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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
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CH2/377/3 | Minutes 1708-1836; Accounts 1708-1880, and Proclamations 1820-1837 Includes mortcloth payments, and marriage proclamations (some of them not in OPRs). | 1708-1880 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/4 | Minutes | 1727-1759 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/5 | Minutes 1837-94 Proclamations 1837-98 Proclamations are not in the OPRs. | 1837-1898 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/6 | Accounts Includes mortcloth dues and poor payments. | 1722-1756 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/7 | Accounts 1750-1767, baptisms 1762 Includes mortcloth payments and poor rolls. | 1750-1767 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/8 | Accounts Includes poor rolls | 1767-1784 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/9 | Accounts | 1784-1800 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/10 | Accounts Includes mortcloth dues. | 1800-1815 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/11 | Accounts | 1815-1834 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/12 | Baptismal register | 1855-1887 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/13 | Communion roll | 1861-1877 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/14 | Communion roll | 1878-1887 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/15 | Communion roll | 1885-1894 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/16 | Communion roll | 1898-1906 | Request lookup |
| CH2/377/23 | Communion roll | 23 Feb 1886 | 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
- £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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs BLACK | 1865 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Ann BLACK | 1863 (5) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Elizabeth FOGGO | 1850 (2) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Margaret GRAY | 1870 (1) | Order images | Refused | |
| Andrew MORRIS | Gifford | 1846 (2) | Order images | Refused |
| Rebecca MORRIS | Gifford | 1846 (2) | Order images | Refused |
| John SHIELLS | 1854 (3) | Order images | Ground of complaint removed | |
| Helen WEIR or DAWSON | 1856 (2) | Order images | Refused |
Sheriff Court paternity decrees
Single mothers often took the fathers of their children to court for child support. Such cases were known as filiation and aliment cases. The court could order the father to provide maintenance payments to the mother. If the mother won her case, the court would issue a decree, which would allow the mother to enforce payment of aliment. We have indexed all the records of such cases held by the National Records of Scotland from at least 1855 to 1880, and can provide digital images of the records. To order your copy, simply click on the Order now link in the table below.
We have not yet indexed any Kirk Session records for this parish.
| Mother name and residence | Defender name | Child birth | Order | Court |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Isabella ALLISON Castlemains, Gifford | Peter GALBRAITH | 10 Aug 1899 Castlemains, Gifford | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Isabella White ALLISON Castle Mains, Gifford | Francis FARRELL | 12 Jan 1896 Monkrigg | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Isabella ANDERSON Leehouses, Yester | Samuel WRIGHT | 12 Aug 1879 Leehouses, Yester | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Janet BAILLIE Gifford | Thomas HOGG | 9 Apr 1859 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
| Elizabeth BATHGATE Gifford | James HORSBURGH | 3 May 1898 Gifford | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Jane BROWN or INGLIS Gifford | Andrew OVENS | 3 Feb 1883 Musselburgh | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/38 |
| Helen COCKBURN Gifford | John BAILLIE | 27 Jul 1849 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/36 |
| Jane COMBE Woodhead, Yester | Alexander HASTIE | 6 Sep 1877 | Order now | Haddington SC40/7/37 |
School Leaving Certificate Exams
This is an index to the registers of school leaving certificate examination results (NRS Reference ED36). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
Anatomy register
This is an index to the registers of the Inspector of Anatomy for Scotland (NRS Reference MH1/1-MH1/30). We do not currently have any records for this parish.
List of Births with no Father's name 1855-1874
Your research hit a brick wall when you discovered a birth record missing this vital name? Choose Find the Father by any birth below to start breaking down that barrier today with our FREE search service. Where we've already identified the father, click on the Father Found link to order a copy of the record naming the father. For births outwith this period, click here.
