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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

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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
CH2/311/1Rerrick Kirk Session: Minutes (and other items)1751-1793Request lookup
CH2/311/3Rerrick Kirk Session: Rerrick Friendly Society: Minutes (with some accounts)
Minutes give new members ages and birthplaces		1812-1832Request lookup
CH2/311/4Rerrick Kirk Session: Cash
Friendly Society Cash book, includes subscriptions and payments made		1812-1885Request lookup
CH2/311/10Rerrick Kirk Session: Poor fund and minute book
1793-1830 - Accounts (Poor fund)
1793-1827 - Minutes		1793-1830Request lookup
CH2/311/11Rerrick Kirk Session: Minute book1827-1870Request lookup
CH2/311/13Rerrick Kirk Session: Poors' fund book1830-1846Request lookup
CH2/311/14Rerrick Kirk Session: Communion roll book1876-1901Request 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.

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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
Ann AFFLECK 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused - not in receipt of parochial relief
James BURNIE 1869 (1)Order imagesGround of complaint removed
Samuel CLARK 1849 (1)Order imagesRefused
Samuel CLARK 1852 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
David CULTON 1858 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
John HYSLOP 1870 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)
Mary LAIDLAW 1866 (1)Order imagesRefused (poorhouse)

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

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Child nameDate of birthMother nameOrder
James AGNEW28 January 1872Jane AGNEWFind the father
Jane AITKEN7 June 1863Mary AITKENFind the father
Elizabeth Smith BEATTIE15 November 1872Mary BEATTIEFind the father
Jane Currie BEATTIE19 October 1863Margaret BEATTIEFind the father
Janet Nisbet BEATTIE4 February 1867Margaret BEATTIEFind the father
Margaret Gilmour BEATTIE25 May 1869Margaret BEATTIEFind the father
Mary Margaret BELL15 July 1871Annie BELLFind the father
Georgina BRIGGS28 July 1874Barbara BRIGGSFind the father
Elizabeth Jane BROWN11 February 1863Margaret BROWNFind the father
Mary Jane BROWN1 April 1867Jane BROWNFind the father
Margaret Jane CALDOW21 April 1871Elizabeth CALDOWFind the father
Robert CALDOW12 October 1866Isabella CALDOWFind the father
David CARNOHAN16 September 1863Barbara CARNOHANFind the father
Mary Beattie CARNON24 February 1873Agnes CARNONFind the father
Marion CARSON31 December 1860Mary CARSONFind the father
Hugh Mccredie CARTER1 October 1868Margaret CARTERFind the father
Janet CARTER27 June 1857Barbara CARTERFind the father
Mary Howat Alexander CHISHAM3 November 1864Margaret CHISHAMFind the father
Robert Sproat CHISHOLM6 December 1872Jane CHISHOLMFind the father
Samuel CHISHOLM26 April 1865Helen CHISHOLMFind the father
William Edward CHISHOLM21 April 1871Margaret CHISHOLMFind the father
Anthony CLARK25 January 1870Agnes CLARKFind the father
Jane CLARK2 April 1870Susan CLARKFind the father
Janet CLARK15 July 1865Agnes CLARKFind the father
John CLARK18 December 1868Margaret CLARKFind the father
John CLARK27 May 1870Agnes CLARKFind the father
Robert CLARK21 February 1864Margaret CLARKFind the father
William CLINT2 April 1860Margaret CLINTFind the father
Ann CLOUNIE7 February 1857Isabella CLOUNIEFind the father
John COOK5 June 1858Helen COOKFind the father
Robert Stevenson COOK8 March 1872Jane COOKFind the father
