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Cleish 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

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Lookups

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Reference	Title	Dates	Buy
CH2/67/4	Cleish Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes	1731-1741	Request lookup
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CH2/67/7	Cleish Church of Scotland - Kirk Session Minutes	1773-1790	Request lookup
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CH2/67/9	Cleish Church of Scotland - Cash books	1701-1733	Request lookup
CH2/67/15	Cleish Church of Scotland - Testimonials received	1701-1755	Request lookup
CH2/67/16	Cleish Church of Scotland - Minute book	1843-1979	Request lookup
CH2/67/17	Cleish Church of Scotland - Accounts book	1840-1991	Request lookup
CH2/67/18	Cleish Church of Scotland - Baptismal register	1854-1988	Request lookup

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

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Child name	Date of birth	Mother name	Order
George ADAMSON	16 November 1863	Ann ADAMSON	Find the father
Robert ADAMSON	1 May 1871	Jane ADAMSON	Father found
David Slight ADIE	2 April 1866	Elisabeth Bryde ADIE	Find the father
Elizabeth ADIE	19 August 1874	Margaret ADIE	Find the father
Margaret BARCLAY	20 April 1869	Margaret BARCLAY	Find the father
Andrew BEATH	27 April 1855	Mary BEATH	Find the father
Robert BENNET	30 May 1866	Margaret BENNET	Father found
Euphemia Robertson BERNARD	3 February 1870	Euphemia BERNARD	Find the father
James BRANNAN	29 December 1866	Ann BRANNAN	Find the father
George HARPER	9 September 1874	Jane HARPER	Find the father
Betsy Carr MELDRUM	11 October 1870	Betsy MELDRUM	Find the father
Peter MENZIES	11 April 1861	Ann MENZIES	Find the father
Elisabeth MORRIS	28 November 1872	Margaret MORRIS	Find the father
Catherine ROBERTSON	20 December 1874	Betsy ROBERTSON	Find the father
Thomas RUSSEL	2 March 1873	Ann RUSSEL	Find the father
Margaret SCOTT	19 September 1862	Margaret SCOTT	Find the father
Henry STEWART	18 April 1872	Isabel STEWART	Find the father
Cecilia Wylie SUTTIE	22 March 1868	Elisabeth SUTTIE	Father found
David TAYLOR	30 March 1865	Agnes TAYLOR	Find the father
Joseph TOUGH	16 May 1859	Allison TOUGH	Find the father
Robert TWEEDIE	23 June 1855	Henrietta TWEEDIE	Father found
James WATTERS	11 December 1872	Stewart WATTERS	Find the father
John WILKIE	25 October 1865	Agnes WILKIE	Find the father
Ann WISHART	18 June 1855	Ann WISHART	Find the father

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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: CH2/67/8 pp. 113-115)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
James	Adie
George	Arnot
James	Arnot
William	Beath
Francis	Bell
David	Bennet
James	Beveridge
David	Bogie
John	Brand
Thomas	Brand
William	Brand
James	Burt
John	Burt
John	Burt
William	Campbell
William	Clark
James	Cockburn
Henry	Connley
John	Coopar
Peter	Craig
James	Crawford
William	Curror
William	Donaldson
John	Drone
James	Duncan
James	Fergus
John	Flockhart
James	Grieve
David	Henderson
James	Hepburn
James	Hepburn
John	Hogg
John	Irvine
Robert	Irvine
Alexander	Lamb
Angus	Lamond
Robert	Laurie
Peter	Leslie
Peter	Meldrum
Andrew	Moncur
James	Morton
Thomas	Morton
Michael	Mccarrol
Donald	McGillivray
Donald	Mckenzie
David	Mclaren
Duncan	Mcwhannell
Andrew	Paton
Lauchlan	Paton
William	Pearson
John	Penny
James	Philp
Robert	Reid
James	Robertson
John	Russell
John	Rutherford
Andrew	Sanders
James	Shorthouse
John	Simpson
John	Simson
James	Simson
John	Spark
William	Stedman
James	Stewart
Alexander	Storrar
Thomas	Strachan
John	Syme
John	Thompson
John	Tweedie
John	Wishart
Robert	Wishart
David	Kettle
John	Clark			Not proven communicant
John	Fernie			Not proven communicant
Thomas	Gordon			Not proven communicant
James	Hart			Not proven communicant
James	Henderson			Not proven communicant
William	Henderson			Not proven communicant
James	Menzies			Not proven communicant
John	Paterson			Not proven communicant
Andrew	Philp			Not proven communicant
Joseph	Tough			Not proven communicant
James	Taylor			Not proven communicant

