Riccarton 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
| Reference | Title | Dates | Buy |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1014/1 | Minutes 1787-1807 1809 1829-87 | 1787-1887 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1014/2 | Minutes | 1888-1893 | Request lookup |
Board of Supervision poor relief appeals
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- £6 for up to 3 minutes for a single case
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| Name | Address | Year(s)/ minutes | Order images | Deliverance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maria ADAIR | 1859 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Maria ADAIR | 1860 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Maria ADAIR | 1861 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Maria ADAIR | 1863 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow AITKEN | 1862 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Mary ANDERSON or KERR | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow John BOYD | 1850 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Agnes CALDWELL or MCKALE | 1850 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Barbara CROSBIE or WAGSTAFFE | 1871 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Marion DAVIDSON | 1860 (4) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed (poorhouse) | |
| Marion DAVIDSON | 1866 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Jean ECKLES | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew FINDLAY | 1880 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow FOSTER | 1879 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Robert GERVIN | 1846 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Janet GIBB or WYLLIE | 1876 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Marion GIBSON or BROWN | 1866 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| James GRAY | 1850-1851 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Jane HEBRON | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow IRVINE | 1867 (1) | Order images | Refused - not in receipt of parochial relief | |
| Widow IRVINE | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| William IRVINE | 1868 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Hugh JACKNEY | 1873 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Margaret KELLY or WALLACE | 1864 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Widow KENNEDY | 1858 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Margaret MACKAY | 1864 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| James MALCOLM | 1879 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Widow Elizabeth MCCALLUM | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Elizabeth MCCALLUM | 1863 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow REID | 1864 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Robert REID | 1881 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Thomas ROSS | 1875 (2) | Order images | Refused (poorhouse) | |
| Sarah SMITH | 1862 (2) | Order images | Refused | |
| John WALLACE | 1851 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| John WALLACE | 1853 (1) | Order images | Refused - see 422 1851 | |
| John WALLACE | 1854 (2) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margaret ARMSTRONG 19 New Portland Row, Hurlford | John BAIRD | 29 Sep 1879 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/11 |
| Agnes BORLAND West Hillhouse, Riccarton | George LITTLEJOHN | 9 Oct 1879 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/11 |
| Agnes BOWIE Laputa, Riccarton | Daniel ANDERSON | 15 May 1847 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/3 |
| Jane BRECKENRIDGE Blacks Land, Riccarton | John ORR | 18 Mar 1875 | Order now | Paisley SC58/7/17 |
| Mary FISHER Hurlford | Matthew PARKER | 21 Jan 1856 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/4 |
| Elizabeth FRENCH Riccarton | Andrew BROWN | 22 Feb 1859 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/4 |
| Ellen GILCHRIST Hurlford Road, Riccarton | John MCCABE | 28 Feb 1882 10 Old Street, Riccarton | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/12 |
| Annie GOLDIE Hurlford | John THOMSON | 18 Dec 1875 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/10 |
| Margaret HUNTER Greenhead, by Hurlford | Andrew SAMSON | 5 May 1885 Greenhead, by Hurlford | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/13 |
| Marion LAW Hurlford, Riccarton | Robert MCCONCHIE | 6 Nov 1878 | Order now | Campbeltown SC50/12/3 |
