John Taylor : a Scottish merchant of Glasgow and New York, 1752-1833 A family narrative written for his descendants . esthe text of the Bible it contains The PSALMS ofDAVID in Metre as then sung in the churches. Thedark leather binding is covered with fine gold toolingin a quaint old pattern, and on the inside of each frontcover is a slip of red morocco on which in gold letters we see MARGARET • SCOTTOctober • 27 • 1782 I wish we could know whose loving hand gave herthis precious token. Probably her father or mother. The only mementoes of Margaret Scott which havedescended to us—her portrait,
John Taylor : a Scottish merchant of Glasgow and New York, 1752-1833 A family narrative written for his descendants . esthe text of the Bible it contains The PSALMS ofDAVID in Metre as then sung in the churches. Thedark leather binding is covered with fine gold toolingin a quaint old pattern, and on the inside of each frontcover is a slip of red morocco on which in gold letters we see MARGARET • SCOTTOctober • 27 • 1782 I wish we could know whose loving hand gave herthis precious token. Probably her father or mother. The only mementoes of Margaret Scott which havedescended to us—her portrait, her Bible, and the lettersfrom her step-brother, Andrew Thompson—were allowned by her daughter Margaret. The much-prizedBible has just been given to me by my cousin, JohnHumphreys Johnstone. I well remember that ThePSALMS of DAVID in Metre were sung in the oldScotch Church when I was a tiny child. Of Margarets early life we know even less than wedo about that of her husband. There is the followingreason for believing her fathers name to have beenJames. It was an old Scottish custom to name a first [12]. BIBLE OF MARGARET SCOTT GIVEN TO HER ON HER WEDDING DAY, OCTOBER 27, 1783 CAIRNOCH-ON-CARRON-WATER son after his paternal grandfather, while the secondboy was usually named for his father or for his maternalgrandfather. Thus Margarets first son was namedAndrew after her husbands father, and her secondwas named James Scott, presumably after her ownfather. But both these sons came to her after shewent to live in America. Although love of Margaret may have been one ofthe reasons which brought John Taylor back to Scot-land, we know that there was a compelling one—the need of capital. His father, Andrew Taylor inLag of Fintry, was still living in 1783. To him theson applied, and Andrew treated his boy with theutmost generosity. We can imagine Andrew sayingto himself: There is Cairnoch—it will belong toJohn some day. Why not give it to him now, whenits possession will be
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