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Inverkeilor records

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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

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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CH2/194/1Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Minutes and accounts
Minutes (1739-1775) accounts (1739-1782)		1739-1782Request lookup
CH2/194/2Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Minutes, accounts and seat rents
Minutes and accounts (1782-1817) seat rents (1794-1817)		1782-1817Request lookup
CH2/194/3Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Minutes1817-1835Request lookup
CH2/194/4Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Minutes and male heads of families
Minutes (1835-1860) male heads of families (1835)		1835-1860Request lookup
CH2/194/5Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Minutes1860-1928Request lookup
CH2/194/6Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Cash book and seat rents
Cash book and seat rents (1817-1818, 1830-1831)		1817-1831Request lookup
CH2/194/7Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Cash book and seat rents
Cash book and seat rents (1831-1842)		1831-1863Request lookup
CH2/194/8Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Cash book1874-1919Request lookup
CH2/194/10Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Baptisms
Baptisms 1855-1915, communicants 1874-1879, school children 1874		1855-1915Request lookup
CH2/194/12Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Proclamations1879-1949Request lookup
CH2/194/13Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Communion rolls1878-1886Request lookup
CH2/194/14Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Communion rolls1889-1912Request lookup
CH2/194/17Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Inverkeilor and Lunan savings bank: minutes1815-1843Request lookup
CH2/194/18Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Inverkeilor and Lunan savings bank: Minutes and accounts
Minutes (1820-1843) accounts (1815-1836)		1815-1843Request lookup
CH2/194/19Inverkeilor Kirk Session - William Stewart's mortification minutes, accounts and poor scholars accounts
Mortification minutes (1800-1852) accounts (1800-1859) poor scholars accounts (1799-1842)		1799-1859Request lookup
CH2/194/20Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Joint committee of parish council and kirk session minutes and accounts1896-1947Request lookup
CH2/194/22Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Skair and Scott mortification accounts1863-1896Request lookup
CH2/194/23Inverkeilor Kirk Session - Duncan and Rait mortification accounts1863-1895Request lookup
CH2/194/24Inverkeilor Kirk Session - General cash account1869-1895Request 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.

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)
We have indexed these records, and list the cases for this parish below. Just click on the Order images link to order images of the relevant minutes. Please note that as these minutes may need to be filmed specially, it may take up to a week before we can supply them.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes		Order imagesDeliverance
Widow Jessie BROWN or SMITH 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John GORDON 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Margaret HALL or DUNN 1869 (3)Order imagesRefused
Widow Agnes MIDDLETON or SMITH 1881 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary WOOD or CUTHILL 1875 (2)Order imagesRefused

Sheriff Court paternity decrees

Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Mary Ann ANDERSON
South Mains of Ethie, Inverkeillor		James MILLAR31 Mar 1863
Kirkden		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/14
Elizabeth BUNCH
Marsh of Lunanbank, Inverkeillor		William LUMGAIR12 Aug 1878Order nowForfar
SC47/7/17
Elizabeth BUNCH
March of Lunanbank, Inverkeillor		Alexander GRANT15 May 1880
March of Lunanbank, Inverkeillor		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Margaret CRABB
Inchock, Inverkeillor		Andrew TODD31 Jan 1884
Inchock, Inverkeillor		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/19
Isabella DUNCAN
West Border, Inverkeillor		John GLASS3 Sep 1875
Montrose		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/17
Ann HADDON
Boysack Mills, Inverkeillor
formerly Kirkton Mill, Inverkeillor		Alexander MILLER7 Jan 1877
Anniston, Inverkeillor		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/18
Mary LINDSAY
Leysmill, Inverkeillor		Daniel HOWELL8 Nov 1885
Leysmill, Inverkeillor		Order nowDundee
SC45/6/23
Emily MCLENNAN
Kirkton of Inverkeillor, Inverkeillor, Angus		Edward MILLER1 Dec 1880
Kirkton of Inverkeillor, Inverkeillor, Angus		Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/48
Isabella MEEK
Newbarns, Inverkeillor		William GOURLAY18 Aug 1876
Marywell, St Vigeans		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/17
Mary Ann OGILVY
Newbarns, Inverkeillor		George GREIG14 Jun 1886
Newbarns, Inverkeillor		Order nowForfar
SC47/7/19
Mary Ann REW
West Border, Inverkeillor		David FORBES7 Feb 1852Order nowForfar
SC47/7/12

School Leaving Certificate Exams

This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.

Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). To order a copy of the record for your ancestor, just click on the Order record link.
Anatomy Registers
NameAgeLast residence and place of deathDate of deathOrder record
James Low GARVIE31Lived: Inverkeilor, Angus
Died: Montrose Royal Asylum		5 Jan 1930Order record

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

Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
William BOWIE17 February 1872Ann BOWIEFind the father
Alexander BUNCH10 December 1872Elizabeth BUNCHFind the father
Alexander CARGILL10 January 1874Jane CARGILLFind the father
David CARGILL18 January 1861Elspeth CARGILLFind the father
Elizabeth CARGILL16 December 1866Catherine CARGILLFind the father
Ann CHISHOLM8 October 1859Christina CHISHOLMFind the father
Isabella Lyall CHRISTIE27 September 1874Jessie CHRISTIEFind the father
Margaret Jane CHRISTIE23 July 1867Mary CHRISTIEFather found
Robert COULL3 January 1864Elizabeth COULLFind the father
Isabella Ducat COUPAR11 October 1869Marjory COUPARFind the father
James CRUICKSHANKS18 July 1859Isabella CRUICKSHANKSFind the father
Alexander CUTHILL22 February 1859Helen CUTHILLFind the father
James DAVIDSON6 October 1863Isabella DAVIDSONFind the father
William DAVIDSON29 January 1857Isabella DAVIDSONFind the father
Mary DUIRES20 May 1863Agnes DUIRESFind the father
Mary Anne DUTHIE10 October 1872Mary Anne DUTHIEFind the father
Mary Rankin DUTHIE25 April 1861Elspeth DUTHIEFind the father
Alexander FARQUHAR12 September 1869Elizabeth FARQUHARFind the father
John FERRIER2 October 1869Sarah FERRIERFather found
Mary Anne GIBSON28 July 1860Margaret GIBSONFather found
George GILROY3 August 1859Margaret GILROYFind the father
James GILROY24 November 1865Margaret GILROYFind the father
Elsie GORDON11 December 1870Helen Buchanan GORDONFind the father
Jessie Helen GORDON14 March 1866Helen Buchanan GORDONFather found
Ann GOWANS29 February 1872Elizabeth GOWANSFind the father
Helen GOWANS7 April 1873Anne Milne GOWANSFind the father
Margaret Brown GOWANS20 August 1869Ann GOWANSFind the father
Elizabeth GRAHAM25 December 1857Margaret GRAHAMFather found
Barbara GRANT17 November 1870Jane GRANTFind the father
Andrew GRAY20 January 1865Elizabeth GRAYFind the father
David Dalgety HERSCHELL7 October 1856Betsy HERSCHELLFind the father
Mary Anne JOLLY2 December 1872Jane JOLLYFind the father
William Bisset JOLLY8 November 1874Anne JOLLYFind the father
Mary Anne KENNEDY10 February 1859Margaret KENNEDYFind the father
Alice KINMENT3 January 1869Mary Ann KINMENTFind the father
David KINMENT18 June 1867Isabella KINMENTFind the father
Mary Anne KINMENT7 August 1868Anne KINMENTFind the father
Ann KINMONT11 December 1863Mary Ann KINMONTFind the father
William KYDD20 June 1870Anne Salmond KYDDFind the father
Sarah Smith MACKIE1 April 1872Mary Nicoll MACKIEFind the father
Alexander MCDONALD12 April 1858Jessie MCDONALDFind the father
Christina MCKENZIE28 June 1860Isabella MCKENZIEFather found
James Alexander MCLEAN5 May 1867Catherine MCLEANFind the father
William MCLEAN21 October 1864Alison MCLEANFind the father
Anne MIDDLETON5 March 1856Anne Stronner MIDDLETONFind the father
Helen MILNE13 May 1861Helen Kennedy MILNEFind the father
James MILNE7 October 1856Elizabeth MILNEFind the father
Anne Knight MOLLISON18 August 1869Elizabeth MOLLISONFind the father
Joseph MOLLISON29 November 1856Susan MOLLISONFind the father
Mary Ann Mc Quarrie MOLLISON17 November 1866Elizabeth Guthrie MOLLISONFather found
George PHILP9 April 1858Margaret PHILPFind the father
Alexander RAE16 January 1869Christina RAEFind the father
Johanna RATTRAY27 April 1867Betsy RATTRAYFind the father
Jessie REW20 May 1858Christina REWFind the father
Margaret ROBERTSON14 July 1871Margaret ROBERTSONFind the father
John SCOTT21 October 1872Margaret Stevenson SCOTTFind the father
Alexander SMITH28 September 1861Mary SMITHFind the father
Charles SMITH20 September 1864Mary SMITHFind the father
David SMITH29 October 1872Mary SMITHFind the father
Peter SMITH12 October 1867Mary SMITHFind the father
Annabella SUTTIE1 April 1874Jessie SUTTIEFind the father
David Tosh TOSH19 November 1867Mary TOSHFind the father
Jessie TOSH4 September 1871Mary TOSHFind the father
John TOSH25 August 1865Mary TOSHFind the father
William WALKER27 May 1868Mary WALKERFind the father
William WALKER6 June 1869Betsy WALKERFind the father
Anne WHITE2 March 1856Agnes WHITEFind the father
Joseph WHITE19 November 1864Margaret WHITEFind the father
Dinah WHYTE17 March 1863Jane WHYTEFind the father
Mary WOOD15 June 1869Betsy WOODFind the father

General Register of Lunatics

This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.

