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I had another thought and that was seeing as Paisley is a Scottish name I tried to find her via Jardines who were the perveyors of opium as you are no doubt aware but could find no links. At the time the religious fraternity of thee British Foreign Office were taking over and making the English gentlemen give up their British wives which they almost all had as well as their British ones so a lot of them along with their children were cast adrift. The book Last Moghul Emperor covers this quite well in fact is an excellent book.

Bye for now

John

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Good afternoon

My grandfather (Gordon Francis Welby Jackson)said that John found her abandoned and destitute and so took her in. Going by the fact that both Henry and Charles were put into the Indian military and not the British one can assume she was Indian or at least partly. The Portuguese in her name would indicate Goa or Southern India. Paisley was probably the name of the priest her christened her. I've looked for her on the EIC sites etc and likewise Paisley as a priest but so far no luck. John was sent to Sri Lanka to learn the tea trade but her name would indicate this would be an unlikely place to find her.  My grandfather thought she was chinese(marriage in China?) but as Indians and Chinese hate each other so putting his sons into the Indian military negates that theory.  Other members of your family descended from Henry do not like the idea of being part Indian but if she was Portuguese they would have gone into the British army as the British/Portuguese military pact is the oldest in the world so obviously there physical features were more Indian than British so they would have been rejected.

Regards

John

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Ayrshire / Re: Haldanes of Colmonell, Ayrshire
« on: Wednesday 18 May 11 03:04 BST (UK)  »
Afternoon

Regarding John Haldane in NZ does anyone know who his Wife Margaret Fellowes grandfather Robert Fellowes parents were?  Supposedly he married Mary Jane Ross in Carlisle but I can't find it though she can be found. I presume he is from Ireland but can't find him there either. Being sergeant his commission wasn't bought which would indicate not being from a wealthy family.

From my brothers look at the Haldanes it looks like they were in Colmonell or around it for centuries but I will look to see what he has got.

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Yes Terrance 1956  excepting it's Terence. The email I have got for you was hijacked by somebody wanting money and doesn't appear to work any more.
The Wiliam and Betty through UK Archives but can be found with search. The map I'll have to find the link but it may be ColonialWilliamsburg Research Centre or CapeCod Genealogical Society.

For the Gorham's search Hugh De Gorham and there is quite a bit about them. St Albans Abbey. Hugh married the Great grand daughter of William Plantangenet, daughter of William L'Angevin.

I've got some more files relating to Jackson's and Grace's in NZ and I'm connected through Charles Welby J via GFWJ through GFWJ then JRJ then myself JTJ.

There's a reasonable amount about the Howlands through to 1500's but I haven't found  much on the Tilley's.

LDS  has the original records for Jamaica on line but no mention of Dorothy Coverley's maiden name. Nathaniel's family  looks to have come from Barbados. Hannah had a sister that had three children from three fathers but no marriage that I can see. 

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Evening Colin  Prior to the HMS Captain Robert can be found on the "William and Betty" which appears to have sailed between Virginia and Bristol. on British Archives can be found prize money owed to him on this ship also the  wages book of the HMS Captain is now available but was going to cost over 1300 pounds for a copy of the relevant years 1744 to 1756 I presume. If Elizabeth is indeed related to the Earl of Clarendon this would infer the Bridgewater Bretts but no proof. The odd thing is that Robert is mentioned in the Burgesses and prominent persons of Yorktown Virginia.  A map of where he lived can also be found which was then taken over by a Merchant named Robert Jackson.

How far have you got back on Charlotte Spry Gorham? She's a Plantanganet 

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