Arbuthnott records
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Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Jessie FINLAY or CROLL | 1876 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isobel NAPIER or LOGIE | 1856 (1) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martha BLACK Springfield or Springbank, Arbuthnott | George NAIRN | 20 Sep 1864 | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/5 |
| Lydia BLACKIE Raith, Arbuthnott | Charles SHERAT | 26 Dec 1850 | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/4 |
| Margaret DAVIDSON Lays, Arbuthnott | William DALGETHY | 19 Apr 1854 | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/4 |
| Mary REID Alpity, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire | William CHRISTISON | 10 May 1871 Alpity, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/16 |
| Helen ROBERT Pitcarles, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire | David DUNBAR | 10 Oct 1877 Pitcarles, Arbuthnott, Kincardineshire | Order now | Forfar SC47/7/17 |
| Mary STUART Banff, Arbuthnott | William STEPHEN | Order now | Stonehaven SC5/7/5 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Anne ALLARDICE | 23 July 1865 | Jane ALLARDICE | Find the father |
| John ANDERSON | 23 June 1858 | Amelia ANDERSON | Find the father |
| John ANDREW | 13 February 1867 | Mary ANDREW | Find the father |
| James BLACK | 20 September 1865 | Martha BLACK | Find the father |
| Mary Ann BLACK | 21 September 1862 | Martha BLACK | Find the father |
| John Alexander BLACKLAWS | 16 August 1857 | Elizabeth BLACKLAWS | Father found |
| James BROWN | 19 October 1865 | Isabella BROWN | Father found |
| James CAIRD | 28 May 1859 | Ann CAIRD | Find the father |
| Ann DAVIDSON | 5 January 1860 | Christina DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Jane DUNCAN | 31 March 1866 | Margaret DUNCAN | Find the father |
| John FERRIER | 30 December 1857 | Margaret FERRIER | Find the father |
| Georgina FINLAY | 28 November 1861 | Mary FINLAY | Find the father |
| William Low GIBSON | 4 August 1863 | Isabella GIBSON | Find the father |
| John GILBERT | 16 February 1857 | Sarah GILBERT | Find the father |
| Mary Ann GOVE | 3 December 1861 | Jessy GOVE | Find the father |
| John JOLLY | 14 December 1856 | Margaret JOLLY | Find the father |
| Margaret Knowles JOLLY | 15 May 1862 | Mary JOLLY | Find the father |
| Jane Brown LOGGIE | 15 June 1866 | Helen LOGGIE | Find the father |
| James LOGIE | 15 June 1862 | Helen Falconer LOGIE | Find the father |
| David LONGMOOR | 23 July 1863 | Mary LONGMOOR | Find the father |
| Mary LONGMUIR | 4 June 1857 | Mary LONGMUIR | Find the father |
| William LONGMUIR | 22 June 1860 | Mary LONGMUIR | Find the father |
| Alexander LYAL | 30 January 1861 | Mary Ann LYAL | Find the father |
| Penuel MACKINTOSH | 30 September 1855 | Mary Anne MACKINTOSH | Find the father |
| John Alexander MAIN | 21 May 1860 | Ann MAIN | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MILNE | 11 January 1863 | Isabella MILNE | Find the father |
| Eliza Anne NAPIER | 13 December 1862 | Isabella NAPIER | Find the father |
| Sarah NAPIER | 29 April 1866 | Jane NAPIER | Father found |
| Christina REID | 7 August 1863 | Helen REID | Find the father |
| John REID | 21 November 1867 | Margaret REID | Find the father |
| Ann ROBERT | 9 January 1865 | Maria ROBERT | Find the father |
| Helen ROBERT | 16 October 1858 | Sarah ROBERT | Find the father |
| William Clark ROBERT | 3 November 1855 | Susan ROBERT | Find the father |
| Elizabeth ROSS | 8 May 1862 | Margaret ROSS | Find the father |
| Margaret ROSS | 17 May 1859 | Margaret ROSS | Father found |
| William STEWART | 30 July 1856 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| George TAVENDEL | 4 April 1856 | Elizabeth TAVENDEL | Find the father |
| John TAVENDEL | 4 April 1856 | Elizabeth TAVENDEL | Find the father |
| David Anderson VALENTINE | 20 October 1866 | Ann VALENTINE | Find the father |
| William WALKER | 12 May 1860 | Jane WALKER | Find the father |
| Robert WHITTON | 13 October 1864 | Susan WHITTON | Father found |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
Name:
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: salaries
Occupation: precentor
Address:
Role: Session Business
Details: salary considerably under average unanimously resolved to advance salary ten shillings annually [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Jane Cushan; William Ley
Name:
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: salaries
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: Session Business
Details: salary considerably under average unanimously resolved to advance salary ten shillings annually, [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Jane Cushan; William Ley
Name: Catharine Balfour
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Bamffbrae
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'at Bamffbrae', [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: Catharine Balfour; Robert Milne
Name: William Balnares
Date: 26/01/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Slains, Parish Of Kinness. [case Duplicate Copy Page 217]
Role: father present confessed paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: 'at Slains' .
