Bervie parish records
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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s
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Lookups
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/34/1 | Bervie Kirk Session: Minutes | 1742-1789 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/2 | Bervie Kirk Session: Minutes | 1789-1834 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/3 | Bervie Kirk Session: Minutes | 1834-1938 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/4 | Bervie Kirk Session: Proclamations | 1883-1902 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/5 | Bervie Kirk Session: Baptisms | 1883-1941 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/6 | Bervie Kirk Session: Accounts Includes poor payments | 1747-1763 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/7 | Bervie Kirk Session: Accounts Includes poor payments | 1766-1818 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/8 | Bervie Kirk Session: Accounts Includes poor payments | 1818-1855 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/14 | Bervie Kirk Session: Minutes Includes poor payments | 1726-1740 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/15 | Bervie Kirk Session: Minutes | 1740-1742 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/16 | Bervie Kirk Session: Scroll minutes | 1757-1763 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/18 | Bervie Kirk Session: Baptisms and proclamations | 1720-1735 | Request lookup |
| CH2/34/19 | Bervie Kirk Session: Proclamations | 1736-1743 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
We are pleased to be able to offer to obtain images of the minutes for each appeal, at the following rates:
- £3 for a single minute
- £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
- £10 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agnes BIRSE | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes BIRSE | 1865 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Agnes BIRSE | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes BIRSE | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes BIRSS | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Elizabeth BONNAR | Kirkhill Fordoun | 1846 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
| Thomas CHRISTIE | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James DURIE | 1854-1855 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ebenezer MILL | 1848 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| John MILNE | 1863 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Helen NICOL or EDWARDS | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| William WOOD | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| David ADAM | 2 May 1857 | Mary Ann ADAM | Find the father |
| Margaret Jane BEEDIE | 5 October 1869 | Margaret BEEDIE | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 13 July 1870 | Jessie BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 5 May 1867 | Susan BROWN | Find the father |
| James BURNESS | 24 August 1873 | Eliza BURNESS | Find the father |
| Robert BURNESS | 28 March 1861 | Jane BURNESS | Find the father |
| James CALDER | 19 February 1859 | Mary CALDER | Find the father |
| Margaret CALDER | 16 September 1862 | Mary CALDER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth CARNEGIE | 9 May 1861 | Ann CARNEGIE | Find the father |
| William CARNEGIE | 4 May 1871 | Ann CARNEGIE | Find the father |
| Betsy CARR | 14 April 1860 | Christina CARR | Find the father |
| Helen CARR | 27 May 1863 | Christina CARR | Find the father |
| Margaret CARR | 11 July 1868 | Christina CARR | Find the father |
| James CHRISTIE | 24 June 1858 | Catharine CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| James Low CHRISTIE | 18 October 1867 | Jane CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| William COBB | 30 March 1855 | Mary COBB | Find the father |
| Isabella COLLIE | 21 February 1857 | Helen COLLIE | Find the father |
| James COLLIE | 3 October 1863 | Mary COLLIE | Find the father |
| Marjory COOPER | 11 April 1855 | Mary Ann COOPER | Find the father |
| John CRIGGIE | 26 May 1866 | Mary CRIGGIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann CRIGGIE | 13 September 1873 | Helen CRIGGIE | Find the father |
| William Calder DALLAS | 10 October 1858 | Sarah Ann DALLAS | Find the father |
| John DEY | 3 February 1861 | Ann DEY | Find the father |
| Margaret Jean DUKE | 21 April 1867 | Mary Ann DUKE | Find the father |
| Isabella Ford FERRIER | 3 October 1864 | Margaret FERRIER | Find the father |
| James Findlay FERRIER | 29 May 1868 | Ann FERRIER | Find the father |
| Robert FORD | 12 March 1873 | Elisabeth FORD | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann FOTHERINGHAM | 24 May 1862 | Ellen FOTHERINGHAM | Find the father |
| Mary FOTHERINGHAM | 21 June 1865 | Ellen FOTHERINGHAM | Find the father |
| David GIBSON | 29 May 1871 | Maria GIBSON | Find the father |
| Duncan GIBSON | 22 February 1865 | Jean GIBSON | Find the father |
| Frederick GIBSON | 17 December 1857 | Mary Ann GIBSON | Find the father |
| Jean Reid GIBSON | 22 July 1871 | Elizabeth Wyllie GIBSON | Find the father |
| Mary Anne GILLANDER | 30 January 1868 | Mary Ann GILLANDER | Find the father |
| Charlotte GOIVE | 13 July 1858 | Jessie GOIVE | Find the father |
