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Nenthorn records
Lookup searches – Access records in Scottish archives for ancestors in this parish (e.g. Kirk Session Records). Available from £1 a name a year.
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.
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1323/1 | Minutes and Accounts 1696-1719; Minutes 1755-88; Minutes 1829-42 | 1696-1842 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1323/2 | Minutes | 1842-1949 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1323/4 | Baptismal register | 1885-1950 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1323/5 | Proclamation register | 1885-1950 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1323/6 | Communion roll Annual rolls | 1856-1914 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1323/10 | Accounts 1738-49; Minutes 1739-55 Includes mortcloth dues and poor rolls | 1738-1755 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1323/12 | Accounts Includes some mortcloth dues and poor payments | 1813-1895 | Request 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:
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)
| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mary CAIRNS or KNOX | 1854 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Mary STEEL | 1849 (2) | Order images | Refused |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret BROTHERSTON Nenthorn | William HUNTER | 30 Jun 1854 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/10 |
| Helen FAIRGRIEVE Courthill, Nenthorn | John TAIT | 22 Aug 1895 Selkirk | Order now | Duns SC60/7/43 |
| Isabella WILSON Harrietfield, Nenthorn | Henry DAVIDSON | 26 Nov 1889 | Order now | Jedburgh SC62/7/14 |
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). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
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.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jane BROTHERSTON | 26 October 1863 | Isabella BROTHERSTON | Find the father |
| William BROTHERSTON | 20 March 1860 | Barbara BROTHERSTON | Find the father |
| William CAVERS | 1 August 1857 | Euphemia CAVERS | Find the father |
| Jane Shiels DAVIDSON | 2 July 1869 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Alexander DUFF | 16 March 1871 | Dorothy DUFF | Find the father |
| Isabella HENDERSON | 2 December 1866 | Isabella HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Jane HENDERSON | 7 February 1863 | Catherine HENDERSON | Find the father |
| William KNOX | 3 May 1858 | Janet KNOX | Find the father |
| John MCFARLANE | 23 August 1865 | Catherine MCFARLANE | Father found |
| William PURVIS | 14 November 1862 | Elizabeth PURVIS | Find the father |
| James RAE | 21 January 1857 | Eliza RAE | Find the father |
| Alexander SIMPSON | 17 April 1874 | Margaret SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Thomas STUART | 26 September 1862 | Grace STUART | Find the father |
| Mary TAIT | 14 August 1864 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Agnes TENNANT | 12 December 1864 | Ann TENNANT | Find the father |
| Agnes TENNANT | 18 July 1873 | Janet TENNANT | Father found |
| Ann TENNANT | 27 August 1861 | Agnes TENNANT | Find the father |
| George TERNENT | 5 November 1863 | Mary TERNENT | Find the father |
| Isabel TERNENT | 30 September 1859 | Mary TERNENT | Find the father |
| Robert TERNENT | 5 November 1868 | Mary TERNENT | Find the father |
| John THOMSON | 30 December 1873 | Agnes THOMSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth TROTTER | 2 April 1863 | Janet TROTTER | Father found |
| George WOOD | 2 July 1866 | Agnes WOOD | Find the father |
| John WOOD | 13 January 1858 | Agnes WOOD | Find the father |
| George WRIGHT | 14 August 1859 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| Henry WRIGHT | 24 December 1873 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| James WRIGHT | 10 October 1861 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| John WRIGHT | 16 January 1871 | Mary WRIGHT | Find the father |
| William WRIGHT | 2 November 1865 | Mary WRIGHT | Find 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John | Purves | joiner | Mellowleis | |
| George | Yule | joiner | Mellowleis | |
| John | Yule | joiner | Mellowleis | |
| Alexander | Hislop | joiner | Mellowleis | |
| Andrew | Hislop | farmer | Mellowleis | |
| Andrew | Robison | farmer | Blinkbonny | |
| William | Henrie | labourer | Blinkbonny | |
| William | Hume | hind | Blinkbonny | |
| John | Thomson | hind | Blinkbonny | |
| William | Steel | hind | Blinkbonny | |
| Thomas | Trotter | farmer | Whitehill | |
| John | Hume | hind | Whitehill | |
| Robert | Aicken | cotter | Whitehill | |
| James | Thomson | hind | Whitehill | |
| Joseph | Steel | cotter | Cakemuir | |
| James | Brough | farmer | Cakemuir | |
| Robert | Weatherstone | cotter | Nenthorn | |
| Robert | Young | hind | Burnbrae | |
| John | Davidson | parochial schoolmaster and elder | ||
| William | Scott | farmer | Courthill | |
| John | Black | farm steward | Courthill | |
| George | Redpath | hind | Courthill | |
| John | Ballantyne | hedger | Courthill | record deleted; possibly added in error as next record has same name, but different address |
| John | Ballantyne | hedger | Harrietfield | |
| John | Graden | cotter | Harrietfield | |
| Thomas | Carruthers | farm steward | Harrietfield | |
| Alexr | Ramsay | hind | Harrietfield | |
| John | Gan | labourer | Harrietfield | |
| David | Ormiston | hind | Harrietfield | |
| Andrew | Mather | joiner | Newton Don | |
| Thomas | Mill | labourer | Newton Don | |
| Peter | Johnstone | farmer | Girrick | |
| George | Richardson | labourer | Girrick | |
| James | Dodds | labourer | Girrick | |
| James | Rutherford | hind | Girrick | |
| George | Forbes | hind | Girrick | |
| John | Davidson | joiner | Blinkbonny | |
| John | Henrie | shepherd | Blinkbonny | |
| Henry | Lermont | hind | Girrick |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Peter | Johnston | Girrick | ||
| Henry | Lermont | Girrick | ||
| Samuel | Rutherford | Girrick | ||
| Thomas | Trotter | Whitehill | ||
| William | Harvie | Whitehill | ||
| Robert | Lamb | Whitehill | ||
| Robert | Inglis | Whitehill | ||
| Andrew | Hislop | Mellowleis | ||
| Alexr | Hislop | Mellowleis | ||
| John | Yule | Mellowleis | ||
| William | Atchison | Mellowleis | ||
| George | Yule | Mellowleis | ||
| John | Purves | Mellowleis | ||
| William | Brown | Sneep | ||
| James | Newton | Sneep | ||
| Andrew | Robison | Blinkbonny | ||
| John | Thomson | Blinkbonny | ||
| Robert | Trotter | Blinkbonny | ||
| John | Henrie | Blinkbonny | ||
| John | Davidson | Blinkbonny | ||
| John | Brown | Cakemuir | ||
| John | Davidson | schoolmaster | Cakemuir | |
| Robert | Weatherstone | Village | ||
| Robert | Young | Burnbrae | ||
| Alexr | Gray | Burnbrae | ||
| William | Scott | Courthill | ||
| John | Black | Courthill | ||
| George | Redpath | Courthill | ||
| Andrew | Mather | Newton | ||
| Thomas | Mill | Newton | ||
| David | Hope | Newton | ||
| David | Ormston | Harrietfield | ||
| Thomas | Carruthers | Harrietfield | ||
| Robert | Robson | Harrietfield | ||
| John | Graden | Harrietfield | ||
| Alexr | Simpson | Harrietfield | ||
| George | Trotter | Harrietfield | ||
| Alexr | Whitelaw | Tollhouse | ||
| James | Younger | Nenthorn House |
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.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
