{"id":357,"date":"2020-07-09T15:55:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-09T14:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/?page_id=357"},"modified":"2024-01-31T11:44:18","modified_gmt":"2024-01-31T11:44:18","slug":"william-semple-agnes-tennant","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.halmyre.co.uk\/blog\/william-semple-agnes-tennant\/","title":{"rendered":"William Semple – Agnes Tennant"},"content":{"rendered":"
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William Semple<\/strong> and Agnes Tennant<\/strong>‘s parents and places and dates of birth are unknown.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

William and Agnes were proclaimed for marriage in Avondale, Lanarkshire on 13 March 1768.1<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1768 Marriages, 621 (Avondale), 10\/268<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Some of William and Agnes’s children are recorded as being born to William Semple and ANN Tennant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CHILDREN<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Janet Semple<\/strong>, born in Glassford, Lanarkshire c.1780.2<\/a><\/sup>Year and place of birth calculated from census returns<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n

Janet married John Hamilton<\/a> (b. Hamilton, Lanarkshire c.1781), son of Thomas Hamilton and Margaret Black<\/a>.3<\/a><\/sup>Taken from John’s death certificate<\/span> They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Hamilton on 26 April 1812.4<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1812 Marriages, 647 (Hamilton), 30\/492<\/span><\/p>\n

Janet and John are at Knowetop Farm, Hamilton, Lanarkshire on the 1841 Census5<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1841 Census, 647\/21\/9<\/span> and in Meikle Earnock, Hamilton on the 1851 Census.6<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, 1851 Census, 647\/7\/4<\/span><\/p>\n

Janet7<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1857 Deaths, 647\/290<\/span> and John8<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1857 Deaths, 647\/???<\/span> died within a few hours of each other in Meikle Earnock on 3 March 1857, age 77 and 76 respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n

James Semple<\/strong>, born at Greenridge (Greenrigg) Farm, Lesmahagow, Lanarkshire on 5 October 1783.9<\/a><\/sup>National Records of Scotland, Old Parish Records, 1783 Births, 649 (Avondale), 20\/29<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gavin Semple<\/strong>, born in Lesmahgow on 22 September 1784.<\/p>\n\n\n

Gavin married Margaret Reid, daughter of\u00a0Robert Reid and Jean Hamilton<\/a>. They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Avondale, Lanarkshire on 14 January 1809.<\/p>\n

Gavin and Margaret are at West Drumloch Farm, Glassford on the 1841 and 1851 Census.<\/p>\n

Gavin died in Glassford in 1857.<\/p>\n

Margaret died at West Drumloch Farm on 15 February 1873, age 84.<\/p>\n\n\n

REFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n