Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
The arms of Affleck (Auchinleck) of that ilk
[Scots Roll (SC64)]
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 Monikie
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 413-429.
W. Douglas Chisholm - The Monikie Story (1982: ISBN 0-9508163-0-2; repr. with index, Monikie: Pitnolen Publications, 1998)
Statistical accounts of Monikie
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 4, p. 343
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 485
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1858, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Monikie, see National Library's Maps.
See Geograph.org: Monikie - recent photographs of Monikie. National Grid ref. NO5138.
Located at National Grid ref. NO518388, at Kirkton of Monikie. Rebuilt 1812. The mediaeval church, dedicated to St Andrew, was one of those that were appropriated to Arbroath Abbey.
See also Monikie Parish Church for further exterior and interior photographs.
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
| Matthew Grieve | 1561-aft. 1567 | vicar pensioner 1561; reader 1567; pres. to the vicarage 17 Jan 1567/8 |
| Henry Grieve | 1574-1585 | reader |
| John Durham | 1585-1639 | son of Robert Durham of Grange; min. of Flisk FIF 1576; tr. & adm. bef. 1585; pres. 1 Jun 1612; d. 15 Aug 1639, an "auld agit man"; test. 20 Aug 1640 Brechin; mar.; issue: Patrick, min. of New Abbey KKD; Jean (mar. William Auchinleck, min. here) |
| William Auchinleck | 1634-1642 | M.A.; adm. (probably as ass.) bef. 31 Aug 1634; tr. to Barry 1642 |
| Patrick Makgill | 1642-1680 | b. ca. 1600, son of James Makgill of Rankeillour; M.A. St Andrews 1621; pres. to Barry 20 May 1632; pres. 2 Mar 1642; d. 19 Jan 1680; mar. Jane (or Lucras) Irving; issue: Patrick, min. of Tealing; Geo., min. of Arbirlot; John; Mary |
| William Rait of Pitforthy | 1680-1716 | b. ca. 1653, son of Wm R., min. of 3rd charge Dundee; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1677; adm. 28 Sep 1680; dep. 30 Apr 1716 as Jacobite; mar. Isabel, dau. of Patrick Yeaman of Dryburgh, Angus; issue: Geo.; James, episcopal min. Kirriemuir and Dundee, bishop of Brechin 1742; Barbara (mar. Henry Edgar, episcopal min. Arbroath); Margaret (mar. George Dempster of Dunnichen) |
| James Goodsir | 1717-1733 | b. ca. 1679; M.A. St Andrews 1700; ord. Strathmartine 12 Dec 1706; tr. & adm. 12 Feb 1717; d. Dec 1733 x Jan 1734; mar. Florinda Griffith, who survived him |
| George Johnstone | 1738-1773 | b. ca. 1704, son of Patrick Johnstone, min. of Auchterhouse; M.A. St Andrews 1725; ord. 2 Feb 1738; d. 4 Oct 1773; mar. (1) 1740 Isobel (d.s.p.), dau. of Alexander lord Colville of Culross; (2) Agnes, dau. of William Arthur, min. of Glenisla |
| James Hunter | 1774-1782 | b. ca. 1720, son of John H., farmer, Kennethlees; ord. Kirkden 16 Aug 1753; tr. & adm. 21 Jul 1774; d. 17 Aug 1782; mar. Janet Reynolds, Cairnie, Arbroath; issue: John, James, Janet, Robert |
| William Maule | 1783-1827 | b. 1755; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1772; ord. Stracathro 26 Sep 1782; tr. & adm. 3 Jul 1783; D.D. St Andrews 1812; d. 30 Jan 1827; mar. 1793 Margaret, dau. of James Bisset, min. of Caputh PER; issue: Helen |
| James Miller | 1827-1843 | b. 1777 Newtyle, son of David M.; ord. Eassie & Nevay 3 Apr 1803; tr. & adm. 26 Sep 1827; joined Free Church 1843; min. of Free Church Monikie 1843-60; d. 25 May 1860 Carnoustie; mar. 1806 Barbara, dau. of Samuel Martin D.D., min. of Monimail FIF; issue: David; Eliz. (mar. Robert Geikie of Rosemount); rev. Samuel, min. of Monifieth; James, prof. of surgery, Edinburgh; John; Wm; Barbara; Mary Ann (mar. rev. Malc. McIntyre, her father's succ.); Janet; Jane Martin; John; Wilhelmina |
