Canisbay Free Church Baptisms 1843 - 1855
Canisbay records
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.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
School records – Index to School Leaving Certificate Examination results
Anatomy Registers – Index to the records of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland
Birth records with no father’s name – Hit a brick wall with no father named in a birth record? Help is at hand: see our list for this parish below.
Asylum records – Index to the General Register of Lunatics in Asylums
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
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/52/3 | Canisbay Kirk Session: Minutes | 1747-1815 | Request lookup |
| CH2/52/4 | Canisbay Kirk Session: Minutes and accounts. Minutes 1816-1855 (with blanks) Accounts 1832-1864 | 1816-1864 | Request lookup |
| CH2/52/5 | Canisbay Kirk Session: Communion roll | 1876-1904 | Request lookup |
| CH2/52/9 | Canisbay Kirk Session: Accounts and minutes. Accounts 1864-1913 Minutes 1867-1949 | 1864-1949 | Request lookup |
| CH2/52/10 | Canisbay Kirk Session: Baptismal register | 1877-1947 | 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
- £9 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow John AULD | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Margaret BAIN or GRAY | 1881 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John BANKS | 1853 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret BROCK or GREEN | 1878 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Janet GEDDES | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Neil GUNN | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret HARPER | 1853 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret HARPER | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 92 1853 | |
| Margaret HARPER | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 369 1853 | |
| Margaret HARPER | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Margaret HARPER | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Jane INKSTER or MACDONALD | 1882 (1) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Widow Henrietta MACKAY | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Esther MCIVOR or TORRANCE | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Janet MURRAY or CORNER | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella ROBERTSON or MUNRO | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow Isabella ROBERTSON or MUNRO | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James SHEARER | 1857 (2) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Jane SHEARER | 1852 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet SHEARER | 1874 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth SIMPSON or MATHIESON | 1880-1881 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Margaret SINCLAIR | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet SMITH or MOWAT | 1859 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cecilia ALLAN Stroma, Canisbay | George SUTHERLAND | 30 Apr 1879 Stroma, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Elizabeth BANKS or DUNNET East Mey, Canisbay | William MORRISON | 17 Oct 1881 Newlands, Dunnet | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Jane CRUICKSHANKS Stempster, Canisbay | William DUNNET | 8 Aug 1883 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Elizabeth HENDERSON Freswick, Canisbay | John MOWAT | 15 May 1877 Freswick, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Jessie HENDERSON Freswick, Canisbay | Donald HENDERSON | 19 Nov 1876 Freswick, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Isabella MACKENZIE East Mey, Canisbay | William ROBERTSON | 4 Mar 1884 East Mey, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Catherine MANSON Gills, Canisbay, Caithness | George MCKAY | 19 Jul 1887 Gills, Canisbay, Caithness | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Helen MANSON East Mey, Canisbay | David DUNNET | 6 Oct 1877 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/10 |
| Charlotte MATHIESON Huna, Canisbay | Matthew DUNNET | 6 Dec 1872 Huna, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Charlotte MATHIESON Huna, Canisbay | Matthew DUNNET | 9 Sep 1880 Huna, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Elizabeth MCKENZIE East Mey, Canisbay | William ROBERTSON | 4 Mar 1884 East Mey, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Helen MOWAT Schoolery, Canisbay | Sinclair MATHIESON | 27 Apr 1890 Schoolery, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Hellen MOWAT Schoolery, Canisbay | Sinclair MATHESON | 17 Jun 1886 Schoolery, Canisbay | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Mary MOWAT Duncansbay, Canisbay | Donald SWANSON | 28 Jul 1880 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/10 |
| Johan SINCLAIR Stroma, Canisbay | David ALLAN | 1 Sep 1885 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
| Louisa SMITH Stroma, Canisbay | Hugh SIMPSON | 5 Oct 1884 | Order now | Wick SC14/10/11 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
| Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cathrine CAMPBELL | 18 Jan 1887 | Canisbay Public School | 1909 | Order now |
| Rachel C MUNRO | 8 Oct 1890 | Canisbay Public School | 1908 | Order now |
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Donald ALLAN | 14 August 1871 | Mary Ann ALLAN | Find the father |
| Donald AULD | 7 May 1862 | Isabella AULD | Find the father |
| Elisabeth AULD | 4 July 1859 | Isabella AULD | Find the father |
| Donaldina Bruce BANKS | 20 November 1868 | Elizabeth BANKS | Father found |
| Jane BANKS | 11 January 1859 | Betsy BANKS | Find the father |
| Diana Begg BARNETSON | 26 September 1872 | Isabella BARNETSON | Find the father |
| James BARNETSON | 3 February 1856 | Jane BARNETSON | Find the father |
| Georgina CRUICKSHANKS | 16 November 1870 | Jeane CRUICKSHANKS | Find the father |
| Alexander DUNNET | 26 August 1870 | Margaret DUNNET | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Mowat DUNNET | 20 December 1866 | Margaret DUNNET | Find the father |
| Helen DUNNET | 28 February 1866 | Catharine DUNNET | Find the father |
| Isabella DUNNET | 10 October 1869 | Helen DUNNET | Find the father |
| Donald FALCONER | 11 September 1858 | Jane FALCONER | Find the father |
| George FORSYTH | 1 November 1870 | Ann FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Peter GALLOWAY | 19 December 1861 | Jane GALLOWAY | Find the father |