| Mary MCLATCHIE or NICOL Hurlford | Andrew GRAY | 24 Jul 1850 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/4 |
| Jessie MURRAY Thornyhill Cottage, Caprington, Riccarton | Peter MCCLUSKY | 22 Sep 1883 Thornyhill Cottage, Caprington, Riccarton | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/12 |
| Marion MURRAY Inchbean Cottage, Riccarton | Hugh DALZIEL | 7 Nov 1881 Riccarton | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/16 |
| Elizabeth NEIL Barleith, Riccarton | Robert TAYLOR | 12 Nov 1851 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/3 |
| Mary ORR Hurlford | Thomas RAE | 7 Jan 1860 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/5 |
| Margaret PORTER Riccarton | John SLOAN | 6 Aug 1860 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/12 |
| Jeanie RITCHIE or HENDERSON New Street, Riccarton | William ANDERSON | 1 Jan 1881 Kilmarnock | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/12 |
| Mary SAWYERS 42 Old Street, Riccarton | Andrew WILSON | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/13 | |
| Mary SPEIRS Scargie, Riccarton | Hugh DOUGLAS | 29 May 1865 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/7 |
| Mary STEELE Hurlford | James CRAIG | 4 Nov 1864 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/8 |
| Jean VALLANCE Hurlford | David REID | 14 Jan 1856 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/3 |
| Margaret WILSON Lithnock Row, near Hurlford | Joseph RAE | 9 Sep 1886 Lithnock Row, near Hurlford | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/18 |
| Mina WYLLIE Hurlford, Riccarton formerly Moss-side, Stewarton | Andrew SIM | 25 Nov 1875 | Order now | Ayr SC6/7/15 |
| Agnes YOUNG Knowhead, Riccarton | Robert SAMSON | 1 Apr 1853 | Order now | Kilmarnock SC7/5/3 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
Anatomy register
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Andrew ADAIR | 26 May 1867 | Jane ADAIR | Father found |
| Janet ADAIR | 14 August 1856 | Charlotte ADAIR | Father found |
| William Colquhoun AIRD | 17 July 1861 | Jean AIRD | Find the father |
| Alexander ALLAN | 1 March 1858 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Jean ALLAN | 28 November 1862 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Mary ALLAN | 25 April 1873 | Jean ALLAN | Find the father |
| Thomas ALLAN | 30 May 1871 | Elizabeth ALLAN | Find the father |
| Andrew ANDREW | 6 November 1870 | Catherine ANDREW | Find the father |
| David ANDREWS | 12 July 1873 | Catherine ANDREWS | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BLACK | 14 February 1864 | Janet BLACK | Father found |
| Robert BLACKWOOD | 22 October 1863 | Mary BLACKWOOD | Father found |
| Elizabeth BLAIKLY | 12 August 1856 | Mary Jane BLAIKLY | Find the father |
| Catherine BLAIN | 17 September 1869 | Isabella BLAIN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BLANE | 6 February 1872 | Elizabeth BLANE | Find the father |
| John BLANE | 20 February 1856 | Helen BLANE | Find the father |
| David BOWIE | 15 September 1868 | Ann BOWIE | Find the father |
| James BOWIE | 10 October 1874 | Sophia BOWIE | Find the father |
| James BOWMAN | 1 January 1874 | Ann BOWMAN | Find the father |
| John BOWMAN | 21 August 1869 | Ann BOWMAN | Find the father |
| Mary Houps BOYD | 26 March 1860 | Ann BOYD | Find the father |
| William BOYD | 12 August 1868 | Margaret BOYD | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Becket BROWN | 13 March 1868 | Elizabeth BROWN | Find the father |
| Helen BROWN | 18 November 1865 | Isabella BROWN | Find the father |
| James BROWN | 15 May 1866 | Helen BROWN | Find the father |
| William BROWN | 7 August 1856 | Janet BROWN | Find the father |
| Ann BURGESS | 20 March 1862 | Ann BURGESS | Find the father |
| Janet CADDES | 25 May 1873 | Hannah CADDES | Find the father |
| Martha CAMPBELL | 10 September 1871 | Sarah CAMPBELL | Find the father |
| Agnes CARSON | 28 December 1859 | Marion CARSON | Find the father |
| Mary CARSON | 5 July 1867 | Helen CARSON | Find the father |
| Jean CLARK | 12 January 1869 | Margaret CLARK | Find the father |
| Jean Wallace CLARK | 2 June 1874 | Isabella Burns CLARK | Find the father |
| William CLARK | 11 July 1866 | Elizabeth CLARK | Find the father |
| Agnes CONNELL | 15 May 1861 | Elizabeth CONNELL | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CONNOR | 29 March 1870 | Agnes CONNOR | Find the father |
| Peter CONNOR | 13 December 1872 | Agnes CONNOR | Find the father |
| Anne COOK | 2 December 1866 | Agnes COOK | Find the father |
