Banchory Ternan (Kincardineshire)

Introduction

The parish of Banchory Ternan was formerly partly in Aberdeenshire.

The Common Seal of the
Burgh of Banchory

Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.

Abbreviations

NLS	National Library of Scotland
NRS	National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314)
OPR	Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855)

Books & articles

• See also, for history of the parish:
  • The Statistical accounts of Banchory Ternan
  • General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire

• James Allardyce (ed.) - The Family of Burnett of Leys, with Collateral Branches from the MSS. of the late George Burnett (Aberdeen: University Press, 1901)

• V. J. Buchan Watt - The Book of Banchory (Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1947)

Photo-books - old photographs of Banchory

• David Jamieson & W. Stewart Wilson - Old Banchory (Catrine: Stenlake, 1999: ISBN 9781840330878)

Statistical accounts of Banchory Ternan

• Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 7, p. 369
• New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 323

Maps of Banchory Ternan

Photographs of places

See Geograph.org: Banchory - recent photographs of Banchory. National Grid ref. NO6995.

Aerial photos of Banchory & neighbourhood

See also ScotlandsPlaces: Banchory - recent & old photographs of Banchory; also maps, plans & other records.

Parish church

The ruined former kirk is located at National Grid ref. NO715963. Built in 1665. The mediaeval kirk was dedicated to St Ternan and belonged to Arbroath Abbey.

Parish ministers 1560-1921

adm.: admitted, ass.: assistant, bapt.: baptised, contr.: contract, dem.: demitted, dep.: deposed, ind.: inducted, lic.: licensed, mar.: married, min.: minister, ord.: ordained, pres.: presented, rel.: related, res.: resigned, suc.: successor, test.: testament, tr.: translated

