In the 1841 Cenus - we find at East Nisbet which is less than 4 miles from Kersmains Farmhouse - John Jaffrey 80 pauper born Roxburghshire; Helen (Ellen) Jaffrey 30 - ag. labourer born England; and Elizabeth 12 - ag labourer born Roxburghshire. This proves to me that Elizabeth is either a daughter or granddaughter of John Jaffrey not Jeffrey.
In July I obtained at the Heritage Hub at Hawik an amazing source of information for Kersmains farm from 1816 to 1819 when John Jaffrey was sold up by the Duke of Roxburgh. He disappeared leaving his wife to be served the papers. Is Ellen/Helen a daughter-in-law or young wife of the 80 year old? Was the 80 year old the tenant of the Duke or his son?
So Ellen, also called Helen, was born in England. Age in the 1841 Census 30 -so she was born between ............... and ................? Dying between 1841 and 1854. Most of the married Scottish women kept their maiden name, as Elizabeth did in Australia - where she married a German. Was Ellen/Helen buried under Thompson or Jaffrey being English?