Harrower Family Tree » Betsey Wight (1796-1868)

Personal data Betsey Wight 

Sources 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
  • Alternative name: Elizabeth Wight (also known as / alias)
  • She was born in the year 1796 in Darnick, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Sources 1, 2, 5
  • She was christened on February 7, 1796 in Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 4
  • Resident:
    • in the year 1851: Abbey Street, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 2
    • in the year 1861: Abbey Street, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 5
    • in the year 1841: Abbey Street, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland.Source 1
  • (Informant at Death) on July 28, 1868: George Cook, Son (Present).Source 6
  • She died on July 27, 1868 in Newstead, Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, she was 72 years old.Source 6
    Age: 76
    Oorzaak: Old Age
  • A child of James Wight and Mary Ronaldson

Household of Betsey Wight

She is married to Walter Cook.

They got married on September 27, 1818 at Melrose, Roxburghshire, Scotland, she was 22 years old.Source 7


Child(ren):

  1. Walter Cook  1827-< 1909 
  2. James Cook  1823-< 1891 
  3. Betsy Cook  1825-????
  4. George Cook  1834-???? 
  5. William Cook  1821-????
  6. Mary Cook  1826-????


Notes about Betsey Wight

1. Informant at death, George Cook, Son, (Present) was not aware of his Grandmothers Christian name!

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Betsey Wight

James Wight
????-< 1868
Mary Ronaldson
????-< 1868

Betsey Wight
1796-1868

1818

Walter Cook
1792-< 1868

Walter Cook
1827-< 1909
James Cook
1823-< 1891
Betsy Cook
1825-????
George Cook
1834-????
William Cook
1821-????
Mary Cook
1826-????

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Sources

  1. 1841 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Walter Cook Senior Parish: Melrose; ED: 1; Page: 10; Line: 428; Year: 1841 1841 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1841 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 6 June 1841. The following information was requested: name, age, gender, profession, and birthplace. Database online. Occupation: Writers Clerk (From Findmypast)
    Record for Walter Cook Senior
    Name: Walter Cook
    Age: 40
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1801
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Roxburghshire, Scotland
    Civil parish: Melrose
    County: Roxburghshire
    Address: Abbey Street
    Occupation: Writers Clerk (From Findmypast)
    Parish Number: 799
    Household Members Age
    Walter Cook 40
    Betty Cook 40
    Willm Cook 20
    Mary Cook 15
    Walter Cook 14
    George Cook 5
  2. 1851 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Walter Cook Parish: Melrose; ED: 2A; Page: 18; Line: 12; Roll: CSSCT1851_203; Year: 1851 1851 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1851 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 30/31 March 1851. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Walter Cook
    Name: Walter Cook
    [Walter Cook Senior]
    Age: 59
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1792
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse: Elizabeth Cook
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Melrose, Roxburgh
    Parish Number: 799
    Civil Parish: Melrose
    Town: Melrose
    County: Roxburghshire
    Address: Abbey Street
    Occupation: House Proprietor
    ED: 2A
    Page: 18
    Household Schedule Number: 76
    Line: 12
    Roll: CSSCT1851_203
    Household Members:
    Name Age
    Walter Cook 59
    Elizabeth Cook 55
    James Cook 28
    Betsy Cook 26
    Walter Cook 24
    George Cook 17
    Walter Thornton 4

