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• The baptism entry for Mary Bowhill is unusually detailed, recording that she was her parents' '7.th D.r' and her father John Smith Bowhill was 'Native of Roxburghshire, Scotland' while her mother Ann Mitchall was 'Native of Houghton le Spring'. The baptisms of her siblings John Bowhill and Ann Bowhill specify that John was 'Native of Kelso Scotland'; they are described as the '1.st Son' and '7.th D.r', which suggest the numbers refer to living children.

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