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Re: Graham's of Cumberland
« Reply #15 on: Tuesday 23 January 07 18:45 GMT (UK) »

Hi Jessy,

Sorry! I misunderstood your earlier message and thought you actually lived at Netherby Hall.  I would appreciate anything you can find out about "Randalinton Farm".

I have been in your area 2004 & 2005 and as I said earlier will be up there again in August.  I visited the Armstrongs at Randalinton in 2005 but they couldn't help me with any history of the farm, but it is very old.

Perhaps you can do me one small favour, I visited the Storey's at "Newbiggin Farm" in 2005 and they gave me their e-mail address which, unfortunately, I must have written down incorrectly as it doesn't work.  Could you contact them and get it for me please as I would love to get in touch with them.  My Graham and Sewell ancestors lived at "Newbiggin Farm".  My ancestors also lived on another farm, "Moathill" which no longer exists but is on the road up to "Gilestown".  Anything you come across regarding Graham history would be appreciated, it has been a labour of love for me for almost 40 years.

It is great to be talking to someone who lives in the area.

Best regards from a beautiful sunny morning here in New Zealand, expected temp today is 27deg C.   Smiley

Bruce
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« Reply #16 on: Tuesday 23 January 07 20:58 GMT (UK) »

Hi Anna,

Have just found this entry on FamilySearch which looks as though it may be yours.

>     JOHANES FARGUSON           Male                         
Event(s):
>     Birth:
>     Christening:      14 MAR 1720       Arthuret, Cumberland, England
>     Death:
>     Burial:
>             Parents:
>       Father:      GULIELMI FARGUSON     Family
>       Mother:      MARGARETAE

Batch Number        C042991

GULIEMI is an old spelling for WILLIAM

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« Reply #17 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 08:04 GMT (UK) »

Apologies to all in this fascinating thread. I have been offline for a couple of days.
        Papamoa, thanks for the additional Graham Baptisms you gave me. I see from my notes I do have Edward, at  Sunnyside, in 1813, but I must have missed the other two. It was boiling hot when I visited Carlisle last summer and my brains had been fried by a night in a stifling hotel room.       
  You say your ancestors lived at Newbiggin farm... Interestingly, my John Graham is always referred to as ''of Newbiggen'' (sic) in the parish records of Kirklinton. However I am not aware of the timeframe of your Newbiggin Grahams
          How I wish I lived in the area too, so I could poke around some more! Hopefully I will make it there again in the summer too! Great folk at Carlisle Records Office...
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« Reply #18 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 09:17 GMT (UK) »

Hi Jane,

I have only just discovered this RootsChat and am enjoying it.  Can you give me more details of your John Graham of Newbiggin.  Newbiggin is the name of a farm and I have photos I took of it in 2005, am happy to send you copies.  My connection with Newbiggin is through my John Graham who married Jane Sewell  9th Feb, 1820.  At the time of the baptism of their daughter, Elizabeth 19th June, 1822, Jane was shown in the baptism record as living with her father at Newbiggin.  I have no idea what she was doing there but possibly her father may have been ill. I don't have any death date for her father.  John & Jane's home was at Randalinton Farm a short distance away.

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« Reply #19 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 09:27 GMT (UK) »

Hi to all who are reading this thread. 

I have reasonably comprehensive extractions of The Bishop's Transcripts for Arthuret, Kirklinton & St Cuthbert's Carlisle.  All Graham names I'm sorry. If your ancestor is not a Graham or married to a Graham I wont have it in my data.

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« Reply #20 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 09:53 GMT (UK) »

Hi again, Bruce,
                I do have somewhere a photocopy of the marriage record of my John Graham, maybe there are more details there. Please bear with me as I have not worked on this line since the (Northern hemisphere) summer, and have been away from home for a month...the word chaos springs to mind.
      I was wondering if my Grahams might have moved out of the Newbiggin farm by 1813 as the birth record of Edward Graham shows the couple now to be ''of Sunnyside''
          However, a further thought, and I hope some people who know the area can help here.. there may be more than one Newbiggin in the area
           I will get back to you on the marriage record asap
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« Reply #21 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 14:34 GMT (UK) »

Later:
 Here is the transcript of the record
John Graham of Newbiggen in this Parish Batchelor and Ann Scott of Saughtrees in the Parish of Bewcastle, singlewoman were married in this church by Licence this fifth day of July 1796
            By me ? Pattinson, Rector  (I could not read the initial)
This marriage was solemnised between us, John Graham, Ann Scott
in the presence of us, William Graham, William Scott, Richard Scott, Mary Dodgson, M Pattison, Andrew Graham, Mary Routledge, Robert Noble.

