Searching for marriages and christening of Andrew Thomson of BoNess, Edinburgh area, his son James Thomson, James's sister
Margaret who married a Melvin. Andrew's wife ( maybe Margaret Muir). Andrew and Margaret Thomson born about 1720's. James
and Margaret born in 1740's , 1750. Margaret Melvin's husband and sons most likely mariners. James moved to America in
about 1775, added the P to his surname and became a surveyor in Kentucky.