Re: Margaret Harvey and Nichol Spence
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In reply to:
Margaret Harvey and Nichol Spence
Nadine Froom 11/03/02
Hello from Orkney, Scotland!
Your message was posted nearly two years ago, so I hope this finds you.I have been doing a little research on Nichol Spence, who owned a large farm here in Orkney, though he lived in Edinburgh.
Many Orcadians went to work for the Hudson Bay Company and married First Nations women.In fact, there was just a celebration here of that fact, with a large group of Cree from Saskatchewan visiting Orkney in search of their roots.
Here is some of the information I have found about Nichol Spence:
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http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/sidocs.asp?SIR=O50764http://www.nra.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/sidocs.asp?SIR=O50764
Details
GB/NNAF/O50764
Nichol Spence, agent to the Church of Scotland
1 record noted:
Scope 1732-44: accounts
Repository National Archives of Scotland
Record Reference GD 1/1083
Other reference see Accessions to repositories 1991
http://boco.net/monkman/web/pafg114.htm#3168http://boco.net/monkman/web/pafg114.htm#3168
NICHOL SPENCE was born about 1710. He married MARGARET HARVEY.
MARGARET HARVEY.MARGARET married NICHOL SPENCE.
They had the following children:
M i JAMES SPENCE was born in 1753. He died in 1795.
JAMES SPENCE [Parents] was born in 1753 in Birsay, Orkney Islands. He died in 1795. He
married Margaret Nestichio BATT.
Margaret Nestichio BATT [Parents] was born about 1757. She died in 1829 in RED RIVER
SETTLEMENT,MANITOBA,CANADA. She married JAMES SPENCE.
METIS.
They had the following children:
M i GEORGE SPENCE was born about 1792. He died in 1845.
F ii MARGARET SPENCE was born in 1793. She died on 2 Mar
1868.
I will be doing some further research in this regard and will tell you of any additional information I may find.
Best wishes,
Bob Mack