Records -> Midlothian
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
Newton 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.
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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/283/5 | Minutes | 1763-1800 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/6 | Minutes comprises two minute books stitched into one cover and that on Virtual Volumes the later minute book appears first | 1800-1838 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/7 | Minutes | 1839-1862 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/8 | Minutes | 1862-1885 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/11 | Accounts collections | 1705-1744 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/14 | Accounts | 1769-1781 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/15 | Accounts | 1781-1798 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/16 | Accounts | 1790-1805 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/17 | Accounts | 1798-1812 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/18 | Accounts | 1798-1812 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/19 | Testimonials and accounts testimonials 1727-1753, accounts 1750-1780 | 1727-1780 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/20 | Minutes | 1885-1934 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/21 | Baptismal register | 1855-1884 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/22 | Baptismal register | 1884-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/23 | Proclamation register | 1855-1920 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/24 | Communion roll | 1833-1866 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/25 | Communion roll | 1869-1876 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/26 | Communion roll | 1877-1897 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/27 | Communion roll | 1898-1914 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/28 | Electoral roll | 1897 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/29 | Parochial and missionary association cash book | 1864-1885 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/30 | Poor's fund: minutes Includes poor roll 1816-1829 | 1831-1859 | Request lookup |
| CH2/283/31 | Poor's fund: accounts | 1812-1830 | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widow Janet ADAM or MILLER | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Dorotha ADAMS | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Agnes BARR | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Agnes BARR or BLYTH | 1868 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes BARR or BLYTH | 1870 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow BLYTH | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Charles BLYTH | Redrow | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Margaret BROWN or HOGGART | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Peter BROWN | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Christian CHEYNE | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Mary CHEYNE | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth CRAIG | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Agnes FERGUSSON or WATT | Danderhall | 1845 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Catherine FERME | 1857 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow GIBSON | Toddhills Libberton | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
| Widow Janet HUNTER or BAPTIE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George JACK | 1867 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Agnes KING | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Clementina LOCH or PORTEOUS | 1855 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Thomas MCCABE | 1878 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John MILLER | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Eliz MORRISON or KING | 1864 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Euphemia NELSON | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Mary PACE or DURIE | 1880-1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Andrew PHILIPS | 1880-1881 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Sarah PHILLIPS | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow PORTEOUS or JAMESON | 1848 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Isabella ROBERTSON or ERICKSON | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| John ROBERTSON | 1860 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow ROSS | 1849 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Mary SHYNE | 1851 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| James SOMERVILLE | 1858 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James SOMERVILLE | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Isabella TAIT or SMEATON | 1853 (6) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow Jennet TAIT or FLOCKHART | 1883 (1) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
| Widow A YOUNG | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh Adams ADAMS | 18 June 1856 | Dorotha ADAMS | Find the father |
| James ADAMS | 21 February 1860 | Dorothea ADAMS | Find the father |
