DOIG, DR DAVID, the son of a small farmer in the county of Angus, was born in the year 1719. His father dying while he was still an infant, he was indebted for subsistence to a stepfather, who, although in very moderate circumstances, and burdened with a young family, discharged to him the duty of an affectionate parent. From a constitutional defect of eyesight, he was twelve years of age before he had learned to read; he was enabled, however, by the quickness of his intellect, and the constancy of his application, amply to redeem his lost time: his progress was so rapid, that after three years¿ attendance at the parochial school, he was the successful candidate for a bursary in the university of St Andrews. Having finished the usual elementary course of classical and philosophical education, he took the degree of bachelor of arts, and commenced the study of divinity, but was prevented from completing his studies by some conscientious scruples regarding certain of the articles in the presbyterian confession of faith. Thus diverted from his original intention of entering the church, he taught for several years, the parochial schools of Monifeith in Angus, and Kennoway and Falkland in Fifeshire. His great reputation as a teacher then obtained for him, from the magistrates of Stirling, the appointment of rector of the grammar school of that town; which situation he continued to fill with the greatest ability for upwards of forty years. It is a curious coincidence, that on one and the same day, he received from the university of St Andrews a diploma as master of arts, and from the university of Glasgow, the honorary degree of doctor of laws.¿Dr Doig died March 16th, 1800, at the age of eighty-one.

In addition to a profound knowledge of the Greek and Latin languages, both of which he wrote with classical purity, Dr Doig had made himself master of the Hebrew, Arabic, and other oriental languages, and was deeply versed in the history and literature of the East. Of his proficiency in the more abstruse learning, he has afforded abundant proof in his dissertations on Mythology, Mysteries, and Philology, which were written at the request of his intimate friend, and the companion of his social hours, the Rev. Dr George Gleig, and published in the Encyclopaedia Britannica; of which work, that able and ingenious clergyman edited the last volumes, and was himself the author of many of the most valuable articles which the book contains. That part of the Encyclopaedia containing the article Philology, written by Dr Doig, having been published in the same week with a Dissertation on the Greek verb, by Dr Vincent, afterwards Dean of Westminster, that author was so much struck with the coincidence, in many points, with his own opinions, that he commenced an epistolary correspondence with Dr Doig: and these two eminent philologists, by frequent communication, assisted and encouraged each other in their researches on these subjects. The same liberal interchange of sentiment characterized Dr Doig¿s correspondence with Mr Bryant, in their mutual inquiries on the subject of ancient mythology. Amongst other proofs which Dr Doig gave of his profound learning, was a Dissertation on the Ancient Hellenes, published in the Transactions of the royal society of Edinburgh.

The most remarkable event of Dr Doig¿s literary life, however, was his controversy with lord Kames. That eminent philosopher, in his Essay on Man, had maintained, as the foundation of his system, that man was originally in an entirely savage state, and that by gradual improvement, he rose to his present condition of diversified civilization. These opinions were combated by Dr Doig, who endeavoured to prove, that they were neither supported by sound reason, nor by historical fact; while they were at the same time irreconcileable with the Mosaic account of the creation. In the bible, the historical details of the earliest period present man in a comparatively advanced state of civilization; and if we resort to profane history, we find that the earliest historical records are confirmatory of the sacred books, and represent civilization as flowing from those portions of the globe¿from the banks of the Euphrates and the Nile¿which the biblical history describes as the seat of the earliest civilization. Modern history is equally favourable to Dr Doig¿s system. In Eastern Asia, we find nations remaining for thousands of years in identically the same state of improvement, or if they have moved at all, it has been a retrograde movement. In Africa also, we perceive man in precisely the same condition in which the Greek and Roman writers represent him to have been two thousand years ago. Europe alone affords an example of progress in civilization, and that progress may be easily traced to intercourse with the eastern nations. Man seems to possess no power to advance unassisted, beyond the first stage of barbarism. According to Dr Robertson, "in every stage of society, the faculties, the sentiments, and the desires of men, are so accommodated to their own state, that they become standards of excellence to themselves; they affix the idea of perfection and happiness to those attainments which resemble their own, and where-ever the objects of enjoyment to which they have been accustomed are wanting, confidently pronounce a people to be barbarous and miserable." The impediments which prejudice and national vanity thus oppose to improvement were mainly broken down in Europe by the crusades and their consequences, whereby the civilization of the East was diffused through the several nations in Europe. America presents the only instance of a people having advanced considerably in civilization unassisted, apparently, by external intercourse. The Mexicans and Peruvians, when first discovered, were greatly more civilized than the surrounding tribes: but although this be admitted, yet, as it still remains a debateable question whence the people of America derived their origin, and as the most plausible theory represents them as having migrated from the nations of eastern Asia, it may, after all, be contended, that the Mexicans and Peruvians had rather retrograded than advanced, and that, in truth, they only retained a portion of the civilization which they originally derived from the same common source.

Dr Doig¿s controversy with lord Kames was maintained in two letters addressed to his lordship, but which were not published until 1793, several years after the death of lord Kames; they led, however, to an immediate intimacy between the controvertists, of the commencement of which we have an interesting anecdote.¿The first of these letters "dated from Stirling, but without the subscription of the writer, was transmitted to lord Kames, who was then passing the christmas vacation at Blair-Drummond; his curiosity was roused to discover the author of a composition which bore evidence of a most uncommon degree of learning and ingenuity. In conversing on the subject with an intimate friend, Dr Graham Moir of Leckie, a gentleman of taste and erudition, and of great scientific knowledge, who frequently visited him in the country, his lordship producing the letter of his anonymous correspondent, ¿In the name of wonder,¿ said he, ¿Doctor, what prodigy of learning have you got in the town of Stirling, who is capable of writing this letter, which I received a few days ago!¿ The doctor, after glancing over a few pages, answered, ¿I think I know him,¿ there is but one man who is able to write this letter, and a most extraordinary man he is;¿David Doig, the master of our grammar school.¿¿¿What!¿ said lord Kames, ¿a genius of this kind, within a few miles of my house, and I never to have heard of him. And a fine fellow, too: he tells his mind roundly and plainly; I love him for that:¿he does not spare me: I respect him the more:¿you must make us acquainted, my good doctor: I will write him a card; and to morrow, if you please, you shall bring him to dine with me.¿ The interview took place accordingly; and to the mutual satisfaction of the parties. The subject of their controversy was freely and amply discussed; and though neither of them could boast of making a convert of his antagonist, a cordial friendship took place from that day, and a literary correspondence began, which suffered no interruption during their joint lives."

We have various testimonies of the high respect in which Dr Doig was held by all who were acquainted with him, and the sincere regard felt for him by his friends. Mr Tytler, in his life of lord Kames, embraces the opportunity while treating of the controversy between him and lord Kames, to give a short outline of his life, as a small tribute of respect to the memory of a man whom he esteemed and honoured; and whose correspondence for several years, in the latter part of his life, was a source to him of the most rational pleasure and instruction. John Ramsay of Ochtertyre raised a mural tablet to his memory, on which be placed the following inscription:

DAVID DOIG

Farewell through time!
The conversation, the meals, the journeys,*
Which I have had with thee,
On the banks of the Teith,
Where, well pleased we often strayed together
Be it my consolation
To muse upon thy good qualities.
On thee, an orphan, thy heavenly Father
Bestowed the seeds of Genius:
To thee, even when well stricken in years,
Labour itself was delight.
Than thee, few more rich in literature,
None of the learned more unassuming.
In thy converse mildly shone
Candour, kindness, amiable virtue,
More engaging than the glare of genius.
When thou died¿st, aged fourscore,
Townsmen, scholars, and companions,
Dropt a tender tear.
Venerable old man,
Thou has not utterly perished!
Thy soul, we trust, now dwells in heaven;
There to speak the language of angels:
There, throughout the endless ages of eternity,
To gratify to its wish that thirst for knowledge
Which could not be satiated on earth.

A favourite amusement of Dr Doig was the composition of small poetical pieces, both in Latin and English, of which those of an epigrammatic turn were peculiarly excellent. From among those fugitive pieces, the magistrates of Stirling selected elegiac stanzas, which he had composed on the subject of his own life and studies, and engraved them upon a marble monument, erected to his memory, at the expense of the community of Stirling.

* Dr Doig, in company with Mr Ramsay, visited Oxford and Cambridge, in 1791, and some years after, they spent a few weeks together at Peterhead.

MARRIAGE:

David was listed as Mr. David Doig, schoolmaster, this parish, and Janet was from the parish of Liff.

Children of Dr. David Doig and Janet Bowar were as follows:

Children of James Cock were as follows:

Robert was named after his grandfather Robert Doig.

[The following link is based on age, location, Scottish naming custom, and father the son of Robert.]

"The Elizabeth, of Arbroath, Robert Doig, master, loaded with coals for Arbroath, sprung a leak in a hard gale of wind on the 5th instant, and went to the bottom immediately. The crew had scarce time to save themselves by help of the boat, and were afterwards taken up by Captain Ogilvie, of the Royal George Excise yacht." [London Evening Post (London, England), Thursday, March 14, 1776; Issue 8423.]

MARRIAGE:

Contract date. Both were listed from Arbroath.

She may be the Isabel Smith christened 29 Apr 1739 at St. Vigeans, Angus, daughter of George Smith and Isobel Petrie.

MARRIAGE:

Contract date. Both were listed from Arbroath.