Christopher CORRIE17 February 1873Jane CORRIEFind the father
David CORRIE21 June 1868Margaret CORRIEFind the father
Grace CORRIE28 August 1865Margaret CORRIEFind the father
Margaret CORRIE28 October 1872Margaret CORRIEFind the father
Robert CORRIE17 January 1872Mary CORRIEFind the father
Agnes COUTTS23 June 1868Mary COUTTSFind the father
James COUTTS10 April 1866Elisabeth COUTTSFind the father
Mary Jane CRAIK10 December 1866Mary CRAIKFind the father
Agnes CURRIE5 May 1868Mary CURRIEFind the father
Henrietta Burnett CURRIE16 November 1862Margaret CURRIEFind the father
Jane CURRIE15 March 1862Mary CURRIEFind the father
John CURRIE2 April 1858Mary CURRIEFind the father
John CURRIE3 December 1868Margaret CURRIEFind the father
William CURRIE28 March 1860Margaret CURRIEFind the father
Jessie Jane DUKE15 July 1864Jessie DUKEFind the father
John DUKE7 June 1868Jessie DUKEFind the father
William DUKE22 January 1872Janet DUKEFind the father
Charles EVANS10 November 1866Helen EVANSFind the father
John FERGUSSON27 May 1867Jane ARMSTRONGFind the father
Mary GIBSON30 October 1872Jane GIBSONFind the father
David James GREGGAN26 September 1866Mary GREGGANFind the father
James GREGGAN19 November 1872Helen GREGGANFind the father
Robert Harkness GREGGAN25 July 1874Jane GREGGANFind the father
Anthony GRIERSON5 June 1861Margaret GRIERSONFind the father
John HASTINGS1 August 1873Mary HASTINGSFind the father
Isabella Jane HENERY6 August 1867Mary HENERYFind the father
William HENRY31 January 1865Mary HENRYFind the father
John HERRIES23 August 1857Elizabeth HERRIESFind the father
Mary Agnes HERRIES7 September 1867Jessie HERRIESFind the father
Richard HERRIES29 November 1873Agnes HERRIESFind the father
William HERRIES21 October 1863Jessie HERRIESFind the father
Mary Agnes HEUGHAN28 March 1872Agnes HEUGHANFind the father
Robert HEUGHAN28 August 1872Jane HEUGHANFind the father
William Wightman HEUGHAN27 January 1868Agnes HEUGHANFind the father
James HYSLOP8 June 1863Mary HYSLOPFind the father
Jane HYSLOP21 April 1860Mary HYSLOPFind the father
William HYSLOP12 April 1859Ann HYSLOPFind the father
Christopher IRVING27 April 1871Agnes IRVINGFind the father
Agnes Jane KELLY10 July 1858Margaret KELLYFind the father
Agnes KERR9 December 1872Mary Ann KERRFind the father
Robert KERR30 August 1868Mary Ann KERRFind the father
John KIRK16 July 1860Margaret KIRKFind the father
John KIRK20 May 1867Marion KIRKFind the father
Willie Jemima Cowan KIRK4 April 1857Ann KIRKFind the father
Isabella LAWSON16 March 1869Margaret LAWSONFind the father
Jessie LAWSON30 November 1862Jessie LAWSONFind the father
Margaret LAWSON15 April 1867Isabella LAWSONFind the father
Mary LAWSON27 November 1859Elizabeth LAWSONFind the father
Maxwell Robison LAWSON8 July 1868Jessie LAWSONFind the father
Farquhar LINKLER25 August 1868Elizabeth LINKLERFind the father
Isabella LIVINGSTON13 April 1869Mary LIVINGSTONFind the father
Joseph MALTMAN6 May 1870Elizabeth MALTMANFind the father
George Robert MARSHALL19 January 1874Jane MARSHALLFind the father
Andrew James Beattie MAXWELL24 November 1866Elisabeth MAXWELLFind the father
Elizabeth Jane Mcconchie MAXWELL17 June 1864Elizabeth MAXWELLFind the father
Robert MAXWELL10 September 1861Sarah MAXWELLFind the father
William James Riddick MAXWELL13 March 1870Elizabeth MAXWELLFind the father
John Jones MCADAM19 January 1871Jane MCADAMFind the father
Robina MCBRIDE25 December 1874Sarah MCBRIDEFind the father
Sarah MCBRIDE3 April 1864Barbara MCBRIDEFind the father
