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The following outline pedigrees show the earliest known ancestors so far identified, with their Line Leader (Researcher)
└── indicates unproven relationship
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Lineage 1c : Alexander and Janet (HENDRIE) RUNCIMAN of East Lothian
Further representative(s) wanted given ambiguity of dna results.
Alexander Runciman **, b. abt 1685, ?Dunbar, ELN, SCT m. Janet Hendrie of Mickle/Meikle Pinkerton, Dunbar, East Lothian
└── Thomas Runciman, b. 1728 Dunbar, ELN m. Barbara Wallace
└── Thomas Runciman, b. say 1760 ?Dunbar, ELN, SCT m Jean Simpson See Thomas link re (un)certainty surrounding the relationships shown here
├── John Runciman, b. 1784 Broxburn, Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland m Ma(r)y Weatherly
│ └── Thomas Runciman, b. Sep 1811 Langton, Berwickshire, Scotland m Alison Currie
│ └── John Runciman, abt 1839 Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland m Rebecca Dryden
│ └── Thomas Runciman, abt 1869 Wooler, NBL m Sarah Davidson
│ └── John W Runciman, abt 1901 Newcastle on Tyne, NBL m Evelyn Scott
│ └── Peter( R-12)
├── Alexander Runciman, say 1786 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland m Joan Manderson (representative(s) wanted)
│ ├── Alexander Runciman, b. 1816 Meikle Pinkerton, East Lothian, Scotland m Margaret Cairns
│ ├── Thomas Runciman, b. 1818 Meikle Pinkerton, East Lothian, Scotland m Joan Watterston
│ └── John Runciman, b. 1829 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland m Ann Souness
├── Thomas Runciman, b. circa 1791 ?Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland m Mary Redpath
│ ├── Thomas Runciman, b. 1816 Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland m Margaret (representative(s) wanted)
│ ├── John Runciman, b. 1818 Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland m Isabella Palmer
│ │ ├── Thomas Runciman, abt 1842 Whitsome, Berwickshre, SCT m Sarah Hewitson
│ │ └── Fenwick Hewitson Runciman, b. 1863 Pittington, Durham, England m Barbara Caisley
│ │ └── John Robert Runciman, b. 1889 Gateshead, Durham, England m. Hannah Carver
│ │ └── Fenwick H Runciman, b. (Qtr 1) 1913 Gateshead Durham, England
│ │ └── Fenwick H Runciman, b. Feb 1901 Gateshead, Durham, England
│ │ └── John Thomas Runciman, b. 1866 Pittington, Durham, England m Catherine Potter
│ │ └── Fenwick Runciman, b. 1889 Gateshead, Durham, England m Sarah Myers
│ │ └── Fenwick Runciman, b. 1919 Durham, England
│ │ └── George Runciman, b. 1869 Pittington, Durham, England m Isabella Watt
│ │ └── Fenwick Hewitson Runciman, b. Dec 1913 Castle Ward, Northumberland, England
│ │ ├── George Runciman, abt 1850 Swinton, Berwickshre, SCT m Jane Stockdale
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Neil (R-9) See also Lineage 2b
│ │ └── John Runciman, b. 1858 Pittington, Durham, England m Mary Ann Dowdle
│ │ └── Albert E Runciman, b. 1889 Coxhoe, Durham, England m Margaret J Farry
│ │ └── Walter Runciman m Mary E Campbell descendants in Australia
│ └── William Runciman, abt 1827 Berwickshire, SCT m Elizabeth Hastie (representative(s) wanted)
│ └── John W Runciman, b. 1863 Iowa, USA
│ └── Thomas Runciman, a bt 1891 Iowa, USA
│ └── Gilbert L Runciman, b. 1920 Iowa, USA d. Limestone Co Alabama, USA
├── Robert Runciman, b. 1794 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland m Agnes King (representative(s) wanted)
│ └── Thomas Runciman, b. 1821 Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland m Agnes Howden
│ ├── John Runciman, abt 1853 Prestonkirk, ELN, SCT m Janet Punton
│ │ └── James Punton Runciman, Apr 1878, Morham, East Lothian, Scotland m Margaret Gilmour ?Lawrie? (to Coraopolis, PA, USA)
│ └── William Howden Runciman, b. 1855 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland m Janet McFie
│ └── Thomas Runciman, abt. 1888 East Lothian, Scotland m Alice Maud Gridley
├── George Runciman, b. 1798 Crawhill, Innerwick, East Lothian, Scotland m Janet Darling (representative(s) still wanted as R-15, as semi-suspected, matches SCOTTs, not RUNCIMAN)