| Margaret Helen GORDON | 1 January 1866 | Elisabeth GORDON | Find the father |
| Andrew Whyte GOVE | 10 October 1864 | Jessie GOVE | Find the father |
| Christina GOVE | 9 November 1870 | Christina GOVE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth GOVE | 17 July 1859 | Isabella GOVE | Find the father |
| Joseph Cameron GOVE | 14 February 1869 | Jessie GOVE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann GOVE | 26 November 1874 | Isabella GOVE | Find the father |
| William GOVE | 12 June 1871 | Robina GOVE | Find the father |
| John GOWANS | 20 April 1867 | Elisabeth Gowans Or WILSON | Find the father |
| James GUTHRIE | 15 June 1862 | Mary GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| William LAWSON | 14 August 1868 | Margaret LAWSON | Find the father |
| Jean Ann LEITCH | 18 May 1867 | Isabella LEITCH | Find the father |
| Alexander LINDSAY | 13 August 1860 | Isabella LINDSAY | Find the father |
| George LOGAN | 6 November 1859 | Mary LOGAN | Find the father |
| John LOGANS | 22 June 1856 | Mary LOGANS | Find the father |
| David LONGMUIR | 29 December 1866 | Elizabeth LONGMUIR | Find the father |
| Robert LOWNIE | 16 July 1858 | Margaret LOWNIE | Find the father |
| Agnes MATHIESON | 29 May 1871 | Eliza MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Eliza MATHIESON | 17 December 1866 | Eliza MATHIESON | Find the father |
| William MCGILL | 25 March 1868 | Ellen MCGILL | Find the father |
| James MCKENZIE | 29 May 1857 | Elisabeth MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| James MIDDLETON | 31 May 1855 | Mary MIDDLETON | Find the father |
| Jane Ann MILNE | 15 June 1866 | Elizabeth MILNE | Find the father |
| John MILNE | 29 October 1872 | Elizabeth MILNE | Find the father |
| Mary Watt MILNE | 16 August 1870 | Jane MILNE | Find the father |
| William MILNE | 15 August 1856 | Ann MILNE | Find the father |
| Alexina MOWATT | 20 October 1871 | Ellen MOWATT | Find the father |
| James MOWATT | 27 June 1872 | Isabella MOWATT | Find the father |
| Andrew NAPIER | 20 April 1873 | Isabella NAPIER | Find the father |
| Ann OFFICER | 1 December 1860 | Isabella OFFICER | Find the father |
| Mary Ann OFFICER | 2 May 1855 | Isabella OFFICER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth ORCHANTER | 19 February 1856 | Helen ORCHANTER | Find the father |
| Alexy RITCHIE | 27 May 1868 | Mary Buchan RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Georgina RITCHIE | 9 July 1871 | Marjory RITCHIE | Find the father |
| James Douglas RITCHIE | 29 August 1865 | Mary Buchan RITCHIE | Find the father |
| John Alexander RITCHIE | 20 January 1873 | Mary RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane RITCHIE | 19 October 1859 | Jane RITCHIE | Find the father |
| William RITCHIE | 9 May 1866 | Margaret RITCHIE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth ROBERT | 17 February 1855 | Ann ROBERT | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERT | 4 January 1859 | Jane ROBERT | Find the father |
| Jane Anne ROBERTS | 26 February 1865 | Anne ROBERTS | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Reid ROBERTSON | 18 December 1864 | Margaret ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Eliza SMITH | 15 June 1861 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret SMITH | 29 January 1859 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Agnes STEWART | 28 December 1867 | Mary Ann STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander STEWART | 18 February 1858 | Matilda STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander STEWART | 5 July 1862 | Margaret STEWART | Find the father |
| David STEWART | 25 April 1873 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Elizabeth STEWART | 7 January 1868 | Ann STEWART | Find the father |
| Jean STEWART | 22 December 1860 | Ann STEWART | Find the father |
| Mary Jane STEWART | 10 December 1861 | Mary Ann STEWART | Find the father |
| William STEWART | 16 January 1871 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Alexander STUART | 20 February 1869 | Barbara STUART | Find the father |
| James STUART | 10 September 1866 | Barbara STUART | Find the father |
| Elisabeth THOMSON | 18 October 1856 | Elisabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Isabella WALKER | 2 October 1855 | Elisabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| George WATSON | 20 August 1860 | Mary WATSON | Find the father |
| Helen Rew WATSON | 22 August 1865 | Mary WATSON | Find the father |
| James WATSON | 4 January 1855 | Mary WATSON | Find the father |
| Betsy WEMYSS | 1 April 1856 | Elisabeth WEMYSS | Find the father |
| Cecilia WEMYSS | 5 May 1855 | Jess WEMYSS | Find the father |
| Isabella WEMYSS | 23 February 1860 | Jessie WEMYSS | Find the father |
| Jessie WOOD | 28 May 1857 | Isabella WOOD | Find the father |
In 1834, the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland passed the Veto Act, removing the absolute right of landowners to appoint ministers to their parish. The Act gave male heads of families who were communicants with the parish the right to veto the appointment of a new minister if a majority of them objected. To this end, the Assembly instructed kirk sessions to draw up rolls of the male heads of families in each parish. We have transcribed the surviving rolls, and are publishing them here. They are significant as they pre-date the earliest nominal census, which took place in 1841.
