Katherine (Walker) Carnegie (1733 - 1790)

Born 1733 in St Fort, Fifeshire, Scotland

Ancestors

Wife of John Carnegie — married 1760 in St Fillans, Forgan, St. Fort, Fifeshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 25 Nov 1790 at about age 57 in Inverkeilor, Angus, Scotland

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Biography

The Revd. John Carnegie married Katharine Walker, daughter of Alexander Walker, of St. Fort, near Dundee - a family represented now by Mr. Walker, of Bowland. The marriage took place at St. Fort, in 1760.[5] She was born around 1733.^[1][2]

Catherine married John Carnegie, Minister of Inverkeilor parish in Angus, on 11 November 1760; their banns having been published in Forgan parish, Fife, on 28 October 1760.^{[1] [3]}

Katherine died on 25 November 1790, presumably in Inverkeilor, Angus, aged 57.^[1][2]

Katherine and John had ten children, all born in Inverkeillor:^[1]

1. Isabella Carnegie (b 29 Oct 1761)
2. Rev. Alexander Carnegie (b 19 Dec 1762)
3. George Carnegie (b 26 Feb 1764)
4. Ann Carnegie (b 25 Dec 1765)
5. David Carnegie (b 8 Sep 1767)
6. Thomas Carnegie (b 9 Jan 1770)
7. James Carnegie (b 2 Nov 1771)
8. John Carnegie (b 31 Mar 1774)
9. George Carnegie (b 11 Sep 1776)
10. William Carnegie (b 17 Apr 1778)

Notes

Not only was Alexander Carnegie Kirk a son of the manse, but, on his mother's side, he descended from a levitical family. His great-grandfather, John Carnegie, was for half-a-century parish minister of Inverkeilor. John Carnegie's wife, Catherine, was the youngest daughter of William Walker, minister of Collessie, in Fife, third son of Alexander Walker, third baron of St Fort. According to Douglas, there were free barons of the surname of Walker settled in the county of Fife upwards of three hundred and fifty years ago. From one of these, Catherine or Katherine Walker, the wife of John Carnegie, traced her descent. Two of her uncles were related by marriage, the one to the Earl of Lauderdale and the other to the Earl of Leven. It may also be locally interesting to mention in passing that Helen Walker, grand-aunt of Catherine Walker, married Alexander Pearson of Clow, whose family connection with Arbroath has already been referred to. John Carnegie, who died in 1805, was succeeded as incumbent of Inverkeilor by his son Alexander, the grandfather of Alexander Carnegie Kirk. Alexander Carnegie married a daughter of Adam Skirving, the author of the well-known song " Johnnie Cope," and other lyric poems. Skirving was a wealthy farmer, having long held a lease of Garleton, near Haddington. Handsome in person, of robust constitution, he was foremost in every manly sport. He was also recognised as a man of vigorous intellect, of ready wit, and of a genial and happy temperament. He died in April, 1803, in his eighty-fourth year, and was buried in the Parish Church of Athelstaneford, where a metrical epitaph, in the fashion of the period, records his merits. ^[4]

GEORGE FULLERTON CARNEGIE
THE REV^D ALEXANDER CARNEGIE
The lands of Pittarrow then fell to his son, George Fullerton Carnegie, who, besides the heritage, succeeded to very ample means ; but he seems to have been a man of generous disposition, not to say open-handed and extravagant, with the result that he had again to part with his possessions. The estates were sold, and the first part that came into the market was Redhall. It was purchased in 1825 by the Revd. Alexander Carnegie, minister of Inverkeillor in Forfarshire, who was also proprietor of Baldovie in the same county. His father (the Revd. John Carnegie) had also been minister of the parish of Inverkeillor for half a century (1755-1805). His father's brother was David Carnegie. They were the sons of John Carnegie, farmer in Ferrygate, who was descended from a family who, for generations in succession during the seventeenth century, were tenants on Mill of Conveth. They were probably relatives of the Pittarrow family. There is evidence, at least, that a close friendship subsisted betwixt them, and John Carnegie, who was tenant in 1698, was factor on the Pittarrow estate (vide "Fraser's History of Laurencekirk ").
David, the younger of the two brothers above-named, went to India about the middle of last century in the Honourable East India Company's service. He remained abroad for the long period of forty years. For the greater part of the time he acted as a Judge; but for a brief space before his return he had filled the position of Deputy-Governor of Bombay. He returned home about 1790, and died a few years thereafter, unmarried, leaving a large fortune to his brother, the Revd. John Carnegie, who in turn left it equally divided among his sons. The latter gentleman married Katharine Walker, daughter of Alexander Walker, of St. Fort, near Dundee - a family represented now by Mr. Walker, of Bowland. The marriage took place at St. Fort, in 1760.^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Fasti ecclesiae scoticanae; Vol 5; p 440; https://archive.org/details/fastiecclesiaesc05scot/page/440/mode/2up
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Epitaphs & inscriptions from burial grounds & old buildings in the north-east of Scotland; Andrew Jervise; Edinburgh; 1875; p 325; https://archive.org/details/epitaphsinscript00jerv/page/324/mode/2up
3. ↑ OPR Marriage indexes; WALKER, KATHARINE; JOHON CARNEGIE/; 28/10/1760; 431/ 10 240; Forgan; from www.scotlandspeople.gov.uk
4. ↑ Eminent Arbroathians; J M M'Bain; Arbroath; 1897; p 408; https://archive.org/details/eminentarbroathi1897mbai/page/408/mode/2up
5. ↑ The Parish of Fordoun: Chapters in Its History; Charles A Mollyson; Aberdeen; 1893; pp 229-230; https://archive.org/details/parishfordounch00mollgoog/page/n273/mode/2up

Acknowledgements

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• "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XYVL-S41 : 10 February 2018), Katharine Walker, 12 Jun 1733; citing , reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,384.