Person:Margaret Scott (94)
Margaret Scott
b.Bet 1776 and 1777 Great Whittington, Northumberland, England
d.29 Jul 1870 Bethel, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
Parents and Siblings
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m. Abt 1776
  1. Margaret ScottBet 1776 & 1777 - 1870
  2. Mary Scott1779 -
  3. William Scott1782 -
  4. John Scott1784 -
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John ThompsonBet 1768 & 1779 - 1859
  • W.  Margaret ScottBet 1776 & 1777 - 1870
m. 4 Jul 1801
  1. Mary Thompson1803 - 1886
  2. Margaret Thompson1805 - 1884
  3. Nancy Thompson1807 - Aft 1881
  4. John Thompson1811 - 1877
  5. Ruth Thompson1814 - 1896
  6. William Thompson1815 - 1891
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Facts and Events
Name Margaret Scott
Married Name[6][7] Margaret Barber Thompson
Gender Female
Birth? Bet 1776 and 1777 Great Whittington, Northumberland, England
Christening[5] 5 Mar 1777 Halton, Northumberland, England
Marriage 4 Jul 1801 Corbridge, Northumberland, Englandto John Thompson
Census[2] 1861 Sophiasburgh, Prince Edward, Ontario, CanadaListed with daughter and son-in-law's family, the Mordens, but residence is given as outside city limits, so presumably just visiting.
Death[3][4] 29 Jul 1870 Bethel, Prince Edward, Ontario, Canada
Burial[3][4] Abt 31 Jul 1870 Bethel Doxsee Cemetery, Bethel, Prince Edward, Ontario, CanadaJohn Thompson family plot: Middle Range, Row 4
DNA[1][8] 2013 Inferred mtDNA haplotype of J1c3a2 (exact match)

Definitely Margaret Scott who married one John Thompson 4 July 1801 in Corbridge, Northumberland, England. Her daughter Margaret named one of her sons Scott (and the preceding son had been named Thompson, their surname was Morden) and her daughter Nancy did the same (Thompson Smith and then William Scott Smith, commonly called Scott Smith). Another unique name that shows up as a forename or middle name in the descendants of her children with John is "Moray."

References
  1. ↑ 23andMe. 23andMe. Maternal Line: J1c3a. (23andMe).
  2. ↑ Canada. 1861 Census of Canada. (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada: Library and Archives Canada).
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Ron et al. CemSearch.

    Databased transcription by S. Terry. Age at death: 93. Plot location not included (inferred from cemetery plan).

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Ontario Cemetery Finding Aid - OCFA.
  5. ↑ England. Births and Christenings, 1538-1975. (FamilySearch, Ancestry.com, Findmypast).

    index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NRM7-6L4 : accessed 04 Aug 2014), Margaret Scott, 05 Mar 1777; citing HALTON,NORTHUMBERLAND,ENGLAND, reference ; FHL microfilm 0962713 IT 4.

  6. ↑ Burr, Ross; Allene Werden Burr; and Wesley Kenton Burr. Historical sketches of Prince Edward County. (Picton, Ontario: Picton Gazette Publishing, c1974).

    The identification of Margaret Thompson, wife of John Thompson, as Margaret Barber Thompson, occurs on page 250 of Burr's book ("John also settled on Big Island. His wife was Mary Thompson, daughter of John Thompson and Margaret Barber Thompson"). This is a one-chapter, three-page reminiscence of the Moran family (Mary's daughter Mary married John Moran) signed "Dr. W. K. Burr, 1925". Mary Barber has been identified as the mother of Margaret Scott and it must be assumed that Burr or the person he heard this information from had incorrectly merged the two generations over the preceding 100 years or that Margaret used her mother's maiden name as a middle name during her lifetime.

  7. ↑ Mary Barber was Margaret Scott's mother, either later histories merged the two generations and record John Thompson's wife as "Margaret Barber" or she went by Margaret Barber Thompson (Scott) during her lifetime.
  8. ↑ Greater specificity of mtDNA results obtained by running 23andme v3 mitochondrial DNA data through James Lick's mthap version 0.20beta24.
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