Descendants of Walter de LINDISSI Sir
Notes
SOURCE: Crawford - "Lives of the Lindsays", volume 1, page 433; Parish registers: Forfar, Angus county, Scotland, by Scots Ancestry Research Society
BIOGRAPHICAL MATERIAL:
The Identity of Alexander Lindsay
The Alexander Lindsay, father of our progenitor, Thomas Lindsay, is not the same Alexander Lindsay that married Lydia Cross in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, on 3 December, 1719. There are two references that show that Lydia Lindsby (widow) of Portsmouth, remarried on 17 November, 1726 to James Kenny. (Am Pub H, vol 24, pg 358 and N.H. P3b).
The marriage of Lydia (Cross) Lindsay as a widow in 1726 means that her husband, Alexander Lindsay, who was of Forfaine, Angushire, Scotland, died prior to 1726. The Alexander Lindsay who was the father of our Thomas Lindsay was living in 1758 when he deeded land to his son, Thomas.
The place of birth, the date of birth, the parentage, and the wife of our Alexander Lindsay are yet to be found. This analysis and conclusion has been concurred in by researchers at the Genealogical Association in Salt Lake City. In a letter to the William Buckminster Lindsay Family Association, by Naomi M. Harker, of the research staff, dates 21 January, 1955, she states:"It is our opinion that the Alexander Lindsay who
married in Portsmouth in 1719 to Lydia Cross, is not
identical with the one first of Methuen, then of
Dracut, but we have been able to discover nothing
additional on him."-- History of William Buckminster Lindsay, Sr., His Ancestors and His
Descendants; Lindsay, Rex "B", Bountiful, Utah, n.d., part 3, chapter V.For a contrary view, see the following:
This ancestor has been proven by tradition and record to be the right one -- his son, Ephraim Lindsay, after living in Thornton, New Hampshire, and Peachin, Vermont, moved to Brockville, Leeds County, Ontario, Canada. It is stated that Alexander brought records from Scotland of his ancestors that were handed down to this Ephraim, and in their home the records were destroyed by fire. Nevertheless, tradition was handed down to the effect that the Lindsays came from the House of Crawford in Scotland. The Lindsays later moved to Johnstown, Canada.
GENEALOGICAL SOCIETY OF UTAH -- SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH
"Thomas Lindsay, who married Ruth Foster, 19 April, 1755, at Dracut, is unquestionably a son of Alexander Lindsay of Forfaine, Angus County, Scotland, who married, 3 December, 1719, in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, Lydia Cross of that place. We know that Alexander Lindsay had a son, William Lindsay, Jr., because under date of 29 August, 1743, Alexander of Methuen, buys in Dracut, land and on the 18 July, 1758, he sells this same land to his son, William, Jr. This William, Jr., is associated with Thomas in a purchase of land in Dracut, 13 January, 1766. The land then purchased bounded partly on Thomas Lindsay's homestead farm".
-- 4 February, 1947: Henry E. Christiansen, Superintendent
NOTE: In the my opinion (David J. Wardell; 23 September, 1993), this evidence is far from conclusive and a number of completely plausible explainations can be advanced to explain these circumstances. Therefore, I have included BOTH sets of parents in this record.
SOURCE: Crawford - "Lives of the Lindsays", volume 1, page 433; Parish registers: Forfar, Angus county, Scotland, by Scots Ancestry Research Society
