Dr Grierson of Thornhill
Dr Grierson of Thornhill born about 1675/1695
Some history of the family.
Dr Grierson's daughter, Mary Grierson was born in 1718/20 and buried at "Dalgarnock Covenant Graveyard" - according to the transcript on the stone, was 62 years old in 1780. Other information has Mary born in 1720.
Still researching Dr Grierson's history but estimate his date of birth somewhere between 1675 and 1695.
Transcript from the Tombstone No. 126 reads: In memory of Thomas Smith in Cample who died 7th June, 1791 aged 84 years, and Mary Grierson, his spouse who died 14th July, 1780 aged 62 years.
In memory of Gilbert Fingland, great grand-son of the above
Thomas Smith and son of John Fingland and Agnes Rorison who died at Thornhill,
on the first of August 1840 aged 25 years also of the above
John Fingland farmer at Laught who died at Thornhill on the 26th October, 1844
aged 38 years and of Janet wife of Mr John Fulton, Glasgow,
and daughter of the above John Fingland, who died there 25th December,
1846 aged 30 years and of Agnes, daughter of the above John Fingland,
who died at Glasgow, on the 9th January, 1830 aged 24 years.
Seems as though the family were from Thornhill, Dumfries.
Mary Grierson's father was a Dr Grierson of Thornhill, Dumfries. (Probably born in the mid to late 1600's).
Notes on Grierson family members
Yet to establish the link between the the Dr Grierson's of Thornhill.
Extract from the museum website ...
Thomas Boyle Grierson was born in Dumfries in 1818. After attending Dumfries Academy, he studied medicine at Edinburgh University. In 1842 he set up a practice in Thornhill, purchasing a house in Drumlanrig Street. It was in a ground floor room of this house that his museum began to take shape. After receiving a grant of land from the Duke of Buccleuch a new museum building was constructed to house his extensive collection. It opened to the public in 1872.
Dr Grierson's Museum, Thornhill
William Grierson (Dumfries) (20 December 1773 - 1852)
Possibly two generations after the first Dr Grierson ...
William Grierson, a Dumfries merchant, was a friend and admirer of Robert Burns. After the poet's death he was instrumental in the erection of Burns Mausoleum and the formation of Dumfries Burns Club.
He kept a diary from 1794 when he was twenty and from this we can obtain a first hand account of Robert Burns last illness, death and funeral.
Married
under research
CHILDREN (Only details of the one)
Pete Summers