Children of Robert Doig and Isabella (Isobel) Smith were as follows:

David is listed in the will of his aunt Elizabeth Doig, son of David Doig, weaver in Arbroath. He is also recorded is a sasine as David Doig Junior.

David was a weaver at Smiddycroft, St. Vigeans, next to Arbroath.

Sasine recorded 19 Aug 1782: David Doig jun., merchant, Aberbrothock, seised 5 Aug 1782 in a tenement in Aberbrothock; - on Disp. by Janet Webster, and Charles Ogilvie, writer, Forfar, her husband, 18 May 1772 (P.R. 29.308).

Sasine recorded 23 Apr 1783: James Webster, servant, Kirktown, seised 26 Mar 1783 in part of Smiddycroft, in Townhead of Aberbrothock; - in Security of £12; - on Bond by David Doig, weaver, Smiddycroft, 14 Jan 1873 (P.R. 29.521).

Sasine recorded 18 Apr 1787: David Low, wever, Arbroath, seised 10 Apr 1787 in a tenement on the west side of the road from Arbroath to Montrose, par. [blank]; - on Disp. by David Doig, weaver, Smiddycroft, to the Trustees for his creditors, 18 Feb 1784; & Disp. & Assig. by them, 13 May 1784 (P.R. 33.40).

Sasine recorded 3 Oct 1799: James Greig, wright, Smiddycroft, seised 16 Sept 1799 in 5 falls and 20 ells of ground with the tenement thereon on the west side of the high road from Arbroath to Montrose; - on Disp. by David Doig, weaver and manufacturer in Bog of Guthriehill, with consent of Janet Webster of Smiddycroft, and Charles Ogilvy, writer, Forfar, her husband, 1 July 1778 (P.r. 50.264).

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

Children of David Doig and Isobel Kerr were as follows:

Witness to John's christening were the Congregation.

[The following link is based on age and location.]

John was a weaver in Arbroath in 1788.

More children were probably born between 1776 and 1787.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

Children of John Doig and Isabel Walker were as follows:

In the christening record Jean was named after her aunt Jean Maver.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Dundee.

William was a shoemaker.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Dundee.

Children of Jean Doig and William Crawford were as follows:

Robert was named after his grandfather Robert Cock.

Robert was licensed a Reverend of the Church of Scotland on 12 Nov 1788 in Dundee. He became an assistant at the parish in Arbroath from 3 March 1791, and minister from 23 Oct 1794. In 1791 he was a Burgess of Arbroath. He was elected by the Town Council of Aberdeen on 17 Dec 1811 and was the minister from 2 Dec 1812 at Trinity Chapel in Aberdeen.

Property transactions:

Recorded 18 Aug 1808: Robert Doig, Minister, Aberdeen, Isabel Doig, spouse of William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, and Margaret Doig, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late merchant, Dundee, now residing at [blank], siesed 18 Aug 1808 in Tenements of Land & others on the east side of Skirling's Wynd, Dundee; - on Disp. & Settlement by Robert Doig, manufacturer, Dundee, their father, 29 May 1800; & Codicil annexed 8 Oct 1806.

Recorded 17 Jan 1809: Robert Doig, Minister, Aberdeen, Isabel Doig, spouse of William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, and Margaret Doig, spouse of Thomas Fleming, merchant, Dundee, disponees of Robert Doig, manufacturer, Dundee, gets Ren. 10 Jan & 17 Jan 1909 by Magadalen Smith, relict of Javid Jobson, tenent, Auchterhouse, and the factor loro tutoris to David Jobson, grandson of the said David Jobson, - of a tenement of land at the foot of Tindal's Wynd, Dundee; and of £300, in Bond and Disp. by the said Robert Doig, 25 Dec 1902.

Recorded 12 June 1816: Robert Doig, Minister, Aberdeen, as heir to Robert Doig, manufacturer, Dundee, his father, seised, 8 June 1816 - in a lot or piece of ground on the west side of Castle Street of Dundee (under exceptions); - on Ch. conf. & Pr. Cl. Com. by Archibald, Lord Douglas of Douglas, 31 May 1811.

Recorded 13 July 1816: Robert Doig, Minister, Aberdeen and Margaret Doig, spouse of Thomas Fleming, merchant, Dundee, seised 11 July 1816, - in the third part pro indiviso of several subjects situate at the foot and on the east end of Tindal's Wynd, Dundee; - on Com. Excomb. between them, - and William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, & Robert Baxter, his son, 7 June and 13 June 1816.

Recorded 17 Sept 1816: Robert Doig, one of the Ministers of Aberdeen, as heir to Robert Doig, manufacturer, Dundee, his father, seised, 16 Sept 1816, - in several tenements of land & yard on the east side of Skirling's Wynd, Dundee; - on Pr. Cl. Con. by Archibald, Lord Douglas of Douglas, 21 Aug 1816.

Recorded 17 Sept 1816: Robert Baxter, as heir to Isobel Doig, spouse of William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, his mother, siesed 16 Sept 1816, - in the first story above the ground story whith the two cellars & two garrets of a house on the south side of the lane leading from Tindal's Wynd to Castle Street, and third part of a warehouse, in the Burgh of Dundee; - on Pr. Cl. Con. by Robert Doig, one of the Ministers of Aberdeen, 3 Sept 1816.

Recorded 29 Jan 1819: Isabella Maver, spouse of James Downie, leather merchant, Aberdeen, Thomas Doig, son of Robert Doig, Minister, Aberdeen, and Mary Chrichton Macdonald, daughter of Alexander Macdonald, printer, Dundee, as heir portioners to Mary Maver, daughter of Robert Maver, landwaiter there, (their sister, aunt & grandaunt respectively), seised 23 Jan 1819, - in the third & fourth stories from the ground of a back house with a cellar on the south side of the lane leading from Tindal's Wynd to Castle Street in Dundee; - on Disp. by the said Robert Doig, and Margaret Doig, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late merchatn, Dundee, now at [blank], to the said Mary Maver, 26 Oct and 28 Oct 1816; & Ret. Gen. Serv. 19 Nov 1818.

Recorded 13 Feb 1819: Margaret Kidd, residing at Broughty Ferr, seised 15 Jan 1819, - in the southmost half of the second storey above the cellars of a tenement of land at the front of & on the east side of Tindal's Wynd, Dundee, & cellar on the east side of the close; - on Ch. Novand. by Robert Doig, Minister in Aberdeen, with the consent of Margaret Doig, spouse of Robert Fleming, sometime Merchant, Dundee, not in [blank], and William Thomas Baxter, merchatn, Dundee 1 Jan and 4 Jan 1819.

Robert attended a meeting of the General Assembly in1824. While there he with a friend Dr. John Ambercrombie, a well-known physician. An infection in his arm led to amputation, but the disease spread. Despite the best medical experts he soon died.

Robert's testament was recorded 7 Dec 1824 in the Aberdeen Sheriff Court. It repeats his contract of marriage with Agnes Dingwall, daughter of the deceased Alexander Dingwall, merchant in Aberdeen, in which 3,000 pounds seals the agreement. Besides assignment of property it mentions the only surviving child by his first marriage to Euphemia Maver, Thomas Doig, who was allocated 700 pounds sterling. Although much is said of potential children by Robert and Agnes, there were none.

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MARRIAGE:

The marriage is recorded the same day in Arbroath. Robert was listed as the Reverend assistant minister in Arbroath, and Euphemia from Dundee.

MARRIAGE:

Robert and Agnes pledged marriage on 3 Nov 1819 at Old Machar, Aberdeen. Their contract of marriage was written 7 Nov 1819, its contents recorded with Robert's testament in 1824.

MARRIAGE:

The marriage is recorded the same day in Arbroath. Robert was listed as the Reverend assistant minister in Arbroath, and Euphemia from Dundee.

In 1851 Agnes was an annuitant lodging at 26 Pitt Street, St. Stephen, Edinburgh.

Agnes' will and inventory was recorded 30 June 1854 in the Edinburgh Sheriff Court.

MARRIAGE:

Robert and Agnes pledged marriage on 3 Nov 1819 at Old Machar, Aberdeen. Their contract of marriage was written 7 Nov 1819, its contents recorded with Robert's testament in 1824.

Children of Rev. Robert Doig and Euphemia Maver were as follows:

Isabell was named after her aunt Isabel Cock and Isabel Cock.

Property Transfers: (also see her brother Robert Doig)

Recorded 27 Mar 1811: Isobel Doig, spouse of William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, whom failing the said William Thomas Baxter - & the Trustees of the said William Thomas Baxter, seised in liferent & fee respectively, 25 Mar 1811, - in a piece of ground with the couses thereon being part of the lands and estate of Craigie, on the south side of the high road leading from Dundee to Claypots Castle, par. Dundee; - on Disp. by the said William Thomas Baxter, 18 Mar 1811.

Recorded 28 Mar 1811: William thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, siesed 25 Mar 1811, - in the third part pro indiviso of subjects situate at the food and on the east side of Tindal's Wynd, Dundee (under exceptions); - on Disp. by Isobel Doig, his spouse, 18 Mar 1811.

William was a merchant and manufacturer in Dundee. When the novelist Mary Shelly visited Dundee she stayed with the Baxter family.

"Fife Herald," 5 Jan 1832, page 3:

Creditors of William Thomas Baxter and Sons, manufacturers in Dundee, will receive a final dividend from David Miln, banker there, 3d Feburary.

