Laidlaw, Jean.

possibly born in Innerleithen, Peebles, Scotland. Birth year calculated to be 1746. birth

Craigielands, Kirpatrick Juxta. Death date 9 Feb 1830. Aged 84. death notice buried in the burial grounds of Kirkpatrick Juxta Church of Scotland, Beattock. memorial inscription

Nothing definitive is known about Jean Laidlaw's ancestry. According to a 2004 report by professional researcher Duncan Adamson, commissioned by Ted Sadler of Lockport, New York, the following information is known: (a) Laidlaw was not a common name in Upper Annandale at the probable time of her birth, and (b) two couples, John Laidlaw (or Laidley) and Janet Bryden and also John Laidlaw and Christian Halliday, are recorded as having had children in the 1740s. None of these was named Jean, but at that time, especially during the prolonged church vacancy in Moffat, many children's names were not registered. In addition there were Laidlaw families living in Kirkpatrick Juxta in the 1760s.

William Saddler marriage notice

• Agnes Saddler
• John Saddler
• William Saddler
• Robert Saddler
• Elizabeth Saddler
• George Saddler
• Jannet Saddler