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index 1832 [NRS Reference CH2/34/2 and CH2/34/3]
Name:
Date: 09/06/1831
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts, Sacrament, officers
Details: Half yearly meeting Accounts, Sacrament agreed as 3rd Sabbath in August, Treasurer and Ruling elder continued in office
Other names:
Name:
Date: 10/08/1831
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of fasting and humiliation prior to Sacrament
Other names:
Name:
Date: 13/08/1831
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: solemnly celebrated
Other names:
Name:
Date: 13/08/1831
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of preparation
Other names:
Name:
Date: 15/08/1831
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: dispensed - No. of Tokens was 456
Other names:
Name:
Date: 14/12/1831
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts
Details: Half yearly meeting
Other names: Mr Farquhar; Mr Glegg
Name:
Date: 14/12/1831
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Cash amount: £4 Sterling
Details: for the Infirmary
Other names: Mr Farquhar; Mr Glegg
Name:
Date: 07/06/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts, Officers, Sacrament
Details: Half yearly meeting second Sunday August for Sacrament as usual, Accounts, Officers continued
Other names:
Name:
Date: 08/08/1832
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of fasting and humiliation prior to Sacrament
Other names:
Name:
Date: 11/08/1832
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of preparation
Other names:
Name:
Date: 12/08/1832
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: solemnly celebrated - No of tokens was 496
Other names:
Name:
Date: 13/08/1832
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of thanksgiving
Other names:
Name:
Date: 07/12/1832
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Aberdeen infirmary
Cash amount: £4
Other names:
Name:
Date: 07/12/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts
Details: Half yearly meeting, accounts
Other names:
Name:
Date: 11/06/1833
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Poors' Roll, Accounts, Sacrament
Details: Whitsunday meeting: settled Poors' Roll, Accounts for half year, Sacrament to be dispesed as usual second Sundy in August. Minister reported that he had purchased 639 Sacramental Tokens at £2 5s Sterling
Other names:
Name:
Date: 08/08/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of humiliation before sacrament
Other names:
Name:
Date: 10/08/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of preparation
Other names:
Name:
Date: 11/08/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: solemnly celebrated
Other names:
Name:
Date: 12/08/1833
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of thanksgiving. Number of communicants 466
Other names:
Name:
Date: 09/12/1833
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Aberdeen infirmary
Cash amount: £4 9s 6d
Other names:
Name:
Date: 11/06/1834
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts, Officers, Sacrament
Details: Whitsunday meeting: settled Accounts for half year, Sacrament to be dispesed as usual second Sunday in August. Treasurer and Clerks offices continue
Other names:
Name:
Date: 06/08/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of humiliation before sacrament
Other names:
Name:
Date: 09/08/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of preparation
Other names:
Name:
Date: 10/08/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: solemnly celebrated
Other names:
Name:
Date: 11/08/1834
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of thanksgiving
Other names:
Name:
Date: 04/06/1835
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Sacrament, Offices of Session
Details: Half yearly meeting: Sacrament to be dispensed 1st Sabbath in July, Treasurer and Clerk offices continued,
Other names:
Name:
Date: 01/07/1835
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of humiliation before sacrament
Other names:
Name:
Date: 04/07/1835
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of preparation
Other names:
Name:
Date: 05/07/1835
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: solemnly celebrated - No of tokens was 477
Other names:
Name:
Date: 06/07/1835
Case type: Sacrament
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Lord's supper
Details: day of thanksgiving
Other names:
Name:
Date: 23/08/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role:
Details: 'clerk to transmit an extract of minute to the Kirk session of Montrose without delay.'
