Margaret Inkster    Cogar      

F. William Inkster

1833 - 1876

M. Rebekah Marwick

m. William Craigie, Claybank, later Cogar

Issue                       See entry for  William Craigie

Peter Leonard   Digro         

F. Thomas Leonard

1798 - 1882

M. Isabella Inkster

m. Isobel McKinlay of Essaquoy. Isabel died in 1873 aged 77

Issue

Ann

b. 3.12.1820

Died 1832

Peter

b. 4.8.1822

Sicilia

b. 7.9.1824

Died 1825

Mary

b. 7.10.1826

Isabel

b. 3.8.1828

Margaret

b. 9.11.1830

Died 1845

Ann

b. 23.9.1833

James

b. 6.7.1835

William

b. 23.8.1837

Died 1847

Helen

b. -.3.1841

Isabel’s parents were William McKinlay and Isabella Lero. Another daughter of the McKinlays called Mary married William Craigie of Tou. See  She died in 1863 aged 75

Mary Leonard  Digro 1826 - 1909

F. Peter Leonard

M. Isobel McKinlay

m. Robert Inkster, Swartifield

Issue                       See entry for Robert Inkster

Isobel Leonard  Digro b. 1828

F. Peter Leonard

M. Isobel McKinlay

m. Robert Grieve, Outerdykes

Issue                       See entry for Robert Grieve

Ann Leonard  Digrob. 1833

F. Peter Leonard

M. Isobel McKinlay

m. William Corsie, Brendale in 1853

Issue                       See entry for William Corsie

Helen Leonard   Digro    b.1841

F. Peter Leonard

M. Isobel McKinlay

m. William Louttit, Faraclett, later Digro

Issue                       See entry for William Louttit

Alexander Leonard  Upper Grips  

F. Peter Leonard

1809 - 1890

M. Janet Louttit

m. Margaret Grieve in 1832

Issue

Malcolm

b. 24.5.1840

John

b. 5.12.1832

Alexander

b. 21.1.1835

Died in 1927 in N.Z.

James

b. 1838

Alexander Jun. went to New Zealand and died in Balclutha, Otago. His wife, Mary Robertson died 10 years earlier aged 82. Her parents were David Robertson and Barbara Craigie, Egilsay. Janet Louttit died in 1861 aged 90. Her parents were Thomas Louttit and Isabella Craigie.

Malcolm Leonard      b. 1840

F. Alexander Leonard

Grips, later Quoys, Sourin.  

M. Margaret Grieve

m. Mary Craigie in 1862

Issue

James

b. 12.10.1862   Went to N.Z.  Unmarried

Alexander

b. 20.5.1864

Went to N.Z. 

Mary Jean

b. 30.11.1866

Margaret

b. 18.11.1868

Malcolm

b. 1870    m. Winnie Sutherland, Shetland

Annie

b. 1874

Bella

b.1878

John

b. 1884

Unmarried

Margaret Leonard   Grips  1868-1948

F. Malcolm Leonard

M. Mary Craigie

m. William Craigie, Standcrown

Issue

Bella

m. Ferguson

Mary

m. Addison

Annie

m. Flannigan

William returned to Rousay in the early 1940s after living in Edinburgh for a time with one of his daughters. He died in Nethermill in 1965 aged 91. Before her marriage Margt. Leonard and John Grieve of Nethermill (See) had a son, John Grieve b. 1884 who married Kitty Russell    See.    John Grieve  b. 1884 was the father of Maggie Jessie Grieve of Whitemeadows.

Bella Leonard         b. 1878

F. Malcolm Leonard

Grips, latterly Quoys, Sourin   

M. Mary Craigie

Bella had 2 children

Charles Flett

m. Tina McDonald, Evie

Mary Leonard

m. David Groundwater

Charles Flett died in 1974

Annie Leonard  Grips  b. 1874

F. Malcolm Leonard

M. Mary Craigie

m. David Hourie, Deerness

Issue

Malcolm

Nanny  m. Archer Clouston Sr. His second marriage

The Cloustons had two children, Jean (See) and Archer (See)

Malcolm Hourie  Rousay, latterly Evie

F. David Hourie

M. Annie Leonard

m. Ellen Mary Craigie, Pliverha’ in 1925

Issue                       See entry for Ellen Mary Craigie

James Leonard        1811 - 1864

F. John Leonard

Grain, later Quoygray.  

