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John Agnew                              1715-1803
John was born about 1715. He married Margaret McQuater.
Margaret McQuater               1714-1803
Margaret was born about 1714.
I have identified the following children.
  Niven Born abt 1747     Married Elizabeth McCrea
Andrew Born abt 1752     Married Helen McEwan

Birth of Parents
John Agnew b: abt 1715        

Margaret McQuater b: abt 1714        

Marriage
No Date
John Agnew
Margaret McQuater

Children
Niven Agnew b: abt 1747              
son of John Agnew and Margaret McQuater
Andrew Agnew b: abt 1752              
son of John Agnew and Margaret McQuater

Death
John Agnew Died 19 Dec 1803, Age 88,
Buried at Kirkcolm Old Churchyard

Death
Margaret (McQuater) Agnew Died 12 Apr 1803, Age 88,
Buried at Kirkcolm Old Churchyard


HERE LIES THE CORPSE OF
MARGARET McQUATOR,
WHO DIED APRIL 12th 1803
IN THE 88th YEAR OF HER AGE
ALSO
JOHN AGNEW, HER HUSBAND
FARMER IN HIGH ARDWELL
DIED DECEMBER 19th 1803
IN THE 88TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
ALSO, HIS SON,
NIVEN AGNEW
FARMER IN WEST BALSCALLOCK
WHO DIED THE 18TH JUNE 1817
IN THE 70th YEAR OF HIS AGE
HELEN McEWAN,
SPOUSE TO ANDREW AGNEW IN ARDWELL
DIED 21st AUGUST 1836, AGED 66
ANDREW AGNEW
FARMER IN HIGH ARDWELL
DIED 29th JANUARY 1837, AGED 84 YEARS
NEVIN AGNEW
BORN 3rd NOVEMBER 1831
DIED 27TH AUGUST 1842
SON OF ANDREW AGNEW

ERECTED BY NIVEN AND ANDREW AGNEW

A SOLILOQUY
HERE MAN DISOLV'D IN SHATTR'D RUINS LIES,
SO FAST ASLEEP AS IF NO MORE TO RISE,
TIS STRANGE TO THINK HOW THOSE DEAD BONES CAN LIVE, LEAP INTO A FORM
AND WITH NEW HEAT REVIVE,
IT MUST BE SO
THE SAME ALMIGHTY POWER,
FROM DUST WHO FORMED US
CAN FROM DUST RESTORE.

BY ANDREW AGNEW
Kirkcolm Old Churchyard
Kirkcolm Parish, Wigtownshire, Scotland

SPECIAL THANKS  to Jean Heron, of Stranraer, Inch, Wigtownshire, Scotland, for many of the details provided above.