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Roxburghshire / Re: Lilliesleaf - Dods
« on: Thursday 06 January 22 20:55 GMT (UK)  »
At the risk of confusing the issue re Dods/Adamson and Lilliesleaf: I have a strong suspicion that Janet Adamson, who married Baillie Dods in 1762, was born in Lilliesleaf to George Adamson and Janet Simpson, on 16 Dec 1734. That might provide some reason for the mention? In this family’s history, there is also a pattern of birth in Lilliesleaf and baptism in Makerstoun.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Decipher and locate Borders placenames
« on: Wednesday 16 January 13 08:52 GMT (UK)  »
My thanks for this resource, Rena, and apologies for not checking the thread again. Carole

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Re: Decipher and locate Borders placenames
« on: Saturday 24 November 12 00:02 GMT (UK)  »
Brilliant, Lessudden makes a lot of sense! Thanks, that narrows it down for me.

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Handwriting Deciphering & Recognition / Decipher and locate Borders placenames
« on: Friday 23 November 12 23:02 GMT (UK)  »
Can anyone help me with the current spelling and location for these two names on a marriage in 1733  - the general location is Bowden, near Melrose in Roxburgh. Is it Lesenden and Fliestone??

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Roxburghshire / Re: clarilaw/lilliesleaf estates/landowners
« on: Monday 08 October 12 18:56 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, that is fascinating reading. Gives me a feel of the place. It's slightly later than I was looking for but it has some useful basis for working on. Much appreciated.

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Roxburghshire / Re: clarilaw/lilliesleaf estates/landowners
« on: Saturday 06 October 12 19:59 BST (UK)  »
Thank you, I will get on to that. Am in NZ so have to rely on digitalised records at the moment.

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Roxburghshire / Re: clarilaw/lilliesleaf estates/landowners
« on: Friday 05 October 12 20:09 BST (UK)  »
Thanks. That was new source for me, as I haven't investigated Scottish ancestry for any other family. However, according to http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/sasines.asp there aren't any Roxburgh records. But a great idea, thanks.

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Roxburghshire / clarilaw/lilliesleaf estates/landowners
« on: Friday 05 October 12 07:01 BST (UK)  »
I am trying to find more information about my 4G grandfather, William Adamson, who was born late 1738/early 1739 in Clarilaw, baptised in Bowden, to George Adamson and Janet Simpson. He and his younger brother, James (b1745, baptised Lilliesleaf), both settled in London (William by the 1760s) owning property in Clare market, Covent Garden. William was a tailor. They clearly had some money (both left wills/property) and aside from their baptisms in Scotland's people, I haven't a clue about why they would have moved south. William was a non-conformist in London.

One train of thought I am following is that they were associated in some way with local landowners/gentry and made the move because of this - does anyone know who the likely families of wealth in the 1740s/50s/60s would have been?

Carole

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Occupation Interests / Re: mobility amongst shoemakers
« on: Sunday 17 June 12 18:59 BST (UK)  »
His family were certainly very straight laced...

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