Descendants of

James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead

 

 

JAMES HASTINGS was born in 1763 in Drumloff, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. He died on 13 Jan 1855 in Penpont, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He married SARAH MUIRHEAD in 1794 in Moniaive, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. She was born in 1767 in Moniaive, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. She died on 05 Apr 1834 in CrummyPark, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland.  

 

James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead had the following children: 

 

 

 

1. MARGARET HASTINGS was born in 1795 in Drumloff, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. She died in 1839 in Penpont, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She married WILLIAM PATTERSON in 1831 in Penpont, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. 
2. DAVID HASTINGS was born in 1797 in Drumloff, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. He died on 12 Oct 1838 in Spring Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia. He married MARY LOWRIE on 21 Aug 1829 in Keir, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She was born in 1803 in Galloway, Scotland. 
3. JAMES HASTINGS was born in Dec 1799 in Drumloff, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. He died on 31 Dec 1842 in CrummyPark, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He married JANET COATES on 20 Feb 1835 in Largmore, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. She was born on 19 Apr 1810 in Woodhead, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. She died on 25 Sep 1889 in Furness Vale, Derbyshire, England. 
4. WILLIAM HASTINGS was born in 1802 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He died on 29 Oct 1838 in Spring Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia. He married GRIZZEL HEWETSON in Dec 1828 in Glencairn, Scotland, daughter of James Hewetson and Mary Kerr. She was born on 04 Sep 1807 in Penpont, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She died on 24 Nov 1873 in Pyrmont, Sydney, NSW, Australia. 
5. JANE HASTINGS was born in 1804 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She died on 25 Dec 1872 in Ontario, Canada. She married DAVID HASTINGS on 25 Jan 1828 in CrummyPark, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 
6. SARAH HASTINGS was born in 1806 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She died on 25 Mar 1876 in Ontario, Canada. She married ROBERT MILLIGAN in 1831 in Knockreich, Scotland. He was born in 1794 in Scotland. He died on 12 Feb 1869 in Ontario, Canada. 
7. THOMAS HASTINGS was born in 1808 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He died in Magilligan, Ireland. He married MARGARET SLOANE in 1830 in Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 
8. ELIZABETH HASTINGS was born in 1812 in Croglin, Dumprieshire, Scotland. She married ROBERT KELLY in 1836 in Garroch, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 

 

 

 

Notes for James Hastings: 

 

Originally from Drumloff in the parish of Glencairn in the county of Dumphrieshire, James moved to Neis around 1800 and then to Croglin in 1812.   James returned to Penpont Village around 1834/1835.  

 

After the death of his wife Sarah, James Hastings remarried Susan Steel (?).

 

James Hastings can be found in the 1841 Scotland Census at Penpont Village

 

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Parish of Penpont

Penpont Village

 

James Hastings, 70, Independant, Born in county

Susan Hastings, 50, Born In county

 

James Hastings 1841 census Penpont Scotland.pdf

 

 

and in the 1851 Scotland Census, also at Penpont Village

 

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Parish of Penpont

Penpont Village

 

James Hastings, Head, Married, Male, 86, Pauper formerly a shepherd, Penpont, Dumfries

Susan Hastings, Wife, Married, Female, 59, Washer woman, Caerlaverock, Dumfries

Margaret Hunter, Lodger, Unmarried, Female, 14, Flowerer, Penpont, Dumfries

 

James Hastings 1851 census Penpont Scotland.pdf

 

 

The death certificate of James Hastings (James is the first entry on the page).  It is very hard to read the image, but the key information can determined.    

 

James Hastings Death Certificate 1855.pdf

 

 

A Sketch of the gravestone of James Hastings which would be in Penpont churchyard

 

 

 

 

 

DAVID HASTINGS, son of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead was born in 1797 in Drumloff, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. He died on 12 Oct 1838 in Spring Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia. He married MARY LOWRIE on 21 Aug 1829 in Keir, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She was born in 1803 in Galloway, Scotland. 

 

David Hastings and Mary Lowrie had the following children: 

 

i. THOMAS HASTINGS was born in 1838 in Galloway, Scotland. He died in 1838 in Spring Cove, Sydney Harbour, NSW, Australia. 

ii. JAMES HASTINGS was born in 1830 in Galloway, Scotland. He died in 1908 in Gosford, NSW, Australia. 

iii. WILLIAM HASTINGS was born in 1832 in Galloway, Scotland. 

iv. SARAH HASTINGS was born in 1836 in Galloway, Scotland. She died on 17 Jun 1838 in At Sea on board William Rogers. 