Other names: Isobel Kennedy; William Balnares
Name: Christian Beattie (Hadden)
Date: 06/11/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother appeared confessed,rebuked
Details: married, child born 6 July 1831, 'case aggravated, absolution deferred'
Other names: Christian Beattie (Hadden); David Crab
Name: Christian Beattie
Date: 20/11/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: David Crab; Christian Beattie
Name: John Beattie
Date: 17/05/1835
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Druimsleed
Role: Mention as father
Other names: Isobel Low; John Beattie
Name: William Beattie
Date: 30/12/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: farm servant
Address: The Bamff
Role: father present, confessed paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Margaret Brown; William Beattie
Name: Alexander Black
Date: 15/12/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Presbytery and Synod Elder
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 216]
Name: James Blackie
Date: 13/12/1835
Case type: Poor Relief
Occupation:
Address: Montrose Hospital
Role: Application
Other parish: Marykirk, Kirk Session of
Details: Marykirk's application in 'favour of James Blackie's family in Louthermoor. The Kirk Session authorized the Kirk Session of Marykirk to advance one firlot of oatmeal weekly from the 8th instant, during Jame's Blackies confinement in Montrose hospital.'
Other names: James Blackie
Name: Katharine Blacklaws
Date: 09/08/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Reisk Of Arbuthnott
Role: mother appeared confessed, rebuked, absolved
Details: case had been remitted to St Cyrus for the womans convenience so penalty paid remitted there
Other names: Katharine Blacklaws; James Eaton
Name: William Blacklaws
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: illeg child
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Alpity
Role: father present confessed paid admonish absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: Margaret Milne; William Blacklaws
Name: William Blacklaws
Date: 27/04/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Dunnottar, Parish Of. [case Duplicate Copy Page 217]
Role: appeared, admonished, absolved
Details: wife is Mary Watson
Other names: William Blacklaws; Mary Watson
Name: Margaret Brown
Date: 30/12/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: The Bamff
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'at the Bamff', [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Margaret Brown; William Beattie
Name: David Bruce
Date: 11/03/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Millplow
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Ann Middleton; David Bruce
Name: Christina Caird
Date: 18/07/1831
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Pitcarry
Role: Mention
Details: 'lately residing at Pitcarry'
Other names: David Simson; Christina Caird
Name: Katharine Cant
Date: 04/12/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'lately in Gayritsmire'
Other names: James Ross; Katharine Cant
Name: David Carnegie
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Townhead
Role: charged as father, appeared, denied
Details: 'denied all guilt', [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: Isobel Kemlo; David Carnegie
Name: David Carnegie
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: charged as father, appeared, adhered
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: David Carnegie; Isobel Kemlo
Name: David Carnegie
Date: 10/02/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: charged as father, appeared, adhered
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: David Carnegie
Name: William Carr
Date: 31/03/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father present confessed, paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 215]
Other names: Margaret Low; William Carr
Name: John Christie
Date: 14/08/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Stonehaven
Role: father, appeared, confessed, rebuked absolved patd
Cash amount: 10s
Details: '(see Min. Nov. 21st 1830)'
Other names: John Christie; Hannah Ross
Name: William Cockie
Date: 02/01/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Little Barras
Role: father present confessed, paid, rebuked, absolved
Cash amount: £1
Other names: Mary Dunbar; William Cockie
Name: David Crab
