Who is the mother?

[bevj]

Hello
Can anyone please help with this record which is a baptism from Cummertrees, Dumfries, in 1807.
Thomas Herbertson the father is my 4 x great grandfather.
Jamsie, daughter of Thos Herbertson and _______ ______  Bapt., Sept. 1st 1807.
ScotlandsPeople have the mother as Birrell, with no Christian name.  I can see Birrell, but what is the next word, and where is her Christian name?
(I have never been able to find a Herbertson - Birrell marriage)
Many thanks
Bev

[Gadget]

I think the other word may be Agnes

No it's not!

[Gadget]

The previous year they had a son, George, baptised (on same page as your snip). There is no other name mentioned on that entry but Birrell so I'm thinking that the other word might be where they are living.

Gadget

[bevj]

Yes, George is my ancestor.
I did have a copy of the baptism record for him too but I can't find it
I am at a loss to know why there is no mother's Christian name but yes, I hadn't thought of the abode. Can you make it out?  I see Hewries.
Thanks very much
Bev

[drfizzlebit]

Might it be 'Harris'?

[Gadget]

There is a place called Howes just  to the SE of Cummertrees but I think it might be in Annan  parish   

George is a few lines above the entry you've given.

Gadget

Add - most of the other entries have abode in that location on the entry. George's entry doesn't

[bbart]

Did any of Thomas' children live long enough that they would have statutory death records?

[Gadget]

Here's a snip of George's entry, further up the page.

Add - can't find a marriage!

[StripySnake]

I'm a relative beginner at this but it looks like Stewins to me. If it's a capital H it's different from the others on the page.
I agree it's probably the place name, as the final word before “bapt” or “born” does look like a location on a couple of the other records. One seems to be Murraythwaite which is definitely a place in Dumfries. Although I can't find anywhere called Stewins.