John Waugh &	Jean Elliot
Born: About 1710	Born: July 15, 1716
Place: ?	Place: Canonbie
Married	?
Place:	?
Died: ?	Died: ?
Place: ?	Place: ?

William Waugh & Janet Nicol |Robert Waugh & Elizabeth Wilson | George Waugh & Isabella Barclay
William Waugh & Alison Lindsay | John Waugh & Christina Orr
John "Jock" Waugh & Winifred Russell | John "Jock" Waugh & Joy Russell

John Waugh married Jean Elliot(t) (born July 15, 1716), in Canonbie, Liddesdale, Scotland. At that time Liddesdale was part of Roxburghshire. We have no further information on John Waugh. Jean Elliotts parents were Robert Elliot (born about 1689 in Canonbie) and Blanche Graham (born about 1693 in Canonbie). Jean's brother John Elliot was born (or christened) Jan 3, 1715, in Canonbie. The Elliots were (and still are) long-time residents of Arkleton in the Ewes Valley.

The Elliot side of the Family

"The Elliots of Ewesdale were of the Redheuch branch and were ancient allies of the Armstrongs. 'The Elliots and Armstrongs did convene, They were a gallant companie,' etc. as the ballad has it. In 1578 both upper and nether Fiddleton were occupied by an Elliot as “Will o’ Fiddleton.” At the same time one Ringan - sometimes called Ninian - occupied Ewes Doors, and it indicates a sense of humour among them that he was known as “Ringan the Porter.”

We also get Archie Elliot, son to Ringan’s Will, the Proter and Hobbe of Glenvorane was an Elliot. In these descriptions Ewes Doors and Glenvorane seem to refer to the same holding or it was perhaps that Ewes Doors was the “friendly tenant” of Glenvorane, who was a holder of much importance. Everyone has heard of the famous fight between the Elliots and the Scotts in 1566. There had long been a feud between the two clans. The Elliots, led apparently by the Laird of Braidlie, to the number of 400 it is said, concentrated on Ewes Doors as the best strategical position. The battle was a sharp one and many of the Scotts were slain The Armstrongs seem to have occupied Arkleton up to about 1610. By a charter dated 13^th June, 1611, the King granted the ten pound lands of Arkilton to William Elliot o£ Fallineske, and I think I am correct in saying that they have remained in the possession of that family since that date, though I believe it is also said that the Arkleton lands came to the Elliots by purchase from the Armstrongs." - from The Ewes Valley by Brenda Morrison and R. Bruce McCartney

John Waugh & Jean Elliot

John Waugh and Jean Elliot had at least two children: Margaret (born May 11, 1735, in Canonbie) and William (born April 30, 1741, in Canonbie).

Children	Born	Place	Died	Place
Margaret	May 11, 1735	Canonbie Parish
WILLIAM	April 30, 1741	Canonbie Parish

 

William Waugh &	Janet Nicol
Born: April 30, 1741	Born: March 17, 1753
Place: Canonbie	Place: Canonbie
Married	May 4, 1774
Place:	Langholm, Dumfriesshire
Died: ?	Died: ?
Place: ?	Place: ?

William Waugh married Janet Nicol (born March 17, 1753, in Canonbie). Janet's parents were David Nicol (born about 1719, in Canonbie) and Bessie Glendinning (born Aug 29, 1710 in Ewes). The Glendinning family are also long-time residents of the Ewes Valley. Bessie's parents were probably John Glendinning (born March 11, 1683, in Caylle, Langholm) and Isobell Telferr (no further information). They were married March 13, 1706, in Ewes. John's parents may have been John Glendinning and Janet Murray.

William Waugh and Janet Nicol had seven children: William (born Sept 24, 1775), Thomas (born Oct 4, 1779, in Ewes), John (born Aug 6, 1781, in Ewes), Robert (born Aug 9, 1784, in Ewes), Andrew (born Oct 15, 1786, in Ewes), James (born July 5, 1789, in Ewes), and David (born May 2, 1793, in Ewes).

