Cuthbert Denholm of Edinburgh

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My 6xg-grandmother was a Margaret Denholm who married Walter Ferrier, stabler, 20 Dec 1695 at Mid Calder, Midlothian, Scotland. Variants of her surname include Denholme and Denham.

Children of Walter and Margaret that I know of:

- Margaret (surname spelt Fairer) baptised 29 Nov 1696 Kirknewton and East Calder, Midlothian, residence parish of Mid Calder, witnesses probably not relatives as they are the same witnesses as on the previous entry.
- Margaret who married William Watt 4 Oct 1724 in Edinburgh - this could be the same Margaret as above but I think it is more likely to be a second one.
- Also there could be a William in this gap whose baptism I haven't found, and maybe a few more children.
- Bethia baptised 31 Dec 1702 St Cuthbert's Edinburgh, witnesses John Aikman and John Trotter.
- James baptised 2 Aug 1705 St Cuthbert's, witnesses Cuthbert and James Denholm (or Denham)
- Alison baptised 5 Oct 1707 St Cuthbert's, witnesses Cuthbert and James Denhams, "tennents at Blackfoord."
- Robert baptised 19 Jan 1710 St Cuthbert's, witnesses Cuthbert and James Denholm
- David born 28 Apr 1712, baptised 1 May 1712 St Cuthbert's, witnesses Jo Megget and Pat Outerstown(?)
- Walter baptised 23 Aug 1715 St Cuthbert's, witnesses James Gilmer and Tho Turnbull, John Aikman and Rob Gemmell, indwellers in Bristo.

There is a Cuthbert (Cudbert) Denholme baptised 23 Oct 1656 at Colinton, son of James, who surely must be related to Margaret, but is he her brother or her father? A Cuthbert Denholm married an Alison Hill Nov 7 1678 at Newton, Midlothian, and the marriage record says he was of the parish of St Cuthbert. The first child of theirs that I can find a baptism for is Elspeth in 1683, but there could be a few older ones, so Margaret could be their daughter, and maybe there is a James in that gap too? Or maybe Margaret was the sister of this Cuthbert?

I found some information when googling last night which said that a Cuthbert Denholm was tenant at Dreghorn, near Edinburgh, for more than 40 years up to 1671.
http://canmore.rcahms.gov.uk/en/site...reghorn+mains/
Ancestry has a burial record for Cuthbert Denholme, Dreghorne, 30 Jan 1665, from the Commissariot Record of Edinburgh.

I'm wondering whether he is an earlier generation of this family.

Can anyone find anything to help connect these people together, please?