George USHER (1626-)

Bessie TAIT (-)

John USHER (1651-)

Margaret TURNBULL (-)

James USHER (1672-)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Bessie STODDART 2. Isabella MERCER Isabella USHER John USHER of Toftfield+ George USHER 3. Agnes FRIER James USHER Thomas USHER Agnes USHER James USHER Christened: 21 Apr 1672, Melrose, Roxburghshire 9 10 Marriage (1): Bessie STODDART on 11 Jun 1697 in Yarrow, Selkirk 1 2 Marriage (2): Isabella MERCER on 20 Apr 1705 in Darnick, Roxburghshire 2 4 Marriage (3): Agnes FRIER on 21 Aug 1716 in Melrose, Roxburghshire 6 7   General Notes: James may have been buried on 1 Jan 1740 at Melrose, per the Melrose burial registers ("Mortcloth for James Usher, £ 1 : 10 s. Scots") James married Bessie STODDART, daughter of John STODDART and Unknown, on 11 Jun 1697 in Yarrow, Selkirk.1 2 James next married Isabella MERCER on 20 Apr 1705 in Darnick, Roxburghshire.2 4 (Isabella MERCER died in 1713 1716.) James next married Agnes FRIER, daughter of James FRIER and Unknown, on 21 Aug 1716 in Melrose, Roxburghshire.6 7 (Agnes FRIER was christened on 12 Oct 1684 in Melrose, Roxburghshire 11 12 and died on 28 Oct 1779 at Toftfield, Darnick, Roxburghshire 13.)

1 Old Parish Records., 779. BESSIE STODDART/FR475.

2 Charles S. Romanes, Melrose parish registers of baptisms, marriages, proclamations of marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls: 1642-1820, 3 volumes (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1913); 1705 April 20: James Usher m. Isabell Mercer.

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4 Old Parish Records., 799. ISABELL MERCER/FR205.

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6 Old Parish Records., 799. AGNES FRIER/FR209.

7 Charles S. Romanes, Melrose parish registers of baptisms, marriages, proclamations of marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls: 1642-1820, 3 volumes (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1913); 1716 Aug 21: James Usher m. Agnes Frier.

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9 Old Parish Records., 799. JOHN USHAR/.

10 Charles S. Romanes, Melrose parish registers of baptisms, marriages, proclamations of marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls: 1642-1820, 3 volumes (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1913); 1672 April 21: John Ushar a.s.n. James; w.James Usher, Andro.Mercer.

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12 Charles S. Romanes, Melrose parish registers of baptisms, marriages, proclamations of marriages, session minutes (1723-1741) and mortuary rolls: 1642-1820, 3 volumes (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Society, 1913); 1684 Oct 12: James Frier, a.d.n. Agnes; w. Rot and Archibald Friers.

13 Mort Roll, Melrose, 1779 Oct 28, Agnes Friar, Topfield [sic], 95.