John USHER (1651-)

Margaret TURNBULL (-)

James USHER (1672-)

Isabella MERCER (-1713)

John USHER of Toftfield (1710-1777)

 

Family Links Spouses/Children: 1. Janet WHITE James USHER of Toftfield+ 2. Janet PATERSON Janet USHER+ Rev. John USHER Thomas USHER of Courthill+ Isobel USHER Isobel USHER+ Agnes USHER+ Christian USHER+ John USHER of Toftfield 5 Christened: 12 Mar 1709/10, Melrose, Roxburghshire 11 Marriage (1): Janet WHITE on 28 May 1737 in Melrose, Roxburghshire 1 2 3 Marriage (2): Janet PATERSON on 20 Jul 1745 in Melrose, Roxburghshire 5 6 Died: 20 Aug 1777, Toftfield, Darnick, Roxburghshire aged 67 13   General Notes: Allocated lands in Darnick including Toftfield in 1752. Henry Dewar is his maternal Grandfather from whom he became lands in Darnick (not Toftfield) 14   Noted events in his life were: • He owned land in 1752 at Toftfield, Darnick, Roxburghshire. Acquired Toftfield from Charles Wilkinson, Writer in Melrose • Church Minutes: 11 Jun 1769, Melrose, Roxburghshire. 15 The first page of the volume (date from 1769 June 11) referred to John Usher as an elder, and I suspect that would be the then John Usher of Toftfield. John married Janet WHITE on 28 May 1737 in Melrose, Roxburghshire.1 2 3 John next married Janet PATERSON, daughter of PATERSON and Janet MERCER, on 20 Jul 1745 in Melrose, Roxburghshire.5 6

1 Old Parish Records., 799. JANET WHITE/FR466.

2 Old Parish Records., 780. JANET WHYTE/FR415.

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); 1737 28 May: Booked in order for marriage John Usher in this parish & Janet White in the parish of Ancrum. John Hounam Caut.

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5 Old Parish Records., 799. JANET PATERSON/FR667.

6 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); 1745 July 26: Booked for ditto John Usher & Janet Paterson in the parish of Bowden; c. John Heiton.

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11 Old Parish Records., 799. JAMES USHER/ISABELL MERCER FR130
1710 Mar 12: James Ushar and Isabell Mercer in Darnick, a.s.n. John Ushar; w. John Ushar, John Mercer.

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13 Mort Roll, Melrose, 1777 Aug 20: John Usher, Toftfield, 67.

14 C. M. Usher, A History Of The Usher Family In Scotland (Edinburgh: Privately Printed, 1956), Tree Table I;
The book is also available for download in either MS Word 97/2000 format or in Adobe PDF format.

15 Melrose kirk session minutes (National Archives of Scotland in Edinburgh
ref: CH.2/386/5, covering the period 1769-1842).