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: CH2/194/3 pp. 135-145)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
RobertAndersonNewbarns
DavidAndersonInchock
GeorgeAndersonHodgeton
DavidAndersonBandoch
DavidAndersonInverkeilor
JohnArnotKinblethmont Muir
RobertAddisonInverkeilor
DavidArnotAnniston Feus
WilliamAndersonChapelton
ThomasAndersonMillfield
GeorgeAllenLatown
WilliamAndersonRedcastle
JamesAndersonMillfield
DavidBlackBoysackmills
PeterBuickLeysmill
WilliamBrownRaesmill
DavidBrownWaukmills
DavidBachelorAbbethune Gate
JamesBurnessSouth Mains Of Ethie
ThomasBrownLeysmill
AbrahamBurnettChapelton
GeorgeBreckenridgeChapelton
JohnBuchananGilchorn
JamesBellBoysack
PeterBowieBoysack
RobertBlackLatown
AlexanderBrownLeysmill
JamesBoathHodgeton
ThomasBiddyMyreside
ThomasBuickMyreside
GeorgeBruceRedcastle
WilliamChristieInchock
JohnCouttsLeysmill
HerculesCrabbRimkimno
WilliamClarkRosehill
AlexanderCuthillNewbarns
DavidCuthillIronshill
RobertCunninghamIronshill
JamesCuthillRedcastle
JohnChristieNewbarns
StewartChristieHodgeton
AlexanderChristieAnniston Feus
JamesCossansLunanbank
DavidClarkAnniston Feus
HerculesCarnegieKinblethmount
AndrewCarnegieKinblethmount
JamesClarkKinblethmount
JohnCouttsBalmullie Mill
JamesCuthbertTempleton
JohnClarkBoysackmills
AlexanderCroftsSouth Mains Of Ethie
DavidChristieLatown
JamesChristieLunanbank
DavidCuthillWest Mains Redcastle
CharlesClarkLeys
WilliamCalderFeus Of Anniston
CharlesCoullEthiehaven
GeorgeCargillEthiehaven
JohnDickLeysmill
DavidDalgetyDenmark
WilliamDearNorth Mains Of Ethie
JamesDuresInverkeilor
AlexanderDuresChapelton
DavidDavidsonNewbarns
JamesDavidsonNewbarns
DavidDundasWestfield
JohnDuresEthie
HenryDuresKinblethmount
DavidDundasWestfield
AlexanderDavidsonNewton
DavidDuresWestfield
AlexanderDundasKinblethmount
JamesDundasBoysack
JohnDargieChance Inn
CharlesEggoHilton
JohnEdwardLeysmill
WilliamFordyceNewton Of Boysack
JamesFairweatherBorder
JamesFinlaysonMilfield
GeorgeForrestEthie
JohnFitchetAnniston
JohnFlemingInverkeilor
JamesFlemingInverkeilor
CharlesFawnsInverkeilor
GeorgeFifeKirktonmill
JohnGowansWest Murroes
DavidGairnFallaw
AlexanderGourlayBoghead
RobertGreigNorth Mains Redcastle
CharlesGordonMarywell Feu
JamesGuthrieMarywell Feu
WilliamGourlayKinblethmount
FrancisGibsonGilchorn
AndrewGrayGilchorn
GeorgeGordonKirktonmill
JamesGrantWaukmills
JohnGreigBridgend
JohnGallowayWaukmills
JamesHebbentonWest Murroes
WilliamHerriesWest Redcastle
JamesHerchellDenmark
AlexanderHosieInverkeilor
DavidHillWaukmills
WilliamHeraldCaldcotes
JohnHodgetonNewton
AlexanderHayKinblethmount
JohnHantonMegtaylor
JohnHerriesInverchroskie
AlexanderHerriesKinblethmount
GeorgeHayBorder
DavidJackLunanbank
JamesJacksonBoghead
JohnJollyWestfield
JohnJamiesonBoysack
DavidJamiesonMarch Of Latown
RobertKyddHassocks
AndrewKnightNewton Of Boysack
JamesKyddLunanbank
WilliamKyddDenmark
GeorgeKerrInchock
GeorgeKnowlesBandoch
JamesKyddInverkeilor
ThomasKerrMyreside
RobertKennedyBalmullie Mill
JamesKerrAnniston
JamesKinnamentIronshill
JohnLindsayMuirhouse
DavidLeslieLeysmill
AlexanderLivieNewmill
JamesLyallRosehill
StewartLyallBandoch
AlexanderLaingNewbarns
GeorgeLaurenceWest Mains Redcastle
RobertLawsonEthiehaven
WilliamLivieLunanbank
PeterLeslieWest Murroes
DavidLaingGilchorn
DavidLundieBryanton
GeorgeLaurenceCowholls
GeorgeLyallAnniston Feus
AlexanderLaurencePriestfield
WilliamMeffenDouglasmuir
JamesMorrisonLeysmill
JamesMathewWest Mains Of Ethie
DavidMathewDamkill
DavidMilneRedcastle
AlexanderMilneBaesmill
JamesMackieMilfield
DavidMolesonHilton
JosephMorisonEthie
GeorgeMatherLatownmill
JohnMilneLady Mary Ann's Butts
JamesMathesonKinblethmount
JoMackenzieRedcastle
ThomasMeffanCance Inn Old
JohnMilneMarch Of Latown
AlexanderMilneMarch Of Latown
JamesMilneNewbarns
GeorgeMillRosehill
ThomasMolesonGilchorn
JohnMackieNewton Of Boysack
CharlesMiddletonBoysack
JohnMitchelEthiehaven
AlexanderMilneNorth Mains Of Ethie
GeorgeMantleBoatman Of Redcastle
JamesNicolLady Den
GeorgeNicolLeysmill
AlexanderNivenBryanton
RobertNicolMarch Of Latown
JohnOgilvyLatownmill
DavidPhilipDenmark
WilliamPetrieNewton Of Boysack
WilliamPearsonHilton
JamesPearsonLautownmill
JamesPetrieWaukmill Of Boysack
ThomasPatersonBalmullie Mill
JamesPatersonLeysmill
JamesReidDouglasmuir
ThomasRobertsonHilton
DavidRamsayDen Of Redcastle
JamesReidBoghead
RobertRusselGreen
JohnRamsayPriestfield
ThomasRitchieBoysack
JohnReidBandoch
JamesRobertsonIronshill
AndrewRennieWest Mains Of Ethie
GeorgeRuxtonAniston Feus
JamesRamsayWestfield
RobertRiedInverkeilor
CharlesRobertsonBryanton
JamesRuxtonAnniston
AlexanderRobbAnniston Feus
DavidRennieHilton
JamesRossKirktonmill
DavidReidKirktonmill
JamesStewartBorder
JamesSheriffRedcastle
JamesSuttieDenmark
DavidScottHilton
JohnSmithWaukmills
DavidSheriffWaukmills
JamesSmithGilchorn
JamesScottMegtaylor
JamesStewartRhind
AndrewScottLeysmill
JohnSmartRedcastle
JohnSmithRedcastle
DavidStronnerBoysack
AndrewSimBandoch
DavidScottWaukmills
ThomasSimRosehill
WilliamScottHodgeton
JamesScottRedcastle
JamesSutherlandMilfield
DavidStronnerBoysack
GeorgeSoutarLatownmill
RobertSimpsonEthiehaven
WilliamSalmonBoysackmills
JamesStivenChapelton
DavidScottWest Mains Redcastle
RobertSheriffWaukmills
CharlesSmithWestfield
JamesSoutarFallaw
DavidSmithBruntinburn
JohnSmithKinblethmount
AlexanderSmithWaukmills
PeterSmartBalmullie Mill
AlexanderSingersAnniston Feus
JohnSkairLunanbank
WilliamShieldsWest Boghead
WilliamThomsonLeysmill
JohnTaylorRedcastle
AndrewThomsonChapelton
DavidToddAnniston Feus
AlexanderToughLeys
CharlesThomsonLeys
AlexanderTaylorInverkeilor
GeorgeToshMarywell
AlexanderWattRaesmill
DavidWillocksBandoch
RobertWoodBoghead
JamesWhiteHodgeton
JohnWeirschoolmaster
RobertWallaceMillfield
AlexanderWalkerMilfield
JohnWallaceLatown
GeorgeWebsterMilfield
JohnWattInverkeilor
RobertWalkerChapelton
JohnWalkerChapelton
DavidYoungWest Murroes

