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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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​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
CH2/87/2Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes1726-1783Request lookup
CH2/87/3Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes1783-1846Request lookup
CH2/87/4Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes1846-1878Request lookup
CH2/87/5Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts1725-1771Request lookup
CH2/87/6Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts1771-1826Request lookup
CH2/87/7Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts1826-1845Request lookup
CH2/87/8Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts1845-1897Request lookup
CH2/87/9Dalrymple Kirk Session - Accounts1897-1933Request lookup
CH2/87/10Dalrymple Kirk Session - Baptisms1865-1874Request lookup
CH2/87/11Dalrymple Kirk Session - Baptisms1874-1879Request lookup
CH2/87/12Dalrymple Kirk Session - Minutes1878-1950Request 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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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
Jean HAMILTON 1869 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
William HOSE 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
William HOSE 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret MATHEWSON 1869 (3)Order imagesRefused
Margaret ORR or SLOAN 1855 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Robert WOODROW 1879 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Jane ALLAN16 May 1865Janet ALLANFind the father
Janet Lindsay ALLAN1 December 1862Janet ALLANFind the father
Andrew BLAKELY30 December 1874Mary BLAKELYFind the father
Isabella BLAKELY24 June 1871Mary BLAKELYFind the father
Mary BLAKELY13 December 1867Mary BLAKELYFind the father
Sarah BLAKELY30 April 1862Ruth BLAKELYFind the father
Jane BONE19 October 1861Jane BONEFind the father
Thomas BOWIE3 April 1859Mary BOWIEFind the father
Elizabeth BOYD17 January 1867Martha BOYDFind the father
Ann Skelly BROWN27 June 1866Isabella BROWNFind the father
John BROWN9 June 1864Isabella BROWNFind the father
William BURNS22 February 1869Ann Jane BURNSFind the father
Agnes Smith CAMPBELL23 September 1860Janet CAMPBELLFind the father
Elizabeth CAMPBELL28 January 1872Agnes CAMPBELLFind the father
Thomas CAMPBELL8 August 1856Elizabeth CAMPBELLFind the father
Thomas CAMPBELL30 June 1873Isabella CAMPBELLFind the father
Margaret COWAN29 January 1861Janet COWANFind the father
William COWAN10 October 1872Janet COWANFind the father
Agnes CUMMING19 July 1865Margaret CUMMINGFind the father
Andrew CUMMING5 April 1867Margaret CUMMINGFind the father
Jane Mair DUNN20 September 1869Bell DUNNFind the father
Mary Murray DUNN15 February 1864Isabella DUNNFind the father
Robert DUNN10 April 1867Bell DUNNFind the father
Sarah DUNN21 September 1861Isabella DUNNFind the father
Grace Clark EDGAR14 November 1869Isabella EDGARFind the father
Ruth Fergusson ENGLISH11 February 1869Margaret ENGLISHFind the father
Janet FINDLAY27 April 1863Mary FINDLAYFind the father
Maryann FINDLAY27 April 1863Mary FINDLAYFind the father
Ann FULTON10 August 1860Agnes FULTONFind the father
James GIBSON26 June 1858Jane GIBSONFind the father
Margaret GIBSON19 May 1874Margaret GIBSONFind the father
Mary GIBSON25 December 1867Margaret GIBSONFind the father
David Gordon GIFFEN23 December 1865Margaret GIFFENFind the father
Henry GREENSHIELDS25 February 1857Ann GREENSHIELDSFind the father
Sarah GREGG9 January 1869Sarah GREGGFind the father
William Boyd GREGG20 June 1866Jane GREGGFind the father
James GREIG29 May 1865Sarah GREIGFind the father
Mary HAIR30 April 1858Agnes HAIRFind the father
David Watson HAMILTON20 May 1867Mary HAMILTONFind the father
Robert HAMILTON5 August 1868Ellen HAMILTONFind the father
Agnes Jamieson HOGG28 June 1863Janet HOGGFind the father
Helen IRVINE27 February 1856Mary IRVINEFind the father
William Dodds JOHNSTON9 November 1872Margaret JOHNSTONFind the father
Eliza Smith LEES10 June 1867Agnes LEESFind the father
James LOGAN10 December 1867Annie LOGANFind the father
Allan MAIN6 June 1865Helen MAINFind the father
Douglas MAIN16 September 1861Helen MAINFind the father
