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James Groat and Mary Drummond

James Groat, son of Robert Groat and Elizabeth Harcus was born on 12th January 1839 and baptised on 7th April 1839. On 8th February 1866, he married Mary Drummond at Roadside, one of the houses at Lakequoy. Mary (sister of Ann who had married James' brother Stewart) was daughter of John Drummond and Janet Reid, born 20th May 1842 and baptised the following 10th of July. They had five children:

• James Groat, b. 30th May 1867 who married Jane Drever

• Mary Groat, b. 13th Oct 1871 who married John Leslie

• Barbara Ann Groat, b. 11th Sep 1873 who married Thomas Stevenson of Westray in 1900.

• John Groat, b. 1876 and d. 16th Apr 1896, age 19

• Robert Groat, b. 18th Dec 1883, a seaman, who married Isabella Jane Heddle of Balfour Village, Shapinsay, 1st July 1908.

James and Mary lived first at Roadside, but by 1881 were at Lakequoy. James, a farmer, died at age 65, on 11th September 1904. Mary died on 9th March 1922 at Lower Damaquoy in Westray, aged 72.