The Mein, Mien, Moon families in Kilspindie, Errol and Inchture

The earliest record of this Moon family has been found in the parish of Kilspindie where the Parish Clerk used the spelling 'Mein' and 'Mien' for the surname. The same spelling was used by the Parish Clerk in Errol up until 1755 but after this date the spelling 'Moon' was used, presumably by a different Clerk to the Session.

Kilspindie OPR, November 1709
James Mein and Thomas Millar appointed (instructed) to begin their publick (sic) repentance, Sabbath next

December 4th 1709. James Mien did begin his repentance the last Sabbath and was rebuked and also appeared on the publick place of repentance this day, pro secundo. The said James Mien had his son begotten in fornication with Elisabeth Pyte (Peat?) baptized Thursday last after lecture, called Thomas, the said child being presented by Robert Thomson, an honest married man in this parish, his sponsor.

December 18th 1709. James Mein appeared upon the publick place of repentance the last Sabbath pro 3rd and was received (back into the communion of the church).

James Mein probably was born in the 1680s but seems to have come into the parish from elsewhere, there being no other marriages nor births for such a surname.

James Mein married Janet Sim by 1715, but the banns of marriage were not read in Kilspindie parish, nor in the adjacent Errol parish. Perhaps the couple were married in Perth or Dundee.

Kilspindie OPR, 1st July 1716
James Mein in Kilspindy and Jannet Sim his wife had a son, born Wedensday (sic) June 27th and baptised Sabbath July 1st, named John.

The family moved to Polgavie (Powgavie), where at least two more children were born, before James died unexpectedly. The family probably returned to live with Janet's father, Thomas Sim.

Inchture OPR, 16th April 1721
James Moon, tenant in Polgavie with his wife Janet Sim had a child baptised in face on the Congregation, named James.

Inchture OPR, 23rd September 1722
The deceased James Moon, late tenant in Polgavie with his relict Janet Sim had a child baptised in face on the Congregation, named Thomas. Thomas Sim, grandfather to this child was sponsor. Witnesses, appointed to be set set down (recorded) were James Matthesone, portioner, and John Matthesone, tenant, both in Polgavie.

It is thought that there was also a daughter Jean Mein who married John Cameron.

In addition, Ann Mein was the wife of John Spalding in Errol, servant to Patrick Crawfurd of Auchinames, Esquire, Member of Parliament (Scotland) for Edinburgh. This just may be a coincidence as there were a lot of Mein families in Edinburgh at this time.

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(Generation 2) The Children of James Mein (Moon), and Janet Sim in Kilspindie and Inchture

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John Cameron and Jean Mein, in Errol village

Errol OPR, 4th December 1742
John Cameron and Jean Mein were contracted and married some day in the said month.

John Cameron was a weaver in Errol village, where the couple had six children. Jean's name was given as Mein for the first five children, but as Moon for the last one. They were living at Dicqueside (Dykeside) of Megginch when their son John was born.

(Generation 3) The Children of John Cameron and Jean Mein (Moon), in Errol village

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John Mein (Moon), and Elizabeth Sim in Mill of Errol

John Mien was 31 years old when he married Elizabeth Sim married in 1747. She may have been a cousin as John's mother was a Janet Sim.

Errol OPR, 25th July 1747
John Mien and Elizabeth Sim were contracted and married.

The baptismal record for their first child shows that, initially, John was the grieve (overseer) to Captain Adam Drummond of Megginch. He later became the tenant in the Mill of Errol.

Errol OPR, 17th June 1750
Ann, daughter of John Mien, Overseer or Grieve to Capt. Adam Drummond of Megginch (was baptised).

Errol OPR, 10th November 1751
Katharine, daughter of John Mien, Overseer Megginch's farms and Elizabeth Sim at Megginch was baptised.

Errol OPR, 30th December 1753
Janet, daughter to John Mien, farmer, and Elizabeth Sim, at the Miln of Errol was baptised.

Errol OPR, 1st February 1756
Margaret, daughter of John Moon, in Mill of Errol and Elizabeth Sim, his spouse, (was baptised).

Errol OPR, 20th November 1757
John, son of John Moon, tenant in Mill of Errol and Elizabeth Sim, his spouse, (was baptised).

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(Generation 3) The Children of John Mein (Moon), and Elizabeth Sim in Mill of Errol

The baptisms of this and the preceeding family show that in 1755-56 the surname of Mein or Mien became Moon in Errol parish.

