1.1.5. JOHN, born 1739; signing himself "Father John" he wrote on 29 Dec 1814 a letter to Mrs. Sarah Corrie
(ref.
1.1.5.7.) "The markets here are very low and farmers can not stand long unless a change comes soon."
He was baptized 13 Jan 1741 in Terregles; was farmer in Barncleugh, Irongray parish before settling in
South Park, Borgue parish; died 22 Dec 1828 aged 89; married 2 May 1765 in New Abbey to Margaret Thomson,
born 1740, died 6 Nov 1812 aged 72 in South Park; they had seven children (
1) William, (
2) Margaret,
(
3) Adam, (
4) John, (
5) James, (
6) Andrew, (
7) Robert.
1.1.5.1. WILLIAM, born 1765, baptized 5 Apr 1766 in Irongray, died 5 Jun 1835 aged 70; farmer in Mossyard,
Borgue, until 1812 when he moved three miles north-east to Largs, Twynham; married in Borgue, Scotland 31
Jul 1794 to Margaret Gracey (or Gracie) who was born in 1773, died in 1827. Times were hard in Scotland
and William, Margaret and ten of their eleven children left the Corrie lands near Kirkcudbright partly
for economic reasons, partly because of the fear of the political threat of a revolution. William was
"Father John's" eldest son, and the second of the family to come to the United States. They left Scotland
in 1822 some say they stayed briefly in New York. In 1822, they settled in Decker's Prairie in the Sumner
and Bridgeport area in Lawrence Co, IL. part of the 10,000 acres of land purchased by William's brother
Adam (ref.
1.1.5.3.). William was 57 and Margaret was 49 when they arrived in Illinois; they cleared the
land, built houses, purchased livestock and began a new life on the prairie. It was soon enough following
the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 that prejudice among the early American settlers sometimes ran
high against the newcomers from the British Isles. Indians were still present in the territory to add to
their concern. Margaret died in 1827; William died in 1835 in Lawrence Co and a year later a sale of his
possessions was held attended by three of his sons and a son-in-law who together purchased nearly every
item ensuring these personal effects remained in the family. William and Margaret are buried near his
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