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SUBMITTER:   Bob Coventry
SOURCE:   Scotland Parish records (which can be found at your local FHC)

From the Glasserton,  Wigtown records:
Robert Coventrie and Janet Cunningham(e) had the following children

NOTES:  Vital records and ancestors of Robert and Janet have not yet been found

Further from Glasserton record.

From the Hamilton, Lamark parish records:
George Coventry and Jean Crie / Cree Had the following children:

NOTES:  George first came to Albany as an officer in Lord Howes regiment and served at the batle of Ticondaroga.  He later quit the army and bought land at Claverack with his brother William.  George then returned to Scotland to settle his affairs and move his family but met reverses that prevented him.  Some time after his death his son Alexander came to NY and settled the estate for his mother and sisters.  About 1798 Alexander moved to central NY.  William raised his family in Columbia County

Known children of William:


Scottish Church Records
Submitter:  Mike Morrissey
 

  • COVENTRY, William

    • Sex: M
    Event:  Christening
            28 Feb 1817
            Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland
    FATHER: David COVENTRY
    MOTHER: Elizabeth WALKER

    Batch           Dates           Source Call No. Type
    C114667 1800-1819       1040355 Film


 
  • COVENTRY, Robert

    • Sex: M
    Event:  Christening
            3 Apr 1815
            Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland
    FATHER: David COVENTRY
    MOTHER: Elizabeth WALKER

    Batch           Dates           Source Call No. Type
    C114667 1800-1819       1040355 Film


 
  • COVENTRY, James

    • Sex: M
    Event:  Christening
            7 Oct 1825
            Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland
    FATHER: David COVENTRY
    MOTHER: Elizabeth WALKER

    Batch           Dates           Source Call No. Type
    C114668 1819-1855       1040355 Film


 
  • COVENTRY, John

    • Sex: M
    Event:  Christening
            4 Feb 1820
            Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland
    FATHER: David COVENTRY
    MOTHER: Elizabeth WALKER

    Batch           Dates           Source Call No. Type
    C114668 1819-1855       1040355 Film


 
  • COVENTRY, David

    • Sex: M
    Event:  Christening
            10 Jun 1822
            Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland
    FATHER: David COVENTRY
    MOTHER: Elizabeth WALKER

    Batch           Dates           Source Call No. Type
    C114668 1819-1855       1040355 Film


 
  • COVENTRY, David

    • Sex: M
    Event:  Christening
            19 Aug 1849
            Clackmannan, Clackmannan, Scotland
    FATHER: Robert COVENTRY
    MOTHER: Elizabeth Gunning

    Batch           Dates           Source Call No. Type
    C114668 1819-1855       1040355 Film

The following was taken from a book at the Dallas Central Library, Dallas, TX. Title was something like Cemetery inscriptions of Scottish Churches.

  • Page 44

    • Clackmannan Churchyard
    Surveyed and sketch plan prepared September 1963 by Miss M. A. Churchmichael and Miss H. M. Woodford.
    National Grid reference 26/909918.
  • Page 50

    • 163     David Coventry & Eliz Walker; 3 lairs; 1826


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