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Andrew Anderson and Ann Mein (Moon) in Kincardine-on-Forth

Errol OPR, 13th August 1774
Andrew Anderson, shipmaster at Kincardine, parish of Tulliallan, and Ann Moon in this parish (married).

Ann Moon was the second wife of Andrew Anderson. They had four sons and two daughters who were all born in Tulliallan parish.

The most notable was their third son, Adam. He studied Greek, Latin, ethics and maths at United College, St Andrews, 1796-1800, then at St Mary's College, 1800-1802. He was also a divinity student at Edinburgh University, 1802-1803, and Rector of Perth Academy, 1809-1837. He was then appointed Professor of Natural Philosophy at St Andrews University, and remained there until his death in 1846. He gained a LLD in 1827, FRSE in 1820, and contributed scientific articles to the 'Edinburgh Encyclopedia' and the 'Encyclopedia Britannica'. He was instrumental in the establishment of gas and water works in Perth and helped in negotations over the route of the Dundee and Perth Railway.

The St. Andrews University Library holds a collection (MS 38329) of his letters from his student days, written to his parents from his uncle's house at Balgonie.

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John Matthew and Margaret Moon in Leuchars, Fife

The banns of marriages were read in both the parish of Errol and the parish of Leuchers, Fife.

Leuchars OPR, 12th March 1785
John Matthew in Leuchars and Margaret Moon in Errol (married).

John Matthew must have been in some regard in the parish as he was referred to as Mr. John Matthew, tenant in Craigie, in the baptism entry for their son, John.

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(Generation 4) The Children of John Matthew and Margaret Moon in Craigie

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John Moon, linen manufacturer and Margaret Robertson

The circumstances by which John Moon became the tenant at Newbigging in Newtyle parish are unknown. Likewise, how he became a linen manufacturer is unclear and there was no big factory, just a lot of home-weaving. Even by 1845, the Statistical Accounts of Scotland (Newtyle) says that "the staple manufacture of the parish at present is sacking and hessian sheeting. Coarse linens called Osnaburghs are also wrought, and occasionally sheeting and shirtings for private use. Since the spinning-wheel gave place to the spinning-mill, females have betaken themselves to weaving, and there are now nearly as many women employed at the loom as men. Weaving is done and paid by the piece."

The parents of Margaret Robertson are unknown. Certainly, the Marriage Banns are of no assistance, but if she had lived in the parish for all of her life, they probably were James Robertson and Susan Bruce. It is worth noting that the eldest daughter was baptised as Susan.

Newtyle OPR, 19th November 1791
John Moon and Margaret Robertson, both in this parish (married).

There were nine children from this marriage, all of them born in Newtyle. One source of information about the family comes from the family vault in the Newtyle churchyard. There are three stones, an original stone and two of more recent erection.

The original stone consists of two panels, surmounting arches with a central carved funeral urn over the date 1843. The right panel is badly flaked by weathering and, if it was every inscribed, is illegible. The left panel is in a better condition.

The two more recent memorial stones flank the original stone, the left one reiterating to some degree the inscription of the original left panel. The right flanking stone may reiterate the inscription of the right panel, or what would have been inscribed.

The original Moon family memorial stone in the Newtyle churchyard

To the memory of
John Moon
tenant and manufacturer
in Newbigging
of this parish
who died 7th Jan 1822 aged 61
and of
Margaret Robertson
his spouse
who died 4 August 1842 aged 76
Also of
James Moon, their son
merchant in Dundee
who died 17 Dec 1839 aged 43
Rev. XIV:13

George Moon
died 27th Aug 1910, aged 57 years
Margaret Thomson
died 2nd Oct 1913, aged 63 years
William Moon
died 22nd July 1929, aged 82 years

Revelation 14:13, "And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, "Write this: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them."

The left flanking stone in inscribed with more information about the rest of the family, but does not mention Margaret Thomson.

In memory of
John Moon, manufacturer
and tenant in Newbigging of this parish
who died 17th January 1822 aged 61
Margaret Robertson, his spouse
who died 4th August 1842 aged 76
and of their family
James Moon, merchant, Dundee
who died 17th December 1839 aged 43
George Moon, manufacturer, Newtyle
who died 23rd December 1857 aged 53
John Moon, minister of this parish
who died 20th November 1862 aged 71
Susan Moon who died 23rd May 1863 aged 69
Adam Moon, surgeon, Dundee
who died 23rd February 1864 aged 54
Margaret Moon, spouse of James Robertson
who died 31st October 1872 aged 69
William Moon, merchant, Dundee
who died 1st October 1876 aged 70
Alexander Moon who died 12th November 1883 aged 84
Elspeth Moon, spouse of James Duncan
who died 24th March 1896 aged 96

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(Generation 4) The Children of John Moon, linen manufacturer and Margaret Robertson.

