad, and the King's men came
to their farm, and took away all their horses and cattle. Mrs. Moir
went to the Commander-in-Chief and begged for their stock, he turned
out an old mare to her, and told her to go and peddle fish with it.
This was too much for Stoneywood, who at once headed all his friends
and tenants of his estates to fight the King, everyone who had strength
to carry a gun, or who could draw a dagger.
The Prince's cause failed, and Stoneywood had to leave the country
for a time, but finally he returned and declared allegiance to the king,
in heart unwilling, which went to show force not subdued, as told
when they went to family worship, a lady offered prayer, he spread
his tartan plaid for her on the floor, she prayed for King George,
when he gently pulled the plaid from her, and said, "Na, Na, my fine
leddy, ye'U no pray for Geordie on my new plaidie."
THE MOIRS OF SCOTLAND
DESCENDED FROM ABERDEENSHIRE MOIRS
By ANDREW J. MITCKELL-GILL of Auchinroath, Rothes, N. B.
(Written Mar. 7, 1904)
Of the armorial bearings for the name in Scotland, there are in all
five matriculations given in my book (pp. 46 and 47), and are all the
Aberdeenshire families — more or less connected — when I say all —
there is a sixth matriculation, 1796, not noticed by me, viz., Moirs of
Leckie, Stirlingshire —
"Argent, three mouritanian heads, couped and distilling three
drops of blood, proper, banded of the first, a pearl in each ear of the
second, in the centre a mullet gules." I should say that this family
is probably a cadet of some of the Aberdeenshire branches. (As far
back as the records go, this has not been proved — A. L. M.) The
present Moir of Leckie, is paternally a Graham (1904), and inherits
through a female.
The point I want to draw to your attention, is that all the promi-
nent persons of that name in Scotland, who were all more or less
connected, belonged to Aberdeenshire; consequently, "it was the
cradle of the race" from a genealogical and statistical point of view;
of course, at the same time, we must also bear in mind, that it is a
surname that may have been assumed by different people, in no way
related to each other.
In Aberdeenshire, the families of Moir of Stoneywood and
Scotstown, were the most important in the 17th and 18th centuries,
there were some 30 or 40 separate landed families in Aberdeenshire
and district, of this number, only one — Moirs of Scotstown, is still
Laird of the old acres.
^ABERDEEN ADVOCATES
From "HISTORY OF THE SOCIETY OF ADVOCATES IN ABERDEEN"
(Edited for the New Spalding Club (1912), by John Alexander Henderson F. S. O.. Scot)
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., of Aberdeen
Moir, William, admitted 24th July, 1744, apprenticed to Thomas
Burnett ( 1722) , died before 13th April, 1764.
Moir, William, admitted 8th December, 1853, third and youngest
son of John Moir, farmer, Peterculter, and Agnes Middleton, his
wife. Educated at grammar school, Aberdeen, Alumnus, Marischal
College, 1838-40. Apprenticed to James Edmond (1821). Member
of General Council, University of Aberdeen, Married Jane Shaw,
with issue: —
1. William|Moir, M.B., CM., Aberdeen, 1883, afterwards in
practice in Australia.
2. John Moir.
3. Agnes Moir, married at Aberdeen, Dr. Eddie, and died in
Australia.
4. Elsie Moir.
William Moir died at Aberdeen, 11th December, 1882.
Pages 265 Moir, George, was an apprentice, but did not enter the Society.
and 337 gQ^ of George Moir, vintner, Aberdeen. Born 1799, M.A., Marischal
College, 1817, apprenticed to WUliam Stuart, (1804), from November,
1817. Member Faculty of Advocates, admitted 5th July, 1825.
Professor of Rhetoric, Edinburgh, 1838-40, and of Scot's Law, 1864.
Sheriff of Ross-shire, 1840-58, and of Stirlingshire, 1858-68. Author.
Married 12th July, 1830, Flora Tower (died 31st October, 1858),
daughter of George Tower, Aberdeen. He died 19th October, 1870.
Muir, Alexander, admitted 19th November, 1817. Third son of
George Muir, farmer, Nether Leask, Slains, and Mary Gray, his
wife. Born at Slains, 21st November, 1793. Alumnus Marischal
College, 1809-12. Apprenticed to Thomas Sangster (1802). Some-
time in partnership with James Mair (1823), firm being Sangster
and Muir, and finally with John Allan (1841), firm being Muir and
Allan. Fiars Juror, 1840. Proprietor of Loirston, Nigg. Married
first, 11th August, 1831, Mary Ann Catherine Kilgour (died at
Aberdeen, 27th April, 1837, aged 29), daughter of Patrick Kilgour of
Woodside, with issue: —
1. Patrick Muir, died 13th May, 1836, in infancy.
2. George Falconer Muir, writer.
Alexander Muir married second, at Aberdeen, 28th December,
1847, Jane B. Ferguson (died at Aberdeen 21st January, 1849, aged
26), eldest daughter of James Ferguson, advocate (1816).
Alexander Muir died at Loirston House, 13th November, 1850.
♦There are other Moir references, than those given here, in the volume. Some
advocates had a Moir as their mother, or were near related by inter-marriage.
R. M. L.
SOME BOOKS WRITTEN OR EDITED BY MOIRS
Mostly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., Aberdeen
JAMES MOIR, Editor,
"Henry, the Minstrel," or "Blind Harry," Author:—
"The Actis and Deidis of the lUustere and Vailzeand Campioun,
Schir William Wallace of Ellerslie."
(Printed Edinburgh, 1889, 567 pages.)
"Hector Boethius." Edited and translated by JAMES MOIR of
Aberdeen.
(Aberdeen, 1894. 210 pages. New Spalding Club.)
REV. JAMES MOIR: "Gaston Lichenstein," "When Tarbaro
was Incorporated"; "Edgecombe Changes Her County Seat."
(Richmond, Va., 1910, 27 pages.)
JANE F. MOIR: "A Lady's Letters from Central Africa; a Journey
from Mandala Shire Highlands to Ujiji, Lake Tanganyika, and Back.
(Glasgow, J. Maclehose & Sons, 1891, 91 pages. Illustrated.)
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MoiR Genealogy
JOHN MOIR: "Female Tuition; or an Address to Mothers
on the Education of Daughters."
(London, Murray and Highley, 1800, 288 pages.)
FRANK L. MOIR is the author of a number of well known popular
songs, among them being: — "By a Distant Sea," "Down the Vale,"
"Love is the Star," "Only Once More," "Somewhere," and
"Where Norah Dwells."
The Scottish Text Society, publishes "The Works of Sir Wil-
liam Mure of Rowallan; Edited with Introduction, Notes, and
Glossary, by William Targh, M. A., F. S. A., Scot." (Vol. I. and
II., 1898.)
The Maitland Club of Glasgow, publishes in a volume of mis-
cellany:— "Obligation by John, Earl of CassUlis to Make Certain
Payments to his Brother Hugh Kennedy, of Brunston, Upon Taking
the Laird of Auchindrain's Life, Anno, MDCIL John Muir of
Auchindrain, was Suspect of the Recent Assassination of Sir
Thomas Kennedy of Cullean."
HANNAH MORE
Authoress
OLD BEID HOUSE
AND
Tablet in Wall of Old Beid House, Old Aberdeen
I
MoiR Genealogy 377
The Maitland Club also publishes the family papers of the Mures
of Caldwell, known as the "Caldwell Papers, Dating from 1496
Onwards." They contain many plates of illustrations, only 100
copies were printed for private circulation.
HENRY MOIR, F. F. A.,F. I. A., of New York City, is the author
of a book used in Schools, Colleges and Universities, giving a complete
course of instruction on Life Assurance, and the title to the book is
"Life Assurance Primer, a Text Book, Dealing with the Practice
and Mathematics of Life Assurance."
There are twelve lengthy chapters and an appendix, the titles to
some of which are, "Principles of Life Assurance," "Different Kinds
of Life Assurance," "Mortality," "Interest," "Investments," "An-
nuities," "Probability of Life," "Net Premiums," etc., etc.
The above HENRY MOIR is Actuary of the Provident Life
Assurance Society of New York, and is a member of the Actuarial
Society of America.
"A Jacobite Family," by JOHN BROWN, M.D., of Edinburgh,
was published first in the North British Review of March 1866, and
afterwards as a section of "Horae Subsecivae," published in various
editions later. It is a very full account of the Moirs of Stonej^wood
from first to last.
JOHN MacCRAE MOIR, Editor,
Mittermaier, Carl Joseph Anton, "Capital Punishment, based
on Professor Mittermaier's Todesstrafe."
(London, Smith Elder & Co., 1865. 266 pages.)
WILLIAM WILMERDING MOIR, Editor:—
"Some Things That Trouble Young Manhood."
(New York, 1899, 213 pages.)
WILLIAM MOIR, butler to Sir H. Wilson of Leigh Hall in Derby-
shire, England, is the author of the book: "Brewing Made Easy.
Being a Compendium of All that Has Been Written on that Art." With
directions for the making and preserving of made wines. (8vo. 1802.)
(From "Biographical Dictionary of Living Authors," printed for
Henry Colburn, London 1816, p. 236.)
378 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
MOORE AND MURE BOOK COLLECTORS
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE. ESQ., Aberdeen
A correspondent informs us that the family have been great book
collectors. This is borne but by the fact, that when the late Julian
Marshall, Esq., of Belzie Avenue, London, W. C, had his extensive
and valuable collection of book-plate sold by Messrs. Sotheby, Wilkin-
son & Hodge, London, occupying four days, 28th to 31st May, 1906,
there were 93 different Moore, and 5 different Mure plates, exposed
for sale. Only the following were mentioned in the catalogue, viz: —
I. Sir Charles Moore, Jacobean.
II. Moore or More, anonymous, Chippendale, lozenge, a rar6
plate, not mentioned by Miss Labouchere.
III. Henry Moore, Jacobean.
IV. Step. Moore, Marlfield, Jacobean.
V. Richd. Moore, LL. B., Chippendale.
VI. Right Honourable Charles Moore, Lord Tullamore,
Jacobean.
VII. Edward Loftus Moore, Chippendale.
VIII. Rev. Fowke Moore, Chippendale.
IX. William John Moore, Chippendale.
X. Will. Moore, Chippendale.
XI. Henry William Moore, Chippendale, two states.
XII. Nathl. F. Moore, festoon, by Maverick (Allen No. 586).
XIII. Earl of Moore, Drogheda, Chippendale.
XIV. Jas. Mure, ch. ch. Chippendale.
XV. Mr. Baron Mure, Chippendale.
Subscribers to "Poems, chiefly in the Scottish Dialect," by Andrew
Shirrefs, A. M. (Edinburgh, 1790.)
MR. GEORGE MOIR, Aberdeen.
REV. GEORGE MOIR, Peterhead.
MR. JOHN MOIR, printer, Edinburgh.
Subscribers to "James Fordyce's Hymns." (This was printed
for the publisher, at Aberdeen, 1787, by A. Leighton.)
MR. MOIR, baker, Peterhead.
WILLIAM MOIR, Aberdeen.
WILLIAM MOIR, Bythe.
JAMES MOIR, Aberdeen.
GEORGE MOIR, Aberdeen.
GEORGE MOIR, Fraserburgh.
MOIR GBNEAtOGY 379
From an old and very scarce book: "Aberdeen Municipal Elec-
tion Poll Book of the 2nd Ward, 1842," the following Moirs are regis-
tered:—
ALEXANDER MOIR, hosier.
ANDREW MOIR, surgeon.
BENJAMIN MOIR, provision merchant.
DAVID MOIR, tailor.
ROBERT MOIR, wine merchant.
Of William John Moir, (whose genealogy ia to be found on
page 187) an amusing incident is thus related. He got his second
name from a girl by the name of Harriet Bates, when he attended
the Academy at Derby Centre, Vermont. When Norcross, the
principal, on the first day of the school term, was calling for the
names of the pupils, she, sitting beside Moir, said, "When the prin-
cipal calls for your name, you say 'William J. Moir,' " so to please
her, he did so. On leaving the room, he asked what name he was
indebted to her for, she said Jehosophat, he demurred at that name,
so to please him, she said, if he did not like that name, he might
take the name of his father, and that pleased him, he has retained
the name of William John Moir to this day.
*MOORE, MORE AND MUIR SILHOUETTES
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., of Aberdeen
Moore, Frances Moore, Esq., (London, 11th May, 1829.)
Moore, General, (Bath, 1827.)
Moore, George James, Esq., (9 Pall Mall, East, London, 19th
March, 1829.)
Moore, Harriett, nurse to Robert Burslem's family, (Cheltenham,
29th July, 1836.)
Moore, Lieutenant-General P., (Bath, 16th March, 1827.)
Moore, Master Charles, Coulfield, (Cheltenham, 6th October 1829.)
Two portraits.
Moore, Mrs. F., (Bath 16th March, 1827.)
Moora, Mrs. Elizabeth, Turnham Green, (London, 24th April,
1829.)
**Moore, Ponsonby, Esq., (Cheltenham, 15th October, 1827.)
Moore, Rev., of Limerick, Ireland, two portraits. (Cheltenham,
11th and 12th August, 1829.)
Moore, Rev. Dr., Rector of St. Poncras, London, (Cheltenham, 6th
September, 1829.)
Moore, Rev. William, Brimsfield Rectory, (Cheltenham, 6th Oct.,
1829.)
Moore, Richard, Esq., (Bath, 26th February, 1827.)
More, Master Thomas, adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Edmond P.
Patershall, of Allensnore House, Herefordshire, (Chelten-
ham, 29th July, 1829.)
More, Miss, (Edinburgh, Ist February, 1830. )
Muir, Miss Susan, (Liverpool, 3rd June, 1837.)
Muir, Robert, Esq., 22 St. Vincent Street, (Glasgow, 30th January,
1832.)
Muir, Thomas, Esq., Muir Park, (Cheltenham, 3rd October, 1836.)
The list given above, are those of the names aforementioned, who
were silhouetted by the celebrated August Edouart, (1789-1861),
silhouettist to the Royal Family of France, and to H. R. H., the
Duke of Gloucester. Edouart practiced his art chiefly in the British
Isles and in America.
*The odd art of silhouetting is practically dead now; but early in last century,
before photographing was discovered, silhouetting was quite popular.
♦♦This gentleman is mentioned elsewhere in this book.
MoiR Genealogy 381
He not only wrote the name of every sitter, date when taken,
but also, place where taken. He also cut each portrait in duplicate
from black folded paper. A list, numbering some 5200, was pub-
lished by Messrs. Debenham and Freebody, of Wigmore and Walbeck
Streets, London, W., in 1913.
ARMORIAL FAMILIES
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ.. Aberdeen
In 1902, Arthur Charles Fox-Da vies sent out a circular, seeking
information on various gentlemen, legally entitled to bear arms.
Amongst them, the undernoted: —
I. Moor, Henry Isaac, East Grinstead, Co. Sussex.
II. Moore, Blandford Forum, Co. Dorset.
III. Moore, Langley Lodge, Gerard's Cross, Co. Bucks, and
Liverpool.
IV. Moore of Corswall (1851).
V. Moore, Hon. Charles, Moorecourt, Springwood, Blue Moun-
tains, New South Wales.
VI. Moore, John (formerly Mulcail), of the City of Dublin.
VII. Moore, John, of Bristol, and of Ireland.
VIII. Moore, William Cameron, Manchester, and of Bamford,
Co. Derby.
IX. Moore, Gordon, of Mooresfort, Co. Tipperary.
X. Muir of Cassencary (1773).
XI. Muir of Deanstown, Lord Provost of Glasgow (1892).
XII. Mure of Caldwell (1779).
XIII. Mure, James, London (1868).
MOIR, JOHN, "History of the City of Aberdeen." (Edinburgh,
1825.)
MOIR, JOHN, "A Short History of the City of Aberdeen."
(Edinburgh, 1825.)
The foregoing items are mentioned at page four, in a "Concise
Bibliography of the History of the City of Aberdeen and its Institu-
tions," by James Fowler Kellas Johnstone, Aberdeen, April, 1903.
382 MoiR Genkai,ogy
MOIRS IN FORRES
These articles were furnished by JAMES M. A. WOOD, ESQ., of Aberdeen
"JOHN MOIR, Burgess of Forres, in 1578," (Reg. Privy Council,
II., 667). "His goods are escheated alone, with those of the Sheriff
of Morey, and others, for unlawfully committing and doing dili-
gence against Alex'r. Winsister, Minister of Elgin, whom they
accused of slaughter of Elizabeth Dunbar, 21 April, 1578."
(Reg. Privy Council, II., 686.)
MOIRS IN BRAIDHAUCH
"22 June, 1566, DAVID MOIR, in Braidhauch, was mutilated by
Alex'r. Forbes of Auchintowill. He was mutilated of his left arm,
and compeared before the Council on 22 June, 1566, and the Lords of
Secret Council in respect of his poverty, and of the oppression done
to him by Forbes, ordains the latter to inf eft by charter and sasine,
the said DAVID MOIR, his heirs and assignees in all and haiU, the
lands of Braidhauch with the pertinents, held by the said Alexand^
Forbes, blench for payment of one penny allenarly, if it be required
at the feast of Whit-Sunday," (Reg, Privy Council I, 469.)
MOIRS OF ABERARGIE, PERTHSHIRE
"*JOHN MOIR of Aberargie, was married to Isabella Kinnaird,
daughter of John Kinnaird, portioner of Inschmichael. JOHN
MOIR and his wife were both alive, on 7th July, 1661."
(Special Ser. II., Perthshire.)
"In March, 1643, JOHN MOIR serves heir general to his father,
JOHN MOIR, in Aberargie." (Gen. Ser.)
MOIRS IN KIRKCALDY, FIFESHIRE
"31 July, 1630, ROBERT MOIR in Plains de Kirkcaldie, serves
heir special, to his father JOHN MOIR, in tenements "terrae con-
tinente rudam terrae intra territorium de Kirkcaldie et re Salitatem
de Dumferling, prope finem arientalem appido de Kirkcaldie E. 18d,"
(Special Ser. I., Fifeshire.)
MOIRS IN EDINBURGH
"JONETA MOIR, spouse of Robert Murray, between 14 Nov.,
1632, and 8 Jan., 1633, serves heir special to her brother JOHN
MOIR in an annual return of 300 merks (Scots), from a tenement in
Edinburgh." (Special Ser. I., Edinburgh, 711.)
*See Dtmblane Testamente; the Aberargie Moirs were a branch of the Doune
Moirs. Pages 100 to 103.
MoiR Gknkai,ogy 383
MOIRS IN ABERDEEN
>IA
'4 May, 1630, MARIOLA MOIR, Bervea heir portioner in
general to her brother JOHN MOIR, burgess of Aberdeen (Gen.
Services). JONETA MOIR, her sister who was wife of Robert Murray
at Christ's Church, also serves, on same day, heir portioner general to
her brother, the said JOHN MOIR." (Gen. Ser., II.)
GRIZEL MORE OF ROTHIEMURCHUS
There is an incident thus recorded in the Farr Collections: —
"During the troubles of 1688-9 (The Covenanters), the family of
Rothiemurchus and some of the neighbors were obliged to take refuge
in the castle of Loch-an-Eilean, their own property. During their
residence there, they were attacked from the shore, while a smart fire
of musketry was kept up from the castle to carry on. Grizel More,
the Lady Rothiemurchus, who was a clever, active woman, was
busily employed all the time of the attack, in casting leaden balls
for the defence."
There is a fine painting of Grizel More at the Doune, owned by
the late William Patrick Grant, of Rothiemurchus. She is described
as a lady of great size, and she lived to a very advanced age.
(From "Inverness, Parish by Parish." by Charles Frazer Mac-
intosh, F. S. A.)
Another story of Grizel More of Rothiemurchus may be given: —
"Quite unexpectedly, two great men, one Catholic, the other Pro-
testant, accompanied by their Chaplains, arrived at the Doune to
dinner. Grizel was at her wits end which of the Chaplains, to avoid
offence, should be asked to say grace. The difficulty was solved
by her saying grace herself, and in Gaelic, but unhappily, her words,
probably unique, are not recorded."
(From "Inverness, Parish by Parish," by Charles Frazer Mac-
intosh, F. S. A.)
In the records of Marischal College, and University; Vol. 3 of the
New Spalding Club publications, there is a colored illustration of the
Heraldic Ceiling in the old Marischal College, circa 1682, from the
painting by Alexander Dingwall Fordyce, Esq., circa 1833 — previous
to the demolition of the old building.
The key to the plate says, "6a Sinister, or Western Row, —
William More of Hiltone, benefactor; and a plate containing the
arms of Moir of Hilton, with date, 1681." There is a blue wreath
circling the head, and where the neck ends, red.
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MOIR GENEAIX)GY
Mr. James Cruickshank, of the official staff of the Messrs. Pirie,
who now own the Stoneywood Estate, says of the cut produced in this
book of the Old Stoneywood Mansion House: — "This is a fair repre-
sentation of the old building, judged by such documents as are still
remaining."
Thomas George Dundas, of Carronhall and Fingask, son of Joseph
Dundas (who died at Carronhall in 1872), by Margaret Isabella,
youngest daughter of GEORGE MOIR, ESQ., of Denmore, Aber-
deenshire, was born in 1853, and is a lieutenant in the 52nd Foot. The
name of Dundas is very ancient, it may be traced to Cospatrick, first
Earl of March. Sir John Dundas of Fingask, in Perthshire, who
flourished about the middle of the sixteenth century, was descended
from Alexander, eldest son by a second marriage of James Dundas,
of Dundas, eleventh from Earl Cospatrick, with Christian Stewart,
daughter of John Dominus de Innermeath et Lorn. This lady was
aunt to the Black Knight of Lorn, who married Jane, Queen of Scot-
land, daughter of John, Duke of Lancaster, son of Edward IIL, and
relict of James L
(From article "County Aristocracy,'" History of Stirlingshire by
William Nimmo, Vol. II., p. 111.)
*JAMES MOIR AND THE WEST END PARK
GLASGOW FIFTY YEARS AGO
"The Town Council yetserday, by the very unmistakable majority
of 38 to 4, rejected MR. MOIR'S motion for that which might result
in the promiscuous use of the West End Park, and adopted a proposal
made by BaillieGemmill, to remit the matter to the consideration of
a committee. Having recently dealt with this subject pretty fully,
we need not now do more than express the opinion that the Council
has come to a very judicious conclusion. We truly believe that MR.
MOIR does not desire that the park should be used in such a manner
as to be destructive to its beauty and amenity; but his motion was
urged in such a dogmatic and brow-beating style that it had a danger-
ous look about it, and the Corporation very properly asserted its dignity
by rejecting his proposal in a manner very decided. MR. MOIR
tells us that he will make use of the park in spite of the restrictions
with which it has been surrounded for the public benefit, and that he
will figure upon the grass this day at twelve o'clock, where, if he likes,
he may dance a fandango by way of asserting his own rights as a
proprietor of the soil, as well as proclaiming and showing off the privi-
leges of a much abused and long-suffering community. We would
advise him to stay at home. Even though he should take a caper on
the grass, and throw down his mitten in token of defiance, we do not
think the Magistrates will make a martyr of him for his agility. If
he does go as the embodiment of a grievance, which, by the way, has
not yet been felt, he will only take a leaf out of the book of the petted
body, who made a fool of himself for the amusement of other people."
(From "The Glasgotv Herald," July 20, 1860.)
"We regret to find from an extract published today, that "The
Glasgow Herald" of 1860, was not sound upon the proper use of public
parks. It devoted nearly a column leader, to chastising Mr. Moir,
in terms politely sorrowful — for Mr. Moir was a councillor of ap-
proved public service — because he advocated a fuller use of the
recently acquired Kelvingrove, by which he evidently intended the
uprooting of warnings to "Keep Off the Grass." Mr. Moir, whose
liberal views shocked the Council and the press, startled both still
more, by going to the park and rolling down the grass banks, by wa}'
of protest against peddling restrictions. We doubt of any councillor
would do so to-day. But the complaint was recently made here, and
so far as we are aware, it has not been redressed, that a large part of
*The above Baillie, Hon. James Moir, was a tea merchant, and there was a atreft
named after him, formerly called, "James Moir Street;" the street is now named
"Moir Street." It is not far from Bridgeton Cross.
386 MoiR Genealogy
the grass in Queen's Park is shut to the citizen, in order that it may
earn a very few pounds a year for grazing rent. That is a penny wise
policy, which should be abandoned."
(From "The Glasgow Herald." July 20, 1910.
The curious square belfry of three unequal stories in the old church
at Muthill, Perthshire, in some of the upper windows of which there
are traces of Norman or Romanesque architecture, is an entire and
interesting object of antiquity. The remaining walls and pillars of
the old church, which is said to have been erected by Bishop Ochiltree
of Dunblane (1430-1445), are good examples of the architecture of
the period, and under their shadow lie several stone effigies, the refuted
figures of the lords and ladies of Stratheam. Four miles south of
Muthill, is a Roman Camp at Ardoch. (See illustration.)
"The Associate Congregation of Menteith, now the Bridge of
Teith Congregation, at Doune, originated at a service conducted by
the noted preacher Rev. Ebenezer Erskine, at CessintuUy in 1740.
McKelvie states that a tent having been set up at the end of Thornhill,
Moir (?) on land belonging to the Earl of Moray, MR. MORE, his factor,
applied to the Sheriff of Dunblane, to interdict its use and have it
removed. He appeared eta the ground with the interdict in his pocket
as the people were engaged singing these lines which the preacher
had given out:
'Why rage the heathen, and vain things
Why do the people mind?'
He retired without serving the interdict, and refrained from molest-
ing the seceders ever afterwards."
(From "The Stirling Antiquary")
Mitchell's "Scotsman's Library," page 24, contains the following
anecdote: —
"MOIR of STONEYWOOD, having obtained a pardon and the
restoration of his estates after the rising of the '45, returned home.
Soon after, meeting one of his tenants, he was asked, 'Weel Laird,
what sail it be noo ? Sail it be Steeny wud or Wud Steeny ?' "
Charles Stewart, the young Chevalier dined on the afternoon of
Sept. 13, 1845, at Leckie House, the seat of a Jacobite gentleman
named MOIR, who had been seized on the preceding night in his bed
and hurried to Stirling Castle by the dragoons, on suspicion that he
was preparing to entertain the Chevalier.
{"Rebellion in Scotland," P. 73, by Robert Chalmers.)
MoiR Genhaix)GY 387
"There is a story of a lover who was to win his mistress by carrying
her to the top of a mountain, and how he did win it, and how they
ended their days on the same spot."
This story forms the subject of DAVID MACBETH MOIR'S
poem of "Genevieve."
(From ''Casquet of Literature," Vol. 3, page 243.)
OLD SONG
From a Manuscript in the Handwriting of MR. JAMES RETTIE
("W." in ABERDEEN WEEKLY JOURNAL, June 23, 1911.)
[The following song, as an item of local lore, and illustrating the
jolly-good-fellowship of citizen life in a generation long gone by, is
I think, worth preserving. The date is somewhere about 1840-5.
ROBERT MOIR, wine merchant, who lived long in Peacock's
Close, Castle Street, built very excellent and extensive premises in
the shape of wine cellars, etc.. No. 23 Adelphi Court. He gave a
dinner in the cellars to his friends as a sort of fire kindling. The fol-
lowing song was written for the occasion by William Allardyce, wine
merchant, and was sung by John Angus, advocate, town clerk.
Most of the worthies (wine merchants) named in the song, were
present. The air is an adaptation of "Langolee. ")
"Hail to our host! who in business advances,
Onward till first he will be in the line;
Long may his roof-tree, as well as finances.
Flourish and prosper, supported by wine.
Heaven send it paid when due.
Orders for Old and New —
Gaily he'll bottle and crusted stock grow;
While every dealer then
Sends back for Moir* again,
Moir's Wine for ever ! O, ho ! iero ! !
There is no liquor mixed up from the fountain.
Bottled in autumn, in winter to fade;
From the Cape to the Hermitage, on to the mountain,
Moir shall be found to exalt him in trade.
Claret as well as Hock,
Port, what a noble stock.
Thicker he crusts him the older it grows,
From Moray to Angus then.
Echo his praise again,
Moir's Wine for ever ! O, ho ! iero ! !
♦Formerly pronounced "More," the original form of the name.
388 MoiR Genealogy
Loudly his circular threatens all ruin,
And *Bannerman's hands they will quickly be tied;
tHacket and Allardyce smoke what is brewin',
And the stock of JGeorge Thomson lies dead by his side;
**Blaikie must quit the trade,
ttForbes shall lose our aid.
And tJDuthie, his old master, and ***Calder & Co.;
tttBlack and JttJohn Lumsden then
Quake when they hear again,
Moir's Wine for ever ! O, ho ! iero ! !
Now, my lads, fill ye a bumper, good-fellows.
Pledge me his health in the rosy-red wine;
O were the Bacchante that graces his cellars
Some nymph, by the torch-light of Hymen to shine;
Oh that some seedling gem.
Worthy of such a name.
Honoured and blessed in their nursery might grow;
Loud should the deepmost bin,
Send the shout back again,
Moir's Wine for ever! O, ho! iero!!"
[Another edition of this song (whether by Allardyce or not, is not
known), was also sung by Mr. Angus, at a meeting of the Mary
Culter Club, when Mr. Moir was in the chair. ]
(From "Aberdeeen Weekly Journal," 23 June, 1911.)
The following notice appeared in an Edinburgh newspaper in 1896:
"Information wanted of ALEXANDER MOIR, last heard from
in Washington, D. C, U. S. A., address his mother, MRS. MOIR,
8 Minister Lane, Aberdeen, Scotland."
Another notice appeared Feb. 1912, in a Boston, Mass., newspaper
as follows:— "Information wanted of CHARLES A. LE MOIR, wife
and three-year old baby. Last known in May last, at 48 Union Park,
Boston. Important."
"ANDREW MDIR, who left Scotland, in 1903, is inquired for by
his mother, who lives (1912), in Glasgow. When last heard from, he
was in Washington, D. C."
{Scottish American, Oct. 16, 1912.)
♦Bannerman's business was in Mariachal Street, Nos. 59 and 60.
tHacket and Allardyce, 40 Union Street. Mr. Allardyce lived at TuUoa.
JGeorge Thomson, 21 Regent Quay.
♦*Blaikie {?) at Causewayend.
ttForbes, 38 Castle Street.
ttDuthie, lived at Broadford Place.
***Calder & Co., Green.
tttBlack, Concert Court, Broad Street.
tttj. Lumsden, 95 Union Street,
MoiR Gbnbai,ogy 389
MR. GEORGE MOIR, artist, who drew one of the four pictures
etill preserved to posterity, in 1814, of the Castlcgate in Aberdeen.
His view was selected to be reproduced in the historical work "Abet-
deen in Bygone Days," published by Robert Anderson in 1910.
Allan Ramsay, in his "Selected Writings," pp. 282-284, mentions
among other old time merchants, who did business in the Narrow
Wynd of Aberdeen, early in the nineteenth century, — "JOHNNY
MOIR, a grocer with pigtail, white neckcloth, and Hessian boots with
dangling tassels."
"MURE of ROWALLAN," is mentioned in James King Hewi-
son's book, on "The Covenanters of Scotland." Vol. 2, p. 187, as one
of a number of "some Westland gentlemen most likely to lead the
Covenanters, if occasion served" and was with the others, "ordered
to be incarcerated in fortresses." The date, 10th Feb., 1666.
In the same volume p. 367, is an account of a Captain Kilpatrick,
an oflBcer, at Thomhill, Perthshire, where a number of MOIR an-
cestors record their birth, "was accused by two merchants of that town,
David Ralston and Robert Young, of stealing their packs and money,
binding them, and despatching them to prison in Edinburgh. A
process was ordered," another case of the same kind is recorded in
Stirling.
Various petitions prove that many men, women, mothers, babes,
and youths lay for long periods without being charged, some dying
of neglect, and others from the foulness of the dungeons." All in the
name of religion.
WILLIAM MUIR of Glanderston, afterwards of Caldwell, while
sympathetic with the non-conforming party, or covenanters, Muir
had lived regularly and orderly, keeping out of the clutches of the
despots. Unhappily he took fever. His household sent for a respect-
able apothecary in Paisley, of the unfavorable name of Sprewl, to
bleed him in his unconsciousness. That was enough. Sprewl was
a registered suspect, and the Council would bleed more if need be.
Muir was sent to prison and to the bar of Justiciary Court, on 8th
August, 1682, from which he was discharged, the indictment being
departed from.
(From "The Covenanters of Scotland, from the Reformation to the
Revolution." Vol. 2, p. 388. by James K. Hewison.)
"JAMES MUIR was one of three men who were hanged 22d
February, 1684, for refusing to say "God save the king," in the
prelatic sense of acknowledging the absolute authority of the King
in all causes." (From Hewison's "Covenanters of Scotland," Vol. 2,
p. 418.)
390 MOIR GENBAIvOGY
John Stirling, one of the Covenanters of Edinburgh, one of a num-
ber of ministers of good stern quality, who with other clergymen,
was arrested by the soldiers of King Charles I., for his adherence to
the National Covenant, and committed to prison in Edinburgh Castle
It was this man who wrote from his prison cell to his Kirk-session,
"Yet this is my comfort, that whatever the world say or believe, the
cause I sufFer.for is the Lord's, and no less than the avowing of His
marriage contract in a sworn covenant betwixt the three Kingdoms."
This gentleman (runs a tradition in the family) was an ancestor
of JANE STIRLING of Doune, who was the beloved wife of
GEORGE MOIR, and who raised a large family, whose descendants
are now scattered over Scotland and America.
WILLIAM MURE of CaldweU, was Captain of the 82nd British
Regiment during the American Revolutionary War. He was twice
taken prisoner, the second time at the surrender of Yorktown. He
was rector of Glasgow University 1793-1794; as rector, he is often
referred to as one of the foremost Greek scholars of his time. He
was a friend from boyhood of Sir John Moore. He married Ann,
daughter of Sir James Hunter Blair, and died in 1831.
Robert Bums, the Scottish poet, presented to Mrs. Robert Muir
of Tarbolton, Ayrshire, a pair of silver sugar tongs, which were
exhibited at the Glasgow Historical Exhibition, 1911.
In looking through the baptismal registers of Muthill, Perth-
shire, there was noted the registration of (afterwards Baroness)
Caroline Oliphant Naime, the gifted Scottish poetess, the daughter
of Lawrence Oliphant, of the "Auld hoose of Gask." She was born
16th August, 1766. Her father was one of the most ardent sup-
porters of the Jacobite Cause, and she was named Caroline, in memory
of Prince Charlie. She wrote some of the very best Scottish songs,
nearly all of which have a Jacobite ring to them.
"LANG JOHNNIE MOIR"
There is a lengthy ballad of fifty verses of four lines each, entitled
"Lang Johnny Moir," printed in the "Ballad Minstrelsy of Scot-
land." The opening verse has a fine ballad ring about it, thus: —
"There lives a man in Rynie's land,
Another in Auchindore,
The bravest lad amang them all
Was Lang Johnnie Moir."
(The present day spelling of Rynle is Rhynie, and that of Auchin-
dore is Auchindoir.)
MoiR Ghneai.ogy 391
According to a correspondent, "LANG JOHNNIE MOIR" had
his castle at the foot of Benachie mountain, near Aberdeen, and there
are a number of MOIRS now near that locality who claim rolation-
ahip to him, and a characteristic of the branch, is the exceptional
height — above six feet.
The REV .WILLIAM YOUNG MOIR, son of RIGHT REV.
DAVID MOIR, D. D., Bishop of Brechin, succeeded to the Parish
church of St. Matthews, Meldnim, Aberdeenshire, in 1862. During
his incumbency, the present beautiful church of St. Matthew's was
built, and consecrated on St. Matthew's day, 1863, by the Right Rev.
Thomas George Suther D. C. L,, Bishop of Aberdeen. MR. MOIR
also serves as minister of All Saints, Whiterashes, a beautiful little
church built by Major John Ramsay of Barra and Straloch."
(Thanage of Fermartyn, p. 271.)
In Dr. William Findlay's "Robert Burns and the Medical
Profession," published by Alexander Gardner, Paisley, in 1898,
there is the following references:
Chapter III. Dr. John Moore, London, son of an Episcopal
Clergyman at Stirling, pp. 35-50. With Portrait, by kind permission
of Blackie and Son, Glasgow; and another from an old painting by
Sir Thomas Lawrence, P. R. A., with kind permission of James L
Caw, Esq., of the Scottish National Portrait Gallery.
Chapter VI. Dr. David Macbeth Moir, (Delta). Page 91. With
Portrait, by kind permission of Blackie and Son, Glasgow.
There is also a reference to a Robert Muir, Kilmarnock, (page
15) Dr. Wilh'am Moore, Kilmarnock (page 15); and Colonel Mure of
Caldwell, author of "Travels in Greece," (page 96.)
-JOHN FORBES MOIR, son of the late WILLIAM MOIR of
Park, Aberdeenshire, died 28th April, 1890, at 16 Clanricarde Gardens,
London.
From the "Free Press," Aberdeen May 1, 1890.
*The name ia mentioned in the Moirs of Scotstown. See page 139.
SOME ARTICLES RELATING TO MOIRS
IN THE GLASGOW HISTORICAL EXHIBITION, 1911
1. Rorie More's Horn, date 1610. This Horn is one of the Family Treasures
at Dunvegan Castle in the Isle of Skye. In ancient days it was con-
sidered a Test of the Manhood of a MacLeod at his coming of age
that he should be able to drink its contents at one draught. It dates
from about 1600, when the chief was Roderick or Rorie MacLeod,
who was knighted by James VI. Sir Roderick built a considerable
part of the existing Castle of Dunvegan, and the Waterfall, near the
Castle, is known as the " Nurse of Rorie More," from the tradition
that its sound acted as a lullaby to the chief.
(Lent by MacLeod of MacLeod.)
2. Testimonial from Thomas Carlyle, dated 6th May, 1861, to the late
John Macrae Moir. (Lent by Mrs. J. L. Eskdale.)
3. Captain Robert Moir. The oflScers of the 3rd Battalion, Gordon High-
landers, lent to the Glasgow Kxhibition, 1911, the Presentation
Sword to Captain Robert Moir, Aberdeenshire Militia, by the non-
commissioned officers and privates of his company, 10th May, 1805.
4. Painting of Willam Marshall, violinist and composer, born at Fochabers,
1748; died 1833. Painted by "Moir."
(Lent by Miss Cruickshank. )
5. Two views of Rowallan Castle, Ayrshire, a very picturesque old house,
built by John Muir in 1562. A much older tower, in a ruinous con-
dition, forms part of the buildings, and was the residence of the
Muirs from a very early date. Rowallan was the birthplace of
Elizabeth More or Muir, first wife of King Robert II., of Scotland.
6. "Celtic Literature." A Gaelic book on the Sacrament of Jesus Christ,
printed in 1794. Written by J. Moir.
7. " Stuart and Jacobite relics," James Moir of Stoneywood, (From a Por-
trait belonging to Miss Skene, a great grand-daughter).
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MoiR Gknkai,ogy 393
8. Rev. Professor William Milligan, D. D., Minister of Kilconquhar,
1850; Professor of Biblical Criticism, University of Aberdeen, See page 177
1862. One of the Company of the Revisers of Authorized Transla-
tion of New Testament; Distinguished Commentator, and Author
of valuable books on "The Resurrection," "Ascension and
Heavenly Priesthood of our lK)rd," etc.; first President of Scot-
tish Church Society, 1892; Moderator of the General Assembly
of 1882; father of Rev. Professor George Milligan, Glasgow Uni-
versity. William was a son-in-law of Delta, (A) David Macbeth
Moir, the Scottish Poet.
9. "Sports and Pastimes," Archery Medal of James Moir, 1673.
(Lent by the Rector of the Aberdeen Grammar School.)
TARTY, LOGIE-BUCHAN, ABERDEENSHIRE
"This mansion house is situated about a mile south of Logie-Buchan
parish church; this estate was owned for over 150 years by the Dun's
of Tarty, the wife of the first Dun, was burned as a witch in 1597.
Some time after 1746, it was acquired by George, third Earl of
Aberdeen. After his death in 1801, it was owned by his son, Hon.
William Gordon; and after his death in 1846, it came by entail to
Alexander Gordon of Ellon; and it was sold by his trustees in 1890,
to its present owner, MR. ROBERT MOIR of Tarty."
(Thanage of Fermartyn, p. 540.)
REV. ANDREW MOIR, grandson of ANDREW MOIR, burgess
of Aberdeen, and nephew of GEORGE MOIR, minister of Towie,
was appointed to the parish of Towie, Aberdeenshire, "jure devoluto."
He was minister of the parish church of Methlick, Aberdeenshire,
translated, May 31, 1739; and afterwards to Ellon, April 24, 1745.
'REV. JAMES MOIR was appointed minister of the parish of
Tarves in Aberdeenshire during the times of the Covenanters, by
King Charles I. He remained till 1659."
(Thanage of Fermartyn, p. 371.)
MOIR Family, 93.
MOIR Family, 649.
JAMES & SOPHIA MOIR, 8357.
The above are among a list of names advertised in Chancery.
(From "Index to Heirs-at-Law, Next-of-Kin, Owners of Unclaimed
Money," Ijondon, England, p. 259.)
There were MOIRS of Chesterberry, seven miles from the banks of
the Dee in Aberdeenshire, who sheltered, supped, and housed King
James VI. of Scotland, who received a historic name and estate.
(Note from A. Moir, 303 West Erie St., Chicago, 111.)
394 MOIR GENEAI.OGY
Mackintosh's "Collection of Gaelic Proverbs and Phrases, " published
in 1785, mentions one Finley More, a chieftain of the Clan of
Farquharson — whose lands bounded on Aberdeenshire — who bore
the Scottish Royal Standard at the battle of Pinkie in 1547.
BIG MOIR OF CULTER, ABERDEENSHIRE
"GEORGE MOIR is Buchan born and bred, his birthplace being
ELXiaps, Rora, Longside. Moir was a farm servant for fifteen years.
His athletic career has been an extensive one. For over thirty years,
Moir has competed in England and all over the north of Scotland.
He is an aU-round heavy weight athlete, and heavy enough, in all
conscience, weighing 17 stone (238 lbs.) George has won an assort-
ment of prizes and medals beyond most. He was perhaps best at
caber, wrestling and hammer. In his prime, Moir was up against a
lot of talent. He had to compete against G. H. Johnstone, Sandy
Mc CuUough, Kenneth Me Rae, G. M. Ross, Anderson of Stirling, and
latterly J. S. Erven; this being the case, he could not expect to win
many first prizes against such formidable athletes. But he always
held his own in Dee and Donside, and when visiting Mintlaw, which
he did for long.
Some of Moir's records are good, to show he was a class athlete: —
16 lb. hammer, 109 feet; 17 lb. hammer, 104 feet; 24 lb. hammer, 77
feet; 28 lb. weight, 53 feet, 3 inches; big Geordie Moir, stands six feet
two inches, and weighs 17 stone. We always found him modest and
manly, in his travels, and competitions. He was a general favorite
with his contemporaries."
(From Buchan Athletes and Games by Archie Campbell, New
Deer, Aberdeenshire, in the "Buchan Observer," July 16, 1912.)
Marriage certificate of WILLIAM MOIR and JEAN KAY, mar-
ried by REV. JOHN MOIR, a brother of William. This William
Page 269 Moir is father of David Moir of Rosbury, Mass., who is a brother of
the William Moir who died in London 1875: —
?Barang of (glaHgatn
"That William Moir, mason, Blythswood Ground, and Jean Kay
residing there — have been three separate and distinct Sabbaths,
lawfully proclaimed in the several Parish Churches of Barony in order
to marriage, and no objections offered, is attested by David Mac
Brayne, session clerk.
I hereby certify that the above named parties were married by
me at 8 Douglas Street, this 30th day of April, 1838.
John Moir, minister of Congregational church, Hamilton."
(Copy of original).
MoiR Geneai.ooy 395
Of the family of ROBERT MOIR and ELIZABETH MOIR, Pages 234
(born Moir) who lived at Thomhill and afterwards removed to Denny and 242
in Stirlingshire, several of the sons were unfortunate in the loss of
limbs: —
WILLIAM lost an arm while at work at Lisk's paper mills, Denny, Pagc 24«
but it did not deter him from studying and afterwards becoming one
of the most learned of teachers following the profession in America
to which he removed, becoming head-master.
DUNCAN lost a foot in a place where a gasometer had been moved Page 249
from, but he being a blacksmith, afterwards became a proficient
engineer.
JAMES lost a leg in Duniven print works while at work in a steam Page 242
boiler. He after became a master hand at gardening, and for many
years was beadle of Denny Free Church.
Rev. John Brown of Haddington, the eminent divine, and old light
burger, born 1722, died 1787, author of "Self Interpreting Bible,"
was grandfather of Dr. John Brown of Edinburgh, author of "A Jacobite
Family," an account of the life of James Moir of Stoneywood.
Two important firms doing a world-wide business — their goods
selling in nearly every market, are the well known firms of JOHN
MOIR & SON, Limited, of London, Aberdeen, and Seville; dealers
in jams, jellies, marmalades, etc., and the firm of MOIR, WILSON
& CO., of Aberdeen, Fish Merchants, and Preserved Provision Manu-
facturers. The former now has no MOIRS connected with or inter-
ested in the firm; the latter MR. MOIR has sold out, and is also
unconnected with the company in any way, but has removed with
his family to Sydney, Australia.
Both firms still do business under the old name !
A great grandfather of WILLIAM M. MOIR of Chicago, was a
tenant-farmer on the entailed estate of Fettemear in the north of
Scotland, who became ultimate heirs of the property. The nearest
heir came to prepare his claim to the estate, and was ruled out by the
court at Edinburgh because he was born in a foreign land; he traced
up the record of the family and found that Alexander Moir, the tenant
was the true heir of the property; at the close of the case, the con-
testants, defeated, bribed the session-clerk of the parish for five hun-
dred pounds to tear off the leaf of the record of the registry book; the
session-clerk confessed on his death-bed.
Alexander Moir, being a Protestant, and the contestants were
Roman Catholics. He joined the Cameronians, staunch and true to
the last, and fought the last battle of wild Killicrankie :
396 MoiR Genealogy
"Where the sword and the Bible, is seen
Engraved on the stone where the heather grows green,
And the souls that come out of great tribulation,
Have mounted the chariots and steeds of salvation."
A relative of his who was Bishop Moir, left a Covenanter's bible, in
which the Bishop's and Mrs. Moir's names are written in red, the
blood of the Covenanters, dated 1742, and which is now in the hands
of W. M. Moir of Chicago.
There was an "S. MORE" among the followers of William the
Conqueror; came over from Normandy with him, in 1050, A. D.
(Vol. 1, p. 424, Hist, of Norman Conquest.)
In the famous "House of Somerled" genealogical tree, there are
a number of descendants, whose name is MOIR. It is from this house
that several branches of the royal family are descended, as well as
several aristocratic families of Scotland and England.
The arms of MORE of Surrey, England, are: azure, on a cross,
argent, five martlets, sable; crest: on a ducal coronet, an antelope,
argent.
1623, Sir Robert More of Lothesley, in the parish of St.
Nicholas, near Guldeford in County Surrey, Knight, married Frances,
dau. of Sampson Leonard and Margaret Fines, Baroness D'acres,
and had issue: — Sir Poynings More of Lothesley, Baronet, who mar-
ried Elizabeth, daughter of William Fitch, and had issue: —
Sir William More of Lothesley, Baronet, 1662.
(From a visiting of Surrey County in 1662, to 1668, by Sir Edward
Bysshe, Knight, King at Arms.)
In the biographical sketch of the ancestor of the More family,
John More, who came to America in 1772, and whose descendants
erected a fine monument to his memory in 1892 at Roxbury, Delaware
County, New York — it is stated in the splendid history of that family
(printed in 1895,) that when in the year 1770 he proposed to Betty
Taylor to marry him, and told her he intended to go to America, she
replied by turning to the first chapter of Ruth, sixteenth and seven-
teenth verses: — "And Ruth said, entreat me not to leave thee, or to
return from following after thee; for whither thou goest, I will go; and
where thou lodgest, I will lodge; thy people shall be my people; and
thy God my God; where thou diest, I will die, and there will I be
buried; the Lord do so to me, and more also, if ought but death part
me and thee."
MoiR Gbneai^ogy 397
STONEHAVEN ENGINEER'S HEROISM
NINETY-SIX HOURS' FIGHT WITH FIRE
Details have reached Stonehaven of the heroic part taken by a
native in queUing a disastrous fire, which broke out on board the
Weir Liner "Poleru," an ex-Cunarder of 8000 tons during an Atlantic
voyage. The vessel was sulphur-laden, and this made the grim
struggle to subdue the flames all the more unequal. The chief
engineer, Mr. Thomas Moir, belongs to Stonehaven, and on him
fell the brunt of the fire-fighting. By the time Engineer Moir
had got an effective stream through the pumps the fire had spread
with alarming rapidity, and hour by hour the tongues of flame
licked round the inflamable cargo, and slowly but surely threatened
the sea-worthiness of the liner.
With 32,000 bags of sulphur aboard, and with a hurricane
blowing to imperil the fire-fighting, the plight of the officers and
crew of the "Poleru" can readily be imagined. The gale swept the
men off their feet and the decks were so aglow as to be almost
unbearable for the crew, but still they fought with dogged deter-
mination. Twice the "Poleru" was on her beam ends. For ninety-six
hours the grim struggle was fought out, and in the end the liner
reached port battered and begrimed. Chief Engineer Moir played
a conspicuous part in the fire-fighting, and is to be congratulated
on surviving a thrilling experience.
From the "Aberdeen Evening Express." March 3, 1913.
Hon. Edward Peacock's "Index to English Speaking Students
who have Graduated at Leyden University." List was published
by Longman's Green & Co., 1883: —
Moir, Gulielmus, Scotto-Britannus, 29 Maii, 1676.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1672-76.)
Moir, William, Scotto-Buchanus, 12 Dec, 1753.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1740-44.)
Moore, Henricus, Jamaica-Britannus, 23 Mart., 1731.
Moore, Henricus, Londinensis, 27 Aug., 1738.
Moore, Johannes, Britannus, 23 Sept., 1729.
Moore, Peirce, Hybernus, 24 July. 1736.
Moore, Samuel, Hybernus, 4 Oct., 1729.
More, Robertus, Anglo-Britannus, 4 Oct., 1728.
More, Robertus, Anglus, 22 Feb. 1642.
Mure, Guilielmus, Scotto-Britannus, 12 Sept., 1740.
Iron was his chest.
Iron was his door.
His hand was iron.
And his heart was More.
From "Fugitive Poetry, 1600-1876." P. 563.
By J. C. Hutchieson. Stoneywood, (near Aberdeen.)
398 MoiR Genealogy
COMING OF AGE OF LORD MOORE
Kindly furnished by R. MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ., Aberdeen
Lord Moore, eldest son of the Earl of Drogheda, came of age
yesterday. Maternally, he is the grandson of George Moir, LL.D.,
Sheriff of Stirlingshire, a native of Aberdeen, who is well remembered
as a friend of Thomas Carlyle and a translator of Goethe. Sheriff
Moir's wife was a Tower — a grand-daughter of John Tower, some-
time convener of the Incorporated Trades of Aberdeen.
See page 380 The present and ninth Earl of Drogheda, who was formerly
known as Mr. Ponsonby William Moore, succeeded his cousin, the
third and last Marquis of Drogheda, in the minor honour in 1892.
He was a great grandson of the fifth Earl, and his grandfather mar-
ried Lucie, daughter of James Currie, M. D., of Liverpool, who is
known to fame as the first biographer of the poet, Robert Burns
(1759-1796). The earldom dates from 1661, and the family seat is
at Moore Abbey, Monastervan, County Kildare, Ireland.
(From the "Aberdeen Evening Express," 23rd April, 1904).
ROBERT MURDOCH LAWRANCE, ESQ-
This gentleman, who has been of material assistance in the
compiling of this book, is a well-known genealogist and historian of
Aberdeen, Scotland. He has added to our book an immense amount
of material, especially with reference to the city and shire of Aber-
deen. Because of the abundance of his writings, it behooves us to
give, briefly, an account of his genealogy.
He was born at Aberdeen, Scotland, 9th August, 1879, served
as a sapper in the First Volunteer Battalion, Royal Engineers,
Aberdeen, from 5th September, 1898, to 9th January, 1902.
Admitted a member of the Rymour Club of Edinburgh, 12th May,
1906, being proposed by Mr. J. Macbeth Forbes, J. P., banker,
Edinburgh; and seconded by Mr. David Mac Ritchie, C. A., Edin-
burgh. His portrait was painted by Mr. Allen N. Sutherland,
artist, Aberdeen, July, 1912. Residence, "Cairnchina," 23 Ashley
Road, Aberdeen.
Mr. Lawrance has written a genealogy of his family, and
traces his pedigree back to John Lawrance, who was born in 1667,
at Barnyards of PhUorth, near Fraserburgh. It is interesting to
note the long ancestral line, of which Robert is the eighth genera-
tion; each branch is recorded, and full information is given.
Robert Murdoch Lawrance is a son of Robert Scott Law-
rance, who was a master mariner, born at Peterhead, 15th Sept.,
1845. Died at Port Said Hospital, 13th July, 1885, and was buried
in the British cemetery there. His mother was Mary Ann Mur-
doch, eldest daughter of Robert Murdoch, farmer, Glack of Migvie,
Tarland, and Isabella Brodie.
MoiR Geneai,ogv 399
The following poem, by one of our clan, appeared March,
1912, in the Pall Mall Magazine:—
MY LADY HONEYSUCKLE
Rocked on the branches, swayed
In cradle wise,
My Lady Honeysuckle's couch is laid,
And as she sighs.
Stirring in sleep,
There comes to us, who peep
From window under which her home is made,
Scent of her loveliness
About our faces,
Like a caress
From far-off fairy places !
R. Charles Moir.
Mr. Walter MacGilvray Moir, a native of Woodside (near
Aberdeen), has been appointed a special justice of the peace at
Warrenton, South Africa.
Mr. Moir is a son of Rev. Alexander Forbes Moir, a native of
Strathdon; he has had a very successful career since he went to
South Africa, and the news of the further honour which has been
conferred upon him will give the warmest satisfaction to his friends
in Scotland. The appointment is an important one, and corresponds
to the British magistrate or judge.
"Aberdeen Evening Express.^' 6th March, 1913.
Alexander Moir, of the Island of Saint Croix (Santa Cruz,
West Indies), was the founder of the Moir Bursary, by a will
made 14th February, 1783. He left six hundred pounds to King's
College, University of Aberdeen, for the support of poor students,
in that College. He was M. A., 1735, and M. D,. 1783. In 1857,
there were sixteen bursaries on the foundation. Four received ;^17;
ten, ^15; and two, ^13 each.
(Abridged from note received June, 1913, from R. MurdocL-
Lawrance, Esq.)
Maria Barclay Forbes, wife of William Moir, labourer. North
of Scotland, Orkney and Shetland Steam Navigation Co., Aber-
deen, died at 74 St. Clement Street, Aberdeen, 19th April, 1913,
aged 52. Buried at St. Clement's Churchyard, 23rd April, 1913.
John Moir, Mariner j are mentioned in a "List of Burgesses
Robert Moir, Merchant 1 of Guild in the City of Aberdeen,"
qualified to vote at the election of the Dean of Guild and his
assessors, 4th November, 1833.
The list contains 703 names, and was printed by D. Chalmers
& Co., Aberdeen.
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MoiR Genealogy
I PRAY AL ILVIKARIS ON THIS LVGING,
VITH GENTIL E TO GIF THAIR IVGING.
ESSPY SPEIK FURTH AND SPAIR NOTHT
CONSIDDIR VEIL I CAIR NOTHT.
The above couplets are taken from lettering carved on stone
on the building near Stirling Castle, called "Mar's Wark," built by
John, Earl of Mar, Regent of Scotland, in 1570. The building also
contains, carved on masonry, the Royal Arms of Scotland, and other
important inscriptions.
The atones from which this "Ludging" was built, were taken
from some ecclesiastical building, probably Cambuskenneth Abbey
which was demolished about this time. The first two couplets are
on front of the building, the latter is on the back. A modern reading
of the inscriptions follow: —
The more I stand on open height,
My faults more subject are to sight.
I pray all lookers on this Lodging,
With gentle eye to give their judging.
Esspy speak forth and spare not
Consider well, I care not.
iFinaU
" GiflF thou desire thy house lang stand,
And thy successors bruik thy land,
Above all things, live God in fear,
Intromit nought with wrongous gear ;
Nor conquess nothing wrongously,
With thy neighbor keep charity.
See that thou pass not thy estate.
Obey duly thy magistrate ;
Oppress not but support the puire,
To help the common weill, take care.
Use no deceit,— meddle not with treason.
And to all men do right and reason ;
Both unto word and deed, be true ;
All kinds of wickedness eschew.
Slay no man, nor thereunto consent,
Be nought cruel, but patient.
Ally ay in some guid place
With noble, honest, godly race.
Be humble, haunt guid companie, —
And all the vicious vices flee, —
Help thou thy friend, and do no wrang —
And God shall cause thy house stand lang,"
CFrom Barclay of Mather's advice to his son. Written circa 1500.)
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MOIR GKNEAI.OGY 405
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408 Mom GBK BAI<OGY
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Moir, A., 1251 California Street, San Francisco, California.
Moir, Adam, 1932 South 18th Street, Pittsburg, Pa.
Moir, A. D., c. o. W. R Wade, 451 Columbus Ave., New York City.
Moir, A. Ellen, 56 Aubrey Street, Liverpool, England.
Moir, A. E., 364 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, A. F., C o. Mrs. Black, 3 Irvine Place, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, A. F., (Rev.)., Baillies Wells, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, A., 17 George Street, Leith, Scotland.
Moir, Agnes, 49 Rue De Lisbonne, Paris, France.
Moir, A. G., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Moir, A. H., 382 Highland Avenue, West Somerville, Massachusetts.
Moir, A., 104 Kingston Street, Boston, Mass.
Moir, Albert E., Cashier, Ten Eyck Hotel, Albany, New York.
Moir, Albert, 603 West 124th Street, New York City.
Moir, Alexander, 35 Arthur Street, Windsor, Ontario.
Moir, Alexander Bearsden, Fairmount, Near Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, 255 Brunswick Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Alexander, 1 Brigen Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Moir, Alexander, BurUngton, Iowa.
Moir Alexander, Couture Hotel, St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada.
Moir, Alexander, 2915 Dickson Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Moir, Alexander W., Eberts, Ontario.
Moir, Alexander, Faribault, Minnesota.
Moir, Alexander, Brae, Kintore, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, Holland Bush, Glassel, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, North Artrochie, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, Waterton, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander M., c. o. Free Press, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander G., Temple, New Brunswick.
Moir, Alexander, 419 Hancock Street, Quincy, Mass.
Moir, Alexander, 6452 Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Alexander, 123 Lauriston Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, Nethercarse, Gargunnock, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander J., 6 Newton Avenue, Worcester, Mass.
Moir, Alexander, Nichol, Wellington County, Ontario.
Moir, Alexander, Oelwein, Iowa.
Moir, Alexander, Oquawka, Illinois.
Moir, Alexander, Perry, Oklahoma.
Moir, Alexander, Rainy River, Ontario.
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Moir, Alexander R., Craig Dhu, Kelty, Fife, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, 40 River Street, Newark, New Jersey,
Moir, Alexander, Snipfield, Coply, Inach, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, Stanley, York County, New Brunswick.
Moir, Alexander, 25 Starr Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Alexander T., Roanoke, Virginia.
Moir, Alexander, 815 Walnut Street, St. Louis, Missouri.
Moir, Alexander W., Dawn Mills, Ontario.
Moir, Alexander, West Quincy, Mass.
Moir, Alexander, Winnipeg Medical College, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, Alexander A. S., 50 Ashley Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, 3 Hilton Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander, 938 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio.
Moir, Alexander, 48 French Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Alexander G., 50 Congress Street, Boston, Mass.
Moir, Alexander G., 40 Water Street, Boston, Mass.
Moir, Alexander, 50 Henry Street, Victoria, British Columbia.
Moir, Alexander, 51 Hoadley Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Moir, Alexander, c. o. John Thompson Grocery Co., Denver, Colorado.
Moir, Alexander L., Fergus, Ontario.
Moir, Alexander, 1716 Cordova, Los Angeles, California.
Moir, Alexander M., R. 1220 South 5th St., Denver, Colorado.
Moir, Alexander, 125 Spruce Street, Paterson, New Jersey.
Moir, Alexander, Township of Nichol, Wellington Co., Ontario.
Moir, Alexander, 484 Convent Avenue, New York City.
Moir, Alexander, 98 West Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Alice, 599 Young Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, Allen J. G., Brevet Major, The Royal Scots, War Department, London, England.
Moir, Andrew, Cavite, South Dakota.
Moir, Andrew, Eugene, Oregon.
Moir, Andrew, Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, Andrew J., 285 High St., West Detroit, Michigan.
Moir, Andrew, 133 Morris St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Andrew, 5 South Oxford Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Andrew, 351V^ Stark Street, Portland, Oregan.
Moir, Andrew, Wardhouse Mains, Insch, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Andrew, 303 West Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, A., Newport, Rhode Island.
Moir, Angus, 5942 Ellsworth Avenue, Pittsburg, Pennsylvania.
Moir, Ann, 584 Twentieth St., Oakland California.
Moir, Anna M., 584 Twentieth Street, Oakland, California.
Moir, Arm, 5827 Lasalle, Chicago, 111.
Moir, Annette E., 5827 La.salle, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Annie L., 528 Kennedy, Oakland, California.
Moir, Annie, 622 Valdez, Oakland, California.
Moir, Archibald, 145 Abbott Avenue, Westmount, Montreal, Canada.
Moir, Archibald, 298 Byres Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Archibald, M. D., C. M., 10 Hartford Street, Newton Highlands, Mass.
Moir, Archibald, M. D., Dunnville, Ontario.
Moir, Archibald, M. D., Sick Children's Hospital, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, Archibald, Northfield, Blairlogie, Scotland.
Moir, Archibald, 76 Somerville Avenue, Westmount, Montreal, Canada.
