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Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/463/1Minutes and misc. items
Minutes 1693-1722
Minutes 1733-1763
Misc. items - modern, detailed index at beginning		1693-1763Request lookup
CH2/463/3Minutes1832-1891Request lookup
CH2/463/4Minutes1891-1928Request lookup
CH2/463/6Cash books
Includes poor payments		1832-1861Request lookup
CH2/463/7Cash books
Includes poor payments		1861-1875Request lookup
CH2/463/8Cash books1875-1921Request lookup
CH2/463/10Proclamations of Marriage1861-1944Request lookup
CH2/463/11Communion roll1866-1890Request lookup
CH2/463/12Communion roll1890-1918Request lookup
CH2/463/14Seat allocation1898Request lookup
CH2/463/16Register of births, baptisms, and marriages
Register of Births 1832-1869
Register of Baptisms 1871-1882
Register of Marriages 1832-1869		1832-1882Request lookup
CH2/463/17Baptismal register1877-1977Request lookup
CH2/463/19Locality of stipend, modified 11 February 1863Request 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
Andrew BAIRD 1855 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Helen CARR or ALLAN 1854 (2)Order imagesMedical certificate
Elizabeth COCHRAN 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow CROYER 1863 (1)Order imagesRefused
John CROZIER 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Archibald FALLOW 1851 (1)Order imagesRefused
Ann FLEMING or WILSON 1848 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Eliza HAMILTON or TOMNEY 1854 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John HAMILTON 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused
John HAMILTON 1863 (2)Order imagesRefused
John HAMILTON 1866 (2)Order imagesRefused
John HAMILTON 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert HAMILTON 1848 (1)Order imagesRefused, in respect that the applicant has it in her power to be received into the Infirmary at Glasgow, the present allowance being continued to his family
Widow Thomas HAMILTON 1864 (3)Order imagesRefused
William HAMILTON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
John INGRAM 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James JACKSON 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
James JOHNSTON 1856-1857 (2)Order imagesRefused
John KERR or CARR 1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary KIRK or ORR 1880 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Mary KIRK or ORR 1880 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Adam LOGAN 1866 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John MCDOUGALL 1855 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
David RARITY 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
David RARITY 1861 (4)Order imagesRefused
Dugald RARITY 1861 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William SEMPLE 1863 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James SINCLAIR 1855 (2)Order imagesRefused
Ann SMITH or SIMPSON 1879 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Janet YEALTON or HASTIE 1852 (2)Order imagesRefused

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Isabella Jardine ALLAN12 April 1861Jane ALLANFind the father
James Mason BAILLIE30 April 1865Mary BAILLIEFind the father
Mary Cleland BAILLIE2 June 1868Marion BAILLIEFind the father
Jean Mc Coll BALLANTINE26 May 1862Jean BALLANTINEFind the father
Margaret BALLANTYNE21 August 1870Agnes BALLANTYNEFind the father
Annie Boyd BRADFORD1 January 1866Margaret BRADFORDFind the father
