Whitehaugh

 

 

Whitehaugh House is shown - in this2010 satellite photo - bottom right

The Aisle, the burial ground for Walter & James Scott, is hidden by trees top left . It is on the land of Mr Mactaggart, who built a bungalow there in 1989, having owned the large house from 1969-1989

This estate/manorial house has been investigated whilst researching Nigel's maternal Scott ancestry due to the fact that his mother, Muriel, noted that the graves of 2 gt, gts were to be found in the grounds of Whitehaugh: she had been taken by her father, James Blaikie Scott,1880, to view them in the 1930s.

As of 27/9/2019, I thought James Blaikie Scott was trying to impress: These graves are definitely not those of the 2 gt gts of Muriel{besides which one would be of a female if they were!!) .

BUT

Possibly Muriel's ggggrandfather, William Scott, a mason, 1782-1861. was connected further back - another son of the John Scott who died 1823?- but if he were the 3rd/4th surviving son, why would the estate go to daughter Elizabeth in 1852??:

 

After Nigel's visit to Mr MacTaggart (owner of Whitehaugh 1969-1989) on 28/9/2019, we obtained the wording on these 2 graves - actually words on plaques on the wall of a burial mound in the grounds of Whitehaugh( as recorded in a notebook by his 11yr old son in 1969):

Another?, but surely the same, Walter Scott Esq. of Whitehaugh buried in Wilton on 1/8/1841 -SP

and neither of these 2 feature in his ancestors! , but, then thought they could well be Nigel's gggguncles, brothers of his ggggrandfather William Scott, 1782

Unfortunately, 2/10/2019. I purchased the 1861 d.c. of Nigel's William 1782, and his father was a James Scott, mason , so he is not the 1782 William born to John & Margaret Scott &

he is not closely related to Walter & James

Thus I am no nearer knowing why James Blaikie Scott told his daughter Muriel in the 1930s that these Whitehaugh graves were of her gt. gts!!

Nigel has also sent me the following (found by his brother in the Scottish Border Archive and Local History Centre in 1999)

Summarising the above & also using info. from "A Hawick Word Book" http://www.astro.ubc.ca/people/scott/book.pdf ( pages 2391 ):

1479 David Scott possessed the lands of Whitehaugh -paid 1d /annum

Son Phillip Scott

Son Walter Scott married Janet Scott of Headshaw. They had a son

Walter Scott, who sold Whitehaugh to his maternal uncle,

Robert Scott of Headshaw. . His son sold it in

1623 to Andrew Hay, who sold it in

1636 to Walter Scott of St Leonards, who sold it to his nephew in

1671 Walter Scott of Headshaw

1697 William Scott, who gave 4 chalices in 1728: "Gifted to the parish of Wilton by William Scott of Whitehaugh 1728"

under this inscription is the family coat of arms & 'Vincit Amor Patrim'. He died without issue in 1751, so to his sister in

1751 Isobel Scott who married William Somerville, rector of Hawick, purported to be ~80 at the time, in 1753. She died in 1759. . They had no issue and the estate passed to her 2nd cousin in

1759 John Scott, then a minor, of Whitehaugh. He married Margaret Scott, eldest daughter & co-heiress of Walter Scott of Newton Chamberlaine, on 2/7/1767 in Hawick -SP .They had 12 children: some of whose baptisms I found in Wilton on SP: John 1768; Walter 1769; William 1770; Agnes 1772; James 1775; Betty 1776( married Gilbert Chisholme 1748-1826, of Stirches in 1801/2. After his death she continued to kive at Stirches- there 1841C- and inherited Whitehaugh on 1852 death of her brother James. She had 4 children: John ,1810-1868 ,who succeeded; Gilbert- died unmarried 1820?; Margaret Scott, died unmarried 1854 & Christian Andersen. There were portraits of her & husband Gilbert in Stirches); William 1782 , 3- ?4, sons & 3 daughters surviving . Died 1823,( not on SP burials) so to a son

in 1823. Walter Scott of Whitehaugh, surgeon, died, 26/6/1841, aged 72, unmarried ( must have been born ~1769) so to his brother

in 1841 James Scott of Whitehaugh, member of the Jedforest club. For many years he was resident at Whitslade. In 1841C at Whitehaugh, aged 65, with brother Walter. In 1851C at Whitehaugh Place with his sister, Agnes Stavert, Margaret Stavert & 4 servant,. Died, aged 78, unmarried, 19/10/1852 ( 'Buried in Whitehaugh Aisle with brother, Walter' - plaque on wall of burial mound in Whitehaugh grounds ) .Amd Whitehaugh passed to

