Prestonpans records
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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
Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
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CH2/307/3 | Scroll minutes | 1722-1723 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/4 | Scroll minutes | 1772-1785 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/8 | Accounts | 1703-1712 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/10 | Accounts | 1744-1768 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/11 | Seat rents | 1781-1811 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/15 | Poor accounts | 1759-1769 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/19 | Testimonials 1727-1803 Testimonials 1847-1848 Testimonials give parish of origin and date of arrival in Prestonpans | 1727-1848 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/20 | Mortcloth book | 1788-1848 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/21 | Marriages 1855-1880 Baptisms 1851-1881 | 1851-1881 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/25 | Minutes | 1741-1895 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/26 | Minutes | 1895-1947 | Request lookup |
CH2/307/28 | Prestonpans Kirk Session - Excerpts and extracts from various registers and minutes Prestonpans baptisms 1597-1620, 1658-1737; Tranent baptisms 1611-1645; Edinburgh baptisms 1610-1627; East Kilbride baptisms 1688-1740 Prestonpans marriages 1595-1620, 1676-1852; Tranent marriages 1615-1644; Edinburgh marriages 1597-1641 Prestonpans minuttes 1601-1637 | 1597-1854 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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- £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 |
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Mary ARCHIBALD | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
David BROWN | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
Catherine CAMPBELL or ALLAN | 1855 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow CONNOR | 1882 (2) | Order images | Refused - if dissatisfied poorhouse | |
Widow Margaret KEDSLIE | 1860 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Ann LAUDER | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
Widow Ann MACKAY or ANDERSON | 1865 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
John MACKIE | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
Samuel MCKINLAY | Musselburgh | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused |
John MCLEOD | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
Widow Elizabeth PETRIE or CROMBIE | 1851-1852 (1) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
Widow Susan RITCHIE or CONNOR | 1882-1883 (3) | Order images | Refused | |
Widow Marion SMITH or BAXTER | 1861 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
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Agnes ANDERSON or PEDEN Kennie's Land, Prestonpans | James CUNNINGHAM | 15 Dec 1886 Prestonpans | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
Charlotte EDMOND Prestonpans | Ramsay BANKS | 7 May 1855 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
Jessie JOHNSTON Cuthill, Prestonpans | James EDINGTON | 5 May 1879 Prestonpans | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
Margaret KEDZLIE Prestonpans | William MORTON | 27 Jul 1859 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
Catherine MILLER 6 Middle Street, Cuthill, Prestonpans | George DUDGEON | 6 Jan 1890 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
Agnes STEVENSON Davie's Land, Prestonpans | George THOMSON | 24 Mar 1900 Prestonpans | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Name | Date of birth | School | Year | Order record |
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Mary A COCKBURN | 25 Jul 1891 | Prestonpans Public School | 1908 | Order now |
Adam PRENTICE | 30 Aug 1893 | Prestonpans Public School | 1908 | Order now |
Agnes M THOMSON | 17 Jun 1891 | Prestonpans Public School | 1908 | Order now |
Agnes M THOMSON | 17 Jun 1891 | Prestonpans Public School | 1909 | Order now |
