inchture puzzle

[katman]

I successfully traced 1809 Inchture Parish baptisms for my wife's side of the tree, but the location of the family was a place I hadn't heard of before. Jottistown/Jottislown.
 I've Googled the name, but with no luck. I've even tried a few old maps, with the same result
 
 Could it perhaps have been the name of a long-gone farm?

[IMBER]

Hi. Where did you see this record?

Imber

[Ruskie]

It would be useful if you could post a snip of the document where this word is written, so we can all have a look and offer our opinions. 
Was the place named as the families' address for all baptisms of all children?
Also do you have any indication whereabouts in Perthshire this place was?

[katman]

Here's an extract showing the placename.
 Hope it comes out OK!
 Twas Inchture Perthshire.  1809. They lived in various places around the parish

[Ruskie]

Thank you katman. Image came out very well (apologies for the slip up re not noticing your mention of Inchture)

I will do some digging to see if I can locate "Jottistown".

[Ruskie]

I found it!  [Jottestown]
On this Stobie 1775-1804  map it is SSW of Inchture:
http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400316

Looking at a modern map I don't think there is much remaining in the area. I will see if I can work out where it would have been.

It is not marked on an 1890 map however the nearby places of Balgay and Maggotland are. I think all are/were farms.

[Ruskie]

"Jettestown" appears on this 1827 map:
http://maps.nls.uk/view/74400163

I think I have found Balgay farm.

Looking at google maps, when travelling SW on the A90 out of Inchture, there is a road on the left. It looks like the first road past the roundabouts, however it is just a lane - you can approach Balgay farm via google street view from the other road. There are a couple of other farm houses along the road but I believe Balgay is the largest and has the most outbuildings and is located near where the road bends at an angle.

I estimate Jo(e)tti(e)stown was located two thirds of the way between Inchture and Balgay as the crow flies. Sadly there is no evidence of any farms around that area. There is a river in the vicinity and one would assume the farm buildings would have been nearby.

However if you follow the stream north from Balgay Farm, there is a building where this joins with another stream. I cannot get close enough to see any detail, so do not know if this may once have been a dwelling. I may be wrong but I think this may be in slightly the wrong place to be the remains of Jettistown (it may be a byre or similar).

[katman]

 Very informative, thanks for that, Ruskie.  As a Dundee youth, (many many decades back!) I must have cycled past that area several times en route to Perth, returning home via the moors to the north. These days, I struggle walking down the drivestrip to my mailbox. 

James Clark is on the 1841 census aged 70, living in Balledgarno village, north of Inchture, but no sign of him in the 1851 census, nor in OPR death records. I may do an online headstone search of the area in the new year.

[Ruskie]

You cycled from Perth to Dundee?
Very impressive.
If you are having trouble locating James Clark, perhaps a new thread on the Perthshire board might help. There are some wonderful researchers on the Scotland boards.