The Weald of Kent, Surrey and Sussex
Descendant's report for James Haig, of Blairhill, Perth and Lochrin House, Edinburgh
Generation No. 1
  1. James Haig, of Blairhill, Perth and Lochrin House, Edinburgh He was born 1755 at Scotland, son of John Haig and Margaret Stein; christened 1st Feb 1755 at Alloa, Clackmannan, Scotland; died 1833, aged 78 years
  He married Helen Higgins on 6th May 1784 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born c 1760, daughter of John Higgins of Higgins Neuk. They had the following children:
  iJohn who was born 24th Apr 1785 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened after 24th Apr 1785 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1820, aged 35 years
2 iiJanet Callender who was born 2nd Nov 1787 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 24th Dec 1787 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 7th Jun 1865, aged 77 years; buried after 7th Jun 1865 Edinburgh, Scotland
3 iiiJames who was born 1789 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 21st Mar 1789 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1824, aged 35 years
4 ivAlexander who was born 1790 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 1st Feb 1791 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1865, aged 75 years
  vRobert who was born 16th Jul 1792 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened after 16th Jul 1792 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1838, aged 46 years
  viMargaret who was born 1793 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 5th Sep 1793 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1876, aged 83 years
5 viiDavid who was born 21st Feb 1796 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 22nd Feb 1796 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1848, aged 52 years
   
Generation No. 2
  2. Janet Callender Fell [Haig] was the daughter of James Haig, of Blairhill, Perth and Lochrin House, Edinburgh and Helen Haig [Higgins]. She was born 2nd Nov 1787 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 24th Dec 1787 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 7th Jun 1865, aged 77 years; buried after 7th Jun 1865 at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  She married Captain Michael Edwin Fell, of The Elms, Mitcham, Surrey & Wanstead, Essex on 3rd Jan 1816 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born 28th Jul 1779 at Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire, son of Rev. William Fell, LLD, Rector of Sheepy Magna and Anne Cotton; christened 28th Jul 1779 at Sheepy Magna, Leicestershire; died 20th Mar 1837 at 39 Cadogan Place, London, aged 57 years; buried 25th Mar 1837 at St Peter & St Paul, Mitcham, Surrey. They had the following children:
6 iCaptain William Edwin Cotton who was born 7th Jul 1818 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 25th Feb 1866 Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 47 years; buried after 25th Feb 1866 Edinburgh, Scotland
7 iiHelen Jane who was born 18th Oct 1820 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1876, aged 56 years
8 iiiAnne Eliza who was born 31st May 1822 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 10th Apr 1894, aged 71 years
  ivRev. James Alexander who was born 21st Jun 1824 at Wanstead, Essex; died 25th Jul 1897, aged 73 years
  vRobert Walter who was born 25th Feb 1826 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 14th Sep 1842, aged 16 years; drowned in the China Seas
  viHenry Haig who was born 26th Feb 1828 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 20th Mar 1846, aged 19 years
   
  3. James Haig was the son of James Haig, of Blairhill, Perth and Lochrin House, Edinburgh and Helen Haig [Higgins]. He was born 1789 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 21st Mar 1789 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1824, aged 35 years
  He married Margaret Philp on 5th Aug 1815 at Logie, Perth, Scotland. She was born c 1795, daughter of John Philp. They had the following children:
  iJames who was born 1815 to 1824
  iiJanet who was born 1815 to 1824
   
  4. Alexander Haig was the son of James Haig, of Blairhill, Perth and Lochrin House, Edinburgh and Helen Haig [Higgins]. He was born 1790 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 1st Feb 1791 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1865, aged 75 years
  He married Janet Anderson Berry on 17th Apr 1825 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born c 1800, daughter of John Berry
   
  5. David Haig, of Glenodgil, Forfar, Scotland was the son of James Haig, of Blairhill, Perth and Lochrin House, Edinburgh and Helen Haig [Higgins]. He was born 21st Feb 1796 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 22nd Feb 1796 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1848, aged 52 years
  He married (1) Elizabeth Price on 17th Mar 1828. She was born 23rd Mar 1805 at Southwark, London; christened 16th Apr 1805 at St Mary Newington, Southwark, London; died 6th May 1833 at 15 Shandwick Place, Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 28 years. They had the following children:
9 iJames Richard who was born 28th Dec 1831 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 4th Feb 1832 St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 23rd Jan 1896 Scotland, aged 64 years
  He married (2) Eliza Cordelia Hornsby on 24th Jun 1837 at Turkdean, Gloucestershire. She was born c 1800; died 1843
  He married (3) Elizabeth Petit on 1844. She was born c 1800; died 5th Jul 1895
   
