William GREGG {M} [P242] = Marion MCMURRAY {F} [P243]

Married Saturday 27 February 1802, North Balloch Barr Ayrs IGI-M115804

William GREGG:

Born December 1772, Barr Ayrs
Christened Friday 25 December 1772, Barr
Died Monday 20 July 1846, Colmonell Ayr Sc.
OCCUPATION: Blacksmith
SOURCE: SCR FR87


Marion MCMURRAY:

Alias Marion GREGG (Saturday 27 February 1802)
Born Sunday 26 January 1783, Barr Ayrs
Christened Thursday 6 February 1783, Barr Ayrs
Died 1850, Barr Ayrs
Father: William McMURRIE (1743-). Mother: Jean RAMSAY

George GREGG {M} [P245]

Born Saturday 5 March 1803, North Balloch Barr Ayrs IGI-
Christened Tuesday 15 March 1803, North Ballock Barr Ayrs
Died Monday 4 May 1846, Colmonell Ayrs
SOURCE: IGI
Children: James, Sarah, Agnes, William

William GREGG {M} [P244] = Agnes MUIR {F} [P1056] > Family [F533]

Married Saturday 4 December 1830, Barr by Girvan (SCR) IGI-M115804

William GREGG:

Born Wednesday 21 August 1805, North Balloch Barr Ayrs(IGI)
SOURCE: IGI


Agnes MUIR:

Alias Agnes GREGG (Saturday 4 December 1830)
Born EST 1810, Barr?

Ivie GREGG {M} [P915] = Mary MCCUBBIN {F} [P810] > Family [F264]

Married Thursday 17 March 1836, Kirkcowan Wigtown IGI-M118882

Ivie GREGG:

Born Monday 4 August 1806, North Ballock Barr Ayrs
Christened Thursday 14 August 1806, Barr
Died Wednesday 18 February 1891, Straiton Ayrs
OCCUPATION: Carter
SOURCE: SCR FR115


Mary MCCUBBIN:

Alias GREIG
Alias Mary GREGG (Thursday 17 March 1836)
Born ABT 1812, Kircowan Wigtownshire
Died Saturday 15 December 1894, Straiton Ayrs
SOURCE: 1861 Census Kirkmichael

Jean GREGG {F} [P246] = John MCAUGHTRIE {M} [P966] > Family [F293]

Married Saturday 7 August 1830, Barr by Girvan SCR FR IGI-M115804

Jean GREGG:

Alias Jean MCAUGHTRIE (Saturday 7 August 1830)
Born Friday 11 November 1808, Barr North Balloch Ayrs IGI-C115802
Christened Sunday 13 November 1808, Barr by Girvan
Died Monday 24 August 1857, Dalmellington Ayrs Scotland
SOURCE: IGI-C115802/SCR FR121


John MCAUGHTRIE:

Born Saturday 3 August 1805, Girvan Ayrs
Died Saturday 1 February 1890, Kirkmichael Dumfries & Galloway Sc
Father: Thomas COUGHTREE (~1764-<1863)
Mother: Isabella McTAGGART (1766-<1863)

Andrew GREGG {M} [P206] = Izabella MCILWRAITH {F} [P208] > Family [F64]

Married Sunday 7 June 1846, Barr/Colmonell IGI-M115822

Andrew GREGG:

Born Friday 17 December 1813, Glashculloch Ayrs
Died Thursday 11 June 1885, Halfmark Barrhill Ayrs
SOURCE: gravestone Barr / IG
Jeff Higgins - June 2004: I have the following Census entries...
1841: Andrew, with parents and siblings George, Jannet and James at Balnahoin, Colmonell. John Coughtrie and family were nearby at Ligatchuk. The Kelly's (Alexander and Agnes) were living just over the border at Castle in Penninghame.


