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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Midlothian => Topic started by: CelticMom on Thursday 27 December 18 18:32 GMT (UK)
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I have this marriage of my 5xGreat Grandparents Hugh Paterson and Jean Reid.
Her father is John Reid ?? To Sir Archibald Hope. I can’t work out occupation and can anyone advise if I might be able to find out more about this?
Thank you 😊
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Grieve - in other words farm manager or overseer.
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Wonder if that would cover a tax man?
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Wonder if that would cover a tax man?
No, absolutely nothing to do with taxes.
But a grieve might have gone on to become a tacksman, which is a type of tenancy that allows the holder to sublet land to subsidiary tenants.
(Sometimes spelling is quite important! :) )
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Sorry yes I meant tacksman my iPad autocorrected.
Trying to find out more about how he might of been conne ted with sir Archibald Hope.
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Do you know if Sir Archibald's estate records have survived? That would be the place to look for that sort of connection.
Scottish Archive Network http://www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm
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Do you know if Sir Archibald's estate records have survived? That would be the place to look for that sort of connection.
Scottish Archive Network http://www.scan.org.uk/aboutus/indexonline.htm
Thanks,
I will check this out. I know I looked into this years ago, but cant find my original research and haven’t been working on my family tree as much as I’d like.
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I found a will that looks like might be him. It has quite a lot of pages and the handwriting is very hard to decipher.