The Interface.
Ideally the Interface should be represented by a three dimensional model; (1)Location, (2) Time and (3) Population Movement; but, for ease of display, let us, for the moment, use the simple grid system:- viz,
(1) "Location" as the vertical "x" axis, expressed as Parishes (copy of county parish maps available from- www.ihgs.ac.uk/ );
(2) "Time" as the horizontal "y" axis, expressed as both "Approximate Dates" and as "Generations";
(3) "Population Movement" indicated by the "plotting" on the grid of individuals identified either by an "M" number ( see DATUM IV - Biographical Notes ) or by a date ( the date being the year of the baptism of his first child as per I.G.I. ); or both if considered to be the same individual.
| Approximate Dates | 1675+ | 1650+ | 1625+ | 1600+ | ||
| "GENERATIONS" | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 | ||
| Aberdeenshire | Parish | |||||
| *Forgue | George 1689 | |||||
| *Fyvie | John 1694 | |||||
| *Huntly | Alexr. 1685 | |||||
| *Monquhitter | Patrick 1671 | |||||
| John 1677 | ||||||
| Insch | John 1684 | |||||
| John 1688 | ||||||
| William 1688 | ||||||
| William 1699 | ||||||
| William 1684 | ||||||
| John 1691 | ||||||
| James 1694 | ||||||
| George 1701 | ||||||
| Rayne | William 1683 | |||||
| William 1689 | ||||||
| Jo. 1693 | ||||||
| Walter 1696 | ||||||
| Strathdon | Patrik 1671 | |||||
| Birse | George M181 | John M180 | William M173 | |||
| (Glencat) | William M182 | |||||
| Leochel- | Patrik 1676 | John M167 | James M165 | |||
| (Craigievar) | Alexr M168 | |||||
| Inverurie | Patrick M154 | |||||
| Longside | Walter 1629 | |||||
| Old Machar | Thomas M194 | Thomas M193 | ||||
| (Aberdeen) | William 1667 | Jon. 1659 | ||||
Commentary.
By the end of the 17th century, the geographical spread of the Mortimer name across Aberdeenshire, appears to be split into a north/south divide.
In the south, Mortimers had held Craigievar through eight generations and this would account for the spread (1) locally to Glencat and Inverurie, probably assisted by the traditional friends of the Mortimers, - Atholl, Mar and Leslie, (2) to Aberdeen City, where the Mortimer name recurs in the records, over a period of 200 years, and (3) back into Angus ( see John M167 on the Angus County Page).
In the northern half of Aberdeenshire, the spread into those parishes in the north-east, marked with an " * ", is more likely to have come from the other Mortimer base at Auchinbaddy, in the parish of Alvah, just over the county boundary in Banffshire.
The parishes of Insch and Rayne hold a middle position and, apparently, the highest number of Mortimer families.
This apparent cross-over between Counties calls into question how these various "Interfaces" should best be displayed to seek out probable genealogical links.
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