At 07:04 PM 18/08/2004, you wrote: >Hello new friends, > I want to encourage people to keep researching the stonewalls. Our > family had one for about twenty years. I have been persisting, and just > a couple of months ago the wall was broken and I found Robert THOMPSON > (Thomson, Tomson) born 20 Aug. 1722 in Bowden, Roxburgh, Scotland. He > married Agnes ELLIOT (Eliott) of Selkirk, Scotland. Among their children > were William, Robert, Andrew, George, Agnes, and Lucy all born in > Bowden. All or part of the family emigrated to the United States. > It is because of breaking that stonewall that I have joined this > list. My husband is descended from Andrew. I am hoping to find ancestors > of these two great grandparents. I am also hoping to find more family > members doing research. > We must just keep rooting..................Darlene Miller > >darrick@cox.net > Las > Vegas, Nevada, U.S.A. > I got quite excited when I saw Agnes Elliot (with only one t) married etc but then I had a closer look and I saw her birth date - I have an Agnes Elliot (nee Brydon) dob approx. 21.05.1795 I have other Agnes Elliots" - 1. Agnes - born 26.01.1830