Hello lister My name is Ave Ferguson (nee Paterson) and I have just downloaded a Will from the Scottish Documents site. As my ancestor was a business man (Flesher) many names are listed from in and around the PEEBLESHIRE area. I have posted this on the Peebleshire list but thought that it might help other if I also post on this list any person with interests in any of these names are welcome to email me. especially the name of STEEL, GRIEVE, KEDDIE AND PATERSON Hope they help someone somewhere Cheers Ave Ferguson WALTER STEEL snr. died at Peebles, Peebleshire, Scotland. 7 April 1836 probably born 1750/60's married to ELIZABETH GRIEVE in Peebles 1784 (still alive at time of writing) 183 Occupation: FLESHER in Peebles. known family of Walter and Elizabeth. JEAN STEEL 1785 married James KEDDIE ROBERT STEEL 1787 ELIZABETH STEEL 1789 JOHN STEEL 1794 THOMAS STEEL 1796 WALTER STEEL 1799 JAMES STEEL 1806 MARGARET STEEL...still alive at writing.. (is she the daughter of a previous marriage to Ann Burden) names mentioned in Inventory: dated May 1837 and Will written on JOHN WOOD Esq. Advocate Commissary of the Commissariat of Peebles JOHN BATHGATE Writer in Peebles WILLIAM ROBERTSON Appraiser in Peebles SIR WILLIAM FORBES, JAMES HUNTER AND COMPANY ... Bankers in Edinburgh JAMES LEADBETTER Writer in Kelso ALEXANDER LEADBETTER Painter in Kelso WALTER ANDERSON sometime farmer at Crookston now at Cramilk(t) DUNCAN McARTHUR innkeeper in OBAN (?Married Walter's granddaughter Isabella KEDDIE) JAMES KEDDIE residing in Peebles dated 1835 (? grandson of Walter) JAMES CAMERON innkeeper in PEEBLES (?married Walter's granddaughter Jean KEDDIE) THOMAS MURRAY (deceased as at 1837) Merchant in Peebles WILLIAM MURRAY sometime residing in Edinburgh and afterwards in Eddlestone now deceased (as at 1837)(Innkeeper) Sons of the deceased ARCHIBALD MURRAY Merchant in Peebles ELIZABETH DUNCAN alias MURRAY residenter in Peebles (Thomas and Williams' mother) WILLIAM LAMBERT mason in Peebles A. MOFFAT HELEN MCARTHUR ROBERT TOSH Peebles JOHN BURTON Esq. Commissary Depute of the Commissariot of Peebles JAMES TURNBULL Builder in Peebles JOHN HUME baker in Peebles JAMES ALEXANDER Tenant, Easter Happrew THOMAS SALTON Tenant of Howford Referring to land and sasines etc granted or bought from acquired from ALEXANDER PORTEOUS Thread Manufacturer in Kelso Sasine dated 31 Dec 1812 Recorded at Kelso 4th Feb 1813 bounded by land belonging to Heirs of JOHN TURNBULL Baker and Heirs of JAMES KER Merchant in Peebles Miss ELLIOT of Peebles Heirs of JAMES CAIRNS Writer in Peebles acquired from WILLIAM WHITE merchant or Grocer in Edinburgh Sasine dated 7 Feb 1825 and recorded at Edinburgh 15 Feb 1825 bounded by land belonging to JOHN GIRDWOOD property formerly belonging to ROBERT BRUNTON thereafter to the Representative of CHARLES GRAY, and now to the EARL of WEMYSS and MARCH acquired from JOHN GRIEVE Wright in Peebles JAMES GROSART mason in Peebles and his spouse Sasine dated 25 Aug 1817 Recorded at Peebles 12 Sept 1817 bounded by Land belonging to JAMES GROSART tanner THOMAS GIBSON acquired from JAMES GROSART tanner Sasine dated and recorded at Peebles 21 June 1826 Bounded by land belonging to JAMES MATHISON Wright Shop acquired by me from JOHN GRIEVE sasine dated and recorded 1st July 1830 ( Walter's father in Law) LILLIAS LYON Acquired by me from WILLIAM THORBURN Taylor in Peebles or WILLIAM THORBURN TAYLOR sasine dated and recorded at Peebles 12 Feb 1825 bounded by land belonging to JOHN REID Surgeon in Peebles JOHN PATERSON ANDREW SCOTT'S representatives and house acquired by WILLIAM THORBURN from ROBERT LYON dwelling house acquired by me from JOHN GRIEVE Wright in Peebles Sasine dated 25 Aug and recorded 1st Sept 1817 Bounded by land belong to THOMAS GRIEVE HANNAH MUIR ISABELLA MURRAY alias STEEL (Widow of the late Walter STEEL JNR ) Pew No. 50 Trustees of ANDREW TURNBULL Candlemaker in Peebles dated 6th March 1812 subjects? bounded by property sometime belonging to the late ADAM GOVAN, Merchant , now to WILLIAM THORNDON, Messenger sometime belonging to THOMAS SALTON, Tenant of Howford, now to ROBERT CRAIG, Surgeon MARY STEEL ROBERT STEEL Children of the Late ROBERT STEEL (son of Walter Steel snr) ELIZABETH KEDDIE or PATERSON wife of JOHN PATERSON, Ironmonger in PEEBLES MARION KEDDIE residing in Peebles JEAN KEDDIE residing in Peebles JAMES KEDDIE presently at Hobart Town, Van Diemans Land ISABELLA KEDDIE wife of DUNCAN McARTHUR , Innkeeper at OBAN WALTER KEDDIE of Peebles JOHN KEDDIE of Peebles all children of the last JEAN STEEL daughter of WALTER STEEL snr and JAMES KEDDIE merchant in Peebles JAMES ALEXANDER THOMAS SALTON ROBERT WIGHTMAN KER JAMES TURNBULL JOHN HUME