Hello Harry,
Thanks for your reply. My husband's gg grandfather, Adam Bell, is said - by family - to have come from the Jedburgh area, but I have little to go on. He was born in 1839, emigrated (nd) to Ontario, Canada, married there in 1864 and was a farmer. By the Canada census, we know that he and his first wife had 3 children before her death. We have their marriage license listing his father only as 'W' and his mother as "Agnes"; his second marriage lists his father as William. Adam had a sister, Bella who also came to Canada. Adam had a daughter Agnes who, when she married, listed her name as "Agnes Easton Bell" on the marriage registration. She is also listed as that on her husband's death registration. She is listed as that on their tombstone in Toronto. We've never had any idea where the Easton name came from, but from past experience, figured it had to have come down from a prior generation (will check on her mother's side as well). Any searches on Scotlandspeople (sad that it's still down and I cannot check my shoebox!) haven't been successful in either the Jedburgh area or the larger Roxboroshire area. When I saw your query, I wondered if you had any further information about the Eastons in Jedburgh that we could compare.
Thanks, Jean