Unsure whether her mother is Margaret Catto, Isobel Miln or Elizabeth Mundy

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So unfortuneatley [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYFK-DQF this birth certificate] lists only her father, [[Kemp-2230|John Kemp]], as do those of her siblings [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYFK-HM4 Elisabeth] and [https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYF2-44L Alexander.] It's a good bet that a John Kemp married in Turriff some years earlier would be the same John Kemp, there appear to be three of these:

*[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJP-NJS John Kemp marries Margaret Catto in Turriff, 1740]

*[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJP-NN5 John Kemp marries Isobel Miln in Turriff, 1746]

*[https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJP-NNG John Kemp marries Elizabeth Mundy in Turriff, 1749]

Is it possible that these are all the same John Kemp, who had two failed marriages before marrying Elizabeth? Given the names of the children and the birth date of the first born, Elizabeth would be the most likely mother, but I would like to have a little more certainty as to whether these are all the same John. If he divorced Margaret and Isobel, would this be recorded somewhere? Also, why would it be that the birth certificates for each of the three children list only the father? I'm quite new to all this so I'm not sure if I've exhausted the evidence available online. Thanks for any help!

Edit: Also, 'Mundy' may be spelled 'Mundie'. There is a record of a marriage in Turriff between an Elizabeth Mundie and a James Willox in 1742 here https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTJP-1WT , this could also be another failed marriage before her and John got together?
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in Genealogy Help by C Benzie G2G Crew (830 points)
edited by C Benzie

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This isn't much help, but I think the death of a wife might be more likely than a failed marriage.  Have you searched for record of the death of Margaret or Isobel?  And perhaps James Wilcox might be found in death records.

I have several cases like this among ancestors, men with several wives in fairly rapid succession.  Sometimes there is a reference to the death of the earlier wife.  I have two wives who died in childbrith and the husbands remarried very soon, probably because of the children.  All sorts of interesting things as you look around.

It looks like you are doing a lot of investigating, keep it up.
by Kristina Adams G2G6 Pilot (340k points)

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