| David GRAY | 11 June 1868 | Helen GRAY | Father found |
| Helen HENDERSON | 26 September 1862 | Isabella HENDERSON | Father found |
| John HENDERSON | 18 January 1874 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Robert Mac Kay HENDERSON | 28 April 1856 | Christina HENDERSON | Find the father |
| John HOOD | 16 April 1869 | Jane HOOD | Find the father |
| John HORNE | 29 August 1870 | Margaret HORNE | Find the father |
| David Johnson INNES | 14 August 1858 | Isabella INNES | Find the father |
| John INNES | 27 February 1855 | Isabella INNES | Find the father |
| Ann Allan LAIRD | 27 September 1872 | Jane LAIRD | Father found |
| David LAIRD | 28 May 1874 | Christina LAIRD | Find the father |
| Sinclair Swanson LAIRD | 24 December 1868 | Christina LAIRD | Find the father |
| Catherine MANSON | 23 October 1862 | Catherine MANSON | Father found |
| Jane MANSON | 7 November 1870 | Anne MANSON | Find the father |
| John Sinclair MANSON | 18 April 1873 | Margaret MANSON | Find the father |
| Annie Sinclair MATHESON | 23 January 1874 | Christina MATHESON | Find the father |
| John MATHESON | 25 May 1871 | Isabella MATHESON | Find the father |
| Johan MCKAY | 31 December 1855 | Margaret MCKAY | Find the father |
| Janet MOWAT | 4 September 1874 | Janet MOWAT | Find the father |
| John MOWAT | 1 April 1874 | Catherine MOWAT | Find the father |
| John ROBERTSON | 16 April 1867 | Christina ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Catherine Shearer SHEARER | 12 May 1864 | Mary SHEARER | Father found |
| George SHEARER | 20 July 1865 | Janet SHEARER | Find the father |
| Johan SHEARER | 28 February 1871 | Janet SHEARER | Find the father |
| Sinclairina SHEARER | 23 September 1859 | Jane Mac Ray SHEARER | Find the father |
| William SHEARER | 25 November 1856 | Mary SHEARER | Find the father |
| Catherine SIMPSON | 7 October 1873 | Catherine SIMPSON | Find the father |
| James SIMPSON | 21 August 1864 | Elizabeth SIMPSON | Find the father |
| William SIMPSON | 13 January 1874 | Hellen SIMPSON | Father found |
| Charlotte SINCLAIR | 26 August 1864 | Charlotte SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| William SINCLAIR | 15 May 1870 | Charlotte SINCLAIR | Find the father |
| Christina Jamieson SMITH | 1 February 1874 | Jessie SMITH | Find the father |
| James SMITH | 13 March 1868 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| John SUTHERLAND | 9 October 1873 | Camilia SUTHERLAND | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | Laird | elder | Trestal | |
| John | Mowat | elder | Duncansbay | |
| John | Dunnet | elder | Mey | |
| John | Begg | elder | Gills | |
| John | Steven | elder | Stroma | |
| George | Shearer | elder | Freswick | |
| Wi | Ritchie | precentor | Freswick | |
| George | Dunnet | Wares | ||
| John | Reid | Slickly | ||
| John | Harper | Slickly | ||
| William | Cruickshanks | Claypots | ||
| William | Mowat | Schoolery | ||
| James | Mowat | Schoolery | ||
| John | Bain | West Canisbay | ||
| James | Sutherland | West Canisbay | ||
| John | Warse | East Canisbay | ||
| John | Mowat | Freswick | ||
| James | Kennedy | Freswick | ||
| George | Bakie | Brabster | ||
| James | Geddes | Brabster | ||
| Andrew | Bain | Brabster | ||
| David | Nicholson | Holland Mey | ||
| James | Manson | East Mey | ||
| John | Warse | East Mey | ||
| Kenneth | Mcrae | Mey | ||
| George | Mowat | West Mey | ||
| Alexander | Matheson | Seater | ||
| William | Manson | Huna | ||
| James | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| Gilbert | Laird | Duncansbay | ||
| Donald | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| William | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Gulloch | Duncansbay | ||
| Walter | Rosie | Stroma | ||
| William | Sinclair | Stroma | ||
| William | Bremner | Stroma | ||
| Donald | Warse | Stroma | ||
| Alexander | Bremner | Stroma | ||
| Nichol | Allan | Stroma |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William | Laird | Trestal | ||
| John | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Dunnet | Mey | ||
| John | Begg | Old Mey | ||
| John | Steven | Stroma | ||
| George | Shearer | Freswick | ||
| William | Ritchie | precentor | Freswick | |
| William | Cruickshanks | Claypots | ||
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | ||
| John | Bain | West Canisbay | ||
| Alexander | Matheson | Seater | ||
| Sinclair | Sutherland | Seater | ||
| William | Manson | Huna | ||
| George | Dunnet | Warse | ||
| David | Nicholson | Holland Mey | ||
| James | Manson | East Mey | ||
| John | Warse | East Mey | ||
| Kenneth | Mcrae | Mey | ||
| George | Mowat | schoolmaster | West Mey | |
| George | Manson | East Mey | ||
| James | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| Gilbert | Laird | Duncansbay | ||
| Donald | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| William | Mouat | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Gulloch | Duncansbay | ||
| Walter | Rosie | Stroma | ||
| William | Laird | Stroma | ||
| William | Bremner | Stroma | ||
| Donald | Warse | Stroma | ||
| Nicol | Allan | Stroma | ||
| John | Mowat | Freswick | ||
| James | Kennedy | Freswick | ||
| Simon | Wright | Freswick | ||
| Donald | Bremner | Freswick | ||
| George | Baike | Brabster | ||
| James | Geddes | Brabster | ||
| Andrew | Bain | Brabster | ||
| John | Reid | Slickly | ||
| John | Harper | Slickly | ||
| William | Mowat | Schoolery | ||
| James | Mowat | Schoolery | ||
| John | Falconer | Schoolery | ||
| William | Mckay | Crackersfield | ||
| James | Sutherland | Canisbay |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Dunnet | elder | ||
| John | Mowat | elder | ||
| John | Steven | elder | ||
| John | Begg | elder | ||
| George | Shearer | elder | ||
| William | Cruickshanks | Claypots | ||
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | ||
| James | Sutherland | West Canisbay | ||
| John | Bain | West Canisbay | ||
| James | Baikie | West Canisbay | ||
| Alexander | Matheson | Seater | ||
| Sinclair | Sutherland | Seater | ||
| William | Manson | Huna | ||
| George | Dunnet | Warse | ||
| David | Nicolson | Holland Mey | ||
| James | Manson | East Mey | ||
| John | Warse | East Mey | ||
| Kenneth | Mcrea | Barrogill Castle | ||
| George | Mowat | schoolmaster | West Mey | |
| George | Manson | wright | Mey | |
| John | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| Gilbert | Laird | Duncansbay | ||
