The parish of Bervie KCD was disjoined from Kinneff in 1618. Kinneff and Catterline were united in 1719.
Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
Abbreviations
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
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| 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) |
- See also, for history of the parish:
- The Statistical accounts of Kinneff
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire
Statistical accounts of Kinneff
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 6, p. 197
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 309
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1864-5, published 1868
For the full range of maps of Kinneff & Catterline, see National Library's Maps.
Geograph.org: Kinneff - recent photographs of Kinneff. National Grid ref. NO8574.
Geograph.org: Catterline - recent photographs of Catterline. National Grid ref. NO8678.
Kinneff Kirk is located at National Grid ref. NO855748. Rebuilt in 1738, restored in 1960s.
Catterline Kirkyard is at NO867785. The kirk was dedicated to St Catherine and was appropriated to Arbroath Abbey.
Above: Kinneff Kirk
Other churches
Details of the former Free Kirk of Kinneff, which later became Kinneff and Catterline Parish Church, but is now closed, are here.
Details of St Philip's Episcopal Church, Catterline are here.
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
Ministers of Kinneff, 1560-1717; Kinneff & Catterline, 1717-1900
| Sir William Owstean (Austin) | 1561 | vicar pensioner |
| Alexander Keith | 1563 | min. 1563, and at Garvock |
| John Patrick | 1563 | min. 1563, and at Arbuthnott |
| James Fullarton | 1567 | reader 1567 |
| James Simson | 1574-1575 | reader here 1574 & at Bervie & Catterline; 'exhorter' 1575 |
| George Young | 1585-1589 | min. 1585, having Bervie and Rescobie in his charge; still min. 1589, with Bervie also in his charge |
| Alexander Sibbald | 1611-1612 | M.A.; adm. bef. 10 Jun 1611; tr. to Kemnay ABD bef. 1613 |
| James Rait | 1613-1618 | adm. to Auldearn NAI 1585; tr. to Bervie 1591; called 'vicar' here 10 Jul 1602, with Bervie still in charge; tr. to Catterline bef. 1613; tr. & adm. 1613; d. 2 Dec 1618; mar.; issue: Robert, Wm |
| James Strachan | 1619-ca. 1639 | son of Andrew Strachan, min. of Dun; M.A. St Andrews 1604; adm. Barry 27 Sep 1611; tr. & adm. 1619; dep. ca. 1639; still living 14 Jun 1662; mar. contr. 16 Apr 1610 Margaret, dau. of Mr Arthur Fithie, min. of Inverkeilor |
| James Granger | 1640-1663 | M.A. St Andrews 1626; preacher Montrose 1635; hid the Honours of Scotland under Kinneff Kirk floor, 1651x1652; d. early 1663 aged ca. 57; mar. Christian Fletcher who survived him; issue: John, Margaret |
| James Honyman (primus) | 1663-1693 | son of David H., baker, St Andrews; bro. of Andrew Honyman, bishop of Orkney; M.A. St Andrews 1649; ass. Crail FIF 1656-8; adm. 30 Sep 1663; d. 25 May 1693 aged ca. 64; mar. 1671 Margaret Leask; issue: Andrew, min. here; Alexr; Robert, min. in New York; James, min. Newport Rhode Island; Cecil; Rachel (mar. William Elphinstone, min. of Logie); Margaret |
| Andrew Honyman | 1701-1732 | b. Apr 1672, eldest son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1688; ord. 24 Sep 1701; d. 30 Dec 1732; mar. 1702 Helen Rait, of the Raits of Finlayston; issue: James, min. here; Andrew; Wm; Rachel (mar. David Corse, min. of Dunnottar); Jane |
| James Honyman (secundus) | 1733-1780 | b. 1704, son of above; ord. Keithhall 26 Sep 1728; tr. & adm. 29 Aug 1733; d. 6 Jan 1780; mar. 1738 Katherine, dau. of John Allardyce, provost of Aberdeen; issue: Jean; Helen (mar. Robert Edward); James, min. here; John, dissenting min. in England; Robert, physician in Virginia; Patrick |
| James Honyman (tertius) | 1780-1781 | b. 1745, son of above; M.A. Marischal 1763; min. Newport Rhode Island; pres. (ass. & suc.) 16 Jun 1773; ord. 17 Aug 1780; d. unm. 5 Aug 1781 |