Other names: James Logan; Helen Philips; James Hay
Name:
Date: 24/11/1835
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Aberdeen infirmary
Details: £4 17s 10d
Other names: Mr Clegg; Mr Farquhar
Name:
Date: 24/11/1835
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts, Officers re-elected
Details: half yearly meeting: Accounts,Treasurer and session clerk re-elected
Other names: Mr Clegg; Mr Farquhar
Name: Right Hon Viscount Arbuthnott
Date: 29/04/1829
Case type: Heritors Meeting 1829
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mention
Details: Details from Minute of Heritors and minister fixing schoolmaster's salary 9 April 1829 - copied 4 June 1835 with list of school subject fees . Proxy is Glegg
Other names: David Ross; James Farquhar Esq; Rev Mr Glegg; Right Hon Viscount Arbuthnott; Paterson
Name: Robert Bain
Date: 15/05/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation: weaver
Address: Bervie
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: unmarried
Other names: Margt Mcintosh; Robert Bain
Name: Robert Bain
Date: 22/05/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: accused father correspondence, denial, declined to appear
Other names: Robert Bain; Margt Mcintosh
Name: Mr Blair
Date: 19/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: farmer
Address: Hallgreen
Role: mention as employer
Details: former employer of Eliza
Other names: Dr Leslie; George Burness; Eliza Burness; Mr Blair; David Strachan; Mr Fullerton
Name: Elizabeth Bonar
Date: 11/06/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Elizabeth Bonar
Name: Elizabeth Bonnar
Date: 09/02/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, stated, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried woman in this parish
Other names: Elizabeth Bonnar; George Mcgregor
Name: Alexander Burness
Date: 28/06/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Bervie, Parish Of
Role: father compeared acknowledged paternity, paid penalty, absolved dismissed
Details: unmarried, penalty of 13s 4d
Other names: Alexander Burness; Jane Rae
Name: Ann Burness
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared, dismissed meantime
Details: unmarried, lately brought forth a child
Other names: Ann Burness; John Geddes Esq, M.D.
Name: Ann Burness
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Dr Geddes; Ann Burness
Name: Eliza Burness
Date: 19/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Phesdo
Role: Mother mention
Details: deaf and dumb, former servant to Blair 'Whitsunday to Martinmas last', brother is George, now returned to parents' house at Phesdo, converses with mother by signs
Other names: Dr Leslie; George Burness; Eliza Burness; Mr Blair; David Strachan; Mr Fullerton
Name: George Burness
Date: 19/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as to be deliverer of letter, relative of mother
Details: brother to Eliza, to deliver Leslie's letter
Other names: Dr Leslie; George Burness; Eliza Burness; Mr Blair; David Strachan; Mr Fullerton
Name: Alex Burnett
Date: 08/08/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father paid penalty, absolved dismissed
Details: vide Min[ute]: 31st May 1831
Other names: Alex Burnett
Name: Alexander Burnett
Date: 01/05/1831
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: accused father compeared denied, dismissed ad interim
Details: accused on 21st November 1830
Other names: Alexander Burnett; Isobel Duncan
Name: John Cameron
Date: 13/10/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: servant
Address: Perth
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: '….now or lately servant to Alex Cloudsley in the Parish of Garvock…'
Other names: Elizabeth Fotheringham; John Cameron; Alex Cloudsley
Name: Loveday Carnegie
Date: 18/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried
Other names: Loveday Carnegie; William Leggat
Name: Mary Carnegie
Date: 09/08/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared, exhorted, dealt with, absolved dismissed
Details: 'husband John Glass is under sentence of banishment to Botany Bay'
Other names: Mary Carnegie; John Glass
Name: Alexander Carr
Date: 23/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: feuer
Address: Bervie
Role: eldership nominee
Name: Alexander Carr
Date: 24/03/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: ordained to the Eldership
Name: Mr Clegg
Date: 24/11/1835
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Details: £16 paid over to him
Other names: Mr Clegg; Mr Farquhar
Name: Alex Cloudsley
Date: 13/10/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Garvock, Parish Of
Role: mention as employer
Other names: Elizabeth Fotheringham; John Cameron; Alex Cloudsley
Name: William Collie
Date: 19/01/1834
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as party
Other names: Catharine Strachan; William Collie
Name: Sarah Doig
Date: 05/10/1834
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, stated with letters of acknowledgement, desires baptism, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried, 'stated that she had brought forth a child about twelve months ago - that the guilt was contracted in the Parish of Liff and Benvie at Lochee'
Other names: Sarah Doig; David Pilmore
Name: Isobel Duncan
Date: 01/05/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: Session ' instructed the clerk to give an extract of the minutes to the party wishing to have recourse to the judgement of the Sheriff'
Other names: Alexander Burnett; Isobel Duncan
Name: Mr Farquhar
Date: 14/12/1831
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Cash amount: £9 Sterling
Details: £9 Sterling received as interest on his Bill of £200 reported by treasurer
Other names: Mr Farquhar; Mr Glegg
Name: Mr Farquhar
Date: 07/12/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Cash amount: £9 sterling
Details: £9 Sterling received as interest on his Bill of £200 reported by treasurer
Other names: Mr Farquhar
Name: Mr Farquhar
Date: 24/11/1835
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Donation
Details: see minute of 28th June last [1835] - £25 - 'expended on meal- coals and clothing among the Poor agreeable to the wish of the Donors.' Moderator reported he had received a farther donation of £10 Sterling to be distributed in a similar manner during the ensuing winter.
Other names: Mr Clegg; Mr Farquhar
Name: James Farquhar Esq
Date: 29/04/1829
Case type: Heritors Meeting 1829
Occupation:
Address: Johnston
Role: Mention
Details: Details from Minute of Heritors and minister fixing schoolmaster's salary 9 April 1829 - copied 4 June 1835 with list of school subject fees. Proxy is Ross
Other names: David Ross; James Farquhar Esq; Rev Mr Glegg; Right Hon Viscount Arbuthnott; Paterson
Name: James Farquhar Esq
Date: 11/08/1834
Case type: Debtors Estate
Occupation:
Address:
Role: pre 1855 death
Details: deceased due Session £200
Other names: Alexander Johnstone Esq, WS; James Farquhar Esq
Name: James Farquhar Esq
Date: 08/12/1834
Case type: Accounts
Occupation:
Address: Hallgreen
Role: Legacy
Details: his letter dated 8th October 1834 was read ' acknowledging that he holds the legacy by his late Uncle to the Kirk session Five hundred Pounds less Legacy duty fifty pounds' . [His uncle was also James Farquhar]
Other names: James Farquhar Esq
Name: James Farquhar Esq
Date: 28/06/1835
Case type: Collection to Poors' Fund
Occupation:
Address: Hallgreen
Role: Donation
Details: donation of £25
Other names: Alexander Johnstone Esq WS; James Farquhar Esq
Name: Agnes Findlay
Date: 08/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared confessed, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried, in this parish
Other names: Agnes Findlay; Hugh Logan
Name: Agnes Findlay
Date: 13/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Hugh Logan; Agnes Findlay
Name: Agnes Findlay
Date: 04/07/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: 'vide Minutes: 8 and 15 February last [1835]'
Other names: Hugh Logan; Agnes Findlay
Name: Elizabeth Fotheringham
Date: 13/10/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Haughs Of Bervie
Role: mother compeared, declared, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried, guilt contracted in Benholm Parish, '…she is nearly eight months with child - that she does not know where the said John Cameron now resides but thinks in Perth - that she was acquainted with him 12 months ago.'
Other names: Elizabeth Fotheringham; John Cameron; Alex Cloudsley
Name: Elizabeth Fotheringham
Date: 05/10/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, exhorted, absolved, dismissed
Details: 'vide Min[ute]: of 31st Oct[obe]r 1833'
Other names: Elizabeth Fotheringham
Name: Mr Fullerton
Date: 19/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Upper Knox Of Benholme
Role: mention as employer
Details: employs Strachan
Other names: Dr Leslie; George Burness; Eliza Burness; Mr Blair; David Strachan; Mr Fullerton
Name: Dr Geddes
Date: 03/02/1833
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father mention, acknowledged paternity, paid penalty
Cash amount: £1
Details: minister reported that Geddes had called on him
Other names: Dr Geddes; Ann Burness
Name: John Geddes Esq, M.D.
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address: Aberdeen
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: unmarried
Other names: Ann Burness; John Geddes Esq, M.D.
Name: Alexander Gibbon Esq
Date: 23/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: Advocate
Address: Aberdeen
Role: eldership nominee
Details: Freeholder in Benholm
Name: Alexander Gibbon
Date: 24/03/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: ordained to the Eldership
Name: Alexander Gibbon Esq
Date: 09/12/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: appointed
Details: Ruling Elder to presbytery and Synod
Name: John Glass
Date: 09/08/1834
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address: Botany Bay
Role: mention as party
Details: wife is Mary
Other names: Mary Carnegie; John Glass
Name: Rev Mr Glegg
Date: 29/04/1829
Case type: Heritors Meeting 1829
Occupation: Minister
Address: Bervie
Role: present for himself and proxy
Details: Details from Minute of Heritors and minister fixing schoolmaster's salary 9 April 1829 - copied 4 June 1835 with list of school subject fees . Proxy for Viscount Arbuthnott
Other names: David Ross; James Farquhar Esq; Rev Mr Glegg; Right Hon Viscount Arbuthnott; Paterson
Name: Mr Glegg
Date: 14/12/1831
Case type: collection
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Cash amount: £2 2s 1d
Details: Paid interest on his note in hand
Other names: Mr Farquhar; Mr Glegg
Name: Mr Glegg
Date: 07/12/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as party
Other names: Widow Mitchell; Mr Glegg
Name: Mr Glegg
Date: 09/12/1833
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accounts
Details: Half Yearly meeting the treasurer was ' instructed to pay over to Mr Glegg the sum of £18 for which added to the money already due by Mr Glegg'
Other names: Mr Glegg
Name: William Goodfellow
Date: 23/03/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'belonging to this parish - unmarried'
Other names: Isabel Whyte; William Goodfellow
Name: Mary Gordon
Date: 01/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother Compeared, declared
Details: unmarried
Other names: Mary Gordon; Andrew Milne
Name: Mary Gordon
Date: 17/05/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: 'The clerk was instructed to give extracts of the minutes to the party who may wish to have recourse to the judgement of the Sheriff.'
