Summer Road Trip Drive With Music On History Visit To Crook of Devon Perthshire Scotland

Tour Scotland 4K Summer travel video of a road trip drive, with Scottish music, West on the A977 route, on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit to Crook of Devon in Perthshire, Britain, United Kingdom. Crook of Devon is a village is located on what was a major medieval east west route between Stirling and St Andrews, Fife. The village of Crook Of Devon is known for the witchcraft trials held in the 1660’s. 10 women and 1 man, Agnes Murrie, Bessie Henderson, Isabella Rutherford, Bessie Neil, Margaret Lister, Agnes Brugli, Janet Paton of Crook of Devon, Janet Paton of Kilduff, Janet Brugh, Christian Grieve and Robert Wilson, were tried and executed between April 1661 and October 1662, accused of Witchcraft. 5 men, including William Halliday of Tullibole Castle, Crook of Devon, Perth and Kinross, and his son John presided at the 5 trials and found the accused guilty. Those who survived the trials were strangled by the local hangman and burnt at a mound in the village. James Haig Ferguson was born on 18 December 1862 in Crook of Devon. He was the son of Elizabeth Haig of Dollarfield and Reverend William Ferguson, the local minister. He attended the Collegiate School in Edinburgh before entering the faculty of medicine of the University of Edinburgh. He graduated in 1884 and in the same year became a Member of the Royal College of Surgeons of England. He became a prominent Scottish obstetrician and gynaecologist. He served as President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh from 1929 to 1931 and was president of the Edinburgh Obstetrical Society. He chaired the Central Midwives Board of Scotland and was manager of Donaldson's School for the Deaf. In 1929 he was a founder member of the British (later Royal) College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists. In 1889 he married Penelope Gordon Watson, born 1863, died 1944, daughter of Patrick Heron Watson. They had two sons , William Haig Ferguson, born 1891, died 1928, Patrick Haig W. Ferguson, and three daughters, Elizabeth Barbara Ferguson, Isobel C. Ferguson, and Penelope Dorothy Ferguson. In 1901 the family lived at 25 Rutland Street but later moved to 7 Coates Crescent in Edinburgh’s west end. He suffered from ill health through most of his retiral and died at home in Coates Crescent on 2 May 1934. His funeral service took place on 4 May in St George’s Parish Church on Charlotte Square, now West Register House. He is buried in Dean Cemetery. By the meteorological calendar, the first day of Winter is always 1st December in Scotland; ending on 28th of February. Of interest to folks with ancestry, genealogy or Scottish Family Roots in Scotland who may wish to visit one day. Find things to see and do in Scotland where you are always welcome. When driving on Scottish roads in Scotland slow down and enjoy the trip. The date for astronomical Summer in Scotland is Tuesday, 21 June, ending on Friday, 23 September, ‪@tourscotland‬