Harold S WALLACE | 29 Nov 1892 | Prestonpans Public School | 1908 | Order now |
Helen WRIGHT | 22 Jul 1891 | Prestonpans Public School | 1908 | Order now |
Helen WRIGHT | 22 Jul 1891 | Prestonpans Public School | 1910 | Order now |
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
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Peter ALLAN | 6 March 1862 | Isabella ALLAN | Find the father |
Margaret ARCHIBALD | 18 November 1866 | Cathrine ARCHIBALD | Find the father |
Adam BAILLIE | 18 August 1864 | Agnes BAILLIE | Find the father |
Alexander Simson BAILLIE | 14 March 1859 | Elizabeth BAILLIE | Find the father |
George Simson BAILLIE | 14 March 1859 | Elizabeth BAILLIE | Find the father |
Jane BAXTER | 2 March 1863 | Isabella Finlay BAXTER | Find the father |
John BAXTER | 18 November 1873 | Elizabeth BAXTER | Find the father |
William BROADFOOT | 2 January 1870 | Isabella BROADFOOT | Find the father |
Mary Jane BROWN | 6 October 1858 | Agnes BROWN | Find the father |
John BRYSON | 25 May 1867 | Margaret BRYSON | Find the father |
Daniel Thomson BUCHANAN | 10 September 1871 | Margaret Paterson BUCHANAN | Find the father |
Peter COOL | 20 January 1873 | Roy COOL | Find the father |
Alison CUNNINGHAM | 15 March 1858 | Elizabeth CUNNINGHAM | Find the father |
James DEWAR | 20 April 1856 | Esther BLAIR | Find the father |
Janet Brown DICKSON | 26 November 1871 | Jessie DICKSON | Find the father |
Margaret Flint EDINGTON | 8 December 1870 | Janet EDINGTON | Find the father |
Ann EDMOND | 8 January 1868 | Ann EDMOND | Find the father |
John EDMOND | 2 June 1870 | Ann EDMOND | Find the father |
Janet Murray FORSTER | 17 October 1857 | Frances FORSTER | Father found |
Alexander FOSTER | 27 May 1860 | Fanny FOSTER | Father found |
Thomas James GALBRAITH | 8 October 1865 | Jessie GALBRAITH | Find the father |
Charlot GOURLEY | 16 July 1866 | Isabella GOURLEY | Find the father |
James GOURLEY | 15 December 1868 | Isabell GOURLEY | Find the father |
Helen Brooms GRANDISON | 15 December 1857 | Margaret GRANDISON | Find the father |
Mary Anne GRAY | 12 January 1873 | Agnes GRAY | Find the father |
Jessie Mcleod Leslie GREEN | 21 September 1869 | Agnes Harriet GREEN | Find the father |
Walter GREIG | 17 November 1866 | Christina GREIG | Find the father |
Elizabeth HUNTER | 10 February 1868 | Helen HUNTER | Find the father |
Lillias HUNTER | 30 August 1861 | Margaret HUNTER | Find the father |
Mathew HUNTER | 20 October 1865 | Mary HUNTER | Find the father |
Euphemia INGILS | 28 May 1861 | Euphemia INGILS | Find the father |
John INGLIS | 5 January 1874 | Cathrine INGLIS | Find the father |
Peter JOHNSTON | 24 February 1862 | Helen JOHNSTON | Find the father |
John KEDZLIE | 17 August 1859 | Margaret KEDZLIE | Find the father |
Mary KEDZLIE | 2 December 1856 | Margaret KEDZLIE | Find the father |
Helen Goodal Grant KNOWLES | 6 August 1873 | Margaret KNOWLES | Find the father |
Charlote Mackay MACKAY | 20 May 1871 | Margaret MACKAY | Find the father |
Isabella Copland MACKENZIE | 29 August 1874 | Ann MACKENZIE | Find the father |
Alexander MARR | 15 September 1866 | Margaret MARR | Find the father |
George Ritchie MARR | 1 January 1866 | Margaret MARR | Find the father |
Helen Dickson MARR | 10 May 1870 | Helen MARR | Find the father |
James MAY | 25 July 1869 | Elizabeth MAY | Find the father |
Isabella MCCLEOD | 6 April 1861 | Susan MCCLEOD | Find the father |
George Shaw MCKENZIE | 15 March 1874 | Isabella MCKENZIE | Find the father |
Margaret Craig MCKINLAY | 5 October 1871 | Jane MCKINLAY | Find the father |
Ann MCLEOD | 14 January 1860 | Margaret MCLEOD | Find the father |
James MCLEOD | 27 November 1856 | Margaret MCLEOD | Find the father |
John MCLEOD | 27 December 1856 | Susan MCLEOD | Find the father |
Robert MILLAR | 24 July 1865 | Elizabeth MILLAR | Find the father |
Mary Mack MOODIE | 1 August 1858 | Catherine MOODIE | Find the father |
Jessie Marion Margaret Eliza ORMISTON | 7 December 1866 | Margaret ORMISTON | Find the father |
Christian Galloway PATERSON | 28 June 1857 | Agnes PATERSON | Find the father |
