Margaret (Bonthron) Westwater (1741 - abt. 1830)

Born 1741 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Wife of David Westwater — married 23 May 1767 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1830 at about age 89 in Scotland

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Biography

Margaret (Bonthron) Westwater was born in Scotland.

Margaret Bonthron was born in 1741 in Dysart, Fife, Scotland to William Bonthron and Margaret Dobie. She was christened on 2 August 1741 in Dysart.^[1]

Margaret married David Westwater on 23 May 1767 at Dysart, Fife.^[2]

David and Margaret had at least seven children:

1. Margaret Westwater m William Gunn
2. Euphan (Euphemia) Westwater m Andrew Watson
3. Isobel Westwater m Peter Brown
4. Robert Westwater
5. Johanna Westwater
6. Robert Westwater
7. Elizabeth Westwater

All of their children were born in Edinburgh.

Her husband David was a baker in Simon Square, Edinburgh.^[3][4]

In 1786, Margaret was left an inheritance from her Uncle Alexander Dobie:

DOBIE, ALEXANDER: tailor in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, now residing in Dysart; Disp in favour of nephew, James Dobie, brewer in Dysart, + legacies to nephew & niece: William Bonthrone, weaver i Dysart, and Mgt Bonthrone (spouse of David Westwater, baker in Edinburgh), children of William Bonthrone, weaver in Dysart, and his sister, Mgt Dobie; 21 Nov 1786 [SC20/36/14]^[4]

Margaret Westwater most likely died in Edinburgh, Midlothian or Dysart, Fife, Scotland.

Sources

1. ↑ "Scotland Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XBFH-W1M : 10 February 2018), Margaret Bonthron, 02 Aug 1741; citing DYSART,FIFE,SCOTLAND, reference , index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,109.
2. ↑ "Scotland Marriages, 1561-1910," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XTPN-7LF : 10 February 2018), David Westwater and Margaret Bonthron, 23 May 1767; citing Dysart,Fife,Scotland, index based upon data collected by the Genealogical Society of Utah, Salt Lake City; FHL microfilm 1,040,195.
3. ↑ Paton, Henry (1905) The Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh, 1595-; p89 Marriage entry for Isobel Westwater and Peter Brown, 1791
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Sheriff Court of Fife Deeds 1715-1809, Fife Family History Society Item [SC20/36/14], Entry for Alexander Dobie, 21 Nov 1786

See also:

• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/9SDC-WR4