John MCCREDIE12 April 1871Mary MCCREDIEFind the father
Robert MCGIRR11 March 1860Mary MCGIRRFind the father
William MCGIRR15 June 1866Mary MCGIRRFind the father
Jane Williamson MCGOWAN21 May 1865Agnes MCGOWANFind the father
James Mcmichael MCKAY27 April 1860Robina MCKAYFind the father
James MCKIE6 July 1871Elizabeth MCKIEFind the father
Jessie MCKIE3 September 1863Margaret MCKIEFind the father
William MCKIE9 November 1874Susan MCKIEFind the father
George Turner MCKILL1 October 1863Ann MCKILLFind the father
Alexander MCMEEKAN6 January 1863Rose MCMEEKANFind the father
John MCMILLAN10 March 1858Agnes MCMILLANFind the father
James MCMINN30 August 1858Nicholas MCMINNFind the father
James MCMINN8 June 1861Elizabeth MCMINNFind the father
James Gordon MCMINN21 June 1874Helen MCMINNFind the father
Janet MCMINN23 August 1863Nicholas MCMINNFind the father
James MCROBERT25 October 1867Marion MCROBERTFind the father
John MCTAGGART11 November 1870Margaret MCTAGGARTFind the father
James MCVINNIE31 July 1859Jane MCVINNIEFind the father
Margaret MCVINNIE19 March 1874Mary Ann MCVINNIEFind the father
John MILLIGAN2 October 1874Elizabeth MILLIGANFind the father
John Burns MILLROY29 November 1872Margaret MILLROYFind the father
James Alexander MORGAN28 November 1859Margaret MORGANFind the father
Margaret MUIRHEAD12 January 1873Elizabeth MUIRHEADFind the father
John MURRAY19 March 1864Mary MURRAYFind the father
Samuel MURRAY28 July 1868Mary MURRAYFind the father
William MURRAY21 May 1857Mary MURRAYFind the father
John NEILSON3 August 1866Nicholas NEILSONFind the father
Mary PESCOD16 June 1860Thomasina PESCODFind the father
Grace Henry RAE5 February 1863Nicholas RAEFind the father
Mary Agnes RAE8 January 1864Margaret RAEFind the father
Robert Livingston RAE28 July 1873Mary RAEFind the father
Agnes ROBERTSON13 July 1863Mary ROBERTSONFind the father
Isabella Grierson ROBERTSON11 February 1868Helen ROBERTSONFind the father
Janet ROBERTSON12 February 1858Mary ROBERTSONFind the father
Janet ROBERTSON1 July 1865Helen ROBERTSONFind the father
Lizzie ROBERTSON23 February 1870Mary ROBERTSONFind the father
Margaret ROBERTSON19 January 1862Helen ROBERTSONFind the father
Mary SHARP21 July 1862Mary SHARPFind the father
James SHAW4 November 1869Isabella SHAWFind the father
James SHENNAN15 August 1865Janet SHENNANFind the father
John Currie SHENNAN14 October 1860Janet SHENNANFind the father
William SMITH20 September 1862Agnes SMITHFind the father
Gordon STEWART30 November 1865Janet STEWARTFind the father
Thomas WATSON15 September 1874Elizabeth WATSONFind the father
Mary WAUGH29 May 1859Elizabeth WAUGHFind the father
Sarah Ann WHITE3 March 1857Ann WHITEFind the father
Margaret Jane WILSON20 November 1868Agnes WILSONFind 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 1834 (NRS Reference: CH2/311/11 pp. 75-80)
Forename Surname Occupation Address Notes
ThomasKissockOf Thorn
JohnMccartneyAuchencairn
AlexanderMccartneyOf Barlocco
WilliamBellPortmary
JamesBoddanAuchencairn
AndrewCarterAbbey
AndrewGrahamCollin
JamesKissockOf Balmangan
JohnHallidayMullock
WilliamBryceMidpark
JamesCookMidpark
AndrewMcNaeBalig
JohnLindsayOverlaw
WilliamRobisonOverlaw
AlexanderMitchellNetherlaw
WilliamThorburnNetherlaw
MichaelReidNetherlaw
JohnMccloudNetherlaw
DavidFisherChapelton
HughGrahamGirstingwood
JohnHendersonPortmary
ThomasDrummondPortmary
JamesMuirPortmary
WilliamRaePortmary
DavidRaePortmary
RobertFergussonFagra
JohnBennetFagra Mill
MathewThomsonFagra Mill
JosephMcminniesFagra Mill
JamesMcdowallRiddick
