Re: Mathew Clydesdale
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Re: Mathew Clydesdale
David A Stevenson 9/02/08
DAVID,
THE SCOTTISH TRADITION FOR NAMES RUNS THROUGH A FAMILY LINE. I DON'T SEE A MATTHEW IN THE LINE OF JOHN CLYDESDALE AND JANET LINSEY.I WOULD HAVE TO ASSUME THAT ANY MISSING CHILDREN IN THE AREA BETWEEN CHILDREN WOULD HAVE BEEN NAMES LIKE ALEXANDER(JANET'S FATHER), ISOBEL(JOHN'S MOTHER),GEORGE(JOHN'S OLDEST BROTHER OR GRANDFATHER).I SEE NO MATTHEW IN PRIOR GENERATIONS. THE OTHER LINE COMMING FROM RICHARD I SEE MATTHEWS IN EVERY GENERATION. I HAVE NOT SPENT A LOT OF TIME ON THE CHILDREN OF MATTHEW CLYDESDALE AND AGNES DAVIDSON BUT WILL IF NEEDED TO PROVE MY POINT.I HAVE THEIR 5 CHILDREN AND KNOW THAT THE FIRST WAS MATTHEW. I ALSO KNOW THAT THEIR DAUGHTER JANET MARRIED CHARLES GRIFFIN AT NEW MONKLAND AND HER SECOND BORN WAS MATTHEW BORN APRIL 22, 1864. THE NAME MATTHEW RUNS IN THEIR LINE.I BELIEVE THAT YOU ALSO HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIRTH ORDER NAMING OF CHILDREN IN SCOTLAND.JOHN AND JANET CLYDESDALE LINE FOLLOWED IT EVEN DOWN TO MY GRANDFATHER'S GENERATION. I BELIEVE IT IS MORE LOGICAL TO BELIEVE THAT MATTHEW CLYDESDALE CAME FROM MATTHEW AND MARION JARVIE AND THATFOLLOWING THE LINE DOWN AND BACK REINFORCES MY STATEMENT. TERRY
PS, I WOULD BE GLAD TO FINISH THE CHILDREN ON MATTHEW CLYDESDALE AND AGNES DAVIDSON OR TRACK DOWN THE CHILDREN OF PREVIOUS GENERATIONS BUT BASED MY MY FAMILY LINE I CAN'T SEE A CONNECTION AND A HANGING WOULD HAVE BEEN PASSED DOWN THROUGH FAMILY MEMBERS. TERRY