M. Isabella Inkster

m. Cecilia Inkster, Tou

Issue

John

b. 1842

Ann

b. 27.8.1843

Mary

b. 28.5.1845

Margaret

b. 1846

Sarah

b. 20.10.1847

James

b. 1855

James Leonard     1855 - 1904

F. James Leonard

Quoygray, later Cruannie  

M. Cecilia Inkster,

m. Ann Marwick, Tou

Issue                       See entry for Ann Marwick

George Leonard,    1816-1895.

F. John Leonard

Treblo                                        

M. Isabella Inkster

m. Margaret Clouston of Tou. Margaret died in 1903 aged 83

Issue

Ann

b. 1856

Betsy

b. 1858

Margaret

Died in 1923  aged 73 at Howe, Sanday.

George

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

George b.1816 was probably brought up at Grain. He was evicted from Stourameadow in the middle 1850s and went to Treblo. His daughter, Margaret, worked for most of her life for an Alexander family, first in Wasbister, and later in Sanday.

Margaret Clouston   Tou  b.1822

F. Magnus Clouston

M. Ann Flaws

m. George Leonard, Stourameadow, later Treblo

Issue                       See entry for George Leonard

Ann Leonard   Treblo    1856 -1914

F. George Leonard

M. Margaret Clouston

m. David Marwick, Essaquoy, later Quoys, Wasbister.

Issue                       See entry for David Marwick

As a small child, Ann was carried across the Rousay hills in her father’s arms when her parents were evicted from the Westside and moved to Treblo.

James Leonard   1835 - 1913

F. Peter Leonard

Digro, later Oban  

M. Isobel McKinlay

m. Hannah Reid, Wasdale

Issue                       See entry for  Hannah Reid

In 1883, a Royal Commission, with Lord Napier as chairman, was set up to look at the condition of crofting in the Scottish Highlands and Islands. When the Commission sat at Kirkwall, James Leonard led the Rousay crofters in their evidence regarding the harsh regime imposed on them by their laird, General Burroughs. Napier sought an assurance from Burroughs that he would not take retaliatory action against those who had spoken out against him. Burroughs refused to give such an undertaking, being the only one of the Orkney lairds to act in that way. Shortly afterwards, James Leonard and his large family were evicted from Digro. They later settled at Oban where James, a stonemason to trade, found employment in the coal trade. In Rousay, the Leonards had endured great misfortune through the deaths of several of their children in a diphtheria epidemic, injustice at the hands of the laird, and betrayal by their minister.

William Inkster  Cogar  1831 - 1906

F. William Inkster

M. Rebekah Marwick

m. Mary Gibson, Langskaill  Mary died in 1927 aged 92

Issue                       See entry for Mary Gibson

William Louttit   Faraclett    

F. Thomas Louttit

Died 1862 aged 91

M. Margaret Craigie

m. Isabella Craigie

Issue

William

b. 28.4.1805

Marian

b. 8.3.1799

At Skaill, Westside

Margaret

b. 19.1.1803

Twin of Janet

Janet

b. 19.1.1803

m. William Corsie

Jean

b. 14.1.1802

Isabella

b. 1798

It is said that there were five Louttit brothers in Rousay. They were William above, Drummond, Alexander, Thomas, and Peter. Their parents were Thomas Louttit and Margaret Craigie. William was at Faraclett, where he died in 1862 aged 91. Drummond died at Scowan in 1863 aged 89. Scowan was a small croft below Midgar and is now part of Knarston. Drummond’s son, John, was in nearby Reedlums in the 1870s and 80s. Alexander was at Northouse in Quandal, where most of his children were born. Latterly he was at Lower Blackhammer in Wasbister which, for some unknown reson, underwent a name change in about 1890, becoming known as “The Manse”. He died there in 1871.

William Louttit     Faraclett

F. William Louttit

b. 1805             d. 1873

M. Isabella Craigie

m.   Christina Cormack in 1841.

Issue               

William

b. 14.12.1842

Peter               

b. 1838

John                

b. 28.11.1843

Mary                

b. 28.4.1845

Margaret          

b. 1848

Harriet              

b. 1854

Jane                

b. 8.11.1857

Peter Louttit m. Helen ----- and they had a son, Peter.

Jane Louttit     Faraclett

F.William Louttit

b. 1858             d. 1885

M. Christina Cormack

m.   William Marwick, Hanover

Issue   

See entry for William Marwick

Marian Louttit     Faraclett

F. William Louttit

1799 - 1890

M. Isabella Craigie

m.   John Craigie, Hurtiso, later Myres

Issue   

See entry for John Craigie

Margaret Louttit     Faraclett

F. William Louttit

b. 1803

M. Isabella Craigie

m.   Nicol Mainland, Banks, Frotoft

Issue

See entry for Nicol Mainland

Isabella Louttit     Faraclett