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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

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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

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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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
Alexander CAIRNS 1871 (2)Order imagesRefused
John COIL 1858 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed (poorhouse)
William COURTENAY 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
William COURTENAY 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 215 1852
Widow Elizabeth DARLY 1851 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary DEAN 1861 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes Wilson DICKSON 1876 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow GILCHRIST 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow GILCHRIST 1853 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Susan GOODWIN or GILCHRIST 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused - see 771 1850
Philip HAY 1855-1856 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Jean MACDONALD or MCGRAW 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow MACINTAGGART 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
Agnes Mciver MCGINN 1862 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Sarah MCGUIRE 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Catherine MCTAGGART 1854 (2)Order imagesRefused
Janet ORR Village Of Dalry1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Rebecca PRENTICE or COURTNEY 1859 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Catherine RINN or MCINTYRE 1854 (1)Order imagesRefused
John RITCHIE 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
James SIMPSON 1868 (2)Order imagesRefused
May STEVENSON 1875 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)

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 ALLAN or SAMUEL
Holmhead, Kilbirnie		James LOGAN30 Jun 1852Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/7
Ann BROWN
Main Street, Kilbirnie		Edmond BAIRD25 Sep 1877Order nowPaisley
SC58/7/18
Agnes GILLIES
Bridge Street, Kilbirnie		Robert NEWLANDS6 Dec 1876Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/11
Mary JARDINE
Montgomeriston, Kilbirnie		John MCNISH28 Sep 1878Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/11
Janet SHEDDEN
Kilbirnie		John DARROCH1 Jan 1852Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/3
Helen SMITH or FERGUSON
Briery Sink Row, Kilbirnie		Joseph MILLIGAN23 Jan 1862Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/8
Margaret STEVENSON or HOGG
Mossend, Kilbirnie		George RIDDEL6 Feb 1880Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/11