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/194/4 pp. 1-11)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
RobertAndersonNewbarns+ next to name
DavidAndersonInchock
GeorgeAndersonHodgeton+ next to name
DavidAndersonBandoch
DavidAndersonInverkeilor+ next to name
JohnArnottKinblethmont Muir
RobertAddisonInverkeilor
DavidArnottAnniston Feus+ next to name
WilliamAndersonLatown Feus
ThomasAndersonMillfield
GeorgeAllenLatown
WilliamAndersonRedcastle
JamesAndersonMillfield
JamesAndersonRedcastle
DavidAllenNewbarns
JamesAirthInverkeilor
ArchibaldAndersonLatown Mill
JamesAndersonNewton
JamesAndersonKinblethmont
DavidBrownWaulkmills
JamesBurnettBoysack Mills
JamesBoathHodgeton
DavidBatchelorAbbethune Gate
PeterBowieBoysack
AbrahamBurnettChapelton
GeorgeBrichenChapelton
JohnBuchananGilchorn
ThomasBeattieMyreside
AlexanderBeattieRedcastle
AlexanderBrownLeys Mill
DavidBlackBoysack Mills
DavidBurnessCraigpark
PeterBlackLeys Mill
JohnBrownRedcastle
WilliamBrownReas Mill
DavidBrownWaulkmills
JamesBellBoysack
JamesBonthronBoysack
RobertBlackLawton
AlexanderCarnegieCamperdown
JohnCampbellWestfield
HerculesCrabbNorthmains
WilliamChristieRimkimno
AlexanderChristieInverkeilor
AlexanderCroftsSouthmains Ethie
DavidCrabbBalmullie Mill
GeorgeCargillEthie Haven
AlexanderCuthillNewbarns
JamesCuthillRedcastle
RobertCuthillWest Mains Redcastle
AndrewCuthbertChapelton
DavidCuthillIronshill
DavidCuthillRedcastle
JohnCuthillMurroes
JohnClarkKinblethmont
DavidClarkAnniston Feus
WilliamClarkRosehill
JohnClarkBoysack Mills
JamesClarkNewton Of Boysack
CharlesClarkLeys
WilliamCantInverkeilor
WilliamCalderInverkeilor
JamesCossansLunan Bank
CharlesCoullEthie Haven
AndrewCarnegieKirkton Mill
JohnChristieNewbarns
DavidChristieLatown
JamesChristieMarch Of Lawton
WilliamChristieWest Mains Ethie
JohnCouttsLeys Mill
JohnCouttsBalmullie Mill
StewartChristieHodgeton
JohnDargieChance Inn
WilliamDearSouth Mains Ethie
JohnDickLeys Mill
JohnDuresEthie
HenryDuresGilchorn
JamesDuresInverkeilor
DavidDuresWestfield
AlexanderDuresChapelton
JamesDavidsonHilton
AlexanderDavidsonNewton
DavidDavidsonNewbarns
PeterDarlingRosehill
DavidDundasLawton
JamesDundasBoysack
AlexanderDundasKinblethmont
DavidDundasLawton
DavidDalgetyDenmark
JamesDavidsonNewbarns
JamesDavidsonKirkton Mill
CharlesEggoHilton
JohnEdwardLeys Mill
DavidEdwardKinblethmont
JamesFinlaysonMarch Of Lawton
JamesFairweatherBorder
JamesFlemingInverkeilor
JohnFlemingInverkeilor
CharlesFawnsInverkeilor
JohnFitchetAnniston
WilliamFordyceNewton
GeorgeForrestEthie
GeorgeFyfeKirkton Mill
DavidFindlayKinblethmont
AlexanderGourlayBoghead
WilliamGourlayGilchorn
JamesGrantWaulkmills
JamesGuthrieCamperdown
FrancisGibsonGilchorn
JohnGowansWest Murroes
JohnGriegBridgend
RobertGriegWest Mains Redcastle
DavidGavineFallaws
AlexanderGoukHilton
GeorgeGuildLeys Mill
CharlesGordonMarywell Feus
DavidHillWaulkmills
JamesHerschellNewton
JamesHyndWaulkmills
JohnHarrisInverchroskie
JohnHaxtonMeg Taylor
AlexanderHarrisKinblethmont
AlexanderHoseyInverkeilor
WilliamHarrisRedcastle
JohnHodgetonNewton
WilliamHeraldCauldcoats
GeorgeHayBorder