| Child name | Date of birth | Mother name | Order |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen ALLAN | 5 January 1868 | Christina ALLAN | Find the father |
| Elizabeth BAILLIE | 28 September 1858 | Margaret BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Janet BAILLIE | 18 April 1855 | Janet BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Peter BAILLIE | 28 March 1860 | Isabella BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Thomas BAILLIE | 1 January 1857 | Margaret BAILLIE | Find the father |
| Barbara BALD | 23 February 1859 | Isabella BALD | Find the father |
| David BALD | 12 November 1865 | Isabella BALD | Father found |
| Margaret BALD | 11 April 1861 | Isabella BALD | Father found |
| Mary Ann BALD | 24 March 1855 | Isabella BALD | Find the father |
| Jamima Napier BELL | 7 July 1857 | Agnes BELL | Father found |
| Elizabeth BLACK | 24 January 1855 | Ann BLACK | Find the father |
| Elisabeth Wilkinson BROWN | 26 December 1873 | Jane BROWN | Find the father |
| Jessie BRUCE | 19 July 1867 | Grace BRUCE | Find the father |
| John COCKBURN | 25 May 1858 | Jean COCKBURN | Find the father |
| Mary Ann Paterson CURRIE | 11 September 1872 | Christina CURRIE | Find the father |
| Clara DONALDSON | 17 January 1862 | Frances DONALDSON | Find the father |
| Mary Gibson DOUGLAS | 23 July 1865 | Elizabeth DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Peter DOUGLAS | 30 October 1861 | Mary DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Robert DOUGLAS | 12 January 1873 | Euphemia DOUGLAS | Find the father |
| Jane DUDGEON | 15 December 1857 | Margaret DUDGEON | Find the father |
| Francis EDINGTON | 26 January 1860 | Agnes EDINGTON | Find the father |
| James EDINGTON | 6 July 1855 | Margaret EDINGTON | Find the father |
| Margaret EDINGTON | 2 January 1862 | Helen EDINGTON | Find the father |
| James FISHER | 7 March 1862 | Janet FISHER | Find the father |
| Isabella FORREST | 8 September 1860 | Marion FORREST | Father found |
| Andrew GRAY | 24 September 1863 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Andrew GRAY | 30 October 1870 | Helen GRAY | Find the father |
| Catharine GRAY | 9 December 1856 | Hannah GRAY | Father found |
| David GRAY | 16 June 1866 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Margaret GRAY | 5 July 1859 | Helen GRAY | Find the father |
| Marion GRAY | 14 July 1872 | Helen GRAY | Find the father |
| Peter GRAY | 15 September 1861 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Thomas GRAY | 19 July 1861 | Helen GRAY | Find the father |
| Thomas GRAY | 19 December 1869 | Margaret GRAY | Find the father |
| Thomas GRIEVE | 24 June 1858 | Elizabeth GRIEVE | Find the father |
| Robert HASTIE | 1 September 1874 | Isabella HASTIE | Find the father |
| Henrietta HOLLINGSWORTH | 2 April 1871 | Rosina HOLLINGSWORTH | Find the father |
| Janet KING | 20 April 1864 | Isabella KING | Find the father |
| John KING | 26 October 1871 | Rosanna KING | Find the father |
| Robert KING | 22 July 1874 | Isabella KING | Find the father |
| William LEARMONT | 17 June 1868 | Margaret LEARMONT | Find the father |
| John LECKIE | 4 January 1868 | Ann LECKIE | Find the father |
| George LEISHMAN | 10 June 1859 | Jane LEISHMAN | Find the father |
| John LEISHMAN | 10 March 1863 | Jane LEISHMAN | Find the father |
| Margaret LIDGATE | 19 July 1855 | Agnes LIDGATE | Find the father |
| William LOWE | 13 August 1858 | Jane LOWE | Find the father |
| Margaret MATHIESON | 14 October 1867 | Mary MATHIESON | Find the father |
| Robert MITCHELL | 2 April 1863 | Margaret MITCHELL | Find the father |
| Joan MORRISON | 21 January 1871 | Joan MORRISON | Find the father |
| Marion MORRISON | 24 January 1856 | Marion MORRISON | Find the father |
| John PEFFERS | 4 October 1874 | Euphemia PEFFERS | Find the father |
| James RENTON | 14 July 1861 | Janet RENTON | Father found |
| Mary Helen RENTON | 14 July 1861 | Janet RENTON | Father found |
| Robert RENTON | 16 August 1857 | Janet RENTON | Find the father |
| David SMAIL | 19 February 1867 | Margaret SMAIL | Find the father |
| John TAIT | 1 February 1866 | Janet TAIT | Find the father |
| Robert TAIT | 3 July 1871 | Mary TAIT | Find the father |
| Catharine Baillie WHITEHEAD | 19 October 1858 | Helen WHITEHEAD | Find the father |
| Jane Goodall WIGHT | 3 May 1872 | Helen SIRREL | Find the father |
| Margaret Mcgregor Logan YOUNG | 6 August 1857 | Elizabeth YOUNG | Find the father |
| Margaret YULE | 20 January 1869 | Margaret Gray YULE | Find the father |
General Register of Lunatics
This index shows patients from this parish admitted to asylums. We have not yet identified any patients from this parish.
