Maxton parish 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 do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| William AITKIN | 29 January 1862 | Margaret AITKIN | Find the father |
| George BRACK | 26 September 1867 | Elisabeth BRACK | Find the father |
| Elliott BROWN | 4 March 1860 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| James CAVERS | 4 June 1858 | Isabella CAVERS | Find the father |
| Ruth DARLING | 10 December 1871 | Jessie Young DARLING | Find the father |
| Robert Aitkin DICKSON | 24 February 1864 | Jane DICKSON | Find the father |
| Barbara FAIRGRIEVE | 2 January 1874 | Jane FAIRGRIEVE | Find the father |
| Alexander FLEMING | 1 September 1859 | Eleanor FLEMING | Find the father |
| Janet GILROY | 29 November 1871 | Jemima GILROY | Find the father |
| Jane HARDIE | 7 June 1863 | Mary HARDIE | Find the father |
| Jessie HISLOP | 2 August 1869 | Mary HISLOP | Find the father |
| Jane HOPE | 5 August 1871 | Mary HOPE | Find the father |
| Margaret HOPE | 25 December 1866 | Elisabeth HOPE | Find the father |
| William IRVINE | 11 April 1857 | Christina IRVINE | Find the father |
| Jane JACK | 20 January 1858 | Mary JACK | Find the father |
| Thomas JOHNSTON | 17 April 1865 | Helen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| William LAUDER | 10 December 1862 | Margaret LAUDER | Find the father |
| William LAUDER | 22 February 1870 | Wilhelmina LAUDER | Find the father |
| Isabella LYALL | 19 July 1864 | Susan LYALL | Find the father |
| Janet PIRIE | 10 August 1861 | Anne PIRIE | Find the father |
| James RAMSAY | 16 August 1858 | Margaret RAMSAY | Find the father |
| Anne Rutherford RICHARDSON | 13 November 1863 | Ann RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Esther RICHARDSON | 28 August 1870 | Anne RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| John RICHARDSON | 28 August 1870 | Anne RICHARDSON | Find the father |
| Elisabeth RIDDEL | 3 August 1865 | Elisabeth RIDDEL | Find the father |
| Alexander RIDDLE | 14 March 1863 | Elisabeth RIDDLE | Find the father |
| Robert SCOTT | 10 May 1860 | Agnes SCOTT | Find the father |
| William SMAIL | 1 August 1857 | Jessie Lennox SMAIL | Find the father |
| Robert SMITH | 17 October 1857 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| James STEWART | 16 September 1860 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
| Anne TOD | 13 April 1870 | Mary Anne TOD | Find the father |
| John TOD | 7 June 1866 | Margaret TOD | Find the father |
| Agnes TURNBULL | 19 June 1862 | Euphemia TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Eleanor Mary WILSON | 4 January 1855 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary Jane WOOD | 20 May 1872 | Mary WOOD | Find the father |
| Andrew YOUNG | 15 November 1868 | Helen YOUNG | Find 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.
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
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish
