Hi Velma I have a John Riddell born 1778 in Hawick but whose father Walter lived at Wigg near to Wauchope My John had one brother and five sisters Wauchope I believe was a small setlement of houses for farm labour ie tied houses this may not be the case now Hope there is a connection Regards Alex ----- Original Message ----- From: "velma yvonne riddell" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, August 18, 2003 8:05 PM Subject: [SCT-ROX] WAUCHOPE > Hi Listers, > Can anyone tell me whether Waughope is a village or as I suspect a farm. Our John Riddell worked as a farm servant for a Mr. Scott in the early 1800. All the children of John and Margaret's were born there, but christened in Hobkirk. > TIA > Val Riddell. > Australia. > > > ==== SCT-ROXBURGH Mailing List ==== > ATTENTION those of you with Elliot in your line!!! Have you thought of trying the CLAN-ELLIOT list at [email protected] Why not give it a try? > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >
Hi Alex. Can I get back to you. Need to reread family genealogy book, written by descendant. Plus have numerous notes on nearly every Riddle/Riddell's I think somehow link, that I extracted off the LDS site, matching the source numbers and Hugh Wallis site. So am actually stabbing in the dark to find John's parents, hence the Scottish naming pattern- !st son named after the fathers father. Our John, b. abt 1773. Hobkirk married Margaret Turnbull abt 1799. poss. Denholm, -have not found record yet. Their 1st son was Walter. b. 1800 Wauchope. ch. Hobkirk, which leads me to think this is the name of Johns father. An extract in the family book taken I believe from the book "The History of the Ancient Rydales" said ' John Riddell who in his eariler years was a shepherd or servant at Wauchope. John according to this source was the son of a shepherd who was said to have worked at Wauchope for 50years, but no names were given. I have noticed that someone gave me info, that they had extracted from somewhere and the name Wigg or Wig??? was written. Will start searching and get back to you. Val Riddell. Australia.