Ancestors of Christopher John Augustine Morry





Mary Moullin

      Sex: F

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Cir 1782 - Guernsey, Channel Islands 213
    Christening: 
          Death: 1 May 1861 - St. Pierre Du Bois, Guernsey, Channel Islands ( about age 79) 213
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

• Obituary: 19 Jun 1861, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada. LEMESSURIER, Mary Moullin, widow of late John th died age 79 Guernsey, May 2 - Copied from Guernsey STAR May 2 1861
19 June, 1861- NT
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Spouses and Children
1. *Jean Des Caches Le Messurier 213,279 
       Marriage: 17 Jan 1802 - Guernsey, Channel Islands 213
       Children:
                1. Marie Mansell Le Messurier
                2. Lucrece Lucie Le Messurier
                3. Henriette Elise Le Messurier
                4. John Felix Le Messurier
                5. Nicolas Le Messurier
                6. Ann Le Messurier
                7. Sophie Matilde Le Messurier
                8. James Mansell Le Messurier
                9. Frederick William Le Messurier
                10. Frederick Mansell Le Messurier
                11. Caroline Julie Le Messurier
                12. Lydie Emilie Le Messurier
                13. Ernest Le Messurier

Notes
General:
180806:

BDM notes that death was reported on 19 June 1861 in: 1) Newfoundlander 1827-1884 2) Times and General Commercial Gazette 1832-1895

Deceased was the widow of the late John Lemessurier, Rurat [Rural Dean?] at Royal Court Caches, St. Peter in the Wood, Guernsey. "Guernsey Star May 2nd."


Nicolas Moullin

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Cir 1789 213
    Christening: 
          Death: 21 May 1856 -  ( about age 67) 213
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Parents
         Father: Nicolas Moullin 213
         Mother: Rachel Le Messurier 213,279

Spouses and Children
1. *Mary Ann Elizabeth Hannam 213 
       Marriage: 



Nicolas Moullin

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Cir 1763 213
    Christening: 
          Death: 21 Sep 1811 -  ( about age 48) 213
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Rachel Le Messurier 213,279 
       Marriage: Cir 1789 213
       Children:
                1. Nicolas Moullin



Living

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
1. Living



Dr. James Mounsey M.D., FRS

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: Cir 1700 - Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland 5067
    Christening: 
          Death: 2 Feb 1773 - Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland ( about age 73) 5067
         Burial: After 2 Feb 1773 - Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland 5067
 Cause of Death: 

Events

• Military: 5 years Lieut. General in the Royal Navy before becoming a doctor, Cir 1730, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

• Occupation: Signed contract as a Lekar in the Russian Naval Hospital, Jul 1736, London, Greater London, England. London in July 1736 signing
an agreement with Prince Kantemir, the Russian Minister, to
serve as "lekar" in the Naval Hospital at Petersburg.
" lekar" is a medical man in Russia who has not got his
doctor's degree.) I.

• Graduation: M.D. University of Reims, 1740, Reims, Champagne-Ardenne, France.

• Honors: F.R.S., 8 Mar 1748/49, London, Greater London, England.

• Appointment: First Royal Physician with rank of Privy Councillor and salary of 4000 rubles, 1756, Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia.

• Appointment: Archiater and to be chief' leib medik ' and Chief Director of the Medical Chancery, 25 Dec 1761, Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia. Peter III., who succeeded her (Empress Elizabeth Petrovna), appointed him to the highest positions in the Russian Medical Service in the following decree: "In consideration of the skill, diligence, and zeal with which James Mounsey ' leib medik ' and ' state councillor' served the gracious Empress our Aunt Elizabeth Petrovna of blessed and eternal Memory, we appoint the said Mounsey to the office of Archiater and to be chief' leib medik ' and Chief Director of the Medical Chancery and of the whole medical Faculty throughout the Russian Empire with the rank of Privy Councillor and a salary 7000 roubles per annum, the said Mounsey to be personally responsible to and to receive orders directly from ourselves the senate to take notice of this decree and to issue the necessary orders.

• Occupation: Physician in the court of Peter the Great, Bef 1762, Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia.

• Arrival: From Russia, After 20 Aug 1762, Scotland.

• Election: Honorary Member, College of Physicians, 2 Nov 1762, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland.

• Owner: Killielung Estate purchased from the Maxwell Family, 1763, Hollywood, Dumfries, Scotland.

• Interesting: Registered his coat of arms with the Court of Lyon, 8 Dec 1763, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland. " Chequey Or and Gules on a Chief of the last, three mallets of first. Crest on a mountain eagle looking at the setting sun all proper. Motto ' Decor Integer.'."

• Owner: Rammerscales Estate, near Hightae, 4 miles south of Lochmaben, After 1766, Hightae, Dumfries, Scotland.

• Alt. Death: 1788, Scotland.