James Reid	1567-1602	yr son of James Reid of Pitfoddels; also had Strachan in the charge 1567; tr. to Colstone 1573; re-tr. from Birse; pres. to vicarage 2 Mar 1582; d. bef. 16 Jul 1602; mar. Isabel Meldrum; issue: Robert, min. here; Thomas, M.A. Marischal 1600, M.A. Oxon 1620; Alexr, physician; James; Peter; Adam, min. of Methlick; Cath. (mar. Wm Burnett, min. of Kinairney); Elspeth (mar. Alexr Youngson, min. of Durris)
Robert Reid	1602-1643	son of above; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1600; pre. 16 Jul 1602; still min. 19 Oct 1643; mar.; issue: John, of Birnes (who was father of Robert, min. here)
Alexander Cant	1646-1662	son of Alexr Cant, min. of Aberdeen; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1636; adm. bef. 29 Jul 1646; dep. 1662; d. 30 Mar. 1665 Aberdeen; mar. Isobel, dau. of Alexander Douglas of Downies; issue: Andrew, min. of Trinity College Kirk, Edinburgh and later a bishop; Isobel (mar. James Stuart, min. of Inveravon); probably also Margaret (mar. Wm Mitchell, min. of Dundee)
Robert Reid of Balnakettle	1662-1682	son of John Reid of Birnes; gson of above Robert Reid; d. bef. 21 Sep 1682; mar.; issue: Mr Robert, of Balnakettle, his heir; Alexr; Thos; John; Elspet (mar. col. John Farquharson); Jean (mar. Robert Burnett, min. here)
Robert Burnett	1682-1695	M.A.; inst. 7 Nov 1682; dep. bef. 6 Oct 1695; later, min. of Fintray
Martin Schank	1699-1747	b. 1670, son of Henry Schank, bailie of Kinghorn; M.A. St Andrews 1690; chaplain to Mrs Edmonston of Ednam; ord. Auchtertool 20 Sep 1694; tr. to Newhills 29 Apr 1697; tr. & adm. 12 Jul 1699; d. 18 Apr 1747; mar. 1697 Margaret, dau. of Thos Downie, merchant, Edinburgh; issue: Alexander, of Castlerig; Matthew
George Campbell	1748-1757	M.A.; ord. 2 Jun 1748; tr. to 2nd charge Aberdeen 23 Jun 1757
Francis Dauney	1758-1800	b. 1719; M.A. Marischal 1737; ord. Lumphanan 8 Jun 1743; tr. & adm. 6 Jul 1758; d. 2 Apr 1800; mar. 1748 margaret, dau. of Alexander Chalmers, min. of Marnoch; issue: Alexr, sheriff-subst. of Aberdeen; Barbara (mar. Wm Simpson, merchant); Cath,; Francis, sheriff-subst. of Aberdeen; Wm; Margaret (mar. John Shand, min. of Kintore); Mary; Isobel; Eliz.; John
James Gregory	1801-1829	b. 1746, son of Geo. G., tenant, Dunnottar; M.A. Marischal 1766; schoolmaster Fetteresso; ord. Gilcomston 5 Nov 1778; tr. & adm. 26 Mar 1801; d. 8 Sep 1829; mar. 1773 Ann, dau. of James Milne of Johnshaven; issue: Annabella (mar. David Buchanan, Montrose); Geo.; Cath. (mar. Wm Buchanan, advocate, Edinburgh); Eliz.
William Anderson	1830-1843	b. ca. 1800, son of James A., draper, Peterhead; ord. 24 Mar 1830; joined Free Kirk 1843; appointed prof. of History & Morals, Agra; LL.D. 1855 Edin.; returned to London; d. 7 Dec 1870 Edinburgh
James Scott	1843-1846	ord. St James, Alnwick 1837; tr. & adm. 20 Sep 1843; dep. 26 May 1846; d. unm.
George Hutchison	1846-1894	b. 1818 Forres, son of Geo. H.; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1840; ord. Monzie 31 Mar 1845; tr. & adm. 12 Nov 1846; D.D. Aberdeen 1870; moderator 1887; d. 20 Nov 1894 London; mar. 1847 Jane Stewart, 3rd dau. of George Wright, min. of Kingsbarns; issue: Geo. Wright, M.D.; John; Maxwell, min. of Kirkmahoe; Euphemia (mar. Wm Burt Wright of Auchinvole); Anna Moncrieff
James Hall	1894-1920	b. 1859 Ballater, son of James H., builder; ord. (ass. & suc.) 6 Sep 1894; d. 14 Aug 1920; mar. 1895 Christian, dau. of George Jamieson, D.D., min. of Old Machar; issue: James Christian, M.B., Ch.B.; Geo. Jamieson
John Wilson Anderson	1921-	b. 1883 Foveran, son of John A.; M.A. Glasgow 1906; B.D. St Andrews 1909; ass. West parish Aberdeen and St Giles Edinburgh; ord. Anstruther Easter 9 May 1912; tr. South par., Aberdeen 18 Feb 1917; tr. & adm. 19 Jan 1921; mar. 1912 Jessie Murray, dau. of James Farquhar, Aberdeen

Ministers of the Free Church, Banchory Ternan

Robert Reid

?-1851-1881-?

b. ca. 1811 Rathven BAN; d. 11 Apr 1893 Banchory; mar. Mary Cruickshank; issue: Francis Farquharson; Harriet Morris; Jane C.

Ministers of the United Presbyterian Church (later, North United Free Church), Banchory Ternan

Thomas Taylor	1879-1888	b. ca. 1854 England; from Alloa (West); ord. 18 Nov 1879; tr. to Grahams Road, Falkirk & ind. there 7 Feb 1888
Colin Nicol (alias McNicol)	1888-1892	b. 21 Jan 1858 Dalry AYR, son of Duncan (Mc)N.; from Kilwinning AYR; ord. 5 Jun 1888; tr. to Clydebank 1892; mar. Margaret --; issue: Duncan R.; Mary E.; Annie C.; Colina M.
James Reid Wark	1892-1901-?	M.A.; b. 14 Jun 1863 Irvine AYR, son of Hugh W.; from Irvine (Trinity); ord. 15 Dec 1892; mar. Annie R. ---; issue: Hugh A.; Margt B.

Ministers of the South United Free Church, Banchory Ternan

William Cowan

?-1901-?

b. ca. 1865 Perth; mar. Henrietta Edith Leslie ---; issue: John MacQ.; Henrietta E.; Harriet Mgt

Ministers of St Ternan's Episcopal Church, Banchory

George Sutherland

?-1861-?

