Robert SPOTTISWOOD & Elizabeth FRETTER or FRATER

From Joseph(Joe) Spottiswoode HOPKIRK's genealogical records we learn that Robert SPOTTISWOODE was born 9/1/1776 and his wife was born 2/2/1777. However, the Spottiswoode Family probably gave Joe the wrong birth year, as a Robert SPOTSWOOD was christened the same date, 2 years earlier, on 9 January 1774 in Yetholm, Roxburgh, Scotland, the son of Joseph SPOTSWOOD and Margarit THOMPSON.

We also know Robert and Elizabeth had the following children, thanks to Joe's records::

    Margaret SPOTTISWOODE, born 2/9/1799 (Named after the father's mother) (This page leads to the source of many of the Habkirks of Canada and the USA)

    Elizabeth SPOTTISWOODE, born 28/1/1801 (Named after the mother)

    Joseph SPOTTISWOODE, born 18/11/1803 (Named after the father's father) (This page leads to the source of about 80% of the New Zealand Hopkirks, from the Hopkirk Melrose Branch)

    George SPOTTISWOODE, born 13/4/1806

    William SPOTTISWOODE, born 26/11/1809

    Robert SPOTTISWOODE, born 29/4/1817, at Maxton, Rox, christened at Maxton, and living at Lilliesleaf, Rox, Scotland, the son of Robert Spotiswoode and Elizabeth Fretter.

See Joseph Spottiswoode(Joe) Hopkirk's genealogical records from the late 1800's which lists all the above births


Other children born to Joseph Spotswood and Margaret Thomson
William Spotswood, 19 Nov 1769, Yetholm, Rox, Scotland christening
Robert Spotswood, 20 Jan 1772, Yetholm, Rox, Scotland christening (probably died and then a second Robert born in 1774.
George Spotiswood, 10 Nov 1776, Yetholm, Rox, Scotland christening
Joseph Spotswood, 25 Oct 1778, Morebattle, Rox, Scotland christening




This page last updated on 28 April 2015