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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/257/2Manor Kirk Session - Minutes1743-1889Request lookup
CH2/257/4Manor Kirk Session - Communion Roll1862-1889Request lookup
CH2/257/5Manor Kirk Session - Communion Roll1889-1912Request 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.

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
Euphemia Turnbull Brown COCHRANE18 May 1868Isabella COCHRANEFind the father
Elisabeth FOWLER21 July 1871Agnes FOWLERFind the father
Nicholas Marion FRAME13 June 1862Ann FRAMEFind the father
Robert HASTIE17 July 1869Marion HASTIEFind the father
Robert PRINGLE12 February 1868Isabella PRINGLEFind the father
Michael TEMPLETON23 May 1872Mary TEMPLETONFind the father
Mary Alexander THOM9 October 1862Janet THOMFind the father
David WHITE7 January 1862Mary WHITEFind the father
Jane WHITE2 December 1857Helen WHITEFind the father
Janet WILSON4 April 1858Margaret WILSONFind the father
John WILSON7 December 1863Margaret WILSONFind 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: CH2/257/2 pp. 139-140)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
LaurenceAndersontenantCastlehill
JohnAndersonlabourerBallanridge
WilliamAffleckploughmanHaswellsykes
RobertBeattieshepherdGlack
AdamDalglieshshepherdHundleshope
BernardDochertyhedgerMill Brae Head
JamesFlemingtenantLonghaugh
JohnFlemingshepherdDollarburn
JohnGibsonstewardHundleshope
ThomasGilbertploughmanHaswellsykes
DavidInglisshepherdCaverhill
WilliamIrvingshepherdKirkhope
James NLightbodyschoolmaster of Manner
GeorgeMasontailorMilton
JamesMitchelltenantHallmanner
AlexanderMoffatploughmanCastlehill
WilliamMurrayshepherdNew Holm Hope
ThomasPaganstewardHaswellsykes
AdamPenmanPeebles"This individual left the Parish at Whitsunday being an elder of said Parish - though now residing in Peebles - has continued to attend the Church of Manner - where he also communicated when the Sacrament was last dispensed there. This case is left for the consideration of the Church Courts."
WilliamPretsillhedgerMilton
JamesRitchieploughmanHaswellsykes
JohnTintoploughmanHaswellsykes
JohnTodploughmanBarns
DavidTweedietenantGlenrath
ThomasWalkerploughmanHundleshope
ThomasWhiteblacksmithKirktown

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/257/2 pp. 142-143)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
LaurenceAndersontenantCastlehill
JohnAndersonlabourerBallenridge
RobertBeattieshepherdGlack
AdamDalglieshshepherdHundleshope
BernardDochertyhedgerMill Brae Head
JamesFlemingtenantLanghaugh
JohnFlemingshepherdDollarburn
JohnGibsonstewardHundleshope
ThomasGilbertploughmanHaswellsykes
DavidInglisshepherdCaverhill
WilliamIrvingshepherdKirkhope
JamesJenkinsonploughmanMill Brae Head
James NLightbodyschoolmaster of Manner
JamesMackayploughmanCrosshouses
GeorgeMasontailorMilton
JamesMitchelltenantHallmanner
AlexanderMoffatploughmanTown Of Manner
JohnMoffatshepherdTown Of Manner
WilliamMurrayshepherdNew Holm Hope
ThomasPaganstewardHaswellsykes
WilliamPretsillfarm servantMilton
JohnTintoploughmanHaswellsykes
JohnTodploughmanBarns
DavidTweedietenantGlenrath
ThomasWalkerploughmanHundleshope
PeterWilsonblacksmithKirktown
RobertWilsonploughmanMill Brae Head