| Margaret COOK | 17 December 1872 | Janet COOK | Find the father |
| Margaret Jessie COPLAND | 6 October 1856 | Esther COPLAND | Find the father |
| James CRAIG | 12 May 1858 | Isabella CRAIG | Find the father |
| Martha CRAIG | 11 February 1870 | Martha CRAIG | Father found |
| William Graham CRAIG | 29 January 1872 | Martha CRAIG | Find the father |
| Andrew CRAWFORD | 7 December 1860 | Janet CRAWFORD | Find the father |
| James Archibald CUMMING | 3 June 1855 | Christina CUMMING | Find the father |
| Ann CURRIE | 13 March 1864 | Agnes CURRIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth CURRIE | 3 July 1866 | Mary CURRIE | Find the father |
| James CUSH | 17 December 1864 | Mary CUSH | Find the father |
| James DONOCHY | 30 April 1855 | Helen DONOCHY | Find the father |
| Francis DORRANCE | 28 March 1873 | Jeanie DORRANCE | Find the father |
| Hugh DORRANCE | 28 March 1873 | Jeanie DORRANCE | Find the father |
| William DOUGLASS | 21 June 1855 | Helen DOUGLASS | Find the father |
| Susan DRAPER | 6 May 1868 | Susan DRAPER | Find the father |
| Annie FARQUHAR | 22 December 1861 | Elizabeth FARQUHAR | Find the father |
| Catherine Kennedy FARQUHER | 12 January 1861 | Mary FARQUHER | Find the father |
| Elizabeth FERGUSON | 11 April 1870 | Jane FERGUSON | Find the father |
| Jean FISHER | 19 November 1856 | Jean FISHER | Find the father |
| Jean FISHER | 9 November 1858 | Jean FISHER | Find the father |
| John FISHER | 1 November 1858 | Margaret FISHER | Find the father |
| Alexander FLEMING | 8 October 1860 | Margaret FLEMING | Find the father |
| Charles FORSYTH | 11 March 1869 | Elizabeth FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Thomas FORSYTH | 1 August 1873 | Elizabeth FORSYTH | Find the father |
| Margaret GALLACHER | 15 December 1872 | Margaret GALLACHER | Find the father |
| Thomas GEBBIE | 7 August 1859 | Mary GEBBIE | Find the father |
| William GIBSON | 10 September 1864 | Nicholas GIBSON | Father found |
| William GILCHRIST | 6 November 1869 | Agnes GILCHRIST | Find the father |
| Annabella Easton GOLDIE | 9 February 1858 | Janet GOLDIE | Find the father |
| Hugh GOUDIE | 6 March 1872 | Annie GOUDIE | Find the father |
| Mary Murray GOUDIE | 18 February 1873 | Mary GOUDIE | Find the father |
| Richard Haddow GRAY | 4 October 1861 | Grace GRAY | Find the father |
| Agnes Miller GREY | 21 October 1855 | Jean GREY | Find the father |
| John GUTHRIE | 19 August 1872 | Ellen GUTHRIE | Find the father |
| Marion HAMILTON | 19 November 1869 | Elizabeth HAMILTON | Find the father |
| Neil HARPER | 5 November 1874 | Sarah HARPER | Find the father |
| Hugh HOGARTH | 2 October 1869 | Lillias HOGARTH | Find the father |
| Niel HOPES | 29 July 1866 | Agnes HOPES | Find the father |
| Elizabeth HUNTER | 5 July 1857 | Isabella HUNTER | Find the father |
| Lillias Johnston HUTCHESON | 15 July 1860 | Jean HUTCHESON | Find the father |
| Christina HUTCHISON | 30 September 1859 | Jane HUTCHISON | Find the father |
| Gordina HYSLOP | 22 January 1864 | Elizabeth HYSLOP | Find the father |
| John INGLIS | 1 January 1874 | Mary INGLIS | Find the father |
| John IRVEN | 11 November 1866 | Jane IRVEN | Find the father |
| John IRVINE | 16 February 1866 | Janet IRVINE | Find the father |
| George KEITH | 4 May 1855 | Margaret KEITH | Find the father |
| Joan KELLY | 1 March 1865 | Henrietta KELLY | Find the father |
| Margaret KELLY | 30 April 1868 | Margaret KELLY | Father found |
| Robert KELLY | 8 July 1864 | Mary Jane KELLY | Father found |
| Mary Logan KENNEDY | 13 May 1865 | Margaret KENNEDY | Find the father |
| Hugh KING | 25 March 1873 | Mary KING | Find the father |
| Robert KIRKWOOD | 12 February 1874 | Agnes KIRKWOOD | Find the father |
| Mary Moore LAVERTY | 13 March 1858 | Margaret LAVERTY | Find the father |
| Annie LITTLEJOHN | 17 January 1865 | Grace LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| Annie Wilson LITTLEJOHN | 12 November 1862 | Marion LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth LITTLEJOHN | 28 December 1864 | Marion LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| John LITTLEJOHN | 29 July 1863 | Grace LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| William LITTLEJOHN | 7 August 1861 | Grace LITTLEJOHN | Find the father |
| James LOCHHEAD | 11 April 1865 | Helen LOCHHEAD | Father found |
| Elizabeth LOGGIE | 6 September 1868 | Jane LOGGIE | Find the father |
| Jane MACART | 26 June 1872 | Grace MACART | Find the father |
| Andrew MARTIN | 11 July 1856 | Elizabeth MARTIN | Find the father |
