The other sister was marian scott born 1829 and is thought to have married charles scott of milsington. Cavers, roxburghshire, scotland genealogy genealogy. The ecclesiastical parish of cavers is now linked with kirkton and hawick trinity. The location is that of cavers church, near cavers house. The borders family history society provides a page of facts and publications for each of the parishes in its area. This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of eckford. Extraction of baptisms for kelso united presbyterian 1851 1855. School records index to school leaving certificate examination results. A hill the surface of which is rocky and heathy pasture situated to the east of denholmhill in the parish of cavers. Guide to scotland with a blog, photos, and extensive information on castles, pictish history, ancient sites, accommodation, food and drink, car hire, travel, and things to see and do in scotland. Roxburghshire records genealogy and family history in scotland. Heres another obituary of an ancestor, this time another greatgreat grandfather. We regret to learn of the death, following an accident, of mr thomas c hall, for over 20 years tenant of the farm of gattonside mains. Roxburghshire records genealogy and family history in.
Free scottish family tree inscriptions and links from. History of cavers, in scottish borders and roxburghshire. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of. Roxburghshire or the county of roxburgh is a historic county and registration county in the southern uplands of scotland. His father william douglas 11th of cavers had been deprived of the hereditary sheriffdom on account of his opposition to the court, and his mother, katherine rigg, the reputed good lady cavers, was imprisoned in stirling castle in.
Please note that these units are listed here because their boundaries covered the point location we hold for cavers. Cavers church and graveyard is a category b listed building in cavers, scottish borders, scotland. The borders family history society has printed a number of monumental inscription books for roxburghshire. Cavers carre site of castle in bowden, roxburghshire. Cavers is a parish in the scottish borders area of scotland, in the former county of roxburghshire, south and east of hawick the name means enclosure. Lookup searches access records in scottish archives for ancestors in this parish e. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book without typos from the publisher. Denham coat of arms, family crest and denham family history, denham name origin. His later 2volume the history and antiquities in roxburghshire and adjacent districts. Janets maternal grandparents were james easton and betty cook.
Denham family crest and meaning of the coat of arms for. The history and antiquities of roxburghshire and adjacent districts, from the most remote period to the present time, volume 4 alexander jeffrey thomas c. Roxburghshire genealogy records genealogy and family history. This is a variant spelling for what is now more usually hummelknowes, a farm on the slitrig river, just south of hawick.
They had at least 6 children one of whom is beatrice and my direct line. John leyden, the scholarpoet 17751811, was a native. Brief mention was made in our last issue of the death in england of mr. Born in cavers, roxburghshire, scotland on 15 april 1776 to william goodfellow and rachel easton. Poor law appeals indexed poor law appeals with the option to order images of records asylum records index to the general register of lunatics in asylums. Top american libraries canadian libraries universal library community texts project. Records ordnance survey name books roxburghshire os name books. Roxburghshire message board read and post messages with other genealogy researchers of this county roxburghshire, scotland genealogy forum exchange information about your ancestors with other researchers scottish borders archive and local history centre. With memoirs of the warriors who engaged in that memorable conflict robert white on.
And they were married on 27 may 1797 in hawick, roxburghshire, scotland. To the southwest it borders cumberland and to the southeast northumberland, both in england. Roxburghshire is a predominantly rural county, consisting of low hills rising to the cheviot hills along the border with england. A son of william douglas, 4th lord of douglas le hardi with his second wife alinora eleanorelianor ferrers of louvaine. Robert the bruce rewarded the good sir james douglas with lands spread across scotland. Library roxburghshire below are listed the publications which west lothian family history society holds for the county of roxburghshire. Index to james wilsons register of deaths the record was kept by james wilson, a hawick solicitor. Citations compiled by carl boyer 3rd, medieval english ancestors of certain americans. The parish of cavers corresponded exactly or closely to the barony of the same name. Cavers is a parish in the scottish borders area of scotland, in the former county of. A blog to help people whose family history includes people who lived in berwickshire, peeblesshire, roxburghshire and selkirkshire scotland. Cuthbertson, 1933 transactions, pages 1924 an article.
Stobs castle is a category b listed building in cavers, scottish borders, scotland. Cavers carre site of the present house of cavers carre was built around 1780 and replaced an earlier castle, date stones from which are incorporated in the newer building. Stobs castle, cavers, scottish borders history in structure. She passed away on 08 may 1838 in hawick, roxburghshire, scotland. My grandfather robert cavers son of walter cavers and jane crozier was born at kirkton near harwick jmr. The borders family history society has published a booklet of monumental inscriptions for cavers and kirkton. Hereinafter cited as boyer, med english ancestors 2001. For example, in england and wales rural districts units with rd or rsd suffixes may even exclude the places they are named after.
They have a lot of material and they publish monumental inscription books or cds for many parishes. The largest river in the county is the tweed, which enters roxburghshire in the north, from selkirkshire, and flows through the north of roxburghshire for 26 miles. The history of political transactions, and of parties, from the restoration of king charles the second to the death of king william. The history and antiquities of roxburghshire and adjacent districts by alexander jeffrey 1864. Some of these may be superseded by more modern material. Library roxburghshire west lothian family history society. Andrew ker, of, cessford, eckford, roxburghshire, scotland, d. By the time of his death, he was also in possession of liddesdale. Cavers is a parish in the scottish borders area of scotland, in the former county of roxburghshire, south and east of hawick. Adam my father born at denholm parish of cavers oct. Townhead of cavers appeared to be exactly what he and his wife, sally, needed to fulfil their dream one, it must be said, that was a touch unusual.
