CANNY, Margaret

   Another name for Margaret was CANNIE, Margrat.¹

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Margaret married Alexander MOWAT before 28 April 1672.¹ (Alexander MOWAT was born about 1637.)

  Marriage Notes:

No marriage record has been found for this couple in the Church of Scotland parish registers. There are significant gaps in marriage records of Prestonpans, also known as Preston and Salt Preston, in the period when their marriage would most likely have taken place.

The first known record of baptism of one of their children, Alexander, gives no indication of anything irregular, or that the couple were not wed.

"Old Parish Registers
Prestonpans parish East Lothian
Baptisms

"1672
Aprile
28 Alexander Mowat and Margaret Canny had a daughter baptized named Bessie witnesses Gilbert Smith John Canny W^m Mowat" ¹