| Thomas McKie | 1843-1852 | ord. 8 Nov 1843; tr. to Erskine 15 Jan 1852; issue: Agnes Dunlop (mar. Dr Graham Steel, Manchester); Robert Dunlop; John Macmillan; Thos Geo.; Walter Dunlop |
| John Reid | 1852-1900 | b. 25 Aug 1823 Torryburn FIF, son of Wm R., inspector of poor; ass. St Mary's Dundee; ord. 5 May 1852; d. 8 Sep 1900 Wormit FIF; mar. 1855 Elizabeth Davidson, dau. of James Reid, min. of Kirkinner WIG; issue: Mary Bruce; Wm Elliot; Mary Jane; Margaret Louise (mar. Gordon Irving Donald, min. of Rathven BAN); James Burnett; Harry; Eliz. Joanna |
| Andrew Armit * | 1896-1938 | b. 4 Aug 1865, son of James A., Kettle FIF; ass. & missionary Broughty Ferry; ord. Pictou, Nova Scotia 11 Apr 1893; tr. ass. & suc. 18 May 1896; d. 5 Aug 1938 Edinburgh; mar. 1893 Eliz., dau. of James Wilson; issue: Ethel E.; James W.; Annie G.; Cecil B., M.B.; Gerald |
| Andrew Burt | 1939-? | from Insch West, ABD; ind. 12 Jul 1939 |
| W. Douglas Chisholm | ?-1961-1983 |
* His first church, St Andrew's at Pictou, burnt down on 7 Nov 1893. See here.
Ministers of Monikie Free Church, later United Free
United with the parish kirk in 1939.
The (demolished) Free Kirk was at Craigton of Monikie; its manse is now the Craigton Coach Inn
| James Miller | 1843-1860 | see entry for him under ministers of established church, above |
| Malcolm McIntyre | 1849-1894 | b. 15 Jan 1819 Haddington, son of John McI.; ord. (ass. & suc.) 26 Jul 1849; d. 10 Oct 1903 Glasgow; mar. 1849 Mary Ann, dau. of above rev. James Miller; issue: Barbara J.; John; Margt G.; James M.; Wm M.; rev. David M., D.D.; Miller M. |
| Robert Scrymgeour | 1894-1898 | b. 15 Feb 1866 Linlithgow, son of rev. Wm S.; educ. Glasgow High School; ord. 1 Nov 1894; tr. to St Helier, Jersey; mar. 1895 Annie Halliday; issue: Lucinda H.; Wm |
| Alexander Reid Gordon | 1898-1907 | b. 11 Feb 1872 Kintore, son of Alexr G., draper & grocer; M.A.(Aberdeen 1892), D.Lit.(Aberdeen 1907), D.D.(Vancouver), D.D.(Aberdeen 1929); ass. Free St Matthew's, Glasgow; ord. 2 Jun 1898; res. 1907; Prof. of Old T. Lit. & Exegesis, United Theol. Coll., Montreal, 1907; Prof. of Hebrew & Oriental languages, St Andrews, Jul 1930; d. 19 Dec 1930 Murtle, Peterculter; mar. 1901 Jane Marg. Cockburn; issue: Jane M.C. |
| Thomas Smith Crichton | 1912-1925 | M.A.; b. 1885 Arbroath, son of Dr James S.C. & gson of rev. Dr Crichton, Inverbrothock; ass. Queen Anne U.F. Church, Dunfermline; ass. Lady Glenorchy's U.F. Church, Edinburgh; ind. 18 Jul 1912; tr. to Rhinsdale, Baillieston 1925; d. 1983 Aberdeen |
| Quntin Dick Whyte | 1925-1939 | b. 9 Apr 1868 Dalry AYR, son of James W.; Uni & Free Kirk Coll., Glasgow; min. Inch WIG 1901; from Carmyle, Glasgow; ind. 25 Jun 1925; d. Aug 1944 Dundee; mar. 1897 Marion M. Paterson; issue: Eliz. F. |
Ministers of Newbigging (Burgher, later United Free)
Above: Newbigging Church (closed)
| James Harvey | 1791-1796 | from Cambusnethan LKS; ord. 26 Apr 1791; dem. 5 Jan 1796; teacher of oriental languages, Glasgow; d. by Sep 1826; issue: 2 |
| William Graham | 1815-1821 | b. ca. 1760; from Glasgow (Cathedral Square); teacher; ord. 26 Oct 1803 as min. of an independent church, Darlington, England; dem. thence 1813; inducted 19 Jul 1815; dem. 6 Nov 1821; d. 20 Jun 1828 Kirkintilloch |
