It is likely that James was the unnamed son of John McNaughton born 6 December 1815 and delivered by midwife Jenat Thomson. She recorded that John was a weaver living in Cotton Street, Kilmarnock. 208 This midwife also delivered daughters for John McNaught, wever of Cotton Street, on 30 Jul 1812 and 29 Oct 1814. She delivered a daughter fot John McNaught Junior, also a weaver of Cotton Street, on 21 Nov 1815.

James was married to Margaret McFee, in Ayreshire, when he was 22. 209 This suggests that he was the James McNAUGHT (sic) of Glencairn St who was married to Margaret MacFIE of Grange St by Revd William McDougall in Kilmarnock on 15 Sep 1837. The witnesses were R.M. McNaughton and Geo. McFie Wilneglass (?) . [Marriages in Kilmarnock parish registers - record includes the symbols ec (extract called for) and ap (after Margaret's street name)]

The only McNaughton head of family belonging to the High Kirk Congregration of Kilmarnock on 24 Nov 1834 and 23 Nov 1835 was John McNaughton of Grange St. However our McNaughtons may have belonged to the Low Kirk (also Church of Scotland - the established Presbyterian church, but built on lower ground) or a different Presbyterian church. They were regular church goers when they first came to Victoria.

By 1841 James and Margaret were living in Portugal Street in the Gorbals district, across the River Clyde from Glasgow. The 1841 census lists James McNaughton, 25 years (meaning 25 to 30), a carpet weaver, with Margaret McNaughton, 20 years (meaning 20 to 25), James aged three and Mary aged one. The father James had been born in Scotland but not in the county of Lanarkshire. The others were born in Lanarkshire. Living in the same dwelling, but not part of the family, was Charles Dunlop, a 20 year-old mason who was also born in another county. Probably he was a lodger. There was no mention of a son George so he must have been born after the census or died before it. Neighbours in Portugal Street included masons, a moulder, a draper, a tobacco spinner, a drainer, a butler, a sawyer and a brewer. 210

James' death certicate stated that he had lived in Victoria for 32 years suggesting that they emigrated in about 1848, when he was 33. However Margaret's death certificate said she'd been in Victoria for 53 years putting their emigration in 1843 209

We know that James tried various jobs since his occupation was given as weaver on his son James's death cert, carrier on his son John's death cert and tailor on own death cert.

James McNaughton, Condover Street, and Jas. McNaughten, off Clarence Street, are listed in the Willamanta Ward of Geelong in the 1859 Port Phillip/Victoria Trade Directories. Presumably they were this James and his son. A John McNaughton of Foster Street in the Barwon ward, was also listed in Geelong - This can't have been the son John who was only a small child then; could it have been a brother?.

It was probably this James McNaughton who was the gold digger, who signed the 1853 Bendigo Goldfields Petition. He would have been about 38. His son James would have been only 15. There was also an Alexander McNaughton who signed the petition.

Derek found a few references for mortgage bonds in the Cape archives between James McNaughton and Herbert Tidswell.