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William Sutherland 1735–1790 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1735

Birth Location: Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom

Death Date: 1790

Death Location: Walls & Flotta, Orkney, Scotland

Father: William Sutherland

Mother: Jean Scart

Spouse(s): Elspeth Baikie

Children(s): James Sutherland, Christiana Sutherland, Kenneth Sutherland, George Sutherland, Margaret Sutherland, Elspeth Sutherland, Robert Sutherland, Alexander Sutherland

The story of William Sutherland began in 1735 in Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom. William Sutherland married Elspeth Baikie, and had children including Alexander Sutherland, Christiana Sutherland, Elspeth Sutherland, George Sutherland, James Sutherland, Kenneth Sutherland, Margaret Sutherland, Robert Sutherland. William Sutherland passed away in 1790 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of William Sutherland began in 1735 in Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom.
  • William Sutherland married Elspeth Baikie, and had children including Alexander Sutherland, Christiana Sutherland, Elspeth Sutherland, George Sutherland, James Sutherland, Kenneth Sutherland, Margaret Sutherland, Robert Sutherland.
  • William Sutherland passed away in 1790 in Walls & Flotta, Orkney, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

William Sutherland
1722–1750
Birth Location: Walls, Orkney Scotland
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Jean Scart
1716–
Birth Location: Kirkwall and St Ola, Orkney, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

Elspeth Baikie
1738–
Birth Location: Kirkwall and St Ola, Orkney, Scotland
EB

Children(s)

James Sutherland
1769–
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
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Christiana Sutherland
1774–1842
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
CS
Kenneth Sutherland
1772–1855
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
KS
George Sutherland
1767–
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
GS
Margaret Sutherland
1777–
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
MS
Elspeth Sutherland
1782–
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
ES
Robert Sutherland
1779–1861
Birth Location: Walls, Orkney, Scotland
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Alexander Sutherland
1785–1875
Birth Location: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
AS

William Sutherland's Ancestors

Self
William Sutherland
1735–1790
Birth Place: Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
Parents
William Sutherland
1722–1750
Walls, Orkney Scotland
Jean Scart
1716–
Kirkwall and St Ola, Orkney, Scotland
Grandparents
Robert Sutherland
1684–1766
Duffus, Moray, , Scotland
Marion Sutherland
1690–1770
Walls and Flotta Orkney Scotland
William Scart
1679–1747
Kirkwall and St. Ola, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Ann Spence
1683–
Birsay, Orkney, Orkney Isles, Scotland, United Kingdom
Great-Grandparents
Thomas Keamb
1657–1727
Elspet Rosehaugh
1662–1737
Magnus Sutherland
1667–1730
Catharine Lina
1670–1730
Thomas (SCARTH)
1630–1705
Janet (Coban)
1650–1705
John Spence
1665–
2nd-Great-Grandparents
William Sutherland
1623–1681
Agnes Allane
1628–1676
Alexander ++
1621–1674
Margaret Stewart
1631–1667
Christopher Scarth
1610–1657
Margaret Hutton
1603–
William Spence
1641–
Elizabeth Scletter
1642–1697

