- Born: (12 Apr 1741) bef 1750, Belhelvie Aberdeen, Scotland (Birth Place)
- Christened: Of Old Machar Parish Aberdeen, Scotland (Causeyend)
- Married: 9 Dec 1777, Old Machar Parish, Aberdeen Scotland
General Notes:
Old Parish Records (OPR)
Mary Sangster b.Oct 30,1810; d.Feb 26,1902
James Sangster b. April 10,1812 d.Feb 3,1881
Robert Sangster b.Apr 24,1814 d.Oct 22,1886
John Sangster b.Aug 28,1816 d.Aug 31, 1818
Margaret Sangster b.May 20,1818
Marjory Sangster b.Oct 31,1820 d.April 5,1875
Mortcloth A mortcloth was a large, black velvet cloth usually ornamented with white. Its purpose was to cover the coffin from the time the body was placed inside until the interment. This custom dates mainly from the 17th and 18th centuries. In some parishes a small mortcloth was available for children.. The dues were the hire charges which supplemented the kirk session funds; e.g. 12d for an adult cloth and 5d for a child's mortcloth. A fine example is preserved at Peterculter Parish Church, near Aberdeen. In many instances the only death records surviving are the account books for the hire of the mortcloths.
Claim of a merchant selling this item:
Coat of Arms: (("NONE"))
Horse Represents:Readiness for all employments for king and country
Wheat sheaves Rep:The harvest of one's hopes has been secured
Wreath Rep:Triumph
Silver color rep:Peace and sincerity
Green color rep:Hope, joy, and loyalty in love
Check this:The "Sangster" family name originated in Devonshire , located in England.
The Shield is Green and Black background, a silver horse at top, and three wheat sheaves in base.
The Crest is: A horse's head through a wreath.
The motto is:"Fidelitas Vincit"
Scottish Probate Research
Before the late nineteenth century, it wasn't possible to transfer
land in Scotland using a will or testament. Instead, Scots used an
instrument known as a sasine. The term is based on a Latin
word meaning "to take possession", and in some cases involved a
ceremony in which the heir literally took possession of a piece of
sod, symbolizing the transfer of the land.
Scottish sasines were recorded in registers that were transferred to
the custody of the General Register Office, and copies of both the
original records and the indexes to them are available on microfilm
through the Family History Library and its Family History Centers.
Sources:
Note: Document: Allan Record
Note: "LDS Ancestral File" submitted by Stella May Simmerman
Note: LDS International Genealogical Index Record
Note: My own research through Old Machar Parish church records.
The name Sangster was an Aberdeen,Scotland surname from the office of "singer" or 'chorister" in the church in the 1400's.Taken from "The Surnames of Scotland,Their Origin,Meaning and History"-New York public Library,1946
From the'New York Public Library' page 710. It. reads:
SANGSTER. An Aberdeen surname, from the office of 'singer', or 'chorister' in the church. James Sankstar, a charter witness to Aberdeen, 1452 (REA.,I,p273). Andrew Sancster
, friar preacher in Aberdeen, 1486(REA.,n,p300) In the reign of James,IV,there is an entry for payment of 10 pounds :
"..to Willyeam Sangstare of Lythgow for a sang buke he brocht to the King." (ALHT., I, p114)
Marriage Information:
Robert married Mary ALLAN ***, daughter of Alexander ALLAN *** and Marjorie CURRIE ***, on 9 Dec 1777 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeen Scotland. (Mary ALLAN *** was born Doc 09 1752 Oct in Old Machar Parish Aberdeen Scotland-Causey-End and was christened on 9 Oct 1752 in Old Machar Parish, Aberdeen, Scotland 1,2,3,7.)
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