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Margaret Waite 1756–1837 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 8 Apr 1756

Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

Death Date: 23 Jan 1837

Death Location: Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland

Father: David Wait

Mother: Janet Drummond

Spouse(s): John Robertson

Children(s): John Robertson, Catherine Robertson, George Robertson, Mary Robertson, Margaret Robertson, Benjamin Robertson, Agnes Robertson, Joseph Robertson, Jane Robertson, David Robertson

The story of Margaret Waite began in 1756 in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland. Margaret Waite married John Robertson, and had children including Agnes Robertson, Benjamin Robertson, Catherine Robertson, David Robertson, George Robertson, Jane Or Jean Robertson, John Robertson, Joseph Robertson, Margaret Robertson, Mary Robertson. Margaret Waite passed away in 1837 in Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.

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Biography

  • The story of Margaret Waite began in 1756 in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland.
  • Margaret Waite married John Robertson, and had children including Agnes Robertson, Benjamin Robertson, Catherine Robertson, David Robertson, George Robertson, Jane Or Jean Robertson, John Robertson, Joseph Robertson, Margaret Robertson, Mary Robertson.
  • Margaret Waite passed away in 1837 in Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland.

Immediate Family

Parents

David Wait
1724–1787
Birth Location: Blackadder Mill, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Janet Drummond
1713–
Birth Location: St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
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Spouses(s)

John Robertson
1753–1802
Birth Location: Cockburnspath, Berwickshire, Scotland
JR

Children(s)

John Robertson
1782–1852
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
JR
Catherine Robertson
1790–
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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George Robertson
1785–1855
Birth Location: Greenlaw, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Mary Robertson
1803–
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Margaret Robertson
1777–1858
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
MR
Benjamin Robertson
1798–1875
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Agnes Robertson
1787–1854
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Joseph Robertson
1795–1862
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Jane Robertson
1780–
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
JR
David Robertson
1793–
Birth Location: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
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Margaret Waite's Ancestors

Self
Margaret Waite
1756–1837
Birth Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
Parents
David Wait
1724–1787
Blackadder Mill, Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
Janet Drummond
1713–
St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Grandparents
David Wait
1681–
Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
Bessie Cowan
1679–
Hawick, Roxburghshire, Scotland
William Drummond
1690–
Scotland
Ann Carmichael
1690–
Great-Grandparents
Robert Cowan
1660–
Helen Fouler
1665–
James Carmichael
1670–
Elizabeth Wood
1669–
2nd-Great-Grandparents