School Leaving Certificate Exams

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Anatomy register

This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Ann AITKEN27 May 1871Janet AITKENFind the father
Robert ALEXANDER5 July 1871Isabella ALEXANDERFind the father
Sarah ALLAN17 November 1865Jane ALLANFind the father
John AULD15 March 1862Agnes AULDFind the father
Agnes BARCLAY23 March 1858Jane BARCLAYFind the father
Agnes BARCLAY9 July 1867Ann BARCLAYFind the father
Alexander BARCLAY7 August 1865Jean BARCLAYFather found
Isabella BARCLAY6 July 1858Jane BARCLAYFind the father
Jean BARCLAY7 December 1871Jean BARCLAYFind the father
Margaret BARCLAY24 May 1856Jane BARCLAYFind the father
Margaret BARCLAY12 September 1860Jane BARCLAYFind the father
Margaret BARCLAY11 September 1867Annie BARCLAYFind the father
Marion BARCLAY7 January 1857Catherine BARCLAYFind the father
William BARCLAY27 July 1855Janet BARCLAYFind the father
Andrew BARR11 October 1856Elizabeth BARRFind the father
Margaret BARR30 November 1862Margaret BARRFind the father
John BELL16 June 1860Christina BELLFind the father
Margaret BELL14 February 1865Mary BELLFind the father
Martha Gilmour BELL4 October 1871Margaret BELLFind the father
Thomas BELL25 April 1869Mary BELLFind the father
Helen BLACK1 April 1858Susan BLACKFind the father
James BLACK2 August 1868Susan BLACKFind the father
Mary Dunsmore BLACKWOOD21 May 1870Jean BLACKWOODFather found
Robert BOYD30 March 1858Jane BOYDFind the father
Biddy BRANON24 June 1858Biddy BRANONFind the father
Janet BRODIE28 October 1858Janet BRODIEFind the father
Andrew B. BROWN22 June 1870Margaret BROWNFind the father
James BROWN8 January 1873Elisabeth BROWNFather found
Samuel BROWN29 January 1866Annie BROWNFind the father
William BROWN31 December 1866Agnes BROWNFind the father
Mary BURNS3 March 1866Margaret BURNSFind the father
Mary BURNS5 July 1867Elizabeth BURNSFind the father
Samuel BYARS23 February 1868Charlotte BYARSFind the father
Sarah BYERS18 June 1866Charlotte BYERSFind the father
William CAIRNEY1 October 1856Betty CAIRNEYFind the father
Jean CALDWELL6 February 1866Jean CALDWELLFind the father
John CALDWELL21 June 1858Ann CALDWELLFind the father
William CALDWELL1 March 1857Ann CALDWELLFind the father
Alexander CAMPBELL1 June 1873Margaret CAMPBELLFind the father
James CAMPBELL25 April 1862Jane CAMPBELLFind the father
Janet CAMPBELL5 February 1858Margaret CAMPBELLFind the father
Patrick CAMPBELL4 December 1874Mary CAMPBELLFind the father
Charles CARLE24 December 1869Elizabeth CARLEFind the father
John Johnston CHAPMAN16 June 1874Sarah CHAPMANFind the father
Ellen CLARKE20 October 1858Isabella CLARKEFind the father
John CLELLAND20 October 1868Jane CLELLANDFind the father
Margaret CLIFFORD11 January 1865Mary Ann CLIFFORDFind the father
William CLIFFORD8 June 1868Mary Ann CLIFFORDFind the father
Agnes CONNALLY22 March 1866Ann CONNALLYFind the father
Mary COOK5 April 1861Janet COOKFind the father
Janet COWBROCK23 May 1857Elizabeth COWBROCKFind the father
Mary COX29 January 1866Margaret COXFind the father
Janet Kerr Barclay CRABB29 September 1874Margaret CRABBFind the father
John CRAIG23 May 1857Margaret CRAIGFind the father
John CRAIG16 April 1865Agnes CRAIGFind the father
Elizabeth CRANEY20 May 1857Ann CRANEYFind the father
John CRANNIE24 March 1857Jane CRANNIEFind the father
Barbara CRAWFORD1 November 1863Agnes CRAWFORDFind the father
Christopher CRAWFORD5 March 1865Ann CRAWFORDFind the father
Janet CRAWFORD25 July 1866Margaret CRAWFORDFind the father
John King CRAWFORD27 November 1870Elisabeth CRAWFORDFind the father
James CUNNINGHAM21 August 1866Janet CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Margaret CUNNINGHAM22 September 1863Janet CUNNINGHAMFind the father
Robert DAVIES25 April 1864Margaret DAVIESFind the father
Elizabeth DEVLING10 October 1860Isabella DEVLINGFind the father
Agnes DICK24 December 1856Hannah DICKFind the father
David DICK4 January 1864Agnes DICKFind the father
Annie DICKIE31 December 1868Susan DICKIEFather found
Agnes DILLON13 September 1871Agnes DILLONFind the father
Henry DILLON14 October 1871Sarah DILLONFind the father
Letitia DILLON21 April 1869Rose Anne DILLONFind the father
Margaret DILLON13 September 1868Margaret DILLONFind the father
Terrence DILLON27 May 1866Mary DILLONFind the father
William DILLON24 January 1870Mary DILLONFind the father
Elizabeth Mary DONALD25 January 1860Julia Sinclair DONALDFather found
Margaret Mcbride DOWNIE16 January 1874Catherine DOWNIEFind the father
Elizabeth DUFFY20 November 1857Margaret DUFFYFind the father
Agnes Ann DUNCAN18 January 1866Elizabeth DUNCANFind the father
Elisabeth DUNCAN4 May 1874Margaret DUNCANFind the father
Robert DUNCAN10 April 1861Jane DUNCANFind the father
William DUNLOP29 December 1865Jane DUNLOPFind the father
Margaret DURROCH30 November 1869Agnes DURROCHFind the father
Robert Johnston DURROCH1 October 1874Margaret DURROCHFather found
Susan DURROCH10 July 1864Catherine DURROCHFind the father
Andrew FALOON7 February 1870Fanny FALOONFind the father
Annie FALOON10 March 1872Mary FALOONFind the father
Ann FERGUSON14 February 1861Agnes FERGUSONFind the father
Elizabeth FERGUSON19 September 1865Agnes FERGUSONFind the father
Janet FERGUSON19 September 1865Agnes FERGUSONFind the father
Margaret FERGUSON12 March 1868Mary FERGUSONFind the father
Margaret FERGUSON5 February 1874Elen FERGUSONFind the father
William FERGUSON20 July 1856Agnes FERGUSONFind the father
Margaret FRASER15 December 1862Isabella FRASERFind the father
Susan FREW27 January 1861Susan FREWFind the father
Ann FYFE16 May 1862Jean FYFEFind the father
Duncan Gillies FYFE23 May 1857Margaret FYFEFind the father
James FYFE11 November 1871Margaret FYFEFind the father
Janet FYFE1 February 1874Marget FYFEFind the father
Robert GALBRAITH22 April 1858Elizabeth GALBRAITHFind the father
Barbara GARDNER3 September 1869Agnes GARDNERFind the father
Janet Courtney GILMOUR9 June 1870Janet GILMOURFind the father
Alexander GONEGAL18 June 1868Margaret GONEGALFind the father
Jane Mcauslan GORDON7 September 1869Agnes GORDONFind the father
Catherine GROVE10 February 1855Elisabeth GROVEFind the father
James HAIGGINS26 April 1872Janet HAIGGINSFind the father
Mary HAMILTON3 May 1867Mary HAMILTONFind the father
John HARVIE20 June 1868Mary HARVIEFind the father
James HAYES3 April 1858Hannah HAYESFind the father
Mary HAYS19 October 1855Elisabeth HAYSFind the father
Janet HENDERSON7 January 1862Ann HENDERSONFind the father
James HIGGINS11 June 1856Sarah HIGGINSFind the father
Marianne HIGGINS25 September 1857Sarah HIGGINSFind the father
James HILL17 January 1869Margaret HILLFind the father
Elizabeth HISLOP28 September 1858Mary HISLOPFind the father
James HOOD20 November 1859Mary HOODFind the father
Janet HOOD22 August 1856Mary Jane HOODFind the father
John HOOD17 May 1865Rebecca HOODFather found
Rebekah HOOD27 November 1870Rebekah HOODFind the father
Robert HOOD13 November 1866Rebecca HOODFind the father
Margaret HOUSTON27 February 1868Janet HOUSTONFind the father
Alexander HUNTER2 July 1858Elizabeth HUNTERFind the father
Mary HUNTER6 March 1861Elizabeth HUNTERFind the father
Mary HUNTER15 January 1864Mary HUNTERFather found
Jeannie HYSLOP28 July 1860Mary HYSLOPFind the father
Robert JAMEISON9 December 1859Janet JAMEISONFind the father
William JAMEISON25 May 1858Agnes JAMEISONFind the father
Jane JEFFREY10 October 1860Mary JEFFREYFind the father
Elizabeth KAY18 July 1869Elizabeth KAYFind the father
James KENNEDY16 February 1868Catherine KENNEDYFather found
Janet KERR29 November 1871Mary KERRFind the father
Mary KING18 April 1868Isabella KINGFind the father
John Horatius Steuart KNOX3 December 1871Mary KNOXFind the father
Margaret Smith LAMONT19 January 1868Margaret LAMONTFind the father
David LANG8 January 1864Ann LANGFind the father
Isabella LANG7 September 1861Dortha LANGFind the father
John LANG8 April 1862Ann LANGFind the father
Mary Stewart LANG13 November 1873Mary LANGFind the father
William LANG8 January 1864Ann LANGFind the father
