Hi Bruce & Trevor: I do not know if I contacted you before but I have the following Monument Inscriptions for Middlebie Parish Dumfriesshire: Porteous (2) Jarden (3) Jardine (10) White (3) If these would help let me know and I will send them as an attachment to a message. Stuart Livingstone Brown - Cornwallis Nova Scotia Canada ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bruce Porteous" <bruceporteous@ntlworld.com> To: <DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, December 13, 2004 9:22 PM Subject: Re: DUMFRIES-GALLOWAY-D Digest V04 #326 > Hi Trevor > > I have a record of John PORTEOUS (1792-1867) m Agnes WHITE (1801-after > 1851). I would be interested in what you have regarding John and his > family, as some of your information tallies with that held on the > Porteous Associates database, and some appears to differ. There are yet > more links with the Jardine family, in that John's father's first wife > (his stepmother) was Mary JARDINE (b about 1755) and his paternal > grandmother was Grizzel JARDINE (b 1730). > > There appear to be many historical links between the two families of > Porteous and Jardine, and it would be interesting to try and work out > how these two in particular are connected. > > I am exploring the movement of the Porteous family from its original > home in Peeblesshire to Dumfriesshire (especially Annandale and > Applegarth, where Agnes was born), and the eventual emigration of many > members of the family to England, and later to other parts of the > world. > > I would be grateful if you would get in touch, as I believe we could be > of help to one other. > > Bruce Porteous, > Porteous Research Project > Norwich, Norfolk, UK > > porteousresearch@ntlworld.com > http://homepage.ntlworld.com/bruceporteous/research/ >