Reverend Robert Scott of Coldhouse

REVEREND ROBERT SCOTT OF COLDHOUSE

Minister of the Gospel at Innerleithen

ROBERT SCOTT, born 1744, son of Robert S. of Coldhouse, near Hawick ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 2nd Aug. 1774 ; pres. by William, Earl of March and Ruglen, 21st Dec. 1776 ; called 20th March, and ord. 1st May 1777 ; died 5th June 1796. He marr. 28th June 1781, Margaret (died at Edinburgh, 27th Jan. 1817), daugh. of Dr Thomas Chisholme, surgeon, Selkirk, and had issue— Agnes, born 11th Dec. 1782; Thomas Chisholme, born 2nd April 1784 ; William Chisholme, born 3rd Aug. 1785 ; Charles James, born 24th Dec. 1787; Jean, born 27th May 1789; James Robert, born 31st July 1790; Robert, born 1st Sept. 1791 ; Alexander, born 1st Sept. 1793, friend of Lord Byron. Fasti of the Church of Scotland I: 275

Death

Reverend Robert Scott of Coldhouse is reported to have died on 5 June 1796. Fasti of the Church of Scotland I: 275

The Inventory of his moveable estate

On 20 December 1796 Thomas Turnbull, writer in Jedburgh, acting for Mrs. Margargaret Chilsholm alias Scott, gave up the Inventory of the Testament Dative of her late husband, the Reverend Robert Scott of Coldouse. John Thomson, writer in Jedburgh, acted himself as cautioner for the widow, Mrs. Margaret Chisholm alias Scott, presently residing in Edinburgh. [National Records of Scotland, Peebles Commissary Court, The Inventory of the Testament Dative of Rev. Robert Scott of Coldhouse, minister at Innerleithing, reference CC18/4/1]

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Marriage

The Scots Magazine

Children

1. Agnes Scott
2. Thomas Chisholme Scott
3. William Scott
4. Charles James Scott
5. Jeane Scott
6. James Robert Scott
7. Robert Scott
8. Alexander Scott of Coldhouse

Genealogy

Fasti of the Church of Scotland I: 275

Research Notes

• Marriage: The Scots Magazine, Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran, 1781, Vol 43, p. 331
• https://scotlandsplaces.gov.uk/digital-volumes/historical-tax-rolls...