Eccles Kirkyard

Section B – Row 13 – 2 – Smith/Broomfield

Erected by JOHN SMITH Leitholm to the memory of BETSY SMITH his daughter who died 27th January 1830 aged 3 years and 6 months. Also  MARY BROOMFIELD his wife who died 18th September 1830 in the 96th year of her age.

Section B – Row 14 – 1 – Mitchell/Playfair

Erected by JAMES MITCHELL Smith  Leitholm in memory of HELEN PLAYFAIR his spouse who died 20th December 1823 aged 23 years.

Also two of their children who died young.

Section B – Row 14 – 2 – Frisken/Kerr

Erected in memory of JOHN FRISKEN who died 5th May 1857 aged 61 years.

Also MARGARET KERR his wife who died 20th December 1823 aged 23 years.

Also two of their children who died young.

Section B Row 15 – 1 – Wanless/Douglas/Cockburn

In remembrance of GEORGE WANLESS who died 27th June 1843 aged 80 years.

Also his wife JANET DOUGLAS who deid 15th October 1821 aged 58 years.

Also ELIZABETH WANLESS daughter of the above and wife of ROBERT COCKBURN who deid 16th February 1878 aged 77 years.

Also the above ROBERT COCKBURN who died 28th may 1883 aged 82 years.

Section B – Row 16 – 1 – Wood/Wilson

Erected by MARGARET WOOD in memory of her husband JOSEPH WILSON late tenant of Longbank who died 11th August 1869 aged 71 years.

Also of his wife MARGARET WOOD died 23rd January 1883 aged 82 years.

Section B – Row 16 – 2 – Wilson/Jeffrey

Erected in memory of ALEXANDER WILSON who deid 17th July 1837 aged 73 years.

Also JENNET JEFFREY his wife who died 16th November 1849 aged 85 years.

Also ALISON WILSON his daughter who died 23rd February 1863 aged 39 years.

ALEXANDER WILSON his son who died at Kelso 25th June 1882 aged 81 years.

Section B – Row 16 – 3 – Stuart/Muir

Erected by ROBERT STUART in memory of WILLIAM STUART his son who died 31st August 1837  aged 23 years.

Also MARY MUIR his wife who died 21st December 1817 aged 66 years.

Also the above ROBERT STUART died 4th January 1866 aged 82 years.

Section B – Row 16 – 4 – Wilson/Walker

Erected by JOHN WILSON in memory of BARBARA WALKER his wife who died at Grizzlerig 4th September 1871 aged 77 years.

Also ALEXANDER WILSON his son who died 24th September 1880 aged 3 years (Needs checking)

Also the above JOHN WILSON who died 7th February 1871 aged 71 years .

Also MARY WILSON daughter of the above who died 13th July 1900 aged 74.

Also ANDREW WILSON who died at Harpertown 4th March 1911.

Section B – Row 17 – 1 – Learmonth/Chisholm

Erected by HUGH LEARMONTH in memory of his brother JOHN LEARMONTH who died at Eccles Newtown 2nd February 1816 aged 21 years.

Also WILLIAM LEARMONTH his nephew who died at Eccles Newtown 31st March 1845 aged 11 years.

Also MARGARET CHISHOLM his mother who died 9th July 1850 aged 67 years.

Section B Row – 18 – 1 – Wall – Nisbit

Wall

In memory of ROBERT NESBET of Mersington Esq. Lieut. Col. in the Army and formerly Captain in the 13th Light Drgoons in which Regiment he served throughout the Peninsular War and at Waterloo.

He died 25th July 1865 aged 75 and of MARY his wife died 3rd February 1864 aged 74.

Also of ROBERT NESBET of Mersington Esq. second son of the above who died 9th February 1865 aged 34 years.

This tablet is erected by HANNAH daughter and sister of the above 1868

Section B – Row – 18 – 2 – Nisbet/Compton

In memory of THOMAS COMPTON of Mersington Esq. who died Springhill 10th July 1818 aged 69 and of MARY his wife who died at Tweedbank 20th July 1856 aged 74 years.

THOMAS NISBIT of Mainhouse Esq. son of the above THOMAS NISBIT.