M.A.; b. ca. 1832 ABD

Monumental inscriptions

Monuments in Banchory Ternan Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 230 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Kincardineshire" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1999), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Kincardineshire MI - The Mearns" in their online shop.)

Full texts of all extant inscriptions in Banchory Ternan Kirkyard have been published by the Aberdeen & North-East Scotland FHS. They have an online search facility for names of people on the monuments they have recorded. Their list of publications is here.

Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Banchory Tenan in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 1-7.

See also Banchory-Ternan Churchyard.

Banchory war memorial

Scottish War Memorials Project: Banchory

Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1855 to present

Indexes and actual records for Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths, beginning 1 Jan 1855, are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.

• Banns & Marriages

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1855 - 1895 proclamations [NRS ref. CH2/28/9]

Births, Marriages & Deaths, before 1855

Indexes and actual records for all extant Old Parish Registers (OPRs) (pre-1855) of the Established Church of Scotland are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.

• Births & baptisms

  • 1670 - 1677
  • 1682 - 1854

• Banns & Marriages

  • 1670 - 1854

• Deaths & Burials

  • 1849, 1853 (2 events)

Church Session Records of Banchory Ternan Parish Church

Nature of record	Dates	NRS ref. CH2/505/...
Minutes	1699-1713	1
do	1714-1761	2
do	1761-1861	3
do	1857-1860	4
Accounts	1856-1860	4
do	1860-1866	5
Minutes	1860-1866	5
do	1861-1939	6
do	1866-1874	7
Baptisms	1878-1896	8
Proclamations	1855-1856	9
do	1861-1866	10
do	1879-1933	11
do	1888-1895	12
do	1933-1952	13
do	1952-1959	14
Scroll minutes of the presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil	1821-1825	15

Banchory Ternan Heritors' records

Nature of record	Dates	NRS ref. HR400/...
Minute book	1829-1929	1
Minutes	1880-1925	2
Accounts	1882-1928	3
Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse, glebe, churchyard)	1820-1929	4
Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees	1927-1930	5
Locality of stipend	1835	6

Land owners

The principal proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:

• Sir Thomas Burnett of Leys, bart.
• William Innes of Raemoir
• Henry Lumsden of Tilwhilly
• Lieut. William Burnett Ramsay of Banchory Lodge
• Anthony McTier of Durris
• Duncan Davidson of Inchmarlo
• John Mitchell of Forcett Hall & Glassel
• Col. John Campbell of Blackhall

Poor

Information, maps & photographs of Poorhouse in Banchory-Ternan.

Following records are held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives:

Nature of record	Dates	Ref.
Banchory Ternan Parish Council: Minute Book	1895 - 1912	AS/KPban/1
do	1913 - 1927	AS/KPban/2
do	1927 - 1930	AS/KPban/3
Banchory Ternan Parish Council: General Register of the Poor	1907 - 1946	AS/KPban/4

School records

The following records are some of those held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives:

Nature of record	Dates	Ref.
Banchory Academy: Log Books	1869 - 1963	ED/GR6S/K6/1
Banchory Academy: Admission Registers	1867 - 1967	ED/GR6S/K6/2
Crathes School: Log Books	1874 - 1966	ED/GR6S/K13/1
Crathes School: Admission Registers	1919 - 1950	ED/GR6S/K13/2
Inchmarlo School: Log Books	1885 - 1964	ED/KC5/112/1
Inchmarlo School: Admission Registers	1866 - 1963	ED/KC5/112/2
Raemoir School: Log Books	1901 - 1968	ED/KC5/117/1
Raemoir School: Admission Registers	1901 - 1968	ED/KC5/117/2
Tilquhillie School: Log Books	1876 - 1924	ED/KC5/122/1

Census records

Records of the official censuses of the parish in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921 are held in Register House, Edinburgh and are open to the public on payment of a fee.

Indexes to all the original census records, and the records themselves, can be accessed online at modest charge at ScotlandsPeople.

Microfilm copies are also widely available in libraries. The 1881 census is available on CD-ROM.

The early censuses of 1801-31 do not name individuals.

Population statistics
For 1871 and 1881, the numbers in the Kincardineshire (KCD) and Aberdeenshire (ABD) parts of the parish are given separately.