DavidJamiesonMarch Of Latown
JamesJacksonBoghead
DavidJackMarch
JohnJollyLawton
JohnJamiesonBoysack
GeorgeKeyNewton
RobertKyddHassocks
GeorgeKerrInchock
JamesKerrAnniston
ThomasKerrMyreside
JamesKyddMarch Of Lawton
JamesKyddInverkeilor
JohnKyddHassocks
WilliamKyddDenmark
JamesKinnamontAnniston Feus
JohnLowInchock
RobertKinnamontRedcastle
WilliamLivieLunan Bank
PeterLeslieWest Murroes
DavidLundieBrainton
GeorgeLawrenceW Cotton Head
AlexanderLaingNewbarns
GeorgeLyallInverkeilor
AlexanderLawrencePriestfield
StewartLyallBandoch
RobertLawsonEthie Haven
DavidLaingGilchorn
DavidLeslieLeys Mill
ThomasMeffanOld Chance Inn
JohnMillReas Mill
JohnMillInverkeilor
JamesMillRosehill
GeorgeMathesonLawton Mil
JohnMckenzieReas Mill
DavidMillInverkeilor
AlexanderMillMarch
ThomasMollisonMyreside
JohnMackieNewton
WilliamMeffanDouglas Muir
JohnMillLady Mary Ann's Butts
AlexanderMillN Mains
JamesMackieMillfield
JosephMorrisonEthie
DavidMatherBrainton
AlexanderMortonMyreside
JamesMathesonKinblethmont
DavidMillKinblethmont
JamesMathewWest Mains Ethie
GeorgeMantleRedcastle
JohnMitchellEthie Haven
CharlesMiddletonBoysack
AlexanderMillCairnton
DavidMollisonHilton
DavidMillRedcastle
JamesNicollDenmark
RobertNicollMarch
GeorgeNicollLeys Mill
JohnOgilvyLawton Mil
DavidPhilipDenmark
WilliamPetrieNewton
JamesPearsonLawton Mil
JamesPatersonLeys Mill
ThomasPatersonBalmullie Mill
JamesReidBoghead
JamesRossKirkton Mill
RobertReidInverkeilor
DavidReidKirkton Mill
JamesReidDouglas Muir
JohnRamsayBoysack
CharlesRobertsonBrainton
ThomasRobertsonHilton
JohnRamsayPriestfield
DavidRamsayDen Of Redcastle
JohnReidBandoch
JamesRuxtonAnniston
AlexanderRuxtonBrainton
GeorgeRuxtonAnniston Feus
AlexanderRobbInverkeilor
JamesRobertsonIronshill
ThomasRitchieBoysack
DavidRennieHilton
RobertRussellEthie Greens
WilliamRossLeys Mill
PeterSmartBalmullie Mill
JamesScottRedcastle
DavidScottWaulkmills
CharlesSmithTempleton
AlexanderSmithWaulkmills
JamesStewardBrainton
JamesScottMeg Taylor
JohnSmithWaulkmills
JohnSmithFallaws
DavidScottWest Mains Ethie
CharlesSmithWestfield
JohnSmartRedcastle
WilliamSheildBoghead
JamesSutherlandMillfield
DavidSheriffsWaulkmills
David HScottHilton
AlexanderSingersInverkeilor
AndrewScottLeys Mill
DavidStedSouth Mains Ethie
JohnSmithKinblethmont
WilliamScottHodgeton
RobertSheriffsWaulkmills
ThomasSimRosehill
JohnSkairLunan Bank
DavidSmithBrunton
AndrewSimBandoch
JamesShiretRedcastle
DavidStronnerBoysack
JamesStewartBorder
JohnSmithHilton
RobertSimpsonEthie Haven
GeorgeStrachanChapelton
AndrewThomsonChapelton
JohnTaylorRedcastle
WilliamThomsonLeys Mill
AlexanderToughLeys
AlexanderTaylorInverkeilor
DavidTownsBrainton
CharlesThomsonLeys
DavidToddInverkeilor
DavidThomKinblethmont
GeorgeToshMarywell
RobertTerresSouth Mains Ethie
RobertWalkerChapelton
JamesWhyteHodgeton
JohnWalkerKinblethmont
JohnWattInverkeilor
RobertWoodBoghead
GeorgeWebsterMillfield
DavidWilliamsonAnniston Mill
RobertWallaceMillfield
AlexanderWattNewbarns
DavidWantonCotton Of Boysack
DavidWilloxBandoch
JohnWallaceLawton
AlexanderWalkerMillfield
JohnWeirInverkeilor
DavidYoungW Muirhouse

