Perseverance ~ Patience: Waiting Without Complaint, Forbearance, Calm Endurance

52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks 2022: Week 51 (PERSEVERANCE)

Miriam-Webster dictionary defines 

"persevere: to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement"

Further, it notes Etymology

Middle English perseveren, borrowed from Anglo-French parseverer, perseverer "to last, endure, persist in spite of opposition," borrowed from Latin persevērāre "to persist in a course of action or an attitude in spite of opposition, keep on, (of a condition) continue, last," from per- PER- + -sevērāre, verbal derivative of sevērus "stern, austere, SEVERE"  1

I decided to look for an ancestor who had a name that fit for the definition. With several puritan lines in our Bramble Bush I thought I would have no problem finding a Perseverance or two. 

Much to my surprise there wasn't one, nor was there a Persevered. 

Working on stretching the definition a bit I found X9 great grandmother Patience (nee Pedersen) Kinnier. 

Mom.com (refencing A World of Baby Names) defines the name Patience

"Origin of Patience - Taken from patience (waiting without complaint, forebearance, calm endurance), which is derived from the Latin pati (to suffer)"2

I know very little about this paternal ninth great grandmother. There are very few records to be found. 

She was born on January 26th 1650 in Tealing, Angus, Scotland. Her father may have been John. I do not have any record of her mother. 

She married (9th great grandfather) James Kinnier on January 27th 1650 at Kirkton of Tealing, Angus-shire, Scotland (unsourced recorded on Family Search tree).  

James was born January 28th 1650 in Tealing, Angus, Scotland.

X8 great grandfather Patrick Kinnier was born August 27th 1671 in Tealing, Angus, Scotland. 

The only actual documentation I have found for Patience & James is via their son Patrick's sources.

I do not know their death dates. 

I do not know if they had other children.

I do not actually know if their birth and marriage dates are correct.

If they are correct it is interesting to note they were born 2 days apart, married on the day between their 19th birthdays, and were 21 years old when son Patrick was born. 

James' parents were Thomas & Agnes (nee Stuart) Kinnier, and his grandparents were David and Magdallen (nee Stewart) Kinnier.

At this time I know very little about Patience's family line.

Solid records exist for Patience's granddaughter Agnes Kinnier (7th great grandmother) who married X7 great grandfather Andrew Thomson. 

Patience's 6th great grandson, Thomas Thomson, is my immigrant ancestor via my father's maternal line. 

Thomas Thomson
My great grandfather

I plan to research more on Tealing to see if I can move further back on this line. 

Searching the land to find the people!!!

This is why I search - 

Cause ... 

You can pick your friends, but you can't pick your family you know!

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Footnotes:

1 “Persevere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, Retrieved December 13th 2022 from
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/persevere

2 “Persevere.” Mom.com retrieved December 13th 2022 from
https://mom.com/baby-names/girl/23894/Patience
referencing - Norman, Teresa. World of Baby Names: A Rich and Diverse Collection of Names from Around the Globe. TarcherPerigee. 2003

Sources:

Patience Pedersen. Family Search. Retrieved December 13th 2022 from 
https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LWXF-VRF

Patience Pedersen. Retrieved December 13th 2022 from
https://www.geni.com/people/Patience-Pedersen/6000000041110344049

Links:

Amy Johnson Crow, 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge
https://www.amyjohnsoncrow.com/52-ancestors-in-52-weeks/

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