Parents
         Father: Thomas Mounsey 5067
         Mother: Margaret Steel 5067,5068

Spouses and Children
1. *Joan Grieve 5068 
       Marriage: 1 May 1754 - Petersburg, Sankt-Peterburg, Russia 5067
       Children:
                1. James Mounsey
                2. Capt. Thomas Mounsey
                3. William Mounsey

Notes
General:
151221
From Dumfries and Galloway online:

At home, the news from Russia was that John's Uncle James Mounsey was doing very well and was now a doctor. Mounsey availed himself of the opportunity to attend lectures at Paris University and eventually while in Paris emerged with a medical qualification. After five years with the Navy, he opted for private practice in Saint Petersburg where eventually he was appointed as private doctor to the obese Empress Elizabeth. After her death, Peter III awarded Dr Mounsey the rank of Privy Councillor. The unfortunate Peter was soon removed from the throne and was replaced by his wife Catherine II, who was to gain glory later as Catherine the Great. The change of sovereign was the main event of 1762. Mounsey retired and returned to Scotland wealthy and built himself the luxurious mansion of Rammerscales, near Hightae.

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180122 from http://www.rammerscales.com/history/


History

There is no direct evidence of exactly when the house was built and it can only be guessed from the style and materials that it was probably somewhere about 1760. The early history of the House and lands of Rammerscales is lost in the turbulent years of the 15th century when Border raids and forays made difficult the keeping of records of family life. In those years Rammerscales formed part of the Lands of Holmains and there exists a charter of 1361 whereby David II granted Holmains to the family of Carruthers subject to the overlordship of Douglas, Lord of Galloway and Annandale and in 1426 one Roger Carruthers had confirmed to him in a grant from Douglas the lands of Holmains and Dalton which specifically included Rammerscales.

Despite the Border wars and feuds Carruthers held his estates and though it is not known whether the descent was through the eldest sons the name of Carruthers of Holmains appears in an Act of Parliament of 1587 as being one of the lairds of the Western Marches who could be relied upon to keep order. Also the family appears in Moneypenny's Chronicle of the same year as one of the 65 lairds and gentlemen re-siding in the Stewartry and Dumfriesshire.

So far as is know for the next one hundred years the lands remained in the possession of the Carruthers family. The next date that can be firmly established is 1687 when Robert Carruthers married Margaret Dalziell and was given Rammerscales from the family estates. The Marriage Stone the commemorated this can be seen today built into the south wing of the stables.

Thirty years later during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 Robert Carruthers was involved with trying once again to restore the Stuarts. This time those who took part were dealt with severely and it may have been due to this and other causes that ten years later the lands and estates of Rammerscales were disposed of at a judicial sale and ultimately purchased by Dr James Mounsey in 1758.

The Mounsey family came from Skipmyre, a farm in the district, though Dr Mounsey himself had lived for many years in Russia and was the first physician and Privy Councillor for the Empress of Russia. It was about this time that the present square red sandstone House was built in the classic Georgian style of the period, Dr Mounsey, who is reported to have made enemies in Russia, is said to have insisted that every room in the house should have more than one exit so that if he were surprised in one of his rooms by some agent of his enemies he could make good his escape. This is certainly borne out by the unusual number of doorways in the house, although some of these have now been blocked in to form cupboards and alcoves. After the Doctor's death in 1773 the estate was made over to his eldest son James, though it is doubtful whether he ever lived in the house as laird since he was in the Army and abroad a great deal in consequence. James died in the West Indies in 1780 and was succeeded in turn by two surviving brothers, the last of whom died in 1797 whereupon the estate became vested in his three sisters jointly but, as they were all married and had no wish to live there, the place was sold to James Bell, a sugar merchant of Glasgow for £7,700.


James Mounsey

      Sex: M

Individual Information
     Birth Date: 
    Christening: 
          Death: 1780 - West Indies 5068,7153
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

• Property: Inherited Rammerscales Estate from Father after his death, 1773, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Scotland.

• Military: British Army, Bef 1780.


Parents
         Father: Dr. James Mounsey M.D., FRS
         Mother: Joan Grieve 5068

Notes
General:
180122 from http://www.rammerscales.com/history/


History

There is no direct evidence of exactly when the house was built and it can only be guessed from the style and materials that it was probably somewhere about 1760. The early history of the House and lands of Rammerscales is lost in the turbulent years of the 15th century when Border raids and forays made difficult the keeping of records of family life. In those years Rammerscales formed part of the Lands of Holmains and there exists a charter of 1361 whereby David II granted Holmains to the family of Carruthers subject to the overlordship of Douglas, Lord of Galloway and Annandale and in 1426 one Roger Carruthers had confirmed to him in a grant from Douglas the lands of Holmains and Dalton which specifically included Rammerscales.

