** I checked the indexes of both volumes, and there was no Dickison or Dickinson there, or any name like it. Gordon. > Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2011 09:02:55 -0400 > From: "Anne Wilson"<[email protected]> > > To Gordon Johnson, > Is it possible that you could look for my gggrandfather John Dickison in the > Buccleuch papers? My information is that John Dickison was overseer of the > Maudslie Farm in Temple, Midlothian and was selected by a Mr. Maitland and > Colonel Grant to go to New Zealand and manage the Delvy Estate, a lease > acquired by Lord Buccleuch in 1859. John Dickison was born in Bedrule in > 1822. Interestingly, John's daughter, Eliza Dickison married John Edgar in > New Zealand and the Edgars of Moffat were descended from the Scotts of > Canonbie and said to have been some relation to Lord Buccleuch. > > Anne Wilson formerly of EnZed, now Florida.