Harrower Family Tree » William Leitch (1797-????)

Personal data William Leitch 

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  • He was born on March 11, 1797 in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 1
    1797 LEITCH, WILLIAM (Other Church Registers Baptisms CH3/568/17 1003 DUNFERMLINE ASSOCIATE) Page 1003 of 1128
  • He was baptized on March 12, 1797.Sources 1, 2
    1797 LEITCH, WILLIAM (Other Church Registers Baptisms CH3/568/17 1003 DUNFERMLINE ASSOCIATE) Page 1003 of 1128/Dunfermline Associate Session, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
  • (Witness at Baptism) on March 12, 1797: William & Henry Beveridge Hallbeath. 1797 LEITCH, WILLIAM (Other Church Registers Baptisms CH3/568/17 1003 DUNFERMLINE ASSOCIATE) Page 1003 of 1128/Dunfermline Associate Session, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland.Source 2
  • A child of Andrew Leitch and Janet Beveridge

Household of William Leitch


Notes about William Leitch

1. 1797 LEITCH, WILLIAM (Other Church Registers Baptisms CH3/568/17 1003 DUNFERMLINE ASSOCIATE) Page 1003 of 1128

2. LDS Info. Batch No. C392712 Christened 12 March 1797 Dunfermline Associate Session, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland

3. http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,282233.0.html
The reference to your ancestors being baptized before the Associate Congregation means that the parents had left the established Church of Scotland and joined a group known collectively as the Associate Synod - the local church would be called an Associate Congregation. This process of leaving the Church of Scotland began in 1733 and Dunfermline was one of the main centres of what is often called the Original Secession. The reason for the split was the imposition of patronage by the government in Westminster - they gave a patron, often a local landowner, the right to select the parish minister and the people who left the Church of Scotland felt strongly that the local congregation ought to be allowed to choose the minister. You ancestors presumably felt strongly about this subject and would have been willing to face the financial implications of their decision as the congregations of the new church had to find the money to pay their minister.
Despite having left the Church of Scotland, these people would sometimes arrange to have their baptisms entered in the parish records kept by the established church - sometimes they did not!

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Ancestors (and descendant) of William Leitch

Andrew Leitch
± 1768-????
Janet Beveridge
± 1767-????

William Leitch
1797-????


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  1. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1797 Record for William Leitch Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Name: William Leitch
    Gender: Male
    Birth Date: 11 Mar 1797
    Baptism Date: 12 Mar 1797
    Baptism Place: Dunfermline Associate Session, Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland
    Father: Andrew Leitch
    Mother: Janet Beveridge
    FHL Film Number: 0889488
    Reference ID: 2:39G2HMX
  2. Scotlands People - Other Church Records, 1797 LEITCH, WILLIAM (Other Church Registers Baptisms CH3/568/17 1003 DUNFERMLINE ASSOCIATE)
    1797 LEITCH, WILLIAM (Other Church Registers Baptisms CH3/568/17 1003 DUNFERMLINE ASSOCIATE)
    Baptisms 1797.
    Andrew Leitch coalhewer Hallbeath and his wife Janet Beveridge had a son born March 11. Childs name William.
    When and by whom baptized:
    March12 Mr F A McFarlane.
    Witness names:
    William & Henry Beveridge Hallbeath

Historical events

Birthday March 11, 1797

  • The temperature on March 11, 1797 was about 1.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1797: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 4 » The Riobamba earthquake strikes Ecuador, causing up to 40,000 casualties.
    • February 14 » French Revolutionary Wars: Battle of Cape St. Vincent: John Jervis, (later 1st Earl of St Vincent) and Horatio Nelson (later 1st Viscount Nelson) lead the British Royal Navy to victory over a Spanish fleet in action near Gibraltar.
    • February 22 » The last Invasion of Britain begins near Fishguard, Wales.
    • April 17 » Citizens of Verona begin an unsuccessful eight-day rebellion against the French occupying forces.
    • July 22 » Battle of Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Battle between Spanish and British naval forces during the French Revolutionary Wars. During the Battle, Rear-Admiral Nelson is wounded in the arm and the arm had to be partially amputated.
    • October 18 » Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria

Christening day March 12, 1797

  • The temperature on March 12, 1797 was about 5.0 °C. Wind direction mainly east-northeast. Weather type: helder winderig. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1797: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 13 » French Revolutionary Wars: A naval battle between a French ship of the line and two British frigates off the coast of Brittany ends with the French vessel running aground, resulting in over 900 deaths.
    • February 18 » French Revolutionary Wars: Sir Ralph Abercromby and a fleet of 18 British warships invade Trinidad.
    • March 16 » French Revolutionary Wars: An Austrian column is defeated by the French in the Battle of Valvasone.
    • May 12 » War of the First Coalition: Napoleon I of France conquers Venice.
    • October 18 » Treaty of Campo Formio is signed between France and Austria
    • November 16 » The Prussian heir apparent, Frederick William, becomes King of Prussia as Frederick William III.


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