Symmetry: Rev Dodds' List

Name:	Age:	Occupation:	Wife:	Children:
David Anderson	50	Farmer	Mary	2
James Broach	24	Farmer	& sister⁷
William Grierson	32	Farmer	Catharine (Kelton)	William Margaret Kelton Frances
Thomas Galbraith	28	Farmer	Jane	1
John M`Clymont	25	Farmer	Catherine (White)	2
John Miller	38	Farmer	Anne	Marion
James White	24	Farmer	Margaret	0
William White	22	Farmer	Janet (M`Clymont)	1
James Aird	28	Carpenter	Mary	Mary⁸
Richard Adams	32	Architect	Anna Maria	Robert Mary Louise Caroline Mary Jane
John Goldsworthy	25	Painter	Sylvia (Thornton)¹	1
William Arthur	26	Cooper	Margaret	1
William Steel	24	Servant
Ann Aird	19	Servant
William Attwell	43	Basketmaker	Agnes	5
Robert Burns	28	Trainer	Anne	1
Helen Bone	25	Servant
Robert Barclay	23	Servant	Helen (Bond)	1
James Brown	25	Servant	Mary (Hope)	1
Maxwell Beattie	21	Servant
William Burns	31	Servant	Elizabeth	2
Margaret Barber	25	Servant
Robert Boyd	21	Servant	Maria	0
Maria Boyd		Servant
Anne Irving³	18	Servant (Domestic)
Ebernezer Jaggart	23	Servant
Ruth Irving³	21	Servant
William Johnstone	36	Servant
Andrew Lawrie	24	Carpenter	Helen	0
Edward Leach	19	Bricklayer
James Lawrie	22	Blacksmith
John Jarrell	21	Servant
Jane Jarrell	22	Servant
Peter Morton	27	Servant	Mary	0
Alexander Malcom	25	Servant
Susan M`Michan	23	Servant
D M`Reavie⁹	27	Servant	Agnes	1
Thomas Mallet	29	Bricklayer
John Mitchell	25	Butcher
Thomas M`Kenzie	20	Clerk
John Moddick	30	Servant
Robert M`Gregor	22	Seaman
Robert M`Clymont	26	Servant
Andrew Rae	30	Servant	Anne	2
Hugh Robson	43	Servant (Ploughman)	Jane (Ferrish)	Thomas Mary Jane Hugh Edward Peter
James Rodger	28	Servant	Euphemia (Bryce)	Christina Jane Munroe Isabella Bryce
Barbara Rankin	21	Servant
Malcolm Ramsay	16	Clerk
John Robertson	17	Servant
James Smith	23	Bricklayer
John Simpson	29	Clerk		1
John Robson²	18	Servant
Janet Brown	26	Servant
Moses Berry	22	Carpenter
Jonathan Barker	40	Bricklayer	Elizabeth	2
Anne Crosby	18	Governess
William Crozier	32	Servant	Anne	Sarah Anne
George Croughton¹⁰	26	Servant (Ploughman)
John Clark	28	Servant
Turnbull Clark	30	Servant
James Cathcart	23	Surveyor
Robert M`Clymont	26	Servant (Ploughman)
William Chessell	25	Carpenter
William Martin Ennar	24	Carpenter
David Fleming	24	Bootmaker	Margaret	1
Mungo Tinnock	22	Servant
Thomas Fulcher	22	Sawyer
William Goodman⁵	25	Bricklayer	Jane (Smith)	0
Thomas Griff	28	Bricklayer	Laura	0
Thomas Grahame	25	Servant	Martha	2
Joseph Grahame	27	Servant	Ruth¹¹	0
John Gowan	27	Servant (Labourer)	Sarah	0
Marion Hazell	25	Servant
Benjamin Hill	33	Sawyer	Elizabeth	0
Thomas Heally	24	Bricklayer
John Hicks	26	Bricklayer
James Candlish Hart¹³	27	Carpenter	Hannah	1
William Young	23	Servant	Barbara¹²	1
Andrew Young	28	Servant	Betsy	3
Elizabeth Hedger	25	Servant
Henry Jones	23	Land Surveyor
John Taylor	30	Carpenter
John Tweedie⁴	50	Gardener	Janet Kings	Cecilia Jane Elizabeth +3 others
Ebenezer Haggart	25	Servant
James Watson	30	Servant	Catherine	0
Margaret Wright	26	Servant
John Watson	24	Servant
John Whitaker	41	Painter	Maria Buist	2
James Purvis	21	Servant
Peter Purvis	19	Servant
William Speed	26	Carpenter	Euphemia	1
John Christian	39	Land Surveyor	Margaret (McConchie)	James Colin
Thomas Debenham	28	Carpenter	Janet	6
Andrew Duncan	29	Carpenter	Maggie	3
John Mair	19	Blacksmith
William Pixton	38	Sawyer
Thomas Bell	27	Bailiff
Andrew Kidd	34	Servant	Jane	5
John Smart	25	Bricklayer
George Dawson	30	Servant	Jeanie	3
George Knight	29	Sawyer	Eleonora (Proctor)	2
William Wilson	25	Doctor
James Parris Fisher⁶	25	Land Surveyor

¹ Governess, John and Sylvia were actually married 1st May 1826 in Buenos Aires
² Another of Hugh Robson`s sons
³ Sisters
⁴ The Tweedies may in fact have emigrated a few months before the Symmetry sailed.
⁵ William and Jane actually married 20 Apr 1827 in Buenos Aires. Other sources give his age as 30 at the time of emigration.
⁶ Not listed in Dodds, from the Consular registers. He conducted the religious services on board during the voyage.
⁷ Actually two sisters, Elizabeth and Mary. The Broaches were cousins of William Grierson.
⁸ Born on board ship, 18th June.
⁹ Probably Donald.
¹⁰ aka Creighton. He was accompanied by his wife Elizabeth, who gave birth to their daughter, Janet, on 8th July during the voyage.
¹¹ Actually Ruth Irving. They were married 22 Mar 1826 in Buenos Aires
¹² Actually Barbara Rankin. They were married 14 Apr 1826 in Buenos Aires
¹³ Probably James Cavendish Hart, died 7 Jul 1847

NB: Servants were not domestic servants, generally, but farm servants, e.g. ploughman, dairymaid, labourer, etc.
Maiden names, where known, are given in parentheses. These are not shown in the original, neither are the names of the children.
Rev Dodds renders the Mc and Mac prefixes as M', as far as I can tell, the Symmetry colonists all adopted the Mc prefix.
Dodds names the captain of the Symmetry as William Cochrane. According to Cecilia Grierson, granddaughter of William Grierson, Cochrane was the normal captain of the Symmetry but was replaced by Captain Smith for the voyage to Argentina. Smith is the captain in the Argentine records.

Source:
Records of The Scottish Settlers in the River Plate and their Churches, by Rev James Dodds. Published Buenos Aires 1897.

Additional Material:
James Dodds (1795-1896): A Record of his Descendants, compiled by Arnold E Dodds. Published Buenos Aires 1997.
From Caledonia to the Pampas edited by Iain A D Stewart. Published Scotland 2000.
Consular Registers from research by Maxine Hanon.
St John's, Buenos Aires, Parish Registers transcribed by Jeremy Howat.
St Andrew's, Buenos Aires, Parish Registers transcribed by Cathy Murray.
William Goodman/Jane Smith, information courtesy of Francisco Cayol, a direct descendant.

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