Other names: Andrew Milne; Mary Gordon
Name: James Hay
Date: 23/08/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: signed
Other parish: Montrose, Kirk Session of
Details: Extract by Hay of Kirk Session minutes of Montrose dated 3rd August 1835
Other names: James Logan; Helen Philips; James Hay
Name: James Hill
Date: 09/12/1833
Case type: Poor Relief
Occupation:
Address:
Role: pre 1855 death, intromissions
Details: Paterson made statement with vouchers of his intromissions with the late James Hill
Other names: Mr Paterson; James Hill
Name: Alexander Johnstone Esq, WS
Date: 11/08/1834
Case type: Debtors Estate
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Agent to executors
Details: Executors of the late James Farquhar re £200 due to KS
Other names: Alexander Johnstone Esq, WS; James Farquhar Esq
Name: Alexander Johnstone Esq WS
Date: 28/06/1835
Case type: Collection to Poors' Fund
Occupation:
Address: Aberdeen
Role: correspondence as commissioner
Details: representing Farquhar, letter intimates Farquhar's donation
Other names: Alexander Johnstone Esq WS; James Farquhar Esq
Name: William Leggat
Date: 18/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: weaver
Address: Bervie, Parish Of
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: unmarried
Other names: Loveday Carnegie; William Leggat
Name: Dr Leslie
Date: 19/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Fordoun
Role: correspondence
Details: Letter [copied in minutes in full] dated April 9th 1835, at Fordoun reports case of Eliza Burness
Other names: Dr Leslie; George Burness; Eliza Burness; Mr Blair; David Strachan; Mr Fullerton
Name: Lieut John Leslie
Date: 23/12/1832
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: paymaster
Address: Berwick
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Aberdeen, North Parish Kirk Session
Details: 42nd Regiment of Foot, presently residing in Berwick
Other names: Margaret Thow; Lieut John Leslie
Name: Hugh Logan
Date: 08/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: widower, in this parish
Other names: Agnes Findlay; Hugh Logan
Name: Hugh Logan
Date: 13/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father correspondence to acknowledge paternity
Details: writes '…if Agnes Findlay would give her oath that he is the Father of her child he would acknowledge it. The Session agree to let the matter be over fror the present.'
Other names: Hugh Logan; Agnes Findlay
Name: Hugh Logan
Date: 04/07/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father compeared acknowledged paternity, paid penalty, absolved, dismissed
Details: 'vide Minutes: 8 and 15 February last [1835]', penalty of 13s 4d
Other names: Hugh Logan; Agnes Findlay
Name: James Logan
Date: 23/08/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: flax dresser
Address: Bervie
Role: compeared accused as father, interrogated, denied, exhorted, dismissed
Details: unmarried
Other names: James Logan; Helen Philips; James Hay
Name: John Low
Date: 08/08/1832
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared absolved dismissed
Other names: John Low; Jane Smith
Name: Patrick Macgee
Date: 08/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: travelling merchant
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: from Ireland
Other names: Helen Will; Patrick Macgee
Name: Elizabeth Mackie
Date: 11/08/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared, admonished, dismissed, absolved
Other parish: St Cyrus, Kirk Session
Details: settled at Bervie by the woman on request of Session of St Cyrus
Other names: Elizabeth Mackie; John Molison
Name: George Mcgregor
Date: 09/02/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: King's Arms Inn, Bervie
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other names: Elizabeth Bonnar; George Mcgregor
Name: George Mcgregor
Date: 16/02/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: accused father correspondence, denial, declined to appear
Details: 'the minister presented a sort of letter from George McGregor … not being sufficiently explicit…'
Other names: George Mcgregor
Name: George Mcgregor
Date: 11/06/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: accused father acknowledged paternity - correspondence
Details: '…bound himself to relieve the Parish of it [his child].'
