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​Oathlaw parish records

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Kirk Sessions Index – Free extracts from Kirk Session records

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​​​​​​​​​​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.

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Reference Title Dates Buy
CH2/287/2Minutes 1741-1751
Proclamation 1841
(Mostly cash)		1741-1841Request lookup
CH2/287/5Minutes and accounts1780-1795Request lookup
CH2/287/6Minutes
(With accounts)		1796-1840Request lookup
CH2/287/7Book of Discipline
(Inc. communion roll, 1849-1859)		1808-1860Request lookup
CH2/287/8Minutes 1860-1910
Communion rolls 1860-80		1860-1910Request lookup
CH2/287/9Cash book 1840-1906
Minutes 1844-1869		1840-1906Request lookup
CH2/287/11Proclamation register1880-1934Request lookup
CH2/287/13Communion roll1897-1937Request lookup
CH2/287/14Interment register1675-1921Request lookup

List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874

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Agnes BURNESS15 April 1863Mary Jane BURNESSFind the father
James DAVIDSON1 March 1855Jessie DAVIDSONFind the father
David EDGAR8 April 1860Elizabeth EDGARFind the father
Isabella GRAY23 December 1870Isabella GRAYFind the father
Alexander HAY9 August 1859Lillias HAYFind the father
Alexina LINDSAY27 July 1863Jane LINDSAYFind the father
Grace LUNDIE29 March 1860Catherine LUNDIEFind the father
Charles MCDONALD19 June 1871Janet MCDONALDFind the father
William MITCHELL28 December 1860Isabella MITCHELLFind the father
David NICOLL13 January 1859Margaret NICOLLFind the father
Jannet NICOLL24 May 1857Jannet NICOLLFind the father
John NICOLL13 January 1859Margaret NICOLLFind the father
Lavina ORAM11 June 1872Cathrine ORAMFind the father
John Guthrie WALKER23 August 1870Jane WALKERFind the father
Williamina WALKER3 February 1866Jane WALKERFind the father
Jane Ann WHYTE30 November 1867Charlote WHYTEFind 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.

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/287/7 pp. 30-32)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
JamesGellatlygrieveHaughs Of Finhaven
RobertWilsonmill wrightHaughs Of Finhaven
RobertKerrfarm servantHaughs Of Finhaven
WilliamHendrycottagerHaughs Of Finhaven
JosephGallcottagerHaughs Of Finhaven
WilliamWhytecottagerHaughs Of Finhaven
JohnCallendercrofterOld Tollhouse
WilliamThomsonflax spinnerFinhaven Inn
DavidHilllabourerFinhaven Inn
WilliamHigginscottagerTannadice Lodge
PeterOgilvyfarm servantBogardo
DavidHillocksfarmerMill Of Finhaven
WilliamCautiongrieveMill Of Finhaven
WilliamWalkerfarm servantMill Of Finhaven
JamesMeldrummillerMill Of Finhaven
CharlesGordonflax spinnerMill Of Finhaven
WilliamDinnyflax spinnerMill Of Finhaven
AlexrYoungfarm servantEast Mains Of Finhaven
JohnStormontcottagerEast Mains Of Finhaven
WalterSimpsoncottagerOld Castle
GeorgeCrightonfarmer and elderWest Mains Of Finhaven
WilliamMenziesfarm servantWest Mains Of Finhaven
JamesOgilvyfarm servantWest Mains Of Finhaven
AlexanderWilliamsoncottagerWest Mains Of Finhaven
DavidRobbfarmerHillside
WilliamStewartwrightClatterhall
AlexrAdamblacksmithClatterhall
MosesKyddfarmerEast Oathlaw
WilliamMillfarm servantEast Oathlaw
WilliamSimpsonparochial teacherOathlaw
JamesMillerfarmerOathlaw
CharlesMilneground officerOathlaw
CharlesMillshoemakerOathlaw
CharlesRobbcrofterOathlaw
JamesJackcrofterOathlaw
DavidCraikcrofterOathlaw
WilliamBremnercottagerOathlaw
DavidRamsayKirk OfficerOathlaw
DavidRitchiefarmerOrdie
JamesWilsoncrofterOrdie
DavidKyddfarmerBogindollo
JohnSmithfarm servantBogindollo
GeorgePyottweaverBogindollo
AlexrHendryweaverBogindollo
JohnWilkietailorBogindollo
JamesWebsterfarmerParkford
JamesHendryfarm servantParkford
WilliamMcfarlanegrieveBirkenbush
GeorgeSmithfarm servantBirkenbush
DavidHendryfarm servantBirkenbush
JohnStevenfarm servantBirkenbushSurname recorded as Seven in error
CharlesCarnegiefarmer and elderBattledykes
WilliamHendrycottagerBattledykes
RobertSmithgrieveWolflaw
JohnWebsterfarmerMeadows
AndrewCookfarmer and elderBlairyfeddon
AlexrWilkiefarm servantBlairyfeddon
WilliamLanglandscottagerBlairyfeddon
JamesCouttsproprietorHorndammer
DavidRobbfarmerBognes