Despite the Border wars and feuds Carruthers held his estates and though it is not known whether the descent was through the eldest sons the name of Carruthers of Holmains appears in an Act of Parliament of 1587 as being one of the lairds of the Western Marches who could be relied upon to keep order. Also the family appears in Moneypenny's Chronicle of the same year as one of the 65 lairds and gentlemen re-siding in the Stewartry and Dumfriesshire.

So far as is know for the next one hundred years the lands remained in the possession of the Carruthers family. The next date that can be firmly established is 1687 when Robert Carruthers married Margaret Dalziell and was given Rammerscales from the family estates. The Marriage Stone the commemorated this can be seen today built into the south wing of the stables.

Thirty years later during the Jacobite rebellion of 1745 Robert Carruthers was involved with trying once again to restore the Stuarts. This time those who took part were dealt with severely and it may have been due to this and other causes that ten years later the lands and estates of Rammerscales were disposed of at a judicial sale and ultimately purchased by Dr James Mounsey in 1758.

The Mounsey family came from Skipmyre, a farm in the district, though Dr Mounsey himself had lived for many years in Russia and was the first physician and Privy Councillor for the Empress of Russia. It was about this time that the present square red sandstone House was built in the classic Georgian style of the period, Dr Mounsey, who is reported to have made enemies in Russia, is said to have insisted that every room in the house should have more than one exit so that if he were surprised in one of his rooms by some agent of his enemies he could make good his escape. This is certainly borne out by the unusual number of doorways in the house, although some of these have now been blocked in to form cupboards and alcoves. After the Doctor's death in 1773 the estate was made over to his eldest son James, though it is doubtful whether he ever lived in the house as laird since he was in the Army and abroad a great deal in consequence. James died in the West Indies in 1780 and was succeeded in turn by two surviving brothers, the last of whom died in 1797 whereupon the estate became vested in his three sisters jointly but, as they were all married and had no wish to live there, the place was sold to James Bell, a sugar merchant of Glasgow for £7,700.


Janet Mounsey

      Sex: F
AKA: Jannet Mounsey 979,2206
Individual Information
     Birth Date: Cir 1763 - Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland 979
    Christening: 4 Feb 1763 - Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland 979
          Death: 24 Jan 1820 - Gillesbie, Dumfries, Scotland ( about age 57) 4604
         Burial: After 24 Jan 1820 - Johnstone, Dumfries, Scotland 4604
 Cause of Death: 

Events

• Residence: Kirkhill, 19 Dec 1794, Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland. Scotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929 Transcription
First name(s)Alexander
Last nameRogerson
Birth year1794
Birth date19 Dec 1794
Baptism year-
ResidenceKirkhill
PlaceWamphray
CountyDumfriesshire
CountryScotland
Mother's first name(s)Jannet
Mother's last nameMounsey
Father's first name(s)Saml
Father's last nameRogerson
Father OccupationTenant
Page11
Archive RefOPR 853/1
Year Range1709-1819
Item1
Record setScotland, Parish Births & Baptisms 1564-1929
CategoryBirth, Marriage & Death (Parish Registers)
SubcategoryParish Baptisms
Collections fromUnited Kingdom, Scotland
© Findmypast.

• Residence: Kirkhill (Tennant), 5 Mar 1797, Wamphray, Dumfries, Scotland. (Occupant)


Parents
         Father: Living
         Mother: 

Spouses and Children
1. *Samuel Rogerson 2206,4603 
       Marriage: 
       Children:
                1. William Rogerson
                2. Janet Rogerson
                3. Alexander Rogerson
                4. David Rogerson
                5. Margaret Rogerson
                6. Samuel Rogerson



Living

      Sex: M

Spouses and Children
       Children:
                1. Janet Mounsey



Capt. Thomas Mounsey

      Sex: M
AKA: Capt. T. Mounsey 79th Regiment, British Army 5067
Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1759 - Dumfries, Dumfries, Scotland 5068
    Christening: 
          Death: Mar 1783 - Manchester, Lancashire, England ( at age 24) 5067
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: Died in a duel with Lord Belhaven 5067

Events

• Property: Inherited Rammerscales Estate from brother James after his death, 1780, Lockerbie, Dumfries, Scotland.


Parents
         Father: Dr. James Mounsey M.D., FRS
         Mother: Joan Grieve 5068



Thomas Mounsey

      Sex: M
AKA: Thomas Munsey 5068
Individual Information
     Birth Date: 1656 - Hackford, Norfolk, England 5068
    Christening: 
          Death: 1711 - Dumfries, Scotland ( at age 55) 5068
         Burial: 
 Cause of Death: 

Events

• Occupation: Farmer, Skipmire, Trailflat Parish, After 1700, Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland.


Spouses and Children
1. Jean Paterson 5067 
       Marriage: Cir 1690 - Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland

2. *Margaret Steel 5067,5068 
       Marriage: Cir 1700 - Lochmaben, Dumfries, Scotland
       Children:
                1. Dr. James Mounsey M.D., FRS


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