| Donald | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| William | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Gulloch | Duncansbay | ||
| James | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| Walter | Rosie | Stroma | ||
| William | Sinclair | Stroma | ||
| William | Bremner | Stroma | ||
| Donald | Warse | Stroma | ||
| William | Ritchie | Freswick | ||
| Donald | Brown | Freswick | ||
| George | Baikie | Brabster | ||
| James | Geddes | Brabster | ||
| Andrew | Bain | Brabster | ||
| John | Reid | Slickly | ||
| John | Harper | Slickly | ||
| William | Coghill | Slickly | ||
| William | Mowat | Scoolery | ||
| James | Mowat | Scoolery | ||
| John | Falconer | Scoolery | ||
| William | Mackay | Crackersfield | ||
| John | Mowat | Freswick | ||
| James | Kennedy | Freswick | ||
| Simon | Wright | Freswick |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Dunnet | elder | ||
| John | Mowat | elder | ||
| John | Begg | elder | ||
| John | Steven | elder | ||
| George | Shearer | elder | ||
| William | Cruickshanks | Claypots | ||
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | ||
| James | Sutherland | West Canisbay | ||
| John | Bain | West Canisbay | ||
| Alexander | Matheson | Huna | ||
| William | Manson | Huna | ||
| Sinclair | Sutherland | Seater | ||
| George | Dunnet | Warse | ||
| Kenneth | Mcrea | Berrogill Castle | ||
| George | Mowat | East Mey | ||
| George | Manson | East Mey | ||
| Alexander | Dunnet | East Mey | ||
| David | Nicolson | Duncansbay | ||
| James | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| Donald | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| William | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Green | Duncansbay | ||
| George | Gulloch | Duncansbay | ||
| John | Mowat | Duncansbay | ||
| Walter | Rosie | Stroma | ||
| William | Sinclair | Stroma | ||
| William | Bremner | Stroma | ||
| Donald | Warse | Stroma | ||
| William | Ritchie | Freswick | ||
| James | Kennedy | Freswick | ||
| Simon | Wright | Freswick | ||
| Donald | Bremner | Freswick | ||
| George | Baikie | Brabster | ||
| James | Geddes | Brabster | ||
| Andrew | Bain | Brabster | ||
| John | Reid | Slickly | ||
| John | Harper | Slickly | ||
| William | Mowat | Scoolery | ||
| James | Mowat | Scoolery | ||
| John | Falconer | Scoolery | ||
| William | Coghill | Slickly | ||
| William | Mackay | Crackersfield |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Dunnet | farmer | West Mey | |
| John | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| John | Begg | farmer | West Mey | |
| George | Shearer | farmer | Freswick | |
| Sinclair | Sutherland | farmer | Seater | |
| George | Manson | cart wright | East Mey | |
| John | Steven | farmer | Stroma | |
| William | Cruickshanks | farmer | Canisbay | |
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | Canisbay | |
| John | Bain | farmer | Canisbay | |
| Alexander | Matheson | tenant | Canisbay | |
| William | Manson | farmer | Canisbay | |
| George | Gulloch | farmer | Seater | |
| George | Dunnet | farmer | Warse | |
| George | Mowat | teacher | Mey | |
| Kenneth | Mccrae | gamekeeper | Mey | |
| Alexander | Dunnet | tailor | Mey | |
| William | Mackay | pension | Mey | |
| George | Dundass | tenant | Mey | |
| James | Mowat | pensioner | Duncansbay | |
| David | Nicolson | farmer | Duncansbay | |
| Owen | Green | farmer | Duncansbay | |
| Donald | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| William | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| George | Green | fisherman | Duncansbay | |
| John | Mowat | shoemaker | Duncansbay | |
| Walter | Rosie | tenant | Stroma | |
| William | Bremner | farmer | Stroma | |
| Donald | Warse | tenant | Stroma | |
| Wi | Ritchie | tailor | Freswick | |
| James | Kenedy | tenant | Freswick | |
| Donald | Bremner | fisherman | Freswick | |
| Simon | Wright | preventive service | Freswick | |
| Alexander | Mckay | preventive service | Freswick | |
| E F | Harris | preventive service | Freswick | |
| George | Baikie | tenant | Brabster | |
| James | Geddes | farmer | Brabster | |
| Andrew | Bain | weaver | Brabster | |
| John | Reid | farmer | Slickly | |
| John | Harper | pensioner | Slickly | |
| William | Coghill | tenant | Slickly | |
| William | Mowat | tenant | Scoolery | |
| James | Mowat | farmer | Scoolery | |
| John | Falconer | farmer | Scoolery |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Dunnet | elder | West Mey | |
| John | Begg | elder | West Mey | |
| George | Manson | elder | East Mey | |
| John | Steven | elder | Stroma | |
| George | Shearer | elder | Freswick | |
| John | Mowat | elder | Duncansbay | |
| Sinclair | Sutherland | elder | Seater | |
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | Canisbay | |
| John | Bain | joiner | West Canisbay | |
| George | Dunnet | tenant | Warse | |
| William | Cruickshanks | tenant | Claypots | |
| Alexander | Matheson | tenant | Huna | |
| William | Manson | post office | Huna | |
| George | Gulloch | tenant | Seater | |
| George | Dundas | East Mey | ||
| William | Mackay | pensioner | Rigifa | |
| William | Sutherland | tailor | Gills | |
| Alexander | Dunnet | tailor | East Mey | |
| George | Mowat | teacher | West Mey | |
| John | Manson | tenant | West Mey | |
| Kenneth | Macrae | Barrogill | ||
| Angus | Macdonald | gardener | Barrogill | |
| James | Mowat | pensioner | Duncansbay | |
| David | Nicolson | tenant | Duncansbay | |
| Donald | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| William | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| George | Green | fisherman | Duncansbay | |
| John | Mowat | shoemaker | Duncansbay | |
| William | Bremner | tenant | Stroma | |
| Donald | Warse | tenant | Stroma | |
| William | Ritchie | tailor | Freswick | |
| E F | Harris | preventive service | ||
| Simon | Wright | preventive service | ||
| Alexander | Macbay | preventive service | ||
| Donald | Bremner | servant | Freswick | |
| George | Baikie | tenant | Brabster | |
| James | Geddes | tenant | Brabster | |
| Andrew | Bain | tenant | Brabster | |
| Hugh | Mackay | pensioner | Crackersfield | |
| John | Reid | tenant | Slickly | |
| John | Harper | pensioner | Slickly | |
| William | Coghill | tenant | Slickly | |
| William | Mowat | tenant | Scoolery | |
| James | Mowat | tenant | Scoolery | |
| John | Falconer | tenant | Scoolery | |
| Thomas | Hall | shepherd | Holomey |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Dunnet | elder | West Mey | |
| John | Begg | elder | West Mey | |