Moir, Archibald, 360 Townhill Road, Burnbrae, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, A., Risdon Iron Works, San Franscico, California.
Moir, Arthur H., 455 Elgin Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, Arthur H., 382A Highland Avenue, West Somerville, Mass,
Moir, Arthur H., 19 Milk St., Boston, Mass,
Moir, Arthur, J., Ten Eyck Hotel, Albany, New York.
Moir, A., 15 W. Richmond Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Barbara H., 56 Aubrey St., Liverpool, England.
Moir, Catherine E., Port Hojje, Ontario.
Moir «fe Co., Limited, 4 West Regent Street, Glasgow. Scotland.
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Moir & Co., 81 Saint Vincent St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir & Co., 26 Schoolhill, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir & Co., 360 Townhill Road, Bumbrae, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Charles A., 8 Dalhousie Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Charles B., Lome Terrace, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Charles C, 830 Massachiisetts Avenue, Cambridge, Mass.
Moir, Charles E., 85 State St., Boston, Mass.
Moir, Charles E., 36 West 117th St., New York City.
Moir, Charles G., 326 Princeton Place, Pittsburg, Pa.
Moir, Charles H., 4A Avenida, Sur No. 3, Gautemala, Central America.
Moir, Charles M., AUoa, Clackmananshire, Scotland.
Moir, Charles, M. D., 2403 Third St., Louisville, Kentucky.
Moir, Charles R., Roanoke, Virginia.
Moir, Charles S., 33 Bigelow Street, Cambridge, Mass.
Moir, Charles W., 626 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, Charlotte, 35 Arthur St., Windsor, Ontario.
Moir, Christina, 584 Twentieth St., Oakland, California.
Moir, C. Lewis, M. D., 2403 Third St., Louisville, Kentucky.
Moir, Colin, Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, Crawford B., 2 Madison Court, Roxbury, Mass.
Moir, CybeUa S., Rockymount, Virginia.
Moir, Daniel, St. Marj-'s, Ontajio.
Moir, David, Ashington, Northumberland, England.
Moir, David, 56 Aubrey Street, Liverpool, England.
Moir, David, Auld House, East Killbride, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Moir, David A., 45 Mount Vernon St., Fitchburg, Mass.
Moir, David A., (Rev.), Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, David A., R. 1115 Columbine, Denver, Colorado.
Moir, David B., 145 Abbott Avenue, Westmoimt, Montreal, Canada.
Moir, David, Berrydrum, Comhill, Banffshire, Scotland.
Moir, David, Esq., 61 Ladysmith Road, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, David, Gateside, Balfron, Balfron Station, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Moir, David G., Little Cascapedia., Province of Quebec, Canada.
Moir, David G., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Moir, Da^-id, Jr., 101 Maple Street, Buffalo, New York.
Moir, David, Jr., 622 Valdez, Oakland, California.
Moir, David, 23 Ladysmith Road, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, David, Lednabra, Balfron Station, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Moir, Da^-id, 115 Linden Street, Yonkers, New York.
Moir, David, 19 Lockwood Avenue, Yonkers, New York.
Moir, David, 31 McAslia Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, David, 2 Madison Court, Roxburj', Mass.
Moir, David W., 14 Cameron Street, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, David, 101 Maple Street, Biiffalo, New York.
Moir, David W., Erie, Pa.
Moir, David, WoUesay Lane, Toronto, Ontario.
Moir, Dewitt C, Walkertown, North Carolina.
Moir, Douglas, 40 Morningside Avenue, New York City.
Moir, Drucilla, 3283 Highland Ave., SomerviUe, Mass.
Moir, D., 131 Dundee Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Dugald A., 35 Arthur Street, Windsor, Ontario.
Moir, Duncan R., 4 Dnimoyne Terrace, Govan, Scotland.
Moir, Duncan, 465 Paisley Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Edgar P., Greensboro, North Carolina.
Moir, Edmund H., Eberts, Ontario.
Moir, Edward J. Esq., Philadelphia. Pa,
Moir, Edward H., 215 West 23rd St., New York City.
Moir, Edward J. 2 Lauriston Park, Edinbiirgh, Scotland.
Moir, Edward, MarceUus, New York.
Moir, Edward, 450 Old South Building, Boston, Mass.
Moir, Edwin, Davieland, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Edwin L., Roanoke, Virginia.
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Moir, E. F., 61 Argyle Place, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, E. F., 56 Aubrey Street, Liverpool, EnKland.
Moir, Elizabeth, 4 Bridge Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Elizabeth, Brock, Ontario.
Moir, Elizabeth, Layton, Ontario.
Moir, Elizabeth, .518 Lockwood St., Alpena, Michigan.
Moir, Elizabeth, Sunnidale Corners, Ontario.
Moir, Elsie, Aged Women's Home, Baltimore, Maryland.
Moir, E., 4 and .5 North Bank Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Ernest W., 507 Fifth Avenue, New York City.
Moir, Ernest W., 10 Victoria St., Westminster, London, England.
Moir, Forbes, 146 Buchanan St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Forbes B., West Garafraxa, Ontario.
Moir, Forbes, Spire^j, Ontario.
Moir, Frances, M. D., Prestia, Soccondie, West Africa.
Moir, Francis, 833 Michigan Street, Buffalo, New York.
Moir, Frank, 214 Swan Street, Buffalo, New York City.
Moir, Franklin T., 841 Madison Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Moir, Frani, 1527 West 27th St., Los Angeles, California.
Moir, Frank, 229 West 148th St., New York.
Moir, Frederick R., Calico Printer, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Frederick, L. M., 16 Kensington Gate, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Fred, 303 West Erie Street, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Frederick W. F., 56 Aubrey Street, Liverpool, England.
Moir, F. W., M. D., Jesmond, West Cults, England.
Moir, Gavin, Huntsville, Ontario.
Moir, Gavin, Kent, Minnesota.
Moir, Gavin R., c. o. Boss Company, Quebec, Canada.
Moir, George, 584 20th St., Oakland, California.
Moir, George, 142 Adelaide Ave., Providence, Rhode Island.
Moir, George A., 54 George IV. Bridge, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, George A., R. F. D. No. 2, Orange City, Iowa.
Moir, George Anderson, 36 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, George, Ashington, Northumberland, England.
Moir, George A., Temple, York County, New Brunswick.
Moir, George, Bellrock, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, George B., 357 Lasalle Ave., Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Goerge, Burngraines, Methlick, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, George B., 1733 Washington Street, Boston, Mass.
Moir, George B., 623 Yakima St., Tacoma, Washington.
Moir, George E., Cabano, P. Q , Canada.
Moir, George E., New Richmond, P. Q., Canada.
Moir, George E., Priceville, P. Q., Canada.
Moir, George E., 1230 Main St., Dubuque, Iowa.
Moir, George, 131 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, George, Fornety, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, George, Fedderate, New Deer, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, George F., 61 Prince Regent St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, George, General Delivery, Brooklyn, New York.
Moir, George, Gray Street, The Lodge, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, George, 631 Holburn Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Goerge, 10 Home Street, Cleveland, Ohio.
Moir, George, Huntsville, Ontario.
Moir, George, Jackson Street, Dubuque, Iowa.
Moir, George J., Des Moines, Iowa.
Moir, George J., Eldora, Iowa.
Moir, George, 14 Keith Street, Hamilton, Ontario.
Moir, George K., (Rev.) The Melanesian Mission, Florida, (British) Solomon Islands, Via
Sidney, New South Wales.
Moir, George, 357 Lasalle Avenue, Chicago, lUinos.
Moir, George L., 1380 Nelson Avenue, New York City.
Moir, George L., 447 West 54th St., New York City.
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Moir, George, 1025 Folaom St., San Francisco, California.
Moir, George, M. D., Zurich, Ontario.
Moir, George, 9 Mid Street, Clacknaharry, Inverness, Scotland.
Moir, George M., 14 Rosemeath Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, George, c. o. Mrs. Hugh Armour, Regina, Saskatchawan.
Moir, George M., Sunnidale-Corners, Ontario.
Moir, George, Oil Springs, Ontario.
Moir, George O., 4 Leslie Street, Pollokshields, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, George, Rainy River, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, George R., Milner, British Columbia.
Moir, George R., Kent, Minnesota.
Moir, George, 12 Royal Crescent, Queen's Park, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, George R., R. F. D. No. 2, Orange City, Iowa.
Moir, George S., 4722 East 9th Street, Kansas City, Missouri.
Moir, George S., Knockhall. Newburgh, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, George S., 33 Miller Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, George, 626 Spadina Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, George, 121 Spruce Street, Paterson, New Jersey.
Moir, George, Sunnidale-Corners, Ontario.
Moir, George, 41 Mount Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, George, Traverse City, Michigan.
Moir, George, Virden, Manitoba.
Moir, George, Westmount, Dullatur, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, George. 131 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, George W., 285 High Street, Detroit, Michigan.
Moir, Gertrude, Blaine, Maine.
Moir, G. F. B., 629 Railway Exchange, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Grace A., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Guy, 146 Buchanan Street, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Harry G., Wakefield, Nebraska.
Moir, Harriet, 1120 Washington Ave., New York City.
Moir, Harry C, 150 Dearborn St., Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Harry C, Manager, Hotel Morrison, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Harry, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, Harry M., Stuart, Virginia.
Moir, Harry, 5I8I/2 Seventh St., Oakland, California.
Moir, Harry S., Acadian Hotel, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, H., 256 Broadway, New York City.
Moir, H. D., 175 South Ninth Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Moir, Helen F., 841 Madison Avenue, Scranton, Pa.
Moir, Helen, 419 Hancock St., Quincy, Mass.
Moir, Helen, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Moir, Helen, 30 Starr St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Helen, 40 Starr St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Helen, Woodside, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Herbert, General Post Office, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Herbert M., Roanoke, Virginia.
Moir, Henry, 346 Broadway, New York City.
Moir, Henry D., 195 Avenue B., New York City.
Moir, Henry, Leaksville, Virginia.
Moir, Henry, London, Ontario.
Moir, Henry M., Stuart, Virginia.
Moir, Henry R., 2639 California St., San Francisco, California.
Moir, H. L., Rev., St. John's Church, Montrose, Scotland.
Moir, H. L., 28 Somerville Ave., Westmount, Montreal, Canada.
Moir, Hugh, 55 Gardner St., Partick, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Hugh, 15 May St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Hugh, 360 Townhill Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Hugh W., M. B., Ch. B., 24 Heyburn Crescent, Partick, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Isabella, DunnvUle, Ontario.
Moir, Isabella, 419 Hancock St., Quincy, Mass.
Moir, Isabella, Hay, Huron County, Ontario.
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Moir, Isabella J. H., Braeside Cottage, St. Mawes, Cornwall, England.
Moir, Isabella, 518 Lockwood St., Alpena, Michigan.
Moir, Isabella, Newtonville, Mass.
Moir, Isabella, Toronto University, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, J., Aden Villa, Elgin, Elginshire, Scotland.
Moir, J., Sydney, Australia.
Moir, James A., Elora, Ontario.
Moir, James, Lenzie, Cadder, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Moir, James, B. Sc, 56 Aubrey Street, Liverpool, England.
Moir, James, 9 Cheever Street, Hamilton, Canada.
Moir, James C, 7 Lotta St., Dumbarton, Scotland.
Moir, James, 137 Devon Street, Roxbury, Mass.
Moir, James, Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, James, Elora, Ontario.
Moir, James, Balnain, Grantown-on-Spey, Elginshire, Scotland.
Moir, James, Park of Auchintroig, Balfron Station, Stirlingshire, Scotland .
Moir, James G., 63 Broad St., Boston, Mass.
Moir, James G., Erie, Pa.
Moir, James, Harbor Springs, Michigan.
Moir, James, Hon., Scranton, Pa.
Moir, James, Huntsville, Ontario.
Moir, James M. A., Kinharrochie, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, James, Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand.
Moir, James M., Hillfoot, Dollar, Clackmananshire, Scotland.
Moir, James M., M. A., 7 Kelvinside Terrace, W., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, James, Oil Springs, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, James, 26 Pamrapo Ave., Jersey City, New Jersey.
Moir, James P., D. S. O., Royal Engineers, Aldershot, England.
Moir, James S., 841 Madison Ave, Scranton, Pa.
Moir, James S., Walkerstown, North Carolina.
Moir, James S., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Moir, James T., Andover, South Dakota.
Moir, James, Toronto, Ontario.
Moir, James, 443 Victoria Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, James W., Olewein, Iowa.
Moir, James W., 19 Edinburgh Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, James, Well Bank Cottage, Campsie Glen, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, James, 26 West Tenth St., New York City.
Moir, James, 599 Young Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, Janet D., 2 Madison Court, Roxbury, Mass.
Moir, J. A., Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Moir, J. C, Blaine, Maine.
Moir, Miss Jean, Layton, Ontario.
Moir, Jean, 30 Starr Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Jepie, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Moir, Jesse, 377 Sleeker St., New York City.
Moir, Jessie F., 98 Falcon St., East Bo.ston, Mass.
Moir, Jessie I., 56 Aubrey Street, Liverpool, England.
Moir, J., Rock Valley, Iowa.
Moir, Johanna J., 1851 Clay Street, Saint Joseph, Mo.
Moir, John A., 2.55 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, John A., Little Caacapedia, Province of Quebec, Canada.
Moir, John A., (Rev.) Dunnville, Ontario.
Moir, John, Blaine, Maine.
Meir, John, Carse of Mac Ormiston, Thornhill, Perthshire, Scotland.
Moir, John D., 526 Third Ave., S. E., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Moir, John D., 3frl Notre Dame Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, John, Dunnville, Ontario.
Moir, John, Exeter, Ontario.
Moir, John E., Wakefield, Nebraska.
Moir, John F., Elora, Ontario.
Moir, John G., 175 South Ninth St., Brooklyn, New York.
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Moir, John G., Wakefield, Nebraska.
Moir, John, 200 High St., Boston, Mass.
Moir, John, Holland, Manitoba.
Moir, John, Hurondale, Ontario.
Moir, John J., Glendinning, Manitoba.
Moir, John, Kinnellar, Scotland,
Moir, John M., 56 Aubrey St., Liverpool, England.
Moir, John M., Graniteville, P. Q., Canada.
Moir, John, 81 Morris Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, John Munro, (M. D.) Inverness, Scotland.
Moir, John, 93 Northcote Avenue, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, John, Oakland, California.
Moir, John, Postville, Iowa.
Moir, John, 2 Railway Terrace, Inverness, Scotland.
Moir, John S., Fergus, Ontario.
Moir, John S., Aoirenbeg, Eglinton Road, Ardrossan, Scotland.,
Moir, John S., 342 Mammoth Road, Lowell, Mass.
Moir, John, 30 Starr Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, John, 690 Toronto St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, John, 644 Tremont St., Boston, Mass.
Moir, John W., 2944 Locust Street, Kansas City, Mo.
Moir, John W., 841 Madison Ave., Scranton, Pa.
Moir, John, 599 Young Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, Joseph D., Turnerville, Ontario.
Moir, Joseph M., 1819 Emerson Avenue, Minneapolis, Minn.
Moir, J. W., Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland.
Moir, J. W., Vancouver, British Columbia.
Moir, Katherine, Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, Katie, 14 West Ninety-Fourth St., New York City.
Moir, Kirkwood & Co., 75 Virginia St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Laura, Cookstown, Ontario.
Moir, Laura M.,[23 WeUington St., Brantford, Ontario.
Moir, Lavinia J., Harooiirt, New Bruns-wick.
Moir, Leopold H., 250 Lockman Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Leslie G., Buckland, Betchworth, Surrey, England.
Moir, Lily J., Eberts, Ontario.
Moir, Lindsay, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Moir, Louise, Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, Louise, 285 High St., West Detroit, Michigan.
MoLr, L., Vancouver, British Colximbia.
Moir, Mabel, Oquawka, Illinois.
Moir, MadeUne A., 6452 Kimbark Avenue, Chicago, lU.
Moir, Margaret B., 7 Kelvinside Terrace, W., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Margaret, Canfield, Ontario.
Moir, Margaret, Hope Street, Thomlea, BeUshill, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Margaret 21 Johnson Street, Lynn, Mass.
Moir, Marguerite, 1 Mountfort Street, Boston, Mass.
Moir, Margaret R., 7 Kelvinside Terrace, W., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Margaret, Sydney, Australia.
Moir, Maria A., 30 Huxley St., Toronto, Ontario.
MoHT, Marie, 10 West Sixteenth St., New York City.
Moir, Marion 2 East 120 Street, New York City.
Moir, Marion W., 1819 Emerson Ave., S., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Moir, Mark, Eberts, Ontario.
Moir, Mark W., Eldora, Iowa.
Moir, Martha A., 115 Linden St., Yonkers, New York.
Moir, Martha, Oquawka, Illinois.
Moir, Mary A., Barrie College Institute, Barrie, Ontario.
Moir, Mary A., Canfield, Ontario.
Moir, Mary A., DunnvUle, Ontario.
Moir, Mary A., Rockymount, Virginia.
Moir, Mary B., 2 Madison Court, Roxbury, Ma.ss.
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Mary E., Elora, Ontario.
Mary E., Graniteville, P. Q., Canada.
Mary E., Layton, Ontario.
Mary E., Roanoke, Virginia.
Mary J., Alloa, Clack inananshire, Scotland.
Mary, 599 Young St., Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Mattie, 38 Elm St., Quincy, Mass.
Maud, 191 Bank Street, Newark, New Jersey.
Milton, Saint Mary's, Ontario.
Mitchell Archibald, Park of Keir, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.
Miss, Barrie, Ontario.
Miss, 57 Bedford Place, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Miss, Beechgrove Place Aberdeen, Scotland.
Miss, 18 Beechgrove Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Miss, Danvers, Massachusetts.
Misses, 29 Belvidere Court, Aberdeen.'Scotland.
Misses, Benvue, Kilcreggan, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.
Miss, 651 George Street, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Miss, 33 Manor Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Miss, Port Hope, Ontario.
Miss, 45 Powis Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Miss, 146A West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Mr., Airth Mains, Airth, Larbert, Scotland.
Mr., Barrie, Ontario.
Mr., Lovat, Ontario.
Mr., Paisley, Ontario.
Mr., Campden, Ontario.
Mr., Exeter, Ontario.
Mr., Hotel Moir, Racine, Wisconsin.
Mr., c. o. J. R. Booth, Ottawa, Ontario.
Mr. M., 68 Watt St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Mr., Rock Valley, Iowa.
Mrs., 4 Bridge St., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Mrs., 30 Buccleuch Place, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mrs., 52 Castle Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mrs. C, 410 Great Western Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Mrs., 4 Cockburn St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mrs., Haugh, Aberlour, Banffshire, Scotland.
Mr., Sidney, Australia.
Mrs., Kinear Road. Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mrs., 52 Loanhead Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Mrs. L. W. T. R., 607 St. Antoine, Westmount, Montreal, Canada.
Mrs. M. E., 127 N. Market St., Wichita, Kansas.
Mr., Smith's Falls, Ontario.
Mrs. M. J., 22 Barony St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mrs. M. J., 53 Harrison Street, East Orange, New Jersey.
Mrs., 8 Minister Lane, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Richard, Toronto, Ontario.
Mrs. R. T., Schenectady, New York.
Mrs. S., 145 Abbott Street, Westmount, Montreal, Canada.
Mrs. T., 47 Gardiner St., Partick, Glasgow, Scotland.
Mrs., 3 Trafalgar Street, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Mrs., 68 Whitehall Road, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Mr., Otterburne, Manitoba.
Mr., (Teacher), Minnessing, Ontario
Mr., Truro, Nova Scotia.
Mr., c, o. Water Bailiff, Montrose, Scotland.
Munro, M. D., 4 Ardross Terrace, Inverness, Scotland.
Myrtle A., 6452 Kimbark Ave., Chicago, 111.
Nettie L., 310 Pearl St., Sioux City, Iowa.
Nettie L., Wakefield, Nebraska.
Oswald B., Hillhead, Lasswade, Scotland.
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Moir, P. C, 19 Manafield, Montreal, Canada. a
Moir, Percy, Cavite, Philippine Islands. ^
Moir, Penross, Kingeoroft, Jedburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Peter, 813 Collier St., Pittsburg, Pa.
Moir, Peter, Davieland, Giffnock, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Peter, Hay, Ontario.
Moir, Peter, Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, Peter, Hurondale, Ontario.
Moir, Peter L., 42 Stanley Place, San Francisco, Cal.
Moir, Peter, Ponsonby Road, Auckland, New Zealand.
Moir, Peter, New Grange, Kincaldrum, Scotland.
Moir, Peter, Orange City, Iowa.
Moir, Peter, 1932 South 18th St., Pittsburg, Pa.
Moir, Peter, Usbome, Ontario.
Moir, Peter, 462 Thames St., Newport, Rhode Island.
Moir, Peter, Waterside, Dunblane, Perthshire, Scotland.
Moir, Peter, 2 West Richmond St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Peter W., Exeter, Ontario.
Moir, Richard, DunnviUe, Ontario.
Moir, Richard, Queensville, Ontario.
Moir, R. Leslie, Turner Hospital, Leith, Scotland.
Moir, Robert A., LeaksvUle, North Carolina.
Moir, Robert A., Mount Whatley, New Brunswick.
Moir, Robert, 2130 Arap, Denver, Colorado.
Moir, Robert A., R. F. D. No. 3, Reidsville, North Carolina.
Moir, Robert A., 5 Thompson, New York City.
Moir, Robert, 424 Bay Ridge Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
Moir, Robert, Boisavain, Manitoba, Canada.
Moir, Robert, 4 Dnimoyne Terrace, Govan, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, 74 Comely Park, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, Robert E., 285 High Street, Detroit, Michigan.
Moir, Robert, (Foreman,) 15 Chestnut Row, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, Glendin, Minnesota.
Moir, Robert, Graniteville House, Rubislaw, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, H., Custom's Department, Ottawa, Ontario.
Moir, Robert, Hensall, Ontario.
Moir, Robert H., 47 Muirpark Gardens, Partick, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Robert H., 53 Vesey Street, New York City.
Moir, Robert, Jr., Oquawka, Illinois.
Moir, Robert, Kimball, South Dakota.
Moir, Robert, 2 Little Belmont St., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, Mill of Ardoch, Brace, Perthshire, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, Rainy River, Ontario.
Moir, Robert, Reidsville, North Carolina.
Moir, Robert, 59 Ritchie St., West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, Rubislaw Den, South, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, Tarty, Ellon, Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, Tottenham, Ontario.
Moir, Robert, 44 Vamum Street, Lowell, Mass.
Moir, Robert W. C. A., Little Cascapedia, P. Q., Canada.
Moir, Robert, 2052 West 24th Place, Chicago, Illinois.
Moir, Robert W., Aberchirder, Banfishire, Scotland.
Moir, Robert W. H., New Westminster, Canada.
Moir Robert W., 40 N. Market St., Boston, Mass.
Moir, Robert W., Marshall Cottage, Lyle Road, Greenock, Scotland.
Moir, Robert, W. 78 Woodbine St., Auburndale, Mass.
Moir, R. T., Schenectady, New York.
Moir, Russell, Jr., LeMars, Iowa.
Moir, S. A., 36 Broughton St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, S. Alexander, M. D., Francisco, North Carolina.
Moir, Sarah, Fergus, Ontario.
Moir, Sarah, 134 West 165th St., Bronx, New York City.
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Moir, S., c. o. George R. ^loir, Milner, BritiKh Columbia.
Moir, S. H., Rowanbrae, Cottage, Garelochead, Dumbartonshire, Scotland.
Moir, Son & Co., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, Thomas A., 56 Aubrey St., Liverpool, England.
Moir, Thomas, 9 Broomfield Terrace, Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Thomas, Eberts, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, Thomas, 97 Hamilton St., Albany, New York.
Moir, Thomas, 2 Heathfield Terrace, Springburn, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, Thomas, HensaU, Ontario.
Moir, Thomas, 412 Leavenworth St., San Franci-sco, California.
Moir, Thomas M., 115 Linden St., Yonkers, New York.
Moir, Thomas R., Walkerstown, North Carolina.
Moir, Virgil P., Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Moir, Wallace, 1122 Fifty-Seventh St., Brooklyn, New York.
Moir, Wallace, Scranton, Pennsylvania.
Moir, Walter G., Sunnidale-Corners, Ontario.
Moir, Walter McGilvray, Warrenton, South Africa.
Moir, W., 210 BuiUngton St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, W. C, Ariel, Ontario.
Moir, W. C, 10 Jubilee St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, W. D., Lilybank, Cardwell Road, Greenock, Scotland.
Moir, W. H., Antigo, Wisconsin.
Moir, Wilfred S., Scranton, Pensylvania.
Moir, Wilfred, 214 Swan St., Buffalo, New York.
Moir, William A., 2169 Charles St., New York City.
Moir, William A., Dawn-Mills, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, William A., 506 East 163rd St., New York City.
Moir, William, Alloa, Clackmananshire, Scotland.
Moir, William, 73 Argyle Place, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, William A., 2037 Second Avenue, New York City.
Moir, WUliam, Ashington, Northumberland, England.
Moir, William, 81 Atlantic St., Jersey City, New Jersey.
Moir, William, 1046-1048 Avenue D, Bayonne, New Jersey.
Moir, William, 10 Twenty-Second Avenue, Paterson, New Jersey.
Moir, William, Yarmouth, Nova Scotia.
Moir, William, 645 Barton St., East Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, William, Belgrave Sq., Darwin, Lancaster, England.
Moir, William B., 53 Bothwell St., Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, William, 307 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, William, Capel Church Farm, Folkstone, Perthshire, Scotland.
Moir, William C, Huntsville, Ontario.
Moir, William, 322 East 82nd St., New York City.
Moir, William, 153 East 86th St., New York City.
Moir, William, 135 East 63rd Street, New York City.
Moir, William F., 204 St. Charles St., New Orleans, La.
Moir, William F., 584, 20th St., Oakland, California.
Moir,- William G., 91 Charles St., Hamilton, Canada.
Moir. WUliam G., 98 Charles St., New York City.
Moir, WiUiam G., 601 West 176th St., New York City.
Moir, WiUiam, 48 Gloucester Gardens, London, W., England.
Moir, WUUam, HaU Forest, Kintore, Scotland.
Moir, WUliam, HensaU, Ontario.
Moir, WUliam, 26 Heriot HiU Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, WiUiam J., (Hon.,) Eldora, Iowa.
Moir, WiUiam, 5 Linden Street, Brooklyn, New York.
Moir, WUliam, H., 32 Lynde St., Maiden Mass.
Moir, William, HuntsviUe, Ontario.
Moir, WUliam H., 42 West 53rd St., New York City.
Moir, WUliam, 98 Jackson St., HamUton, Canada.
Moir, WiUiam J., Bondhead, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, WUliam J., Cookstown, Ontario.
Moir, WUliam J., Jr., Lake Forest CoUege, Near Chicago, Illinois.
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Moir, William J., 364 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, William Jr., 307 Brunswick St., Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Moir, William, Layton, Ontario.
Moir, William, Little Cascapedia, P. Q., Canada.
Moir, William, 288 Main St., Maryhill, Glasgow, Scotland.
Moir, WiUiam, 1 Mountfort St., Boston, Massachusetts.
Moir, William, 76 Nelson St., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, William, New Westminster, British Columb'a.
Moir, William P. S., Port Arthur, Ontario.
Moir, WiUiam R., 70 Bank St.. New York City.
Moir, William R., 419 Hancock St., Quincy, Mass.
Moir, William R., 364 Notre Dame Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Moir, William, 11 Rodney St., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, William R. S., Subway Builder, New York City.
Moir, William R., 306 West 4th St., New York City.
Moir, William S.,ril3 Albert St., Dundee, Scotland.
Moir, William, San Jose, California.
Moir, William S., 51 Bedford St., New York City.
Moir, William, 3 Sciennes, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Moir, WiUiam S., 2 Lord's Avenue, Weaste, Manchester, England.
Moir, WUliam, Toronto University, Toronto, Canada.
Moir, WiUiam, 622 Valdez St., Oakland, California.
Moir, WUUam, 417 Washington St., Boston, Mass.
Moir, WUUam W., 14 Cameron St., Toronto, Canada.
Moir, WiUiam W., 1819 Emerson Avenue, S., Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Moir, WUUam, 299 West Erie St., Chicago, lUinois.
Moir, WUliam W., 303 West Erie St., Chicago, lUinois.
Moir, WUliam, 331 West 14th St., New York City,
Moir, WUUam, 6 West 20th St., New York City.
Moir, WUliam, 518 West 47th St., New York City.
Moir, WiUiam W., Jr., Stuart, Virginia.
Moir, WiUiam W., (Rev.) 26 West Tenth St., New York City.
Moir, WUUam, 565 Yonge St., Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
Moir, W, J., Houghton, Michigan.
Moir, W. J., Jr., Des Moines, Iowa.
Moir, W., c. o. Mrs. Eraser, 307 George St., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Moir, W. R., 51 Bedford St., New York City.
Moir, W. W., 1819 Emerson Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Moir, W. W., Stuart, Virginia.
Moir, W. W., 243 WeUington St., Toronto, Ontario.
Adam, Mrs. George, 11 Alexandria Place, Partick, Glasgow, Scotland.
Allen, Mrs. Alice, Roanoke, Virginia.
Allen, Mrs. Henry C, 409 Roanoke St., S. W. Roanoke, Virginia.
Alexander, Catherine M., c. o. W. O. Duncan, Esq., Aberdeen, Scotland.
Archibald, Mrs. Isabel M., 4115 Sherbrooke Street, Westmount, Montreal, Canada.
Armes, Mrs. C. M., Roanoke, Virginia.
Armour, Mrs. Hugh, Regina, N. W. T., Canada.
Armstrong, Mrs. James, Crystal City, Manitoba.
BaU, Mrs. F. James, Eberts, Ontario.
Barr, James, Esq., Knockintiber, Cross House, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Blatchford, Mrs. Frank, HensaU, Ontario.
Booe, Mrs. P. H., Walkertown, North CaroUna.
Boulelin, Mrs. Powhattan, Stuart, Virginia.
BritneU, Albert H., 241 Yonge Street, Toronto, Ontario.
Brooks, Mrs. George H., Eldora, Iowa.
Buchanan, Andrew, HensaU, Ontario.
Buchanan, Dr. George, Zurich, Ontario.
Buchanan, Mrs. Alexander, HensaU, Ontario.
Buchanan, Rev. Duncan M., HensaU, Ontario.
CaU, Mrs. Wm., Ford's MUla, Harcourt, New Bruswick.
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Carey, Mrs. Godfrey Mohun, Sherborne, Doraet, EaglaQcl.
Garland, Miss Bessie, Gorunna, MichiRan.
Garland, Mrs. Gharles, Gorunna, Michigan.
Garland, Mrs. M., Gorunna, Michigan.
Garmichle, Mrs. William, E.scuminac, P. Q.,
Gase, Mrs. .Joseph, Toronto, Canada.
Cogbill, Mary Alice, Rockyinount, Virginia.
Corwin, Mrs. Mary C. R. E., 69 Summer Street. Somorville, Masa.
Coville, Dr. Luzerne, Ithaca, New York.
Cowan, Mrs Christina, Kintail, Ontario.
Craig, Mr. Thomas, Bookseller, 117 King Street, Kilmarnock, Scotland.
Cunningham, Mrs. Allan, Hollywood, Elmbank St., Bellshill, Glasgow, Scotland.
Dalrymple, Mrs. Isabella, Moosejaw Assa., N. W. T., Canada.
Duncan, Dr. James Matthews, Grimsby, England.
Duncan, William O., Advocate, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Eason, Mr. Frank T., Barnesville, Minnesota.
Elder, Mrs. John, Hensall, Ontario, Canada.
Faxon, Mrs. Asaph H., Gambrid^eport, Mass.
Fei, Mrs. Hannah M., 1017 North 2Sth Street, Philadelphia, Pa.
Fiddes, Mr. Edward, The University, Birmingham, England.
Fiddes, Rev. Andrew, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Field, Mr. John B., American Cigar Company, New York City.
Fitch, Prof. Edward, Hamilton College, Clinton, New York.
Flinn, David, Faribault, Minnesota.
Flinn, Everett R., Faribault, Minnesota.
Flinn, George M., Medford, Minnesota.
Flinn, William, Villiard, Minnesota.
Flynn, Mrs. David, Medford, Minnesota.
Folsom, Agnes Petrie, Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Forbes, John, Hillside, Montrose, Scotland.
Foster, Mrs. Clara L., New Aberdeen, South Dakota.
Gardiner, George H., Cleveland, Ohio.
Gardiner, Mrs. Hannah M., Oakland, California.
Gardiner, Thomas M., Wells-Fargo Express Co., New York City.
Gilfillan, William, Saint Ninian's, Stirlingshire, Scotland.
Gould, Frank J., Esq., New York City.
Gould, George J., Esq., New York City.
Graham, Alastair E., 9 Glaremont Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Grant, Sydney, Bellrock, Ontario.
Griffin, Mrs. Janet B., 42 Russell Street, Detroit, Michigan.
Grooms, Mrs. Walton W., Eberts, Ontario.
Hadden, Mrs. George, Wick, Ontario.
Hamilton, Eva J. D. M., Tottenham, Ontario.
Hamilton, Mrs. George, Tottenham, Ontario.
Hart, Mrs. William J., 602 East Seventh St., South Boston, Maas.
Hawkins, Mrs. H. J., Maurice, Iowa.
Hawkins, Mrs. R., LeMars, Iowa.
Hodgin, George D., Kingston, North Carolina.
Holdersby, Mrs. W. L., Kingston, North Carolina.
Howard, Mrs. Marj' J., Harriston, Ontario.
Hudspeth, Mrs. Caroline M., Blackstone, Virginia.
Hunter, Mra. Willis W., Northwood, Iowa.
Ingham, Mrs. Gelia I., Moline, Illinois.
Isham, Norman M., 1013 Banigan Building, Providence, Rhode Island.
Jackson, Mrs. Robert, St. Martin's, Ne.v Brunswick.
Johns, Mrs. Joseph, 246 Concord Street, Lowell, Masa.
Johnson, Mrs. Nellie, Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Joy, Mr. William B., Huron, South Dakota.
Keator, Dr. Bruce S., Asbury Park, New Jersey.
Keator, Dr. Harry M., 107 E. 70th St., New York City.
Keator, Frederick R., New York City.
King, Mrs., G. B., 103 Roanoke Ave., Peoria, Illinoia.
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Lightly, Mrs. Penelope N., Midlothian, Virginia.
Lumree, Mrs. Ira., Stayner, Ontario.
Lyle, Mrs. Alexander P., Glendelvin, Perthshire, Scotland.
MacDonald, Mrs. John, Saint Louis, Missouri.
MacQueen, John, Lumley, Ontario.
Maitland, Mrs. G., IngersoU, Ontario.
Malcolm, Miss Jeanette, "The Sentinel," Toronto, Canada.
Maxwell, Mrs. Helen M., The Cross, Doiine, Perthshire, Scotland.
McClure, Mrs. WiUiam, Greenock, Scotland.
McCiirdy, Miss L. Isabel, 2&i Merrimack St., Lowell, Mass.
McGiU, Colin, Moropano, Manitoba.
McLaren, Miss Mary, Vernon, Michigan.
McLaren, Miss Catherine, Vernon, Michigan.
McLaren, Robert, Vernon, Michigan.
McLarty, John D., 377 Heberton Ave., Port Richmond, New York.
McMullen, Mrs. M. C, Larchwood, Iowa.
McNichol, Mrs. Archibald, Jewett City, Connecticut.
Milligan , Frederic P., W. S., Edinburgh, Scotland.
MiUigan, George, 1 Florentine Gardens, Hillhead, Glasgow, Scotland.
MiUigan, Mrs. A. M., 39 Royal Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland.
Milligan, Rev. Oswald B., St. Leonards, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Milligan, William, M. D., Manchester, England.
Milligan, Wyndham, A., M. D., London, England.
Milne, John M., 45 Bay State Avenue, West Somerville, Mass.
Moore, Mrs. Emily, Lincoln, Nebraska.
More, Charles C, Poughkeepsie, New York.
More, Charles C, University Station, Seattle, Washington.
More, Claire E., Chicago, Illinois.
More, Dr. David H., 530 West 144th St., New York City.
More, James W., Heathcote, Danson, Scotland.
More, John G., Walton, New York.
More, Miss Margaret B., 9 West Regent St., Glasgow, Scotland.
More, Otis P., Roxbury, New York.
More, Rev. James H., Polo, Illinois.
More, Richard, West Kilbride, Ayrshire, Scotland.
Morrison, David M., 180 Broadway, New York City.
Muir, BaUlie, Howard Street, KUmamock, Scotland.
Muir, Hon. John, Hollywood, California.
Muir, James F., 603 King Street, Alexander, Virginia.
MulhoUand, Mrs. William, Hensall, Ontario.
Mure, Mr., of Rowallan, 26 Hans Place, London, S. W., England.
Mure, WiUiam, HaU of Caldwell, Uplawmoor, Glasgow, Scotland.
Murray, George, Le Mars, Iowa.
Miirray, James, Exeter, Ontario.
Murray, James, Toronto, Ontario.
Murray, James, Hensall, Ontario.
Miirray James R. G., 12 Maitland Place, Toronto, Ontario.
Murray, Miss Jane, Hensall, Ontario.
Murray, Mrs. Thomas, Owen Sound, Ontario.
Murray, R. W., Normal School, Toronto, Ontario.
NickeU, Mrs. WiUiam, Port Arthur, Texas.
Noel, Charles W., Chatham, Virginia.
Noel, Clayton B., Worth, West Virginia.
Noel, John F., Worth, West Virginia.
Noel, Moir A., Dawson Springs, Kentucky.
Noel, Mrs. BeUe M., Martinsville, Virginia.
Noel, Robert B., Vivian, West Virginia.
Noel, Walter T., Eimis, West Virginia.
Norman, Mrs. J. J., Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Ogbum, Charles D., Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Paterson, James R., Woodstock, New Bnmswick.
Paton, Mrs. Andrew, Sherbrooke, P. Q., Canada.
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Patterson, Mrs. J., IngeraoU, Ontario.
Petrie, James P., Chicago, Illinois.
Petrie, Mrs. Agnes Moir, Oquawka, Illinois.
Porteous, Mrs. George, Danville, Ontario.
Price, Mrs. J. M., Leaksville, North Carolina.
Reith, George, C. & G. Railway, St. Paul, Minnesota.
Reith, Jane, Columbia, Washington.
Reith, John, Walla-Walla College, Washington.
Reith, Miss Isabella, Port Haney, British Columbia.
Reith, Miss Margaret, 219 Manchester St., Battle Creek, Michigan.
Reinhold, Mrs. Dr. Aug. Fred, 825 Grove St., San Francisco, California.
Rennie, Mrs. Jane, Layton, Ontario..
Reith, Mrs. J., Erie, British Columbia.
Reith, Mrs. William, Waneta, British Columbia.
Rose, Mrs. Welsley, Sunnidale Corners, Ontario.
Ruddick, James H., Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.
Ruddick, John A., Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, Ontario.
Ruddick, Lawrence, Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.
Ruddick, Mary E., Dept. of Agriculture, Ottawa, Canada.
Ruddick, Miss Margaret I., Dorchester, Ontario.
Ruddick, Mrs. L., Dorchester, Ontario.
Ruddick, Richard A., Dept. of Agriculture. Ottawa. Canada.
Russell, Mrs. John, 71 Garscube Road, Glasgow, Scotland.
Scales, Mrs. Mary E., Martinsville, Virginia.
Shepard, Mrs. Finley J., Irvington, New York.
Simpson, A. J., Leamington, Ontario.
Simpson, Allan G., Pittsburg, Penn.
Sloan, Mrs. Lemuel S., Leamington, Ontario.
Smellie, Hugh, 4 Donaldson Place, Uddingston, Scotland.
Smillie, Alexander B., M. D., Hensall, Ontario.
SmiUe, Emaline E., General Ho.spital, Toronto, Canada.
Smillie, James, Hensall, Ontario.
Smillie, Mrs. Jane B., Hensall, Ontario.
Smillie, Mrs. Margaret A., Hensall, Ontario.
Smith, Annie B., 45 Bay State Avenue, West Somerville, Mass.
Smith, Mrs. R. W., Lower Shinninicac, Nova Scotia.
Smith, Robert, 27 St. Andrew's Drive, PoUokshields, Glasgow, Scotland.
Sorenson, Mrs. Conrad, 3 Duncan St., Roxbury, Mass.
Starrak, Mrs. Isaac, Harcourt, New Brunswick.
Stewart, Mrs. Dr. C. E., 219 Manchester St., Battle Creek, Michigan.
Stewart, Mrs. John, Hensall, Ontario.
Stuart, Mrs. Ralph B., Edinburgh, Scotland.
Stuart, Mrs. William, Mountreal, Ballyclare, County Antrim, Ireland.
Swainson, Mrs. Helen M., De Smet, South Dakota.
Syer, Mrs. Charles, Lindsay, Ontario.
Thompson, Miss A. H., Hamilton, Manitoba.
Thompson, Mrs. George, Glendinning, Manitoba.
Thompson, Mrs. J. B., Hamiota, Manitoba.
Thompson, Mrs. Samuel, Kippen, Ontario.
Towler, Miss J., 112 Union Grove, Aberdeen, Scotland.
Tracy, Mrs. George S., Burlington, Iowa.
Traill, Professor T. W. A., Aberdeen University, Old Aberdeen, Scotland.
Traquair, Mrs. John, Hensall, Ontario.
Trann, Mrs. William, Crystal City, Manitoba.
Tuggle, Henry, Martins\'ille, Virginia.
Tuggle, James B., Portsmouth, Virginia.
Tuggle, John E., Portsmouth, Virginia.
Tuggle, John W., Portsmouth, Virginia.
Tuggle, Lucy E., MartinsvUle, Virginia.
Tuggle, Mrs. Henry, Martinsville, Virginia.
Tuggle, Robert E., Martinsville, Virginia.
Tuggle, Thomas A., Huntington, West Virginia.
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Tuggle, Walter L., Pinner's Point, Virginia.
Tuggle, William H., Portsmouth, Virginia.
Tumbull, Mrs. John, Canfield, Ontario.
Von Aide, Mrs. Captain, War Department, Berlin, Germany.
Van Wechell, Mrs. Ira, Bamesville, Minnesota.
Wanless, Mrs. Thomas, Blythe, Ontario.
Weir, Elizabeth M., Dundurn, Assinobia, Canada.
Weir, George, Regina, Assinobia, Canada.
Weir, James, Regina, Assinobia, Canada.
Weir, Mary, Regina, Assinobia, Canada.
Weir, Mrs. Richard, Bonnington, Assinobia, Canada.
Weir, Susan S., Regina, Assinobia, Canada.
Williams, Elijah, 7 Hampstead Lane, Highgate, London S. E., England.
Wills, Mrs. William, Layton, Ontario.
Wood, James M. A., Esq., 31 Beechgrove Avenue, Aberdeen, Scotland .
Wood, Mrs. Alfred, 36 Hall Avenue, West Somerville, Mass.
Wood, Mrs. Jessie E., Stuart, Virginia.
Young, Mrs. Agnes, Neepawa, Manitoba, Canada.
Aberargy or Aberargie, 100, 101, 382
Abercairney 282
Aberchirder, 38
Abercorne, 22, 33, 34, 358
Aberdeen, 23, 40, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 51, 52,
53, 54, 55, 56, 95, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110,
111 112, 113, 114, 115, 117, 119, 120, 122,
123, 127, 130, 131, 133, 135, 136, 137,
138, 142, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 155,
159, 160, 161, 162, 164, 166, 169, 170,
173, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183,
185, 186, 210, 215, 216, 217, 224, 225,
286, 287, 288, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 295,
296, 298, 299, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306,
307, 308, 309, 310, 311, 312, 313, 314, 315,
316, 317, 319, 321, 337, 340, 341, 346, 347,
349, 359, 361, 363, 364, 365, 369, 370, 374,
375, 378, 383, 387, 388, 391, 393, 398, 399.
Aberdeenshire, 23, 33, 44, 53, 56, 97, 104,
105, 106, 108, 110, 114, 115, 116, 118, 119,
120, 125, 127, 131, 133, 135, 136, 142, 144,
149, 157, 159, 165, 166, 167, 168, 176, 178,
179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 207, 225,
240, 291, 297, 300, 303, 307, 308, 309, 310.
311, 312, 313, 317, 319, 320, 321, 338, 341,
346, 359, 370, 373, 384, 391, 392, 393, 394.
Aberdeen, South Dakota, 187
Aberdeen University, 39, 53, 54, 156, 177,
178, 311, 3.37.
Allenvale, 3io, 365
Allensnore, 380
Alloa, 39, 84, 270, 271, 334, 335. 336
Aberfoyle,
269
Abergeldie,
20, 145
Aberlour,
24, 188
Abernethie,
100
Aberuthven,
279, 282
Aboyn, Aboyne,
33, 317
Abraham, Plains of,
306
Achnahaird,
88
Acton, Ontario,
260
Aden Villa, Elgin,
204
Africa,
218, 219, 362
Agra, India,
177
Airdrie,
38
Airth,
285
Airth Mains,
285
Akintor, or Akintoir,
33
Akrenmoneyth,
34
Alaska,
361
Albany, New York,
124, 207
Alberta, Canada,
237
Alexandria Virginia,
268, 363
Algiers,
39
Algoa Bay,
308
Alpena. Michigan,
Alva,
Alvie, Parish of,
Ambleside, Westmoreland,
Amherst, Virginia,
Andover, Mass.,
Anistoun,
Annan,
Annandstone, „„„
Annat, Methlick, 61, 72, 73, 161, 162, 170.
172, 173, 174, 320
Annet, Methlick,
Antigo, Wisconsin,
Antigua, West Indies,
Antrim,
Antwerp,
Appin,
Aquhadley, Ellon,
Aquhorties,
Arbroath,
Arbrothok,
Arbuthnot,
Ardgrain, or Ardgraine,
Ardoch,
Ardock, North Dakota,
Ardoe, „„„
Ardo, Methlick, 162, 163, 165, 166. 167. 168
Ardross, 147, 151. 371
Ardsheal, 283. 284
Arduthie, 290
Argatie or Argaty. 58, 59, 61, 63, 66, 69,
70, 73, 103, 279.
60
287
15, 21, 112, 113, 119,
e 242
38, 334
24
121
194
30
356
330
356
159
212
220
25
364
284
161
365
221
95
305
148, 286
85, 86, 227, 386
257
365
Argitgentie,
Argrais,
Argyle,
128, 272, 322, 364.
Argyleshire,
Arkona, Canada,
Armagh, Ireland,
Arnbath,
Arneworlet,
Arnhall,
Artrochie,
Ashfield, Ontario,
Asia Minor,
Asseeghur,
Assinobia, Canada,
Atbara,
Athlone, Ireland,
225, 252, 269
167
180. 273
214
69
277
131
259
25
306
257
336
132
428
MOIR GENEAI.OGY
Auchencloich,
Auchindore, or Auchindoir,
Auchindxain,
Auchinroath,
Auchintoull,
Auchintroig,
Auchleshie,
Auohleuohriea,
Auchloun,
Auchlyne,
Auchmacoy,
Auchmenzie,
AuohniTjll,
AuchnacaQt,
Auchnagett, or Auchnagatt,
Auchrig,
Auchry,
Auchterarder,
Auchterless,
Auckland, New Zealand,
Auquhorthies,
Aiirora, Ontario,
214
390
376
373
287
285
103
129
127
216
320
288
123, 131, 316
127
322
73
370
83, 84. 90, 92
115, 322
243
287
184
Australia, 209, 362, 365, 374
Avochie, 369
Ayntslare 34
Ayr 97, 178, 249, 354, 355
Ayrshire, 22, 34, 38, 39, 133, 223, 249, 250,
254, 255, 269, 351, 358, 262, 392.
Babia,
Badenyon,
Bahamas,
Balburnook,
Balfron
139
316
220, 348
271
285
Balgerscho, or Balgeirscho, 44, 127, 128
Balgerso in Foveran, 44
Balglassie, 314
Balgownie, 53, 124, 139
BalgowTiie, Brig of 105
Balinan, 25
BaUacrans, 72
Ballater, 184
BaUhiU, „ 182
Ballicaish, 72, 73
Ballindalloch, 150
Baliingrew, 100
BallochaUan, 70, 72
Balmadook, 277
Balmanno, 100
Balmoral, Manitoba, 257
Balnaan, 204
Balnagoak, 297
Balquidder, or Balquhidder, 71, 88
Balsoir, Canada, 166
Baltimore, Maryland, 13, 184
Bal^v-ill, 277, 278
Banchorjs 45, 143, 341, 342
Banchory-Devenick, 365
Banff, 23, 107, 114, 128, 130, 150, 173, 180,
187, 188, 214, 240, 347, 361.
Banff, N. W. Territory, 240
Bankfoot, 268
Bankhead, 109
Bankis Row, 277
Barbadoes, 28, 30, 362
BarnesviUe, Minnesota, 264
Bams, or Barnes, 20, 106, 135, 137, 142,
143, 144, 217, 288, 289, 370.
Barnyards of Philorth, 398
Barra, 391
Barre, Vermont, i»^
Bath, 380
Batisoan, Canada, 27
Battle Creek, Michigan, 257
Bayswater, 125
Bearsden, ^o7
Beauharnoia, 211, 212
Beebe Plain, 188
Begossie, 181
Begsley, "*i°
Belfast, 258, 336
Belrium, 188
Belhelvie, 118, 127, 168
Belize, 220
Bellamore, 157
Bellastraid, 156
Bellevue, 367
Bellrock, Ontario, 180
Belmont, 336
Benachie Mountain 181, 391
Benares, India, 176
Bengal, 304
Benvue, Kilcraggan, 189
Berkshire, 318
Berlin, Germany, 181
Bermudas, 28
Berrydrum, Cornhill, 188
Berryhill, 72
Berwick, 352
Ber-wick, Maine, 29
Biggins, Lanrick, 74
Biiierica, Mass. 27
Binghampton, N. Y. 200
Birkenhead, 317
Birmingham, 207
Birse, 142
Bishop's Castle, 367
Blackburn, 122
Blackford, Aberdeenshire, 44
Blackford, Perthshire, 90, 91, 92, 102, 139,
299, 300.
BlackhaU or Blackhill, 74, 82, 83, 127, 129
Blackhouse, 120
Blacknull, 157
Blackstone, 215
Blackwood, 328
Blair, 282
BlairhaU, ' 141
Blanchard, Ontario, 263
Blantyre, 219, 269
Blinkbonny, Keith, 310, 311
Bloomfield, New Jersey, 190
Bloomington, Minn., 219
Blythe, Ontario, 266
Blysthwood, 394
BoghaU, 59, 100
Boghead, Cairnie, 171
Boghouse, 119
Bolivia, lU., 208
Bolvenie, 320
Bombay, India, 177, 306
Bon Accord, 19> 123
Bondhead, Ontario, 211
Bondingtown, 32
Bonnington, Canada, 257
Boq\iham, 276
Boquhapple, 69, 87, 88, 229, 236, 262, 279.
281, 282, 285.
Boreatton, 366
Boreland, 282
Borroustounness, 80
Boston, Mass., 29. 250, 253, 254, 269, 272,
296, 336, 388.
Boutoune, 70
Bowden, n^ Vh
Bowhapple, 75, 76
Bowtoune, °0
Braca, 21
Bradford, Mass. 29
Braehead, 123, 124
Brae, Kintore, 186
Braemar, 157
Braes of Cromar. 155, 157
Braich, 65
Braidhaugh, -Jg^
Brainj ohn, 55, 297
Braintree, Mass., 26, 29
Brantford, Ontario, 183
Breadaline, 363
Brebochastle. „,„ „89
Brechin, 222, 223, 310, 391
Breda, 117
Bridgefoot, ^^
Bridgend of Leath, 103
Bridgeton, Glasgow, 180, 254
Brigg, 365
MOIR Gknkalogy
429
Brimsfield,
380
Carnes, Iowa,
266
Bristol, England,
161, 3.50
CurninuckH,
286
Bristolville, Ohio,
187
Caroline, Virginia,
103
British Central Africa,
218, 219
CarrbridKe,
224
British Columbia,
257
CJarronhall, 53
. 139,
, 249, 384
Britt, Iowa,
181
Carse of Cambus,
72. 74
Broche,
69
Cary,
100
Brodland,
287
Casoapedia,
( ':isHil ia,
248
Broiche, or Broioh, 61, 08,
69,
71, 72, 74
376
Brooklyn, New York,
181
,, 225, 262
('MHtlcr.Hry,
226
Broombrae,
97
Cisilc Iwirbes,
52
Broomfield,
148
(':isi,lc I'luser,
132, 370
Broomknowe,
85
CaHtl<^g;ilc, Aberdeen
389
Brownhill,
160
Caltic,
134
Brucefield,
83, 84
Caullercairn,
160
Brunston,
376
Causewayend,
290, 388
Bruntsfield,
355
Caverays,
33
Brushton, New York,
212
Cavin,
92
Brux,
52
Cavite Province, P. I.
193
Buchan, 107, 141, 149,
, 18';
', 316, 394
Cavite, South Dakota,
365
Buchanan,
57
Central Africa,
11
, 339, 375
Buchanie,
73
Cervantes, P. I.
193
Buchaum,
32
Cessintone,
71
Bucks,
381
Cessintullie or Cessintully,
100, 386
Bucksburn,
168
Ceylon,
222, 311
Buffalo, New York,
207, 222
Chapeltoune,
214
BurUngton, Iowa,
199, 345
Chaplain's Choice, Virginia,
28
Burnbank,
73
Charlesfield,
132
Burne of Cessintullie
100
Charleston-on-the-Fortb ,
270
Burnhead,
307
Charlestown, Mass.,
26, 27, 29
Burn of Cambus,
72, 73
Chase City, Virginia,
194
Burnside,
304
Chatham,
131
Burnside of Logie,
155, 156
Chatham, Ontario,
247
Bute,
141
Chatham, Virginia,
Chelsea,
193, 194
221
Caberstoun,
97
Cheltenham,
380
Cadder,
223
Cheshire,
125
, 270, 366
Cairnchina,
398
Chester, Mass.,
239
Cairncry,
310
Chicago, 180, 181, 188, 224,
257,
371,393,
Cairney,
100
395
CairneyhiU, Fife,
37, 38, 39
China,
255, 308
CaLrnhUl,
38
Christ College,
350
Cairnmucks,
148, 288
Cincinnati, Ohio,
188
Cairnton,
120
Clackmananshire,
33,
, 189, 336
Caithness,
122
Clackmanan,
82
Calcutta,
121
, 176, 304
Clarenceville, Quebec,
188
Calderbank,
250
ClerkhiU,
120, 121
CaldweU, 18, 22, 351,
358
1, 362, 391
Clerkseat,
46, 49
Caldwell, Kansas,
180
Cleveland, Ohio,
209
Caledonia, Michigan,
248
Clifton,
350
Calechat or Calichat,
68,
69, 70, 71
Clinterty or Clintertie 96,
, 106,
113, 370
California, 177, 180, 181, 185,
188, 209,
Clinton, Mass.,
189
211,263,269,362.
Clochan, Banffshire,
188
CalkUl,
181
Clony,
34
Callander, 72, 78, 81, 88, 235,
256, 259,
Clova,
311
261, 262, 264, 266, 282.
Clunche,
34
CallibuhaUie or CaUibuckalzie,
72
Cluny or Clunie, Castle of, 105,
115, 130,
Calsayseat or Calsieseat, 135,
136, 137,
369.
216, 217, 288.
Coalsnaughton,
189
Camden,
366
Cooklaw,
288
Campbelltown,
252
Coatbridge,
249
Cambridge, Mass.,
30, 213
Cores,
130
Cambridgeport, Mass.
222
Colby, Lincolnshire,
133
Cambus,
72, 73
Colsoch,
70
Cambusbarron,
278
Coldwells,
180
Cambusmore,
73
Colebrooke,
133
Campheir,
50
Colorado,
185, 213
Campsie or Camsay,
65
; 242, 267
Colorado Springs,
185
Campsie Glen,
226
Colpna,
50, 118
Canfield, Ontario,
274
Colpy, Insch,
186
Caniecroft,
290
Comrie,
90
Canterbury, England,
221
Concord, N. C.
197
Cape Breton, Nova Scotia,
29, 253
Concord, N. H.,
253
Cape Cod,
26
Congleton,
122, 125
Cape Colony, South Africa,
249
Congrave,
122
Cape Town,
249
Connecticut,
238,
240, 243
Cape of Good Hope,
118
Covent Garden,
94
Cardrois,
100
Cookstown, Ontario,
183,211
Cardross,
276, 284
Cookney,
307, 308
Carleatheran,
275
Corbethouse,
145
Carlton, Indiana,
252
Cornell Univeraity,
252
Carluke,
265
CornhiU,
188
Carmen,
257
Cornwall, England,
209,
220, 366
430
MoiR Geneai<ogy
Corriedoune,
286
Dingwall,
296
Corsewell,
356
Dolanhamie,
85
Corsica,
362
Dollar,
189
Corunna, Mich.,
244
Dominica,
220, 348
Corunna, Spain,
363
Don, Bridge of,
105, 369
Cosh,
89
Dorchester, Mass.,
26
Cottertown,
92
Dorchester, Ontario,
272
Cotton, 106, 115
, 134:
, 148, 313
Dorset,
178. 381
Coulfield,
380
Doune, Perthshire, 11,
58,
60, 61, 62, 63,
Coiilties-Cairn,
320
64, 66, 72, 73, 74, 75,
99,
101,
102, 103,
Council-Bluffs, Iowa,
209
227, 228, 230, 231, 232,
236,
242,
244, 256,
CountessweUs,
148
263, 267, 268, 277, 383,
386.
County Kildare, Ireland,
398
Douny,
33
County Louth,
188
Dovin,
156
Cowdmas,
358
Dracut, Mass.,
253
Cowes, England,
209
Draden,
351
Cowie,
117, 305
Dragonburn,
61
Crackley,
62
Dreppan,
89
Craibstone,
145
Drip Moss,
87
CragarnaU,
277, 278
Drogheda or Drohega,
17,
, 296, 378
Cragarnot or Craigarnot,
277, 27S
Drumcork,
204
CraigarnhaU or Craigarnell,
61,
, 277, 278
Drumduie,
91,92
Craigellachie,
23
Drumelzier,
284
Craigenputtoch,
337
Drumlakenoch,
90
Craigmakessock,
275
Drumlakin,
91
Craig of Motherby,
102
Drumlanrig,
355
Craigston,
72:
, 139, 306
Drumlithandy,
60
Crathie,
183
Drumlithie,
224, 310
CressweU, Ontario,
166
Drummawhance,
92
Crieff,
90, 92
Drummond,
90
Crofthead,
91, 92
Drumness,
91
Cromar, 155, 156
, 157:
, 168, 312
Drumpellier,
284
Cross-Stone
320
Drumquhassel,
279,
, 280, 282
Crowercroft,
124
Drumrossie,
289
Cruden,
107,
, 129, 346
Drumshogle,
73
Crystal City, Manitoba,
256, 261
Drumvaich,
73
Ciilean,
376
Drylaw,
120
Cuilantogel,
88, 89
Drymen,
39, 57
Cuilt,
88
Dubfoord,
290
Cukstoun,
288
Dublin, 122, 130,
133,
144,
169, 190
Culcairn,
108
Dubuque, Iowa,
167
Culchuly,
88
Dudwick,
141, 303
Culloden, 107, 108, 109, 130,
146,
155, 156,
Duff us.
152
312, 371.
Dulate,
65
Cultiheldech,
90
DuUatur,
226
Cults,
186
Dulmain,
204
Cumberland,
108,
, 280, 294
Duluth, Minn.,
180
Cmninestown,
303
Dumbarton,
34, 37, 115
Cumingside,
351
Dumbartonshire,
267, 276
Cultercullen,
116, 119
Dumbiay,
Dumbreck,
34
143
Daldorn or Daldoran,
65, (
38, 76, 77
Dumfries,
33,
, 189, 330
Dalhorn,
74
Dumfries-Shire,
222, 279
Dalkeith,
329
Dunbar,
30, 361
Dalladis,
130
Dundas,
384
Dairy,
33
Dundee,
53
i, 133,
222, 323
Dalwhilpert,
229
Dunblane, 60, 63, 99,
100,
101,
102, 103,
Damhead of Leny,
88
133, 236, 237, 269, 270,
, 271.
, 334,
335, 382
Damside,
91
Dundonald Castle,
353
Danbury, Virginia,
193
Dunfermline or Dumferling,
85,
, 236, 382
DanvUle, Virginia,
194
DiinVeld,
133
DarahiU,
127
Dunkerque,
154
Darlache, Balgram,
34
Dunning,
90
Daursude of Machany,
90,91
Dunn\'iUe, Ontario,
274
Da\neland,
38
Dunoon,
38, 269
Dawn Mills, Ontario,
247
Dunse Castle,
284
Dawson Springs, Kentucky,
193
Dunvegan Castle,
392
Deanston, 62, 72, 75, 103,
135,
227, 228.
Durham, New Hampshire,
26
288.
Dyce, 97, 105, 129,
138,
216.
287, 290
Deeside,
1-39, 157
Delaware County, N. Y.,
396
Earlsferry,
222
Denmore, 53, 97, 139, 298,
306,
317, 384
Earlsfield,
217
Denny, 242, 243, 248, 249,
250,
252, 254,
East Boreland,
243, 2.54
255, 323, 395.
Easter Drummawhance
92
Derby Centre, Vermont,
379
Easter Leckie,
35, 278
Derbyshire, England
377
Easter Tamakuvick,
92
Derby, Vermont,
187, 347
Eastertown,
313
Des-Met, South Dakota,
166, 167
East Finchley,
115
Des Moines, Iowa,
188
East Grinstead,
381
Detroit, Michigan, 160, 167,
168,
245, 258
East India,
282
Deveron,
130
East Linton,
307
Devonshire,
22, 259
East Lothian,
149,
176, 361
Dilspro,
48
East Mill,
92
MOIR GBNEAI^OGY
431
Eberts, Ontario, 245, 246, 247
Echt, 310
Edinburgh, 11, 12, 18, 21, 22, 33, 34, 49,
56, 5S, 06, 75, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 87, 88,
89, 103, ill, 120, 122, 125, 126. 128. 130,
132, 133, 142, 145, 176, 178, 179. 189. 190,
207. 215, 218, 219. 220, 222, 223. 227. 233.
