brownhead argyle & bute ?

krissy · Post by **krissy** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 4:03 pm

hi there,
has anyone heard of a place called brownhead? its suppose to be in the argyle/bute area, im trying to track down a robert scott born c 1745 ,known as" scott of brownhead "apparentley he was a land owner and had them seized during the jacobite war, he then moved out of scotland to devon, he is apparently the grt grt grandfather of the famous explorer robert falcon scott .
so i would be very grateful if anyone can find out some info on this so i can pass on to the family
hugs
krissy

Rach · Post by **Rach** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 6:51 pm

On the old maps.co.uk site I put in Brownhead and it gave me 3 options but all were for Townhead, Argyll.
Perhaps someone else in the area will know if there is a Brownhead.
Rae

krissy · Post by **krissy** » Tue Jun 12, 2007 7:36 pm

hi rae,
yes i kept getting everywhere but argyleshire but there is such a place , i went to genuki and found it under ayrshire , but who knows maybe there was such a place ,the other possibility is that he came from brownhead (wherever)and moved up to argyle then to devon. oh these mysteries
thanks for the help
krissy

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 2:33 am

Hi Krissy

This is the only Robert Scott c1745 I could find on BVRI.

SCOT, Robert
Gender: Male
Birth Date: 15 Sep 1744
Christening Date: 16 Sep 1744 Recorded in:Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland
Father: Robert SCOT
Mother: Janet WRIGHT
Source: FHL Film 1041327 Dates: 1738 - 1856

Searching in Argyll, Bute and Ayrshire

krissy · Post by **krissy** » Thu Jun 14, 2007 7:03 pm

hi there,
thanks for the replies its a tough one i know ive been googling for days ha ha!
how far is adrossan from argyleshire stewi its a big possibility that the one you found is him and maybe he moved at somepoint, its this brownhead thing thats thrown me a bit , he was known as scott from brownhead but of course possible he was from there originally .
thanks a million for this i will get back to the family.
krissy

StewL · Post by **StewL** » Fri Jun 15, 2007 2:57 am

Hi Krissy

My geography of Scotland isnt what it used to be

, but it wouldnt be too far from Ardrossan to Argyll going across the waters, and Bute was reasonably close. But hopefully someone with a bit better knowledge of geography can confirm this.

Speaking of geography I had a look at an old atlas of mine and didnt realise that it had the new counties of Scotland

so it shows how much attention I took to the book