 

 

 

JAMES HASTINGS, son of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead was born in Dec 1799 in Drumloff, Glencairn, Dumprieshire, Scotland. He died on 31 Dec 1842 in CrummyPark, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He married JANET COATES on 20 Feb 1835 in Largmore, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. She was born on 19 Apr 1810 in Woodhead, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. She died on 25 Sep 1889 in Furness Vale, Derbyshire, England.

 

James Hastings and Janet Coates had the following children:

 

i. JAMES HASTINGS was born in 1836 in Scotland. 

ii. WILLIAM HASTINGS was born in Scotland. 

iii. DAVID HASTINGS was born in Scotland. 

iv. MARGARET HASTINGS was born in Scotland. 

 

 

 

JANE HASTINGS, daughter of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead was born in 1804 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She died on 25 Dec 1872 in Ontario, Canada. She married DAVID HASTINGS on 25 Jan 1828 in CrummyPark, Kells, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 

 

David Hastings and Jane Hastings had the following children: 

 

i. WILLIAM HASTINGS. 

ii. SARAH HASTINGS. 

iii. JOHN HASTINGS. 

iv. MARGARET HASTINGS. 

v. JAMES HASTINGS. 

vi. DAVID HASTINGS. 

vii. THOMAS HASTINGS. 

 

 

 

SARAH HASTINGS, daughter of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead was born in 1806 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. She died on 25 Mar 1876 in Ontario, Canada. She married ROBERT MILLIGAN in 1831 in Knockreich, Scotland. He was born in 1794 in Scotland. He died on 12 Feb 1869 in Ontario, Canada. 

 

Robert Milligan and Sarah Hastings had the following children:

 

i. JAMES MILLIGAN was born on 19 Sep 1833 in Maddie Castle, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He died in 1911 in Ontario, Canada. 

ii. WILLIAM MILLIGAN was born on 24 Nov 1835 in Liggate, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. He died in 1887 in Ontario, Canada. 

iii. ARCHIBALD MILLIGAN was born in 1836 in Scotland. He died in On board Ship. 

iv. MARGARET MILLIGAN. 

v. SARAH MILLIGAN. 

 

Notes for Robert Milligan: 

 

Robert and Sarah Milligan and David and Jane Hastings and their families arrived in Nichol Township near Guelph, Ontario about 1836. 

 

The 1851 census of Nichol Township listed Robert Milligan, a farmer, age 55 and his wife Sarah, age 45, both born in Scotland, with four children, James age 19 and William age 17, both born in Scotland and Sarah, age 11 and Margaret age 9, both born in Canada. Two other children Robert and Archibald had died in infancy. 

 

David Hastings and his wife Jane (Sarah Hastings Milligan's sister) had five sons listed on the 1851 census; William, John, James, David and Thomas, the last three born in Canada, and attending school.

 

 

 

THOMAS HASTINGS, son of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead was born in 1808 in Neis, Glencairn, Dumfrieshire, Scotland. He died in Magilligan, Ireland. He married MARGARET SLOANE in 1830 in Carsphairn, Kirkcudbrightshire, Scotland. 

 

Thomas Hastings and Margaret Sloane had the following children: 

 

i. JAMES HASTINGS. Drowned at sea. 

ii. ALEXANDER HASTINGS. 

iii. JANE HASTINGS. 

iv. SARAH HASTINGS. 

v. MARGARET HASTINGS. 

vi. MARY HASTINGS. 

vii. AGNES HASTINGS. 

viii. ELIZABETH HASTINGS. 

 

 

 

ELIZABETH HASTINGS, daughter of James Hastings and Sarah Muirhead (James1) was born in 1812 in Croglin, Dumprieshire, Scotland. She married ROBERT KELLY in 1836 in Garroch, Kirkcudbright, Scotland. 

 

Robert Kelly and Elizabeth Hastings had the following child: 

 

i. SARAH KELLY was born in 1837. She died on 27 Jun 1838 in At Sea on board William Rogers. 

 

 

 

 

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