Children	Born	Place	Died	Place
William	Sept 24, 1775
Thomas	Oct 4, 1779	Ewes, Dumfriesshire
John	Aug 6, 1781	Ewes, Dumfriesshire
ROBERT	Aug 9, 1784	Ewes, Dumfriesshire	Sept. 29, 1853	Ewes, Dumfriesshire
Andrew	Oct 15, 1786	Ewes, Dumfriesshire
James	July 5, 1789	Ewes, Dumfriesshire
David	May 2, 1793	Ewes, Dumfriesshire

Perched atop Briery Shaw Hill (above Ewes Kirk and to the west of Arkleton) is a pre-Roman British  Hill Fort dating back more than 2,000 years. See Brieryshaw Hill Archaeology Notes.

Map showing portion of Road from Edinburgh to Carlisle (heading south through the Ewes Valley), 1775
from Mosspeeble to Wachope showing Dr. Elliot's, Ewes Kirk, Armstron Esq., and Langholm Castle

Map showing portion of Road from Edinburgh to Carlisle (heading south through the Ewes Valley), 1775
showing the Mosspaul Inn and Fiddleton Toll where Robert Waugh would later be the tollkeeper
The Mosspaul Inn is still in existence

Not far from Mosspaul Inn (down the pass and into the Teviot Valley) is the Teviothead Old Graveyard. Waugh's and Nicol's were buried in the graveyard in the late 1600s. It was also near here that Border Reiver Johnnie Armstrong of Gilnockie Tower and his 50 men were hung by King James V (of Scotland) in 1531.

"We saw a single stone house a long way before us, which we conjectured to be, as it proved, Moss Paul, the inn where we were to wait. The scene, with this single dwelling, was melancholy and wild, but not dreary, though there was no tree nor shrub; the small streamlet glittered, the hills were populous with sheep; but the gentle bending of the valley, and the correspondent softness in the forms of the hills, were of themselves enough to delight the eye. At Moss Paul we fed our horse; — several travellers were drinking whisky. We neither ate nor drank, for we had, with our usual foresight and frugality in travelling, saved the cheese-cakes and sandwiches which had been given us by our countrywoman at Jedburgh the day before. After Moss Paul, we ascended considerably, then went down other reaches of the valley, much less interesting, stony and barren. The country afterwards not peculiar, I should think, for I scarcely remember it. Arrived at Langholm at about five o'clock. The town, as we approached, from a hill, looked very pretty, the houses being roofed with blue slates, and standing close to the river Esk, here a large river, that scattered its waters wide over a stony channel. The inn neat and comfortable — exceedingly clean: I could hardly believe we were still in Scotland." - from Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland A.D. 1803, by Dorothy Wordsworth while traveling with her brother (and poet) William Wordsworth.

Map showing the Ewes Valley, 1804

Robert Waugh &	Elizabeth Wilson
Born: Aug 9, 1784	Born: About 1785
Place: Ewes, Dumfriesshire	Place: Holmhead, Dumfriesshire
Not	married
Place:	Lochmaben
Died: Sept 29, 1853	Died: ?
Place: Fiddleton Bar, Ewes	Place: ?

Robert Waugh and Elizabeth Wilson (born about 1785, in Holmhead, Dumfriesshire) had a son named George born June 16, 1807, in Lochmaben.

Children	Born	Place	Died	Place
GEORGE	June 16, 1807	Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire	Nov 17, 1877	Allanton, Lanarkshire

However, Robert had married Isobel Bell on March 20, 1807, in Lochmaben, and they had five children: William (born June 15, 1807, in Lochmaben), John (born Oct 29, 1809, in Lochmaben), Mary Waugh (born Nov 8, 1812, in Dryfesdale), Jean (born March 22, 1816, in Dryfesdale) and Jessie (born June 4, 1819, in Dryfesdale).  Robert later married Mary Irvine (born in Middlebie around 1817) and moved back to Ewes where he worked as a tollkeeper on the Edinburgh to Carlisle road that went through the Ewes Valley. Robert and Mary had at least two children: William (born 1847 in Ewes) and Janet (born April 7, 1849, in Ewes).

Elizabeth Wilson married Cornelius Daley (born c 1765 in Ireland) on  Jan 13, 1809 in Lochmaben. They had two children: William Daley (born Sept 9, 1809, in St. Mungo) and John Daley (born July, 1810) in Lochmaben. George Waugh was probably raised in the Daley household in Lochmaben with his brothers William and John.