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/67/8 pp. 124-129)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
James	Adie	painter	Kelty
George	Arnott	labourer	Kirkton
James	Arnott	wright	Kinnaird
William	Beath	labourer	Fruix
Francis	Bell	hedger	Maryburgh
David	Bennet	mill wright	Paphel
James	Beveridge	labourer	Blackdub
James	Bisset	labourer	Watergate
James	Bogie	mason	Kinnaird
John	Brand	labourer	Parknook
Thomas	Brand	labourer	Watergate
William	Brand	teacher	Maryburgh
James	Burt	mason	Rodgie
John	Burt	labourer	Rodgie
John	Burt	labourer	Perneyhall
William	Campbell	labourer	Kelty
William	Clark	labourer	Lochrin
James	Cockburn	factor	Dullomuir
Henry	Connley	farmer	Dullomuir
John	Coopar	gardener	Paranwell
Peter	Craig	schoolmaster and elder	Cleish
James	Crawford	farmer	Sunnyside
William	Curror		Of Cleish Mill
William	Donaldson	slater	Barns
John	Flockhart	farmer	Flockhouse
James	Fotheringham	preacher and elder	Paphel
James	Grieve	servant	Kirkton
John	Hay	mason	Lochrin Moss
David	Henderson	labourer	Rodgie
James	Hepburn	smith	Blair Adam
James	Hepburn	smith	Maryburgh
John	Hogg	labourer	Kelty
John	Irvine	foreman	Blair Adam
Peter	Kilgour	labourer	Dams	"The above person has left the parish & is therefore omitted"
Robert	Laurie	smith	Borland
Angus	Lamond	labourer	Millstone Cottage
Michael	Mccarroll	labourer	Kelty
William	Mcdonald	labourer	King's Seat
Donald	McGillivray	labourer	Kelty
Donald	Mckenzie	labourer	Blair Adam
David	Mclaren	labourer	Blackdub
Duncan	Mcwhannell	wright	Maryburgh
Peter	Meldrum	labourer	Borland
Andrew	Moncur	labourer	Maryburgh
James	Morton	miller	Paphel
Thomas	Morton	sawyer	Saw Mill
John	Murray	cattle dealer	Cogfauld
Andrew	Paton	shoemaker	Kirkton
Lauchlan	Paton	shoemaker	Kirkton
William	Pearson		Of Hardeston
John	Penny	weaver	Paphel
James	Philp	labourer	Blackdub
John	Proctor	labourer	Dams
Robt	Reid	labourer	Tankerhall
James	Robertson	farmer	Bogside
John	Russel	labourer	Kelty
John	Rutherford	labourer	Paphel
Andrew	Sanders	dyker	West Mains
John	Simpson	labourer	Wester Cleish
James	Simson	mason	Kelty
John	Simson	mason	Middleton
John	Spark	hedger	Rodgie
Robert	Stark	labourer	Garneybridge
William	Stedman	farmer	Garneybridge
James	Stewart	innkeeper	Blair Adam
Alexander	Storrar	labourer	Watergate
Thomas	Strachan	labourer	East Mains
John	Thompson	gamekeeper	North Blair
Peter	Thomson	shepherd	Craigencat
John	Tod	labourer	Watergate
David	Walls	labourer	Riebogg
Robert	Wishart	labourer	Millstone Cottage
James	Hardie	farmer	Lochornie Beath
David	Kettle	labourer	Muirhouse Dunfermline