In 1841 William farmed in Balgonie West Gate, Markinch, Fife with wife Marianne and a female servant.

William's will was written 10 Nov 1838, in which he leaves his entire estate to his wife Mary Anne Scott or Baxter. No other person is mentioned. He signed the document "both with my own name William by which I was baptized and by my cognomen of William Thos which I have so long used and by which I have so long been distinguished by the other William Baxter of our family."

William's testament testementar was recorded in the Cupar Commissary Court 19 Dec. 1844 [Reference SC20/50/15]. His death was reported 25 Jan 1842 at an unspecified location. His widow Mary Anne Scott or Baxter was executrix, and she received the cash and household belongings valued at £49 10s. It was noted that William had been unemployed for some time and they had lived on an annual annuity of £40.

Note: Death reported in London, England.

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Article in Dundee Courier, 8 July 1922:

SHELLEY AND DUNDEE - CENTENARY OF THE POET'S DEATH, by Dr. A. H. Miller

Percy Bysshe Shelley was born at Horsham, in Sussex, on 4th August, 1792. He was descended from ancient family that had attained distinction in the time of Henry IV. (died 1413), and many of the members had been Knights and Baronets before the grandfather of the poet. Sir Bysshe Shelley, was created one of the latter in 1806.

Percy was the son of Sir Timothy, who succeeded to the title in 1815, but despite his aristocratic lineage the poet from a very early age displayed a tendency towards extreme democracy and free thought alike in politics, religion, and domestic life.

His poetical gifts have won for him a permanent place in English literature. After a strenuous and stormy life he met his death suddenly. Returning in his yacht, the Don Juan, from Leghorn to his home, Casa Magni, in the Bay of Lerici, he was overtaken by a storm on Bth July, 1822, and the frail craft sank with the poet and two companions.

Ten days afterwards his body was cast up on the shore at Yiareggio, and was temporarily buried there, but shortly afterwards it was exhumed and identified by his friends Byron, Leigh Hunt, and Trelawney. The corpse was cremated, and the ashes taken to Rome and buried in the Protestant Cemetery there, near the grave of John Keats. A simple tombstone marks the spot.

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It not necessary here to detail the life of the poet. Suffice it say that in August, 1811, eloped to Scotland with Harriet Westbrook, and was married in Andrew's Parish Church, Edinburgh, on 28th of that month, the bride being sixteen and the bridegroom nineteen years of age. The union was not a happy one.

On 28th July, 1814, during his wife's lifetime. Shelley again eloped with Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin, daughter of William Godwin, aged sixteen, whom lived with unmarried till after his wife's death on 9th November. 1816, but whom he married on 30th December succeeding. It is with Mary Godwin and her connection with Dundee that we have now to deal.

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In all the standard biographies Shelley frequent references are found to W. T. Baxter, of Dundee, close friend of the poet and of William Godwin; but there is a clear explanation to who this Baxter was.

On 8th December, 1911, Messrs Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, London, sold a number of Baxter letters containing correspondence with Shelley, Mary Godwin, William Godwin, and other notables, and from these and other sources the identity of W. T. Baxter can be shown. The Baxters derived their descent from John Baxter, weaver, born about 1670, who resided at Tealing. His son John (1700-1784) settled Dundee as master weaver, and was enrolled as a Burgess in 1747. He was twice married, and his eldest son, John, merchant, became a Burgess in 1777. The eldest line of descent from this John may be briefly indicated thus: -William Baxter, Burgess, 1790: William Baxter of Balgavies, Burgess, 1790; Edward Baxter, Burgess, 1816, founded with his father the firm of Baxter Brothers; the Right Hon. William Edward Baxter, long M.P. for Montrose Burghs, who died in 1890; and Sir George Washington Baxter, Bart., of Invereighty, now the representative of the family in the well-known firm.

William Thomas Baxter, the friend of Shelley, was descended from Thomas Baxter, younger brother of John Baxter, merchant (1777), whose son' John, also a manufacturer had a son, Thomas, father of William Thomas Baxter referred to, and the latter was thus the cousin of the late Sir David Baxter, Bart., of Kilmaron, who was born in 1793 and died 1872.

W. T. Baxter was twice married-first, to Isabella Doig. daughter of Robert Doig, manufacturer, Dundee; and second, Mary Ann Scott, daughter Dr Scott. His family consisted of two sons and five daughters. These were (in order of birth) Margaret, Jessie, Elizabeth, Robert, manufacturer, Dundee, and afterwards at Lille, France, Christina, Isabella, and John Cowley Baxter, merchant, Dundee.

The eldest daughter, Margaret, was married to David Booth (1766-1846), an eminent man of letters, and after her death Booth, in defiance of the law, married in 1814 Isabella, the youngest of his deceased wife's sisters.

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The Baxter family, has been shown, came from Tealing, and it was natural that they should have joined the Glassite Church, founded in Dundee the Rev. John Glas of Tealing. Booth was also a member of this congregation, but after his unlawful marriage with Isabella Baxter both and his father-in-law were disjoined from the church.

Booth's remarkable career may be outlined.

David Booth was born at Kinnettles, Forfarshire, of poor parents, and succeeded in educating himself so well that he attained some rank in the realm of literature. He began as clerk in Dundee, then became proprietor of a brewery at Woodside, Newburgh, and when that proved unsuccessful he took the profession of schoolmaster, and was in correspondence with many of the leading literary men of the time.

Like many in this district hailed the French Revolution the dawn of a new era of liberty, and was prominent Radical Reformer.

During a visit to London about 1802 Booth made the acquaintance of William Godwin (the father of Mary Shelley), whose "Enquiry Into Political Justice" had made Booth a fervid admirer of the author.

W. T. Baxter, who also entertained advanced opinions, was introduced to Godwin by his son-in-law, David Booth, and a close friendship began which continued for years.

On one of his visits to London in 1811 Baxter took his daughter Christina ("Christy Baxter") with him to meet Godwin, and Mary, who was about the same age, was so charmed with the Scottish lassie that they became fast friends, and Christy remained guest Godwin's house in Skinner Street for several days.

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In the following year -1812- Mary Godwin paid her first visit to the Baxters, in Dundee. The exact date is found in letter written by Godwin to Baxter on 8th June, off to you yesterday's packet, the Osnaburgh, Captain Wishart, my only daughter."

At this time the Baxters lived in a villa on Broughty Ferry Road called "The Cottage," having been erected at one time as the residence of the Dowager-Countesses of Strathmore. The precise position of this house may be seen in Crawford's Map of Dundee, dated 1793, where shown above the glassworks near Peep o' Day Lane.

The site is now on the west side of South Baffin Street, the building having been demolished about 1890.

In the map it is delineated as surrounded by trees, to which Mary Godwin refers in her introduction to her novel of "Frankenstein," which she began at this place, though it was not completed till four years afterwards.

Mary Godwin remained at The Cottage from June, 1812, till the 10th of October following, or, as some biographers state, the 10th of November - either four or five months.

When Mary returned to London in October or November, 1812, she took her friend, Christy Baxter, with her for a prolonged visit. On June 3, 1813, she accompanied Christy back to Dundee, and lived at the Cottage for the next ten months - June, 1813, till March, 1814.

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It is important to note the date of Mary Godwin's return from Dundee to London, as her arrival at Skinner Street (her father's house) shows when she first met Shelley. The exact date is supplied from a diary kept by Christy Baxter, which was in the possession of the late Mr Walter Baxter, solicitor, Dundee.

It is there stated that on Sunday, 20th March, 1814, Christy Baxter saw her friend, "Mary Godwin shipped for London." The Osnaburgh, Captain Wishart, had been delayed at Dundee, and the two girls "wandered about all the adjoining grounds till at length the vessel came out, and about three o'clock the boat came ashore and took her on board from the Bottle-Work Rock."

This unimpugnable date definitely settles the return of Mary Godwin from Dundee to London, and entirely demolishes the contention J. Cordy Jefferson ("The Real Shelley") that Mary Godwin was not in Scotland from "April 13, 1813, till after the middle of July" that year.

There is some doubt to whether Shelley had met Mary Godwin as a child in her father's house, though seems probable that he had not seen her till after her return from Dundee in 1814, and possibly not till June in that year, when he addressed a poem to her.

On 28th July, 1814, Mary Godwin eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley, and their afterhistory recorded in every book dealing with English literature.

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Christy Baxter lived in Dundee in reduced circumstances in a house the corner of Mid Street and Ireland's Lane long after the demise of both Shelley and Mary Godwin. During her visits to the Godwins in London she had met many the leading literary celebrities of the time, on one memorable occasion having met Harriet Westbrooke, the first wife of Shelley, whose melancholy end is well known.

She rather resented the intimacy of her younger sister, Isabella, with the Godwin family: but when David Booth commanded his wife Isabella to have no communication with the Shelleys, the Baxter connection through Christy. She died in 1886, having been supported in her later years by Dr J. Boyd Baxter, long a prominent figure in Dundee municipal life.

Children of Isabella (Isobel, Isabel) Doig and William Thomas Baxter were as follows:

Margaret was named after her grandmother Margaret Kid.

For other of Margaret's property transactions see her brother Robert Doig.

Recorded 12 Apr 1825: Margaret Doig, residing in Dundee, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late merchant, Dundee, not at [blank] seised 18 Apr 1825, - in the half pro indiviso of the remainder of a stance of ground with the half of the houses and buildings thereon, on the west side of Castle Street of Dundee; - on Disp. by Robert Doig, late Minister, Aberdeen, 23 July 1816.

