John Bain

John Bain^1,2

Father

John Bain1 b. cir. 1784, d. 17 Jun 1853

Mother

Catherine Gray b. cir. Sep 1785, d. 8 Jan 1865; I have assumed that the John Bain, chr 1811 Latheron, son of John Bain and Catherine Gray, is the one married to Elizabeth Clyne, even though the latter John's dth cert does not give a mother's name. I initially made a tentative link when trying to identify who the John Bain of Bower was, the witness to the baptism of my 2 greats, John Bain, in 1832. The clincher for me however was the family plot in Old Hall cemetery at Dunn which contains not only John's wife Elzabeth Clyne, and son Donald, but also Thomas Bain and Margaret Henderson, John's nephew3

Relationship

3rd great-granduncle of Lorna Henderson

Census/Where lived/Occupations

     He was living at Clayock, Par. of Bower, CAI, SCT, in Nov 1832 (this assumes he is correctly identified as the witness to nephew's baptism, once thought to be highly speculative, but given the burials in a family plot at Dunn Old Hall of wife Elizabeth, son Donald, and cousin Thomas...).⁷ John Bain and Elizabeth Clyne were not found in the census of 1841 Par. of Bower, CAI, SCT, (Halkirk not yet on FreeCen).⁸
     John and Elizabeth Bain appeared on the census of 1851 at Achalone, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT, as John 33 b Latheron; Elizabeth 46, (?b Halkirk?); Dtr Elizabeth, sons Donald and John, all b Halkirk and possibly Alexander Fraser or Clyne, Elizabeth's son, aged 24
Ancestry adds: BAIN: John 35 farm serv b Latheron; wife Elizabeth 46 b Halkirk; Children: Elizabeth 11, John 9, both scholars, Donald 6, all b Halkirk; Stepson: Alexr FRASER 24 b Halkirk.^9,10
     The census of 1861 showed John with his wife Elizabeth at Upper Westerdale, Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT, household enumerated as BAIN: John, 46, ploughman; Elizabeth, 60, ploughman's wife, both shown as b Halkirk (although John was really born in Latheron Par.).⁵ By 1874 John Bain was a farm servant at Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT.⁶ He was a farmer, when son Donald married in Dec 1878.¹¹
     John Bain appeared on the census of 3 Apr 1881 at at Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT, as father of Donald Bain.²

All the other info

      The identification of this John Bain as the son of John Bain and Catherine Gray, chr 1811 Latheron, is based on circumstantial evidence. The one married to Elizabeth Clyne was given as the son of a crofter, John, on his dth cert, but he himself was very unsure of both his age and birthplace, varying between 1813 and 1818, Latheron and Halkirk. I have made the link because he married in Bower in 1840, and therefore could be why brother Donald was in Bower when he himself married, and could be the witness to the baptism of my 2 greats, Donald's son, John Bain, in 1832. And also because of the family plot in Old Hall cemetery at Dunn which contains not only John's wife Elzabeth Clyne, and son Donald, but also Thomas Bain and Margaret Henderson, John's nephew.³ John Bain witnessed the baptism of John Bain on 11 Nov 1832 at Halkirk, CAI, SCT; entry reads: Bain, John, lawful son of Donald Bain and Margaret Taylor at Gerston was baptised 11th Nov 1832. there and John Bain in Clayock witnesses (assumed to be mother's sister-in-law and father's brother respectively).¹²
     John Bain was the informant for the death of his wife Elizabeth Clyne on 13 Sep 1874 at Westerdale, Par. of Halkirk, CAI, SCT.⁶ John Bain erected the h/stone on the grave of Elizabeth Clyne at Dunn Old Hall, Par. of Watten, CAI, SCT, h/stone #29 reads: Elizabeth Clyne 13.9.1874 76, erected by husband John Bain (next door grave holds son Donald and his wife and a dtr, and the one after that Donald's cousin Thomas Bain. The caretaker of the cemetery advises that it is a family plot).^13,14

Charts	BAIN GRAY
Last Edited	2 Jun 2009

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