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David Chrystie(Christie) Scotland 1657 - 1729
Source:Torderød Gård and other Chrystie homes. The following is a transcription birth entry of Aprile 20. 1657 Mr David Christie, Lybra Hamilton. I hope it is the right one. |
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CADWALLADER COLDEN PAPERS From David Chrystie, father of Mrs. Cadwallader Colden KELSO Feb: 16. 1717 Sr The last we had from you was dated Octr 9 which I received Dec: 10 & on ye, 12 th I wrote to you: my Son Davie wrote also at ye same time from London; & Jamie wrote a week or 2 after that. I wish they have all come to yor hand. We all are very glad of ye good accounts we have had of & from you, I wish we may hear no worse. I told you that James was to be ordained Minister of Simprin in this moneth of February but now I must tell you we expect it will be about ye middle of March. I told you likewaies yt John went to Guinea about ye middle of August. if it please God to send him safe home, I understand he hath a mind to marry Bettie Cheshire; but Davie who saw both yo mother & ye daughter is not well pleased wt, ye match; he thinks they are poor, & yt she is no very fitt match for him; & hath left a letter at London wt Norman Hamilton to deliver to Johnie, if it please God to send him safe home, giving him his best advice about it. As for Davie, I doubt not but he hath told you in his letter (if you have received it) yt he is to go presently back to Norway, qr he is to settle, & to be married to a Merchants daughter in Scheen, whom he looks upon to be a very vertuous & pleasant young Gentlwoman; I believe he will have 1000 lb. Sterling wt her: he & Wm Robison in Eymouth have fraughted a ship in Newcastle, which is to come to Eymouth qr they are to load her wt Big & Rye, & Davie is to go over wt her, & to send her back loaden wt Timber to Wm Robison. He is also to take over Andrew with him. We have reason to be thankfull yt all our children are like to be well provided for; but it is a piece of no small hardship yt they are all at such a distance from us. Not one of them all is to be near us, but James only. We are alarm'd wt an Invasion from Swedland; some weeks agoe the Government being informed by ye E. of Stairs yt ye Swedish Envoy at London (his name is Count Gyllemberg 1) was plotting wt some Jacobites here, thought fitt to secure him & seize his papers; & qn these sent by ye King & Council came in upon them they were tearing & destroying their papers by all means they could; however several papers were gotten which declared they were designing an insurrection here, & yt they were o be assisted by forreign Troops, some say 10000, other 15 or 20000 from Swedland; severall Englishmen were also taken up, as one Mr Caesar, Sr Jacob Banks &c: wthich Banks for 60 severall Posts had sent 1000 lb. every post (being in all 60000 lb.) over to Sweden. The Government are putting their Fleet in order to prevent them; & we would fain hope this design will be prevented. The Prisoners that were at Edr were all brought in Sepr last to Carlyle qr they lay 2 or 3 rnoneths, & 3 or 4 weeks agoe all our Teviotdale Gentlemen, as Abbotrule, Doctor Scot, Thomas Cranstoun, Blackhill &c: were sett at liberty. Doctor Trotter in Dunss dyed about a fortnight agoe; & his Lady in all probability will shortly follow him. So, yr is no Physician in that Countrey, I leave it to you to apply. As for us here, we are in ordinary health; my wife is become very tender & is still troubled wt Rheumatick pains, & (which 1 like worse) wt a shortness of breath. Remember us all to Alie & Sandie; we all long to hear about him, if he hath gott over yL small pox. I hope I need not put you in mind to omitt no opportunity of letting us hear from you. 1 am Yor affectionate father D CHRYSTIE [Addressed:] To Mr Cadwallader Colden 1 Karl, Count de Gyllenborg. CADWALLADER COLDEN PAPERS vol. 8 page 31. From David Chrystie. Dear S r I had a letter from you & yo, wife dated August 29 which I received Octr 24 which was ye first yt made me understand you had got ye, melancholy account of my Dear wifes death. I had another from you dated Nov 4 which came to my hand Decr 20 wth Sandies picture inclosed, which I take very kindly, & shall be sure to have a frame about it, & a glass before it. I am glad to hear ye Sandie is such a thriving child, & a good scholar, 1 pray the Lord bless him, & preserve him to you for yor comfort, & mine also: for since it hath pleased the Lord to remove my greatest earthly comfort, I heartily pray he may preserve my children & grand children, which are all the comforts 1 have here. I went down to see James & his wife upon ye first of this moneth, & upon ye second he received a letter from his sister & you, yt of both he & I was very glad, I think him very happily married to a pleasant well humoured young gentlewoman, & abundantly smah, he was married upon ye 12th of November. Andrew came to this countrey in ye beginning of October & hath been good company to me this winter, otherwaies I would have had a very lonely time of it. He hath had ye luck to be at all yr marriages, first at yore, then at Davies, & James had none wt him but me & him, except only Mr Henry Veatch; it was a very private marriage. Andrew is only unprovided; but I hope God who hath provided so well for you all will also provide for him. He is at present wt his brother, & they will both write to you presentlye It is very like you will have theirs together wt this. As for my self I bless ye Lord I keep my health very well, & am glad to hear that Alie is so healthy, ye Lord continue it. Pray remember me kindly to her, & to Sandie. Glad would I be to see him, but I fear Ishall never have that happiness. I have great reason to be thankfull for such kind & dutifull children: Davie (as I told you) invited me twice to come to him; Alie hath invited me to come to you; & James desires me to come & stay wt him, so yt if prov THE COLDEN PAPERS-1711-1729. 109 idence should so order it that I were not able to do for my self, I need not fear want. The Lord reward you all for your kindness; but I cannot think of any such thing yet. Tell Alie I reported her 'comenda.ns to Sr Jos Pringle, who took it very kindly; that family is very well His mother is yet alive, but is altogether delirious, she knowes not her own Son, nor any of her children or grand children. Mr Gaudie & her daughters are very well, but neither of them have yet got an house of their own. I mind no other thing at present to acquaint you wl, but yor brethren (I doubt not) will give you a more full account of all things. Pray continue to let me hear frequently from you: for yor letters are most refreshing to me. Notwithstanding of ye great distance, yet I have heard thrice from you since I heard from Davie: I have had nothing from him since Andtew came: the winter time puts such a stop to trading w' that countreye It seems yr is no account of yor Governours return; I heartily wish he should. I wish you much joy of yo, new Planta.n. Now ye Lord be wt you all. I am Yor loving father
