Map showing Holmhead, Hazelybrae and Bogle Hole, William Crawford, 1804

See Hazelybrae, Broadholm and Holmhead from Ordnance Survey Name Books, 1848-1858

See Decree Against Thomas Richardson and Others, 1661

Sale of These Parts of the Lands of Hazliebrae

Caledonian Mercury, Thursday 18 December 1788

"These lands are beautifully situated on the water of Ae, within a mile and half of the burgh of Lochmaben, and eight miles from Dumfries. They are almost all arable or rich meadow, and capable of great improvement. There is a neat dwelling house upon the lands, covered with slate, and a good garden well stocked with excellent fruit trees. Any person wanting further information, or wishing to purchase by private bargain, may apply to John Wilson, the proprietor, at Hazliebrae."

CS177/655 Creditors of John Wilson vs John Wilson : Act sequestrating his estate 23 May 1792 - from National Records of Scotland

A John Wilson (born Jan 27, 1761?) died June 7, 1793, in Sheerness, Kent, England. - from Maxwell Family Tree on Ancestry.com "Awaiting deportation to Sydney, Botany Bay, Australia, having been convicted of forgery." - from Shaw of Northbrook Tree on Ancestry.com Both of these Ancestry.com trees have Jean Richardson dying in July, 1804, at Holmhead, Tinwald, and Margaret dying there in 1810 (no source given). If either of these can be confirmed it would more strongly link our Elizabeth "Mary" with this family.

1797 Kirkmichae, John Carruthers, Hazliebrae, Janet Corrie, there
Farm Horse Tax 1797-1798, Volume 02 / E326/10/2/137

James Richardson, Late Provost & Merchant in Lochmaben died in Lochmaben on March 30, 1799.

George Wilson
Dec 25, 1789 - May 28, 1815(?)

George Wilson... Shop keeper to provost Richardson Merchant in Lochmaben his uncle
died here the 28th May and was buried in the Churchyard of Lochmaben on 30th of same month
See original document

Robert Wilson son to the late John Wilson of Hazliebrae died at Lochmaben the 24th June
and was buried in the Church yard of Lochmaben on the 26th of same month
See original document

At Lochmaben, Mrs. Catharine Richardson, widow of James Richardson,
merchant in and late Provost of Lochmaben, aged 87
From The Edinburgh Magazine, January - June, 1820

William Daley & Mary Ann Graham | John Daly & Janet Ross

Robert Waugh and Elizabeth Wilson had a son named George born June 16, 1807, in Lochmaben, but did not marry (see Robert Waugh & Elizabeth Wilson). Elizabeth "Mary" Wilson married Cornelius Daley (born c 1765 in Ireland, and of the Parish of St. Mungo) on  Jan 13, 1809 in Lochmaben. They had two children: William Daley (b. Sept 9, 1809, in St. Mungo, d. Nov 27, 1882, although William is probably the son of Margaret Wightman) and John Daley (b. July 4, 1810, d. Dec 14, 1884, in Lochmaben). George Waugh was probably raised in the Daley household in Hightae, Lochmaben. He may have been named after Mary Elizabeth's uncle George or her brother George.

William Daley & Mary Ann Graham

William Daley (son of Margaret Wightman and possibly Cornelius Daley) married Mary Ann Graham on March 9, 1834, in St. Mungo. They had at least nine children: Agnes (born Feb 19, 1835, died at 11 months); Agnes (born March 24, 1837, died at age 3); George (born March 10, 1839, died at age 1); William Henry (born Sept 1, 1842, died before 1850); Matthew Henry (born July 1, 1844, died 1921); John Moffat (born May 3, 1848, died 1912); David James (born April 29, 1852, died 1872); Joseph Smith (born March 10, 1855, died 1917); and Graham Little (born April 3, 1859). - from US Census records and Find A Grave.

Matthew Henry Daley & Mary Elizabeth Wightman | Joseph Smith Daley & Sarah Ann Wilson

John Daley & Janet Ross

John Daley (weaver, Hightae parish of Lochmaben) married Janet Ross on May 12, 1837, in Brydekirk, Dumfiresshire. They had at least six children (all born in Hightae, Lochmaben): Elizabeth (born Oct 21, 1839, died Jan 25, 1857); Robert Ross (born Nov 29, 1841, died Jan 24, 1857); Matthew Wilson (born Aug 29, 1844); John (born March 19, 1847, died Jan 27,1857); Mary Jane (born about 1850); and Margaret (born Feb 2, 1853, died Feb 4, 1856). - 1841 & 1851 Census & Scotland's People

Mary Jane Daley

Elizabeth Wilson died between the 1841 and 1851 Scotland Census.  Cornelius and "Mary" Wilson were living in Hightae, Lochmaben in 1841 and only Cornelius was living there as a "widower" in 1851.

1841 Scotland Census - Birch Bank, Annan, Dumfriesshire
John Daley in the Ross household

1841 Scotland Census - Hightae, Lochmaben, Dumfriesshire
Janet Ross

William and Mary's son Matthew may have been born in Nauvoo, Illinois on July 1, 1844 (Joseph Smith was murdered on June 27, 1844).

Nauvoo Temple, c 1846

Nauvoo c 1846

In all of Church history, perhaps nothing symbolizes the pragmatic nature of Latter-day Saint religion as does the city of Nauvoo. On the very hem of the western frontier, the Latter-day Saints drained the swamps, wrote an ambitious city charter, established a university, mounted a city militia, and built a temple.

To Nauvoo and its vicinity came the great majority of all Latter-day Saint converts for the next seven years, swelling the population to about 20,000 by 1846. At its height it rivaled Chicago as the largest city in the state. A vibrant, culturally eclectic place, it came to be known as "Nauvoo, the Beautiful."

Painting of the Exodus from Nauvoo

On 4 February 1846, in the heart of a Midwestern winter so cold and bitter the Mississippi River froze over, the Latter-day Saints were driven from their homes and lands (in Nauvoo) down a street which came to be known as the "Street of Tears" and into the unknown mystery of the western frontier... "For Brigham Young and his associates, the 1846 exodus from Nauvoo, far from being a disaster imposed by enemies, was foretold and foreordained—a key to understanding LDS history and a necessary prelude for greater things to come. From a later perspective too, scholars of the Mormon experience have come to see the exodus and colonization of the Great Basin as the single most important influence in molding the Latter-day Saints into a distinctive people". (Reed C. Durham Jr., "Westward Migration, Planning and Prophecy," in Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., Encyclopedia of Mormonism, 5 vols. [1992], 4:1563). - from Nauvoo, Illinois, 1839-1846

"In every part of the city scenes of destitution, misery and woe met the eye. Families were hurrying away from their homes, without a shelter, — without means of conveyance, — without tents, money, or a day's provision, with as much of their household stuff as they could carry in their hands. Sick men and women were carried upon their beds — weary mothers, with helpless babes dying in their arms, hurried away — all fleeing, they scarcely knew or cared whither, so it was from their enemies, whom they feared more than the waves of the Mississippi, or the heat, and hunger and lingering life and dreaded death of the prairies on which they were about to be cast. The ferry boats were crowded, and the river bank was lined with anxious fugitives, sadly awaiting their turn to pass over and take up their solitary march to the wilderness." - from Nauvoo Guide, 1939

No odyssey in Mormon history surpasses the tragedy and triumph of the Mormon exodus (February to June 1846) from Nauvoo, Illinois, to Winter Quarters, Nebraska. Deaths and other tragedies were varied and numerous, resulting from such terrors as “black scurvy,” cholera morbus, typhoid fever, “quick consumption” (tuberculosis), and maternal deaths, not to mention the weaknesses of human beings under stress. The triumph derived from the successful emigration of thousands of men, women, children, and livestock under such abominable conditions.

- From The Iowa Trek of 1846: The Brigham Young Route from Nauvoo to Winter Quarters by Stanley B. Kimball, Ensign Magazine, June 1972. Read more at The Pioneer Trek: Nauvoo to Winter Quarters by William Hartley, Ensign Magazine, June, 1997

Worldwide cholera outbreaks.

In January 1848, gold was discovered in California, launching the famous stampede of gold seekers to California in 1849. For outfitting gold seekers, Kanesville vied for preeminence with St. Joseph and Independence. These men swarmed into Kanesville, practically buying out the Latter-day Saint settlements? wagons, draw animals, supplies, and food. Shortages sent prices skyrocketing, benefiting sellers but pricing many Saints out of being able to afford to head west that famous first year of the gold rush. One estimate said that even with new ferries the Saints built in 1849, some 5,000 wagons of gold seekers in 1850 had to wait weeks for their turns to cross the river. 30 Kanesville's economy boomed.

Gold seekers brought into Kanesville a scene of vices and virtues. But some travelers heading west became exposed to the gospel and liked it. When the John Harris family reached Kanesville on their way to Oregon, they stopped near Bishop Joseph Knight's place. John Harris was ill. Prompted that the Harrises needed help, Bishop Knight recruited another brother and visited them. They blessed the man, who was instantly healed. Impressed, the family converted and went to Utah with a Latter-day Saint wagon train. 31

Kanesville's primary reason for being was to help Saints get to Utah. From 1848 to 1852 an estimated 46 Latter-day Saint wagon trains left, involving about 2,900 wagons and more than 25,000 Latter-day Saints.

The Pottawattamie High Council vowed to "spare no pains to further, by all available means in their power, the emigration to the Valley of the Great Salt Lake." Elder Hyde reported on 12 June 1850, "We have attended the organization of 350 wagons of Salt Lake emigrants." Because cholera was so rampant that year - reports said 60 Saints had died from it while crossing Nebraska - the branches in Pottawattamie County observed 14 July as a day of fasting and prayer.

- from Pushing on to Zion: Kanesville, Iowa, 1846-1853

1860 United States Federal Census - Provo, Utah
William Daley & Mary Ann Graham and Family

1870 United States Federal Census - Provo, Utah
William Daley & Mary Ann Graham and Family

William Daley died on Nov 27, 1882, in Provo, Utah, at the age of 73, and is buried in the Payson Cemetery.

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