Other names: George Mcgregor
Name: Margt Mcintosh
Date: 15/05/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, dismissed ad interim
Details: 'lately brought forth a child', unmarried
Other names: Margt Mcintosh; Robert Bain
Name: Margt Mcintosh
Date: 22/05/1831
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: Session ' instructed the clerk to give an extract of the minutes to the party wishing to have recourse to the interference of the Sheriff'
Other names: Robert Bain; Margt Mcintosh
Name: Ann Millar
Date: 28/06/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Bervie, Parish Of
Role: Mother mention
Details: unmarried
Other names: James Officer; Ann Millar
Name: Andrew Milne
Date: 01/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: seaman
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Dunnattar, Kirk session
Details: 'on board the Stoop Farmer of Stonehaven'
Other names: Mary Gordon; Andrew Milne
Name: Andrew Milne
Date: 17/05/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: seaman
Address:
Role: accused father compeared, denied
Details: 'vide Minute: 1st February last'
Other names: Andrew Milne; Mary Gordon
Name: Andrew Milne
Date: 17/05/1835
Case type: with child in fornication- illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: sailor
Address: Stonehaven, Old Town Of
Role: father present acknowledged paternity at Fetteresso
Details: Extract from Kirk Session of Fetteresso dated 15 March 185
Other names: Margaret Smart; Andrew Milne
Name: Andrew Milne
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father mention as having paid penalty
Details: 'The moderator reported that he had received a penalty of 13s 4d from Andrew Milne for himself and Margaret Smart.'
Other names: Andrew Milne; Margaret Smart
Name: Widow Mitchell
Date: 07/12/1832
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Passage Expenses
Other parish: Quebec
Cash amount: £16
Details: 'Mr Glegg stated that on the 21st August last he had paid out of the money on his former note of hand £16 to defray the expense of widow Mitchell's passage to Quebec'
Other names: Widow Mitchell; Mr Glegg
Name: John Molison
Date: 11/08/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as party
Other names: Elizabeth Mackie; John Molison
Name: James Officer
Date: 28/06/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Bervie, Parish Of
Role: compeared father desires church discipline before next communion, paid penalty, absolved dismissed
Details: unmarried, penalty of 13s 4d
Other names: James Officer; Ann Millar
Name: Mr Paterson
Date: 09/12/1833
Case type: Session Business
Occupation:
Address:
Role: statement
Details: statement with vouchers of his intromissions [ assumed possession of property belonging to another] with the late James Hill
Other names: Mr Paterson; James Hill
Name: Paterson
Date: 06/06/1835
Case type: Heritors Meeting 1829
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: copied minutes
Details: Details from Minute of Heritors and minister fixing schoolmaster's salary 9 April 1829 - copied 4 June 1835 with list of school subject fees . [Copied these minutes, his initial is 'W' or 'H']
Other names: David Ross; James Farquhar Esq; Rev Mr Glegg; Right Hon Viscount Arbuthnott; Paterson
Name: Mr Patterson
Date: 09/06/1831
Case type: census
Occupation:
Address:
Role: made up
Details: Males in Bervie including Haughs 347; Females [in same] 410; Males in Gordon 114, Females [in same] 124; Males in the Country 69, Females [in same] 71. Increase of 71 since 1821
Other names: Mr Patterson
Name: Helen Philips
Date: 23/08/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as compeared mother
Other parish: Montrose, Kirk Session of
Details: Extract of Kirk Session minutes of Montrose dated 3rd August 1835 - widow who had 'brought forth a child five weeks ago' [July 1835].
Other names: James Logan; Helen Philips; James Hay
Name: David Pilmore
Date: 05/10/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Name: Jane Rae
Date: 28/06/1835
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother mention
Details: brough forth child in January 1834
Other names: Alexander Burness; Jane Rae
Name: David Ross
Date: 29/04/1829
Case type: Heritors Meeting 1829
Occupation: writer
Address: Stonehaven
Role: present as proxy
Details: Details from Minute of Heritors and minister fixing schoolmaster's salary 9 April 1829 - copied 4 June 1835 with list of school subject fees. Proxy for Farquhar
Other names: David Ross; James Farquhar Esq; Rev Mr Glegg; Right Hon Viscount Arbuthnott; Paterson
Name: John Scott
Date: 30/09/1832
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Correspondence re case
Other parish: Montrose, Kirk Session
Details: 'John Scott and family claiming a larger aliment…' . Clerk instructed to write to Montrose …to pay at rate of 2s per week for 3 months…'
Other names: John Scott
Name: Margaret Smart
Date: 17/05/1835
Case type: with child in fornication- illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Wester Auquhollie
Role: mother compeared at Fetteresso
Details: Extract from Kirk Session of Fetteresso dated 15 March 1835 -lately at Gourdon, Parish of Bervie, guilt committed there.
Other names: Margaret Smart; Andrew Milne
Name: Margaret Smart
Date: 04/10/1835
Case type: with child in fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared, absolved, dismissed
Details: 'See Minute of 17 May 1835', by authority of Kirk Session of Fetteresso
Other names: Margaret Smart
Name: Margaret Smart
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: 'The moderator reported that he had received a penalty of 13s 4d from Andrew Milne for himself and Margaret Smart.'
