John Rennie
6x Great-grandfather of Colin Manson (ahnentafel #504, MMMMMFFF)
✓ Sourced record+ Added from a record
ℹ Added from a record, not in the GEDCOMNot in the GEDCOM. Added from a ScotlandsPeople record downloaded on 29 October 2026. Married Margaret Anderson at Kinghorn, Fife, in July 1801. The only record found names him as father of George Rennie, born in 1803.
Born
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Died
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Parents
Not recorded in the source GEDCOM.
Documents
2 records from the research archive. Click an image to view it full size.
Marriage, 1801
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_OPR439_000_0040_0199Z.pdf· match unconfirmed
The Rennie entry is the last on the page, written under the 1802 entries.
Birth and baptism, 1803
Source: ScotlandsPeople downloads, 29 October 2026 — ScotlandsPeople_OPR439_000_0040_0065Z.pdf
What the records say
Details read from the certificate images above. Handwriting is transcribed as read, with doubts noted.
Marriage of John Rennie and Margaret Anderson, 1801
Old Parish Registers, Marriages 439/00 0040 0199 · Kinghorn parish, Fife, 1801
Entry
John Rennie and Margaret Anderson, both in this parish, having declared their purpose of marriage, the same was published and they were married
Date
18 July 1801 (the day could also be read as 13)
⚠ Entered out of orderThe entry sits at the foot of the page, below marriages from early 1802, so it may have been written in late.
ℹ No parents or occupationsOld parish marriage entries of this date name only the couple and their parish.
Birth of George Rennie, 1803
Old Parish Registers, Births 439/00 0040 0065 · Kinghorn parish, Fife, 1803
Entry
John Rennie and Margaret Anderson his wife had a son
Born
8 October 1803
Baptised
16 October 1803
Named
George
ℹ Two years after the marriageHe was born about two years after his parents' marriage in July 1801. He may have older siblings; the 1802 baptisms would show.