Isabella (Hall) Wight (abt. 1757 - 1831)

Wife of James Wight — married before 14 May 1780 in Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland

Descendants

Died 20 Aug 1831 at about age 74 in Midlem, Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland

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Biography

Isabella was born about 1757. She passed away in 1831.

Born abt 1757 ^[1]

Died 20 Aug 1831 ^[2]

Buried Bowden, Roxburghshire, Scotland ^[2]

Family

Husband: James Wight

Wife: Isabella Hall

Married about14 May 1780

Session book entry 14 May 1780: rebuked before the congregation upon their having been guilty of "nuptial fornication". ^[3]

Ages at "marriage", derived from Bowden MIs were 36 and 26.

Children: ^[4]

Jean (may have died infancy)

Elspeth (single) ^[5]

Isabel (Wight) Scott (1785-1869)^[6]

Janet (Wight) Grieve (1787-1863) ^[7]

Margaret (Wight) Brunton (abt.1794-1871)

Mary (single) ^[8]

child died infancy (possibly 2, if Jean survived beyond infancy ^[9]

Research notes

Disambiguation

Not to be confused with the two other contemporary Isabella Halls, at least, each also married to a James Wight.

Yes, this couple had a daughter Jean, born 1779, Bowden

No, the above Jean, daughter of this Isabella, did not marry Peter Sinton, which Jean was indeed born Bowden, but about 1783 / 1785, her father being shown on her death cert. as a joiner).

In addition both James Wight & Isabella Hall couples had a daughter Isabel/Isabella, both dying in 1869.

This ones daughter Isabella (married to Robert SCOTT)'s death cert. shows her parents as " James WIGHT, portioner of Midlem and Isabella m.s. HALL, both deceased"^[10]

The other Isabella's cert. shows her parents as "James Wight, carpenter and Isabella m.s. Hall, both deceased"^[11]

Parents

Several trees assign this Isabella to William aka Baillie Hall and Cecilia Elliot who married at Oxnam in 1730.

Documented children on ScotlandsPeople range from Christian (1731) through James (1732) , Isobel (1733), Helen (1735), William (1736), Edward (1737) to Susannah (1739, Hyndhope) - which makes it seem a bit of a push to include a second Isabel in the family whose headstone shows her as 74 in 1831, so born about 1757.

DNA

Despite my conviction that my Jean Wight is not the above Jean Wight daughter of Isabella Hall, several different branches of descendants of "my" Jean do have DNA matches (over 20cMs, some triangulated, some shared but with no current segment data available) with descendants of this Isabella.

So somewhere in the tangle of ancestry that is Scottish Borders research there will be some, if not many, inter-connected families, love to hear from you if you can add information into this mystery, particularly with DNA tested descendants.

Please see the category link for some of the connections that may be via Hall.

Sources

1. ↑ H/stone shows aged 74
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} H/stonesJames WIGHT/Isabella HALL, Bowden, ROX - Tomb 77 (tablestone) and 78 (small stone underneath tablestone) from transcript from unpublished MIs, Scottish Genealogy Society and picture received Nov 2000, both to LornaHen from Robert McC
3. ↑ Dist 783/1 Session book
4. ↑ OPR entries, ScotlandsPeople
5. ↑ Dth 17 Jun 1864 Elspeth d/o James WIGHT & Isabel HALL, Midlem, Bowden, ROX, 783/ #7, image available ScotlandsPeople
6. ↑ Dth 1869 Isabella SCOTT nee WIGHT, St Boswells, ROX, 804 #6, image available ScotlandsPeople
7. ↑ Dth 2 Feb 1863 Janet GRIEVE, marr. to James GRIEVE; D/o James WIGHT & Isabella HALL, Askhkirk, SEL, 781 #1, image available ScotlandsPeople
8. ↑ Census data: and informant for sister Elspeth's death
9. ↑ H/stone Isabella HALL
10. ↑ Dth 2 Feb 1869 Isabella SCOTT nee WIGHT, reg. St Boswells, ROX, 804 #6, image available ScotlandsPeople
11. ↑ Dth 23 Apr1869 Isabella WHITE nee WIGHT, reg. Lasswade (MLN) Dist 691 Pg 11 #33, image available ScotlandsPeople

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 14 May 2019, 06:59), entry for Isabella Hall(PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:L1QF-LS9); contributed by various users.