Adam Tait was employed by Ann’s father, George at ‘Corehead’ in Tweedsmuir. Ann Welsh and Adam Tait were married on the 5th of April,...

John Tait was born circa 1711 in Ettrick, south west of Selkirk in the Scottish Borders. He married Mary Bryden in 1735 in Ettrick. Mary...

Ann Welsh and Adam Tait’s son John Tait married Jean Renwick. Jean was born circa 1779 in Leadhills, Crawford, in southern Scotland....

Henry Little was born in 1807 at Roberton, Roxburghshire. He was descended from early Presbyterian covenanters who had lost their...

headstones are marked with ‘blue heart’ stones The first Patersons who came to NZ with some of their adult children in 1862 My...

Henry Little and Margaret Tait’s daughter, Jane Tait Little was born on the 1st of December, 1844, probably at ‘Courhope’ in the Scottish...

John Paterson and Elizabeth Douglas - Our Direct Ancestors - my generation’s great great great great grandparents John Paterson was...

John Corrigall was born on the 25th of October, 1828, at Bluebraes, Firth, Harray (Reference 40872; IGI/OPR Index: 1828-018) According to...

James Corrigall was born on Christmas Day, the 25th of December 1785, somewhere in Harray. Catherine Sinclair was born on the 26th of...

John Corrigall and Elizabeth / Elspat Aim are our first confirmed Corrigall ancestors based in the Orkney Islands. Unfortunately the...

The Orkney Islands lie off the northern tip of Scotland, where the North Sea and the Atlantic Ocean meet, only 50 miles south of...

John William Paterson, Anthony and Elizabeth’s oldest son was born on the 28th of February, 1866 in Otepopo. Unfortunately there isn’t...

Anthony was John and Elizabeth Douglas’s fifth child and their oldest son. He was born on the 28 April 1839 in Durness, Scotland and was...

‘Woodlands’ was a 600 acre property owned by Duncan Mains and features in many of the Paterson’s births, deaths and marriages. Thought to...

Brothers Anthony and George must have had a positive relationship as they worked together, shared common interests and owned and leased...

George Paterson was the second youngest son of John and Elizabeth. He was their sixth child and second oldest son. George was born during...

John William Paterson was born on the 20th April, 1845 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland and came to New Zealand when he was 17 with his...

Elizabeth Paterson was the sixth child of John and Elizabeth Paterson. She was born during 1841 in Durness, Sutherland, Scotland....

John Paterson and Janet Armour - Our Direct Ancestors - my generation’s great great great great great great great great grandparents John...

The Patersons in New Zealand Anthony Paterson and Jane Grecian’s two children that are of major interest to us are their second son,...