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.
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweeddale | elder | Yester House | ||
| James | Porteous | elder | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Allan | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Anderson | labourer | Gifford | |
| Peter | Bathgate | merchant | Gifford | |
| Robert | Bathgate | labourer | Gifford | |
| Peter | Begbie | smith | Gifford | |
| John | Blair | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Bald | flesher | Gifford | |
| William | Bald | innkeeper | Gifford | |
| Robert | Brown | weaver | Gifford | x next to name |
| William | Bain | labourer | Gifford | |
| Peter | Black | warrener | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| William | Black | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Beaton | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Craise | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Peter | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Carfrae | steward | Gifford | |
| David | Chirnside | carpenter | Gifford | |
| David | Cree | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Darling | tailor | Gifford | |
| James | Dickson | tailor | Gifford | |
| Edward | Dickson | mason | Gifford | |
| George | Dickson | labourer | Gifford | |
| Hall | Dodds | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Edgar | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Edington | warrener | Gifford | x next to name |
| Richard | Ewen | merchant | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Falconer | carpenter | Gifford | |
| John | Finlayson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Samuel | Finlayson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forbes | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forrest | nurseryman | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Gibson | labourer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Harrower | smith | Gifford | |
| John | Herkes | carpenter | Gifford | x next to name |
| Thomas | Henderson | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| James | Hogg | watchmaker | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Instant | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Robert | Kelly | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Kerr | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Lambert | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Lidgate | carrier | Gifford | |
| Walter | Lynn | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Macadam | baker | Gifford | |
| Peter | Mackay | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| John | Mackenzie | gardener | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Maclaren | sawyer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Millar | butler | Gifford | |
| David | Mitchell | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Moodie | labourer | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Morrison | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Muirhead | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Francis | Nisbet | labourer | Gifford | x next to name |
| John | Robertson | preacher | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Ross | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Sligh | merchant | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Stewart | labourer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Swinton | baker | Gifford | |
| James | Tait | wood merchant | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | sawyer | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | baker | Gifford | |
| John | Trail | bleacher | Gifford | |
| Robert | Waddell | carrier | Gifford | x next to name |
| Andrew | Whitelaw | postman | Gifford | x next to name |
| Alexander | Wight | tailor | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Wight | weaver | Gifford | |
| George | Wight | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Wight | carpenter | Gifford | |
| William | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Joseph | Wood | groom | Gifford | |
| John | Anderson | hind | Yester Mains | |
| James | Bald | shepherd | Harley Burn | |
| Thomas | Barclay | farmer | Inglesfield | |
| Mark | Black | hind | Kidlaw | x next to name |
| James | Blair | farmer | Trafalgar | occupation changed to hind |
| George | Clapperton | shepherd | Upper Latch | |
| Robert | Conquer | hind | Long Newton | |
| Thomas | Craig | hind | Townhead | |
| James | Dobson | gardener | Yester | |
| James | Dodds | hind | Woodhead | occupation changed to labourer |
| John | Dodds | hind | Long Newton | |
| James | Donaldson | hind | Long Newton | |
| John | Donaldson | smith | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Duncan | gamekeeper | Sunnyside | |
| William | Fisher | hind | Duncanlaw | |
| Christopher | Hamilton | schoolmaster | Long Newton | |
| David | Hamilton | hind | Long Yester | |
| James | Hay | farmer | Sheriffside | |
| Peter | Hay | labourer | Duncanlaw Toll | |
| Robert | Henderson | smith | Woodhead | |
| George | Hogg | hind | Long Yester | |
| James | Hogg | labourer | Redshill | |
| John | Hume | farmer | Bankrug | |
| Alexander | Hume | farmer | Gamuelston | |
| Alexander | Hunter | hind | Leehouses | |
| Archibald | Hunter | schoolmaster | Long Yester | |
| Alexander | Jaffray | smith | Yester Mains | |
| John | Johnston | labourer | Gamuelston | |
| Peter | Logan | farmer | Duncanlaw | |
| John | Lorraine | steward | Yester Mains | |
| John | Kelly | labourer | Baxter's Sink | |
| John | Marshall | road surveyor | Broadwoodside Mains | |
| David | Moffat | hind | Duncanlaw | |
| Robert | Moffat | hind | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Moodie | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| John | Muirhead | labourer | Kidlaw | |
| Douglas | Murray | farmer | Long Yester | |
| Archibald | Napier | hind | Long Newton | |
| Francis | Purves | hind | Skedsbush | |
| James | Purves | hind | Long Yester | |
| Alexander | Redpath | labourer | Under Latch | + beside name |
| Andrew | Redpath | shepherd | Yester Port | |
| Andrew | Richardson | hind | Long Yester | |
| Peter | Robertson | hind | Long Yester | Forename changed to James |
| Peter | Russell | hind | Bankrug | |
| George | Sandilands | labourer | Baxter's Sink | |
| George | Shiels | hind | Sheriffside | |
| Adam | Skirving | farmer | Long Newton | |
| John | Spalding | labourer | Inglesfield | |
| James | Stewart | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| John | Stewart | hind | Yester Mains | |
| John | Thomson | labourer | Broadwoodside | x next to name; forename changed to James |
| William | Thomson | labourer | Baxter's Sink | |
| John | Watson | labourer | Bankhead | |
| John | Weir | manufacturer | Waulk Mill | |
| Charles | White | hind | Long Yester | |
| Walter | White | hind | Sheriffside | |
| John | Witherspoon | farmer | Kidlaw |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweeddale | elder | Yester House | ||
| James | Porteous | elder | Gifford | |
| David | Aikman | clerk | Gifford | added later |
| Thomas | Allan | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Anderson | labourer | Gifford | |
| Peter | Bathgate | merchant | Gifford | |
| Robert | Bathgate | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Blair | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Bald | flesher | Gifford | |
| William | Bald | innkeeper | Gifford | |
| Alexr | Brown | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Brown | weaver | Gifford | |
| William | Bain | labourer | Gifford | |
| Peter | Black | warrener | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| William | Black | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Beaton | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Craise | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Peter | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Carfrae | steward | Gifford | |
| David | Chirnside | carpenter | Gifford | |
| David | Cree | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Darling | tailor | Gifford | |
| James | Dickson | tailor | Gifford | |
| Edward | Dickson | mason | Gifford | |
| George | Dickson | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Edgar | labourer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Edgar | mason | Gifford | |
| James | Edington | warrener | Gifford | |
| Richard | Ewen | merchant | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Falconer | carpenter | Gifford | |
| John | Finlayson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forbes | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forrest | nurseryman | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Gibson | labourer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Harrower | smith | Gifford | |
| Robert | Hastings | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Herkes | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Henderson | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| James | Hogg | watchmaker | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Instant | carpenter | Gifford | |
| John | Kerr | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Lambert | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Lidgate | carrier | Gifford | |
| Walter | Lynn | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Macadam | baker | Gifford | |
| Peter | Mackay | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| John | Mackenzie | gardener | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Maclaren | sawyer | Gifford | |
| William | Martin | surgeon | Gifford Vale | added later |
| Alexander | Miller | butler | Gifford | |
| David | Mitchell | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Moodie | labourer | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Morris | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Murray | carpenter | Gifford | added later |
| George | Renwick | coachman | Gifford | |
| Johnstone P | Richardson | surgeon | Gifford | added later |
| Alexander | Robertson | surgeon | Gifford | |
| John | Robertson | preacher | Gifford | |
| James | Sligh | merchant | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Stewart | labourer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Swinton | baker | Gifford | |
| James | Tait | wood merchant | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | sawyer | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | baker | Gifford | |
| John | Trail | bleacher | Gifford | |
| Robert | Waddell | carrier | Gifford | |
| James | Wallace | servant | Gifford | |
| James | Watson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Wight | tailor | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Wight | weaver | Gifford | |
| George | Wight | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Wight | carpenter | Gifford | |
| William | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Joseph | Wood | groom | Gifford | |
| William | Corner | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Anderson | hynd | Yester Mains | |
| James | Bald | shepherd | Harley Burn | |
| Thomas | Barclay | farmer | Inglesfield | |
| William | Bell | farmer | Townhead | |
| George | Bertram | farmer | Leehouses | |
| James | Blair | hynd | Trafalgar | |
| George | Clapperton | shepherd | Upper Latch | |
| James | Dobson | gardener | Yester | |
| James | Dodds | labourer | Woodhead | |
| John | Dodds | hynd | Long Newton | |
| James | Donaldson | labourer | Long Newton | |
| John | Donaldson | smith | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Duncan | gamekeeper | Sunnyside | |
| William | Fisher | hynd | Duncanlaw | |
| William | Gray | smith | Long Yester | added later |
| Christopher | Hamilton | schoolmaster | Long Newton | |
| John | Hamilton | hynd | Townhead | added later |
| James | Hay | farmer | Sheriffside | |
| Robert | Henderson | smith | Woodhead | |
| George | Hogg | hynd | Long Yester | |
| James | Hogg | labourer | Redshill | |
| James | Howden | hynd | Townhead | added later |
| Alexander | Hume | farmer | Gamuelston | |
| Archibald | Hunter | schoolmaster | Long Yester | |
| Alexander | Jaffray | smith | Yester Mains | |
| Peter | Logan | farmer | Duncanlaw | |
| John | Lorraine | steward | Yester Mains | |
| John | Marshall | road surveyor | Broadwoodside Mains | |
| David | Moffat | hynd | Duncanlaw | |
| Robert | Moffat | hynd | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Moodie | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| Douglas | Murray | farmer | Long Yester | |
| Archibald | Napier | hynd | Long Newton | |
| James | Purves | hynd | Long Yester | |
| John | Purves | hynd | Leehouses | address changed to Skedsbush |
| Alexander | Redpath | labourer | Under Latch | |
| Andrew | Redpath | shepherd | Yester Port | |
| Andrew | Richardson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| James | Robertson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Peter | Russell | hynd | Bankrug | |
| George | Sandilands | labourer | Baxter's Syke | |
| George | Shiells | hynd | Sheriffside | |
| Adam | Skirving | farmer | Long Newton | |
| John | Spalding | labourer | Inglesfield | |
| James | Stewart | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| John | Stewart | hynd | Yester Mains | |
| teacher | Bankrug | added later; name too faint to read | ||
| George | Thomson | labourer | Long Yester | |
| Robert | Trotter | farmer | Woodhead | added later |
| James | Thomson | labourer | Broadwoodside | |
| John | Tosh | labourer | Woodhead | added later |
| William | Thomson | labourer | Baxter's Syke | |
| James | Wallace | hynd | Long Yester | added later |
| John | Watson | labourer | Bankhead | |
| John | Weir | manufacturer | Waulk Mill | |
| Charles | White | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Walter | White | hynd | Sheriffside | |
| John | Witherspoon | farmer | Kidlaw | |
| Stairs | Walker | servant | Newhall | added later |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweeddale | elder | Yester House | ||
| James | Porteous | elder | Gifford | |
| David | Aikman | clerk | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Amos | labourer | Gifford | added later |
| Thomas | Allan | labourer | Gifford | |
| Hamilton | Anderson | hynd | Townhead | |
| James | Anderson | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Anderson | hynd | Yester Mains | address changed to Redshill |
| John | Armstrong | flesher | Gifford | added later |
| Peter | Bathgate | merchant | Gifford | Record deleted |
| Robert | Bathgate | labourer | Gifford | Record deleted |
| Thomas | Bathgate | Gamuelston | added later; deleted; occupation illegible; forename not certain | |
| James | Bald | shepherd | Harley Burn | |
| John | Bald | flesher | Gifford | |
| William | Bald | innkeeper | Gifford | |
| Archibald | Bain | hynd | Kidlaw | added later |
| William | Bain | labourer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Barclay | farmer | Inglesfield | |
| John | Blair | labourer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Brown | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Brown | weaver | Gifford | |
| Peter | Black | warrener | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| William | Black | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Blair | hynd | Trafalgar | |
| Robert | Beaton | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Bell | farmer | Townhead | |
| James | Burns | hynd | Baxter's Syke | added later |
| George | Bertram | farmer | Leehouses | |
| James | Craig | hynd | Leehouses | added later |
| William | Craise | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Peter | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Carfrae | steward | Gifford | name deleted |
| David | Chirnside | carpenter | Gifford | |
| David | Cree | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Corner | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Clapperton | shepherd | Upper Latch | |
| Archibald | Currie | labourer | Long Yester | added later |
| James | Dobson | gardener | Yester | |
| James | Dodds | labourer | Woodhead | |
| John | Dodds | hynd | Long Newton | |
| David | Donaldson | tailor | Gifford | added later |
| James | Donaldson | labourer | Long Newton | |
| John | Donaldson | smith | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Duncan | gamekeeper | Sunnyside | |
| William | Darling | tailor | Gifford | |
| James | Dickson | tailor | Gifford | |
| Edward | Dickson | mason | Gifford | |
| George | Dickson | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Dickson | hynd | Leehouses | added later |
| John | Edgar | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Edington | warrener | Gifford | name deleted |
| Richard | Ewen | merchant | Gifford | |
| Peter | Falconer | carpenter | Gifford | added later |
| Thomas | Falconer | carpenter | Gifford | name deleted |
| John | Finlayson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| William | Fisher | hynd | Duncanlaw | |
| Robert | Forbes | shoemaker | Gifford | name deleted |
| Robert | Forrest | nurseryman | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Gibson | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Gray | smith | Long Yester | |
| David | Hamilton | hynd | Yester Mains | added later |
| Christopher | Hamilton | schoolmaster | Long Newton | |
| John | Hamilton | hynd | Townhead | |
| Alexander | Harrower | smith | Gifford | |
| Robert | Hastie | labourer | Gifford | name deleted |
| James | Hay | farmer | Sheriffside | |
| Robert | Henderson | smith | Woodhead | |
| Thomas | Henderson | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| John | Herkes | carpenter | Gifford | |
| George | Hogg | hynd | Long Yester | occupation changed to labourer |
| James | Hogg | labourer | Gifford | added later |
| James | Hogg | labourer | Redshill | |
| James | Hogg | watchmaker | Gifford | |
| John | Hogg | hynd | Bankrug | added later |
| James | Howden | hynd | Townhead | Record deleted |
| Alexander | Hume | farmer | Gamuelston | |
| Archibald | Hunter | schoolmaster | Long Yester | |
| Alexander | Instant | carpenter | Gifford | |
| John | Jamieson | hynd | Duncanlaw | added later |
| Alexander | Jaffray | smith | Yester Mains | |
| John | Kerr | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Landels | huntsman | Baxter's Syke | added later |
| George | Lambert | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Lidgate | added later | ||
| John | Lidgate | carrier | Gifford | name deleted |
| Peter | Logan | farmer | Duncanlaw | |
| William | Lowrie | labourer | Gifford | added later |
| John | Lorraine | steward | Yester Mains | |
| James | Lyall | hynd | Long Yester | added later |
| Walter | Lynn | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Lilly | tollkeeper | Townhead | added later; record deleted |
| William | Macadam | baker | Gifford | |
| Peter | Mackay | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| John | Mackenzie | labourer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Maclaren | sawyer | Gifford | |
| William | Martin | surgeon | Gifford Vale | |
| John | Marshall | road surveyor | Broadwoodside Mains | |
| Alexander | Miller | butler | Gifford | |
| David | Mitchell | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Moffat | hynd | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Moodie | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| Andrew | Morrison | labourer | Gifford | |
