Tour Scotland travel video of an Easter Spring road trip drive, with Scottish accordion music, from Buckhaven, through Methil, Leven, Lundin Links, Lower Largo and Upper Largo on ancestry visit to Elie in the East Neuk of Fife. Elie is a coastal town and former royal burgh in Fife, situated within the East Neuk beside Chapel Ness on the north coast of the Firth of Forth, eight miles east of Leven.
Many variations of the surname Elie have been found, including Ely, Elie, Ealy and others. Nathaniel Elie landed in Virginia, America, in 1622; Nicholas Elie arrived in Pennsylvania, America, in 1738; Niehell Elie, aged 27, landed in Pennsylvania, America, in 1738; Martin Elie landed in Pennsylvania, America, in 1764.
Robert Traill was born in Elie in 1642, his early education was carefully superintended by his father, and at the university of Edinburgh he distinguished himself both in the literary and theological classes. In 1669 he was in London, England, and in 1670 was ordained to a presbyterian charge at Cranbrook in Kent. He visited Edinburgh in 1677, when he was arrested by the privy council and charged with breaking the law. He admitted that he had preached in private houses, but, refusing to purge himself by oath from the charge of taking part in holding conventicles, he was sent as a prisoner to the Bass Rock in the Firth of Forth. Having given a promise which satisfied the government, he was liberated a few months afterwards and returned to his charge in Kent. He afterwards migrated to a Scots church in London, where he spent the rest of his life. He died on 16 May 1716 at the age of seventy four.
James Horsburgh was born in Elie on September 28, 1762, went to sea at the age of 16 and was captured and imprisoned by the French at Dunkirk. After his release, he made voyages to the West Indies and Calcutta. In May 1786, aboard the EIC ship Atlas he sailed from Batavia to Ceylon as first mate and was subsequently shipwrecked on the island of Diego Garcia. He was the author of the precisely titled Directions for Sailing to and from the East Indies, China, New Holland, Cape of Good Hope, and the interjacent Ports. Horsburgh's Directory became the standard work for oriental navigation in the first half of the 19th century. Horsburgh Island in the Cocos (Keeling) Islands is also named after him as is the Horsburgh Lighthouse, located on Pedra Branca, Singapore. He died on May 14, 1836.
Walter Wybrown Robertson was born in Elie in 1845. He was the son of James Robertson, a weaver, and his wife Ann Nelson. In 1858 he was articled as an architect to John Chesser in Edinburgh. He also undertook studies in architecture at Edinburgh College of Art. In 1871 he moved to HM Office of Works in London under Sir Douglas Galton. He was President of the Lodon Architectural Association in 1876. In 1877 Sir John Taylor appointed him Principal Architect and Surveyor for Scotland. He was married to Alice Nesbit Alcorne. They had four sons and two daughters including Alan Keith Robertson, born 1881, also an architect. He had a stroke on 1 April 1907 and died at Wardie Bank in Trinity, Edinburgh on 23 April 1907.
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