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RIDDELLS OF WAUCHOPE, SCOTLAND.
Mary Riddell (2), eldest daughter of James (4), was born in 1856,
and married to Thomas H. Jameson in 1876. Has issue.
Andrew Riddell (1), fifth son of James (4), was born in 1861.
Neil Riddell (1), sixth son of James¹ (4), was born in 1864.
SIXTH GENERATION.
Elizabeth Riddell (3), eldest daughter of James (5), born in 1873.
James Riddell (6), eldest son of James (5), was born in 1874.
Robert Riddell (2), second son of James (5), was born in 1876.
Jeanie Riddell (3), second daughter of James (5), was born in 1878.
Robert Riddell (3), third son of James (5), was born in 1880.
Jeanie Riddell (4), daughter of John (4), was born in 1876.
James Riddell (7), son of John (4), was born in 1879.
RIDDELLS OF WAUCHOPE, SCOTLAND.
John Riddell¹ (1) was the son of a shepherd, who for about fifty years
kept sheep at Wauchope, about twelve miles south of Hawick, and near
the English border. The name of his mother does not appear. He mar-
ried a Turnbull from Hawick, and had issue, of whom hereafter. He
lived the most of his days at Clairlaw, one and a half miles from Lillies-
leaf, where he served as shepherd thirty-seven years. He subsequently
rented a farm near Melrose, called "Berryhill," adjoining "Abbotsford,*
the magnificent seat of Sir Walter Scott, where he continued till his death,
at the age of 72. His widow survived her husband fourteen years, dying
at the age of 84. Both were buried in the Bowden church-yard. Some
now spell the name "Riddle."
SECOND GENERATION.
Walter Riddell² (1), a son of John' (1), was born at, or near, Edin-
burgh, Scotland; married a Miss Baxter, and had issue, of whom here-
after. He spent the most of his days as a farm-laborer, or foreman of
help, near Hawick; but latterly in and about Selkirk,-for many years
at Phillipshaugh, in the employ of the Murray family. He died at Sel-
kirk, Jan. 8, 1881, and was buried by the side of his wife, - who died at
Foldonside in 1857, aged 56 years, -in Bowden church-yard.
James Riddell (1), a son of John' (1), was born in Scotland; mar-
ried, and had issue nine children, of whom hereafter.* He resides at Gir-
rick, between Kelso and Earlson, where he has been located about sixty
years. He is a shepherd.
Robert Riddell (1), a son of John' (1), was born in Scotland; mar-
ried Elizabeth Dixon, from near St. Boswell's, and has issue nine chil-
dren, of whom hereafter. He emigrated to Canada about 1827, and set-
tled at Kirkwall, Beverly, where he "hewed out a fine farm in a Canadian
*Two of the sons of James2 (1), are now (1884) in New Zealand; one a shep-
herd, and the other a preacher of the gospel, sent out as an evangelist by the Pres-
byterian church, but now a local minister.
