Waterton, close to Drumbowie and Greenside
'Historically, the lands of Waterton had a building of considerable strength, perhaps a small tower house, on it, indicating its age and importance'.
(The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love - p149)
There is also however James Hucheson ( Waterton )
pp336,337
Waterton
130 acres in 1851
1797 - William Smith
-1839 - Ronald Good (1768-1839)
1839-1871 Bonnyton Estate - John Merrie
1880-1881 Bonnyton Estate - James Henderson
1899-1906 Bonnyton Estate - David Henderson & James Henderson
(1851-1906)
1906-1915 Bonnyton Estate - John Henderson (18 -1926)
1925-1926 John Henderson (18 -1926)
1926-
1930 Mary, Margaret and Mary Adamson Henderson
1940 Mary Henderson & Mary A. Drummond
Census
The new tenants are:
1841 John Merry 45, Margaret 40, Agness 12, Ann 10, William 8, Margaret 5, and servants Margaret Blain 15, William Hutchinson 20, and William Welsh.
1851 John Merry and wife Margaret are farming 130 acres employing 1 labourer. They have added to their family with Elizabeth, 9, abd their farm labourer is John Reid 23.
1861 John 68 and Margaret 62 are farming 120 acres with two daughters, Ann 29 and Elizabeth 19 with John Sturgeon 16, agricultural labourer.
1871 John, Margaret and daughters are still at Waterton and have John Kilpatrick 52, ploughman, and George McMillan 14 farm servant.
1881 James Henderson 28 is sole occupier and farmer.
1891 David Henderson 70, joint farmer with his sons James 40, John 38, and George 36. Wife Mary is 63, and daughters Mary 22, and Maggie 17. Mary R Henderson is their grand daughter 2.
1901 The Hendersons are still at Waterton. David died, but Mary 71 is still living with her family as in the 1891 return.
Valuation Rolls
1855 Proprietor Andrew Hunter, tenant John Merry
1885 Proprietor James Alison
1895 Proprietor John Maxwell Gordon
1915 Tenant John Henderson
1925 Proprietor/Occupier John Henderson
1932 advert in the Cumnock Chronicle, 14 July 1932
