Lewis Inkson



Lewis Inkson
Born c 1725 Of Boharm, Moray, Scotland
Occ. Farmer
Marr. Elspet Reid c 1745 at Boharm, Moray


Children

Thomas
Thomas#2
Alexander
Lewis
James *


NOTE

Thomas died in infancy & was buried 17th Feb. 1746 at Boharm.

Lewis was probably a close Cousin of Thomas Inkson, of Aberlour, Moray. Lewis had his family in Boharm which was less than 5 miles away from Rothes & about 5 miles away from Aberlour.

So with the communities of Rothes, Boharm & Aberlour being so close & with a surname being quite unusual you have to surmise they are all related in some way.

* James I know was from Boharm as he had a son, James Inkson bap. in Keith & it says "... James Inkson in Boharm.. etc" & this was the only Inkson family in Boharm so he must have been Lewis & Elspet's son. But due to lack of evidence in the bap. records I cannot guarentee this.

The said bap. record can be seen here.

There was, anciently, a parish called Dundurcas, which lay on either side of the River Spey. In 1788, it was "suppressed", and that part of its territory which lay on the east bank of the River Spey was divided between the parishes of Boharm and Rothes. The major part, which was deemed to lie in the county of Moray, was transferred to Boharm. On 15th May 1891, this area was transferred to Banffshire.

The implications of this anomaly vary for different archives, and different periods of time. Despite the clarity of the relevant facts, there is a degree of uncertainty on the part of some authorities as to which county the parish belongs to. The whole of the more recent OPRs, and the civil records of Births, Deaths and Marriages for the parish of Boharm are now catalogued under Banffshire - but with serial numbers which imply that they ought to be in Moray. If you can trace ancestors in the affected area back before 1788, then they are likely to be found in the OPRs for the parish of Rothes, Moray, which fell heir to the records for the suppressed parish of Dundurcas. People in the "ex-Dundurcas" part of Boharm appear to have continued burying their dead in the old kirkyard of Dundurcas (which now lies in the Moray parish of Rothes) until well into the 19th century.

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