Izabella MCILWRAITH:

Alias Izabella GREGG (EST 1845)
Born Monday 11 August 1823, Daljedburgh Mill Barr Ayrs
Christened Monday 8 September 1823, Barr Scotland
Died Sunday 17 January 1904, Braehead Kirkinner Wigtown
SOURCE: M.I-Headstone - Barr /IGI
Jeff Higgins June 2004: Isabella McIlwraith was born 11 Aug 1823 at Jedburgh Mill, Barr (baptised 08 Sep 1823, Est Church of Scotland, Barr), her parents were John McIlwraith (c.1800-1894) and Agnes McCargow (1798-1885 and a first cousin of Andrew Gregg[P206]).

John GREGG {M} [P260] = Jannet TURNER {F} [P263] > Family [F81]

Married EST 1835, Barr Ayrshire Sc.

John GREGG:

Born 1816, Barr Ayrs Sc. IGI
Died Friday 7 March 1873, Glenbuie Cottage Kirkoswald Scotland
OCCUPATION: Forrester
SOURCE: 1841 Census + IGI



Jannet TURNER:

Alias Jannet GREGG
Born EST 1816, Barr?(IGI re-child)
SOURCE: IGI

= Marion ANDERSON {F} [P261] > Family [F80]

Married Sunday 6 January 1839, Maybole SCR-FR1061 (IGI-M116054) (Colmonell SCR-FR218)

Marion ANDERSON:

Alias Marion GREGG (Saturday 5 January 1839)
Born 1821
Died Tuesday 22 March 1881, Kirkoswald Ayrs
SOURCE: 1841Census

Agnes GREGG {F} [P781] = Alexander KELLY {M} [P1570] > Family [F496]

Married Friday 4 January 1839, Minnigaff Kirkudbright Sc. IGI-M118764

Agnes GREGG:

Alias Agnes KELLY
Born EST 1819, Barr Ayrs Sc.
Died April 1888, Kansas USA
OCCUPATION: Widowed 1839
Agnes Gregg married in Barr Ayrs to Alexander Kelly who died in Scotland - the widow emigrated with her family to USA C.1874

Household Record: 1880 United States Census
Household: Source Information:
Census Place Nemaha, Nemaha, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254390
NA Film Number T9-0390
Page Number 43A
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Agnes KELLEY Self W Female W 61 SCOT Keeping House SCOT SCOT
John KELLEY Son S Male W 36 SCOT Farming SCOT SCOT
James KELLEY Son S Male W 20 SCOT SCOT SCOT
Marry KELLEY Dau S Female W 16 SCOT At School SCOT SCOT ** b.. 1864

** There was an older Mary Kelly sibling born



Alexander KELLY:

Born ABT 1815, Penninghame Wigtown Sc.
Died Monday 20 September 1869, Glasgow Scotland
Possible ParentsALEXANDER KELLY Christening: 05 JUL 1814 Penninghame, Wigtown, Scotland Father: JOHN KELLY Mother: ISABELLA NICOL C118952

Sarah GREGG {F} [P249] = James MCBRIDE {M} [P266] > Family [F82]

Married Sunday 18 December 1842, Colmonell Ayrs IGI M115822

Sarah GREGG:

Alias Sarah MCBRIDE
Born Thursday 8 March 1821, North Balloch Barr Ayrs IGI-C115804
Christened Friday 16 March 1821, North Balloch Barr Ayrs
Died Thursday 9 February 1888, Seneca Kansas USA
SOURCE: IGI/M.I
This Census probably refers to Sarah Gregg[P249]
Piece: SCT1841/580 Place: Barr-Ayrshire Enumeration District: 1
Civil Parish: Barr Ecclesiastical Parish, Village or Island: Barr
Folio: 1 Page: 12
Address: Barr Village ** F303 **
Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
FORSYTH Jennet F 65 Innkeeper Ayrshire MS Gregg
FORSYTH George M 30 Shoemaker Ayrshire
BROWN George M 40 Shoemaker Ayrshire
WYLLIE Jennet F 16 Female Servant Ayrshire
GREGG Sarah F 20 Agricultural Labourer Ayrshire b.1821 P249]
_________________________________________________________
This family emmigrated to Scotch Valley Kansas USA in 1874
M.I McBRIDE - Sarah GREGG AGE 67Y 11 M 1D. DIED 9 Feb 1888. MARRIED SPOUSE James McBRIDE