| John Eckford | 1828-1851 | from Morebattle; ord. 5 Aug 1828; dep. 15 Jan 1851; superintendent of schools in Canada; d. 22 Oct 1881 West Brantford; mar. & had issue; uncle of the Rev. James Eckford Fyfe, Kilmacolm RFW |
| Alexander Miller | 1852-1895 | b. 1824 Glasgow; from Glasgow (St Vincent Street); ord. 26 Oct 1852; min.-emeritus 6 Nov 1895; mar. 1853 Helen M. Walker; issue: Margt A.; Ann A.; Helen W.; gdau. Helen Chalmers |
| George Wylie Howie | 1896-1904- | M.A.; b. 27 Mar 1871 Dundee, son of Geo. W.H., watchmaker; from Dundee (Bell Street); ord. 10 Jun 1896; d. 19 Nov 1940 Edinburgh; mar. 1898 Jemima E. Swan; issue: dau. |
| David Conochie | 1915-1920 | b. 1 Sep 1862 Airth, son of James C.; min. Fetterangus ABD 1901; ind. Oct 1915; tr. to Netherton (Bridge of Cally) - there 1920-1939; d. Oct 1954 Airdrie |
| David Chalmers Wiseman* | 1920-1925 | M.A.; b. 1883 Gamrie; tr. to Inverbrothock 1925; d. 14 Aug 1932 Arbroath; mar. 1911 Margaret S. Ross |
| Cecil James Davidson* | 1925-1932 | b. 1870 Dallas, son of rev. Wm D.; from Old Meldrum; ind. 18 Sep 1925; d. 27 Nov 1932 Newbigging; mar. 1909 Isabella Simmers |
* ministers of Monifieth North & Newbigging
Monuments in Monikie Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 120 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 3: Environs of Dundee" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1996), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 3. Pre-1855 Environs of Dundee" in their online shop.)
Above: one of two stones built into the roadside wall at Kirkton of Monikie, possibly the pediment from above a window of a tower house; in relief: (B or F?)E 1587 (or 1578?) DL; Jervise, Land of the Lindsays ..., p. 386, interprets DL as David Lindsay - presumably DL of Kinnettles (or of Pitairlie), who held part of Monikie, and spouse, presumably, who may have been an otherwise unknown Barbara Erskine.
The following monuments are in Monikie churchyard. [M1], etc., indicate Mitchell's numbering. Uncertain readings are in parentheses, (); parentheses on the stones are replaced here by braces, {}; square brackets enclose editorial comments.
[M68; mural on south wall of kirk] Sacred to the memory of JAMES YEAMAN, of Affleck, late of His Majesty's 63rd Regiment, who died 28th August 1834, aged 47 years. And of JEAN MOLISON, his wife, who died 7th October 1873, aged 81 years.
[face 1] In memory of JAMES, son of DAVID SANDERSON, and his wife AGNES RIDDELL, who died 25th July 1875, aged 16 months. Also their son RICHARD, DICK, beloved husband of MARY LAIRD who was accidently killed at, Kingennie on 22nd September 1908 aged 30 years. Also of the above AGNES RIDDELL, who died 12th December 1908, aged 64 years. Also the said DAVID SANDERSON who died suddenly at Newbigging on the 11th April 1910 in his 63rd year. "In the midst of life we are in death." In loving memory of KATHLEEN W. S. RILEY beloved daughter of Dr and Mrs RILEY who died 12th Nov. 1915, aged 2 years and 10 months "There's a rest for little children."
[face 2] In memory of JAMES SANDERSON junr, Chief Engineer, who died on the Red Sea 23rd September 1876, aged 33 years. Also RICHARD SANDERSON, of the Australian Navy, drowned at Melbourne, 16th December 1877, aged 31 years. MARY DYCE KENNY, M.B.E., M.P.S., elder daughter of RICHARD and MARY SANDERSON, died in Malta on 24th May 1981. She served with distinction in the Metropolitan Police and for 25 years as a probation officer in Kenya. Dr. ANN RIDDELL SANDERSON, BSc. PhD. of Innervar, Monikie younger daughter of RICHARD and MARY SANDERSON died 8th April 2003 in her 98th year.
