Nicol Smith (1747 - abt. 1800)

Born 20 May 1747 in Longhoull, Shetland, Scotland

Ancestors

Husband of Katherine (Sinclair) Smith — married 23 Nov 1767 in Dunrossness Parish, Shetland

Descendants

Died about 1800 at about age 52 in Shetland, Scotland

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Note

Used category Brickwall as father is not certain.

Smith:

Biography

• • • I am certain of this man being James father, but uncertain of who Nicol Smith's father was.

Nicol was born in 1747. Nicol Smith married Catherine Sinclair 23 Nov 1767, shown in Dunrossness Parish & also in Sandwick & Cunningsburgh Parish, Shetland. Note it was usual in Scotland at that time to show the Parish of the groom & the Parish of the bride. This is why so often the marriage dates differ at this time - with one showing one month & the other showing another month. Guess it depended on when the other chap got time to note it down. ^[1]

• • • Note: from Tony Gott - "I have been working with a researcher on the population of Shetland, along with the births each year from when records started. In 1851 there were 682 births in the parish records, for a population of about 30,000 people. In 1750, if we assume a reduced population of 25,000 then you would expect that there would be about 568 births.

The actual number noted in the parish records was 145. Therefore only 1 in 4 births appeared in the parish records. It is most likely that Catherine was one of the 3 out the 4 who was not recorded."

Sources

• • • See picture showing parents of James Smith which are Nicol Smith and Katherine Sinclair.

http://www.zipworld.com.au/~lnbdds/home/smythindex.htm

Family data is taken from Family Search, IGI records but believe I have the actual birth record for Laurence, his son which came from Scotlands.People site

Nicol Smith mentioned in the record of Nicol Smith and Katharine Sinclair Name: Nicol Smith Spouse's Name: Katharine Sinclair Event Date: 23 Nov 1767 Event Place: Dunrossness,Shetland,Scotland Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M11003-2 , System Origin: Scotland-ODM , GS Film number: 919487 Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910

"Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910," index, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XY7S-34D : accessed 6 February 2015), Nicol Smith and Katharine Sinclair, 23 Nov 1767; citing Dunrossness,Shetland,Scotland, reference ; FHL microfilm 919,487.

1. ↑ Entered by E. Lauraine Syrnick, Jun 12, 2013

https://archive.org/stream/TheCountyFamiliesOfTheShetlandIslands/The%20County%20Families%20of%20the%20Shetland%20Islands_djvu.txt

onsofvikings.com/blogs/history/vikings-in-scotland vickinganswerlady.com

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to John Jamieson for creating WikiTree profile Smith-39945 through the import of JohnJamieson.ged on Apr 5, 2013.
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