| John | Steven | elder | Stroma | |
| George | Shearer | elder | Freswick | |
| Sinclair | Sutherland | elder | Seater | |
| George | Manson | elder | East Mey | |
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | Canisbay | |
| William | Cruickshanks | farmer | Claypots | |
| James | Sutherland | West Canisbay | ||
| John | Bain | wright | Warse | |
| George | Dunnet | farmer | Warse | |
| William | Sutherland | tailor | Gills | |
| Alexander | Matheson | tenant | Huna | |
| William | Manson | post office | Huna | |
| George | Gulloch | farmer | Seater | |
| Angus | Macdonald | gardener | Barrogill Castle | |
| John | Banks | farmer | Rigifa | |
| John | Manson | farmer | West Mey | |
| George | Mowat | schoolmaster | West Mey | |
| Kenneth | Macrae | Barrogill Mains | ||
| Alexander | Dunnet | tailor | East Mey | |
| David | Nicolson | farmer | Duncansbay | |
| Donald | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| William | Mowat | weaver | Duncansbay | |
| George | Green | fisher | Duncansbay | |
| John | Mowat | shoemaker | Duncansbay | |
| William | Bremner | fisher | Stroma | |
| Donald | Wares | fisher | Stroma | |
| William | Ritchie | tailor | Freswick | |
| Donald | Bremner | fisherman | Freswick | |
| Alexander | Macbay | preventive service | Freswick | |
| George | Baikie | tenant | Brabster | |
| James | Geddes | farmer | Brabster | |
| Andrew | Bain | weaver | Brabster | |
| Hugh | Mackay | pensioner | Crackersfield | |
| John | Reid | tenant | Slickly | |
| John | Harper | pensioner | Slickly | |
| William | Coghill | tenant | Slickly | |
| William | Mowat | tenant | Scoolery | |
| James | Mowat | farmer | Scoolery | |
| John | Falconer | farmer | Scoolery |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Dunnet | elder | West Mey | |
| John | Begg | elder | West Mey | |
| John | Steven | elder | Stroma | |
| George | Shearer | elder | Freswick | |
| Sinclair | Sutherland | elder | (Freswick) Seater | |
| George | Manson | elder | East Mey | |
| William | Cruickshanks | farmer | Claypots | |
| Sinclair | Laird | farmer | Trestal | |
| John | Warse | Kirk Officer | ||
| James | Sutherland | West Canisbay | ||
| Angus | Macleod | merchant | Canisbay | |
| John | Bain | farmer | Canisbay | |
| William | Sutherland | tailor | Gills | |
| Alexander | Matheson | farmer | Huna | |
| William | Manson | farmer | Huna | |
| George | Gullock | farmer | Seater | |
| George | Dunnet | farmer | Warse | |
| John | Banks | farmer | East Mey | |
| Alexander | Dunnet | tailor | East Mey | |
| John | Manson | farmer | West Mey | |
| George | Mowat | teacher | West Mey | |
| James | Thomson | farmer | West Mey | |
| Kenneth | Macrae | Barrogill Castle | ||
| David | Nicolson | farmer | Duncansbay | |
| William | Mowat | shoemaker | Duncansbay | |
| George | Green | farmer | Duncansbay | |
| John | Mowat | farmer | Duncansbay | |
| William | Bremner | farmer | Stroma | |
| Donald | Wares | farmer | Stroma | |
| William | Ritchie | tailor | Freswick | |
| James | Banks | teacher | Freswick | |
| Alexander | Macbay | coast guard | Freswick | |
| George | Baikie | cottager | Brabster | |
| James | Geddes | farmer | Brabster | |
| Andrew | Bain | cottager | Brabster | |
| John | Reid | farmer | Slickly | |
| William | Coghill | farmer | Slickly | |
| William | Mackay | farmer | Slickly | |
| James | Mowat | farmer | Scoolery | |
| William | Mowat | cottager | Scoolery | |
| John | Falconer | farmer | Scoolery | |
| Donald | Bremner | farmer | Freswick | |
| Hugh | Mackay | farmer | Crackersfield |
Kirk Session Records Index
George Sutherland Sinclair Esq
Name:
Date: 20/01/1831
Case type: Discipline rules
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Session Business
Details: 'resolved that in future all Delinquents guilty of fornication for the first time shall appear one sabbath before the congregation to be rebuked and absolved; & that those guilty of a relapse shall appear one sabbath as above and pay a fine of thirty shillings to the poor of the Parish.'
Other names:
Name: Right Hon Earl of Caithness
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: Heritor
Address:
Role: correspondence mention
Details: absent Heritor, Snody his factor
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name:
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Accounts
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Session Business
Other names: Mr Wm Milne; John Mowat; William Laird; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes; George S Sinclair
Name:
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: clerk and schoolmaster
Address:
Role: Absent from session
Name: Right hon Earl of Caithness
Date: 30/05/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: Heritor
Address:
Role: represented by proxy
Details: Snody is his factor
Other names: Rev Peter Jolly; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody; Right hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; Mr Robert Forsyth
Name: Right hon Earl of Caithness
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: Heritor
Address:
Role: represented by proxy
Details: Snody is his factor, allocated seats
Other names: William Sinclair Esq; Right hon Earl of Caithness; Mr Robert Forsyth; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody
Name:
Date: 07/11/1833
Case type: Funds and Accounts
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: Mention
Other parish: Keiss
Details: minister of Keiss had claimed a proportion of all the mortified money to the Poor of this Parish, because part of what formerly belonged to this parish has been connected to the Parish of Keiss.' session refer matter to Procurator of the church
Other names:
Name:
Date: 07/11/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: schoolmaster
Address:
Role: statements re vacancy of Precentor, terms and conditions
Name:
Date: 25/08/1834
Case type: HOF
Occupation:
Address:
Role: made up
Details: made up Roll of members and HOF, copy in minutes, 42 Names and residences
Other names: Peter Jolly; W Ross Taylor
Name:
Date: 13/08/1835
Case type: HOF
Occupation:
Address:
Role: made up
Details: 46 Heads of Families - names, offices, residences
Other names: Peter Jolly; Thomas Gun
Name: George Banks
Date: 20/01/1831
Case type: adultery (relapse)
Occupation:
Address: Mey
Role: Mention
Details: 'appointed to appear on six separate sundays before the congregation, & a written summons to be sent to him by the clerk to that effect.'