| Patrick Stewart | 1782-1830 | son of James S., farmer; ord. ass. Middelburg Holland 20 May 1772; adm. 2 May 1782; d. 22 May 1830; mar. 1784 Christian Leslie; issue: James; Marjory; Anna (mar. John Campbell Stewart M.D.); Duncan; Wm (sheriff clerk, Stonehaven); Lewis; Isaac Grant; Allan, min. here; Patrick, customs officer, London; Fleance, M.A., L.R.C.P.&S.E.; Walter; Alexr, ass. surgeon HEICS; John, farmer Catterline; Christian |
| Allan Stewart | 1818-1837 | b. 1796, son of above; M.A. Marischal 1814; ord. (ass. & suc.) 17 Sep 1818; d. unm. 13 Jan 1837 |
| Thomas Brown | 1837-1843 | b. 1811, son of John Brown, D.D., min. of Langton; missionary Dumfries; ord. 15 Sep 1837; joined Free Kirk 1843; min. of Kinneff Free Kirk 1843-9; min. of Dean Free Kirk, Edinburgh 1849-93; D.D. Edinburgh 1888; moderator of Free Kirk 1890; d. 4 Apr 1893 Edinburgh; mar. 1848 Marianne, dau. of James Wood M.D., Edinburgh; issue: John James Graham, M.D., P.R.C.P.E.; Mary Eleanor Lucy; James Wood, min. of Free Kirk, Gordon BEW; several publications on geology |
| William Mearns of Disblair | 1843-1891 | b. 1814 Tarves, son of Prof. Duncan Mearns of Disblair, D.D. (who was nephew, and heir in Disblair, of George Morison of Elsick & Disblair, D.D., min. of Banchory-Devenick); M.A. Aberdeen 1832; ord. Glenrinnes 1838; tr. & adm. 15 Sep 1843; D.D. Aberdeen 1866; d. 5 Oct 1891 Oyne; mar. 1842 Margaret Moir, dau. of James Smith M.D., of Whitehill; issue: Jemima Smith; Duncan George, min. of Oyne |
| Alexander Morison Abel | 1881-1886 | b. 1855, son of John Abel, min. of Forgue ABD; M.A. Aberdeen 1877; ord. (ass. & suc.) 22 Feb 1881; d. unm. 16 May 1886 S. Africa |
| James Corsar Anderson | 1887-1907 | b. 1861 Menmuir, son of Mark Louden Anderson D.D., min. of St Andrews; M.A. 1884 B.D. 1885 St Andrews; ass. Galashiels; ord. 4 May 1887; d. 14 Sep 1907; mar. 1887 Jeannie Anne Elizabeth Stephen, dau. of John Boyd; issue: Florabelle (mar. 1911 Herbert Ramsay, M.A., later professor, Otago); Margaret Jane (mar. Robert Kirkland Galloway); Mark Louden, forestry officer; Agnes Just (mar. Frank Edgar Rogers) |
| William Cruickshank | 1908-1932 | b. 1871 Newhills, son of James C.; M.A. 1896 B.D. 1899 Aberdeen; ass. Aviemore and Boat of Garten, and Holburn, Aberdeen; ord. Leslie ABD 18 Aug 1903; tr. & adm. 11 Mar 1908; D.D. Aberdeen 1926; d. 4 Jul 1932; mar. 1908 Annie. dau. of Henry Tyme, Sheffield; had issue |
Ministers of Catterline, 1560-1717
| Archibald Watson | 1563 | reader |
| Alexander Keith | 1567 | min. here, also having Bervie, Kinneff, Arbuthnott & Garvock in his charge; removed to Garvock bef. 1568 |
| James Rait | 1613 | tr. from Bervie; adm. bef. 8 Jul 1613; tr. to Kinneff 1613; see above, under Kinneff ministers |
| Thomas Cargill | 1623-aft. 1662 | M.A. Kings Aberdeen; adm. Apr 1623; still min. 12 Nov 1662; probably d. bef. 4 Sep 1678; issue: Thomas |
| Thomas Robertson | 1679-1682 | M.A.; adm. 25 Sep 1679; tr. to Clatt ABD 30 Apr 1682 |
| Dugald Jameson | 1682-1688 | b. ANS; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1674; adm. bef. 3 Jan 1683; deserted his charge aft. 15 Sep 1688; went to Ireland; mar. Eliz., dau. of James Allan, bailie of Brechin; issue: James, Dougall, Janet, Helen |
| William Cumin (William Cumming) | 1709-1717 | bro. of Robert Cumin, min. of Riccarton, Kilmarnock AYR; ord. 23 Aug 1709; d. 1717 |
Ministers of Kinneff Free Kirk
| Thomas Brown | 1843-1849 | see above list of Kinneff parish ministers |
| Alexander Watt | ?-1851-1881-? | b. ca. 1822 Aboyne ABD; d. 1889 Aboyne; mar. 1849 Ann Carter Campell |
| James Hastings | ?-1891-? | b. ca. 1851 Huntly ABD; min. in Dundee by 1901; mar. Annie W. ---; issue: Annie W.; Edward |
Ministers of St Philip's Episcopal Church, Catterline
| Thomas Barr | ?-1871-1895 | b. ca. 1828 Dundee, nephew of Wm B.; d. 21 Mar 1895 Catterline; mar. Margaret J. ---; issue: Simon I.; Margt H. |
Monuments in Kinneff Kirkyard (ca. 60 stones) and in Catterline Kirkyard (ca. 30 stones) bearing pre-1855 information 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 for Kinneff, Catterline and St Philip's Episcopal Catterline have been published as a single booklet 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 Kinneff in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 169-73 and at Catterline, pp. 173-4 in the same work.