David Shaw PHILIP | 31 July 1873 | Jane PHILIP | Find the father |
Jane PHILIP | 6 December 1868 | Jane PHILIP | Find the father |
John PHILIP | 25 November 1865 | Jane PHILIP | Find the father |
Ann Cunningham POTTER | 22 August 1856 | Elizabeth POTTER | Find the father |
Elizabeth POTTER | 15 June 1861 | Elizabeth POTTER | Find the father |
William POTTOR | 9 July 1859 | Elizabeth POTTOR | Find the father |
Ann PRICE | 3 April 1873 | Isabella PRICE | Find the father |
Janet PRICE | 31 December 1871 | Margaret PRICE | Find the father |
John PRICE | 4 October 1866 | Margaret PRICE | Find the father |
Mary Ann PRICE | 17 May 1873 | Cathrine PRICE | Find the father |
Jane Robertson RAMSAY | 27 May 1869 | Susan RAMSAY | Find the father |
Francis Robert RICHARDSON | 17 December 1856 | Eliza RICHARDSON | Find the father |
Elizabeth RITCHIE | 9 November 1864 | Elizabeth RITCHIE | Find the father |
Janet RITCHIE | 17 June 1865 | Janet RITCHIE | Find the father |
Margaret RITCHIE | 11 June 1873 | Roy RITCHIE | Find the father |
Margaret RITCHIE | 22 March 1874 | Margaret RITCHIE | Find the father |
James ROBERTSON | 22 June 1860 | Christian ROBERTSON | Find the father |
Margaret Burns ROBERTSON | 8 September 1868 | Sarah ROBERTSON | Find the father |
Elizabeth Smith SHAW | 18 February 1867 | Maria SHAW | Find the father |
John SMITH | 22 March 1874 | Elizabeth SMITH | Find the father |
Robert SMITH | 17 October 1861 | Rosan SMITH | Father found |
Robina STEEL | 14 March 1862 | Robina STEEL | Find the father |
William STEEL | 25 September 1868 | Robina STEEL | Find the father |
Agnes STEELE | 2 March 1858 | Robina STEELE | Find the father |
Andrew STEWART | 7 February 1863 | Mary STEWART | Find the father |
Marion STORRIE | 22 June 1863 | Helen STORRIE | Father found |
Dick TEMPLE | 24 September 1866 | Margaret TEMPLE | Find the father |
Janet TEMPLE | 5 March 1859 | Margaret TEMPLE | Find the father |
Angus THOMSON | 4 October 1871 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
James THOMSON | 29 December 1873 | Margaret THOMSON | Find the father |
John THOMSON | 23 December 1872 | Jane THOMSON | Find the father |
Mary THOMSON | 16 October 1863 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
Mary THOMSON | 6 February 1869 | Isabella THOMSON | Find the father |
Mary THOMSON | 12 April 1869 | Helen THOMSON | Find the father |
Mary Alexander Rennie THOMSON | 30 May 1873 | Janet THOMSON | Find the father |
Robert THOMSON | 5 March 1867 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
Isabella WHITECROSS | 22 January 1869 | Margaret WHITECROSS | Find the father |
James Smith YOUNG | 31 December 1855 | Catherine YOUNG | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
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ANDERSON or MCGOVERN, Robina housewife Born about 1876 Married Previous residence: Wemyss Terrace, East Wemyss Chargeable parish: Wemyss | Order images (4) | Fife District Asylum Haddington District Asylum | 1904-1910 | |
MCGOVERN or ANDERSON, Robina housewife Born about 1876 Married Previous residence: Wemyss Terrace, East Wemyss Chargeable parish: Wemyss | Order images (4) | Fife District Asylum Haddington District Asylum | 1904-1910 |
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
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John | Storrie | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
George | Broadfoot | 1st District | ||
Jonathan | Murray | 1st District | ||
James | Renton | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
John | Macdougald | 1st District | left by 1844 | |
John | Wilson | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
George | Clerk | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Thos | Goodfellow | 1st District | left by 1844 | |
Robert | Marr | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
William | Slight | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Wm Hay | Inglis | 1st District | dead or left by 1844 | |
