James Philp Gravestone With Music On History Visit To The Graveyard in Cults Howe Of Fife Scotland

Tour Scotland travel video, with Scottish music, of the James Philp gravestone in the graveyard of Cults Kirk on ancestry, genealogy, family history visit and trip near Pitlessie in the Howe of Fife, Britain, United Kingdom. In memory of James Philip, a Miller in Cults Mill, who died in September 1788 at 71 years of age, also in memory of his wife Agnes Melville. Cults is a parish, in the district of Cupar, county of Fife; including the village of Pitlessie, and the hamlets of Crossgates, Cults Mill, Hospital Mill, and Walton; near Cupar. This parish, of which the name, in ancient documents Quilts or Quilques, is of Celtic origin, and supposed to be descriptive of its situation, lies nearly in the centre of the county. The church, which is situated about a mile from the village, and nearly in the centre of the parish, is a neat plain edifice, erected in 1793. The surname Melville was first found in Midlothian. The Melville family resided in this county as early as the middle of the 12th century, when King Malcolm IV of Scotland granted them the lands of Melville in 1160. Spelling variations of this family name include: Melville, Melwell, Melwill, Malwyn, Melwyn, Melvile and many more. William Melville was a Scottish convict who was convicted in Perth, Perthshire, Scotland for 14 years ,and transported aboard the Duke of Portland in January 1807, arriving in New South Wales, Australia; David Melville settled in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada in 1784 he became a Freeman in 1786 he was an Inn Keeper; Mary Melville landed in Massachusetts, America, in 1812. The Philip family can find its origins within the landscape of Medieval France, particularly in that coastal region once known as Normandy. Their name is derived from the ancient Greek name Phillippos, which is composed of the elements philos, meaning love, and hippos, meaning horse, and indicated a person who loved horses. The many spelling variations of the name include Philippe, Phillippe, Phillippes, Philippes, Philipp, Phillipp, Phelipe, Phelippe, Phellippe, Phellippes, Philipe, Phillipes, Philip, Phillip and many more. Margaret Philip, a Scottish settler travelled from Glasgow aboard the ship Sevilla arriving in Dunedin, Otago, South Island, New Zealand on 2nd December 1859: David Philip arrived in Auckland, New Zealand aboard the ship Queen of Beauty in 1863; James Philip landed in San Francisco, California, America, in 1851. All photographs are copyright of Sandy Stevenson, Tour Scotland, and may not be used without permission.

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