Donald LAUSON18 June 1856Agnes LAUSONFind the father
Agnes LAW26 June 1858Ann LAWFind the father
Robert LOGAN22 July 1859Margaret LOGANFind the father
Jessie LOVE4 November 1869Jean LOVEFind the father
James MACKIE17 April 1857Jane MACKIEFind the father
Robert MACKIE17 April 1857Jane MACKIEFind the father
William MACKIE24 September 1867Jean MACKIEFather found
Mary Mcallum MALCOM20 August 1859Margaret MALCOMFind the father
Margaret MALLOY23 December 1872Mary MALLOYFind the father
Esther MARSHAL29 June 1855Helen MARSHALFind the father
William MARSHALL31 May 1856Jane MARSHALLFind the father
Alexander MARTIN4 July 1872Helen MARTINFind the father
William Barclay MARTIN18 March 1870Jeanie MARTINFind the father
James MATHIE8 December 1857Mary MATHIEFind the father
Agnes MCALISTER2 June 1857Catherine MCALISTERFind the father
Daniel MCCAFFERTY30 December 1869Catherine MCCAFFERTYFind the father
Hugh MCCAFFERTY6 March 1863Sarah MCCAFFERTYFind the father
Mary Helen MCCAFFERTY31 August 1863Jean MCCAFFERTYFind the father
Thomas MCCAFFERTY18 April 1874Catherine MCCAFFERTYFind the father
Mary MCCARTNEY27 October 1864Catherine MCCARTNEYFind the father
Robert MCCARTNEY13 December 1868Catherine MCCARTNEYFind the father
Christopher MCCONCHY1 January 1868Mary MCCONCHYFind the father
Eliza MCCONCHY18 May 1873Mary MCCONCHYFind the father
Mary MCCONKIE14 March 1866Mary MCCONKIEFind the father
William MCCORMICK27 January 1867Margaret Jane MCCORMICKFind the father
Alexander MCCOSH24 August 1859Mary MCCOSHFather found
Thomas MCCUTCHEN22 August 1860Ann MCCUTCHENFind the father
Janet Alexander MCDONALD10 March 1867Mary MCDONALDFind the father
Agnes MCFARLANE18 June 1871Isabella MCFARLANEFind the father
Robert MCFARLANE16 May 1861Jane MCFARLANEFind the father
James MCGINN12 September 1863Elizabeth MCGINNFind the father
Edward Stirling MCGINNES29 June 1874Elisabeth MCGINNESFind the father
Jane O'Haro MCGINNIS2 November 1873Margaret MCGINNISFind the father
Mary MCGLADE29 September 1858Alice MCGLADEFind the father
Mary MCGLAUCHLIN22 July 1873Elisabeth MCGLAUCHLINFind the father
Thomas MCGLONE15 March 1869Margaret MCGLONEFind the father
William MCGUIRE27 November 1871Mary MCGUIREFind the father
Alexander MCINTYRE6 March 1869Jeanie MCINTYREFind the father
John MCKENZIE11 September 1864Janet MCKENZIEFind the father
William MCKENZIE11 March 1860Janet MCKENZIEFind the father
William MCKINLAY3 June 1866Jane MCKINLAYFind the father
Elizabeth MCLACHLAN25 November 1866Mary MCLACHLANFind the father
Mary Ann MCLELLAND17 July 1859Jenny MCLELLANDFind the father
William MCLUSKY13 February 1867Annie MCLUSKYFind the father
Isabella MCMILLAN8 September 1865Isabella MCMILLANFind the father
Margaret MCMILLAN2 September 1869Elizabeth MCMILLANFind the father
Neil Mcdonald MCTAGGART11 May 1871Agnes MCTAGGARTFind the father
Catherine MEIKLERAVEY16 September 1858Margaret MEIKLERAVEYFind the father
Agness MITCHELL12 January 1856Mary MITCHELLFind the father
Elisabeth Duncan MITCHELL21 March 1873Elisabeth MITCHELLFind the father
Jeanie MOLOY29 May 1869Mary MOLOYFind the father
Marion MORRIS12 June 1863Mary MORRISFind the father
Sarah MORRISON31 August 1868Marion MORRISONFind the father
Elizabeth Watt MORTON29 April 1859Mary MORTONFind the father
Alexander MURDOCH7 September 1865Catherine MURDOCHFind the father
Ann MURDOCH26 January 1867Catherine MURDOCHFind the father
Helen MURDOCH25 November 1863Catherine MURDOCHFind the father
Agnes Conally MURPHY27 April 1872Mary MURPHYFind the father
Patrick MURPHY23 January 1866Mary Ann MURPHYFind the father
Robert Mccall MURPHY28 May 1871Ann MURPHYFind the father
Agnes ORR6 December 1865Jean ORRFind the father
Janet ORR11 September 1855Janet ORRFind the father
Janet Agnes ORR3 March 1860Mary ORRFind the father
William ORR12 June 1866Jane ORRFind the father
William Stewart ORR15 November 1857Mary ORRFind the father
Mary PATERSON2 August 1867Agnes PATERSONFind the father
Jean PATON29 November 1868Margaret PATONFind the father