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Rev. John Moon, Minister of Newtyle and Penelope Moon

When the Rev. John Moon married Penelope Moon it might have been thought that this was a marriage of cousins, but the two Moon families do not seem to have been related, and just had in common their involvement in the spinning and weaving industries. The surname of Moon was rare in these parts but they became one of the most influential families in Dundee.

John Moon received his M.A. at St. Andrews University in 1822 and served as Chaplain to Edinburgh Castle before being ordained to the parish of Newtyle on 24th November 1825. Three years later he married Penelope Moon, the eldest daughter of the prosperous George Moon of Russell Mill at Springfield, near Cupar in Fife.

Cupar (Fife) OPR, 19th October 1828
Moon, The Rev. John, minister of the parish of Newtyle and Penelope Moon in this parish (married).

ScotlandsPeople have indexed the Rev. John Moon as Reod John Moon in the 1841 census.

The Minister also employed three young female servants to assist his wife.

By the time of the 1851 census the rest of the family had been born, but Janet (Jessie) had died the previous year.

John Moon, now aged 21, was lodging in the Nethergate, Dundee, and listed as a merchant. His 18-year-old brother George was lodging in Baker's Lane, St. Andrews, and working as an apprentice draper.

There is a memorial to the family in the Newtyle churchyard:

In memory of
the Reverend John Moon,
minister of this parish,
who died 20th November 1862
in the 71st year of his age
and the thirty-sixth year of his ministry
also of
Penelope Moon, his spouse
who died 6th June 1860, aged 50
Also of their family
Margaret and William who died in infancy
Jessie who died 13th May 1850 aged 18
Christina Catharine
who died 21st December 1857 aged 14
Margaret Robertson
who died 10th October 1853 aged 17
Penelope
who died on 1st October 1899
John
who died on 26th July 1900

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(Generation 5) The Children of Rev. John Moon, Minister of Newtyle and Penelope Moon

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George Moon and Susan Moon in Newtyle village.

At the time of the 1841 census George and Susan were living with their mother in Belmont Street, Newtyle. Many of the neighbours were handloom weavers or yarn winders, working from their cottages.

Susan was nearer 48 than 38, but the 1841 census enumerators had told people to round down their ages and Susan had obliged.

After the death of their mother in 1842, George and Susan remained living in Belmont Street, but took in their niece Ann Duncan as shown by the 1851 census return.

George Moon was running a large scale cottage industry, probably as his father had done before him. The census states that he was employing 132 'hands'. James M. Robertson, the foreman, was a cousin.

George Moon, manufacturer in Newtyle died 23rd December 1857 aged 53 years and unmarried. The linen manufacturing was continued by his sister Susan and James Robertson, but in 1861 they were employing only 66 'hands'.

Mary Ann Moon was the daughter of Susan's brother, Alexander, farmer in Newbigging.

Susan Moon died 23rd May 1863 aged 69 years and probably was buried in the family vault, but her name was not added to the original monument.

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James Moon, merchant in Dundee

The Newtyle family monument inscription states that James Moon was a merchant in Dundee and died 17th December 1839, aged 43 years, presumably unmarried. His name does not appear in either the Dundee Street Directory for 1834, or that for 1837-38, so the location of his premises is unknown. His Latter Will was registered in Dundee in 1840 and the list of his creditors suggests that he was a spirits dealer. The Will also suggests that he died in Newtyle, rather than Dundee, where there is no mention of him in the Howff Burial Registers.

On the 14th July 1840, the Inventory Oath and Trust Disposition and Settlement of James Moon, merchant in Dundee, was recorded in the Commissary Court Book of Dundee. The Inventory showed that there was: £14 9s 9d cash in the shop; £285 15s 3d of booked debts and open account debts which were considered good (recoverable); £305 15s 3d on doubtful debts; £350 of life assurance; £172 of stock in trade; £30 as the value of a certificate of life assurance for Charles Ggray esq. of Carse, marked in favour of the deceased; £108 as the value of 4 shares in the Dundee and Arbroath Railway Company; £425 as the value of 50 shares in Eastern Bank of Scotland. In total expectation £1,435 5s 9d.