Date: 06/11/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Allardyce
Role: Charged as father
Details: 'lately at Mill Of Allardyce'
Other names: Christian Beattie (Hadden); David Crab
Name: David Crab
Date: 20/11/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Allardyce
Role: father appeared, confessed, rebuked
Details: 'lately at Mill Of Allardyce', 'case aggravated, absolution deferred'
Other names: David Crab; Christian Beattie
Name: David Crab
Date: 04/12/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father appeared, admonished, paid penalty absolved
Cash amount: 10s
Details: 'paid penalty of ten shillings for himself'
Other names: David Crab
Name: Jane Cushan
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: East Mather's
Role: father present, confessed paid admonished absolved
Details: Previously at Upper Pitforthy [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Jane Cushan; William Ley
Name: James Dallas
Date: 07/12/1834
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: under miller
Address: Mill Of Allardyce
Role: father present, confessed paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Elizabeth Forbes; James Dallas
Name: Agnes Downie
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Robert Meffan; Agnes Downie
Name: Elizabeth Dun
Date: 28/12/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Reisk
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Elizabeth Dun; James Thomson
Name: Mary Dunbar
Date: 02/01/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Upper Pitforthy
Role: mother appeared confessed,named father
Details: 'lately in Upper Pitforthy',
Other names: Mary Dunbar; William Cockie
Name: John Eadie
Date: 09/11/1834
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Lumgair, Parish Of Dunottar
Role: father present, confessed paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: 'lately in Pitcarles'. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Elizabeth Hill; John Eadie
Name: James Eaton
Date: 09/08/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Kair
Role: father present, confessed paid rebuked absolved
Details: case had been remitted to St Cyrus for the woman's convenience, penalty paid to be remitted there. Eaton ' presently at Mill of Kair'
Other names: Katharine Blacklaws; James Eaton
Name: John Erskine
Date: 06/11/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father mention
Other parish: Laurencekirk, Kirk Session of
Details: 'confessed … before the Kirk Session of Laurencekirk'
Other names: Ann Shepherd; John Erskine
Name: David Ewen
Date: 11/11/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Little Fiddes, Kinneff
Role: accused father to be summoned
Other parish: Kinneff, Kirk session of
Details: [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Mary Knight; David Ewen
Name: David Ewen
Date: 18/11/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: alledged Father mention, did not appear
Other parish: Kinneff, Kirk Session
Details: Kinneff to be instructed to summon him a second time, [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Mary Knight; David Ewen
Name: David Ewen
Date: 14/04/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father, declined appearance, letter of confession
Details: Knight stated 'Ewen professed himself a member of no Christian congregation' [case duplicate copy Page 215]
Other names: Mary Knight; David Ewen
Name: George Finlay
Date: 07/08/1831
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Mains Of Arbuthnott
Role: appeared, rebuked, absolved
Details: 'formerly at Mains if Arbuthnott'
Other names: George Finlay; Jane Rust
Name: Elizabeth Forbes
Date: 07/12/1834
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Allardyce
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'late of Mill of Allardyce'. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Elizabeth Forbes; James Dallas
Name: William Forbes
Date: 13/12/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Bervie
Role: Charged as father mention
Details: 'late in Bringieshill'
Other names: Elizabeth Watson; William Forbes
Name: William Forbes
Date: 27/12/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father appeared confessed paid rebuked absolved
Other names: William Forbes; Elizabeth Watson
Name: Elizabeth Gibson
Date: 28/10/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Arbuthnott
Role: mother appeared, confessed, absolution deferred
Details: 'case aggravated', [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Elizabeth Gibson; Thomas Knox
Name: Elizabeth Gibson
Date: 09/06/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother appeared admonished absolved
Details: 'See min. October 28th 1832', 'on account of her poverty no penalty exacted', [case duplicate copy Page 215]
Other names: Elizabeth Gibson
Name: John Glegg
Date: 30/03/1835
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: attests minute book
Details: Book of Discipline examined 19 Dec 1830 to 28 Dec 1834 found correct. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Name: John Glegg
Date: 17/03/1836
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: attests minute book
Details: Book of Discipline examined 28 Dec 1834 to 27 Dec 1835 found correct
Name: Mary Gordon
Date: 22/02/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Arbuthnott, Parish Of
Role: mother
Other names: Dr Leslie; Mary Gordon; William Low; William Low
Name: John Greig
Date: 22/06/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father letter of confession mention
Details: 'letter from John Greig Tenant in Alpity acknowledging himself the father'. [case duplicate copy Page 218]
Other names: Margaret Steven; John Greig
Name: John Guthrie
Date: 11/09/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father present confessed, paid, rebuked, absolved
Cash amount: 10s
Details: 'the Tenant's son'
Other names: Jane Mason; John Guthrie
Name: David Hanton
Date: 05/07/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Peattie
Role: appeared, rebuked, absolved
Other names: Helen Shepherd; David Hanton
Name: Robert Henry
Date: 12/10/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation: session clerk
Address: Glenbervie, Parish Of
Role: signs extract
Other parish: Glenbervie, Kirk session of
Details: produced extract of Kirk Session of Glenbervie, 5 October 1834 Lowrie ' had born a child some months ago in this Parish, & made declaration that James Mathieson late servant in Drumgochar of Arbuthnott is the father of her child where she also was in service. As the guilt was contracted in Arbuthnott where the parties were residing the Kirk Session refer the discipline of the case to that session … Extracted by Robert Henry'. [case duplicate copy Page 218]
Other names: Isobel Lowrie; James Mathieson; Robert Henry; John Lowrie
Name: Susan Henry
Date: 17/04/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Mongoudrum
Role: mother appeared confessed, rebuked, absolved
Other names: Susan Henry; Alexander Wilson
Name: Elizabeth Hill
Date: 09/11/1834
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Pitcarles
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'lately in Pitcarles'. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Elizabeth Hill; John Eadie
Name: Mary Jolly
Date: 04/08/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother had appeared at St. Cyrus, charged father
Other parish: St. Cyrus, Kirk Session of
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 216]
Other names: Thomas Jolly; Mary Jolly
Name: Thomas Jolly
Date: 04/08/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Mains Of Arbuthnott
Role: charged as father, appeared, acknowledged
Other parish: St. Cyrus, Kirk Session of
Details: 'summoned in terms of a letter from the Kirk-Session of St.Cyrus', 'lately at Nether Woodstone in the parish of St. Cyrus' , the clerk to report 'confession' to them. [case duplicate copy Page 216]
Other names: Thomas Jolly; Mary Jolly
Name: Isobel Kemlo
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Reisk
Role: mother appeared confessed
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: Isobel Kemlo; David Carnegie
Name: Isobel Kemlo
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: David Carnegie; Isobel Kemlo
Name: Isobel Kemlo
Date: 26/01/1834
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: [case Duplicate Copy Page 217]
Role: Mother mention
Details: domiciled Arbuthnott, native St. Vigeans, 'pauper idiot'. Session resolved to stop enquiry [re liable parish]…in consequence of the opinion of ' Robertson.
Other names: Isobel Kemlo; H J Robertson Esq
Name: Isobel Kennedy
Date: 26/01/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Clousebarn [case Duplicate Copy Page 217]
Role: mother appeared, confessed admonished absolved
Details: 'at Clousebarn'.
Other names: Isobel Kennedy; William Balnares
Name: Mary Knight
Date: 11/11/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Meikle Fields
Role: mother appeared confessed, declared father
Details: 'at Meikle Fields', [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Mary Knight; David Ewen
Name: Mary Knight
Date: 18/11/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother appeared, adhered to former declaration
Details: [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Mary Knight; David Ewen
Name: Mary Knight
Date: 14/04/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother appeared with letter, admonished absolved
Cash amount: 10s
Details: 'See min. November 11th & Nov 18th 1832', produced letter from Ewen, paid own penalty, [case duplicate copy Page 215]
Other names: Mary Knight; David Ewen
Name: Thomas Knox
Date: 28/10/1832
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: Under Gardener
Address:
Role: father confessed, paid, admonished, absolved
Details: 'agreed to give a written obligation for the ordinary maintenance of the child' , [duplicated at page 213]
Other names: Elizabeth Gibson; Thomas Knox
Name: Dr Leslie
Date: 22/02/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: correspondence re maintenance of child
Details: session consider his letter re Gordon's child 'bearing that Mary Gordon had laid down the child at the door of William Low the grandfather in Auchinblay, where William Low the son, the father of the child then resided. The son had been decerned by the Sherriff to be the father of the child', but he never appeared to plead & never acknowledged guilt & is now enlisted in the army. William Low, the grandfather had kept the child nearly two years, and now represented his case to Dr Lestlie as he was no longer able to maintain the child. Dr Leslie further stated that illegitimate children follow the mothers settlement even when the father is known and on that ground affirmed that Arbuthnott is liable, as Mary Gordon the mother had acquired settlement in this parish'. Minister to correspond with Dr Leslie to make cheapest arrangement for child's maintenance
Other names: Dr Leslie; Mary Gordon; William Low; William Low
Name: William Ley
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Pitskelly
Role: father present, confessed paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Jane Cushan; William Ley
Name: Isobel Low
Date: 17/05/1835
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Bringieshill
Role: mother absolved
Other parish: Fordoun, Kirk Session of
Details: previously confessed pregnancy before Kirk session at Fordoun to charge Beattie. ' As a matter of convenience to Isobel Low, Dr Leslie requested the minister by letter to absolve her from church censure which was done this day accordingly, the woman agreeing to pay the usual penalty to dr Leslie'
Other names: Isobel Low; John Beattie
Name: Margaret Low
Date: 31/03/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Gobbs
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'lately in Gobbs' [case duplicate copy Page 215]
Other names: Margaret Low; William Carr
Name: William Low
Date: 22/02/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father
Details: enlisted in army, son of William
Other names: Dr Leslie; Mary Gordon; William Low; William Low
Name: William Low
Date: 22/02/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Auchinblay
Role: grandfather
Details: grandchild, child of Mary Gordon and his son William, has resided with him for two years, can no longer maintain
Other names: Dr Leslie; Mary Gordon; William Low; William Low
Name: Isobel Lowrie
Date: 12/10/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Glenbervie, Parish Of
Role: mother appeared with extract
Other parish: Glenbervie, Kirk session of
Details: formerly in service at Drumgochar, Parish of Arbuthnott, deferred absolution until Mathieson contacted, meantime John her maternal uncle sponsor of child's baptism at Glenbervie. [case duplicate copy Page 218]
Other names: Isobel Lowrie; James Mathieson; Robert Henry; John Lowrie
Name: John Lowrie
Date: 12/10/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: sponsor
Other parish: Glenbervie
Details: sponsor of child of Isobel Lowrie as Arbuthnott session 'authorize the minister of Glenbervie to baptize the child', Isobel's maternal uncle. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Isobel Lowrie; James Mathieson; Robert Henry; John Lowrie
Name: John Lumgair
Date: 06/05/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Other names: Helen Mitchell; John Lumgair
Name: Jane Mason
Date: 11/09/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Fiddes
Role: mother appeared confessed
Details: 'recently at Fiddes'
Other names: Jane Mason; John Guthrie
Name: James Mathieson
Date: 12/10/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Glenbervie, Parish Of
Role: charged as father
Other parish: Glenbervie, Kirk session of
Details: 'late servant at Drumgochar of Arbuthnott', n 'left the neighbourhood'. [case duplicate copy Page 218]
Other names: Isobel Lowrie; James Mathieson; Robert Henry; John Lowrie
Name: Robert Meffan
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father appearedpaid admonished absolved