Hugh PEEBLES17 January 1863Elizabeth PEEBLESFind the father
Irwin PRENTICE16 April 1862Mary PRENTICEFind the father
Jane PRENTICE3 May 1864Mary PRENTICEFind the father
John PRENTICE11 November 1869Mary PRENTICEFind the father
Margaret PRENTICE25 October 1857Mary PRENTICEFind the father
Noble PRENTICE16 April 1862Mary PRENTICEFind the father
William PRENTICE10 April 1858Rebecca PRENTICEFind the father
Margaret PURDEY9 August 1865Margaret PURDEYFind the father
Jeanie RAINEY8 December 1857Helen RAINEYFind the father
William RANKINE2 November 1861Ann RANKINEFind the father
Andrew REID23 November 1864Elizabeth REIDFind the father
James Beggs REID18 August 1869Margaret REIDFind the father
Jane REID22 July 1857Jane REIDFind the father
Jane REID25 August 1861Jane REIDFind the father
Robert Brown REID26 January 1870Ann REIDFind the father
William ROBERTSON15 May 1868Mary Ann ROBERTSONFind the father
Robert ROBINSON13 August 1861Agnes ROBINSONFind the father
Allan RUSSELL19 October 1864Agnes RUSSELLFind the father
Edward SCOTT26 December 1873Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Margaret SCOTT2 April 1872Margaret SCOTTFind the father
Ellen SHAW10 April 1874Jane SHAWFind the father
Mathew SHAW4 October 1871Jeanie SHAWFind the father
James SHEDDEN26 July 1860Janet SHEDDENFind the father
John SHEDDEN29 May 1864Janet SHEDDENFind the father
William SHEDDEN6 February 1865Janet SHEDDENFind the father
William King SLOAN20 April 1874Mary Anderson SLOANFind the father
Andrew SMITH5 November 1869Mary SMITHFind the father
Mary SMITH6 January 1862Helen SMITHFind the father
Mary Ann SMITH4 March 1866Celena SMITHFind the father
Alexander STAFFORD8 June 1868Sarah STAFFORDFind the father
Alexander STEEL31 July 1857Mary STEELFind the father
Margaret STEEL7 March 1868Janet Jamieson STEELFind the father
James STEVENSON17 December 1862Mary STEVENSONFind the father
Jean STEVENSON19 January 1861Jean STEVENSONFind the father
Andrew STEWART9 November 1871Christina STEWARTFind the father
John STRUTHERS17 March 1858Eliza STRUTHERSFind the father
Robert TEARNEY27 September 1873Agnes TEARNEYFind the father
Alexander THOMSON12 March 1865Mary THOMSONFind the father
Mary Wilson THOMSON8 November 1873Helen THOMSONFind the father
Mary TIERNEY1 February 1870Helen TIERNEYFind the father
William TIERNEY7 October 1871Agnes TIERNEYFind the father
Elizabeth TOSH7 July 1857Margaret TOSHFind the father
John TYRE26 November 1872Agnes TYREFind the father
Isabella WALKER7 July 1858Margaret WALKERFind the father
James WALKER20 July 1868Elizabeth WALKERFind the father
Mary WALKER19 October 1855Elisabeth WALKERFind the father
William WALKER9 May 1863Margaret WALKERFind the father
Hugh Skillan WALLACE29 September 1869Margaret WALLACEFind the father
David WEST10 August 1859Jane WESTFind the father
Agness WHITEFORD5 August 1859Margaret WHITEFORDFind the father
James WHITEFORD7 July 1862Mary WHITEFORDFind the father
Jane WHITEFORD1 August 1858Jane WHITEFORDFind the father
Janet WHITEFORD22 November 1860Janet WHITEFORDFind the father
John WHITEFORD9 May 1874Isabella WHITEFORDFind the father
Angus WILKIE8 November 1871Mary WILKIEFind the father
John WILKIE2 September 1865Mary WILKIEFather found
Michael WILKIE18 July 1867Mary WILKIEFind the father
Ann WILLIAMSON14 July 1873Rosy WILLIAMSONFind the father
Helen WILLIAMSON11 February 1860Helen WILLIAMSONFind the father
James WILLIAMSON18 January 1867Agnes WILLIAMSONFind the father
Agnes Gardiner WILSON3 June 1874Rachel WILSONFind the father
Jeanie Park WILSON4 May 1870Margaret WILSONFind the father
Margaret WILSON28 February 1867Margaret WILSONFather found
Mary WILSON5 March 1858Esther WILSONFind the father
Mary WILSON7 February 1874Sarah WILSONFind the father
Agnes Knox WRIGHT7 March 1872Agnes WRIGHTFind the father
Jessie Hunter WYLIE25 January 1873Christina WYLIEFind the father
Robert WYLIE6 August 1867Christina WYLIEFind 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.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish

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.

Jean Barclay

Robert Barclay

James Brodie

Ann Campbell

Malcolm Campbell

Janet Clerck

James Dunlop

James Holms

John Law

Matthew Mackie

Elizabeth Mcintosh

Andrew Mcintyre

Agness Mckay

Janet McQeen

Elizabeth Mcqueen

Archibald Mctaggart

Jean Montgomerie

Jean Montgomery

Ann Orr

Hugh Orr

Richard Purcell

Margaret Reid

Agness Ried

Margaret Walker

Name: Jean Barclay

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: 'Compeared Jean Barclay who acknowledged that she had brought forth a child in fornication and on being Interrogated Declared that James Holms Smith at Newton had been Guily of fornication with her and the father of the child she had brought forth
At same time compeared James Holms and on being Interrogated Declared Acknowledged that he had been Guilty of fornication with the said Jean Barclay and the father of the Child She had Brought forth after being Exhorted to be sincere in their [sic] Repentance they were Dismissed'

Other names: Jean Barclay; James Holms

Name: Robert Barclay

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation: weaver

Address: Newton

Role: alleged father mention

Details: [see Agness Reid same day]

Other names: Agness Ried; Robert Barclay

Name: Robert Barclay

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared as father

Details: [see Agness Reid same day]

Other names: Agness Ried; Robert Barclay

Name: James Brodie

Date: 25/11/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Brodie professing his Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished was absolved from Scandal'

Other names: James Brodie

Name: Ann Campbell

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: with child in fornication - illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: 'At same time compeared Ann Campbell who confessed she was with child in fornication and on being Interrogated declared that Richard Purcell Taylor had been guilty of fornication with her and the father of th[e] Child with which she was pregnant the Session ordered said Richard purcell to be cited to appear before them next Lords Day and she was cited apud acta to appear at same time.

Other names: Ann Campbell; Richard Purcell

Name: Ann Campbell

Date: 12/08/1832

Case type: with child in fornication - illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: 'Compeared Ann Campbell who adhered to her former Declaration at same time Compeared Richard Purcell who on being In terrogated acknowledged that he had [been] guilty of fornicationwith said Ann Campbell and after being Exhorted to be sincere in their Repentance they were Dismissed'

Other names: Ann Campbell; Richard Purcell

Name: Malcolm Campbell

Date: 08/07/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'At same time compeared Malcom Campbell and Janet McQeen spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Malcolm Campbell; Janet McQeen

Name: Janet Clerck

Date: 22/07/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as party

Details: [see James Dunlop same date]

Other names: James Dunlop; Janet Clerck

Name: James Dunlop

Date: 06/05/1832

Case type: fornication; Paternity

Occupation:

Address:

Role: compeared as father

Details: 'Compeared James Dunlop who acknowledged that he had been guilty of fornication with Jean Montgomerie and the father of the Child she had brough forth the which he had previously acknowledged in a letter addressed to the Mod[erato]r and Kirk session of Kilbirnie of Date March 15th 1831 and after being suitably Rebuked and Exhorted as to [2 words illegible as ink smudged and overwritten]sincere in his Repentance was Dismissed.'

