William Grieve / Margaret Lees Marriage

[Mungbeans]

I have obtained a copy of the marriage register of William Grieves and Margaret Lees who married on 9 Nov 1801 at Dalkeith, Midlothian, Scotland.

The following is the link to a copy of the register:

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/-AxSMUx14b9_Lm42BTcZdw?authkey=Gv1sRgCPPRopWt19DAzgE&feat=directlink

or

http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/photo/p54iqZCZjJvfdR7K-CiADg?authkey=Gv1sRgCPPRopWt19DAzgE&feat=directlink

So far I have worked out this:

William Grieve and Margaret Lees
Nov 5th William Grieves ? in the ?
and Margaret Lees in this Parish gave in their names for ? to Marriage ? Milligan for the man and Walter Grieve for the woman ? Marr: 9 Nov

I would appreciate help filling out the blanks.   These are my 4th great grandparents.

[Ecneps]

My attempt:

William Grieves Sold^r. (soldier) in the 15th Reg^t (regiment) of SB? (Scottish Borders?) Militia
and Margaret Lees on this Day gave in their names for
Proclⁿ. (proclamation?) in order to Marriage  Coul^r. Serg^t. (Colour Sergeant) And^w.(Andrew) Milligan
for the man and Walter Grieves for the woman
mar^d.(married) 9th Nov^r


Barbara 

[Mungbeans]

A soldier!  I would never have guessed.  That means there might be some army records for him, which would be wonderful as all I have is his name!

[Ecneps]

That's only how I see it, someone else might have a different opinion, but I definitely think soldier, not sure of the letters in front of Militia, someone with more knowledge of the military will no doubt have more information on that, I have vaguely heard of the Scottish Borders Militia, but only vaguely!

Barbara 

[Mungbeans]

Thanks for your help.  I think I'll now get a researcher over in Scotland to do some digging for me!

[JAP]

Hi Barbara,

Agree with you but just a couple of minor comments.

The name seems to be GRIEVE i.e. no 's' at the end.

I read the regiment possibly as '4^th'.
There was an infantry regiment called the Kings Own Scottish Borderers (Googling will get lots of hits) but don't know about militia.

The word before 'Sergt' is Caut^s; i.e. Cautioners.

All the best,

JAP
PS: Mungbeans, the following National Archives of Scotland guide might be of interest:
http://www.nas.gov.uk/guides/military.asp

[lara.j]

Hi,

I also read the regiment as "4th" but I think that it is "N B Militia"......look at the way the N in Novr is formed. The slope would be wrong for an S too.

Could stand for anything - but North Berwick springs to mind - probably because it's quite near where I live 

Lara
Northumberland UK

[lara.j]

Hello again,

Just put a quick search into Google for "N B militia" and came up with several pages which state that this would be the North British Militia
As North Britain was a term often used for Scotland I would guess that this means that the men in it were recruited from there.

Lara

[JAP]

Hi lara.j,

Excellent!!

It is, of course (how did I miss it!), just like the 'N' written by the scribe (twice appearing elsewhere in the extract) and nothing like his 'S' (as in Sold^r or Serg^t).

Brilliant work - and I'm very embarrassed. 

A great piece of research.  Let's hope that Mungbeans can make much from it.

Congratulations and thank you very much indeed,

JAP
PS: Scots, and those of Scots heritage, might even prefer to read it as SB (South British i.e. English) rather than NB (North British i.e. Scottish).