271, 277. 312. 319, 322, 330. 331. 347. 348,
354, 364. 370, 374. 375. 377, 378. 380, 382.
388. 389, 390, 395. 398.
Edinburgh University, 37, 40, 327, 337, 339
Edmonton, 237
Egypt, 25, 363
Elamsville, Virginia, 194. 195
Eldora. Iowa. 187, 188. 347, 348, 361
Elgin, 152, 217. 284, 382
Elginshire. 56, 57, 191, 195, 199, 200, 203.
204, 205. 275, 345.
Elie. 177
Elizabeth City, 28
Ellerslie. 375
Ellon, 20, 106, 115, 117, 119, 120, 142, 148,
161, 186, 320, 370, 393.
Elms, Hillhead, 190
Elora, Ontario, 183, 184, 211, 212
Elrick, 145
England, 22, 25, 31, 94, 150, 178, 179, 204,
207, 209, 210, 213. 214. 217, 220, 221, 224.
246, 259, 262. 264. 270, 273. 274, 275. 315.
336, 348, 350, 352, 354, 357. 393, 394. 395,
396.
Erin, Ontario, 224
Essa, Canada, 211
Essingham, 305
Esslemont, 117
Eustice, 366
Exeter, New Hampshire, 26
Exeter, Ontario, 165, 252. 262, 204. 265,
266, 307.
Faichley,
98
Fairley.
133
Falkirk,
37, 249
Falmouth,
150, 209, 210
Farmtown,
91
Farnsboro,
270
Fawsyde,
133
Fechil,
320
Fedderate.
163, 164, 186, 338
Fenwick,
356
Fergus, Ontario,
183
Fermanagh,
133
Fermartyn, 22, 33, 301, 302, 303, 320, 391
Ferryhill, 45, 96, 97, 105, 142, 144, 148,
286, 289, 370.
Fettercairn, 224
Fetternear, 395
Fettes College, 271, 336
Faugh, Brig o', 340
Fife, 177, 218
Fifeshire, 176, 177. 218, 222. 347, 382
Findhorn, 152
Findlatrie, 290
Findrack, 155
Fingask, 53. 101, 139, 384
Finshaugh. 363
Fintray, 143, 179
Finzean, 158
Firs, Kinharrochie, 186
Fitchburg, Mass., 185
Flanders, 153
Flinthills, 161
Floyd, Virginia, 192
Fluvanna, Virginia. 193
Fochabers. 392
Folkstone. 236
Fontenoy, 355
Foord, 49
Footdee, Aberdeen, 291, 312
Fordoun, 120, 313
Fordsburg, South Africa, 174
Forfar, 157
Forfarshire, 120, 141, 157, 170, 221, 22. 223
Forgandenay, 116
Forgue, 207
Forres, 23, 56, 199, 200, 201. 203, 204. 205,
345
Forsyth, N. C, 195, 190, 197, 198
Fort Covington, 273
Fort Donaldson, 361
Forth, 229, 275, 280
Fort Phillyspince, 153
Fouldubs, 249
Foveran, 55, 97, 114, 115, 116. 118. 119,
127, 128, 129, 286. 308, 317, 321.
Fox Uiver, Wis., 361
France, 90, 130, 152. 153. 218. 270. 282,
348, 380.
Francisco, N. C, 195
Fraserburgh, 51, 119, 341, 378, 398
Fraserfield. 139
Frew. 280
Friockheim, 170
Fuer, 93
Furnace, 225
Fyvie, 115, 305, 317, 321
Gadgirth, 132
Gairn. 54
Garden. 279
Garelochead, 189
Gargunnock, 11, 236, 237. 278, 280, 284,285
Garioch, 53, 128, 144
Garnkirk, 226
Gartary. 83. 84
Gartincaber. 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 100, 228, 236
Garvock, 282
Gaspe, P. Q., 245
Gateshaw, 145
Gateside, 285
Gavin. 311
Gerard's Cross, 381
Germany, 25. 181, 190, 192, 337, 339
Geulph, Ontario, 263
Gibraltar, 131
Gilcomston, 52
Glacial Bay. 362
Glack of Migvie, 398
Glamis, 157
Glanderston 389
Glasgow, 18, 20, 21,37,38.39,50,81, 83,84,
128, 170. 180, 189, 190, 211, 219, 223, 224,
225. 234, 237, 238, 239, 242, 249, 250. 254,
258, 259, 260. 267, 268, 269, 273, 280, 297,
310, 315, 326, 339, 344, 347, 353. 355, 362,
364. 376, 380, 385, 386, 388 390 391, 393,
Glasgow University, 12, 37, 38, 39, 177, 390
Glas-sel, 186
Glass, 158
Glastirum, 302, 303
Glastonbury, 367
Glenbeulah, Wis., 265
Glenbucket, 88, 154, 313. 316
Glencairn, 163
Gendale, Oregon, 245
Glendavau 156
Glendinning, 256, 258, 261
Glenelg, 219
Glenesk, 115
Glenygle, _ 280
Glenrnuick, 157, 158
Glenorchy. 304
Glentanar. 157
Glenwhilk. 60
Glins, 279
Gloucester. 350. 380
Goderich, Ontario, 247
Gonanoque, Ontario. 258
Goodland, Michigan, 261
Goose River, 240
Gordonsmilne 105, 135, 137, 138. 286. 288
Govan. 249. 250. 364
Gottenburgh. 107, 122, 147, 152, 153, 154
Gordonston, 152
Grand Bend, Canada, 165, 259
Grandhome, 160
432
MoiR Geneai^ogy
Grange, Aberdeenshire, 120
Grange, Banffshire, 180
Granitehill. 309, 310
Granitev lie, Quebec, 188
Grant, 23
Grantham, 350
Grantown, 24
Grantown-on-Spey, 204
Grant's Town, 25
CJreddon Burn, 62
Greece, 391
Greenburn, 65, 106, 110, 111, 370
Green Croft, 322
Greenloaning 85
Greenock, 208
Greens, 165
Greyshill, 117
Grimsby, 179
Grougar, 353
Guatemala City, 186
Guildeford, 396
Gyashops, 113
Haddo, 114, 116, 119, 127, 128
Haddington, 395
Haldimand, Ontario 272
Halifax, Nova Scotia, 212, 213, 226
Halton, 366
Hamilton, 394
Hamilton, Canada, 161, 184, 243, 353, 354,
362.
Hampton Castle, 366
Hampshire, 366
Hanover Square, 94
Hants, 270
Harbor Springs, 222
Harthill, 120
Harvard University, 362
Harwoods, 351
Hastings, 355, 366
Hattencrook, 180
Hatton, Mains of, 215, 322
Haugh, Aberlour, 188,
Hay Township, Ontario, 256, 261, 262, 266
Heads, 60, 73
Helder, HoUand, 362
Helensburgh, 226
Henry County, N. C, 198
Henry County, Virginia, 192, 199
HensaU, Ontario, 234, 256, 257, 258, 260,
262, 265, 266, 267.
Herber,
Herefordshire,
Hertfchaw,
Hillfoot,
Hillgrove, California,
HUlhead of Machany,
HUlocka,
Hillside,
HUton,
Holland,
HoUand Bush,
Holmfield,
Holyrood, Palace
Honduras,
Hong Kong, China,
Houghton,
Howden,
Hudson River,
Hulst,
Himtley,
Huntsville, Ontario,
Huron Coimty,
Hurondale,
Huron, South Dakota,
Hyppa, India,
34
22, 380
32
89, 189
185
102, 155, 161, 190
289
73
14, 19, 21, 142, 283, 321
152, 153, 154, 362
186
299
26
220
255, 308
222
249
219
153
162, 171, 240, 364
266
256, 257
256
167
176
Indiana, 180, 181, 347
Innermeath, 384
InnisfaU, Ontario, 183
Insch, 128, 142, 172, 183, 186, 215, 310
Inschmichael, 382
Inshewan, 153
Inverary, 108
Inverbrie, 49, 50
Inverbucket, 49
Invercauld, 49
Inveresk, 307, 327, 330
Invermarkie, 24
Inverness, 92, 186, 253
Inveraesshire, 224
Invernettie 14, 19, 23, 51, 139, 140, 148,
149, 290, 305, 313, 370.
Inverurie, 308
Inwood, Ontario, 266
Iowa, 166, 167, 168, 181, 185, 187, 188, 199,
209, 260, 263, 264, 265, 345, 347, 348, 361
Ireland, 29, 132, 169, 180, 182, 188, 190,
236, 244, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262, 263, 269,
273, 357.
Irewells, 127
Iron, 73, 74
Isle of Wight, 209
Ithaca, New York, 252
Jamaica, Island of,
Jedburgh,
Jersey, England,
Jerusalem,
Jewett City, Conn ,
Johannesburg,
Johnston,
Johnstone,
Joplin, Missouri,
Kansas,
Kansas City, Missouri,
Karema,
Keir,
Keir, Park of,
Keith,
Keithfield,
Keith-haU,
Kelvingrove,
Kemnay,
Kemps Castle,
Kensington,
Kent, Minnesota,
Kentucky,
KentviUe, Nova Scotia,
Kerbuck,
Kermuck,
Kidderminster,
Kilbride,
KUchrenan,
KUconquhar,
KUcraggan,
Kildare, Ireland,
KUdrummy,
Killarney, Ireland,
KUlen, Ireland,
KiUguillodrum,
KUlicrankie,
Kilmadock, 58, 61, 65, 66, 74, 78, 79,
100, 102, 103, 230, 231. 242, 244, 277.
131, 220, 279, 305
145
348
21, 25, 364
238
182, 336
123
39, 240
187
180
260
339
277, 278
237
23, 173, 308, 310, 311
172
56, 121, 184
385
225, 308
93
52, 296
264, 358
188, 192
240
236
106, 148, 288, 370
224
60, 66
322
177, 393
189
257, 269
54, 310, 311
182
262
112
395
Ibrox, 250
Idvies, 319
Illinois, 180, 181, 188, 208, 224, 345, 371
Inbry, 67
India, 121, 122, 140, 176, 177, 179, 186,
215, 222, 233, 298, 304, 312, 362.
88
32, 250, 353, 356, 358, 391
217
128
223
265
308, 336, 340
151, 318
223
60
Kincardineshire, 75, 77, 78 79, 80, 81, 82,
83. 85, 86, 87, 92, 117, 133, 224, 225, 230,
257, 307, 308, 310, 342.
Kincraigie, 130, 132
Kincreich MiU, 233
Kilmahag,
KUmarnock,
KUmorah,
KUravoch,
Kilwinning,
KimbaU, S. D.,
Kimberly,
Kinaldie,
Kincaldrum MiU,
Kincardine
MoiR Gbnealogy
433
Kingcairne,
King Edward,
Kingsboquhaple,
King's College,
Kingston, Jamaica,
Kingston, N. C.,
Kingussie,
Kinkell,
Kinloch,
Kinmuck,
Kinnellor,
Kinross,
Kinrosshire,
Kinsale. Ireland,
Kintail, Ontario,
100
139, 142, 310
100
217, 296, 308
220, 305
194
24
319
320
56
287
285
243
244
259
Kintore, 50, 115, 118, 142, 186, 317, 321
Kintumer, 34
Kintyre, 33, 352
Kippen, 81, 83, 209, 285
Kippenrait, 270
Kirkaldie, Plains de, 382
Kirkaldy, 382
Kirkcudbright, 131
Kirdken, 319
Kirkfield, Canada, 166
KirkhiU, 45, 148
Kirklane, 87
Kirkton, 73, 97, 121, 137, 216, 287, 290,
303, 316
Kirktonholm, ' 279
Kirkwell, 207
Kirriemuir, 223
Kittery, Maine, 29
Knaperna, 142
Knaps, 394
Knockando, 275
Knockdolian, 353
Knockespock, 289
Knockdolian, 353
Knockhall, 129, 186
Knockhill, 321
Knockiemill, 119
Knowehead, 83
Knox College, 259
Kynchubr, 33
jte, Canada,
211,212
town.
90, 91, 92
Forest College,
188
Nyassa,
339
Tanganyika,
339, 375
)lin, Ontario,
266
rk, Ontario,
259
rk, Scotland,
34, 63, 64, 226
Lanarkshire, 22, 38, 223, 226, 267
Lancashire, 122, 124
Lancaster, 384
Lancaster, Ontario, 29, 273
Lance Aux Beaufils, Canada, 245, 246, 247
Landrick, or Lanrik 59, 61, 62, 63, 64 65,
68, 69, 70, 72, 74, 227, 277.
Langside, Lanarkshire, 267
Larbert 53, 285
Larchwood, Iowa, 265
Larden, 366, 367
Larga, 16, 269, 351, 352
Las wade, 190
Launceton, 366
Lawrencekirk, 224
Layton, Ontario, 165, 166
Leaksville, North Carolina, 191, 192, 194,
195, 199.
Leamington, Ontario, 245, 298, 306
Leckie, 11, 14, 34, 111, 230, 231, 275, 277,
278, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 296,
373. 386.
Lecroft, 80, 277
Lednabra, 285
Leeward Islands, 348
Leicheston, Morayshire, 139, 303
Leigh Hall, 377
Leith, 115, 190
Leith Hall, 215
Lein.ster Square,
Le Mars, Iowa,
I^cnnox,
Lenrick or Lendrick,
Lentibbcrt,
Leny,
I^nzie,
Leochel-Cushnie,
Lerwick,
Leteraimh,
Lcthinty,
Lothinty,
Lcvcnax,
I>cvcnshulme,
Leyden University,
Leys,
Limerick, N. C.
Lincoln,
Lincolnshire,
Linhead,
Linley,
Linley Hall,
Linlithgow,
Linoleumville,
Litl Marti,
Little Ardo
Little Mill or Littlemill,
125
260, 263, 264
275, 27(S
60, 64, 74, HX)
92
88
223
166
208
67
115, 128
115, 128
35
124
397
130
196
365
133, 350
116
366, 367
367
249, 362
252
56
165
117, 157, 158
Liverpool, 124, 125, 204, 224, 273, 380, 381 ,
398.
Liverpool College, 204
Livilands, 103
Livingstone, 249
Llanglaate Mines, 174, 175
Loanhead, 100
Loch-an-Eilean, 383
Lochow, 322
Lochfield, 60, 61, 99, 228, 231
Lochiel, 130
Loch Kinnord, 156
Lochmillan, 57
Loch o' WatsoD, 228
Lockerbie, 37
Logie, 156, 158
Logie-Buchan, 144, 182, 393
Logie-Coldstone. 312
Logie, Mains of, 156, 157
Loirston, 97, 307, 374
Loirston, Nigg, 374
London, 21, 25, 27, 28, 94, 118, 119, 120,
125, 130, 133, 141, 146, 178, 204, 220, 221,
296, 299, 315, 328, 337, 349, 362, 367, 376,
377, 380, 381, 391, 393, 395.
London, Ontario, 183, 188, 238, 259
Longacre, 53
Longbuckley, 361
Long Island, 29, 262
Longshot, 93
Longside, 394
Lonmay, 19, 51, 107, 131, 141, 149, 151,
290, 322, 371.
Lorn or Lome, 284, 322, 384
Lorraine, 270
Los Angeles, California, 185, 188
Lothesley, 396
Loudoun 355
Louisa, Virginia, 192
Louis\ille, Kentucky, 188
Low, 101
Lowell, Mass., 12, 238, 243, 250, 252, 253,
254, 323, 324, 325, 368.
Lundie, 62, 73
Lynlish, 204
Machany, 91, 93, 102
Mackeanstoun, or McKeanstoun, 62, 65, 66
MacKenzie, River 362
MacOrriston, Carse of, 285
Maida Vale, 117
Maines, 88
Mains, Insch, _ 186
Mains of Corstorsine, 34
Mains of Down, 63, 64, 73
Mains, ThornhiU, 236
434
MoiR Genealogy
Malvern,
306
Mondole,
24
Manchester,
124, 125
Monkshill,
116
Manchuria,
362
Monquhitt«r,
160, 165, 303, 304, 311
Manilla,
211
Monteith,
68, 78
Manitoba,
211, 256, 257, 258, 261
Mont Kegree,
56
Mansfield, Mass., 26
Many, 127
Marischal, 99. 105, 120, 123, 135, 137, 138,
286, 287, 349, 365, 383.
Marlborough, 355
Marlfield, 378
Martinez, California, 362
Martinique, 130
Martinville, Virginia, 192
Maryoulter, 123
Maryhill, 287
Maryland, 27, 184, 199
Mashonaland, South Africa, 175
Mason City, Iowa, 187
Massachusetts, 30, 31, 32, 185, 189, 213,
222, 238, 239, 241, 243, 250, 251, 252, 253,
254.
Maurice, Iowa, 264, 265
Maybole, 38
Mayen, 130, 138, 149, 214, 215, 371
McGiU University, 260
Meadow Lea, Manitoba, 257
Meadowhead, 65, 229
Meannie, 287
Medford, Minnesota, 241
Medina, Wisconsin, 168
Meichle Tipperty, 127
Meikle Haddo, 127, 128
Meikle Methlick, 297
Meikle ]\Iorfy, 33
Meldrum, 391
Melgdrum, 33
Memel, 130, 131, 132
Mendon, Mass., 27
Menstrie, 354
Menteith, 386
Mentieth, Vale of, 284
Methlick, 55, 159, 160, 161, 163, 164, 165,
166, 167, 169, 173, 216, 217, 319, 393.
Mexico, 186
Miami, Manitoba, 257
Michigan, 167, 168, 185, 222, 242, 244,
248, 256., 257, 258, 261.
Mickell, 113
Midcalder, 132, 249
Middlesex, 115
Middlesex, Ontario,. 257
Midlothian, 141, 149, 249
Migvie, 157, 158
Milanab, 69
Mile-End, 180, 181
Milford, Ontario, 207
Millbank, 161
Millbrex, 310
MiUfield, 303
Milliehope, 367
Mill of Kellv, 55
MiU of Methlick, 55
Milner, B. C, . 164
Milton, 157
Milton, of Cambus, 72
Miltoun of Machany, 90
Minneapolis, Minn., 208, 219, 269
Minnes, 129
Minnesota, 180, 185,' 208, 219, 220, 240,
241, 269.
Mintlaw, 394
Miramichi, 244
Missouri, 187, 206, 207, 222, 260
Modder River, 336
Moira, 355
Moir Clochan, 188
Moir Homie, 188
Moir's Close, 312
Monaltry, 108
Monandawin, 156
Monastervan, 389
Moncrief, 335
Montreal, 120, 171, 211, 212, 244, 260, 244
Montrose, 96, 282, 301, 264, 365
Monymusk, 115, 128
Moore Abbey, 398
Moore Place, 358
Moray, 23, 128, 386
Morayshire, 139, 303
Morebattle, 145
More, County Salop, 366, 367
More, Shropshire, 366
Moresville, 205
Mortlach, 215, 319, 320
Mosside, 76, 77, 87, 88, 229, 236
Mount Vernon, 219
Mount Whatley, 239, 240
Mouters, 113
Muchalls, 308, 370
IMuch Hadham, 367
Muchrach, 204
Muir Glacier, Alaska, 362
Muirhead, 65
Muir Park, 380
Mulben, 23
100
179
Musquodoh, N. S., 212
Musselburgh, 176, 177, 178, 327, 328, 329.
331, 347.
Muthill, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 268, 269, 386, 390
Murdochstown,
Murtle, *
Nailor's Lane,
87,88
Nairn,
161
Nappan, N. S.,
240
Nebraska,
165, 209
Needham,
366
NeUston,
254
Nellfield.
307
Nelson, Virginia,
193
Nether Aberargy,
101
Nethercarse,
236,
237, 285
Nether Leask,
374
Netherton,
229, 237,
238, 285
Nether Hayston,
223
Newark, New Jersey,
190
New Biggins, Lendrick,
74
New Brunswick, 134, 221, 222, 225, 235,
239, 240, 244, 373. .-
Newburgh, 118, 127, 186, 365
Newbury. Mass., 26, 30, 31
New Byth, 160
New College of Aberdeen, 96
New Deer, 53, 164, 167, 186, 338, 394
New England, 28,, "32
Newfoundland, 212
New Grange, 19, 141, 223
New Hampshire, 30, 213, 253
New Haven, Conn., 243
Newhills, 23. 105. 109. 113, 133, 168, 364
New Jersey, 190
New Machar, 53, 179, 317, 318, 321
New Orieans, 209
Newplace, 47
Newport, R. I., 190
Newseat, 163
New South Wales, 174
Newton or Newtoun, 58, 59, 60, 61. 63,65.
66, 86, 100, 101, 143, 214. 225, 231. 277. 289
Newton Hill, Kincardine 225
Newton-of-Doune, 231, 277
Newtoun, TulUallan, 86, 102
Newtown, Kincardine, 83
Newtvle, 114, 127, 128, 129
New York, 25, 56, 181, 182, 190, 198, 200,
202, 203, 205, 207 209, 212, 219. 222, 224,
225, 226, 249, 252, 262, 265, 271, 272, 273,
274, 315, 345, 377.
New Zealand, 37, 38, 115, 211. 237, 243. 362
Nichol, Ontario. 184
MoiR Genealogy
435
Nipmug,
Nochtyside,
Nonesuch, Michigan,
Norfolk,
Normandy,
Norristoun,
Northampton-shire
North Artrochie,
North CaroHna,
197, 198, 199.
North Dakota,
Northfield,
Northgate,
Northumberland,
Northville,
Northwood, Iowa,
Norwalk, Conn.,
Norway,
Norwich, Conn.,
Norwood, Mass.,
Nova Scotia, 212, 213, 239, 240, 241,
349.
22,
3(>(),
65, 75,
191, 192, 194, 195,
93
107, 147, 269,
29
321
1S5
350
396
100
361
186
196,
257
164
249
209
167
168
29
371
240
241
253,
Oakland, California,
Oban,
Obeyne,
Oelwein, Iowa,
Ohio,
209, 263, 264
219
33
166, 168
184, 188, 209, 264
Old Aberdeen, 52, 97, 119, 123, 136, 178,
298, 312, 369.
Old Govell, 50
Old Gray Friars Quarter, Edinburgh, 80
Old Greenburn, 110
Oldham, 366
Old Machar, 52, 53, 307
Old Meldrum, 162, 180
Old Milne, 114, 116, 119, 127, 128
Old Orange Free State, 340
Old Rayne, Aberdeenshire, 184
Old town or Old Town, 44, 45, 312
Oldyards, 320
Omaha, Nebraska, 209
Ontario, 165, 166, 180, 182, 183, 184, 188,
207, 211, 212, 224, 2.34, 2.35, 2.38, 243, 245,
246, 247, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262,
263, 264, 265, 266, 267, 269, 272, 273, 274,
344, 345.
Oquawka, Illinois, 199, 345
Orange City, Iowa, 263
Orange Co., New York, 272, 274
Orchardton, 127, 128
Oregon, 245
Orkney, 122, 174, 207, 399
Orleton, 366
Ormiston or Ormistoun, 101, 176
Orrock, 118
Osburne, Ontario, 261
Ostend, 154
Ottawa, Ontario, 263, 273
Otterburne, 14, 20, 145
Oudh, 122
Overhill, 20, 114, 119, 127, 128, 129, 317
Over Landrick, 63, 64, 71
Owen Sound, Ontario, 260
Oxbow, Sask., 246, 247
Oxford Co., Ontario, 272, 273
Oxford University, 349
Oyne, 291
Paardelberg, 336
Paisley, 38, 2.38, 252, 301, 317, 334, 389, 391
Paisley, Ontario, 266
Pall MaU, 399
Paris, 152, 153, 154, 352
Paris, Ontario, 261
Park, 139, 140, 270, 298, 300, 302, 303, 391
Parkhead, Glasgow, 254
Parktoune, 61
Pasadena, Cal., 185
Partick, 237
Patrick County, Virginia, 191, 192, 195
Pawtucket, Rhode Island, 238
Peebles, 362
Peel, 211
Peadicle, 280
Penkridge, 122
Penn.sylvarua, 207, 208, 210, 226. 245
Peoria, Iltinoi.s, 199
Pierce, Canada, 245
Perth, 38, 115, 277, 309, 315
Perth.shirc, 75, 77, 78, 82, 87, 90, 100, 222,
227, 228, 230, 235, 237, 238, 239, 242, 244,
248, 256, 261, 262, 263, 205, 206, 268, 209,
270, 384, 386.
Peterculter, 374
Peterborough, 258
Peterhead, 20, 23, 120, 121, 122, 123, 131,
140, 141, 164, 181, 214, 304, 305, 306, 312,
313, 316, 338, 346, 378, 398.
Pett, 90
Pessy, 152
Phesdo, 314
Philadelphia, 198, 207, 209, 210, 220
Philippine Islands, 193, 211
Pictou, Ontario, 260
Pilot Grove, N. Y., 198
Pitfodels, ifil
Pitlurg, 131
Pitmillan, Petmillan, 114, 128, 129
Pitsligo, 129
Pittindy, 100
Pittodrie, 53, 107, 137, 150, 301, 317
Pittsburg,
Pittsylvania, Va.,
Pitulie or Pituly,
Plymouth, Mass.,
Plymouth, Ind.,
Plymouth, Iowa,
Plymouth County,
Point Lookout, Md.,
Poland,
Polkellie,
Pollokshaws,
PoUokshields,
Polmoat,
Polnekill Grey,
Port Daniel,
Port Haney,
Porter,
Port Glasgow,
Port Gordon,
Port Hope, Ontario,
Portlathan,
Portobello,
Port,
Port Said,
Portsmouth, N. H.,
Portsmouth, Va.,
Portsay,
Portugal,
Powis,
Premnay,
Preston Grange,
Prestonhaugh,
Prince Edward County,
Prince Edward's Island,
Princeton, Ontario,
Pronie,
Providence, R. I.,
Prussia,
207, 245
194, 195
139, 141, 298, 303
27, 347
187
167
264
199
10.5, 138
351, 352, 356, 358
223, 272, 273
268, 274
249
34
244
257
93
239
188
274
138
190
78, 236
398
29
192
160
363
135
143, 217. 310, 311
13
56
246
211
183. 212
158
254
130, 131
Quebec, 122, 124, 187, 188, 211, 212, 242, 244,
Quebec, 122, 124, 187, 188, 211, 212, 242,
244, 245, 246, 247, 248, 306, 344, 345, 361
Queensland, 318
Quincy, Mass., 185
Racheon,
Raeden,
Raer,
Rainy River, Ontario,
Rait,
Ralden,
Randolph, N. C,
Randolph, Wis.,
Rannieston,
34
117
62
243
222
306
198
181
llo. 145
436
MOIR GBNEAI^OGY
Rasay,
355
Rattray,
141
Raylstoun,
33
Rayne,
184
Regina, N. W. T.,
240
Renfrew,
81, 233, 358
Renfrewshire, 39, 253, 254, 255, 272, 273,
352, 362.
Retreat, Virginia, 194
Rhode Island, 190, 238, 254
Ricoarton, 357
Richmond Virginia,, 375
Roanoke, Virginia, 193, 194
Rochester, New York, 190, 204
Rockingham, Virginia, 196
Rockingham, N. C, 195, 196, 197, 198
Rocky Mount, Virginia, 194, 195
RodgerviUe, Ontario, 258, 260, 262
Rome, 132,146,296
Rosehearty, 119
RosehiU, 142
Rosemeath , 115
Roslyn, 13
Rossi-Shire, 151, 337, 374
Rothes, 373
Rothey, 289
Rothiemay, 160, 214, 306
Rothiemurchus, 57, 383
Rothmey, 217, 289
Rothney, 144
Rotterdam, 154
Row, 60
Rowallan, 16, 17, 20, 22, 23, 34, 351, 352,
353, 354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 362, 376, 392
Rowanbrae, 189
Roxburgh, 351
Roxbiu-ghshire, 351
Roxbury, Mass., 29, 254, 269, 315, 394
Roxbury, New York, 56, 200, 202, 396
Rubislaw, 16, 19, 107, 108, 123, 151
Rudrieston, 288
Russia, 362
Rynie, or Rhynie, 390
Sacramento, 209
St. Andrews, 97, 128, 133, 176, 177, 271,
282, 284, 315, 347, 352.
St. Andrews' University, 41, 149, 179
St. Catherine's, 121, 131, 133, 306
St. Clement's, 291, 312
St. Colme's Glen, 275
St. Croix, 399
St. George, Barbadoes, 28
St. John's, New Brunswick, 235, 239, 240,
244.
St. John's, Newfoundland, 212
St. Joseph, Missouri, 222
St. Kitts, 220, 348
St. Lious, Mo., 193, 207, 222
St. Martin's, 240
St. Paul, Minnesota, 257
St. Pierre, Martinque, 130
St. Mary's College, 262
St. Mary's, Ontario, 188
St. Mawes, 220
St. Nicholas, Aberdeen, 40, 42, 117, 123,
124, 127, 135, 314, 316.
St. Ninians, 83, 84
St. Seden, 152
St. Toin, 153
Stuart, Virginia, 191, 192, 193, 194
St. Vincent's, 131, 133
Salashie, 58
Salem, Mass., 30
Salisbury, N. C, 196
Salop, 366, 367
Sancte Marie, Virginia, 33
Sands Tulliallan, 85, 86
Sandy, 122
San Francisco, 30, 177, 180, 181, 209
Santa Cruz, W. I., 295, 399
Sas de Grand, 153
Saskatchewan, 246, 247
Sauchens, 62, 64, 65, 228
Sauchentum, 228
Saultoun, 139
Savock, 12, 114, 117, 127, 129, 130, 138,
140, 141, 142, 164, 304, 363, 364.
Scarboro Township, 273, 274
Scarsdale. New York, 226
Scotland, 22, 23, 25, 30, 31, 33, 53, 55, 56,
57, 114, 120, 128, 130, 143, 147, 153, 158,
166, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185, 186, 187,
188, 189, 195, 198, 199, 200, 201, 203, 204,
205, 207, 208, 209, 211, 218, 219, 221, 222,
223, 224, 226, 227, 236, 238, 239, 240, 244,
248, 249, 250, 251, 253, 254, 255, 256,257,
258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 265, 267,
268, 269, 270, 272, 273, 274, 293, 297, 301,
315, 319, 322, 329, 339, 340, 344, 347, 348,
349, 352, 354, 356, 357, 358, 361, 362, 364,
373, 384, 386, 388, 393, 394, 395, 396.
Scots CoUege, Paris, 352
Scotstown or Scotstoune, 14, 21, 49, 97,
105, 106, 135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 147,
214, 216, 217, 287, 288, 290, 298, 299, 300,
302, 303, 305, 306, 349, 370, 371, 373, 391.
Scranton, Pa., 17, 207, 208, 338
Seafield, 364
Sea Park, 214
Seattersquoy, 174
Sefton, 53
Selkirk, 362
Seneca, Ontario, 274
Seney, Iowa, 265
SequeUs, 113
Sequioa National Park, 362
Seton or Seaton, 108, 369, 371
SeviUe, 395
Shambellie, 131
Sheelagreen, 120, 121, 143, 144
Shetfield, England, 270
SheiUs, 32
Shepardy, N, B. 240
Shelve, 367
Sherborne, 178
Sherrifmuir, 270
Shetland, 207, 399
Shetland Islands, 208
Shiloh, 361
Shipton, 367
Shirgartane, 278
Shropshire, 366
Siberia, 362
Sierra Nevada, 361
Silverburn, 290
Simla, India, 177
Singapore, 117
Sioux City, Iowa, 185
Sioux Rapids, Iowa, 264
Skene, 181, 359
Slains, Aberdeenshire, 307, 374
SlippiehUlock, 97
Sloane, 221
Sluice, 153
Smiddyhill, 157
Snipfield, 186
Sonya, Canada, 166
South Africa, 174, 175, 182, 222, 237, 249,
258, 308, 322, 338.
South America, 249, 362
South Bend, Ind., 208
South Dakota, 166, 167, 187, 265
South Nigeria, 336
South Teuchar, 303
Spain, 13, 363
Spittaltoun, 62, 70
Spittel, 104, 137, 138, 215, 288, 289
SpittlehiU, 136, 217, 287, 288, 289, 290
Stafford, 122, 367
Stanstead, 187, 361
Stapleton, 350
Staten Island, 252
Stenhouse, 139, 140, 298, 300, 301, 306, 349
Stenness, 174
Stirling. 12, 35, 80, 81, 89, 101, 103, 228,
MoiR Genealogy
437
275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 282, 284, 344, 362,
386, 389, 391, 394.
Stirling Castle, 280, 400
Stirlinsshire. 32, 35, 39, 53, 139, 209, 242,
243, 248, 249, 250, 252. 254, 269, 275, 27.S,
279, 282, 284, 285, 294, 295, 323, 337, 373,
374, 384, 395, 398.
Stonehaven, 225, 397
Stonevwood, 14, 19, 21, 23, 45, 49, 50, 97,
106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111. 112. 124. 127,
128, 130, 132, 134. 135. 136, 138. 139, 140,
146, 147, 148, 149. 150. 151, 155. 210, 214,
215, 288, 290, 295, 298. 300. 305. 313. 316,
322, 370, 371, 372, 384, 386, 392, 397.
Stoneywood Works,
Stony sy id,
Straloch,
Strathavon.
Strathblane,
Strathdee,
Strathdon.
Strathearn.
Strathmore,
Strathspey,
Strath weltie,
Streetsville, Ontario,
Stripeside.
Stronevay.
Stromness.
Struthill.
Sudbury, Mass..
Suffolk,
Summerlane,
Sunnidale-Corners,
15
136
391
23
3S
23
98, 321, 399
102, 277. 386
23
23, 24
157
272
182
282
207
90
30
366
87
183, 184
Torio,
63
Toronto, Canada, 166, 172, 182,
183,
184,
224, 258, 260, 272, 274.
Toronto University,
2.59
Torry qr Torrio. 61. 62. 63. 66
, 70.
225
Touoh,
279,
280
Tou-h, 110. 130. 131,
1.32,
133
Towio, 115, 118,
119,
393
Townhead,
334,
, 335
Town.-iville,
318
Transvaal,
174
Traquair,
33
Traverse City, Michigan.
256
Treviillyn,
367
Trinidad.
122
Trofhrig.
3.54
TrutfhUl.
55
Truro, Nova Scotia,
213
Tuckersniith.
260,
262
Tulliallan. 82, 83. 84, 85. 86,
101,
230
Tullibody,
37
TuUicultrie,
33
TuUochsi;rew,
57
Turks Lsland,
220,
348
Turnerhall,
142
Turnorville, Ontario,
246,
247
Turriff, 119,
100,
161
Tullos,
388
Sunniside, Sunniesyde. 136, 137, 217, 290
Sunnybank. 306
Surrey, 305
Sussex. 381
Sussex, New Brunswick, 240
Uddingston, 250
Udny, 118, 127, 142. 346
Umballah, India, 298, 306
Unionville, New York, 265
University of North Carolina. 195
Upperhill. 116
Upper Lanrick. 62. 63, 64, 74
Usborne, Ontario. 258, 259, 261, 262, 263,
264. 265.
Sweden. 107. 147, 153, 363
Valleyfield,
285
Sydney, Australia, 395
Varna, Ontario,
266
Symington or Symontown, 356
Verdun,
218, 348
Vermont,
182,
, 187
, 347, 379
Taison, California, 211
Vernon, Mich.,
244, 248
Tarbolton, 390
Victoria Park,
124
Tarland, 156, 157, 312, 398
Victory Road, Canada,
166
Tarquinia, 132
Villard, Minnesota,
240
Tarty, 129, 144, 186, 306, 393
Vinegar Hill,
362
Tarves, 55, 119, 159, 172, 287, 297, 320, 393
Virden, Man.,
258
Taycreggan, 322
Virginia,
28,
, 223
, 268, 375
Taymouth, 363
Virgin Islands.
220, 348
Teignmouth, 295
Teith, 227, 386
WakeSeld, Nebraska,
165
Temple, New Brunswick, 221, 222
Walcot.
367
Templestoun, 32
Walkerstown, N. C,
197
Teuchar, 303, 304
Walla WaUa.
257
Thackhetherhill, 290
Waltham, Mass.,
29
Thainstone, Kintore, 118
Wardhead,
62, 73
Thankerton, 356
Wardhouse Mains,
186
Thedford, Canada, 165
Warquami, New Zealand,
237
ThornhiU, Perthshire, 11, 62, 75, 76, 77,
Wartle,
174
87, 99, 228, 230, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239,
Warrenton, South Africa
I,
399
242, 244, 248, 256, 257, 258, 259, 261, 262,
Washington, D. C, 186,
207,
257,
361, 368,
264, 265, 266, 285, 386, 389, 395.
388.
Thornliebank, 252, 253, 254
Wastouu,
62
Thornton, 20, 116, 118. 119, 365
Waterford, Ireland,
169
Thornwall, Ontario, 263
Waterloo, 181,
212,
218,
, 295, 348
Three Neukit Lea. 229
Watertown, 20, 46, 106,
108,
119,
128. 148,
Tidnish, Nova Scotia, 239
186, 370.
Tigermuck, 62
Watstone,
68. 71
Tighnamara, 115
Waughton,
56
Tillery, 127
Weddelaire,
287
Tillicoultry, 189
Weimar.
337
Tillygreig, 118
Well Bank,
226
Tillykerrie, 157. 158
Wellington, Ontario,
184, 272
Tillymorgan, 50
Wells, Cults,
186
Tipperty. 127
Wilton,
37
Titchfield, 124
West Aberdeen,
301, 310
Tonley, 19. 20, 104. 116, 121, 122, 123, 125,
West Africa,
365
130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 149, 152, 214, 290,
West Atarive,
287
306, 316, 317, 320.
West Byres,
33
Torlota, Virgin Islands, 348
Westbins,
33
Torquay, 115, 259
West Carse, Tulliallan.
83
438
MoiR Genealogy
West Dnimmawhance,
90
West Fintray,
287
West Indies,
362
West Kilbride,
254, 265
West Kirk,
296
Wester Leckie,
278
Wester Ledriegreen,
38
Wester Lundie,
62
Western Isles,
30
Wester Torrie,
63, 64
Westfield, North Carolina,
192
West Garafraxa,
183
Westgate,
93
West Indies,
220, 348
West KUbride,
39
Westminster,
27
Westmoreland,
121
Westmoreland Port,
239
Westmount,
226
West Tinfield,
99
Westwood,
119
Wexford,
362
Whitehill, 141,
149, 182, 290
Whitehouse, 131,
133, 167, 158
Whiterashes,
180, 391
Whittingham,
284
Whycocomagh,
263
Wicklow,
263
Wick, Ontario,
166
Wigton,
Wigtownshire,
Windsor, Nova Scotia,
Windsor, Ontario,
Winnepeg, Manitoba,
Winston-Salem, N. C, 193,
Wisconsin, 168, 181, 212, 264^
Wisconsin, University of,
Woodside, 105, 226, 306, 310,
371, 374, 399.
Woodstock, New Brunswick,
Woodstock, Ontario,
Woodville, N. S.,
Woolwich,
Worcester County,
Worcester, Mass.,
Workingham,
Worthington, Miimesota,
Yale University,
Yonkers, New York,
York, Canada,
York River,
Yorkshire,
Yorktown,
Yorkville, Illinois,
Yosemite VaUey,
Yukon River,
Zambezi,
Zanzibar,
294
271
253
166
211, 257
196, 197, 198
, 265, 273, 361
361, 362
311, 321, 322,
221
266
240, 241
311, 336
22
239
318
185
362
209
153, 183
27
99, 262, 273
390
208
361, 362
362
339
339
The date opposite names refer to date of birth or earliest known
reference; if preceded by "m.," it denotes date of marriage, or may
refer to date of birth of first-born child ; if preceded by "d.," it denotes
date of death, if earlier dates are not known.
If a person's name is entered more than once on the same page,
there may be but one reference to same in the index. There may be
more than one reference to the same personage, for various reasons,
this is done for easy reference.
Moir, Abel, in King Philip's war, 32
Moir, Abner Allen, 1882, 185
Moir, Abner AUen, son of Alexander, 185
Moir, A., d. 1899, 322
Moir, Adam, married Christian Forbes, 43
Moir, A. F., Rev., 1901, 186
Moir, Agnes, 1733, 62
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Alexander, 55
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Alexander, 1668, 47
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Alexander, 1723, 129
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Andrew, 1705, 118
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Archibald, 1840, 66
Moir, Agnes, dau. of George, 1652, 43
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Harie, 1682, 60
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Harrie, 1682, 231
Moir, Agnes, 2, dau. of Harrie, 1712, 231
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Henry, 1712, 61
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Ihon, 1625, 58
Moir, Agnes, dau. of James, 1693, 49
Moir, Agnes, dau. of John, 1667, 143
Moir, Agnes, dau. of John, 1748, 75
Moir, Agnes, dau. of John, 1748, 75, 143
Moir, Agnes, dau. of John, 1799, 307
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Peter. 1618. 42
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Rev. George, 1723, 115
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Richard, 272
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Richard, 274
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Robert. 1649, 59
Moir, Agnes, dau. of Robert, 1685, 129
Moir, .\gnes, dau. of Walter, 1643, 58
Moir, .\gne3, dau. of Walter, 1680, 60
Moir, Agues, dau. of Walter, 1680, 231
Moir, Agnes, dau. of WiUiam, 1629, 43
Moir, Agnes Elizabeth, dau. of Robert,
1881, 311
Moir, Agnes, in Haddo, 1575, 127
Moir, Agnes Jane, of Aberdeen, d. 1865, 181
Moir, Agnes, m. 1679, 231, 307
440
MoiR Genealogy
Moir, Agnes Maitland, of Aberdeen, m.
1890, 54
Moir, Agnes, of Aberdeen, 1655, 44
Moir, Agnes, of Doune, 1702, 61
Moir, Agnes, of Doune, 1708, 61, 62
Moir, Agnes, of Doune, m. 1625, 230
Moir, Agnes, of OverhiU, 1679, 114, 127
Moir, Agnes, or Anderson, d. 1890, 307
Moir, Agnes, or Eddie, dau. of William 374
Moir, Agnes, or Forbes, dau. of James, 164
Moir, Agnes, or Gray, 1633, 43
Moir, Agnes, or Gregour, m. 1627, 79
Moir, Agnes, or Oram, 1701, 50
Moir, Agnes, or Petrie, dau. of Alexander,
191
Moir, Agnes, or Rose, 1723, 115
Moir, Agnes, or Stephen, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Agnes, or Stewart, 1870, 256, 261,
Moir, Agnes, or Stewart, 1870, 256, 261, 262
Moir, Agnes, of Van Wechel, 1864, 264
Moir, Agnes, or Young, dau. of George, 266
Moir, Agnes Paton, dau. of James, 1899, 223
Moir, Agnes Petrie, dau. of George,
1871, 184
Moir, Agnes Pond, dau. of James, 1888, 220
Moir, Agnes Victoria, or Smith, dau. of
John, d. 1904, 182
Moir, Agnes Winnifred, dau. of William,
1893, 266
Moir, A. Henderson, Rev. 1899, 317
Moir, Albert Edward, of Albany, 1877 207
Moir, Alexander, 393
Moir, Alexander, 1503, 95
Moir, Alexander, 1588, 42
Moir, Alexander, 1609, 42
Moir, Alexander, 1648, 96
Moir, Alexander, 1690, 97
Moir, Alexander, 1696, 312
Moir, Alexander, 1707, 217
Moir, Alexander, 1764, 139
Moir, Alexander, 1841, 310
Moir, Alexander, 1855, 184
Moir, Alexander, 1856, 167
Moir, Alexander, 1860, 166
Moir, Alexander, 1862, 199
Moir, Alexander, 1874, 311
Moir, Alexander, 1894, 237
Moir, vUexander, Aberdeen University,
1735, 39
Moir, Alexander, Aberdeen University,
1813, 39
Moir, Alexander, A. M., Aberdeen Uni-
versity, 1731, 39
Moir, Alexander, A. M., M. D., Aberdeen
University, 1735, 39
Moir, Alexander Anderson, of Forres,
191, 194, 195
MoLr, Alexander A. S., Merchant, 308
Moir, Alexander, baker, 1647, 96
Moir, Alexander, baker, 1804, 221
Moir, Alexander, builder of Doune, 267
Moir, Alexander, buyer and wright,
1694, 49
Moir, Alexander, burgess, 1647, 96
Moir, Alexander, burgess, 1648, 96
Moir, Alexander, burgess, 1691, 97
Moir, Alexander, bursar of King's College,
d. 1766, 296
Moir, Alexander Calder, son of George,
1828, 166, 167
Moir, Alexander, d. 1766, 296
Moir, Alexander, d. 1768, 305
Moir, Alexander, d. 1824, 302, 303
Moir, Alexander, d. 1826, 299
Moir, Alexander, d. 1826, 302, 303
Moir, Alexander, d. 1851, 306
Moir, Alexander, d. 1868, 346
Moir, Alexander, d. 1878, 291
Moir, Alexander, d. 1882, 309
Moir, Alexander, d. 1885, 308
Moir, Alexander, d. 1888, 308
Moir, Alexander, d. 1909, 309
Moir, Alexander, Dr., of Mortloch, 320
Moir, Alexander, Dr., schoolmaster, 320
Moir, Alexander Duncan, d. 1870, 309
Moir, Alexander Dyce Davidson, d.
1905, 318
Moir, Alexander Elder, witness, 1660, 46
Moir, Alexander, engine driver, d. 1909,
309
Moir, Alexander, engineer, 213
Moir, Alexander, engineer, 1821, 226
Moir, Alexander, father of Alexander,
1682, 96
Moir, Alexander, father of Andrew. 1762, 92
Moir, Alexander, father of Andrew,
1816, 76
Moir, Alexander, father of David A., 185
Moir, Alexander, father of David A., 185
Moir, Alexander, father of Isabella, 300
Moir, Alexander, father of James, 1825 77
Moir, Alexander, father of James, LL. D.,
37
Moir, Alexander, father of Jean in Mosside,
1818, 76
Moir, Alexander, father of John, 1822, 77
Moir, Alexander, father of John, 1892, 311
Moir, Alexander, father of Margaret,
1782, 297
Moir, Alexander, father of Robert, 1820, 77
Moir, Alexander, father of WUham,
1758, 92
Moir, Alexander, father of William,
1813, 76
Moir, ^Uexander, Finnylost, 98
Moir, Alexander Forbes, Rev., 399
Moir, Alexander Forbes, Rev., 1888, 307
Moir, Alexander Forbes, University of
Aberdeen, 1837, 39
Moir, Alexander G., 1837, 221
Moir, Alexander Gartshore, 211
Moir, Alexander, G., married to Huldah
Ingraham, 1837, 221
Moir, Alexander, Granitehill, 1887, 310
Moir, Alexander, heir of Dr. William,
1707, 217
Moir, Alexander, "horseshyer," 1689, 49
Moir, Alexander, hosier, 379
Moir, Alexander Hugh, son of John,
1903, 254
Moir, Alexander, in Ayr, 268
Moir, Alexander, in OverhUl, m. 1705, 129
Moir, Alexander James, of Worcester,
1870, 239
Moir, Alexander, Jr., 1660, 46
Moir, Alexander Leith, son of Alexander,
184
Moir, Alexander Leith, son of Forbes,
1898, 183
Moir, Alexander L., of Lowell,
1864, 253, 368
Moir, Alexander, m. 1588, 42
Moir, Alexander, m. 1607, 42
Moir, Alexander, m. 1609, 42
Moir, Alexander, m. 1670, 47
Moir, Alexander, m. 1678, 48
MoLr, Alexander, m. 1691, 47
Moir, Alexander, m. 1698, 47
Moir, Alexander, m. 1744, 55
Moir, Alexander, merchant, 1768. 305
Moir, Alexander, of Aberdeen, 181
Moir, Alexander 2, of Aberdeen, 185
Moir, Alexander, of Aberdeen, 51
Moir, Alexander, of Aberdeen, 1830, 311
Moir, Alexander of Aberdeen, 1858, 308
Moir, Alexander, of Aberdeenshire, 181
Moir, Alexander, of Blackford, 1743, 102
Moir, Alexander, of Brainjohn, 1782, 297
Moir, Alexander of Dunblane, 1713, 99
Moir, Alexander, of EUon, 186
Moir, Alexander, of Forres, 191
Moir, Alexander, of Forres, 191, 195
Moir, Alexander, of Fabnouth, 209, 210
Moir, Alexander, of Fetternear, 395
Moir, Alexander, of Folkstone,
1879, 236, 237
MoiR Genealogy
441
Moir, Alexander, of Gargunnock, 285
Moir, Alexander, of Gargunnock,
1879, 230, 237
Moir, Alexander, of Gilcomston, 52
Moir, Alexander, of Glasgow, 1842, 310
Moir, Alexander, of Glassel, 186
Moir, Alexander, of Granitehill, d.
1882, 309
Moir, Alexander, of Halifax, N. S., 213,214
Moir, Alexander, of Halifax, N. S., 226
Moir, Alexander, 2, of Halifax, N. S., 226
Moir, Alexander, of Indiana, 180, 181
Moir, Alexander, of Insch, 186
Moir, Alexander, of Kintore, 186
Moir, Alexander, of Lanark, 226
Moir, Alexander, of Longacre, 1859, 53
Moir, Alexander, of Machany, 1741, 102
Moir, Alexander, of Mains, Thornhill,
1776, 232, 234, 236
Moir, Alexander, of Methlick, 1745, 55
Moir, -Alexander, of Methlick, 1856, 167
Moir. Alexander, of Muthill, 268
Moir, Alexander, of Muthill, 268, 269
Moir, Alexander, of Muthill, 1770, 268, 269
Moir, Alexander, of Oyne, d. 1878, 291
Moir, Alexander, of Rayne, 184
Moir, Alexander , of Scotstown, 1701, 49
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, 1712, 290
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, 1721, 290
Moir. Alexander, of Scotstown. 1723, 97
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, 1771, 104
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, 1793, 97
Mojr, Alexander, of Scotstown, 300
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, d. 1824,303
Moir, Alexander, of Scotstown, d. 1824, 306
Moir, Alexander, of St. Andrews, 371
Moir, Alexander, of St. Croix, 300
Moir, Alexander, of Stonehaven, 225
Moir, Alexander, of Stoneywood, 1700, 300
Moir, AJexande.-, of Tarland, 1696, 312
Moir, Alexander, of Thornhill, 265
Moir, Alexander, of Washington, 1896, 388
Moir, Alexander, of Waterton, Ellon, 186
Moir, Alexander, or Mure, m. 1661, 47
Moir, Alexander, Principal St. Andrew's
College, 1713, 371
Moir, Alexander, Regent, 49
Moir, Alexander Reid, son of John, 1883, 86
Moir, Alexander Robert, M. B., Ch. B.,
University of Glasgow, 37
Moir, Alexander, Sheriff of Aberdeen, d.
1824, 52
Moir, Alexander Smillie, son of Duncan
1851, 249
Moir, Alexander, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander, 181
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander, 214
Moir, Alexander, 2, son of Alexander, 214
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander, 238
Moir, Alexander, 2, son of Alexander, 238
Moir, Alexander, 3, son of Alexander, 238
Moir, Alexander, 4, son of Alexander, 238
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander, 1662, 47
Moir, Alexander 2d, son of Alexander,
1673, 47
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander, 1694, 49
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander,
1798, 51
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander,
1814, 238
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander,
1856, 167
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander,
1856. 181
Moir, Alexander, son of Alexander L.,
1855, 184
Moir, Alexander, son of Andrew, 127, 128
Moir, Alexander, son of Andrew, 1671, 46
Moir, Alexander, son of Andrew,
1736, . 77, 91
Moir, Alexander, son of Dr. Williams
1668, 138
Moir, Alexander, eon of Dr. William,
1695, 138. 139
Moir, Alexander, son of Dr. William,
1711, 217
Moir, Alexander, son of Edward, 1810, 189
Moir, Alexander, son of GeorKC, 139
Moir, Alexander, son of George, 1776, 75
Moir, Alexander, son of George,
1776. 78, 236
Moir, Alexander, son of George.
1776, 232, 234
Moir, Alexander, son of George, 1821, 234
Moir, Alexander, 2, son of George, 1821,
234
Moir. Alexander, son of George.
1821. 256. 263, 264
Moir, Alexander, son of George, 1882, 182
Moir, Alexander, son of Gilbert, 1680, 128
Moir, Alexander, son of Gilbert, 1686, 128
Moir. Alexander, son of James, 149
Moir, Alexander, son of James, 150
Moir, Alexander, son of James. 172
Moir. Alexander, son of James. 185
Moir. Alexander, .son of James, 1701, 49
Moir, Alexander, son of James, 1845. 185
Moir, Alexander, son of James, 1852, 185
Moir, Alexander, son of James, 1886. 172
Moir, Alexander, son of John. 316
Moir. Alexander, son of John. 1668 45
Moir. Alexander, son of John. 1672. 46
Moir. Alexander, son of John. 1696. 316
Moir. Alexander, son of John, 1707,
62. 148, 149
Moir. Alexander, son of John, 1735, 62
Moir, Alexander, son of John, 1735, 232
Moir, Alexander, son of John, 1740. 203
Moir. Alexander, son of John. 1770, 269
Moir. Alexander, son of John. 1777. 75
Moir, Alexander, son of John, 1S04, 221
Moir. Alexander, son of John. 1833, 267
Moir, Alexander, son of Patrick or Peter,
1635 42
Moir, Alexander, son of Robert. 1705, 231
Moir, Alexander, son of Robert,
1826, 9, 250, 252
Moir, Alexander, son of Robert, 1826, 250
Moir, Alexander, son of Robert, 1862, 199
Moir, Alexander, son of Robert, 1891, 243
Moir, Alexander, son of Robert, 1891, 249
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 141
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1583. 42
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1629, 43
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1636. 43
Moir. Alexander, son of William. 16.59. 127
MoLr, Alexander, son of William. 1690, 97
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1705. 61
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1777, 297
Moir. Alexander, sons of William, 1826, 303
Moir, Alexander, son of %Ailliam, 1850, 87
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1850, 236
Moir. Alexander, son of William, 1860, 166
Moir, Alexander, son of William, 1894, 237
Moir, Alexander, son of William, d.
1777. 297
Moir, Alexander, son of William M., 181
Moir, Alexander, son of William M.,
1838, 181
Moir, Alexander, stonedresser, 1830, 311
Moir, Alexander Thomas, son of Alexander
A., 1828, 192
Moir, Alexander Thomas, son of Robert,
1884. 252
Moir. Alexander, weaver, 1606 96
Moir, Alexander William, son of Robert,
1863. 247
Moir. Alexander Wilson, son of James.
M. D., 1825. 220
Moir. Alexander, weaver, 1606, 96
Moir, Alexander, witness, 49
Moir, Alexander, woodsawyer 185
Moir, Alexander, wright, 1691, 97
Moir, Alexander, writer, 1713, 101
Moir, Alexander, writer, d. 1724, 101
442
MoiR Genealogy
Moir, Alexander writer, Dunblane,
1713, 97
Moir, Alexander, writer, of Aberdeen, 49
Moir, Alexandra Bertha Christina,! dau. of
Alexander W., 1864, 220
Moir, Alfred, son of William M., 181
Moir, Alice, dau. of James 172
Moir, Alice HUda, dau. of James, 125
Moir, Alice Katherine, dau. of John G.,
1897, 165
Moir, Alice May, or Reinhold, dau. of
Duncan, 1868, 180, 181
Moir, Alice, or Pratt, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Alice, Robina, dau. of Alexander,
1901, 166
Moir, Alice Wood, dau. of David,
1878, 269
Moir, Alison, or Jardine, dau. of Robert,
1867, 177
Moir, AUan James Gordon, Brevet Major,
m. 1903, 94
Moir, Allan Leo, son of Alexander W.,
1897, 247
Moir, Allan, son of Alexander, 1859, 53
Moir, Allan, son of Andrew, 255
Moir, AUaster, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Amy Alice Anna, dau. of Alexander
W., 1857, 220
Moir, Amy Christina, dau. of Mark G.,
1898, 246
Moir and More in Scotland, 22, 23
Moir, Andrea, Aberdeen University,
1679, 39
Moir, Andrea, Aberdeen University,
1720, 39
Moir, Andrea, Aberdeen University,
1749, 39
Moir, Andrea, M. D., Aberdeen University,
1822, 40
Moir, Andrew, 1673, 365
Moir, Andrew, 1792, 92
Moir, Andrew, 1833, 256
Moir, Andrew, 1903, 297
Moir, Andrew, baker, 1596, 95
Moir, Andrew, baker, of Maryland,
1774, 27
Moir, Andrew, burgess, 1558, 95
Moir, Andrew, carpenter, 1838, 93
Moir, Andrew Clarkson, son of Alexander,
1880, 265
Moir, Andrew, father of George, 1819, 77
Moir, Andrew, father of Henry, 1821, 77
Moir, Andrew, father of James, 1773, 92
Moir, Andrew, father of Jane, 1848, 87
Moir, Andrew, father of Janet, 1839, 93
Moir, Andrew, father of John, 1744, 91
Moir, Andrew, father of Margaret,
1770, 92, 93
Moir, Andrew, father of Martha, 1829, 93
Moir, Andrew, father of Mary, 1797, 77, 92
Moir, Andrew, father of Robert, 1844, 93
Moir, Andrew, father of William, 1768, 92
Moir, Andrew HiU, son of George M.,
1910, 223
Moir, Andrew, in Aberdeen, m. 1670, 46
Moir, Andrew, in Blackford, 1741, 91
Moir, Andrew, in Crofthead, 1767, 91, 92
Moir, Andrew, in Drumlakenoch, 1710, 90
Moir, Andrew, in Drumlakin, 1736, 91
Moir, Andrew, in Foveran, 1597, 127
Moir, Andrew, in Foveran, 1687, 128, 129
Moir, Andrew, in Foveran, 1688, 97
Moir, Andrew, in Kincardine, 1829, 77
Moir, Andrew, in Muthill, 1790, 93
Moir, Andrew, in Muthill, 1813, 93
Moir, Andrew James, son of Andrew,
1840, 93
Moir, Andrew John, son of Andrew,
1791, 92
Moir, Andrew, m. 1641, 43
Moir, Andrew, m. 1659, 46
Moir, Andrew, m. 1848, 78
Moir, Andrew, merchant, 1683, 97
Moir, Andrew, of Aberargie, 1664, 100
Moir, Andrew, of Aberdeen, m. 1670, 47
Moir, Andrew, of Kincardine, m. 1819, 77
Moir, Andrew, of Kincardine, m. 1845,
78, 238
Moir, Andrew, of Kippen, m. 1806, 81
Moir, Andrew, of Mains, Insch, 186
Moir, Andrew, I. of Oldmill, 127, 129
Moir, Andrew, of Otterburn, 1756, 145
Moir, Andrew, of Overhill, 1673, 317
Moir, Andrew, I. of OverhiU, 1621,
20, 114, 115, 116
Moir, Andrew, II. of Overhill. son of
Andrew I., 1673, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119
Moir, Andrew, III. of Overhill, son of
Andrew II., 1703, 116, 119, 120
Moir, Andrew, of Thornhill, 265
Moir, Andrew, of Thornhill, 1788,
77 2.32 234 235
Moir, Andrew, of Thornhill, 1816,' ' 238
Moir, Andrew, of Washington, 1903, 388
Moir, Andrew, Rev. 393
Moir, Andrew, Rev., 1774, 320
Moir, Andrew, Rev., of Ellon, 20
Moir, Andrew, "Smyth." 1597, 127
Moir, Andrew, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Andrew, son of Alexander, 1672, 128
Moir, Andrew, son of Alexander, 1762, 92
Moir, Andrew, son of Alexander, 1816, 76
Moir, Andrew, son of Alexander, 1892, 237
Moir, Andrew, son of Alexander Jr.,
1657, 47
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, 255
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, 1673, 116
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, 1733, 317
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, 1742, 91
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, 1813, 93
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, 1824, 77
Moir, Andrew, son of Andrew, III. of Over-
hill, 1753, 119
Moir, Andrew, son of Dr. Moir, 1767,
121, 122
Moir, Andrew, son of George, 265
Moir, Andrew, son of George, 1788, 76
Moir, Andrew, son of George, 1833, 234
Moir, Andrew, son of George, 1833, 234,265
Moir, Andrew, son of Gilbert, 1672, 128
Moir, Andrew, son of James, 1765, 92
Moir, Andrew, son of John, 1791, 92
Moir, Andrew, son of John, 1832, 122
Moir, Andrew, son of Robert, 1690, 129
Moir, Andrew, son of Robert, 1828, 254
Moir, Andrew, son of Robert, 1828,
254, 297
Moir, Andrew, son of Thomas, 1676, 145
Moir, Andrew, son of William, 308
Moir, Andrew, son of William, 1631, 43
Moir, Andrew, son of William, 1657, 47
Moir, Andrew, son of WilUam, 1683, 96
Moir, Andrew, son of William, 1686, 127
Moir, Andrew, son of William M., 181
Moir, Andrew, surgeon, 379
Moir, Andrew, witness, 1672, 128
Moir, Andrew, witness, 1683, 128
Moir, Andrew, witness, 1686, 127
Moir, Andrew, witness, 1690, 129
Moir, Andrew, witness, 1703, 119
Moir, Andrew, wright, 1833, 93
Moir, Andro, "baxter," 1596, 95
Moir, Anna, dau. of Andrew, 1672, 46
Moir, Anna, dau. of Gilbert, 1678, 128
Moir, Anna, dau. of Henry, 1733, 62
Moir, Anna, dau. of John, 1672, 60
Moir, Anna, dau. of Robert, 1702, 61
Moir, Anna, dau. of Robert, 1702, 231
Moir, Anna, dau. of William, 1683, 142
Moir, Anna Delight, dau. of Robert,
1836, 197
Moir, Anna Louise, dau. of John G.,
1889, 165
Moir, Anna Margaret, dau. of George,
1886, 211
Moir, Anna, or Muschet, m. 1711, 75
MoiR Genealogy
443
Moir, Anna Scott, or Joy, dau. of Alexander
C, 1859, 167
Moir, Ann, d. 1848, 313
Moir, Ann, dau. of Andrew, 1792, 92
Moir, Ann, dau. of Franeia, d.- 1859, 307
Moir, Ann, dau. of George, 1795, 100
Moir, Ann, dau. of George, d. 1795, 1(50
Moir, Ann, dau. of George y., 1833, 293
Moir, Ann, dau. of Henry, 1773, 64
Moir, Ann, dau. of James, 1802, 65
Moir, Ann, dau. of James, 1827, 170
Moir, Ann, dau. of James, writer, 1743, 102
Moir, Ann, dau. of John, 1760, 63, 92
Moir, Ann, dau. of John, 1767, 64
Moir, Ann, dau. of John, 1801, 76
Moir, Ann, dau. of Robert, 1836, 52
Moir, Ann, dau. of William, 160
Moir, Ann, dau. of William, 1799, 92, 160
Moir, Anne, dau. of Andrew, 1834, 93
Moir, Anne, dau. of John, 1730, 62
Moir, Anne, dau. of John, 1740, 62
Moir, Anne, dau. of William, 141
Moir, Anne Isabella, d. 1848. 299
Moir, Anne Mary, or Milligan, dau. of
David M., 1840, 177
Moir, Anne Tower, or Moore, Countess of
Drogheda, 1879, 296
Moir, Annie Catherine, dau. of John S.,
1898, 184
Moir, Annie, dau. of Benjamin, 213
Moir, Annie, dau. of Charles, 1862, 170
Moir, Annie, dau. of Duncan, 1895, 250
Moir, Annie, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Annie D., or Forsyth, dau. of Alex-
ander, 1858, 252
Moir, Annie D., or Johns, dau. of Alexander,
1858, 252
Moir, Annie Ellen, dau. of David,
1879, 204
Moir, Annie Gertrude, or Faxon, dau. of
Alexander G., 1870, 222
Moir, Annie Maitland, dau. of Frederick
L. M., 1887, 219
Moir, AJinie Marion, dau. of Joseph D.,
1896, 246
Moir, Annie, or Ball, dau. of Robert,
1868, 247
Moir, Annie, or Fraser, dau. of Duncan,
1854, 249
Moir, Annie Reid, of Aberdeen, d.