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/67/8 pp. 170-174)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
George	Arnott	labourer	Kirkton
James	Arnott	wright and elder	Kinnaird
Walter	Baillie	labourer	Bowhouse
William	Beattie	labourer	Fruix
Francis	Bell	hedger	Maryburgh
David	Bennet	mill wright	Paphle
James	Beveridge	labourer	Blackdub
James	Bisset	labourer	Watergate
James	Bogie	mason	Kinnaird
John	Brand	labourer	Parknook
Thomas	Brand	labourer	Watergate
William	Brand	teacher and elder	Maryburgh
John	Brown	mason	Kelty
James	Burt	mason	Blair Lodge
John	Burt	labourer	Rodgie
David	Cairns	labourer	Kinnaird
William	Campbell	labourer	Kelty
John	Clark	labourer	Kelty
James	Cockburn	factor	Dullomuir
Henry	Connley	farmer	Dullomuir
John	Coopar	gardener	Parnwell
Peter	Craig	schoolmaster and elder	Cleish
James	Crawford	farmer	Sunnyside
William	Curror		Of Cleish Mill
Wm	Donaldson	slater	Kelty	Added later
William Wallace	Duncan	Minister	Cleish
John	Fernie	labourer	Lochrin
Robt	Forester	labourer	Blackdub	Added later
John	Flockhart	farmer	Flockhouse
James	Grieve	servant	Kirkton
James	Hart	labourer	Kelty
John	Hay	mason	Lochrin Moss
David	Henderson	labourer	Rodgie
James	Hepburn	smith	Blair Adam	Changed to Jno Hepburn
James	Hepburn	smith	Maryburgh
John	Hogg	labourer	Kelty
David	Houston	miller	Cleish Mill	Added later
John	Irvine	forester	Blair Adam
Angus	Lamond	labourer	Millstone Cottage
Robert	Laurie	smith	Borland
Thos	Mcarthur	labourer	Rodgie	Added later
William	Mcdonald	labourer	King's Seat
Alexr	Mcgarrie	mason	Kelty	Added later
Donald	McGillivray	labourer	Kelty
Donald	Mackenzie			Added later
David	Mclaren	labourer	Blackdub
Henry	Mcpherson	labourer	East Mill	Added later
Duncan	Mcwhannell	wright	Maryburgh
Peter	Meldrum	labourer	Borland
James	Menzies	labourer	Kelty
Andrew	Moncur	labourer	Maryburgh
James	Morton	miller	Paphle
Thomas	Morton	sawyer and elder	Sawmiln
Andrew	Murie	labourer	Paphle
John	Murray	cattle dealer	Cogfauld
Andrew	Paton	shoemaker	Paphle
Lauchlan	Paton	shoemaker	Kirkton
William	Pearson		Of Hardeston
John	Penny	weaver	Kirkton
James	Philp	labourer	Blackdub
John	Proctor	labourer	Dams
James	Robertson	farmer	Bogside
John	Robertson	labourer	Paphle	Added later
John	Russel	labourer	Kelty
John	Rutherford	labourer	Paphle
Andrew	Sanders	dyker	West Mains
John	Scotland	labourer	East Mill	Added later
William	Shorthouse	labourer	Kinnaird
Robt	Shorthouse	shoemaker	Kelty	Added later
John	Simpson	labourer	Wester Cleish
James	Simson	Mason and elder	Kelty
John	Simson	Mason and elder	Middleton
Robert	Stark	labourer	Garneybridge
James	Stedman		Of Fruix
William	Stedman	farmer	Garneybridge
Alexander	Storrar	labourer	Watergate
Thomas	Strachan	labourer	East Mains
John	Syme	labourer	Kinnaird
John	Thompson	gamekeeper	North Blair
Peter	Thomson	shepherd	Craigencat
John	Tod	labourer	Watergate
John	Tweedie	shoemaker	Kelty
Robt	Walls	farmer	Sunnyside	Added later
David	Walls	labourer	Riebogg
Jas	Watson	labourer	Rodgie	Added later
John	Wishart	labourer	Kinnaird
Robert	Wishart	labourer	Millstone Cottage
Thomas	Wishart	labourer	Garneybridge
John	Young		Of Cleish
James	Hardie	farmer	Lochornie	Not resident in parish
David	Kettle	labourer	Muirhouse
James	Laurie	smith	Mawmiln Bridge

