Wow!  What a speedy (and great) response to Dorothy Riegel's request.  I'm impressed!  Now you all have me wonderimg what caused the sudden death of Mary and John Scott. Jo Ann ________________________________ From: "dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com" <dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com> To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Sent: Thu, July 22, 2010 2:01:56 AM Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 87 Today's Topics:   1. Scott - Pollock (Dorothy Riegel)   2. Re: Scott - Pollock (Iain Hutchison)   3. Fwd:  Scott - Pollock (njs827@aol.com)   4. Re: Fwd:  Scott - Pollock (Iain Hutchison)   5. Re: Brigholm and Northfield (MARC ARCHER) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 11:48:32 -0700 (PDT) From: Dorothy Riegel <driegel38@yahoo.com> Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <771224.40567.qm@web30406.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 I have a funeral card for John Scott who died suddenly on 10 February 1914, aged 35 years, at Newhouse Farm, Holytown.? His wife was Mary Pollock. Does anyone have any connection to either John or Mary? I may be on the wrong list as I don't know where Holytown is. Thank you for your time. Dorothy (Wood) Riegel ? Dorothy Riegel??? ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 19:56:29 +0100 From: "Iain Hutchison" <iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock To: "Dorothy Riegel" <driegel38@yahoo.com>,     <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <EDE7F757A1EB4ACF9B02836BF8568E56@DGL1WC1J> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";     reply-type=original This may just be coincidence because there are undoubtedly a few Holytowns about, while the name Newhouse is not exactly novel. However there is a Holytown a little to the east of Bellshill in Lanarkshire, and a little bit further east is Newhouse which now has an industrial estate and is beside the M8 motorway. This might be the location of your Newhouse Farm, Holytown. Then again, it might not. Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dorothy Riegel" <driegel38@yahoo.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:48 PM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock I have a funeral card for John Scott who died suddenly on 10 February 1914, aged 35 years, at Newhouse Farm, Holytown. His wife was Mary Pollock. Does anyone have any connection to either John or Mary? I may be on the wrong list as I don't know where Holytown is. Thank you for your time. Dorothy (Wood) Riegel Dorothy Riegel ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 16:22:24 -0400 From: njs827@aol.com Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Fwd:  Scott - Pollock To: driegel38@yahoo.com Cc: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8CCF729907DC8BA-171C-2356@webmail-d037.sysops.aol.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Dorothy, If you inspect the death register for John SCOTT, you will find that Iain was exactly correct.  It records John as a farmer, spouse to Mary Richard POLLOCK, who was found dead on 10 Feb 1914 at Newhouse Farm, Newhouse, District of Holytown in the County of Lanark. His parents are recorded as John SCOTT (farmer, deceased) and Elizabeth Scott (Maiden Surname BAIRD, deceased).  You can obtain the digitised image of the original register online at scotlandspeople.gov.uk. Nancy  (Connecticut, USA) -----Original Message----- From: Iain Hutchison <iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk> To: Dorothy Riegel <driegel38@yahoo.com>; DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 2:56 pm Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock This may just be coincidence because there are undoubtedly a few Holytowns bout, while the name Newhouse is not exactly novel. However there is a Holytown a little to the east of Bellshill in anarkshire, and a little bit further east is Newhouse which now has an ndustrial estate and is beside the M8 motorway. This might be the location of your Newhouse Farm, Holytown. Then again, it might not. Iain ---- Original Message ----- rom: "Dorothy Riegel" <driegel38@yahoo.com> o: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> ent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:48 PM ubject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock I have a funeral card for John Scott who died suddenly on 10 February 1914, ged 35 years, at Newhouse Farm, Holytown. His wife was Mary Pollock. oes anyone have any connection to either John or Mary? may be on the wrong list as I don't know where Holytown is. hank you for your time. orothy (Wood) Riegel Dorothy Riegel ------------------------------- o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to UMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without he quotes in the subject and the body of the message ------------------------------ o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of he message ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:35:32 +0100 From: "Iain Hutchison" <iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk> Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Fwd:  Scott - Pollock To: <driegel38@yahoo.com>, <njs827@aol.com> Cc: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <8EBA5E4E741546109F6BF8ACC18A41D4@DGL1WC1J> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1";     reply-type=original If you go on to the NLS map link to this 1912 Ordnance Survey map and follow the main road east from Bellshill to where is crosses the Caledonian Railway - you will find Newhouse Smithy - Newhouse Farm is not identified but this is where it would have been. http://www.nls.uk/maps/os/view/?sid=74488695 Iain ----- Original Message ----- From: <njs827@aol.com> To: <driegel38@yahoo.com> Cc: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 9:22 PM Subject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Fwd: Scott - Pollock > > > Dorothy, > If you inspect the death register for John SCOTT, you will find that Iain > was exactly correct.  It records John as a farmer, spouse to Mary Richard > POLLOCK, who was found dead on 10 Feb 1914 at Newhouse Farm, Newhouse, > District of Holytown in the County of Lanark. > > His parents are recorded as John SCOTT (farmer, deceased) and Elizabeth > Scott (Maiden Surname BAIRD, deceased).  You can obtain the digitised > image of the original register online at scotlandspeople.gov.uk. > Nancy  (Connecticut, USA) > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Iain Hutchison <iain@keapub.fsnet.co.uk> > To: Dorothy Riegel <driegel38@yahoo.com>; DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com > Sent: Wed, Jul 21, 2010 2:56 pm > Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock > > > This may just be coincidence because there are undoubtedly a few Holytowns > bout, while the name Newhouse is not exactly novel. > However there is a Holytown a little to the east of Bellshill in > anarkshire, and a little bit further east is Newhouse which now has an > ndustrial estate and is beside the M8 motorway. > This might be the location of your Newhouse Farm, Holytown. > Then again, it might not. > Iain > > ---- Original Message ----- > rom: "Dorothy Riegel" <driegel38@yahoo.com> > o: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com> > ent: Wednesday, July 21, 2010 7:48 PM > ubject: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Scott - Pollock > > I have a funeral card for John Scott who died suddenly on 10 February > 1914, > ged 35 years, at Newhouse Farm, Holytown. His wife was Mary Pollock. > oes anyone have any connection to either John or Mary? > may be on the wrong list as I don't know where Holytown is. > hank you for your time. > orothy (Wood) Riegel > > Dorothy Riegel > ------------------------------- > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > UMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > he quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > ------------------------------ > o unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com > ith the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body > of > he message > > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without > the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:36:28 -0700 (PDT) From: MARC ARCHER <marcher56@att.net> Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] Brigholm and Northfield To: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <560507.74775.qm@web83708.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 List, ????? I found the info below, and am wondering if anyone knows the where abouts of Brigholm & Northfield, and any identifying info about Robert Johnstone of Newbie, and William Maxwell of Kirkhouse. ????? Also, does anyone know anything about King's Chaplains & Scotch Bishops? ? Thanks, ? Marc Archer ? The Historical Families of Dunfriesshire and the Border Wars CHAPTER IX ? The Kirk land of Kirkpatrick-Fleming which had belonged to Robert Johnstone of Newbie was conferred on William Maxwell of Kirkhouse by a royal charter dated Whitehall, Jan. 10, 1607; and Brigholme and Northfield, the property of the same Laird, were sold by his son Robert, in 1610, to Mr Patrick Howat, one of the King?s chaplains, afterwards a Scotch Bishop. ------------------------------ To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. 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