On the morning of 19th inst. the wife of John Spence, farmer, Finglenny, parish of Rhynie, whilst in the act of taking down a gridiron from the top of the house, where a loaded gun had been laid, was shot through the left side, and expired in about an hour thereafter.
Published in the Aberdeen Journal, Wednesday 26th November 1817.
This may refer to Clementina Gordon, whose marriage to John Spence was recorded in the Gartly old parish register on 17th June 1797 (GROS 198/20/165).
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