See also Kinneff Churchyard, Catterline Graveyard and Catterline St Philips Churchyard.
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.
Burial records for Kinneff & Catterline are held by the Registrar in Stonehaven. See Kincardine and Mearns Burial Grounds.
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Additionally, among Heritors' records in the National Records:
- 1830 - 1907 burials [NRS HR482/7 & 8]
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.
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- 1616 - 1696
- 1701 - 1854
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- 1617 - 1696
- 1701 - 1854
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- 1641 - 1662
- 1737 - 1846
Additionally, among Heritors' records in the National Records:
- 1830 - 1907 burials [NRS HR482/7 & 8]
Church Session Records of the Parish Church
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/218/... |
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| Minutes | 1643-1659 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1641-1653 | 1 |
| fragment | 1705-1706 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1733-1748 | 2 |
| Minutes & accounts | 1748-1793 | 3 |
| Minutes | 1794-1851 | 4 |
| do | 1852-1920 | 5 |
| Accounts | 1794-1847 | 6 |
| do | 1847-1933 | 7 |
Kinneff & Catterline Heritors' records
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR482/... |
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| Minutes | 1873-1905 | 1 |
| Minute book | 1910-1927 | 2 |
| Accounts | 1873-1928 | 3 |
| Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse, churchyard, glebe) | 1830-1923 | 4 |
| Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees | 1926-1927 | 5 |
| Correspondence, etc. | 1875-1928 | 6 |
| Registers of burials in churchyards of Kinneff and Catterline | 1830-1907 | 7-8 |
There were 9 proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:
- Trustees of late lord Keith - land of Kinneff
- Trustees of Donaldson's Hospital, Edinburgh - Barras
- Viscount of Arbuthnott - Catterline & Chapel of Barras
- Heirs of late C. Abercrombie of Bellfield
- T. G. Straiton of Castle of Fiddes
- Dr William Young of Fawsyde
- Town of Montrose, as trustees for Erskine's Fund
- Heirs of late Rev. P. Stewart of Coltbank of Hilton
- Heirs of late John Low of Mains of Hilton
Papers of Ogilvie of Barras - National Library MS.2051
Following records are held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives:
| Nature of record | Dates | Ref. |
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| Kinneff Parochial Board / Parish Council: Minute Book | 1888 - 1914 | AS/KPknf/1 |
| Kinneff Parish Council: Minute Book | 1915 - 1930 | AS/KPknf/2 |
| Kinneff Parochial Board / Parish Council: General Register of the Poor | 1862 - 1927 | AS/KPknf/3 |
| Kinneff Parish Council: Children's Separate Register of the Poor | 1914 - 1917 | AS/KPknf/4 |
| Kinneff Parochial Board: Education Register of Pauper Children | 1873 - 1879 | AS/KPknf/6 |
The following records are some of those held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives:
| Nature of record | Dates | Ref. |
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| Barras School: Log Books | 1865 - 1969 | ED/KC5/102/1 |
| Barras School: Admission Registers | 1866 - 1968 | ED/KC5/102/2 |
| Kinneff School: Log Books | 1867 - 1924 | ED/GR6S/K25/1/1 |
| Kinneff School: Admission Register | 1867 - 1927 | ED/GR6S/K25/2/1 |
| do | 1916 - 1938 | ED/GR6S/K25/2/2 |
| do | 1938 - 1962 | ED/GR6S/K25/2/3 |
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.