1872 Erected by JAMES LOWSON in memory of his father GEORGE LOWSON teacher Bankhead who died 27th Dec 1871 aged 60 Also, his mother, MARGARET KEY, LOWSON who died 31st July 1899, aged 81 years.
Inside the kirk: 1914-1919 : 1939-1945
WW1: at Monikie Memorial Hall: photo.
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.
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Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1855 - 1896 for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/499/17]
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Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1855 - 1928 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/499/18]
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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- 1613 - 1717
- 1719 - 1854
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- 1613 - 1854
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- 1613 - 1660
- 1703 - 1733
- 1783 - 1820
- 1842 - 1854
Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1842 - 1854 burials, for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/499/6]
Additionally, in Angus Archives:
- Index to Register of Deaths, 1842-1854 [Angus Archives ref. 57:929.5]
Church Session Records of Monikie Parish Church
Original records are held by Dundee City Archives; repertory is available at NRS ref. CH2/23/...; digital images are available on personal visit to NRS.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH2/499/... |
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| Minutes | 1783-1807 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1783-1809 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1843-1896 | 2 |
| Accounts | 1809-1825 | 3 |
| do | 1825-1837 | 4 |
| do | 1837-1851 | 5 |
| Burials | 1842-1854 | 6 |
| Abstract | 1848-1861 | 6 |
| Communion roll | 1850-1879 | 7 |
| Misc. papers (13 items) | 1683-1872 | 8 |
| Cash book | 1897-1967 | 9 |
| Communion roll | 1891-1896 | 10 |
| do | 1897-1902 | 11 |
| Minutes | 1897-1961 | 12 |
| do | 1961-1984 | 13 |
| Communion roll | 1880-1892 | 14 |
| do | 1902-1922 | 15 |
| do | 1923-1939 | 16 |
| Baptisms | 1855-1896 | 17 |
| Proclamations | 1855-1928 | 18 |
| do | 1928-1977 | 19 |
| Minutes (discipline) | 1905-1927 | 20 |
| Collections | 1907-1919 | 21 |
| do | 1925-1929 | 22 |
| do | 1929-1967 | 23 |
| Papers re the Rev. John Reid | 1845-1979 | 24 |
| Mary McIntyre bequest | 1922 | 25 |
| Misc. papers | 1910-1939 | 26 |
Church Session Records of Monikie Free Church
later, United Free; Craigton Ch. of S.
Original records are held by Dundee City Archives; repertory is available at NRS ref. CH2/23/...; digital images are available on personal visit to NRS.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH3/1465/... |
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| Minutes | 1880-1938 | 1 |
| Deacons' court minutes | 1880-1925 | 2 |
| Baptismal register | 1925-1938 | 3 |
| Proclamation register | 1925-1937 | 3 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR440/... |
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| Minute book | 1843-1929 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1843-1916 | 2 |
| Cash book | 1892-1921 | 3 |
| Accounts | 1900-1930 | 4 |
| Vouchers (3) | 1845-1887 | 5 |
| Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse, glebe) | 1844-1904 | 6 |
| Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees | 1926-1928 | 7 |
| Correspondence | 1844-1916 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous papers | 1808-1893 | 9 |
