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John CORRIE
(1741-1828) |
John CORRIE 2
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Known as 'The Old Laird', John farmed at Barncleugh in the Parish of Irongray, then at Southpark which was one of his brother William's properties in the Parish of Borgue. He had seven children with his wife Margaret Thomson: all married and had children. Three of his sons (William, Robert and John) emigrated with their families to the US, where they were pioneer farmers funded by their brother Adam (qv). John jnr was a farmer at High Banks near Kirkudbright, and was the first to emigrate in 1819, founding Corrieville (later named Orio) in Wabash County, Illinois. The log cabin he built was home for three generations until it burnt down in 1896. William farmed in Mossyard in Anwoth Parish, moved to Largs in Twynholm Parish in 1812, then in 1823 emigrated to join his brother John in Illinois. The youngest brother Robert was a lace dealer in Wellingborough and Cranfield in England, married the daughter of a lace merchant in Olney in Buckinghamshire, and emigrated in 1828 to join his two older brothers, and also became a farmer. Many of the letters that Robert received from his family in England and Scotland have been preserved at the Urbana-Champaign campus of the University of Illinois. ![]() John married Margaret THOMSON on 2 May 1765 in New Abbey, Kirkcudbrightshire.1 (Margaret THOMSON was born in 1740,6 died on 6 Nov 1812 in Southpark, Borgue, Kirkcudbrightshire 4 and was buried in Borgue Kirkyard, Kirkcudbrightshire 4.) |
1 Church Register, New Abbey, FHL(L) ref Mf 1068033.
2 GRO (Scotland), OPR Births ScotlandsPeople GROS 867 0010 0013 (son Adam).
3 Church Register, Terregles, FHL(L) ref Mf 102344.
4 Monumental Inscription, The Stewartry of Kirkudbright Vol 1 p66. Scottish Genealogy Society.
5 Church Register, Borgue, FHL(L) ref Mf 102336.
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Inference, The Stewartry of Kirkudbright Vol 1 p66. Scottish Genealogy Society.
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