Household: Source Information: 1880 United States Census
Census Place Nemaha, Nemaha, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254390
NA Film Number T9-0390
Page Number 45A
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Sarah MCBRIDE Self W Female W 59 SCOT Keeping House SCOT SCOT
Janet Jane MCBRIDE Dau S Female W 14 SCOT At School SCOT SCOT
James MCBRIDE Son S Male W 11 SCOT At School SCOT SCOT
Samuel CLARK Other S Male W 32 SCOT Farming SCOT SCOT








James MCBRIDE:

Born Tuesday 12 May 1818, Colmonell Ayrs(IGI)
Died Thursday 6 March 1879, Seneca Kansas USA
SOURCE: IGI/M.I
James parents also went to America following James.
M.I - McBRIDE James. AGE 61Y 10M 4D, DIED 6 Mar 1879. MARRIED. SPOUSE Sarah GREGG

From Seneca paper, March 21, 1879: 'During a wind last Thursday, a prairie fire got into the barn of James McBride on Turkey Creek and in attempting to rescue a horse from a stable, Mr McBride was badly burned that he died on Sunday.'

Jennet GREGG {F} [P1569]

Born 1823, Barr Ayrs Sc.
Died Sunday 7 May 1899, Seneca Kansas USA
Jennet lived in Australia 1858-1874. Migrated to Seneca Kansas USA via Scotland in 1875 to USA - taking her niece Janet Gregg[P237].
SCOTCH VALLEY CEMETERY: M.I - GREGG Jennet AGE 76 Years DIED 7 May 1899

James GREGG {M} [P729] = Mary ELLIS {F} [P730] > Family [F239]

Married Wednesday 4 August 1852, Mauchline or Dailly( GI 116044/M115854

James GREGG:

Born Thursday 26 July 1827, Barr Ayrs
Died Sunday 17 July 1910, Scotch Valley Nemeha Kansas USA
James emigrated to Iowa USA1852 & on to Kansas in 1857.

http://www.kancoll.org/books/cutler/nemaha/nemaha-co-p8.html
William G. Cutler's History of the State of Kansas was first published in 1883 by A. T. Andreas, Chicago, IL.
From: NEMAHA COUNTY, Part 8:
JAMES GREGG, P. O. Seneca, is a native of Ayrshire, Scotland, born July 26, 1827. On his way to America, in 1852, his wife, formerly Mary Ellis, died while crossing the gulf of Mexico. Mr. Gregg located in Lyons, Iowa; where he worked three years on farms and railroads.
In Iowa Mr. Gregg married Janet (Anderson) Baird, a native of Perthshire, Scotland. Her first husband, Alexander Anderson, died in Iowa they having come to America in 1850.
July 3, 1857, was the date of his settlement on his present farm, and while living in his log house, both wife Janet and himself suffered six months with malarial fever. His crop of 1858 was hauled to Atchison, fifty-eight miles, and sold at 2 1/4 cents per pound. Mrs. Gregg died, childless, in March 19, 1876. Upon her death Mr. Gregg gave to nephews of his deceased wife, 240 of their 1,000 acres acquired since 1857.

Nemaha Township: A report from the Seneca Courier-Democrat June 29, 1900:
Our next stop was at the fine home of Uncle James GREGG. Mr. GREGG was born in Scotland in 1827 and emigrated to America in 1857, settling on the farm where he still lives. At one time he owned over eleven hundred acres of fine Nemaha land but with advancing age he found the work of looking after it all too much for him and he has sold off until he has 438 acres left, which is, however, one of the model farms of the county. He is a great horse fancier and has no doubt done more than any other man to improve the stock of horses in this county. His favorite breed of horses is the Clydesdale and he has at various times added high priced imported Clydesdale stallions to his stud. He has at present two fine specimens of the equine family, one of his own raising and the other a two-year-old, foaled in Indiana, which promises to become the finest Clydesdale stallion ever owned in the county.

