Baptisms 1770 Cockburnspath Parish, Berwick, Scotland



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      ** Please note that names in brackets ( ) are not in the actual record. I have typed these here to help people using the search engine as there are many different abbreviations of names.

      P = Parents
      B = Baptized
      W = Witnesses
      codem die = same day?


      Cockburnspath July 14
      P Ja? (James) Buchanan School'm Jean Lawson
      B James and born July 2nd
      W James Lawson Willm (William) Buchanan

      Cockbr. July 22
      P John Coward Christian Fortune
      B Adam
      W John Millar Geo (George) Tait

      Cockburnspath Aug 5
      P George Paxton Mary Cowe
      B Jean
      W John Fife? Carfra...?

      Cockburnspath August 21
      P John Dagger Margt (Margaret) Whitehead
      B John being held up by the mother the father being deceased
      W Andrew Waddie

      Auldcammmus Sept 4
      P Adam Richardson Kathr (Katherine) Brown
      B Janet
      W Geo (George) Gilvry David Couthart

      Cockburnspath Sep 16
      P John Dewar ...... Thomson
      in Auldcammus Parish
      B Janet
      W George Carfrae? Geo (George) Tait

      Cockbr. Sept 30
      P William Hill Mary Bryson
      B James
      W John Fife? Robert Lauder

      Cove Codem die
      P Robert Lauder Margt (Margaret) Vetch?
      B Isble? (Isobel?)
      W James Vetch? John Hume

      Bowshiels 28 Oct 1770
      P William Lee Janet Taylor
      B Helen
      W John Lee

      (in small print)
      Cock Nov...
      P Ja (James)Lawry Mar... Bookless
      B William
      W Geo (George) Holiwell

      Auldcammus Dec 9
      P George Denholm Beatrix Cunningham
      B Beatrix
      W William Hill

      Cockbr Dec 2
      P George Redpath Kath (Katherine) Mason
      B Helen
      W Geo (George) Gilvry John Fife

      Cockbr Dec 3
      P George Fleeming Beatrx Roughead
      B George presented to baptism by James Roughead the father not being in the country
      W Ja: (James) Denholm John Miller

      Neuk? of Cockbr Nov 18
      P James Veatch? Isble? (Isobel?) Hay
      B Francis
      W John Veath This should have been sooner but was not given in

      Cockbr December 16
      P William Bauld Isble (Isobel) Fairbairn
      B James
      W Robert Lawson James Fairbairn

      Cock Dec 23
      P David Roughead Mary Fortune
      B Alison
      W John Fife David Cowe