Hallo Rosemary, I have 2 lots of SCOTS/SCOTTS. LOT no 1. I have SUSAN/SUSANNA SCOT born Jan. 1739 in Tranent. Her parents were ROBERT SCOT and MARGARET HENDERSON and they married on 21.05.1736. The parents of MARGARET were PATRICK HENDERSON and AGNESS NEILSON. SUSAN had the following siblings:- JANNET b. 04.05.1737 - Tranent JEAN b. Jan 1740 - Tranent] SUSANNAH b. Jan 1740 - Tranent] - Twins. ALEXANDER b June 1744 LOT no 2. WILLIAM WIGHTMAN b. 15.09.1817 and ISABEL SCOTT were married in Coldingham on 19.05.1815 They had the folowing children:- MARGARET b. 02.03.1816 - Coldingham AGNES b 15.09.1817 - Coldingham JOHN b 04.11.1819 - Chirnside ISABEL b 21.10.1821 - Chirnside JANET b 21.10.1823 - DUNS. Do you see any connection? Best Wishes, From, Michael In NORWAY. -----Opprinnelig melding----- Fra: Rosemary Probert [mailto:rosemary@prob.freeserve.co.uk] Sendt: 14. august 2000 14:12 Til: BORDER-L@rootsweb.com Emne: SCOTT, WAIT, BELL Researching SCOTT WAIT and BELL in Berwickshire I am particularly interested in any information about the ancestors of Margaret WAIT and George SCOTT who married sometime about 1780. The marriage isn't in the OPR indexes for Berwickshire and surrounding counties, or the IGI for Northumberland. As far as I can work out they had the following family: MARY SCOTT Baptised: 1781 at Ayton Died: before November 1786? JANET SCOTT Baptised: 1783 at Coldingham *GEORGE SCOTT Baptised: 1785 Coldingham, father was a blacksmith from Westreston Witnesses at baptism: Elisha HALL and Jacob DARLING Married: 1803 Agnes BELL, Mordington (parents unknown) Witnesses: Alexander BELL and Joseph GLENDINING Occupation: Shepherd >> BARBARA SCOTT Baptised 1804, Mordington >> Married DAVID GRAY 1824 Mordington >> Witnesses: Alexander GRAY and David GRAY >> son - JAMES GRAY baptised 1838 Dalkeith, Midlothian (my gt gt grand-father) MARY SCOTT Born: Clappers Baptised: 1786 Mordington Married: 1811 Alexander COW at Cockburnspath and at Mordington 1812 MARGARET SCOTT Born: Clappers Baptised: 1788 Mordington ELIZABETH SCOTT Born: Clappers Baptised: 1790 Mordington ALISON SCOTT Baptised: 1792 Mordington Do any of these names sound familiar to you? Any possible links with these families would be most welcome. Regards, Rosemary, Northumberland, UK