1884, 292
Moir, Annie Smillie, dau. of William,
1907, 250
Moir, Annie Winifred, dau. of John,
1888, 258
Moir, Ann. in Dunblane, d. 1743, 102
Moir, Ann, in Kilmadock, 1769, 80
Moir, Ann, in Kilmadock, m. 1851, 81
Moir, Ann, in MuthiU, 1799, 93
Moir, Arm, in Torrie, 1760, 63
Moir, Ann Isabella, dau. of William, d.
1848, 53
Moir, Ann, of Aberdeen, 1811, 291
Moir, Ann, of Aberdeen, d. 1848, 313
Moir, Ann, of Aberdeen, m. 1843, 52
Moir, Ann, of Fraserburg, d. 1814, 51
Moir, Ann, of Grandhome, 160
Moir, Arm, of Kilmadock, m. 1847, 81
Moir, Ann, or AUardyce, d. 1887, 291, 293
Moir, Ann, or Cuming, of Doune, 1816, 74
Moir, Ann, or Findlater, dau. of George,
1795, 160, 320
Moir, Aim, or MacLaren, dau. of John,
1740, 232
Moir, Ann, or Milne, dau. of George,
1822, 164, 168
Moir, Ann, or Ogston, dau. of James, 164
Moir, Anne or Skeen, of Tarland, 156, 312
Moir, Ann, or Stewart, dau. of James,
1767, 74, 80, 233
Moir, Ann, or Stewart, m. 1784. 74
Moir. Ann, or Thorn, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Ann Smillie, dau. of Robert,
1883. 249
Moir, Ann, wife of George, 160
Moir, Archibald Gifford, mod of Archibald
P., 271
Moir, Archibald, in Deanston, 1721, 62
Moir, Archibald, in Doun(!, in. 1H37, 81
Moir, Archibald, in Glenwhilk, 1069. 60
Moir, Archibald, in Row, 1070, 60
Moir, Archibald, M. D., son of John, 274
Moir, Archibald, M. D., son of John,
1872, 272
Moir, Archibald, of Alloa, 1835, 271
Moir, Archibald, of Doune, 1837, 66
Moir, Archibald, of Kilmadock. 1668, 60
Moir, Archibald Patrick, of Alloa,
1860, 271, 336
Moir, Archibald, son of Archibald, 1721, 66
Moir, Archibald, son of Henrj', 1778, 64
Moir, Archibald, son of James, 1043, 59
Moir, Archibald, son of James, 1643, 231
Moir, Archibald, son of James, 1753, 63
Moir, Archibald, son of James, 1835,
270, 271, 335
Moir, -Archibald, son of John, 1720, 62
Moir, Archibald, son of Walter, 1863, 83
Moir, Archibald, witness, 1676, 60
Moir, Archibald, witness, 1791, 64
Moir, Arthor, of Aberdeen, m. 1608, 42
Moir, Arthur Duncan, son of James,
1887, 220
Moir, Arthur, Finnylost, 98
Moir, Arthur Homewood, son of William,
211
Moir, A., soldier, 1899, 322
Moir, Barbara, dau. of Alexander, 1664, 47
Moir, Barbara, dau. of Alexander,
1721, 129
Moir, Barbara, dau. of George, 1691, 129
Moir, Barbara, dau. of George, 1789, 162
Moir, Barbara, dau. of George, 1820, 164
Moir, Barbara, dau. of GUbert, 1680, 128
Moir, Barbara, dau. of Thomas, 1783, 145
Moir, Barbara, dau. of William, 1758, 55
Moir, Barbara Helen, dau. of David,
1887, 204
Moir, Barbara, or Grant, dau. of Peter, 203
Moir, Barbara,or Hay, d. 1781, 316
Moir, Beatrix, dau. of Andrew, 1790, 92
Moir, Beatrix, dau. of William, 1811, 93
Moir, Beatrix, in ICincardine, 1765, 77
Moir, Beatrix, or Gibb, d. 1756, 297
Moir, Bella, dau. of John, 1882, 274
Moir, Bella Jean, dau. of James, 203
Moir, Benjamin, manufacturer, d. 1872, 307
Moir, Benjamin, of Halifax, 212
Moir, Benjamin, provision merchant,
1842, 379
Moir, Benjamin, son of Benjamin, 212
Moir, Benjamin 2, son of Benjamin, 212
Moir, Bertha Day, dau. of Alexander J.,
1898, 239
Moir, Bertha Florence, dau. of George R.,
1894, 263
Moir, Bessie, dau. of Alexander, 1661, 47
Moir, Bessie, of Aberdeen, m. 1671, 46
Moir, Betsy, dau. of John, 1878, 85
Moir, Betty S., or Christian, dau, of
DeWittC, 1873, 197
Moir, bi.shop, covenanter, 396
Moir, Bridget, of Aberdeen, d. 1842, 313
Moir-Bvres, Alleyn Catherine Elizabeth,
m. 1881, 133
Moir-B3-re3, family of, 126
Moir-Byres, family, of Tonley, 19, 317
Moir-Byres, George, VI., of Tonley,
1807, ^ 122, 133
Moir-Byres, James Gregory, V. of Tonley,
1804, 122 ,133, 306
Moir-Byres, Jean, dau. of George, 133
Moir, Byres, M.B., CM.. M.D., 1876, 40
Moir, Byres, M.B., son of Patrick, 1853, 125
444
MoiR Genealogy
Moir-Byres, Patricia Byres, 1879, 133
Moir-Byres, Patrick III., of Tooley,
1778, 132
Moir-Byres, Patrick, IV., of Tonley,
1802, 121, 133
Moir-Byres, Stuart, son of George, 133
Moir, Calder, of Aberdeen, d. 1855, 292
Moir, Carl Raymond, son of George R.,
1897, 263
Moir, Caroline, dau. of Patrick, m.
1872, 125
Moir, Cassie Jane Ross, dau. of William C,
1890, 266
Moir, Catherine, dau. of Alexander, 1809, 76
Moir, Catherine, dau. of James, 1676, 145
Moir, Catherine, dau. of James, 1896, 243
Moir, Catherine, dau. of John, 122
Moir, Catherine, dau. of Robert, 1857, 263
Moir, Catherine, dau. of Robert, 1865, 177
Moir, Catherine, dau. of William, 141
Moir, Catherine Elizabeth, dau. of John,
1860, 272
Moir, Catherine Elizabeth, of Port Hope,
274
Moir, Catherine F., of Aberdeen, d.
1862, 294
Moir, Catherine, or Findlay, dau. of John,
122
Moir, Catherine, or Fraser, dau. of John,
122
Moir, Catherine, or Hutton, dau. of Alex-
ander, 1809, 236
Moir, Catherine, or Hutton, of Kilmadock,
m. 1844, _ _ 78, 81
Moir, Catharine, or Maule, of Kilmadock,
1841, 81
Moir, Catherine Paton, dau. of James,
1896, 223
Moir, Catherine Yoimghusband, or Orr,
dau. of David M., 1838, 177
Moir, Cecilia Ann, dau. of David A.,
1898, 186
Moir, Charles Alexander, of Leckie,
1820, 284
Moir, Charles Bell, son David M., 1833, 177
Moir, Charies, bookseUer, 1828, 170
Moir, Charles, Captain, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Charles C, son of George, 1909, 213
Moir, Charles George, of Denmore, d.
1851, 53
Moir, Charles H., of Gautemala, 1904, 186
Moir, Charles, in StirUng, 1801, 103
Moir, Charles Louis, son of Charles,
1882, 188
Moir, Charles McGregor, son of James,
1903, 173
Moir, Charles, M. D., son of James,
1858, 188
Moir, Charles, of Aberdeen, 1813, 307
Moir, Charles, of Aberdeen 309
Moir, Charles, of Aberdeen, d. 1881, 307
Moir, Charles, of Stirling, 1803, 103
Moir, Charles Raymond, son of Alexander,
1892, 185
Moir, Charles, Rev., d. 1774, 305
Moir, Charles R., son of Wilham W.,
1874, 193
Moir, Charles Scott, son of Robert,
1804, 176
Moir, Charles, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Charles, soldier, 1746, 132
Moir, Charles, soldier, 1746, 132, 153, 154
Moir, Charles, son of Charles,
1860, 170
Moir, Charles, son of James, 1745, 150
Moir, Charles, son of James, 1752, 151
Moir, Charles, son of James, 1828, 170
Moir, Charles, son of James, 172
Moir, Charles, son of William, 1830, 299
Moir, Charles, son of William, d. 1845. 52
Moir, Charles Sutherland, son of David,
1893, 269
Moir, Charles William, son of Alexander G.,
1877, 222
Moir, Charlotte Amelia, or Simpson, dau.
of Robert, 1852, 245
Moir, Charlotte, dau. of Alexander,
1885, 166
Moir, Charlotte, dau. of Thomas, 1783, 145
Moir, Charlotte, dau. of William, 1862, 166
Moir, Chester Drummond, son of Alexander
J 1901 239
Moir, ( — '—), child of George d. 1777, 302
Moir, ( ), child of John, d. 1872, 309
Moir, Christine, dau. of Robert, 1644, 59
Moir, Christian, dau. of Alexander,
1659, 128
Moir, Christian, dau. of John, m. 1691, 137
Moir, Christian, dau. of John, 1748, 203
Moir, Christian, dau. of John, 1633, 136
Moir. Christian, dau. of John, 1671, 143
Moir, Christian, dau. of John, 1748, 203
Moir, Christian, dau. of Patrick,
1655, 45
Moir, Christian, dau. of Peter, 1632, 42
Moir, Christian, dau. of William, 1687, 48
Moir, Christian, of Aberdeen, d. 1849, 53
Moir, Christian, or Fraser, dau. of John,
1691, 217
Moir, Christina Agnes, dau. of George,
1881, 164
Moir, Christina Beaton, dau. of George,
1879, 311
Moir, Christina, dau. of Alexander, d.
1909, 300
Moir, Christina, dau. of George, 1639, 43
Moir, Christina, dau. of Thomas, 1783, 145
Moir, Christina, dressmaker, d. 1887, 310
Moir, Christina Isabel, dau. of James,
1903, 254
Moir, Christina Jane Smith, dau. of William
163
Moir, Christina, of Aberdeen, d. 1909, 309
Moir, Christina, of Stonehaven, 225
Moir, Clara Luella, or Foster, dau. of Mar-
cus W., 1873, 187
Moir, Clementina, dau. of James, 159
Moir, Clifford James, son of John,
1894, 261
Moir, Colin Argyle, son of John, 1804, 258
Moir, Colonel, of Scotstown, d. 1870, 306
Moir, Constance M. Louise, dau. of Alex-
ander W., 1860, 220
Moir-Crane, Patrick, of Levenshulme,
1830, 20.124
Moir, Crawford Boyd, son of David,
1886, 260
Moir, CybeUa Susan, or Noel, dau. of Alex-
ander A., 1840, 193
Moir, Daniel Mearns, d. 1886, 292
Moir, Daniel Mearns, 2., d. 1888, 292
Moir, Daniel, son of Robert, 1855, 253
Moir, ( ), dau. of "Harie", 1687, 61
Moir, ( ) , dau. of James, 268
Moir, ( ), dau. of Thomas, 150
Moir, David, 287
Moir, David, 187
Moir, David, 1719, 62
Moir, David Alexander, son of John,
1896, 258
Moir, David Anderson, Rev., son of John
1853, 260
Moir, David Andrew, son of Alexander,
1873, 185, 186
Moir, David, brother of John, 187
Moir, David, brother of John, 203
Moir, David, brother of John, 208
Moir, David, brother of John More, 203
Moir, David, father of David, 224
Moir, David, father of George, 211
Moir, David Gardner, son of WUliam,
1867, 248
Moir, David, in Campsie, 1796, 66
Moir, David, in CornhiU, 188^
MOIR GENHAI-OCY
445
Moir, David, in Douno, 170.3, 61
Moir, David, in Doune, 1720, 62
Moir, David, in Doune, 1733, 62
Moir, David, in Landrick, 1767, 63, 64
Moir, David, in Landrick, 1777, 63. 64
Moir, David, in Low, 101
Moir, David, in Low, 1724, 101
Moir, David, ironfounder, 222
Moir, David, Jr., of Dundee, 1864, 53
Moir, David, Junior, son of David,
1887. 269
Moir, David. Junior, of Dundee, m. 1864, 53
Moir, David Macbeth, (Delta), 1798,
11, 176, 327, 330, 333, 387, 391, 393
Moir, David Macbeth, Jr., son of David M.,
1836, 177
Moir, David Macbeth, M.B.. CM., M.D.,
Edinburgh University, 1885, 40
Moir, David Macbeth, son of Robert, Jr.,
1860, 176
Moir, David Macbeth, St. Andrew's Uni-
versity, 1877, 41
Moir, David, M. A., Edinburgh Uuiversity,
1865, 40
Moir, David Nelson, son of John S.,
1893, 184
Moir, David, of Buffalo. 1849, 222
Moir, David, of Campsie, 1772, 233
Moir, David, of Campsie, 1796, 65
Moir, David, of Cornhill, 188
Moir, David, of Craigarnhall, 1659,
277, 278
Moir, David, of Doune, 1733, 62, 230
Moir, David, of Doune, 1763, 63, 64
Moir, David, of Gateside, Balfron 285
Moir, David, of KUmadock, m. 1782 80
Moir, David, of Leckie. 1668, 277, 278, 282
Moir, David, of Lednabra, 285
Moir, David, of Liverpool, 204
Moir, David, of London, m. 1881, 94
Moir, David, of Northumberland, 209
Moir, David, of Perth, 1831, 38
Moir, David, of Perthshire, 269
Moir, David, of Roxbury, 1844, 269, 394
Moir, David, of Roxburj-, 1875, 315
Moir, David, of Stirling, 1688, 277
Moir, David, of Stirling. 1698 278
Moir, David, Right Rev., D. D., Bishop
of Brechin, 1862, 391
Moir,, David Roberts, son of George M.,
1906 223
Moir, David, sheriff-clerk, 1686, 277
Moir, David, son of Alexander, 1891, 237
Moir, David, son of Archibald, 1676, 60
Moir, David, son of Archibald, 1676, 231
Moir, David, son of David, 1670, 278, 282
Moir, David, son of David, 1825, 224, 225
Moir, David, son of David, 1867, 209
Moir, David, son of David, 1867, 209
Moir, David 2d. son of David, 1891, 269
Moir, David, son of George, 321
Moir, David, son of George, 1842, 321
Moir, David, son of George, d. 1844, 321
Moir, David, son of Gregor, m. 1788, 204
Moir, David, son of James, 1772, 64
Moir, David, son of James, 1772, 233
Moir, David, son of James W., 1864, 222
Moir, David, son of John, 1670, 60
Moir, David, son of John, 1671, 89
Moir, David, son of John, 1754, 203
Moir, David, son of John, 1769, 75
Moir, David, son of John, 1805, 221
Moir, David, son of John, 1810, 76
Moir, David, son of John, 1885, 86
Moir, David, son of Peter, 203
Moir, David, 2, son of Peter, 203
Moir, David, son of Peter, 204
Moir, David, son of Rev. John, 394
Moir, David, son of Robert, 1647, 59
Moir, David, son of Robert, 1702, 61
Moir, David, son of Robert, 1777, 63
Moir, David, son of William, 1844, 269
Moir, David son of WilUam, 1844, 269,394
Moir, David, son of William, 1844, 269
Moir, David, St. Andrew's University,
18.35, 41
Moir, David, St. Andrew's University.
1865, 41
Moir, David Stewart, Rev., son of Richard,
1877. 207
Moir, David Stirling, son of George S., 260
Moir, David, tailor, 1842. 379
Moir. David Wel.sey, son of William W.,
1885. 183
Moir, David, witness, 1720, 62
Moir. David, witness, 1763. 63
Moir. David, witness, 1767, 64
Moir, David, witness, 1777, 63
Moir. David, writer. 1764. 64
Moir, de la Thomas, Virginia. 1624, 28
Moir, De Witt Clinton, son of James S., 197
Moir, De Witt Clinton, son of Robert. 1826.
196
Moir, Donald, of Cromar, 1745,
155, 156. 157
Moir. Donald, son of Donald, 156
Moir, Dorothea, dau. of James, 125
Moir. Dorothy Caroline, dau. of Frederick
L. M., 1891. 219
Moir, Dorothy Elizabeth, dau. of William,
1894, 165
Moir, Dougald Stuart, son of James,
1884, 220
Moir, Douglas, son of Douglas. M. D..
1883. 125
Moir. Douglas, son of George, 1875, 124
Moir, Douglas, M.D., son of Patrick,
1844, 125
Moir, Douglas Stewart, son of Robert H..
1902, 263
Moir, Dr., of Aberdeen, 1881, 316
Moir, Dr., of Mussellburgh. 1844,
330 3.31 332
Moir, Dr., of Pertehead, d. 1818, ' 121, .304
Moir, Dugald Alexander, son of Alexander,
1886, 166
Moir, Duncan, in Doune, 1689, 61
Moir, Duncan Rae. son of William.
1909, 250
Moir, Duncan, Robertson, son of Robert,
1882. 249
Moir, Duncan, school-teacher, 1868, 180
Moir, Duncan, son of Alexander,
1862. 248. 253. 323, 324
Moir. Duncan, son of Duncan. 1864. 250
Moir, Duncan. Q., son of Duncan.
1897. 250
Moir. Duncan, son of James. 1664, 100
Moir, Duncan, son of Robert, 1824,
248, 326, 395
Moire, Agnes, dau. of John, 1674, 144
Moire, Agnes, wife of John, 1673, 47
Moire, Agneta, dau. of Joannis, 1674, 137
Moire. Alexander, witness, 1676, 47
Moire, Andrew, witness, 1672. 128
Moir. Earl Ray. son of John. 1899, 180
Moire, Bessie, m. 1678, 48
Moire, Christian, dau. of John, 1679.
144. 288, 289
Moire, Christian, or Eraser. 1697, 289
Moire. Christina, dau. of John, 1674. 137
Moir, Edgar Percival, son of Alexander T.,
1859, ■ 193
Moir, Edith Davidson, of Peterculter
1900, 309
Moir, Edith Emma, 1856. 318
Moir, Edith Maud, or Green, dau. of Alex-
ander G., 1872, 222
Moir, Edmund Head, son of Robert,
1864, ^ 247
Moir, Edward Alexander, son of James A.,
1902. 189
Moir. Edward Byres, son of George.
1878, 124
Moir, Edward James, son of Alexander,
1840, 210
446
MOIR Ghnbai^ogy
Moir, Edward, of Virginia. 1634, 28
Moir, Edward, son of Alexander, 1844, 189
Moir, Edward, son of Douglas, 1878, 125
Moir, Edward, son of Edward, 190
Moir, Edward, of Coalsnaughton, 189
Moir, Edwin L., son of William W.,
1860, 193
Moir, Eleanor Francis, dau. of Edward,
1879, 210
Moir, Elin, dau. of James, 1796, 65
Moir, Elis, or McQueen, m. 1820, 77
Moir, Elizabeth Ann, dau, of George M.,
1869, 184
Moir, Elizabeth B., dau. of Alexander,
1882, 226
Moir, Elizabeth Catherine, dau. of Alex-
ander W., 1855, 220
Moir, Elizabeth Catherine, or Scott, dau.
of David M., 1830, 176
Moir, Elizabeth, dau. of Andrew, 1678, 46
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Andrew, 1709, 119
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Dr. WiEiam,
1680, 138
Moir, Elizabeth, dau. of Dr. WiUiam,
1688, 216
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Forbes, 1881, 183
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of George, 1743, 160
Moir, Elizabeth, dau. of George, 1796, 76
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of George, 1814, 163
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of George, 1869, 242
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of George, 1885, 182
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Gilbert, 1675, 128
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Gilbert, 1749, 117
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of James, 1762, 63
Moir, Elizabeth, dau. of James, 1789, 64
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of James, 1777, 103
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of James.
65, 80, 81, 232, 233, 234, 242, 395
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of John, 1793, 92
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Rev. Andrew,
1739, 120
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Robert, 1852, 245
Moir. EUzabeth, dau. of Thomas, 1685, 60
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of Thomas, 1783, 145
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of WilUam, 1648, 43
Moir, EUzabeth, dau. of WilUam M., 181
Moir, EUzabeth , 2, dau. of WiUiam M., 181
Moir, Elizabeth Grace Macfarlane, dau. of
Alexander, 1888, 237
Moir, EUzabeth Hamilton, dau. of Edward,
1909, 189
Moir, EUzabeth, in Gartincaber, 1815, 65
Moir, EUzabeth, in Meadowhead, 1814, 65
Moir, Ejizabeth, Lavinia, dau. of John,
1885, 228
Moir, EUzabeth MacDonald, or Grant, dau.
of Robert, 1876, 243
Moir, EUzabeth Muirhead, dau. of James
R., 1894. 180
Moir, EUzabeth, of Aberdeen, 1877, 308
Moir, Elizabeth, of Daldorn, 1799, 76
Moir. Elizabeth, of Kilmadock, 1789,
65, 80, 81, 232, 233, 234, 242, 395
Moir, EUzabeth, of London, m. 1833, 94
Moir, EUzabeth, or Byres, m. 1819, 51
Moir, EUzabeth, or Erskine, dau. of John,
1867, 307
Moir, Elizabeth, or Hart, dau. of Alexander,
1860, 253
Moir, EUzabeth, or MacAdam, dau. of
Andrew, 255
Moir, EUzabeth, or MacQueen, dau. of
George, 1796, 232, 235
Moir, Elizabeth or Mair, dau. of George.
1743, 160
Moir, Elizabeth, or MuUigan, dau. of Dr.
WilUam, 1703, 217
Moir, Elizabeth, or Russell, dau. of James,
1849, 242
Moir, EUzabeth, or Smith, dau. of Duncan,
1858, 250
Moir, EUzabeth Stewart, dau. of James,
1891,J 223
Moir, EUzabeth Stuart, dau. of George M.,
1902, 223
Moir, Elizabeth, or SulUvan, dau. of Robert,
1823, 195
Moir, Ellen, dau. of Peter, 203
Moir, Elmer Edwin, son of Andrew, C,
1901, 265
Moir, Elsie, dau. of Alexander, 1822, 184
Moir, Elsie, dau. of Charles, 170
Moir, Elsie, dau. of James, 172
Moir. Elsie, dau. of William. 374
Moir, Elsie, or Morrison, dau. of James,
1846, 171
Moir, Elsie, or Porter, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Elsie, or V/ood, dau. of William,
1870, 173
Moir, Elsie Sarah, dau. of James,
1886, 208
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Alexander,
1660, 47
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Alexander, 1709, 129
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Arthor, 1608, 42
Moir, Elspet, dau. of John, 157
Moir, Elspet, dau. of John, 1690, 46
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Patrick, 1652, 148
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Peter, 1630, 42
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Robert, 1643, 59
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Robert, 1694, 129
Moir, Elspet, dau. of Thomas, 1638, 43
Moir, Elspet, of Aberdeen, 48
Moir, Elspet, 2, of Aberdeen, 49
Moir, Elspet, or Black, dau. of George, 162
Moir, Elspet, or Bunch, of Forfarshire 157
Moir, Elspet or Elsie, dau. of George,
1740, 160
Moir, Elspet, or Saint, of MethUck, m.
1775, 55
Moir, Elspet, or Riddell, dau. of George,
1740, 160
Moir, Elspet, or Sangster, dau. of George,
d. 1891, 168
Moir, Elspet, wife of Robert, 1681, 46
Moire, Majorie, 1654, 136
Moir, Ertuly, dau. of William, 182
Moir, Emily EUzabeth, or Leggatt, dau.
of Robert, 1872, 177
Moir, Emily Robertson, or Duncan, dau. of
David M., 1845, 178
Moir, Emma, dau. of WilUam M., 181
Moir, Emma LUlian, dau. of Sandy A.,
1901, z 195
Moir, EmsUe Douglas, son of W., 1893,
311
Moir, Ernest Franklin, son of David,
1880, 204
Moir, Ernest Raymond, son of Mark G.,
1888, 246
Moir, Esther Maiden, dau. of James,
1890, 223
Moir, Ethel Susan, dau. of Mark G.,
1883, 245
Moir, Eva, dau. of Alexander, 1893, 309
Moir, Eva Jane Dawes, or Hamilton, dau.
of Robert, 244
Moire, George, witness, 1679, 48
Moire, Isobel, dau. of John, 1674, 144
Moire, IsabeU, dau. of John, 1679, 288, 289
Moire, IssobeUa, 1674, 137
Moire, Jae, 1683, 112, 113
Moire. James, son of James, 1667 144
Moire, James, of Ferryhill, 1667, 144
Moire, Janet, dau. of James, 1673, 144
Moire, Janet, dau. of James, 1859, 83
Moire, Janet, dau. of John, 1674, 288,289
Moire, Janet, dau. of John, 1674, 288, 289
Moire, Janeta, dau. of Joannis, 1674, 137
Moire, Jean, dau. of John, 144
Moire, Jean, dau. of John, 1679, 288, 289
Moire, Jeane, of FerryhiU, 1667, 144
Moire, Joanna, dau. of Joannis, 1674, 137
Moire, John , bailUe, 1687, 48
Moire, John, Jr., witness, 1668, 47
Moire, John, of Aberdeen, 1673, 47
MoiR Genealogy
447
Moire, John, of Argrais, 1665, 287
Moire, John, 2, of Arpjrais, 1665, 287
Moire, John, of Barnes, 1651, 137
Moire, John, of Barnes, 1008, 4
Moire, John, of Ferriohill, 1096, 144
Moire, John, son of Johne, 1054, 130
Moire, John, son of Wilham, 1615, 130
Moire, John, surgeon, IGTJt, 48
Moire, John, witness, 1081, 48
Moire, Margaret, dau. of John, 1674, 144
Moire, Margaret, dau. of John, 1679,
288, 289
Moire, Maria, dau. of Joannia, 1674, 137
Moire, Marie, dau. of John, 1074, 144
Moire, Marjorie, dau. of James. 144
Moire, Marjory, dau. of John, 1074, 144
Moire, Mary, of Aberdeen, 1080, 48
Moire, Margareta, dau. of Joannis,
1674, 137
Moire, Patrick, bailie, 1676, 47, 48
Moires, of Drohega. 17
Moire, Thomas, of Canada, 1694, 27
Moir, Eugene, son of Gavin, 1901, 204
Moire, William, M. D., witness, 1660, 144
Moire, William, son of James, 1666, 144
Moir, Fannie L., dau. of James, 1889, 208
Moir, Finlay, of Doune, 1697, 61
Moir, Flora M., dau. of James. 1884, 208
Moir, Florence Adamson, dau. of Alexander,
1876, 267
Moir, Florence Edna dau. of Forbes,
1884, 183
Moir, Florence May, dau. of John S.,
1890, 184
Moir, Florence Oliver, dau. of John,
1898 180
Moir, Floyd Eugene, dau. of Robert S.,
1901, 265
Moir, Forbes Byron, son of Forbes,
1886, 183
Moir, Forbes Edward, son of John S.,
1895, 184
Moir, Forbes Fraser Maitland, son of
James, d. 1891, 54, 310
Moir, Forbes, son of Dr. George, 122
Moir, Forbes, son of John, 122
Moir, Forbes, son of Forbes, 1851, 183
Moir, Forbes, son of William, 183
Moir, Forbes, writer, 37
Moir, Frances Florence Charlotte, dau. of
William W., 1898, 183
Moir, Frances Mary, or Patterson, dau. of
Alexander G., 1805, 221
Moir, Francis, grocer, 1885, 37
Moir, Francis, in Mains of Cookney, 307
Moir, Francis, merchant, 1808, 38
Moir, Francis, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Francis, son of Alexander A. S.,
d. 1891, 309
Moir, Frank Forbes, son of Goerge,
1893, 104
Moir, Frank L., author, 376
Moir, Franklin Taylor, son of James,
1877, . 207
Moir, Frank, son of James, 188
Moir, Frank, son of John, 322
Moir, Frederick Ernest, son of Alexander,
1886, 185
Moir, Frederick Lewis Maitland, son of
John I. A.. 1878, 11, 219, 339
Moir, Frederick William Francis, son of
David, 1884, 204
Moir, G., soldier. 1899, 323
Moir, Gavin, Albert, son of Gavin,
1898, 264
Moir, Gavin, son of Alexander, 1862 264
Moir, Gavin, son of George, 266
Moir, Gein, of Kilmadock, m. 1625, 79
Moir, George, Aberdeen, 1787, 378
Moir, George Alexander, son of Alexander
G., 1867, 221
Moir, George Alexander, son of George R. ,
1884, 263
Moir, George Allan, son of Robert,
1904, 255
Moir, George, artiHt, 389
Moir, CJeorge, bagpiper, 18-10. 224
Moir, George. l)la(kMniith. d. I7S4, 320
Moir, George Bultt'cl, Hon of George,
1X70, 124
Moir, George Byron, son of James,
1828, 240
Moir, George, C. B., 1820, 298, 299
Moir, George, C. B., of Bcotstown,
1820, 140
Moir, George Charles, m. 1828, 301
Moir. George Charles, 1771, 139
Moir, George Charles, of Dcnmore,
1771, 53, 139, 298
Moir, George, dyer, 1648. 96
Moir, George Edward, 1861, son of Alex-
ander C, 167
Moir, George Edward, son of George M.,
1904, 223
Moir, George Evenly, son of William,
1870. 248
Moir. George, father of George. 224
Moir, George, father of Isabella, 1855, 306
Moir, George, fiars juror, 1751, 97
Moir, George Forest Barclay, son of James,
1875, 224
Moir, George, gamekeeper, 180
Moir, George Glendinning, son of John,
1879, 258
Moir, George, hosier, 1799, 361
Moir.George, in Fraserburgh, 1787, 378
Moir, George, in Kincardine, 1776, 75
Moir, George, in Knockhall, 1709, 129
Moir, George, in Machany, 1743, 102
Moir, George, in Savoch, 1691, 129
Moir, George J., painter, 1861. 188
Moir, George Jr., son of James B.,
1850, 122
Moir, George, labourer, m. 1874, 54
Moir, George Littel, father of Peter C, 211
Moir, George, LL. D., sheriff,
295, 337, 374, 398
Moir, George Macintosh, son of George,
1905, 254
Moir, George McLean, son of Peter,
1866, 223
Moir, George, M. A., sheriff, 1799, 295
Moir, George Michie, son of George,
1S39, 183
Moir, George, miller, 1678, 97
Moir, George Milton, son of Robert,
1846. 262
Moir. George, m. Jean Stirling, 1784,
78, 234, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263,266
Moir, George, moulder, m. 1885. 54
Moir, George, of Aberdeen, m. 1637, 43
Moir. George, of Aberdeen, m. 1663, 45
Moir, George, of Aberdeen, 1670, 48
Moir, George, of .Aberdeen, m. 1083, 47
Moir, George, of Aberdeen, 1764. 359
Moir, George, 2, of .\berdeen, 1790, 378
Moir, George, of Aberdeen, 1790. 378
Moir. George, of .\berdeen, d. 1792, 294
Moir, George, of .\berdeen, d. 1813, 294
Moir, George, of Aberdeen, d. 1855, 292
Moir, George, of Aberdeen, 1894, 311
Moir, George, of Bowhapple, 75
Moir, George, of Brainjohu, 1735, 55
Moir, George, of Buchan, 394
Moir, George, of Buchanan, m. 1726, 57
Moir, George, of Campsie Glen, 1902, 226
Moir, George, of Coldwells, 180
Moir, George, of Donmore, 1832, 97
Moir, George, of Denmore, 1853, 384
Moir, George, of Denmore, 1882, 306, 317
Moir, George, of Doune, 390
Moir, George, of Doune, m. 1776, 78
Moir, George, of Dullatur, 226
Moir. George, of Fedderate, 186
Moir, George, of Glasgow University,
1685, 37
448
MoiR Genealogy
Moir, George, of Jamaica, d. 1807, 305
Moir, George, of KnockhiU, d. 1842, 321
Moir, George, of Leckie, d. 1792,
279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 296
Moir, George, of London, m. 1747, 94
Moir, George, of Monquhitter, 311
Moir, George, of New Grange, 141
Moir, George, of Scotstown, 1726, 104
Moir, George, of Scotstown, 1751, 97
Moir, George, of Scotstown, 1752, 290
Moir, George, of Scotstown, 1760, 399
Moir, George, of Scotstown, d. 1789,
139, 302, 303
Moir, George, of Skene, 1764, 169
Moir, George, of Stoneywood, 298, 300
Moir, George, of the "Old Ship," d.
1792, 294 295
Moir, George, of Thornhill, 1778, ' 75
Moir, George, of Thornhill,
257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 266
Moir, George, of Thornhill, 1846, 257, 258
Moir, George, Rev. Dr., of Peterhead, m.
1766, 131
Moir, George, Bev., in Towie, 1701, 118
Moir, George, Rev. M. A., 1679, 114, 115
Moir, George, Rev., M. A., M. D.,
1741, 119, 120
Moir, George, Rev., of Foveran, 1709, 119
Moir, George, Rev., of Kintore, 321
Moir, George, Rev., of Newmachar,
1810, 321
Moir, George, Rev., of Newmachar,
1840, 321
Moir, George, Rev., of Peterhead, 1790, 378
Moir, George, Rev., of Tonley, 1861, 316
Moir, George, Rev., of Towie, 393
Moir, George, Rev., witness, 1767, 120
Moir, George Robert, son of George,
1879, 164
Moir, George Ross, son of Alexander,
1855, 263, 266
Moir, George Roy, son of Alexander,
1895, 166
Moir, George Rnfns, son of Gavin,
1887, 264
Moir, George, sheriff of Stirlingshire,
1799, 295, 337, 374
Moir, George S., Jr., of Knockhall, 186
Moir, George S., of Aberdeen, d. 1885, 292
Moir, George S., of Aberdeen, 1885, 294
Moir, George, soldier, 1675, 32
Moir, George, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, George, son of Alexander, 139
Moir, George, son of Alexander, 238
Moir, George, 2, son of Alexander. 238
Moir, George, son of Alexander, 1810, 236
Moir, George, son of Alexander, 1866, 254
Moir, George, son of Alexander, 1886, 237
Moir, George, M. A., son of Andrew,
1714, 117
Moir, George, son of Andrew, 1819, 77
Moir, George, son of Andrew, 1819, 265
Moir, George, son of Arthur, 1615, 42
Moir, George, son of Benjamin, d. 1892, 213
Moir, George, son of David, 211
Moir, George, son of David, m. 1883, 211
Moir, George, son of Da\dd, 278
Moir, George, son of Da\'id, 18.55, 224
Moir, George, son of George, 1681, 48
Moir, George, son of George, m. 1781,
160, 161
Moir, George, son of George, 1784, 76
Moir, George, son of George, 1784, 234
Moir, George, son of Henry, 1787, 76
Moir, George, son of George, 1790, 162, 163
Moir, George, son of George, 1790,
162, 163, 168
Mou-, George, son of George, 160, 161, 320
Moir, George, son of George, 1793, 170
Moir, George, son of George, 183
Moir, George, son of George,
232. 234, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263,
266
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George;
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George;
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George,
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Mojr, Geooge
Moir, George
Moir. George
Moir, George
Moir, George.
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
2, son of George, 183
son of George, m. 1800, 51
son of George, 1815, 173
son of Geo.-ge, 1815, 256
son of George, 1816, 76
2, son of George, 1816, 76
son of George, 1817, 234
son of George, 1817, 234, 256
son of George, 183
son of George, 1839, 183
son of George, 224
2, son of George, 224
son of George, 256
son of George, 1850, 163
2., son of George, 1850, 163
son of George, 1872, 182
son of George M., 1873, 184
son of George, 1887, 163
son of James, 172
2, son of James, 172
son of James, 225
son of James, 235
son of James, 235
son of James, 1696. 159
son of James, 1737, 160
son of James, d. 1784,
159, 160, 320
son of James, 1840, 171
son of James, 1854, 164
2, son of James, 1854, 164
son of James, 1859, 261
son of James, 1868, 225
son of James, 1899, 180
son of James R., 1899, 180
son of John, 1661, 45
son of John, 1677, 46
son of John, 1775, 121
son of John, 180
son of Patrick, 1644, 148
son of Patrick, 1839, 124
son of Rev. George, 1724, 115
son of Robert, 1731, 55
son of Robert, 1748, 75
son of Robert, 1748,
232, 234. 236, 239
son of Robert, 1811, 65, 242
son of Robert, 1875, 243
son of Robert, 1883, 243
son of William, 141
2, son of William, 141
son of WiUiam, 1688, 142
son of WiUiam, 160
son of William, 321
son of WiUiam, 1848, 182
, St. Andrew's University,
41
son of John, 260
1815, 163
d. 1813, 51, 312
139
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George,
Molt, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
Moir, George
1850,
Moir. George Stirling,
Moir, George, tailor,
Moir, George, vintner
Moir, George V. of Scotstown
Moir, George VIII. of Scotstown,
1820, 139, 140
Moir, George W., 1861, 361, 368
Moir, George, witness, 1693, ' 49
Moir, George, witness, 1770, 75
Mob-, George W., soldier, 1839, 361, 368
Moir, George WUUam Watts, son of Robert,
1841, 52
Moir, Georgians Ann, dau. of George R.,
1908, 164
Moir, Georgiana, dau. of WiUiam, 163
Moir, Georgius, Aberdeen University,
1828, 40
Moir, Georgius, A. M., Aberdeen Univer-
40
50
114
50
99
48
105
43
sity, 1730,
Moir, GUbert, m. 1697,
Moir, Gilbert, son of Andrew, 1675,
Moir, GUbert, burgess, m. 1695,
Moir, Gilbert, cooper, 1710,
Moir, GUbert, cooper, father of Jean,
Moir, GUbert, son of Dr. WiUiam,
1695,
Moir, GUbert, father of Hector, 1645,
MoiR Gbneai^ogy
449
Moir, Gilbert, father of Jean. 1639 43
Moir. Gilbert, in Haddo, 1075, 114
Moir, Gilbert, in Pitmillan, lf)75, 114, 129
Moir, Gilbert, M. P., of BiuiiT, IG4G, 128
Moir, Gilbert, son of Andrew, KUfi, 128,129
Moir, Gilbert, son of Andrew. Itiyr), 114
Moir, Gilbert, son of Andrew, 1719, 117
Moir, Gilbert, son of Andrew, I, m.
1681, 127
Moir, Gilbert, son of Dr. William, 1063, 138
Moir, Gilbert, son of John, 1G03, 47
Moir, Gilbert, son of John, 1603, 47, 128
Moir, Gilbert, son of William, 1676, 96
Moir, Gilbert, witness, 1686, 116
Moir, Gordon Bruce, son of Alexander,
1897, 166
Moir, Gordon John Burnett, son of John,
1898. 261
Moir, Gordon, son of James, 1877, 12.5
Moir, Grace A., of Aberdeen, 186
Moir, Grace Ella, dau. of George R.,
1885, 263
Moir, Grace Rebecca E., or Carmichle,
dau. of William, 1865, 248
Moir, Grace, dau. of William, 1903, 328
Moir, Grace Whannell, dau. of Robert,
1894, 255
Moir. Graciela, dau. of Charls H.,
1908, 186
Moir, Gregor, of Forres, 200
Moir, Gregor, of Forres, 1788, 200, 203,204
Moir, Gregor, son of Da\-ici, 203
Moir, Gregor, son of David, 1788, 204
Moir, Gregor, son of Peter, 204
Moir, Gregor, upholsterer, 1840, 224
Moir, Grisell, of Aberdeen, 1640, 43
Moir, Gulielmi, burgess, 1626, 136
Moir, Guliemei, magistrate, 1623, 136
Moir, Guliemus, Aberdeen University,
1679, 40
Moir, Guliemus, A. M., Aberdeen Uni-
versity, 1679, 39
Moir, Guliemus, A. M., Aberdeen Uni-
versity, 1723, 40
Moir, Guliemus, A. M., M. B., Aberdeen
University, 1847, 40
Moir, Gulielmus, Lejden University,
1676, 397
Moir, Guy, writer, 37
Moir, Hannah, or Fee, dau. of Edward J.,
1865, 210
Moir, Hannah, or Gardner, dau. of Alex-
ander. 1833, 209
Moir, Harie, in Doune, 1679, 60
Moir, Harie, in Newtown, 1682, 60
Moir, Harie, merchant, 1702, 61
Moir, Harie, son of Walter, 1679, 60
Moir, Harrie, witness, 1679, 60, 61
Moir, Harold Duncan, son of John S.,
1900, 254
Moir, Harold James E., son of J. A.,
1896, 311
Moir, Harold Wilson, son of William, 211
Moir, Harrie, son of Walter, 1652, 231
Moir, Harrie, son of Walter, 1679, 231
Moir, Harriet, dau. of Gregor, 1882, 224
Moir, Harriet Jane, or Brooks, dau. of
Marcus W., 1878, 187
Moir, Hary, witness, 1702, 61
Moir, Hary, witness, 1740, 102
Moir, Harry Thomas, son of John S.,
1900. 254
Moir, Harry, witness, 1703, _ 61
Moir, Hazel Muriel, dau. of John, 1895,
180
Moir, Hector, son>f Gilbert, 1645, 43
Moir, Helen Beryl, or Davies, dau. of
Joseph D., 1887, 246
Moir, Helen Bowman, dau. of James,
1899, 173
Moir, Helen Constable, d.l817, 305
Moir, Helen, dau. of Alexandra, 1822, 52
Moir, Helen, dau. of Andrew, 1750, 91
Moir. Helen, diiu. of Andrew, 1767, 92
Moir, Helen, dau. of Andrew, 1832, 93
Moir, Helen, dau. of (ieorRo, 161
Moir, Helen, dau. of George, 1800, 22.')
Moir, Helen, dau. of GcorKc, 1899, 223
Moir, Helen, dau. of Georgi,'. 23.'»
Moir, Helen, dau. of Georjje M., 262
Moir, Helen, dau. of James, 17(KJ, 63
Moir, Helen F., dau. of James, IH7(), 207
Moir, Helen Marie, dau. of George,
1900, 256
Moir, Helen M., dau. of Alexander,
1884, 226
Moir, Helen, of Aberdeen, d. 1.840, 312
Moir, Helen, or Chosser, m. 1693. 49
Moir, Helen, or Duncunson, m. 1862, S3
Moir, Helen, or Hewlett, m. 1829, 94
Moir, Helen, or Maltman, 1740, 91
Moir, Helen, or Maxwell, dau. of Jamc.^j, 268
Moir, Helen, or McCrae, dau. of William,
1865, 173
Moir, Helen, or Miller, 1775, 91
Moir, Helen, or Miller, in Grief, 92
Moir, Helen, or Swainson, dau. of Alexander
C., 1848, 166
Moir, Helen, or Williamson, d. 1848. 313
Moir, Helen Rowena, dau. of Alexander.
1884, 185
Moir, Henrie, son of Robert, 1644, 59
Moir, Henrie, son of William, 1605, 135
Moir, Henrie, son of William, 1605, 135,147
Moir. Henrietta Elizabeth, d. 1897, 317
Moir, Henrv, d. 1862, 294
Moir, Henry A., d. 1884, 292
Moir, Henr\', author, 377
Moir, Henry Clay, son of John,
1844, 198, 199
Moir, Henry, father of Ann, 1773, 64
Moir, Henry, father of George, 1787, 76
Moir, Henry, father of Henry, 1708, 61
Moir, Henry, father of John, 1851, 87
Moir, Henry, father of Peter, 1852, 87
Moir, Henry Grant, son of John G.,
1886, 165
Moir, Henry, in Doune, 1733, _ 62
Moir, Henry, in Kincardine, m. 1845, 78
Moir, Henry, of Kincardine, m. 1773, 80
Moir, Henrv Liddell, M. A., Edinburgh
University, 1887, 40
Moir, Henry Maitland, son of John W.,
1887, 218
Moir, Henry, merchant, 1724, 101
Moir, Henry M., son of William W.,
1861, 193
Moir, Henry, of Doune, 1680, 232
Moir, Henry or Harrie, of Doune, 1680, 232
Moir, Henry Paterson, son of Robert,
1864, ^ , 176
Moir, Henry Patterson, St. Andrew's Uni-
versity, 1880, 41
Moir, Henry, piano manufacturer, 213
Moir, Henry, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Henry, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, Henry, son of Andrew, 1821, 77
Moir, Henry, son of Harrie, 1708, 231
Moir, Henry, son of Henry, 1708, 61
Moir, Henry, son of Hetury, 1703, 233
Moir, Henry, son of Henry, 1734, 232
Moir, Henry, son of James, 1734, 232
Moir, Henry, son of James, 1733, 62
Moir, Henry, son of James, 1761, 63
Moir, Henry, son of John, _ 269
Moir, Henry, son of John, 1651, 286
Moir, Henry, son of John A., 213
Moir, Henry, son of Robert, 1768, 64
Moir, Henry, son of Thomas, 1676, 145
Moir, Henry, son of Walter, 1733, 62
Moir, Henry, son of William, 1617, 96
Moir, Henry, son of William, 1617, 137
Moir, Henry, witness, 1720, 62
Moir, Henry, witness, 1722, 62
Moir, Henry, witness, 1733, 62
450
MOIE. Genbai,ogy
Moir, H. of Aberdeen, d. 1906, 292
Moir, Howard Lowndes, son of John,
1881, 125
Moir, Hiugh Cameron, son of William, 163
Moir, Hugh Mervin, son of George R.,
1902, 263
Moir, Hugh, of New England, 1632, 28
Moir, Hugh Ross, son of Robert, 1800, 176
Moir, Hugh Walker, M. B., Ch. B., son of
Francis, 1885, 37
Moir, Ida Amelia, dau. of Mark G.,
1892, 246
Moir, Ida, or Stephens, dau. of John W.,
194
Moir, Ida, or Tracy, dau. of Robert,
1866, 199
Moir, Ihon, 1625, 58
Moir, Ihon, father of Agnes, 1625, 58
Moir, Ihon, father of Marget, 1632, 58
Moir, Ihon, father of Robert, 1630, 58
Moir, Ihon, father of Robert, 1630, 58
Moir, Ihon, father of Robert, 1632, 58
Moir, Ihon, in Newton, 1632, 58
Moir, Ihon, of Stonywood, 316
Moir, Ihon, son of Ihon, 1627, 58
Moir, Ihon, son of James, 1629, 58
Moir, Ihon, tailor, 1632, 58
Moir, Ihon, "wobster," 1633, 58
Moir, Ina Pearl, dau. of John, 1892, 180
Moir, Isaac Dick, son of Alexander,
1898, 237
Moir, Isabel, 1741, 290
Moir, Isabel, d. 1882, 310
Moir, Isabel, dau. of Alexander, 1802, 51
Moir, Isabel, dau. of Andrew, 1686, 116
Moir, Isabel, dau. of David, 281
Moir, Isabel, dau. of James, 1740, 91
Moir, Isabel, dau. of James, d. 1777, 305
Moir, Isabel, dau. of James, 1793, 64
Moir, Isabel, dau. of John, 1750, 203
Moir, Isabel, dau. of Robert, 1812, 65
Moir, Isabel Henrietta, dau. of Robert,
1891, 252
Moir, Isabel Morrison, dau. of Alexander
L., 1893, 254
Moir, Isabel, or Bryce, dau. of James,
1793, 233
Moir, Isabel, or Graham, 279, 281, 282
Moir, Isabel, or Meders, d. 1777, 317
Moir, IsabeUa. d. 1848, 294
Moir, IsabeUa, d. 1848, 313
Moir, Isabella, d. 1879, 292
Moir, Isabella Ann, dau. of William,
1890, 237
Moir, Isabella, dau. of Alexander, 1875, 185
Moir, Isabella, dau. of Charles, 170
Moir, Isabella, dau. of Charles, 170
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of Donald, 157
Moir, Isabella, dau. of George, 1873, 242
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of George, 256
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of George S., d.
1848, 294
Moir, Isabella, dau. of James, 149
Moir, Isabella, dau. of James, 1836, 171
Moir, Isabella, dau. of James, 172
Moir, IsabeUa, 2, dau. of James, 172
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of James, 1865, 261
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of James, 1865, 261,262
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of James, Jr., 172
Moir, Isabella, dau. of John, 122
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of John, 1810, 221
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of John, 1867, 272
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of Robert, 1812, 242
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of WiUiam, 18.54, 88
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of WiUiam, 139
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of WiUiam, 141
Moir, IsabeUa, dau. of WiUiam, 160
Moir, IsabeUa Helen, dau. of George,
1874, 182
Moir, Isabella J. H., dau. of Alexander W.,
1854, 220
Moir, IsabeUa MacLarty, of Lowell,
1831, 252, 325
Moir, IsabeUa Maude, dau. of WilUam,211
Moir, IsabeUa, of Aberdeen, d. 1848, 313
Moir, IsabeUa, of Aberdeen, m. 1874, 185
Moir, IsabeUa, of Aberdeen, d. 1879, 292
Moir, IsabeUa, of Cromar, 157
Moir, IsabeUa, of Hay, Ontario, 1865, 262
Moir, IsabeUa, of KUmadock, m. 1817, 81
Moir, IsabeUa, of Scotstown, 1799, 139
Moir, IsabeUa, or Black, dau. of William,
160
Moir. IsabeUa, or Bruce, 1799, 300, 349
Moir, IsabeUa, or Carey, dau. of William,
160
Moir, IsabeUa, or Dalrymple, dau. of
George, 266
Moir, IsabeUa, or Daniel, dau. of James,
161
Moir, IsabeUa, or Harvey, dau. of George,
1782, 161
Moir, IsabeUa, or Home, dau. of James, 172
Moir, IsabeUa, or MaxweU, d. 1898, 299
Moir, IsabeUa, or Monteith, dau. of Rob-
ert, 1812, 242
Moir, IsabeUa, or Sim, dau. of George,
m. 1810, 161
Moir, IsabeUa, or Urquhart, dau. of WU-
ham, 139
Moir, IsabeUa Paterson, dau. of Robert
H., 1884, 226
Moir, IsabeUa Roberts, dau. of George M.,
1909, 223
Moir, IsabeUa, teacher, 274
Moir, IsabeUa, witness, 1850, 53
Moir, IsabeUa, witness, 1851, 53
Moir, IsabeU, dau. of Duncan, 1689, 61
Moir, Isabel, or Archibald, dau. of John
A., 1876, 212
Moir, Isabel, or Swabrick, dau. of Ben-
jamin, 213
Moir, Isobel, 1741, 290
Moir, Isobel, dau. of Alexander, 1683, 128
Moir, Isobel, dau. of Andrew, 1707, 119
Moir, Isobel, dau. of Andrew, d. 1777, 119
Moir, Isobel, dau. of George, 294
Moir, Isobel, 2d, dau. of George, 48
Moir, Isobel, dau. of James, 1684, 145
Moir, Isobel, dau. of John, 1664, 143
Mou-, Isobel, dau. of John, 1782, 76
Moir, Isobel, dau. of Robert, 1687. 129
Moir, Isobel, dau. of WUham, 43
Moir, Isobel, dau. of WiUiam, 1744, 55
Moir, IsobeU, dau. of Patrick, 1712, 61
Moir, IsobeU, dau. of Robert, 1646, 59
Moir, IsobeU, dau. of Walter, 1651, 59
Moir, IsobeU, of Doune, 1777, 103
Moir, IsobeU, or Kanser, of Kilmadock,
m. 1717, 79
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of Alexander, 1662, 47
Mloir. IssobeU, 2d, dau. of Alexander,
1672, 47
Moir,)IsobeU, dau. of Alexander, 1678, 47
Moir, IsobeU, dau. of Alexander, 1695, 49
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of Alexander, 1696, 49
Moir, Issobel, dau. of Alexander, 1707. 129
Moir, IsobeU, dau. of Dr. William,
1671, 138
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of George, 1654, 45
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of George, 1676, 48
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of John, 1660, 148
Moir, IssobeU, 2, dau. of John, 47
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of John, 1688, 46, 47
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of John, 1710, 61
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of Patrick, 1646, 148
Moir, IssobeU, dau. of WiUiam, 1635, 43
Moir, IssobeU, or Jartray, m. 1687, 48
IMoir, IssobeU, or Walker, of Aberdeen, m.
1675, 48
Moir, IssobeU, or Weir, of Aberdeen,
m. 1674, 46
Moir, IssobeU, or Welch, m. 1684, 48
Moir, Jacobino, or Clark, d. 1877, 321
MOIR Gbnbalogv
451
Moir, Jacob, painter, d. 179, 296
Moir, Jacobus, A. M., Aberdeen Univer-
sity, 1715, 40
Moir, Jacqueline Annie, dau. of William,
211
Moir, Jae, 1683, 113
Moir, James, 187
Moir, James, 1633, 58
Moir, James, 1643, 59
Moir, James, d. 1775, 305
Moir, James, m. 1657, 29
Moir, James, 1673, 47, CO, 97, 101
Moir, James, 1673, 393
Moir, James, 1710, 279
Moir, James, 1723, 306
Moir, James, 1740, 62, 63, 64, 99, 102, 103
Moir, James, d. 1848, 293
Moir, James Alexander, manager, 1877, 183
Moir, James Alexander, son of Edward,
1872, 189
Moir, James Alexander, son of George M.,
1875, 184
Moir, James Alexander, son of James, 183
Moir, James Alexander, 2, son of James,
1877, 183
Moir, James Allen, son of Robert A., 196
Moir, James, baillie, 1860, 385
Moir, James, baker, 309
Moir, James, barrister, 150, 210
Moir, James Bruce, son of William, 211
Moir, James B., son of David, 1882, 204
Moir, James Campbell, M. A., Glasgow
University, 1882, 37
Moir, James, carpenter, Maryland, 1774, 27
Moir, James Cogbill, son of Alexander A.,
194
Moir, James Cogbill, son of John W.,
1851, 184
Moir, James Douglas, on of James,
1871, 125
Moir, James, editor, 1889, 375
Moir, James, engineer, 1853, 268
Moir, James Ernest Peterkin, son of
George, 1878, 224
Moir, James, father of Ibon, 1629, 58
Moir, James, father of Johne, 1668, 60
Moir, James, father of Marget, 1647, 59
Moir, James, father of Marie, 1652, 59
Moir, James, father of Robert, 1638, 58
Moir, James, father of Walter, 1649, 59
Moir, James, farmer, 1833, 93
Moir, James F. WiUiam, son of Alexander
W., 1859, 220
Moir, James Gerry, son of Forbes, 1893,183
Moir, James Gilbert, son of James,
1822, 235, 239
Moir, James, Glasgow University, 1675, 37
Moir, James Hilton, son of John, 1882, 258
Moir, James, Hon., of Glasgow, 385
Moir, James, Hon., of Scranton, 17, 207,338
Moir, James, in Aberargie, 1664, 100
Moir, James, in Bruch, 1796, 65
Moir, James, in Cambus, 1734, 62
Moir, James, in chancery, 393
Moir, James, in Doune, 1760, 63, 64
Moir, James, in Dunblane, 1739, 102
Moir, James, in Gartincaber, 1802, 65
Moir, James, in Greenburn, 1800, 65
Moir, James, in Harbor Springs, 222
Moir, James, in Kilmadock, 1652, 59
Moir, James, in Kilmadock, 1668, 60
Moir, James, in Kilmadock, 1734, 62
Moir, James, in Landrick, 1677, 60
Moir, James, in Landrick, 1689. 61
Moir, James, in Landrick, 1758, 63
Moir, James, in Landrick, 1770, 64
Moir, James, in Landrick, 1772, 64
Moir, James, in Lanrek, 1763, 63
Moir James, in Ladytown, 1740, 91
Moir, James, in Mackeanstown, 1798, 65
Moir, James, in Mains of Doune, 1750, 63
Moir, James, in Mains of Doune, 1786, 64
Moir, James, in Muthill, 1764, 92
Moir, Jiiincs, in Muthill, 1768, 269
Moir, Jiinies, in Newlyli-, 170-1, 129
Moir, Jiwiics, in Over lyciidrifk, 1701, 63
Moir, Jiiriics, in Sauchi-nH, 1795, 65
Moir, Jaiiie.H, iiiMuruiicc iinenl, 1820, 310
Moir, JiiiiK!H, in West Atiirive, 1656, 287
Moir, James. Ira., hou of I'cU-r, 1895, 262
Moir, JaiiioH John, won of Georne, 1878, 182
Moir, JanioH, Jr., d. 1882, 270, 335
Moir, James, Jr., of Alloa, 335
Moir, James, Jr., son of James, 1882, 270
Moire, James, labourer, 1859, 83
Moir, James jycnnox, son of Robert, 284
Moir, James, LL. D., Glasgow University,
1841, 37
Moir, .James, M. A., B S. C, 1897, 311
Moir, James, M. A., B S. C, son of James,
1897. 311
Moir, James, MacArthur, of Clarkmanan-
shire, 1902, 189
Moir, James, mail-guard, d. 1829, 319
Moir, James, M. A., LL. D., M. B., C. M.,
son of James, 54
Moir, James, M. A., LL. D., son of James.
311
Moir. James, M. A., of Ellon, 186
Moir, James, M. A., Schoolmsister, 164
Moir, James, M. A., son of James, 164
Moir, James, M. B., C. M., Glasgow Uni-
versity, 1852, 37
Moir, James Mcllroy McGregor, son of
James R., 1904, 180
Moir, James McMurchy, M. A., Glasgow
University, 1889, 37
Moir, James, M. D., 1780, 218, 348
Moir, James, M. D., m.*1802, 131
Moir, James, M. D., 1840, 52
Moir, James, M. D., 1857, 40
Moir, James, M. D., d. 1861, 316
Moir, James, M. D., d. 1883, 306
Moir, James, M. D., Abderdeen, 1840, 52
Moir, James, M. D., m. 1802, 131
Moir, James, M. D., naval surgeon,
1808, 348
Moir. James, M. D., of Edinburgh,
1808, 218, 348
Moir, James, M. D., son of Rev. George,
d. 1861, 316
Moir. James, M. D., son of Rev. George,
1770, 123
Moir, James, merchant, 1723, 139
Moir, James, merchant, 1853. 310
Moir, James, merchant, d. 1803, 346
Moir, James, merchant, d. 1886, 310
Moir, James, M. P., 1733, 130
Moir, James, M. P., of !?toneyw^ood, 16.59,
19, 49, 50, 106, 107. 110, 370, 371. 395
Moir, James, naval surgeon, 218, 348
Moir, James, New Zealand, 211
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 185
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 183
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 185
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, m. 1643, 44
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 1656, 287
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 1787, 378
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1824, 306
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1847, 312
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1848, 312
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1848, 213
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1853, 313
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1855, 292
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 1876. 292
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, d. 1878, 292
Moir, James, of Aberdeen, 1845, 183, 185
Moir, James, of Alloa, ISOl, 270. 271
Moir, James, of AUoa, 1817. 334. 335
Moir, James, of Alloa, d. 1875, 334
Moir, Jame-s, of Annat, 1793, 170,172,174
Moir, James, of Auchintroig, 285
Moir, James, of Balnaan, 204
Moir. James, of Banffshire, 188
Moir, James, of Blinkbonny, 1845, 311
Moir, James, of BUnkbonny, 1890, 310
452
MOIR Genbai^ogy
Moir, James, of Brechin.d. 1881, 310
Moir, James, of Ceylon. 1894, 311
Moir, James, of Doune, 1625, 230, 231
Moir, James, of Doune, 1643, 59
Moir. James, of Doune, m. 1784, 80, 233
Moir, James, of Dunblane, 1760, 270
Moir, James, of Dundee, 222
Moir, James, of Elora, Ont., 183
Moir, James, of Elora, Ontario, 1872,
211, 212
Moir, James, of Faiohley, 98
Moir, James, of Falmouth, 150, 210
Moir, James, of Ferriehill, m. 1673,
144, 145
MoLr, James, of FerriehUl, 1681, 289
Moir, James, of Ferriehill, 1695, 105
Moir, James, of Ferriehill, 1701, 289
Moir, James, of FerryhUl, 1670,
45 105 142
Moir, James,, of Glasgow, 1902, ' ' 226
Moir, James, of Grange Place, 1872, 336
Moir, James, of Harbor Springs, 222
Moir, James, of Invernettie, 1703,
14, 140, 313
Moir, James, of Invernettie, 1745, 290
Moir, James, of Invernettie, 1777, 305
Moir, James, of Invernettie, 1792, 140
Moir, James, of Invernettie, d. 1792, 305
Moir, James, of Keith, d. 1890, 310, 311
Moir, James, of Kensington, d. 1752, 296
Moir, James, of Kildrummy, 1845, 311
Moir, James, of Kildrummy, 1890, 54
Moir, James, of KUmadock, m. 1717, 79
Moir, James, of Kilmadock, m. 1795, 80
Moir, James, of Leokie, 1687, 278
Moir, James, of Leckie, 1710, 279
Moir, James, of London, m. 1830, 94
Mou-, James, of Muthill, 1765, 92
Moir, James, of MuthiU, 1853 269
Moir, James, of Newton-of-Doune,
1668, 277
Moir, James, of Oquawka, d. 1863, 346
Moir, James, of Sherrifmuir, 1801, 270
Moir, James, of St. Mary's, 188
Moir, James, II. of Stoneywood,
15, 106, 134, 139, 141, 146, 149, 215, 316,
370. 371
Moir, James III. of Stoneywood,
19, 97, 107, 134, 146, 290, 305, 316, 371
Moir, James, IV. of Stoneywood,
23, 130, 151. 155, 322, 371, 392, 395
Moir, James, of Tarves, 1696, 159
Moir, James, of Tarves, m. 1761, 55
Moir, James Percival, son of Joseph D.,
1886, 246
Moir, James Philip, captain, D. S. O.,
1872, 270, 336
Moir, JamesP hilip, son of James Jr.,
1872, 270
Moir, James, rector, 1845, 311
Moir, James, regent, 1698, 47
Moir, James, regent, m. 1693, 49
Moir, James, Rev., 1735, 319
Moir, James, Rev. of Kirkden, d.
