Mary Lawson (b.1806) Avondale

[Ticadeau]

How interesting, Robin.  I wondered what our chances of finding someone from William's marriage to Elizabeth Turnbull was.  I know only that her father was James Turnbull, a stocking weaver in Edinburgh.  That William was previously married was found in a Spott book in Edinburgh by a genealogist.  I have no idea when he married Ms Turnbull or when they divorced.  Together, I believe they had the two children Elizabeth and William a son.  They sued William Hay  to claim paternity and the estate but did not win the case.  William married Elizabeth Sinclair, half his age, about the time he inherited Spott.   The Hays and the Sinclairs were very close families.  The earlier family was grown at the time.  I believe Elizabeth  Turnbull had remarried and died and that the husband had been present at the trial. It was suggested one had to be a certain age to pursue such a suit.  Do you know anything about the brother, William Hay?  Sorry I can't help you with the Watts.

[robineaston]

Hi

Archibald Ballantine (1773-1817), the son of William Ballantine and Isabella Watt, apprenticed to an Edinburgh barber in 1780s and then moved to Bo'ness (West Lothian) in the 1790s. He got married at Bo'ness in 1795 to Janet Turnbull. I haven't been able to find parents for this Janet, because she probably belonged to an associate congregation, but the 1841 Census states that she was born in West Lothian around 1781 (+/- 5 years). I'm wondering if there is a link to the previously mentioned James Turnbull, who was the first father-in-law of William Hay.

Strangely enough, I also have another connection to the Hays of Tweeddale via marriage: Jane Primrose (died 1858), a cousin of my ancestor, was married since 1837 to George Forster Hay-Primrose (died 1856), who served as a surgeon in India. He was a great great grandson of John Hay, 2nd Marquess of Tweeddale (the brother of your ancestor).

[cantcot]

Hello,
I have not been online for a while, do you know when Andrew and Tom Carruthers came to New Zealand and when they died. Does Andrew still live in Central Otago. What relation are they to William Scott and Mary Hay.
I am also trying to trace Mary Scott widow of Tom and Willie Tom's brother who I believe are in Bury, Lancashire. Tom and Willie would be the gggrandsons of Mary Lawson and Thomas Scott.

Thankyou Elizabeth