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#M32 MCNABB, John II and #M33 DRYSDALE, Jane

John McNabb II

Born: 13 Oct 1768 St. Ninians, Stirling, Scotland
Died: 1819 Tullibody, Clackmannanshire, Scotland

Father: John McNabb I #M64 (21 Jul 1734-?)
Mother: Jennet Brown #M65 (6 Aug 1737-?)

Married: 9 Dec 1798 St. Logie, Perth, Scotland. They had six children.

Jane Drysdale

Christened: 10 Nov 1765 Alva, Stirling, Scotland
Died: 1 May 1809 Menstrie, Scotland

Father: John Drysdale #M66 (chr 14 Feb 1731-?)
Mother: Jean Young #M67 (chr 20 Nov 1726-?)

Children:
1. Jean Helen MCNABB (chr 27 Jan 1800-abt 1860), m Peter Masterton.
2. Hellen MCNABB (24 Jul 1802-?)
3. Margaret MCNABB (chr 11 Nov 1804-?)
4. Jane MCNABB (abt 1805-1865), m John Anderson.
5. Anne MCNAB (chr 9 Mar 1807-?)
*6. John MCNABB III #M16 (3 Feb 1809-4 Oct 1892), m 22 Sep 1842 Margaret Morrison          #M17.
* indicates direct line to Frances Mildred McNabb

   John McNabb II lived in Menstrie, Scotland. John owned three houses, all in Menstrie, but sold two. The other was left to his only son John III. He visited very often a friend Mr. Montieth in Menstrie. No recollection what he worked at except that one day he worked at breaking stone a mile away.

    Jane Drysdale. All we know about her is that she died when her youngest child, John McNabb  III, was about five months old.

SOURCES:
    1. For John McNabb II: Family History Library Microfiche #6902158 (baptisms 1643-1854.) Christening: Scottish Church Records. Marriage: FHL Microfiche #6902159 (marriages 1643-1866 and Scottish Church Records Film #1040124.) Death: Tracings. Tracings is also the source of the biography above.
    2. For Jane Drysdale: Tracings says that Jane died about 1 May 1809 when her son John was about five months old. James McNabb Bumgarner gives a birth date of 1780 with the death date of 1 May 1809. Christening: Scottish Church Records Film #1041970, Frame 207, date 10 Nov 1765.
    3. For Jean Helen McNabb: Scottish Church Records. Tracings gives marriage and death information as follows: "Helen married Peter Masterton and raised a small family. She died at about 60 years of age." In James McNabb Bumgarner records as Helen.
    4. For Hellen McNabb: Birth: Scottish Church Records. Tracings mentions a Helen, but could be Jean Helen.
    5. For Margaret McNab: Scottish Church Records gives birthdate in film 1040124. Tracings says that Margaret, unmarried, came to Nova Scotia and returned in 1861. In James McNabb Bumgarner records.
    6. For Jane McNabb: Tracings says that Jane married John Anderson, lived in Scotland and died near Camelon, Scotland, leaving a family of five children, aged about 60.In James McNabb Bumgarner records.
    7. For Anne McNab: James McNabb Bumgarner family reccords she is called Annie.
    8. For John McNabb III. See his biography.

 

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