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VII. John Turnbull of Wester Swanshiel succeeded to the estate in 1750 at the age of 22. He married and had issue: Walter, born 1757; John, 1762; Robert, 1765; James, 1744. In 1778 he sold his lands to Cornelius Elliot of Woollee. On leaving Rulewater, he took the farm of Berryfell, and afterwards Whitehill Brae, where he died. Robert, his third son, purchased Galalaw on Teviot, and his great-grandson is now the owner. [James Turnbull, tenant in Galalaw, married Mary Stavert, and had a son, William born 4th March 1821. Witness, Robert Turnbull of Galalaw.] Mr Turnbull, of No 2 Tower Knowe, Hawick, is one of this branch.

Walter Turnbull, the eldest son of John, went to England, where he died and left an only child, a daughter, who married but left no issue.

John Turnbull, second son of John, last of Wester Swanshiel, was tenant in Brieryhill, and before his death tenant in Minto Kames. He married and had issue.

John Turnbull succeeded and became the representative of the Turnbulls of Wester Swanshiel. He carried on the lease of Minto Kames, and afterwards retired from farming, dying a the advanced age of 88 years. He married Esther Turnbull, and had 5 sons - John & Thomas, and one who died in childhood; Robert, a solictor; and Walter, now a retired stonemason.

John Turnbull, son of the above-mentioned John, and father to the present family, now tenant in Bonchester, went to Australia with his brother Thomas when gold was discovered at Melbourne.
Thomas, of whom presently, on his return home farmed Easter Boonraw. John also returned home and married Mary Scott, sister to Adam Scott, builder of Hawick. The ceremony was performed by the Rev Mr Stewart, of Wilton parish, and they resided at Priestrigg. By this marriage there are two sons and two daughters, viz - John; Thomas; and Christina, who married as his second wife the Rev John Stevenson of Bedrule parish; and lastly Esther, who keeps house at Bonchester for her two brothers.

John Turnbull, twelfth in succession from Hector Turbull of Hartshaugh and Wester Swanshiel, is joint-tenant with his brother Tom in Bonchester farm.

Thomas Turnbull, now of Greenhouse [Greenhouse was recently a protion of the Hassendeanburn estate. In 1769 Walter Turnbull of Firth bought Greenhouse from Andrew Davidson.] in Minto parish, married Mary, daughter of Mr Hardy, farmer, Hawick. Their family consists of 2 sons and 4 daughters - John, James, Margaret, jane, Mary and Esther (who died). John Turnbull farms Greenhouse. All the family are unmarried.

The above pedigree is formed from old title-deeds in the possession of Major Elliot of Wolfelee and other papers in the Register House, Edinburgh, and from information given by the family.

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Christina Turnbull married Rev John Stevenson, of Bedrule parish, as his second wife.

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Also as Clare Elizabeth Bromage

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*John (assumed the surname de Lacy, died 1240)

John de Lacy, 2nd Earl of Lincoln

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Guy was a son of Lord Hugh VIII of Lusignan, in Poitou, at that time a part of the French duchy of Aquitaine, held by Queen Eleanor of England, her third son Richard, and her husband the English King Henry II.

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Aimery of Lusignan (Latin: Aimericus; before 1155 - 1 April 1205), erroneously referred to as Amalric or Amaury in earlier scholarship, was the first King of Cyprus from 1196 to 1205. He was also King of Jerusalem by virtue of being the husband of the queen, Isabella I of Jerusalem, from 1197 to 1205. He was the younger son of Hugh VIII of Lusignan, a nobleman in Poitou. After participating in a rebellion against Henry II of England in 1168, he went to the Holy Land and settled in the Kingdom of Jerusalem.

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Prestur Narfi Snorrason

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Birth Name (Unknown Father)

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Adopted name

Leonard ROBERTS known as SMITH