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/67/8 pp. 202-206)

Forename	Surname	Occupation	Address	Notes
George	Arnott	labourer	Kirkton
James	Arnott	wright and elder	Kinnaird
Walter	Baillie	labourer	Bowhouse
William	Beath	labourer	Fruix
Francis	Bell	hedger	Maryburgh
David	Bennet	mill wright	Paphle
James	Beveridge	labourer	Blackdub
James	Bisset	labourer	Watergate
James	Bogie	mason	Kinnaird
John	Brand	labourer	Parknook
William	Brand	teacher and elder	Maryburgh
John	Brown	mason	Kelty
James	Burt	mason	Blair Lodge
John	Burt	labourer	Rodgie
David	Cairns	labourer	Kinnaird
John	Clark	labourer	Kelty
James	Cockburn	factor	Dullomuir
John	Coopar	gardener	Parnwell
Peter	Craig	schoolmaster and elder	Cleish
William	Curror		Of Cleish Mill
William	Donaldson	slater	Kelty
William Wallace	Duncan	Minister	Cleish
John	Fernie	labourer	Lochrin
John	Flockhart	farmer	Flockhouse
James	Grieve	servant	Kirkton
James	Hart	labourer	Kelty
John	Hay	mason	Lochrin Moss
David	Henderson	labourer	Rodgie
Michael	Hepburn	smith	Blair Adam
James	Hepburn	smith	Maryburgh
John	Hogg	labourer	Kelty
John	Irvine	forester	Blair Adam
Angus	Lamond	labourer	Millstone Cottage
Robert	Laurie	smith	Borland
Thomas	Mcarthur	labourer	Rodgie
William	Mcdonald	labourer	King's Seat
Alexr	Mcgarrie	mason	Kelty
Donald	Mckenzie	labourer	Kelty
Henry	Mcpherson	labourer	East Mill
Duncan	Mcwhannell	wright	Maryburgh
Peter	Meldrum	labourer	Borland
James	Menzies	labourer	Kelty
Andrew	Moncur	labourer	Maryburgh
James	Morton	miller	Paphle
Thomas	Morton	sawyer and elder	Sawmiln
Andrew	Murie	labourer	Paphle
John	Murray	cattle dealer	Cogfauld
Andrew	Paton	shoemaker	Paphle
William	Pearson		Of Hardeston
John	Penny	weaver	Kirkton
James	Philip	labourer	Blackdub
James	Robertson	farmer	Bogside
John	Robertson	labourer	Paphle
John	Russel	labourer	Kelty
Andw	Sanders	dyker	West Mains
John	Scotland	labourer	East Mill
William	Shorthouse	labourer	Kinnaird
Robert	Shorthouse	shoemaker	Kelty
John	Simpson	labourer	Wester Cleish
James	Simson	Mason and elder	Kelty
John	Simson	Mason and elder	Middleton
Robert	Stark	labourer	Garneybridge
James	Steedman		Of Fruix
William	Steedman	farmer	Garneybridge
Alexr	Storrar	labourer	Watergate
Thos	Strachan	labourer	East Mains
John	Syme	labourer	Kinnaird
John	Thompson	gamekeeper	North Blair
Peter	Thomson	shepherd	Craigencat
John	Tod	labourer	Watergate
John	Tweedie	shoemaker	Kelty
Robert	Walls	farmer	Sunnyside
David	Walls	labourer	Riebogg
James	Watson	labourer	Rodgie
John	Wishart	labourer	Kinnaird
Robert	Wishart	labourer	Millstone Cottage
Thomas	Wishart	labourer	Garneybridge
John	Young		Of Cleish
James	Hardie	farmer	Lochornie	Not resident in parish
James	Laurie	smith	Mawmiln Bridge	Not resident in parish

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Kirk Session Records Index

Use the name links below to go to the entries for the person you are interested in. We have selected 1832 as an example year for parishes across Scotland. If you would like more information about the existence of Kirk Session minutes for this or another parish or would like to search for particular people in the minutes please contact us.