Margaret Waite's Descendants

1.
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Margaret Waite (8 Apr 1756–23 Jan 1837) m. John Robertson (18 Feb 1753–6 Jul 1802)
  1. 1. John Robertson 1782–1852 m. Margaret (Betty) WILKIE 1783–1843
    1. 1. Thomas Robertson 1807–1871 m. Isabella King 1809–1888
      1. 1. Catherine Robertson 1852–
      2. 2. John Robertson 1831–1906 m. Elizabeth Blake 1834–1902
        1. 1. Janet (Scott) Robertson 1857–1897 m. John (Waring) Ruddock 1844–1916
        2. 2. Thomas (King) Robertson 1859–1940 m. Teresa (Mary) Wagner 1862–1948 m. Jessie (Young) Marshall 1860–1900
        3. 3. Walter (Archibald Alexander Blake) Robertson 1867–1903 m. Mary McDonald 1870–1903
      3. 3. Mary (Ann) Robertson 1846–1915 m. Alexander (King) Porteous 1840–1904
        1. 1. Mary (Ann) Porteous 1872–1876
        2. 2. Adam (Arthur) Porteous 1881–1917
        3. 3. Alexander (King) Porteous 1877–1902 m. Catherine Drummond 1881–
        4. 4. Thomas (Robertson) Porteous 1876–
        5. 5. John Porteous 1881–
        6. 6. William Porteous 1870–
        7. 7. Isabella (King) Porteous 1868–1946
      4. 4. Isabella Robertson 1833–1836
      5. 5. Alexander (H) Robertson 1836–1929 m. Maria Cannon 1836–1916
        1. 1. Jane Robertson 1862–1951 m. John Sample 1863–
        2. 2. Isabella Robertson 1866–1947 m. Thomas Sample 1863–1940
        3. 3. Mary Robertson 1870–1950
        4. 4. James Robertson 1865–1955 m. Mary (Agnes) Baines 1866–1946
        5. 5. Thomas Robertson 1860–1908 m. Mary (Agnes) Baines 1867–1912
        6. 6. John Robertson 1878–1958 m. Alexandrina Kinnear 1879–1960
      6. 6. Margaret Robertson 1844–1907 m. James (Bairnsfather) Scott 1841–
        1. 1. John (Robertson) Scott 1864–
        2. 2. Thomas Scott 1863–
        3. 3. Alexander Scott 1868–
        4. 4. George (King) Scott 1870–1939
        5. 5. William (Bertram) Scott 1872–1920
        6. 6. Jane (M) Scott 1877–
        7. 7. Arthur Scott 1880–
        8. 8. Adam Scott 1883–
        9. 9. Mary (Ann) Scott 1885–
        10. 10. James Scott 1869–
        11. 11. Isabella (King) Scott 1874–
      7. 7. Thomas Robertson 1853–1887 m. Jessie Scott 1850–1905
        1. 1. Matthew Robertson 1879–
        2. 2. Thomas Robertson 1880–
        3. 3. Annie Robertson 1877–
        4. 4. Jessie Robertson 1884–
        5. 5. Robert Robertson 1886–
        6. 6. James (Thomas Alexander) Robertson 1880–
        7. 7. William (Scott) Robertson 1881–
      8. 8. George (Robertson) * 1841–1915 m. Isabella Hymers 1838–1906
        1. 1. Robert (Hymers) Robertson 1869–1964 m. Elizabeth Cooper 1869–
        2. 2. Mary Robertson 1864–1931 m. Thomas Purves 1864–1936
        3. 3. Margaret Robertson 1860–1861
        4. 4. Isabella (King) Robertson 1862–1919
        5. 5. Margaret (Houston) Robertson 1863–
      9. 9. Margaret Robertson 1834–1836
      10. 10. James (King) Robertson 1839–1900 m. Euphemia Drummond 1844–1903
        1. 1. Andrew Robertson 1877–
        2. 2. Margaret Robertson 1879–
        3. 3. John (King) Robertson 1870–
        4. 4. Thomas Robertson 1867–
        5. 5. Alexander (Drummond) Robertson 1868–1877
    2. 2. Agnes Robertson 1810–1897 m. Andrew Jeffrey 1809–1874
    3. 3. John Robertson 1812–1893 m. Isabella Wilson 1819–1893
      1. 1. Mary (Ann) Robertson 1838–
      2. 2. John (Wilson) Robertson 1843–1913 m. Catherine Fraser 1839–
        1. 1. Edwin Robertson 1875–
        2. 2. John (M) Robertson 1869– m. Agnes Wilson 1872–1932
        3. 3. Caroline (Catherine) Robertson 1870–
        4. 4. James (Fraser) Robertson 1872–1919 m. Catherine (Lillian "Kate") Jones 1876–1973
    4. 4. Julian Robertson 1815–1879 m. John Jeffrey 1810–1880
      1. 1. Margaret (Hoyne) Jeffrey 1843–1931
      2. 2. Agnes Jeffrey 1858–1847
      3. 3. Andrew Jeffrey 1846–1871
      4. 4. John Jeffrey 1855–1880
      5. 5. David Jeffrey 1851–1931
      6. 6. William Jeffrey 1855–1845
    5. 5. George Robertson 1817–1876