Male Heads of families 1835 (NRS Reference: CH2/287/7 pp. 34-35)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
RobertWilsonmill wrightHaughs Of Finhaven
RobertKerrfarm servantHaughs Of Finhaven
WilliamWhytecottagerHaughs Of Finhaven
JosephGallcottagerHaughs Of Finhaven
JohnCallendercrofterTollmuir Of Finhaven
WilliamThomsonflax spinnerTollmuir Of Finhaven
DavidHillmasonTollmuir Of Finhaven
WilliamHigginscottagerTannadice Lodge
DavidHillocksfarmerMills Of Finhaven
WilliamCautiongrieveMills Of Finhaven
WilliamWalkerfarm servantMills Of Finhaven
JamesMeldrummillerMills Of Finhaven
CharlesGordonflax spinnerMills Of Finhaven
ThomasGuthriefarmerEast Mains Of Finhaven
AlexanderYoungfarm servantEast Mains Of Finhaven
JohnStormontcottagerEast Mains Of Finhaven
WalterSimpsoncottagerEast Mains Of Finhaven
GeorgeCrightonfarmer and elderWest Mains Of Finhaven
WilliamMenziesfarm servantWest Mains Of Finhaven
AlexanderWilliamsoncottagerWest Mains Of Finhaven
DavidRobbfarmerHillside
WilliamStewartwrightClatterhall
AlexanderAdamblacksmithClatterhall
MosesKyddfarmerEast Oathlaw
WilliamMilnefarm servantEast Oathlaw
WilliamSimpsonparochial teacherOathlaw
JamesMillerfarmerOathlaw
CharlesMilneground officerOath
CharlesRobbcrofterOathlaw
JamesJackcrofterOathlaw
CharlesMilneshoemakerOathlaw
DavidCraikweaverOathlaw
WilliamBremnercottagerOathlaw
DavidRamsayKirk OfficerOathlaw
DavidRitchiefarmerOrdie
JamesWilsoncrofterOrdie
DavidKyddfarmerBogindollo
JohnSmithfarm servantBogindollo
GeorgePyottweaverBogindollo
AlexanderHendryweaverBogindollo
JohnWilkietailorBogindollo
JohnMilnefarm servantParkford
JamesWebsterfarmerParkford
DavidHendrycottagerParkford
JamesSmithfarmerBirkenbush
JamesGellatlygrieveBirkenbush
JohnStevenfarm servantBirkenbush
CharlesCarnegiefarmer and elderBattledykes
DavidAndersonfarm servantBattledykes
WilliamHendrycottagerBattledykes
RobertSmithgrieveWolflaw
AndrewCookfarmer and elderBlairyfeddon
JamesBarnettfarm servantBlairyfeddon
WilliamLanglandscottagerBlairyfeddon
JohnWebsterfarmerMeadows
JamesCouttsproprietorHorndammer
DavidRobbfarmerBognes

Kirk Session Records Index

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