Yes, John Nisbet of Ayton Mill has always been my bet for Euphemia's father.
There is a lot of circumstantial evidence to support this:
5. Euphemia named her daughter Alison, John's mother's name, in the proper place in the naming convention. No Alisons in Dickson or Shiels direct line.
The evidence against:
1. Geographical location of Agnes Shiels and John Nisbet.
2. John had three young children with Margaret Bell at the Time of Euphemia's birth.
It's a close call.........
Dunno.......
Ive seen the last names cross a few times.....
John Shiells B.1794 Westruther, Berwickshire
D. Castle Ward Reg District, Northumberland (covers Black Callerton)
John SHIELL and Mary NISBET, dau of John George NISBET
married in extracted records:
13 OCT 1822 Westruther, Berwickshire and 13 Oct 1822 Channelkirk, Berwick *
Children: (all on IGI except for Elizabeth?)
Alison SHIELS chr 1 Jun 1823 Crichton MDL
Andrew SHIELS chr 16 May 1825 Crichton MDL
George SHIELS chr 6 Aug 1827 Chrichton MDL
John SHIELL chr 6 Apr 1830 Crichton MDL
Elizabeth SHEILLS b abt 1835 Crichton MDL (not on IGI)
I also believe there was another family of Shiels living nearby and married to a female Nisbet...
The george above named his first official boy "James".......Dunno.........
Jason
Rochester, New York