Year	male	female	total	ref.
1755			1736	Dr Alexander Webster
1790			1340	Old Statistical Account
1801			1322
1811			1559
1821			1729
1831			1972
1841			2240
1851
1871 (KCD)	1378	1492	2870
1871 (ABD)	3	2	5
1881 (KCD)	1488	1575	3063
1881 (ABD)	1	2	3

After confinement of parish to Kincardineshire:

Year	male	female	total
1891	1571	1622	3193
1901	1695	1754	3449
1911	1548	1829	3377
1921	1690	2020	3710

Electoral rolls

Electoral roll for Banchory-Ternan in 1894 - NRS ref. CH2/602/19 (part of the records of the Presbytery of Kincardine O'Neil)

Testaments & wills

Banchory Ternan was in the Commissariot of Aberdeen [NRS CC1].

Indexes to all extant pre-1926 testamentary records (wills & inventories of moveable property) can be searched free of charge at ScotlandsPeople. Digital (and paper) copies of the documents can be purchased at that site. See further the introduction to Angus & Kincardineshire at Testaments.

Testaments of Banchory Ternan people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Aberdeen, 1715-1823

Robert Donald	in Kirktoun of Banchory	12 Feb 1726
Mr Robert Farquhar	schoolmaster at Bancbory-Ternan	4 Nov 1731
William Farquhar	in Banchory-Ternan	14 May 1731
John Forbes	servant to Mr Douglas at Inchmarlo, par. of Banchory Ternan	1 Aug 1806
Mary Gellan	servant to Mr Martine Shank, minister at Banchory-Ternan	6 Jun 1728
James Gordon of Banchory		18 Oct 1751 and 20 Jun 1753
Elizabeth Middleton	schoolmistress at Banchory	26 Nov 1724
John Petrie	in Bush, par. of Banchory-Ternan	27 Jul 1742
Janet Ridler	spouse to Alexander Burnet, in Upper Banchory	7 Aug 1733
Mr Martin Shank	minister at Upper Banchory	24 Sep 1747
Katharine Skene	widow of Alexander Thomson of Banchory	10 Mar 1778
Andrew Thomson of Banchory		18 Oct 1806
Margaret Thomson	only daughter of late Andrew Thomson of Banchory	14 Jan 1800
Mr James Wilson	late schoolmaster at Banchory-Ternan	16 May 1740

Testaments of Banchory Ternan people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1800
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.

Alexander Bissett	sometime in Hirne, par. of Over Banchrie, and Agnes Smith, his relict	22 Apr 1657
Isobel Blackhall	spouse to James Petrie, of Busse, par. of Banchrie	28 Oct 1657
Alexander Bucke	in Auchortes, par. of Banchorie, and Isobel Wobster, his relict	8 Sep 1658
Sir Thomas Burnet of Leys, knight baronet	par. of Banchrie	9 Jul 1656
Christian Gray	spouse to Robert Mollesone, at the Mylle of Barronrie of Tilleboy, par. of Over Banchrie	T. 28 Oct 1657
Barbara Kellie	spouse to John Lyon, in Killdithie, par. of Over Banchrie	28 Oct 1657
Mr James Skene of Ramoire	par. of Banchrie-Trinity	24 Sep 1656
Gilbert Thomson	in Cairmewheine, par. of Over Banchrie, and Elspet George, his spouse	9 Jul 1657

Clock & watch tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Banchory Ternan ("Upper Banchory"):

NRS ref. E326/12/2/79

Farm horse tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Banchory Ternan ("Upper Banchory"):

• NRS ref. E326/10/3/142
• NRS ref. E326/10/10/20

Provosts of the Burgh of Banchory, to 1975

Name	In office	Born	Died	Info
--- Bisset	?-1894-1897-?
Dr --- McHardy	?-1913-1919-?
--- Burnett	?-1941-?
Donald Munro	?-?

Town clerks of Banchory

Name	In office	Born	Died	Info
Joseph Merson	1893-1904-?	16 May 1864 Strichen ABD	12 Aug 1949
William Emslie	?-1959-?

Places of interest

• Crathes Castle, Garden & Estate
• ScotlandsPlaces: Banchory - recent & old photographs of Banchory; also maps, plans & other records.
• Wikipedia: Banchory
• Wikipedia: Burnett of Leys