[James Gregg, son of William, died on the 17 July 1910 at his home in Scotch Valley, Nemeha County, Kansas. He died of cancer of the lower jaw. His niece Mrs. John Kelly nursed him. He "last went to Seneca the year before at Thanksgiving", according to a typewritten history of Scotch Valley. At that time he apparently made some of his funeral arrangements. (Joan Fisher 2004)]

James had no children, and left in his will 1000$ to each of James G McBride. James McBride, son of James G McBride. Gregg Jennings McBride, son of James G McBride, James Kelly, son of Alexander and Agnes Kelly. Gregg McBride, son of John and Belle McBride.

Scotch Valley Kansas USA really began with James Gregg and continued with Gregg relatives that followed him to America

SCOTCH VALLEY CEMETERY
M.I - GREGG James S/O William & Meron (McMURRAY) BORN 26 Jul 1827 AYRSHIRE, SCOTLAND DIED 17 Jul 1910, MARRIED 1855 DEWITT, IA . SPOUSE JANET BAIRD.

The Kansas Pioneers List (KPL)
GREGG, James born 1827 arrived 1857? Nemaha Twp NM
GREGG, Jennett born 1823 arrived 1875 Nemaha Twp NM
GREGG, W. P. born ???? arrived 1856 MS

Household Record 1880 United States Census
Source Information:
Census Place Nemaha, Nemaha, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254390
NA Film Number T9-0390
Page Number 43B
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
James GREGG Self W Male W 52 SCOT Farming SCOT SCOT
Jannett GREGG Sister S Female W 56 SCOT Housekeeping SCOT SCOT
Robert FAIRBURN Other W Male W 73 SCOT Retired Farmer SCOT SCOT
Luis H. TRYEN Other S Male W 23 IN Laborer OH OH
Smith TRYEN Other S Male W 21 IN Laborer OH OH
Charles GRAY Other S Male W 23 OH Teaching School ENG SCOT






Mary ELLIS:

Alias Mary GREGG (Wednesday 4 August 1852)
Born EST 1830, Mauchline or Dailly
Died October 1852, Died while crossing Gulf of Mexico
Buried October 1852, At sea - Sea Gulf of Mexico

= Janet BAIRD {F} [P1669] > Family [F491]

Married 1855, DeWitt IA - Lyons Iowa USA

Janet BAIRD:

Alias GREGG
Born 1820, Perthshire Scotland
Died Sunday 19 March 1876, DeWitt Lyons Iowa USA
Buried Scotch Valley Kansas
SOURCE: M.I/Died childless
The Seneca Courier - March 24, 1876: Mrs Gregg died in an insane asylumn in St Joe the past week. Mr Gregg was notified of the sad event by telegraph and took the first train east to attend to the disposition of his late wife. Mrs Gregg had been reported improving.

Janet Baird's first marriage to Alexander Anderson. She was sister to John Baird Snr. at DeWitt Iowa.
M.I - GREGG Jennet BAIRD, AGE 56Y, DIED 1876, MARRIED 1855 DEWITT, IA. SPOUSE James GREGG

BAIRD HISTORY
Janet's Brother - John Baird and his wife Agnes had two small sons when they came that early summer 1857 to a location on the Nemaha. Before their cabin was ready, the third child Margaret was born in the covered wagon (July 1857). That winter four year old Hugh died. Since there were no burial grounds, Hugh was buried in the timber of the Nemaha. The Baird's acquired many acres of land. A log schoolhouse was built on his land; the term Baird schoolhouse is in early records. John Baird Sr. August 17, 1821 - June 4, 1872. Born in Glasgow, Scotland. His wife was Agnes Hays Baird, August 10, 1833 - August 8, 1886.

John Baird's sister Jean Baird 1815-1887 married George Goppelt. She is buried at Scotch Valley. John's sister Jennet Baird Anderson Gregg 1820-1876 married James Gregg in Iowa. They are buried at Scotch Valley.

