Hi I'm interested in hearing from others researching these WALDIE families. Please email me directly as I am not receiving any Rootsweb digests at present - a problem with my ISP. I can post to the list, but can't receive mail. Regards Judy Thomas WALDIE, b 20 Jan 1750 ROX; marr 2 April 1785 Roxburgh, ROX to Helen (Ellen) ROBSON (dau of Robert ROBSON b abt 1740 Morebattle) Children: 1. Janet chr 1785 Roxburgh, ROX 2. James chr 11 May 1788 Roxburgh, ROX 3. Robert chr 12 June 1791 Roxburgh, ROX 4. John chr 10 Nov 1793 Roxburgh, ROX, letter carrier, June 1863 Crailing 5. Thomas b 29 Sept 1798 Roxburgh, ROX 6. James b 13 May 1800 The Fens, ROX marr Christian MOSCRIP (Children Jessie II (twin) b 11 Feb 1821 Morebattle, ROX; chr 27 Dec 1822 St Boswells; d abt June 1853 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CAN)(Jessie II marr Robert CONQUERGOOD who was b 27 April 1818 in Ormston, ROX 7. Margaret chr 28 Nov 1801 Roxburgh, ROX 8. Nelly b 12 July 1804 Roxburgh, ROX 9. *John Martin b 23 Jan 1807 Roxburgh, ROX (farm steward, b 23 Jan 1807 Rox, ROX; d 2 Oct 1897 aged 96 at Howden, Jedburgh - natural causes (old age, exhaustion) & cerebral haemorrhage) marr Elisabeth (Betty) WIGHT (b 9 June 1811 Maxton to Wm WIGHT, farmer & Eliz RICHARDSON; d 8 March 1861 at Crailing of apoplexy at age of 50) 10. Mary b 20 Dec 1810 Roxburgh, ROX *John Martin WALDIE (farm steward, b 23 Jan 1807 Rox, ROX; d 2 Oct 1897 aged 96 at Howden, Jedburgh - natural cause (old age, exhaustion) & cerebral haemorrhage) marr Elisabeth (Betty) WIGHT (b 9 June 1811/28 Apr 1811 Maxton to Wm WIGHT, farmer & Eliz RICHARDSON; d 8 March 1861 at Crailing of apoplexy at age of 50) John a ploughman in 1868 Children: 1. Thomas b 29 June 1835 Crailing ROX, SCT; d 28 March 1921 Linton, ROX marr 10 Dec 1858 Crailing Margaret HERMISTON (both living at Upper Nisbet, Crailing at the time - he was a ploughman, she a farm labourer))(b 1832 ROX; d 24 Jan 1875 Edgerston; Parents: George HERMISTON & Isabella PATERSON) 2 (MY LINE). Elisabeth b 18 Feb 1838 Crailing, ROX, d 11 March 1922 Minto, ROX, SCT; mar 15 March 1861 Crailing to Wm GARDNER ( b 11 Sept 1929 Innerleithen PEE to Wm GARDNER & Isobella DOUGLAS; d 15 May 1899 Melrose, ROX) 3. William b 12 Aug 1840 Crailing, ROX; d 28 May 1896, ROX mar 1 Dec 1861 at Morebattle to Susan CALVERT (b 1842; d 22 Feb 1875 Edgerston) marr 2 on 27 April 1877 Jedburgh, SCT to Margaret HALL (b 1849 Oxnam to James HALL & Alison OLIVER); 4. John b 10 April 1844 Crailing, ROX, SCT; d 2 March 1914 Hobkirk; mar 26 Dec 1867 at Edgerston to Christina LAIDLAW (b 9 March 1850 Southdean to George LAIDLAW & Rachel SCOTT; d 10 May 1914 Hobkirk) 5. Helen Robson b 10 Feb 1847 Crailing, ROX, SCT; d 10 Apr 1931 Melrose, ROX; housekeeper; marr 13 July 1888 ROX to James SCOTT (b 1846 to Thomas SCOTT & Eliz BROWN); d 4 Sep 1907 Jedburgh 6. Margaret b 15 Sept 1850 Crailing, ROX, SCT; d 22 April 1931, Hawick mar 12 Apr 1872 East Nisbet, Crailing Wm DOUGLAS (b March 1848 Edgerston Rink) 7. Isabel b 29 March 1853 Crailing, ROX, SCT; d 7 Sep 1882 Jedburgh; marr 22 Aug 1873 Jedburgh to John William BALMER (b 1852 to James BALMER & Margaret WALKER d 21 July 1895 Jedburgh SCT