Margaret Sempill

MARGARET SEMPILL

Fake Genealogy

At least one pedigree published by MyHeritage claims that Margaret Sempill, here treated, is the daughter of Robert Semple and his wife Eupham Grintoun, and that she was born o 31 July 1681. This is wrong. MyHeritage

The man who married Eupham Grintoun was Robert Semple, Writer in Edinburgh This couple were booked for marriage at Edinburgh on 10 March 1678 [NRS: OPR.685/1/44] Image of Marriage Record but birth or baptismal records cannot be found for any children that they may have had. It is possible that Robert Semple, Writer in Edinburgh had a child, name not known, who was interred in Greyfriars burying-ground in Edinburgh on 29 May 1684, but the name of this child's mother is not known. Greyfriar's Interments: 580

The Question of Identity

Margaret Sempill, here treated, is the daughter of Robert Sempill in Linwood, younger and his wife Christian Houstoun She was born before 31 July 1681, the date upon which her baptism was registered at Kilbarchan in Renfrewshire, Scotland. Her baptismal record reads as follows: "Margaret dar to Robt Sempill & Christian Houstoun in Linwood Witnesss Andru Rosse & Wm Cumyng." [National Records of Scotland, Kilbarchan Baptisms, reference OPR.568/1] Image of Baptismal Record Kilbarchan Index: 98 Margaret was still alive and living in her widowed mother's household at Linwood on 28 October 1695. Kilbarchan History: 134

Evidence from the Poll Tax Returns

28 October 1695: Christian Houstoune in Linwood 19lib., val. 3sh 10d; George, Margt., and James Semples, childreine, each fish; Ja. Cumine, sert., 20lib fie. 10sh; Jonnet Steinsoune, 14lib 13sh 4d fie, 7sh 4d; Isso. Simpsoune, servant 20 mksfie, 6sh 8d; Agnas How, sert., 12lib fie, fish; Agnas Semple, her sister-in-law, fish; William King, hervest fie 8lib, is 4sh; John Cumine, hervest fie 8lib, 4sh. ... ... ... £4.13.8. Kilbarchan History: 134

Printed Evidence

1. Index to the Register of Marriages and Baptisms in the Parish of Kilbarchan, 1649-1772. Edited by Francis J. Grant, W.S., Rothesay Herald. (Scottish Record Society, Edinburgh, 1912), 140 pp.
2. Kilbarchan. A Parish History. By the Rev. Robert D, MacKenzie, B.D., Minister of the Parish. (Alexander Gardner, Paisley, 1902), 306 pp. including index

Genealogy

1. Kilbarchan Index: 98
2. Kilbarchan History: 134

Fake Genealogy Published by MyHeritage

Margaret Glassford (born Semple). MyHeritage Family Trees. Glassford Web Site, managed by Bruce Glassford (Contact). Birth: July 31 1681 - Scotland, United Kingdom. Death: Scotland. Parents: Robert Semple, Eupham Semple (born Grintoun). Husband: James Glassford. Children: James Glassford, James Glassford, Robert Glassford, George Glassford, Euphame Glassford, William Glassford, John James Glassford, John Glassford, Mary Glassford, Christian Yates (born Glassford), Isabella Glassford, William Glassford, Margaret Cunningham (born Glassford), Rebecca Glassford, Henrietta Glassford, Janet Glassford, Isobel Glasford. MyHeritage