1753, 319
Moir, James, Rev. of Maybole, m. 1857, 38
Moir, James, Rev. of New Machar, 318
Moir, James, Rev. of Tarves, 1659, 287,393
Moir, James, Rev. writer, 1910, 375
Moir, James Riddoch, m. 1893, 180
Moir, James, ropemaker, 293
Moir, James, ropemaker, d. 1908, 292
Moir. James R., St. Andrew's University,
1868, 41
Moir, James, servant, 1879, 310
Moir, James, sheriff-clerk. 1687, 278
Moir, James Smith, son of James,
1866, 207
Moir, James, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, James, son of Alexander, 225
Moir, James, son of Alexander, 268
Molt, James, son of Alexander, 1662, 47
M9ir, James, son of Alexander, 1675, 47
Moir, James, son of Alexander, 1805, 51
Moir, James, son of Alexander.
1825, 77, 239
Moir, James, son of Alexander, 1870, 254
Moir, James, son of Alexander, 1876, 236
Moir, James, son of Andrew, 1659, 128
Moir, James, son of Andrew,
1689, 116, 127
Moir, James, son of James, 1702, 49
Moir, James, son of Andrew, 1721, 56
Moir, James, son of Andrew, 1773, 92
Moir. James, son of Archibald, 1837, 66
Moir, James, son of Benjamin, 1877, 213
Moir James, son of Charles, 170
Moir, James, son of Charles, d. 1846, 307
Moir, James, son of David, 1665, 278
Moir, James, son of David, d. 1687, 278
Moir, James, son of Dr. Moir,
1770. 121, 123
Moir, James II., son of Dr. William,
16.58, 138
Moir, James, son of George, 160
Moir, James, son of George, 224
Moir, James, son of George, 266
Moir. James, son of George, 294
Moir, James, son of George, 1676, 45
Moir, James, son of George, 1737, 160,161
Moir, James, son of George, 1793, 162,170
Moir, James, son of George, 1794, 76
MoLr, James, son of George, 1794,
232, 235, 239
Moir, James, son of George, 1817, 163,164
Moir, James 2, son of George, 1817, 163
Moir, James, son of George, 1825, 234
Moir, James, son of George, 1825, 256
Moir, James, son of George, 1825, 261
Moir, James, 2, son of George, 1841, 256
Moir, James, son of George, 18.52, 163
Moir, James, son of George, m.
1826, 162, 170, 172, 173
Moir. James, son of Gilbert. 1682, 129
Moir, James, son of Harrie, 1702, 61
Moir, James, son of Henry, 1702, 232
Moir, James, son of Henry, 1738, 232
Moir, James, son oi Henry. 1773, 64
Moir, James, son of James, 172
Moir, James, son of James, 183
Moir, James, son of James, 185
Moir, James, son of James, 235
Moir, James, son of James, 1631, 58
Moir, James, son of James, 1631, 231
Moir, James, son of James, II., m. 1683, 149
Moir, James, son of James, 1702, 49
Moir, James, son of James. III., 1710, 150
Moir, James, son of James,
1736, 91, 107, 123
Moir, James, son of James, 1738, 62
Moir, James, son of James, 1738, 232, 233
Moir, James, son of James, 1755, 63
Moir, James, son of James, 1760, 270
Moir, James, son of James, 1763, 63
Moir, James, son of James, 1763, 80, 233
Moir, James, son of James, 1763, 233
Moir, James, son of James. 1780, 218
Moir. James, son of James, 1786, 64
Moir, James, son of James, 1786, 233
Moir, James, 2, son of James, 1786, 233
Moir, James, son of James, 1830, 170, 172
Moir. James, son of James, 1830. 171, 172
Moir, James, son of James, 1836, 219
MoLr, James, son of James, 1857, 261
MoLr, James, son of James, 1876, 219
Moir, James, 2, son of James, 1886; 172
Moir, James, son of James, m. 1886, 172
Moir, James, son of James, d. 1887, 160
Moir, James, son of James, 1900, 243
Moir, James, 2, son of James, 1902, 243
Moir, James, son of James, 1912, 239
Moir, James, son of James A., 183
Moir, James, son of James, M. D.,
1817, 123
MoiR Genealogy
453
Moir, James, son of James, M. D.,
1826, 316
Moir, James, son of James, M. D., d.
182fi, 316
Moir, James, son of John, 106, 107
Moir, James, son of John, 1659, 148
Moir. James, son of John I., 1659, 106,148
Moir, James, son of John, 1073, 45
Moir, James, son of John, 1674, 316
Moir, James, son of John, 1698, 47
Moir, James, son of John, 1715, 106
Moir, James, son of John, 1752, 203
Moir, James, son of John, 1767, 316
Moir, James, son of John, 1767, 316
Moir, James, son of John, 1772, 75
Moir, James, son of John, 1781, 316
Moir, James, son of John, 1816, 76
Moir, James, son of John, 1827, 77
Moir, James, son of John, 1828, 316
Moir, James, son of John, 1839,
17,207,208, 339
Moir, James, son of John, 1853, 268, 269
Moir, James, son of John, 1879, 85
Moir, James, son of Johue, 16-15, 59
Moir, James, son of Patrick, 1642, 148
Moir, James, son of Patrick, 1674, 47
Moir, James, son of Patrick, 1709, 134
Moir, James, son of Patri.'k, 1842, 124,125
Moir, James, son of Robert, 284
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1855, 246
Moir, James, son of Rev. Dr. George, d.
1826, 316
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1743, 75
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1743,
78, 80, 232
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1771, 64
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1814, 65
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1814, 242,395
Moir, James, son of Robert, 18.55, 246
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1860, 199
Moir, James, son of Robert, 1874, 243
Moir, James, son of Thomas, 150, 210
Moir, James, son of Wilham, 141
Moir, James, son of William, 141
Moir, James, son of William, 1639, 43
Moir, James, son of William, 1669, 96
Moir, James, son of WilUam, 1670, 142
Moir, James, son of Wilham, 1686, 48
Moir, James, son of William, 1801. 93
Moir, James, son of William, d. 1820, 318
Moir, James, son of WiUiam, 1856, 165
Moir, James, son of Wilham, 1859, 223
Moir, James, son of William, 1868, 173
Moir, James, son of Wilham, 1868, 308
Moir, James Stewart, son of Robert,
1838, 197
Moir, James Sydney, son of WiUiam,
1877. 248
Mour, James T., son of John, 1886, 208
Moir, James WTtiyte, son of Alexander C,
1868, . 168
Moir, James Wilkie, son of David,
1891, 222
Moir, James Wilham, son of George,
1883, _ 164
Moir, James, witness, 1633, 58
Mcr, James, 2, witness, 1633, 58
Moir, James, witness, 1646, 59
Moir, James, witness, 1647, 79
Moir, James, witness, 1651, 69
Moir, James, witness, 1673, 60
Moir, James, witness, 1680, 138
Moir, James, witness, 1721, 139
Moir, James, witness, 1723, 139
Moir, James, witness, 1766, 64
Moir, James, writer, 1724, 101
Moir, James, writer, 1747, 62, 63, 64
Moir, James, writer, 1762, 63
Moir, James, writer, Doune, 1767, 99
Moir, James, writer, father of Robert,
1727, 99
Moir,, Janat, dau. of Ihon, 1633, 59
Moir, Jane Agnes, or Wilson, dau. of John,
1905, 182
Moir, Jane, of Usborne. 1851, 263
Moir, Jane or ArniHtronK, dau. of ficorKC,
1842, 250, 201
Moir, Jane, or Donald, of PeU^rhead, 122
Moir, Jane, or Fairfoull, dau. of llarrie,
1679, 231
Moir, Jane Aloxandrina, dau. of Alexander,
1875, 267
Moir, Jane, dau. of Andrew, d.
1816, 320
Moir, Jane, dau. of Andrew, 1848, 87
Moir, Jane, dau. of Andrew, 1745, 119
Moir, Jane, dau. of Geort'e, 294
Moir, Jane, 2, dau. of George, 1778, 294
Moir, Jano, dau. of Geor'.;e, 1851, 263
Moir, Jane, dau. of George, 1880, 182
Moir, Jane, dau. of John, 182
Moir, Jane, dau. of John, 1.806, 89
Moir, Jane, dau. of Rev. Andrew, d.
1S16 320
Moir, Jane, dau. of Rev. George, 122
Moir, Jane, dau. of William, d. 1841, 52
Moir, Jane Elizabeth, of London, 1781, 94
Moir, Jane Fordyce, authoress, 1891,
219, 375
Moir, Jane Helen, dau. of George, 164
Moir, Jane Kay, or Sorenson, dau. of
David, 1882, 269
Moir, Jane Morse, dau. of James P.,
1911 270
Moir, Jane Muir, dau. of James, 1885, 223
Moir, .lane, of Aberdeen, d. 1807, 312
Moir, Jane, of Aberdeen, d. 1897, 309
Moir, Jane, of Drmuhthie, 1838, 310
Moir. Jane, of DrumUthie, d. 1889, 310
Moir, Jane, of London, 1773, 27
Moir, Jane, of Monquhitter, 311
Moir, Jane, of Monquhitter, 1894, 311
Moir, Jane, or Hawkins, dau. of Alexander,
1857, 263
Moir, Jane, or Milne, dau. of George, 166
Moir, Jane, or Milne, dau. of George, 166
Moir, Jane, or Montgomery, d. 1910, 238
Moir, Jane, or Murray, 1882, 266
Moir, Jane, or Reith, dau. of George,
1846, 257
Moir, Jane, or Rennie, dau. of William,
1855, 165
Moir, Jane Orr, or Spence, dau. of Robert,
1841, 178
Moir, Janet, or Stewart, dau. of George,
1786, 232
Moir, Jane Smith, dau. of William, 163
Moir, Jane Somera, or Knapp, dau. of
William R. S., 1869, 190
Moir, Jane Walker, or Smith, dau. of
Charles, 1867, 170
Moir, Jane, or Skene, dau. of James, 151
Moir, Janet, d. 1738, 302
Moir, Janet, dau. of Alexander, 189
Moir. Janet, dau. of Alexander, 1658, 47
Moir, Janet, dau. of Alexander, d. 1660, 128
Moir, Janet, dau. of Alexander, 1694, 49
Moir, Janet, dau. of Alexander, 1721, 139
Moir, Janet, dau. of .\ndrew, 1743, 119
Moir, Janet, dau. of Andrew, 1833, 77
Moir, Janet, dau. of Andrew, 1839, 93
Moir, Janet, dau. of George, 1786, 232
Moir, Janet, dau. of George, 1786, 234
Moir, Janet, dau. of George, 1787, 76
Moir, Janet, dau. of George, 1829, 234
Moir, Janet, dau. of Gilbert, 16S7, 128
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1673, 144
Moir, .Janet, dau. of-James, 1698, 49
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1707, 129
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1733, 130
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, II., 1733, 149
Moir, Janet, dau, of James, 1741, 290
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1758, 63
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1758, 233
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1791, 64
454
MoiR Geneai^ogy
Moir, Janet, dau. of James, 1791, 233
Moir, Janet, dau. of John, 1665, 143
Moir, Janet, dau. of John, 1674, 144
Moir, Janet, dau. of Peter, 203
Moir, Janet, dau. of Peter, 1628, 42
Moir, Janet, dau. of Rev. George, 122
Moir, Janet, dau. of Robert, 1764, 63
Moir, Janet, dau. of Robert, 1815, 65
Moir, Janet, dau. of Robert, Jr., 1630, 58
Moir, Janet, dau. of Walter, 1732, 62
Moir, Janet Dickie, dau. of David,
1883, 269
Moir, Janet, in Blackford, m. 1767, 92
Moir, Janet Isobel, dau. of James, 1911, 173
Moir, Janet, of Aberdeen, 1818, 316
Moir, Janet, of Tonley, 1746, 290
Moir, Janet, or Anderson, 1576, 50, 363
Moir, Janet, or Black, m. 1684, 47
Moir, Janet, or Brands, m. 1657, 45
Moir, Janet, or Davidson, dau. of Rev.
George, 122
Moir, Janet, or Duncanson, dau. of James,
m. 1792, 77, SO, 233
Moir, Janet, or Eason, teacher, 1860, 264
Moir, Janet or Gibson, m. 1715, 90
Moir, Janet, or Jessie, dau. of James,
1870, 123
Moir, Janet, or MacLaren, dau. of Robert,.
1815, 244
Moir, Jane, or Munroe, dau. of George,
1857, 266
Moir, Janet, or Murray, dau. of George,
1829, 2.34
Moir, Janet, or Norton, dau. of Rev.
George, 122
Moir, Janet, or Reynolds, dau. of Robert,
1822, 195
Moir, Janet, or Rob, m. 1641, 44
Moir, Janet, or Smellie, 1855, 243
Moir, Janet, or Stewart, m. 1668, 45
Moir, Janet, or Stewart, dau. of George,
1786, 234
Moir, Janet, or Traquair, dau. of George,
1867, 256, 261, 262
Moir, Janet, or Young, m. 1676, 48
Moir, Jane Tough, dau. of Charles, d.
1893, 309
Moir, Janet Ramsay Paton, dau. of James,
1893, 223
Moir, Janett, dau. of Patrick, 1706, 134
Moir, Janett, or Alexander, m. 1571, 42
Moir, Janett, or Boyd, m. 1575, 42
Molt, Janett or Udny, m. 1613, 127
Moir, Jannet, f 1746, 290
Moir, J. A., or Aberdeen, 1896, 311
Moir, Jean, d. 1731, 302
Moir, Jean, d. 1731, 302
Moir, Jean, d. 1812, 51
Moir, Jean, d. 1850, 313
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1681, 48
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1689, 49
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1691, 47
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1723, 139
Moir, Jean, ;dau. of Alexander, 1726, 129
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1726, 129
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1818, 76
Moir, Jean, dau. of Alexander, 1818, 238
Moir, Jean, dau. of Andrew, 1710, 90
Moir, Jean, dau. of Andrew, 1783, 145
Moir, Jean, dau. of Andrew, II., 1701, 118
Moir, Jean, dau. of Archibald, 1669, 60
Moir, Jean, dau. of Archibald, 1669, 231
Moir, Jean, dau. of David A., 1895, 186
Moir, Jean, dau. of Dr. William, 1657, 138
Moir, Jean, dau. of Dr. William, II.,
1657, 138
Moir, Jean, dau. of Dr. William, II.,
1670, 138
Moir, Jean, dau. of George, 1782, 76
Moir, Jean, dau. of George, 1782, 234
Moir, Jean, dau. of George, 1827, 234
Moir, Jean, dau. of Gilbert, 1639, 43
Moir, Jean, dau. of Gilbert, 1697, 50
Moir, Jean, dau. of Harie, 1679, 60
Moir, Jean, dau. of James, 1795, 65
Moir, Jean, dau. of James, 1795, 234
Moir, Jean, dau. of James, 1695, 49
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 316
Moir, Jean, 2d, dau. of John, 316
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1662, 45
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1673, 148
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1668, 143
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1675, 46
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1686, 46
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1693, 148
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1713, 61
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1736, 56
Moir, Jean, dau. of John, 1775. 75
]Moir, Jean, dau. of John. 1798, 65
Moir, Jean, dau. of Patrick, 1648, 148
Moir, Jean, dau. of Rev. George, 1730, 115
Moir, Jean, dau. of Robert, 1741, 75
Moir, Jean, dau. of Thomas, 1643, 43
Moir, Jean, dau. of William, 141
Moir, Jean, dau. of William, 1632, 43
Moir, Jean, dau. of William 1681, 48
Moir, Jean, dau. of William, 1778, 55
Moir, Jean, or Brown, m. 1663, 45, 47
Moir, Jean, or CampbeU, m. 1652, 44
Moir, Jean, or Campbell, 1680, 46
Moir, Jean, or Castell, of Aberdeen,
m. 1843, 52
Moir, Jean Duncan, dau. of David,
1895, 222
Moir, Jeane, dau. of William, 1673, 142
Moir, Jean Fife, d. 1785, 320
Moir, Jean, Galbraith, dau. of Alexander,
1882. 236, 237
Moir, Jean, in Otterburn, 1783, 145
Moir, Jean, or Jopp, m. 1751, 115
Moir, Jeannie, or King, dau. of Andrew, 255
Moir, Jean, of Aberdeen, d. 1813, 293
Moir, Jean, of Aberdeen, d. 18.50, 53
Moir. Jean, of Dunblane, 1743, 102, 103
Moir, Jean, of Doune, 1625, 230
Moir, Jean, of EUon, d. 1779, 320
Moir, Jean, or Abernethy, dau. of James,
II., 149
Moir, Jean, or Duthie, dau. of James,
1739, 102, 103
Moir, Jean, or Fairfoull, m. 1706, 75
Moir, Jean, ot Fife, d. 1785, 320
Moir, Jean, or Graeme, dau. of Robert,
1741, 80, 232
Molt, Jemima Home, dau. of James, d.
1879. 310
Moir, Jean, or Irvine, dau. of James,
1838, 171, 17
Moir, Jean, or King, dau. of George, 161
Moir, Jean, or King, dau. of George, 161
Moir, Jean, or MacPherson, dau. of George,
1782, 232, 234
Moir, Jean, or McNee, m. 1777, 80
Moir, Jean, or Mitchell, 1701, 365
Moir, Jean, or Mitchell, m. 1762, 77
Moir, Jean, or Murray, dau. of George,
1827, 234, 256, 260
Moir, Jean, or Reid, m. 1777, 80
Moir, Jean, or Sandilands, d. 1687, 316
Moir, Jean, or Schand, m. 1668, 46
Moir, Jean, or Simson, m. 1719, 48
Moir, Jean, or Torrie, dau. of John,
1739, 203
Moir, Jean, or Walker, dau. of George,
1795, 162
Moir, Jennie, dau. of Robert A., 1890, 196
Moir, Jepie, son of William W., 1870, 193
Moir, Jessie, d. 1869, 308
Moir, Jessie Ann, dau. of Alexander,
1887, 185
Moir, Jessie Caroline, or Hill, m. 1870, 125
Moir, Jessie, dau. of George, 1830, 168
Moir Jessie, dau. of George, 1886, 54
Moir, Jessie, dau. of William R. S.,
1891. 190
MoiR Genealogy
455
Moir, Jessie Irene, dau. of David, 1895, 204
Moir, Jessie Lang, dau. of John, 1892, 258
Moir, Jessie Lila, dau. of Peter, 1898, 2G2
Moir, Jessie Lillie, dau. of Russell J.,
1896, 2«H
Moir, Jessie Margaret, dau. of Alexander,
1873, 207
Moir, Jessie Morrison, or MacNicol, dau.
of Alexander, m. 1862, 238
Moir, Jessie Olive, dau. of Gavin, 1895, 264
Moir, Jessie Stirling, dau. of William,
1878, 267
Moir, Jessie T., dau. of William S.,
1871, 190
Moir, Jessy, d. 1820, 293
Moir, J., Gaelic author, 392
Moir, Jhon, m. 1626, 79
Moir, Jhon, witness, 1624, 89
Moir, Joanna, d. 1805, 293
Moir, Joanna Jarvis, dau. of James,
1857, 222
Moir, Joannes, A. M., Aberdeen Univer-
sity, 1805, 40
Moir, Joannis, of Barnes, 1651, 137
Moir, J., of Elgin, 1902, 204
Moir, Johan Gibb, dau. of Walter,
1862 83
Moir, Johanna, d. 1803, 312
Moir, Johannes, 1470, 147
Moir, John, 211
Moir, John, 1610 135. 137, 144, 147, 148
Moir, John, 1615, 286, 287, 370
Moir, John, 1620, 370
Moir, John, 1623, 286
Moir, John, 1631, 96, 97, 136, 137, 143,148
Moir, John, 1645, 59
Moir, John, 1655, 286
Moir, John, 1683, 47
Moir, John, 2, 1683, 47
Moir, John, 1689, 61
Moir, John, 1696, 137
Moir, John, 1713, 61
Moir, John. 1816, 76
Moir, John, advocate, 374
Moir, John, advocate, 1689, 97
Moir, John Alexander, Rev., son of John,
274
Moir, John Alexander, son of Alexander,
1881, 226
Moir, John Alexander, son of Benjamin,
212
Moir, John Alexander, son of Edward J.,
1868, 210
Moir, John Alexander, son of John,
1870, 272
Moir, John Alexander, son of John,
1904, 274
Moir, John, A. M., Aberdeen University,
1844, 44
Moir, John, apothecary, 1683, 143
Moir, John Archibald, son of George M.,
1879, 184
Moir, John, artjst, 20, 131, 133, 392
Mojr, John A., son of William, 1884, 248
Moir, John, author, 381
Moir, John, author, 1800, 376
Moir, John, baiUie, 1695, 48, 49
Moir, John, baillie, 1695. 105
Moir, John, brether of Charles, 185S, 188
Moir, John, brother of John, 1664, 101
Moir, John, burgess, 1614, 96
Moir, John, burgess, 1647, 96
Moir, John, burgess, 1651, 286
Moir, John, burgess, 1655, 96
Moir, John, burgess, 1659, 96
Moir, John, burgess, 1660, 96
Mojr, John, bvrgess, 1663, 96
Moir, John, burgess, 1667, 96
Moir, John, burgess, 1689, 97
Moir, John Charles, son of Forbes,
1891, 183
Moir, John, d, 1674, 137, 316
Moir, John, d. 1674, 370
Moir, John, d. 1781, 310
Moir, John, d 1817, 313
Moir, John, d. 1892, 237
Moir, Jolin Downea, son of William,
1911, 250
Moir, John Duncan, .son of William, 211
Moir, Johne, 1637, 58
Moir, Johne, 1643, 59. 60, 96
Moir Johne, d. 1660, 319, 320
Moir, Johne, burgess. 1626. 136. 288
Moir. Johne, burgess, 1628, 1.36
Moir, Jon, burgess, 1647, 90
Moir, Johne, burgess, 1655. 96
Moir John Edgar, son of John G., 1883, 165
Moir, Johne, of Kilmadock, 1645, 59
Moir, Johne. in Kilmadock, 16-15, 79
Moir, John Elliott, son of Robert, 1875. 177
Moir. John, of Barnes, 1631. 136. 137
Moir. John, of Bolvenie. d. 1660. 319. 320
Moir. Johne. of Doune, 1645. 59
Moir, Johne, son of James, 1668, 60
Moir, Johne, son of Thomas, 1673, 60
Moir, Johne, witness, 1645, 79
Moir, John Fletcher, son of Robert A., 196
Moir, John Forbes, 1821, 299, 391
Moir, John Forbes, of Park, 1821. 299
Moir. John Frederick, son of John S.,
1883, 184
Moir, John F., son of John, 1882, 208
Moire, John, gamekeeper, m. 1876, 85, 86
Moir, John, Glasgow University, 1790, 37
Moir, John, Glasgow University, 1810, 38
Moir, John, Glasgow University, 1815. 38
Moir, John, Glasgow University, 1831, 38
Moir, John Grant, son of William, 1852, 165
Moir, John Hay, of Kimberly, d. 1882, 308
Moir, John, in Aberargie, 1661, 382
Moir, John, in Aberargie, 1664, 100, 101
Moir, John, in Aberdeen, 1630, 383
Moir, John, in Argitgentie, 1670, 60
Moir, John, in Auchterarder, 1793, 92
Moir, John, in Cottertown, 1791. 92
Moir. John, in Daldoran. 1769. 75, 76
Moir, John, in Daldoran, 1810, 76
Moir, John, in Daldorn, 1793, 63, 74
Moir, Jehn, in Daldorn, m. 1795, 76
Moir, John, in Daldorn, 1798, 65
Moir, John, in Doune, 1720, 62
Moir, John, in Doune, 1722, 62
Moir, John, in Dunblane. 1713. 101
Moir. John, in Edinburgh. 1633, 382
Moir. John, in Forres. 1.578, 382
Moir, John, in Glenwhilk. 1672, 60
Moir, John, in Greddon Burn, 1720, 62, 371
Moir, John, in Half-Merkland, 1739, 91
Moir, John, in Kincardine, 1827, 77
Moir, John, in Kirkaldie, 1630, 382
Moir, John, in Landrick, 1735, 62
Moir. John, in Landrick. 1756. 63
Moir. John, in Mackeanstown, 1794, 65
Moir, John, in Mackeanstown, 1796, 65
Moir, John Innes Allan, M. D., son of
James, M. D., 1808, 40, 218, 348
Moir, John, in Row, 1679, 60
Moir, John, in Stirling, 1672, 89
Moir, John, in Thornhill, 1748. 75
Moir. John, in Tigermuck, 1723, 62
Moir, John, in Torrie, 1757, 62, 63
Moir, John, in Torrie, 1767, 64
Moir, John, in Torrie, 1820, 66
Moir, John, in Tulliallan, 1879, 85
Moir, .John, in Wester Torrie, 1766, 64
Moir, John Alexander, son of James,
1853, 105
Moir, John James, son of Alexander,
1884. 185
Moir, John Jr., of Finnylost, 1825, 98
Moir, John Junior, of Barnes, 1666, 47
Moir, John, Junior, of Finnylost, 98
Moir, John, Junior, son of John, 182
Moir, John, Junior, son of John, d. 1904, 199
Moir, John, m. 1587, 42
Moir, John, m. 1612, 42
456
MoiR Geneai,ogy
Moir, John, m. 1625,
Moir, John, m. 1633,
Moir, John, m. 1634,
Moir, John, m. 1641,
Moir, John, m. 1643,
Moir, John, m. 1644,
Moir, John, m. 1647,
Moir, John, 2, m. 1647,
Moir, John, m. 1655,
Moir, John, m. 1664,
Moir, John, 2, m. 1664,
Moir, John, m. 1667,
Moir, John, m. 1683,
Moir, John, m. 1720,
Moir, John, m. 1757,
Moir, John, m. 1793,
Moir, John, 2, m. 1793,
Moir, John, m. 1802,
Moir, John, m. 1809,
Moir, John, m. 1829,
79
43
43
44
44
44
44
44
45
45
45
45
46
79
80
78
80
221
78
78
Moir, John Harold, son of Peter, 1900, 262
Moir, John Lowndes, son of John, 1882, 125
Moir, John, M. A., B D., Glasgow Uni-
versity, 38, 39
Moir, John Macrae, editor, 377, 392
Moir, John Malcolm, B. Sc, son of David,
1890, 204
Moir, John, manufacturer, d. 1833, 307
Moir, John, mariner, 1833, 399
Moir, John, mason, 1754, 313
Moir, John, M. B., Glasgow University,
1853, 38
Moir, John, Jr., merchant, 1657, 287
Moir, John, merchant, 1683, 47
Moir, John, merchant, m. 1717, 48
Moir, John, merchant, d. 1868, 308
Moir, John, merchant-burgess, m. 1681, 46
Moir, John, messenger-at-arms, 317
Moir, John, m. Margaret AlcFarlane,
1758, 63, 75
Moir, John, m. Margaret Moir, 1717, 48
Moir, John Munro, M. D., of Inverness,
•186
Moir, John Nicol, of Stanstead, 1839, 361
Moir, John ISiicol, son of John, 1835, 188
Moir, John, notary, 1713, 99
Moir, John, notary public, 1727, 99
Moir, Johnny, grocer, 389
Moir, John, of Aberargie, 1661, 382
Moir, John, of Aberargie, 1643, 382
Moir, John, of Aberargj', 1664, 100, 101
Moir, John, of Aberdeen, m 1626, 137
Moir, John, of Aberdeen, 1630, 3S2, 383
Moir, John, of Aberdeen, 1839, 309
Moir, John, of Aberdeen, d. 1893, 309
Moir, John, of Aberfoyle, 269
Moir, John, afterwards Muir, 269
Moir, John, of Alva, 1815, 38
Moir, John, of Arbroath, m. 1802, 221
Moir, John, of BaUater, 1858, 184
Moir, John, of Banff, 1797, 188
Moir, John, of Barnes, 1655,
45, 46, 47, 136, 142, 143, 144, 217, 286, 287,
288
Moir, John, of Beniche Mountain, 181
Moir, Johne, of Bolvenie, d. 1660, 320
Moir, John, of Buchan, ' 187, 188, 361
Moir, John, of Buchan, 1828, 316
Moir, John, of Cairnmucks, 1671, 288
Moir, John, of Carse of MacOrriston, 285
Moir, John, of Coldwells, 180
Moir, John, of Craigarnhall, 1707, 61
Moir, John, of Cromar, 1745, 155, 156,157
Moir, John, of Daldorn, 1801, 76
Moir, John, of Doune, 1625, 230
Moir, John, of Doune, 1629, 231
Moir, John, of Falkirk, 1790, 37
Moir, John, Jr., of Finnylost, 98
Moir, John, of Fintray, 1844, 40
Moir, John, of Forres, 198
Moir, John, of Glasgow, 1848, 38
Moir, John, of Glenbucket, 1711, 316
Moir, John, of Glenbucket, 1767, 316
Moir, John, of HiUfoot, 1806, 89
Moir, John, of Keith, 308
Moir, John, c.i Ksrmuck, 1610, 19, 146, 147
Moir, John, of Kermuck, 1672, 288
Moir, John, of Kincardine, m. 1793, 78
Moir, John, of Kincardine, m. 1795, 78
Moir, John, of Kincardine, m. 1809, 78
Moir, John, of Kincardine, 1827 77
Moir, John, of Kincardine, m. 1829, 78
Moir, John, of KinneUor, 1666, 287
Moir, John, of Kirkaldy, 1630, 382
Moir, John, of Methlick. 1698, 55
Moir, John, of Minneapolis, 1853, 269
Moir, John, of Monquhitter, d.
IQl'i, 303, 304
Moir, John, of Newburgh, 1596, 127
Moir, John, of Orkney, 207
Moir, John, of Paisley, 1810, 38
Moir, John, of Peterculter, 1853. 374
Moir, John, of Peterhead, d. 1857, 306
Moir, John, of PoUokshaws, 1866, 272
Moir, John, of St. Catherine, 1802, 131
Moir, John, of Stirling, 1671, 89
Moir, John, of StirUng, 1805, 323
Moir, John, of Stoneywood. d. 1674.
106, 140, 144, 145, 146, 313, 316
Moir, John, of Stoneywood, d. 1720,
106, 145, 145, 316
Moir, John, of Stromneas, 207
Moir. John, of Watertown, 1672, 46
Moir, John, of Woodside, d. 1S74, 311
Moir, John, of Woodside, d. 1912, 321
Moir, John, or Muir, 1790, 268
Moir, John, poet of the Feugh, 11, 341
Moir, John, printer, 1790, 378
Moir, John, progenter of the More family,
m. 1735, 200, 203, 204, 205
Moir, John, Rev., 394
Moir, John, Rev., 99, 296
Moir, John, Rev., 1736, 99
Moir, John, Rev. M. A., Aberdeen poet, 11
Moir, John, Rev. M. A., writer,
1788, 337, 338
Moir, John SandUands, son of George,
1881, 124
Moir. John, Senior, of Finnylost, 98
Moir, John Shand, son of George, 1897, 182
Moir, John Shaw, son of Alexander L.,
1848, 184
Moir, John,shipmaster, d. 1832, 313
Moir, John, skipper, 1693, 49
Moir, John, son of Adam, 1649, 44
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 191, 198
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1615, 96
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1666, 47
Moir, John, son of jMexander, 1693, 49
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1705, 129
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1822, 77
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1822, 238
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1833, 267
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1874, 311
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1878, 185
Moir, John, son of Alexander, 1880, 237
Moir, John, son of Alexander A., 194
Moir, John, son of Andrew. 1744, 91
Moir, John, son of David, 1703, 61
Moir, John, 2, son of David, 1703, 79, 232
Moh-, John, son of David, 1831, 38
Moir, John, son of Doctor, 1691, 216
Moir, John, son of Donald, 1745, 156
Moir, John, son of Dr. William, 1691, 216
Moir, John, son of Finlay, 1697, 61
Moir, John, son of George. 168
Moir, John, son of George, 1652, 43
Moir, John, son of George, 1678, 48
Moir, John, son of George, 1735, 57
Moir, John, son of George, 1819, 234
Moir, John, son of George, 1819, 256
Moir, John, son of George, 1850, 257, 258
Moir, John, son of Henry, 1851, 87
Moir, John Stewart, son of Henry,
1853. 269
Moir, John, son of George, 1855, 211
MoiR Genealogy
457
Moir, John, son of George, 1861, 256, 261
Moir, John, son of George, 1867, 180
Moir, John, 2, son of George, 1867, 180
Moir, John, son of James, KJl
Moir, John, son of James, 172
Moir, John, son of James, 1629, 231
Moir, John, son of James, 1668, 60
Moir, John, son of James, 1668, 144
Moir, John, son of James, 1689, 61
Moir, John, son of James, 1697, 149
Moir, John, son of James, 1756, 63
Moir, John, son of James, 1763, 69
Moir, John, son of James, 1763, 63
Moir, John, son of James, 1805, 65
Moir, John, son of James, 1843, 171
Moir, John, son of James, 1861, 261
Moir, John, son of James, 1890, 220
Moir, John, son of James, 1898, 172
Moir, John, son of James, 1900, 243
Moir, John, son of John, 181
Moir, John, sen of John, 1505, 147
Moir, John, son of John, 1610, 148
Moir, John, son of John, 1632, 382
Moir, John, son of John, 1643, 382
Moir, John, son of John. 1651, 286
Moir, John, son of John, 1654, 136
Moir, John, son of John, 1663, 96
Moir, John, 2, son of John, 1663, 96
Moir, John, 2d, son of John, 1663, 143
Moir, John, son of John, 1666, 45
Moir, John, son of John, 1670, 45
Moir, John, son of John, 1684, 46
Moir, John, 2d, son of John, 1692, 47
Moir, John, son of John, 1744, 75
Moir, John, son of John, 1757, 62
Moir, John, son of John, 1766, 64
Moir, John, son of John, 1789, 313
Moir, John, son of John, 1790, 37
Moir, John, son of John, 1796, 76
Moir, John, son of John, 1800, 207
Moir, John, son of John, 1803, 221
Moir, John, son of John, 1804, 181
Moir, John, son of John, 1810, 38
Moir, John, son of John, 1815, 38
Moir, John, son of John, 1828, 316
Moir, John, son of John, 1848, 38, 39
Moir, Johc, son of John, 1852, 208
Moir, John, 2, son of John, 1852, 208
Moir, John, son of John, 1853, 38
Moir, John, son of John, 1871, 309
Moir, John, son of John, d. 1872 309
Moir, John, son of John, 1881, 85, 86
Moir, John, son of Patrick, 1660, 96
Moir, John, son of Patrick, 1668, 45
Moir, John, son of Patrick, 1720, 62
Moir, John, son of Patrick, 1848, 125
Moir, John, son of Peter, 1637, 42
Moir, John, son of Rev. George, 1775, 121
Moir, John, son of Rev George, 1775, 316
Moir, John, son of Richard, 1836, 272
Moir, John, son of Robert. 176
Moir, Johne, son of Robert, 1648, 59
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1682, 60
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1693, 129
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1730, 176
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1766, 64
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1823, 248
Moir, John, 2d, son of Robert, 1830, 255
Moir,,John, son of Robert, 1850, 199
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1853, 263
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1881, 243
Moir, John, son of Robert, 1900, 243
Moir, John, son of Thomas, 1633, 43
Moir, John, son of Thomas, 1640, 43
Moir, John, son of Thomas, 1673, 60
Moir, John, son of Walter, 1668, 277
Moir, John, son of William, 308
Moir, John, son of William, 1610,
135, 136, 147, 148
Moir, John, son of William, 1615, 96
Moir, John, son of WiUiam, 1615, 106
Moir, John, son of William, 1615, 370
Moir, John, son of William, 1632, 43
Moir, John, son of William, 1658, 286
Moir, John, 2, son of William, 1686, 47
Moir, John, son of William, 1852, 87
Moir, John, son of William, 1853, 374
Moir, John, son of William, d. 1892, 237
Moir, John, son of William, 1906, 238
Moir, John, son of William J., 1906, 238
Moir, John, Sr., of Finnylost, 1825, 98
Moir, John Stewart, eon of Alexander
1878, 267
Moir, John Stewart, son of Alexander,
166
1890.
Moir, John Stuart, son of Alexander,
1868,
Moir, John Wilby, son of William,
1869.
Moir, John William, African pioneer,
11,218,
Moir, John William, eon of James.
1868,
Moir. John William, son of John I. A.,
1851,
Moir. John William, son of John W.,
1860,
Moir, John Wilson, M. B
son of Da\nd M., 1843,
Moir, John, witness, 1624,
Moir, John, witness, 1643,
Moir, John, weaver, 1663,
Moir, John, witness, 1670,
Moir, John, "theasurer," 1686,
Moir, John, witness, 1693.
Moir, John, tailor, 1694.
Moir, John, W. S., of Hillfoot, 1806.
Moir, John, St. Andrew's Univeraity,
1883,
Moir, Jon, smith, 1647,
Moir, Joneta, 1632,
Moir, Joseph, ol Aberdeen, d. 1842,
Moir, Joseph Dawes, eon of Robert,
1S57,
Moir, Joseph McElroy, engineer,
Moir, Joseph McElroy, Jr., son of James.
1878, 219
Moir. Joseph WiUiam, son of Alexander,
1880, 185
Moir, Joseph William, son of George B.,
1861, 240
Moir, Josephine, dau. of Charles, 1864, 170
Moir, Josie Ma\, dau. of Joseph D.,
1889, 246
Moir, Julia, of Mains of Cockney, d.
1859, 307
Moir, J. W., son of Archibald. 1892.
.271, 335. 336
Moir, Kate Veronica, dau. of Alexander W.,
254
248
,339
207
219
194
C. M., M. D.,
40, 178. 347
79
59
96
45
47, 48
49
50
89
41
96
382
312
246
219
1899
247
62
149
65
234
63
76
Moir, Katherin, dau. of John, 1720,
Moir, Katherine, dau. of James.
Moir, Katherine, dau. of James. 1795,
Moir, Katherine, dau. of James, 1795,
Moir, Katherine. dau. of John. 1762.
Moir, Katherine, dau. of John, 1814,
Moir, Katherine, dau. of Thomas, 1676, 60
Moir, Katherine, dau. of William, 16S3, 47
Moir, Katherine. dau. of William, 1684, 47
Moir, Katherine, dau. of Willian, d.
1819. 51
Moir, Katherine. of Kilmadock, m.
1764, 74, 80
Moir, Katherine, or Angers, m. 1618, 42
Moir, Katherine, or Ferguson, m. 1607, 42
Moir, Katherine, or McFarlan, 1789. 74
Moir, Katherine W., dau. of Alexander,
1891, 226
Moir, Katherine dau. of Andrew, 1789, 74
Moir, Katherine. dau. of James, 1795, 65
Moir, Katherine, dau. of John, 1762. 63
Moir, Kathrine, m. 1764, 80
Moir, Kathrin, m. 1581. 44
Moir, Kenneth Eliot, son of Alexander L..
1908, 254
458
MoiR Genealogy
Moir, Kenneth. Nelly, dau. of John G.,
1897, 165
Moir, Kenneth, soldier, 1330, 13
Moir, "Lang Johnnie", 390, 391
Moir, Laura May, dau. of James, 183
Moir, Laura Ruth, dau. of John G.,
1891, 165
Moir, Lavina Robertson, dau. of David A.,
1897, 186
Moir, La\'inia Jane, or Starrak, dau. of
William, 1875, 248
Moir, Lena Tabitha, dau. of Robert A., 196
Moil, Leo Hughes, son fo George E.,
1888, 167
Moir, Leroy Edison, son of George R.,
1899, 263
Moir, Leslie, dau. of William, 211
Moir, LUian, dau. of Alexander, 1663, 128
Moir, Lilla Aim, dau. of George B.,
1865, 240
Moir, LiUey M., dau. of John, 1893, 208
Moir, Lillian Daisy Marguerite, dau. of
Edmund H., 1895, 247
Moir, LUlie Demarius, dau. of De Witt C,
1870, 197
Moir, Lilly Ada, or Armour, dau. of George
B., 1866, 240
Moir, Lily .lane, dau. of Robert, 1859, 247
Moir, Lindsay, son of William, 1881, 248
Moir, Lloyd James, son of Mark G.,
1890, 246
Moir, Louisa, or Malcolm, 1841, 308
Moir, Louisa, or Sedgewick, d. 1883, 299
Moir, Louise Jane, dau. of William,
1880, 267
Moir, Lueien Alexander, son of Alexander
T., 1861, 192
Moir, Lucille Jeanette, dau. of George,
1902, 254
Moir, Lucy Ann E., or Tuggle, dau. of
Alexander A., 1826, 191
Moir, Lucy Parthena, or Hodgin, dau. of
Robert, 1832, 196
Moir, Lucy Serena, dau. of Alexander,
1897, 195
Moir, Lulu Violet, dau. of John, 1889, 261
Moir, LyaU Tom, son of George, 1891, 164
Moir, Mabel Charlotte, dau. of Marcus W.,
1881, 188
Moir, Mabel, dau. of George, 124
Moir, Mabel, dau. of John, 199
Mcir, MadeUne A., dau. of Alexander,
1886, 181
Moir, Maggie, dau of George S., 294
Moir, Malcolm Alexander, son of Alexander
L., 1892, 254
Moir, Malcolm, son of Dimcan, 276
Moir, Malcolm, son of Joseph D., 1906, 247
Moir, Mansfield Forbes, m. 1890, 54
Moir, Marcus William, son of William J.,
1851, 187
Moir, Margaret, 1682, 60
Moir, Margaret, 1883, 86
Moir, Margaret, d. 1782, 297
Moir, Margaret, d. 1811, 303
Moir, Margaret, d. 1849, 313
Moir, Margaret, d. 1865, 292
Moir, Margaret, d. 1885, 292
Moir, Miirgaret, d. 1886, 292
Moir, Margaret, d. 1903, 299
Moir, Margaret A. A., dau. of Alexander W.,
1854, 220
Moir, Margaret Barr, M. A., B. Sc, dau.
of John 1883, 38
Moir, Alargaret Baxter, d.lS71, 292
Moir, Margaret Boyd, dau. of Da\'id,
1889, 269
Moir, Margaret Charteris, dau, of Robert,
1797, 176
Moir, Margaret Craig, dau. of Robert,
1902, 255
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Adam. 1651, 44
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Alexander, 238
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Alexander,
1663, 47
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Alexander, 1667, 47
Moir, Margaret, 2, dau. of Alexander,
1676, 4,
Moir, Margaret, dau. ot Alexander, 1697, 49
Moir, Margaret, dau, of Alexander, d.
1782, 297
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Andrew, I.,
1677, 116
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Andrew, 1770, 92
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Andrew, 1827, 93
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Archibald,
1738, 232
MoLr, Margaret, dau. of Dr. William,
1659 138
Molt, Margaret, dau. of George, 1856, 163
Moir, Margaret, dau. of George M.,
1860, 263
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Harie, 1689, 61
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Harrie, 1689, 231
Moir, Margaret, dau. of James, 1647, 231
Moir, Margaret, dau. of James, 1674, 144
Moir, Margaret, dau. of James, 1750, 63
Moir, Margaret, dau. of James, 1770 . , 64
Moir, Margaret, dau. of James, 1800, 65
Moir, Margaret, dau. of .John, 1665, 45
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1669, 143
Moir, Margaret, 2, dau. of John, 1671, 45
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John,
1668, 45
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1691, 46
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1698, 55
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1722, 62
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1738, 232
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1740, 62
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John 1743 203
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1764, 63
Moir, Margaret, dau. of John, 1812, 221
Moir, Magarret, dau. of John, 1864, 272
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Johne, 1672, 89
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Patrick, 1659, 148
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Peter, 1632, 42
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Robert, 1860, 247
Moir, Margaret, dau. of Robert, 1860, 263
Moir, Margaret, dau. of William, 142
Moir, Margaret, dau. of William, 141
Moir, Margaret, dau. of William,
1762, 55
Moir, Margaret, dau. of William, 1858, 166
Moir, Margaret, dau. of William, 1901, 238
Moir, Margaret, dau. of WiUiam, 1903, 299
Moir, Margaret E.,dau. of John, 1889, 208
Moir, Margaret Gifford, dau. of Archibald
P., 271
Moir, Margaret, in Clinton, Mass., 189
Moir, Margaret Irene, dau. of John G.,
1895, 165
Moir, Margaret Isabella, dau. of George C,
139, 384
Moir, Margaret Isabella, or Dundas,
m. 1850, 53
Moir, Margaret Jane, or H;m.ter, dau. of
Alexander C, 1864, 168
Moir, Margaret Jean, dau. of Alexander,
1897 185
Moir, Margaret Louisa Maitland, dau. of
John W., 1891, 218
Moir, Margaret Louise, dau. of Frederick
L. M., 1891, 219
Moir,, Margaret, m. 1697, 50
Moir, Margaret, m. 1717, 48
Moir, Margaret, Malvina, dau. of De Witt
C, 1903, 197
Moir, Margaret McDonald, dau. of William,
1905, 250
Moir, Margaret, of Aberdeen, 1704, 313
Moir, Margaret, of Aberdeen, 1800, 292
Moir, Margaret, of Aberdeen, 1805, 292
Moir, Margaret, of Aberdeen, 1813, 292
Moir, Margaret, of Clinton, 189
MOIR Genbalogy
459
Moir, Margaret, of Daloran, 1799, 70
Moir, Margaret, of Doune, 1625, 230
Moir, Margaret, of Kilmadock, 1665, 100
Moir .Margaret, of Kilmadock d, 1664, 100
Moir, Margaret, or Aberdeen, 48
Moir, Margaret, or Anderson, dau. of
James, 1834, 171
Moir, Margaret, or Bruce, dau. of George,
, 1787, 161. 162
Moir, Margaret, or Buchanan, dau. of
George, 1817, 256, 258, 259
Moir, Margaret, or Carmyshell, 1579. 42
Moir. Margaret, or Catto. dau. of James,
1677, 116
Moir, Margaret, or Cunningham, dau of
Andrew, 25.5
Moir, Margaret, or Falconer, d. 1787, 320
Moir, Margaret, or Field, dau. of John,
1831, 198
Moir, Margaret, or Gordon, 1690, 49
Moir, Margaret, or Gray, 1620, 43
Moir, Margaret, or Gray. 2. 1629. 43
Moir. Margaret, or Groitt. m. 1578, 42
Moir, Margaret, or Holdersby, dau. of John
W., 1887, 194
Moir, Margaret, or Junkine, dau. of James
1770, 233
Moir, Margaret, or Junkine, 1821, 77
Moir, Margaret, or Kaye, m .1570. 42
Moir, Margaret, or Kirkton, m. 1764, 55
Moir, Margaret, or Knowlly, 1630, 43
Moir, Margaret, ot Largg, m. 1679, 48
Moir, Margaret, or McNabb, 1754, 91, 92
Moir, Margaret, or Morrison, dau. of
George, 161
Moir, Margaret, or Nelson, dau. of Alex-
ander, 238
Moir, Margaret, or Oliver, m. 1781, 80
Moir, Margaret, or Reid, 1878, 85
Moir, Margaret, or Roberts, dau. of Robert
1820, 195
Moir, Margaret, or Robertson, m. 1629, 43
Moir, Margaret, or Steinson, 1622, 43
Moir, Margaret, or Strachan, 1691, 49
Moir, Margaret, or Symers, m. 1799. 81
Moir, Margaret, or Trann, dau. of George,
1855, 256, 261
Moir, Margaret, or Turnbiill, dau. of John,
1864, 274
Moir, Margaret, or Ward, dau. of John,
d. 1904 182
Moir, Margaret, or Weir, dau. of George,
1848, 257
Moir, Margaret, or Will, dau. of George,
1818, 164
Moir, Margaret Ramsay, dau. of James A.,
1911, 189
Moir, Margery, dau. of Robert, 199
Moir, Marget, dau. of Ihon, 1626, 58
Moir, Marget, dau. of James, 1647, 59
Moir, Marget, dau. of Robert, younger,
1633, 58
Moir, Margrat, or Dowgall, m. 1645, 79
Moir, Margret, dau. of John, 1798, 76
Moir, Margret, or Meneies, m. 1627, 79
Moir, Maria, dau. of James, 1789,
108, 150, 371
Moir, Maria, dau. of Patrick, 125
Moir, Maria, or Ramsay, dau. of James, 151
Moir, Marie, 1679, 60, 61
Moir, Marie, dau. of Dr. WiUiam, II.,
1676, 138
Moir, Marie, dau. of Ihon. 1632. 58
Moir. Marie, dau. of James, 1652, 59
Moir, Marie, dau. of James, 1652, 231
Moir, Marie, dau. of John, 1659, 143
Moir, Marie, dau. of Walter, 1649. 59
Moir, Marie, in Newton, 1679, 60
Moir, Mariola, 1630, 383
Moir, Marion, 1698, 278
Moir, Marion, dau. of Robert, 1649, 59
Moir, Marione. or Moireson. m. 1663, 45
Moir, Marion, in Torrie, 1820, 66
Moir, Marion McCrary, dau. of Virgil P.,
1890. * 19.^'
Moir, Marion or Ruddick, dau. of RicLttrd.
1840, 273
Moir. Marion Walker, dau. of Jamos,
,187.5. 219
Moir, Mariorie, 1620, 288
Moir, Mariorie, 1654, 287
Moir, Mariorie, dau. of John, 16.34, 1.36
Moir, Marjoria, dau. of John, 1074, 137
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Andrew, 1660,
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Andrew, IQCtO, 166
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Andrew, 1660, 46
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Andrew, 1670, 47
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Dr. William II.,
, 1?61. 138
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Harie, 1684, 61
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Harrie, 1684, 231
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of John, 1034. 137
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of John, 1657, 147, 148
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Peter, 1628, 42
Moir, Marjorie, or Mitchell, 1605, 1366
Moir, Marjorie, dau. of Peter, 1628, 42
Moir, Marjorie, or Mitchell, 1005, 136
Moir. Marjory, dau. of Andrew, I.,
1681, 116
Moir, Marjory, dau. of James, II., 149
Moir, Marjory Douglas, dau. of Douglas,
125
Moir, Mark George, son of Robert,
18.53. 245
Moir, Marrion, dau. of John, 1820, 66
Moir, Martha, d. 1810, 316
Moir, Martha, dau. of Andrew, 1829, 93
Moir, Martha, dau. of Duncan, 1893, 2.50
Moir, Martha, dau. of Robert, 1852. 199
Moir, Martha Smith, d. 1911, 243, 323
Moir, Mary, 1735, 302
Moir, Mary, d. 1735, 302
Moir. Mary, d. 1781, 316
Moir, Mary, d. 1828, 293
Moir, Mar>-, d. 1852, 313
Moir, Mary, 1876, 310
Moir, Mary A. D., d. 1884, 294
Moir, Mary A., dau. of John, 274
Moir, Mary Alice Cogbill, dau. of James C.,
1850, 195
Moir, Mary Alice, dau. of Alexander,
1879, 226
Moir, Mary Alice, or Allen, dau. of Alex-
ander T., 1857, 192
Moir, Mary Ann, dau. of Charles George,
m. 1851, 53
Moir, Mary Ann, dau. of John, 1866, 272
Moir, Mary Anne, dau. of George C,
1885. 139
Moir, Mary A., or Erskine, d. 1896, 301, 317
Moir, Mary Boyd, dau. of Dav-id, 1884,269
Moir, Mary Christie, dau. of William, 163
Moir, Mary Christina, dau. of George,
1795. 1.39
Moir, Mary, dau. of Alexander, 1691, 49
Moir, Mary, dau. of Andrew, 1797, 92
Moir, Mary. dau. of Andrew, 1829, 77
Moir. Mary, dau. of Donald, 157
Moir, Mary, dau. of Forbes, 1888, 183
Moir, Mary, dau. of George, 161
Moir, Mary, dau. of George, 1732, 57
Moir, Marj', dau. of James IV., 150
Moir, Mary, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Mary, dau. of James, 235
Moir, Mary, dau. of James, 1764, 92
Moir, Mary, dau. of James, 1833, 93
Moir, Mary, dau. of John, 182
Moir, Mary, dau. of John, 1673, 143
Moir, Mary, dau. of John, 3l6
Moir, Marj-, dau. of John, 1739, 91
Moir, Mary, dau. of John, 1812, 76
Moir, Mary, dau. of Robert, 1672, 89
Moir, Mary, dau. of Robert, 1849, 263
Moir, Mary, dau. of Thomas, 1708, 90
Moir, Mary, dau. of William, 141
Moir, Mary, dau. of William, 160
460
MOIR GENEAI.OGY
Moir, Mary, dau. of WiUiam T., d.
1900, 311
Moir, Mary E., dau. of William W.,
1866, 193
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, d. 1868, 139, 140
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, 1878, 166
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, 1885, 184
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, d, 1896, 196
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of George B.,
1863, 240
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of John S.,
1885, 184
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of Robert A.,
m. 1879, 196
Moir, Mary Elizabeth, dau. of William,
1878, 166
Moir, Mary EUa, dau. of John N., 1866, 188
Moir, Mary Emily, dau. of George M.,
1877, 184
Moir, Mary Felicia, dau. of George M., 262
Moir, Mary Frances Lorimer, dau. of James,
1907, 173
Moir, Mary Eraser, or Burnett, dau. of
George, 1860, 163
Moir, Mary Jean, dau. of James, Jr.,
1911, 270
Moir, Mary Lucy, or McMuUen, dau. of
Alexander, 1870, 265
Moir, Mary Margaret, dau. of Edward,
1874, 189
Moir, Mary Milne, d. 1865, 292
Moir, Mary Nimmo, or Brebner, dau. ot
of Robert, 1880, 249
Moir, Mary, of Aberdeen, d. 1828, 293
Moir, Mary, of Aberdeen, d. 1852, 313
Moir, Mary, of Aberdeen, d. 1895, 292
Moir, Mary, of Edinburgh, 21
Moir, Mary, of MiUbrex, d. 1886, 310
Moir, Mary Olive, dau. of William W.,
1883, 183
Moir, Mary, or Burns, m. 1761, 80
Moir, Mary, or Campbell, 1822, 77
Moir, Mary, or Gumming, m. 1831, 81
Moir, Mary, or D'Almaine, m. 1795, 94
Moir, Mary, or Edward, 1819, 93
Moir, Mary, or Gauld, 1822, 157, 158
Moir, Mary, or Gordon, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Mary, or Jackson, dau. of James,
1833, 235, 240
Moir, Mary, or King, dau. of Robert,
1856, 199
Moir, Mary, or Matheson, dau. of George,
161
Moir, Mary, or Melson, m. 1720, 79
Moir, Mary, or McLeish, 1750, 91, 92
Moir, Mary, or McNabb, 1758, 92
Moir, Mary, or Ramsay, d. 1820, 51
Moir, Mary Paton, dau. of James, 1897, 223
Moir, Mary Stewart, dau. of John S.,
1885, 269
Moir, Mary T., d. 1900, 311
Moir, Matthew, son of Alexander, 1669, 47
Moir, Matthew, son of Alexander, 1692, 49
Moir, Matilda MacKellar, or Grant, dau.
of Robert, 1878. 243
Moir, Maude Orlebar, dau. of Robert,
1906, 270
Moir, Maude Underwood, d. 1902, 292
Moir, May, d. 1805, 311
Moir, McCrary, son of William W.,
1903, 193
Moir, Melvin Russell, son of John, 1901, 258
Moir, Merjorie, 1680, 289
Moir, Mildred, dau. of William H.,
1904, 212
Moir, Mildred Ethel, dau. of Alexander,
1902, 185
Moir, Miss, of Kilcraggan, 189
Moir, Miss, of Old Aberdeen, d. 1841, 312
Moir, MitcheU Archibald, son of Alexander,
1895, 237
Moir, Mr., baker, Peterhead, 378
Moir, Mr., of Airth Mains, 1902, 285
Moir, Mr., of Peterhead, d. 1802, 312
Moir, Mr., painter, 392
Moir, Mrs., d. 1805 147
Moir, Mrs., of Aberdeen, 388
Moir, Mrs., of Aberlour, 188
Moir, Mrs., of Scotstown, d. 1800, 303, 305
Moir, Mrs., of Scotstown, d. 1819, 306
Moir, Mrs., of Stirling, 1805, 323
Moir, Myrtle A., dau. of Alexander,
18S0, 181
Moir, Myrtle Edith, or Bower, dau. of Mark
G., 1886, 246
Moir, Nans, dau. of Richard, 1575, 42
Moir, NeUie, dau. of William M., 181
Aloir, NeUie, or Horne, dau. of James, 172
Moir, Nettie Lorene, dau. of John G.,
1882, 165
Moir, Nicol, son of Arthor, 1613, 42
Moir, Norman, of Hongkong, 308
Moir, of Abergeldie, 20, 145
Moir, of Barnes, 20, 143
Moir, of Braca, 21
Moir, ( ), of Carmellite Lane, d. 1812, 61
Moir, of Culter, 394
Moir of FerrjhiU, 144
Moir of Hilton, 1681, 21, 142, 283, 383
Moir of Invernettie, 19, 23, 140
Moir of Leckie, 11. 14, 111, 283
Moir, ( ), of Loch Kinnord, 1745, 165
Moir of Lonmay, 19., 141
Moir, of Musselburgh, 329
Moir, of Otterburn 20, 145
Moir of Stoneywood, 108, 130, 135, 140.
146, 147, 370, 371, 386
Moir of Tarty, 393
Moir of Tonley, 20
Moir, ( ), or Adam, dau. of WiUiam, 237
Moir, Oran Clark, son of Peter, 1902 262
Moir, ( ;, or Vivian, dau. of Edward J.,
150, 210
Moir, Oswald Bell, son of David M.,
1847, 179
Moir, Oswald B., of Laswade, 1902, 190
Moir, Patrick, 1637, 43
Moir, Patrick, 1657, 46
Moir, Patrick, 1657, 286
Moir, Patrick, 1713, 134
Moir, Patrick, 1741, 290
Moir, Patrick, baiUie, 1651, 46, 138, 286
Moire, Patrick, baiUie, 1676, 48
Moire, Patrick, baillie, 1678, 46
Moir, Patrick, d. 1810, 304
Moir, Patrick, d. 1854, 133
Moir, Patrick, in Dragonburn, 1712, 61
Moir, Patrick, in Greddon Burn, 1720, 62
Moir, Patrick, m. 1588, 42
Moir, Patrick, m. 1665, 46
Moir, Patrick, m. 1674, 47
Moir, Patrick, m. 1720, 62
Moir, Patrick, of Old Aberdeen, m. 1655, 45
Moir, Patrick or Peter, m. 1631. 42
Moir, Patrick or Peter, 1769, 121, 304
Moir, Patrick, son of Alexander, 1588, 42
Moir, Patrick, son of Alexander, 1680, 45
Moir, Patrick, son of Dr. WiUiam, 1666, 138
Moir, Patrick, son of Dr. WiUiam, 1672, 137
Moir, Patrick, son of George, 1869, 124
Moir, Patrick, son of James, 123
Moir, Patrick, son of James, 1707, 149
Moir, Patrick, son of James, II., 1707, 149
Moir, Patrick, son of James, 1741, 290
Moir, Patrick, son of John, 1667, 44
Moir, Patrick, son of John, 1671, 148
Moir, Patrick, son of John, 1683, 46
Moir, Patrick, son of John, 1689, 47
Moir, Patrick 2d., son of John, 1689, 47
Moir, Patrick, son of John, 1854, 133
Moir, Patrick, son of Patrick, 1641, 147
Moir, Patrick, son of Patrick, 1769, 121
Moir, Patrick, son of Patrick, 1850, 126
MOIR GBNEAI.OGY
4«1
Moir, Patrick, son of Thomas, 1635, 4:{
Moir, Patrick, son of Thomas, 1(579, 00
Moir, Patrick, son of William, 1615, 147
Moir, Patrick, son of William, 1<)28, Mi
Moir, Patrick, son of William, lf):{l, i.i
Moir, Patrick, son of William, l(i3S, 43
Moir, Patrick, son of William, 1(157, 138
Moir, Patrick, son of William, 1(572, 137
Moir, Patrick, son of William, 1(572, 287
Moir, Patrick, son of Robert, 1683, 46
Moir, Patrick, St. Andrew's University,
1783, 41
Moir, Patrick, witness, 1639, 43
Moir, Patrick, witness, 1746, 75
Moir, Patrik, son of William, 1668, 96
Moir, Penelope Gee, or Johnson, dau. of
Robert, 1827, 196
Moir, Percival MacPherson, son of William
W., 1S70, 193
Moir, Percy Miles, son of Alexander G.,
18S2 222
Moir, Peter, 1609, 96
Moir, Peter, m. 1838, 204
Moir, Peter Alvin, son of Peter. 1896, 262
Moir, Peter Anderson, son of George,
1854, 163
Moir, Peter, burgess, 1609, 96
Moir, Peter, burgess, 1619, 96
Moir, Peter Campbell, son of George L.,
1883. 211, 212
Moir, Peter, draper, 1872, 37
Moir, Peter, m. 1613, 42
Moir, Peter, m. 1838, 204
Moir, Peter, M. B., Ch. B., Glasgow Uni-
versity, 1900, 38
Moir, Peter, of Balnaan, m. 1838,
Moir, Peter, of East Linton, d. 1837,
Moir, Peter, of Forres,
Moir, Peter, of Kincreich Mill,
Moir, Peter, of Lockerbie, 1852,
Moir, Peter, oi Tullibody, 1852,
Moir, Peter, son of Alexander, 1897,
Moir, Peter, son of Edward, 1857,
Moir, Peter, 2, son of George,
Moir, Peter, son of George, 1831,
Moir, Peter, son of George
Moir, Peter, son of Henry,
Moir, Peter, son of James,
Moir, Peter, son of James,
Moir, Peter, son of James,
Moir, Peter, son of John, 1837,
Moir, Peter, son of Peter, 1616,
Moir, Peter William, son of Alexander
1877,
Moir,Phoebe IsabeUa, or Grooms, dau. of
Robert, 1866, 347
Moir, P., witness, 1836, 52
Moir, Rachel, dau. of Jame.s, 1699, 49
Moir, Rachel, dau. of Patrick, 1655., 148
Moir, Raymond Earl, son of Alexander W.,
1890, 247
Moir, R. Charles, author, 399
Moir, Reuben Crawford, son of Alexander,
1852,
1863,
1863.
