Newhills 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 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/280/2 | Minutes and accounts Includes accounts, with poor payments | 1716-1746 | Request lookup |
| CH2/280/3 | Minutes and accounts | 1751-1769 | Request lookup |
| CH2/280/4 | Minutes and accounts | 1819-1854 | Request lookup |
| CH2/280/6 | Accounts Includes poor payments | 1771-1822 | Request lookup |
| CH2/280/7 | Accounts Includes poor payments | 1823-1847 | Request lookup |
| CH2/280/8 | Baptisms | 1862-1921 | 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cath CAMPBELL or DUNCAN | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Catherine CAMPBELL or DUNCAN | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Catherine FORBES | 1867 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
| William KEITH | 1875 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Rebecca KNOWLES | 1878 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Charles MASSON | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Ann MILNE | 1872 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Rose Ann TRAVERS or LINDSAY | 1874 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Rose Ann TREVIS or LINDSAY | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mary Jane ABEL | 15 April 1869 | Elizabeth ABEL | Find the father |
| Alexander Mitchel ABERDEEN | 8 September 1870 | Barbara Margaret ABERDEEN | Find the father |
| Thomas AIKEN | 4 June 1868 | Margaret AIKEN | Find the father |
| Fredrick ALEXANDER | 6 June 1859 | Bridget ALEXANDER | Find the father |
| Alexandrina ALLAN | 12 November 1873 | Jessie ALLAN | Find the father |
| Arthur ALLAN | 23 June 1874 | Mary Allan Or JENKINS | Find the father |
| Betsy ALLAN | 16 May 1869 | Agnes ALLAN | Find the father |
| David ALLAN | 1 May 1870 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann ALLAN | 16 January 1873 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| Helen Jane ALLAN | 20 November 1871 | Jessie ALLAN | Find the father |
| James ALLAN | 9 November 1863 | Agnes ALLAN | Find the father |
| James ALLAN | 21 December 1872 | Elspit ALLAN | Find the father |
| John Youngson ALLAN | 19 April 1871 | Elspit ALLAN | Find the father |
| William Sang ALLAN | 20 September 1866 | Jane ALLAN | Find the father |
| Helen ANDERSON | 4 November 1862 | Mary ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Pyper ANDERSON | 26 July 1865 | Helen ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Matilda Agnes Jane Chambers ANDERSON | 14 July 1861 | Elizabeth ANDERSON | Find the father |
| Alexander Smith Brown ANDREW | 10 June 1869 | Ann ANDREW | Find the father |
| Barbara Margaret BENZIE | 21 October 1856 | Georgina BENZIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Sophia BINGS | 12 January 1858 | Elizabeth BINGS | Find the father |
| William BINGS | 29 May 1860 | Elisabeth BINGS | Find the father |
| William BLACK | 8 August 1871 | Agnes BLACK | Find the father |
| Agnes BOWMAN | 30 October 1869 | Agnes BOWMAN | Find the father |
| Sophia BOYLE | 27 March 1870 | Mary BOYLE | Find the father |
| Mary BRIDGEFORD | 18 March 1874 | Isabella BRIDGEFORD | Find the father |
| Jessie BROWN | 9 February 1870 | Sarah BROWN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CAMPBELL | 24 May 1863 | Jane CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Jane Buchan CAMPBELL | 21 August 1866 | Jane CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Alexander CHEYNE | 4 December 1859 | Margaret CHEYNE | Find the father |
| Ann CHEYNE | 16 January 1863 | Margaret CHEYNE | Find the father |
| Helen CHEYNE | 10 April 1865 | Agnes CHEYNE | Find the father |
| Isabella CHEYNE | 5 May 1857 | Margaret CHEYNE | Find the father |
| James CHEYNE | 21 June 1862 | Ann CHEYNE | Find the father |
