Rev John Adamson minister Church of Scotland¹

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• (Child) Birth*: Rev John Adamson minister Church of Scotland was born in 1797 at Peebles, Scotland, .²
• He was the son of James Adamson farmer.²
• (Groom) Marriage*: Rev John Adamson minister Church of Scotland married Amelia Newbigging, daughter of Thomas Newbigging and Wilhelmina Archibald, on 21 January 1844 at Edinburgh, Lothian, Scotland, ; Register of marriages for 1844; Edinburgh 22 January 1844, proclaimed 21st January 1844, Reverend John Adamson minister of Newton and Miss Amelia Newbigging resiiding no2 West Circus Place, St Stephen's Parish, daughter of the late Thomas Newbigging esquire wine merchant Leith, have been three times proclaimed in order to marriage and no objections have been offered, married at ... on the ... day of ... by the Rev ...^1,3

• Biography*: Rev John Adamson minister Church of Scotland JOHN ADAMSON, born 1797, eldest son of James A, farmer, Peebles;
  educated at Univ. of Glasgow; liccn. by Presb. of Peebles 11 June 1823; pres, by John Wauchope of Edmondstone; ord. 12th May 1826; died 28th March 1869. He marr. 23rd Jan. 1844, Amelia (died 25th Sept. 1808), youngest daugh. of Thomas Newbigging, merchant, Leith, and had issue — James Robertson, bom 12th Nov. 1844, died in Canada; Wilhelmina Archibald, born 8th Jan. 1846, died in infancy; Marion, born 30th May 1847 (marr. 20th April 1879, P. A. Young, M.D.) died 25th Nov. 1901; Elizabeth Jane, bom 19th May 1849 (marr. George Playfair), died June 1903; John Archibald, born 15th Aug. 1851, died 18th Feb. 1886; Amelia Newbigging, born 3rd June 1853 (marr. Sept. 1885, Robert M*Chcyne Paterson, Panjab, India), died 1894; Thomas Newbigging, min. of St Margaret’s, Broughty Ferry, born 1st April 1855; Alice Lindsay, born 7th May 1859, died 9th Dec. 1859. Publications—Sermon (on the death of the Rev. John Thomson of Newbattle) (JJalkeith, 1839); Account of the Parish (New Stat. Acc._f i.).²
• (Spouse) Death: His spouse Amelia Newbigging died on 25 September 1898.²

Census & Directory Entries

Head of Household

7 April 1861

He was listed as head of household, along with spouse Amelia Newbigging in the 1861 census at Newton Manse, Newton, Midlothian, Scotland, . Name:      John Adamson Age:      66 Estimated birth year:      abt 1795 Relationship:      Head Spouse's name :      Amelia Adamson Gender:      Male Where born:      Peebles, Peeblesshire Registration Number:      696 Registration district:      Newton Civil Parish:      Newton County:      Midlothian Address:      Newton Manse Occupation:      Minister Of Newton Parish ED:      2 Household schedule number:      109 LINE:      1 Roll:      CSSCT1861_133 Name:      Amelia Adamson [Amelia Newbigging] Age:      40 Estimated birth year:      abt 1821 Relationship:      Wife Spouse's name :      John Adamson Gender:      Female Where born:      Leith, Edinburghshire Registration Number:      696 Registration district:      Newton Civil Parish:      Newton County:      Midlothian Address:      Newton Manse ED:      2 Household schedule number:      109 LINE:      2 Roll:      CSSCT1861_133; also in the household were James Robertson Adamson, Elizabeth Jane Adamson, John Archibald Adamson, Amelia Newbigging Adamson and Rev Thomas Newbiggging Adamson minister St Margaret's Barnhill.4