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1. JOHN3 LEIPER (ALEXANDER2, ALEXANDER1) was born October 14, 1845 in Fetteresso, Kincardine, Scotland., and died April 08, 1868 in Stranathara, Kincardine, Scotland.
More about John Leiper:
A book of interest to people researching the fisherfolk of North East Scotland is “THE EPISCOPAL CHAPEL at MUCHALLS” by John Paul Hill, Rector, Published by A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited 1956
On page Page 78 we find information about the Chapel register book and read: “The old register book, begun in the 1730”s and resumed in 1788, was rebound about 1850, and enlarged by the insertion of a number of additional leaves, which enabled it to remain in use until 1882. In that year a new register was provided---a well-bound volume of such prodigious bulk that it may be expected to serve the needs of the congregation for several centuries to come. Occasional notes in these registers afford some interesting sidelights on the past history of the population.”
Among these “Interesting sidelights” is an entry on pages #79 and #80 about the death of John Leiper. It is as follows:
1868: Andrew Christie and John Leiper. "the last two deaths entered here are very sad ones....Both were young men in the very prime of life--They went out to sea on the morning of the 8th April (Wednesday before Easter). The crew of the boat was James Christie, father of Andrew, Alex. Leiper, father of John , and Alex. Christie (no. 13 Stranathara), uncle to Andrew. They had got out their lines when a sudden squall struck the boat (the morning was showry, wind nearly N.E.), and capsized it--- about half past six in the morning, and between three and four miles from land --- Andrew Christie was thrown out at once and it is supposed he received a blow somehow as he was never seen. John Leiper was seen for a moment lying on his back in the hollow of the sail and again clinging to the yard, but he also was washed off and sank. The three older men were picked off the wreck of the boat by another Stranathara one, i.e. William Law's, Alex. Christie very little worse but James Christie was much exhausted (and Alex. Leiper more so) and for a time it was feared he would not recover but he got better. Wednesday grew more and more stormy and so also was Thursday but Good Friday was very calm and the Skaterow boats and the Stranathara ones all turned out and the body of Andrew Christie was found about half past 8a.m. by the boat of Robert Masson (of 55 Skaterow) and that of William Christie (of 3? Skaterow) who had a long line managed by the two boats which swept a great space of the sea bottom. The afternoon tide served and there came 8 boats from Dunies to assist in the search and about 8 p.m. John Leiper's body also was found by the same two boats and the same line. The line which was so servicable was an ordinary great line--- with great line hooks arranged in bunches of 5 like creepers and each cluster fixed on the line by strong tippins at the distance of 2 1/2 feet apart. The line was weighted with sinkers to keep it at the bottom. It was Robert Masson (15 Skaterow) who arranged the line in this way. "
NOTE: While the above is reproduced as written in Rev. Hill’s book, there is a discrepancy from the original Register. The boat that picked the three older men up was that of Alexander Laws and not William Law as stated above. See page 192 of the Register of St. Ternan’s Episcopal Chapel in Muchalls.
Endnotes
1. John Paul Hill, “The Episcopal Chapel at Muchalls”, (A.R. Mowbray & Co. Limited, 1956), Page 79.
2, St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Muchalls: Register of Baptisms, Burials and Marriages, CD, Page 191
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