The family of John Baird Sr.
1. Hugh Baird died March 6, 1858. Age 4yrs 3mo. He was buried by the Nemaha River. There is an inscription on the family marker in Scotch Valley.
2. William Baird, June 19, 1855 - December 30, 1937, Formoso, Kansas. Married Georgina McBride, May 12, 1881. Rev. R.J. McCready officiating.
3. Margaret Baird Brown, July 12, 1857 - January 13, 1895. She was born in the covered wagon at the farm before their dwelling was built. She gave 80 acres of land to the Congregational Church in Seneca, Kansas.
1. Janet Baird Dudey, June 18, 1861 - August 27, 1888. She married Albert Dudey. An infant daughter died after the mother, who died nine days after giving birth to Janet May Dudey, August 18 - 0ctober 16, 1888. A daughter Agnes survived her mother. Mother and infant Janet are buried at Scotch Valley.
5. Helen or Ellen Baird Kelly, November 13, 1864 - April 14, 1947. Married James Kelly, the preacher, January 25, 1882. They moved near Edmonton, Canada after 1900.
6. Jean Baird, February 18, 1866 - July 26, 1885. 19yr. 4mo. 8da. She was buried at Scotch Valley.
7. John Baird, December 18, 1868 - April 4, 1948. 79yr. 3mo. l6da. Spanish American War Veteran, also a prominent DuBois Nebr. character. He married Sallie Turner daughter of Jozelle Turner. The Baird's cared for Richard Turner.
8. Agnes Baird September 22, 1871 - January 4, 1962. Lived at Shreveport, Louisiana, buried, at Formoso, Kansas. She received her nurse training at Woman's Hospital Nurses Training School in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Graduated in 1895.


BAIRD DEATHS - POSS RELATED TO JANET BAIRD: OBIT SENECA KANSAS USA
BAIRD Agnes. AGE 52Y 11M 20D. DIED 10 Aug 1886. MARRIED. SPOUSE John BAIRD
BAIRD John. AGE 50Y 9M 27D. DIED 14 Jun 1872. MARRIED. SPOUSE Agnes
BAIRD Hugh S/O John & Agnes. AGE 4Y 3M. DIED 6 Jun 1858
BAIRD Jean D/O John & Agnes. BORN 18 Feb 1867. DIED 26 Jul 1885

BAIRD Infant I/O William & Georgia (McBRIDE). BORN 17 Sep 1882. DIED 17 Sep 1882
BAIRD Eugene E S/O William & Georgia (McBRIDE). BORN 17 Mar 1897. DIED 26 Jan 1901
BAIRD Elsie A D/O William & Georgia (McBRIDE). BORN 2 Jun 1891. DIED 15 Jan 1892

BAIRD Gertrude D/O William & Eliza (BREWER). AGE 10M. DIED 28 Aug 1903

Proibably related: To be investigated:
Household: Source Information:1880 United States Census
Census Place Nemaha, Nemaha, Kansas
Family History Library Film 1254390
NA Film Number T9-0390
Page Number 43B
Name Relation Marital Status Gender Race Age Birthplace Occupation Father's Birthplace Mother's Birthplace
Agnes BAIRD Self W Female W 46 SCOT Keeping House SCOT SCOT
William BAIRD Son S Male W 24 IL Farming SCOT SCOT
Margreth BAIRD Dau S Female W 22 KS SCOT SCOT
Jannett BAIRD Dau S Female W 18 KS At School SCOT SCOT
Ellen BAIRD Dau S Female W 15 NE At School SCOT SCOT
Jean BAIRD Dau S Female W 13 KS At School SCOT SCOT
John BAIRD Son S Male W 11 KS At School SCOT SCOT
Agnes BAIRD Dau S Female W 8 KS At School SCOT SCOT

We gratefully acknowledge assistance from Jeff Higgins of Springwood NSW Australia for additional information regarding the descendants of William Gregg & Marion McMurray.