Poor law appeals indexed poor law appeals with the option to order images of records. Hawick parish lies in south east roxburghshire at the confluence of the river teviot and slitrig water. Index to names and images of the original baptism registers of roxburghshire. This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
In 24, he was recorded as being granted the lands of rattray and crimond in buchan and the lands of conveth, kincardineshire, already being possession of cavers in roxburghshire, drumlanrig and terregles in dumfriesshire, and the lands of west calder in midlothian. Thousands of names from rolls of male heads of families. It borders dumfriesshire to the west, selkirkshire and midlothian to the northwest, and berwickshire to the north. Cavers was a parish in the former county of roxburghshire, which ceased to. Full text of the history and antiquities of roxburghshire. A list of monumental inscriptions in cavers old churchyard was printed in the 1973 volume of the hawick archaeological societys transactions and a list of the surnames recorded is available online. Cavers house castle in cavers, roxburghshire stravaiging. Archibald douglas th laird of cavers came from an ancient roxburghshire family with a strong covenanting tradition. Archibald douglas of morebattle, cavers, drumlanrig and. Sir james had been bruces trusted lieutenant at bannockburn in 14, and was key to his power base in southern scotland. Archibald douglas regent of scotland or guardian of the realm.
A unit may cover just the town or village, but it may include a big surrounding area. Cavers kirkton school log books 1900 to 1939 ref red21011. This surname originates in the scottish border county of roxburghshire my home county but i am researching the surname worldwide, with a particular emphasis on the period before 1900. This is a fantastic account of the history of scotland by neil oliver, it covers ancient times, then. The borders family history society provides a page of facts and. Full text of the history and antiquities of roxburghshire and. Search the history of over 406 billion web pages on the internet.
This is a surname of local origin from the old barony of denholm in the parish of cavers, roxburghshire. Henry scott wilhemina lunn roberton cavers scotland page. This name is usually of scottish descent and is found in. The history and antiquities of roxburghshire and adjacent. Im hoping that they may be an oliver henderson and isabel sinton who married 1808 cavers, roxburghshire, scotland, about whom i know nothing beyond their marriage record in the cavers parish register oliver from hawick, isabel from cavers. Castleton, cavers, hawick, kirkton, lilliesleaf, minto, roberton, southdean. Henry scott wilhemina lunn roberton cavers scotland. A concise overview of the history of scotland from start to end.
Im hoping that they may be an oliver henderson and isabel sinton who married 1808 cavers, roxburghshire, scotland, about whom i know nothing beyond their marriage record in the cavers parish. Would love to hear from anyone who knows who adams parents are. Featured texts all books all texts latest this just in smithsonian libraries fedlink us genealogy lincoln collection. Graham and emma maxwell have started looking at mental health records of scots admitted to various asylums national records of scotland records mc2 and mc7, with a view to indexing these by name of patient, thus opening them up more. Cavers house is in the parish of cavers and the county of roxburghshire. To learn more about how to use these records to search for your ancestors, go to the scotland. This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of cavers. He had one brother eben likely ebenezer cavers who was in the american war a color bearer. The lands passed to james, 2nd earl of douglas, who, like so many other douglases.
Scottish borders archive and local history centre the national. See why it was listed, view it on a map, see visitor comments and photos and share your own comments and photos of this building. This volume contains information on place names found in the parish of crailing. Jean goodfellow married william riddell and had 1 child.
To the north lie the parishes of minto and ancrum, the parishes of bedrule and hobkirk lie to the east, whilst on the south lies the parish of kirkton and the parishes of hawick and wilton are on the west. Roxburghshire os name books, 18581860 scotlandsplaces. Cavers parish records genealogy and family history in. The parish of wilton is to the north, the parish of cavers, the parish of kirkton lies to the east, the parish of teviothead and the parish of roberton in selkirkshire is on the west. The units covering this place tab lists units whose boundaries contained cavers election results. Just over a year ago, peter bennett, a lancashire farmer, was surfing on the internet when he came across a property for sale in the scottish borders. Full text of the history and antiquities of roxburghshire and adjacent districts. Adam cavers, a former resident of the village creek valley in this county, and a man who had become widely known by reason of his extensive travels. This barony together with the lands of cavers, and also the hereditary sheriffship of roxburghshire, were possessed by the family of douglas until the abolition of heritable jurisdictions in the 18th century.
Many of the english ancestral lines prior to 0 of those colonial americans with known royal ancestry but fully developed in all possible lines po box 220333, santa clarita, ca 9220333. You can search for units that covered the particular location you are interested in by typing a postcode into our home page, or by using our historic maps section, zooming in, selecting the information option, and then clicking on your location. Cavers was a native of scotland, being born at roxburghshire december 23, 1830, and reached the age of 70 years, four. If you follow the link above, you will find a very good summary concerning the wider profile of.
Archibald douglas of morebattle, cavers, drumlanrig and liddesdale regent of scotland in 33 public. Hawick as it was photographic record published by hawick archaeological society and hawick camera club. There are a few scattered lochs though none of any significant size. If you follow the link above, you will find a very good summary concerning the wider profile of the cavers family in the borders country.
Just to the north of melrose can be found eildon hill, a prominent local landmark. Southern reporter, october 4 1917 death of a wellknown farmer. Borders family history society gravestones index search a surname index to monumental inscription volumes published by the society. Cavers, a parish, in the district of hawick, county of roxburgh, 2 miles n. This is a guide to the history and major genealogical. Cavers, roxburghshire, scotland genealogy werelate. History of cavers, in scottish borders and roxburghshire map and. This record set contains 122 entries in pdf format, and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before. Nigel hardie is transcribing and publishing lists of pre1855 burials and deaths. I am interseted in the milsington history and other info that may be relevant. Cavers, roxburghshire, scotland genealogy familysearch. A history of the border counties electric scotland.
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