The Summers families of Inverallochy are first seen in the poll of 1696.

There were 3 families. Andrew Summers and his wife and son, David Summers and his wife and William Summers and his wife. They worked as Whitefishers.

It is a fair assumption that it is from one of these families that my branch is descended.

I pick up the tree almost 100 years later when William Symmers married Janet Watt in 1793.

In 1792 Cairnbulg had 6 to 7 boats each manned by 6 fishermen.

The 1830s brought cholera to the area.

Cholera struck again in 1849 when over 50 people died and were buried in the strangers ground of St Combs Churchard.

There was a further outbreak of cholera in 1866.

William and Janet had at least 6 children.

The oldest son, John Summers, was born around 1801.He married Elizabeth Buchan and they had 11 children.

John was a fisherman.

It is thought that Elizabeth died around the time of the birth of their last child in 1842.

John then married Clementina Buchan in 1843. The family moved to Botany village. (Seatoun of Rattray).

John would have been one of 3 Cairnbulg Fishermen and one from Charlestown who moved in the early 1840’s to Bottany to comprise the crews of 2 small yoles.

John and Clementina had 6 children.

The second son, Cummin Summers, was born around 1806. He married Jane May in 1829. They had 7 children.

Cummin was a fisherman.

In the 1830’s the village of Burnhaven was founded by George Mundie of Meethill. It was located on the south side of Peterhead. Cummin and Jane moved to Burnhaven and their oldest son William was born there in 1832.

By 1840 Burnhaven had 23 houses with 6 more contracted for.

In 1841 there were 28 fishermen in Burnhaven manning 7 herring boats which belonged to the village. Most of these fishermen had migrated from Inverallochy and Cairnbulg with a few arriving from St Combs, Charleston and Botany.

By 1855 Burnhaven had a fleet of 8 herring boats and 16 smaller boats and yoles.

In 1871 there were 63 families inhabiting 57 houses in Burnhaven.

Burnhaven was the family home until the 1870’s when they moved to Peterhead.

By 1881 Burnhaven was past its peak and had 74 fishermen (4 houses were uninhabited) as fishermen started to move to Peterhead.

The third son, James Summers, was born in 1808. He married Christian Buchan. And by 1836 they were living in Peterhead. They had 4 children.

James was a seaman.

James then married Jane Forrest in 1858. They moved to Fraserburgh.

There was a fourth son, Alexander Summers, born in 1811.

The fifth son, William Summers, was born in 1813. He married Isabella May. They had 8 children and according to census records they lived all their lives in Inverallochy.