Other names: George Banks
Name: George Banks
Date: 30/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: West Mey
Role: mention as relative
Details: Margaret's father
Other names: Margaret Banks; George Banks; Alexander Robertson
Name: Margaret Banks
Date: 30/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared
Other parish: Wick, Kirk session of
Details: George's daughter, confessed and gave up father
Other names: Margaret Banks; George Banks; Alexander Robertson
Name: Margt Banks
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Details: 'unable to attend was ordered to be summoned to first meeting of session.'
Other names: Mr Phin; Alexander Robertson; Margt Banks
Name: John Begg
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address: Gills
Role: Compeared as Poor Fund Manager
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: John Begg
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: John Begg
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: Jean Bremner
Date: 07/11/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Rigifa
Role: mother Compeared not
Details: delated as with child, summoned, dis not appear
Other names: Jean Bremner
Name: John Bremner
Date: 23/10/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: young man, summoned to next meeting of session
Other names: Janet Harper; John Bremner
Name: John Bremner
Date: 30/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father compeared not
Details: ' who was summoned to this meeting was from bad health unable to attend. The Session defer this case till he is in a condition to attend.'
Other names: John Bremner
Name: John Bremner
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Father mention
Details: 'had acknowledged him self to be the father'
Other names: Janet Harper; John Bremner
Name: Mr Calder
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: session clerk
Address:
Role: Compeared
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: Catharine Cruickshank
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: child in fornication, baptism
Occupation:
Address: Stroma
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: widow, gave up Laird as father of child brought forth some time ago, 'apponted to appear publickly before the congregation after which the session agree to baptise the child.'
Other names: Catharine Cruickshank; Gilbert Laird
Name: Charlotte Cruickshank
Date: 12/05/1831
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: widow, brought forth child six weeks ago, gave up father as Gilbert Laird, appointed to appear publickly before the congregation, the first fair Sunday.
Other names: Charlotte Cruickshank; Gilbert Laird
Name: Sinclair Davidson
Date: 19/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'The officer was ordered to summon him to next meeting of session.'
Other names: Jean Matheson; Sinclair Davidson
Name: Matthew Dundas
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: Compeared
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: Elizabeth Dunnet
Date: 20/01/1831
Case type: child in fornication, baptism
Occupation:
Address: Mey
Role: Mother mention
Details: has not satisfied church discipline, 'and upon the woman [Dunnet]either appearing or paying a fine of 30 shillingsappointed the child to be baptized.'
Other names: William Smith; Elizabeth Dunnet
Name: James Dunnet
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Hana
Role: Compeared
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: John Dunnet Senr
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Hana
Role: Compeared
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: John Dunnet Junr
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Hana
Role: Compeared
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: John Dunnet
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: Compeared
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: John Dunnet
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: John Dunnet
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: Mr Robert Forsyth
Date: 30/05/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: architect
Address: Thurso
Role:
Details: contracted to prepare a Plan, Scheme, Valuation, and Division of the whole remaining part of the seating in the Area or ground Floor of the said Parish Church of Canisbay' etc
Other names: Rev Peter Jolly; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody; Right hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; Mr Robert Forsyth
Name: Mr Robert Forsyth
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: architect
Address: Thurso
Role:
Details: allocated seats
Other names: William Sinclair Esq; Right hon Earl of Caithness; Mr Robert Forsyth; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody
Name: James Geddes
Date: 03/07/1833
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: appeared
Details: 'seriously exhorted not to practice going out to ships on the Lord's day and was dismissed on giving a promise to that effect.'
Other names: James Geddes
Name: William Geddes
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: elder and clerk
Address: Stempster
Role: Compeared as Poor Fund Manager
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: William Geddes
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder and clerk
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Details: 'in absence of school master officiating as Clerk'
Name: William Geddes
Date: 05/07/1832
Case type: Accounts
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mention
Details: gave receipt made out in Thurso to Sinclair through hands of factor - copy in minutes
Other names: Mr Sinclair; Mr Morison Snody; late Mr William Sinclair Esq; William Geddes
Name: William Geddes
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: William Geddes
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: William Geddes
Date: 07/11/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: precentor
Address:
Role: resignation mention
Details: 'necessity of finding a new Precentor in room of William Geddes, who is about leaving the Parish...'
Name: Mr Gerard
Date: 13/06/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: correspondence
Details: clerk to write to him re Jean Matheson requesting he admit her to discipline
Other names: Mr Gerard; Jean Matheson
Name: Thomas Gun
Date: 13/08/1835
Case type: HOF
Occupation: moderator
Address:
Role:
Other parish: Caithness, Presbytery of
Other names: Peter Jolly; Thomas Gun
Name: William Gunn
Date: 10/04/1834
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Holland Make, Parish Of Dunnet
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Dunnet, Kirk session of
Other names: Margaret Manson; William Gunn
Name: William Gunn
Date: 23/10/1834
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation: servant
Address: Ratter
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Dunnet, Kirk session of
Details: Officer reported that Gunn 'positively refuses to attend any Session except that of Dunnet. The Session, therefore, refer this case to the Session of Dunnet.'
Other names: William Gunn; Margaret Manson
Name: Janet Harper
Date: 23/10/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: young woman, lately residing Freswick, gave up Bremner as author of her pregnancy
Other names: Janet Harper; John Bremner
Name: Janet Harper
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: craved baptism, considering she had made three public appearances and Bremner had acknowledged paternity, session complied with request. 'The child was accordingly baptised in the presence of the Session.'
