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Bowden Free Church Baptisms 1843 - 1854

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Extraction of baptisms for Bowden Free Church 1843 - 1854. NRS Reference CH3/834/3. This record set contains 100 entries (in PDF format), and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before.

Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.

Poor Law appeals – Indexed Poor Law appeals with the option to order images of records.

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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

Lookups

​​​​​​​​The records of the Kirk Session contain a variety of documents which detail many aspects of the daily lives of all types of people throughout Scotland from the 16th century onwards. We are pleased to be able to offer a search service in some of the records available for this parish. We will search for a given name in any of the record sets in the table below, and provide you with transcripts of any matching entries for just £1 per name per year.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/752/3Minutes
Includes mortcloth and proclamation dues		1718-1742Request lookup
CH2/752/4Minutes
Includes mortcloth and proclamation dues		1742-1772Request lookup
CH2/752/5Bowden kirk session
Minutes 1775-95
Minutes 1803, 1815, 1817
Collections 1807-17
List of inhabitants n.d.		1775-1817Request lookup
CH2/752/6Minutes
Includes poor rolls		1832-1877Request lookup
CH2/752/7Minutes
1877-1920
(With a pamphlet, Bowden Church Restoration, 1909)		1877-1920Request lookup
CH2/752/8Accounts
Includes some mortcloth and proclamation dues and poor payments		1795-1819Request lookup
CH2/752/9Accounts
Includes some poor payments and mortcloth dues		1817-1860Request lookup
CH2/752/13Marriage register
1899-1911
(With one page for 1850)		1850-1911Request lookup
CH2/752/14Communion roll1867-1877Request lookup
CH2/752/15Communion roll1877-1886Request lookup
CH2/752/16Communion roll1886-1892Request lookup
CH2/752/17Communion roll1892-1898Request lookup
CH2/752/18Communion roll1899-1906Request lookup
CH2/752/32Congregational committee [vacancy] minutes1899Request lookup
CH2/752/51Miscellaneous papers
Including:
1 1747
List of the householders, servants and horses in the parish of Bowden. Copy made 9 July 1825
4-5 1831-2
List of those on cholera committee with related letter
8-9 1837, n.d.
Measurement of seating in Bowden church and division thereof
10 1843 November 8
Presentation by James, duke of Roxburghe, of James M Allardyce to church of Bowden
17-18 1853
Note anent insurance of church damaged by fire		1747-1984Request lookup

Board of Supervision poor relief appeals

The Board of Supervision was established under the 1845 Poor Law Act. One of its tasks was to hear appeals by paupers against inadequate poor relief granted by Parochial Boards. These appeals were recorded in the Board of Supervision minutes. Cases were often heard over an extended period. The minutes may contain a variety of information, including about other family members, medical conditions and other circumstances. For more information about these records, see here.

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  • £10 for any single case with more than 3 minutes (some cases have as many as 8 minutes)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow SUDDEN or SIDDONS 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Andrew TURNBULL 1851-1852 (1)Order imagesRefused