204
307
203
223
37
37
237
190
256
234
256
87
203
261
262
307
42
265
Moi
Mo:
Ma
Moi
Ma
Mo
Mo
Moi
Ma
Moi
Moi
Ma
Moi
Ma
Ma
Moi
Moi
Ma
Ma
1885,
185
149
42
207
207
272
Rhoderick, son of James, 1689,
Richard, 1575,
Richard, of Edinburgh,
Richard, 2, of Edinburgh,
Richard, of PoUokshaws, 1808,
Richard, of Streetsville. Ontario, 272
Richard, son of Patrick, 1855, 125
Richard, son of Richard, 272
Richard, son of Richard, 274
Richard, of New York, 1830, 273, 274
r, Robbina, dau. of James, 1764, 64
Robert, 187
Robert, 208
Robert, 1624. „79
Robert. 1630. 382
r, Robert, 1643, 59
r, Robert, 1647. 59
r, Robert, 2, 1649. 59
Moir, Itolx^rt. 184 1.
Moir, U«lM>rt, ni \tMV>.
Moir, KotMirt, rii. K5KI,
Moir. Rolwrt, ni I7:«l,
Moir. Roltcrt. rii 17.17,
Moir. Robert, ni I77H.
62
40
I7«
MO
Ki. 2.12. 234
r, Robert, of Lochfield. 1702.
61
Moir. RoImtI. AlrxunilLT. Jr., loa lA Hnbnrt
A., d. 1HU8. IM
Moir, Robert Alexander, boo ot Uavio.
1890, 2M
Moir, Robert Al<;xaiui';r, non o( lloljrrt.
1834, 104
Moir, Robert Arthur, son of Jame* U.,
1878, 230
Moir, Robert, hurgcMs, 1403. 95
Moir. Robert, burn'-.'W. Ih:{3. 3W
Moir. Iiul>ert Uurn.t, .hod of Jskum,
1872, 207, 3M
Moir, Robert, captain, ISflfi. M'i
Moir, Robert, surveyor, 1H;»8, 270
Moir, Robert Cliiin.', son of Aloxander W.,
1895, 247
Moir, Robert C. son of John. 1884. 208
Moir. Robert, Dr., of UcWn: 283, 284
Moir, Robert Dunklcy, son of AloxscMlar,
1894. 1»'»
Moir, Robert, dyer, 1836. Si
Moir, Robert Kinlcy, son of Alexander L ,
1890. 243
Moir. Robert Fotayth, son of Alexander A .
1862, 195
Moir, Robert Gifford, son of Archibald P .
271
Moir, Robert Hardie, son of Ri*bert,
1887, 249
Moir. Robert Horn son of William,
1865, 226
Moir, Robert, hosier, 1732. 306. 319
Moir, Robert Huntington, son of George M ,
1873. 263
Moir. Robert, in Argattie. 1702, 61
Moir, Robert, in Cape Breton. 1745, 29
Moir, Robert, in Doune, 1(525, 230
Moir, Robert, in Gartincaber. 1S15, tt5
Moir, Robert, in Grtjyshill. 1714. ; 117
Moir. Robert, in Kincardine, 1741, 75
Moir, Robert. 2. in Laurick, H>45. SO
Moir. Robert, in I,anrii-k. 1770, 63, <M
Moir, Robert, in Meadowhead. Ull. 65
Moir. Robert, in Newton. 16.50. W
Moir. RoI>ert, in Newtoun. 1630, 58
Moir. Robert, in Over Lanrick. I7»M. 53.64
Moir, Rob!>rt. in Parktoune. lt»8.S. 61
Moir. Robert, in Tarves. 17(52. 397
Moir. Robert, in Torrie. 17*50. 63
Moir. Robert, in TrutThill. 1731. _ 55
Moir, Robert, in Upper L;uini-k. 1777. 63
Moir, Robert. Jr.. son ol RolxTt. 1H73. 177
Moir. Rolxjrt. Jr., son of Robert U .
1888, 2*1
Moir, Robert, n\. 17()3, HO
Moir, Robert, m. ISll. 6j
Moir. Robert, M. A.. Edinburgh Lnivorwljr.
1 65S ^
Moir. Robert, m Ann Allardyce. l^Vl. 292
Moir, Robert, M O . l-*'>.5. «'>
Moir. Robert. M D . lS5;t. «'»
Moir. Robert. M D. son of David M..
1831. '
Moir. Robert, merchant. 1720. 97
Moir, Rol>ert. merchant. 1824, 34o. 340
Moir. Rolwrt. of Alvrdecn. lUUI, 291
Moir. Robert, of BoKhall. l(H4. »
Moir. Robert, of Bn-ohin. d l.-vK), 2*1
Moir. Robert, of BurUnjclon. ^ow^
Moir" Robert, of Calland.-r. m 1*46. 81
Moir. Robert, of Cow.-, i''!-" ol w i«hl, 3W
Moir, Roliert. of D.iuni>. U>2o, MB
Moir, Rob.'rt. of Kent. IS96. 311
Moir. Robert, of I-iri-i-k. 3^
Moir. Robert, oi i 1 .iu
Moir. Robert, of .M J •'**•
397
462
MOIR GBNEAI,0GY
Moir, Robert, of Newton, 1665, 100
Moir, Robert, of North Carolina, 1796, 195
Moir, Robert, of Ontario, 1817, 244, 344
Moir, Robert, of Overhill, 1685, 129
Moir, Robert, of Stirling, 1673, 89
Moir, Robert, of Stirling, 1803, 103
Moir, Robert, of Tartj, 1839, 186, 306
Moir, Robert, of Tarty, 1890, 393
Moir, Robert, of Thomhill, 395
Moir, Robert Paton, son of James,
1888, 223
Moir, Robert, professor of botany, d.
1845, 284
Moir, Robert Ramsay, son of Edward,
1876' 189
Moir, Robert, Rev. M. A., d. 1880, 306
Moir, Robert, Rev., son of George, 160
Moir, Robert R., m. 1909, 189
Moir, Robert Roy, son of Robert S.,
1899, 265
Moir, Robert, soldier. 1745, 322
Moir, Robert, son of Alexander, 1678, 128
Moir, Robert,? on of Alexander,
1820, 77, 236
Moir, Robert, son of Alexander, 1820, 238
Moir, Robert, son of Alexander, 1857, 252
Moir, Robert, son of Alexander, 1884, 237
Moir, Robert, son of Andrew, 1688, 127
Moir, Robert, son of Andrew, 1712, 116
Moir, Robert, son of Andrew, 1844, 93
Moir, Robert, son of Andrew, 1854,
254 255
Moir, Robert, son of Dr. Moir, 1772, ' 121
Moir, Robert, son of Duncan, 1849, 249
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1680, 48
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1750,
294, 295
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1778, 75
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1778,
232, 234, 242, 395
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1778, 76, 234
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1801, 51
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1823,
256, 262
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1823, 234
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1823, 256
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1871, 242
Moir, Robert, son of George, 1876, 182
Moir, Robert, son of George, d. 1900, 168
Moir, Robert, son of Harie, 1691, 61
Moir, Robert, son of Harrie, 1691, 231
Moir, Robert, son of Ihon, 1630, 58
Moir, Robert, son of James, 1638, 58
Moir, Robert, son of James, 1638, 231
. Moir, Robert, son of James, 1727, 99
Moir, Robert, son of James, 1794. 235,239
Moir, Robert, son of James, 1851, 243, 323
Moir, Robert, son of James, 1856, 164
Moir, Robert, son of James, 1898, 243
Moir, Robert, son of John, 199
Moir, Robert, son of John, 1663, 44
Moir, Robert, son of John, 1723, 62
Moir, Robert, son of John, 1723, 232
Moir, Robert, son of John, 1723, 232, 236
Moir, Robert, son of John, 1758, 63
Moir, Robert, son of John, 1794, 65
Moir, Robert, 2, son of John, 1794, 65
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1647, 59
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1650, 59
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1688, 61
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1761, 176
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1817, 65, 244
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1847, 244
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1851, 243
Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1858, 199
■ Moir, Robert, son of Robert, 1875, 243
Mou-, Robert, son of Robert, 1888, 243
Moir, Robert, 2d, son of Robert, 1888, 243
Moir, Robert, son of Walter, 1677, 60
Moir, Robert, son of Walter, 1677, 231
Moir, Robert, son of William, 1723, 55
Moir, Robert, son of William, 1732, 55
Moir, Robert, son of William, 1824, 199
Moir, Robert Stewart, son of Robert,
1896, 255
Moir, Robert Stirling, son of Alexander,
1872, 265
Moir, Robert, tailor, 1796, 195,
Moir, Robertus, A. M., Aberdeen Uni-
versity, 1809, 40
Moir, Robert Walker, M. B., C. M., Glas-
gow University, 1868, 38
Moir, Robert William Hastwell, son of
WiUiam, 1862, 248
Moir, Robert, wine merchant, 379
Moir, Robert, wine merchant, 1840, 387
Moir, Robert, 2, wine merchant, 1841, 52
Moir, Robert, witness, 1632, 58
Moire, Robert, 2, witness. 1637, 58
Moir, Robert, witness. 1644, 59
Moir, Robert, witness, 1646, 59
Moir, Robert, witness, 1647, 59
Moir, Robert, witness, 1647, 79
Moir, Robert, witness, 1669, 60
Moir, Robert, witness, 1671, 60
Moir. Robert, witness, 1688, 127
Moir, Robert, younger, 1630, 58
Moir, Robina, dau. of James, 1777, 103
Moir, Robina, dau. of Robert, 1840, 197
Moir, Robina or Cowan, m. 1793, 80
Moir, Roderick, d. 1713, 371
Moir, R., soldier, 1899, 322
Moir, Russell John, son of Alexander,
1868 264
Moir, Ruth, dau. of James, 1826, 235, 240
Moir, Ruth Spence, dau. of James,
1902, 219
Moir, Sallie Dora, dau. of Robert A., 196
Moir, SaUie Klonegar, dau. of Edward J.,
1873, 210
Moir, Samuel Alexander, son of Alexander,
1898, 195
Moir, Samuel, son of Andrew, 1683, 115
Moir, Samuel, son of William, 1624, 43
Moir, Samuel Whitfield, son of Robert A.,
196
Moir, Sandy Alexander, son of Robert F.,
1862, 195
Moir, Sarah, 1783, _ 145
Moir, Sarah Ann, dau. of Richard, 272
Moir, Sarah, dau. of Alexander L.,
1864, 184
Moir, Sarah Elizabeth, or Flinn, dau. of
James, 1833, 235, 240
Moir, Sarah Margaret, or HalliweU, dau.
of Joseph D., 1891, 246
Moir, S. H., of Garelochead, 1902, 189
Moirs in Aberdeen, 383
Moirs in Aberdeenshire, 370
Moirs in Braidhaugh, 382
Moirs in Edinburgh, 382
Moirs in Elginshire, 204
Moirs in Forres, 382
Moirs in Kirkaldy, Fifeshire, 382
Moirs in Lonach Society, 98
Moirs in Tarty, 129
Moirs of Aberargie, Perthshire, 382
Moirs of Aberdeenshire, 19, 180
Moirs of Banffshire, 187
Moirs of Barns, 135
Moirs of Chesterbury, 393
Moirs of Clackmananshire, 189
Moirs of Cromar, 1745, 155, 312
Moirs of Deanstoun, 227
Moirs of Doune, 236, 256, 382
Moirs of Edinburgh, 190
Moirs of Elginshire, 191
Moirs of England, 209
Moirs of Fifeshire, 218
Moirs of Forfarshire, 221
Moirs of Foveran, 127
Moirs of Inverness-shire, 224
Moirs of Invernettie, 1669, 148, 149, 370
Moirs of Kimberley, 340
Moirs of Kincardineshire, 224
Moirs of Lanarkshire, 226
MOIR Genbalogy
463
Moirs of Landrick,
Moirs of Leckie,
Moirs of Leith,
Moira of Lonmay,
Moira of Orkney,
Moirs of Perthshire,
227
11,230,277,280,373
190
141
2U7
2()S
Moir, Thomas, son of William, 1806,
Moir, Thomas, witness, 1670,
03
60
Moirs of Renfrewshire, 272
Moirs of Scotland, 203, 373
Moirs of Scotstown,
105, 135, 138, 298, 373, 391
Moirs of Shetland, 207
Moirs of Stoneywood,
19, 21, 23, 106, 108, 146, 295, 370, 373, 377
Moirs of Thornhill, 236, 256
Moir, ( -), son of Benjamin, 212
Moir, ( ), son of James, 270
Moir, ( ), son of James, Jr., 270
Moir, ( -), 2, son of John W., 218
Moir & Son, John, 395
Moir, Sophia, 393
Moir, Sophia, or Kenyon, dau. of Alexander,
m. 1868, 238
Moir, Sophia, or McDonald, dau. of Alex-
ander, m. 1860, 238
Moir, Sophie, dau. of George, 124
Moir, Stuart, dau. of John, 122
Moir, Stuart, or Junior, m. 1849, 122
Moir, Susan, d. 1888, 292
Moir, Susan Isabella, or MacDonald, dau.
of Alexander G., 1874, 222
Moir, Susan or KeUey, dau. of Robert,
1822, 248
Moir, Susanna, dau. of James, 1709, 129
Moir, Susanna, dau. of William, 1637, 43
Moir, Symon, d. 1830, 293
Moir, Tabitha Ingram, or Ogburn, dau. of
Sandy A., 1829, 197
Moir, T. H. of Aberdeen, 1882, 310
Moir, Thomas, 1679, 60
Moir, Thomas Alexander, of Omaha,
1870, 209
Moir, Thomas Alexander, son of William
W., 1868, 193
Moir, Thomas Amos, son of David,
1892, 204
Moir, Thomas, of Glasgow University,
1863, 38
Moir, Thomas, of PoUokshaws, 1862, 272
Moir, Thomas, d. 1852. 313
Moir, Thomas, in Row, 1673, 60
Moir, Thomas, of Otterburne, 14
Moir, Thomas, of Stirling, 1801, 103
Moir, Thomas, burgess, 1507, 95
Moir, Thomas, burgess, 1658, 96
Moir, Thomas, in Drummond, 1708, 90
Moir, Thomas, m. 1633, 43
Moir, Thomas John, son of Alexander, 221
Moir, Thomas, of Falmouth, 150, 210
Moir, Thomas, of Stonehaven, 397
M9ir, Thomas, son of Alexander, 1610, 42
Moir, Thomas 2d, son of Alexander,
1613, 42
Moir, Thomas, son of Alexander, 1684, 47
Moir, Thomas, son of Andrew, 1765, 145
Moir, Thomas, son of Gilbert, 1684, 129
Moir, Thomas, son of James, 150
Moir, Thomas, son of James, 172
Moir, Thomas, son of John, 1678, 46
Moir, Thomas, son of John, 1746, 75
Moir, Thomas, son of John, 1808, 221
Moir, Thomas, son of Patrick, 1640, 147
Moir, Thomas Dawes, son of Robert,
1849, 245, 246
Moir, Thomas, Rev., son of Adam,
1831, 346
Moir, Thomas, Rev., of Morebattle,
1610. 145
Moir, Thomas Robert, son of De Witt C,
1878, 197
Moir, Thomas Robertson, son of George,
1835, 234, 256, 266
Moir, Thomas, son of Thomas, 150, 210
Moir, Thomas, son of Thomas, 1676, 145
Moir, Virgil Pearson, son of William W.,
18(i-l, 193
Moir, Virginia Brunch, dau. of Virgil P.,
1892. 193
Moir, Wallace, son of James, 1874, 207
Moir, Wallace Andrew, son of Georije,
1897, 254
Moir, Wallace Lyon, son of William H.,
1900, 212
Moir, Walter, 1631, 58, 59
Moir, Walter, 1643, 58
Moir, Walter, 1647, 59
Moir, Walter, 1651, 59
Moir, Walter, engine-keeper, 1862, 83
Moir, Walter Gordon, son of George M.,
1883 184
Moir, Walter, in Doune, 1679, 60
Moir, Walter, in Doune, 1733, 62
Moir, Walter, in Down, 1732, 62
Moir, Walter, labourer, 1865, 84
Moir, Walter, m. 1.574, 42
Moir, Walter, m. 1721, 79
Moir, Walter, m. 1733, 80
Moir, Walter MacGilvray, of Woodside,
399
Moir, Walter, of Aberdeen, 1604, 42
Moir, Walter, of Doune, 1625, 230, 231
Moir, Walter, son of James, 1649, 59
Moir, Walter, son of James, 1649, 231
Moir, Walter, son of John, 1661, 60, 143
Moir, Walter Nathaniel, son of Robert A.,
196
Moir, Walter, son of Thomas, 1633, 43
Moir, Walter Wilfred, son of Andrew C,
1903, 265
Moir, Walter, witness, 1630, 58
Moir, Walter, witness, 1633, 43
Moir, Walter, witness, 1644, 59
Moir, Walter, witness, 1648, 79
Moir, Walter, wright, 1740, 102
Moir, Walter, writer, 1668, 277
Moir, W . C., son of Benjamin, d. 1897, 212
Moir, ( ), dau. of Thomas, 150
Moir, Wilfred Stanley, son of James,
1880, 207
Moir, William, 187
Moir, William, 1560, 95
Moir, William, 1567 95
Moir, William, 1583, 42
Moir, William, 1600, 95
Moir, William, 1605, 95
Moir, William, 2. 1605, 95
Moir, William, 1608, 286
Moir, William, 1611, 96
Moir, William, burgess, 1615, 370
Moir, William, 1620, 96
Moir, Wilham, 1636. 43
Moir, William, 1638. 286
Moir, William, 1050, 286
Moir, William, 1056, 287
Moir, William. 1057, 45
Moir, William, 16.'>0, 46
Moir, William, 1063, 287
Moir, William, KUH, 45
Moir, William, 1070, 96
Moir, William, 1080, 48
Moir, William, 1087, 46
Moir, William, 1698, 47
Moir, William, 1852, 87
Moir, William, Aberdeen, 1787, 378
Moir, William, advocate, 1744, 374
Moir, William, advocate, 1883, 374
Moir, William Alexander, son of Mark G.,
18S2, 245
Moir, William A., son of William, 1873, 248
Moir, William, author, 377
Moir, William B., d. 1881, 293
Moir, William B., of New Deer, 1842, 338
Moir, William Bergen, son .of Robert H.,
1886, 226
464
MOIR Genbai^ogy
Moir, William Blackwood, son of David
M., 1836, 177
Molt, William Bowman, son of John,
1858, 184
Moir, Wmiam Boyd, son of Alexander,
1880, 267
Moir, WOliam, Brainjohn, 1735, 55
Moir, WiUiam Brown, M. B., C. M., M. D.,
Glasgow University, 1857, 38
Moir, WiUiam, brother of John, 274
Moir, WiUiam, burgess, 1560, 95
Moir, WiUiam, burgess, 1560, 147
Moir, WiUiam, burgess, 1602, 95
Moir, WiUiam, burgess, 1615, 286
Moir, WiUiam, burgess, 1628, 288
Moir, WiUiam, burgess, 1696, 49
Moir, WUliam Bythe, 1787, 64
Moir, WiUiam, chamberlain, 1622, 23
Moir, WiUiam C, son of George, 1863, 266
Moir, WUUam, d. 1755, 297
Moir, WUliam, d. 1775, 313
Moir, WUliam, d. 1780, 299
Moir, WiUiam, d. 1795, 297
Moir, WUliam, d. 1798, ' 308
Moir, WiUiam, d. 1822, 318
Moir, WUUam, d. 1831, 312
Mou-, wmiam, d. 1848, 294
Moir, wmiam, d. 1848, 313
Moir, WUliam, d. 1855, 293
Moir, WUUam, d. 1856, 346
Moir, Wimam, d. 1857, 293
Moir, wmiam, d. 1864, 293
Moir, wmiam D., d. 1901, 308
Moir, WUUam, Dr., 1656, 287
Moir, WUUam, Dr., 1674,
46, 49, 135. 143, 148, 216, 287, 289
Moir, W'UUam, Dr., 1688, 216, 217
Moir, wmiam. Dr., burgess, 1690, 97
Moir, wmiam. Dr., II. of Scotstown, m.
1656, 138, 142, 287, 288, 290
Moir, WUUam, Dr., III. of Scotstown, 1658,
14,45, 46, 97, 104, 105, 137, 138, 217, 289
Moir, William, Dr., of Scotstown, 1695, 105
Moir, WiUiam, Dr., witness, 1666, 144
Moir, WUUam, Dr., witness, 1689, 46
Moir, William Duncan, son of Robert,
1886, 252
Moir, wmiam Fred, son of George,
1885, 211
Moir, WiUiam Henry, son of James, 183
Moir, WUUam Hem'y, son of James,
1872 212
Moir, wmiam J., son of WUUam, 237, 238
Moir, Wimam J., son of WiUiam,
1813, . 237, 285
Moir, wmiam, elder, merchant, 1698, 48
Moir, WUUam, elder, of Scotstown,
1803, 103
Moir, Wimamina, or Petrie, d. 18S8, 293
Moir, William, in Balgeirscho, 1597, 127
Moir, WiUiam, in Brainjohn, 1777, 297
Moir, WiUiam, in Broombrae, 1683, 96, 97
Moir, WiUiam, in Caberstov^^n, 1655, 97
Moir, WUliam, in FerriehiU, 1629. 97
Moir, WUliam, in FerriehiU, 1655, 96, 97
Moir, wmiam, in FerriehUl, 1669, 96
Moir, wmiam, in FerryhUl, 1730, 97
Moir, wmiam, in London, 1824, 299
Moir, WiUiam, in Mosside, 1705, 61
Moir, WUUam, in Mosside, 1854, 88
Moir, wmiam, in MuthiU, 1799, 92
Moir, WUUam, in MuthUl, 1806, 93
Moir, WUUam J., in Houghton, Mich., 222
Moir, wmiam, in Slipoiehmock, 1690, 97
Moir, Wimam I. of HUton, m. 1666, 142
Moir, wmiam II. of Lonmay, 141
Moir, wmiam I. of Scotstown, 138, 147 287
Moir, wmiam Iravride, son of James,
1898, 311
Moir, WiUiam, iron merchant, 1832,
171, 173
Moir, William J., of ThomhiU, 1902, 285
Moir, wmiam J., of Eldora, Iowa,
1824, 187, 347, 361, 379
Moir, WUUam John, son of Wmiam J., 379
Moir, WUUam J., son of John, 1824, 187
Moir, WiUiam J. Jr., son of George J.,
1884, 188
Moir, Wimam John, son of John, 1874, 211
Moir, WUliam Keith, son of James,
1901, 173
Moir, wmiam Kennedy, d. 1862, 293
Moir, wmiam Lawrence, son of Peter W.,
1902, 265
Moir, WUUam, Leyden University,
1753, 397
Moir, wmiam Ueut., 18th Hussars, 19
Moir, WUUam, m. 1583, 42
Moir, wmiam, m. 1622, 43
Moir, WUUam, m. 1628, 43
Moir, wmiam, m. 1636, 43
Moir, WUUam, m. 1656, 216
Moir, WUUam, m. 1656, 47
Moir, Wimam, m. 1657, 45
Moir, WiUiam, m. 1680, 46
Moir, WUUam, m. 1683, 47
Moir, WUUam. m. 1885, 48
Moir, Wimam, m. 1705, 48
Moir, William, m. 1719, 55
Moir, wmiam, m. 1799, 92, 93
Moir, WUUam, m. 1838, 394
Moir, wmiam, M. A., son of WilUam,
1602, 135. 147, 148
Moir, WiUiam, M. B., C. M., in AustraUa,
1883, 374
Moir, WUliam, M. D., Edinburgh Uni-
versity, 1834, 40
Moir, WiUiam, merchant, 1695, 50
Moir, WiUiam, merchant, 1698, 49, 50
Moir, WUUam, merchant, 1798, 30S
Moir, WilUam, messenger, 1698, 49
Moir, wmiam M., son of WilUam,
1617, 137
Moir, WUliam, miU of Methlick, 55
Moir, WUliam M., Jr., son of Wmiam M.,
181
Moir, WilUam M., of Chicago,
180, 181, 371, 395, 396
Moir, WiUiam, M. P., of HUton, 19
Moir. WUUam, 2nd, son of WiUiam,
1665, 142, 143
Moir, WiUiam, of Aberdeen, 1623, 286
Moir, WUUam, of Aberdeen, 1602, 216
Moir, WiUiam, son of George, 162
Moir, WUliam, of Auchloun, 1574, 127
Moir, wmiam, of Belhelvie, 1659, 127
Moor, WUUam, of Edinburgh, 190
Moir, WUUam, of Elgin, 217
Moir, Wimam, of Garnkirk, 226
Moir, WiUiam, of Hilton, 14
Moir, WUUam, of Hilton, m. 1666, 142
Moir, WiUiam, of Insch, 183
Moir, WUliam, of Invernettie, 314
Moir, WUUam, of Invernettie, 1723, 139
Moir, WilUam, of Invernettie, 1778,
305, 314
Moir, WUUam, of London, 1843. 315
Moir, WUliam, of Lonmav, 1745,
51, 107. 131, 322, 371
MoLr, WUUam, of MetMick, 1744, 55
Moir, wmiam, of MethUok, 1758, 55
Moir, wmiam J., of Michigan, 222
Moir, WUliam, of Nether Hayston, 223
Moir. Wimam. of New Grange, 141
Moir, wmiam, of New York, 1826, 226, 315
Moir, wmiam, of New Zealand. 211
Moir, WUUam, of Otterburn, 1639, 145
Moir, wmiam, of Park, 53
Moir, wmiam, of Park, 1789, 139
Moir, WUUam, of Park, 1826, 298, 300, 303
Moir, WUUam, of Perth, 1905, 309
Moir, WUUam, of Perthshire, 1844, 269
Moir, wmiam, I. of Scotstown, 138
Moir, WUliam, of Scotstown, 214
Moir, WUUam, of Scotstown, 1658, 104, 149
MOIR GENEALOGY
465
Moir, William, of Scotstown, 1885, 140
Moir, William, of Spittal, 215
Moir, William, of Stoneywood, 1724, 139
Moir, William, son of Richard, 272
Moir, William, of Whitehill. 1732. 141
Moir. William, school teacher, 1819,
248, 395
Moir, William Petrie Sylvester, aon of
William W., 1881, 183
Moir, William, porter, d. 1898, 311
Moir, William, principal, m. 1654,
43, 44, 45, 96, 104, 287
Moir, William Ralston Somers, son of
William S., 1867, 100
Moir, William Reed Milne, son of Alex-
ander, 1880, 185
Moir, William Reginald, son of William,
211
Moir, William, Rev., 1794, 317
Moir, William, Rev., of Fyvie, 1794, 305
Moir, William, Rev., son of Rev. George,
1726, 317
Moir, William Robertson, son of George,
1885, 54
Moir, William R., poet, 11
Moir, William Rufus, son of George R.,
1887, 263
Moir, William, soldier, 1745, 322
Moir, William Somers, of Edinburgh,
1867, 190
Moir, William, son of .A.dam. 1642, 43
Moir, William, aon of Alexander, 191
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 214
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1678, 48
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1698, 49
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1724, 139
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 17.58. 92
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1798, 51
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1800, 51
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1813, 76
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1813,
78, 236
Moir, William, son of Alexander, 1875, 236
Moir, William, son of Archbald, 1673, 60
Moir, William, son of Archibald, 231
Moir, William, son of Andrew, 1642, 43
Moir, William, son of Andrew, 1667, 46
Moir, William, son of Andrew, 1698, 48
Moir, William, son of Andrew, 17.50, 119
Moir, William, son of Andrew, 1768, 92
Moir, William, son of Andrew, 1775, 92
Moir, William, son of David, 1879, 269
Moir, William, son of Dr. William,
16.58, 138
Moir, William, son of Duncan, 1873, 2.50
Moir, William, son of George, 1641, 43
Moir, William, son of George, 1693,
129, 160
Moir, William, son of George, 1702, 160
Moir, William, son of George, 1737, 160
Moir, William, son of George, 1789,
1.39, 140
Moir, William, son of George, 1825, 51
Moir, William, son of George, 1826, 165
Moir, William, son of George, 1837,
234, 2,56, 266
Moir, William, son of George, 1885, 140
Moir, William, son of Gilbert, 1684, 129
Moir, William, son of James, 141, 149
Moir, William, son of James, 150
Moir, William, son of James, 164
Moir, William, son of James, 172
Moir, William, 2, son of James, 172
Moir, William, son of James, 270
Moir, William, son of James, 1660, 144
Moir, William, son of James, 1764, 92
Moir, William, son of James, 1728, 290
Moir, William, son of James, 1787, 64
Moir, William, son of James, 1787, 233
Moir, William, son of James, 1832, 173
Moir, William, son of James, 1843, 270
Moir, William, son of James, 1846, 211
Moir, William, son of John, 316
Moir, William, .son of John, I6.')7, 143
Moir, William, son of John, 1666, 14.'{
Moir. William, son of John, 1609, HM
Moir, William, son of John, Ui7.'J, 45
Moir. William, son of John, 1673, 46
Moir, William, .ion of John, 16.S7, 40
Moir, William, son of John, 1708, HO
Moir, William, .son of John, 1«02, 122
Moir, William, son of John. 1826, 182
Moir, William, son of John, 18.03, 374
Moir, William, son of John, 1878, 309
Moir, William, son of Patrick. 163S, 147
Moir, William, son of Patrick or Pete,
1641, 42
Moir, William, son of Itev. James,
16(54. 287
Moir, William, son of Rov. M. A., 1726, 115
Moir, William, son of Robert, 1705, 61
Moir, William, son of Robert, 1SI9, 65
Moir, WiUiam, son of Robert, 1819, 248
Moir, WiUiam, son of Robert, IH.54. 190
Moir, William, son of Thomas. 1703. .50
Moir, William, son of Thomas, 1802, 272
Moir, William, son of William, 138
Moir, WiUiam, son of William, 140
Moir, William, son of WiUiam, 147
Moir, William, son of William, 166
Moir, William, son of WiUiam, 237
Moir, William, son of WiUiam, I., 141
Moir, WiUiam, son of William, II., 141
Moir, William, son of William, III., 141
Moir, WUliam, son of WUliam, 1.598, 95
Moir, William, son of William, 1.598, 137
Moir, William, son of William, 1607, 96
Moir, William, son of WUham. 1616, 137
Moir, William, son of William, 16.56,
135. 136
Moir, WUliam, son of William II., 1658, 138
Moir, William, son of WUliam, 1804, 93
Moir, William, son of WiUiam. 1826. 165
Moir, William, son of William, 18.54, 165
Moir, William, son of William, 1858, 163
Moir, WUliam, son of WiUiam. 1872, 173
Moir, William, son of William, 1892, 237
Moir, William, son of William R. S.,
1895, 190
Moir, WilUam S., St. Andrew's University,
1883, 41
Moir, WUUam Stuart, son of WUliam,
1892, 273
Moir, William T., of Aberdeen, 1898, 311
Moir, William, treasurer, 1615, 96, 106
Moir, WiUiam WaUace, Jr., son of William
W., 1872. 193
Moir. William WaUace, public commis-
sioner, 1835, 193
Moir, WiUiam WaUace, son of VirgU P.,
1900, 193
Moir, WiUiam Walter, son of John S.,
1888, 184
Moir, WUliam W., d. 1864, 293
Moir, William Wilderming, son of Jamea,
1881, 219
Moir, WUliam Wilmerding, editor, 377
Moir, William WUson, son of George,
1851, 182
Moir, WiUiam, witness, 1643, 59
Moir, William, witness, 1696, 49
Moir, William, wright. 1735, 99
Moir, WiUiam, writer, 1693. 289
Moir. William Young, Rev., of Meldrum,
1862, 391
Moir, WiUiam Young, St. Andrew's Uni-
versity, 1847, 41
Moir, Wilson Irvin, son of Mark G.,
1896, 246
Moir, Wilson & Co., of Aberdeen, 395
Moir, W. K., d. 1862. 294
Moir, W., of Aberdeen, 1894, 311
Moir. Wortley Cornelia Anne. dau. of
WUliam, 141
Moir, Xtain, dau. of John, 1633,
137
'OTHER NAMES
Abercromby, Lord, 270, 334
Aberdeen, Alexander, 48, 50
Aberdeen, bishop of, 391
Aberdeen, Issobell, 48
Aberdeen, John, 48
Aberdeen of Cairnbulg, 48
Abernethie, James, 214
Abernethie, James, writer, 214, 215
Abernethie, Jean, or Moir,
130, 138, 141, 215, 305
Abernethy, Alexander,
130, 138, 214, 215, 371
Abernethy, Anne, 215
Abernethy, Christian, 214
Abernethy, Ehzabeth, 215
Abernethy, George, 214
Abernethy, Helen, 215
Abernethy, Isobel, 215
Abernethy, James, 215
Abernethy, James, III., 215
Abernethy, James, IV., 1785, 215
Abernethy, Jane, 215
Abernethy, Janet, _ 215
Abernethy, Jean, or Moir,
130, 138, 141, 215, 305
Abernethy, Jean, or Moir, 149, 214, 371
Abernethy, John I., 214
Abernethy, John, II., 149, 215
Abernethy of Mayen, 214
Abernethy, William, 214
Adam, George, 237
Adam, Janet, or Moir,
75, 232, 234, 236, 239, 266
Adams, Amy Lavina, or Moir, 260
Adams,John G., Dr., 260
Addison, W. Innes, registrar, 39
Aedie, David, 46
Aedie of Newark, 43
Afton. Mabel, or Moir, 190
Agnew, Mary, 306
Aird, Thomas, 330, 331, 333
Alexander, Alexander, 46, 47
Alexander, Alexander, baillie, 46
Alexander, Emily De Maine, 179
Alexander, Eyegane, 42
Alexander, Helen, or Moir, 182
Alexander, Hugh de Maine, 179
Alexander, Isobel, or Moir, 1666, 142
Alexander, John, 1666, 142
Alexander II., king of Scotland, 352, 358
Alexander, W., Sir 354
Alexander, WilUam Black,
Allan, Ann, or Moir,
AUan, Jean, or Moir,
Allan, Jean, or Moir, 2, 1799,
Allan, John,
AUardes, John,
AUardyce, Ann,
Allardyce, Ann, or Moir, 291,
AUardyce, WiUiam,
AUen, Abner W.,
Allen, Baldwin,
Allen, Harriet Marcia, or Moir,
Allen, Henry Clay,
AUen, Henry Moir,
Allen, James,
Allen, Sarah Elizabeth, or Moir,
AUoiin, Jhon, 1631,
Alonzo XI. of Spain,
Amer, WiUiam,
Ames, Butler, Hon.,
Anand, Christian,
Anderson, Agnes, or Moir,
Anderson, Alexander,
Anderson, Alexander John,
Anderson, Alexander Penrose Terry, M
Anderson, David,
Anderson, Gilbert,
Anderson, James Thorn,
Anderson, John,
Anderson, John,
Anderson, John, capt.,
Anderson, John, Jr.,
Anderson, Jo., Rev.,
Anderson, Margaret,
Anderson, Margaret, or Moir,
Anderson, Marjory,
Anderson, Marjory Grant, or Milne,
179
92
93
92
374
105
293
293
387
185
192
185
192
193
196
196
68
13
58
368
288
82
171
171
D.,
133
259
363
171
46, 48
289
59
50
57
82
42
363
169
Anderson, Mary, or Moir, 234, 256, 259
Anderson of Stirling, 394
Anderson, Robert, 389
Anderson's of BeUamore, 157
Anderson, Thomas Gordon Torry, Rev.,
133
Anderson, WiUiam, 307
Andrew, Maggie, or Moir, 172
Andrews, Alice Catherine, 124
*See introductory note under heading on page 439.
MoiR Genealogy
467
Andrews, Alice Maud,
Andrews, Byres,
Andrews, Edward, M. D.,
Andrews, Mary Helen,
Anguino, Concha, or Moir,
Anguine, Francisco, general,
Angus, George,
Angus, John,
Anton, Mittermaier Carl Joseph,
Arbuthnot, Catherine,
Arbuthnot, James,
Arbuthnot, Thomas, Dr.,
Arbuthnott, James, 1753,
Arbuthnott, Jean, or Gordon,
Arbuthnott, John,
Arbuthnott, Katherine, or Moir,
Arbuthnott, viscount,
Archibald, Betsey, *;
Archibald, Howard Moir,
Archibald, James,
Archibald, James, author, 1911
Archibald, John,
Archibald, Louise Victoria,
Archibald, William,
Argyle, bishop of,
Argyle, duke of,
Argyle, marquis of,
Armand, WUham,
Armour, Alexander,
Armour, George Hugh,
Armour, Hugh,
Armour, Hugh, Jr.,
Armour, John,
Armour, Martha,
Armour, Robert,
Armour, William,
Armstrong, Agnes Leona,
Armstrong, George H.,
Armstrong, James,
Armstrong, John W.,
Armstrong, Naomi,
Armstrong, Nellie, or Moir,
Ashley, Susan, or Morrison,
AusoD, Henrietta Julia, Hon.,
Aytoun, professor,
Baccop, Johne,
Bacon, Addie,
Bacon, Jerome,
Badencoth, laird of.
Badenoch, Elspet, or Moir,
Bain, David,
Baird, George,
Balfour, Andrew,
Balfour, Anton,
Balfour, Dorothy,
Balfour, Dorothy, or Moir,
Balfour, Duncan,
Balfour, Guthrie & Co.,
Balfour, John,
Balfour, Robert,
Balfour, Walter,
Bahol, Isabel,
Baloil, Thomas,
Ball, Annie Evelyn,
BaUantyne, Williamina,
Ball, F. James,
Ball, Olive Jane, or Moir,
Baloil, Edward,
Balvaird-Bathgate, James, Jr.,
Banks, Robert,
Bannerman, Isabella, or Moir,
Bannerman, Alexander, Sir,
Bannerman's of Elsick,
Barclay, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Barclay, Margaret, or Moir,
Barclay of Mather,
Barclay, ( ), or Moir,
Barnes, John,
Barrone, George,
Barry, ( ),
Bartlett, ( ),
Bartlett, James,
21,
124
124
124
124
180
186
42
387
377
140
120
314
313
313, 314
313
313
313
84
212
334, 335
271
212
212
212
112
322
304
118
240
240
240
240
240
240
240
240
261
261
256, 261
261
261
212
253
133
327
71
168
168
49
307
73
287
70
70
57
57
73
177
69
67, 69
69
33
33
247
54
247
187
353
122
101
184
108. 388
45
224
50
401
224
115
288
132
107
290
Bates, Harriet, .379
Battersby, John, 273
Battcrsby, Marguerite Wirinifrtd, or Moir,
272
Baxter, Adam, U9
Baxter, Barbara, or Moir, 65
Baxter, Gilbert, 72
Baxter, John, 68
Baxter, Margaret, M
Baxter, Mary, 294
Baxt<>r, Mr., 152
Baxter, Robert, 85
Baxter, Thomas, 54
Baxter. William, 60
Bean, Col., 140
Bean, Miss or Moir, 140
Beanes, Archibald, 136. 137, 288
Beans, Marjorie, or Moir,
130, 137, 286, 287, 288
117
271
48
219
219
284
170
201
365
305
366
366
330
69
58, 66. 68
58
104
131
49
388
227
170. 172. 173
369
227
46, 48
46,48,49, 105
100
47, 162
48, 140
46
330
388
390
390
128
244
209
33
122
122
196
196
190
196
195
195
195
240
79
173
173
42
209
207
255
209
267, 353
255
44
44
54
216
27
240
Beauvais, Harriet,
Beggs, Grizell,
Beidie, Janet, or Moir,
Beith, Gilbert, M. P.,
Beith, Jane Fordyce, or Moir.
Belches, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Bell, Catherine Elizabeth, or Moir,
Benjamin, Roxanna, or More,
Bennett, Francis, M. A.,
Bennett, Hannah,
Berkley, Elizabeth, or More,
Berkley, John,
Beveridge, Rev. J. G.,
Bevy, John,
Bevy, Robert,
Bevy, William,
Birnie, Margaret, or Moir,
Bisset, Rev. John,
Bisset, William, dean of guild.
Black, ( ),
Black, Adam,
Black, Ann, or Moir,
Blackburn, Peter,
Black, Charles,
Black, Gilbert,
Black, Gilbert, 2,
Black, James,
Black, John,
Black, Margaret,
Black, WiUiara,
Blackwood, Mr.
Blaikie, ( ),
Blair, Ann, or Mure,
Blair, James Hunter, Sir,
Blair, John,
Blake, Helen, or Moir,
Bochmer, Louis, Mrs.,
Bodefield, Robert,
Boileau, Anna Phipps,
Boileau, WiUiam,
Booe, Alexander,
Booe, Elizabeth,
Booe, Lucy Hodgin,
Booe, Phillip,
Booe, P. N.,
Booe, Sarah Clement,
Booe, Sullivan,
Bower, William Oliver,
Bowie, Marion,
Bowman, Andrew,
Bowman, Helen, or Moir,
Boyd, Archibald,
Boyd, Crawford,
Boyd, Jane, or Moir,
Boyd, Marcaret Craig, or Moir,
Boyd, Margaret Crawford,
Boyd, Robert,
Boyd, Thomas,
Boyes, Barbara, or More,
Boyes, Georse,
Boyne, Alexander,
Brabner, Andrew,
Bradford, governor,
Brander, Anna, or Moir,
468
MOIR Gbneai^ogy
Brander, Jamea,
Brander, Janet,
Brannes, Agnes,
Brannes, John (Brands)
Brannes, John, Jr.,
Brannes, Margaret,
Brannes, William,
Breadalbane, earl of,
Brebner, ( ),
Brebner, Arthur G.,
240
92
45
45
45
45
46
364
249
249
Brebner, Elizabeth H., or Moir, 182, 249
Brebner, George, 182
Brebner, Jane C, 249
Brebner, Mary, 249
Brechin, bishop of, 391
Brewster, elder, 27
Brodie, George, 120
Brodie, Isabella, 398
Brodie, William, 298
Brooke, Harry Vesey, Capt., 133
Brooke, James Anson Otho, 133
Brookie, Arthur Brinaley, Sir, 133
Brooks, George Harold, 187
Brooks, Marcus William Moir, 188
Brooks, Margery Frances, 188
Brooks, Vivian Harriett, 188
Brooks, William, 187
Brown, Alexander Milne, 163
Brown, Ann MUne, 168
Brown, Bessie, 47
Brown, Dr., author, 23
Brown, Dr., of Musselburgh, 328
Brown, George, schoolmaster, 62
Browning, William, Rev., 52
Brown, James, 45, 47
Brown, James, 2, 168
Brown, Jane Helen, 168
Brown, John, 47
Brown, John, 2, 168
Brown, John, Dr., 108, 132, 370, 377, 395
Brown, John, Rev., of Haddington, 395
Brown, Joseph Alexander, 168
Brown, Margaret, 168
Brown, Robert George, 168
Brown, William, 168
Bruce, Alexander, 162
Bruce, Christian, 284
Bruce, C. S. Gumming, 53
Bruce, EUzabeth, 162
Bruce, George C., 53
Bruce, Helenor, 33
Bruce, James, 162
Bruce, James, Jr., 162
Bruce, Jean, 162
Bruce, John, 162
Bruce, Margaret, 162
Bruce, Mary Agnes, or Moir, 298
Bruce, Mary Agnew, or Moir, 139, 301
Bruce, Michael, Sir,
52, 139, 140, 300, 306, 349
Bruce, Robert, advocate, 352
Bruce, Robert, son of James, 162
Bruce, Robert the, king, 276
Bruce, William, Sir, 139, 298, 301
Bruce, William, Rev., 52
Bryce, David, 69, 72
Bryce, Helen, or Lyle, 234
Bryce, Ihon, 67
Bryce, Isabel, 90
Bryce, Isabella, or Work, 234
Bryce, James, 67, 68, 69
Bryce, Jean, 72
Bryce, John, 69
Bryce, John, 80, 233
Bryce, Marion, 67
Bryce, Nans, 67
Bryce, Robert, 72
Bryce, William Moir, 125, 126
Brydie, John, 1711, 90
Buchanan, Alexander, 72
Buchanan, Alexander, 2, 234, 256, 258, 259
Buchanan, Blanche Oreanna, 259
Buchanan, Charles Garfield, 259
Buchanan, Christina, 259
Buchanan, Colin, 256
Buchanan, Duncan Moir, Rev, ,B.A., 259
Buchanan, EUzabeth, or Moir,
234, 256, 257, 258
Buchanan, George Randolph, 259
Buchanan, Janat, or Moir, 79
Buchanan, Jane, 258
Buchanan, Janet, 258
Buchanan, Mabel Amanda, 259
Buchanan, Mary Ann, 84
Buchanan, Moses, 279
Buchanan, Robert, 68
Buchanan, Thomas, 84
Buchanan, Victor Alexander, 259
Buchanan, William, 67, 79
Buchan Field Club, 53
Buchan, Mary, or Moir, 1793, 78
Bulloch, John, 359, 361
Bulteel, Andrew Hume, 124
Bulteel, Sophia Matilda, or Moir,
Bunch, ( ),
Burne, Isobell, or Moir,
Burnett, Adam, Rev.,
Burnett, Agnes,
Burnett, Alexander,
Burnett, Alexander, 2,
Burnett, Alexander, 3,
Burnett, Alexander, baillie,
Burnett, Alexander, schoolmaster,
Burnett, Andrew,
Burnett, David,
Burnette, Barbara Adeline, or Moir,
Burnett, Edward,
Burnett, Geils,
Burnett, George,
Burnett, James,
Burnett, Jean, or Moir,
Burnett, John, 45, 49, 50
Burnett, John, 2d, 45
Burnett, John George, 12, 135, 216, 285
Burnett, Joseph, lieut, col. 132
Burnett, Margaret, 45, 47, 130, 132
Burnett, Margaret, or Moir, 47
124
157
89
49
45
44
44, 45, 43, 47
128
45
128
45
45
194
163
45
45
130
47
Burnett, Marjorie,
45
Burnett, Marjory,
45, 49,
148,
370
Burnett, Patrick,
45
Burnett, Robert,
45,
144,
145
Burnett, of Kirkhill,
45
Burnett, Thomas,
45
Burnett, Thomas, 2,
45, 4e
i, 49,
374
Biirnside, W.,
350
Burns, John,
80
Burns, Robert, poet, 208, 390,
391,
398
Burslem, Robert,
380
Bury, John,
69
Buyers, Peter,
121
Buy, Robert,
67
Bwy, Robert,
58, 68
Byers, James,
131
Byers, Martha, or Moir,
122,
123
Byers, Robert,
131
Byres, Alexander,
51
Byres, captain,
131
Byres, Catherine, or Moir,
121
Byres, Edna Margaret, or :
Moir,
274
Byres, family of.
214
Byres, general.
133
Byres, George,
51,
126
Byres, Isabella, 1737,
131,
134
Byres, James,
131,
132,
134
Byres, James, 11.,
130
Byres, James Douglas,
274
Byres, James, lieut.,
132
Byres, Jane,
131,
134
Byres, Janet, or Moir,
20,
123,
131
Byres, Jean,
51
Byres, John, 1745,
131,
1.34
Byres, John, captain, R. E
,j
121,
123
Byres, Katherine, or Moir,
131,
133
Byres, Marion, or Moir,
297
Byres, Martha,
134
Byres, Martha, or Moir,
121
MoiR Genealogy
469
Byres, Martha, or Moir,
20, 122, 123, 131, 134, 316
Byres, Miss, 126, 320
Byres, Mrs. 130
Byres of Coates, 130
Byres of Tonley, 20, 130, 131
Byres, Patrick,
20, 130, 131, 134, 149, 152, 153, 154, 290
Byres, Patrick, I., 121
Byres, Patrick III., 132
Byres, Peter, 130
Byres, Robert, 51, 111, 130, 132, 134
Byres, William, 51, 131, 134
Byron, Lord, 105
Bysshe, Edward, Sir, 396
Caddell, Janet, or Moir, 1650, 61, 231
Caddefl, Janet, or Moir, 1703, 61
Caddell, Margaret,
Caddell, William,
Caddell, William, of Kilmadock,
Caddell, James, 1627,
Cadell, William, 1631,
Calbeck, Addie, or Moir,
Calbeck, James,
Calder & Co.,
Calder, Margaret, or Moir,
Cameron, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Cameronians,
Cameron, Jane,
Cameron, Janet, or Moir,
Cameron of Lochiel,
Campbell, ( ),
Campbell, Anna,
Campbell, Archibald,
Campbell, Archibald, 2,
Campbell, Archie,
Campbell, Colin, Sir,
Campbell, duke of Argyle,
Campbell, Duncan,
Campbell, Elizabeth,
Campbell, Flora Mure,
Campbell, George,
Campbell, George, 2,
Campbell, George Douglas,
Campbell, lasobell,
Campbell, James,
Campbell James, 2,
Campbell, James Mure,
Campbell, James, Sir,
Campbell, Janet,
Campbell, Jean, or Moir,
Campbell, John,
Campbell, John, Jr.
Campbell, John, of Kincardine,
Campbell. John, of Moy,
Campbell, John, sheriff,
Campbell, John, witness,
Campbell, John, 2, witness,
Campbell, John, 3, witness,
Campbell, Margaret,
Campbell, Mary,
Campbell, Patrick,
Campbell, Robert,
Campbell, WOliam,
Canavan, Robert H.,
Cannioch, ( ),
Cannon, Mary E.,
Carey, ( ),
Carey, Anne, or Kerr,
Carey, Godfrey Mohun,
Garland, Bessie,
Garland, Charles Sumner,
Garland, Michael,
Carlyle, Thomas,
Carmichle, Duncan Forrest,
Carmichle, Elenaor Sidgrave,
Carmichle, Ethel Jane,
Carmichle, March,
Carmichle, Mary Mildred,
Carmichle, Robert Hastwell,
Carmichle, Wuilliam,
Carmichle, William Clifton,
59, 72
59, 72
58
58, 59, 68
183
183
388
163, 108
163
395
84
77
130
283
44
46
77
394
364
21
71
44
355
44
61
322
46
44
74
355
355
4
46
44
47
77
49
96
74
138
143
44
365
44
44
44
253
79
197
160
157
178
244
244
244
392, 398
248
248
248
248
248
248
248
248
Carmichell, John, 61
Curmiclicll, Robert, 67
(^urniichi'll, WalUjr, 70
('arniyMhell, Alexiinder, Jr., 42
Carriiy.shcll, William, 42
Carnegir', Jiuiion, 46
Carnegie, Mr., 1745, 162
Carter, Louisa E., or Moir, 104
Carlor, Mabel Gertrude, or Moir, 239
Caru;r, Samuel CyruM, 239
('u.ssie, John, 185
Ca.ssie, ( ), or Moir, 180
CiiMtell, .Andrew, 62
Castell, (Jeorge, 62
CasU'll, James. 62
C'atteiiafh, Margaret, 118
Catto, family of, 120
Calto, George, 116
Catto, James, 116
Catto, Robert, 116
Caw. James, L., 301
Chalmer, George, 40
Chalmer, Patrick, Dr., 130
Chalmers, Alexander, 260
Chalmers, Alice, or Moir, 260
Chalmers, Betty, 303
Chalmers, D. & Co., 300
Chalmers, George, 217
Chalmers, James, 76
Chalmers, Janet, 303
Chalmers, Mary, or Moir, 138, 139, 290, 303
Chalmers, Patrick, Dr., 46, 47
Chalmers, Robert, 386
Chalmers, Thomas, 70
Chalmer. William, 68, 71
Chalmer, William, 2, 135, 136, 287, 288
Chambers, James, 65
Chapman, Robert, 322
Chappel, Ann Catherine, or Moir, 239
Charlie, prmce,
Charles I., king,
108
Charles II., prince,
Chesser, James,
Chesser, John,
Chesser, Margaret,
Chesser, William,
Chesser, William, 2,
Cheyne, Elizabeth, or Muir,
Chinscola, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Christian, Bettie,
Christian, Robert,
Christie, James,
Christie, John,
Christie, Mary, or Moir,
Christie, William,
Chrystie, Alexander,
Church, Isabel, or Moir,
Clan Farquharson,
Clan MacLeod,
Clark, (— ),
107, 152. 155
146, 364, 366, 390, 393
108, 282
49
49
49
49
49
168
190
197
197
77
77
163
77
66, 67, 68
212
394
23
146
272, 273, 274
61
09
76, 78
92
122
Clark, Agnes, or Moir,
Clark, Andrew,
Clark, Archibald,
Clark, Christian,
Clarke. Isabel, or Moir,
Clarke, major general,
Clark, Finlay, 69
Clark, Gilbert, 116
Clark, James, 71
Clark, James, 2, 321
Clark, Janet, or Moir, 43
Clark, Janet, or Moir, 2, 262
Clark, John, Rev., 204
Clark, Joseph, 77
Clark, Serena Jane, 196
Clark, Stephen, 77
Clark, William. 262
Clark. William, 61, 69
Clark, Wo.. 288
Clements, James, 261
Clements, Martha Scott, or Moir, 261
Clemmett, Janet, or Moir. 90, 91
470
MOIR Geneai^ogy
Clemmona, Katheriae, or Gould,
Clerk, Christian,
Clerk, Jean, or Moir,
Clerk. William,
Cleveland, Peter,
Clunie, family of,
Cochrane, Issobell,
Cochrane, Mary, or Moir,
136, 137, 143, 144, 217,
Cochrane, Walter, 136,
Cochrane of Dumbreck,
Cochrane, Walter,
Cogbill, Mary Holt, or Moir,
Colburne, ( ) ,
Colburn, Henry,
Coleman, Sarah J., or Moir,
CoUins, Kate,
Conan, George,
Conan, George, 2,
Congdon, Harriet E.,
Condgon, Henry,
Connel, Margaret,
Connon, family of,
Conon, George,
Constable, Helen, or Moir, 115,
Converse, Rebecca, or More,
Cook, Elspet, or Moir,
Cook, William B., 12,
Cooper, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Cooper, James,
Copland, Alexander,
Copland, Janet, or Moir,
Copland, Patrick,
Cospatrick, earl of March,
Coutts, AUoe Benzie,
Coutts, George,
Coutts, John Irvine,
Coutts, Mary, or Moir,
Cowan, Andrew, 1793,
Cowan, Annie Jane,
Cowan, Christian Pearl,
Cowan, David,
Cowan, David Mervin,
Cowan, John,
Cowan, Luella Ehzabeth,
Cowan, Margaret Clarissa,
Cowan, William Arnold,
Cowper, Alexander,
Cowper, Thomas,
Craibston, family of,
Craig-CaldweU, James,
Craig-Caldwell, Letitia,
Craig, Charles,
Craigheid, Christian, or Moir,
Craig, Helen, or Moir,
Craig, Jane,
Craig, Jean, or Moir,
Cramb, Margaret, or Moir,
Crane, ( ),
Cratur, Robert,
Crawford, Andro,
Crawford, Helen, or Moir,
Crawford, Mr.,
Crombie, John William,
Crowther, Florence S., or Moir,
Crowther, Thomas,
Cruden, Euphemia Buchan,
Cruickshank, James,
Cruickshank, Margaret, or Moir,
Cruickshank, Miss, or Moir,
Cruickshank, Patrick,
Cruickshank, Robert,
Cruickshank of Banchory,
CuUings, James,
CuUins, James,
Cimaine, Adam, captain,
Cumine, George,
Cumine, Margaret, or Moir,
51, 139,
Cumins of Rattray,
Cumine, Walter, Sir,
Cumine, William, 141,
Cuming, Archibald,
206
Cuming, James,
74
76
Cuming, John,
74
46
Cuming, Magnus, 74, 75
71
Cuming, Robert,
75
349
Cuming, jWilliam, 45, 75
105
ClimTnine, Mrs
303
287
Gumming, John,
81
Cunningham, Allan,
255
286,
, 287
Cunningham, F. L.,
368
286,
, 287
Currie, James, M. D.,
398
143
Currie, Janet, or^Moir,
47
143
Currie, Lucie,
3S8
191,
, 194
363
Curry, Janet, or Moir,
47
377
D'Acres, baroness.
396
211
Dalmadge, Jacob J.,
207
198
Dalmadge, Maud Almeda, or Moir,
207
128
D'Almaine, George,
94
129
D'Almaine, Thomas,
94
273
Dalrymple, Robert,
266
273
Daniel. James,
161
78
Danielstoun, Janet,
•*
129
Danson, James Myers, Rev.,
54
114
Dason, Margaret, or Moir,
79
317
, 321
David, first earl of Glasgow,
355
29
David II., 276, 351
, 370
47
David II. of Scotland, 16. 2.^
231
, 275
Davidson, John, captain.
122
184
Davidson David Charles,
122
184
Davidsone, James,
136
122
Davidsone, James, 1626,
288
183
Davidson, George Moir,
122
122
Davidson, George WilUam,
122
384
Davidson, Gilbert,
44
174
Davidson, Isabella,
122
174
Davidson. James,
50
174
Da\ddson, James Andrew,
122
172,
, 174
Davidson, Jessie Moir,
122
80
Davidson, John Kerr, Dr.,
122
259
Davidson, Matthew,
44
259
Davidson, Patrick Moir, Dr.,
122
259
Davidson. Robert,
122
259
Davies, Marion Hathaway,
246
259
Davies, Samuel Herbert,
246
259
Dawes, Margaret, or Moir,
244
259
Dawes, Thomas,
244
259
Dawson, Margaret, or Moir,
190
353
Day, Bertha, or Moir,
239
42
Day, Edward,
230
131
Deane, author of "Scituate,"
27
249
de Belisle, Chev'ir,
154
249
de Belisle, MarschaU,
154
54
Debenham, & Freebody,
381
47
De CasteUane, Boniface,
206
54
De Castellane, George,
206
162
De Castellane, Jay,
206
88
De CasteUane, Paul Marie Boniface,
93
count.
' 206
124
Decies, lord.
205
182
Decker, Charles,
252
58
De la Mora, Adam,
22
92
De la More de Thangerston, Samuel,
356
153
De la More, family of.
356
342
De la More, Henry, Sir,
22
252
De la Poer Beresford, Eileen Vivien,
205
252
De Moore, David,
352
125
De Mora, family of.
356
109,
384
De More, David,
358
45
Denny, Jessie,
132
311
Denny, Ueut. col..
132
287
De Sagan, Charles Maurice Jason
43,45
Howard, 'duke.
