James Reid1

#8331, (c 1717 - 1797)

Life Events

BirthJames Reid was born circa 1717.1
 
MarriageHe married Isabella Finlayson.1
 
DeathJames died on 27 May 1797.1
 
GravestoneTheir gravestone is a table stone with a share & coulter in Ardoch Cemetery, Muthill, Perthshire.1 
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
JAMES REID
LATE TENANT IN W. FEDDAL
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE
27 MAY 1797
AGED 79 YEARS

AND THE BODY OF
ISABELLA FINLAYSON
HIS SPOUSE
WHO DEPARTED THIS
?EARTH? AUG 16th 1790 [or 1800]
AGED 70 YEARS.
 
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 Edited18 Feb 2014

Citations

  1. [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.