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Scotland / death lookup Mary Tait 18 Feb 1733 Traquair please
« on: Sunday 07 September 14 11:22 BST (UK)  »
Could someone kindly do a lookup for the death of  Mary Tait on 18 Feb 1733 in Traquair

I'm interested to know in what part of Traquair she died.

Thank You.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / a bit of light relief from 1628 - lowland scots
« on: Friday 05 September 14 19:34 BST (UK)  »
this is from Peebles Presbytery from 1628.

Spoilers

General story is Thomas Brunton allows his horse into the kirk yard, minister of Traquair and his wife confront him and ask him why, he replies that he is angry the minister refused him the right to bury his father in the churchyard, he then threatens the minister with his whinger (dagger). Mininsters wife slightly unhappy, they all go home.

Would that be a general synposis of events?


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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / a continuation of the 1797 document. My apologies.
« on: Friday 05 September 14 19:19 BST (UK)  »
a continuation of the 1797 document. My apologies.

i get the fornication bit, but i lose the plot as I cant suss out whos fornicating with Marion Bryson! I beleive its James Tait, but why is John Brunton mentioned twice.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / 1703 Lowland Scots - looks like forbitour to me, any guesses and meaning please
« on: Monday 01 September 14 20:32 BST (UK)  »
"samuel tait son to james tait blahblahblah to John Brunton"

Any ideas and meanings please.


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Family History Beginners Board / Scottish borders Pre OPR births, totally stuck
« on: Friday 04 April 14 10:41 BST (UK)  »
I've got to a stage where I can go no further without making broad assumptions - and I'm not going to rely on that.

OPRs in Traquair (Scottish borders) started in 1694. My great.... grandfather Alexander Brunton was married in 1716 to Janet Bell in Traquair and lived at the Riggs.

The Brunton name can be found in written works about Traquair (court records/books/Traquair House records) in the 1600s and a lot of births/marriages/deaths can be found between 1694 and 1720s, including numerous Bruntons in different hamlets within Traquair Parish (Grieston, Kalzie etc). Gravestones are also in the kirkyard.
However, this doesn't mean Alexander Brunton was born in Traquair.

I can find NO definitive proof as to the father of Alexander Brunton, or even his profession. His sons were tailors, but the only Alexander Brunton I can find in records with a profession was a wright (this strangely fits in with 1870s family legend)

Simple question, where do I can from here. Using Scottish naming conventions I can hazard a guess, but I'm not going to rely on something I can neither prove or disprove.

(guess - John Brunton (1650 to 22 May 1736) was the father/Christian Horsburgh (1658 to 08 July 1704) the mother, Janet Bells father was David Bell (died Feb. 1691), a tailor - all very neat, but NO proof so assumed wrong)


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