Agnes COWAN b. c1760 m. Robert TAIT 1780 Ettrick

[Valorie]

This will not help us find a direct male COWAN line, but in searching
the Selkirkshire Message Board tonight for Cowans, I came across a post
looking for TAITs:

<< Robert TAIT , born about 1755,mariied Agnes Cowan/Cowen in or near
Ettrick about 1780. Their son William was born about 1784 and married
Mary Simpson in Peebles, 1815. >>

This would put Agnes' birth about 1760. She could possibly fit right in
with the supposed James' sons, which I have as: William born 1752,
Andrew born 1767, Thomas born 1771 and Walter in 1778.

Does anyone have different dates for this supposed family? I say
supposed because I have never seen proof of any of this. I really need
to read those parish films! Does anyone have evidence of this family
besides family stories?

Research note: Did you realize that you can search the Message Boards
one at a time, all at a time, and a region at a time? The Locality
boards are special in that under the Search box, where you find the
choices to search THIS board or all boards, you also see something like
this:

Boards > Localities > United Kingdom and Ireland > Scotland >
Selkirkshire > General

In the case of Selkirkshire, the General board is the only one for the
county. However, you can click on Scotland, and search only the
Scotland boards for your surname or other search term, or even all of
UK & Ireland. All the other locality boards are similarly searchable.
It can come in really handy!

[Laura Cowan Cooper]

I have seen other info on this line. One of the patrons that comes into the
FHC that I help out (now for 10 yrs) is a Tait researcher. Of course, when
she found this Cowan info, she brought it to my attention. I will forward
the message on to her and see what she has to say. She has made the Parish
Records really talk to her. The years that I need 1720 and before have been
very hard to read. The post wasn't from Linda Friedland was it??

Laura

Laura Cowan Cooper of Kodak, TN
lauracow...@comcast.net

[Valorie Zimmerman]

Laura,

This was a thread involving "tai...@houston.rr.com", James Hart, John
Tait & Heather Graham. I haven't seen Agnes on a film for myself yet.

:-)

Valorie

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[Laura Cowan Cooper]

Here is what Linda had to say about it.

><snip>
>The Robert Tait mentioned from the message board (probably a message by
>my 4th cousin Elaine in NZ or Jill Yordy my 4th cousin in CA ) They trace
>their line to Robert. Might also be posted by 4th cousin John Tait who
>traces his line to William.
>
>Robert married Agnes Cowan 20 March 1784. Their marriage is documented in
>Traquair Parish records. They had a son William and two other children.
>Agnes died 13 Jul 1790 (documented in Traquair Parish death records) and
>he remarried Elizabeth Bow (Boa). From that marriage came my GGG Robert
>and Elaine's GG Grandmother Elizabeth.
>
>There was an Agnes Cowan born to Wm and Jean Scott Cowan in Ettrick,
>Selkirkshire. William (the first son was also born there so one can assume
>she went home to have her first child (typical behavior to return home to
>mother to assist in the first birth especially if no female family
>available at father's home- Ettrick is just a couple of miles from
>Traquair-no big deal to make the journey) so it is likely the Agnes Cowan
>referenced as begin born in Ettrick is the same one.

That Wm and Jean Scott Cowan - in my Cowan group we have a lot of
Cowan-Scott marriages if I remember correctly.

At 06:01 PM 7/17/2006, you wrote:

>Laura,
>
>This was a thread involving "tai...@houston.rr.com", James Hart, John
>Tait & Heather Graham. I haven't seen Agnes on a film for myself yet.
>
>:-)
>
>Valorie
>
>On 7/17/06, Laura Cowan Cooper <lauracow...@comcast.net> wrote:
> >

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