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Margaret Scott

Marriage (1): Gilbert Eliott

Family Links

Spouses/Children:

1. Gilbert Eliott

William Eliott+

(+ Shows person has known children.)

bullet Sources of information or noted events in her life were:

• Web Based Info. http://www.thepeerage.com/p39709.html#i397088

• General Comment. Mary Scott, "the flower of Yarrow," so highly celebrated in song, was a native of this parish. According to tradition, she was the daughter of Walter Scott, Esq. Of Dryhope, and was esteemed the fairest and most handsome woman in the parish: hence she had many suitors, who solicited the honour of a matrimonial alliance with her: in preference to all other candidates she gave her hand to Gilbert Scott, of Harden; from this alliance there spraying a daughter who was afterwards married to the eldest son of the baronet of Stobs, commonly called "Gibby with the Golden Garters:" from them are descended the presence so William Eliott, of Stobss, and the late Lord Heathfield, the brave defender of Gibraltar. There is a curious circumstance relating to their marriage-contract, which strongly marks the predatory spirit of the times: finding it inconvenient to take his wife home, Gibby besought his father-in-law to maintain her for some time; with this request he complied upon condition that he was to receive, for her board "the plunder of the first harvest-moon:" a most singular compact, and highly characteristic of the licentious and barbarity of the age in which it was made. The parish also gave birth to a famous military character Col William Russell of Ashysteel, who signalized himself so gallantly at the capture of Manila. The Yarrow that and pastoral stream, has often been celebrated in Scottish songs; and sometimes the plaintive and sympathizing muse hath
'" Mourn'd on Yarrow's banks the widow'd maid."'
http://books.google.co.za/books?id=Wr_kAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA138&lpg=PA138&dq=gibby+of+golden+garters&source=bl&ots=l-pSL-2lHK&sig=BYtLbhVo5ezFOW-PCjCUQvGDVlg&hl=en&sa=X&ei=28DTUpCfC-fY7AbbrYDwAQ&ved=0CCgQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=gibby%20of%20golden%20garters&f=false

Margaret married Gilbert Eliott, son of Robert Elwald and Jean Scot. (Gilbert Eliott died on 24 Jun 1634.)

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Caveat:- Throughout the project UK GRO birth, marriage and death index data appears. The GRO data appears in Quarters. Q1 = January, February and March, Q2 = April, May, June , Q3 = July, August and September and Q4 = October, November and December. Similarly, Mar Q = January, February and March, Jun Q = April, May, June , Sep Q = July, August and September and Dec Q = October, November and December. Where these dates occur, they represent the date of Registration of the event rather than the date of the actual event. Logically, registration occurs AFTER the event. In some cases this may be days or months or even years after the event. The important thing is that the event was recorded and a copy of the document of registration could be obtained if necessary. This also applies to South African NAAIRS records.

Similarly, the UK system is confusing to the uninitiated because registration districts can span several counties. Accordingly GRO locations may not record the true location of the event. They do record where the record is actually kept or recorded.

Caveat #2:- I have used URL's throughout the website as sources. The URLs are often from paid subscription sites so you may not be able to access them without an account. Inevitably there are broken URL's. I have been to every URL recorded here and at the time they were operational. In this regard, the Ancestry24 records are a problem. There are numerous references in the South African data citing Ancestry24 records. Unfortunately Ancestry24 has closed down and these records are no longer available on line.

The early South African records on this site would not have been as good as they are without the work done by Delia Robertson. Where there are website addresses containing http://www.e-family.co.za... I record the citation should read Robertson, Delia. The First Fifty Years Project. This website can be found at First Fifty Years