Part 588h – Smith Robertson Genealogy – 1733 Baptism – GGGGG-Grandmother Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon – Nenthorn, Scotland

Good Day,

Yesterday afternoon was in the pool with Taylor. It has been three weeks since the FCE and complete paralysis. She is swimming again. She is walking… and the strength is returning slowly but surely to her four legs. She still has to be supported when she does her business and she slips down when she tries to navigate a complete turn. But overall she is progressing. We do not know what we would have done and what would have been the outcome three weeks ago without the assistance and communication of all her Vets, past and present. We thank you all… Maria, Jennifer, Jean, and Michael.

And it is back to my search and research of my genealogy and Family Ancestry.

Today I am reaching out on a possibility that the following 2 September 1733 Baptism Registration from Nenthorn Parish is that of my ggggg-grandmother Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon.

Here is the image as downloaded from the Old Parochial Records from Nenthorn in Berwickshire, Scotland, from ScotlandsPeople.uk.co.

My transcription –

Nenthorn Kirk Septer 2 1733

The said day John Hope in Sneep had a child Baptiz
ed called Janet.

Obviously this is not much to go on…but here are my thoughts and logical assumption. (Please remember that these can always change based on new and more direct information and data.)

1. The name of the child, Janet Hope is the same as that of ggggg-grandmother Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon.

2. The location Nenthorn, of the Baptism, is the same as that of ggggg-grandparents Thomas and Janet (née Hope) Dudgeon 11 July 1758 marriage.

3. All-things-being-equal, and if ggggg-grandmother Janet was baptized near to the date of her birth, if it was 1733, she would have been about 25 years old when she married ggggg-grandfather Thomas Dudgeon.

4. Based on general Scottish naming patterns, ggggg-grandparents Thomas and Janet’s second son, on record, was named John, who may have been named after ggggg-grandmother Janet’s father John, as noted in the 1733 Baptism Entry.

5. John Hope is from Sneep which is in the Parish of Nenthorn.

Something to think about.

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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