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Burgher in Cour in the Communicants List of 1749.
The Communicants list is a list of persons attending the Parish Church of Dunrossness in 1749. This list was compiled by the minister, John Mill.
See transcribed Communicants List
The table below shows the Burgher persons living in Cour, together with adjacent people in the list.
| Number | Parish | Place | FirstName | Surname | Status | Letter | Sex |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 847 | Dunrossness | Cour | Robert | Burgher | S | M | |
| 848 | Dunrossness | Cour | Mary | Fea | S | F |
Robert Burgher and Mary Fea were having children in the 1754 when the Parish records start. It is likely that they had children prior to this but they would be too young to appear in the Communicants List. It is assumed that Robert was born in about 1720.
It is possible that Mary Fea was a sister of Thomas Fea who married Katherine Burgar. Thomas Fea appeared in a Court case in 1734 when he was said to be 26 years old. He was thus born in 1708. It is thus likely that Mary Fea would be born around this time, as would Robert Burgher.