| Andrew MARTIN | 7 July 1859 | Jean MARTIN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth MARTIN | 12 June 1865 | Jane MARTIN | Father found |
| Jane MCCAAN | 4 August 1867 | Jane MCCAAN | Find the father |
| Jane MCCALL | 1 May 1859 | Mary Jane MCCALL | Find the father |
| James MCCLURE | 16 April 1871 | Jane MCCLURE | Find the father |
| John MCCLURE | 13 January 1872 | Marion MCCLURE | Find the father |
| Robert MCCLURE | 13 August 1872 | Jane MCCLURE | Find the father |
| Hugh MCCOUBRAY | 2 September 1871 | Catherine MCCOUBRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret MCCRINDLE | 18 April 1862 | Martha MCCRINDLE | Find the father |
| James Mcdowall MCCULLOCH | 22 November 1862 | Jane MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| Janet MCCULLOCH | 30 November 1872 | Mary MCCULLOCH | Father found |
| Jeanie MCCULLOCH | 7 September 1871 | Sarah MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| William MCCULLOCH | 27 June 1859 | Mary MCCULLOCH | Find the father |
| William MCEWEN | 12 January 1872 | Sarah MCEWEN | Find the father |
| Jeanie MCFADZEAN | 21 June 1873 | Jane MCFADZEAN | Find the father |
| Mathie MCGREGOR | 16 April 1865 | Grace MCGREGOR | Find the father |
| Jane MCKAY | 31 March 1859 | Agnes MCKAY | Find the father |
| William MCKAY | 11 February 1855 | Agnes MCKAY | Find the father |
| Jane MCKENNY | 3 April 1864 | Jane MCKENNY | Find the father |
| Isabella MCLEOD | 9 December 1861 | Elizabeth MCLEOD | Find the father |
| Margaret MCMASTER | 17 March 1869 | Sarah MCMASTER | Find the father |
| Hugh MCRUNNEL | 10 January 1856 | Martha MCRUNNEL | Find the father |
| Christina MCTAGGART | 11 May 1865 | Agnes MCTAGGART | Find the father |
| Annie MCWHINNIE | 18 September 1858 | Catharine MCWHINNIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth Jane MINFORD | 6 September 1871 | Margaret MINFORD | Find the father |
| John Brown MUIRHOUSE | 3 December 1864 | Margaret MUIRHOUSE | Find the father |
| James MURDOCH | 6 December 1874 | Mary MURDOCH | Find the father |
| James MURRAY | 10 October 1870 | Jeanie MURRAY | Father found |
| David ORR | 7 July 1869 | Martha ORR | Father found |
| Mary ORR | 7 September 1873 | Martha ORR | Find the father |
| William ORR | 9 January 1860 | Susan ORR | Find the father |
| Agnes PARK | 5 March 1868 | Elizabeth PARK | Find the father |
| David PATERSON | 17 June 1867 | Mary PATERSON | Find the father |
| Jean PICKEN | 31 December 1864 | Martha PICKEN | Find the father |
| Jean PICKEN | 31 March 1874 | Agnes PICKEN | Find the father |
| William PICKEN | 5 May 1873 | Isabella PICKEN | Find the father |
| Agnes Murdoch PICKET | 8 February 1869 | Margaret PICKET | Find the father |
| Alexander PICKET | 8 February 1869 | Margaret PICKET | Find the father |
| David RAMAGE | 23 January 1866 | Jane RAMAGE | Find the father |
| William RAMAGE | 13 November 1861 | Marion RAMAGE | Find the father |
| Alexander REID | 31 July 1861 | Janet REID | Find the father |
| Margaret REID | 7 February 1855 | Margaret White REID | Find the father |
| Margaret Grant REID | 3 June 1859 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| William REID | 8 June 1872 | Mary REID | Find the father |
| Margaret RICHMOND | 1 February 1866 | Agnes RICHMOND | Find the father |
| Helen Mitchell RIGGS | 4 August 1862 | Janet RIGGS | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 30 June 1864 | Helen ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 24 July 1866 | Margaret Crosbie ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| James ROBERTSON | 13 May 1868 | Mary ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| John ROBERTSON | 11 October 1867 | Jane ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Mary ROBERTSON | 26 May 1864 | Jane Smith ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| Rebecca ROBERTSON | 25 May 1872 | Agnes ROBERTSON | Find the father |
| John RODGER | 4 April 1867 | Martha RODGER | Find the father |
| Alexander RODMAN | 21 March 1857 | Janet RODMAN | Find the father |
| George RONALD | 9 March 1869 | Jane RONALD | Find the father |
| Anne SAVAGE | 4 February 1856 | Jane SAVAGE | Find the father |
| George Henderson SCOBIE | 17 June 1863 | Rosanne SCOBIE | Find the father |
| Elizabeth SCOTT | 10 October 1870 | Marion SCOTT | Find the father |
| Margaret SEMPLE | 5 March 1855 | Margaret SEMPLE | Find the father |
| Andrew SHAW | 31 October 1859 | Margaret SHAW | Find the father |
| Alexander SIM | 9 July 1872 | Agnes SIM | Find the father |
| Andrew SIM | 9 September 1866 | Janet SIM | Find the father |