Margaret became a ship owner in Dundee in 1827.

Recorded 10 Feb 1837: Elizabeth Anderson, relict of Capt. Robert Luke Yeaman residing in Chapelshad of Dundee, siesed 8 Feb 1837, - in the half pro indivison of the following subjects, viz. piece of ground to the westward of Castle Street of Dundee, tenement of land and yard on the aast side of Skirling's Wynd, Dundee, and an annualrent of 10s Scots upliftable furth of said tenemetn, tenement of land formerly containing 3 houses on the east side of Skirling's Wynd, 3 buildings below the Oyster Cellar of fish shop of Thomas Christal, sailor, Dundee, with the 2 shops without the gate in the said Oyster Cellar, and Cellar below the same in Skirling's Wynd of Dundee; - under exception; - in security of 500 pounds; - on Bond and Disp. by Robert Fleming, shipmaster, Dundee, and Margaret Doig, residing in Dundee, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late Merchant there, 6 Feb 1837.

Recorded 18 May 1830: Robert Fleming, shipmaster, Dundee, and Margaret Doig residing there, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late merchant thre, get Ren. 18 May 1830, by Elizabeth Anderson, relict of Capt. Robert Luke Yeaman residing in Chapleshade of Dundee, - of the half pro indiviso of the following subjects, viz. a piece of ground to the westward of Castle Street, Dundee, and others; - and of £500; - on Bond and Disp. 6 Feb 1827.

Recorded 7 Oct 1839: Amelia Moncur residing in Dundee, seised 5 Oct 1839 in the first flat above the ground story of a back house with a cellar and garret closet on the south side of a land or passage leading from Tindal's Wynd to Castle Street, Dundee; - on Disp. by Robert Doig, Minister, Aberdeen, Margaret Doig, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late merchant, Dundee, then at [blank], and William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, to William Smith, mariner there, 5 Jan and 7 Jan 1814; Disp. and Assig. by him to Alexander Watson, flesher, Dundee, 16 July 1831; and Disp. and Assig. by him 21 Dec 1833.

Recorded 15 July 1844: Agnes Feathers residing in Dundee, seised 6 July 1844 in the second storey above the cellars of a back house with a cellar and garret on the south side of the land or passage leading from Tindal's Wynd to Castle Street, Dundee; - on Disp. by Robert Doig, Minister of the Gospel, Aberdeen, and Margaret Doig, spouse of Thomas Fleming, late merchatn, Dunde, then at [blank], to James Robertson, mariner, Dundee, and Jean Skene, his spouse, 9 Feb and 11 Feb 1822; Disp and Assig. by them, to James Mearns, painter, Dundee, 18 Nov 1825; Disp. and Assig. by him to Charles Begg, clerk, Dundee, and Janet Feathers, his spouse, 26 Apr 1837; and Disp. and Transl. by the said Charles Begg (therein designed Agent, Dundee), and the said Janet Feathers, 18 Aug 1841.

Margaret's testament was recorded 3 May 1849 in the Dundee Sheriff Court.

He may be the Thomas christened 2 June 1776 in Dundee, son of William Fleeming and Helen Smith.

Thomas was a merchant and later a schoolmaster in Dundee.

The marriage of Thomas Fleming, Merchant, and Margaret Doig, daughter of Robert Doig, Manufacturer, was recorded 13 Dec 1802 in the Lockit Book of Dundee.

Children of Margaret Doig and Thomas Fleming were as follows:

The IGI records birth on 29 July 1783. Isabell was named after her cousin Isabell Doig and Isabell Dryden.

The following marriage is uncertain.

Children of Isabel Dryden and James Gibson were as follows:

Witnesses to Isabella's christening were Patric Bower, John Bam, and Alexander Bowar.

Sasine recorded 5 Feb 1793: Isabella Doig, relict of John Aird, M.S., Stirling, Dr. David Doig, Rector of the Grammar School, Stirling, and William, David, and John Aird, sons of the said Dr. John Aird, seised for their respective interests, 26 Jan 1793, in parts of Woodend, Underwood, Skipperton Quarter of Scabeg, Knowhead & Seamores, all now called Underwood, and teinds, par. Falkirk & Denny, parts of a mailing of land in Forrester's Quarter of Scabegs, and of Skipperton Quarter of Scabegs, with Linmiln thereon, and teinds, par. Falkirk, in security of £1200, on Bond by Alexander Littlejohn, writer, Stirling, 26 Jan 1783. (P.R. 32.316)

Sasine recorded 15 May 1800: Alexander Littlejohn, writer, Stirling, gets Ren. 15 May 1800, by Isabella Doig, relict of John Aird, M.D., Stirling, of the lands now called Underwood, and others, par. Falkirk & Denny, and of £1200 in Bond to the said Isabella Doig, and others, 26 Jan 1893. (P.R. 36.31)

Isabella died the same day as her nephew David Doig.

MARRIAGE:

The marriage record reads: Dr. John Aird & Miss Isobel Doig - to married 1 Septr thereafter.

John Aird of Antigua earned the degree of MD from the University of Glasgow in 1772. It is also noted he practiced medicine in Antigua, West Indies, and had come to Stirling in 1768.

Notice in The Scots Magazine, May 1790: 27. At Stirling, Dr. John Aird, late of the island of Antigua.

MARRIAGE:

The marriage record reads: Dr. John Aird & Miss Isobel Doig - to married 1 Septr thereafter.

Children of Isabella Doig and Dr. John Aird were as follows:

At Patrick's christening his name was transcribed Peter, and his mother Isabella Bower.

In 1792 Dr. Patrick Doig, surgeon, was on a list of officers of the Island of Antigua as Capt. Lieut. He returned to Scoland to marry. Patrick and Jane returned to Antigua where their son was born. They returned to Stirling in 1817 and lived in Snowdon House near the old Grammar School.

Patrick was a slave holder in Antigua where in 1817 and 1821 he owned Sampson (born c. 1780). in 1824 he owned 4 slaves, Daphne, Henry, John, and William.

Sasine recorded 27 May 1823: Patrick Doig, residing in Stirling, seised 26 May 1823 in a 5s 2d land in Denny Greens and 5 scrimp of grass in Dunnymuir, being part of a 7s 8d land in Denny, par. Denny; in security of £300, on Bond and Disp. by John Young, Portioner, Overton, 20 May 1823. (P.R. 105.54)

Sasine recorded 25 Apr 1826: Patrick Doig residing in Stirling, seised 24 Apr 1826 in 33 acres 1 scrimp rood and 20 falls of the lands of Reidheugh, and tenids, par. Polmong, in security of £1500, in Bond and Disp. by James Tohmson of Redoch, to Thomas Wright of Glenny, 24 Mar 1822, on Disp. and Assig. by John Wright of Glenny, 31 Mar 1826. (P.R. 119.241)

Sasine recorded 1 July 1833: Jane or Jean Austin, relict of Patirck Doig, M.D., sometome of the Island of Antigua, afterwards residing in Stirling, seised 3 July 1833 in 33 acres 1 scrimp rood and 20 falls of the lands of Reidheugh, and teinds, par. Polmont, in security of £1500, in Bond and Disp. by James Thomson of Reddoch to Thomas Wright of Glenny, residing in Stirling, 14 Mar 1822, on Disp. and Assig. by the said Patrick Doig, 7 May 1833. (G.R. 1721.37)

Sasine recorded 10 July 1833: Jane or Jean Austin, relict of Patirck Doig, M.D., sometome of the Island of Antigua, afterwards residing in Stirling, seised 3 July 1833 in a 5s 2d land in Denny Greens and others, par. Denny; in security of £300, on Bond and Disp. by John Young, Portioner, Overton, 20 May 1823, on Disp. and Assig. by him, 7 May 1833. (G.R. 1722.118)

Sasine recorded 23 Oct 1833: Martha Kirkwood or Taylor residing at Over Newton near Glasgow, seised 25 Sept 1833 in 33 acres 1 scrimp rood and 20 falls of the lands of Reidheugh, and teinds, par. Polmont, in security of £1500, in Bond and Disp. by James Thomson of Reddoch to Thomas Wright of Glenny, residing in Stirling, 14 Mar 1822, on Disp. and Assig. by the said Patrick Doig, 13 July 1833. (P.R. 165.161)

Patrick's Inventory; Disposition and Assignation; Post-Nuptial Contract of Marriage (53 pages) was recorded 13 Sept 1834 in the Stirling Sheriff Court. In summary, his wife Jane or Jean Austin was named sole executrix. Sister Isabella Doig was owed money she had made a loan on 1 Aug 1803 and assigned the asset to Patrick at her death in 1819. There was 408 pounds owing from Dr. David Aird of Antigua, son of Patrick¿s sister Isabella. The value of debts owing to Patrick in Scotland were over £10,798 and in the West Indies over £562. Recorded is a post-nuptual contract of marriage written on 17 Apr 1819 with an ammendment on the back written 28 Apr 1832 in which he left all his assets and extensive property around Stirling Castle, including Snowdon House.

The town bells of Stirling were tolled at Patrick's funeral.