Other names: James Dunlop; Jean Montgomerie

Name: James Dunlop

Date: 22/07/1832

Case type: Fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Dunlop professing his Repentance for the sin of fornication with Janet Clerck which he had formerly confessed and after being suitably admonished was absolved from scandal'

Other names: James Dunlop; Janet Clerck

Name: James Dunlop

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Dunlop and Jean Montgomerie spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: James Dunlop; Jean Montgomery

Name: James Dunlop

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Dunlop and Jean Montgomerie spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: James Dunlop; Jean Montgomerie

Name: James Holms

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation: smith

Address: Newton

Role: compeared as father

Details: [see Jean Barclay same day]

Other names: Jean Barclay; James Holms

Name: John Law

Date: 02/09/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared John Law and Margaret Walker spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: John Law; Margaret Walker

Name: Matthew Mackie

Date: 08/07/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Matthew Mackie and Elizabeth McIntosh spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Matthew Mackie; Elizabeth Mcintosh

Name: Elizabeth Mcintosh

Date: 08/07/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Matthew Mackie and Elizabeth McIntosh spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Matthew Mackie; Elizabeth Mcintosh

Name: Andrew Mcintyre

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Andrew McIntyre and Ann Orr spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Andrew Mcintyre; Ann Orr

Name: Agness Mckay

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Hugh Orr and Agness McKay spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Hugh Orr; Agness Mckay

Name: Janet McQeen

Date: 08/07/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'At same time compeared Malcom Campbell and Janet McQeen spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Malcolm Campbell; Janet McQeen

Name: Elizabeth Mcqueen

Date: 26/08/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Elizabeth McQueen professing her Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished was absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Elizabeth Mcqueen

Name: Archibald Mctaggart

Date: 18/03/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Archibald McTaggart and Margaret Reid spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Archibald Mctaggart; Margaret Reid

Name: Jean Montgomerie

Date: 06/05/1832

Case type: fornication; Paternity

Occupation:

Address:

Role: mention as mother

Details: [see James Dunlop same date]

Other names: James Dunlop; Jean Montgomerie

Name: Jean Montgomerie

Date: 23/09/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Dunlop and Jean Montgomerie spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: James Dunlop; Jean Montgomerie

Name: Jean Montgomery

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared James Dunlop and Jean Montgomerie spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: James Dunlop; Jean Montgomery

Name: Ann Orr

Date: 03/06/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Andrew McIntyre and Ann Orr spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Andrew Mcintyre; Ann Orr

Name: Hugh Orr

Date: 29/04/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Hugh Orr and Agness McKay spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Hugh Orr; Agness Mckay

Name: Richard Purcell

Date: 05/08/1832

Case type: with child in fornication - illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation: taylor

Address:

Role: alleged father mention

Details: [see Ann Campbell same day]

Other names: Ann Campbell; Richard Purcell

Name: Richard Purcell

Date: 12/08/1832

Case type: with child in fornication - illegitimate pregnancy

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Accused as father compeared

Details: [see Ann Campbell same day]

Other names: Ann Campbell; Richard Purcell

Name: Margaret Reid

Date: 18/03/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared Archibald McTaggart and Margaret Reid spouses professing their [sic] repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: Archibald Mctaggart; Margaret Reid

Name: Agness Ried

Date: 07/10/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: 'At same time compeared Agnes Ried who acknowledged that she had brought forthTwin Children in fornication and on being Interrogated Declared that Robert Barclay Weaver in Newton had been guilty with her and the father of the Children she had brought forth the Session ordered said Robert Barclay to be cited to appear before them next Lords Day and Agness Reid was cited apud acta to appear at same time'

Other names: Agness Ried; Robert Barclay

Name: Agness Ried

Date: 14/10/1832

Case type: child in fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared as mother

Details: 'Compeared Agness Reid who adhered to her former Declaration
At same time Compeared Robert Barclay and on being Interrogated Acknowledged that he had been guilty of fornication with said Agness Ried and the father of the Children she had brought forth who after being exhorted to be sincere in thie [sic] repentance were dismissed'

Other names: Agness Ried; Robert Barclay

Name: Margaret Walker

Date: 02/09/1832

Case type: Antenuptial fornication

Occupation:

Address:

Role: Compeared

Details: 'Compeared John Law and Margaret Walker spouses professing their [sic] Repentance for the sin of antenuptial fornication and after being suitably admonished were absolved from Scandal'

Other names: John Law; Margaret Walker