WilliamAitkenRoundfauld
WilliamMilliganRoundfauld
JamesHunterRoundfauld
WilliamRaeShawhill
HenryFergussonOrroland
JohnHiddlestonOrroland
JamesAndersonHolehouse
JamesMccluneCroftmorris
AndrewRaeBalmangan
AnthonyMctaggartBalmangan
WilliamClarkBalmangan
PeterThomsonPaddockhall
JohnKissockKirkcarsel
SamuelMurrayKirkcarsel
JohnMcdowallKirkcarsel
GeorgeKennanKirkcarsel
RobertStewartBarclay
EdwardStewartBarclay
ThomasMcminnCastlecreavie
WilliamKissockAuchengool
ThomasCandlishAuchengool
RobertFergussonAuchengool
AdamAitkenAuchengool
JohnTaitOf Craigmullen
SamuelMcmurrayCraigmullen
AndrewMcdowallAuchnabony
PeterMctaggartBarend
DanielMorganBarend
JohnMckieFlathill
WilliamGrahamFlathill
RobertKennanNewlaw
JamesGrierDundrennan
JamesCarterBlackhall
JamesFergussonPark
JohnBrownAbbey
JamesRaeAbbey
JamesCrosbieAbbey
JamesWoodrowAbbey
SamuelMcbrideAbbey
JohnRaeAbbey
JamesMcwilliamAbbey
JohnMcbrideAbbey
AndrewBeattieAbbey
JamesBlackstockAbbey
GeorgeRaeAbbey
CharlesRaeAbbey
SamuelMccraithAbbey
WilliamGloverAbbey
DavidRaeAbbey
RobertFisherAbbey
SamuelKirkpatrickAbbey
JohnCarnochanAbbey
JohnSkeneAbbey
RobertMcadamStockmoss
RobertLindsayStockmoss
JohnFarriesStockmoss
JamesTweedieStockmoss
MichaelKerrStockmoss
JohnHenryStandingstone
WilliamWallaceStandingstone
WilliamCarsonOver Hazlefield
WilliamGordonOver Hazlefield
WilliamHenryDonsknow
JamesCoudieBarlocco
MichaelClarkBarlocco
DavidLivingstoneBarlocco
AlexanderCoplandBarlocco
JohnKirkpatrickNether Hazlefield
ThomasThomsonNether Hazlefield
JohnBellNether Hazlefield
JamesGregganNether Hazlefield
QuintinMitchellRascarrel
AndrewClarkRascarrel
OliverCrawfordRascarrel
AlexanderWilsonFarhills
JamesBrownAirds
JamesGordonOf Balcarry
JohnMccartneyAuchenfad
JasKirkpatrickAuchenfad
FergusGrayWoodhead
ThomasRobertsonMarchcroft
DavidShinnonMoss-side
JohnJohnstoneRichardcairn
WilliamClarkDrungans
WilliamStevensonBlackford
WilliamThomsonCulnaightry
JohnHyslopCulnaightry
RobertColtartBluehill
JamesHenryOf Auchenleck
SamuelHenryAuchenleck
WilliamNeilsonAuchenleck
JohnGrahamAuchenleck
JamesGeddesBentudor
JohnThomsonMains Of Collin
JohnShermanMains Of Collin
JohnCarterOf Castlehill
WilliamAffleckOf Upper Linkens
AlexrCunninghamNether Linkens
JamesAndersonForest
JamesCannonForest
AlexrCoplandForest
ThomasClarkCollin
MaxwellHyslopCollin
CharlesGrahamCollin
EbenezerCallenderCollin
JamesMilliganCollin
JohnGrierCollin
JohnGrahamCollin
JohnCaigCollin
WilliamThomsonLittle Forest
RobertKinstrayTor Cottage
JohnClarkHard Hills
RobertBrownBarthreggan
GeorgeKissockRigg
ThomasDeucharSlaterow
JamesBrownSlaterow
JohnMoffatSlaterow
AndrewMaxwellSlaterow
RobertThomsonOrchardton Gate
AdamThomsonScriel
JohnMckitterickScriel
MaxwellOf Orchardton
JamesHoustonTor
JohnCrocketDaltamie
AndrewCarterAuchencairn
JamesCurrieAuchencairn
JamesShawAuchencairn
JohnHyslopAuchencairn
GilbertMaxwellAuchencairn
AllanCarterAuchencairn
RobertShennanAuchencairn
MaxwellMcGirrAuchencairn
JohnCurrieAuchencairn
HerriesAllanAuchencairn
NathanielCraigAuchencairn
CharlesCraigAuchencairn
WilliamDysonAuchencairn
JohnLaidlawAuchencairn
RobertScottAuchencairn
John GeorgeDaviesAuchencairn
RobertMurrayAuchencairn
JamesNairneAuchencairn
WilliamMcnaightAuchencairn
JohnCaigAuchencairn
GeorgeGrahamAuchencairn
JamesWilsonAuchencairn
WilliamMcclureAuchencairn
WilliamClintAuchencairn
WilliamGeddesAuchencairn
NathanCoplandAuchencairn
AnthonyMilroyAuchencairn
ThomasCasteenAuchencairn
AlexanderCallenderAuchencairn

Kirk Session Records Index

We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish