Watcarrick, Eskdalemuir ,Scotland

There has been a home of some kind on this
site at Watcarrick for the past 700 years!!


1537 story - Rev. Beattie relates in detail the series of events resulting from King James V (1513-1542)
stripping the Beatties of Eskdale of their lands and giving the lands to Robert Lord Maxwell. Seems that
when Maxwell summoned the Beatties to acknowledge him as their feudal superior, the Beatties declared the
royal grant was unjust. As the Beatties were mustering against him Ronald Beattie, the chief, gave Maxwell
a fast, white mare to flee on. Maxwell shortly sold the lands to Scott, Warden of the Middle Marches. Scott
and his men seized the Beattie possessions and divided up the 40-50 Beattie estates. Maxwell, however,
appealed to Scott to reward Ronald Beattie for saving Maxwell's life. As a result, Beattie was given the
perpetual tenant-right of Watcarrick, one mile south of Eskdalemuir. Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832) states
that the Beattie descendants continued to occupy Watcarrick into the 19th century.

The above sourced from Ray Beaty's Rootsweb Website

The house at Watcarrick

This building is attached to the barn area

You can see on the side of the house the many additions to the original structure The area by the window closest in the picture was part of the original building, while the upstairs levels were added then the sunroom is a modern addition

This photo was taken directly across the White Esk river from WatCarrick..it gives a good prospective of the property and lands involved Note the house is bunched up in the trees towards the top of the picture

This photo gives you a perspective of the back of the Watcarrick Cemetery You can see around the cemetery the trenches and earthworks of the original Saxon Church that stood on the site before it became a cemetery

Another photo of Watcarrick cemetery
The person that uploaded this says they found their great grandfather's grave
William Anderson was her great grandfather, but a good connection might be made
to find out more information about Watcarrick



Andrew Beattie's Grave at Watcarrick Cemetery
He died at Castle Hill

John Beattie and Janet Murray Beattie
and their children:John Beattie born at Dalbeath Also Archbald Beattie and wife Mary Ann Beattie
Janet Beattie and Elizabeth Wilson Beattie who
died at Linholm and William Beattie their son
who died at Boxxpie, New Zealand in 1899

Thomas Beattie who died at 89 years of age
and his wife Catherine Hally Lwart



John Beattie's Grave

Please note that there are many other graves of Beatties in the Watcarrick cemetery
The Beattie/Beatty/Baty DNA Project has a listing of these and is looking for anyone
connected with these families. So please feel free to contact them via their website
(Click here for the Beattie,Beatty,Baty DNA site)

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