James Coventry

Peter Craig

Janet Crawford

Mr Darling

Mary Dick

Rev James Fotheringham

John Guy

Margaret Keir

William Shorthouse

Robert Walls

Helen Younger

Name:

Date: 00:00:00

Case type: Cash Book

Occupation:

Address:

Role:

Details: Cash Book - Summary Totals for 1832 - two entries - no names

Other names:

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Name: James Coventry

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Coventry & Helen Younger his spouse, who acknowledged themselves guilty of the sin of Antenuptial fornication. They were rebuked & suitably exhorted by the moderator, and the Session agreed to restore them to Church privileges as found qualified.'

Other names: James Coventry; Helen Younger

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Name: Peter Craig

Date: 08/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role:

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Name: Peter Craig

Date: 13/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt, chosen Presbytery and Synod representative

Other parish: Presbytery of dundee, Synod of Fife

Details: Presbytery and Synod Elder

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Name: Peter Craig

Date: 13/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Peter Craig

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

Other parish: Presbytery of dundee, Synod of Fife

Details: Presbytery and Synod Elder

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Name: Peter Craig

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Janet Crawford

Date: 13/07/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Robert Walls & Janet Crawford his spouse who acknowledged themselves guilty of the sin of Antenuptial fornication. They were rebuked & suitably exhorted by the moderator, and the Session agreed to restore them to Church privileges as found qualified.'

Other names: Robert Walls; Janet Crawford

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Name: Mr Darling

Date: 08/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

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Name: Mr Darling

Date: 13/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

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Name: Mr Darling

Date: 13/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

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Name: Mr Darling

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

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Name: Mr Darling

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation:

Address:

Role: moderator

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Name: Mary Dick

Date: 13/05/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address: Ballingry, Parish Of

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Mary Dick, at present residing in the parish of Ballingry, who acknowledged herself guilty of fornication with william Shorthouse, labourer at Kinnaird. She was rebuked & suitably exhorted by the Moderator & the Session agreed that she be allowed church privileges, as found qualified.'

Other names: Mary Dick; William Shorthouse; Mr Darling; Rev James Fotheringham; Peter Craig

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Name: Rev James Fotheringham

Date: 08/04/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Rev James Fotheringham

Date: 13/05/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Rev James Fotheringham

Date: 13/07/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Rev James Fotheringham

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt

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Name: Rev James Fotheringham

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Official

Occupation: elder

Address:

Role: Sederunt, chosen Presbytery and Synod representative

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Name: John Guy

Date: 08/04/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address: Kinross

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared John Guy & Margaret Keir, his wife, residing in Kinross, who acknowledged themselves guilty of antenuptial fornication. They were rebuked & suitably exhorted by the Moderator, & the Session agreed to restore them to church privileges.'

Other names: John Guy; Margaret Keir

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Name: Margaret Keir

Date: 08/04/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address: Kinross

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared John Guy & Margaret Keir, his wife, residing in Kinross, who acknowledged themselves guilty of antenuptial fornication. They were rebuked & suitably exhorted by the Moderator, & the Session agreed to restore them to church privileges.'

Other names: John Guy; Margaret Keir

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Name: William Shorthouse

Date: 13/05/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation: labourer

Address: Kinnaird

Role: mention as party

Other names: Mary Dick; William Shorthouse; Mr Darling; Rev James Fotheringham; Peter Craig

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Name: Robert Walls

Date: 13/07/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Robert Walls & Janet Crawford his spouse who acknowledged themselves guilty of the sin of Antenuptial fornication. They were rebuked & suitably exhorted by the moderator, and the Session agreed to restore them to Church privileges as found qualified.'

Other names: Robert Walls; Janet Crawford

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Name: Helen Younger

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Antenup

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Coventry & Helen Younger his spouse, who acknowledged themselves guilty of the sin of Antenuptial fornication. They were rebuked & suitably exhorted by the moderator, and the Session agreed to restore them to Church privileges as found qualified.'

Other names: James Coventry; Helen Younger

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