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The Genealogy of the Caauwe and Sommerfeld Families

George Hume and Katherine Morison Family

• Male George Hume

  
  

  Birth	16 Feb 1615	Wedderburn, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Death	3 Jul 1650	Battle of Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland
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  Father	Sir David Hume, 9th Laird & 8th Baron of Wedderburn | F1016 Group Sheet
  Mother	Margaret Home | F1016 Group Sheet

  
  

  Female Katherine Morison

  
  

  Birth	16 Feb 1614	Wedderburn, Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
  Death	1695	Wedderburn, Berwick, Scotland, Great Britain
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  Father	Alexander Morison, 4th Baron of Preston Grange | F1017 Group Sheet
  Mother	Helenora Maule | F1017 Group Sheet

  
  

  Male + Sir James Hume Baron

  
  

  Birth	1639	Musselburgh, East Lothian, Scotland
  Death	1682	Onboard ship Caledonia, Atlantic Ocean, Ontario Canada
  Burial		In 1682, JAMES HUME took his wife Marjorie Scott Johnson and their daughter Barbara on the ship Caledonia to immigrate to America. The family was Quaker and James had been imprisoned at Scotland and most of the family’s property was confiscated for refusing to change his religious beliefs. “James Hume was one of two brothers, men of wealth and standing, who differed on the great questions of the day. One of the brothers conformed, the other, James, was true to the Kirk and the Covenant..He was imprisoned and most of his property confiscated, but through the influence of his brother was released on condition of his immigrating to America. Sir James Hume's father was a knight and a Baron and nearly allied to the House of Stuart, thus tracing back to Robert Bruce.” The ship “Caledonia” was bound for Perth Amboy, New Jersey, but both James and Marjorie died aboard ship of disease and were buried at sea They had apparently befriended William Hogue aboard ship, and he acted as a guardian of their
  Spouse	Marjorie Scott Johnston | F1008
  Marriage	Abt 1669	Paisley, Renfrew, Scotland