Male Heads of families 1836 (NRS Reference: CH2/257/2 pp. 144-145)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
LaurenceAndersontenantCastlehill
JohnAndersonlabourerBallenridge
RobertBeattieshepherdGlack
BernardDochertyhedgerMillbrae Head
JamesFlemingtenantLanghaugh
JohnFlemingshepherdDollarburn
JohnGibsonCaverhill
ThomasGilbertploughmanHaswellsykes
DavidInglisshepherdCaverhill
WilliamIrvingshepherdKirkhope
JamesJunkisonploughmanMill Brae Head
James NLightbodyschoolmaster of Manner
GeorgeMasontailorMilton
JamesMitchelltenantHall Manner
JamesMackayploughmanCrosshouses
AlexanderMoffatploughmanTown Of Manner
JohnMoffatshepherdTown Of Manner
ThomasPaganstewardHaswellsikes
WilliamPritsellfarm servantMilton
JohnTintoploughmanHaswellsikes
JohnTodploughmanBarns
DavidTweedietenantGlenrath
ThomasWalkerploughmanHundleshope
RobertWilsonploughmanMillbrae Head

Male Heads of families 1837 (NRS Reference: CH2/257/2 pp. 147-148)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
LaurenceAndersontenantCastlehill
JohnAndersonlabourerBallenridge
RobertBeattieshepherdGlack
BernardDochertyhedgerMill Brae Head
JamesFlemingfarmerLanghaugh
JohnFlemingshepherdDollarburn
ThomasGilbertploughmanHaswellsikesx next to name
WilliamHendersonploughmanHundleshope
DavidInglisshepherdCaverhill
WilliamIrvingshepherdKirkhope
JamesJenkinsonploughmanMill Brae Headx next to name
James NLightbodyschoolmaster of Manner
GeorgeMasontailorMilton
JamesMitchelltenantHallmanner
AlexanderMoffatploughmanTown Of Manner
JohnMoffatshepherdTown Of Manner
ThomasPaganstewardHaswellsikes
WilliamPretsellfarm servantGlack
JohnTintoploughmanHaswellsikes
JohnToddploughmanBarns
DavidTweedietenantGlenrath
ThomasWalkerploughmanHundleshope
RobertWilsonploughmanHaswellsikes
CharlesSmailshepherdHundleshope

Male Heads of families 1838 (NRS Reference: CH2/257/2 pp. 148-149)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
LaurenceAndersontenantCastlehill
JohnAndersonlabourerBellanridge
RobertBeattieshepherdGlack
BernardDochertyhedgerMill Brae Head
JamesFlemingfarmerLanghaugh
JohnFlemingshepherdDollarburn
JamesGrahamploughmanHaswellsikes
WilliamHendersonploughmanHundleshope
WilliamHorsburghsmithKirktown
DavidInglisshepherdCaverhill
WilliamIrvineshepherdKirkhope
James NLightbodyschoolmaster of Manner
GeorgeMasontailorMilton
JamesMitchelltenantHall Manner
AlexanderMoffatploughmanTown Of Manner
JohnMoffatshepherdTown Of Manner
WilliamMurraylabourerHundleshope
ThomasPaganstewardHaswellsikes
WilliamPretsellfarm servantGlack
WilliamSmailshepherdHundleshope
ThomasToddshepherdMannerhead
JohnTintoploughmanHaswellsikes
HopeToddploughmanBarns
DavidTweedietenantGlenrath
ThomasWalkerploughmanHundleshope
RobertWilsonploughmanHaswellsikes
WilliamYoungfarmerKirktown

Male Heads of families 1839 (NRS Reference: CH2/257/2 pp. 150-151)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
LaurenceAndersontenantCastlehill
JohnAndersonlabourerGlack
RobertBeattieshepherdGlack
BernardDochertyhedgerMill Brae Head
JamesFlemingfarmerLanghaugh
JamesForreeploughmanMill Brae Head
WilliamHendersonploughmanHundleshope
WilliamHorsburghsmithKirktown
DavidInglisshepherdMilton
WilliamIrvineshepherdKirkhope
JohnInchfarmerHaswellsikes
James NLightbodyschoolmaster of Manner
GeorgeMasontailorMilton
RobertMasonmillerKirktown
AlexrMarkfarmerCaverhill
JamesMitchellfarmerHall Manner
AlexanderMoffatploughmanTown Of Manner
JohnMoffatshepherdTown Of Manner
ThomasPaganservantBarns
WilliamPretselllabourerCrosshouses
WilliamSmailshepherdHundleshope
ThomasToddshepherdMannerhead
DavidTweedietenantGlenrath
ThomasWalkerploughmanHundleshope
RobertWilsonploughmanCrosshouses

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.

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