Tell Alie her Aunt remembers her kindlye
TO Mr C ADWALLADER COLDEN To the care of Mr RICHARD HILL CADWALLADER COLDEN PAPERS 87 From David Chrystie to his daughter, Mrs. Cadwallader Colden HER: Hos: Dec: 18. 1723 D: Alie Yor husbands wt yors dated Oct: 26 I received yesterday. You begin yor letter wt an Apology for yor not rernembring me & say you would have been uneasie if you had not hoped I had received yors from Mr Watson, but that could give you no satisfae, if you had known ye truth of ye matter; for I have neither yet seen M. Watson nor ye letter; I went to his sister after I received yors, but she could give me no account of him; for she sayes he never writes either to her or his father. I must really make you laugh at my jealousie. When 1 had any letter before from yor husband, you either wrote yor Self, or he said in ye close of his letter Alie remembers you &c: but in that yr was never a word of yor name: well, I said little, but I thought 1 would give you a wipe for it in MY letter. I went to Simprin in August, & after I had stayed 2 or 3 dayes Wt yor brother, he & 1 went to Oxnam, & yor brother Ja: Colden wt us (who is now very comfortably settled in Whitsom) going on by Kelso, we made severall short visits, they asked q n I had heard from my daughter, I told I had a letter from her a few weeks before, they answered they were glad of it, for they had heard she was dead; q n I went to another house they told me they were sorry I had lost my daughter: we went forward to Oxnam, & both Mr, Colden & James had received each of them a letter from yor husband some little time before: I asked Mr Colden if [hils son had spoken any thing of his wife, he said, no; then I asked James, he made ye same answer; qrupon I presently said, she is certainly gone; at which both Mr Colden, Mrs Colden, Ja: Colden & Ja: Chrystie fell upon me & bantered me severely: yor husband had said in all his letters We are all well; but to that I replyed, he meaned, he & ye children were well & thought fitt to conceal it from me for some time. However I am very glad of my disap 88 CADWALLADER COLDEN PAPERS pointment; but I hope it will be a lesson to you for ye future. Yor Brother Ja: wt his familie are pretty well, little Katie is troubled wt an outstriking, which hath infected her mother, & makes ym both somewhat uneasie. The Duke of Roxburgh was pleased to send yor Brother a Presentan to ye Church of Morbattle qch is vacant since yo death of Mr JO: Simson, ye Prbtrie of Kelso is very kind to him & [faded] fore except 2 Jacobites have appeared for him, but ye people are [faded] wild, & will hear of no Minr but one Mr And: Tait (it is like [faded] may know him) who was Mr Simsons helper. The Presentan was [made] in ye beginning of Sepr, but it is still lying over; & I cannot tell [faded] of it. Yor Brother Andrew came from Norway to England in ye end of September & wrote to me from London, qch I answered: he came to make acquaintance wt Norway merchants & had letters of Recommendan from his Brother Davie to all his acquaintances & correspondents. he stayed only about a fortnight in London, & then came in ye stage-coach to Lynn & Hull & went to a great many places upon ye Coast. he wrote to me again from Lynn on ye last [faded] upon ye first of Nor he said he was very well pleased wt that voyage, for he had good [faded]-ness & was [torn] [to settIle at Christiana qch is yo metropolis of Norway he desired to be excused ye he came not to see me, because he had bought 200 lbs worth of goods which [torn] get ofi in Norway this winter, & yrfore behoved to haste back again: So I believe he will hardly listen to yor husbands proposal of coming to America; & I must acknowledge I would not be [faded] for it; for if he came to you I needed not expect ever to see him again; & I think it too much as I have lost one of you. I told him in my letter to London yt ye complained he wrote not to you, & he answered me in his from Lynn yt it was not his fault, for he wrote from Berwick Feb: 12 & again from Simprin 2 dayes after, also from Norway May 26 (qeh it seems is ye only letter ye have received) all which were directed to ye Sun CofFee house, & lastly July 8 by way of Leverpool, & Davie CADWALLADER COLDEN PAPERS 89 wrote to you that same day. They & I both are sorry yt their letters are so miscarried; but I am glad mine come so well to yo, hand; I believe yr hath none either from you to me, or from me to you miscarried, except that one which 1 wrote wt Bonner. Swinton wrote to yor husband last week; I hope both this & his will come to yor hand together: I know yor husband w[il]I do him all ye kindness yt lies in his power & I shall be very glad if he can serve him; they ar[el a worthy kind family. I am glad yt yr children are all recovered of ye indisposition they laboured under. Mrs Henderson is as happily married as one could wish, she hath a kind & loving husband, & his daughters are very discreet & obliging to her, & she wants not abundance of yo world: her sister Jenny is not so lucky, for her husband has left her, & she knowes not qI is become of him. Pray Remember me kindly to yor husband, & all ye children & especially to my dear Sandie. Now ye Lord be with you all. I am yor loving father D CHRYSTIE [Addressed:] To Mr Cadwallader Colden [Postmarked: ] 25 DE
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