| William Meston CHEYNE | 17 June 1866 | Margaret CHEYNE | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Neish CHRISTIE | 15 April 1870 | Catharine Gill CHRISTIE | Find the father |
| John William Harvey CLARK | 16 November 1873 | Hellen CLARK | Find the father |
| Betsy COUTTS | 6 August 1872 | Jane COUTTS | Find the father |
| Margaret Valentine CRAIG | 26 June 1858 | Mary CRAIG | Find the father |
| Alexander Ogg CRUICKSHANK | 9 August 1873 | Jane CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Christina CRUICKSHANK | 23 January 1871 | Jane CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Christina Ann CRUICKSHANK | 6 May 1866 | Ann CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| George CRUICKSHANK | 26 October 1859 | Mary CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| James Callow CRUICKSHANK | 15 November 1870 | Ann CRUICKSHANK | Find the father |
| Jessie Barclay CUMMINGS | 14 August 1865 | Mary Ann CUMMINGS | Find the father |
| William Barclay CUMMINGS | 3 August 1867 | Mary Ann CUMMINGS | Find the father |
| James DAVIDSON | 22 March 1874 | Jane DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Maria Walker DAVIDSON | 17 August 1864 | Mary DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| John DEY | 24 June 1866 | Jane DEY | Find the father |
| Alick DUNCAN | 6 June 1867 | Christina DUNCAN | Find the father |
| John DUNCAN | 22 July 1864 | Elizabeth DUNCAN | Find the father |
| William DUNCAN | 13 September 1868 | Ann DUNCAN | Find the father |
| Charlotte DUTHIE | 6 September 1861 | Jean DUTHIE | Find the father |
| Walter Morris EDWARDS | 18 April 1871 | Christian EDWARDS | Find the father |
| William EDWARDS | 3 July 1860 | Margaret EDWARDS | Find the father |
| William Grant EDWARDS | 12 June 1873 | Christian EDWARDS | Find the father |
| Georgina ESSON | 15 April 1867 | Hellen ESSON | Find the father |
| Alexander EWEN | 30 January 1874 | Elsy EWEN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Ann Spring FOWLER | 16 November 1873 | Isabella Sharp FOWLER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Duncan GAMMIE | 30 March 1873 | Agnes GAMMIE | Find the father |
| James GAVIN | 25 December 1857 | Elizabeth GAVIN | Find the father |
| Edward Grant GILL | 4 November 1871 | Grace Grant GILL | Find the father |
| Peter GILL | 31 August 1865 | Jessie GILL | Find the father |
| Isabella GLENNIE | 27 April 1865 | Isabella GLENNIE | Find the father |
| John GLENNIE | 3 June 1865 | Ann GLENNIE | Find the father |
| William GLENNIE | 25 April 1860 | Isobel GLENNIE | Find the father |
| Adam Garvie GORDON | 15 February 1872 | Jane GORDON | Find the father |
| Agnes Christison GORDON | 22 June 1861 | Mary GORDON | Find the father |
| Ann GORDON | 20 November 1871 | Jessie Forbes GORDON | Find the father |
| Ann GRANT | 29 January 1863 | Elspit GRANT | Find the father |
| Helen Duguid GRANT | 7 February 1872 | Isabella GRANT | Find the father |
| Isabella GRANT | 29 April 1855 | Isabella GRANT | Find the father |
| Robert GRANT | 3 July 1856 | May GRANT | Find the father |
| Ann GRAY | 28 April 1858 | Helen GRAY | Find the father |
| John GRAY | 29 August 1873 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Mary Abel GRAY | 14 July 1872 | Barbara GRAY | Find the father |
| Mc_Gregor GREIG | 29 February 1864 | Agnes GREIG | Find the father |
| William Abel GREIG | 27 November 1861 | Agnes GREIG | Find the father |
| Alexander HARPER | 1 August 1864 | Agnes Harper Or JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| Alexander Sutherland HORN | 19 May 1870 | Jessie HORN | Find the father |
| Jemima Ogg HORN | 24 March 1871 | Margaret HORN | Find the father |
| Charles Will INGRAM | 9 August 1871 | Helen INGRAM | Find the father |
| Helen JAMIESON | 5 January 1872 | Agnes JAMIESON | Find the father |