Other names: Janet Harper; John Bremner
Name: Elizabeth Jack
Date: 30/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Mother Compeared
Other parish: Keiss, Kirk session of
Details: unmarried, interrogated re report of her pregnancy, confessed father. Stated guilt contracted at about latter end of last Harvest. Clerk ordered to send extract of minute to Keiss
Other names: Elizabeth Jack; George Shearer
Name: Elizabeth Jack
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: 'adhered to former declaration. Being desired to specify the particular time when the guilt was contracted, she said that it was about Roodsmas or the 26th September the harvest being early that year, and ended about that time. She further added that she might have had a child to him before then meaning that they had been guilty for a length of time.'
Other names: George Shearer; Elizabeth Jack
Name: Margaret Johnston
Date: 12/05/1831
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: brought forth child, gave up Sinclair as father, relapse so appointed to appear before congregation and to pay a fine of ten shillings
Other names: Margaret Johnston; George Sinclair
Name: Rev Peter Jolly
Date: 08/04/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: ordained parish minister
Name: Rev Peter Jolly
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: Rev Peter Jolly
Date: 30/05/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: present
Details: meeting for church repairs, division of seating of heritors interests apportioned, seats for minister and elders and poor
Other names: Rev Peter Jolly; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody; Right hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; Mr Robert Forsyth
Name: Peter Jolly
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: signed
Details: petiton to Heritors copied in minutes re seats for indigent persons
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: Peter Jolly
Date: 25/08/1834
Case type: HOF
Occupation: moderator
Address:
Role: signed
Other parish: Canisbay, Kirk Session of
Other names: Peter Jolly; W Ross Taylor
Name: Peter Jolly
Date: 13/08/1835
Case type: HOF
Occupation: moderator
Address:
Role: signed
Other parish: Canisbay, Kirk session of
Other names: Peter Jolly; Thomas Gun
Name: Gilbert Laird
Date: 12/05/1831
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: America
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'now in America'
Other names: Charlotte Cruickshank; Gilbert Laird
Name: Gilbert Laird
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: America
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'supposed to have gone to America.'
Other names: Catharine Cruickshank; Gilbert Laird
Name: William Laird
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: William Laird
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: William Laird
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: Angus Macleod
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Ha Of Duncansbay
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'a young man serving at the Ha of Duncansbay as the father. Thes officer was ordered to summon him to the first meeting of Session.'
Other names: Helen Matheson; Angus Macleod
Name: Angus Macleod
Date: 19/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: father Compeared
Details: acknowledged paternity. 'He professed himself willing to submit to the rules of the church.'
Other names: Angus Macleod; Helen Matheson
Name: Jean Manson
Date: 20/01/1831
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Mey
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: gave up father
Other names: Jean Manson; George Mckay
Name: Margaret Manson
Date: 10/04/1834
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: Mother Compeared
Other parish: Dunnet, Kirk session of
Details: unmarried,' interrogated respecting a child which she had brough forth on the 16th of March last, gave up' father. Seriously exhorted to repentance, extrsct of minute sent to Dunnet
Other names: Margaret Manson; William Gunn
Name: Margaret Manson
Date: 23/10/1834
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: William Gunn; Margaret Manson
Name: Helen Matheson
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Huna
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: gave up father
Other names: Helen Matheson; Angus Macleod
Name: Helen Matheson
Date: 19/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Angus Macleod; Helen Matheson
Name: James Matheson
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared not
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: Jean Matheson
Date: 21/11/1832
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Huna
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: 'young woman', she acknowledged she is 'with child' gave up Shearer as 'the author of her preganancy'
Other names: Jean Matheson; Solomon Shearer
Name: Jean Matheson
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Solomon Sharer; Jean Matheson
Name: Jean Matheson
Date: 13/06/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: South Ronaldsay
Role: Mother mention
Details: 'removed from this to South Ronaldsay'
Other names: Mr Gerard; Jean Matheson
Name: Jean Matheson
Date: 10/04/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Solomon Shearer; Jean Matheson
Name: Jean Matheson
Date: 19/11/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address: Huna
Role: Mother Compeared
Details: young, unmarried, confessed, gave up father
Other names: Jean Matheson; Sinclair Davidson
Name: George Mckay
Date: 20/01/1831
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Reish, Parish Of Wick
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: to be summoned to appear before session
Other names: Jean Manson; George Mckay
Name: George Melville
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared not
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: Rev William Milne
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: Compeared as Poor Fund Manager
Details: minister had received no communication from Sinclair re arrears
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: Rev Mr William Milne
Date: 06/06/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: pre 1855 death
Details: 'The Reverend Mr William Milne Minister of this parish died upon the 6th June 1832 and the church was declared vacant on the 17 of the same month by the reverend Mr William Smith Minister of Bower.'
Name: Mr Wm Milne
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator
Name: John Mowat
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: Compeared as Poor Fund Manager
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: John Mowat
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: John Mowat
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: John Mowat
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: Andrew Munro
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: twin children in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Dunbeath
Role: Father mention
Other parish: Latheron, Kirk Session of
Details: 'young man' , two elders state he acknowledged to them 'when he was in this Parish some months ago, that he was the father of the children, and that he farther expresses to satisfy discipline in his own Parish when required.' clerk to send minute to Latheron
Other names: Catharine Unston; Andrew Munro
Name: Andrew Munro
Date: 03/07/1833
Case type: twin children in fornication
Occupation: farm servant
Address: Dunbeath
Role: father mention in correspondence
Other parish: Latheron, Kirk Session
Details: letter from Latheron Kirk Session, he had appeared before them, confessed paternity, referred to Canisbay for discipline. ' As the crime was not committed in this parish, and as the man neither resides in this parish nor is a native of it, the session [of Canisbay] consider that the obligation rests with the Session of Latheron to bring him to discipline.'