206
143
De Sagan, De Talleyrand Perigord, 'prince,
61
206
64
Dewar, James,
69
141
Dewgeth, (Duguid) George,
43
139,
298
Dewgeth, John,
43
Dick, Elizabeth Patterson, or Moir,
236
298,
302
Dickinson, Isabella, or Moir,
209
141
Dickinson, Peter,
209
351
Dick, James,
236
148,
370
Dick, John,
65
74
Dicks LiUie May, or Moir,
197
MoiR Genhalogy
471
Dicka, W. P., Dr.,
Dick, William,
Dinnie, Donald,
D'Israeli, Isaac,
Doeg, John,
Doeg, Paul,
Dog, James,
Dog, Johne,
Dolas, John de,
Dominua, John,
Donald, earl of Lennox,
Donaldson, ( ),
197
65
322
338
77
77
69
71
35
384
276
316
123
131
131
123
123
123
142
122
66
Donaldson, Isabel
Donaldson, Isobel,
Donaldson, James, M. D.,
Donaldson, Janet, or Moir,
Donaldson, family of,
Donaldson's of Auchmull,
Donaldson's of Hilton,
Donald, William, Rev.,
Don, James,
Dougall, Isabella, or Moir,
77, 232, 234, 235, 265, 266
Dougall, Margaret, 82, 83
Douglas, David, 319
Douglas, Francis, 301
Douglas, James, lord, 13
Dowgall, Johne, 79
Dow, Janet, or Moir, 92
Downie, George, 62
Downie, Jhon, 69
Downs, John Rae, 250
Downs, Margaret, or Moir, 250
Drexel, Anthony, Jr., 205
Drexel, Edith Kingdon Gould, 205
Drogheda, countess of, 296
Drogheda, earl of, 398
Drogheda, marquis of, 296, 398
Druce, Miss, or Moir, 94
Drummond, ( ), 282
Drummond, Anges, 84
Drummond, Agnes Anderson, 85
Drummond, Agnes, of Moir, 1744, 75
Drummond, Agnes, or Moir, 1763,
63, 64, 80
Drummond, Alexander, 73, 85, 86, 87, 88
Drummond, Andrew, 78, 82, 83, 84, 87
Drummond, Andrew Malcolm, 82
Drummond, Annie Hutton Hunter, 86
Drummond, Barbara, 88
Drummond, Catharine, 1755, 88
Drummond, Catherine, 1869, 239
Drummond, Christian Ann, 83
Drimimond, Christina, 85, 86
Drummond, David, 81, 82, 84, 87, 88
Drummond, David, Jr., 82
Drummond, Duncan, 87
Drummond, Edward, 82
Drummond, Elizabeth, 83
Drummond, Elizabeth, or Moir, 268
Drummond, George, I, 82, 88, 89
Drummond, Geroge, 2, 75
Drummond, George, 3, 87
Drummond, Grissell, 88
Drummond, Hugh, 88
Drummond, Isabell, 1779, 89
Drummond, Isabella, 1862, 82, 88
Drummond, Isabel, or Moir, 1768, 92
Drummond, Isobella, 1843, 87
Drummond, James, 1643, 59
Drummond, James, 2, 1763, 59, 88, 89
Drummond, Jane, 86
Drummond, Jane Hay, 86
Drummond, Janet, 88, 89
Drummond, Jean, 89
Dnmimond, John, 75, 82. 85, 86, 87, 88,89
Drummond, John, Jr., 82
Drummond, Katherine Reid, 87
Drummond, Margaret, 1804, 82
Drummond, Margaret, m. 1753, 88
Drummond, Margaret, m. 1843, 86
Drummond, Margaret, m. 1857, 82, 83,84
Drummond, Margaret, m. 1869, 85
Druiuiiioiid, Miiriiarct ForguAon,
Drummond, Mary Ann,
Drummond, Mary WriKht,
Drumniond, Mph. Jiiniit,
Drummond, I'utrick, 1755,
Drummond, Patrick, 2, 1769,
Drummond, I'olcr,
Drummond, Robert,
Drummond, •'^u.^unna,
Drummond, Thomas, 1645,
Drunmiond, Tliomaa, 2,
Drummond, Tiny,
Drummond, William.
Dudwick, Lady,
DulT, Alexander,
Duff, Alexander, colonel,
DutT, George,
Duff, Jane,
Duff, William,
Duff, William, captain,
Duke of Argyle,
Duke of Gloucester, H. R. H.,
Duke William,
Dunbar, Archibald,
Dunbar, captain,
Dunbar, Elizabeth,
Duncan, Alexander Bell,
Duncan, Charles,
Duncan, Charles Julian,
Duncan, Charles Mathew.s,
88
W
82
MM
MM, MU
82. M7
78, MM, M(t
MU
70, 84. M7
87
84
83. 87
SOU
215
215
ll'J
215
5.J
215
21. .322
380
3<>'i
214
214
382
179
178
179
179
Duncan, Charlotte Rose, or Paull, 179
Duncan, Delta Muriel NIathewa, 179
Duncan, earl of Levenax, 35
Duncan, Emily Robertson, 179
Duncan, Isabel, or Moir, 1735, 203, 204, 305
Duncan, Isobel, or Moir, 1840. 56, 20U
Duncan, James Mathewa, 179
Duncan, Katherine Moir, 179
Duncan, Lula Maud, or Aloir, 194
Duncan, Macbeth Moir, 178
Duncanson, Agnes, 1792. 77
Duncan, Agnes, or Moir, 1817. 163, 164
Duncanson, Alexander, 77, 80, 233
Duncanson, Andrew, 231
Duncanson, Helen, or Moir, 83, 84
Duncanson, James, 64
Duncanson, Janet, 73
Duncanson, Johne, 1673, 89
Duncanson, John, 2, 1794, 77
Duncanson, Margaret, or Moir, 65 76, 80
Duncanson, Marj-, 77
Duncanson, Robert, 62, 63, 64, 77
Duncanson, Thomas, 64
Duncan, WiUiam, 178, 194
Duncan, William Moir Mathewa. 179
Duncan, William Oswald, 178. 340
Duncisone, Thomas, 71
Dun, Charles, 144
Dundas, Alexander, 384
Dundas, James, 384
Dundas, John, Sir, 384
Dundas, Joseph, 53. 139. 384
Dundas, Thomas George, 384
Dun, Patrick, Dr., 144
Dunkley, Alpha, or Moir, 195
Dunkley, Samuel, 195
Dunns of Tarty, 144
Dun of Tartv, 393
Dun, RacheU, or Moir, 144, 145
Dun, Patrick, Sir, 144
Durno, James, Sir, 131
Durno, Jane, 131
Durno, John, J. P., 131
Durno, Mr., iak)
Durrough, Ann, 252
Durrough, Marion, 252
Duthie, ( ), 388
Duthie, John, 102, 103
Eason, Alexander F..
Eason, Frank T.,
Eason, George Thomas.
Eason, James,
264
264
264
264
472
MoiR Genealogy
Eauen, William, 67
Eberhardt, Eide H., 190
Eberhardt, Johaima Geneva, or Moir, 190
Eddie, Dr., 374
Edmistoim, Ihon, 58
Edmond, James, 374
Edmondstone, Jolme, 59
Edmondston, Ihon, 66
Edmondston, Johne, 71
Edmondston, Patrick, 63
Edmondstoun, Ihon, 67
Edmondstoun, William, 68
Edouart, August, sUhouettist, 380
Edward III., 384
Edward, Charles, prince, 150
Edward, Charles Stuart, 93
Edward, Marv Ann Jane, 93
Edward I., of England, 16, 22, 275
Edwards, D. H., 222
Elder, Catherine, or Moir, 256
Elder, John, 258
Elgin, earl of, 284
Ellis, Adam Gibb, 120
EUiot, Elizabeth, or, Moir, 145
Elliot, Gilbert, 145
EOiot, John, 162
Embry, Edv/ard, 94
Erskine, .Alexander, 143
Erskine, Ebenezer, Rev., 386
Erskine, Helen, 144
Erskine, Henrj' Knight, 317
Erskine, Henry, major, 53
Erksine, James, 284
Erskine, Janet, 284
Erskine, Jean, or Moir, 150, 305, 371
Erksuie, Knisht, lieut. col., 139, 301
Erskine, William, 107, 150
Er^-en, J. S., 394
Eskdale, Mrs. J. L., 392
Ewing, Helen, 164
E'ffing, Jonet, 89
Ewing, Thomas, 89
Faill, WiUiam, 67, 70
Fairfoull, Cohn, lieut., 231
Fairfoull, Susanna, 75, 231
Fairlie, William, 355
Fais, Isabel, or iSIore, 90
Falconer, George, 320
Falconer, John, 314
Falconer, Margaret, 314
Falconer, Silvester, 320
Farlan, Archibald, 66
Farland, James, 60
Farland, Walter, 70
Farlane, Dugall, 67
Farlane, George, 71
Farlane, John, 59, 71
Farlane, Walter, 1627, 67
Farlane, Walter. 2, 1636, 69, 72
Farlane Walter, 3, 1646, 71
Farlan, James, 66
Farlan, Walter, 66, 69
Farquarson of JMonaltry, 108
Farquhar, Alexander, 115
Farquhar, Pauline, A. M., 115
Farqhuar, Robert, Sir, 148
Farquharson, Charles, 117
Farqiiharsons of Finzean, 158
Farquharson, William, 49
Faxon, Asaph H., 222
Fee, ( ), 210
Fellows, Susanna, or More, 201
Fergeson, William, 79
Fergueson, Florence, or Moir, 61, 62
Ferguson, George, 49
Ferguson, Helen, 83
Ferguson, James, 374
Ferguson, Jane B., or Muir, 307, 374
Ferguson, Janet, 49
Ferguson, Jhon, 79
Ferguson, John, 72, 73
Fergtison, John, 2, 88
Ferguson, Katharine, 72
Ferguson, Margaret, or Moir, 43
Ferguson, Mary, or Moir, 1726, 57
Ferguson, Mary, or Moir, 2, 1829, 78
Ferguson, Patrick, m. 1607, 42
Ferguson, Patrick, 2, 1753, 63, 64, 72, 73
Ferguson, Thomas
Ferguson, William,
Ferrier, captain,
Fettes, Anna,
Fettes, James,
Fettes, Margaret,
Fettes, William,
Field, ( ),
Field, Benton, Rev.,
Field, Henrj', Roe,
Field, John Benton,
Field, Mary Lyle, or Moir,
Fields, Alleyne,
Fields, Thomas Houghton,
Field. Thomas WUham,
Fife, Jean, or Moir,
Findlater, George,
Findlay, colonel,
Findlay, WiUiam, Dr.
Findlay, family of,
Findlay, Issobell, or More,
Findlay, ( ), or Moir,
Findlay, William,
Findlay, WiUiam, witness.
Fines, Margaret,
Finlason, James,
Finlasone, Archibald,
Finlasone, James,
Finlayson, Robert,
Fisher, Janet, or Moir,
Fitch, EUzabeth,
Fletcher, Alexander, Rev.,
Flinn, David,
Flinn, Ella,
Flinn, Everett Richardson,
Fhnn, George Moir,
Fhnn, Hermon Alton,
Fhnn, Mary,
Fhnn, Sarah,
Fhnn, William,
FUnt, Frances L., or Moir,
Flint, Francis,
Florence, Janet, or Moir,
Flower, Mrs.
Fogow, James,
Fogow, James, Jr.,
Forbes, ( ),
Forbes, Alexander,
Forbes, Alexander, notary,
Forbes, Alexander, Sir,
Forbes, Andro,
Forbes II., baronet,
Forbes, Christina Frances,
Forbes, Elizabeth,
Forbes, Elspet, or Moir,
Forbes, Emmaline,
Forbes, Euphemia,
Forbes, Georgina, M. A.,
Forbes, Henry,
Forbes, James,
Forbes, Janet, or Moir, 1638,
Forbes, Janet, or Moir, 2, 1681,
Forbes, Janet Stephenson, or Moir,
75
58
132
50
50
50
50
198
198
198
198
198
133
133
198
159, 160, 320
160, 320
161
391
129
44
161
122
129
396
58,67
68
68
101
80
396
233
240
240
240
241
241
240
240
240
207
207
161, 162, 163
139
67
67
388
215, 382
287
116
288
116
53
108
43
53
120
53
53
108, 371
286
127, 129
54
Forbes, Jean, or Moir, 20, 119
Forbes, Jean, or Moir, 2, 115
Forbes, J. Macbeth, J. P., 398
Forbes, John, 139, 299, 300
Forbes, John, 2, 81
Forbes, John, Sir, 106, 119, 148
Forbes, Lady, 52
Forbes, Lord, 132, 134
Forbes, Maria Barclay, 399
Forbes, Mary Elizabeth, or Moir,
139, 140, 299, 300
Forbes, of Brux, 106
Forbes, of Waterton, 148
Forbes, Patrick, 129
Mom Ghnf.alogy
473
Forbes, Ro., baillie, 138
Forbes, Robert, 164
Forbes, Robert, 2, 144
Forbes, Samuel, 115
Forbes, Thomas, 129
Forbes, Thomas, 2, 106
Forbes, Walter Frederick, 52
Forbes, Walter, Hon., 52
Forbes, William, 120
Forbes, William, Rev., 119
Forbes, William, Sir, 115
Fordyce, Alexander Dingwall, 383
Fordyce, James, 378
Fordyce, Mary, 365
Fordyce, May, 118
Fordyce, William, 118
Forgesoun, Archibald, 66
Forrest, Ann, or Moir, 63
Forrester, Adam, 34
Forrester, David, 81
Forrest, John, 63, 64
Forsyth, Alexander George, 252
Forsyth, Elizabeth, or Moir, 232, 235
Forsyth, John Houston, 252
Forsyth, lieut., R. N., 120
Forsyth, Margaret, or Moir, 191, 195
Foster, Samuel Sherman, 187
Foster, William Harrison, 187
Fowler, Helen, or Moir, 178
Fox-Davies, Arthur Charles, 381
Francis, earl of Moira, 355
Franklin, Annie, or Moir, 204
Fraser, ( ), 109
Fraser, Alexander, 289
Fraser, Alexander, 137, 139, 217, 289
Fraser, Alfred George, 250
Fraser, Andrew. 46
Fraser, Annie Smillie, 250
Fraser, Duncan Moir, 250
Fraser, Edith Elizabeth, 250
Fraser, George, 1691, 217
Fraser, George, m. 1881, 249
Fraser, George Patrick, 122
Fraser, Helen, 127
Fraser, Janet, or More, 24
Fraser, John, 122
Fraser, John, 2, 250
Fraser, John Foster, 122
Fraser, Lady, 146
Fraser, of MuchaUs, 106, 146, 370
Erasers, chiefs of Grant, 23
Fraser, William, 217
Fraser, Wm., Dr., 148
French, George, Dr., 123
Fresar, Nans, or Moir, 42
Fuller, Helen, or Moir, 55
Fullerton, general, 141
Fullerton, John, 303
Fyfe, George, Dr., 120
Galbraith, Agnes, 72
Galbraith, Marion, 252
Galbraith, Mary, 252
Galbraith, Peter, 252
Galbraith, William, 145
Garden, Andrew, 120
Garden, George, 120
Garden, Janet, 120
Garden, Jean, 120
Garden, Mary, 120
Garden, Robert, 1739, 120
Garden, Robert, 1763, 120, 121
Garden, William, _ 120
Gardiner-Baird, James, Sir, 141
Gardiner, Robert, 89
Gardner, Alexander, 391
Gardner, Charles Harrison, 209
Gardner, Florence Althia, 209
Gardner, Frank Pomeroy, 209
Gardner, George Hamilton, 209
Gardner, Hannah Elizabeth, 209
Gardner, Robert Kirk, 209
Gardner, Thomas, m. 1859, 209
ir,r,. 157
Gardner, ThoraaB, of Kippen,
Gardner, Thomas Moir,
Garland, Mrs., of Cairuton,
Garrow, Ihon,
Gauld, Alexander,
Gauld, Ann,
Gauld, Hetty,
Gauld, George,
Gauld, Harry,
Gauld, Helen,
Gauld, Henry,
Gauld, Isobel,
Gauld, Jean,
Gauld, John,
Gauld, Margaret,
Gauld, Mary,
Gauld, Robert,
Gaulds in Cromar,
Gaulds of Glass,
Gaulds of Mipvie,
Gaulds of Milton,
Gaulds of Tillykerrie,
Gauld, William,
Gault, John,
Gault, Margaret A., or Moir,
Gellie, Alexander,
Gellie, Alexander, 2,
Gellie, Issobell,
Gellie, James,
Gellie, Janet or Jean, or Moir,
Gellie, Paull,
Gellie, Patrick, 1674,
Gellie, Patrick, 2, 1690, 45, 46, 48,
Gellie, Robert,
Gellie, William, 1648,
Gellie, William, 2, 1669,
Gemmell, Matthew,
Gemmill, baillie,
Gentill, Mathew,
George, I,,
George III.,
George, earl of Aberdeen,
George, James Forbes,
Gerry, Agnes, or Moir,
Gerry, John,
Gibb. George,
Gibb, Margaret, or Moir,
Gibb, Robert,
Gibson, Marion or Moir,
Gibson, Patrick,
Gibson, Robert,
Gifford, Robert,
Gilchrist, Harry, capt.,
Gillanders, Issobell, or Moir,
Gill, David,
Gill, David, LL. D.,
Gillespie, Johne,
Gillespie, John, 2,
Gillespie, Jonat, or Moir,
Gilford, Charles,
Gilphillan, Jonat,
Gilphillan, Sybilla,
Gilphillan, Thomas,
Gilphillan, William,
Glass, Isobcll, or Moir,
Glegg & Thomson, Ltd.,
Glennie, Dr.,
Gloag, James,
G16ag, Thomas,
Glover, Margaret, or Moir,
Goldie, William Moir,
Golding, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Goodwin, Harrj- Arthiu',
Goodwin, Ida Muriel, or Moir,
Gordcn, George,
Gordon, Adam,
Gordon, Agnes, or Moir,
Gordon, Alexander,
Gordon, Alexander, 2, 1702,
Gordon, Alexander, 3, 1770,
Gordon, Alexander, 4, d. 1826,
Gordon, Alexander, Rev., 1714,
Gordon, Anna, or Moir,
49.
200
209
120
67
168
157
158
158
158
158
168
168
168
168
168
168
168
168
168
168
167
167
168
226
226
44
44
44
44
47
44
44
144
44
44
148
262
386
102
372
121
119
296
183
183
85
56
297
256, 266
90
266
271
351
45
118
118
59
101
89
253
89
89
89
89
80
173
123
90
90
222
293
207
270
270
289
50
286
393
50
120
313
117
49
474
MoiR Genealogy
Gordon, Anne, 49
Gordon, baiUie, 370
Gordon, Christian, 50
Gordone, George, 216
Gordone, Johne, 216
Gordon, Frances Garden, 120
Gordon, general, 1746, 153
Gordon, George, m. 1688, 97
Gordon, George, 1691, 217
Gordon, George, 1764, 120
Gordon, George, 2, 1769, 121, 217
Gordon, George, earl of Aberdeen, 216
Gordon, George, II., of Sheelagreen, 143,144
Gordon, George, Sir, 142
Gordon, Gilbert, 105, 135, 138
Gordon, Helen, 49
Gordon, Henry, 216
Gordon highlanders, 392
Gordon, Isabel, 303
Gordon, Issobell, 50
Gordon, James, m. 1690, 49
Gordon, James, 1699, 139, 289, 303
Gordon, James, capt., 50, 144
Gordon, James Garden, 120
Gordon, James, of Insch, 172
Gordon, Jean, 1694, 49
Gordon, Jean, or Forbes, 119
Gordon, Jean, or Moir, 1652, 137
Gordon, Jean, or Moir, of GordonsmiU,
105, 135, 138
Gordon, John, 290
Gordon, Katherine, 131
Gordon, lady, Anna, 142
Gordon, Lewis, lord, 19, 23, 107, 108, 150
Gordon, Margaret, 1701. 50
Gordon, Margaret, or Moir, 1800, 139, 303
Gordon, Mary, 49
Gordon, Mrs., 302
Gordon of Cluny, 130
Gordon of Littlemill, 157
Gordon of Newton, 143
Gordon of Rothney, 144
Gordon, Patrick, 1672, 137, 286
Gordon, Patrick, merchant, 1701, 50
Gordon, Robert, 49, 120, 121, 214
Gordon, Robert, Sir, 23
Gordon. Thomas, Dr., 120, 121
Gordon, William, 1, 129, 144, 153
Gordon, WiUiam, 2, 1684, 129
Gordon, William, 3, of Kintore, 50
Gordon, William, 4, of Old GoveU, 50
Gordon, William, 5, of Sheelagreen, 144
Gordon, WiUiam, 6, 49
Gordon, WiUiam, Hon., 1748, 321
Gordon, WiUiam, Hon., 1846, 393
Gordoune, John, 369
Gordoune.Thomas, Sir, 369
Gorrod, Charles, 52
Gould, Anna, 206
Gould, Dorothy, 206
Gould, Edith Kingdon, 205
Gould, Edwin, 205
Gould, Edwin, Jr., 205
Gould, Eleanor, 205
Gould, EUzabeth, or More, 202
Gould, Frank Jay, 206
Gould, Frank MiUer, 205
Gould, George Jay, 205
Gould, George Jay, Jr., 205
Gould, Gloria Anna, 206
Gould, Helen Margaret, 205
Gould, Helen MUler, or Shepard, 206
Gould, Helen Vivien, or Decies, 205
Gould, Howard. 206
Gould, Jay, 1836 202, 205
Gould, Jay, 2, 1888, 205
Gould, John B., 205
Gould, Kingdon, 205
Gould, Marjorie Gwyime, or Drexel, 205
Gould, Mary More, 202
Gourlay, John, 34
Gourlay, Walter, 72
GourUe, ( ), 62
Gourly, Walter,
Govan, Catherine,
Govan, William,
Govan, William, Jr.,
Gow, Walter,
Graeme, James,
Graeme, John,
Graham, ( ),
68
282
279, 282
280
69
80, 232
60
363
Graham, Amiable, 69
Graham, Annas, 69
Graham, Annie Douglas, or Gould, 205
Graham, Ann Stewart, 284
Graham, Catherin, 69
Graham, Charles Alexander, 284
Graham, Charles Alexander, Dr., 283
Grahame, ( ), 70
Grahame, ( — ■ — ), 147
Grahame, Alexander, 70
Grahame, Andrew, 71
Grahame, Elizabeth, 70
Grahame, GeiUs, 71
Grahame, George, 71
Grahame, Johne, 71
Grahame, Patrick, 71
Grahame, Walter, 1643, 70
Grahame, Walter, 2, 1684, 145
Grahame, WiUiam, 70
Grahames, WiUiam, 68
Grahames, Patrick, 68
Graham, George, 68, 282
Graham, Giles, 282
Graham, IsabeUa MatUda, 284
Graham, James, 282
Graham, Janet, 268
Graham, Janet Erskine, 284
Graham, Jhon, 1631, 68
Graham, Jo., 153
Graham, John, 33, 75, 279, 282
Graham, Jo., Sir, 152
Graham, Laurence, 282
Graham, Marget, 68
Graham, Mary, 253
Graham, Matilda, or Moir, 222
Graham-Moir, ( ), 1905, 284
Graham-Moir, Alastair-Erskine, 284, 285
Graham-Moir, C. A., 284
Graham-Moir, Charles Alexander, 284
Graham-Moir, Charles William, 284
Graham-Moir, Evelyn Annie, 285
Graham-Moir, Henrietta Florence May,
285
Graham-Moir, Mabel Christian Hay, 285
Graham-Moir, Marion Clementina, 285
Graham-Moir, Robert, of Leckie, 284, 285
Graham-MoLrs of Leckie, 11, 282
Graham of Garvock. 282
Graham, ( ), or Moir, 268
Graham, Robert, 282
Graham, Robert, Dr., 281, 282, 283
Grahams of Menteith, 282
Grahams of Montrose, 282
Graham, Thomas, 68, 69
Graham, Walter, 66
Graham, WiUiam, 69, 279, 282
Graham, William, capt., 215
Grant, Charles, 243
Grant, Charlotte, or Moir, 165
Grant, Gregor, 204
Grant, Helen, or Moir, 204
Grant, IsabeUa, 122
Grant, Isobel, 200
Grant, James, 203
Grant, James, 2, 243
Grant, Jessie Clark, 243
Grant, John, 165
Grant, John, Rev., 122
Grant, Lewis, Rev., 57
Grant, Martha May, 243
Grant, Mary, 150
Grants of BlackmiU, 157
Grant, WiUiam, 203
Graves, Frances Augusta, or Moir, 187
Graves, Harvey, 187
MOIR GENKALOGY
475
Gray, Agnea, 43
Gray, Andrew, 43
Gray. Elizabeth, 119
Gray, George, Jr., 1745, ll'J
Gray, George, merchaat, 119
Gray, George, of Haddo, 119
Gray, Isobell, or Moir, 147
Gray, James, 119
Gray, Jean, 43
Gray, Jo., 43
Gray, Margaret, or Moir, 92
Gray, Margaret, 1620, 43
Gray, Margaret, 1G33, 43
Gray, Mary, 374
Gray, Robert, 43
Gray, Thomas, 253
Gray, William, 43
Greay, EUzabeth, or Moir, 94
Greenhorn, James, 81
Green, MerriU David, 222
Gregory, James, Dr., 123
Gregory, James, prof., 119, 363
Gregory, Janet, 119
Gregory, Margaret, 139
Gregour, Archibald, 79
Greig, Gavin, gardener, 53
Greig, Gavin, Jr., M. A., 53
Greig, Mrs., 120
Greig, Robert, 53
Grey, Ann, or Moir, 91
Griffin, Alfred, 258
Griffin, Jennie, 258
Griffin, Margaret, 258
Griffin, Walter Scott, 258
Griggs, George, 199
Grig, Thomas, 116, 128, 129
Groitt, John, 42
Grooms, Estella, or Moir, 247
Grooms, John, 247
Grooms, Walter Weddington, 247
Grover, ( ), 166
Gunn, John, 146
Guthrie, Christian, 139
Guthrie, Mary, 303
Guthries of King Edward, 142
Hacket & AUardyce, 388
Hacket, Christian, 214
Hacket, Elizabeth, 214
Hacket, Isobel, 214, 215
Hacket, Walter, 214
Haggart, James M., 53
Halden, James, 70
Haldon, James, 69
Halldan, James, 66
Halley, Mary Ann, 82, 83
Halliwell, Madge, 246
Halliwell, Thomas, 246
Hamilton, archbishop, 282
Hamilton, David, 282
Hamilton, duke of, 353, 362
Hamilton, Giles, 284
Hamilton, James, 244
Hamilton, James Blake, 244
Hamilton, James Douglas, 244
Hamilton of Blair, 282
Hamilton, Sarah, 83
Hamilton, Thomas Dawea Miller, 244
Hanes, J. W., 196
Hannafield, Anna M., or Moir, 226
Hannafield. Bernard, 226
Hardie, Alexander, 46
Hardie, EUzabeth, or Moir, 249
Hardie, James, 46
Hardie, Jean, 46
Hardie, John, 46
Hardie, Margaret, or Moir, 249
Hardie, Robert, 249
Hardinge, H., Sir, 363
Harkness, Francis, 208
Harkness, Margaret, or Moir, 208
Harley, Margaret, or Moir, 189
Harley, Nancy, or More, 201, 205
Harriman, Lillie, or Moir, 264
HarriH, Martha, or Moir, 221
liarri.i, Thomas, Sir, 366
narrower, John, 293
Harrower, Margaret, 189
Harruer, Agnes, or Moir, 90
Hurt, Belle, 253
Hart, Elizabeth, 263
Hart, Frederick James, 263
Hurt, James, 263
Hurt, Robert, 72
Hart, William James, 263
Harvey, Alexander, 161
Harvey, ELspet. or Moir, 321
Harvey, George, 161
Harvey, Suaan, 161
H astings, marquis of, 366
Hawkins, Albert Thomas, 264
Hawkins, Jessie Amelia, 263
Hawkins, Martha Jane, 264
Hawkins, Richard, 263
Hawkins, Richard Alexander, 264
Hawkins, William, 263
Hawkins, William George, 263
Hay, Alexander, 214
Hay. Anne Elizabeth, or Moir, 284
Hay, Barbara, or Moir, 316
Hay, Elsie, 306
Hay. Henrietta, or Moir, 284
Hay, James Gordon, 108
Hay, James, lord, 108
Hay, Jean, or Moir, 314
Hay. Lewis, Col., 314
Hay, Margaret, 282
Hay, Mary Ann, 162
Hay, Robert, 284
Hay, William, 284
Heart, Robert, 71
Henderson, Ann, or Moir, 185
Henderson, Andrew, 61
Hendersone. Andrew, 61
Henderson, James, 60
Hendersone, John, 1720, 62
Hendersone, John, 61, 62
Henderson, Elizabeth, 181
Hendersone, Patrick, 60
Henderson, Ihon, 58
Henderson, James, 74
Henderson, Janet, or Moir, 1685, 60
Henderson, Janet, or Moir, 2, 1720, 62
Henderson, Janet, or Moir, 3, 1750, 63
Henderson, John, 1754, 72
Henderson, John A., 316
Henderson, John Alexander, 374
Henderson, Peter, 74
Hendersoune, Patrick, 71
Henry, EUzabeth, or Moir, 156
Henry II., king, 22
Henry VII., king, 349
Henry, marquis of Drogheda, 296
Henryson, Jhon, 68, 69
Hensleigh, Henry Prideaux, 133
Hensleigh, Mary, -133
Hepburn, J., 53
Herdman, John, 63
Hervie, Andro, 135, 288
Hetherington, Mary, or Moir, 272
Hewison, James King, 389
HiU, Ashton, 197
Hill, Charles Gideon, 197
HiU, Claude John Gomes, 125
HiU, CyrU Patrick, 125
HiU, EUzabeth, 197
HiU, Eugene, 197
HiU, Evelyn Rebecca, 125
HiU, Florence Maria White, 125
Hill, Francis Joseph, 125
HiU, Harold James, 125
Hill, Henry, 52
Hill, John, 125
Hill, WUIiam P., Jr., 197
Hobart, John, 182
Hodgin, Anna, or Hanes, 196
476
MoiR Geneai^ogy
Hodgin, George D.,
Hodgin, James Moir,
Hodgin, Mary,
Hodgin, Moir,
Hodgin, S. H.,
Hodgkins, Eva,
Holdersby, Elise,
Holdersby, Richard,
Holdersby, Walter,
Home, Harie
Home, Jane, or Moir,
Home, John,
Home, William,
Houston, Alexander,
Howarth, Ann Wood, or Moir,
Howlett, Robert,
Hudspeh, Bessie Reed,
Hudspeh, Charles H.,
Hughes, Mary,
Hughson, Mary M., or Moir,
Hume, Herie,
Humes, Herie,
Hunter, Willis W.,
Huntley, marquis of.
Hurley, Margaret S., or Moir,
Hutoheon, Jean, or More,
Hutchieson, J. C.,
Hutchings, John,
Hutchinson, Allan Moir,
Hutchinson, Caroline Maria,
Hutchinson, James,
Hutchinson, Kathleen GUmour,
Hutchinson, Margaret Constance,
Hutchinson, Robert Leonard,
Hutchison, Janet,
Hutton, Jean, or Moir, 76,
Hutton, Robert,
Hutton, William,
Hwine, Herie,
Ingersoll, George Maitland, Mrs.,
Ingraham, Huldah, or Moir,
Ingraham, Manuel,
Innes, Alexander, I, 1706,
Innes, Alexander, 2, 1794,
Innes, Cosmo,
Innes, Hugh, Rev.,
Innes, Jean,
Innes, Jean,
Innes, Johne,
Innes, Lewis,
Innes, Margaret, or Moir,
Irvine, Alexander,
Irvine, Ann Isabella Black,
Irvine, Charles WiUiam,
Irvine, Francis Knox,
Irvine, Frank,
Irvine, Hector McFayden,
Irvine, IsabeOa,
Irvine, James Moir, 1,
Irvine, James Moir, 2, 1860,
Irvine, James Moir, 3, 1899,
Irvine, Jane Moir,
Irvine, Jeannie Moir,
Irvine, John,
Irvine, Margaret Davidson,
Irvine, Mary Ann,
Irvine, Mary Ann Reid.^or Coutts,
Irvine, Robert,
Irvine, Robert, burgess,
Irvine, William Moir,
Jack, Alexander,
Jack, Ann, or Moir,
Jack, James,
Jackson, Robert,
Jacques, Clara, or Moir,
Jacques, Louis, ^
JafFray, John,
JaSrey, Alexander,
Jaffrey, Andrew,
Jaffrey, David,
Jaffrey, Janet, or MoLr,
196
Jaffrey, John, 1689,
49
196
Jaffrey, John, 2d,. 1690,
49
196
Jaffrey, John, baillie, 1648,
44, 45
196
Jaffrey, Marie,
48
196
Jaffrey, Margaret,
49
245
Jaffrey of KingsweUs,
48
194
Jaffrey, Thomas,
48
194
James I.,
384
194
James III.,
353
59
James VI.,
393
82, 83
Jameson, Andrew,
363
172
Jamesone. Thomas,
135
172
Jameson, George,
363, 364
128
Jameson, Jacques,
152
170
Jameson, Mary,
363
94
Jamieson, Henry,
293
192
Jamieson, James.
146
192
Jamieson, John,
334
175
Jamieson, Robert,
335
224
Jane, queen of Scotland,
384
58
Jardine, Henry, Sir,
151
67
Jardine, M. R.,
177
168
Jeffrey, James,
252
364
Jervice, Andrew,
319
226
John, duke of Lancaster,
384
56
John, earl of Cassilis,
376
397
John I., earl of Kintore,
115
160
John IV, earl of Loudoun,
355
125
John, king of England,
22
125
John VI., viscount Arbuthnot,
140
125
Johns, Joseph,
253
125
Johnson, Walter B.,
196
125
Johnston, ( ),
79
125
Johnston, Agnes Rose,
115
84
Johnston, Alexander,
128, 129
, 78, 236
Johnston, Alexander Rose,
115
78, 236
Johnston, Archibald, Sir,
364
236
Johnston, Betsy,
82
66
Johnstone, Alexander,
128
Johnstone, G. H.,
394
272
Johnstone, James Fowler Kellas,
381
221
Johnstone, Jean,
162
221
Johnston, Mr., of Alva,
334
290
Johnstone, William, Dr.,
148
117, 305
Johnstone, Winnifred, or Moir,
218
18
Johnston, family of.
129
215
Johnston, Jane Taylor,
115
200
Johnston, John,
47
302
Johnston, John, Rev.,
115
70
Johnston, John Robert,
115
352
Johnston, WiUiam,
289
117
Johnstoune, Janet, or More,
44
287
Johnstoun, William,
65
175
Jones, Emma,
252
175
Jopp. James,
115
174
Jopp, Janet,
115
174
Jopp. Jean,
115
175
Joy, Clarence Moir,
167
175
Joy, Dorothy,
167
175
Joy, Ethel Alsina,
167
174
Joy, James Ray,
167
174
Joy, WiUiam B.,
167
174
Joy, WiUiam Reid,
167
174
Jimior, George Moir,
122
174
Junk, Clarence,
246
174
Jnnkine, Margaret,
77
174
Junkine, WUUam,
77, 233
174
Junk, James Moir,
246
289
Juxon, bishop,
108, 146
175
175
Kanser, James.,
79
Kay, James,
42
79
Kay, Jane, or Moir,
269
161, 320
Kay, Jean,
394
71
Keir, ( ),
61
240
Keir, Adam,
145
188
Keir, Adam,
145
188
Keir, famUy of.
278
148
Keir, James,
60
44
Keith, Alexander Boyne,
54
119
Keith, George, 1684,
47
49
Keith, George, 2, 1688,
216
48
Keith, Jean, lady.
115
MoiR Genealogy
477
Keith, William, 162
Kelley, Bridget, or Moir, r->2
Kelley, Edith, 206
Kelly, Helen Margaret, or Gould, 206
Kelley, Joseph, 248
Kelso, James, 250
Kelso, Jeanie, or Moir, 250
Kemp, Jessie, or Moir, 172
Kemp, Mary MacKerracher, or Moir, 243
Kene, David, 74
Kennedy, ( ), 148
Kennedy, Hugh, 376
Kennedy, Thomas, Sir, 376
Kennie, Thomas, 59
Kenyon, George, 238
Ker, Dorothy, or Moir, 145
Ker, Hellene, or Moir, 46
Ker, Isabel, or Moir, 145
Ker, William, 145
Kildow, Andro, 68
Kilgour, Mary Ann Catherine, or Moir,
307, 374
Kilgour, Patrick, 374
Kilpatrick, captain., 389
King, Alexander, 48
King, C. B., 199
Kingdon, Edith, or Gould, 205
King, George, 161
King, Helen, 199
King, Isabella, 84, 85
King, Marie, 199
King, Mr., 255
Kinnaird, Christian, or Moir, 43
Kinnaird, Isabella, or Moir, 382
Kinnaird, John, 382
Kinyon, IBenjamin, 181
Kinyon, Ellen May, or Moir, 181
Kirk, Thomai, 69
Kirkton, Alexander, 55
Kirtland, Edv/ard Mansfield, 193
Kirtland, Maude H., or Moir, 193
Kitchen, F., Rev., 54
Klonegar, Eleanor, or Moir, 210
Klonegar, John Campbell, 210
Knapp, ( ), or Moir, 190
Knowles of Logierieve, 43
Knowlly, Janet, 43
KnowUy, John, 43
Knox, Ann, or Moir, 172
Kyninmonde, Mathew, bishop, 298
Labouchere, Miss, 378
Ladenberger, Charles H., 265
Ladenberger, Florence D., or Moir, 265
Laing, Elizabeth, 127
Laing, Patrick, 132, 134
Lamb, Ihon, 67
Lamb, Jean, or Moir, 43
Lamprey, Laura, or Moir, 213
Lang, James, 258
Lang, Margaret, or Moir, 258
Lapslie, George, 89
Laraway, Eleanor, or More, 200
Largg, George, 48
Laurier, Annie, or Noel, 194
Laurier, John E., 194
Law, John, 73
Lawman, Agnes, or Moir, 61
Lawrence, Ann, or Moir, 308
Lawrance, Elliot, 365
Lawrance, James, 365
Lawrence, Jessie, 308
Lawrance, John, 398
Lawrance, Robert Murdoch,
12, 39, 51, 55, 95, 98, 99, 105, 112, 113, 291,
296, 298, 305. 307, 310, 312, 337, 341, 346,
347, 349, 359, 364, 374, 375, 378, 380, 381,
398, 399.
Lawrance, Robert Scott, 391
Lawrence, Thomas, Sir, P. R. A., 398
Lawrance, Walter, 365
Lawrence, Isabella, or Moir, 168
40
I.eckie, John, of Lcckio,
Ledirioch, John,
Leach, Joliu,
Ix'KKutl, E. O. E.,
Leighton, A.,
Ixiishman, Dr.,
Leitch, Alexander, Rov.,
Leith, John,
Lcilh, Margaret Mary,
Leky, Murdoch do,
Lenfesty, Judith, or Moir,
Le Moir, Charles A.,
Lennox, earl of,
Lennox, Joan,
Lenox, Helen, or Moir,
Lenox, Jane, or Moir,
Leonard, Frances,
Leonard, Mary, or Moir,
Leonard, .Sampson,
Lermonth, John, Sir,
Leslie, Alexander,
Leslie, George,
Leslie, James, Dr.,
Leslie, John, Jr., 1659,
Le.slye, Janet,
Leven, Margaret, or Moir,
Leslie, John,
Lidderdale, Miss.
Lidderdale, Mrs.,
Ligen, Laura S., or Moir,
Ligen, Robert C,
Ligertwood, John,
Lightly, Charles James,
Lillie, Alexander,
Linall, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Li nail, Harry,
Lindsay, Alexander,
Lindsay, David, Sir,
Linds.ay, Patrick,
Lindsay, Rudolphus,
Littel, ( ), or Moir,
Livingstone, David, Dr.,
Livingstoun, Alexander,
Loch, Frances Erskine, R. N.,
Loch, George,
Logan, William,
London, lord mayor of,
Long, Henry,
Longmans. Green, & Co.,
Lord de Tours,
Lorn, black knight of,
Lowndes- Yates, Esther Anne Malabar,
or Moir, 125
Lowndes- Yates, William, 125
Lumsden, Amias, or Moir, 43
Lumsden, Jean, or Moir, 312
Lumsden, John, 388
Lyle, James, 234
Lyle Mary, or Moir, 191, 198
Lyon, Alexander, 127
Lyon, Belle, or Moir, 212
Lyon, Wallace L., 212
MacAdam, Mr., 255
MacAlUster. Anna, or Moir, 167
MacAllister, John, 167
Macandrew, Donald M., 115
MacArthur, Grizzall, or Moir, 232, 236
Macbeth, Elizabeth, or Moir, 176
MacBrayne, David, 394
MacDonald, Andrew, 338
MacDonald, Catherine, 253
MacDonald. John, 238
MacDonald. John Murdoch, 222
Macdougals of Lorn, 322
MacEwan, Elizabeth, or Moir, 233
MacFarlane, Grace, or Moir, 236
MacFarlane, John, 236
MacGregors, family of, 280
Maclnnes, John C, 239
Macintosh, Andrew, 254
Macintosh, Catherine, or Moir, 183
Macintosh, Ernest Graham, 170
277
62
132
177
378
364
81
215
63
34
245
388
276
72
62, 232
2UU
369
309
396
352
280
50
48, 152
148
214
268
287
302
303
194
194
118
192
369
224
224
127
358
35
32
212
339
33
120
120
369
367
253
397
366
384
478
MOIR Geneai^ogy
Macintosh, Frances Alice,
Macintosh, James,
Macintosh, James Archibald,
Macintosh, Jennie, or Moir,
Maclntyre, Mary, or Moir,
Maclntyre, Peter,
MacKay, Adam, Rev.,
MacKellar, Matilda, or Moir,
Mackenzie, ( ),
170
170
170
254
232
223
346
242
151
132
233
MacKenzie-Fraser,
MacKenzie, Isabel, or Moir,
MacKenzie, Margaret, or Moir,
147, 151, 371
Mackenzie, Mrs. 302
MacKenzie, Robert, 112, 113
Mackde, Jean, or Moir, 46
MacKinnon, Isabel, 253
MacKinnon, William, Sir, 339
Mackisone, James, 71
MacLaren, Archibald, 244
MacLaren, Catherine, 244
MacLaren, Elizabeth, or Garland, 244
MacLaren, James, 244
MacLaren, Mary, 244
MacLaren, Nicol, 232
MacLaren, Robert, 244
MacLarty, Alexander, 252
MacLarty, Annie, 252
MacLarty, Duncan, 252
MacLarty, Edward, 252
MacLarty, Florence, 252
MacLarty, Isabella, or Moir, 252, 325
MacLarty, John, 252
MacLarty, John D., 252
MacLarty, Lionel, 252
MacLarty, Margaret, "" 252
MacLarty, Marion, 252
MacLarty, Martha, 252
MacLarty, Thelma, 252
MacLarty, William, 252
Maclehose & Sons, J., 375
MacLeod, ( ), 108
MacLeod, clan, 23
MacLeod, Flora, or Mure, 355
MacLeod, John, 355
MacLeod, of MacLeod, 392
MacLeod, Roderick or Rorie, 392
MacLeod, Walter, Rev.,
12, 58, 66, 75, 77, 78, 79, 82, 87, 88, 89,
100, 128
MacNicol, Alexander, 238
MacNicol, Archibald, 238
MacNicol, Archibald, Jr., 238
MacPhail, Catherine, 253
MacPherson, Christian, or Moir, 211
MacPherson, Duncan, 232, 234
MacPherson, Jane, or Moir, 267
MacPherson, John, 211
MacPherson, Mr., 243
MacPherson, Rebecca, 253
MacQueen, Janet, 73, 235
MacQueen, John, 232, 235
Macraw, Alexander, 111
MacRewar, Ihon, 66
MacRison, Ihon, 66
MacRitchie, David, C. A., 398
Magibbon, Andro, 66
Maiden, Esther, or Moir, 223
Maiden, James, 223
Main, David, 271
Main, Susan, or Moir, 271
Mair, Helen, 127
Mair, James, 374
Maitland-Heriot, Margaret Louisa, 218
Maitland, George, Mrs., 274
Makertoiu-, Ihon, 67
Makeinsh, Ihon, 67, 68
Makeinsh, William, 67
Makisoune, James, 70
Malcolm, Alexander, 308
Malcobn, Andrew Moir, 308
Malcolm, Constance Nisbet, 308
Malcolm, earl of Lennox, 32, 276
Malcolm, king. 181
Maltman, Andrew, 91
Maltman, Agnes, or Moir, 92'
Maltman, Margaret, 91
Maltman, WUham, 91
Manderville, ( ), 188
ManderviUe, Mary, or Moir, 188
Mar. John, earl of, 143, 334, 400'
Marjoribanks, Janet, or Moir, 78
Marr, Mary, 180
Marshall, John, 74
Marshall, Jtilian, 378
MarshaU, William, 392
Martin, Carolina Virginia, or Moir, 193
Martin, Thomas S., 193
Maroney, Daisy, 196
Masson, professor, 322, 330, 331
Masten, EUa, 197
Matheson, IssobeU, or Moir, 49
Matheson, Mr., 275
Mathieson, James, 161
Matthews, Isabella, 178
Maule, WUliam, , 81
Maxwell, ( ), 268
Maxwell, EUzabeth, 78, 87, 88
MaxweU, Herbert, Sir, 275, 284
MaxweU, WeUwood, 53, 299
MaxweU, William, 99, 294
Maxwell, William, Jr., 53
Maxwell, Winnifred Edith, 284
McAdame, Roger, 352
Mc( ), Alexander, 62
McAlpine, Janet, 78
McAdrie, Murdoch, 71
McArthur, Ann, or Moir, 80
McArthur, Archibald, 73
McArthur, Grizzall, or Moir, 75
McArthur, Janet, or Dnimmond, 88, 89
McArthur, Janet, or Moir, 62
McCaUum, High, 301
McCallum, John, 301
McConachie, Jane, 180
McCarter, N., or Moir, 262
McCleUan, Robert, 61
McCrae, EHzabeth Wilson Thorn, 173
McCrae, Elsie, 173
McCrae, Frederic, 173-
McCrae, Mary, 174
McCrae, William Moir, 173
McCrary, Minnie, or Moir, 193
McCrary, Thomas Witt, 193
McCruer, Archibald, 72
McCruer, Dorothy, 72
McCuUie, George, 79'
McCiulloch, Helen, 73
McCuUoch, James, 73
McCulloch, Robert, 62
McCullough, Sandy, 394
McCully, Jean, 73
McCurdy, Jean, 245
McDonald, Alexander, 290 -
McDonald, Jannett, or More, 57
McDougall, ( ), veteran, 306
McDowaU, Rev. P., 334
McElroy, Mary, or Moir, 219'
McElroy, Joseph, Rev., 219
McEwan, Janet, . ^o 11
McEwen, Elizabeth, or Moir, 63, o4
McEwen, Helen, or Moir, 64
McEwne, Johne, 71
McEwn, ( ), or Moir, 64
McEwne, Robert, 59
McFarlan, Alexander, 63, 64
McFarlan, Andrew, o4
McFarland, Agnes, 73
McFarland, Alexander, 73
McFarland, Frace, o|
McFarland, James, 7d
McFarland, John, 7d
McFarlan, Duncan, 7J
McFarlane, Alexander, 64
McFarlane, Alexander, 2, 64, 77, S6
McFarlane, Alexander, 3, 64
MOIR GKNKAI,0GY
479
McFarlane, Alexander, Jr.,
73
Mfil^ish, Williann,
91, 92
McFarlane, Ann,
73
McLelanc, William,
62
McFarlane, Andrew,
73, 74, 80
McLellan, iHabell, or Moir,
62
McFarlane, Archibald,
73
McLellan, William,
62
McFarlane, Duncan,
70
Mcl^!imun, Alexander,
183
McFarlane, Grace, or Moir,
78
McLennan, Mary Jane, or Moir,
183
McFarlane, Helen,
73
McLeraii, Nicol,
80
McFarlane, Isabel,
72
McLorin, Patrick,
71
McFarlane, .lane,
84
McMartin, Catharine, or Moir,
81
McFarlane, Janet,
73
McMarlin, Katie, or Moir,
256. 262
McFarlane, John,
73, 83
McMullen, Alexander Edison,
265
McFarlane, John, writer.
81
McMulli'ii, Calvin,
265
McFarlane, Margaret, or Moir,
McMullen, Geortje Dewey,
265
63,
75, 76, 80
McMullen, Iva Slae,
266
McFarlane, Marie,
70
McMullen, Jessie Sarah,
265
McFarlane, Peter,
84
McMullen, Merrit Cash,
265
McFarlane, Robert,
72, 73, 77
McNab, Andro,
66
McFarlane, Sarah,
83
McNabb, Alexander,
92
McFarlane, Thomas,
73
McNabb, Ann,
91
McFarlane, William,
73
McNabb, James,
92
McFarlan, John,
64, 74
McNabb, Jean,
91
McFarlan, Kathrine,
72
McNabb, Margaret,
92
McFarlan, Katherine, 2,
74
McNabb, William,
91, 92
McFarlan, Margaret,
74
McNab, ( ), or Moir,
269
McFarlan, Margaret, or Moir,
63
McNab, Peter,
77
McFarlan, Robert,
61, 64
McNab, Robert,
69
McFarlan, Stephen,
74
McNaire, James,
60
McFarlan, Thomas,
72
McNee, John,
80
McFarlan, Walter,
72
McNewar, Ihon,
67
McFayden, Elna,
175
McPherson, Agnes, or Moir,
66, 81
McGibbon, Ann,
73
McPherson, Mary, or Moir,
226
McGibbon, Isabell,
72
McQuean, James,
71
McGowane, James,
73
McQueen, Donald,
62
McGregor, Christian, or Moir,
61
McQueen, Elizabeth Livingston
or
McGregor, Ehzabeth, or Moir,
183
Moir,
211
McGregor, Isabella, or Moir,
173
McQueen, Janet,
77
McGregor, James, Sir,
123
McQueen, John,
77
McGregor, John,
74
McQueen, John Duncan,
211
McGregor, Robert,
74
McQueen, Margaret,
78,82
McGrigor, Jean, or Moir,
76
McQuein, James,
70
McGruther, William,
103
McRae, Kenneth,
394
McHutcheon, ( ),
79
McRewar, ( — — ),
72
McHutcheon, Ihon,
58
McUUoch, Archibald,
72
McHutcheon, Margaret, or Moir
61
McUUoch, Jean,
72
McHutchson, Robert,
60
McUUoch, Joseph,
75
Mclimes, Rachel,
87
McUUoch, Robert,
72
Mcintosh, John,
65
McWillie, Thomas,
67
Mclsaac, Margaret, or Moir,
62
Meassone, Elspet, or Moir,
43
Mclson, WiUiam,
79
Meassone, Issobell, or Moir,
43
McKaill, Mathew,
49
Meders, John,
116, 317
McKaill, Mathew, Jr.,
49
Meek, Jane,
86
McKelvie, ( ),
386
Meldrum, Alexander, Rev.,
93
McKendrick, John Gray,
347
Meldrum, David,
33
McKenzie, Alexander,
84
Mennie, Andrew,
52
McKenzie, Andrew,
84
Mennie, Elizabeth,
181
McKenzie, Betsy,
84
Mennie, Hellen,
52
McKenzie, David,
84
Menzies, Archibald, 1627,
79
McKenzie, George Mercer,
83
Menzies, Archibald, 2, 1647,
79
McKenzie, Isabel, or Moir,
64
Menzies, Mr.,
154
McKenzie, Janet Johnson,
83
Mercer, Agnes,
83
McKenzie, John,
83
MeyneU, Edith F.,
122
McKenzie, Mary,
84
Mhoir, clan.
23
McKenzie, Mary Ann,
84
Mhoir, Mhic GUle, clan,
23
McKenzie, Thomas,
84
Michael, bishop of Dunblane,
277
McKenzie, William Buchanan,
84
Michie, Alexander,
313
McKewan, George,
72
Michie, Charles,
313
McKinlay, John,
63
Michie, IsabeUa, or Moir,
310
McKoy, Ihon,
58
Michie, James,
164
McKray, Christian,
79
Michie, Jean,
313
McKuinens, Catharine,
88
Middleton, Agnes, or Moir,
374
McLaren, Marion, or Moir,
260
Middleton, John,
118
McLaren, Mary,
89
Mill, Adam,
129
McLaren, Matilda,
260
Miller, Andrew,
92
McLaren, Robert,
260
Miller, Helen Day, or Gould,
205
McLauchlan, John,
73
Miller, Isabel, or Moir,
90,91
McLean, Mary, or Moir,
272
Miller, James,
72
McLeich, Janet, or Moir,
268, 269
MiUer, Jean,
92
McLeish, George,
72
Miller, Patrick,
92
McLeish, Isabel,
91
Miller, Thomas,
89
McLeish, Isabel,
91
MilUgan, Agnes Charlotte, or Carey, 178
McLeish, James,
91
MiUigan, Ann Mary, 12, 176,
178, 330
McLeish, John,
McLeish, Mary,
91
92
Milligan, Ann Mary, 2,
178
480
MoiR Genealogy
Milligan, Catherine Elizabeth, or Trail,
177 178
Milligan, David Macbeth Moir, ' 177
Milligan, Emily Moir, or Stewart, 178
Milligan, Frederick Patterson, 178
Milligan, George, Rev., D. D., of Elie, 177
Milligan, George, Rev., D. D., of Glas-
A/TM?-"^' T . X. 12, 177, 393
Milhgan, Janet Fraser, its
Milligan, Oswald Bell, 1 7a
Milligan, William, M. D 17s
Milligan, WiUiam, Rev., D. D ,
T\T-ii- w „ II- 177, 393
Milligan, Wyndham Anstruther. 178
Milne, Ada Valentine, 169
Milne, Adeline AnnabeUe Gibson, 170
MUne, Agnes Bruce, 169
Milne, Alexander, 1 aq
Milne, Alice, Jgg
MUne, Andrew, 128 181
Milne, Ann Moir, or Macintosh, ' 170
Milne, Edward, X69
Milne, Eliza Jane Webster, or Moir, 185
Milne, Emma, or Moir, lai
MUne George, I, 119
Milne, George, 2, -laa
Milne, George, 3, Hq
Milne, Helen Gray, iro
MUne, James, 1, J19
MUne, James, 2, Igg
Milne, James, 3, Igg
Milne, James, 4, 170
Milne, James Brown. igg
MUne, James Myers Danaon, 169
MUne, Jane Ann, 1, 169
Milne, Jane Ann, 2, 170
Milne, Jane, or Moir, 166
Milne, Janet, or Moir, 199
MUne, John, 1, i^q
MUne, John 2, Iro
MUne. John M., 250
MUne, John, M. A., LL. D , 27^ ^41
Milne, John William, 170
MUne, Joseph, igg. 170
Milne, Josephine, iko
Milne, Joseph Reid, ^69
Milne, Louisa Smith, I69
MUne, Maggie Jane, i fiq
MlUne, Margaret, no
MUne, Margaret, 2, 168
MUne, Margaret, 3, I69
MUne, Margaret Helen Birnie, 169
MUne. Marjory Brown, 169
MUne, Martha Valentine, 169
Milne, Mary A., or Moir, 30Q
MUne, Mary Ann, I69
MUne, Mary Pirie, 1 rq
Milne, Patrick, 280
MUne, Percy WUliam, 170
MUne, Robert I, Tor
MUne, Robert 2, 17?,
MUne, Robert, 3, 169
MUne, Robert George, 169
MUne, WUliam, Hg igg
MUne, WUUamina Grant, ' 169
MUne, WiUiam Gray, 169
MUne, WUliam Stuart, 298
MUngoody, ( ), "Muschett," 75
Milngoody, Janet, 74
Minto, lord, 121 ^04.
MitcheU, (- ), ^^'^ i'it
MitcheU, Alexander, 45
MitcheU, Alexander, 2, ii»
MitcheU, Andrew, 45
MitcheU, Andrew, 2, 118
MitcheU, Andro, 5c
MitcheU, David, 64
^?*<=H!' Elizabeth, 118, 365
^■l°^^u- ^ }2"' 118- 365
MitcheU, Gilbert, 118
MitcheU-GUl, Andrew John,
l?^^V,®',^^A*2,H4, 118, 127, 130, 138,
140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145 146 152
214 300 304, 316, 363, 364:373 ' '^^'
MitcheU, Helen, 1 1 o
MitcheU, Ihon, c?
MitcheU, James, rr
MitcheU, James, 2. ?n
MitcheU, Jane, 117
MitcheU, Janet, 45
MitcheU, Jean, 77
MitcheU, Jean, 2, 10
MitcheU, John, 70
MitcheU, John, 2, aR
MitcheU, John, 3, 75
MitcheU, John, 4, 77
MitcheU, John, 5, no
MitcheU, John, 6, 74
MitcheU, Margaret, 118
MitcheU, Margaret, or Moir, 60 80
MitcheU, Margaret, or Moir, 2, 64
MitcheU, Marjorie, 4.1^
Mitchell, Mary, 113
MitcheU, Mary B., or Moir, 308
Mitchell, Mrs., ii|
Mitchell, Robert, 1, of Sauchens, 65
MitcheU, Robert, 2, vintner, m
MitcheU, Robert, of Dulate, 65
MitcheU, Thomas, Jr., provost,
1659, 45^ 47
MitcheU, Thomas, baiUie, m. 1665 ' 45
MitcheU, Thomas, 2, Uster, 1681, 48
MitcheU, Thomas, 3, in Doune, 61
MitcheU, Thomas, 4, witness, 75
^•^°u®n' Thomas, 5, burgess, 136, 137
Mitchell, Thomas, 6, witness, 144
MitcheU, Thomas, 7, merchant, 287
Mitchell, Walter, 54
MitcheU, Walter, 2. 118
Mitchell, Walter, witness, 70
MitcheU, William, 1, 1626, 67
MitcheU, WiUiam, 2, 1643, 53
MitcheU, WUUam, 3, 1664, 45
MitcheU, WUUam, 4, 1736, 118
MitcheU. WUliam, 5, m. 1701, 365
MitcheU, WUliam, 6, merchant, d.
1816, 364
MitscheU, Ihon, 66 67
MitscheU, Jhon, ' 68
Moare, Johne, 1654, 287
Moar, Mr., 39
Moers, Edmund, Jr., 26
Moirsone, George, 45
Moirsone, George, Utster, 45
Moirsone, John, 45
Moirsone, Robert, 45
MoUesone, Thomas, 288
Monroe of Culcairn, 108
Monteith, Robert, 242
Montgomerie, Agnes, or Moir, 114, 115
Montgomerie, Robert, 115
Montgomery, Agnes, or Moir, 317
Montgomery, Anne, 279, 280
Montgomery, Jane, 238
Montgomery-Moir, George, 280
Montgomery, Robert, 116
Montgomery, Walter, Sir, 279
Monteath, Mary, or Moir, 81
Monteith, Alexander, 70
Montrose, earl of, 282
Montrose, marquis of, 282, 364
Moodie, Helen, or Moir, 226
Moor. Alexander A. M., Litr., 39
Moor, Alexander, 1, 56, 96
Moor, Alexander, 2, buikmaker, 96
Moor, Alexander, 3, in Montrose, 96
Moor, Alexander, Jr., 96
Moor, Andrew, of Edinburgh, 56
Moor, Benjamin, 55
Moore, Blandford Forum, 381
Moore, Charles, 380
Moore, Charles, Hon., 3S1
MOIR GKNKAr.OGY
481
Moore, Charles, Hon., (lord Tullamorc.)
Moore, Charles, Sir,
Moore, Dr.,
Moore, John, Dr., of Stirling,
Moore, William, Dr.,
Moore, earl of,
Moore, Edward Loftus,
Moore, family of,
Moore, F., licut.-gen.,
Moore, F., Mrs.,
Moore, Fowke, Rev.,
Moore, Frances Moore,
Moore, general,
Moore, George James,
Moore, Gordon,
Moore, Harriett,
Moore, Henricus,
Moore, Henry,
Moore, Henry William,
Moore, J. C,
Moore, Johannes,
Moore, John, 1,
Moore, John, 2,
Moore, John, 3,
Moore, John, Dr., of London,
Moore, John, Sir.
18, 20, 212, 356, 362, 363,
Moor, Elizabeth,
Moore, lord,
Moore, Elizabeth, Mrs.,
Moore, Nathl. F.,
Moore of Corsewall,
Moore, of Langley Lodge,
Moore, Pierce,
Moore, Ponsonby,
Moore, Ponsonby William,
Moore, Rev.,
Moore, Rev. Dr.,
Moore, Richard,
Moore, Richd., LL. B.,
Moore, Samuel,
Moore, Step.,
Moore, Thomas,
Moore, Thomas, Sir,
Moore, Will.,
Moore, William,
Moore, William Cameron.
Moore. William John,
Moore, William, Rev.-
Moore, William, Sir,
Moor, family of,
Moor, George,
Moor, Henry Isaac,
Moor, Jacobus,
Moor, Margaret,
Moor, Nathaniel,
Moor, professor.
Moors of Corsewell,
Mora, William, de,
Moray, ( ),
Moray, earl of,
Moray, William,
Mor, Cailean,
More, Adeline,
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More, Benjamin, sergt.,
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More, Caroline,
More, Catherine,
More, Catlierine Louiaa,
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More, Charlotte, or Neale,
More, Christian, 1,
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More, Comfort,
More, Content,
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^lore de Belhelvie, Patrick,
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RIore, Edward Livingstone,
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^lore, Elijah, 2,
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110,
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56, 200, 201, 202. 203. 358
23
482
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394
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57
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41
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56
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29
More, Jean, or dark,
77
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31
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201
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30
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77
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52
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29
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38
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29
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24
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29
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38
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39
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44
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39
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56
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44
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76
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44
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117
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44
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117
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47
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45, 297
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57
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306
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7&
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306
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76
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306, 312
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76
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306
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78
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28
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29
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31
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47
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52
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44
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117
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47
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306
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44
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, 34, 358
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47
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351
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24
200, 202, 203, 204, 205,
312, 396
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383
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56
Jilore, Hannah, authoress,
350
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47,48
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29
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48
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367
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28
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367
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28
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367
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27
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306
More, John, of Boston,
29
More, Helen, of Ralden,
306
More, John, of Braintree,
26, 29
Moir, Helen, or Gloag,
90
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38
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28
Moir, John, of Durham,
26
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28
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24
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31
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38
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350
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55
More, Henry, 4,
367
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29
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367
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27
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41
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28
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22
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28
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22
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29
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22
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30
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366
More, John, of Virginia,
28
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23
Moir, John, of Virginia,
28
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22
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38
More, Isaac, 1,
28
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47
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31
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31
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350
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31
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24
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31
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26
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31
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27
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31
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28
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31
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29
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. 31
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29
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31
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31
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31
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31
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31
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31
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31
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31
More, John, 1, witness.