| James JAMIESON | 7 October 1863 | Ann JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Jane JAMIESON | 31 October 1870 | Ann JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Margaret JAMIESON | 9 August 1874 | Margaret JAMIESON | Find the father |
| Mary JOHNSTON | 1 February 1869 | Williamina JOHNSTON | Find the father |
| John JOLLY | 10 October 1858 | Helen Norrie JOLLY | Find the father |
| Margaret JOLLY | 1 February 1858 | Margaret JOLLY | Find the father |
| Andrew KEMP | 20 October 1872 | Ann KEMP | Find the father |
| Joan Agnes KEMP | 18 December 1866 | Margaret KEMP | Find the father |
| Maria KEMP | 18 December 1866 | Margaret KEMP | Find the father |
| George Guild KNOWLES | 5 January 1869 | Elizabeth KNOWLES | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Walker LAWSON | 31 October 1874 | Jane LAWSON | Find the father |
| William LEIPER | 13 June 1868 | Elizabeth LEIPER | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Innes LOW | 26 October 1865 | Elisabeth LOW | Find the father |
| John LOW | 14 May 1856 | Jessie LOW | Find the father |
| Hughanna Jane MACKENZIE | 28 August 1867 | Ann MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| Isabella MACKENZIE | 21 May 1857 | Robina MACKENZIE | Find the father |
| James Marnock MARNOCK | 28 March 1869 | Jane MARNOCK | Find the father |
| Ann Brown MARSHALL | 17 February 1871 | Mary MARSHALL | Find the father |
| Alexander MASSON | 28 January 1859 | Elizabeth MASSON | Find the father |
| Isabella MASSON | 12 May 1864 | Elizabeth MASSON | Find the father |
| Matilda MASSON | 28 January 1861 | Elizabeth MASSON | Find the father |
| Ann Dickie MATHIESON | 7 November 1870 | Mary MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Catharine Ann MATHIESON | 3 December 1870 | Agnes MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Mary Ann MAVOR | 4 January 1870 | Ann MAVOR | Find the father |
| Annabella MCDONALD | 19 June 1869 | Mary MCDONALD | Find the father |
| David Donald MCDONALD | 14 January 1874 | Ann MCDONALD | Find the father |
| Ann MCKENZIE | 19 April 1864 | Jane MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Jessie MCKENZIE | 17 August 1862 | Isabella MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| William MCKENZIE | 19 May 1861 | Jemima MCKENZIE | Find the father |
| Mary Jane MEARNS | 8 October 1863 | Mary MEARNS | Find the father |
| Sarah Ann MEARNS | 15 June 1859 | Mary MEARNS | Find the father |
| William Stuart MELDRUM | 26 January 1874 | Margaret MELDRUM | Find the father |
| Helen MICHIE | 2 December 1860 | Christian MICHIE | Find the father |
| Margaret Ann MILNE | 22 November 1864 | Ann MILNE | Find the father |
| Agnes MITCHELL | 27 February 1860 | Ann MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Isabella MITCHELL | 4 January 1858 | Barbara MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Helen MURRAY | 19 April 1874 | Jane MURRAY | Find the father |
| George NEISH | 29 June 1865 | Margaret NEISH | Find the father |
| Margaret NICHOLSON | 3 July 1863 | Jessie NICHOLSON | Find the father |
| Janet NICOLSON | 27 July 1859 | Janet NICOLSON | Find the father |
| Ann PHILIP | 29 May 1859 | Mary PHILIP | Find the father |
| Elizabeth PHILIP | 30 April 1868 | Ann PHILIP | Find the father |
| Isabella Smith PHILIP | 21 February 1866 | Ann PHILIP | Find the father |
| Jane Tough PHILIPS | 8 February 1874 | Mary Christie PHILIPS | Find the father |
| Mary Ann PHILLIPS | 20 December 1874 | Ann PHILLIPS | Find the father |
| Jessie RAE | 31 October 1867 | Rachael RAE | Find the father |
| Charles RATTRAY | 5 May 1870 | Helen RATTRAY | Find the father |
| Mary Jane REITH | 17 September 1864 | Helen REITH | Find the father |
| John RIRIE | 4 August 1869 | Elspit RIRIE | Find the father |
| Mary Ann RIRIE | 6 January 1859 | Sarah RIRIE | Find the father |