Kirk Session Records Index

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Jean Christie

Elizabeth Cuthill

Elizth Cuthill

Joseph Dear

James Dundass

Margaret Lyall

Euphemia Malcolm

son of James Martin

Daughter of James Martin

James Martin

Family of James Martin

Donald Matheson

Walter Mathew

James Mcnicoll

William Mitchell

Wm Mitchell

Janet Renny

David Sheret

William Smith

brother of William Smith

Name:

Date: 04/02/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 05/02/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: Poor supplied; also an incremental allowance of 3/ to the most necessitous'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 01/04/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 06/05/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 24/06/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Lord's supper intimated

Details: 'This day the Rev[eren]d the Minister intimated his design of administering the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper to his congregation on the 8th of July next, and seriously admonished them to prepare for that most solemn ordinance.'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 01/07/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Lord's supper

Details: 'This day the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper was administered to this Congregation according to intimation.'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 01/07/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'This day, after Sermon, the Kirk Session being met, they as usual, supplied the Poor.'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 12/08/1832

Case type: Session Business; Scottish Missionary Society

Occupation:

Address:

Role: collection

Details: 'This day a Collection was made in behalf of the Scottish Missionary Society amounting to £3,,8.'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 02/09/1832

Case type: Session Business; Scottish Missionary Society

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 04/11/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied as usual'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 02/12/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Poor Distribution

Details: 'Poor supplied.'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 02/12/1832

Case type: Session Business; Montrose Royal Infirmary

Occupation:

Address:

Role: collection

Details: 'This day a Collection was made in behalf of the Royal infirmary Montrose, amounting to £2,,11.-'

Other names:

Name:

Date: 30/12/1832

Case type: Session and Heritors Business

Occupation:

Address:

Role: meeting intimated

Details: 'This day an edict was served from the Pulpit citing the Heritors & Kirk-Session to meet in the church on the 10th day of Jan[uar]y next at 12 o'clock noon, to consider the state of the Poor, and make provision for supplying their wants.'

