How wonderful...it was very nice of you to list your sites as well as the
lineage...thanks a lot..I do not believe we are connected but..we are from
Dumfriesshire and are Caruthers of South Carolina (1700)...again, many
thanks..Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Virginia Hegseth" <Hegsethvf(a)worldnet.att.net>
To: <CARRUTHERS-L(a)rootsweb.com>
Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 4:48 PM
Subject: [Carruthers] Trip to Dumfries
I have just returned from a trip to Scotland and
Dumfriesshire. We were able to find all of the old family farms and estates
because, although the owners have changed, place names are still the same
and shown on the wonderful Ordnance Survey maps. We saw the ruined tower at
Mouswald, where we all began in the 1300's. Holmains is fenced off so we
could only look at it from a distance, but my ancestors lived there for
several generations, until they became Dormont. We stopped at Dormont-a
beautiful place and I believe, still owned by a Carruthers although no one
was around to ask. My family was Dormont for 3 generations, then became
Brydegill which later became Gyleburn. We met the present owner of Gyleburn
and what a lovely estate! John of Gyleburn was my 4th gr. Grandfather and
my branch of the family descends from one of his younger sons, Christopher,
who lived at Cowdens, another lovely place. After a stop at Cowdens we went
on the Waterbeck where Christ!
opher lived in his later years and stopped by the Carruthers Farm
just
north of Waterbeck and a nearby cemetery with many Carruthers graves. It is
believed that the Carruthers family originated in that area. We also
visited the cemeteries at St. Mungo and Dalton where many Carruthers
ancestors are buried.
Christophers oldest son John lived on Orchard Farm just north
of
Canonbie but, in 1840 emigrated, along with most of his family and his
father Christopher, to an area near Prescott, Ontario, Canada. Later
generations moved to Brockville and then to Sarnia where my father and his
brothers were born.
We visited the library and Family History Center in
Dumfries-both good
places to find information. Dumfries also has an
interesting museum but we saw nothing there on the Carruthers family. All
told, a worthwhile trip for any Carruthers.
Virginia
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