Andrew DRUMMOND (-)

Helen MATHISON (-)

William STEPHENSON (1708-)

Helen DRUMMOND (1724-)

Elizabeth STEVENSON (1763-1858)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: Thomas USHER Helen USHER John USHER Janet USHER Christian USHER William USHER Thomas USHER Elizabeth STEVENSON Christened: 22 May 1763, Bridgend, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland 3 Marriage: Thomas USHER on 21 Nov 1789 in Melrose, Roxburghshire 1 2 Died: 13 Oct 1858, Newstead, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland aged 95 4 5 Buried: Church Yard, Melrose, Roxburghshire 5    Cause of her death was Decay of Nature.5   Death Notes: Elizabeth died at 5:30 pm She is descriped as a widow of a weaver, pauper, on her death certificate. Janet Pringle was the attendant. Could this be her daughter?   Burial Notes: N. Dodds was the undertaker.   Noted events in her life were: • She appeared on the census in 1841 in Newstead, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland. 6 Elizabeth married Thomas USHER, son of John USHER and Janet DRUMMOND, on 21 Nov 1789 in Melrose, Roxburghshire.1 2 (Thomas USHER was born on 17 Aug 1766 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, christened on 17 Aug 1766 in Melrose, Roxburghshire 1 8 and died between 1841 and 1848.)   Marriage Notes: It is still not certain which Thomas Usher Elizabeth Stevenson married. The "Usher Family in Scotland" lists the marriage as to Thomas b.1774 son of James Usher of Toftfield and Margaret Grieve. It also lists the marriage as having no issue, but according to parish records there was issue. It is also possible that she married Thomas Usher b 17. Aug 1766, but this could also have a problem, in that if their mothers were sisters then they would be first cousins. It is equally possible that their mothers were cousins and were thus second cousins. This would have made their meeting and bethrothal very plausible. Until their mothers are researched I have left the marriage with this Thomas. A 3rd possibility is Thomas b. 5 Aug 1759, son of Thomas and Janet Mercer. He would have been 30 at the point of marriage. The Thomas son of John and Janet Drummond does have a slightly more youthful edge though.

1 Old Parish Records., 799/ /3.

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), page 438; 1789 Nov 21: Thomas Usher m. Betty Stevenson; c. William Stevenson.

3 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), page 287; 1763 May 22: William Stevenson and Helen Drummond in Bridgend, a.d.n. Elizabeth; w. Thomas Marr, James Marr.

4 Scots Origins, SI, 799/1/64.

5 Death Certificate - Elizabeth Stevenson (1858), Cit. Date: 17 Jun 2003.

6 Ancestry.com., "1841 Scotland Census," database on-line, Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2006, Ancestry.com (www.ancestry.com). Cit. Date: 18 Mar 2006; Piece: SCT1841/799
Place: Melrose, Ladhope-Roxburghshire
Enumeration District: 5
Civil Parish: Melrose Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: -
Folio: 5 Page: 6
Address: Newstead

Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
USHER Thos M 70 Pauper Roxburghshire
USHER Betty F 75 Roxburghshire
USHER Nelly F 45 Roxburghshire
USHER Willm M 35 Roxburghshire.
; Original data: 1841 Scotland Census. Edinburgh, Scotland: General Register Office for Scotland. Reels 1-151. General Register Office for Scotland, Edinburgh, Scotland.

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8 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); 1766 Aug 17: John Usher and Janet Drummond in Eildon, a.s.n. Thomas; w. John Hitton, James Marr.

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