    Gean Cook, recorded as age 7, in Ancestry, recorded as 17 in Findmypast, named George
  3. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Marriages (from 1855), 1855 COOK, WALTER, CATHERINE LEARMONTH (Statutory registers Marriages 799/ 27)
    1855 COOK, WALTER, CATHERINE Learmouth (Statutory registers Marriages 799/ 27)
    Marriages in the Parish of Melrose in the County of Roxburgh 1855.
    1855 June Fifteenth
    Melrose
    Marriage After Banns was Solemnized between us, according to the rites and ceremonies of the Established Church of Scotland
    (Signed)
    Walter Cook
    Melrose Age 28
    Masons Labourer, Bachelor
    Born at Melrose 6 May 1827
    Birth not registered?
    Parents: Walter Cook
    Messenger
    Betsey Cook
    Maiden name Wight
    Catherine Learmouth
    Darnick Age 19
    Domestic Servant, Spinster
    Born at Roxburgh 19 September 1835
    Birth not registered?
    Parents: Hugh Learmonth
    Farmer
    Catherine Learmonth
    Maiden name Clayhorn
    Signed
    Wm. Murray
    Minister of the Parish of Melrose
    Walter Cook Sen.
    George Cook (Witness's)
    Registered
    1855 June 18th, Melrose
    Thomas Murray,
    Registrar
  4. Scotland. Select Births and Baptisms. Ancestry,com. 1564 -1950, Ancestry.com, 1796 Record for Elizabeth Wight Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Births and Baptisms, 1564-1950. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Elizabeth Wight
    Name: Elizabeth Wight
    Gender: Female
    Baptism Date: 07 Feb 1796
    Baptism Place: Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Father: James Wight
    Mother: Mary Ronaldson
    FHL Film Number: 0844776 IT 1
  5. 1861 Scotland Census Ancestry.com, Record for Walter Cook Senior Parish: Melrose; ED: 1; Page: 6; Line: 16; Roll: CSSCT1861_141 1861 Scotland Census [Ancestry.com] The 1861 Census for Scotland was taken on the night of 7/8 April 1861. The following information was requested: place, name, relationship to head of family, marital status, age, gender, profession, birthplace, and whether blind, deaf, and dumb. Database online.
    Record for Walter Cook Senior
    Name: Walter Cook Senr.
    Age: 70
    Estimated Birth Year: abt 1791
    Relationship: Head
    Spouse's Name: Betty Cook
    Gender: Male
    Where born: Melrose, Roxburgh
    Registration Number: 799/1
    Registration district: Melrose
    Civil parish: Melrose
    County: Roxburghshire
    Address: Abbey Street
    Occupation: Messenger
    ED: 1
    Household schedule number: 43
    Line: 16
    Roll: CSSCT1861_141
    Household Members Age Relationship
    Walter Cook Senr 70 Head
    Betty Cook 66 Wife
    James Cook 38 Son
    Helen Cook 20 Sons Wife
    Helen Cook Jr. 18 Mo Sons Daughter
    Walter Cook Jr. 3 Mo Sons Son
    George Cook 27 Son
    Joan Cook 30 Sons Wife
    William Cook 7 Sons Son
    George Cook Jr. 4 Sons Son
    Margaret Cook 2 Sons Daughter
    John Cook 1 Sons Son
  6. Scotlands People - Statutory Registers of Deaths (from 1855), 1868 COOK, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Deaths 799/1 38) Inf. George Cook, Son, (Present) was not aware of his Grandmothers Christian name!
    1868 COOK, ELIZABETH (Statutory registers Deaths 799/1 38)
    Deaths in the District of Melrose in the County of Roxburgh 1868.
    Elizabeth Cook
    Widow of Walter Cook
    Messenger
    1868 July Twenty Seventh 3h 25m P.M.
    Newstead, Parish of Melrose F. 76 years
    Parents: James Wight,
    Farmer (deceased)
    ------ (Mary) Wight,
    M.S. Ronaldson (deceased)
    COD: Old age
    as cert by John Meikle FRCP & E
    Inf. George Cook, Son, (Present)
    Registered
    1868 July 28th, Melrose
    Thomas Murray
    Registrar
  7. Scotland, Select Marriages, Ancestry.com, 1561-1910, Ancestry.com, 1818 Record for Walter Cook and Betsy Wight Ancestry.com. Scotland, Select Marriages, 1561-1910 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2014. Original data: Scotland, Marriages, 1561-1910. Salt Lake City, Utah: FamilySearch, 2013.
    Record for Walter Cook and Betsy Wight
    Name: Walter Cook
    Gender: Male
    Marriage Date: 27 Sep 1818
    Marriage Place: Melrose, Roxburgh, Scotland
    Spouse: Elisabeth Wight
    FHL Film Number: 0844776 IT 1, 102299
    / Ancestry.com