They looked the licence up for me and it contained no further information. Maybe the witness's names will be familiar.

 Re John Graham's baptism, I see I have noted a possible for him, taken from a transcription of the BTs they had at the records office. I noted the date but not the year,  except that is was between 1780 and 1812....oh dear!
         It reads
               John son of Andrew Graham, Husbandman and Jane his wife of Newbiggin
September 27th Huh?
I have since discovered from the IGI that this John Graham died a year later.         
There is an Andrew Graham among the witnesses at the wedding...
 There is also a John, illegit. son of Elizabeth Graham of Newbiggin, baptised Jan 1st 1774
      These are the only two John Grahams of Newbiggin I found, though given the conditions of my visit as I said before there may be more in your notes
        I hope this helps and you continue to enjoy Rootschat
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« Reply #22 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 17:17 GMT (UK) »

Hi Jane,

This is all getting very complicated.  I have an entry dated December 1st, 1793, Baptism of John, bastard son of Andrew Graham, parish of Aspatria shoemaker, and Jane Porteas of Dikenwood, spinster.  Unfortunately the witness names you provided don't help me.  Obviously there were Graham's at Newbiggin for several generations, also Sewells.  It is a very large property and I wonder if two families lived there at the same time, ie the Graham's and Sewells.

Until later, Bruce
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« Reply #23 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 17:40 GMT (UK) »

Hi again Jane,

Attached is a photograph of Newbiggin, Kirklinton.

Regards, Bruce


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« Reply #24 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 20:42 GMT (UK) »

Hi Bruce,  I have looked in local telephone directory and cannot find the storeys of Newbiggin Farm, Kirklinton  Cry  I wonder if they have moved?? I shall investigate.  Have you seen the web site for memorials in Longtown and look under Grahams.    Ill get back to you when I do some searches.
Jess  by the way as well as Newbiggin Farm there is a Newbiggin.
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« Reply #25 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 20:45 GMT (UK) »

Hi Jess,

Thanks for your reply.  When you say there is another "Newbiggin" is it in Kirklinton?  I am aware that there are other "Newbiggin"'s in other parts of Cumberland.

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« Reply #26 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 21:00 GMT (UK) »

Hi Bruce,  Is Newbiggin Farm actually at Kirklinton.  According to my ordanance survey map there is a Newbiggin to the west of Kirklinton.  Approx 3 miles away???  Across the other side of the A6071 Brampton to Longtown Road. 
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« Reply #27 on: Wednesday 24 January 07 22:04 GMT (UK) »

Hi Jessy,

If you take the road westward from Kirklinton Church past Fergushill and across the A6071, "Newbiggin Farm" is about 1/2 a mile off the A6071.  From memory, where the road crosses the A6071 is "Smithfield".

Randalinton Farm is on the road between the A6071 and Sandysike.

My ancestral family had connections all over this area.

Hope this helps.

Regards Bruce
sweltering in the heat here.
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« Reply #28 on: Thursday 25 January 07 09:26 GMT (UK) »

Thanks again, Bruce and Jess, for the contributions. Bruce, that photo is wonderful.
I  only have shots of St Cuthbert's in Carlisle if you are interested, though I expect this is of minor importance to you.
  I await further input on the geography of the area with extreme interest. For instance, has anyone heard of ''Sunnyside''?
    Thank you too, Bruce,  for the 1793 John Graham baptism record, but I think this is too late to be connected to my particular JG as he was of an age to be married in 1796 and produce a child by 1800, if not earlier, so he could not have been a child .
        Maybe the only answer is to go and camp out at Carlisle Castle for a month and ransack the archives. My primary interest at the time of my visit was the Angus family, who are as rare in the district as the Grahams are numerous, and I didn't pay due attention
                   Kicking myself in sunny but not too warm Istanbul
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« Reply #29 on: Thursday 25 January 07 10:18 GMT (UK) »

Hi Jane,  Yes I have spoken to a long term resident of this area and "Sunnyside" is a smallholding now.  That is the name of the property not the area.  My ordanance survey map doesnt cover the area but it is near to a place called Roadhead and Heathersgill.


Bruce, This same resident friend of mine is calling today and I may get an email address for Lady Selena Graham wife of sir James who may be able to help you.  Im trying to find a local historian for you all so bare with me.
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