John Downie and Charlotte Mackenzie

Parents

Paternal

Unknown

Maternal

Alexander Mackenzie of Tollie
Provost of Dingwall

Anabella Bayne
Daughter of Sir Donald Bayne of Tulloch

John Downie
Minister of Gairloch, Stornoway and Urray
b 1727 Aberdeen
d 3 October 1811
Urray, Ross and Cromarty

Charlotte Mackenzie
b 29 August 1740
Dingwall, Ross & Cromarty
d 14 September 1815
place unknown

Children

Margaret Downie

b 26 September 1762
place unknown
d

Annabel Downie
Married to George Gordon
b 16 February 1764
place unknown
d after 1814

Alexander Downie
Minister of Lochalsh
b 16 July 1765
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty d 31 May 1820
Lochalsh, Ross & Cromarty

Donald Downie
died in infancy
b 4 Oct 1766
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty
d 9 Oct 1766
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty

Katharine Downie

b 29 August 1767
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty

Murdoch or Murdo Downie
Writer in Dingwall
b 11 November 1768
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty
d May 1818
Barbados, West Indies

Donald Downie
died in infancy
b 25 December 1769
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty d 4 March 1770
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty

Charles Downie
b 22 Nov 1770
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty
d

Jean Downie
b 8 Aug 1772
prob. Gairloch, Ross & Cromarty
d after 1814

Ann Downie
died in infancy
b 15 September 1774
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d 12 February 1775
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty

John Downie

b 22 September 1775
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d

Anne Downie
Married to Neil Kennedy
minister of Logie Easter
b 22 Nov 1770
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d 17 June 1832
place unknown

James Downie
Master in Royal Navy
b abt 1777
place unknown
d 8 August 1833
Jersey, Channel Islands

Hector Downie
elder twin of George
b 19 January 1778
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d before 1783

Captain George Downie
Captain in Royal Navy
b 19 January 1778
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d 11 September 1814
Lake Champlain, New York, USA

Charlotte Downie
Married to Alexander Mackenzie XI of Hilton and Brea
b 30 July 1779
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d

Mary Downie

b 7 May 1781
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d

Captain Hector Downie
Captain in 11th Regiment of Foot
b 4 April 1783
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d 8 November 1844
Rothesay, Bute

Beatrix Downie

b 1791 or before
Stornoway, Ross & Cromarty
d 7 August 1876
Elgin, Morayshire

The Rev. John Downie started the Stornoway Parish Record by listing his own family in 1780, including his marriage and the births of all his children up to Charlotte, with the exception of James whose birthdate is deduced from his death notice in 1833, which gave his age as 66. James may have been older than this because his seniority in the Navy was given as 22 April 1797. James's will states that Beatrix was his sister, and her death certificate gives her parents as John Downie and Charlotte McKenzie, but the informant was her nurse and may not have given the correct information. Rev. Downie did not record any places of birth or marriage but the birthplace of the children up to Jean was probably Gairloch, where he was minister from 1758 until 1773, and the subsequent children were probably born in Tong, Stornoway - he was minister of Stornoway from 22 July 1773 until 25 September 1788, when he became minister of Urray.