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21-03-21, 18:58
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Smeakin(s)
I have made no progress with this part of my tree since 2008.
Thomas SMEAKIN, miller of Berwick (adult in 1770, dead before 1855) "married"(not found) Helen Dickson. They had a daughter, Helen Smeakin, born about 1770 (not found) in Berwick. Helen Smeakin(c1770) married (not found) John Nisbett. Helen Nisbett nee Smeakin, obligingly died in 1855 in Nigg, Scotland and is buried as Helen Smeechm with other members of her Nisbett family. Her very informative death cert states: Age 85, born Berwick but lived in Nigg 49 years. Cod - decay of nature. Widow of John Nisbett, overseer, salmon fisher. Her father Thomas Smeakin, miller, deceased. Mother Helen m.s. Dickson decd. Family - daughter iIsabella 54, Margaret 50, Helen died 1807 aged 11, Helen 48. Informant Isabella Forbes, daughter. The name Smeakin does not exist except in this family! I have tried Meakin to no avail and any other spelling I can think of, no results. I suspect Helen Smeakin was illegitimate and possibly born Helen Dickson - but there are just too many to be able to narrow anything down. Any thoughts will be appreciated. I simply cannot get anywhere with this. Thanks in advance! OC 
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21-03-21, 21:19
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So, Isabella and Margaret Nisbett were not born in Nigg.
Millers are allegedly notorious for not staying in one place, so she could have lived in Berwick (or within five miles thereabouts) as a two year old. As for a salmon fisher, would that just be rivers around Nigg, or are they caught at sea?
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21-03-21, 21:47
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Helen probably wouldn't have been Helen Nisbett nee Smeakin, because Scottish women usually kept their maiden names. Not that that will be any help, I realise.
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21-03-21, 21:48
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Ooh, thankyou Phoenix. The Helen born in 1807 was always recorded as "Elender" which ought to be Eleanor but isn't.
Salmon fishers could be either river or sea, I have both in my tree, but once in Nigg that would probably be sea fishing. OC
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21-03-21, 21:54
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There is also the burial of a Thomas Smeaham in Tweedmouth husbandman from Spittal aged 80 in 1810. NB Spittal appears to be a place, not a hospital
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The chestnuts cast their flambeaux Last edited by Phoenix; 21-03-21 at 22:10.
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21-03-21, 22:00
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Miller isn't a million miles from husbandman is it. This sounds promising. Oh please let him have left a will!
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22-03-21, 08:35
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This chap:
Reference: PROB 11/991/63 Description: Will of Henry Smeeken otherwise Smeetken Date: 08 September 1773 Was a Londoner. A very brief will leaves everything to wife Sarah, but also his German books and wearing apparel to John Shutz. Given the variety of spellings, do you suppose the roots of the name are Dutch or German?
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