William Reid

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From a Calendar of Evidence

for the Family of William Reid and Mary Drew

prepared (2010) by Neil Reid Ford:

   Regarding William and Mary Reid's first son named William:

20 October 1831. William Reid, Writer, & Mary Drew a law: son William bo: 20th Oct: Wit: Revd. Jas. Thomson & James Drew.

Source: Registrar General for Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh, Baptismal Register for Glasgow, reference OPR.644.1/33, frame 4457.

         Regarding William and Mary Reid's second son named William:

7 February 1836. William Reid, Writer, & Mary Drew a law: son William bo: 7th February. Wit: William Young & John Gibson.

Source: Registrar General for Scotland, New Register House, Edinburgh, Baptismal Register for Glasgow, reference OPR.644.1/33, frame 4902.

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Herbert Reid, in his book, "The Reids of Kittochside, Part II," published in 1945 in Glasgow, asserted that "A family of ten [children] were born to William Reid and Mary Drew, eight in Glasgow, before they emigrated. [He relates information about children John Reid, Ann Hamilton Reid, and Elizabeth Fairlie Reid, then writes] It is strange that nothing seems to be known of the other offspring of William Reid, viz., James Drew Reid, William Reid, Agnes Reid, and Robert Reid."

All ten children are noted on Herbert Reid's "Table T" on page 20.

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Michael Reid Delahunt (2010): I speculate that several of William Reid's children remained in Scotland instead of emigrating with their parents.

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