Ian, this is fantastic (I love the idea of old castles).  Your reply inspired me to go looking for something on the web in regard to Sanquhar and Crichton's Peel.  There is a woodcut by David O. Hill of Crichton's Peel.  Unfortunately, I messed up my computer so that I now no longer can view pictures on the web.  Dat, dat, dat!  I also found Robert Burns' poem :The Five Callins," which mentions Crichton's Peel.  I was surprised to find Mr. Burns was the tax collector in Dumfries at the time of his death.  Is he  buried there?  In the Poem, Mr. Burns mentions Lords and Knights.  How old is the castle? Thank you for the very interesting history lesson.  Just goes to show one is never too old to learn something new.  Can you stand one more question?  Why is the castle called "Peel"? Hats off to you! Jo Ann ________________________________ From: Ian A McClumpha <imchad@freeola.com> To: Joann Whitworth <confort576@att.net> Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 2:47:27 AM Subject: RE: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 69 Hi Jo Ann   There is an old castle at Sanquhar and right beside it is the farm called Castle Mains.  The term ‘mains’ originates from the days of the estate and that would be the main farm attached to the castle.  In other words, it would be run by the castle owner as a home farm.  That said, I have a feeling there is another farm on the north side of Sanquhar named Castle (but don’t trust my fallible memory)   The castle belonged to the Crichton family and is known locally as ‘Crichton’s Peel’.      The term ‘in’ denotes he was a tenant.  The term ‘of’ denotes he owned the property.   Best wishes   Ian   Need help with your Scottish Family History research?  Let Imchad Ancestry assist you.   Please look at  our website: www.imchad.freeola.com ________________________________ From:Joann Whitworth [mailto:confort576@att.net] Sent: 29 May 2010 01:33 To: Ian A McClumpha Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 69   Thanks, Ian.  That was an interesting bit of history that I had not heard before.  Now I am wondering why it was called "Castle."  Name of the owner, probably?   (Can't quite see a farm being part of a castle, but stranger things have happened in the dim past)   Jo Ann   ________________________________ From:Ian A McClumpha < imchad@freeola.com > To: Joann Whitworth <confort576@att.net>; dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Sent: Fri, May 28, 2010 4:26:45 PM Subject: RE: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 69 Hi Joann The term 'Formerly in Castle' means he was previously a tenant farmer in the farm called 'Castle'.  Quite possibly he was a retired farmer. Best wishes Ian A McClumpha Need help with your Scottish Family History research?  Let Imchad Ancestry assist you.  Please look at  our website: www.imchad.freeola.com -----Original Message----- From: dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:dumfries-galloway-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Joann Whitworth Sent: 28 May 2010 22:02 To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 69 Ron, I am sure the website you found was a real help to Robert.  It has also been a help to me, for which I thank you very much.  One of the very nice and helpful ladies on this  Dumfries-Galloway site answered my request for help with a William Ballentine (probably spelled Ballantyne in Scotland ) who came from Dumfries to America as a young man or teenager.  This William lived with his grandfather in Dumfries for a while after his mother died.  Mom was a Stoddard or Stoddart or Stodhart before marriage.  The nice lady found a William Ballantyne living in the household of his grandfather, James or William Ballantyne on one Sanquhar census.  She and I both think this is the right William Ballentine (Ballantyne), and now that I have read the list of people from the St Brides Parish Church, Sanquhar, I see there are at least two Ballantynes listed and at least two Stoddarts or Stodharts, so hopefully I am on yhe right track.  #38 lists a James Stoddart then says "formerly in Castle."  What does that mean, do you know?.  Also, is there anyway to find out if rhe Rev. Thomas Ballantyne (#192) had issue?  Is there a family history place in Dumfries that one can write to for information. Thank you again for finding the website and listing the link. Jo Ann Whitworth ________________________________ From: "dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com" <dumfries-galloway-request@rootsweb.com> To: dumfries-galloway@rootsweb.com Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 2:02:32 AM Subject: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY Digest, Vol 5, Issue 69 Today's Topics:   1. Re: [SCT-CEM] St Brides Parish Church Sanquhar (Bgrd848@cs.com) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 12:53:19 EDT From: Bgrd848@cs.com Subject: Re: [DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY] [SCT-CEM] St Brides Parish Church     Sanquhar To: scotland-cemeteries@rootsweb.com, Dumfries-Galloway-L@rootsweb.com Message-ID: <16d35.516313b2.392d5a7f@cs.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Hi Robert, I found a website that has "Memorials of Sanquhar Kirkyard" by Tom Wilson at http://freepages.history.rootsweb.com/~cdobie/sanquhar.htm Good Luck, Ron McCall ------------------------------ To contact the DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY list administrator, send an email to DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-admin@rootsweb.com. 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