Section B – Row – 18 – 3 – Hogarth/Henderson

Erected by JAMES HOGARTH in memory of AGNES HENDERSON his spouse who died 10th August 1843 aged 60 years.

Also AGNES their daughter who died 25th August 1849 aged 29 years.

Also the above JAMES HOGARTH who died 22nd February 1859 aged 78 years.

Also AGNES HOGARTH their grand-daughter died 3rd January 1900 aged 53 years.

Also MARY HOGARTH their daughter who died at Eccles 21st November 1905 aged 87 years.

Section B- Row 18 – 4 – Kerrs/Hogg

Erected in memory of ELIZABETH KERRS wife of the late WILLIAM HOGG  tenant of Sunnyside who died 23rd February 1845.

Also JOHN HOGG their son who died at Houndslow 8th February 1844 aged 37 years.

Also ELIZABETH HOGG his daughter who died 25th February 1843 aged 5 years.

Section B – Row 18 – 5 – Jeffrey/Robison

Erected by JOHN JEFFREY in memory of WILLIAM his first son born 8th March 1839 died 2nd February 1845. JOHN his second son born 9th April 1841 died 11th February 1845. AGNES his second daughter born 8th July 1847 died 11th October 1847. WILLIAM his fourth son born 19th December 1848 died 17th December 1849. DAVID BARCLAY his fifth son born 3rd December 1850  died 27th October 1852. ANDREW his third son born 12th May 1845 died 15th August 1871. JULIA ROBISON his wife born 14th January 1812 died 22nd December 1879. The above JOHN JEFFREY born 14th September 1810 died 26th January 1880. Also JOHN JEFFREY his sixth son born 29th June 1852 died 9th September 1886. Buried in the churchyard of Felixstowe England. Also MARGARET his daughter born 18th June 1843 died 8th June 1901. Also WILLIAM JEFFREY seventh son of the above died 18th December 1939 aged 84 years. Also AGNES JEFFREY died 1st October 1944 aged 86 years.

Section B – Row 19 – 1 – Mills

Erected by GEORGE MILLS -----------------CATHERINE ?

Section B – Row 19 – 2 – Marshall/Sanderson/Riddell

Erected by ROBERT MARSHALL  merchant Leitholm in memory of HELEN SANDERSON his wife who died 15th February 1877 aged 69 years. Also of their daughter BARBARA who died at Leitholm 8th November 1842 aged 4 years. And BARBARA  wife of WILLIAM RIDDELL who died at Hebburn Quay 17th November 1879 aged 26 years. Also the above ROBERT MARSHALL who died 22nd November 1886 aged 74 years.

Section B – Row 19 – 3 – Briggs

Erected by EUPHEMIA  BRIGGS in memory of  ROBERT BRIGGS her husband who died at Hassington 7th October 1840 aged 55 years.

Section B – Row 19 – 4 – Johnston/McDougall/Rutherford

Erected by JOHN JOHNSTON Eccles in memory of his daughter ELIZABETH who died 26th May 1880 aged 8 months.

Also JOHN his son who died 18th January 1882 aged 5years.

Also THOMAS his son who died 8th April 1885 aged 1 year.

Also the above JOHN JOHNSTON who died 5th April 1910 aged 59 years.

Also ISABELLA his daughter who died at the Cottage Hospital Galashiels 5th March 1911 aged 35 years.

Also HELEN McDOUGALL his wife who died 16th May 1924 aged 74 years.

Also MARGARET RUTHERFORD his daughter who died 28th November 1938 aged 65 years.

Section B – Row 20 – 1 – Spratt/Cumming

Erected by GEORGE SPRATT Eccles in memory of his children who died on the first second and fourth February 1839. MARGARET  aged 8 months THOMAS aged 2 and a half years also GEORGE 4 and a half years. The above GEORGE SPRATT died 27th July 1866  aged 62 years. Also his wife ISABELLA CUMMING who died 21st March 1882 aged 72 years.

Section B – Row – 20 – 2 – Allan/Rutherford

Erected by JOSEPH ALLAN Eccles in memory of JESSIE RUTHERFORD his wife who died 24th May 1843 aged 26 years.