| Alison BAIRD | 17 October 1857 | Isabella BAIRD | Find the father |
| Alison BAIRD | 25 August 1861 | Isabella BAIRD | Find the father |
| Christian Brown BAIRD | 1 June 1856 | Margaret BAIRD | Find the father |
| Charles CAMPBELL | 7 March 1867 | Christina CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Joan CAMPBELL | 23 October 1863 | Christina CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Margaret CLEGHORN | 20 August 1867 | Mary CLEGHORN | Find the father |
| William CLEGHORN | 8 May 1866 | Marion CLEGHORN | Father found |
| David DUNLOP | 4 March 1861 | Marion DUNLOP | Find the father |
| Jane FOSTER | 23 February 1864 | Mary FOSTER | Find the father |
| Thomas GILBERT | 18 February 1864 | Isabella GILBERT | Find the father |
| Agnes Christina GILLON | 7 September 1865 | Ann GILLON | Find the father |
| Henry GIRVAN | 13 January 1860 | Janet GIRVAN | Find the father |
| Hugh GIRVAN | 24 December 1857 | Grace GIRVAN | Find the father |
| Alexander GLASGOW | 29 January 1862 | Isabella GLASGOW | Find the father |
| Margaret HANNAN | 24 January 1864 | Elizabeth HANNAN | Find the father |
| Thomas HANNAN | 19 December 1856 | Isabella HANNAN | Find the father |
| William HENDERSON | 8 October 1867 | Jane HENDERSON | Find the father |
| Janet INGLIS | 2 October 1863 | Catherine INGLIS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Young KERR | 15 May 1856 | Mary KERR | Find the father |
| Janet Inglis KING | 29 December 1865 | Janet KING | Find the father |
| David MCDONALD | 4 September 1864 | Isabella MCDONALD | Find the father |
| William MILLER | 31 December 1856 | Janet MILLER | Find the father |
| Peter NISBET | 18 July 1869 | Jane NISBET | Father found |
| John NOTMAN | 28 July 1866 | Christina NOTMAN | Find the father |
| David PEARSON | 17 August 1859 | Rachel PEARSON | Find the father |
| Robert SLIGHT | 20 March 1859 | Mary SLIGHT | Find the father |
| Catherine SMITH | 29 June 1855 | Jane SMITH | Find the father |
| John SYMINGTON | 5 August 1863 | Martha SYMINGTON | Find the father |
| Jane WATSON | 27 October 1858 | Elizabeth WATSON | Find the father |
| George WATT | 30 August 1866 | Jane WATT | Father found |
| Jessie Ann WILSON | 24 September 1866 | Margaret WILSON | 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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James | Peacock | Redrow | + beside name | |
| John | Mitchell | Redrow | + beside name | |
| Hugh | Campbell | Redrow | ||
| John | Scott | Redrow | ||
| William | Wilson | Redrow | + beside name | |
| John | Nicolson | Adamsrow | ||
| John | Millar | Adamsrow And Squaretown | + beside name | |
| Henry | Wright | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| George | Mcniel | Adamsrow And Squaretown | + beside name | |
| James | King | Adamsrow And Squaretown | + beside name | |
| David | Craig | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Alexander | Brown | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Charles | Millar | Claybarns | ||
| William | Shaw | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Archibald | Niel | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Daniel | Stewart | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Thomas | Stewart | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Hugh | Adam | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Thomas | Ross | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| William | Reid | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| George | Bennet | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| James | Reid | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Thomas | Dunlop | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| William | Reid | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Abram | Reid | Redrow | ||
| Hugh | Adam | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| James | Meikle | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| Andrew | Archibald | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| William | Brown | Adamsrow And Squaretown | ||
| William | Nicol | Newton And Newton Entry | ||
| John | Fergusson | Newton And Newton Entry | ||
| David | Hope | Newton And Newton Entry | ||
| David | Kinnear | Newton And Newton Entry | ||
| John | Bell | Newton Old Engine | ||
| George | Mcgill | Backdean | ||
| David | Philip | Newton Old Engine | ||
| Alexander | Wightman | Newton Old Engine | ||
| William | Lyon | Newton Old Engine | ||
| John | Banks | Newton New Engine | ||
| Francis | Wise | Newton New Engine | + beside name | |
| George | Murdoch | Newton New Engine | ||
| Andrew | Bernard | Millerhill | + beside name | |
| John | Nelson | Millerhill | ||
| Thomas | Millar | Millerhill | ||
| David | Ross | Millerhill | ||
| James | Porteous | Millerhill | ||
| James | Brown | Millerhill | ||
| Peter | Jack | Millerhill | + beside name | |
| George | Easton | Millerhill | + beside name | |
| William | Logan | Millerhill | ||
| William | Wright | Millerhill | ||
| James | Moffat | Millerhill | ||
| Bernard | Young | Millerhill | + beside name | |
| John | Reid | Millerhill | ||
| James | Brown | Millerhill | ||
| Adam | Jack | Millerhill | ||
| Peter | Brown | Millerhill | ||