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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| 1755 | 858 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | Old Statistical Account | |||
| 1801 | ||||
| 1811 | 952 | |||
| 1821 | 504 | 532 | 1036 | |
| 1831 | 1006 | |||
| 1841 | 1029 | |||
| 1851 | ||||
| 1871 | 547 | 515 | 1062 | |
| 1881 | 519 | 478 | 997 | |
| 1891 | 460 | 447 | 907 | |
| 1901 | 489 | 410 | 899 | |
| 1911 | 425 | 410 | 835 | |
| 1921 | 428 | 386 | 814 |
Kinneff & Catterline was in the Commissariot of St Andrews.
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 Kinneff & Caterline people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
| John Alexander, sen. | mariner, Catterland, par. of Kinneff | 2 Jun 1807 |
| John Allardyce of that ilk | par. of Kynneff | 10 Dec 1614 |
| Mr Andrew Arbuthnot of Little Futhes | par. of Kynneff | 5 Jun 1627 |
| David Arbuthnot | in Barnihill of Innerbervie, par. of Kinneff | 21 Jun 1649 |
| Elizabeth Arbuthnot of Balwylo | daughter of John Arbuthnot of Caterline | 18 Oct 1773 |
| Margaret Barclay | spouse to Robert Arbuthnot, of Little Fithis, par. of Kynneff | 3 Jun 1626 |
| Robert Barclay | in Whisselberrie, par. of Kinneff | 15 Oct 1681 and 28 May 1690 |
| Margaret Bisset | sometime spouse to John Smyth, in Arberriescheill, par. of Kynneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Katherine Brayn | sometime spouse to Alexander Wobster, alias Guthrie, in Harvestoun, par. of Kynneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Janet Cant | spouse to William Corne, in Harvestoun, par. of Kynneff | 3 Nov 1613 |
| John Cheap | in Pettie, par. of Kynneff | 8 Mar 1619 |
| John Chop | in Peatie, par. of Kynneff | 10 Dec 1614 |
| John Coullie | in Littill-Barrass, par. of Kinneff | 5 May 1617 |
| Patrick Craig | in Kynneff | 16 Mar 1614 |
| Robert Creich | cotter in Littill-Fiddes, par. of Kynneff | 19 Jun 1619 |
| Mr Gavin Douglas of Brigfuird | par. of Kinneff | 19 Jun 1616 |
| Mr John Douglas of Barras | par. of Kynneff | 5 May 1620 |
| Archibald Dunce | in Fairnybre, par. of Kynneff | 22 Nov 1627 |
| John Durward | in Gourdoune, par. of Kinneff | 11 Aug 1618 |
| James Falconer | in Cottartoun of Wester Kinneff, par. of Kynneff | l0 Dec 1614 |
| Lilias Folie | spouse to Andrew Durward, in Hartestoun, par. of Kynneff | 10 Dec 1614 |
| John Forbes | cotter in Quhissilberrie, par. of Kinneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Margaret Gall | spouse to Robert Ker, cotterman in Green of Mekill Barass, par. of Kynneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Barbara Gardine | spouse to Andrew Moncur, in Grange of Kynneff, par. of Kynneff | 20 Apr 1615 |
| James Gardner | in Litle Barns, par. of Kinneff | 4 Apr 1626 |
| Janet Garvoy | spouse to David Neaper, in Halhill, par. of Kinneff | 4 Mar 1676 |
| Robert Gibb | tailor in Leys, par. of Kynneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Gilbert Herd | cotter in Denhead of Catterlane, par. of Kinneff | 1 Apr 1607 |
| Robert Kerr | cordiner in Fernybray, par. of Kinneff | 16 Sep 1606 |
| Robert Kerr | cordiner in Barrass, par. of Kinneff | 3 Nov 1614 |
| David Lawrence | wright in Arberiescheills, par. of Kinneff | 4 Jan 1606 |
| John Lawrence | smith in Harvestoun, par. of Kinneff | 21 Dec 1615 |
| Richard Melville of Cotsyde | par. of Kynneff | 2 Nov 1613 |
