James Wilson‘s place and date of birth and his parent’s names are not known.
The death record of James’s daughter Jean gives his name as John Wilson.
Agnes Kirkland‘s place and date of birth and her parent’s names are not known.
James and Agnes were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Carnock, Fife on 2 November 1781.
CHILDREN
John Wilson, born in Cairneyhill, Carnock, Fife on 25 August 1782.
Agnes Wilson, born in Cairneyhill, Carnock, Fife on 1 December 1784.
Katharine Wilson, born in Carnock, Fife on 29 January 1786.
James Wilson, born in Carnock, Fife on 26 September 1789.
Agnes Wilson, born in Carnock, Fife on 11 December 1791.
Agnes’s birth is recorded as born to James Wilson and JEAN Kirkland, but this may be a clerical or transcription error.
Jean Wilson, born in Cairneyhill, Carnock, Fife on 21 September 1794.
Jean married Alexander Russell (b. Fife c.1792). They were proclaimed for marriage in the parish of Dunfermline, Fife on 24 December 1813. Alexander is a Coal Hewer in Berrielaw.
Jean and Alexander are in Milesmark, Dunfermline on the 1841 Census.
Jean, now widowed, is in Parkneuk, Dunfermline on the 1851 Census, in Elgin Colliery, Dunfermline on the 1861 Census and at 1 Blackburn, Dunfermline on the 1871 Census.
Jean died in Grieve Street, Dunfermline on 10 July 1880, age 85.
Thomas Wilson, born in Carnock, Fife on 7 May 1797.