| Robert | Shaw | Millerhill | ||
| John | Marshall | Millerhill | + beside name | |
| John | Baigrie | Millerhill | ||
| William | Porteous | Longthorn | ||
| David | Walker | Wester Millerhill | ||
| William | Laing | Wester Millerhill | + beside name | |
| Peter | Rankine | Wester Millerhill | + beside name | |
| David | Brown | Wester Millerhill | ||
| John | Tait | Wester Millerhill | ||
| David | Heriot | Wester Millerhill | ||
| James | Denny | Sheriffhall Mains | ||
| David | Bell | Sheriffhall Mains | ||
| William | Wilson | Sheriffhall Mains | ||
| Alexander | Robertson | Sheriffhall Mains | + beside name | |
| George | Seton | Sheriffhall Mains | ||
| James | Paxton | Sheriffhall Engine | ||
| William | Warden | Sheriffhall Engine | ||
| John | Warden | Sheriffhall Engine | ||
| Thomas | Turner | Sheriffhall Engine | ||
| William | Fraser | Sheriffhall | + beside name | |
| Gordon | Peacock | Sheriffhall | ||
| John | Wilson | Sheriffhall | + beside name | |
| John | Young | Sheriffhall | ||
| Peter | Low | Claybarns | ||
| Robert | Fleming | Claybarns | ||
| Alexander | King | Claybarns | ||
| Peter | Cumming | Claybarns | ||
| John | Bennet | Claybarns | ||
| James | Hood | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| John | Johnston | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| William | Moffat | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| William | Jamieson | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| Thomas | Wilson | Claybarns | ||
| Peter | Galloway | Claybarns | ||
| James | Philip | Claybarns | ||
| Daniel | Stewart | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| Thomas | Stewart | Claybarns | ||
| James | Cumming | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| Peter | Brown | Claybarns | ||
| Charles | Blyth | Claybarns | ||
| Nicol | Smith | Claybarns | ||
| Walter | Reid | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| Thomas | Hood | Claybarns | + beside name | |
| Robert | Laing | Campend | ||
| R | Meikle | Newton Schoolhouse | Record deleted | |
| William | Eckford | Woolmet Mains | ||
| Alexander | Wallace | Millerhill West | ||
| James | Fleming | Claybarns | ||
| Charles | Blyth | Kirktown | + beside name | |
| Robert | Wilson | Danderhall | ||
| Thomas | Gilchrist | Danderhall | Added later | |
| Robert | Robertson | Woolmet | ||
| James | Watt | Woolmet | + beside name | |
| George | Ferguson | Woolmet | Address changed to Pentecox then Craigour | |
| Peter | Thomson | Woolmet | ||
| William | Porteous | Edmonstone | ||
| Thomas | Clephane | Edmonstone | ||
| John | Aitken | Edmonstone | ||
| David | Lock | Edmonstone | ||
| Ramsay | Hunter | Edmonstone | ||
| Alexander | Brown | Edmonstone | ||
| Robert | Wilson | Edmonstone | + beside name | |
| George | Bailie | Edmonstone | ||
| Alexander | Black | Edmonstone | ||
| Thomas | Wright | Edmonstone | ||
| David | Sym | Edmonstone | ||
| John | Wauchope | Edmonstone House | ||
| George | Aitken | Edmonstone House | ||
| John | Mcnaughton | Edmonstone House | ||
| John | Carlisle | Edmonstone House | ||
| George | Glasgow | Edmonstone House | ||
| David | Collier | Smithy Green | ||
| John | Young | Smithy Green | ||
| John | Douglas | Craigover | ||
| Thomas | Pringle | Little France | + beside name | |
| William | Bowers | Little France | ||
| John | Ronaldson | Bells Law | ||
| John | Hutchison | Hilltown | ||
| John | Stevenson | Cauldcoats | ||
| Walter | Gibson | Cauldcoats | ||
| Alexander | Thomson | Cauldcoats | ||
| Thomas | Aitchison | Bankfield | + beside name | |
| Thomas | Brown | Bankfield | ||
| William | Lyon | Bankfield | + beside name | |
| John | Newlands | Wisp | + beside name | |
| Robert | Dixon | Wisp | ||
| Alexander | Laing | Shawfair | ||
| James | Hannan | Backdean | ||
| Robert | Bowie | Backdean | ||
| Abram | Loch | Backdean | ||
| David | Boe | Backdean | ||
| David | Bee | Sheriffhall Engine | Not a member of the congregation | |
| Alexander | Whytock | Campend | Not a member of the congregation | |
| Thomas | Gilchrist | Danderhall | Not a member of the congregation | |
| George | Scott | Woolmet | Not a member of the congregation | |
| James | Scott | Woolmet | Not a member of the congregation | |
| George | Seton | Edmonstone Mains | Not a member of the congregation | |
| John | Blair | Penticox | Not a member of the congregation | |
| John | Henderson | Penticox | Not a member of the congregation | |
| David | Hood | Claybarns | Not a member of the congregation | |
| John | Dalgleish | Penticox | Not a member of the congregation | |
| John | Lindsay | Wisp | Not a member of the congregation | |
| Alexander | Pringle | Edmonstone | Married and member of the congregation but resides in the house of father-in-law | |
| James | Greig | Edmonstone | Married and member of the congregation but resides in the house of father-in-law | |
| Alexander | Stenhouse | Whitehill Mains | Member of congregation but resides in parish of Inveresk | |
| Laurence | Lyon | Whitehill Mains | Member of congregation but resides in parish of Inveresk | |
| Andrew | Martin | Whitehill Mains | Member of congregation but resides in parish of Inveresk |
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.