James Moon was residing at Newtyle when he wrote his Latter Will and confirmed his brothers: Alexander Moon at Newbigging of Newtyle; George Moon residing at Newtyle; and William Moon, merchant in Dundee to be the Executors. Firstly he cancelled, without payment, any debts that he held against his siblings. Secondly, he bequeathed his gold watch and jewellery to his sister Margaret or, if she was deceased, to his niece Ann Duncan upon her attaining majority or being married. Thirdly he instructed his Trustees to sell by roup (auction) or private bargain, all of his property with the exception of his heritable property at Newtyle and, after paying all of his just debts, sick-bed and funeral charges, to divide it equally between his brothers and sisters, or their lawful issue. Forthly, he wished the annual income from his heritable property in Newtyle to pay £30 annually and jointly to his mother and three sisters, Susan, Elspeth and Margaret, with the remainer paid to his brother George. After their deaths, the properties at Newtyle were to be sold and the proceeds equally split between his surviving nieces and nephews.

The Inventory listed 39 people who owed on their credit and were expected to pay, including George Moon in Fife (i.e. Russell Mill). Another 53 people, including a policeman, were not expected to pay their debts "Many of the persons above mentioned have absconded, leaving no property, and others of them are insolvent and utterly desperate, and therefore for these and other causes the debts cannot be estimated at more value than £20 (out of the £305 15s 3d owing).

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Alexander Moon, farmer at Newbigging, Newtyle

Alexander married Mary or May Rea on 18th December 1836 and the 1841 census return shows that a son, James, had been born. Both his wife and their son seem to have died soon afterwards, and Alexander then married Ann McGregor, the widow of George Gordon, as shown by the 1851 census.

Alexander's wife had died by the time of the 1881 census.

Alexander Moon died 12th November 1883 at his farm of Newbigging and left a testament with the Forfar Sheriff Court, 19th January 1886.

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James Duncan and Elspeth Moon in Threapley, Lundie and Fowlis

Newtyle OPR, 6th September 1823
James Duncan and Elspeth Moon, both in this parish (married).

James Duncan and Elspeth Moon had ten children, the first four being born at Newtyle, and the remaining six at Threapley.

The 1841 census shows most of the family, except David Duncan and Adam Moon Duncan who may have died in childhood. There is also an Elizabeth Duncan, aged 16 years, who may have been their first child.

By the time of the 1851 census, some of their children were away. Ann Duncan was living with her uncle George Moon in Newtyle.

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The Children of James Duncan and Elspeth Moon in Threapley, Lundie and Fowlis

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James Robertson and Margaret Moon in Dundee

In the 1851 census return for 6 Union Street, Dundee, Margret Moon is given as the head of the household and acting as housekeeper for her brother William's employees. She is listed as unmarried, as she did not marry until 1860 when she was 54 years old.

On 8th August 1860 at Newtyle, James Robertson, 60 year old widower, living at Rossie Street in Arbroath married Margaret Moon, 54 year old spinster, living at Union Street, Dundee. His parents were given as William Robertson, blacksmith and farrier(?) and Margaret Cosans (both deceased). The ceremony was performed by John Moon, minister of Newtyle, who was Margaret's brother. The witnesses were James Moon and Ja. M. Robertson.

The marriage certificate mentions that the bride and groom were cousins. So, William Robertson was the brother of Margaret's mother, Margaret Robertson. William Robertson and Margaret Cosans were married 26th June 1795 and recorded in both the OPRs for St. Vigean's and for Arbroath. James was born in St Vigean's parish 12th September 1799, the third of six children.

Margaret Moon, widow of James Robertson, house proprietor, died at 2 Union Street, Dundee, on 21st October 1871, aged 69 years. Her parents were given as John Moon, linen manufacturer and Margaret Robertson, both deceased. The informant was her brother, William Moon of Edenfield, Fife.

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William Moon and Anne Moorhouse Stocks in Dundee and Springfield, Fife

As a young man, William was an apprentice in Forfar to Mr Gordon, draper and silk mercer. Before settling in Dundee he spent time gaining commercial experience in Glasgow and Edinburgh. The 1834 Dundee Street Directory lists his drapery store (Moon and Langlands) in the old Overgate but he was living in Thorter Row. His business partner was William Langlands, and these two were the first shopkeepers in Dundee to replace the traditional discounted pricing system with a fixed price. By selling with a small profit margin, customers were attracted by the combination of quality goods and relative cheapness, so much so that by 1837 there was a need for bigger premises at 27 Overgate and 1 Tally Street, below the old Methodist Chapel.