John | Crombie | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Lauchlan | Macdougald | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Hugh | Ralston | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Richard | White | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
William | Gentle | surgeon | 1st District | dead by 1844 |
George | Hay | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Robert | Crombie | 1st District | ||
Robert | Cunningham | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
William | Ross | 1st District | ||
Thomas | Forbes | 1st District | ||
James | Cunningham | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
John | Henderson | 1st District | ||
David | Cunningham | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
John | Macalpine | 1st District | ||
Charles | Cunningham | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Alex | Forbes | 1st District | ||
William | Wright | 1st District | ||
William | Goodfellow | 1st District | away | |
John | Grieve | 1st District | ||
Peter | Whitecross | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Mathew | Smith | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
David | Thomson | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Thomas | Storrie | 1st District | ||
Alexr | Cairns | 1st District | ||
William | Inglis | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
Hugh | Forbes | 1st District | away by 1844 | |
Walter | Blackie | 1st District | away by 1844 | |
James | Hood | 1st District | ||
John | Johnston | 1st District | ||
Peter | Johnston | 1st District | ||
James | Peacock | 1st District | ||
Jas | Allan | 1st District | dead by 1844 | |
James | Cunning | 1st District | ||
John | Mitchel | 1st District | ||
Robert | Cumming | 1st District | ||
George | Fortune | 1st District | ||
Alexr | Nauty | 1st District | away by 1844 | |
Joseph | Drysdale | 1st District | ||
John | Dounie | 1st District | ||
John | Fowler | elder | 1st District | dead by 1844 |
Robert | Hislop | elder | 1st District | |
Peter | Brown | distiller | 2nd District | left by 1844 |
Andrew | Hay | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
Robert | Whitecross | 2nd District | away by 1844 | |
Andw | Potter | 2nd District | ||
James | Richardson | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
Alex | Arnott | elder | 2nd District | left by 1844 |
James | Greig | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
William | Barr | 2nd District | left by 1844 | |
William | Law | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
Jas | Howieson | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
James | Bird | 2nd District | ||
Robert | Craig | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
Peter | Roger | 2nd District | annotation next to name unclear, possibly "away" | |
James | Anderson | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
Thomas | Greig | 2nd District | ||
Thomas | Macleod | 2nd District | ||
John | Nelson | 2nd District | ||
William | Broadfoot | 2nd District | ||
William | Daughtie | 2nd District | dead by 1844 | |
Alex | Spence | elder | 2nd District | dead by 1844 |
John | Montgomery | shoemaker | 3rd District | dead by 1844 |
James | Craik | innkeeper | 3rd District | left by 1844 |
Jonathan | Forster | potter | 3rd District | left by 1844 |
William | Hume | grocer | 3rd District | dead by 1844 |
William | Liberton | carter | 3rd District | dead by 1844 |
Willm | Fergusson | labourer | 3rd District | |
Robert | Forrest | potter | 3rd District | |
James | Nicol | potter | 3rd District | left by 1844 |
Willm | Thomson | potter | 3rd District | |
James | Livingstone | potter | 3rd District | |
James | Mair | sawyer | 3rd District | |
William | Hunter | pauper | 3rd District | |
J A | Forster | shop keeper | 3rd District | left by 1844 |
Adam | Burns | baker | 3rd District | dead by 1844 |
Alex | Young | carter | 3rd District | |
Andw | Ovans | carter | 3rd District | dead by 1844 |
Alex | Robertson | coalier | 3rd District | |
Andw | Hardie | blacksmith | 3rd District | |
John | Potter | labourer | 4th District | dead by 1844 |
James | Brown | vintner | 4th District | |
Alex | Glen | barber | 4th District | dead by 1844 |