A memorial plaque in the Holy Rude Church below Stirling Castle reads:

TO THE MEMORY OF / PATRICK DOIG, M.D. / PHYSICIAN IN ANTIGUA / AND COLONEL OF THE MILITIA IN THAT ISLAND / WHO DIED AT STIRLING / ON THE 9TH OF MAY 1833 / IN THE SEVENTY FIRST YEAR OF THIS AGE: / AND OF / DAVID DOIG, / HIS ONLY CHILD, WHO DIED AT STIRLING / ON THE 19TH OF APRIL 1819 / AT THE AGE OF SIX YEARS / ALSO OF / MRS JANE AUSTIN, RELICT OF DR. DOIG, / WHO DIED AT STIRLING 14TH MARCH 1849

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage on 15 Feb 1808 in Glasgow and 26 Feb 1808 in Stirling. In the "Scots Magazine" for the Glasgow event it was added that Jane was the daugher of the late Mr. John Austin, merchant there.

Jane's testament was recorded 1 Sept 1849 and 13 Oct 1849 in the Stirling Sheriff Court.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage on 15 Feb 1808 in Glasgow and 26 Feb 1808 in Stirling. In the "Scots Magazine" for the Glasgow event it was added that Jane was the daugher of the late Mr. John Austin, merchant there.

Children of Dr. Patrick Doig and Jane Austin were as follows:

In 1841 Robert was a manufacturer at Ablert Street, Dundee with wife Mrs. Cock and children Helen, Alexander, Jessie, and George.

Children of Robert Cock and Janet Robb were as follows:

The following marriages are uncertain and based on age and location.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

Children of David Doig and Isabel Lorimer were as follows:

Robert went to sea at the age of 13 in 1784 on the "Good Albert" (36 tons) as Boy; he served as Mate and then Master in the coasting trade. In 1812 Robert was Master of the "Venus" (45 tons) in the coasting trade; in 1828 as Master of the "Amber" (55 tons) in the coasting trade; in 1830 Mate on the "Active" (70 tons) in the London trade; in 1837 as Mate on the "Isabella" (70 tons) in the coasting trade. In 1841 Robert was a pilot and ship owner living with Isabel and their daughter Mary at Homehead, Old Homehead, Arbroath.

Robert's testament was recorded 5 Mar 1849 in the Forfar Sheriff Court. He died on 7 Oct 1864. At the time he was the ower of the ship "Mary of Arbroath", valued at £270, and household at £7 14s 8p, signed for by Isabella Burchart and William Andson. The ship was built in 1828 in Montrose, and herein described in detail. David Doig was then Master of the ship. The chidren are named as executors, David, James, William, Isabel, and Mary Doig. Witnessed by Alex Brown.

MARRIAGE:

Robert and Isabel pledged marriage on 26 Aug 1798 in Arbroath and Arbilot. Robert was listed from Arbroath and Isabel from Arbilot.

In 1851 Isobel was a domestic servant and still living at Old Homehead with children David and Mary.

MARRIAGE:

Robert and Isabel pledged marriage on 26 Aug 1798 in Arbroath and Arbilot. Robert was listed from Arbroath and Isabel from Arbilot.

Children of Robert Doig and Isabel Butchart were as follows:

John was a sailor in the Royal Navy and on a Man of War at least from 1804 to 1812. By 1816 he was a weaver at Smiddycroft, St. Vigeans. In 1841 John Doig (70 Angus) was a hand loom weaver at Plesance Street, Dundee with his daughter Elisabeth (15 Angus).

Sasine recorded 26 Mar 1816: John Doig, late mariner, now weaver, Smiddycroft, as heir to David Doig, merchant, Abrothock, his father, seised 23 Mar 1816 in a piece of ground with the tenements thereon in Arbroath; - on Pr. Cl. Con. by William Colvill, writer, Arbroath, 11 Mar 1816 (P.R. 100.39).

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage the same day in St. Vigeans. John was listed from St. Vigeans and Helen from Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage the same day in St. Vigeans. John was listed from St. Vigeans and Helen from Arbroath.

Children of John Doig and Helen Taylor were as follows:

[The following link is based on approximate age and location.]

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage on 13 July 1804 in St. Vigeans. David was listed from St. Vigeans and Mary from Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage on 13 July 1804 in St. Vigeans. David was listed from St. Vigeans and Mary from Arbroath.

Children of David Doig and Margaret Deuchars were as follows:

Thomas studied at the Universities, Aberdeen and Edinburgh, New College, Edinburgh, and Marischal College, Aberdeen, with a degree 2 Apr 1812. The church licensed Thomas on 9 May 1816, and he was ordained a minister of the Church of Scotland, free and protesting, in Arbroath 23 Dec 1819. In Arbroath he lived at Toer Nock. He signed the Act of Separation and Deed of Demission, and was translated to the parish church in Torryburn, Fife, in July 1832. He was minister of the Free Church Congregation of the Parish, and the family lived in the Torryburn Manse.

Property transactions:

Recorded 3 May 1825: Thomas Doig, Minister, Arbroath, as heir to Robert Doig, Minister of the Chapel of Ease at Aberdeen, his father, seised 2 May 1825, - in a lot or piece of ground on the west side of Castle Street, Dundee; tenement of land with the yard, tenement of land, north tenement of land and 2 bulidings below the Oyster Cellar or fish shop of Thomas Christoll, sailor, with 2 shops without the gate in the said oyster cellar and cellars below the same, all on the east side of Skirling's Wynd, Dundee; - under exceptions; - on Pr. C. Con. by Archibald, Lord Douglas, 13 Apr 1825.

Recorded 28 Aug 1828: James Abbot, shipmaster, Dundee, - and Andrew Bailie, cooper there, purchaser, gets Ren. 27 Aug 1828, by Thomas Doig, Assistant Minister at Arbraoth, son and heir of Robert Doig one of the Ministers of Aberdeen, and Margaret Doig, residing in Dundee, spouse of Thomas Fleming, sometime merchant, Dundee, now at [blank], - of the third story above the ground story with the garret and cellar in the southmost main house near the foot of Tindal's Wynd, Dundee; - and of £240, in Disp. by the said Margaret Doig, and the said Robert Doig, and Isobel Doig, spouse of William Thomas Baxter, merchant, Dundee, 4 Feb 1811.

Recorded 23 Oct 1833: The trustees of Janet Tait or Anderson residing in Chapelshade of Dundee, siesed 23 Oct 1833, - in the pro indiviso half of the following subjects, viz. a piece of ground on the west side of Castle Street, Dundee; and tenement of land and yard, and an annualrent of 10s. Scots, - upliftable furth of said tenement of land, tenement of land, north tentment of land, and 2 buildingsbelow the Oyster Cellar of fish store of Thomas Christall, sailor, Dundee, with 2 shops without the gate in said Oyster Cellar and the cellars below the same, all on the east side of Skirling's Wynd, Dundee; - under exception; - in security of £300; - on Bond & Disp. by Thomas Doig, Minister, Torryburn, 20 Sept 1833.

Recorded 3 Aug 1838: The trustees of Janet Tait or Anderson residing in Chapelshade of Dundee, siesed 1 Aug 1838, - in a piece of ground on the west side of Castle Street, Dundee; and tenement of land and yard, a north tentment of land, and 2 buildingsbelow the Oyster Cellar of fish store of Thomas Christall, sailor, Dundee, with 2 shops without the gate in said Oyster Cellar and the cellars below the same, all on the east side of Skirling's Wynd, Dundee; - under exception; - in security of £266; - on Bond & Disp. by Thomas Doig, Minister, Torryburn, 20 July 1838.

Publications:

Doig, Rev. Thomas, "Two Synod Sermons," (Edinburgh, 1833).

Thomas' testament was recorded 1 Jan 1867 in the Cupar Sheriff Court.

MARRIAGE:

Anne was listed from Arbroath.

In 1871 Anne lived at Shoreside House, Torryburn, with daughters Margaret, Rebecca, and Mary, all unmarried.

An extract of her testament reads: Anne Andson or Doig, 10 July 1878 - Confirmation of Anne Andson or Doig, widow of Rev. Thomas Doig, Minister, Free Church of Torryburn, who died 6 March 1878, at Shoreside House, Parish of Torryburn, intestate, granted at Cupar, to Agnes Dingwall Doig and Elizabeth Euphemia Doig, both residing at Shoreside House aforesaid, Executrices dative qua next of kin.

MARRIAGE:

Anne was listed from Arbroath.

Children of Rev. Thomas Doig and Anne Andson were as follows:

Margaret was named after her grandmother Margaret Cock.

MARRIAGE:

David and Margaret pledged marriage on 15 Jul 1809 in Abdie, Fife.

David Booth had been born in the village of Kinnettles, Angus, of poor parentage. He became a brewer in Newburgh, Fife. His brewery was situated at the Barns of Woodside, south of the former orchards of Newburgh, and he leased the brewery firstly from Alexander Anderson, merchant, at an annual rent of £54, and then, from Nov 1814 (for 14 years) from Charles Maitland Esq of Rankeillour. But, by 1817, in the depression years following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the brewery failed, and Booth and his family removed to London. Also failed by 1817 was the business of William Baxter and by March 1817 he and his family had also removed to the capital. In London, both Booth and Baxter became acquainted with William Godwin, the father of Mary Godwin, who was later to become the wife of the poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. They both admired and respected William Godwin. William`s son, Robert Baxter, also admired Mary Godwin and hoped at one time to marry her, but instead she eloped with Shelley. Mary Shelley (who was the author of the horror novel, "Frankenstein") and Isabel Baxter (the 3rd wife of David Booth) became life-long friends and correspondents. It was in London that Booth began to issue in parts his great "Analytical Dictionary of the English Language," of which only one volume was published, and which some experts consider to be the forerunner of Roget`s Thesaurus and Fowler`s "Modern English Usage."