These last 2, Walter & James, buried in the graves detailed above , but, ??, there is also a burial in Wilton on 1/10/1841 for Walter Scott Esq.of Whitehaugh

John Scott Chisholme, 1810-1868, son of Elizabeth Scott, daughter of John Scott of Whitehaugh, who had married Gilbert Chisholme in 1801. This man was the owner of Whitehaugh from 1852 . The lands then included Whitehaugh, Whitehaugh Moor & Mains, Mervinslaw, Greenheads, Heip, Greensidehall, Broomiebrae & Scawmill. He gave a piece of ground at Parkhillhaugh for the site of the Snoot Kirk in the 1840s. More info on p.452 of the internet book . His internment in Wilton Cemetery was one of the 1st Military funerals seen in Hawick. There is/was a picture of him in his Volunteer Captain's uniform

Whitehaugh Aisle, with plaques, and graves of Walter & James Scott

Plaque in the Whitehaugh Aisle for Walter Scott 1769-1841

Plaque in the Whitehaugh Aisle for James Scott 1775-1852

 

 

Boundary map that existed when Mr MacTaggart owned Whitehaugh, - John James Scott Chisholme 1851-1899, son of Elizabeth Scott 1776, sister of Walter & James

 

 

Other research done!:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_James_Scott-Chisholme

James Scott of Whitehaugh appears in the 1648 Edinburgh Parliamentary Register

In the Annals of a Border Club, Jedforest 1899- covers the whole century, & previous ones:

1834. John Chisholm of Stirches atended a meeting

James Scott,1775, of Whitehaugh was a member- 1813???

Captain Gilbert Chisholme, 1743-1823, widower, of Stirches, married Elizabeth Scott, daughter of John Scott of Whitehaugh, in 1810. They had 2 sons and 2 daughters . John Scott Chisholme 1810-1868 succeeded in 1852 to his maternal Uncle, James Scott of Whitehaugh, and changed his surname to Scott-Chisholme. Basically Whitehaugh became part of the Stirches Estate. Although he likely owned Whitehaugh from 1852 until his death in 1868, he was living in Stirches in the 1861C

1861C. Stirches House, Wilton

John S	Chisholm	Head	Married	Male	48	1813	Land Owner County Magistrate	Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
Isabella	Bower	Servant	Unmarried	Female	24	1837	Housekeeper	Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland
James	Anderson	Servant	Unmarried	Male	24	1837	Coachmans Son	Wilton, Roxburghshire, Scotland

1868 onwards. Who owned Whitehaugh??

The only son of the above was Colonel John James Scott Chisholme, 1851-1899, killed at Elandslaagte in the Boer War: there is a brass memorial plaque to him on the wall in Wilton church. He just had 3 daughters

Whitehaugh Park was an alternative name for Whitehaugh House

Whitehaugh Aisle is the isolated memorial to Walter & James Scott at Whiehaugh Farm

The estate agents of John Sale , related to Royal Life Estates , referred to in the sale literature , do not now seem to be in Hawick but you may have some way of tracing who took over their business? Can you access the records of previous occupants of houses ? Bill Scott Crosby , living I think in Aberdeen was the previous researcher , a cousin I think of my mother and I don’t know how long ago this was or how mother got a copy of Whitehough  sale document

It is thought the notes below were made by a cousin of Muriel Scott, one Bill Scott Crosby

Above seems to state that Chisholme had been sold by Robert Scott Chisholme'2 years ago' - but we do not knowwhen these notes( pages from some book) were made!!

"Succeeded his maternal uncle, the late James Scott of Whitehaugh whose name he assumed in 1852 "

Photo in Muriel's possesion - from the sale 1960-1990?

Mr Denne's company recently, 2007, secured the seven-figure sales of Whitehaugh House and Teviotdale Lodge, along with extensive grounds, near Hawick. Both had gone on the market late last year at 900,000.- likely this when Mr MacTaggart sold it??

My contact who used to own Whitehaugh has let me know via the local historian of a book - by Douglas Scott
 ‘Hawick word book’ . I have had a look at this , over 3000 pages on my iPad , and there is a genealogy section .
 Masses of Scott’s and a section on Whitehaugh.I couldn’t find a way of skipping to relevant pages-Nigel 24/9/2019 
  

Mr Campbell farming there in 1869. The Richardsons farmed at Whitehaugh up to 1916, then the Murrays, then the Wilkinsons in the 1940s and 1950s- but do not know whether they were in the big house or not - from looking at FMP Newspapers, no ref. to the big house

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