James Cameron and Mary Peattie

 What happened to James Cameron and Mary Peattie 


It is highly likely we will never know what happened between James Cameron and Mary Peattie. There is much speculation about the couple but no source information. One popular genealogy website1 has countless family trees featuring the couple. Here is what we learn:


Mary Peattie

Date of Birth: April 26, 1723

Birth Place: Fife, Scotland

Parents: James Peattie and Elizabeth Nicholson

Spouse: James Cameron

Marriage Date: Aug 14, 1747

Marriage Date: 1750, Kingussie, Insh, Inverness, Scotland

Death Place: Dysart, Cambria, Pennsylvania, USA


James Cameron

Date of Birth: 1720

Birth Place: Fife, Scotland

Parents: Alexander MacSorlie Cameron of Glen Nevis and Katherine Gray


The Family Search2 records tell a different story regarding Mary Peattie which can be verified by searching for her on Scotlands People. It is possible we can weave a story from the historical records. The records are as follows:


Mary Peattie

Christening Date: April 28, 1723

Christening Place: Kiconquhar, Fife, Scotland, UK

Birth Date: April 26, 1723

Parents: James Peatie and Elizabeth Nicolson were married on June 7, 1714, in Largo, Fife

Siblings: Thomas 22 Mar 1732, James 13 Apr 1727, Magdalen 11 Sep 1719, Margaret 11 Feb 1729, William 18 Jul 1721, Ann 13 May 1725

Spouse: Andrew Malcolm

Death: July 8, 1763, as per death records on Scotlands People.3 

Death place:  Kilonquhar, Fife


Children born to Mary Peattie and Andrew Malcolm in Kilconquhar, Fife

  1. Agnes - Jan 12, 1755

  2. James - Sep 19, 1756

  3. Andrew - Mar 18, 1759

  4. Thomas - Apr 24, 1761


Children born to Mary Peattie and James Cameron in Kilconquhar, Fife
  1. Mary Gotten Cameron - October 1, 1755, was born in fornication.
Family Search lists one record for James Cameron, father of Mary Cameron: he was born March 19, 1719, in Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland. His parents were Archibald and Katherine Cameron. His siblings were: Daniel, Duncan, and Archibald. Dunfermline, Fife is 51 km away from Kilconquhar, Fife. 

The issues are: 
  1. Whether there were two Mary Peatties?
  2. Whether Mary Peattie, wife of Andrew Malcolm, was the mother of Mary Cameron?
Mary Peattie had three brothers born between 1721 and 1732. Children born to the Peattie men would have been too young to have formed a relationship with James Cameron. The records are silent regarding whether there were two Mary Peatties and what happened to James Cameron. What lies before us merely leads to an ambiguous conclusion: 

Mary Peattie was married to Andrew Malcolm when she committed "fornication" with James Cameron. Mary and Andrew did not separate and had three more children. Mary died at the age of forty in the village of  Kilconquhar, Fife, Scotland.  

CONCLUSION: It can be confidently stated: Mary Peattie and James Cameron were not the parents of Mary Cameron of Three Rivers, Quebec.  

* My apologies for the blog being unreadable since February. Thank you to the reader for leaving the comment below. I have now fixed the glitch. 

 
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Foot Notes:


1 http://www.ancestry.com↩

2 http://www.familysearch.com↩

3 http:www.scotslandpeople.com↩

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Further Reading on Macphersons of Three Rivers:

Location: Fife, UK

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