| John SIM | 15 September 1857 | Elizabeth SIM | Find the father |
| Absalom SIMPSON | 18 December 1856 | Margaret SIMPSON | Find the father |
| Mary SLOAN | 16 May 1873 | Agnes SLOAN | Find the father |
| Helen SMITH | 20 January 1874 | Elizabeth SMITH | Find the father |
| Hugh SMITH | 15 October 1873 | Elizabeth SMITH | Find the father |
| Agnes SPEIRS | 5 January 1863 | Margaret SPEIRS | Find the father |
| Jean STEEL | 7 February 1863 | Jane STEEL | Find the father |
| John STEEL | 25 September 1861 | Elizabeth STEEL | Find the father |
| Margaret STEEL | 26 July 1859 | Jean STEEL | Find the father |
| Jane STEELE | 14 December 1867 | Janet STEELE | Find the father |
| John STEVEN | 1 April 1866 | Mary STEVEN | Find the father |
| Kennedy STEWART | 3 August 1864 | Elizabeth STEWART | Find the father |
| Margaret STEWART | 5 January 1855 | Agnes STEWART | Find the father |
| Peter STRACHEN | 11 October 1865 | Marion STRACHEN | Find the father |
| John STRATHEARN | 25 February 1866 | Mary STRATHEARN | Find the father |
| Agnes TEMPLETON | 1 December 1868 | Margaret TEMPLETON | Find the father |
| Janet THOMSON | 16 April 1857 | Elizabeth THOMSON | Find the father |
| Robert TURNBULL | 5 December 1865 | Isabell TURNBULL | Find the father |
| William TURNBULL | 31 March 1863 | Isabella TURNBULL | Find the father |
| Agnes TURNER | 6 May 1861 | Agnes TURNER | Find the father |
| Mary TURNER | 24 January 1858 | Agnes TURNER | Find the father |
| Agnes VALLANCE | 31 October 1863 | Jean VALLANCE | Find the father |
| Alexander VALLANCE | 15 July 1859 | Jean VALLANCE | Find the father |
| James VALLANCE | 31 October 1863 | Jean VALLANCE | Find the father |
| James VALLANCE | 12 October 1871 | Jean VALLANCE | Find the father |
| John VALLANCE | 12 October 1871 | Jean VALLANCE | Find the father |
| Fanny WALKER | 29 October 1864 | Janet WALKER | Father found |
| Margaret WALKER | 12 July 1873 | Janet WALKER | Find the father |
| Mary WALKER | 7 September 1858 | Elizabeth WALKER | Find the father |
| Annie WALKINGSHAW | 4 August 1867 | Helen WALKINGSHAW | Find the father |
| Hugh Cunningham WALLACE | 9 May 1873 | Janet WALLACE | Find the father |
| Susan WATT | 19 June 1869 | Christina WATT | Find the father |
| Wilhelmina WATT | 15 February 1873 | Robina WATT | Find the father |
| Jean WHITE | 11 January 1863 | Jean WHITE | Find the father |
| John WHITE | 9 April 1864 | Elizabeth WHITE | Find the father |
| William WHITE | 9 September 1859 | Margaret WHITE | Find the father |
| Jeanie WILLSON | 28 May 1861 | Elizabeth WILLSON | Find the father |
| Ann WILSON | 11 May 1862 | Ann WILSON | Find the father |
| Annie Johnston WILSON | 6 January 1866 | Annie Johnston WILSON | Find the father |
| Elizabeth WILSON | 3 June 1873 | Agnes WILSON | Find the father |
| Hugh WILSON | 27 September 1870 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| Hugh Mclachlan WILSON | 25 January 1872 | Mary WILSON | Find the father |
| James WILSON | 12 May 1873 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Mary WILSON | 27 September 1868 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| Samuel WILSON | 12 May 1873 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| Sarah WILSON | 12 August 1856 | Janet WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 21 November 1870 | Elizabeth WILSON | Find the father |
| William WILSON | 20 December 1873 | Margaret WILSON | Find the father |
| John WOODBURN | 8 May 1856 | Jean WOODBURN | Find the father |
| Archibald WYLLIE | 1 July 1868 | Christina WYLLIE | Find the father |
| Janet Gibb WYLLIE | 30 September 1860 | Marion WYLLIE | Find the father |
| Margaret WYLLIE | 11 June 1855 | Jean WYLLIE | Find the father |
| David YOUNG | 4 June 1868 | Janet YOUNG | Father found |
| James YOUNG | 7 November 1871 | Janet YOUNG | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
| Name | Date of death | Order | Asylums | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WALKER, Robert Paterson miner Born about 1888 Single Previous residence: 85 Denbeath, Methil Chargeable parish: Wemyss | Order images (5) | Ayr District Fife District Asylum | 1906-1914 |
Rolls of Male Heads of Families
No Roll of Male Heads of Families has yet been found for this parish
Kirk Session Records Index
Name: George Black
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Details: There also appeared Jean Clark wife of George Black who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve her from the scandal thereof, the fine in this case to be afterwards paid by her husband.
