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‘Unusual Name’
I have chosen Jonnet Mash for my person with an unusual name this year. Jonnet is one of my 7th great grandmothers on my paternal side.
I have not done any research on Jonnett as yet so I will see what I can find now.
In looking for Jonnett’s birth I discover her parents' names – my 8th great-grandparents. Firstly there are two baptism dates – 03 March 1633 and 1641.
- The 1633 entry has Janet Mash daughter of James Mash and Janet Bukise. (Ancestry: FHL Film 1067782, Ref ID: 2:1850HHR, Scotland Select Births and baptisms 1564 – 1950.)
- In the 1641 entry, her name is given as Jonnet, other researchers or records have her listed as Janet Mash. Her mother is Jonnet Buccasie, whereas other researchers or records have her listed as Janet McCaskie, Mukasie, Muckassie, Muckarsie or Bucise. Her father is James Mash whereas other researchers or records list him as Mash, Mashe or Masche. (Ancestry: FHL FILM, 1067782, Ref ID: 2:1850Z8Q, Scotland Select Births and Baptisms 1564 – 1950.)
So, it seems that the parents have trickier names to unravel than the daughter!
Researching further I find a marriage record for James Mash and Janet Mackasie, 12 Dec 1628. ( in Scotland Extracted Parish Records 1571-1997)
Next, I find (so far) baptisms for five siblings of Janet’s all at Liberton, Midlothian, Scotland.
The children were born in the following order:
Margaret- 28 Jan 1630, (Janet- 03 Mar 1633), Marione- 31 July 1638, (Janet- 25 Feb 1641), William- 17 Dec 1643, Issobell- 22 Nov 1646 and David- 13 Jan 1653. There are a few gaps there so there could be more children or some died.
As I have two baptismal dates for Janet with the same parents, one possibility is that the first Janet died, and they used the same name later for another daughter to carry on mother Janet’s name. I have not been able to find a death record as yet.
I will research all of this further when I have a membership with ‘Scotland’s People’.
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Direct line of Ancestors down from Janet’s parents:
Janet McCaskie/Buccasie, etc + James Mash
Janet Mash + Donald MacKintosh
Donald MacKintosh + Anna McBean
Alexander MacKintosh + Christian Ross
John McIntosh + Margaret Morrison
Alexander McIntosh + Isabel Cairns
Richard McIntosh + Elspeth Gray
Isabella McIntosh + James Finlay Lumsden
Isabella McIntosh Lumsden + Francis George Pearce
William Louden Pearce+ Lilian Agnes Cottam
Me
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· ‘Liberton Wynd from the Cowgate, Edinburgh’
· Artist: Henry Gibson Duguid- Scottish (1805-1860)
· National Galleries of Scotland: William Finlay Watson Bequest 1881
The Liberton Inn and Kirk at the crossroads that was the centre of the village, now swallowed up into southern Edinburgh city.
Photo taken 15 May 2005.
Copyright: Richard Webb & licensed for reuse under creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/9988
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NB: See link for a history of Liberton http://www.southedinburgh.net/history/liberton
Liberton was once home to Arthur Conan Doyle, who lived in a small cottage near the Braid Burn, which is now inside the grounds of the Cameron Toll Shopping Centre car park and is now a small school. (Wikipedia, 08 Jan 2019)
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