| Geillis Milne | sometime spouse to William Robertson, in Cottoun of Little Barrass, par. of Kynneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Christian Moncur | in Capuil, par. of Kinneff, spouse of John Bedie | 20 Jun 1605 |
| John Morison | tenant of Largie on Kinneff Estate, thereafter at Roadside of Upper Fairnieflat | 3 Feb & 9 Jul 1823 |
| John Mylne | in Harbourscheills, par. of Kinneff | 17 Jul 1651 |
| John Napier of Blaklaws | par. of Kinneff | 20 Apr 1624 |
| Margaret Officer | spouse to Andrew Edward, in Sclaitswod, par. of Kynneffe | 11 Aug 1618 |
| Isobel Ogilvie | spouse to Thomas Erskine, in Barrass, par. of Kinneff | 3 Oct 1616 |
| Mrs Susan Ogilvy | lawful daughter of Sir William Ogilvy of Barras, bart., par. of Kinneff or Dunnotter | 4 Dec 1790 |
| Mr James Rait | minister at Kinneff | 22 Nov 1619 |
| Mr Robert Rait | lawful son of umquhile Mr James Rait, sometime minister at Kinneff | 27 Oct 1624 |
| Robert Rait | in Barras, par. of Kinneff | 20 Oct 1635 |
| Andrew Rankine | tailor in Slains of Quhissilberrie, par. of Kynneff | 1 Apr 1607 |
| Elizabeth Robertson | spouse to John Davidson, in Chapell of Kinneff | 28 Oct 1674 |
| John Robertson | in Grayesland, par. of Kinneff | 20 Oct 1624 |
| Elspeth Scott | at Temple of Kinneff, relict of John Gavin of Whiteriggs, par. of Kinneff | 5 Dec 1771 |
| Catherine Sibbald | spouse to John Young, in Little Barras, par. of Kinneff | 14 Aug 1662 |
| Robert Smith | cotterman in Cottoun of Blairs, par. of Kinneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| William Smith | wright, Grange, Kinneff | 28 Mar 1801 |
| Isobel Soutar | in Cottoun of Halgreen, par. of Kynneff, spouse of John Garvey | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Janet Soutar, alias Hendersoun | sometime spouse to George Webster, alias Guthrie, in Blaklawrs, par. of Kinneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Patrick Soutar | in Blaklaws, and Margaret Puthie, his spouse, par. of Kynneff | 3 Nov 1613 |
| William Soutar, alias Henriesone | in Chapiltoun of Barnes, par. of Kynneff | 11 Apr 1617 |
| Christian Spark | spouse to Arthur Allan, in Harbershells, par. of Kinneff | 5 May 1621 |
| James Spark | in Arberrie Scheills, par. of Kinneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Jean Stephen | at Slains of Kinneff, spouse of decd. John Legat, weaver in Grange, par. of Kinneff | 1 Dec 1818 & 3 Feb 1819 |
| Alexander Strachan | cotterman in Little Barrass, par. of Kinneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| James Strachan elder | in Largie, par. of Kinneff | 9 Aug 1759 |
| Joseph Straton of Kirkside, esq. | 10 Oct 1816 | |
| John Taylor | sometime workman in Damheid of Kynneff | 4 Jan 1606 |
| Michaell Usher | in Blacklaws, par. of Kinneff | 26 Jul 1628 |
| Robert Tevidaill | cotterman in Cottoun of Little Barrass, par. of Kynneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
| Christian Vallentine | spouse to Alexander Wilson, in Mylnehill, par. of Kinneff | 20 Oct 1635 |
| Janet Wallace | spouse to John Lyoun, alias Strody, par. of Kynneff | 25 Aug 1614 |
| William Wallace | tailor in Barras, par. of Kinneff | 13 Aug 1613 |
| Robert Watt | cordinar in Overtoun of Easter Kynneff | 16 Sep 1606 |
| George Webster, alias Guithrie | in Blaklaws, par. of Kinneff | 26 Aug 1619 |
| Alexander Wyse | in Midtoun of Barras, par. of Kinneff | 11 Apr 1684 |
| Janet Young | sometime spouse to Walter Laurence, in Cottoun of Little Barrass, par. of Kinneff | 20 Jun 1605 |
Testaments of Kinneff & Caterline people registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.
