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Descendents of William Heughan (Haughan) (ca 1757 - 1 Dec 1825)
and Agnes Beattie (ca 1762 - 19 Dec 1849)

Two generation Heughan genealogy in a
single pdf or MS Word file.

Link to maps showing relative concentration of the
Haughan and Heughan surnames in the United Kingdom in 1881 and 1998.

Link to additional images of Annan Old Parish Church and Graveyard.

Link to additional images of Preston Hall.

 

First Immigrant Generation
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1. William Heughan .

    Born ca 1757, probably in Scotland.   Died 1 Dec. 1825, Preston Hall, Dumfriesshire, Scotland. The 1801 Census for Annan Parish, Scotland lists the household of William Houghan with Agnes, Janet, Jean, John and Margaret.

 
Location may showing geographic location of town of Annan and surrounding communities in Galloway and Dumfries (formerly Dumfriesshire). Higher resolution image showing relative location of Annan Old Parish Church and nearby Preston Hall and the former associated hind cottages, which were part of the farm.
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     William married Agnes Beattie. Born Approx 1762 in Scot. Died 19 Dec 1849 in Harvey. Buried in Harvey Settlement Cemetery (see image of gravemarker in Harvey Settlement Cemetery below).

 
View of the Annan Old Parish Church, Annan from the west on High Street, Annan, Dumfries & Galloway, Source: Tim Patterson, 26 Aug 2007. Annan Old Parish Church. Source: Tim Patterson, 26 Aug 2007.
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Grave stone of William Haughan, Annan Old Parish Church Graveyard Plot B12 (Gravestones in the churchyard are arranged in straight rows (A to Q) starting with Row A along the west wall behind the church).


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Close-up of the inscription on the grave marker of William Haughen. More images are included below.

In Memory of
WILLIAM HAUGHEN, who died at Preston-
Hall 1st Dec.r 1825, aged 68 years. Also
AGNESS BEATTIE his spouse who died
____________ aged ____ years.
And ANGELLE D'ARCUELL, spouse of
John Heughan who died 15th April 1841
Aged 50 years. 

Gravestone retranscribed by Tim Patterson 26 Aug 2007.

 
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Grave stone of William Haughan, Annan Old Parish Church Graveyard Plot B12 (Gravestones in the churchyard are arranged in straight rows (A to Q) starting with Row A along the west wall behind the church). View taken from further back showing position of grave marker in North West Corner of Cemetery.


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Another view of grave stone of William Haughan, Annan Old Parish Church Graveyard Plot B12 (Gravestones in the churchyard are arranged in straight rows (A to Q) starting with Row A along the west wall behind the church). View taken from further back showing position of grave marker in North West Corner of Cemetery
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There are major errors in other versions of the transcription of William Haughan's grave stone posted elsewhere:

e.g.

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~bp2000/cemetery/annan.htm

 

and

 

http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~scottish/indexoldannancem.html

 

An accurate transcription of this grave and more complete listing of all burials in the Annan Old Parish Church Graveyard is to be found in the publication:

 

2006. Annan Old Parish Church Graveyard Memorial Inscriptions. Dumfries and Galloway Family History Research Centre 9 Glasgo Street, Dumfries, Scotland DG2 9AF. http://www.dgfhs.org.uk

 
Preston Hall Farm, on the outskirts of Annan, Dumfriesshire. Source: Tim Patterson, 27 Aug 2007. Morningside cottages, Annan. These were formally hind cottages for Preston Hall Farm. Source: Tim Patterson, 27 Aug 2007.
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There is considerable variation in the spelling of this surname. According to Rene Anderson spelling of the surname did not become standardized until late in the 19th century with sometimes two different variants appearing on the same grave marker. According to Rene Anderson spelling of the name in Dumfries and Galloway at present is generally "Heuchan".

 

At the time of the 1841 census the widow Agnes was living in the household of her son John Heughan, recently returned from being a planter in Trinidad, at Newington Lodge in the Annan area.

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1841 Census    
Piece: SCT1841/812 Place: Annan - Dumfries-shire Enumeration District: 6
Civil Parish: Annan-Burgh Folio: 6 Page: 1
Address: Newington Lodge    
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Surname First name(s) Sex Age Occupation Where Born Remarks
Heughan John M 40 Farmer Dumfries-shire Occ. Note: Late planter in Trinidad
Heughan William M 15   Overseas-British Place of birth: Trinidad
Heughan Jane F 15   Overseas-British Place of birth: Trinidad
Heughan John M 12   Overseas-British Place of birth: Trinidad
Heughan Agnes F 70   Dumfries-shire  

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Agnes came to Harvey Settlement some time after the 1841 census with her son John Heughan and his family to join her daughters Janet (Heughan) Little, Christina (Heughan) Johnstone and Ellen "Nellie" (Heughan) Lister who were already established there. As indicated on her gravestone in Harvey Settlement Cemetery she died 19 Dec 1849, aged 87 years.  

 

Harvey Settlement Cemetery Section A, Plot #45.

Gravestone reads:

In
Memory of
AGNES
wife of
Wiliam Heughan
Died Dec 19, 1849
Aged 87 years
___

Also
C.A. CRAIG
Died Feb 22, 1875
Aged 72 years

Agnes and William are undoubtedly part of a select group of people who have grave markers in both the old and new world!

 

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    They had the following children:

  2   i.   Janet Heughan

  3   ii.   Jean Heughan

  4   iii.  John Heughan

  5   iv.  Margaret Heughan

  6   v.   Christina A. Heughan

  7   vi.  Ellen "Nellie" Heughan