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Noltie of Alford, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

The original German spelling was meant to be "Nolte". According to Henry Noltie.
Nolte is still a common name in that area of Germany today.

Our line starts with:

--- Nolte.
He was an iron maker or founder.
Think he was of the Germanic state of Hesse-Cassel in the Holy Roman Empire (see below).
He had issue:

1. (son) Nolte.
   He went to America.

   
   

2. Henry Noltie,
   born c.1740, Germany.
   [Noltie family memoir] says he was born in "Hesse Cassel" or "Hessie Cassell", on the border of Germany and Switzerland.
   This must be the state of Hesse-Cassel (capital Kassel), but this was in C Germany, nowhere near Switzerland.
   Henry settled in Scotland.
   Name changed to Noltie.
   Henry is "Nolty" at marriage 1780.
   But Edinburgh street directory 1786 onward says "Noltie".
   And "Noltie" in basically all records from then on.

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References

• Genealogy of Hopper and Noltie (undated) by Henry Noltie (died 1852). See cover of a copy.
  • Hopper family p.2 and p.3 and p.4 and p.5 and p.6.
  • Noltie family p.6 and p.7 and p.8 and p.9 and p.10 and p.11.
  • I have decoded the note on p.7. It says the compiler of this genealogy is Henry Noltie (died 1852).

• Noltie family memoir (c.1839) by Henry Noltie (died 1852).

• Alford churchyard
  • The old Kirkyard of Alford. Some distance out of Alford on the W road (the A980). See map and street view.
  • Inscriptions in: The Kirkyard of Alford, Sheila M. Spiers, 1991.

• Noltie family tree by Kirstine Holmes.

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• German genealogy