John | Morrison | blacksmith | 4th District | |
Peter | Roger | carter | 4th District | |
Robert | Turnbull | merchant | 4th District | |
Wm | Alexander | flesher | 4th District | |
Wm | Roger | carter | 4th District | |
John | Ferguson | gardener | 4th District | |
David | Steedman | flesher | 4th District | |
John | Slight | labourer | 4th District | |
James | Fleeming | potter | 4th District | left by 1844 |
Alex | Brown | carter | 4th District | |
Robert | Turnbull | potter | 4th District | left by 1844 |
Geo | Brander | Excise Officer | 4th District | left by 1844 |
John | Kerr | teacher | 5th District | |
Thomas | Ireland | 5th District | left by 1844 | |
John | Goodall | 5th District | ||
John | Doughtie | 5th District | ||
James | Ritchie | 5th District | ||
Alex | Mackenzie | 5th District | ||
Hamilton | Watson | 5th District | dead by 1844 | |
John | Howieson | 5th District | ||
Walter | Merrilees | 5th District | ||
Thomas | Porteous | 5th District | dead by 1844 | |
George | Deans | 5th District | left by 1844 | |
Charles | Brydone | 5th District | left by 1844 | |
Crombie | Excise Officer | 5th District | left by 1844 | |
Wm | Rennie | 6th District | ||
Thomas | Renton | 6th District | dead by 1844 | |
Peter | Craig | 6th District | ||
George | Baxter | 6th District | ||
Thos | Frazer | 6th District | left by 1844 | |
James | Bathgate | 6th District | left by 1844 | |
Archibald | Greig | 6th District | ||
George | Craig | 6th District | ||
Thomas | Dobson | 6th District | ||
David | Livingstone | 6th District | ||
Archd | Grindy | 6th District | ||
Rennie | Archibald | 6th District | ||
George | Haigs | 6th District | ||
James | Law | 6th District | ||
Alex | Knox | 6th District | ||
Alexander | Miller | 6th District | left by 1844 | |
Wm | Kedzlie | 6th District | ||
James | Cunningham | 6th District | ||
John | Deans | 6th District | dead by 1844 | |
Richard | Clerk | 6th District | ||
Robert | Clerk | 6th District | ||
James | Kent | 6th District | left by 1844 | |
Robert | Laidlaw | elder | 7th District | dead by 1844 |
John | Pettecrew | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
John | Allan | shoemaker | 7th District | dead by 1844 |
Charles | Belfield | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
William | Steel | 7th District | ||
Alex | Chapman | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
George | Banks | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
Thomas | Dobson | 7th District | ||
Robert | Young | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
Thomas | Merrilees | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
Peter | Thomson | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
William | Baird | 7th District | dead by 1844 | |
James | Anderson | 7th District | ||
William | Wright | 7th District | ||
Cathcart | Brown | 7th District | ||
John | Taylor | gardener | Preston | left by 1844 |
Daniel | Macbride | S Hospital | Preston | left by 1844; occupation presumably Shaw's Hospital |
William | Wright | gardener | Preston | |
Willm | Paterson | soap manufacturer | Preston | left by 1844 |
George | Aitken | gardener | Preston | dead by 1844 |
David | Cunningham | labourer | Preston | dead by 1844 |
George | Greenfield | farmer | Preston | dead by 1844 |
Walter | Nicol | labourer | Preston | left by 1844 |
David | Ovans | gardener | Preston | |
Alex | Cumming | elder | Preston | |
Thos | Gordon | labourer | Preston | dead by 1844 |
George | Syme | of Northfield | Preston | |
John | Allan | labourer | Preston | |
John | Henderson | labourer | Preston | |
Wm | Renton | ploughman | Dolphingstone | |
Charles | White | ploughman | Dolphingstone | |
William | Gib | ploughman | Dolphingstone | |
Walter | Baillie | ploughman | Dolphingstone | |
John | Ross | shepherd | Dolphingstone | |
Thos | Gray | Dolphingstone | ||
John | Gray | gardener | Dolphingstone | dead by 1844 |
William | Aitcheson | of Drummore | Drummore | |
John | Scott | ploughman | Drummore | |
James | Liddel | ploughman | Drummore |
Kirk Session Records Index
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.