Other names: Andrew Munro; Catherine Unston
Name: Rev Mr Phin
Date: 21/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: moderator
Other parish: Wick
Name: Mr Phin
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: correspondence
Details: received re Robertson
Other names: Mr Phin; Alexander Robertson; Margt Banks
Name: William Ritchie
Date: 07/11/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: offer of precentors' office
Details: 'The Session having heard William Ritchie in Freswick precent for two sabbaths and being satisfied as to his fitness for the office and the correctness of his moral chracter agreed to appoint him to the situation, if he would accept of the annual fee of £2.'
Name: Alexander Robertson
Date: 30/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: student of medicine
Address: Mirland Horn, Parish Of Wick
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Wick, Kirk session of
Details: The clerk was ordered to send an extract of this Minute to the Kirk Session of Wick.
Other names: Margaret Banks; George Banks; Alexander Robertson
Name: Alexander Robertson
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy, baptism
Occupation: student of medicine
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'who denies that he is the father'
Other names: Mr Phin; Alexander Robertson; Margt Banks
Name: Andrew Rosie
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: Compeared
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: Margaret Rosie
Date: 28/08/1831
Case type: child in fornication, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother, pre 1855 death
Details: 'The session was informed that Margaret Rosie a young woman in Duncansbay who lately brought forth a child had died a few days ago, but on her death bed had before witnesses given up John Williamson a young man in Gills as the father.'
Other names: Margaret Rosie; John Williamson
Name: Solomon Sharer
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Father mention
Details: letter refusing to attend 'desires them to do their worst. He however acknowledges guilt with Jean Matheson and expresses his willingness to pay a fine. The officer was ordered to summon him pro secondo.'
Other names: Solomon Sharer; Jean Matheson
Name: George Shearer
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Compeared as Poor Fund Manager
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: George Shearer
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: George Shearer
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: Official
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Name: George Shearer
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: petition
Occupation: elder
Address:
Role: signed
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: George Shearer
Date: 30/04/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: journeyman wright
Address: Halfway House, Nybster
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Keiss, Kirk session of
Details: session order clerk to send extract of minute to Keiss requesting them to summon Shearer to Kirk session of meeting at Canisbay this day fortnight
Other names: Elizabeth Jack; George Shearer
Name: George Shearer
Date: 29/10/1835
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Accused as father compeared
Details: 'acknowledged himself to have been guilty of fornication with Elizabeth Jack, but denied positively that he was the father of the child. He said that he had no connexion with her from the middle of July to the 12th October, and the child was born on the 15th June last being nearly four weeks within the time mentioned by him.'
Other names: George Shearer; Elizabeth Jack
Name: Solomon Shearer
Date: 21/11/1832
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation: blacksmith
Address:
Role: Alledged Father mention
Details: 'young man' name given up as 'the author of her [Matheson's] preganancy', appointed to be summoned
Other names: Jean Matheson; Solomon Shearer
Name: Solomon Shearer
Date: 13/06/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father compeared not
Details: 'called three times at the door by the officer did not appear. He was appointed to be summoned pro tertio.'
Other names: Solomon Shearer; Elizabeth Simpson
Name: Solomon Shearer
Date: 03/07/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father compeared not
Details: 'called three times at the door by the officer did not attend. He was ordered to be summoned for contumacy to the first Presbytery.'
Other names: Solomon Shearer
Name: Solomon Shearer
Date: 10/04/1834
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Huna
Role: father Compeared
Details: 'intimated his intention of sub,itting to the Session rather than going to the Presbytery, to which he had been summoned pro secundo. He acknowledged himself the father of jean Mathieson's child, and at his own request is admitted to discipline. He was appointed to appear three times publickly before the congregation.'
Other names: Solomon Shearer; Jean Matheson
Name: Solomon Shearer
Date: 25/01/1835
Case type: Funds and Accounts
Occupation:
Address: Huna
Role: Father mention
Details: 'Solomon Shearer in Huma was absolved from Process '
Other names: Solomon Shearer
Name: Elizabeth Simpson
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Mey
Role: mother mention reported
Details: 'a young woman' to be summoned
Other names: Elizabeth Simpson; Peter Jolly; William Laird; John Mowat; John Dunnet; John Begg; George Shearer; William Geddes
Name: Elizabeth Simpson
Date: 13/06/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: mother compeared not
Details: 'Considering that she is contracted to the individual, who is said to be the author of her pregnancy the Session agreed to waive her appearance for the present.'
Other names: Solomon Shearer; Elizabeth Simpson
Name: Mr Sinclair
Date: 05/07/1832
Case type: Accounts
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Mention
Details: confirmed offer dated 22nd Dec 1832 by Snody his factor
Other names: Mr Sinclair; Mr Morison Snody; late Mr William Sinclair Esq; William Geddes
Name: George Sinclair
Date: 12/05/1831
Case type: child in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Dunnet, Parish Of
Role: Alledged Father mention
Other parish: Dunnet, Kirk Session
Details: 'a young man', Dunnet kirk session to be sent extract of this minute
Other names: Margaret Johnston; George Sinclair
Name: George S Sinclair Esq
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: Heritor & preses
Address: Brabster
Role: Compeared as Poor Fund Manager
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: George S Sinclair
Date: 29/12/1831
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address: Brabster
Role: Sederunt
Details: new financial agreement made re money in his hands and interest
Name: George S Sinclair
Date: 25/08/1834
Case type: Funds and Accounts
Occupation:
Address: Brabster
Role: requested from session
Details: at request of Sinclair, session order clerk to grant certificate to Sutherland of the regular payment of the interest on his Bond & Bill of date Martinmas 1809 down to Martinmas 1834
Other names: George S Sinclair; George S Sutherland
Name: George Sutherland Sinclair Esq
Date: 30/05/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: Heritor
Address: Brabster
Role: present
Details: chosen preses
Other names: Rev Peter Jolly; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody; Right hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; Mr Robert Forsyth
Name: George Sutherland Sinclair Esq
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation:
Address: Brabster
Role:
Details: preses, allocated seats, signed minutes
Other names: William Sinclair Esq; Right hon Earl of Caithness; Mr Robert Forsyth; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody
Name: the late William Sinclair Esq
Date: 03/03/1831
Case type: Bequest Funds for bursaries and Poor
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Legacy mention
Details: deceased legacy in arrears
Other names: the late William Sinclair Esq; William Sinclair
Name: William Sinclair
Date: 03/03/1831
Case type: Bequest Funds for bursaries and Poor
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Legacy mention
Details: 'the arrears due by the present William Sinclair Esq[uire] of Freswick'
Other names: the late William Sinclair Esq; William Sinclair
Name: William Sinclair Esq
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: Heritor
Address: Freswick
Role: correspondence mention
Details: absent Heritor, Trail is his trustee, clerk to send him statement of Arrears of the annuity due to the poor of their Parish under the Bond of the late William Sinclair Esq., meeting discussion re his payment of arrears, entered Estate Martinmas 1794,meeting considered it 'extreme negligence of the session of this Parish in time past in not demanding regular payment … anxious to avoid entering into a tedious law suit under such circumstances; the more especially when the funds of the poor of this parish are so very small, ...[meeting resolved to accept an (see minute for full detail)offer made by Mr Snody.'