| Murray | farmer | Broadwoodside | added later; record deleted | |
| Douglas | Murray | farmer | Long Yester | |
| Archibald | Napier | hynd | Long Newton | |
| George | Park | proprietor | Skedsbush | added later |
| John | Purves | hynd | Skedsbush | |
| Alexander | Redpath | labourer | Under Latch | |
| Andrew | Redpath | shepherd | Yester Port | |
| George | Renwick | coachman | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Richardson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Johnstone P | Richardson | surgeon | Gifford | name deleted |
| Alexander | Robertson | surgeon | Gifford | |
| Robert | Ross | hynd | Townhead | added later |
| James | Robertson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| John | Robertson | labourer | Long Yester | added later |
| John | Robertson | preacher | Gifford | Record deleted |
| Peter | Robertson | hynd | Long Yester | added later |
| George | Shiells | hynd | Sheriffside | |
| William | Shiells | carpenter | Gifford | added later |
| James | Sligh | merchant | Gifford | |
| George | Sandilands | tollkeeper | Inglesfield | added later |
| Adam | Skirving | farmer | Long Newton | |
| John | Spalding | labourer | Inglesfield | |
| Andrew | Stewart | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Stewart | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| John | Stewart | hynd | Yester Mains | |
| Alexander | Swinton | baker | Gifford | |
| Gavin | Tait | farmer | Bankrug | added later |
| James | Tait | wood merchant | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | sawyer | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | baker | Gifford | |
| James | Thomson | labourer | Broadwoodside | |
| John | Tosh | labourer | Woodhead | |
| Robert | Trotter | Added later; name deleted | ||
| John | Trail | bleacher | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Trotter | labourer | Leehouses | added later |
| Robert | Waddell | carrier | Gifford | |
| James | Wallace | servant | Gifford | |
| James | Wallace | hynd | Long Yester | |
| James | Watson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| John | Watson | labourer | Bankhead | |
| John | Weir | manufacturer | Waulk Mill | |
| John | White | hynd | Long Yester | added later |
| Charles | White | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Walter | White | hynd | Sheriffside | |
| Stairs | Walker | servant | Newhall | name deleted |
| John | Witherspoon | farmer | Kidlaw | |
| Alexander | Wight | tailor | Gifford | |
| George | Wight | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Wight | carpenter | Gifford | |
| William | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Joseph | Wood | groom | Gifford |
| Forename | Surname | Occupation | Address | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tweeddale | elder | Yester House | ||
| James | Porteous | elder | Gifford | |
| David | Aikman | clerk | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Allan | labourer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Amos | labourer | Gifford | |
| Hamilton | Anderson | hynd | Townhead | |
| James | Anderson | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Anderson | hynd | Redshill | |
| John | Armstrong | flesher | Gifford | |
| James | Bald | shepherd | Harley Burn | |
| John | Bald | flesher | Gifford | |
| William | Bald | innkeeper | Gifford | |
| Archibald | Bain | hynd | Kidlaw | |
| William | Bain | labourer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Barclay | farmer | Inglesfield | |
| John | Blair | labourer | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Brown | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Brown | weaver | Gifford | |
| Peter | Black | warrener | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| John | Black | weaver | Gifford | |
| William | Black | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Blair | hynd | Trafalgar | |
| Robert | Beaton | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Bell | farmer | Townhead | |
| George | Bertram | farmer | Leehouses | |
| James | Burns | hynd | Baxter's Syke | |
| James | Craig | hynd | Leehouses | |
| William | Craise | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Peter | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Cockburn | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| David | Chirnside | carpenter | Gifford | |
| David | Cree | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Corner | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Clapperton | shepherd | Upper Latch | |
| Archibald | Currie | labourer | Long Yester | |
| James | Dobson | gardener | Yester | |
| James | Dodds | labourer | Woodhead | |
| John | Dodds | hynd | Long Newton | |
| David | Donaldson | tailor | Gifford | |
| James | Donaldson | labourer | Long Newton | |
| John | Donaldson | smith | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Duncan | gamekeeper | Sunnyside | |
