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also articles in Proceedings of the Royal
Geographical Society, vol. xiii. p. 372, and
Journal of the Linnean Society, vol. xi. p. 32.
Dr. Philpots has in recent years, under the
pseudonym "Oliver .Eaton," written several
works of fiction, 'The Beacon Hydro,' ' Results
of Waiting,' &c. He contributed a sketch of
Prof. Alexander Harvey to Aurora Borealis
Amdemica. P. J. ANDERSON.
JOSEPH BOULMIER (9 th S. vii. 348). There is no mention, either in Lorenz or the cata- logue of the Bib. Nat., of any work by this writer more recent than ' Villanelles' (1878). He is probably dead, as he was born in 1821, but I have not been able to find any record of his death. Liseux, the publisher who brought out 'Villanelles,' is dead, and the business no longer exists, so no inquiries can be made in that quarter.
ROBERT B. DOUGLAS.
5, Rue Alfred Stevens, Paris.
Galloway called Breconside (spelt in Pont's
- Survey,' c. 1600, Brakansyde) and Breckeni-
hill. HERBERT MAXWELL.
Perhaps the following may be of interest or use to MR. BRECKENRIDGE. The earliest note I have of the name in connexion with Ayrshire is from ' The Tailors' Record Book ' of Kilmarnock, from which I extract the following :
" May 5, 1716. The seel day John Breckenridge entred and payed twintie marks scots munie as an outentoun,*beforJohnDuncansonboxmaster, James Tanihil, James Thomson, Alexander Tonihill, in Thomas Walkers hous, bonetmaker."
In the first Kilmarnock Directory, 1845, two of the name appear, one a watchmaker, the other a rug manufacturer. I think the name is now extinct in Kilmarnock, but I could make inquiries if needed.
ALFRED CHAS. JONAS.
The family of Breckenridge in Question
most probably came from the coast of uarrick.
Many of the name lived in the parish of
, ,. i Kirkoswald, and the tombstones of several
to consult the registers and records of the are to be seen in the graveyard surrounding parish of Strathavon to find the origin of his | fchA ftW n)nilT .^ T^A nf,W f.hp v i^ family, because in that parish is a place
BRECKENRIDGE (9 fch S. vii. 247, 313). MR"
BRECKENRIDGE is advised at the last reference
called Breckenridge or Brackenridge, whence
that surname probably is derived. But is
there any probability of so finding the infor-
mation required 1 Unless the family owned
the land of Brackenridge, they would per-
the old church. Like others, they joined in
smuggling, which for many a day was the
predominant industry in that part of the
country. One of them, who had prospered
by the trade, occupied the farm of Dowhill,
nearly opposite Ailsa Craig. Indulgent to
his wife, and at a loss how to bestow his
1 i . ,-, ,1 *-, f . mo wiic, emu nv at iwoo iiwvv \j\j uuouuw ins
haps only receive the name when they left wealthj he hung a go]d watch on each side
it as indicating their origin. Scotts did not
get their name till they came in contact with
of the deep high-backed easy-chair that she
occupied, so that whichever way she turned
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nghsh; and to this day Scott is a far more she uld road the hour> DAVID J MURRAY.
frequent surname than Inglis, partly because
more Scots left Scotland to go to England
than Englishmen left England to seek their
fortune in Scotland. It is true that in
many districts of Scotland the tenant is
habitually known to his neighbours by the
Glasgow.
GOVERNOR HAYNES'S GRANDFATHER (9 th S. vi. 88, 515; vii. 172). That the Governor's father was John Haynes, of Old Hold, in Essex (d. 1605), is well known; hence the
name of his farm; but that very fact is apt governor could not have been the son of
11 , 1 1 I fJ.k/-\rr*/-\ T-Trt TTv/-kd /-\4- A/f 1 1 /* r T-To /~4 r\ o i-v* ivfc l-r^4-n
George Haynes, of Much Hadham, in Herts t
but this George might readily have been the
father of the said John of Old Hold, and so
to mislead one in tracing genealogies, because
successive occupants, irrespectively of their
surnames or origin, receive in turn their .
territorial designation from the land they \grandfather to the Governor. The probability
hold. I have in mind one of my own farms I 9 f this supposition-first suggested by the
named Garrarie, where I have had three
successive tenants bearing respectively the
names of Brown, Jolly, and Smith. The
first two were known, the third is now known,
Garrarie."
fact that the said George left, by will proved
in 1584, land in said Hadham to his "son
John," and that John of Old Hold, the
Governor's known father, died seised of the
property called " Haynes at the Mill," situate
It so happens that in the same district- U n Hadham, and that he and members of
n . , ii i _ i i l-iio fa m 1 1 XT o rck Knirrl in fr.rtA cjamo rarion f.niio
Galloway, to wit there are two farms which
bear a name the exact equivalent in Gaelic
to Brackenridge, namely, Drumrannie and
Drumrennie, both of which may be confi-
dently interpreted druim raithne, the bracken
or fern ridge. There are also farms in
his family are buried in the same parish, thus
tending to show that it was their native
This proves he was not a native of Kilmarnock. A freeman of the town required to pay four pounds Scots according to paragraph 3 of 'The Taylors' Charter,' dated 38 January, ~
