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Records -> Ayrshire

Newton on Ayr 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.
We do not currently have any lookups available for this parish.


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:
  • £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)
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.

Poor law appeals
NameAddressYear(s)/
minutes
Order imagesDeliverance
Mary AITKEN 1856 (2)Order imagesRefused
Janet ANDERSON 1850 (1)Order imagesRefused
Janet ANDERSON 1854 (2)Order imagesRefused
Jessie ANDERSON Road Of Prestwick1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Sarah ANDERSON 1854 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William ANDREWS 1847 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John BARCLAY or SPEIRS 1863 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Joseph BAXTER 1848 (2)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
Widow Martha BAXTER 1856 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Rosanna BLANE or BELL 1883 (1)Order imagesRefused - if dissatisfied poorhouse
William BUCHANAN 1871 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Dennis DEARRIE 1859 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Catherine DINNON 1855 (3)Order imagesRefused
Robert ELLIOT Garden St Quivox1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Robert ELLIOT 1847 (2)Order imagesRefused
Robert ELLIOT 1849 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Jean FITZSIMMONS 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Donald GRANT 1864 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow Barbara GRIBBEN 1877 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Helen HANNAH 1858 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
John KERR 1859 (4)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Margaret LAWSON 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Lawrence LOVE 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Ann MCFEE or MCMILLAN 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Agnes MCGILL 1854 (2)Order imagesRefused
Widow John MCGILL 1856 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Mary MCGILL Dundonald1846 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Catherine MCLEAN 1870 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
James MCNEISH 1870 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Agnes MITCHELL or STEELE 1871 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John PATERSON Main Street Newton1846 (3)Order imagesRefused
Thomas QUIGLY 1849 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
William RAE 1864 (1)Order imagesRefused
Widow Mary SANDS 1858 (2)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow SCOBIE or GEMMELL 1860 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mrs Agnes SCOTT 1855 (1)Order imagesRefused
John SCOTT 1856 (1)Order imagesRefused
John SCOTT 1856 (3)Order imagesRefused
Janet SHAW 1855 (2)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Agnes SHIELDS or JAMIESON 1881 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Anthony STEWART 1869 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Widow Annie Eliza TAIT or GRANT 1881 (3)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Grace TAYLOR 1867 (1)Order imagesRefused
Jean TEMPLETON Green Street Lane Newton1847 (3)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Widow Catherine WELSH 1868 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)


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.

Sheriff Court Filiation and Aliment decrees
Mother name and residenceDefender nameChild birthOrderCourt
Margaret COOK or NEIL
Newton Moor, Newton on Ayr
George DICKIE30 Mar 1854Order nowAyr
SC6/7/11
Helen CUNNINGHAM
6 Allison Street, Newton-on-Ayr
William SPEIRS20 May 1881Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Mary CURRIE
Russell Street, Newton
Thomas EAGLESOME12 Apr 1879Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Margaret DINNING
Main St, Newton on Ayr
Thomas CORRENS26 May 1856Order nowAyr
SC6/7/10
Ann Campbell FISHER
62 York Street Lane, Newton-on-Ayr
William MITCHELL14 Jan 1880
62 York Street Lane, Newton-on-Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Mary FRASER
11 Peebles Street, Newton
William BRIGGS27 Jul 1881
Newton on Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Isabella GALT
Prestwick Road, Newton-on-Ayr
Michael MCKAY OR MACKAY7 Jun 1876Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Elizabeth GIBSON
52 Waggon Road, Newton on Ayr
William BROUGHTON8 Sep 1887
52 Waggon Road, Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Jessie HALL
Main St, Newton, Ayrshire
John STEVEN22 May 1854Order nowPerth
SC49/4/43
Margaret LAWSON
Russell St, Newton on Ayr
John MCILWRAITH2 Nov 1853Order nowAyr
SC6/7/9
Annie LEITCH
Shearers Row, Prestwick Road, Ayr
David HOOD13 Apr 1891
Shearers Row, Prestwick Road, Ayr
Order nowGlasgow
SC36/14/75
Agnes LOGAN
Newton on Ayr
John SMITH28 May 1853Order nowAyr
SC6/7/10
Jessie MACKINNON
Newton Green, Newton-on-Ayr
Thomas LAMB25 Feb 1876Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Agnes MARTIN
Main Street, Newton-on-Ayr
John MCBRIDE21 Nov 1875Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Margaret MCMILLAN
York Street Lane, Newton-on-Ayr
Andrew GRIBBEN26 Apr 1879
York Street Lane, Newton-on-Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Jemima MCRAE
33 York Street, Newton-on-Ayr
Robert SLOAN1 Dec 1877Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Jane MUIR
Main St, Newton on Ayr
William CUNNINGHAM13 Nov 1854Order nowAyr
SC6/7/10
Barbara NEWALL
66 Main Street, Newton-on-Ayr
James MCCREADIE23 May 1881
Wallacetown, Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/16
Cathrine NICHOL
Kilmarnock
formerly Newton-on-Ayr
William BROWN9 Oct 1853Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/3
Agnes NICOL
Saltfield Lane, Newton on Ayr
George BLACKWOOD16 Dec 1873
Newton on Ayr
Order nowEdinburgh
SC39/8/51
Elizabeth NICOL or WOOD
2 Main Street, Newton on Ayr
John GILPIN25 Dec 1880
28 Elba Street, Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Elizabeth QUAIT
Newton-on-Ayr
James COOPER24 Jul 1863Order nowKilmarnock
SC7/5/6
Grace RAE
Newton-on-Ayr
James DOYLE4 Aug 1876Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Mary SCOTT
50 Russell Street, Newton, Ayr
James CROSSAN26 Jul 1880
Russell Street, Newton, Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/17
Agnes SMITH
Shearers Row, Prestwick Road, Newton upon Ayr
John COWAN28 Apr 1885
Elba Street, Ayr
Order nowGlasgow
SC36/14/75
Jessie SMITH
Cross Street, Newton
Samuel DUNLOP28 Mar 1886
Cross Street, Newton
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/18
Mary SMITH
1 Peebles Street, Newton-on-Ayr
James BRYSON27 Sep 1877Order nowAyr
SC6/7/15
Annie STEWART or GIVENS
105 Main Street, Newton, Ayr
Robert Brown MACK6 Nov 1885
105 Main Street, Newton, Ayr
Order nowAyr
SC6/7/17


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.

We have not found any relevant records for this parish.


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.

No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish


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.


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    • Crown Counsel Procedure Books
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