Generation No. 3
  6. Captain William Edwin Cotton Fell, of Lochrin House, Edinburgh & 2nd Midlothian Artillery Volunteer Corps was the son of Captain Michael Edwin Fell, of The Elms, Mitcham, Surrey & Wanstead, Essex and Janet Callender Fell [Haig]. He was born 7th Jul 1818 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 25th Feb 1866 at 5 Clifton Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 47 years; buried after 25th Feb 1866 at Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, Scotland
  He married (1) Rosina Tasker on 27th Oct 1852 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born 1833, daughter of James Tasker of Greenock, Foreign Merchant; died 4th Sep 1853, aged 20 years. They had the following children:
  iLieut-Col Edwin James (Ned) who was born 3rd Sep 1853; died 16th Mar 1899, aged 45 years
  He married (2) Barbara Louisa Fell on 2nd Jan 1856 at Fossoway, Kinross, Scotland. She was born 11th Aug 1830 at Fife, Scotland; christened 28th Aug 1830 at St. Andrews and St. Leonards, Fife, Scotland; died 1909 at Axminster, Devon, aged 79 years. They had the following children:
10 iRose Janet who was born 29th Mar 1857 at 11 Brunswick Street, Hillside, Calton, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 14th Aug 1921, aged 64 years
11 iiLieut-Col William Edwin who was born 10th Jun 1858 at 11 Brunswick Street, Hillside, Calton, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 5th Feb 1916, aged 57 years
  iiiMargaret Haig (May) who was born 12th Oct 1859 at Lochrin House, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 25th Nov 1865 Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 6 years; cause of death: diptheria; buried after 25th Nov 1865 Edinburgh, Scotland
  ivMary Louisa who was born 2nd Aug 1861 at Lochrin House, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 19th Nov 1865 Edinburgh, Scotland, aged 4 years; cause of death: diptheria; buried after 19th Nov 1865 Edinburgh, Scotland
12 vWinifrid Alice (Annie Jane) who was born 29th Jan 1863 at Lochrin House, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland, recorded as Annie Jane Fell; died 23rd Oct 1956 Devon, aged 93 years; buried after 23rd Oct 1956
  viAugustus Michael Cotton who was born 14th Aug 1865 at Lochrin House, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1876 Reigate, Surrey, aged 11 years
  viiFrederick Berry (Freddie) who was born 17th Sep 1866 at Beech Green, Withyham, Sussex; christened 21st Oct 1866 St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex; died Jan to Mar 1933 Steyning, Sussex, aged 66 years
   
  7. Helen Jane Haig [Fell] was the daughter of Captain Michael Edwin Fell, of The Elms, Mitcham, Surrey & Wanstead, Essex and Janet Callender Fell [Haig]. She was born 18th Oct 1820 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 1876, aged 56 years
  She married James Haig, of Moylass, Co. Galway on 28th Mar 1848 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born 8th Mar 1813, son of Robert Haig of Roebuck, Co. Dublin and Caroline Mary Wolseley; died 13th Dec 1891, aged 78 years
   
  8. Anne Eliza Haig [Fell] was the daughter of Captain Michael Edwin Fell, of The Elms, Mitcham, Surrey & Wanstead, Essex and Janet Callender Fell [Haig]. She was born 31st May 1822 at Edinburgh, Scotland; died 10th Apr 1894, aged 71 years
  She married George Augustus Haig on 28th Jul 1848 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland. He was born 13th Jun 1820, son of Robert Haig of Roebuck, Co. Dublin and Caroline Mary Wolseley; died 30th Aug 1906, aged 86 years
   
  9. James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham was the son of David Haig, of Glenodgil, Forfar, Scotland and Elizabeth Haig [Price]. He was born 28th Dec 1831 at Edinburgh, Scotland; christened 4th Feb 1832 at St Cuthberts, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 23rd Jan 1896 at Blairhill, Muckhart district, Perthshire, Scotland, aged 64 years
  He married Jane Thompson on 8th May 1857 at Edinburgh, Scotland. She was born c 1835, daughter of James Thompson; died 26th Mar 1877. They had the following children:
13 iMargaret who was born 15th Oct 1860; died 11th Mar 1934, aged 73 years
14 iiAlexander Price who was born 27th Nov 1863; died 20th Sep 1940, aged 76 years
15 iiiJessie who was born 9th Jan 1867; died 1st Jan 1953, aged 85 years
16 ivLieut-Col David Price who was born 27th Dec 1868; died 25th Dec 1936, aged 67 years
17 vJames Richard Price who was born 21st Feb 1870; died 9th Apr 1945, aged 75 years
  viElizabeth who was born 1871; died 25th Mar 1954, aged 83 years
  viiRev. William Price who was born 7th Jun 1872
18 viiiMary Ann who was born 15th Dec 1873; died 1st Jan 1968, aged 94 years
  ixKatherine who was born 1875; died 25th Aug 1953, aged 78 years
   
Generation No. 4
  10. Rose Janet Rogers [Fell] was the daughter of Captain William Edwin Cotton Fell, of Lochrin House, Edinburgh & 2nd Midlothian Artillery Volunteer Corps and Barbara Louisa Read [Fell]. She was born 29th Mar 1857 at 11 Brunswick Street, Hillside, Calton, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 14th Aug 1921, aged 64 years
  She married Henry Middleton Rogers, JP, of Rusthall Elms, Tunbridge Wells on 15th Jan 1880 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 1840 at Sevenoaks, Kent; christened 25th Apr 1840 at St. Nicholas Parish Church, Sevenoaks, Kent; died 1915 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 75 years. They had the following children:
  iVerna Coralie Middleton who was born 24th Mar 1895; died 1955 Marylebone, London, aged 60 years
   
  11. Lieut-Col William Edwin Fell, Duke of York's Own Royal Garrison Artillery, of Fowthorpe, Filey, Yorks was the son of Captain William Edwin Cotton Fell, of Lochrin House, Edinburgh & 2nd Midlothian Artillery Volunteer Corps and Barbara Louisa Read [Fell]. He was born 10th Jun 1858 at 11 Brunswick Street, Hillside, Calton, Edinburgh, Scotland; died 5th Feb 1916, aged 57 years
  He married Alice Pickersgill-Cunliffe on 3rd Aug 1882. She was born 1862 at Hooley, Coulsdon, Surrey, dughter of John Cunliffe Pickersgill-Cunliffe, M.P., of Hooley, urrey and Helen Hutton; christened 18th Apr 1862 at Coulsdon, Surrey; died 14th Oct 1954, aged 92 years. They had the following children:
  iRose Margaret who was born July to Sep 1883 at Brighton, Sussex
  iiBarbara Helen who was born Oct to Dec 1884 at Thakeham, Sussex
  iiiMarjorie Alice who was born 23rd Oct 1885
  ivJoan Millicent who was born 12th Apr 1887; died 8th Jan 1965, aged 77 years
  vElspeth Gertrude who was born 13th Jun 1888
  viFaith Mary who was born Oct to Dec 1890 at Steyning, Sussex
  viiLieut-Col & Wing Commander Louis Frederick Rudstin who was born 13th Jan 1892
  viiiWilliam Edwin Cunliffe who was born 29th Feb 1896; died 18th Feb 1904
  ixDame Honor Bridget who was born 22nd May 1900 at Fowthorpe; died 22nd Apr 1986, aged 85 years
   
  12. Winifrid Alice (Annie Jane) Sutton [Fell] was the daughter of Captain William Edwin Cotton Fell, of Lochrin House, Edinburgh & 2nd Midlothian Artillery Volunteer Corps and Barbara Louisa Read [Fell]. She was born 29th Jan 1863 at Lochrin House, Newington, Edinburgh, Scotland, recorded as Annie Jane Fell; died 23rd Oct 1956 at Seaton, Devon, aged 93 years; buried after 23rd Oct 1956 at Axmouth
  She married Algernon Charles Sutton on 20th Oct 1886 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. He was born 6th Feb 1852 at Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; christened 3rd Apr 1852 at St Mary's Church, Bury St Edmonds, Suffolk; died 23rd Nov 1932 at Woodcroft, Sandhurst Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, aged 80 years; buried 28th Nov 1932 at St. Michael's Church, Withyham, Sussex. They had the following children:
  iFrederick Nassau who was born 18th Apr 1888 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 26th Mar 1977 British Columbia, Canada
  iiCampbell Percy who was born 26th Jun 1890 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 27th Jun 1890 Westbourne, Sussex
  iiiLieut. Fergus Algernon who was born 26th Aug 1891 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 27th Feb 1915 France, K.I.A.
19 ivIrene Winifred who was born 18th Oct 1892 at Hampstead House, Chidham, Sussex; died 4th Aug 1978 Devon, aged 85 years; buried after 4th Aug 1978 Devon
  vCaptain Oliver Manners who was born 12th Mar 1896 at Westbourne, Sussex; died 16th Aug 1921
   
  13. Margaret Stuart [Haig] was the daughter of James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham and Jane Haig [Thompson]. She was born 15th Oct 1860; died 11th Mar 1934, aged 73 years
  She married Alexander Stuart on 8th Sep 1886. He was born c 1860
   
  14. Alexander Price Haig, of Blairhill, Perth was the son of James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham and Jane Haig [Thompson]. He was born 27th Nov 1863; died 20th Sep 1940, aged 76 years
  He married Jessie Louisa Armstrong on 1st Aug 1885. She was born c 1865, daughter of George Armstrong of The Elms, Gosforth
   
  15. Jessie Anderson [Haig] was the daughter of James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham and Jane Haig [Thompson]. She was born 9th Jan 1867; died 1st Jan 1953, aged 85 years
  She married Alexander Cunningham Anderson on 29th Jul 1886. He was born c 1865; died 1936
   
  16. Lieut-Col David Price Haig, OBE, of Highfields Park, Withyham was the son of James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham and Jane Haig [Thompson]. He was born 27th Dec 1868; died 25th Dec 1936, aged 67 years
  He married Edith Mary Wacher on 25th Mar 1896 at St Peter's Church, Kensington, London, witnesses: Charles F. Wacher and Charles De Burgh. She was born 1878, daughter of Charles Frederick Wacher; died 20th Feb 1923
   
  17. James Richard Price Haig was the son of James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham and Jane Haig [Thompson]. He was born 21st Feb 1870; died 9th Apr 1945, aged 75 years
  He married Elsie Willis Jones on 1911. She was born c 1885; died 6th May 1959
   
  18. Mary Ann Locke [Haig] was the daughter of James Richard Haig, F.S.A., of Blairhill, Perth and Highfields Park, Withyham and Jane Haig [Thompson]. She was born 15th Dec 1873; died 1st Jan 1968, aged 94 years
  She married Colonel Brian John Michael Locke, CMG DSO on 24th Sep 1901. He was born c 1870, son of Frederick Locke DL JP of Dane House, Hartlip; died 26th Sep 1948
   
Generation No. 5
  19. Irene Winifred Barkworth [Sutton] was the daughter of Algernon Charles Sutton and Winifrid Alice (Annie Jane) Sutton [Fell]. She was born 18th Oct 1892 at Hampstead House, Chidham, Sussex; died 4th Aug 1978 at Exeter, Devon, aged 85 years; buried after 4th Aug 1978 at Axmouth, Devon
  She married Major Henry Edmund Barkworth, R.A. on 28th Jul 1926 at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. He was born 23rd Dec 1892 at South House, Middle Tything, Piddletrenthide, Dorset; died 10th Feb 1940 at Active service, East Anglia, aged 47 years; buried after 10th Feb 1940 at Axmouth, Devon. They had the following children:
  iSusan Althea who was born 26th Jul 1927 at Hambledon, Hampshire
20 iiRosemary Anne who was born 15th Dec 1928 at Rudgwick, Sussex; died 10th Apr 1998 Devon, aged 69 years; buried 18th Apr 1998 Devon
  iiiVerbena Clarice who was born 9th Apr 1932 at Seaton, Devon
   
Generation No. 6
  20. Rosemary Anne Elverson [Barkworth] was the daughter of Major Henry Edmund Barkworth, R.A. and Irene Winifred Barkworth [Sutton]. She was born 15th Dec 1928 at Rudgwick, Sussex; died 10th Apr 1998 at Cotleigh, Devon, aged 69 years; buried 18th Apr 1998 at Stockland, Devon
  She married Major Charles Ronald Crocker Elverson, Queen's Royal Regiment on 23rd Oct 1948 at St. Gregory's, Seaton, Devon. He was born 26th Nov 1920 at The Lynch, Wimbledon, London, son of Charles Gordon Lee Elverson and Constance Evelyn Nancye Croker; died 15th Jun 2011 at Exeter, Devon, aged 90 years
   

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