Children of Margaret Baxter and David Booth were as follows:

 Sisters Margaret Baxter (#142) and Isabel Baxter (#146) were both married to David Booth.

Isabel was named after her mother.

In 1861 Isabella Booth was a mother-in-law with the family Joseph Stuart, daughter Catherine, and family at Milton Street, Balgavie, Markinch, Fife.

David Booth had been born in the village of Kinnettles, Angus, of poor parentage. He became a brewer in Newburgh, Fife. His brewery was situated at the Barns of Woodside, south of the former orchards of Newburgh, and he leased the brewery firstly from Alexander Anderson, merchant, at an annual rent of £54, and then, from Nov 1814 (for 14 years) from Charles Maitland Esq of Rankeillour. But, by 1817, in the depression years following the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the brewery failed, and Booth and his family removed to London. Also failed by 1817 was the business of William Baxter and by March 1817 he and his family had also removed to the capital. In London, both Booth and Baxter became acquainted with William Godwin, the father of Mary Godwin, who was later to become the wife of the poet, Percy Bysshe Shelley. They both admired and respected William Godwin. William`s son, Robert Baxter, also admired Mary Godwin and hoped at one time to marry her, but instead she eloped with Shelley. Mary Shelley (who was the author of the horror novel, "Frankenstein") and Isabel Baxter (the 3rd wife of David Booth) became life-long friends and correspondents. It was in London that Booth began to issue in parts his great "Analytical Dictionary of the English Language," of which only one volume was published, and which some experts consider to be the forerunner of Roget`s Thesaurus and Fowler`s "Modern English Usage."

MARRIAGE:

David and Margaret pledged marriage on 15 Jul 1809 in Abdie, Fife.

Children of Isabella Baxter and David Booth were as follows:

Robert was named after his grandfather Robert Doig.

Robert Baxter, the eldest son of William Baxter by his first wife, Isabella Doig, had married at Dundee on 16 Jan 1832 Jessie Neilson Drummond, the daughter of William Drummond (d 1825), who had built the flax mills at Milton of Balgonie in 1807 (her brother, John Drummond, was in partnership with Archibald Neilson, a Dundee merchant, in the mills of Neilson & Co at Kirkland in Methil, near the mouth of the River Leven). Robert and Jessie moved to Balgonie, where Robert managed the flax mill, and they soon brought other members of the family to Balgonie. In 1838 Robert brought his sisters, Betsy and Christy (died 1886 aged 92) from Dundee, and helped establish them in a shop; they lived in a cottage beside Balgonie Castle; by 1841 his father, William Baxter, with his 2nd wife, Mary Anne Scott (m 1827) were at Balgonie, living at Westgate Cottage, where William died on 25 Jan 1842 aged 70. Also then at Balgonie were David Booth and his wife, Isabel Baxter, who were living with daughter, Catherine Booth or Stuart (see below) at Milton of Balgonie; there David died on 8 December 1846 aged 80, followed by Isabel Baxter (who was supported in her later years by Mary Shelley, who left her a legacy) on 16 June 1863 aged 68.

In 1841 Robert was a mill master at Milton, Markinch, Fife with wife Janet, children, William, Drummond, Robert, Joseph, Isabella, and jessie, and 2 female servants.

MARRIAGE:

The pledged marriage on 3 Jan 1832 in Dundee, and reads: Robert Baxter, manufacturer & Jessie Neilson Drummond, both of this parish, dau. of W. Drummond, Balgony.

MARRIAGE:

The pledged marriage on 3 Jan 1832 in Dundee, and reads: Robert Baxter, manufacturer & Jessie Neilson Drummond, both of this parish, dau. of W. Drummond, Balgony.

Children of Robert Baxter and Janet (Jessie) Neilson Drummond were as follows:

John was named after John Cowley of London.

In 1851 David was a linen manufacturer at 19 James Street, Dundee with wife Janet, son David, and a femalee servant.

Children of John Cowley Baxter and Janet (Jessie) How were as follows:

John was an engineer who worked on the Crinan Canal in Argyll.

MARRIAGE:

The marriage record reads: John Aird, mason in North Nabdale [North Knapdale, Argyll], & Janet Buckie in this parish married 23d by the Rev. Mr. John Burns.

The link to parents is based on approx. age and location.

MARRIAGE:

The marriage record reads: John Aird, mason in North Nabdale [North Knapdale, Argyll], & Janet Buckie in this parish married 23d by the Rev. Mr. John Burns.

Children of John Aird and Janet Buckie were as follows:

In 1841 Barbara was a yarn winder at Kydd's Street, Lady Loan, Arbroath, Angus with children Hellen, James, and Jane. In 1851 she was a flax yarn winder at 34 Dishlandtown, St. Vigeans, Angus with her unmarried children Hellen (flax yarn winder), James (seaman), and Jane (flax spinner). In 1861 she was a house keeper at 37 Dishland Street, St. Vigeans with a lodger.

Death recorded in Arbroath. Witness to Barbara's death certificate was her son James Hastings, shipmaster, of 17 West Grimsby, Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

George was a seaman.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

Children of Barbara Doig and George Hastings were as follows:

In 1841 Hellen McMath (40 Angus) was a yarn winder residing at Kydd's Street, Lady Loan, Arbroath with children George, Margaret, and Hellen. In 1851 Helen (52 St. Vigeans) was a flax yarn winder at 35 Dishlandtown, St. Vigeans with her daughters Margaret and Helen, and visitor and flax spinner shifter Lilly Dock (14 Kirkden).

The death index lists Helen's mother's maiden name as Lorimer.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Glasgow and William a mason.

William was a mason in Glasgow. The family moved to Arbroath, Angus.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Glasgow and William a mason.

Children of Helen Doig and William McMath were as follows:

Witnesses to James' christening were Robert Doig Sr. and Peter Millar.

James went to sea as an apprentice in 1819. He registered in the Merchant Service on 26 Dec 1844 at Arbroath. He was listed born 22 Oct 1808 at Arbroath, 5' 4" tall, brown hair, gray eyes, and a dark complexion; he was able to read.

James' later records listed he went to sea at age 15 in 1822 and served on the "Elizabeth & Margaret" (45 tons) as Boy from Arbroath to New Castle. In 1828 he served as Mate on the "Latena" (114 tons) from "Riga" to Arbroath. He served as Mate on the following voyages: 1835 - "Margaret (129 tons) from Riga to London; 1838 - "Rase" (51 tons) as Seaman from Arbroath to London; 1840 - "Helen" (48 tons) from Arbroath to New Castle; 1843 - "Agnes" (50 tons) from Arbroath to New Castle; 1843 - "Aid" (113 tons) from St. Petersburg to London; 1845 - "Rival" (80 tons) from London to Lisbon; 1846 - "Mary" (116 tons) from London to Dundee; 1846 - "Stephen" (58 tons) from Arbroath to London. In 1838 they lived at Sparrowhall, St. Vigeans.

James sailed on the "Stephen" on 27 June 1846 from Arbroath to London and died 3 July 1846 at sea of inflammation of the bowels.

MARRIAGE:

Their marriage was recorded the same day in Arbroath. James was listed as a seaman from Arbroath and Cecilia from St. Vigeans.

She may be the Cecilia White christened 18 Oct 1808 in St. Vigeans, daughter of David White and Margaret Cletton.

In 1841 Cecilia lived in Arbroath with her children Isabella, Robert, and Thomas. In 1851 Cecilia was a laundress living with her children on Lindsay Street, Inverbrothock, on the limits of Arbroath in St. Vigeans Parish. In 1861 she lived at 36 Lindsay Street, Inverbrothock; at home were Thomas (journeyman ship carpenter), Robert (flax dresser at a mill), and James (flax dresser at a mill). In 1871 she lived at 35 Lindis Street, Arbroath with her son James (flaxdresser) and niece Agnes Souter (linen weaver). In 1881 she lived in St. Vigeans; Thomas and James lived with her.

MARRIAGE:

Their marriage was recorded the same day in Arbroath. James was listed as a seaman from Arbroath and Cecilia from St. Vigeans.

Children of James Doig and Cecilia White were as follows:

Witnesses to Isabel's christening were Peter Miller and Mrs. Buld¿

In 1841 Isabel was a field servant living at Green Bank House, Arbroath, at the home of William Straton, merchant. In 1861 she was a moulder's wife (without her husband) at 5 Old Shorehead, Arbroath with children James, Elizabeth, James, and Andrew, and a boarder.

Witness to Isabella's death certificate was her son Andrew Neilson, machinist, 23 Castle Street, Forfar.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

James was an iron founder, and later a flaxdresser and moulder. In 1851 James was a founder moulder at Old Shore Head, Arbroath, Angus with wife Isobel and children David, Elizabeth, James, and Andrew.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from Arbroath.

Children of Isabella (Isabel, Isobel) Doig and James Neilson were as follows:

Witnesses to William's christening were Widow Butchart and Mrs. Barrie.

In 1841 William was a seaman in the merchant service, Seaman¿s Ticket #57,928. He and his new bride were living at Homehead, Old Homehead, Arbroath. They lived near William's parents.