Historical events

Christening day February 7, 1796

  • The temperature on February 7, 1796 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1796: Source: Wikipedia
    • February 29 » The Jay Treaty between the United States and Great Britain comes into force, facilitating ten years of peaceful trade between the two nations.
    • March 1 » The Dutch East India Company is nationalized by the Batavian Republic.
    • April 28 » The Armistice of Cherasco is signed by Napoleon Bonaparte and Vittorio Amedeo III, King of Sardinia, expanding French territory along the Mediterranean coast.
    • July 11 » The United States takes possession of Detroit from Great Britain under terms of the Jay Treaty.
    • August 4 » French Revolutionary Wars: Napoleon leads the French Army of Italy to victory in the Battle of Lonato.
    • August 5 » The Battle of Castiglione in Napoleon's first Italian campaigns of the French Revolutionary Wars.

Day of marriage September 27, 1818

  • The temperature on September 27, 1818 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south-southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt. Source: KNMI
  •  This page is only available in Dutch.
    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1818: Source: Wikipedia
    • January 2 » The British Institution of Civil Engineers is founded by a group of six engineers; Thomas Telford would later become its first president.
    • January 15 » A paper by David Brewster is read to the Royal Society, belatedly announcing his discovery of what we now call the biaxial class of doubly-refracting crystals. On the same day, Augustin-Jean Fresnel signs a "supplement" (submitted four days later) on reflection of polarized light.
    • March 30 » Physicist Augustin Fresnel reads a memoir on optical rotation to the French Academy of Sciences, reporting that when polarized light is "depolarized" by a Fresnel rhomb, its properties are preserved in any subsequent passage through an optically-rotating crystal or liquid.
    • October 20 » The Convention of 1818 is signed between the United States and the United Kingdom, which settles the Canada–United States border on the 49th parallel for most of its length.
    • December 3 » Illinois becomes the 21st U.S. state.
    • December 13 » Cyril VI of Constantinople resigns from his position as Ecumenical Patriarch.

Day of death July 27, 1868

  • The temperature on July 27, 1868 was about 29.4 °C. The air pressure was 2 kgf/m2 and came mainly from the southwest. The airpressure was 76 cm mercury. The atmospheric humidity was 57%. Source: KNMI
  • Koning Willem III (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1849 till 1890 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
  • From June 1, 1866 till June 4, 1868 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt - Heemskerk with the prime ministers Mr. J.P.J.A. graaf Van Zuijlen van Nijevelt (AR) and Mr. J. Heemskerk Azn. (conservatief).
  • From June 4, 1868 till January 4, 1871 the Netherlands had a cabinet Van Bosse - Fock with the prime ministers Mr. P.P. van Bosse (liberaal) and Mr. C. Fock (liberaal).
  • In the year 1868: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 3.6 million citizens.
    • March 5 » Mefistofele, an opera by Arrigo Boito, receives its premiere performance at La Scala.
    • June 1 » The Treaty of Bosque Redondo is signed, allowing the Navajo to return to their lands in Arizona and New Mexico.
    • June 23 » Christopher Latham Sholes received a patent for an invention he called the "Type-Writer".
    • July 28 » The 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution is certified, establishing African American citizenship and guaranteeing due process of law.
    • December 11 » Paraguayan War: Brazilian troops defeat Paraguayan at the Battle of Avay.
    • December 25 » Pardons for ex-Confederates: United States President Andrew Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all Confederate veterans.


Same birth/death day

Source: Wikipedia


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