Although the original stores were mainly tailoring, offering coats in various colours, silk and swansdown vests, cotton or painted moleskin trousers, and hosiery, the business prospered and a bigger store was needed. The corner of Union Street and the Nethergate had been cleared of old houses and small shops and in 1839 the Dundee architect, George Matthewson, designed a spacious department store at 40 Nethergate, 2 Union Street to be named Albion House which opened in 1842.

In 1843 William Moon married Ann Moorhouse Stocks, the daughter of James Stocks, a woollen manufacturer in Honley, Yorkshire. Their son James Stocks Moon was born in Huddersfield in 1844. In the same year, William's 'uncle', George Moon of Russell Mill, died and William became the new proprietor.(George Moon's daughter, Penelope, was married to William's brother, John Moon the Minister of Newtyle).

By the time of the 1851 census, Willam Moon's family were living at 6 Union Street, along with his brother Adam Moon the surgeon. Part of the building was also being used as accommodation for a large number of the draper's assistants who worked at Albion House. William's sister Margaret Moon was their housekeeper and his cousin David Robertson was the overseer. Penelope Moon Duncan, the milliner, was the daughter of his sister Elspeth.

David Robertson, the overseer, was the son of James Robertson and Elizabeth Bain, making him a nephew as William's mother, Margaret Robertson, was the sister of James Robertson. David Robertson joined the partnership when William Langlands left Dundee to join his brothers in Australia. David Robertson married William's niece, Penelope Moon Duncan, the milliner in 1859 and the firm became Moon, Langlands and Co.

David Robertson, the overseer, was the son of James Robertson and Elizabeth Bain, making him a nephew as William's mother, Margaret Robertson, was the sister of James Robertson. David Robertson joined the partnership when William Langlands left Dundee to join his brothers in Australia. David Robertson married William's niece, Penelope Moon Duncan, the milliner in 1859 and the firm became Moon, Langlands and Co. The couple lived at Union Grove opposite the Magdalen Green, but had no children. In his will, Dundee Sheriff Court, 1881, he left substantial amounts of money to a variety of charitable causes in Dundee.

In the mid 1850s William and his family moved into Edenfield, close to Russell Mill at Springfield in Fife. The last of his children died at Edenfield in 1945

When David Robertson retired from the company in 1874, William continued the business with his son James Stocks Moon. After the death of his father in 1876 the business was sold to Thomas Blakeney and James Steele who continued to trade as the same firm. After a disasterous fire Thomas Blakeney moved the company to the corner of Whitehall Street and the Nethergate. In 1891 it became Draffen's department store, while Albion House is now the Trades House Bar.

There is a monument to the family in Cupar

Erected by William Moon, Edenfield
in memory of his son William Alexander Moon
who died January 1858 aged 11 months
Edward Moon died August 1860 aged 13 months
and his daughter Esther Moorhouse Moon
died August 1866 aged 16 years
Annie Moon of Edenfield
died August 1945 aged 83 years
his eldest son James Stocks Moon of Stafford Castle, Surrey
died 9th December 1880 aged 36 years
George Brown Moon died at Glengarvie Forth, Tasmania
9th December 1904 aged 51 years
also Christina Henderson his wife
died October 1938
Margaret Moorhouse, Beaumont
wife of Walter Stocks Moon
died 27th May 1930 in her 67th year
Also the above Walter Stocks Moon
died 6th June 1940 in his 84th year
William Moon of Edenfield
died 1st October 1875 in his 70th year
his widow Anne Moorhouse Stocks of Edenfield
died 11th February 1907 in her 86th year
their eldest daughter Margaret Robertson Moon of Edenwood
widow of Alexander Anderson, M.D. Dundee
died 24th September 1908 in her 63rd year

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The Children of William Moon and Anne Moorhouse Stocks in Dundee and Springfield, Fife

* Although the 1851 census lists a 7 month old child named as Catharine M. Moon, this probably should be Esther Moorhouse Moon who does not appear in the same census, and would have been just over 7 months old.

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Adam Moon, surgeon in Dundee

Adam Moon studied at Edinburgh University to become a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons and returned to Dundee to pursue a career in general practice. He is first mentioned in the 1837-8 Dundee Street Directory as living with his brother William in Thorter Row, and remained there in 1841 with a female servant, Susan Dryden, after his brother had moved to Albert Court.