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: the late William Sinclair Esq
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: Mention
Details: deceased, clerk to furnish[present] William Sinclair of freswick statement of Arrears of the annuity due to the poor of their Parish under the Bond of the late William Sinclair Esq.
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: late Mr William Sinclair Esq
Date: 05/07/1832
Case type: Accounts
Occupation:
Address: Freswick
Role: bequest mention
Details: Bequeathed £100 Scots to poor of parish
Other names: Mr Sinclair; Mr Morison Snody; late Mr William Sinclair Esq; William Geddes
Name: William Sinclair Esq
Date: 30/05/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: Heritor
Address: Freswick
Role: represented by proxy
Details: Snody is his factor
Other names: Rev Peter Jolly; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody; Right hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; Mr Robert Forsyth
Name: William Sinclair Esq
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: Heritor
Address: Freswick
Role: represented by proxy
Details: Snody is his factor, allocated seats
Other names: William Sinclair Esq; Right hon Earl of Caithness; Mr Robert Forsyth; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody
Name: William Smith
Date: 20/01/1831
Case type: child in fornication, baptism
Occupation:
Address: Huna
Role: father Compeared
Details: acknowledged paternity, appointed to appear before congregation to be rebuked and absolved; 'and upon the woman [Dunnet]either appearing or paying a fine of 30 shillingsappointed the child to be baptized.'
Other names: William Smith; Elizabeth Dunnet
Name: William Smith
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address: Hana
Role: compeared not
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: Rev Mr William Smith
Date: 17/06/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation: Minister
Address:
Role: vacancy
Other parish: Bower
Name: Morison Snody Esq
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation: writer and factor
Address: Thurso
Role: correspondence mention
Details: Factor to Lord Caithness
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: Mr Morison Snody
Date: 05/07/1832
Case type: Accounts
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mention
Details: paid £5 11s 1d on 5th July 1832 being annuity on £100 Scots bond bequeathed by late William Sinclair
Other names: Mr Sinclair; Mr Morison Snody; late Mr William Sinclair Esq; William Geddes
Name: Morison Snody
Date: 30/05/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: writer and factor
Address: Thurso
Role: present
Details: factor for Earl of Caithness and William Sinclair
Other names: Rev Peter Jolly; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody; Right hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; Mr Robert Forsyth
Name: Morison Snody
Date: 04/06/1833
Case type: Heritors and kirk Session Meeting
Occupation: writer and factor
Address: Thurso
Role: present
Details: factor for Earl of Caithness and William Sinclair
Other names: William Sinclair Esq; Right hon Earl of Caithness; Mr Robert Forsyth; George Sutherland Sinclair Esq; Morison Snody
Name: George S Sutherland
Date: 25/08/1834
Case type: Funds and Accounts
Occupation:
Address:
Role: certificate
Details: at request of Sinclair, session order clerk to grant certificate to Sutherland of the regular payment of the interest on his Bond & Bill of date Martinmas 1809 down to Martinmas 1834
Other names: George S Sinclair; George S Sutherland
Name: Margaret Sutherland
Date: 07/11/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address: Rigifa
Role: mother Compeared not
Details: delated as with child, summoned, dis not appear
Other names: Margaret Sutherland
Name: Murdoch Sutherland
Date: 14/07/1831
Case type: Sabbath Breach
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared not
Details: 'all delated as guilty of sabbath breach in going out to ships on the lord's day. They were all appointed to be publickly rebuked before the Congregation on Sunday first.' Melville Matheson and Sutherland did not compear summoned to attend first meeting of Session.
Other names: John Dunnet; Matthew Dundas; Andrew Rosie; John Dunnet Senr; John Dunnet Junr; James Dunnet; William Smith; George Melville; Murdoch Sutherland; James Matheson
Name: W Ross Taylor
Date: 25/08/1834
Case type: HOF
Occupation: presbytery secretary
Address:
Role: Sederunt
Other parish: Caithness, Presbytery of
Other names: Peter Jolly; W Ross Taylor
Name: James Trail
Date: 22/12/1831
Case type: Poor Fund
Occupation:
Address: Ratter
Role: correspondence mention
Details: Trustee for William Sinclair
Other names: George S Sinclair Esq; Rev William Milne; John Mowat; John Begg; William Geddes; George Shearer; Right Hon Earl of Caithness; William Sinclair Esq; James Trail; Morison Snody Esq; the late William Sinclair Esq; Mr Calder
Name: Catharine Unston
Date: 09/05/1833
Case type: twin children in fornication
Occupation:
Address: Duncansbay
Role: Mother mention
Details: unmarried, delivered of twins in February last, gave up father, seriously admonished to repentance,' appointed to appear three times publickly before the congregation.'
Other names: Catharine Unston; Andrew Munro
Name: Catherine Unston
Date: 03/07/1833
Case type: with child - illegitimate pregnancy
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mother mention
Other names: Andrew Munro; Catherine Unston
Name: John Williamson
Date: 28/08/1831
Case type: child in fornication, baptism
Occupation:
Address:
Role: father Compeared
Details: 'The said John Williamson having compeared confessed himself the father of the child, and on his promising to appear publickly before the congregation it was appointed to be baptism.'
Other names: Margaret Rosie; John Williamson
