William Richardson

     
     William Richardson was born c 1670 ?Eckford, ROX, SCT.¹ He and Isabel UnknownSurname were estimated to have married s 1690 ?ROX, SCT, (not on Eckford marriages Sct People).^1,2
     William Richardson died bt 1714 - 1726 prob. at Pringlestead, Par. of Eckford, ROX, SCT.¹
     
     With sparse records this far back, and what few there are showing little detail it is a leap of faith that the family ascribed to William is truly his.
I began to think that possibly the later children George, John and Adam might not belong to "my" William & Isabel, as I'd found a William & Isabel Cowans who married at Eckford in 1709 and there was a time gap between William, 1707 and George 1711. Evidence for this theory included finding that Marion may be older than I originally thought, making "my" Isabel getting on a bit for the later children.
I was about to shift them out of this family when I checked George's 1711 baptism, which said to William of Pringlestead.
So, if I accept that the Pringlestead means "our" William, they get a reprieve (didn't check John and Adam's, but William, before the 1710 marriage, was also at Pringles stead, and William of Pringlestead was the cautioner for Marion's 1709 marriage).
The other leap of faith is that Grissell belongs, and that William of Cabertoune is the same person as William of Pringlestead.
I've not yet found a marriage for William and Isabel
He appears not to have left a will to help us poor benighted researchers 200 years later.³
     In 1695 William Richardson and Isabel Richardson were living at Cabertoune, Par. of Eckford, ROX, SCT, when dtr Grissell baptized.⁴
     By 1709 William Richardson was living at Pringlestead, Par. of Eckford, ROX, SCT, when dtr Marion married.^1,5 On 3 Aug 1709 at Eckford, ROX, SCT, William Richardson was a cautioner at the marriage of Adam Hunter and Marion Richardson; Jun 19 Adam Huntar in Jedburgh Paroch & Marion Richardson in this paroch gave up yr names in order to marriage William Richardson in pringlestead caut in caise (sic) of miscarriage they gave 12s to ye poor married Augst 3 1709.^5,1