Historical records matching Isabella Henderson
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About Isabella Henderson
NOTE: it is unlikely that Isabella Stuart was born in 1710, and (if the 1710 birth date is correct), could not have been the daughter of Elizabeth Stuart (née Myreton) who was baptised 19 May 1702 and would have been too young to bear children. It is possible that Archibald Stuart had a first wife who died on or before 1725 but I can't find any references to verify this. Or, the birth year for Isabella is incorrect.
NOTE: Also, she appears to be giving birth until the age of 63, which is very unlikely, and there are numerous children with identical names.
From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns
- 9 January 1743 marriage or banns of George MacKenzie to Isabella Stewart, in the parish of Edinburgh
From British Newspaper Archive: Caledonian Mercury Thursday 13 January 1743 Page 2 Edinburgh, January 13
Last Night, Wednesday 12 January 1743, George Mackenzie, Esq; only Son of the Honourable Lord Royston, was married to Miss Isabella Stuart Daughter to Mr. Archibald Stuart Writer to the Signet.
From Scotland's People: Old Parish Records - Marriages and Banns
- 2 October 1748 marriage or banns of Isabella Stuart to Robert Henderson, Baronet, in the parish of Edinburgh
From British Newspaper Archive: Caledonian Mercury Tuesday 4 October 1748 Page 2 Edinburgh, October 4
Last Night, Monday 3 October 1748 Sir Robert Henderson of Fordel, Bart., was married to Mistris Mackenzie, Widow of George Mackenzie, Esq; Son of the late Lord Royston.
From Scotland's People: Old Parish Registers - Births and Baptisms NOTE can only find 2 children born in Scotland
Possible list of 2 children of Robert Henderson and Isabel Stewart from first: 1 September 1749 Christian Henderson to last: 3 March 1758 Isabella Henderson
- 1 September 1749 birth or baptism of Christian Henderson, daughter of Robert Henderson and Isabel Stewart [child 1], in the parish of Edinburgh
- 3 March 1758 birth or baptism of Isabella Henderson, daughter of Robert Henderson, Baronet, and Isabella Stuart [child ?], in the parish of Canongate
From National Records of Scotland - Jane Cochrane
1748-1751 - Letters, with covers and fragments, (66) to Lady Isabella Henderson of Fordell, from Jane Cochrane, her sister [later Countess of Dundonald], on personal and family matters, gossip, ailments and physics, pregnancies, household advice, linen-making, houses rented in Edinburgh, entertainments there and in the country, books read, sermons and religious thoughts, exchanging gifts, and including:
- "Count like Jews and agree like Brethren... is a good maxim" [GD172/1330/5];
- accident to a chaise, caused by leading the horse over a dunghill [GD172/1330/6];
- "toothache" as a euphemism for pregnancy symptoms [GD172/1330/6 and 48];
- recipes for physick [GD172/1330/12 and 33]
- a vindication of Mr [Andrew] Richardson by an elder in Broughton [GD172/1330/13];
- advice on sowing flower seeds [GD172/1330/15];
- advice on spinning of lint [GD172/1330/16-17];
- parliamentary candidacy of Captain [Patrick Stewart] of Torrance [GD172/1330/18];
- description of a "Natural Ball" - "some of my maidens had dipt in the aquavita punch so far that the Byer served for Bedroom" [GD172/1330/24];
- their flax is worked in the Dutch fashion; heckling done by men had to be done again by women [GD172/1330/27];
- July weather - "it is even as snell & cold as a harvest night, the bairns faces & hands are blue like plumbs" [GD172/1330/29];
- children's clothes and refurnishing the house [GD172/1330/30]; at church - "our lettergae has got no less than 8 singing boys, so we have now some more harmony than formerly" [GD172/1330/39]; horse races at Neidpath [GD172/1330/42];
- description of country amusements [GD172/1330/45]; recipes for currant wine and to preserve gooseberries [GD172/1330/51];
- recipe for black currant jelly [GD172/1330/52];
- description of case of smallpox [GD172/1330/65]. Dated at Lamancha, Edinburgh.
Archibald Stuart of Torrance carried on the line of the Torrance family. He married Elizabeth Myreton, daughter of Sir Andrew Myreton of Gogar, Baronet, and died in November 1767, leaving three sons and three daughters.
2nd Daughter, Isabel Stuart, married to Sir Robert Henderson of Fordell, Baronet.
From British Newspaper Archive: Kentish Gazette Tuesday, 30 August 1796 Page 3 Died
Died: On Tuesday, 16 August 1796 [inst.] at Fordell house, in Fifeshire, Lady Henderson, relict of the late Sir Robert Henderson, of Fordell, Bart.
Fordell House, Fordell Castle, Dunfermline, Fife KY11 7EY 56.05222, -3.36694 Died. At Fordell House, in Fifeshire, Lady Henderson, relict of the late Sir Robert Henderson, of Fordell.
In the 19th century, the family built a large, new mansion – Fordell House – nearby. Fordell House was demolished in the 20th century, and there is now little visible evidence of its existence.
From Complete baronetage 1649 to 1664 by George Edward Cokayne Volume 3 Published 1903 Page 347
IV. 1730? Sir Robert Henderson, 4th Baronet [baronetcy created 1664], of Fordell aforesaid, 2nd son but 1st surviving son and heir; succeeded to the Baronetcy on the death of his father; was elected Provost of [Inverkeithen] Inverkeithing, Fife 56.0318, -3.39713 in 1744. He married 3 October 1748, Isabella Mackenzie (née Stuart), widow of George Mackenzie, of Fairnie, daughter of Archibald Stuart, of Torrence. He died at Fordell House, Friday, 19 October 1781. His widow died Tuesday, 16 August 1796.
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Isabella Henderson's Timeline
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1710
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Stirling, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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September 1, 1749
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Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1753
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Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1755
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Scotland
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1756
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Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland (United Kingdom)
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1760
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Dunfermline, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
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1760
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Scotland
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