Roderick Macleod, WS - Possible Wrong Date and Biography for "Roderick Macleod, WS..."

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6/28/2019 at 11:56 AM

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I would like to bring attention to the Geni community about a possible wrong date and biography for "Roderick Macleod, WS..."

#1: About Section:
It appears someone has incorrectly transcribed the biographical information for Roderick Macleod WS.

This text appears INCORRECTLY ascribed:
“Second son of William Macleod of Luskinder, Inverness-shire. Died: 26th June, 1784. Mar. (1) Isabel, only daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames, Buteshire; and (2) Marjory, daughter of John Taylor, Writer in Edinburgh. Father of Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, one of the Lords of Council and Session.
SOURCE: A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; Page 136

The text on Page 136 actually reads:
“MACLEOD, RODERICK 7th March 1732
Apprentice to (1) Ronald Campbell; and (2) John Buchanan ~Second son of William Macleod of Luskinder, Inverness-shire. Died 26th June 1784. Mar. (1) Isabel, only daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames, Buteshire; and (2) Marjory, daughter of John Taylor, Writer of Edinburgh. Father of Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, of the Lords of Council and Session.”

Please see that I am correct by reviewing the media section or viewing page 136 yourself at
https://archive.org/stream/historyofsociety00socirich#page/136/mode...

#2: Birthdate.
Please provide the source data for the birthdate ascribed as October 13, 1718 otherwise it appears that the best date to use is 7th March 1732 as documented in the A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; Page 136.

Macleod, Roderick
Born:7th March 1732
Died: 26th June 1784
From the Society of Writers to the Signet, a history of society writers to her Majesty's Signet.
https://archive.org/stream/historyofsociety00socirich#page/136/mode...

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private
6/30/2019 at 3:27 PM

Without objection, I will make the following change:

Macleod, Roderick
Born:7th March 1732
Died: 26th June 1784
SOURCE: Society of Writers to the Signet, a history of society writers to her Majesty's Signet.

private
6/30/2019 at 3:32 PM

INCORRECT TEXT:
Second son of William Macleod of Luskinder, Inverness-shire. Died: 26th June, 1784. Mar. (1) Isabel, only daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames, Buteshire; and (2) Marjory, daughter of John Taylor, Writer in Edinburgh. Father of Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, one of the Lords of Council and Session.
CITED SOURCE was incorrectly transcribed: A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; Page 136

CORRECT TEXT:
The text on Page 136 actually reads:
“MACLEOD, RODERICK 7th March 1732
Apprentice to (1) Ronald Campbell; and (2) John Buchanan ~Second son of William Macleod of Luskinder, Inverness-shire. Died 26th June 1784. Mar. (1) Isabel, only daughter of Hector Bannatyne of Kames, Buteshire; and (2) Marjory, daughter of John Taylor, Writer of Edinburgh. Father of Sir William Macleod Bannatyne, of the Lords of Council and Session.”
SOURCE: A history of the Society of Writers to Her Majesty's Signet; Page 136

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