David Baird MCDOWALL3 May 1874Agnes MCDOWALLFind the father
Alexander MCKISSOCK31 March 1856Elizabeth MCKISSOCKFind the father
William MCKISSOCK1 June 1857Jessie MCKISSOCKFind the father
David Ritchie MCLELLAND14 October 1868Jane MCLELLANDFind the father
Mary Heral MCLELLAND25 December 1869Isabella MCLELLANDFind the father
David Stirling MCMICHAL9 January 1867Jane MCMICHALFind the father
Agnes MUIR4 November 1865Mary MUIRFind the father
Janet Brown MURDOCH7 November 1873Marion MURDOCHFind the father
John MURDOCH16 October 1859Margaret MURDOCHFind the father
David Kelso MURPHY12 July 1861Agnes MURPHYFind the father
James NICOL13 October 1874Mary NICOLFind the father
Ann REID10 October 1861Agnes REIDFind the father
James REID29 January 1857Sibella REIDFind the father
Robert REID16 October 1861Sibella REIDFind the father
Jane SHANKLAND18 July 1857Agnes SHANKLANDFind the father
Alfred SINCLAIR11 April 1866Christina SINCLAIRFind the father
John Fraser STEEL3 April 1871Marion STEELFind the father
Robert Craig STEEL8 March 1873Marion STEELFind the father
James STEWART31 October 1866Sarah STEWARTFind the father
Jessie Jane STRAITON16 December 1871Jane STRAITONFind the father
Martha Brown TURNER7 June 1862Mary TURNERFind 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: CH2/87/3 pp. 402-406)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JohnTennockPatterston
JohnHutchisonSkeldon Lodge
WilliamPorteousDalrymple
WilliamRodgerDalrymple
AlexanderKnoxDalrymple
DavidBoneDalrymple
JamesCarseDalrymple
WilliamEagleshamDalrymple
JohnSmithDalrymple
JamesDalzielDalrymple
WilliamBoneDalrymple
WilliamBoneDalrymple
HughDickDalrymple
HenrySymingtonDalrymple
ThomasDuffDalrymple
JamesRodmanDalrymple
GilbertAirdDalrymple
JohnDuffDalrymple
HughPatonDalrymple
JamesMcmikenDalrymple
JamesWeirDalrymple
WilliamCowanDalrymple
WilliamRodmanDalrymple
DavidBaillieDalrymple
HughCowanDalrymple
WilliamMcdonaldDalrymple
JohnGalbraithDalrymple
DavidRamsayDalrymple
AnthonyLatimerDalrymple
WilliamFultonDalrymple
ThomasMcjannetDalrymple
WilliamBairdDalrymple
WilliamMchutcheonDalrymple
DavidMitchellDalrymple
JohnRussellDalrymple
RobertHendersonDalrymple
RobertMcskimmingDalrymple
SamuelBairdDalrymple
ThomasChristieDalrymple
JohnMcquestinDalrymple
WilliamMitchellHolms
JohnCairnsDrumsail
JohnMorrisonDrumsail
QuintinDickWoodland
JamesSymingtonLaigh Stewarton
GeorgeMccallMcmannieston
DavidCaughtryHigh Balsarroch
QuintinBoneLaigh Balsarroch
WilliamMcmillanOld Knockjarder
HenryCampbellOld Knockjarder
HughCampbellKnockjarder
JohnWattSt Valley"Note"
AllanKilpatrickHalfmerkland
GeorgeDickieBurnside
JamesSmithBurnton
JamesMcmillanBurnton
JohnHunterDrumgobs
HenryAirdDrumgobs
DavidMitchellDustyhall
WilliamGreggDustyhall
MatthewFlinnDustyhall"Note"
JohnMcbrideDustyhall"Note"
JohnStewartLindston
JohnCampbellMerkland
WilliamWalkerMerkland
JamesDrennanMerkland
AndrewCampbellGlencaird
ThomasMurdochGlencaird
WilliamMccartneyBoghall
DavidRobbBoghall
JohnHoggBarmuck
CharlesThomBarmuck
JamesGairdnerBarmuck
JohnHannayBonston
PeterDonaldsonHillfoot
FrancisMenziesHillfoot
JamesCampbellPerclewan
WilliamMcgregorPerclewan
RobertMilroyPerclewan
JamesHutchesonPerclewan
JohnBonePatterston
JohnHutchisonBentston
JamesMurdochBentston
WilliamThomsonGlenside Of Martnaham
WilliamDuffCrook's Cottage
JamesThomBalgreen
WilliamMurdochPiperston
ThomasDempsterDanston
DavidCampbellDanston
JamesWattRodinbain
WilliamWattRodinbain
GeorgeWattGlenember
JamesReidGlenember
JamesMcclannahanDalrymple Nursery
JohnCampbellCauseway
JamesHammondWaterside
JohnHartWrighthill
JohnDempsterNethermiln
JohnNicolNethermiln
JohnMcmurtrieSkeldon Ford
JohnMcclannahanSkeldon
JohnMccormackSkeldon
AndrewMccraeSkeldon
JohnBreckenridgeBarbieston
JamesHannayBarbieston
JamesGoudieBarbieston
JamesMcbeathsurgeon RNBarbieston Cottage
JamesBairdBarbieston Mills
BryanHodgsonRNHollybush Cottage
James MCowanHollybush
DouglasMccullochHollybush Toll
WilliamGalbraithFarden
NathanielCaughtryMilreoch
RobertCampbellLaurieston
JamesGalbraithKersepark
PeterGalbraithKnockshinnoch
JohnMckailKerse
JamesMartinAshentree
JohnMerryBow
JamesCampbellSmithston
JohnMccartneyBoreland
JamesSmithNewfield
JohnGreggNewfield
JamesAirdCube
HughAuldOld Knockshinnoch
ThomasMckailOld Knockshinnoch
JohnKerrPolnessan
JohnMcquakerHollybush Mains

Kirk Session Records Index

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