There were 5 heritors of the parish in 1842:
- Lord Panmure
- Lord Douglas
- Fyffe of Smithfield
- Graham of Affleck
- Kerr of Newbigging
Records of the Fyffe family, including David Fyffe, 46th Foot (a son of Maj. David Fyffe of Smithfield) - William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan - Details
| Farm | Name | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Affleck | John Smith | -1871- |
| do | William Smith | -1881-1883- |
| do | Robert Smith | -1891-1931- |
| Balhungie | Peter Fenton | -1858-1874- |
| do | Mrs Catherine Swan | -1891- |
| do | Harry Don Swan [d. 1937] | -1895-1937 |
| do | D.W.N. Morrison, O.B.E., M.C., T.D. | -1938-1942- |
| Bankhead | Mrs Elizabeth Gibson | -1881- |
| do | David Gibson | -1891- |
| do | Andrew Spalding | -1871- |
| do | George Smith | -1871- |
| do | William Smith | -1881- |
| do | Joseph Robb | -1871-1881- |
| do | Robert Smith | -1881- |
| do | James Smith | -1902-1906- |
| do | Alexander Laird | -1906-1914- |
| do | David Kidd | -1906-1942- |
| Boghall | William Dargie | -1871-1881- |
| do | William Pattillo | -1891- |
| do | David Cant | -1910-1928- |
| do | David Barn | -1931-1942- |
| Bractullo | Alexander Spence | -1921- |
| Broomwell | Martha & David Mackay | -1881- |
| do | James Grant | -1891-1906- |
| do | Alexander Murdoch | -1910-1942- |
| Carlungie | Patrick Anderson | -1867-1881- |
| Carlungie (& New Downie) | John Scott | -1891-1913 |
| do | William Hay [d. 1930] | 1913-1930 |
| do | John Hay | -1935-1942- |
| do | Trustees of John Hay | -1953- |
| Craigton | James Crawford | -1871- |
| do | Francis Nicoll | -1871-1881- |
| do | David Ramsay | -1871-1881- |
| do | Mrs Ann Ramsay | -1891- |
| do | James Wilson | -1871-1891- |
| do | Mrs D. Ramsay | -1902- |
| do | Alexander Cant | -1906-1928- |
| do | Robert Cant | -1931-1942- |
| Cunmont | Henry Smith Buchan [d. 1928] | -1902- |
| do | James Henry Langlands of Cunmont, architect [d. 1932] | 1902-1919 |
| do | For sale (275 acres arable) | 1919 |
| do | James Johnston [d. 1939] | 1919-1939 |
| Denfind | Peter McIntyre | -1874-1918- |
| do | Mrs McIntyre | -1924- |
| do | Alexander W. McIntyre | -1923-1931- |
| do | John S. Graham | -1935-1942- |
| Denhead of Affleck | David Moncur | -1871-1902- |
| do | Alexander Donald | -1906-1921- |
| Dodd | John Anderson | -1871- |
| do | James Gibson | -1881-1891- |
| do | Thomas Smith | -1902-1942- |
| Downiebank | David Scott | -1871-1873- |
| do | Alexander Laird | -1891- |
| do | Thomas Mackie | -1902-1906- |
| do | Thomas & Alexander Mackie | -1910-1914- |
| do | Alexander Mackie | -1918-1942- |
| Downieken | Mrs Elizabeth B. Gibson | -1891- |
| do | William Watson | -1902-1928- |
| do | Robert Watson | -1931-1942- |
| Downie Mill | Alexander Geekie | -1871- |
| do | Mrs Mary Geekie | -1881- |
| do | Alan Geekie | -1891- |
| do | David Stewart | -1902-1909- |
| do | Robert Reid | -1910-1942- |
| Downiemuir | David Reid | -1871- |
| do | Andrew Sturrock | -1881- |
| do | John Findlay | -1891-1931- |
| do | P. & J. Reid | -1928-1931- |
| do | George Findlay | -1935-1942- |
| East Bankhead | Andrew Spalding | -1881-1891- |
| do | Silvester Petrie Spalding [d. 1931] | -1902-1931 |
| do | James Smith | -1910-1914- |
| do | G.W. Smith | -1924-1942- |
| do | D.G. Spence | -1938-1942- |
| East Denside | Charles Gray | -1871- |
| do | Alexander Scott | -1881-1928- |
| do | F.M. & G. Batchelor | -1938-1942- |
| East Hillhead | Alexander Crawford | -1871-1902- |
| do | George Steven | -1906-1935- |
| do | William Baxter | -1938-1942- |
| East Newlandhead | David McGregor | -1881-1891- |
| do | Andrew Moonie | -1906-1921- |
| do | Messrs Moonie | -1924- |
| do | A. Moonie | -1928- |
| Fairniefaulds [Ferniefaulds] | George Smith | -1881- |
| do | James Smith | -1891-1921- |
| Fallaw [Fallaws] | David Henderson | -1871-1891- |
| do | Robert Henderson | -1902-1921- |
| Gibson Hall | Alexander Norrie | -1891- |
| Greenburn | Isaac Alexander | -1871- |
| do | Mrs Jane T. Alexander | -1881- |
| do | William Ramsay | -1891-1906- |
| do | Alexander Fleming | -1910-1931- |
| do | George Fleming | -1935-1942- |
| Guildy | William Lowson | -1871- |
| do | William Bowden | -1881- |
| do | Sylvester Philip | -1881- |
| do | James Scott | -1871-1881- |
| do | James Suttie | -1881- |
| do | Robert Bruce | -1891- |
| do | Alexander Rew | -1891- |
| do | Alexander Smart | -1891- |
| do | Alexander Warden | -1881-1891- |
| do | David Wilson | -1891- |
| Guildy Den | James Milne | -1871-1891- |
| do | William Smith | -1906-1924- |
| do | J. Mitchell | -1928-1942- |
| Guildy Muir | David Ramsay | -1871- |
| do | David Roberts | -1871- |
| do | Francis McKenna | -1891- |
| do | James Peterson | -1891- |
| Harecairn | Andrew McWattie | -1871-1891- |
| do | Andrew & David McWattie | -1906-1914- |
| do | Andrew McWattie | -1918-1921- |
| do | David McWattie | -1924- |
| do | Miss McWattie | -1928- |
| do | William Goodfellow | -1931- |
| Hogston | Peter Roberts | -1871- |
| do | Mrs Isabella Roberts | -1881- |
| do | David Roberts | -1891- |
| do | William Lamb | -1906-1924- |
| do | G. Todd | -1928-1931- |
| do | Alexander Moonie, jun. | -1935-1942- |
| Hynd Castle | Robert M. Fyffe | -1906- |
| Kirkton of Monikie | Peter Gibson | -1871- |
| do | James Fairlie | -1881-1891- |
| do | David Fairlie [d. 1907] | -1902-1907 |
| do | Trustees of David Fairlie | -1910-1921- |
| do | John M. Fairlie | -1924-1942- |
| Knowes | George Norrie | -1871- |
| do | James Robertson | -1871-1881- |
| do | Robert Scott | -1871-1891- |
| Lovehall | Charles Barrie | -1871-1881- |
| do | George Barrie | -1891- |
| do | George Barrie | -1924-1942- |
| Mains of Ardestie | William Fullerton [d. 1880] | -1863-1880 |
| do | John Ogilvy | -1884-1892- |
| do | Representatives of John Ogilvy | -1902-1906- |
| do | Mrs Ogilvy | -1910- |
| do | Alexander Ogilvy [d. 1932] | -1914-1932 |
| do | Francis Carney Booth & W.C. Booth | -1935-1942- |
| Mains of Panmure | Dougald Colquhoun, ex-provost of Carnoustie [d. 1902] | -1898-1902 |
| do | Representatives of Dougald Colquhoun | -1906- |
| do | Hugh Colquhoun [d. 1925] | -1924-1925 |
| do | Archibald Stewart Colquhoun | -1931-1937- |
| do | Messrs Colquhoun | -1938-1942- |
| Mid Newlandhead | William McLean | -1881-1891- |
| do | James Scott | -1902-1906- |
| do | J. McIntosh | -1910-1942- |
| Nether Slap | James Low | -1891- |
| Newbigging | James Anderson | -1871- |
| do | John Buchan | -1891- |
| do | Mrs Margaret Wilson | -1891- |
| New Downie | Alexander Ramsay | -1881- |
| Newlandhead | George Batchelor | -1871- |
| do | James Brown | -1871- |
| do | James Christie | -1902- |
| Newton of Affleck | Peter Coupar [d. 1866] | -1859-1866 |
| do | James Smith | -1887- |
| do | John Smith | -1891-1910- |
| do | Thomas Young | -1914-1942- |
| North Greenford | George Sturrock | -1881- |
| Old Downie | James Seaton | -1891- |
| do | James Semple | -1902-1931- |
| do | David S. Arnot | -1935-1942- |
