James McCormick and Janet Mitchell were my 5th Great-Grandparents. They were married March 12, 1796. Unclear whether the marriage was in Rathillet or Kilmany. Perhaps they lived in the hamlet of Rathillet and were married in Kilmany?
Rathillet, Fife
Small, rural hamlet five miles from the market town of Cupar. Situated just off the Kirkcaldy to Dundee road.
Parish records (baptisms and marriages) Rathillet 1762-1840
McORMAK (or McOrmie/McOrme/McCormice), JAMES & JANET MITCHEL: Cristian, 1/6 Oct 1799; Janet, -/20 Sep 1801; Alexander, 22/27 Feb 1803; Mgt, 11/14 Apr 1805; Kathron Scoot, 5/8 March 1807; James, 12/23 April 1809; E1isabeth, 25 March/7 April 1811
Excerpts from the 1861 Parochial Directory for Fife and Kinross
Description of the parish of Kilmany, where Janet Mitchell was baptised.
"The lands of Rathillet were the property of the Crown until the reign of Malcolm IV., when, on the marriage of Duncan, Earl of Fife, with Ada, niece of Malcolm, they were conferred upon him by a charter, which is quoted by Sibbald. They afterwards became the property of a family of the name of Hackston or Halkerstone. One of this family was a leading man among the Covenanters, and was present at the death of Archbishop Sharp, on Magus Muir, although he took no part in that deed. He was after-wards taken prisoner at the battle of Bothwell Bridge, and executed at Edinburgh."
Kilmany entry on fife-scotland.blogspot.com with video of Kilmany church
Kilmany church dates from 1768
According to this site, in 1846, Kilmany parish had 659 inhabitants, 58 in Kilmany. Vivid description of the terrain of the parish. Those not involved in agriculture "carry on the pursuit of weaving, at their own homes, for the manufacturers of Dundee and Cupar". "There are three corn-mills, seventeen threshing-mills, and a saw-mill" which uses inferior timber for making barrels to be sent to Leith and other places connected with the herring fishery.
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James McCormick and Janet Mitchell are my 6th great grandparents. Their daughter Eliza had a child named Matilda who immigrated to America with the LDS church. She had a daughter called Sarah. Who had a daughter called MaryAnn, who had a daughter, Cherrill who is my grandmother :)
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ReplyDeleteEliza Mcormick is james and janet's doughter. She married with Thomas Pool and lived in Spain. One of doughter was CONCHA (Jane), matilda's sister. Concha was the grandmother of my grandmother Concha Diaz Olavarría. Im born in Spain and live in San Sebastian.
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