Stitchel parish records
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/1325/1 | Minutes | 1834-1917 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/3 | Accounts 1735-1802; Mortcloth money 1764-8 Includes poor rolls | 1735-1802 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/4 | Accounts Poor rolls and some mortcloth dues | 1802-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/9 | Poors' fund accounts Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1801-1825 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/10 | Poors' fund accounts Includes poor rolls and mortcloth dues | 1825-1858 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/11 | Testimonials given and received Testimonials received include parish of origin | 1764-1789 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/12 | Baptisms 1742-84 (Note: the cover has affixed to it a flyleaf from James Fair's arithmetic book, Stitchill School, 1786.) | 1742-1786 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/13 | Proclamation register | 1855-1860 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/14 | Communion roll | 1878-1891 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/15 | Communion roll | 1891-1900 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/16 | Communion roll | 1901-1905 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/17 | Communion roll | 1905-1910 | Request lookup |
| CH2/1325/18 | Communion roll | 1910-1919 | 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
- £10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James CESSFORD | 1854 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| George SHORTT | 1847 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Widow Euphan SWANSTON | 1852 (1) | Order images | Refused |
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
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| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| James Chisholm BALLANTYNE | 15 November 1867 | Agnes BALLANTYNE | Find the father |
| James BARRIE | 9 October 1870 | Jane BARRIE | Find the father |
| Agnes Runciman DAVIDSON | 14 December 1872 | Helen DAVIDSON | Find the father |
| Henrietta ELLIOT | 20 July 1874 | Elisabeth ELLIOT | Find the father |
| Alison HALL | 27 November 1863 | Janet HALL | Find the father |
| Fanny HALL | 6 May 1865 | Janet HALL | Find the father |
| Margaret Fairbairn KINGHORN | 25 February 1861 | Elisabeth KINGHORN | Find the father |
| Helen KNOX | 7 June 1868 | Isabella KNOX | Find the father |
| Jessie LEES | 23 July 1857 | Helen LEES | Find the father |
| Jessie LEES | 21 August 1861 | Betsy LEES | Find the father |
| Robert MACK | 22 May 1864 | Margaret MACK | Find the father |
| Ann Rutherford Marshall MORRISON | 17 September 1874 | Ann MORRISON | Find the father |
| Margaret Rutherford Mason MORRISON | 17 September 1874 | Ann MORRISON | Find the father |
| Jane PATERSON | 9 April 1865 | Margaret PATERSON | Find the father |
| Margaret PATTERSON | 15 November 1863 | Jane PATTERSON | Find the father |
| Andrew QUARRY | 23 August 1858 | Isabella QUARRY | Find the father |
| Mary Ann STENHOUSE | 24 July 1874 | Mary STENHOUSE | Find the father |
| George SWANSTON | 26 April 1863 | Alison SWANSTON | Find the father |
| Janet SWANSTONE | 10 February 1866 | Alison SWANSTONE | Find the father |
| John SWANSTONE | 20 December 1869 | Alison SWANSTONE | Find the father |
| Robert Glaister WATSON | 3 August 1872 | Mary A. WATSON | 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander | Smith | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Fairbairn | Stitchel | ||
| Peter | Nisbet | Stitchel | ||
| William | Mill | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Leitch | Stitchel | ||
| George | Hume | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Paxton | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Hogg | Stitchel | ||
| James | Dods | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Stitchel | ||
| John | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mabon | Stitchel | ||
| Adam | Hardie | Stitchel | ||
| John | Hislop | Stitchel | ||
| William | Dove | Baillieknowe | ||
| James | Paterson | Baillieknowe | ||
| Robert | Renwick | Baillieknowe | ||
| William | Tod | Baillieknowe | ||
| Robert | Halliday | Baillieknowe | ||
| Adam | Fair | Baillieknowe | ||
| George | Davidson | Baillieknowe | ||
| William | Kerr | Baillieknowe | ||
| George | Tod | Baillieknowe | ||
| Gilbert | Stuart | Runningburn | ||
| James | Henry | Runningburn | ||
| John | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| John | Balmer | Eastfield | ||
| James | Tully | Eastfield | ||
| Walter | White | Eastfield | ||
| William | Jeffrey | Queenscairn | ||
| Alexander | Anderson | Queenscairn | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Craigend | ||
| John | Pringle | Stitchel House | ||
| Alexander | Baird | Parkend | ||
| William | Tennant | Parkend | ||
| William | Boog | Sweethope | ||
| Thomas | Yule | Sweethope | ||
| Archibald | Dunn | Sweethope | ||
| Robert | Inglis | Sweethope | ||
| John | Middlemas | Mainrig | ||