Other names: Jean Clark; George Black
Name: Jean Brown
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Rebuked
Details: There also appeared before them William Oliver & his wife Jean Brown who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve them on their paying the fine of 4/- which is to be paid to Mr Moody as soon as he is able.
Other names: William Oliver; Jean Brown; Mr Moody
Name: Jean Clark
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Details: There also appeared Jean Clark wife of George Black who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve her from the scandal thereof, the fine in this case to be afterwards paid by her husband.
Other names: Jean Clark; George Black
Name: Gabriel Denning
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address: Dreghorn
Role: acknowledged paternity
Other parish: Dreghorn
Details: Same day appeared Grace Edgar who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of Fornication with Gabriel Denning in the parish of Dreghorn – he having acknowledged her child in the Session of Dreghorn, and she being wet nurse in a family in this parish – the Session considering her particular situation and being requested by the Session of Dreghorn, agreed to take her under church discipline.
Other names: Grace Edgar; Gabriel Denning; Edgar
Name: Edgar
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Child in Paternity case
Other parish: Dreghorn
Details: Same day appeared Grace Edgar who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of Fornication with Gabriel Denning in the parish of Dreghorn – he having acknowledged her child in the Session of Dreghorn, and she being wet nurse in a family in this parish – the Session considering her particular situation and being requested by the Session of Dreghorn, agreed to take her under church discipline.
Other names: Grace Edgar; Gabriel Denning; Edgar
Name: Grace Edgar
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation: wet nurse
Address:
Role: admitted guilt
Other parish: Dreghorn
Details: Same day appeared Grace Edgar who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of Fornication with Gabriel Denning in the parish of Dreghorn – he having acknowledged her child in the Session of Dreghorn, and she being wet nurse in a family in this parish – the Session considering her particular situation and being requested by the Session of Dreghorn, agreed to take her under church discipline.
Other names: Grace Edgar; Gabriel Denning; Edgar
Name: Grace Edgar
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Details: Compeared William Templeton, Helen Farquhar & Grace Edgar, who acknowledged before the Session six months ago that they individually had been guilty of the sin of Fornication, being at that time solemnly admonished to repent of their sin and to shew by their good behaviour for six months that they were truly penitent, having afforded the Session satisfactory evidence that they were regular in their attendance upon divine ordinances and to appearance penitent, the Session agreed that the minister should again rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on Wm Templeton’s paying a fine of 4/- which he promises to his mother.
Other names: Grace Edgar
Name: Helen Farquhar
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Paternity
Occupation:
Address:
Role:
Details: There also appeared Helen Farquhar who accused William Templeton as the father of her child. The Session appoint the said Wm Templeton to be summoned to answer to the charge of fornication here brought against upon the first Sabbath of June, agreeably to a resolution made by this Session on the 5th June “That when people guilty of Fornication shall come before them in future, they shall be solemnly admonished to repent of their sin, and instead of rebuking them in public, they shall be put on their trial of good conduct and penitence for their past errors for a time not less than six months, at the end of which time they shall produce evidence to the satisfaction of the Session of their penitence before being absolved; if they fail in producing this evidence, the Session may prolong their trial at pleasure.”
Other names: Helen Farquhar; William Templeton
Name: Helen Farquhar
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Paternity
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Rebuked
Details: Compeared William Templeton and Helen Farquhar. She still adheres to her accusation of William Templeton’s being the father of her child. Wm Templeton acknowledged that he had criminal connection with her. Mr Moody rebuked him and told him that agreeably to the regulations now made in the Session, he would at the end of six months only be absolved on condition of his shewing sincere penitence.
Other names: William Templeton; Helen Farquhar; Mr Moody
Name: Helen Farquhar
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Details: Compeared William Templeton, Helen Farquhar & Grace Edgar, who acknowledged before the Session six months ago that they individually had been guilty of the sin of Fornication, being at that time solemnly admonished to repent of their sin and to shew by their good behaviour for six months that they were truly penitent, having afforded the Session satisfactory evidence that they were regular in their attendance upon divine ordinances and to appearance penitent, the Session agreed that the minister should again rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on Wm Templeton’s paying a fine of 4/- which he promises to his mother.
