The Messear engine sent me this. It found "Mr. McLeod BARR, Marchbank". Do you all agree from the context below that this Marchbank is the residence of Mr. McLeod BARR? Where do you suppose this Fenwick is? Checking the index to my detailed atlas of the UK, I find Fenwick (Ayr) Fenwick (N'land) Fenwick (Yorks.) Since this was posted to AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com, I guess it is in Ayrshire, so where is the Marchbank below? One would have to find McLeod BARR on the census or other record of a certain place, to know for certain where this Marchbank is. Did a McLeod BARR live at Marchbank Farm in c. 1844? What is the Free Church? Does this mean Queen Victoria was present: "The Queen:, from the chair. "Prince Albert", from the chair. What do the quotes mean? Is this a toast to them by the chair or a book about them? This is long & you all may want to merely delete it. It is not very Germane to us. --------- Forwarded message ---------- From: MESSEAR <messear@edelsoft.net> To: <jameswgreen@juno.com> Date: Sat, 06 Jan 2001 03:34:52 +500 Subject: MESSEAR Results on 01-05-2001 23:34:54 From: JBundy@aol.com Date: Thu, 4 Jan 2001 23:59:10 EST Subject: Re: Colin Campbell Photographer <<<===--- To: AYRSHIRE-L@rootsweb.com --------------------------------------------------- Found: |marchbank ---------------------------------------------------- MESSEAR ver. 2.09agh www.edelsoft.net/messear Hi Bonnie, Actually there's two more Wallace references, the first just a short one, the second rather longer. Here goes, from "The Annals of Fenwick". "July 10th (1846): married at Dumhead, Mary WALLACE to James DICKIE, Horsehill. March 19th (1844): This day the foundation stone of the Free Church here was laid by Mr. CRAWFORD of Crawfordland. At one o'clock a sermon was preached from Psalm 68:18 by the Reverend Mr. ARTHUR, after which the congregation proceeded to the site of the new church, where after psalms and a prayer by the Reverend Mr. McINDOE of Galstone, the following list of articles contained in the bottle to be deposited in the foundation stone was read by the Reverend Mr. Arthur, viz: The Church of Scotland's Claim of Rights in 1842. Memorial of the Commission to Government in 1842. Petition to Parliament by the extraordinary Commission. Memorial submitted to Sir Robert Peel, and the other members of Her Majesty's Government, adopted by a meeting of ministers of the Church of Scotland, assembled in Convocation at Edinburgh, November 17th to 24th, 1842. Protest by ministers and elders, with a facsimile of all the signatures. Act of Separation and Deed of Demission. Answer by Her Majesty's Government to the Memorial transmitted to Sir Robert Peel and the other members of Administration, by the General Assembly. "The Western Watchman" newspaper. "The Scottish Guardian" newspaper. "The Ayr Observer" newspaper. Medallion of the Reverend Thomas Chalmers, D.D. Roll of the Members of the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland, held at Glasgow in October, 1843. List of the members and adherents of the Free Church in Fenwick. Names of their Session. Names of the Building Committee. Names of the Contractors for the erection of the Church. Silver and copper coins of Her present Majesty's reign. Medallion of Queen Victoria, the time of her birth, ascension to the throne, and Coronation. Orr's "Scottish Almanac." Dr. Duff's sermon, with the adherence of the missionaries in India to the Free Church. Mr. John Welsh's letter from Blackness Castle. Population of the Villages, and Parish of Fenwick. The bottle being shown to the spectators, Mr. Crawford descended from the platform, and deposited it in the place cut out in the stone for its reception, and performed the ceremony of laying the foundation stone, which he followed up by a short speech from the platform. Secession Defended The Reverend Mr. McFarlane of Renfrew then gave the address, in which he pointed out a striking resemblance between the Free Church and the outed party in the days of Mr. Guthrie of Fenwick, in their struggle for independence, in three points of view, viz.: In their resistance of the intrusion of ministers upon reclaiming congregations, in their defense of the doctrine of the Headship of Christ, and in their sufferings in consequence of their resistance to the encroachments of the civil law. He also ably defended the Free Church from the charge of schism from Established Church, on the ground that having allowed the civil magistrate to trench upon the prerogative of Christ to be Head of his own church, the Establishment had departed from its original principals to which the Free Church adhered. The Establishment had allowed the Court of Session to assume the headship of the Church to the supplanting of Christ, its rightful spiritual Head, so that in so far as it had withdrawn itself from Christ the head, as a spiritual body it was without a head, and was guilty of schism in as much as it had separated the head from the body - not the Free Church, which still retained the Head. Altogether the address of Mr. McFarlane was much admired by his audience. The dinner was served up in Mrs. LOCKHART's hall in her very superior style, Mr. Crawford in the chair, Mr. SNODGRASS, banker, Stewarton, croupier. Mr. ORR asked the blessing. Mr. McFarlane left the table as soon as dinner was over, to address a meeting in Paisley on the same evening. "The Queen:, from the chair. "Prince Albert", from the chair. "The Free Church of Scotland:, from the chair, replied to by Mr. McINDOE of Galstone. "The Free Church of Fenwick", from the chair, replied to by Mr. McLeod BARR, -->Marchbank. ---^^^^^^^^^ The chair also proposed the health of Mr. Orr, and prosperity to his congregation and the Secession Church, which was replied to by Mr. Orr. The health of Mr. Arthur, Stewarton, and prosperity to his congregation, was proposed by Mr. John Wallace, blacksmith, and replied to by Mr. Arthur. I need not enumerate more on the toasts. The meeting broke up about eight o'clock, after enjoying a few hours of the greatest harmony and sociality." Hope this helps. Jim Bundy Subj: Re: Colin Campbell Photographer Date: 1/04/01 8:30:11 PM Central Standard Time From: suchan@sk.sympatico.ca (Bonnie Suchan) Reply-to: suchan@sk.sympatico.ca (Bonnie Suchan) To: JBundy@aol.com Thanks Jim I'd appreciate that very much. Will track those Wallaces down yet. Bonnie -------------------------------------------------- Free Web Email & Filter Enhancements. http://www.freewebemail.com/filtertools/ -------------------------------------------------- ----- Original Message ----- From: <JBundy@aol.com> To: <suchan@sk.sympatico.ca> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 6:57 PM Subject: Re: Colin Campbell Photographer > Hi Bonnie, > > There is one more Wallace I haven't transcribed >from "The Annals of Fenwick" yet. I'd be happy to >if you'd like. > > Jim Bundy ==== AYRSHIRE Mailing List ==== DO NOT send files as Email attachments to the list. 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