| Andrew | Watson | Stitchel Mill | ||
| David | Temple | Hume | ||
| Alexander | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Robert | Leitch | Hume | ||
| Isaac | Leitch | Hume | ||
| John | Spence | Hume | ||
| George | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Charles | Lauder | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hume | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hislop | Hume | ||
| George | Logan | Hume | ||
| Robert | Robertson | Hume | ||
| Pringle | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Thomas | Allan | Hume | ||
| Thomas | Weatherstone | Hume | ||
| Edward | Briggs | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Hume | ||
| George | Robertson | Hume | ||
| Robert | Clark | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Hewie | Hume | ||
| Alexander | Tait | Hume | ||
| John | Richardson | Hume | ||
| William | Leitch | Hume | ||
| John | Todd | Orchard | ||
| Andrew | Gow | Orchard | ||
| John | Wood | Orchard | ||
| James | Cairns | Orchard | ||
| Alexander | Logan | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Humehall | ||
| William | Cowe | Humehall | ||
| John | Hervey | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Allan | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Fairbairn | Humehall | ||
| John | Logan | Humehall | ||
| Samuel | Hoy | Humehall | ||
| Alexander | Johnston | Todrig | ||
| Ronald | Porteous | Todrig | ||
| Andrew | Greirson | Todrig | ||
| William | Nesbit | Todrig | ||
| William | Trotter | Todrig | ||
| Henry | Hogg | Todrig | ||
| Walter | Laidlaw | Todrig | ||
| Andrew | Elliot | Todrig | ||
| John | Turnbull | Humebyres | ||
| William | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| John | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| James | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| John | Grant | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Tennant | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Hogg | Falsidehill | ||
| William | Steel | Falsidehill | ||
| Joseph | Gibson | Kirklands | ||
| Robert | Renton | Kirklands | ||
| Andrew | Baldie | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| Alexander | Lang | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| George | Trotter | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| James | Mcdougal | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| David | Henderson | Legars | ||
| Andrew | Tenant | Legars | ||
| James | Wood | Hairheugh | ||
| William | Hay | Hume Mill | ||
| George | Smeaton | Coldside |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adam | Hardie | Stitchel | ||
| James | Dodds | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mather | Stitchel | ||
| Adam | Fair | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Stitchel | ||
| John | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Stitchel | ||
| George | Todd | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Halliday | Stitchel | ||
| George | Davidson | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mabon | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Hogg | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Renwick | Stitchel | ||
| William | Todd | Stitchel | ||
| James | Paterson | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Paxton | Stitchel | ||
| George | Hume | Stitchel | ||
| John | Lindsay | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Leach | Stitchel | ||
| William | Mill | Stitchel | ||
| Peter | Nisbet | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Fairbairn | Stitchel | ||
| Alexander | Smith | Stitchel | ||
| John | Pringle | Stitchel | ||
| William | Dove | Baillieknowe | ||
| David | Reid | Garden Hall Stitchel | ||
| Alexander | Baird | Parkend | ||
| William | Tennant | Parkend | ||
| William | Boog | Sweethope | ||
| Archibald | Dun | Sweethope | ||
| Robert | Inglis | Sweethope | x next to name | |
| Thomas | Yule | Sweethope | ||
| Robert | Pender | Mainrigg | ||
| Andrew | Watson | Stitchel Mill | ||
| Gilbert | Stuart | Runningburn | ||
| James | Henry | Runningburn | ||
| John | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| James | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| Alexr | Robertson | added later; address ambiguous, but likely Eastfield | ||
| James | Tully | Eastfield | ||
| William | Turnbull | Eastfield | ||
| Geo | Yule | Eastfield | added later | |
| William | Jeffray | Queenscairn | ||
| Alexander | Anderson | Queenscairn | ||
| John | Grant | Queenscairn | added later | |
| John | Nisbet | Queenscairn | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Craigend | ||
| David | Temple | Hume | ||
| Alexander | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Robert | Leach | Hume | ||
| Isaac | Leach | Hume | ||
| Charles | Lauder | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hume | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hislop | Hume | ||
| George | Logan | Hume | ||
| Pringle | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Thomas | Allan | Hume | ||
| Edward | Briggs | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Hume | ||
| George | Johnston | Hume | ||
| Robert | Clark | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Hewie | Hume | ||
| Alexander | Tait | Hume | ||
| William | Leach | Hume | ||
| John | Richardson | Hume | ||
| James | Cairns | Orchard | ||
| John | Todd | Orchard | ||
| Alexander | Logan | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Humehall | ||
| George | Smith | Humehall | x next to name | |
| John | Todd | Humehall | ||
| John | Logan | Oxmuir | ||
| Alexander | Johnston | Toddrig | ||
| Ronald | Porteous | Toddrig | ||
| Henry | Hogg | Toddrig | ||
| Andrew | Grierson | Toddrig | ||
| John | Turnbull | Humebyres | ||
| William | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| John | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| James | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| Yule | Legars | Name deleted | ||
| Charles | Haig | Legars | x next to name | |
| John | Grant | Falsidehill | x next to name | |
| George | Tennant | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Hogg | Falsidehill | ||
| William | Steele | Falsidehill | ||
| David | Lawnam | Stanemuir | ||
| Joseph | Gibson | Stanemuir | ||
| Alexander | Lang | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| George | Trotter | Hardiesmill Place | x next to name | |
| Thomas | Wright | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| George | Smeaton | Coldside |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Buchanan | member of session | ||
| John | Pringle | member of session | ||
| Alexr | Baird | member of session | ||
| John | Richardson | member of session | ||
| Alexander | Smith | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Fairbairn | Stitchel | ||
| Peter | Nisbet | Stitchel | ||
| William | Mill | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Leach | Stitchel | ||
| John | Lindsay | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Paxton | Stitchel | ||
| James | Paterson | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Stitchel | ||
| George | Todd | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Halliday | Stitchel | ||
| George | Davidson | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mabon | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Hogg | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Renwick | Stitchel | ||
| William | Todd | Stitchel | ||
| John | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Stitchel | ||
| Adam | Fair | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mather | Stitchel | ||
| James | Dodds | Stitchel | ||
| Adam | Hardie | Stitchel | ||
| William | Dove | Baillieknowe | ||
| David | Reid | Gardenhouse Stitchel | ||
| William | Tennant | Parkend | ||
| James | Henry | Runningburn | ||
| John | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| James | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| Andrew | Watson | Stitchel Mill | ||
| Robert | Pender | Mainrigg | ||
| William | Boog | Sweethope | ||
| Thomas | Yule | Sweethope | ||
| Robert | Inglis | Sweethope | ||
| Archibald | Dun | Sweethope | ||
| Alexr | Robertson | Eastfield | ||
| Robert | Yule | Eastfield | ||
| James | Tully | Eastfield | ||
| William | Turnbull | Eastfield | ||
| John | Grant | Queenscairn | ||
| William | Jeffrey | Queenscairn | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Craigend | ||
| James | Cairns | Orchard | ||
| John | Todd | Orchard | ||
| Alexander | Logan | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Humehall | ||
| John | Smith | Humehall | ||
| John | Logan | Oxmuir | ||
| Alexander | Johnston | Todrig | ||
| John | Conlan | Todrig | ||
| Henry | Hogg | Todrig | ||
| James | Robertson | Todrig | ||
| John | Turnbull | Humebyres | ||
| James | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| John | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| William | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| John | Grierson | Legars | ||
| Charles | Haig | Legars | ||
| John | Gray | Falsidehill | ||
| George | Tennant | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Hogg | Falsidehill | ||
| William | Steele | Falsidehill | ||
| John | Hogg | Stanemuir | ||
| David | Lewnam | Stanemuir | ||
| Alexander | Lang | Hardiesmill Place | ||
| William | Leach | Hume | ||
| John | Richardson | Hume | ||
| Alexr | Tait | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Hewie | Hume | ||
| Robert | Clark | Hume | ||
| George | Johnston | Hume | ||
| Edward | Briggs | Hume | ||
| Thomas | Allan | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Hume | ||
| Pringle | Gibb | Hume | ||
| George | Logan | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hislop | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hume | Hume | ||
| Charles | Lauder | Hume | ||
| Robert | Leech | Hume | ||
| William | Leech | Hume | ||
| David | Temple | Hume |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Buchanan | member of session | ||
| John | Pringle | member of session | ||
| Alexander | Baird | member of session | ||
| Andrew | Watson | Stitchel | ||
| William | Turnbull | Stitchel | ||
| Walter | Pringle | Stitchel | ||
| Adam | Hardie | Stitchel | ||
| John | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mabon | Stitchel | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Stitchel | ||
| George | Davidson | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Hogg | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Renwick | Stitchel | ||
| William | Todd | Stitchel | ||
| James | Paterson | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Halliday | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Paxton | Stitchel | ||
| John | Lindsay | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Leech | Stitchel | ||
| William | Mill | Stitchel | ||
| Peter | Nisbet | Stitchel | ||
| Peter | Smith | Stitchel | ||
| George | Leslie | Stitchel | ||
| William | Dove | Baillieknowe | ||
| William | Boog | Sweethope | ||
| George | Crosier | Sweethope | ||
| Archibald | Dun | Sweethope | ||
| Robert | Pender | Mainrigg | ||
| John | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| James | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| Geo | Yule | Eastfield | ||
| George | Henry | Eastfield | ||
| Robert | Robertson | Eastfield | ||
| Robert | Turnbull | Eastfield | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Craigend | ||
| William | Leitch | Hume | ||
| Alexander | Tait | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Hewie | Hume | ||
| Robert | Clark | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Hume | ||
| Thomas | Allan | Hume | ||
| Pringle | Gibb | Hume | ||
| George | Logan | Hume | ||
| Edward | Briggs | Hume | ||
| John | Weir | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hume | Hume | ||
| Charles | Lauder | Hume | ||
| Archibald | Gibb | Hume | ||
| David | Temple | Hume | ||
| Robert | Leitch | Hume | ||
| William | Steel | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Hogg | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Steel | Falsidehill | ||
| Andrew | Lownam | Falsidehill | ||
| Alexander | Logan | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Humehall | ||
| John | Todd | Humehall | ||
| John | Logan | Humehall | ||
| John | Todd | Orchard | ||
| David | Lownam | Orchard | ||
| Alexander | Johnston | Todrig | ||
| Henry | Hogg | Todrig | ||
| Ronald | Porteous | Todrig | ||
| James | Robertson | Todrig | ||
| William | Jeffray | Queenscairn | ||
| John | Gray | Queenscairn | ||
| John | Turnbull | Humebyres | ||
| William | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| John | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| James | Anderson | Humebyres |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P | Buchanan | minister, member of session | ||
| John | Pringle | of Stitchel, member of session | ||
| Alexander | Baird | member of session | ||
| Adam | Hardie | Stitchel | ||
| John | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| Charles | Gray | Stitchel | ||
| John | Mabon | Stitchel | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Stitchel | ||
| James | Cairns | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Hogg | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Renwick | Stitchel | ||
| William | Todd | Stitchel | ||
| William | White | Stitchel | ||
| Robert | Paxton | Stitchel | ||
| John | Lindsay | Stitchel | ||
| Thomas | Leach | Stitchel | ||
| William | Mill | Stitchel | ||
| Peter | Nisbet | Stitchel | ||
| Walter | Pringle | Stitchel | ||
| Andrew | Watson | Stitchel | ||
| James | Swanston | Stitchel | ||
| George | Leslie | Stitchel | ||
| David | Temple | Hume | ||
| Archibald | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Charles | Lauder | Hume | ||
| Robert | Hume | Hume | ||
| John | Weir | Hume | ||
| George | Logan | Hume | ||
| Pringle | Gibb | Hume | ||
| Thomas | Allan | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Swanston | Hume | ||
| Robert | Clarke | Hume | ||
| Andrew | Hewie | Hume | ||
| Alexander | Tait | Hume | ||
| William | Leitch | Hume | ||
| William | Boog | Sweethope | ||
| George | Crosier | Sweethope | ||
| Archibald | Dun | Sweethope | ||
| Richard | Curle | Mainrig | ||
| James | Short | Stitchel Mill | ||
| John | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| James | Cessford | Caldronbrae | ||
| George | Yule | Eastfield | ||
| Robert | Robertson | Eastfield | ||
| George | Henry | Eastfield | ||
| Thomas | Gray | Craigend | ||
| William | Steel | Falsidehill | ||
| James | Hogg | Falsidehill | ||
| John | Steel | Falsidehill | ||
| Andrew | Lewnam | Falsidehill | ||
| John | Turnbull | Humebyres | ||
| John | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| James | Anderson | Humebyres | ||
| William | Dove | Baillieknowe | ||
| Alexander | Logan | Humehall | ||
| Thomas | Rae | Humehall | ||
| John | Todd | Humehall | ||
| William | Cochrane | Humehall | ||
| George | Logan | Humehall | ||
| John | Tod | Orchard | ||
| David | Lewnam | Orchard | ||
| Alexander | Johnston | Todrig | ||
| Henry | Hogg | Todrig | ||
| William | Jeffrey | Queenscairn | ||
| John | Grant | Queenscairn |
Kirk Session Records Index
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