Other names:

Name: Jean Christie

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: illegitimate child

Occupation:

Address:

Role: appeared as mother

Other parish: Marykirk, Parish of

Details: 'Appeared Jean Christie, unmarried, confessing that she had born a child to David Sheret. The Session however, on learning that the child was born in the Parish of Marykirk, refused to take up the case.'

Other names: Jean Christie; David Sheret

Name: Elizabeth Cuthill

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: ...compeared William Smith and Elizabeth Cuthill - Sess minute dated 5th August last) She adhered to her former confession. He denied ever being guilty, and said his Brother and James Dundass took him to a Public-house, and put questions to him; but he says he was then drunk, and did not know what he said.'

Other names: William Smith; Elizabeth Cuthill; brother of William Smith; James Dundass

Name: Elizth Cuthill

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: Illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: Compeared Elizth Cuthill unmarried, and dilated William Smith also unmarried as the father of the child with which she is pregnant. After a suitable admonition & rebuke she was dismissed for the present, and the Kirk-officer to summon the said Wm Smith to appear before them Aug[us]t 12.'

Other names: Elizth Cuthill; William Smith

Name: Joseph Dear

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: with child in adultery

Occupation:

Address: Boysack-mills

Role: alleged father mention

Details: '... Compeared Euphemia Malcolm unmarried, confessed herself with child, and dilated Joseph Dear, married, and residing in Boysack-mills as the father. After being suitably admonished, she was dismissed for the present.'

Other names: Euphemia Malcolm; Joseph Dear

Name: James Dundass

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Mention

Details: [see the entry for William Smith on this date]

Other names: William Smith; Elizabeth Cuthill; brother of William Smith; James Dundass

Name: Margaret Lyall

Date: 11/11/1832

Case type: with illegitimate child; pregnant

Occupation:

Address: Bandoch

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: ...compeared Margaret Lyall, unmarried, residing at Bandoch, confessed herself with child, and, after dilating Walter Mathew, also unmarried, and residing at Scafield, Panbride, as the father of it, she produced a letter from him acknowledging the fact. After being suitably admonished she was dismissed, being absolved from the scandal, and restored to the enjoyment of church privileges.'

Other names: Margaret Lyall; Walter Mathew

Name: Margaret Lyall

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Paternity

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Mother mention

Details: ... Compeared Walter Mathew, and adhered to his written confession of being Margaret Lyall's child. After being suitably exhorted, and paying the usual penalty of £1, he was absolved from the scandal, and restored to the enjoyment of church privileges.'

Other names: Walter Mathew; Margaret Lyall

Name: Euphemia Malcolm

Date: 30/09/1832

Case type: with child in adultery

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: '... Compeared Euphemia Malcolm unmarried, confessed herself with child, and dilated Joseph Dear, married, and residing in Boysack-mills as the father. After being suitably admonished, she was dismissed for the present.'

Other names: Euphemia Malcolm; Joseph Dear

Name: son of James Martin

Date: 01/04/1832

Case type: Parochial Relief

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Applicant

Other parish: St Cyrus, Kirk session of

Details: This day on the application of James Martin, resident in Denmark, for Parochial Relief, after serving him, the Clerk was ordered to write, in behalf of his infirm Son and Daughter, to the Kirk Session of St. Cyrus, to which Parish they belong'

Other names: James Martin; son of James Martin; Daughter of James Martin

Name: Daughter of James Martin

Date: 01/04/1832

Case type: Parochial Relief

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Applicant

Other parish: St Cyrus, Kirk session of

Details: This day on the application of James Martin, resident in Denmark, for Parochial Relief, after serving him, the Clerk was ordered to write, in behalf of his infirm Son and Daughter, to the Kirk Session of St. Cyrus, to which Parish they belong'

Other names: James Martin; son of James Martin; Daughter of James Martin

Name: James Martin

Date: 01/04/1832

Case type: Parochial Relief

Occupation:

Address: Denmark

Role: Applicant

Details: This day on the application of James Martin, resident in Denmark, for Parochial Relief, after serving him, the Clerk was ordered to write, in behalf of his infirm Son and Daughter, to the Kirk Session of St. Cyrus, to which Parish they belong'

Other names: James Martin; son of James Martin; Daughter of James Martin

Name: Family of James Martin

Date: 07/06/1832

Case type: Parochial Relief

Occupation:

Address:

