William Reid1

#2946, (c 1723 - 1800)
Extended Family
ChartsWilliam Reid & Lilias Sharp - collapsible 5-generation descendant chart
Ancestors of James Stirling Kinross

Children of William Reid

Children of William Reid and Lilias Sharp

Life Events

BirthWilliam Reid was born circa 1723.2
 
MarriageHe married Lilias Sharp.3,2
 
Research Note Lilias Sharp was is identified as William Reid's wife on their gravestone. Unfortunately, the Dunblane marriage records are missing for the period in which they likely married. There is quite a gap in William's children and Lilias was about 13 years younger than William; perhaps a second marriage for him. 
Note.Witnesses for his sons' baptisms were Alexr and William Reids (1757), James and Alexander Reids yr [there, i.e. Wester Feaddles] (1759), James & Alexr Reid (1769).1 
DeathWilliam died on 6 Oct 1800.2
 
BurialHe was buried in Ardoch, Muthill, Perthshire.2 
GravestoneTheir gravestone is a table stone with a share & coulter in Ardoch Cemetery, Muthill, Perthshire.2
William Reid & Lily Sharp
James Reid & Isabella Finlayson
Ardoch, Perthshire
Research Note In 2013, Colin Bendall visited the cemetery, photographing and transcribing the inscriptions. Much detail had weathered since the Mitchell's transcriptions in 1975. Combining the two yields:

HERE LIES THE BODY OF
LILY SHARP
WIFE OF WM REID
TENANT IN WESTER FEDDAL
DEPARTED THIS .....
DECr 7th 1792
...... ...... ...... 56 YEARS

AND THE BODY OF
WILLIAM REID HER
HUSBAND
WHO DEPARTED THIS
EARTH OCTr 6TH 1800
AGED 77 YEARS

AND JAMES REID THEIR SON
WHO DIED AT WESTER FEDDAL
MARCH 16th 1848
AGED 78 YEARS.
 
Research Note "Tenant" means tenant farmer. 
Research NoteIdentical stones for James Reid (c1718-1797) and William Reid (c1723-1800) are next to one another in the cemetery. They both farmed in Wester Feddal. Were they brothers? It is likely.
One possibility for William's origin: There was a baptism for William, son of John in Whittetstown (still in the parish of Dunblane), in 1723. However a Feddal origin seems more likely as Reids were tenants there long before his birth.
There was a baptism for James, son of Alexander in Wester Feddal, in 1717. The date fits this James.
After James, there are baptisms for other children of Alexander in Wester Feddal in 1726, 1729, 1733 and 1735. Obviously there is space for a William born c1723.
Gaps and lack of mother's names in the baptism registers make it difficult to draw conclusions at this point. 
Last Edited16 Dec 2014

Citations

  1. [S161] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Dunblane, Perthshire, 1653-1859 (Family History Library, 1040065 & 1040066).
  2. [S432] John Fowler Mitchell and Sheila Mitchell, compilers, Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) in South Perthshire (n.p.: Scottish Genealogy Society, 1975), FHL film #962930; does not contain full text of inscriptions.
  3. [S216] Scotland Death Register. John Reid, #1855/348/21.