1851 Census - Dumfriesshire - Ewes

Robert died at Fiddleton Bar, September 29, 1853, and is buried in the Ewes Kirk cemetery. Mary died at Fiddleton Cottage on July 11, 1897, and is buried alongside Robert. 

George Waugh &	Isabella Barclay
Born: June 16, 1807	Born: About 1810
Place: Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire	Place: Kilpatrick, Dumfriesshire
Married	March 29, 1833
Place:	Annan
Died: Nov 17, 1877	Died: April 4, 1878
Place: Allanton, Lanarkshire	Place: Crosshill, Allanton, Lanarkshire

John Rogerson Waugh & Agnes Rennie

George married Isabella Barclay March 29, 1833, in Annan. Isabella's father was William Barclay. George Waugh and Isabella Barclay had six children: John Rogerson Waugh (born Aug 1, 1833, in Lairdholm, Tundergarth), William Waugh (born Aug 18, 1835, in Kirkpatrick-Fleming), George Waugh (born 1838 in Middlebie), Elizabeth Waugh (born 1841 in Middlebie), Andrew Waugh (born 1843 in Middlebie), and Margaret Waugh (born 1848 in Middlebie).

Children	Born	Place	Died	Place
John Rogerson	Aug 1, 1833	Lairdholm, Tundergarth	March 7, 1908	Morningside, Edinburgh
WILLIAM	Aug 18, 1835	Kirkpatrick-Fleming	Nov 2, 1916	Bathgate, West Mid-Lothian
George	1838	Middlebie	1841-1851	Middlebie, Dumfriesshire
Elizabeth	1841	Middlebie	April 29, 1908	Cambusnethen, Lanarkshire
Andrew	1843	Middlebie	March 13, 1925	Bathgate, West Mid-Lothian
Margaret	1848	Middlebie	Aug 6, 1919	Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire

1832 Map, John Thompson's Atlas of Scotland, showing Tundergarth Kirk and Lairdholm (upper right)

In the 1841, 1851, 1861 and 1871 Scottish census', George Waugh's occupation was listed as "mole catcher".

1841 Scotland Census - Middlebie, Dumfriesshire

1851 Census - Middlebie, Dumfriesshire

In 1871, George Waugh and Isabella Barclay were both living at Crosshill, Allanton. Their son's John, William and Andrew were also living in the area with their families.

1871 Scotland Census - Crosshill, Lanarkshire

Map showing the location of Crosshill (and Springhead) in Allanton, Lanarkshire c 1878
Andrew Waugh and his family were living at Springhead at the time of the 1871 census
Allanton is just a few miles to the northwest of where William Waugh and Alison were living from 1862-1874
John Rogerson Waugh and Agnes Rennie were living with their 5 children at Damside at the time of the 1871 census.

George Waugh died on Nov 17, 1877, and Isabella Barclay died on April 4, 1878, both at Crosshill in Allanton, Lanarkshire and Alison Lindsay died on Nov 13, 1878, in Carluke.

William Waugh and Alison Lindsay (aka Millar) had nine children: George Waugh (born Sept 4, 1862, in Kirkhall, Cambusnethan), David Alexander Waugh (born Feb 14, 1864, in Auchterhead, Cambusnethan), William Waugh (born Oct 2, 1865, in Summerside Manse, Cambusnethan), John Waugh  (born Aug 29, 1867, in Daviesdykes, Cambusnethan), Janet Lindsay Waugh (born March 1, 1870, in Sunnyside Cottage, Cambusnethan), Isabella Barclay Waugh (born March 17, 1872, in Summerside Manse, Cambusnethan), Alexis Waugh (born July 13, 1874, in Daviesdykes, Cambusnethan),  Andrew Waugh (May 26, 1876, in Braidwood, Carluke), and Robert Lindsay Waugh (born Oct 1878, in Carluke).

