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I have of course reached a sticking point.
Due to some members of the family attaining fame in naval and scientific endeavor there is a mass of information from the 1700's but in the early 1800's this most famous line dies out. This leaves a wide spread of family branches in various areas of Scotland - one of which migrated to Manchester in Northern England from the Caerlaverock area of Scotland. (This is my branch)
The big question is where did they come from ????

Working in the opposite direction I can go back 7 Generations as shown here.

Me - David b.16 Sep 1957 m. Moya Brierley
Children -
Jake Michael
Wilfrid Thomas (Wilf)

John b.5 Jun 1925 m. Kathleen Joyce Coverdale
 Children -
 John Craig (Craig)
 Beverley Jayne
 David Russell

Charles Harry b.8 May 1891 m. Marion Booth
 Children -
 John b. 5 Jun 1925 Crumpsal, Manchester
 Joyce Mary b.26 Sep 1922 Crumpsal, Manchester

Charles b.15 May 1857 m. Harriet Barker
 Children -
 Charles Harry b.8 May 1891 Sale Moor, Cheshire
 Mary

James m.15 Mar 1857 Manchester Mary Pierce
 Children -
 Charles b. 15 May 1857 Chorlton upon Medlock, Lancashire
 Elizabet (Lizzie) b.1859
 Jane (Jeanie) b.1862
 Mary (Polly) b.1864
 John William b.1868 m. Isobel ? ch- Sidney b.1898, Harold b.1904
 James b.1869
 Samuel b.1871
 Margaret b.1873
 Gertrude b.1880
 Sidney Adam b.4 May 1883 Hulme, Manchester m. Dorothy Rhind Ch- Donald Dennis b.1922, Anne Pamela b.1925 --Line continues - Have Details
 Jessica

Charles b.?1803 m. 25 Nov 1831 Jean McCall
 Children -
 Adam bap. 28 May 1840 Closeburn, Scotland
 James
 Mary
 William
 John

John b.16 Mar 1766 m. 21 Dec 1787 Closeburn Margaret Porteous
 Children -
 Ebeneezer bap. 19 Oct 1788 Morton by Thornhill
 John Bap. 7 Nov 1790 Closeburn
 Mary bap. 28 Oct 1792 Morton by Thornhill
 William bap. 4 Oct 1795 Morton by Thornhill
 Thomas bap. 18 Dec 1787 Closeburn
 Margaret bap. 18 Dec 1799 Closeburn
 Samuel bap. 1 Nov 1801 Closeburn
 Charles b. ?1803

John b.1738 d.1796 m. 20 Mar 1760 Glenhowan, Carlaverock Jean Craik
 Children -
 Mary bap.8 Dec 1760 Carlaverock
 James bap. 8 Jul 1762 Carlaverock
 John bap.16 Mar 1766 Carlaverock d.1838
 William bap. 24 Jan 1768 Carlaverock m. Susan Dickson ch- Agnes b. 1827

This is as far back as I can directly go but in the same geographical location were some other Brisbane families which probably join the line further back. I include details to see if anyone can add to my knowledge.

Thomas m. Sarah Dalrymple
 Children-
 John bap.7 feb 1802 Morton
 Janet bap. 10 Nov 1805 Morton
 Jean bap. 25 Oct 1807 Morton
 Thomas bap. 18 Dec 1809 Morton
 Janet bap. 11 Dec 1811 Morton
 Alexander bap. 12 Apr 1816 Morton m. Margaret Edgar ch. Nancy b. 1846 ,Joseph b. 1848,Thomas b. 1850,Sarah b. 1852,Janet b.1854
 Sarah bap 2 Jun 1819 Carlaverock

Thomas m. Elizabeth Fingland 
 Children-
 Mizie b.15 Aug 1824 Morton

James m. Sarah Potts - Dumfries 7 Jan 1784
Children
Robert Bap 20 Jun 1787, Dumfries
John bap 3 Aug 1789, Dumfries
James bap 11 Mar 1892, Dumfries m  Margaret Lister 23 Apr 1809

James m. Christian Hyslop, Wilton Nr Hawick 6 Jan 1811
Children
Margaret bap ? Sep 1817, Moffat
James Pott Bap 15 Oct 1820, Moffat

These last two are obviously linked due to the James Pott name and all are so geographically close that they have to be part of the families already known !

Perhaps People will be able to see where they branch off from this tree and I would be interested to know the details and be able to update my database.
 Recently it has come to my attention that there are MI's (Monumental Inscriptions) available as reference data, if anyone has these  - I'm Begging.
A large amount of my own data comes from "OPR's" (Old Parish Records), which luckily are available for Scotland on the Internet.
I Currently use an excellent shareware program from Spansoft called Kith&Kin but can output data in the GEDCOM standard and email it on request. This package is Graphical in nature and so allows geographical grouping. This lets you make assumptions as regards family links, hence I am dubious about releasing some of my conclusions until some form of corroboration turns up.

Thank You to all those who have responded to this page, keep up the good work - There is light at the end of the tunnel.

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