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Scotland (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Scotland => Wigtownshire => Topic started by: hendren on Sunday 28 June 20 15:26 BST (UK)
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I have found christening records for the children of my 7xgreatgrandparents James McComb and Marjory Stewart in the early 1700s, taking place at Penningham House.
I have no idea if they lived there and looking up details of the house, it seems it is mostly Victorian built onto an earlier property.
Any help anyone can give me, would be much appreciated.
Maureen.
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Beautiful property
https://www.countrylife.co.uk/property/country-houses-for-sale-and-property-news/penninghame-house-spectacular-sporting-estate-in-scotland-68456
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Hi
Lovely house. I think it was at one time taken over by the Prison Service as an open prison (1950-2000 approx).
The reason your ancestor might have been baptised there is because very few baptisms were performed in the kirk and were mostly undertaken by the minister at the family home, the manse or the house of one of the kirk elders.(Add-after a kirk sessions meeting)
I have seen baptism records of some of my Kirkcudbrightshire ancestors recorded as being baptised in all of such locations.
Gadget
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There might be some more if you search some of the links given here:
https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/search/results?st=Penningham
Most of the tax, etc lists are for later in the century but the land tax roll might give some clues:
https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical-tax-rolls/land-tax-rolls-1645-1831/land-tax-rolls-wigtownshire-volume-02/4
https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical-tax-rolls/land-tax-rolls-1645-1831/land-tax-rolls-wigtownshire-volume-03/17
No names are given for the early entries (unless they were the Earl of Galloway or other gentry). I see that Penningham is listed as a separate taxable estate in the first link.
Gadget
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Also:
https://www.scottish-places.info/features/featurefirst5079.html
it does seem to have belonged to the Earl of Galloway at some point.
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If you're near a library, this Maxwell's History of D & G might be worth trying to get hold of:
https://books.google.co.uk/books/about/A_History_of_Dumfries_and_Galloway.html?id=Sl0JAAAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y
(I have some photcopied excerpts but not for that area)
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I see that when they married on 26 May 1700, James was of Barbuchany (??) and Marjorie was the daughter of Robert Stewart of ??Glenlasshoch (?Glassoch) - not sure as I've not found anything on the maps so far. They don't seem to be around Penninghame House*
* https://maps.nls.uk/view/74431127#zoom=7&lat=4589&lon=8870&layers=BT.
A snip of the places. There is a Glassoch on map.
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Hi,
Penninghame OPRs with seven McComb births at Barbuchanie.
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ainsty/history/parishes/penninghame/opr/laurie.htm
Ainslie's Map south of Newton Stewart is Birbachnie, might be same place but different spelling.
https://maps.nls.uk/view/74400286
hmcc.
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Looks like it could be, hmcc :)
Were you able to locate the place where the Stewarts lived? I thought it might be Glassoch or nearby.
Gadget
PS - my 3xgreatgrandmother came from Kirkbride, across the bay :)
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Thanks very much for all your replies.
So, they probaly weren't the Lord and Lady of the house (wishful thinking!)
I will have a look at the links, as of yet I haven't found where the Stewerts were from, will keep digging.
Maureen.
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OPR births for Stewarts at Glassnick/Glasnick (late 1700s).
Map has Glasnock south west of Newton Stewart. There is also Glassock north west Newton Stewart as is Glenrernoch further to the north.
Castle Stewart is north of Newton Stewart too (Lord William Stewart).
hmcc.
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Thankyou, will have a look.
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OPR births for Stewarts at Glassnick/Glasnick (late 1700s).
Map has Glasnock south west of Newton Stewart. There is also Glassock north west Newton Stewart as is Glenrernoch further to the north.
Castle Stewart is north of Newton Stewart too (Lord William Stewart).
hmcc.
Note that Robert Stewart was given as Marjorie's father:
https://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=833559.msg6983401#msg6983401
and she was likely to be born second half of the 17 century, so 100 years earlier than this.
Gadget
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1684 List ofParishioners' Names Penninghame includes some McComb and Stewarts.
https://sites.rootsweb.com/~ainsty/1684/npenning.txt
A Margerie Stewart at Glenlukcock, servant woman.
Rob. Stewart (h) Marg. McComb (w) at Ochiltree.
hmcc.
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Thank you hmcc,
can I ask where you found those indexes?
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Found the indexes on Wigtownshire Pages, (people, places, bmd etc.)
https://freepages.rootsweb.com/~ainsty/history/index-2.html
Wondered if it was Glenlukcock on the marriage cert (McComb/Stewart) posted earlier.
hmcc.
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Thanks, will have a look.
Maureen.