Children	Born	Place	Died	Place
George	Sept 4, 1862	Kirkhall, Cambusnethan	Nov 19, 1929	Dalziel, Lanarkshire
David Alexander	Feb 14, 1864	Auchterhead, Cambusnethan	Dec 16, 1946	Larbert, Stirlingshire
William	Oct 2, 1865	Summerside Manse, Cambusnethan	Jan 18, 1947	Nanaimo, BC, Canada
JOHN	Aug 29, 1867	Daviesdykes, Cambusnethan	Dec 3, 1943	Nanaimo, BC, Canada
Janet Lindsay	March 1, 1870	Sunnyside Cottage, Cambusnethan	June 4, 1892	Linlithgow, Scotland
Isabella Barclay	March 17, 1872	Summerside Manse, Cambusnethan	1940	Winchburg, West Lothian
Alexis	July 13, 1874	Daviesdykes, Cambusnethan	1959	Edinburgh
Andrew	May 26, 1876	Braidwood, Carluke	April 23, 1952	Vancouver, BC, Canada
Robert Lindsay	Oct, 1878	Carluke, Lanarkshire	after 1955	Lanarkshire

RCAHMS Archaeology Notes for Kirkhall,  Daviesdykes & Darngavel Cottage

Map of Cambusnethan showing Blackhall Cottage, Darngavel Cottage, Kirkhall,
Summerside, Auchterhead, and the Wilsontown Morningside & Coltness Railway, 1856-1891
Alison Lindsay married William Waugh on November 29, 1861, in Blackhall Cottage.
More detailed maps showing Kirkhall, Auchterhead, Summerside, and Daviesdykes

John Rogerson Waugh and Agnes Rennie were living at Darngavel (just south of Blackhall Cottage) when William and Alison were married in 1861. William Waugh (occupation of iron stone miner) and Alison Lindsay were living at Sunnyside Cottage with their 5 children in the 1871 Census.

1871 Scotland Census - Cambusnethan, Lanarkshire

Map of Carluke and Braidwood, 1856-1891

Alison died on November 13, 1878, in Carluke, just one month after the birth of Robert Lindsay Waugh leaving William to raise their nine children. The name "Lindsay" has been (and is still being) carried forward by many members of the Waugh Family (and their descendants) in honour of the memory of Janet and Alison Lindsay.

In the 1881 Census, William and his children (except Robert) were living on Wildmans Road, Carluke, and his occupation was coal miner as were George (18), David (17), William (15) and John (13). Grace Robertson was their "housekeeper". Robert was living with his aunt Elizabeth (Waugh) Samuel in Crosshill, Allanton. His grandparents (George Waugh & Isabella Barclay) had died at Crosshill a few years earlier. Their daughter Elizabeth (Waugh) Samuel was living at Crosshill in 1871 with her husband John Samuel and their children Isabella (3) and Margaret (1).

1881 Scotland Census - Carluke, Lanarkshire
(ed note: William Waugh was born in Kirkpatrick-Fleming)

Name: William Waugh Age: 45 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1836 Relationship: Head Gender: Male Where born: Annan, Dumfrieshire Registration Number: 629 Registration district: Carluke Civil Parish: Carluke County: Lanarkshire Address: Wildmans Road Occupation: Coal Miner ED: 4 Household schedule number: 258 Line: 15 Roll: cssct1881_208 Household Members: Name Age William Waugh 45 George Waugh 18 David Waugh 17 William Waugh 15 John Waugh 13 Janet Waugh 11 Isabella Waugh 9 Alexis Waugh 7 Andrew Waugh 5 Grace Robertson 65 Source Citation: Parish: Carluke; ED: 4; Page: 56; Line: 15; Roll: cssct1881_208; Year: 1881. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

1881 Scotland Census - Crosshill, Lanarkshire

Name: Robert Waugh Age: 2 Estimated Birth Year: abt 1879 Relationship: Nephew Gender: Male Where born: Carluke, Lanarshire Registration Number: 628 Registration district: Cambusnethan Civil Parish: Cambusnethan County: Lanarkshire Address: Crosshill ED: 1 Household schedule number: 51 Line: 19 Roll: cssct1881_207 Household Members: Name Age John Samuel 40 Eliz Samuel 40 Eliz Samuel 13 Maggie Samuel 11 Marion Samuel 9 Jessie Samuel 7 William Samuel 5 Robert Waugh 2 Source Citation: Parish: Cambusnethan; ED: 1; Page: 14; Line: 19; Roll: cssct1881_207; Year: 1881. Source Information: Ancestry.com. 1881 Scotland Census [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007. Original data: Scotland. 1881 Scotland Census. Reels 1-338. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland. Description: The 1881 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 3/4 April 1881. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb.

John Waugh & Christina Orr