Other names: Helen Farquhar
Name: Elizabeth Fleming
Date: 07/10/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: compeared and rebuked
Details: Compeared Elizabeth Fleming who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of fornication with Robert Paton, and solemnly declared that he was the father of her child. The Session ordered the said R Paton to be summoned to appear before them and answer to the charge here brought against him on the first Sabbath of November. She is summoned also to attend. From the evidence she brought forward the Session had no doubt but that her accusation was just, and she was seriously admonished and told that only upon her satisfying the Session of her sincere penitence she would be absolved from the public scandal thereof at the end of six months.
Other names: Elizabeth Fleming; Robert Paton
Name: Allan Fowlds Junr
Date: 05/02/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Rebuked
Details: Compeared Allan Fowlds Junr who acknowledged before the Session that he had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. He had been charged formerly with the sin of fornication with Elizabeth Sneddon. This last charge he still denies and says that he had no criminal connection with the woman. This last matter having now gone past for ten years and the woman never having brought forward any evidence to prove him the father of her child – the said child being now dead, and on consideration of Allan Fowlds having maintained a good character ever since – the Session agreed to pass from this charge with Elizabeth Sneddon and rebuke him for the sin of antenuptial fornication – along with Thomas Linton and his wife Agnes Hutton, who acknowledge before the Session that they had been guilty of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 7/6d which is now paid. Fowlds formerly paid his fine. Closed with prayer.
Other names: Allan Fowlds Junr; Elizabeth Sneddon; Sneddon
Name: Mary Hamilton
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Cash amount: 8s
Details: Compeared William Reid and his wife Mary Hamilton who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 8/- which is now paid.
Other names: William Reid; Mary Hamilton
Name: Mr William Hood
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Official
Occupation:
Address:
Role: elected ruling elder
Details: The Session unanimously made choice of Mr William Hood one of their number to be the ruling Elder in the Presbyteries and Synod for the current half year.
Name: Agnes Hutton
Date: 05/02/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Rebuked
Details: Compeared Allan Fowlds Junr who acknowledged before the Session that he had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. He had been charged formerly with the sin of fornication with Elizabeth Sneddon. This last charge he still denies and says that he had no criminal connection with the woman. This last matter having now gone past for ten years and the woman never having brought forward any evidence to prove him the father of her child – the said child being now dead, and on consideration of Allan Fowlds having maintained a good character ever since – the Session agreed to pass from this charge with Elizabeth Sneddon and rebuke him for the sin of antenuptial fornication – along with Thomas Linton and his wife Agnes Hutton, who acknowledge before the Session that they had been guilty of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 7/6d which is now paid. Fowlds formerly paid his fine. Closed with prayer.
Other names: Thomas Linton; Agnes Hutton
Name: Thomas Linton
Date: 05/02/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Rebuked
Cash amount: 7s 6d
Details: Compeared Allan Fowlds Junr who acknowledged before the Session that he had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. He had been charged formerly with the sin of fornication with Elizabeth Sneddon. This last charge he still denies and says that he had no criminal connection with the woman. This last matter having now gone past for ten years and the woman never having brought forward any evidence to prove him the father of her child – the said child being now dead, and on consideration of Allan Fowlds having maintained a good character ever since – the Session agreed to pass from this charge with Elizabeth Sneddon and rebuke him for the sin of antenuptial fornication – along with Thomas Linton and his wife Agnes Hutton, who acknowledge before the Session that they had been guilty of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 7/6d which is now paid. Fowlds formerly paid his fine. Closed with prayer.
Other names: Thomas Linton; Agnes Hutton
Name: Mr Moody
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Paternity
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mention
Details: Compeared William Templeton and Helen Farquhar. She still adheres to her accusation of William Templeton’s being the father of her child. Wm Templeton acknowledged that he had criminal connection with her. Mr Moody rebuked him and told him that agreeably to the regulations now made in the Session, he would at the end of six months only be absolved on condition of his shewing sincere penitence.
Other names: William Templeton; Helen Farquhar; Mr Moody
Name: Mr Moody
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mention
Details: There also appeared before them William Oliver & his wife Jean Brown who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve them on their paying the fine of 4/- which is to be paid to Mr Moody as soon as he is able.
Other names: William Oliver; Jean Brown; Mr Moody
Name: William Oliver
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Rebuked
Cash amount: 4s
Details: There also appeared before them William Oliver & his wife Jean Brown who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve them on their paying the fine of 4/- which is to be paid to Mr Moody as soon as he is able.
Other names: William Oliver; Jean Brown; Mr Moody
Name: Henry Gibson Park
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Details: There compeared Hugh Smith & his wife Henry Gibson Park who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 8/- which is now paid.
