Rachel (Nicol) Mutch (1812 - 1876)

Born 29 Nov 1812 in Kemnay, Scotland, UK

Wife of John Mutch — married 13 Jun 1839 in Old Machar, Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK

Descendants

Died 1876 at about age 63 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga, Ohio, USA

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Biography

"Nov 29th William Nicol mophead and Janet Mitchell his wife had a daur lawfully begotten named Rachel witt Robt Smelie & Willia Christie.."^[1]

There are three entries which all seem to represent her marriage to John Mutch. One of them seems to contradict her father's name as per her birth record.

"John Mutch Blacksmith Blackfriars Street, parish of St. Nicholas & Rachel Nicol Bon-Accord Street in this parish, signified their purposes of marriage, by Wm. Jas Reid, Elder & being thrice proclaimed, they were married on the 13th June 1839 by the Rev'd John Allan Minr. of Union Parish."^[2]

"After due proclamation of banns, John Mutch, Jnm. Blacksmith in Aberdeen was, on the Thirteenth day of June, One Thousand eight hundred and thirty nine Married at Aberdeen to Rachel, daughter of the late John Nicol, Labourer in the Parish of Banchory Devenick _ by the Reverend John Allan, Minister of Union Parish in prescence of these witnesses _ Robert Mutch, and John Mutch - both Blacksmiths in Aberdeen."^[3]

A third is only represented in ScotlandsPeople as an index entry: "NICOL RACHEL JOHN/AUTCH FRMR7-44P98 13/06/1839 168/N 440 0 North Church Aberdeen".

Sufficient evidence, including her siblings' births (James in 1814 and Mary in 1811) convinces us her father's Christian name was William. It seems the marriage itself probably took places at the North Church (which has since been converted the Aberdeen Arts Centre).

The had four children.^[4][5]

Rachel lived in Scotland until at least 1871,^[6] but must have removed not long after to Cleveland, Ohio, United States, where her son William lived, and where she died in 1876.^[7]

Sources

1. ↑ 29/11/1812 NICOL, RATHEL (Old Parish Registers Births 207/ 10 301 Kemnay) Page 301 of 338 (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/2425850?image=301).
2. ↑ 13/06/1839 NICOL, RACHEL (Old Parish Registers Marriages 168/B 170 181 Old Machar) Page 181 of 574 (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/9902125?image=181).
3. ↑ 13/06/1839 NICOL, RACHEL (Old Parish Registers Marriages 168/A 290 343 Aberdeen) Page 343 of 372 (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_opr_records/9902130?image=343).
4. ↑ 1851 Census
5. ↑ Scanned images of 1861 census from ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk, (GROS 168/02 021/00 033, GROS 168/02 021/00 033), accessed 3 Mar 2015 by Daphne Maddox, who retains a PDF copy of it.
6. ↑ 1871 MULCH, RACHEL (Census 168/2 26/ 23) Page 23 of 35 (https://www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk/view-image/nrs_census/14274998?image=23).
7. ↑ "Ohio, County Death Records, 1840-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (1 March 2021), Rachel Mutch, 1876; citing Death, Cuyahoga, Ohio, United States, source ID v 1 p 211, County courthouses, Ohio; FHL microfilm 879,241.