| Pitairlie | James Hunter | -1871- |
| do | John B. Smart | -1891- |
| do | John B. Smart & John Wilson, jun. | -1902- |
| do | John William Anderson Wilson | -1906-1942- |
| Smithfield | George Milne | -1871- |
| do | Mrs Jane Milne | -1881- |
| do | William Scott | -1891- |
| do | Alexander & William Scott | -1902-1906- |
| do | William Scott | -1910-1921- |
| do | David Scott | -1924-1928- |
| do | John Hair | -1930-1942- |
| South Greenford | James Low | -1881- |
| South Stotfauld | William Patullo | -1902-1906- |
| Stotfaulds [Stotfauld] | James Fairlie | -1871-1891- |
| do | Patrick Sim | -1902-1935- |
| do | George Thomson | -1938-1942- |
| West Bankhead | Alexander Barn | -1902-1921- |
| do | D. Campbell | -1921-1931- |
| do | George Campbell | -1935-1942- |
| West Denside | Charles Hood | -1871- |
| do | James Dyce | -1881- |
| do | William & David Alexander | -1902-1906- |
| do | Peter McIntyre, jun. | -1910-1914- |
| do | Alexander McIntyre | -1918-1924- |
| do | F.M. & G. Batchelor | -1928-1942- |
| do | John Steven | -1938-1942- |
| Westhillhead | James G. Stewart | -1871-1881- |
| do | Jane Stewart | -1891- |
| do | Representatives of James G. Stewart | -1902-1906- |
| do | William Brown | -1910-1921- |
| do | William & George Brown | -1924- |
| do | A.F. Grieve | -1928-1942- |
| West Newlandhead | William Hendry | -1881-1891- |
| do | Alexander Christie | -1906-1928- |
| do | Charles Patterson | -1931-1942- |
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1755 | 1345 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1794 | 1278 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 1236 | |||
| 1811 | 1293 | |||
| 1821 | 620 | 705 | 1325 | |
| 1831 | 1322 | |||
| 1841 | 632 | 685 | 1317 | |
| 1851 | 1317? | |||
| 1871 | 699 | 698 | 1397 | |
| 1881 | 702 | 710 | 1412 | |
| 1891 | 688 | 640 | 1328 | |
| 1901 | 684 | 615 | 1299 | |
| 1911 | 616 | 568 | 1184 | |
| 1921 | 576 | 579 | 1155 |
Monikie was in the Commissariot of Brechin.
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 Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1823
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| David Adam | in Churnsyde, par. of Monikie, and Barbara Raitt, his spouse | T. 24 Oct 1676 |
| Thomas Archer | at the Mylne of Cammestoun, and Helen Brown, his spouse, par. of Monekie | 28 Mar 1610 |
| Mr Gilbert Auchinleck of Dinfuid | par. of Monekie, and Euphemia Ramsay, his spouse | 11 Mar 1629 |
| John Brown | lately residing at Guildie | 19 Dec 1812 |
| Robert Brown | in West Densyde of Monikie, and Grissell Kidd, his spouse | 8 Mar 1688 |
| Euphemia Caithness | spouse to James Watt, in Cottoune of Adeslie, par. of Moniky | 14 Jun 1636 |
| William Clark | in Cammestoune, par. of Monekie | 7 Jun 1613 |
| William Clark | in Cammestoune, par. of Monekie | 7 Jul 1627 |
| Helen Constable | spouse to Thomas Boyak, in Densyde, par. of Monikie | 20 Jun 1665 |
| Mr Henry Dempster | schoolmaster at Monekie | T. 10 Jul 1782 |
| David Doig | in Maynes of Downie, and Margaret Smith, his spouse | 10 Feb 1659 |
| Bessie Duncan | spouse to James Melville, in Cragtoun, par. of Monekie | 20 Jul 1629 |
| Alexander Durham, elder | in Bahungie, par. of Monekie | 10 Sep 1635 |
| Mr John Durham | minister at Monikie | 20 Aug 1640 |
| William Fyfe | blacksmith at Pitairly | 11 Mar 1820 |
| John Gray | servitour to David Muffat, in Stotfald, par. of Monikie | 8 Oct 1614 |
| William Greig | tenant in Saddlestone | 9 Aug 1822; 23 Jun & 5 Nov 1823 |
