Weild family Dornock/Annan, Dumfries.....

[caroline_d]

Hi Melody

One thing I picked up a while ago was that a John Weild had shares in a Ship - so possibly a connection to your Weild who was a mariner? Also Agnes Weild in my tree had a father called John but because of the naming patters it may not be the same John.

The information I've come across is:

Date: 07/02/1848 Ship Name/No: ROSE Port: Dumfries Registration Number: Type: Square rigged. Burthen: 201 50/100 Length (ft): 87 8/10 Breadth (ft): 21 3/10 Hold (ft): 15 1/10 Description: One deck, 3 masts. Standing bowsprit.
Square stern, carvel built. No galleries, woman's bust fugurehead.

Master: WRIGHT, John

Owners: WEILD, John, Annan, Ship Owner 16 shares.
WRIGHT, John, Dumfries, Master Mariner 32 shares.
WRIGHT, William, Dumfries, 16 shares.

History: Built at St Peters Port, Guernsey 1836, registered at Glasgow 13 Aug. 1844.
Cancelled - vessel wrecked at Barbados 1849.

Surveyor: GORDON, Thomas, Glasgow.

Later Masters: None.

[soapy]

Hello I too have found Weilds from Annan. My mother's father was a Burnett from Middlebie/Annan area. One of her cousins called Ixxxx Mxxxx Burnett was married to Axxx Hxxx Weild DOB [long after 1911]

[SarahND]

Hello soapy and
I have X-ed out some of the details of the people you mention, since they are very likely to be still living, or only very recently deceased. See the Essential Reading topic: viewtopic.php?f=14&t=6601

If you run into any brick walls tracing backwards from these people, don't hesitate to post your questions, as long as they respect the rules above.

All the best,
Sarah

[skasd1970]

My Weild family are also from Dornock

George Weild - can't find a birth, marriage or death record for him and he must have died before the first official census of 1841. I need to try and trace him on some of the parish census records they had for Dumfrieshire. However he was named on his childrens birth records and his wifes death record.

George Weild b circa 1775 probably Annan area (too early to be a son of your John so more likely to be a brother perhaps?)
Married Janet Little approx 1796

Children
George b 02Aug1797 Dornock
Elizabeth b 27Jan1801 Dornock
Elspeth 29Jan1803 Dornock
Janet 15Dec1807 Dornock
Joan c1810 Dornock
John c1811 Dornock
Jane c1814 Dornock
Francis c1815 Dornock

Joan is my family link and she seems to have remained in Dornock until at least her husbands (William Steel/e) death in 1883 and then went to live with her brother Francis in Gallaberry (Annan) where she died in 1891

I seem to have found a brick wall too going back any further. There seems to be a gap in birth records around 1810 (where I don't have confirmation can only go by later census, marriage or death records) and pre 1800 records as I can't find marriages or many birth records for the Weilds or the Steeles.

Regards
Kate Hennessy nee Steele

[Currie]

Hello Kate and Welcome to TalkingScot.

Unfortunately Dornock OPRs are full of holes, as can be seen from the following, from “Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland”, published 1872.

Dornock.—B. M. and D. (Burials) intermixed till 1783. B. Blank (exc. three entries) Sept. 1792—Feb. 1794. M. Blank March 1783—Aug. 1796, after which again intermixed with the B. No entries Aug. 1798—Nov. 1801, and only two entries Dec. 1801—Nov. 1805. No entries Aug. 1811—Nov. 1813, and only one (for 1818) Nov. 1814—20. D. Burials till 1783, intermixed with B. and M. Blank Sept. 1783—Oct. 1798, after which only two entries of Deaths, dated 1798, and one entry of Burial for 1802.

Or, worded slightly differently here: (use the search box at the top right of that page to find other parishes) https://www.familysearch.org/learn/wiki ... ,_Scotland

All the best,
Alan

[its me]

Came across some infomation concerning the Weild Family,
Cummertrees is mentioned as a possible birth place of James weild
supposed to have had a Whitesmiths Business, a maker of fine steel furnishings

Did go to America, but returned
Buried in the village churchyard at Cummertrees
has 5 sons and daughters??
James weild the eldest son went to America and lost touch with his family, he was a whitesmith.
Isabella Weild married Thomas Gibson, clog maker in Annan was a good painter and made violins
David Weild trained as a carpenter, went to America from Liverpool a keen naturalist.
Mary Weild went to New York married William Loudon a contractor whose birth place was Paisley
Magaret Weild a sewing maid went to work in Liverpool and returned to Annan and married David Watt who was a bookbinder
lived at Fairfield Place Annan
Thats all I have on the Weilds

my relative is James Weild Watt
through his son Eli ??
and Leonora Bray of Huddersfield

Hope this Helps some one , and good hunting
Ps The U.S.A. have all the records of ships, and passenger lists plus all lists of people entering

[Cazruss]

Hi I recently searched my maiden name (Weild) and came across your post, my Grandfather was from Annan, Dumfriesshire I also have uncles and aunts called Jane/Ian/Alan and John who are all still living thankfully, I am also in contact with a cousin in Scotland who is the daughter of my great uncle Billy Weild.

Cheers Caroline Hayes was Weild in Brighton, East Sussex

[Nenepops]

I have an Esther Weild b1780 in my tree. Really struggling to find out info on her.

[WilmaM]

Hi Nenepops, and ,
the original poster and many of the contributors haven't logged in to TS for several years so may not see your query.

what I would suggest you do is, to post a new thread for your Esther Weild with what information you do have on her and we can see where we can help from there.
That way you'll not get lost amid this other family.

If you can include the connection you do have with her - I assume decedents, and an area that'll help us as a starting point.

Regards Wilma

[Steve Weild]

I have not been on here for a few years. But have found more info and am now very intrigued with this thread. I am looking for any detailed, documented information on James Weild below:

This piece lines up with my research and would like to know more about this person, if anyone has anything or can point me in the right direction:

WEILD, James Christening
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 28 Jun 1789 Birthplace: , Dornock, Dumfries, Scotland
Recorded in: Dornock, Dumfries, Scotland
Father: John WEILD
Source: FHL Film 1067958 Dates: 1774 - 1795


It appears the names James, John are very strong in future generations of this (my) branch of my family, and the Little surname is common in the Dornock area. Maybe this is coincidence, but it's the only lead i have. Might be a shot in the dark.

My gggg grandfather is James Weild (Birth date unknown - but from Scotland), who married a Jane Little (also from Scotland Born 1790 - Parents John and Mary? Little) as such, 1789 would seem like an appropriate birth date for James.

My Jane (with a James) had a son named Andrew born in 1818 in Scotland - this is my ggg grandfather - I assume they were married prior to Andrews birth.They also had another son named John but born in New Brunswick 1827.

At some point between 1818 and 1825 the family travelled to America and stayed, not sure if they all came at the same time. I recall from memory she may have stayed in Scotland, but then travelled to America after him. I have no proof of this, except memory of reading something, somewhere.

James died in New Brunswick prior to 1829, as there is a probate record filed by his wife Jane, in Saint John, NB - although it suggests they lived in Fredericton, NB. She later moved to Boston- and is well documented there. I have found very sketchy information on Andrew, living in Maine, aand a lot on John who settled in Boston and served in the US Civil War. Andrew also had a son named James. John and Andrew had a sister named Margaret - not sure if she was born in Scotland or America.

There is another branch of the family - Annan or Dumfries, and there is also an Andrew Weild born 1820. As far as I can tell, he became a preacher and had a long career in Scotland. Not my branch of the family though.

If anyone has any info, please post or PM me.