By 1851 Adam had moved to 6 Union Street, Dundee, and was sharing the building with William and his family, plus their sister Margaret who was housekeeper for some of his William's employees.

The census records that Moon, Langlands and Co. were employing 34 (journeymen) drapers, 22 tailors and 1 milliner, many of whom were being boarded at the same address.

Soon afterwards Adam Moon moved to 2 Union Street, where he lived for the rest of his life.

When Adam Moon died in 1861 he left a personal estate worth £1,218 15s 10d with a Latter Will and Testament to dispose of the same. His personal estate comprised of: cash in his house; a deposit with the Royal Bank of Scotland; the value of his household furniture, bed and table linen, china, books, surgical instruments, gold watch with chain and clothing; debts due to the deceased by Thomas Low and son, High Street, Dundee, and James Mills, sometime at Tayport in Fife and now at Blairgowrie, both with interest; four shares of the Dundee Property and Investment Company; rents and interest on the deceased's six-tenth shares of current rents of properties in Newtyle; the deceased's six-tenth shares of interest on £2,733 of money lent out in which he had a life-rent interest.

I, Adam Moon, surgeon Dundee, considering it my duty to settle and regulate the management and distribution of my means to prevent all disputes after my death do hereby nominate and appoint William Moon my brother, merchant Dundee, and his son James Stocks Moon, and James Moon, draper, son of my brother Alexander Moon, Newbigging, parish of Newtyle as my Trustees.

1st. They, we said Trustees shall pay all my just and lawful debts, death bed and funeral expenses.

2nd. That they shall pay to all of my nieces, after my death, five pounds each.

3rd. I direct my Trustees to lay out two hundred pounds at five percent interest, if to be had, the said interest to be paid to George Moon, son (of) Revd. John Moon, Newtyle, yearly, so long as my Trustees shall consider it necessary for his support and, in the event of his dying, or my Trustees not considering it needful for his support, the said two hundred pounds to form part of my assets and my Trustees shall pay over to my nieces, the daughters of Revd John Moon, the said sum of two hundred pounds to be equally divided among them if my Trustees deem it necessary for their support.

4th. My household furniture and other household effects, I leave to my Trustees and sister Margaret Moon or Robertson, to dispose of as they deem proper.

5th. I direct that my Trustees shall divide the residue of my means equally among the children of my brother William Moon, excepting the sum of £50, to my sister Mrs Duncan (Elspeth Moon), in Thripley.

6th. I give to my nephew James Stocks Moon, my 4 shares in the Dundee Property and Investment Co. Greenmarket, Waterbed(?) watch and desk which I use.

The foregoing has this day, 6th day of May 1862, being wrote by me and subscribed by me before these witnesses: James Robertson, husband of my sister Margaret Moon, residing 2 Union Street Dundee, and James Stocks Moon, assistant draper, residing 2 Union Street, Dundee (signed) Adam Moon, James Robertson, witness, James Stocks Moon, witness, at Dundee, 1st Sept. 1863.

On (this) day, I bequeath and dispose to my brother William Moon, merchant Dundee, and his heirs, my two shares in the Clydesdale Bank, Dundee, and shares which stand(?) recorded in their books in my name (signed) Adam Moon, surgeon Dundee, 27th May 1864. the foregoing is the deed of settlement with codicel thereto, referred to in oath taken to the Inventory of the Personal Estate of the late Adam Moon, surgeon in Dundee of equal date herewith (signed) Wm. Moon, Peter Hean J.P.

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John Ewan and Elizabeth Moon in Dundee and St. Andrews.

The banns of marriages were read in both the parish of Errol and the parish of Dundee.

Dundee OPR, 20th July 1785
John Ewan, baker in Dundee and Elisabeth Moon in parish of Errol (married).

In the baptismal records John's surname has been given at least three different spellings: Euan; Ewan; and Ewen. Their first child, George, was baptised in Dundee, but the family then moved to the parish of St. Andrews and St. Leonards in Fife, where the remaining four children were born.

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(Generation 4) The Children of John Ewan and Elizabeth Moon in Dundee and St. Andrews

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Robert Clark and Jean Moon in Errol.

The banns of marriages were read in the parish of Errol.

Errol OPR, 27th December 1790
(marriage) Contract: Robert Clark and Jean Moon, both in this parish, (paid) 5s.

All of their five children were born in Errol parish.

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(Generation 4) The Children of Robert Clark and Jean Moon in Errol.