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Legerwood records

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Male Heads of Families – Free transcripts of rolls of male heads of families from the 1830s

Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

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.

Lookups available
Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/515/2Minutes1738-1838Request lookup
CH2/515/3Minutes1838-1935Request lookup
CH2/515/4Collections and distributions1762-1776Request lookup
CH2/515/5Collections and distributions
Includes poor payments		1776-1788Request lookup
CH2/515/6Collections and distributions
Includes poor payments and mortcloth dues		1791-1818Request lookup
CH2/515/7Collections and distributions
Includes mortcloth dues and poor payments		1818-1857Request lookup
CH2/515/8Collections and distributions
Includes poor payments		1857-1905Request lookup
CH2/515/9Communion rolls1853-1877Request lookup
CH2/515/10Communion rolls1877-1897Request lookup
CH2/515/11Communion rolls1893-1899Request lookup
CH2/515/12Poor roll1762-1779Request lookup
CH2/515/13Poor roll
Includes assessments and poor payments		1797-1818Request lookup
CH2/515/14Heritors' minutes1793-1829Request 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:
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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.

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Isabella Drawhill ALLAN15 June 1858Mary ALLANFind the father
Thomas BALLANTYNE9 October 1860Helen BALLANTYNEFind the father
James Redpath BATHGATE5 March 1865Agnes BATHGATEFind the father
James Gourlay BOLTON9 December 1870Elisabeth BOLTONFind the father
Walter Thomas BRODIE14 February 1870Elisabeth BRODIEFind the father
William BROWNLEE29 December 1857Elizabeth BROWNLEEFind the father
Ann COLLINS8 July 1862Betsy Bridget COLLINSFind the father
Mary COLLINS18 October 1864Bridget COLLINSFind the father
Robert CURRIE11 August 1858Elizabeth CURRIEFind the father
David DAVIDSON18 February 1868Margaret DAVIDSONFind the father
Maggie Jane DAWSON29 June 1874Agnes DAWSONFather found
Alexander Carruthers DEWER31 December 1864Ann DEWERFind the father
George DOUGLAS3 December 1873Elizabeth DOUGLASFind the father
Walter HUNTER23 June 1863Jessie HUNTERFind the father
William Grieve JOHNSTON25 December 1860Isabella JOHNSTONFind the father
Isabella MARSHALL7 September 1873Elizabeth MARSHALLFind the father
Elizabeth MCBAIN6 August 1863Mary MCBAINFather found
Wilhelmina MCDONALD21 January 1858Elizabeth MCDONALDFind the father
Isabella Wanless PAXTON29 August 1870Margaret PAXTONFather found
John PRINGLE3 December 1868Agnes PRINGLEFind the father
Margaret SCOTT22 September 1866Helen SCOTTFind the father
Janet TAYLOR30 March 1869Margaret TAYLORFind the father
Alison THOMSON11 February 1872Margaret THOMSONFind the father
Andrew TURNBULL17 November 1858Jane TURNBULLFind the father
Agnes WIGHT14 November 1871Janet WIGHTFind the father
Janet WILKINSON12 May 1862Margaret WILKINSONFind the father
Margaret WILKINSON30 May 1869Jane WILKINSONFather found
James WILSON14 September 1874Margaret WILSONFather found
Agnes WRIGHT11 September 1874Isabella WRIGHTFind the father
Andrew WRIGHT6 June 1871Isabella WRIGHTFind 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: CH2/515/2 pp. 222-224)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
GeorgeSmithschoolmaster and elderLegerwood
JohnSmithassistant schoolmaster and elderLegerwood
GeorgeLockiesmithLegerwood
GeorgeTaylorhindLegerwood
JamesWoodhouseholderLegerwood
JamesLearmenthindLegerwood
JohnSpiershindLegerwood
JohnMathisonlate labourerLegerwood
AndwMathisonhindLegerwood
JamesHardiehindLegerwood
AlexanderSimpsonhindLegerwood
JamesDalglieshshepherdLegerwood
WilliamPurveswrightLegerwood
WilliamMartinhindLegerwood
RobertWoodstewardLegerwood
JamesWebsterhindLegerwood
DavidGarnocktenantKirkhill
RobertBoydtailorKirkhill
JamesBoydChurch OfficerKirkhill
AlexanderBoydcarrierKirkhill
GeorgeSmithhouse servantKirkhill
JamesMesserhindCorsbie
AlexanderCrakehindCorsbie
AlexanderRobertsonhindCorsbie
JamesAllengardenerCorsbie
RobertButtlerstewardCorsbie
JohnRobertsongroomCorsbie
WillmRobertsonsmithStockbridge
ThomasCairnslabourerStockbridge
JohnMichieSmith and elderCambridge
JohnStewartmillerDod Mill
PeterForsythshepherdDod Mill
AlexanderNisbettenantDods
JamesHendersonhindDods
AlexanderMcBeanhindDods
JamesHopehindBoon
GeorgeMcleanhindBoon
RobertShielhindBoon
JohnSimpsonhindBoon
AdamLochshepherdBoon
GeorgeFairbairnshepherdBoon Mill
JamesMallenhindBoon Mill
DavidWallacehindBoon Mill
AndrewScotthindBoon Mill
JohnGivenshepherdWhitslaid
AdamGivenlabourerWhitslaid
JamesFeargrievelabourerBridgehaugh
DavidClerklabourerBridgehaugh
FrancisHollidaytenantBridgehaugh Mill
JamesMillarlabourerBridgend
JamesMillarlabourerBridgend
JohnKirkwoodlabourerBridgend
WilliamShillinglawBirkhillside
AndrewParktenantBirkhillside
JohnHamiltonstewardBirkhillside
WilliamGrahamehindBirkhillside
JohnKylehindBirkhillside
JosephMasonhindBirkhillside
CharlesSimpsonshepherdBirkhillside
GeorgeShielstenantBirkhillside Mill
WilliamRaelabourerStabbiwood
AndrewKeyshepherdAddenston
GeorgeDuncanlabourerAddenston
ThomasSomnertenantWest Moriston
HughPurvesstewardWest Moriston
RobtSomervillehindWest Moriston
AlexanderBellhindWest Moriston
RobertPringlehindEast Moriston
GeorgeNewtonhindEast Moriston
WillmHallyburtonshepherdDeanbrae

Kirk Session Records Index

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