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William (Traill) Traill Ist of Westness (abt. 1651 - 1705)

William Traill Ist of Westness formerly Traill
Born about in Rousay, Orkney, Scotlandmap
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Brother of , , and
Husband of — married 15 Nov 1679 in North Ronaldsay, Orkney, Scotlandmap
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Father of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 54 in Rousay, Orkney, Scotlandmap
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Biography

William Traill, 1st of Westness, was born about 1651,[1] son of James Traill of Westove and his wife Jean Cok.[2]

He married Barbara, eldest daughter of George Balfour of Pharay[3] (marriage contract 15 Nov 1679).[2] Their children were:[1]

  1. James Traill, b. 1680;[4] died young
  2. George Traill, 2nd of Westness, b. abt. 1681; married Margaret Ballenden
  3. William Traill, b. abt. 1682; married Isabel Fea
  4. James Traill, 1st of Woodwick, b. 1683;[5] married Margaret Traill but his children all died young
  5. Patrick Traill, b. 1690;[6] died without issue
  6. Marjorie Traill, b. 1691;[7] married Charles Stewart; their family emigrated to Virginia where he became Receiver General of Customs in British North America
  7. Isabel Traill, b. 1692;[8] married James Covingtrie, Surveyor of Customs at Caithness
  8. John Traill, b. 1694;[9] immigrated to America and became a prosperous merchant in Boston; married Mary Gale but died without children
  9. David Traill, b. abt. 1696

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Ritchie, Elsie. A Collected History of the Traill/Trail Family, 2nd Ed. Australia: privately printed, 2010. Pages 306-307.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 William Traill of Woodwick, MD, A Genealogical Account of the Traills of Orkney. Kirkwall, Orkney: J. Calder, 1883. Page 73.
  3. ↑ John Burke, Esq., A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. III, London: Henry Colburn, 1836. Page 136.
  4. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18Z-57Z : 12 February 2020), James Traill, 1680.
  5. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18Z-576 : 12 February 2020), James Trail, 1683.
  6. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18Z-LHK : 12 February 2020), William Traill in entry for Patrick Traill, 1690.
  7. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18H-ZWB : 12 February 2020), William Traill in entry for Marjorie Traill, 1691.
  8. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", , FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18C-QMX : 12 February 2020), William Traill in entry for Isobell Traill, 1692.
  9. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X18D-QQ3 : 12 February 2020), William Traill in entry for John Traill, 1694.

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Heddle-102 Robert Heddle
Trail-126 and Traill-230 appear to represent the same person because: Merging this into Traill-230 because multiple sources describe this line as “Traill” with two L’s. So merging in this direction will set the LNAB correctly.
posted by Robert Heddle

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