Part 591d - Smith Robertson Genealogy - 1759 Baptism - GGGG-Granduncle Thomas Dudgeon - Fogo, Scotland

Good Day,

The composition of the genealogy and ancestry of my Dudgeon Family Line now takes me to 1759. It is 17 April 1759, the baptism of gggg-granduncle Thomas Dudgeon. He is the eldest son, currently in my records, of ggggg-grandparents Thomas and Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon.

The Baptism entry, as recorded, is in what appears to be the joint Stichill and Hume Parochial Records of Roxburghshire and Berwickshire, Scotland. It also indicates that gggg-granduncle Thomas’ father, ggggg-grandfather Thomas Dudgeon is a Miller in Fogo Miln. The inserted image is the Fogo Parish Church and Cemetery.

Hume is in Berwickshire; Stichill in Roxburghshire. The distance between the two locations is 2.9 miles (4.6 kilometers) just about 6 minutes apart. Fogo is now focused and from Stichell it is about 10.6 miles (17.1 kilometers) and an additional 21 minutes away.

And ggggg-grandfather Thomas Dudgeon is registered as a Miller… But wait, one of the witnesses to the baptism of gggg-granduncle Thomas Dudgeon is John Hope, of Hardies Miln. Could this be a relative of ggggg-grandmother Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon? Hardies Miln or Hardiesmilne, in the Genuki Berwickshire Gazetteer gives Hume Parish as where it lies in.

Here is the image of the page of the Old Parochial Record.

And my transcription –

1759

April 17th

Thomas Son to Thomas Dudgeon Miller in Fogo
Miln was baptized James Landels Tennant in Fogo
nook & John Hope Tennant in Hardies Miln in the
Parish of Earlstoun being witne∫es

And now on to the next Dudgeon.

Enjoy,

Jim

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Part 587dh - Smith Robertson Genealogy - 1758 Marriage - GGGGG-Grandparents Thomas and Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon - Nenthorn, Scotland

Good Morning,

After a quick tiding up this this morning I have a least two questions: Where do face-clothes disappear in this house? And why does Radar think he has to bark at the lawn sprinkler system when it begins working next door?

In my continued search to reconstruct my genealogy and discover the ancestors lives of my distant past, I have discovered a number of Old Parochial (aka Parish) Records (OPR) for my Dudgeon and Robertson Family Lines.

This morning I travel to Nenthorn. From Tampa, that is a distance of about 4,300 miles, give or take… and the equivalent of 6,920 kilometers, thereabout. The inserted image is the Nenthorn Parish Church.

From the Borders Family History Society

“The Parish of Nenthorn is situated in the south east of Berwickshire being bounded on the north by the Parishes of Hume and Stichill, on the east by the Parish of Kelso, on the south by the Parishes of Makerstoun and Smailholm and on the west by the Parish of Earlston.” Nenthorn is about an hour driving, south-east of Edinburgh."

From the OPR of Nenthorn Parish and dated 11 July 1758, just about 253 years, 3 months, and 3 days ago my ggggg-grandparents Thomas Dudgeon and Janet Hope were married. They were married on Tuesday, the 484th anniversary of the birth of Robert the Bruce.

Here is the image of the page of the OPR Register, as downloaded from ScotlandsPeople.gov.uk

And my transcription –

Nenthorn Man∫e July & 11th 1758

Thomas Dudgeon and Janet Hope (having produced
testimonials of Orderly Proclamation & no Objection
offered) were Married by Mr. Abraham Ker before
many witne∫ses –

Check out the newly updated Robertson Descendant Chart to which I have included them as element of my own blood line.

Please feel free to comment and send me your questions and inquiries.

Enjoy,

Jim

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