Other names: Hugh Smith; Henry Gibson Park
Name: Robert Paton
Date: 07/10/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: accused as father
Details: Compeared Elizabeth Fleming who acknowledged that she had been guilty of the sin of fornication with Robert Paton, and solemnly declared that he was the father of her child. The Session ordered the said R Paton to be summoned to appear before them and answer to the charge here brought against him on the first Sabbath of November. She is summoned also to attend. From the evidence she brought forward the Session had no doubt but that her accusation was just, and she was seriously admonished and told that only upon her satisfying the Session of her sincere penitence she would be absolved from the public scandal thereof at the end of six months.
Other names: Elizabeth Fleming; Robert Paton
Name: William Reid
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Cash amount: 8s
Details: Compeared William Reid and his wife Mary Hamilton who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 8/- which is now paid.
Other names: William Reid; Mary Hamilton
Name: Hugh Smith
Date: 01/07/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Cash amount: 8s
Details: There compeared Hugh Smith & his wife Henry Gibson Park who acknowledged that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the Minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 8/- which is now paid.
Other names: Hugh Smith; Henry Gibson Park
Name: Sneddon
Date: 05/02/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: child
Cash amount: 7s 6d
Details: Compeared Allan Fowlds Junr who acknowledged before the Session that he had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. He had been charged formerly with the sin of fornication with Elizabeth Sneddon. This last charge he still denies and says that he had no criminal connection with the woman. This last matter having now gone past for ten years and the woman never having brought forward any evidence to prove him the father of her child – the said child being now dead, and on consideration of Allan Fowlds having maintained a good character ever since – the Session agreed to pass from this charge with Elizabeth Sneddon and rebuke him for the sin of antenuptial fornication – along with Thomas Linton and his wife Agnes Hutton, who acknowledge before the Session that they had been guilty of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 7/6d which is now paid. Fowlds formerly paid his fine. Closed with prayer.
Other names: Allan Fowlds Junr; Elizabeth Sneddon; Sneddon
Name: Elizabeth Sneddon
Date: 05/02/1832
Case type: Antenuptial fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Mention
Details: Compeared Allan Fowlds Junr who acknowledged before the Session that he had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication. He had been charged formerly with the sin of fornication with Elizabeth Sneddon. This last charge he still denies and says that he had no criminal connection with the woman. This last matter having now gone past for ten years and the woman never having brought forward any evidence to prove him the father of her child – the said child being now dead, and on consideration of Allan Fowlds having maintained a good character ever since – the Session agreed to pass from this charge with Elizabeth Sneddon and rebuke him for the sin of antenuptial fornication – along with Thomas Linton and his wife Agnes Hutton, who acknowledge before the Session that they had been guilty of antenuptial fornication. The Session agreed that the minister rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on their paying the fine of 7/6d which is now paid. Fowlds formerly paid his fine. Closed with prayer.
Other names: Allan Fowlds Junr; Elizabeth Sneddon; Sneddon
Name: William Templeton
Date: 06/05/1832
Case type: Paternity
Occupation:
Address:
Role: Accused as father compeared
Details: There also appeared Helen Farquhar who accused William Templeton as the father of her child. The Session appoint the said Wm Templeton to be summoned to answer to the charge of fornication here brought against upon the first Sabbath of June, agreeably to a resolution made by this Session on the 5th June “That when people guilty of Fornication shall come before them in future, they shall be solemnly admonished to repent of their sin, and instead of rebuking them in public, they shall be put on their trial of good conduct and penitence for their past errors for a time not less than six months, at the end of which time they shall produce evidence to the satisfaction of the Session of their penitence before being absolved; if they fail in producing this evidence, the Session may prolong their trial at pleasure.”
Other names: Helen Farquhar; William Templeton
Name: William Templeton
Date: 03/06/1832
Case type: Paternity
Occupation:
Address:
Role: acknowledged paternity
Details: Compeared William Templeton and Helen Farquhar. She still adheres to her accusation of William Templeton’s being the father of her child. Wm Templeton acknowledged that he had criminal connection with her. Mr Moody rebuked him and told him that agreeably to the regulations now made in the Session, he would at the end of six months only be absolved on condition of his shewing sincere penitence.
Other names: William Templeton; Helen Farquhar; Mr Moody
Name: William Templeton
Date: 25/11/1832
Case type: Fornication
Occupation:
Address:
Role: rebuked and absolved
Cash amount: 4s
Details: Compeared William Templeton, Helen Farquhar & Grace Edgar, who acknowledged before the Session six months ago that they individually had been guilty of the sin of Fornication, being at that time solemnly admonished to repent of their sin and to shew by their good behaviour for six months that they were truly penitent, having afforded the Session satisfactory evidence that they were regular in their attendance upon divine ordinances and to appearance penitent, the Session agreed that the minister should again rebuke and absolve them from the scandal thereof on Wm Templeton’s paying a fine of 4/- which he promises to his mother.
Other names: William Templeton