43
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38
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44
More, James, 12,
68
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45
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76
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47
More, James, 14,
76
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29
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82
More, John Taylor,
200
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201
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47
More, James II., of Stoneywood,
310
More, John WiUiam, M. A.,
41
More, James III., of Stoneywood,
371
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201
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29
111, 227, 305,
364, 371
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31
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38
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31
More, Jane,
117
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31
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44
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31
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44
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29
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47
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31
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76
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31
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297
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31
Moir, Janet, of PoLkeUie,
16
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31
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27
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31
Moir, Jasper, 2,
322
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31
Moir, Jean, 1,
24
MoiR Genealogy
483
More, Joshua, drummer, 31
More, Josiah, 1, soldier, 31
More, Josiah, 2, soldier, 31
More, Josiah, 3, soldier, 31
More, Josiah, 3, soldier, 31
More, Josiah, 4, soldier, 31
More, Josiah, 5, soldier, 31
More, King, soldier, 31
More, Kirley, soldier, 31
More, Launcelot Paxton, 41
More, Laura Octavia, 3G7
More, Lawson, soldier, 31
More, lieut. col., soldier, 31
More, Loarn, 23
More, Lodovic, 56
More, Luke, soldier, 31
More, MacCallum, 21, 23
Moir, Margaret, 1, 1663, 47
Moir, Margaret, 2, 1G90, 24
Moir, Margaret, 3, 1695, 110
More, Margaret, 4, 1743, 56
More, Margaret Battison, M. A., 39
More, Margaret, or Gordon, 289
More, Mark, soldier, 31
More, Mary 1., 56
More, Mary 2, 29
More, Mary, 3, 26
More, Mary, or Gould, 205
More, Miss, 312
More, Miss, of Edinburgh, 380
More, Moses, soldier, 31
More, Mr., 386
More, Mrs., of Aberdeen, 305
Moir, Mrs., of New England, 26
More, Nathan, soldier, 31
More Obadiah, soldier, 31
More of Aberlour, 24
More of Forres, 23
More of Larden, 366
More, of Linley, 366
More, ( ), of Mansfield, 28
More of Polkellie, 16
More of Strathavon, 23
More of Surrey, 396
More, Olivia, 367
More, Patrick, baillie, 44
More, Patrick, burgess, 95
More, Paxton St. Clair, 41
More, Peter, 24
More, Peter, of St. George, 28
More, Perez, soldier, 31
More, Poynings, Sir, 396
More, Ranald, 33, 351
More, Rebecca, of Charlestown, 26, 29
More, Rebecca, 29
More, Reginald, de la, 22
More, Reginald, 32
More, Reginald, Sir, 358
More, Reuben, 1, soldier, 31
More, Reuben, 2, soldier, 31
More, Reuben, 3, soldier, 32
More, Richard, 1620, 27
More, Richard, 1627, 367
More, Richard, de la, 366
More, Richard, M. B., C. M., 39
More, Richard, of New England, 28
More, Richard, soldier, 32
More, Robert, 1, 76
More, Robert, 2, 128, 366
More, Robert, 3, 1622, 28
More, Robert, 4, 1655, 45
More, Robert, 5, 1668, 47
More, Robert, 6, 1678, 128
More, Robert, 7, 1703, 362
More, Robert, 8, 1726, 56
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29, 44, 45, 47, 56, 201
More, Robert, 11, 1785, 367
Moir, Robert Bridgeman, 367
More, Robert Henry Gayer, 367
More, Robert, m. 1647, 44
More, Roderick, or Rorie, 392
More, RoVwsrt JoHpnr, 387
More, Hi.lxTl, of Mor«", 307
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Mor.-, Holxrt, .Sir. 128. .Iflfl. 300
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Mor<s Samuel, I. 28
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Mor*!, Siimui-1, 3. soldier. 33
More, .Siitnucl. 4, Boldier, 33
More, Samuel, 5, 888
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Mores, John, 07
Mores, Marjorie, or TbompBon, 4**
Mores of America, 203
Mores of Caldwell, 388
Mores of Ireland. 30
Mores of More,
Mores of Polkelly,
Mores of Rowallan,
Moreson, Ihon,
Moreson, William,
Moressoune, MonRO,
More, Thomas, 1068.
More, Thomas, 1705,
More, Thomas, 1715,
More, Thomas, 1864,
More, Thomas de la.
More, Thomas, emigrant,
More, Thomas, 2. emigrant.
More, Thomas, (ensign,)
More, Thomas Frederick,
More, Thomas Frederick, Rev.,
More, Thomas, of Bermuda,
More, Thomas, of Cheltenham,
More, Thoma.s, of Larden, 366,
More, Thomas, of Milliehope,
More, Thomas, of More and Larden,
d. 1731.
More, Thomas, of Needham,
More, Thomaa. of Salem.
More, Thomas, of Virginia,
More, Thomas, Sir. of London. 18
More, Thomas, Sir, 2. of London,
More, Thomas. 1. soldier,
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More, Thomas, 5, soldier.
More, Timothy, corporal.
More, Timothy, soldier.
More, T. J. of Dorchester.
More, Walter,
More, Willard, major,
More, Willard, .soldier,
More, William, 1491,
More. William, 1623,
More. William, 1688,
More. William, burgess.
More, William, captain.
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More. William, Dr.,
More. William, Dr., 2,
More, Williiim, Dr., 3,
More, William, Jr.,
More, William. Jr., 2,
More, William, juror, 16S6,
More, William, m. 1723,
More, William, m. 172tt.
More, William. Jnd. lieut.,
More, William, of AU-rcorn, 33. 3-1
More. William, of Aberlour,
More, William, of Berwick,
More, WilUam, of Boston,
388
388
88
80
73
38
00
30
303
388
38
38
32
367
367
28
380
367
367
367
368
30
38
349
349
32
32
33
33
33
83
83
98
853
33
33
386
38
30
08
S3
83
44
48
387
36
44
36
SO
36
83
358
24
30
30
484
MOIR GENEAI.OGY
More, William, of Drymaa,
39
More, William, of Exeter,
26
More, WUliam, of Glasgow,
39
More, William, of Hiltone,
383
More, William, of InvermarMe,
24
More, William, of Virginia,
28
More, William, of York River,
27
More, William, Sir,
22
More, William, Sir, 2,
396
Moir, William, Sir, of Dumfries,
33
More, WUliam, 1, soldier,
32
More, William, 2, soldier.
32
More, William, 3, soldier.
32
More, Wniiam, 4, soldier.
32
More, William, 4, soldier,
32
More, WUliam, 5, soldier,
32
More, William, son of Enoch,
29
More, William, Sr.,
44
More, Willielmus,
33
More, Jebulon,
32
Morison, David,
365
Morisoune, Thomas,
71
Morris, Helen, or Moir,
225
Morrison, Alexander,
161
Morrison, Annie,
253
Morrison, Barbara, or Moir,
160, 161
Morrison, Charles,
171
Morrison, Christina, or Moir,
253
Morrison, Donald John,
253
Morrison, Duncan,
253
Morrison, Duncan Archibald,
253
Morrison, Effie,
253
Morrison, Elsie,
171
Morrison, Finley,
253
Morrison, Flora,
253
Morrison, Francis,
171
Morrison, George,
171
Morrison, George Alexander,
171
Morrison, Isabel Margaret,
253
Morrison, James, 1672,
89
Morrison, James, 2,
171
Morrison, James, Jr.,
89
Morrison, Jean, or Moir,
160
Morrison, Jean, or Moir, 2,
160
Morrison, Jessie, or Moir,
238
Morrison, Maggie Charlotte,
171
Morrison, Malcolm,
253
Morrison, Margaret,
253
Morrison, Mary, or Moir,
187
Morrison, Nathaniel Holmes, LL.
D., 13
Morrisons of Preston Grange,
13
Morrison, WUham Moir,
171
Morris, J. T., Rev.,
184
MorveU, Robert,
68
Morisone, Mongo,
70
Moseley, Mr.,
361
Moss, EUzabeth, or Moir,
94
Mour, Peeter,
356
Mowat, James,
117
Moyhill, Andro,
58
Moyre, family of.
356
Moyre, Patrick,
356
Muckle, Margaret, or Moir,
308
Mueros, family of.
356
Muir, Alexander,
40
Muir, Alexander, of Loirston,
97, 306
, 307, 374
Muir and Allen,
374
Muir, Andrew,
353
Muir, Ann GUrye,
361
Muir, Daniel,
361
Muir, family of,
356
Muir, George,
374
Muir, George Falconer,
374
Muir, George, of Slains,
307
Muir, Georgius,
40
Muirhead, Agnes, or Moir,
180
Muirhead, Mathew,
180
Muir, James, 1684,
389
Muir, James, of Dunblane,
269
Muir, John, 1768,
268
Muir, John, Dr.,
364
Muir, John, geologist, etc..
361
Muir, John, of Alexandria, 268, 269
Muir, John, of Anistoun, 356
Muir, John, of Auchindrain, 376
Muir, John, of RowaUan, 392
Muir, of CaldweU, 22, 351, 358
Muir, of Cassencary, 381
Muir, of Deanstown, 385
Muir of Riccarton, 357
Muir (or More), Adam, Sir,
16, 20, 21, 22, 33, 34, 352
Muir (or More), GUchrist, Sir,
16, 351. 352, 356
Muir, Patrick,
Muir, Patrick KUgour,
Muir, Robert, A. M.,
Muir, Robert, Mrs.,
Muir, Robert, of Glasgow,
Muir, Robert, of Kilmarnock,
Muirs (or Mores), of Rowallan,
16, 17, 20, 21, 22, 351, 352, 353, 354,
355, 356, 357, 358
Muir, Suasn, Liverpool,
Muir, Thomas, of Cheltenham,
Muir, WUlham, of Glanderston, 1682,
MiUligan, John,
MuUigan, John, Rev.,
Munroe, Agnes EUa,
Munroe, George Moir,
Munroe, Richard,
Muru-o, Ethel Coutts,
Munroe, WiUiam,
Murdoch, Alexander,
Murdoch, Anna, or Moir,
Murdoch, Archibald, 1720,
Murdoch, Archibald, 1762,
Murdoche, Elspet,
Murdoche, Ihon,
Murdoche, John,
Murdoch, Mary Ann,
Murdoch, Robert,
Murdoch, Robert, 1720,
Murdochston, Andro,
Murdochston, Archibald,
Murdoch, William,
Mure, Alexander,
Mure, Andrew,
Mure, Archibald,
Mure, baron.
Mure, colonel.
Mure, Elizabeth,
Mure, family of.
Mure, Gilchrist,
Mure, GuUiehnus,
Mure, Isabell,
Mure, Jacobus, A. M.,
Mure, James,
Mure, James, 2,
Mure, James, earl of Loudoun,
Mure, Janet,
Mure, Jean Boyle, or CampbeU,
Mure, Jean, countess,
Mure, John,
Mure, John, 1539
Mure, Margaret,
Mure, Mungo,
Mure of CaldweU,
Mure of RowaUan,
Mure, Robert,
Mures, famUy of,
Mures of CaldweU,
Mures of RowaUan,
Mure, WUUam, 1616,
Mure, William, captain.
Mure, WUliam, Sir, 1657,
18, 351, 352, 354, 376
Mure, WUUam, Sir, of CaldweU, 1857, 18
Murison, Elspeth, Alexandra, 175
Murison, fanaUy of, 356
Murison, Frank Irvine, 174
Murison, George R., Rev., 174
Murison, Isabella Heriot Gordon, 175
Murison, Jeannie Moir, 174
Murison, Margaret Irvine, 174
374
307
40
390
380
391
380
380
389
217
216
266
266
266
266
266
72
62, 79, 232
62, 63, 73
63, 73
79
58, 67, 69, 79
69, 79
398
398
62
58
5S
74
352
22
352
378
351, 391
352
356'
351
397
351
40
378
381
355
352
355
355
35
34, 353, 358
355
353
381
20, 389
352, 353
356
358, 362, 377
351, 358, 362
351, 353, 355
390
MoiR Ghnhalogy
485
Murison, Mary Irvine, 174
Murray, Alexander, 47
Murray, Elizabeth, or Moir. 176
Murray, CJeorge, 260
Murray, George Wilfred, 260
Murray, Isabella, or Moir,
234, 256, 201, 202
Murray, James, 234, 250, 200
Murray, James, 2, 261
Murray, James Ross Gillespie, 200
Murray, Jane, 200, 200
Murray, Jean, 47
Murray, John, 47
Murray, John Grant, 260
Murray, Lawrence McCheyne, 260
Murray, Margaret, or Moir, 266
Murray, Maurice, 351
Murray, Mr., 65
Murray, Robert, 234, 256
Murray, Robert, 2, 266
Murray, Robert, 3, 382
Murray, Robert McCheyne, 260
Murray, Robert Wellesley, 260
Murray, Thomas, 260
Muschet, David, 1643, 70
Muschet, George, "MiJngoody" 75
Muschett, James, 68
Muschet, NicoU, 58
Musgrave, William, Sir, 296
Mutch, ( ), 121
Mytton, Harriett, or More, 367
Mytton, Thomas, 367
Nairne, Caroline Oliphant, authoress, 390
Napier, Alexander, 70
Naper, Alexander, 69
Napier, ( ), 79
Napier, John, 34
Napoleon I., emperor, 218, 348
Neale, Arthur, 367
Nelson, Alexander, 238
Nelson, Alice, 257
Newman, ( ), 166
Nichol, Andrew, 120
Nichol of Ballogie, 120
Nicol, Mary, or Moir, 199, 345
Nicholson, William James, 54
Nicols, Sophia, or Moir,
Nimmo, William,
Noel, Anna Wallace,
Noel, Charles Wallace,
Noel, Clayson Beason,
Noel, Helen Moir,
Noel, Herbert Moir,
Noel, John Forsyth,
Noel, Julia Fenwick,
Noel, Lotta Margaret,
Noel, Moir, Alexander,
Noel, Moir, Alexander Jr.,
Noel, Robert Boisseau,
Noel, Robert Walker,
Noel, Walker Timberlake,
Norie, James,
Norie, Robert,
Norie, William,
Norquoy, Francis Irvine,
Norquoy, Jeannie Moir Irvine,
Norquoy, William Robertson,
Norrie, ( -)j or Moir,
188,
Norrington, Mary,
Norton, Christopher,
Norton, James Christopher,
Norton, Louise Latifer,
Norton, Martha,
Norwall, Robert,
Norwell, Robert,
Oat, Janet, or Moir, of Doune,
O'Brian, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Ochiltree, bishop,
Oddy, F. Campbell,
Officer, Barbara, or Moir,
Ogburn, Carl DeWitt,
361
384
194
194
194
194
194
194
193
194
193, 194
194
194
194
193, 194
58
286
286
174
174
174
223
133
122, 132
122
122
122
71
69, 70
60
242
386
340
163
198
ORburn, CharlcH B ,
ORburn, Chiirlt-M DcWitt,
OKhuni, font IJiiutxth, or Hill,
Olthurn, llciilcy,
Ogburn, J. Fred,
Ogburn, Natliunii'l,
()rl>urri, Hiili)h Bi-li).
Ogburn. UobiTt iMlwurd,
Ogburn, Uolx-rt M,
Ogilvic, lord,
C)gHtnn, A.,
Ogston, Alexander,
OgHton, JiimcM,
OgHton, prof., of Aberdeen,
Oliphant, Lawrence,
Oliver. I{()V)ert.
Oman, I.subi-lia Wood,
O'Mores of Ireland,
Ore, James,
Orcm, Alexander,
Orcm, John,
Orem, Margaret.
Orem, Thomas, merchant,
Orem, Thomas, of Glasgow,
Orem, William,
Orr, T., major-general,
Osborne, AHce, or Moir,
Osborne, David,
Ote, Harie,
Ote, Janet, or Moir, 1049,
Ote, Janet, or Moir, 1679,
Ouston, James,
Ouston, John,
Owen, Dorcas,
Paip, Margaret, or Moir,
Palmer, Mary,
Pankhurst, Mary, or Moir,
Panton, John,
Panton, Williamina,
Parker, ( ), under-sheriff,
Patershail, Edmond P.,
Paterson, Alison, or Moir,
Paterson, Chrichton, or Moir,
Paterson, Isabella, or Moir,
Paterson, James,
Paterson, Janet, or Moir,
Paterson, Jhon,
Paterson, Walter, 1720,
Paterson, Walter, 1740.
Paton, Henrj',
Paton, Jane Muir, or Moir,
Paton, Margaret, or Moir,
Paton. Robert,
Patrick, Robert,
Patrie, Robert,
Patterson, James, Mrs.,
Patterson, Mrs. J.,
Patterson, John Alfred,
Paull, James George,
Paul, WiUiam,
"Paunch," deacon,
Payne, Alice Catherine, or Moir,
Payne, Richard E.,
Payton, Elizabeth,
Payton, John,
Peacock, Edward, Hon.,
Peacock, Frances,
Peacock, George,
Pecok, George,
Pellek, Margaret, or Moir,
Pennington, Ann,
Pennington, Isaac,
Perkins, Amanda Eliia,
Perkins, Charles,
Person. Deborah, or Moir,
Peterkin, Mary, or Moir,
Petric, ( ),
Petrie, Agnes, or Moir,
Petrie, Agnes, or Moir, 2,
Petrie, Annie, or Moir,
Petrie, John,
Petrie, Stephen,
182, 1S3,
197
lUX
H)7
]UH
lit?
1!»7
ItlH
197
l«7
132. IM
■MtH
164
Ififl
300
HO
174
IS
214
49, SO
50
&0
SO
flO
60
177
265
205
60
231
60
92
92
367
42
28
94
119
119
32K
380
176
42
226
59
79
62
102
22
223
102
233
138
46
272
274
221
179
10.5
329
185
1S5
243
243
397
295
288
135
211
367
367
259
259
201
224
191
211
199
222
73
73
45, 135,
486
MoiR Genealogy
Phinney, Adeline, or Moir,
213
Pirie, Agnes,
127
Pirie, Alexander, 108, 109,
, 111, 384
Pirie, Alexander, 1695,
127
Pirie, Alexander, witness,
128, 129
Pirie, Andrew,
127
Pirie, Barbara,
127
Pirie, George, 114,
, 117, 127
Pirie, Helen, or Moir,
185
Pirie, James,
127, 128
Pirie, James, Jr.,
128
Pirie, Jean,
127
Pirie, Patrick,
127
Piries of Stoneywood,
128
Pirie, William.,
127
Pitsligo, lord,
107
Pittendreigh, Robert, Jr.,
119
Pitully, lady.
302
Poindexter, Elizabeth,
196
Poindexter, Nat. S.,
196
Poindexter, William,
196
Poindexter, W. N.,
196
PoUard, A. F..
295
Pomeroy, Elizabeth Rice, or Moir
,
209, 210
Pond, Agnes, or Moir,
219
Pond, Gideon HoUister, Rev.,
219
Porteoiis, Agnes Clark Moir,
274
Porter, Elizabeth Perray or Moir,
195
Porter, George,
172
Post, Alexander,
34
Pratt, James,
172
Prennan. Christine, or Moir,
268
Pressie or Presley, Margaret,
44
Price, Edgar Field,
198
Price, James Bruce,
198
Price, James Madison,
198
Price, John Moir,
198
Price, John Pryor,
198
Price, Margaret Moir,
198
Price, Martha,
198
Price, Mary Eleanor,
198
Price, William Pryor,
198
PulUn, Annie, or Moir,
190
PuUin, Samuel,
190
Putzel, Mary Ann, or Tuggle,
192
Putzel, Sigmund,
192
Queen, Victoria,
349
Raeburn, ( ),
152
Pi.aeburn, Henry Sir,
132
Raeburn, L. W.,
132
Rae, Janet, or Moir,
105, 135, 137, 147,
148, 370
Raffan, Mary Ann,
86
Rainey, David,
182
Rainey, Frances Maria, or Moir,
182
Ralston, David,
389
Ramsay, Allan, author.
389
Ramsay, Ann, or Moir,
189
Ramsay, col,.
151
Ramsay, James,
189
Ramsay, Jean,
302
Ramsay, John, major.
391
Ramsay, major.
151
Ramsay of Kinaldie,
151
Randall, James,
94
Randall, Mr.,
26
Ratray, Barbara, or Molt,
184
Redfern, Edith,
260
Redferm, John Wesley,
260
Reed, Elsie Jane, or Jivine,
174
Reid, Alexander, notary.
136, 288
Reid, Alexander, witness,
120
Reid, Andrew Patterson,
115
Reid, Ann, or Moir,
167
Reid, Elspet, or Moir,
319, 320
Reid, James,
80, 167
Reid. Margaret,
85
Reid, Margaret Geddes, or Milne,
170
Reid, Margaret, or Moir,
85
Reid, Thomas,
74
Reids of Migiie, 157
Reids of Smiddyhill, 157
Reid, Walter, 143
Reiniold, August Fred Skene, 181
Reinhold, August Fred, Dr., 181
Reith, Eleanor, 257
Reith, Elizabeth, 257
Reith, George, 257
Reith, Harold James, 257
Reith, Isabella, 257
Reith, Jane, 257
Reith, John, 257
Reith, Margaret, 257
Reith, William, 257
Rennie, Charles, 166
Rennie, David Grant, 165
Rennie, Elizabeth, or Moir, 166
Rennie, James, 165
Rennie, James Charles, 165
Rennie, Jean Ann, 165
Rennie, John Taylor, 165
Rennie, Margaret WilheLmioa, 165
Rennie, Marj' Elizabeth, 165
Rennie, WiUiam, Alexander, 165
Rentoul, David, Rev. 200
Reoche, Murdoch, 70
Rettie, James, 387
Reynolds, George, 195
Riach, Christian, 46
Riach, Christian, 2d, 46
Riach, Donald, 46
Riach, Issobell, 46
Riach, Janet, 46
Riach, Margaret, - 46
Riach, Patrick, 46
Richard III., 349
Richards, Bertha Lee, or Moir, 195
Richards, William A., 195
Rickart, Issobell, or Moir, 43
Riddoch, Margaret, 180
Riddoch, William, 61
Ritchie, Handasyde, 327
Robb, Christian, or Moir, 51
Robert, "great stuart," 352
Robert II., king, 23, 34, 352, 362, 392
Robert III., king, 22, 353
Roberts. Burrell. 195
Roberts, Isabella, or Moir, 223
Robertson, Alexander, 62
Robertson, Anne, or Moir, 156
Robertson, Catherine, 120
Robertson, Elizabeth, 120
Robertson, Elspet, or Moir, 207
Robertson, Helen, or Moir, 93
Robertson, Issobell, 48
Robertson, James, 286
Robertson, James, 48
Robertson, Janet, 48
Robertson, Janet, or Molt, 204
Robertson, Jessie, 120
Robertson, John, 43
Robertson, major, 120
Robertson, Margaret, or Moir, 48, 73, 208
Robertson, Pat., (Patrick Byers), 153
Robertson, Rachel, 120
Robertson, Walter, 48
Robert the Bruce, king, 13
Roberts, William, 350
Robison, John, 79
Robisoune, Jhon, 70
Rob, James, 44
Rob, James, Jr., 44
Rochford, EUen, or Moir, 269
Rochford, John, 269
Ronald, George, 295
Rose, Agnes, 115
Rose, Alexander, 115, 128
Rose, Alexander, Rev., 115. 128
Rose, Arthur, 128
Rose, Jane, 115
Rose, Jane Margaret, 115
Rose, John, 128
Rose, John, Dr., 128
MoiR Gbneai.ogy
487
Rose, ( ), laird, H5
Ross, Agnes, or Moir, 265
Ross, Alexander, 91
Ross, Ann., 294
Ross, Anne, or Moir, 12.5
Ross, Charles Smith, 125
Ross, Elizabeth, or Moir, 311
Ross, Elsie, or Moir, 310
Ross, Euphame, 352
Ross, Gavin, 265
Ross, G. M., 394
Ross, Jamesina, 2(30
Ross, Janet, Russell, or Moir, 205
Ross, Janet, or Moir, 256, 262, 263
Ross, Janet, or More, T->7
Ross, Jessie Russell, or Moir, 234
Ross, John, 48
Ross, Margaret, 91
Ross, William, 260
Rous, ( ), 354
Ruddick, Agnes Moir, 273
Ruddiek, James Harrington, 273
Ruddick, John, 273
Ruddick, John Archibald, 273
Ruddick, Lawrence, 273
Ruddick, Lawrence, 2, 273
Ruddick, Margaret Isabella, 273
Ruddick, Marion, 273
Ruddick, Mary Ellen, 273
Ruddick, Richard Albert, 273
Russell, Andrew Moir, 243
Russell, Barbara, or Moir, 186
Russell, Elizabeth, 242
Russell, James, 89
Russell, James Moir, 243
Russell, Jeaanie, or MacPheraoQ, 243
Russell, Jenny, 243
Russell, Jessie, or Payton, 243
Russell, John, 242
Russell, John, 2, 242
Russell, Matoilda MacKellar, 242
Russell, Patrick, 186
Russell, Robert Moir, 243
Russell, William, 243
Ryde, John Gabriel, Rev., 53
Saint, John, m. 1775, 55
Sandilands, ( ), 131
Sandilands, family of, 148
Sandilands, James, drowned at sea, 149
Sandilands, James, of Cotton, 106, 148, 370
Sandilands, James, of Craibstone, 145
Sandilands, Jean, or Moir, 1636,
106, 130, 134, 140, 148, 313, 316, 370
Sandilands, John, 49, 287
Sandilands, Patrick, 46, 134, 290
Sandilands, Robert, 131, 132
Sandilands, Robie, 154
Sanders, Anne, 84
Sandis, James, 89
Sandis, Johne, 89
Sands, Adam Laing, 86
Sands, Archibald, 78
Sands, Helen, 86
Sands, Isabella, 84, 85
Sands, Isabella Steedman, 84
Sands, James, 85
Sands, Jane, or Moir, 237
Sands, Janet Anne, 84
Sands, Janet, or Moir, 238
Sands, Janet, searastreas, 84
Sands, John, 84, 85, 86
Sands, John, Jr., 85
Sands, Mary Tait, 85
Sangster and Muir, 374
Sangster, Charles, 304
Sangster, John, 168
Sangster, Miss, or Moir, 274
Sangster, Thomas, 374
Saters, Jhon, 68
Saters, Thomas, 68
Scales, Harriet Mae, 192
Scales, Jessie Evelyn, 191, 192
Scales, Marguerite Lucy, 192
Scale.s, Nollii! No«l,
Scales, D. JohnHon, Rov.,
Scalen, RobtTt Enitiiatt,
Scales, Thotua-s lluury,
Schaw, Ilion,
Schaw, JarnoH,
Scot. V. .S.,
Scot, JanicH,
Scot, John,
Scot, ( ),
Scott, Elizabeth,
Scott, James,
Scott-MoncrlefT, David,
Scott, Thomas H., M. D.,
Scott, WalliT. Sir, 227.
ScouKal, Patrick, biubop, 146.
ScouKal. John. Sir,
S '.ouKal, family of,
H ;oui?all, James.
ScouKall, Kutherin.
ScouKull, ( ), painter,
Scou(?all. Patrick,
Scroggie. Mary, or Moir,
15, 112, 113, 146, 149.
Scroggie, William, bishop,
15, 112. 113.
Seafield. countesd-dowagor of.,
Seaton. George.
Sebie. Christian, or Moir,
Seely. L. B.,
Seely. R. B..
Selbie. Jean, or Moir,
Seton, Elizabeth,
Seton, James.
Sexton. Emily Hun, or Moir,
Shand, Alexander, Rev.,
Sharpe. Janet, or Moir,
Sharp, James. Rev.,
Shaw, Horatia,
Shawis. Ihon.
Shawis, James,
Shaw. Jane, or Moir,
Shaw, John.
Shaw. Robert.
Shaw, William Maxwell,
Shearer, George.
Sheares. George.
Shebby, Ellen, or Moir.
Shelton. Carrie C,
Shelton. John F..
Shepard. Finley J.,
Shepherd, George,
Shepherd, Helen, or Moir,
Shields. Anna Virginia, or Noel.
Shields, Thomas Langhorn.
Shirrofs. Andrew. A. M..
Shrady. Sarah, or Gould.
Shurey. Elizabeth, or Moir,
Sibbald. Patrick.
Sidgreaves. Margaret,
Siedschlaw. ( ),
Si. James.
Sillars. Anne, or Moir,
Sillars. Donald.
Sim. George,
Sim. John.
Sim. John. Jr..
Simpson, Allan,
Simpson, Allan GordoQ,
Simpson. Ana.
Simpson, .\nnie Elizabeth,
Simpson. Bert James.
Simpson. Donald.
Simpson, Elizabeth. 116,
Simpson, Elizabeth, or Moir,
Simpson, George,
Simpson, James,
Simpson, Mjldred.
Simpson, Peter Gordon,
Simpson, Robert,
Simson, George,
Sinclair, Christina,
Sinclair, Donald,
128,
\Vi
191
192
192
67
ft7
31U
120
1211
\r>2
IHtl
110. I2H
132
17H
X\:\. Mi
U'J 370
Ml»
li<>. 14'J
1112. 113
112, 113
10
113
215. 370
14S. .370
an
48
44
350
35U
48
279
279
182
214
189
327
62
67
67
374
72
73
53,296
73
62
318
198
19X
•n^
117
117
IU4
194
378
205
207
46
252
166
71
272, 274
272
161
161
161
245
245
258
245
245
245
115, 119
365
86
245
245
245
116, 119
48
85
139, 300
488
MoiR Genealogy
Sinclair, Isabella, or Moir,
53
Sinclair, James,
277
Singer, Elizabeth, or Moir,
63
Siverts, ( ),
167
Skeen, John,
312
Skeen, John, merchant.
156
Skeen, William,
156
Skein, Alexander,
105
Skeine, Margaret, or Moir,
216, 287
Skein, Margaret, or Moir,
105, 286
Skeen of Tarland,
312
Skene, Alexander,
138
Skene, Alexander, J. C,
181
Skene, Catherine,
151
Skene, William F., Dr.,
371
Skene, Elizabeth Henderson,
181
Skene, George,
107, 151
Skene, George, Sir,
45, 48
Skene, Gilbert,
138, 216
Skene, James,
108, 151
Skene, James, of Rubislaw,
16
Skene, Jean,
151
Skene, Helen,
151
Skene, Margaret or Moir, 138,
151, 216
Skene, Maria,
151
Skene, ( ), Miss,
392
Skene, ( ) Mrs.,
150
Skene, George, Sir,
142
Skenes of Rubislaw,
19
Skenes of Skene,
181
Skene, William F.,
16
Skinner, William, bishop.
52, 53
Skinner, William, advocate.
52
Sedgewick, John Bell,
299
Sloane, ( ),
245
Sloane, Bessie,
245
Sloane, Lemuel,
245
Sloane, Mildred,
245
Smellie, David,
244
Smellie, Hugh,
243, 244
Smellie, James Alexander,
244
SmelUe, Margaret, or Moir,
45
Smellie, Robert,
244
Smellie, Wilham,
244
Smillie, Alexander Buchanan,
258
SmiUie, Ann, or Moir,
249, 326
Smillie, Benjamin,
258
SmiUie, Benjamin Stewart,
258
Smillie, Emmahne Eva,
258
Smillie, James,
258
Smillie, Jane,
258
SmiUie, Margaret Alice,
258
SmiUie, Mary Ann,
258
SmilUe, Stewart,
258
Smith, Adam, or Moir,
48
Smith, Agnes,
48
Smith, Agnes Victoria, or Cratur,
182
Smith, Agnes Victoria, or Hobart
18
Smith, Alexander,
127
Smith, Andrew,
60, 61
Smith, Annie Binnie,
250
Smith, Ann, or Moir,
361
Smith, Archibald,
58
Smith, Banks,
61
Smith, Catherine A.,
250
Smith, Charles,
120
Smith, Christian,
48
Smith, David,
201
Smith, Duncan Robertson, Moir
250
Smith, Elder & Co.,
377
Smith, EUzabeth Jane or Moir,
192
Smith, EUzabeth Moir,
250
Smith, Elspet,
48
Smith, Frances Preston,
182
Smith, George,
48, 162
Smith, Georgina,
164
Smith, George W.,
250
Smith, Jabez H.,
192
Smith, James Davis,
182
Smith, James,
48
Smith, James, Rev.,
301
Smith, Janet, 1654,
44
Smith, Janet, 1700,
44, 62, 90
Smith, Janet, or More, 1700,
Smith, Jeanie D.,
Smith, John,
Smith, John, 1754,
Smith, Johne, 1644,
Smith, John, Rev.,
Smith, ( ),
Smith, Margaret,
Smith, Martha, or Moir,
Smith, Mary Moir,
Smith, Mary, or Moir,
Smith, ( ), Mrs.,
Smith, Patrick,
Smith, Robert,
Smith, Robert, 1647,
Smith, Robert L.,
Smith, Thomas,
Smith, V/Uliam,
Smith, WiUiam Moir,
Smyth, Andrew,
Smythe, Archibald,
Smythe, Ihon,
Smythe, James,
Smythe, Jhon,
Smythe, Robert,
Smythe, John,
Smyth, Johne,
Sobiesky, Clementina,
Somerled, house of,
Sorenson, Conrad,
Sorenson, Dorothy Hope,
Sotheby, WUkinson & Hodge,
Souper, John,
Souper, William,
Speedman, WilUam,
Spence, A. Ogilvie,
Spence, Sarah Charlotte, or Moir,
Spence, WilUam,
Spittall, John,
Spittell, Finly,
Spittel, Margaret,
Spittel, ( ),
90
250
182
73
70
170
79
48, 127
243, 323
250
78, 238
312
48
250
72
250
286
44, 61
182
61
58
67
60, 66, 67
68
70
59, 72
71
150
396
269
269
378
46
46
308
178
219
219
75
58
227
79
227
389
68
73
94
122
202
248
248
13
85
43
58
Spittel, Robert,
Sprewl, ( ), apothecary,
Squyar, Robert,
Squyre, Margaret,
Staff, Edward,
Stainforth, Emily,
Stanley, Charity, or More,
Starrak, Isaac,
Starrak, John,
St. Clair, WiUiam, Sir,
Steele, Margaret,
Steinson, Alexander,
Steinson, Sanders.
Stenhouse, Margaret Laing, or Moir,
218, 348
Stephen, David, 52
Stephen, James, 172
Stephens, Moir Alexander, 194
Stephens, ( ), 194
Stephenson, Muriel Skelton, or Dun-
can, _ 179
Sterling, Jean, or Moir, 76
Steuart, Agnes, 70
Steuart, Alexander, 73
Steuart, Androw, 69
Steuart, Archibald, 70
Steuart, Donald, 73
Steuart, Duncan, 73
Steuart, Harie, 70
Steuart, Hugh, 73
Steuart, James, 70
Steuart, John, 70
Steuart, Johne, 70
Steuart, Katharine, 72
Steuart, Kathrin, 73
Steuart, Margaret, 70
Steuart, Marione, 70
Steuart, Robert, 70, 73
Steuart, IsobeU, 72
Steuarts, Jannet, 72
Steuart, Robert, 72
MOIR GENBAI.OGY
489
Steuart, ( ), Rpv., 72
Steuart, Walter, 70
Steuart, William, 70
Stevart, Elspet, CO
Stevart, George, (10
Stevart, Ihon, (}(i
Stewart, ( ), 283
Stewart, { ), 1625, 00
Stewart, ( ), 1753, 72
Stewart, ( ), 1754, 72
Stewart, Agnes, 74, 233
Stewart, Alaster, 00
Stewart, Alexander, 72, 80, 233
Stewart, Andrew, ' 59
Stewart, Andro, 66, 67, 68, 09
Stewart, Andro, 1628, 07
Stewart, Andro, 1030, 08
Stewart, Andro, 1632, 69
Stewart, Andro, of Kilmadock, 66
Stewart, Andro, witness, 68
Stewart, Andro, witness, 1625, 66
Stewart, Andro, witness, 1642, 69
Stewart, Andrew, witness, 1632, 69
Stewart, Androw, 1645, 70
Stewart, Androw. witness, 1647, 71
Stewart, Androw, witness, 1647, 72
Stewart, Androw, witness, 1651, 59
Stewart, Anne, or Moir, 284
Stewart, Archibald, 1626, 67
Stewart, Archibald, 1636, 69
Stewart, Archibald, 1647, 71
Stewart, Archibald, witness, 1631, 68
Stewart, Barbara, 70
Stewart, Catheran, 67
Stewart, Cathrin, 69
Stewart, Charles, 131, 284, 380
Stewart, Christian, 384
Stewart, Christian, or Moir, 78, 87
Stewart, Christine, or Moir, 269
Stewart, Cristane, 72
Stewart, David, 1034, 69
Stewart, David, 1753, 72
Stewart, David Hoome, 63
Stewart, Don, 68
Stewart, Donald, 71, 72
Stewart, Dougal, 73
Stewart, Dr., 327
Stewart, Duncan, 1629, 68
Stewart, Duncan, Jr., 68
Stewart, Duncan, m. 1730, 88
Stewart, Edward, 68
Stewart, Elizabeth, 1786, 233
Srtewat, Elizabeth, or Moir, 1645, 70
Stewart, Elizabeth, or Moir, 1755, 73
Stewart, Elizabeth, or Moir, 1786, 74
Stewart, Elizabeth, or Moir, of Brechin, 223
Stewart, Elspet, 1646, 71
Stewart, Elspet, 1647, 72
Stewart, Elspett, 1646, 71
Stewart, Elspet, 1647, 72
Stewart, George, 67
Stewart, Harie, son of James, 71
Stewart, Harie, witness, 71
Stewart, Harie, 1638, 69
Stewart, Herie, 1626, 67, 68
Stewart, Helen, or Moir, 68,211
Stewart, Hugh, 72
Stewart, Ihon, 66, 67
Stewart, Isabel, 74, 233
Stewartes, James, 68
Stewart, Isobell, 71
Stewart, Issobell, 1626, 67, 69
Stewart, Isobella, m. 1843, 87
Stewartis, Robert, 67
Stewartis, Robert, 67
Stewartis, Walter, 67
Stewart, James, 1633, 69
Stewart, James, 1642, 70
Stewart, James, 2, 1642, 70
Stewart, James, 1645, 71
Stewart, James, 1646, 71
Stewart, James, 2, 1646, 71
Stewart, James, 1647, 72
Stewart, Jannc8, 1054, TJ
Stewart, JiirncH, i,i Arnwijrlit, 00
St<!wurl, JiiincM. (if 'I'horiihill, 203
Ktcwurt, JuincH, in. 1024, 0(J. 07
Stewiirl, JiinicH, Sir, "j^j
iSU'Wurl, JaiucH, witrit-HH, 1629, (M
St*;wurl, Jiirni-.H, wiliicuM, l(H7, 71, 72
SU'Wurl, JiiiiicM, wiliie.iH, |(W2, ' «K)
Stewart, Juiiiil, diiu. of lliun, 67
Stewart, Jtiiial, dau. of Jhon, 68
Ht«'warl, Jiiniil, duu. uf Jhon. 08
Stewart, Juiiul, dim. of .\i)Uw, 72
,St<'Wiirt, Jamil, dau. of ICoImtI, (iO
Stewart, Jaiiat, or Moir, I0H2, 00
Stewart, Juniit, or Moir. 1793, 7«, hO
Stewart, Jmiat, or .Moir, 1796, ' 65
Stewart, Janet, 17.>l, 7a
Stewart, Janet, dau. of George, 07
Stewart, Janiiet, 17.'>5, 73
Stewart, Jonet, or Moir, 1689, 01
Stewart, Jonctt. 1645, 70
Stewart, Joriett, 17.V1, 72
Stewart, Jane .Miller, or Moir, 222
Stewart, Jean, 09
Stewart, Ja<!ue, 1(>47, 72
Stewart, Jhon, in Lanrik, 1030, 68
Stewart, Jhon, in Lanrik, 1634, 09
Stewart, John, 232. 234
Stewart, John, 1329, 33, 352
Stewart, John, 1647, 72
Stewart, John. 10.54, 72
iStewart, John, 1755, 73
Stewart, John, 1802, 74, 233
Stewart, John, butler, 222
Stewart, John, calechat, 69
Stewart, Johne, 1642, 69, 70
Stewart, Johne, 1045, 70
Stewart, Johne, 1048, 72
Stewart, Johne, son of Johne, 09
Stewart, Johne, son of Johne, 1646, 71
Stewart, Johne, witness, im2, 69
Stewart, Johne, witness, 1045, 70
Stewart, John, in Lanrick, 1646, 71
Stewart, John, of Hensall, 256, 201, 262
Stewart. John, witness, 1646, 71
Stewart, John, witness, 1689, 01
Stewart, Kathcrin, 1626, 67
Stewart, Katherine, 1797, 233
Stewart, Kalhrine, 1647, 71, 74
Stewart, James, lieut.-col., 1.53
Stewart, lieut., 75
Stewart, Margaret, or Moir, 82
Stewart, Margaret, or Moir, 2M
Stewart, Margaret, or Moir, 367
Stewart, Margaret, or Moir, 2B7
Stewart, Marget, 66
Stewart, Marget, 68
Stewart, Marget, 69
Stewart, Marie, or Moir, 67
Stewart, Marie, or Moir, 70
Stewart, Marie, or Moir, 278
Stewart, Marion, 71
Stewart, Mariorie, 72
Stewart, Mariouu, 08
Stewart, Mary, 72
Stewart, Mary, 7i
Stewart, Mary, 233
Stewart of Ardsbeal. 283
Stewart, ( ), or Moir, 207, 231
Stewart, Patrick, 73
Stewart, lialph Hill, 178
Stewart, Hobert, 01
Stewart, Hobert, 03
Stewart, Robert, 07
Stewart, Robert, 00
Stewart, Hobert, 71
Stewart, Hobert, 72
Stewart, Hobert, 74
Stewart, Hobert, 79
Stewart, HoIhtI, ^
Stewart, Hobert, Jr., 1629, 08
Stewart, Robert, Sr., 1629, 68
Stewarts of Appin, 284
490
MOIR GKNEALOGY
Stewart, Thorn, 61
Stewart, Thomas, 65
Stewart, Thomas, 66
Stewart, Thomas, 67
Stewart, Thomas, 72
Stewart, Walter, 46
Stewart, Walter, 1627, 67
Stewart, Walter, 1629, 68
Stewart, Walter, 1634, 69
Stewart, Walter, 1645, 70
Stewart, Walter, 1646, 71
Stewart, Walter, 1647, 72
Stewart, William, 60
Stewart, William, 66
Stewart, William, 67
Stewart, William, 68
Stewart, William, 69
Stewart, William, 72
Stewart, William, 1682, 60, 66
Stewart, William, labourer, 82
ewart, William, Jr., 1631, 68
Stirling, Jane, or Moir, Doune,
78, 232, 234, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 262,
263, 266, 390
Stirling, James, 277
Stirling, John, 279, 390
Stirling, John, of Garden, 279
Stirlings of Balwill, 278
Stirlings of Keir, 277
Stirling, William, 277
Strachan, Alexander, 49
Strachan, Alexander, 2, 49
Strachan, Ann, 49
Strachan, Elizabeth, 49
Strachan, IssobeU, 49
Strachan, James, 49
Strachan, John, 49
Strachan, William, 49
Strang, Janet, or Moir, 270
Strang, John, 270
Strathcona, lord, 263
Strinach, Patrick, 47
Stuart, Charles Edward, prince "Char-
lie", 19, 23, 130, 280, 322, 271, 390
Stuart, house of, 155
Stuart, James, 141
Stuart, Robert, 33
Stuart, family of, 146
Stuart, William, 374
Stuart, Wortley, or Moir, 141
Summer, Robert, 71
Sullivan, Elizabeth or Poindexter, 196
Sullivan, N. D., 195
Sullivan, Sallie, or Booe, 195
Sutherland, Allen, N., 398
Sutherland, Andrew, 127, 129
Sutherland, James, 116
Suther, Thomas George, D. C. L.,
53, 391
213
167
167
167
166
167
167
167
167
166
166
167
166
274
165
165
81
77
77
49
bishop,
Swabrick, (-
-).
Swainson, Alexander Calder,
Swainson, Anna,
Swainson, Daniel,
Swainson, Donald,
Swainson, Edward,
Swainson, Flora,
Swainson, George,
Swainson, Helen, Moir
Swainson, Jane Milne,
Swainson, John,
Swainson, Margaret,
Swainson Mary,
Swan, Agnes,
Sweet. Elizabeth Ann. or Moir,
Sweet, William,
Symers, John,
Symmers, John,
Symmers, .John, Jr.,
Syper, James,
Tailzeour, Elspet,
Tailzeour, Ihon,
Tailzeour, Jhon,
66
66
79
Tailzeour, Katherine, or Moir, 79
Tailzeour, Robert, 67, 79
Tailzeour, Robert, 2, 68
Tailzer, Ihon, 58
Tais, Isabel, or More, 90
Tait, Eliza, or Moir, 172
Talyior, Robert, 71
Targh, WUUam, 376
Tarras, Earl Moir, 261
Tarras, Sidney, 261
Tarvea, Chrissie, or Moir, 164
Tawse, James, 157
Taylor, Betty, or More,
200, 202, 203, 205, 396
Taylor, Daniel, 116
Taylor, Eliza, or More, 367
Taylor, James, . 62, 367
Taylor, Jane, or Moir, 248
Taylor, Margaret, 180
Taylor, Robert, 200, 203
Taylour, James, 61
Telfer, {—), Rev., 63
Temple, WilUam, Rev., 300, 320
Temple, Robert, 129
Thomas, Hugh, 254
Thomas, Margaret, 254
Thom, James, 172
Thom, Marianne, or Anderson, 171
Thompson, Andrew, 89
Thompson, John, captain, 120
Thompson, Elizabeth, 52
Thompson, George, 388
Thompson, Glegg &, Ltd., 173
Thompson, Helen, 117
Thompson, Isabel, or Moir, 232
Thompson, James, 52
Thompson, James, 117
Thompson, John, 48
Thompson, Thomas, 48
Thomson, Andro, 79
Thomson, Christian, 73
Thomson, Don, 61
Thomson, Edward, 63
Thomson, Edward, 2, 73
Thomson, George, 128
Thomson, Hugh, 61
Thomson, Isabel, or Moir, 78, 80
Thomson, James, 74
Thomson, John, 63
Thomson of Banchory, family of, 117
Thomson, Robert., 61
Thomson, in NewhiUs, 133
Thomson, William, 65
Thornton, laird of, 20
Toasch, Isobel, 363
Tod, Helen Elizabeth, or Moir, 218
Tod, Henry, 218
Tod, James, 80
Tolton, Albert, 263
Tolton, Annie, or Moir, 263
Tomson, Frances, 254
Torrie, John, 203
Torry, Patrick, 133
Tortree, Janet, or Moir, 47
Touris, William. 33
Tower, Alexander, 295
Tower, Flora, or Moir, 295, 374, 398
Tower, George, 295, 374
Tower, John, 398
Townley, James A.. 184
Townley, Lillian, or Moir. 184
Tracy, George Stone, 199
Trail, Y. W. H., 177, 178
Trann, WiUiam, 256, 261
Traquair, James Albert, 262
Traquair, John, 256, 261, 262
Traquair, Melvyl John, 282
Traquair, Roy Moir, 262
Toup, Julia, or Moir, 308
Tryon, Emma, or Moir, 188
Tucker, Ella, or Moir, 264
Tucker, Mary Florence, or Moir, 263
Tucker, Rufus K., 263
MOIR Gbnealogv
491
Tu!;gle, Caroline Margaret, or Hudjpeh, 192
Tuggle, Henry, 101
Tuggle, Henry Irving, H)l
Tuggle, James Beverly, li»2
Tuggle, Jamea Edwin. 11(1
Tuggle, John, 191
Tuggle, John Edwarda. 192
Tuggle, John William, 192
Tuggle, Lucy Emma, li.t2
Tuggle, Mary Elizabeth, or Scalca, 191
Tuggle, Mary Lucy, 192
Tuggle, Penelope Noel, 192
Tuggle, Robert Emmett, 192
Tuggle, Thomas Alexander, 101
Tuggle, Walter Lee, 192
Tuggle, WiUiam Henry, 192
Turing, John, 128
Turing, William," 286
TurnbuU, Alexander, 274
Turnbull, Andrew, 274
Turnbull, Archibald Moir, 274
Turnbull, H. May, or Moir, 194
Turnbull, Jamea, 62
Turnbull, John, 274
Turnbull, John Andrew, 274
Turnbull, Louis Edward, 194
Turnbull. Margaret Moir, 274
Turner, Elizabeth Caaaie, or Moir, 247
Turner, Ida Adeline, or Moir, 240
Turner, family of, 142
Turton, Richard, 306
Turton, Robert, 367
Turton, John, Sir, 366
Turton, Thomas, 366
Tucker, R. K., 264
Udney, Arthur, 127
Udney, family of, 128
Udney, John, 129
Unlrevil, Constance, 366
Unfrevil, Robert de, 3(50
Urquhart, John, 139, 306
Urquhart, Isabella,
Urquhart, Patrick,
Urquhart, Alexander, Rev.,
Valentine, Martha Taylor,
Valentine, Mary Pirie, or Milne,
Vandyke, ( ),
Van Hoesen, Mary Jane, or Moir,
Van Hoj', Abram,
Van Hoy, Melvina, or Moir,
Van Wechel, Clarence Aaron,
Van Wechel, Ethel Margaret,
Van Wechel, Eunice Ida,
Van Wechel, Floyd Lee Arie,
Van Wechel, Frank Alexander,
Vau Wechel, Ira,
Van Wechel, Jessie Lavina,
Vivian, Dr.,
Wagstaff, Charles, Rev.,
Walcot, John,
Walcot, Sarah,
Walker, Alexander,
Walker, Alexander, 2,
Walker, Elspet.
Walker, Florence M., or Moir,
Walker, George,
Walker, George,
Walker, Jamea,
Walker, Jamea, 2,
Walker, James, 3,
Walker, Janet,
Walker, Jean,
Walker, John,
Walker, John, 2,
Walker, Margaret,
Walker, Marjorie, or Moir,
Walker, Mary,
Walker, Patrick,
Walker, Samuel,
Walker, William Patterson,
139,
139, 306
132
132
169
169
364
181
196
197
264
264
264
264
264
264
264
150, 201
52
367
367
48
162
162
180
162
48
48
162
162
162
162
52
162
162
48
162
48
180
162
Walnut, Dnvid,
ao
Wiiiili'M. Ktiii May.
MA
Wunli'iw. Henry Arthur,
aas
WutllcM, JltlllCH,
MA
Wunli-.iM, Lily Maud,'
Wanln.iM, HoU-rt Murray,
am
Me
Warilciw. TUiinioA,
Ma
Ward. ThrimiLi.
in
WiiMhiiiKtoii, (Juorgi<i,
MH
WuttTM, .Mr..
1S2. 1(13
Wat-ton. (ii'oruc.
I2M
WutHDii, ImklH-Ila DobfloD, or .Moil
•, 22034*
WutMori, Maricun-t, or -Moir,
l»
WulMon, Juini"*. lU'V..
T»i
WnUfori, Willium,
lift
Watt. Jolinit,
71
Watt". Judith K. L , or Moir,
52
Web.iter, f.'imily of.
12<l
Web.sUT. (ii-orae.
no. !?!»
Webat<T, .MHJr»rio, or Moir,
4'J
Weir, Alexander,
»}l
Weir, Anna,
46
Weir, Archie,
2ft7
Weir, Elizabf-th Moir,
257
Weir, George,
257
Weir, I.-uolMill,
46
Weir, Janii.'.s,
257
Weir, Jean,
44
Weir, John,
46
Weir, John Alexander,
257
Weir, Margaret,
46
Weir, Mary,
2.'.7
Weir, Patrick,
46
Weir, Richard,
257
Weir, Richard. Jr.,
257
Weir, RoUrrt,
46
Weir, Robert, 2.
48
Weir, Robert, Jr.,
46
Weir, Suaan Sutton,
257
Weir, \S alter.
4«
Weir, William.
4«
Weir, William 2d,.
M
Welch. James,
«8
Welch, William,
4«
Whannell. Grace Marie, or Moir,
255
Whannell. Robert,
iM
Whatit. Robert,
71
White, Charles, captain.
122
Whitehead, .Margaret, or Moir,
270
White, John,
124
White, Maria, or Moir,
124
Whit*", Sarah, or Moir,
300
White, Sophia.
122
White, Thomaa,
367
Whyte, Janet, or Moir,
9U
Wickham, Jane Catherine,
93
Widowsou, James,
116
Wild. Robert,
252
Wilkie, .\nua, or Moir,
222
Will, Charles,
164
William, bishop of Argyle.
113
Williams, ( ), or Moir,
185
Williamson, Peter,
20H
Wilhamson, William,
313
William the conqueror.
23, SM
Will, Margaret,
1»«
Wilson, ( ),
245
Wilson, .\gnes, or Moir,
42
Wilson, .\nn.
293
Wilson, Henry, captain.
»3
Wilson, David.
121
Wilson, Ellen, or More.
367
Wilson, EliialK'th. or Moir.
200
Wilson. Fannie, or Mou",
loe
Wildou, Helen,
203
Wilson, Jane,
93
Wilson, Joan, or Moir.
184
Wilson, I, ), or Moir,
260
Wilson, profeasor,
Wilson, Henry R., Rev..
329
182
Wilson, Thomas,
367
Winters. .\«nes, or Moir,
183. 212
Wingste, Thom*s,
73
492
MOIR GENEALOGY
Winsister, Alexander,
382
Winsor, (— — ),
27
Winter, Martin,
265
Winter, Nellie, or Moir,
265
Winton, earl of,
146
Wither, Ihon,
67
Wolfe, Charles,
363
Wolfe, general,
306
Wolsey, cardinal,
349
Wood, Ann,
88, 89
Wood, Douglas Moir,
173
Wood, Edward,
125
Wood, Edward James,
173
Wood, Elsie Ethel Anderson,
173
Wood, James M. A.,
55, 159,
173, 297
Wood, Mary Florence, or
Moir,
125
Wood, ( ), or Scales,
192
Woodruffe, captain.
122
Woodruffe, Mary,
122
Work, James,
234
Wreight, Katherine, or M
oir,
61
Wricht, James,
79
Wricht, Christian, or Moir,
42
Wright, Isobell,
89
Wrights and Coopers,
99
Wurr, Richard, I'j
221
Wurr, Richard,
212
Wurr, Susan, or Moir, 221
Wyland, Jessie, 267
Wyld, Janet, 79
Wyld, Robert, 67
Wylie, Napier MacLeod, 133
Yool. Helen, 78
York, duke of, 153
Young, Andrew, 4jS
Young, Catherine F., or Moir, 25^
Young, Christian, 48
Younger, George, 285
Young, Gavin, 115
Young, George, 48
Young, Jane Gibson, or Milne, , 170
Young, Nathaniell, 48
Young, Robert, 389
Young, Thomas, 2^^
Young, William. ^
Zulieka, Sarah, or Moir, 22^
Zurcher, Anna Z., 252
Zurcher, Conrad, 252
Zurcher, Flora, 262
Zurcher, Helen Galbraith, 262
Zurcher, Marion, 262
SOME CORRECTIONS
In a work' of this kind, where there are such an immense amount of
statistical knowledge, one is constantly discovering fresh information,
and errors are almost unavoidable. We are ready to acknowledge
our transgressions in this respect, and invite readers finding errors,
to communicate with the author, that they may be corrected in a
subsequent book, should another edition be printed. A. Iv. M.
Page 23, line 6,— For ' 'Mac Cullum, ' ' read ' 'Mac Callam. ' '
Page 32, line 22, — Insert "the" between "are" and "descendants."
Page 46, line 2, — Take out the whole line.
Page 49, linel4,— For "Collection" read "College."
Page 49, line 29,— For "Adam Gor;" read "Adam Gordon of."
Page 70, line 8,— For "Waited," read "Walter."
Page 112,— In heading, for "1863." read "1683."
Page 160, lines 37 and 38,— For "Rothie May." read "Rothiemay."
Page 162, line 1,— For "banker," read "baker,"
Page 164, line 14, — For "No issue," read "Issue."
Page 169, line 17,— For "2 August," read "23 August."
Page 171, line 24.— For "Cairnbie," read "Cairnie."
Page 182, line 33,— After "Sept. 26," insert "1876."
Page 197, line 1,— For "VII.," read "VIII."
Page 201, line 18,— For "Jonas Moir," read "Jonas More."
Page 212, line 4, — William Henry Moir is a brother of James A. Moir,
noted on page 183, and should have been inserted on the earlier
page.
Page 212, line 16, — Benjamin Moir fought side by side with Sir John
Moore, but not at the battle of Waterloo, as Sir John was dead
several years before that decisive conflict. [See page 362.
Page 288, line 1,— For "Joha," read "John."
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By ALKXANUKK [.. MOIK
PUBLISHKD BY THIC AUTHOK, OCTOBEK, 1913
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ORDERS SHOULD RE SENT TO A. L MOTR,
LOWELL. MASS., U.S. A.
PREPARATION
The Author has devoted about twelve
years of his spare time to this work, and
has spared no expense to make this Gene-
alogy one in which the numerous branches
will always take much j^ride.
It will undoubted!} prove a valuable
Book of Reference, and will be found in all
the Principal Libraries of the World.
CONTENTS
A partial list of the contents of the
book are noted herewith. This will give
some idea of the scope of the researches,
made from many sources.
Besides the Moir Family Records,
there are also Registers of More, Mure,
etc., where it has been shown that they
are connected with Moirs. A great many
other names of allied families are neces-
sarily given.
In addition to the complete Table of
Contents and List of Illustrations, there
are twenty-four finely-printed columns of
references to Place-N ames ; fifty-four
columns of references to the surname of
Moir, and the same quantity of Other
Names.
There is also a list of Addresses of liv-
ing Moirs and connected other names.
ILLUSTRATIONS
The work is profusely illnstrated, and
eontams forty-four full page insertions,
these consist of many Indmdual Flwio-
Engravings and Small and Large Family
Groups. ■ Copies of Old Pamtmgs o
Moirs, some of which are several hundred
^^^Many Churches, and Ancient Ancestral
Homes and Homesteads. ,
Scottish Scenery, including the 1 rin-
cipal Colleges and Universities.
Monuments and Memorials m various
forms
The Registered Coats-of-Arms of sev-
eral branches. .
There are also a great many Ongina.
Line-Cuts, and over sixty Original Tail
Pieces, some of which are very elaborate,
made especially for this work.
GENEALOGY
WTAL RECOEDS.
Baptismax, and Maekiage Registers of
THE Following Places :
Kilmadock Parish, Doune; Kincardine
and Tulliallan, Tliornhill; Aberargie;
Callander ; Auchterarder ; Blackford :
Comrie; Grief; Dunning, Muthill; Forres;
Bnchanan; Rothiemurchus ; Stirling; St.
Andrew's, Aberdeen; St. Nicholas, Aber-
deen ; Society of Friends, for Scotland ; St.
George's, London, England; Dunblane
Scotstown and Barns ; Methlick ; Kirkaldy
Edinburgh; Braidhauch; Tonley; Alloa
and many others.
Burial Records and Memorials of
THE Following Places :
Aberdeenshire Epitaphs ; Aberdeen
Journal Obituary, 1748-1889; Nellfield
Cemetery, Aberdeen; Allenvale Cemetery,
Aberdeen; St. Clement's, Aberdeen; St.
Nicholas, Aberdeen; St. Andrew's, Aber-
deen; St. Peter's, Aberdeen; Scotstown 's
Mausoleum; Moir Memorial Window, New
York City; Dunblane Wills and Testa-
ments; Methlick; Peterhead Churchyard;
Tarland; Cromar; Tonley; and others.
Some Different RitANTURfs ]{v.rouuv.\':
Stoney wood ; Scotstown ; Loiiinay :
Overhill ; Ottcil tunic ; hivrnirltic ; Hilton;
Foveran; Ferryliill; li;ini>; Tarvos nnd
Methlick; all in AlK'nlcenshirr. I)«)um*
and Thornliill ; Lcckic; rt'i-tlishirc; I'antT
shire; Edinbiiri;li ;md I.citli; hi-ltn's
family; Fifosliii-c: l-'oifjiisliiir ; l*)li;in
shire; Kincai'dincsliii*' ; l.aiiark^liin*;
Glasgow; C)rkii('y and Siictlaiiil ; Ifrnfrcw
shire; Tonley.
Some Altji.i* Kamii.iks Rec(>hi>ei»:
Abernethy «»f Maycn; 'I'Im' Miin-s of
Ayrshire; The Muirs and Mnivs o\' Cald-
well and Rowallan: Morrs of Lindley;
Early Anieiiraii Mores; Tlie Maxwidls of
Donne; George .lain(\><on; Tin- (Jrahain-
Moirs of Leckie; .fay (iould's family; Sir
Michael Bnicc; Sir 'Plioinas M«»rc; Ityrrs
and Moir-Byrcs of 'I'.mlt'y; iIm* di'scnui-
ants of .lolin M(.iv. --A i^ncit Nm.-ri.-nn
familv ;" Sii- .Inlm Mooi-r.
HISTORY
History of the Surname, by Various
Authors. Moirs and Mores Mentioned in
Early Scottish Cliarters under David II.,
Robert I., Robert II., Robert III. and
Robert, Duke of Albany, Regent.
The Old Stoneywood Mansion House;
The Stoneywood Branch; The Moirs of
Aberdeenshire; Powis Papers of Aber-
deen ; Aberdeenshire Sasine Registers ;
Records of Wrights and Coopers of Aber-
deen. An interesting Canadian Branch.
Origin of the Surname, by Several
Authors; Place-Names of Doune and
Thornhill; The Moirs and Mores of Scot-
land and America; The Mures of Ayr-
shire; The Muirs and Mures of Caldwell
and Rowallan; Mores of Lindley; Moir-
Byres of Tonley; Soldiers in American
Wars; Moirs in Stirling Volunteers; Cen-
tenary of David Macbeth Moir, M. D.
(Delta), Scottish Author; Origin
and Description of the Various
Coats - of - Arms; Personal, Family
and Historical Notes; Moir and
More Graduates of the Various Scottish
Universities; Lists of Burgesses of Guild
and Trade of Different Localities ; Several
Articles on the History of the Mores;
Some Passengers on the Mayflower; A
List of Articles in the Glasgow Historical
Exhibition (1911) Referring to Moirs;
Books written or edited by Moirs; Book
Collectors; Silhouettes previous to 1837.
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