My Late Wife Ann and Her Burns Connections

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Ann's parents both descended from lines of Ayrshire farmers.
I found a census record which showed that one of her ancestors once employed a farm hand by the surname Burns.
Which set me on a course of looking at Robert Burns family tree and ancestry.
In the event I never did find a connection between the farm hand Burns and the bard.
Interestingly though, Burn's Souter Johnny family tree showed a cousin of "Souter" Johnny Davidson by the name of Alexander Davidson, who resided in Lovestone House, Old Dailly around 1800 and who was a miner in Bargany Colliery.
Ann had a great great great grandfather Alexander Davidson who resided in Lovestone House around 1800 who was a carter at Bargany Colliery.
The names for their wives and children did not match so there had to be two Alexander Davidsons living together in the same household.
I visited Lovestone House and ascertained that around 1800 it was the workers' accommodation for Bargany Estate.
That two Alexander Davidons lived and worked together suggests they may have been related but without the ability to trace further back this cannot be proved.
Possibly therefore my late wife had a common ancestor who knew and was related to Souter Johnny but we will never know!