He was educated at Moffat Parish School , then the High School in Edinburgh .
Welsh was born in Moffat on 11 December 1793 , the son of a sheep farmer at Earlhaugh and Tweedshaws .
Welsh was educated at Moffat Parish School , then the High School in Edinburgh .
Welsh was born in Moffat on 11 December 1793 , the son of a sheep farmer at Earlhaugh and Tweedshaws .