Other names: Andrew Milne; Margaret Smart
Name: Jane Smith
Date: 08/08/1832
Case type: Antenup
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention as party
Other names: John Low; Jane Smith
Name: Allan Stewart
Date: 27/03/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Details: minutes Examined and attested by Presbytery 6 June 1830 to 9 June 1831
Name: Allan Stewart
Date: 26/03/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Details: minutes Examined and attested by Presbytery 9 June 1831 to 7 December 1832
Name: Allan Stewart
Date: 25/03/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Details: minutes Examined and attested by Presbytery
Name: Allan Stewart
Date: 25/03/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Details: minutes Examined and attested by Presbytery period 19 January 1834 to 11 August 1834
Name: Allan Stewart
Date: 05/12/1834
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: signed
Details: minutes Examined and attested by Presbytery period 5 October 1834 to 8 December 1834
Name: Catharine Strachan
Date: 19/01/1834
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared, absolved, restored
Other parish: Dunnattar, Kirk session
Details: unmarried, ' by an authority in writing from the Kirk Session of Dunnattar'
Other names: Catharine Strachan; William Collie
Name: David Strachan
Date: 19/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: servant
Address:
Role: Father mention
Details: formerly servant with Blair now removed to Mr Fullerton. Had called on the minister and acknowledged himself the Father of the child and granted a written obligation for its aliment.
Other names: Dr Leslie; George Burness; Eliza Burness; Mr Blair; David Strachan; Mr Fullerton
Name: Mrs Tavendale
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Bervie
Role: mention as place
Details: Wilkie is a Hostler at Mrs Tavendale's Inn at Bervie
Other names: Isobel Walker; James Wilkie; Mrs Tavendale
Name: Margaret Thow
Date: 23/12/1832
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared own accord, presenting correspondence
Details: unmarried, guilt contracted in North Parish, Aberdeen, '…presented two letters from the said John Leslie…'
Other names: Margaret Thow; Lieut John Leslie
Name: Margaret Thow
Date: 27/01/1833
Case type: Illeg child
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother came forward, paid penalty, absolved, dismissed
Other parish: Aberdeen, North Parish Kirk Session
Cash amount: 6s 8d
Details: 'vide Min[ute]: 23rd Dec[embe]r 1832'. Letter from North Parish Aberdeen Kirk session giving authorisation to deal with case. Paid penaly of 6s 8d
Other names: Margaret Thow
Name: Robert Valentine
Date: 23/02/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: surgeon
Address: Bervie
Role: eldership nominee
Name: Robert Valentine
Date: 24/03/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: ordained to the Eldership
Name: Isobel Walker
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: James Wilkie; Isobel Walker
Name: Isobel Walker
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Bervie, Parish Of
Role: mother compeared, interrogated, declared, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried
Other names: Isobel Walker; James Wilkie; Mrs Tavendale
Name: Widow Watson
Date: 30/09/1832
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address:
Role: correspondence
Other parish: Old Machar, Kirk session
Details: Old Machar's request additional allowance of 3d per week is refused
Other names: Widow Watson
Name: Widow Watson
Date: 09/12/1833
Case type: Poor Relief
Occupation:
Address:
Role: correspondence
Other parish: Old Machar, Kirk session
Details: Old Machar solicit via letter additional aliment - agreed at the rate of 3s per month
Other names: Widow Watson
Name: Isabel Whyte
Date: 23/03/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, delated, dismissed ad interim
Other names: Isabel Whyte; William Goodfellow
Name: James Wilkie
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father compeared confessed, paid penalty, absolved and dismissed
Details: penalty 6s 8d
Other names: James Wilkie; Isobel Walker
Name: James Wilkie
Date: 08/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: hostler
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: Wilkie is a Hostler at Mrs Tavendale's Inn at Bervie
Other names: Isobel Walker; James Wilkie; Mrs Tavendale
Name: Helen Will
Date: 08/02/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared, declared, dismissed ad interim
Details: unmarried, hadnt seen MacGee 'for seven or eight months, but expects him here in Bervie in the course of a week or two.'
Other names: Helen Will; Patrick Macgee
Name: Widow Wood
Date: 30/09/1832
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Pre 1855 death, Funeral
Other parish: Aberdeen, Greyfriar's Kirk session
Cash amount: £1 5s
Details: deceased, Kirk Session of Greyfriars, Aberdeen claiming Funeral expenses, ' Treasurer authorized to pay in the meantime reserving to this Kirk session to endeavour to recover some part thereof from her sons'
Other names: Widow Wood
