1710 Alexander Fortay and Margaret Touch or Touk

As was stated in the previous page, Andrew's son, Alexander Fortay, was born in 1710 (or possibly 1711) in Forgan, Fife, Scotland. He was christened on 15 April 1711, again, in Forgan Scotland. There is no death date recorded as of yet.

Margaret Touch or Touk was born in 1714 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland and was christened on 2 January 1715 in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland. There is also no death date found for her as of yet.

There is a marriage record that is apparently difficult to read, it is 17 November 1735 or 1738 (most likely 1738 since their first child is born in 1739). If it was 1738, Alexander would have been 27 years old and Margaret 23. They had 11 children with another Alexander as the second to the last child who is my ancestor. They are as follows (with ages of parents at their birth on right):

1. James Fortay - christened 9 December 1739 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 28 Margaret 24)
2. Helen Fortay - christened 20 September 1741 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 30 Margaret 26)
3. Jannet Fortay - christened 10 July 1743 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 32 Margaret 28)
4. Lucretia Fortay - christened 24 March 1745 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 34 Margaret 30)
5. Margaret Fortay - christened 12 April 1747 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 36 Margaret 32)
6. William Fortay - christened 22 January 1749 in Forgan, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 38 Margaret 34)

Their first 6 children were born in the Forgan area and it appears that they made a move from there to Kilmany sometime between the births of William and Jean around 1750. It was a move of only about 4 to 5 miles south-west of where they and their parents had lived all their lives. Perhaps a job took them there or a bigger home, we just don't know. Their last 5 children are born in Kilmany.

7. Jean Fortay - born 16 October 1751 and christened 20 October 1751 in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 40 Margaret 36)
8. Agnes Fortay - born 1 March 1754 and christened 3 March 1754 in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 43 Margaret 39)
9. Walter Fortay - born 8 July 1756 and christened 11 July 1756 in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 45 Margaret 41)
10. Alexander Fortay - My ancester - born 27 March 1758 and christened 2 April 1758 in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 47 Margaret 43)
11. Cicel Fortay - born 2 June 1761 and christened 7 June 1761 in Kilmany, Fife, Scotland (Alexander 50 Margaret 46)

We have no death dates for anyone in this family. If Alexander and Margaret lived a normal life they would have died in the late 1770's or early 1780's. We do have a record of Margaret (the 5th child), and of course Alexander (the 10th child), having families.  (Margaret married David Honeyman and had 6 children and Alexander is on the next page.)

An old home in Kilmany Scotland not far from the church.

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Famous people born in Fife that Alexander and Margaret may have known or known about.

Adam Smith (baptised 16 June 1723 – died 17 July 1790 [OS: 5 June 1723 – 17 July 1790]) was a Scottish moral philosopher and a pioneer of political economics. One of the key figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, Smith is the author of The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. The latter, usually abbreviated as The Wealth of Nations, is considered his magnum opus and the first modern work of economics. Smith is widely cited as the father of modern economics and capitalism.

Smith studied moral philosophy at the University of Glasgow and the University of Oxford. After graduating, he delivered a successful series of public lectures at Edinburgh, leading him to collaborate with David Hume during the Scottish Enlightenment. Smith obtained a professorship at Glasgow teaching moral philosophy, and during this time he wrote and published The Theory of Moral Sentiments. In his later life, he took a tutoring position that allowed him to travel throughout Europe, where he met other intellectual leaders of his day. Smith returned home and spent the next ten years writing The Wealth of Nations, publishing it in 1776. He died in 1790.

Smith was born to Margaret Douglas at Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scotland. His father, also named Adam Smith, was a lawyer, civil servant, and widower who married Margaret Douglas in 1720 and died six months after Smith was born. Although the exact date of Smith's birth is unknown, his baptism was recorded on 16 June 1723 at Kirkcaldy.

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Robert Adam (3 July 1728 – 3 March 1792) was a Scottish neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. He was the son of William Adam (1689–1748), Scotland's foremost architect of the time, and trained under him. With his older brother John, Robert took on the family business, which included lucrative work for the Board of Ordnance, after William's death. 

Adam was born at Gladney House in Kirkcaldy, Fife.

(For a rather lengthy list of buildings built by Robert Adam check it out on Wikipedia (includes pictures).

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