| John Arbuthnot of Caterline | 8 Jun 1737 | |
| Mr Andrew Honeyman | minister at Kinneff | 24 Mar 1736 |
| Andrew Lindsay | in Whisleberry, par. of Kinneff | 7 Jul 1763 |
| William Moncur | in Temple of Kineff | 18 Aug 1742 |
Testaments of Kinneff & Caterline 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.
| John Arbuthnot | shipmaster in Montrose, thereafter in Caterline | 17 Jun 1737 |
| Mr William Cumming | minister of the Gospel at Caterline | 5 Feb 1718 |
| Elizabeth Douglas | spouse to George Ogilvie of Barras, par. of Kinneff | 22 Apr 1657 |
| James Findlay | in Heuchhead of Caterlinge | 25 Sep 1627 |
| John Findlay | in Heuchhead of Caterlinge | 25 Sep 1627 |
| William Grant | commonly designed of Tulloch, thereafter of Hillton, par. of Caterline and Kineff | T. 15 Mar 1781 |
| Andrew Gray (Gorry) of Kingornie | par. of Caterling | 3 Jan 1623 |
| James Lindsay | at the Mill of Caterline, par. of Caterline | 28 May 1662 |
| John Low | in Denhead, par. of Catterlaine, and Margaret Forbes, his spouse | 10 Jun 1658 |
| Isobel Moncur | relict of Andrew Gorry (Gray) of Kingornie, par. of Caterlinge | 19 Feb 1631 |
| John Traill | in Heuchhead of Caterlinge | 25 Sep 1627 |
| Thomas Watt | in Heuchead of Caterlinge | 25 Sep 1627 |
Testaments of Kinneff & Caterline people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| George Arbuthnot | in Barnehill, par. of Kynnef in the Mearns | 13 Feb 1581-2 |
| Marion Baady (Bady) | sometime spouse to Gilbert Herd, in Denheid of Catterling in the Mearns | 2 May 1582 |
| Thomas Bisset | in Largy, par. of Kynnef, sher. of Kincardine | 18 Jan 1582-3 |
| Walter Bisset of Eister-Kynnef | in the Mearns | 12 Jul 1581 |
| Elspeth Calvart | sometime spouse to Robert Watt, cordiner in Overtoun of Eister-Kynneff, sher. of Kincardine | 4 Aug 1595 |
| Robert Douglas | in Mekill-Barras, par. of Kynnef in the Mearns | 19 Jun 1582 |
| Elspeth Drum | relict of Richard Smyth, in Bervie, par. of Kynnef in the Mearns | 3 Jun 1584 |
| Margaret Garden | sometime spouse to William Rait of Halgrene, par. of Kynneff, sher. of Kincardine | 31 Jul 1599 |
| Robert Grahame of Largy | par. of Kynneff, sher. of Kincardine | 11 Apr 1598 |
| John Guthrie, alias Wobster, younger | in Blaklaws of Harvestoun, in par. of Kynneff in the Mearns | 22 Jun 1591 |
| John Largie | seaman in Gourdand, par. of Kynneth, sher. of Kincardine | 20 Jul 1596 |
| Jonet Lindsay | sometime spouse to John Bedie younger, in the Stank, par. of Kinneff, sher. of Kincardine | 3 Feb 1590-1 |
| Helen Middiltoun | sometime spouse to Robert Douglas of Mekill-Barras | 2 Dec 1579 |
| Helen Milne | sometime spouse to Gilbert Hird, in Denheid, par. of Caterlerling, sher. of Kincardine | 14 Jun 1597 |
| Alexander Moncur | in the Tempill of Eister-Kynnef in the Mearns | 6 Dec 1581 |
| Bessie Myre | sometime spouse to Roger Jack, in Petdrechy, now in Fairney-bray, par. of Kynneff in the Mearns | 21 Dec 1588 |
| David Ramsay | in Barnehill, par. of Kinnef in the Mearns | 31 Jan 1586-7 |
| Robert Stratoun | in the Chapel of Barrass, par. of Kynneff in the Mearns | 12 Nov 1588 |
Testaments of Kinneff people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| Alexander Duncan | in Slains, par. of Kynneff, in the Mearns | 9 Jun 1603 |
| Elizabeth Wood | relict of John Moncur of Slains, par. of Kynneff, in the Mearns | 17 Feb 1606 |
Images of the original records for Kinneff:
Images of the original records for Kinneff:
Portraits
Dame Jean Ross (married 1711, died 1717) - dau. of George Ross & Elspet Robertson, and wife of Sir David Ogilvie of Barras, 3rd bart.