Pinkerton/WALKER connections
My 4th Great Grandad was James Pinkerton, born c 1750 in Ayrshire, possible Irvine. The Pinkerton Clan was not as small as you would at first think. Some of the Pinkerton’s originated from Antrim in Ireland but others in the Borders of Scotland and England. Many of the Pinkerton descendants left for America and Australia.
PINKERTON. From the old barony of the same name near Dunbar, East Lothian. Nicol de Pynkertone of Haddingtonshire rendered homage in 1296 (Bain, II, p. 210). His seal shows a mastiff barking, a rose above, S’ Nicolai de Pincriton (ibid., p. 544). Patrick de Penkerton had protection for a year in England in 1396 (ibid., IV, 484). The name was not uncommon on the West Coast in the sixteenth century and earlier.
Our Branch of The Pinkerton family were from the South West of Scotland, Glasgow, Lanark, Wigtown, Lesmahagow, Kilmarnock and Crawfordjohn in Particular.
We have traced back to 5th Great Grandfather
Robert Pinkerton who was born in Lanarkshire c 1710. Robert married Kathrine Rae on 9th December 1739 in Crawfordjohn in Lanark.
THEIR CHILDREN
BARBARA PINKERTON B1710 Lesmahagow
BETTIE PINKERTON B 1744 in Douglas
JOHN b 1750 in Lanark
and
Our direct line – their son 4th Great Grandfather
James Pinkerton 1751-1822.
This area of Scotland was rich in history COTTONMIhttps://www.historyscotland.com/history/lesmahagow-the-village-that-changed-the-world/
Our direct line – 4th Great Grandparents
James Pinkerton 1751-1822. Birthdate was 7th May 1751 and he was born in Lesmahagow.
He married Agnes Thomson b1750 on 3rd April 1777
THEIR CHILDREN
- Elizabeth Pinkerton born 1777 – no spouse
- James Pinkerton 1778-1860. James married Agnes Patteson on 25th August 1820 in Irvine in Ayrshire, his hometown. They had three children during their marriage. AGNES, ELIZABETH and JAMES. She died on 20th December 1860.
- MARY PINKERTON 1780-1851. DIRECT LINE –
The little Church in Crawfordjohn.
Our direct line – 3rd Great Grandparents
MARY PINKERTON 1780-1851 She married James Walker 1779-1856 in 1800 in Paisley, Renfrewshire. They had nine children in 20 years. She died in 1851 in her hometown at the age of 71. Their offspring now having the Walker surname will switch over to the walker lines now
- This branch of the Walker line came from Paisley, which is a much larger area than the villages from whence the PINKERTON family lived. The Fifth largest town in the area. Famous for its ABBEY and of course for the Mills. Home to the famous Paisley Pattern Materials. Famous for its Threads and Silk for centuries. You would expect the family to have employment in the Mills.
THE WALKER LINE
ELIZABETH WALKER
Baptism Record 3rd great aunt
Elizabeth daughter of James Walker and Elizabeth Pinkerton –
ELIZABETH WALKER [1801-1879] was born on 18th April 1801 in Irvine in Ayrshire. She married in 1821 to William Reid [1792-1851] whose family were also from the same area. William worked as a Hand Loom Weaver in the Cotton and Silk Mills dotted down the River. Children were
- John Reid 1821-1871 married Caroline Fergusson who died in childbirth in 1848 after the birth of their first child. He then married in 1849 Hannah Geddes who was an Irish Girl and they in turn had another seven children. The family lived in the Cumnock and West Lothian area and their sons worked in the Mines.
- William Reid 1823-1836 died age 13
- David Reid 1825-1870 married Martha Brown in 1847 in Dalry Ayrshire. They eventually emigrated to New South Wales to make a go of it there. First two children born in Scotland Elizabeth and Jane. Margaret was born in Richmond, Victoria. These three daughters all married and had large families
- Elizabeth 1847-1913 married a Scotsman who was also from Ayrshire, Archibald Parker. 10 children of whom many died as children or young adults
- Jane 1849-1929. She married William Wells who was an Englishman. They also had a large family of 10 children of whom 8 survived.
- Margaret 1857-1891. She married [1] a Welshman John Hughes, a miner who had emigrated for work. They had three children. After John’s premature death in 1882 she remarried [2] Alfred Blundel in 1893. His family came from Sandhurst in Kent, England. They had two children, one died in infancy.
- James Reid 1827-1861
- Elizabeth Reid 1828-1893
- Jane Reid 1832-1923
- William Reid 1934-1907
These lines are common to many of the descendants of these branches. It is fair to say that from these seeds we find so many budding genealogists. Many left for Australia where their descendants are today. Some, like myself, still in Bonnie Scotland.
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