│ ├── Thomas Runciman, b. circa 1821 Leithollm, Berwickshire, Scotland m. Jane Mossman
│ │ └── Thomas Runciman, b. Aug 1857 Edin. Midothian, Scotland m. Jane Paul
│ │ ├── Thomas Runciman, b. circa 1882 Edin. Midothian, Scotland
│ │ ├── George Paul Runciman, b. Jan 1888 Edin. Midothian, Scotland
│ │ └── John Paul Runciman later Scott, b. 1889 Edin. Midothian, Scotland
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│ │ (R-15)
│ ├── David Runciman, b. circa 1826 Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland m. Barbara Allan Hogg
│ │ └── George Runciman, b. circa 1854 North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland m. Elizabeth Walker
│ │ └── David Runciman, b. circa 1899 Larbert, Stirlingshire, Scotland
│ ├── John Runciman, b. circa 1832 Prestonkirk, East Lothian, Scotland m. Janet Davidson
│ │ ├── George Runciman, b. circa 1854 Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland m. Mary Doughty (see above)
│ │ │ └── John Runciman, b. circa 1888 Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland
│ │ └── William Runciman, b. 1855 Greenlawdean, Par. of Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland m. Isabella Pace Young
│ │ └── Robert Burns Runciman, b. 1889 Eccles, Berwickshire, Scotland m. Agnes Graden Fox
│ │ └── John Darling Runciman, b. 1918 Scotland m. Isabella Pace Duthie
│ ├── George Runciman, b. circa 1834 Whitekirk, East Lothian, Scotland m 2. Elizabeth Davidson
│ │ └── Thomas Doughty Runciman, b. 1875 Earlston, Berwickshire, Scotland m. Mary Chisholm
│ │ └── David Runciman m. Helen Gordon Robson
│ │ └── William Robson Runciman
│ └── Darling Runciman, b. circa 1841 Athelstanford, East Lothian, Scotland m. Elizabeth Ainslie
│ ├── Robert Runciman, b. circa 1860 Dirleton, East Lothian, Scotland
│ │ └── George Runciman, b. 1889 Athelstaneford, East Lothian, Scotland
│ └── William Runciman, b. 1866 North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
│ └── Darling Runciman, b. circa 1893 ?Direlton, Nth Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland
└── William Runciman, abt 1804 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland m Janet Paxton NB mother of William given as Christine SIMPSON, not Jean on his dth cert, which may account for the unexpected dna results (R-13 is haplo E)
└── William Runciman, b. 1832 North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland m Catherine Gardener
└── Robert Runciman, b. 1866 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, SCT m. Margaret Orr
└── Richard Runciman, b. 1898 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, SCT m. Agnes Hunter
└── ( R-13) See also Lineage 3a
See also Lineage 1c above, ie anomolies to be resolved.
Thomas Runciman, m.1812 Innerwick, East Lothian, SCT Mary Redpath
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Neil (R-9)
With Ontario descendents on one branch, Australian on another, and only a tentative id (by occupation) that the 1800 Alexander is the one connected to both Jane Hepburn and Isabella Dow, it would be good to get a representative from both branches into the project to confirm that theory and the dna signature for this line..
With a line believed to have earlier ancestry in Perthshire, a match to the existing Lineage 1 and Lineage 2 Runciman lines was not really expected, given the assumed occupational origins of the surname.
See also Lineage 1c above, ie anomolies to be resolved.
William Runciman, abt 1804 Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland m Janet Paxton NB mother of William given as Christine SIMPSON, not Jean on his dth cert, which may account for the unexpected dna results (R-13 is haplo E)
└── William Runciman, b. 1832 North Berwick, East Lothian, Scotland m Catherine Gardener
└── Robert Runciman, b. 1866 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, SCT m. Margaret Orr
└── Richard Runciman, b. 1898 Whitburn, Linlithgowshire, SCT m. Agnes Hunter
└── ( R-13)