| William | Darling | tailor | Gifford | |
| James | Dickson | tailor | Gifford | |
| Edward | Dickson | mason | Gifford | |
| George | Dickson | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Dickson | hynd | Leehouses | |
| John | Edgar | labourer | Gifford | |
| Richard | Ewen | merchant | Gifford | |
| Peter | Falconer | carpenter | Gifford | |
| John | Finlayson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| William | Fisher | hynd | Duncanlaw | |
| Robert | Forrest | nurseryman | Gifford | |
| Robert | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Forrest | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Gibson | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Gray | smith | Long Yester | |
| David | Hamilton | hynd | Yester Mains | |
| Christopher | Hamilton | schoolmaster | Long Newton | |
| John | Hamilton | hynd | Townhead | |
| Alexander | Harrower | smith | Gifford | |
| James | Hay | farmer | Sheriffside | |
| Robert | Henderson | smith | Woodhead | |
| Thomas | Henderson | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| John | Herkes | carpenter | Gifford | |
| George | Hogg | labourer | Long Yester | |
| James | Hogg | labourer | Redshill | |
| James | Hogg | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Hogg | watchmaker | Gifford | |
| John | Hogg | hynd | Bankrug | |
| Alexander | Hume | farmer | Gamuelston | |
| Archibald | Hunter | schoolmaster | Long Yester | |
| Alexander | Instant | carpenter | Gifford | |
| Alexander | Jaffray | smith | Yester Mains | |
| John | Jamieson | hynd | Duncanlaw | |
| John | Kerr | labourer | Gifford | |
| George | Lamb | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Landels | hynd | Baxter's Syke | |
| Robert | Lidgate | carrier | Gifford | |
| Peter | Logan | farmer | Duncanlaw | |
| William | Lowrie | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Lorraine | steward | Yester Mains | |
| James | Lyall | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Walter | Lynn | labourer | Gifford | |
| William | Macadam | baker | Gifford | |
| Peter | Mackay | schoolmaster | Gifford | |
| John | Mackenzie | labourer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Maclaren | sawyer | Gifford | |
| William | Martin | surgeon | Gifford Vale | |
| John | Marshall | road surveyor | Broadwoodside Mains | |
| Alexander | Miller | butler | Gifford | |
| David | Mitchell | labourer | Gifford | |
| Robert | Moffat | hynd | Long Newton | |
| Robert | Moodie | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| Andrew | Morris | labourer | Gifford | |
| Douglas | Murray | farmer | Long Yester | |
| Archibald | Napier | hynd | Long Newton | |
| George | Park | proprietor | Skedsbush | |
| John | Purves | hynd | Skedsbush | |
| Alexander | Redpath | labourer | Under Latch | |
| Andrew | Redpath | shepherd | Yester Port | |
| George | Renwick | coachman | Gifford | |
| Andrew | Richardson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Alexander | Robertson | surgeon | Gifford | |
| James | Robertson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| John | Robertson | labourer | Long Yester | |
| Peter | Robertson | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Robert | Ross | hynd | Townhead | |
| George | Shiells | hynd | Sheriffside | |
| William | Shiells | carpenter | Gifford | |
| James | Sligh | merchant | Gifford | |
| George | Sandilands | tollkeeper | Inglesfield | |
| Adam | Skirving | farmer | Long Newton | |
| John | Spalding | labourer | Inglesfield | |
| Andrew | Stewart | labourer | Gifford | |
| James | Stewart | labourer | Yester Mains | |
| John | Stewart | hynd | Yester Mains | |
| Alexander | Swinton | baker | Gifford | |
| Gavin | Tait | farmer | Bankrug | |
| James | Tait | wood merchant | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | sawyer | Gifford | |
| Charles | Thomson | baker | Gifford | |
| James | Thomson | labourer | Broadwoodside | |
| John | Tosh | labourer | Woodhead | |
| John | Trail | bleacher | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Trotter | labourer | Leehouses | |
| Robert | Waddell | carrier | Gifford | |
| James | Wallace | servant | Gifford | |
| James | Wallace | hynd | Long Yester | |
| James | Watson | shoemaker | Gifford | |
| John | Watson | labourer | Bankhead | |
| John | Weir | manufacturer | Waulk Mill | |
| John | White | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Charles | White | hynd | Long Yester | |
| Walter | White | hynd | Sheriffside | |
| John | Witherspoon | farmer | Kidlaw | |
| Alexander | Wight | tailor | Gifford | |
| George | Wight | labourer | Gifford | |
| John | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Thomas | Wight | carpenter | Gifford | |
| William | Wight | farmer | Gifford | |
| Joseph | Wood | groom | Gifford |
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