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
William BALMER12 March 1872Isabella BALMERFind the father
Elizabeth BEATTIE2 October 1873Jessie BEATTIEFind the father
William BLYTHE26 May 1859Isabella BLYTHEFind the father
Mary BUCHAN8 June 1863Mary BUCHANFind the father
James COLVIN3 September 1863Alison COLVINFind the father
Thomas Mitchell COLVIN3 September 1872Isabella COLVINFind the father
Cathren CUNNINGHAM2 November 1863Cathren CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Archibald DEANS21 April 1857Catharine DEANSFind the father
Catharine Smith DOCHERTY17 March 1865Catharine DOCHERTYFind the father
George DODS29 June 1861Mary Anne DODSFind the father
James EDGAR22 March 1860Marion EDGARFind the father
James Barrie EVANS13 September 1873Emily EVANSFind the father
James GAFFNEY25 September 1861Mary GAFFNEYFind the father
Theresa Margaret GAFFNEY9 March 1869Mary GAFFNEYFind the father
James HALL20 June 1861Janet HALLFind the father
Walter HALL30 October 1863Janet HALLFind the father
Henry HARVEY16 January 1863Margaret HARVEYFind the father
Isabel KEDZIE28 November 1856Catharine KEDZIEFind the father
Agnes KYLE8 September 1858Agnes KYLEFind the father
Andrew KYLE29 October 1856Helen KYLEFind the father
William KYLE21 April 1859Helen KYLEFind the father
Agnes LAWRIE28 September 1855Margaret LAWRIEFind the father
William LEARMONTH16 June 1865Isabella LEARMONTHFind the father
Betsy LEES23 April 1856Jessie LEESFind the father
James LEITHEAD9 May 1862Georgina LEITHEADFind the father
John LIDDLE11 December 1859Alison LIDDLEFind the father
John MABON19 July 1858Margaret MABONFind the father
Margaret MABON15 January 1861Margaret MABONFind the father
Jamima Jane MACKAY17 October 1861Hughanna Jane MACKAYFind the father
James Scott MCGREGOR19 January 1835Agnes MCGREGORFind the father
Robert MUIR13 August 1866Agnes MUIRFind the father
Adam MURRAY16 July 1860Isabell MURRAYFind the father
James Harkness MURRAY15 July 1864Betsy MURRAYFind the father
George ORMISTON15 May 1872Agnes ORMISTONFind the father
Andrew SCOTT2 February 1857Mary SCOTTFind the father
George SCOTT15 March 1862Betsy SCOTTFind the father
John SCOTT5 May 1868Isabell SCOTTFind the father
Ann SMITH5 November 1863Ann SMITHFind the father
James TINLINE17 December 1862Mary TINLINEFind the father
Margaret Macdonald TINLINE3 January 1865Janet TINLINEFind the father
Robert Young TURNBULL1 July 1864Jane TURNBULLFind the father

Rolls of Male Heads of Families
​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.

Male Heads of families 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/752/6 pp. 11-14)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
AndrewScottresidenterBowden
AndrewHarknessthatcherBowden
ArchibaldDonaldsonfarmerBowden
JamesScottlabourerBowden
JamesHisloplabourerBowden
AdamScottportioner and elderBowden
JohnWallacewrightBowden
GeorgeWoodwright and elderBowden
RobertGrievemasonBowden
PeterClarkeweaverBowden
RichardGillespiemillerBowden
GeorgeHarvieresidenterBowden
AndrewWilsonfeuarBowden
RobertThompsonlabourerBowden
JohnTinlineblacksmithBowden
AndrewMathersawyerBowden
JohnThompsonportionerBowden
AlexrMitchelllabourerBowden
WilliamBicketwrightBowden
WilliamTinlinelabourerBowden
JohnScottschoolmaster and elderBowden
RobertShiellabourerBowden
WilliamSpidenmasonBowden
ThomasPringleploughmanBowden
ThomasYoungtailorBowden
WilliamNicolresidenterBowden
JohnRoxburghstewardKippilaw
JasSibbaldRoyal NavyKippilaw
RobertMorgangardenerKippilaw
ThomasPasleyfeuarMidlem
RobertLainglabourerMidlem
AndrewBuchanmasonMidlem
ThomasBurnetlabourerMidlem
WilliamLainglabourerMidlem
WilliamCarrelabourerMidlem
JohnWaddelllabourerMidlem
SamuelDeanshosierMidlem
JohnGriersonlabourerMidlem
CharlesGriersonlabourerMidlem
JamesLauderfeuarMidlem
JohnRichardsonhosierMidlem
ThomasPattersonresidenterMidlem
JamesMurrayportionerMidlemburn
WilliamRonaldsonshepherdChesterknows
WalterKeddielabourerChesterknows
JohnTrotterfarmerHoudshall
DavidBrockiefarmerClarilaw Muir
JohnGrievefarmerEastfield
JohnAitkinhindEastfield
PeterBrodiefarmerClarilaw
WilliamDodshindClarilaw
PeterCarruthershindClarilaw
JamesFairbairnhindClarilaw
JohnWilsonhindClarilaw
JohnRiddellshepherdClarilaw
ArchibaldScotthindClarilaw
WalterBalantynelabourerClarilawburn
RobertScottlabourerClarilawburn
CarreRoyal Navy and elderCaverse Carre
ThomasDraughillcarterCaverse Carre
JamesRutherfordfarmerCaverse Carre
JamesBallantynelabourerCaverse Carre
WilliamCurrieelderLinthill
JohnShearerbutlerLinthill Lodge
JohnScottwrightRiddell Lodge
WilliamRiddelllabourerNewhall
JohnDodshindNewhall
ArchdTrotterwrightNewhall
AndrewYounghindNewhall
WilliamSibbaldOf Whiterig And Pinnacle
JamesBunyanhindChesterhall
AndrewMatherfarmerFaughhill
JohnDavidsonhindLangleeford
ThomasSuddensmithLangleeford
WilliamCowanhindPrieston
EdwardHoyhindPrieston
PeterGraycattle dealerPrieston
GeorgeVeitchfarmerSoftburns
RobertBlaikiefarmerHolydean
JohnBrownshepherdHolydean
JohnLowriehindHolydean
WillCessfordlabourerBowden

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/752/6 pp. 16-18)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
AndrewScottresidenterBowden
AndrewHarknessthatcherBowden
ArchdDonaldsonfarmerBowden
WillCessfordlabourerBowden
JamesScottlabourerBowden
AdamScottportioner and elderBowden
JohnWallacewrightBowden
JohnScottschoolmaster and elderBowden
WilliamSpidenwrightBowden
GeorgeWoodwright and elderBowden
RobtGrievemasonBowden
PeterClerkweaverBowden
WillNicolresidenterBowden
RichdGillespiemillerBowden
RobertShiellabourerBowden
GeoHarvieresidenterBowden
AndwWilsonportionerBowden
RobertThomsonlabourerBowden
AndwMathersawerBowden
JohnThomsonportionerBowden
AlexrMitchelllabourerBowden
JohnScottlabourerBowden
WilliamBicketwrightBowden
AndwCockburnlabourerBowden
JohnShiellabourerBowden
WillTinlinelabourerBowden
JamesHisloplabourerBowden
WillSpidenmasonBowden
AlexrPringlefarmerBowden
ThomasHenryhindBowden
JohnTinlinesmithBowden
RodgerRobertsonwrightBowden
ThomasYoungtailorBowden
SibbaldRNKippilaw Mains
RobertSuddenbutlerKippilaw Mains
RobertMorgangardenerKippilaw
JohnRoxburghstewardKippilaw
Carreof Cavers, elderCaverse Carre
JamesRutherfordfarmerCaverse Carre
ThomasDraughillcarterCaverse Carre
JosephMcgrigorresiding atCaverse Carre
RobertBuckhamresiding atCaverse Carre
JasBallantyneresiding atCaverse Carre
RobertScottlabourerClarilawburn
WalterBallantynelabourerClarilawburn
WillRiddellhindNewhall
WillLeitheadhindNewhall
JohnDoddhindNewhall
ThomasPasleyportionerMidlem
AndwBuchanmasonMidlem
ThomasBurnetlabourerMidlem
WilliamLainglabourerMidlem
WilliamCarrelabourerMidlem
JohnWaddelllabourerMidlem
SamuelDeanshosierMidlem
JohnGriersonlabourerMidlem
CharlesGriersonlabourerNewhall Mains
RobertMuirteacherMidlem
JamesLauderportionerMidlem
JohnRichardsonhosierMidlem
ThomasPattersonresidenterMidlem
JamesMurrayportionerMidlem
WillRonaldsonshepherdChesterknows
WalterKeddielabourerChesterknows
DavidBrockiefarmerClarilaw Moor
JohnGrievefarmerEastfield
JohnAitkinhindEastfield
PeterBrodiefarmerClarilaw
WilliamDodsstewardClarilaw
JamesFairbairnhindClarilaw
JohnWilsonhindClarilaw
JohnRiddellshepherdClarilaw
ArchdScotthindClarilaw
WilliamCurrieelderOf Linthill

Bowden Free Church Baptisms 1843 - 1854

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Extraction of baptisms for Bowden Free Church 1843 - 1854. NRS Reference CH3/834/3. This record set contains 100 entries (in PDF format), and has not, as far as we are aware, been published before.

Kirk Session Records Index

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish