Mainly Swansons and Davidsons; Thomas Sinclair ‘Clan Gunn History Supplement 27’; 16 June 1903
REVIEW
This one is not really a great read. Starts with a bit more on Sweyn and Swansons, with a touch of Gunn mainstream history.
Basically it has all sorts of assorted Swansons and Davidsons family history thereafter...
This is not his finest, nor most useful Supplement...
KEY ISSUES / PEOPLE / PHRASING
· SWEYN. Sweyn’s grandson Gunn (why choose him?) was the ancestor of the Clan Gunn and not his brother Gunn... Between Sweyn and the right Gunn came Andrew ... Swansons
· SWANSONS... the history of the Gunns is the history of the Swansons and vice versa... Sweyn the gallant Viking (how is he gallant??)... Andrew Swanson laird of Bucholly or Castle Lamba ..his sons except Gunn whose story as laird of Ulbster has been told little knowledge from the 12th to the 17th century... lots of Sweyns in the Domesday book... Sweyn the Viking went to England.. Canute the son... Bannockburn 1314... Rev. Alexander Gunn Watten... Wick 1660-1712...
· Gunn section of Sweyn’s descendants has the better fortune of securing Ulbster... Sutherlandshire...
· Swanson 1675 Caithness details; Donald Swanson Poll’s tenement, John Swanson Bailie Thurso 22 February 1701, William Sinclair his solicitor, Donald Reid and Janet Swanson, John Swanson merchant Thurso 1708, William Swanson and a woman Murson Olrig marriage contract 4 June 1701 (was this Swanson Graham?), John Sutherland and Christina Swanson and son William,.. Janet daughter to John Swanson wigmaker Thurso 27 May 1769,,, Bruce’s Tenement and half of Brim’s Tenement, Francis Swanson 1775, John Sinclair Bailie of Thurso... John Swanson Gerston Farm and Lieutenant Thomas Swanson Ham Farm 1828 subscribed to ‘ History of the Mackays’... The Hendersons of Stemster...
· James Swanson Gerston... Margaret Davidson... John Davidson of Buckies... Elizabeth Anne Johanna Swanson... Halkirk... married 1864 John Henry Davidson ex H.M. Customs... uncle Hugh Davidson ... Oldhall farm... family of 4 sons and 2 daughters... one of whom Jeanie died February 1883 aged 14 months... followed by the birth of another girl...
· Ham... Dunnet... 11 November 1882 Christina last surviving daughter of Captain Swanson Gerston... Donald merchant Thurso 15 January 1781 had possession with wife Ann Bridges of Cooper’s Tenement.. George Swanson Gerston ... Strathmore, Gerston, Sixpenny, Skinney... William Bruce, burgess of Aberdeen... Bower’s Tenement... Francis Swanson, tacksman of Gerston ... 1793 Margaret Swanson, wife of Patrick Swany merchant Thurso (linked to Hector Gunn Chief issue)... Donald Sutherland... William Mackay confectioner... Alexander Paterson... Captain George Swanson pf the 1st battalion of the Rothesay and Caithness Fencibles.... William Henderson, afterwards Sheriff .. Francis Swanson taclsman Draikries .. Andrew Miller dyer Thurso... John Georgeson Messenger-at-arms... William Sinclair of the British Linen Bank 1787 heir to Elizabeth Swanson daughter of John Merchant Thurso, William being her grandson and son of John clothier Thurso .. Pollie’s Tenement
This one is not really a great read. Starts with a bit more on Sweyn and Swansons, with a touch of Gunn mainstream history.
Basically it has all sorts of assorted Swansons and Davidsons family history thereafter...
This is not his finest, nor most useful Supplement...
KEY ISSUES / PEOPLE / PHRASING
· SWEYN. Sweyn’s grandson Gunn (why choose him?) was the ancestor of the Clan Gunn and not his brother Gunn... Between Sweyn and the right Gunn came Andrew ... Swansons
· SWANSONS... the history of the Gunns is the history of the Swansons and vice versa... Sweyn the gallant Viking (how is he gallant??)... Andrew Swanson laird of Bucholly or Castle Lamba ..his sons except Gunn whose story as laird of Ulbster has been told little knowledge from the 12th to the 17th century... lots of Sweyns in the Domesday book... Sweyn the Viking went to England.. Canute the son... Bannockburn 1314... Rev. Alexander Gunn Watten... Wick 1660-1712...
· Gunn section of Sweyn’s descendants has the better fortune of securing Ulbster... Sutherlandshire...
· Swanson 1675 Caithness details; Donald Swanson Poll’s tenement, John Swanson Bailie Thurso 22 February 1701, William Sinclair his solicitor, Donald Reid and Janet Swanson, John Swanson merchant Thurso 1708, William Swanson and a woman Murson Olrig marriage contract 4 June 1701 (was this Swanson Graham?), John Sutherland and Christina Swanson and son William,.. Janet daughter to John Swanson wigmaker Thurso 27 May 1769,,, Bruce’s Tenement and half of Brim’s Tenement, Francis Swanson 1775, John Sinclair Bailie of Thurso... John Swanson Gerston Farm and Lieutenant Thomas Swanson Ham Farm 1828 subscribed to ‘ History of the Mackays’... The Hendersons of Stemster...
· James Swanson Gerston... Margaret Davidson... John Davidson of Buckies... Elizabeth Anne Johanna Swanson... Halkirk... married 1864 John Henry Davidson ex H.M. Customs... uncle Hugh Davidson ... Oldhall farm... family of 4 sons and 2 daughters... one of whom Jeanie died February 1883 aged 14 months... followed by the birth of another girl...
· Ham... Dunnet... 11 November 1882 Christina last surviving daughter of Captain Swanson Gerston... Donald merchant Thurso 15 January 1781 had possession with wife Ann Bridges of Cooper’s Tenement.. George Swanson Gerston ... Strathmore, Gerston, Sixpenny, Skinney... William Bruce, burgess of Aberdeen... Bower’s Tenement... Francis Swanson, tacksman of Gerston ... 1793 Margaret Swanson, wife of Patrick Swany merchant Thurso (linked to Hector Gunn Chief issue)... Donald Sutherland... William Mackay confectioner... Alexander Paterson... Captain George Swanson pf the 1st battalion of the Rothesay and Caithness Fencibles.... William Henderson, afterwards Sheriff .. Francis Swanson taclsman Draikries .. Andrew Miller dyer Thurso... John Georgeson Messenger-at-arms... William Sinclair of the British Linen Bank 1787 heir to Elizabeth Swanson daughter of John Merchant Thurso, William being her grandson and son of John clothier Thurso .. Pollie’s Tenement