John Spink (1746 - abt. 1825)

Born 1746 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

Descendants

Died about 1825 at about age 79 in St Vigeans, Angus, Scotland

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Biography

John was born in 1746 at the fishing village of Auchmithie, third son to fisherman James Spink and his wife Margaret Cargill. He was baptised on 26 May 1746. ^[1]

John grew up in Auchmithie and followed the family tradition as a fisherman.

On 12 November 1773 when aged 27 he married Janet Swankie , five years his junior, daughter to a local fisherman, David Swankie.^[2]

John Spink and Janet Swankie had six daughter and three sons:

• Agnes b. 1775 mar. David Cargill
• John b. 1777 drown off Auchmithie 25 May 1821
• Jean b. 1779
• Elizabeth b. circa 1782 died infancy.
• Mary b. Mary 1785 died infancy
• James b. 1787 d. 27 Apr. 1793 aged 6
• Margaret b. 1781 mar. David Beattie
• David b. 1790 mar. Campbell Swankie
• Helen b. 1795 mar. William Swankie

John Spink was a mariner/fisherman sailing for Auchmithie all his life. In 1805, he erected with his wife Janet Swankie a gravestone in memory of their three deceased children and naming their six surviving children. This gravestone bears a fine image of a fishing boat and anchor beside two fish and a brief poem.

It is not discovered when John died.

Sources

1. ↑ St Vigeans OPR 319
2. ↑ St Vigeans OPR 319