Robert BROWNLIE2 June 1856Elizabeth BROWNLIEFind the father
Mary BRYCE11 May 1856Jean BRYCEFind the father
Jessie CRAIG21 March 1874Janet CRAIGFind the father
Thomas CRAIG25 June 1857Isabella CRAIGFind the father
James CROSS11 November 1870Jeanie CROSSFind the father
Archibald CROZER11 January 1857Ann CROZERFind the father
Ellen Brownlie CROZER14 April 1855Margaret CROZERFind the father
Ellen Templeton CROZER7 June 1857Mary CROZERFind the father
William CROZER14 April 1855Margaret CROZERFind the father
William CROZER23 June 1857Jean CROZERFind the father
Catherine Ward DAVIDSON22 January 1870Isabella DAVIDSONFind the father
James DAVIDSON25 November 1859Jean DAVIDSONFind the father
Lilias DAVIDSON5 February 1865Martha DAVIDSONFind the father
John Colquhoun DUNIPACE6 February 1865Margaret DUNIPACEFind the father
Janet Shearer DUNLOP18 February 1857Margaret DUNLOPFind the father
Agnes Jackson DUNN4 February 1860Margaret DUNNFind the father
John DUNN5 May 1856Jean DUNNFind the father
John Mc Munn DUNN6 August 1868Margaret DUNNFind the father
Margaret DUNN17 November 1862Margaret DUNNFind the father
Maggie FALLOW18 January 1871Agnes FALLOWFind the father
Ellen FINDLAY18 December 1857Ellen FINDLAYFind the father
Thomas Simpson FREW21 July 1862Margaret FREWFind the father
William FREW15 March 1871Jeanie FREWFind the father
Isabella GRANGER23 March 1871Marion GRANGERFind the father
Marion GRANGER4 December 1862Marion GRANGERFind the father
Agnes Longmuir HAMILTON4 October 1868Margaret HAMILTONFind the father
Alexander HAMILTON21 March 1858Elizabeth HAMILTONFind the father
Janet HAMILTON11 April 1859Janet HAMILTONFind the father
John HAMILTON29 December 1856Elizabeth HAMILTONFind the father
John HAMILTON24 March 1874Jane HAMILTONFind the father
John Marshall HAMILTON21 April 1867Janet HAMILTONFind the father
Marion HAMILTON13 December 1857Marion HAMILTONFind the father
Robert HAMILTON12 December 1864Janet HAMILTONFind the father
Robert Harvie HAMILTON12 June 1867Jean HAMILTONFind the father
William HAMILTON26 July 1855Jean HAMILTONFind the father
Robert HUNTER21 September 1862Margaret HUNTERFind the father
Alexander Lammie INGRAM30 October 1862Elizabeth INGRAMFind the father
Anne Craig Davidson LOGAN14 January 1859Janet LOGANFind the father
Catherine Forrest MARSHALL11 February 1868Agnes MARSHALLFind the father
Ann Mc Arver MCDONALD2 August 1861Catherine MCDONALDFind the father
Margaret Campbell MCLEAN3 October 1856Isabella MCLEANFind the father
Mary MCLEAN11 September 1860Mary MCLEANFind the father
William Paterson MCMUNN15 May 1865Elizabeth MCMUNNFind the father
Elizabeth Paterson MOORE13 February 1862Isabella MOOREFind the father
Isabella Hodge MOORE5 January 1867Isabella MOOREFather found
William Longmuir MURRAY8 July 1867Elizabeth MURRAYFather found
Jessie Braidwood NIMMO27 April 1867Jean NIMMOFind the father
James Naismith PARK28 December 1862Jane PARKFind the father
John Calder PATERSON28 January 1863Agness PATERSONFind the father
Margaret Jack PATERSON26 August 1869Margaret PATERSONFind the father
Robert Mathieson PATERSON19 February 1874Jessie PATERSONFather found
Margaret RIDDELL11 May 1857Susan RIDDELLFind the father
Adam ROBERTSON25 June 1863Janet ROBERTSONFind the father
James Paterson RUSSELL26 January 1865Ann RUSSELLFind the father
Janet SCOTT25 February 1859Margaret SCOTTFind the father
James SEMPLE18 June 1863Agnes SEMPLEFind the father
Mary SEMPLE12 October 1874Janet SEMPLEFind the father
William SHEARER18 October 1856Ann SHEARERFind the father
Agnes Nisbet STRUTHERS19 August 1869Christina STRUTHERSFind the father