| William RIRIE | 12 January 1862 | Agnes RIRIE | Find the father |
| David RITCHIE | 15 January 1866 | Ann RITCHIE | Find the father |
| James RITCHIE | 7 January 1868 | Agnes RITCHIE | Find the father |
| William RITCHIE | 1 July 1864 | Agnes RITCHIE | Find the father |
| William Morris ROBB | 11 October 1872 | Mary Ann ROBB | Find the father |
| Agnes Jessie ROBBIE | 21 January 1861 | Agnes ROBBIE | Find the father |
| Helen ROBBIE | 27 November 1857 | Agnes ROBBIE | Find the father |
| James ROBBIE | 3 October 1863 | Agnes ROBBIE | Find the father |
| Mary ROBBIE | 22 October 1861 | Barbara ROBBIE | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 15 August 1870 | Elspet ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| William Law ROUGH | 16 November 1862 | Margaret Ramage ROUGH | Find the father |
| William SANGSTER | 28 August 1865 | Margaret SANGSTER | Find the father |
| Helen SCORGIE | 13 November 1858 | Henrietta SCORGIE | Find the father |
| George Jiels SCOTT | 22 May 1871 | Helen SCOTT | Find the father |
| John Jiels SCOTT | 22 May 1871 | Helen SCOTT | Find the father |
| Christina Watt SILVER | 28 February 1863 | Mary SILVER | Find the father |
| James SILVER | 11 April 1866 | Mary SILVER | Find the father |
| Jane SILVER | 30 June 1872 | Mary SILVER | Find the father |
| Mary SILVER | 10 October 1869 | Mary SILVER | Find the father |
| Francis Manuel SIMPSON | 10 October 1870 | Mary Ann SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Alexander SKINNER | 12 December 1855 | Mary SKINNER | Find the father |
| Alexander SMITH | 19 September 1868 | Catharine SMITH | Find the father |
| George SMITH | 23 September 1864 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| Jane SMITH | 23 April 1860 | Margaret Smith Or COWIE | Find the father |
| John SMITH | 24 August 1861 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| Margaret SMITH | 28 April 1861 | Margaret SMITH | Find the father |
| Robert SMITH | 24 February 1874 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 10 April 1859 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| William SMITH | 31 August 1860 | Mary SMITH | Find the father |
| James SOMERS | 3 April 1857 | Jean SOMERS | Find the father |
| Margaret STUART | 28 June 1874 | Mary STUART | Find the father |
| Mary STUART | 28 June 1874 | Mary STUART | Find the father |
| Isabel THOMSON | 19 February 1868 | Mary Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| Lillie Ann Gordon THOMSON | 24 June 1874 | Ann THOMSON | Find the father |
| Emily Ann TOPHAM | 18 November 1870 | Mary TOPHAM | Find the father |
| James Phillip TOPHAM | 26 January 1872 | Mary TOPHAM | Find the father |
| John TOUGH | 10 January 1865 | Jane TOUGH | Find the father |
| William WALKER | 23 August 1863 | Catharine Anna WALKER | Find the father |
| Isabella WATSON | 26 July 1871 | Isabella Watson Or BURGESS | Find the father |
| Isabella Cowie WILLIAMSON | 29 September 1860 | Catharine WILLIAMSON | Find the father |
| Christina Nielson WILSON | 2 September 1870 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| Eleanor WILSON | 16 October 1864 | Isabella Eleanor WILSON | Find the father |
| Frank WILSON | 7 July 1860 | Agnes WILSON | Find the father |
| Isabella WILSON | 16 August 1859 | Cathrine WILSON | Find the father |
| James Forrest WILSON | 26 November 1869 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Beatrice WRIGHT | 12 April 1868 | Margaret WRIGHT | Find the father |
| May YOUNG | 2 May 1864 | Agnes YOUNG | Find the father |
| William Low YOUNG | 30 January 1872 | Catharine YOUNG | Find the father |
| George YOUNGSON | 30 May 1867 | Annie YOUNGSON | Find the father |
| David YULE | 14 July 1874 | Jane YULE | Find the father |
| Robert YULE | 19 July 1861 | Mary Ann YULE | 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