    6. 6. Margaret Robertson 1825–1843
    7. 7. Mary (Anne) Robertson 1828–1873 m. Henry Simpson 1816–1868
      1. 1. William McAllister 1850–1876
      2. 2. Euphemia Simpson 1863–1922 m. William Cowe 1863–1928
        1. 1. William ('Wullie') Cowe 1902–1959 m. Jane (Hendry) Wyllie 1907–1981
        2. 2. Ebenezer Cowe 1887–1953
        3. 3. Janet Cowe 1889–1939
        4. 4. George ((Dodd)) Cowe 1891–1966
        5. 5. Henry Cowe 1893–1918
        6. 6. Agnes (Simpson) Cowe 1895–1946
        7. 7. John ((Johnny) Simpson) Cowe 1904–1968 m. Mary (Georgina ( Rena)) Weir 1910–1979
        8. 8. Mary (Ann) Cowe 1884–1937
      3. 3. Mary (A) Simpson 1867–
      4. 4. George Simpson 1859–
      5. 5. John Simpson 1865–
      6. 6. Agnes Simpson 1860–1937
    8. 8. James Robertson 1822–1893
  2. 2. Catherine Robertson 1790–
  3. 3. George Robertson 1785–1855 m. Margaret Imrie 1778–1877
    1. 1. Andrew Robertson 1810–1906 m. Mary Scott 1810–1874
      1. 1. George (Scott) Robertson 1843–1915 m. Ann (D) McGann 1854–1942 m. Mary (Ann) Payne 1844–1872 m. Margaret Barr 1858–
        1. 1. Andrew (John) Robertson 1878–1962
        2. 2. Margaret (Euphemia"Maggie") Robertson 1875–1931 m. Thomas (Edward) Lawson 1865–1944
        3. 3. William (James) Robertson 1881–1948 m. Florence (Jane) Shaw 1885–1978
        4. 4. Duncan (Elijah) Robertson 1884–1952 m. Florence (May) McKay 1888–1963
        5. 5. Isabella Storey 1870–1959
        6. 6. Wesley (George Henry) Robertson 1871–1887
        7. 7. Mina Robertson 1869–1926
      2. 2. Mary (Scott) Robertson 1841–1921
      3. 3. Isabella Robertson 1853–1936
      4. 4. Margaret Robertson 1849–1889
    2. 2. George Robertson 1820–1873
      1. 1. Margaret Robertson 1850–1943
      2. 2. George (Brack) Robertson 1850–
    3. 3. Christina Robertson 1824–1878
    4. 4. Margaret Robertson 1815–1902
  4. 4. Mary Robertson 1803– m. Robert (Johnston) Gray 1804–1873
    1. 1. Thomas Gray 1839–
    2. 2. Mary (Ann) Gray 1832–
    3. 3. Catherine Gray 1834–
    4. 4. John Gray 1836–1922
    5. 5. Margaret Gray 1829–1904
    6. 6. William Gray 1838–
      1. 1. Mary (Robertson) Gray 1869–
    7. 7. Robert Gray 1841–1893 m. Jessie Lennox 1841–1902
    8. 8. Alexander Gray 1848–
    9. 9. Agnes Gray 1828–
  5. 5. Margaret Robertson 1777–1858
  6. 6. Benjamin Robertson 1798–1875 m. Mary (Ann Martha) Garrett 1815–1871 m. Ann Malcolm 1801–1862
    1. 1. Ann Robertson 1835–
    2. 2. Robert (William) Robertson 1844–
    3. 3. Benjamin (Peter) Robertson 1850–
    4. 4. Cecilie (Sarah Ann) Robertson 1853–
    5. 5. Richard (Porteous) Robertson 1855–1900
  7. 7. Agnes Robertson 1787–1854
  8. 8. Joseph Robertson 1795–1862 m. Janet Pinkerton 1797–
    1. 1. Agnes Robertson 1825–
    2. 2. Robert Robertson 1829–
    3. 3. Janet Robertson 1832–
    4. 4. John Robertson 1834–
    5. 5. Margaret Robertson 1822–
    6. 6. Elizabeth Robertson 1844–
  9. 9. Jane (or Jean) Robertson 1780– m. James Robson 1793–
    1. 1. Margaret Robson 1816–1895
    2. 2. Alexander (Robertson) Robson 1815–1899
    3. 3. John Robson 1818– m. Henrietta Edgar 1817–1885
    4. 4. David Robson 1821–
  10. 10. David Robertson 1793–

Margaret Waite's Timeline

3 Records

1756
8 Apr 1756
Birth of Margaret Waite in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
1756
8 Apr 1756
Margaret Waite was christened in Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland
1837
23 Jan 1837
Age 81
Death of Margaret Waite in Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland

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    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1756
    Event Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Christening
    Event Date: 8 Apr 1756
    Event Place: Chirnside, Berwickshire, Scotland

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 23 Jan 1837
    Event Place: Duns, Berwickshire, Scotland
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