Jean Fleming WILSON5 January 1869Margaret WILSONFind the father
Margaret WILSON29 June 1866Margaret WILSONFind the father
Jessie Muir YOUNG10 June 1861Agnes YOUNGFind the father
James YUILE11 April 1857Mortlan YUILEFind the father
William YUILE13 September 1861Mortland YUILEFind 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 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/463/3 pp. 69-71)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesBarrieweaverWestquarter
JohnGordonweaverWestquarter
JohnShearerweaverWestquarter
JamesBellweaverWestquarter
GeorgeRobblabourerWestquarter
AndrewPollocklabourerWestquarter
HughHamiltonlabourerWestquarter
JamesBallantinetailorWestquarter
JamesReidelderWestquarter
RobertOrrweaverWestquarter
RobertHamiltonweaverWestquarter
GavinBarriefarmerWestquarter
JamesArneilweaverWestquarter
ThomasHamiltonweaverWestquarter
WilliamLachorelabourerWestquarter
WilliamYoungweaverWestquarter
JamesShearerweaverWestquarter
JosephBuchananweaverWestquarter
JamesLachorefarmerWestquarter
GeorgeWeirwrightWestquarter
JamesBallantinelabourerWestquarter
JamesHastiepostWestquarter
AndrewHaddenlabourerWestquarter
PeterShearerweaverWestquarter
JohnGrangerwrightWestquarter
HughBallantinegrocerWestquarter
WilliamCranstonlabourerWestquarter
RobertShearerweaver or labourerWestquarter
AndrewHartlabourerWestquarter
JohnCrawfordteacherWestquarter
AlexanderYuilebakerWestquarter
ThomasBarrlate farmerWestquarter
RobertWoodweaverWestquarter
JohnCrozerweaverWestquarter
AllanMcdonaldlabourerWestquarter
JohnLylelabourerWestquarter
AlexanderPatersonweaverWestquarterOccupation changed from Labourer
ThomasBrownlabourerWestquarter
JosephColquhounweaverWestquarter
GeorgePenmanweaverWestquarter
AlexanderBrownleeweaverWestquarter
JohnBrooksweaverWestquarter
RobertCrozerelderWestquarter
JohnHamiltonweaverWestquarter
JamesNewbiggenslabourerWestquarter
ArchibaldShearerweaverWestquarter
RobertCuthbertsonquarrierWestquarter
AndrewTomneyweaverWestquarter
ArchibaldTorranceweaverWestquarter
DugaldMcdonaldweaverWestquarter
RobertMackieweaverWestquarter
AlexanderReidweaverWestquarter
JohnCrozerweaverWestquarter
AlexanderShearerweaverWestquarter
JohnScottmasonWestquarter
WilliamDavidsonweaverWestquarter
JamesShearerlabourerWestquarter
RobertReidweaverChapelton
RobertSemplelabourerChapelton
JohnDunipaceteacherChapelton
RobertDunipaceweaverChapelton
JohnGiffenelderChapelton
JohnHoustonlabourerChapelton
WilliamHoustoncarterChapelton
JohnStruthersweaverChapelton
AndrewShearerweaverChapelton
RobertIngramweaverChapelton
JamesFrewweaverChapelton
ThomasHamiltonweaverChapelton
AndrewWedderspoonweaverChapelton
JamesYoungweaverChapelton
JamesCrawfordelderChapelton
AdamHamiltonlabourerChapelton
ThomasNimmoweaverChapelton
RobertRiddellelderChapelton
RobertNeilsonweaverChapelton
JohnRussellweaverChapelton
BuchananAdairToll Bar
JohnRobertsonRutherend
JamesStruthersMillwell
WilliamSymLow Drumbouie
ArchibaldBrownFlatt
JohnSmithCrutherland
AlexanderMcmillanRigg
HughDouglasRigg
ArchibaldGilchristQuarry Farm
JamesHamiltonWakingwae
JohnNimmoEast Drumlock
JohnMcillroyRutherend Toll Bar
JamesHamiltonShawton
RobertMeikleShawton
AndrewFergusShawton
JohnPatersonCraighall
JamesSempleNethershiels
RobertSmithWellbrae
JohnLeiperWhitecraigs
AndrewLeiperNewark
ArchibaldBrownleeHeads
DonaldCraigHeads
JamesAndersonHeads
RobertAndersonHeads
JamesHamiltonHeads
JohnSempleHeads
JohnRiddellHeads
WilliamRiddellWellgreen
JohnHamiltonFarm
AlexanderMcdonaldBurn
GavinBairdHeads
HughMitchellBurnbank
JohnMorrisonMuirburn Lodge
GeorgeAlstonMuirburn
JohnHunterMill
WilliamHunterMill
JamesWoodBankhead
RobertHamiltonWhitehill
WilliamMillarelder
AlexanderDickAvonholm Lodge
RobertRossKirkstyle
AlexanderHardieBirks
JohnJacksonCraigthornhill
WilliamJacksonCraigthorn
JohnMcwhinnieHolmains
JohnLoudonWest Mains
JohnJacksonHallhill
ArchibaldStarkKnowhead
JohnLawcockBurnside

Male Heads of families 1839 (NRS Reference: CH2/463/3 pp. 79-81)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesBarrieweaverWestquarter
JohnShearerweaverWestquarter
JamesBellweaverWestquarter
GeorgeRobblabourerWestquarter
AndrewPollockmasonWestquarter
JamesBallantinetaylorWestquarter
HughHamiltonlabourerWestquarter
JamesReidelderWestquarter
RobertOrrweaverWestquarter
DonaldCraigweaverWestquarter
RobertHamiltonweaverWestquarter
GavinBarriefarmerWestquarter
JamesArneilweaverWestquarter
ThomasHamiltonweaverWestquarter
WillmLachorelabourerWestquarter
WillmYoungweaverWestquarter
JamesShearerweaverWestquarter
JamesLachorefarmerWestquarter
GeorgeWeirwrightWestquarter
JamesBallantinelabourerWestquarter
JamesHastiepostWestquarter
PeterShearerweaverWestquarter
JohnGrangerwrightWestquarter
HughBallantinegrocerWestquarter
RobertShearerlabourerWestquarter
AndrewHartlabourerWestquarter
JohnCrawfordteacherWestquarter
AlexanderYuilebakerWestquarter
ThomasBarrfarmerWestquarter
RobertWoodweaverWestquarter
JohnCrozerweaverWestquarter
JohnLylelabourerWestquarter
AlerPatersonweaverWestquarter
JosephColquhounsmithWestquarter
GeorgePenmanweaverWestquarter
AlexrBrownleeweaverWestquarter
JohnBrooksweaverWestquarter
JohnGordonweaverWestquarter
RobertCrozerelderWestquarter
JohnHamiltonweaverWestquarter
ArchdShearerweaverWestquarter
AndrewTomnyweaverWestquarter
ArchdTorranceweaverWestquarter
RobertMackieweaverWestquarter
AlexrRossweaverWestquarter
JohnCrozerweaverWestquarter
AlexrShearerweaverWestquarter
JamesShearerweaverWestquarter
JohnScottmasonWestquarter
WilliamDavidsonweaverWestquarter
RobertReidweaverChapelton
RobertSempleweaverChapelton
JohnDunipaceteacherChapelton
RobertDunipaceweaverChapelton
JohnGiffenelderChapelton
JohnStruthersweaverChapelton
AndrewShearerweaverChapelton
RobertIngramweaverChapelton
JamesFrewweaverChapelton
ThomasHamiltonweaverChapelton
AndrewWotherspoonweaverChapelton
JamesCrawfordelderChapelton
ThomasNimmoweaverChapelton
RobertRiddellelderChapelton
JohnRussellweaverChapelton
JohnRiddellwrightChapelton
JohnPatersonlabourerChapelton
RobertNeilsonweaverChapelton
BuchananAdamlabourerMoors
JamesStruthersMillwell
ArchdBrownFlatt
JohnSmithCrutherland
AlexrMcmillanRigg
HughDouglasRigg
ArchdGilchristQuarry Farm
JamesHamiltonWakingwae
JohnMcilroyToll Bar
JamesStruthersLow Drumlock
JohnNimmoEast Drumlock
JamesHamiltonShawton
RobertHamiltonCraighall
RobertMeikleShawton
AndrewFergusShawton
JamesSempleNethershields
RobertSmithWellbrae
JohnLeiperWhitecraig
AndrewLeiperNewark
ArchdBrownleeHeads
JohnSempleHeads
JamesAndersonHeads
RobertAndersonHeads
JamesHamiltonHeads
JohnRiddellHeads
GavinBairdHeads
RobertRiddellWellgreen
JohnHamiltonFarm
AlexrMacdonaldBurn
HughMitchelBurnbank
JohnMorrisonMuirburn
GeorgeAlstonMuirburn
RobertPorteousBorland
JohnHunterMill
JamesWoodBankhead
RobertHamiltonWhitehill
WilliamMillarelder
AlexrDickAvonholm Lodge
RobertRossKirkstyle
JohnJacksonCraigthornhill
WilliamJacksonCraigthorn
JohnLoudonWest Mains
JohnJacksonHallhill
ArchdStarkKnowhead
JohnLawcockBurnside
RobertHamiltonEast Quarter

Kirk Session Records Index

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