William Inkson



William Inkson
Bap. 15.12.1779 at Boharm, Moray, Scotland *
Occ. Carpenter/Labourer/Ag Lab
Marr. Elspet Ross 9.8.1812 at Dundurcas, Rothes, Moray

Children

Ann
Isabella
Elspet
Alexander
William


NOTE

Elspet was born c 1792 at Rothes, Moray & died before 1841. She is the probable dau. of Alexr. Ross & Ann Sutherland.

William & dau., Elspet were living at Burn Side, Rothes, Moray in the 1841 census. Both probably died before 1851.

* All I know is William is 'Of' Rothes but the 1841 census simply records 'Scotland' & Elspet as 'Moray, Scotland' so from this we can surmise that he may not have been from Morayshire but infact born 1779 in Boharm, which was situated in Banffshire at the time (SEE below) & the son of Lewis Inkson & Isobel McKeran.

The 1841 census records his b'date as 1786 but because of 'rounding off' it was probably 1780 which again would make the above b'date of 1779 possible. All this of course is NOT fact & my opinion.

However, their marriage entre does say 'both in the town' ?

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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