David
Seems like we are homing in - I know that Matthew Caldwell son of Matthew brother of my GGrandfather Joseph of "Lemonade" fame was also born at Inchgotrick farm on 16/4/1858. He would have been a cousin of my Grandfather Tom. He was the eldest in that family and most of the others were born at New Cumnock then Auchinleck then Lugar before the family came to Australia about 1884.
The 1851 Census showed the tenant (owner) of Inchgotrick as Davie Caldwell - farmer 130a + 4 labourers aged 52 born Kilmaurs. His wife Euphemia aged 52 born Kimarnock.
also Euphemia Ramsay (niece) aged 11 born Kilmarnock.
also on the property:
Jean Bryon - dairymaid 23
jean Patrick - dairymaid 21
Jean Macrae - assistant 16
John Brackenridge - labourer 22
John Rankin - labourer 18
John McGlauchlane - labourer 17
William Murphy - labourer 16

I have wondered how Davie and his wife fitted in.

It looks like Matthew (snr) took his wife Johanna Mackenzie to lie-in at a relations place for their first child. At that time our Caldwell family was headed by a widow Helen (Walker) whose husband (also Matthew) had died aged 45 in 1849 leaving her with 5 girls and three boys aged 21 to 3 years of age. They were living at 82? Campbell Street Riccarton Matthew(2nd) aged 15 and his younger brother John aged 13 were listed as coalminers in the 1951 census and the younger Joseph (the eventual "lemonade man" listed as "scholar". I doubt if there was much money or privacy about just those few years later.
I found a connection to St Quivox in Charles Caldwell coalminer resident at Perceton in Dreghorn parish. he was 38 in 1851 and born at St Quivox. His eldest two children Allan & Janet were born at Kilmaurs and the next four Jane, Robert, Elizabeth & Charles at Dreghorn.
I believe that Charles was probably a grandson of Allan Caldwell & Janet Guthrie of St Quivox. He doesn't tie in with Davie Caldwell also born at Kilmaurs but it is interesting that some of Charles's children were born there.
I am descended from Allan C & Janet G through their son John.
Their children were:
Janet 5.2.1776
Jean 15.5.1777
John 14.2.1780 - to Galston - my ancestor
Alan 6.12,1780 - possibly Charles (Dreghorn) father
Francis 3.4.1783
Thomas 1.5.1786
Charles 10.7.1787
all born St Quivox.
John moved to Galston and all his 13 children were born there (2 wives).
It is possible that Allan & Janet moved from St Quivox to Kilmaurs and there may have been more children there (Davie?).
Janet Wilson who married Joseph Caldwell was from "Peace & Plenty" coalminers row between Riccarton and Inchgotrick.
I was born in Kilmarnock in 1945 and we initially lived at Barbadoes Road but moved when I was quite young to a house on the corner of Portland Road just before the railway embankment leading to Annanhill. My Grandfather had the soft drink business "Thomas Caldwell" and sold out to the Scottish Co-operative Society in 1949. My father and his brothers worked for my grandfather until he sold the business and knew nothing else. Although my grandfather obviously tried to set them up in their own businesses none of them were particularly successful(excepting perhaps my coalmerchant uncle Tom). We wandered around a bit and ended up in Australia.
I can only go back to Allan C & Janet G - it would appear that George of Annanhill is a generation earlier. Do you know of a connection? ... or is it "real far out"?
There were David's in our family - John Caldwell (son of Allan & Janet Guthrie was one). Joseph & Janet Wilson had one also but he died as a teenager. There seemed to be a dread of continuing the name after an early death. Their son John died about 1899 (possibly Boer War) Francis (killed at Kuts in WWI) David died about 14 - no more John's Francis' or David's.
I don't know who "Joseph" was named after, My Grandfather Tom was the youngest of 13 and it was not a family name at the time (but became one) He had a cousin Tom (son of John C and Mary Smith) who would have been 11 at the time of his birth - perhaps that is where it came again into our family.
I have found that a William Cauldwell of Annanhill witnessed a Charter of Thomas Nevin IV of Monkredding on 30 October 1619. Elsewhere a Robert Caldwell of Annanhill is also mentioned. The Caldwell's seem to have been good friends of the Nevins.
http://www.geocities.com/heartland/garden/2471/nevingenealogica/nevgen5.html
I have also wondered if Caldwell had come from Wallaces who after the honour of the patriot William Wallace were proud to be called "Wallace". A Scot can easily imagine the question "What are you called?" being answered "I'm cau'd Wallys" - easily translated to Cauldwalls.
I also have noted that the Caldwell's seem to have inhabited almost the identical areas of that of the Wallaces. Also the Mure/Mores but the Wallaces are an even better fit I think.
I presume that Annanhill Golf course is the site of the old property of Annanhill. Inchgotrick is the other side of the main road from the Todriggs Burn area and ther is no sign of a current farm by the name of Todriggs (possibly current Earlston? but Caprington Castle would be more romantic). I imagine that you could almost see Annanhill from Todriggs with the valley of the Irvine River in between.
The preamble to the grant of Kempisland January 22, 1496 runs:
"Instrument of Sasine given by the noble knight Sir Adam Mure of Caldwell, through his procurator William Balye, of the lands of Kempisland lying in the parish of Largs and county of Ayr, in favour of Thomas Caldwell son and heir apparent of Robert Caldwell of Todrigges, before these witnesses, Alexr. Boyd, John Reid, James Boyd, Robert Ryburn and others."
This comes from the publication of the Mure family papers by the Maitland Club. there is also an etching of "The old place of Caldwell" which is not far distant for the modern photograph I have of the Caldwell Tower.
By way of further interest I note that the heiress Caldwell married (?circa 1350) Godfrey son of Gilchrist Mure of Cowdams. Cowdams is Coudham just down the road from Inchgotrick.
The earlist "Ayrshire" Caldwell I have mention of is Richardus mentioned 1379.
Also Patrick or Peter Caldwell m Isobel in reign of Robt II "Petrus (Patricus) Caldwell carta Petri Caldwell de tenus de Colgrieve 1412 carta from Sir Adam Fullarton of Crosbie in his favour of lands of Sottishaw (now called Gaylis) dated Irvine 1391(??)"
I also have a good deal of early miscellanea about the family much of it courtesy of the Late Mrs Lesley Gordon who went through numerous wills for her information. I am now the custodian of much of her source material. A surprising number of wills are from the Ayr area.
With a bit of mutual collaboration I am sure that we can nut out a serious history of the family.
Tom C
Like to know our locality if you could share it with me.