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Berwickshire / Re: Boyude, Berwick
« on: Thursday 03 November 22 23:34 GMT (UK) »
I'm unrelated to the Browns. Elizabeth Clazie - wife of John Brown - was a 2nd cousin of my great-great-grandfather, James Kerr Clezie, born 1816 at Edrom, Berwickshire.
Incidentally, the birthplace of Elizabeth Clazie's mother, Isabella Purvis, was not "Lady Park" but "Ladykirk", Berwickshire. A perfect example of how names get mangled after repeated copying.
Likely "Boyude" was also the result of misreading someone's awful handwriting. Maybe it was really Bedshiel, Bonkyl or Buxley? Those were actual places in old Berwickshire. Boyude apparently was not.
Incidentally, the birthplace of Elizabeth Clazie's mother, Isabella Purvis, was not "Lady Park" but "Ladykirk", Berwickshire. A perfect example of how names get mangled after repeated copying.
Likely "Boyude" was also the result of misreading someone's awful handwriting. Maybe it was really Bedshiel, Bonkyl or Buxley? Those were actual places in old Berwickshire. Boyude apparently was not.