William Sutherland's Descendants

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William Sutherland (1735–1790) m. Elspeth Baikie (29 May 1738–)
  1. 1. James Sutherland 1769– m. Isabella Melles 1759–1844
    1. 1. James Sutherland 1788–1857 m. Rebecca Jackson 1792–1855
      1. 1. William Sutherland 1818–1887 m. Amelia Bates 1821–1892
        1. 1. James Sutherland 1842–1882 m. Ada Bridge 1844–1933
        2. 2. Mary (Ann) Sutherland 1848–1919 m. Cecil (Bratt) Cormack 1846–1915
        3. 3. Amelia (Isabella) Sutherland 1845–1910 m. Henry (Gillard) Follett 1837–1890
        4. 4. Catherine (Maria) Sutherland 1844–1899 m. Thomas Carter 1841–1881
        5. 5. Caroline (Agnes) Sutherland 1852–1910
        6. 6. Elizabeth (Rebecca) Sutherland 1855–1855
        7. 7. William (John) Sutherland 1850–1909 m. Emmeline (Marion) Wilson 1851–1879 m. Ada Bridge 1844–1933
      2. 2. Mary (Ann) Sutherland 1823–1869 m. Joshua Knight 1819–1876
        1. 1. Sarah (Louisa) Knight 1848–1925 m. George Buxey 1849–1895
        2. 2. Catherine (Eleanor) Knight 1847–1870 m. Samuel (Richard) Walker 1846–1928
        3. 3. Rebecca (Elizabeth) Knight 1850–1851
        4. 4. Charlotte (Elizabeth) Knight 1854–1916 m. William (Alfred) Daniels 1859–
        5. 5. Mary (Ann Rebecca) Knight 1845–1846
      3. 3. Rebecca (Ann) Sutherland 1822–1824
      4. 4. Rebecca (Emma) Sutherland 1828–1829
      5. 5. Jane (Margaret) Sutherland 1830–1836
      6. 6. Isabella Sutherland 1812–1880 m. Charles Wainwright 1810–1840 m. George (Frederick St) Quintin 1809–1855
        1. 1. Jane Wainwright 1836–1925 m. Francis (Saville) Peters 1834–1902
        2. 2. Elizabeth (Rebecca) Wainwright 1834–1930 m. William Irving 1826–1871
        3. 3. Isabella Wainwright 1840–1890 m. Alfred Blakiston 1833–1883
        4. 4. Charlotte (Maria St) Quintin 1846–1919 m. Manning Thateher 1836–
        5. 5. George (Henry St) Quintin 1847–1895
        6. 6. Amelia (Jemima) Quinton 1849–1928 m. Caleb Collins 1840–1901
        7. 7. Louisa (St) Quintin 1853–1854
      7. 7. Charles (Sutherland) Reverend 1834–1870 m. Frances (Ann) Richardson 1837–1908
        1. 1. Catherine (Elizabeth) Sutherland 1865–1937
        2. 2. Charles (Herbert) Sutherland 1863–1910 m. Emma (Gaud) Wright 1863–1933
        3. 3. Arthur (Hugh Sutherland) Rev 1867–1934 m. Annie (Elizabeth) Clay 1857–1929
        4. 4. Agnes (Piercy) Sutherland 1869–1947
      8. 8. Agnes (Elizabeth) Sutherland 1826–1884 m. George Cockroft 1820–1881
        1. 1. George (Henry) Cockroft 1843–1880 m. Sarah (Ann) Light 1835–1914
        2. 2. William (Coveney) Cockroft 1849–1900 m. Anne (Clare) Cook 1846–1936
        3. 3. Charles (John) Cockroft 1844–1914 m. Emma (Elizabeth) Miles 1848–1893
        4. 4. Agnes Cockroft 1845–1856
      9. 9. William Sutherland 1816–1816
      10. 10. James Sutherland 1814–1882 m. Eliza Roach 1818–1887
        1. 1. Charles (William) Sutherland 1849–1903 m. Matilda (Jane) Jewiss 1851–1929
        2. 2. Emma (Eliza) Sutherland 1848–1848
        3. 3. James (Thomas) Sutherland 1845–1889 m. Eliza Kitchener 1843–1909
    2. 2. Andrew Sutherland 1790–1853 m. Mary (Susanna) Keys 1797–1863
      1. 1. Isabella (Rebecca) Sutherland 1832–1855 m. James (William) Gingell 1831–1908
      2. 2. Robert (John) Sutherland 1821–1894 m. Julia (Emily) Hyde 1835–1870
        1. 1. Robert (George) Sutherland 1863–1916
        2. 2. George (Thomas) Sutherland 1866–1916 m. Katie (Jane) Bennett 1872–1927
        3. 3. Julia (Emily) Sutherland 1867–1867
        4. 4. Martha (Elizabeth) Sutherland 1868–1914
        5. 5. Julia (Florence) Sutherland 1869–1871
        6. 6. Florence (Emily) Sutherland 1862–1862
        7. 7. Julia (Isabella) Sutherland 1860–1861
      3. 3. Thomas (Edwin) Sutherland 1823–1889 m. Mary (Ann Augusta) Goddard 1839–1898
        1. 1. Emma (Sarah) Sutherland 1869–1871
        2. 2. Julia Sutherland 1869–1946
        3. 3. Robert (John) Sutherland 1881–1960 m. Hilda (Margaret) Harris 1886–1962
        4. 4. Florence (Goddard) Sutherland 1877–1909
        5. 5. Robert (Goddard) Sutherland 1874–1876
        6. 6. Isabella (Augusta) Sutherland 1873–1954 m. Frank Nicholas 1882–1962
        7. 7. Mary (Ann) Sutherland 1865–1940 m. Frederick (Pidcock) Lessons 1865–1929
        8. 8. Emma (Charlotte) Sutherland 1879–1930 m. George (Frederick) Lovett 1879–1974
        9. 9. Isabella (Mary) Sutherland 1869–1872
      4. 4. James (Mead) Sutherland 1816– m. Elizabeth Havill 1813–
    3. 3. Ann Sutherland 1802–
  2. 2. Christiana Sutherland 1774–1842 m. Thomas Johnston 1774–1823
    1. 1. Jean Johnston 1802–1882 m. James Taylor 1794–