In 1846 William signed his sister-in-law's, Cecilia (Whyte) Doig's, application for aid from Trinity House after James Doig's death at sea.

In 1851 William was a seaman and not with the family, who lived on South Newgate, Arbroath. In 1861 William was at sea, and Mary and children lived at 42 John Street, Arbroath; at home were Jessie (power loom weaver), David (apprentice rope spinner), James, Ann, and Mary. By 1866 William was a shipmaster. In 1871 he was a ship owner residing at 24 Wallace Street, Arbroath with his wife Margaret (?), daughters Annie and Mary, and grandson Andrew Eaton; his daughter Jessie Eaton and family lived next door. In 1881 William was a mariner still residing at 24 Wallace Street; Mary and daughters Annie and Mary were with him. His daughter-in-law Helen and son lived next door.

The informant on William's death certificate was Helen Doig at 24 Wallace Street, Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

Their marriage was recorded the same day in Arbroath. William was listed as a sailor from Arbroath and Mary from St. Vigeans.

MARRIAGE:

Their marriage was recorded the same day in Arbroath. William was listed as a sailor from Arbroath and Mary from St. Vigeans.

Children of William Doig and Mary Gibson were as follows:

Witnesses to Helen's christening were John Taylor and David Doig.

In 1861 Helen was a pauper (formerly a millworker) residing at 27 North Grimsby, Arbroath with a boarder Margaret Leach (44 Arbroath). She died a pauper.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage the same day in St. Vigeans. Helen was listed from Arbroath and Joseph as a peddler in the suburbs of St. Vigeans.

George was a weaver.

In 1841 Joseph Steele was a flax mill spinner residing at Arvot's Flax Mill, Brechin with his wife Helen, son James, and step-son William Panton (flax dresser). He became a mill foreman.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage the same day in St. Vigeans. Helen was listed from Arbroath and Joseph as a peddler in the suburbs of St. Vigeans.

Children of Helen Doig and George Panton were as follows:

Witnesses to George's christening were John Taylor Sr. and John Taylor Jr.

George and his family boarded the bark "Charlotte Harrison" (540 tons) in Greenock, Scotland and sailed to America. They arrived in the port of New York on 16 July 1850.

In 1850 George Doig (32 Scotland) was an Engineer in Ward 17, New York, NY with his wife Elizabeth (29 Scotland) and children Elizabeth (11 England), George (8 England), John (3 Scotland), and Isabella (4 mo NY). George filed for citizenship in 1856 in Cook Co., IL and became a naturalized citizen. In 1860 George (age 50) was a machinist residing in the 5th Ward, Chicago, Cook Co., IL (page 232-3) with his wife Betsey (age 39) and sons George and John. In 1880 George Doig [index reads Daig] (60 Scotland) was a machinist residing at 336 Adam Street, Chicago, Cook Co., IL with his wife Mary (50 Scotland) and children James (engineer, 25 NY), Mattie (20 NY), and Mabel (scholar, 7 WI). [Note: some or all of the children by his second wife may be adopted.] In the 1892 Chicago Voter's Registration he listed as living in Cook Co. for 40 years, then residing at 336 Adams Street, Chicago.

George died at a reported age of 80 years, 6 months, 21 days, or born 14 Jul 1812, and born in Arbroath.

MARRIAGE:

George was listed as a machine maker and Elizabeth as the daughter of Jno. Pettie.

MARRIAGE:

George was listed as a machine maker and Elizabeth as the daughter of Jno. Pettie.

Children of George Taylor Doig and Elizabeth Pettie were as follows:

In 1881 Elizabeth (74 Arbroath) was a fish dealer residing alone at Napier Lane, Fetteresso. She signed her name "X".

Witness to Elizabeth's death certificate was Charles Williamson, governor of the poorhouse, who reported her parents as John Doig, sailor and manufacturer, and Helen Doig. [Her marriage record records her father as James Doig.]

MARRIAGE:

Elizabeth was listed as the daughter of James Doig and David as a weaver.

David was a weaver, general laborer, and stoneware hawker. In 1851 he was a mason's laborer at 86 Causewayend, Greyfriars, Aberdeen with wife Elizbeth and 3 children. In 1861 he was a hawker at Stonehaven, Fetteresson, Kincardine with wife Elizabeth, daughter Margaret (wollen weaver), and son David (apprentice printer - compositer).

Witness to David's death certificate was his wife Elizabeth.

MARRIAGE:

Elizabeth was listed as the daughter of James Doig and David as a weaver.

Children of Elizabeth Taylor Doig and David McPherson were as follows:

David emigrated to South Africa as a young man. He was a tanner.

Children of David Doig and Margaret Hayward were as follows:

Alexander was a private in the 42nd and 92nd Regiment of Foot.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage on 18 Jan 1857 in Kent, England.

Agnes Boath had a daughter by an Alexander Doig. In 1861 Agnes Boath was a flax mill spinner living with her parents at 9 Guthrie Port, Arbroath along with her two sisters Ann and Margaret and her daughter Alexandrina Doig. She is listed as a widow, but she had retained her maiden name. In 1871 Agnes Boath lived with her father at 45 Hamilton Green, Arbroath with her sister Margaret and daughter Alexandrina Doig. In 1881 she lived with her father at 16 Hamilton Green, Arbroath, still listed as a widow with surname Boath.

The informant to Agnes' death certificate was her father William Boath; his signature ¿X¿ was witnessed by Alexander Webster.

MARRIAGE:

They pledged marriage on 18 Jan 1857 in Kent, England.

Children of Alexander Beattie Doig and Agnes Boath were as follows:

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from St. Vigeans.

In 1841 George was a blacksmith living with his family at Doig¿s Kennel, Arbroath. In 1851 he was a blacksmith at 4 Doig's Kennel with Ann and children, Esther, Carolina, James, and David. In 1861 he was a blacksmith at 6 Doig's Kennel with Ann and 5 children.

MARRIAGE:

Both were listed from St. Vigeans.

Children of Ann Doig and George Young were as follows:

Witness to John's christening was the Congregation at the Parish Church.

In 1861 and 1871 John lived in Bathgate, West Lothian with his wife Janet and daughter Euphemia. In 1881 John lived at 32 Mid Street, Bathgate with wife Maggie and a boarder Maggie J. Doig, born 1872/3 in Carriden, West Lothian. In 1891 and 1901 he and his wife Margaret lived in Bathgate. He was a surgeon, LRCSE, licensed by the Edinburgh Royal College of Surgeons.

Buried with John in Bathgate Kirkton are his wife and granddaughter, Grace Law Jamieson. An extract of his testament reads: John Doig, Surgeon, Mid Street, Bathgate, County of Linlithgow, died 7 March 1902, at Bathgate, testate. Confirmation granted at Linlithgow, 10 November 1911, to Euphemia Doig or Jamieson, 44 Seward Avenue, Trenton, New Jersey, America, Executrix nominated in Will or Deed, dated 27 January 1902, and recorded with another Writ in Court Books of Commissariot of Linlithgow, 10 November 1911. Value of Estate, £187, 7s. 5d.

MARRIAGE:

Witnesses were G. Skene and M. Walker.

MARRIAGE:

Witnesses were Robert Black and Jessie Millar.

MARRIAGE:

Witnesses were G. Skene and M. Walker.

In 1861 Margaret was a domestic servant to Ann Shaw at South Street, Bo'Ness, West Lothian.

MARRIAGE:

Witnesses were Robert Black and Jessie Millar.

Children of John Doig and Janet Shaw were as follows:

In 1881 Thomas was an engine fitter in Govan, Lanark. In 1891 they lived in Gorbals, Glasgow. He became a marine engineer.

Witness to Thomas' death certificate was his son Thomas.

MARRIAGE:

Witnesses were William Robertson and Mary Doig.

MARRIAGE:

Witnesses were William Robertson and Mary Doig.

Children of Thomas Doig and Janet Holmes Miller were as follows:

Robert became Captain of Madras Staff Corps, Adjutant 2nd Regiment Infantry Hyderabad Contingent. A tiger killed him on 12 Sept 1871 in Balarum, Hyderabad Deccan, India. Brother officers erected his memorial in Torryburn Churchyard noting that he was "esteemed as one of the best officers in the service." Robert¿s estate was under £50 and was left to Anne (Andson) Doig, widow, and only next of kin.

Laramie Daily Sentinel no. 220 January 17, 1872, page 1:

Struggle with a Wounded Tiger.

Another instance of the pitcher going once too often to the well has occurred in India. Captain Doig, an infantry officer, had become renowned as a tiger-hunter, and the fame of his exploits had even reached Europe. He was supposed to be invincible, had performed almost fabulous feats, and was held by the natives to bear a charmed life. The poor gentleman was, not wlthstanding, killed by a tiger early in September. He went off one day and had a brilliant success, slaying a fine tiger single-handed. Four or five days after news came that a tiger was lurking in the same place, and about six miles from the encampment. The new arrival began to distinguish himself by slaughtering bullocks, and Captain Doig resolved to bring his sport to and end. Unaccompanied, save by his own "Shakeris," the hunter repaired to tbe spot. The savage beast was soon found, and Captain Doig got rather a long shot at him, and felt sure he had hit him in the head. His impression, however, was that tbe tiger had got off into the jungle not much hurt, and that be must beat again for him in a fresh quarter. While preparing to do this, Captain Doig being at the moment alone, the enraged animal suddenly leaped from cover, and in an instant seized his foe and bore him to the earth. Captain Doig afterward sald that be never saw the beast until he himself was on the ground, and being, as be expressed it "calmly eaten." A horrible struggle eusued, tbe "Shakerls" sprang to the rescue, and the Inteprld hunter actually fought himself out of the tiger's clutches, and not only that, but managed to destroy him. The encounter was, nevertheless, fatal. Captain Doig had the pluck to ride back to the encampment, being lifted to the saddle for the purpose, but he never recovered frum the shook and frightful laceration he received, and flve days after breathed his last. For men who get celebrated for this kind of achievement, its pursuit seems to have irresistable fascination, and the sad case of Captain Doig has many precedents.