Cash amount: 10s
Details: 'who had formerly by letter confessed himself the father', cf Minutes 5 October 1828, [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Robert Meffan; Agnes Downie
Name: James Melven
Date: 15/06/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Mongoudrum
Role: appeared, admonished, absolved
Details: 'at Mongoudrum'. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: James Melven; Susan Spalding
Name: Ann Middleton
Date: 11/03/1832
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Mongoudrum
Role: mother appeared confessed, rebuked, absolved
Details: [duplicated at page 212]
Other names: Ann Middleton; David Bruce
Name: William Miller
Date: 13/10/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: plasterer
Address: Montrose
Role: father mention charged
Other parish: Montrose, Kirk Session of
Details: clerk to 'request Kirk Session of Montrose to summon Miller'. [case duplicate copy Page 216]
Other names: Ann Mitchell; William Miller
Name: Margaret Milne
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Slatybaulk, Parish Of Dunotar
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'now at Slatybaulk', [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: Margaret Milne; William Blacklaws
Name: Robert Milne
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: mason
Address:
Role: father appeared, confessed paid admonished absolve
Cash amount: £1
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 214]
Other names: Catharine Balfour; Robert Milne
Name: Ann Mitchell
Date: 13/10/1833
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Upper Mill
Role: mother appeared, confessed
Details: 'at Upper Mill'. [case duplicate copy Page 216]
Other names: Ann Mitchell; William Miller
Name: Helen Mitchell
Date: 06/05/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother appeared, rebuked absolved
Details: cf Minute 15 and 22 August 1830, produced letter of confession from Lumgair. 'On account of the woman's poverty no penalty was extracted from her.'
Other names: Helen Mitchell; John Lumgair
Name: H J Robertson Esq
Date: 26/01/1834
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: Advocate
Address: Edinburgh Castle. [case Duplicate Copy Page 217]
Role: legal advice
Details: advice re 'unsettled point, whether or not an adult idiot could acquire a settlement by residence'
Other names: Isobel Kemlo; H J Robertson Esq
Name: Hannah Ross
Date: 14/08/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: '(see Min. Nov. 21st 1830)'
Other names: John Christie; Hannah Ross
Name: James Ross
Date: 04/12/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Gayritsmire
Role: father appeared, confessed, paid, rebuked
Cash amount: £1
Details: 'lately in Gayritsmire'
Other names: James Ross; Katharine Cant
Name: Jane Rust
Date: 07/08/1831
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mention
Other names: George Finlay; Jane Rust
Name: Ann Shepherd
Date: 06/11/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Pitcarles
Role: mother appeared, rebuked absolved
Details: 'at Pitcarles & produced extract from the Book of Discipline of Laurencekirk, dated 16 Oct 1831'
Other names: Ann Shepherd; John Erskine
Name: Helen Shepherd
Date: 05/07/1835
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Mill Of Peattie
Role: appeared, rebuked, absolved
Other names: Helen Shepherd; David Hanton
Name: David Simson
Date: 18/07/1831
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Kinness
Role: appeared, confessed, absolved
Other names: David Simson; Christina Caird
Name: Susan Spalding
Date: 15/06/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Mongoudrum
Role: appeared, admonished, absolved
Details: 'at Mongoudrum'. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: James Melven; Susan Spalding
Name: Margaret Steven
Date: 22/06/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation: Fettercairn
Address:
Role: mother appeared confessed,admonished, absolved
Details: 'promised to pay the penalty for herself within a month'. [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Margaret Steven; John Greig
Name: James Thomson
Date: 28/12/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Altoun, Parish Of Maryculter
Role: father present, confessed paid admonished absolved
Cash amount: £1
Details: [case duplicate copy Page 219]
Other names: Elizabeth Dun; James Thomson
Name: Elizabeth Watson
Date: 13/12/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Bringieshill
Role: mother appeared confessed, admonished, absolved
Details: 'late in Bringieshill'
Other names: Elizabeth Watson; William Forbes
Name: Elizabeth Watson
Date: 27/12/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: William Forbes; Elizabeth Watson
Name: Mary Watson
Date: 27/04/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: [case Duplicate Copy Page 217]
Role: appeared, admonished, absolved
Details: wife of William Blacklaws
Other names: William Blacklaws; Mary Watson
Name: Alexander Wilson
Date: 17/04/1831
Case type: illeg pregnancy
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Kinkell, Parish Of Fordoun
Role: father present confessed, paid, rebuked, absolved
Cash amount: £1
Other names: Susan Henry; Alexander Wilson
