John Cree and Margaret Pow (mar 1743)

John Cree and Margaret Pow were married in Glasgow on 13 November 1744. John had been born in Methven, Perthshire to John Crie and his second wife Agnes Wilson. John Crie was a brother of Patrick Crie who had already moved to Glasgow in about 1694. This was not to be the first time a nephew followed his uncle there.

John Cree the son was a cordiner (that is a shoemaker) and we may guess that John his father was too, since he had two other sons (by his first wife Catherine White) who were cordiners. They were William and James, who were both shoemakers in Perth, the latter becoming Deacon of Cordiners of Perth. Perhaps there wasn't room for another shoemaker in Perth, or maybe John junior didn't get on with his half-brothers.

At an rate after serving his apprenticeship in Perth (with a former Deacon of Cordiners as his master) he moved to Glasgow where he married and eventually rose to become Deacon of Cordiners there!

The line thrived in Glasgow. Two of John's sons graduated at Glasgow University, one as a surgeon. A grandson, Robert, became wealthy through the textile trade in Glasgow and had many descendants in that city and as far afield as New Zealand. A second grandson, John became Director of the Merchants' House in Glasgow. James went to Ireland and became a merchant in Limerick, with present descendants in England. A fourth grandson, another John became a watch and clockmaker in the city.