Role: interparish correspondence re application

Other parish: St Cyrus, Kirk session of

Details: 'Received from the Kirk Session of St. Cyrus, in answer to the letter in half of James Martin's family, (see Minute April 8th last) a refusal to support them, on the grounds that it was many years since they had left the parish of St Cyrus, and that, while there, they had neither required nor received any Parochial aid, To which the Clerk was directed to return the following answer:
To the Session Clerk of the Parish of St. Cyrus
Sir,
I received your letter of the 7th June last, and laid it before the Kirk-Session here. But they do not find in it any reason given for refusing the claim of David Martin to be supplied by the Parish of St Cyrus, The old man and his family had indeed removed from your Parish many years ago, & may no doubt have received no Parochial aid.
Therefore this Session at once admitted the Father to Parochial support here. But they found that both his son an daughter had been infirm from their infancy, and therefore cannot acquire a Settlement by residence for any length of time, though they had never received any Parochial aid, their father who no doubt was primarily liable to support his children while able, having now become himself dependent on the Parish funds, his infirm disabled children must look to your Parish for support. We have made further enquiry about their condition, and find that the young man is, and always was, a most infirm object of charity.
This Kirk Session trust that yours will comply with the well known law as well as general practice of the country, and admit to support from your Funds these persons, whose bodily infirmities incapacitated them for acquiring a claim in any other Parish, however long it may be since they left yours. Their circumstances required your speedy determination, as if we are to give supply we must have recourse to your Session for repayment.'

Other names: Family of James Martin

Name: Donald Matheson

Date: 05/02/1832

Case type: Lunatic Asylum

Occupation:

Address: Dundee Lunatic Asylum

Role: Account to Session

Other parish: Dundee, Kirk Session of

Details: 'Received an account of £10,,11,,8 payable to the Kirk Session of Dundee for Donald Matheson being in the Lunatic Asylum there. Letter dated 31st Jan[uar]y.'

Other names: Donald Matheson

Name: Walter Mathew

Date: 11/11/1832

Case type: with illegitimate child; pregnant

Occupation:

Address: Scafield, Panbride

Role: father mention of correspondence

Other parish: Panbride

Details: ...compeared Margaret Lyall, unmarried, residing at Bandoch, confessed herself with child, and, after dilating Walter Mathew, also unmarried, and residing at Scafield, Panbride, as the father of it, she produced a letter from him acknowledging the fact. After being suitably admonished she was dismissed, being absolved from the scandal, and restored to the enjoyment of church privileges.'

Other names: Margaret Lyall; Walter Mathew

Name: Walter Mathew

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Paternity

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared as father

Details: ... Compeared Walter Mathew, and adhered to his written confession of being Margaret Lyall's child. After being suitably exhorted, and paying the usual penalty of £1, he was absolved from the scandal, and restored to the enjoyment of church privileges.'

Other names: Walter Mathew; Margaret Lyall

Name: James Mcnicoll

Date: 24/02/1832

Case type: Certificate of poverty - to obtain benefit of Poor's Roll and carry out a law suit

Occupation:

Address:

Role: party

Details: 'Granted a certificate of Poverty to Janet Renny to enable her to institute a process of law against James McNicoll - & a letter becoming bound for the expenses of litigation - See minute dated 13 Mar. 1831'

Other names: Janet Renny; James Mcnicoll

Name: William Mitchell

Date: 06/05/1832

Case type: Session Business

Occupation:

Address: Arbroath

Role: Applicant

Other parish: St Vigeans, Kirk Session of

Details: 'This day on the application of William Mitchell, resident in Arbroath, for Parochial relief, the session, hearing that he had never earned a livelihood in this Parish, directed the clerk to write to the Kirk-Session of St Vigeans in which Parish he had resided for nearly 40 years.'

Other names: William Mitchell

Name: Wm Mitchell

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: Parochial Relief

Occupation:

Address:

Role: new recipient

Details: Poor supplied as usual, with the addition of Wm Mitchell, who, it was found had served, in the capacity of Foreman at Gighty Burn for Five years.'

Other names: Wm Mitchell

Name: Janet Renny

Date: 24/02/1832

Case type: Certificate of poverty - to obtain benefit of Poor's Roll and carry out a law suit

Occupation:

Address:

Role: recipient; pursuer

Details: 'Granted a certificate of Poverty to Janet Renny to enable her to institute a process of law against James McNicoll - & a letter becoming bound for the expenses of litigation - See minute dated 13 Mar. 1831'

Other names: Janet Renny; James Mcnicoll

Name: David Sheret

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: illegitimate child

Occupation:

Address:

Role: alleged father mention

Details: 'Appeared Jean Christie, unmarried, confessing that she had born a child to David Sheret. The Session however, on learning that the child was born in the Parish of Marykirk, refused to take up the case.'

Other names: Jean Christie; David Sheret

Name: William Smith

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: Illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: alleged father mention

Details: [see the entry for Elizth Cuthill on this day]

Other names: Elizth Cuthill; William Smith

Name: William Smith

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Accused as father compeared

Details: ...compeared William Smith and Elizabeth Cuthill - Sess minute dated 5th August last) She adhered to her former confession. He denied ever being guilty, and said his Brother and James Dundass took him to a Public-house, and put questions to him; but he says he was then drunk, and did not know what he said.'

Other names: William Smith; Elizabeth Cuthill; brother of William Smith; James Dundass

Name: brother of William Smith

Date: 23/12/1832

Case type: Illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Mention

Details: [see the entry for William Smith on this date]

Other names: William Smith; Elizabeth Cuthill; brother of William Smith; James Dundass

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