      1. 1. John Taylor 1839–1910
      2. 2. Cursty Taylor 1840–
      3. 3. James Taylor 1837–
    2. 2. Margaret Johnston 1806–
    3. 3. Christina Johnston 1812–1898 m. James Sandison 1823–1893
      1. 1. Isabella Sandison 1855–1918 m. William Sutherland 1857–1940
        1. 1. William Sutherland 1892–1961 m. Catherine (Taylor) Barnett 1901–1983
        2. 2. Isabel Sutherland 1893–
        3. 3. Margaret Sutherland 1895–
        4. 4. Helen (Rosie) Sutherland 1896–1992 m. James (Blair) Frizell 1896–1975
    4. 4. Bettie Johnston 1809–
    5. 5. John Johnston 1804–1871
    6. 6. James Johnston 1805–
  3. 3. Kenneth Sutherland 1772–1855 m. Janet McKay 1767–1841
    1. 1. Marion Sutherland 1795–1878 m. Joseph Mckay 1779–1862
      1. 1. Barbara Mckay 1832–1900 m. Alexander Mcleod 1827–
        1. 1. Henerietta Mcleod 1868–
        2. 2. John Mcleod 1867–1924 m. Jessie McLeod 1876–
        3. 3. Norman McLeod 1865–
        4. 4. Peggy McLeod 1870–
        5. 5. Marion McLeod 1873–
        6. 6. Barbara (Christine) McLeod 1863–
        7. 7. Josephine McLeod 1878–
      2. 2. Norman Mckay 1836–
      3. 3. Williamona Mckay 1841–
      4. 4. Henrietta Mckay 1820–1857 m. Robert Mcleod 1820–1900
        1. 1. Joseph McLeod 1854–
        2. 2. Maron(Marion) McLeod 1857–1858
        3. 3. Robert McLeod 1856–1865
        4. 4. William McLeod 1849–1932 m. Barbara (Elizabeth) Groundwater 1845–1918
      5. 5. Reley Mckay 1831–
      6. 6. Eliza Mckay 1829–
      7. 7. Janet Mackay 1827–
      8. 8. John MacKay 1824–1908
      9. 9. Betty Mcray 1833–
    2. 2. William Sutherland 1798–1876 m. Anne Macleod 1804–1891
      1. 1. Angus Sutherland 1826– m. Barbara McDonald 1830–
        1. 1. William (McDonald) Sutherland 1858–1932
        2. 2. George (S) Sutherland 1856–
        3. 3. John Sutherland 1860–
        4. 4. Kenneth Sutherland 1864–
        5. 5. William Sutherland 1870–
      2. 2. Donald Sutherland 1834–
      3. 3. Janet Sutherland 1837–1915
      4. 4. Kenneth Sutherland 1833–
      5. 5. Lucina Sutherland 1843–
      6. 6. Christina Sutherland 1846–
      7. 7. Catherine Sutherland 1828–
      8. 8. Elizabeth Sutherland 1844–
      9. 9. William Sutherland 1839–
      10. 10. John Sutherland 1832–
  4. 4. George Sutherland 1767–
  5. 5. Margaret Sutherland 1777–
  6. 6. Elspeth Sutherland 1782– m. James Irvine 1791–1874
  7. 7. Robert Sutherland 1779–1861 m. Susanna Harrison 1779–1837
    1. 1. Elias (Lacey) Sutherland 1800–1887
    2. 2. John (Luke) Sutherland 1807–1833
    3. 3. Mary (Ann) Sutherland 1810–1855
    4. 4. Sarah (Webster) Sutherland 1812–1855
    5. 5. Robert (Dundas) Sutherland 1814–
    6. 6. Charles (John) Sutherland 1817–1895
    7. 7. Ann (Susanna) Sutherland 1805–1880
  8. 8. Alexander Sutherland 1785–1875 m. Margaret Millar 1801–
    1. 1. Margaret Sutherland 1836–
    2. 2. Thomas Sutherland 1841–
    3. 3. Jessie Sutherland 1844– m. Robert (Dunn) Fiddler 1842–1887
    4. 4. Barbara Sutherland 1838–
    5. 5. James Sutherland 1829–
    6. 6. Isabella Sutherland 1832–

William Sutherland's Timeline

7 Records

1735
1735
Birth of William Sutherland in Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom
1748
1748
Age 13
Birth of William Sutherland in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
1748
1748
Age 13
Birth of William Sutherland in Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
1748
8 Dec 1748
Age 13
William Sutherland was baptized in Kirkwall and St Ola,Orkney,Scotland
Kirkwall and St Ola,Orkney,Scotland
1766
1766
Age 31
William Sutherland was married in Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
1766
abt 1766
Age 31
William Sutherland was married in Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
1790
1790
Age 55
Death of William Sutherland in Walls & Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
Walls & Flotta, Orkney, Scotland

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1748
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1748
    Event Place: Kirkwall, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1735
    Event Place: Walls, Orkney, Scotland, United Kingdom

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 8 Dec 1748
    Event Place: Kirkwall and St Ola,Orkney,Scotland
    Record Source: Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: 1766
    Event Place: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Marriage
    Event Date: abt 1766
    Event Place: Walls and Flotta, Orkney, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Walls & Flotta, Orkney, Scotland
    Record Source: Geneanet Community Trees Index
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