Children of Robert Fleming Doig were as follows:

At her death in 1882 Catherine Booth left all heritable property, which included the Mills, the house and several cottages in the village to her son, James Stuart, but he had to sell off almost all the property, with the exception of Balgonie Cottage, to settle business debts. The Balgonie Mills were bought in 1885 by David Templeman, flax-spinner, Blairgowrie, who continued operations for a year, but had to give up at a time when the spinning mills of Fife were hit hard by the import of cheap foreign yarns. Later, James Stuart, sold Balgonie Cottage, to his brother, Joseph, who retained it as a family home for many years, a favourite past-time of his children being to ring the old Balgonie Works bell. By 1919 the Cottage had been sold to the Balgonie Colliery Company. The old bell is still in the possession of a descendant of the Stuart family in West Linton.

In 1861 Joseph was Flax Spinner Employing 225 People at Milton Street, Balgavie, Markinch, Fife.

In 1855 Joseph Stuart went into partnership with a Kirkcaldy merchant named Thomos Mitchell Staig, and the new firm became known as Staig and Stuart, merchants in Kirkcaldy and spinners at Balgonie Mills. The firm became bankrupt at the end of February 1861, leaving liabilities of £82,000 and assets of £34,000. He restarted the business the following year under the firm of J G Stuart & Co, but by this time his health was failing, and in attempt at recovery, he went to stay at Temple Cottage, Largo, where he died from epilepsy on 30 September 1866 aged 51.

Children of Catherine Booth and Joseph Gordon Stuart were as follows:

Name christened as William Drummond Baxter.

In 1869 William Drummond Baxter was a spinner in Lillie, France. In 1876, Mr. Baxter, who was the head of a company with the title of General Society of spinning and weaving of Lille, has been declared bankrupt. His widow then had legal problems obtaining his estate as she had lost her French privelages by marrying a foreigner.

Children of Drummond Baxter and Theodora Marie J. H. de Girard de Coehorn were as follows:

In 1861 Robert was a flax dresser at 35 Lindsay Street Back House, St. Vigeans, Angus with wife Helen and daughter Christina.

Children of Robert Doig Baxter and Helen Nicholson Patterson were as follows:

In 1881 David was a Capt. in the Royal Navy at Main Street, Pembroke St. Michael, Wales with wife Elizabeth, 5 children, and 2 servants.

David served on HMS Fly and later HMS Bramble.

Extract from ¿Rattlesnake¿

¿The Bramble¿ had been a tender to HMS Fly on the earlier and incomplete survey of the Torres Strait and the southern shore of New Guinea.

When , in December 1845, Captain Francis Blackwood had decided he had enough of the survey and was returning to England, he gave instructions to Lieutenant Yule just before his departure to continue the survey himself in company with Lieutenant David Aird who had taken command of the newly commissioned Castlereagh. Both ships left Sydney for the Torres Strait in the same month as the Fly returned home.

When all three ships met up in Sydney, many of the crew and officers of the Bramble and the Castlereagh had been away from home for more than five years. They were not happy ships. There were disciplinary problems galore, accusations of drunkenness and dereliction of duty; ¿a most blackguard set of officers the Asst Surgeon excepted¿, in Midshipman Packe¿s opinion. Stanley, as we know, didn¿t like the look of either ship but he considered the officers ¿the greatest defect of all¿. On 31st July, he mustered the crew and officers of the Bramble and Castlereagh on the Rattlesnake and paid them off. He now prepared to send them home, apart from Yule and Archibald McClatchie, the Asst Surgeon to the Bramble. While they waited for a ship bound for London, Stanley offered the Castlereagh as a temporary home. ¿ We threw off our uniform and donned our shooting coats and snakebelts,¿ recalled John Sweatman , the clerk in charge of provisions on the Bramble. Events moved quickly. Three weeks after they were paid off Stanley arranged a contract for passage home and a dozen men were put on the Thomas Arbuthnot, bound for London. The others, apart from one who remained in Sydney by choice and another who was detained by creditors, decided to work their way back to England on a merchant ship. Though they were all tired and yearning to return home, their departure was more ignominious than joyful. Their leaving certificates did not sing their praises and one of the midshipman, George Walsh, was told by Stanley that he should never attempt to join the service again. The return voyage was nothing short of a nightmare ; they were confined to tiny dark cabins in steerage, the food was inedible, the skipper was ¿a most disagreeable old beast who used to eat himself mad with opium¿ and the Chief Mate ¿a great vulgar bully, was almost as bad¿.

Information about the ships:

? Captain: Francis Price Blackwood (1809-1854)

? Physician-naturalist: Benjamin Bynoe (1804-1865)

? Publication: J.B. Jukes, "Narrative of the surveying voyage of h. M. s. ?Fly?, commanded by captain f. P. Blackwood,... in Torres Strait, New Guinea and other islands of the Eastern Archipelago, during the years 1842-1846, together with an excursion into the interior of the Eastern part of Java" (two volumes, 1847).

? Captain: Owen Stanley (1811-1850) (Rattlesnake) and Charles Bampfield Yule (Bramble)

? Surgeon: John Thomson

? Physician-naturalist: Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895)

? Naturalists: John MacGillivray (1821-1867) and James Fowler Wilcox (1817-1894)

CAREER AFTER AUSRALIA
In 1850 he served in HMS Sparrow on the coast of Ireland

He was also HMS Spirit surveying in the North of Ireland.

In the summers of 1859 and and 1860 he was surveying in Strangford Lough.

In May 1861 he went to the Hebrides under Captain Otter on Porcupine.

In 1862 and 1863 he was also in the Hebrides.

In 1864 he was in command of HMS Asp surveying in The Bristol Channel

In July1866 he joined the Lightning under Captain Bedford.

Lightning sailed under sealed orders in Dec 1867 and remained off the Welsh coast, watching, as some Fenian trouble was apprehended.

In January 1868 he became very unwell, and retired in April due to ill health.

Children of Capt. David Aird and Elizabeth Alcock were as follows:

In 1870 Robert was a flax dresser living at 36 Lindsay Street, Arbroath. In 1871 he was a flax dresser residing at 19 Spink Street with his wife Isabell. In 1881 Robert was a flax dresser residing at 21 Church Street, Arbroath with his wife Isabella and children Cecilia, James, and Robert, and boarders Ann Smart (flax mill spinner), age 21 from Arbroath, and Jane Smart (flax mill spinner), age 19 from Arbroath. In 1891 he lived in Arbroath with his children Cecilia, James, Robert, and Jane.

Witness to Robert's death certificate was his son Robert Doig.

MARRIAGE:

They were married at the bride¿s home. Witnesses were Thomas Doig and Esther Soutar.

Isabella was a flaxmill worker.

MARRIAGE:

They were married at the bride¿s home. Witnesses were Thomas Doig and Esther Soutar.

Children of Robert Doig and Isabella Butchart were as follows:

Witness to David's christening was the Second United Congregation.

In 1881 David was a machine mechanic residing at 26 Campbell Street, Dundee (page 42) with his wife Mary and 4 children.

Children of David Neilson and Mary Ann Petrie were as follows:

MARRIAGE:

David was a widower at the time of the marriage. Witnesses were David Begg and Elizabeth Begg.

In 1881 David was a general laborer at 4 Maule Street, Arbroath, Angus with wife Elizabeth and daughters Maryann and Elizabeth.

MARRIAGE:

David was a widower at the time of the marriage. Witnesses were David Begg and Elizabeth Begg.

Children of Elizabeth Neilson and David Smith Ritchie were as follows:

Witnesses to Andrew's christening were Mrs. Doig and others.

In 1881 Andrew Neilson was a mechanic at a factory residing at 15 Green Street, Forfar (page 15) with his wife Maggie. In 1891 Andrew Nelson was a steam engine fitter at 9 Coutties Wynd, Forfar with Margaret and daughters Margaret and Florence. In 1901 he was a power loom mechanic at 7 Carnegie Street, St. Vigeans, Angus with Margaret, children Maggie and Florence, nieces Mary and Elizabeth Ritchie, and a boarder.

Children of Andrew Thomson Neilson and Margaret (Maggie) (---) were as follows:

Witnesses to Jessie's christening were Alexander Gibson and Mrs. Gibson.

MARRIAGE:

They were married at the bride's home. Witnesses were David Eaton and Mary Ann Baird.

In 1866 William was a flax dresser at 32 Lady Bridge Street, Arbroath. In 1871 he was a flax dresser residing at 24 Wallace Street with his wife Jessie and children Mary, William, and Jemima. He joined the police force and on 13 July 1891 he was promoted to sergeant; he retired on in July 1898 with a full pension and a marble clock and bronzes. In 1901 he was a retired police sergeant at 9 Hume Street, Sutherland with Jessie and sons John and Edwin.