Janet McCourtie (née Donaldson)

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Biography

Heir (including of 'slave-property') to her brother William Donaldson of Grenada (q.v.). The latter's will gives her husband as John McCourty writer of Kirkcudbright, whereas a marriage was recorded at Kirkcudbright 25/08/1766 between Janet Donaldson and James McCourty, and the probate of William Donaldson shows James McCourtie writer mistakenly called John McCourty in the will. James McCourtie writer was among the freeholders for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright in 1790.


Sources

Ancestry.com, James McCourty in the Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database online]; List of Freeholders for the Stewartry of Kirkcudbright as made up at the meeting to chose their "Representative at the Parliament of Great Britain" summoned to meet at Westminster the 10th of August 1790. Published in " A view of the political state of Scotland at the late general election" in Edinburgh in 1790, http://www.kirkcudbright.co/historyarticle.asp?ID=139&p=29&g=4 [accessed 02/07/2020].


Further Information

Absentee?
British/Irish
Maiden Name
Donaldson
Spouse
James McCourtie

Relationships (2)

Sister → Brother
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Janet McCourty was the heir of her brother William Donaldson of...
Sister-in-law → Brother-in-law
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The will of John Macourtie identified his brother as James McCourtie and the latter's wife as Janet...

Addresses (1)

Kirkcudbright, Kirkcudbrightshire, Southern Scotland, Scotland
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Shown as of Kirkcudbright in the will of her brother William Donaldson made in 1768.