The immediately preceding entry, bearing the same date, was:

To Mortcloath for Andrew Archbald

It has not yet been determined whether there was a family connection between the two.

At the time of his son Henry Archibald’s birth and christening in 1806, William was designated as a ‘Labour^er in Barron’, apparently referring to a location in Kinglassie Parish, Fife.

William Archibald was recalled on Henry’s 1877 death certificate as a farmer (deceased).

Maternal / paternal great-grandfather of Matthew Barr Baird