| Isobel Grewar | relict of John Fleming, late in Meikle Downie | 17 Jul 1752 |
| John Guild | in Cottoun of Ardeistie, par. of Monekie | 4 Aug 1627 |
| Gilbert Guthrie | in Newlandhead of Auchenleck, par. of Monikie | 10 Feb 1663 |
| William Guthrie | in Chrynsyde, par. of Monikie | T. 3 Mar 1648 |
| John Henderson | in Fairniefaldi, par. of Moneikie | T. 15 Jun 1672 |
| Thomas Hope | in Garthe of Balhungrie, par. of Moneky | 3 Sep 1635 |
| Mr James Hunter | minister at Monekie | T. 15 Feb 1783 |
| John Jarron | labourer in Cotton of Cambustown, spouse of Barbara Sturrock | 8 Jun 1816 & 17 Feb 1817 |
| George Johnston | brewer at Kirktown of Monikie | T. 22 Aug 1780 |
| George Johnston | and Margaret Crichton, of Kirktown of Monikie | T. 16 Aug 1791 |
| Alison Kidd | spouse to Alexander Fleming, at the Kirk of Monekie | 5 Apr 1641 |
| David Kidd | par. of Monikie | 8 Apr 1662 |
| Margaret Kidd | in Camestone, par. of Monikie | 4 Mar 1657 |
| Margaret Laurence | in Brechin, relict of George Mather, late at Mill of Downie | T. 5 Jan 1785 |
| Hew Lindsay | in Skithine, par. of Monekie | 4 Aug 1627 |
| Janet Lindsay | spouse to umquhile John Guild, in Cottoun of Ardestie, par. of Monekie | 4 Aug 1672 |
| Mary Low | at Lochmillie, relict of James Brown, tenant at Brae of Downie | 6 Aug 1812 |
| Christian Mathie | in Cottoun of Middle Downe | 22 Feb 1594-5 |
| John Meik | in Cottoun of Dinfuid [Denfind], par. of Monekie | 25 Mar 1622 |
| James Melville | sometime in Cragetoun of Downy, thereafter in Guildie, and now indweller in Campbieston, and Margaret Maxwell, his spouse | 29 Dec 1640 |
| William Mudie | in the Housbandtoun of Auchinleck, par. of Monekie | T. 28 Feb 1650 |
| Elspet Paton | in Ester Downie | T. 18 Dec 1667 |
| David Pattullo | tenant in Kirkton of Monikie | 2 Jul 1818 |
| Andrew Petrie | late at Craigtown of Monikie | T. 24 Apr 1777 |
| George Railey | in Fairniefaulds, par. of Monikie, and Catherine Nicoll, his spouse | 7 Sep 1692 |
| Mr William Raitt | late minister at Monikie | 27 May and 26 Jun 1761 |
| Isobel Ramsay | spouse to John Kair, in Easter Monikie, par. of Monikie | 1 Apr 1662 |
| Thomas Ramsay | in Cottoun of Dinfind, and Isobel Henderson, his spouse, par. of Monekie | 11 Feb 1612 |
| Alexander Shorswood | in Carlougie, par. of Monniky | 9 May 1622 |
| Isobel Shorswood | at the Mill of Downie, relict of Andrew Broun, in Doniekin | 31 Mar 1663 |
| John Shorswood | in Carlougie, and Isobel Guild, his spouse, par. of Monekie | 29 Mar 1614 |
| Andrew Slewin | in Carlougie, and Barbara Ramsay, his spouse, par. of Monekie | T. 21 Feb 1650 |
| Alexander Steven | in Lowehall, par. of Monikie, and Jean Bennett, his relict | 20 Oct 1658 |
| Andrew Steven | in Carlungie, par. of Monikie, and Margaret Machan, his spouse | T. 24 Oct 1676 |
| David Steven | sometime in Dunikeane, par. of Monikie, and Agnes Brown, his spouse | 14 Apr 1662 |
| James Steven | in Carlougie, par. of Monekie | 30 Apr 1632 |
| Agnes Watson | servitrix to David Lindsay, of Kynnetles, par. of Monekie | 11 Jul 1610 |
| James Watson | in Wester Monekie, and Isobel Kyd, his spouse | 20 Aug 1627 |
| George Webster | at the Kirk of Monekie | 9 May 1622 |
| Janet Webster | relict of Henry Tailzour, sometime in Drum of Monickie | T. 19 Oct 1686 |
| James Whittane | in Newbigging of Monikie | T. 28 Mar 1777 |
Testaments of Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1800
| Margaret Auchinleck | sometime spouse to Alexander Durhame, at the Milne of Downie, par. of Monikie | 11 May 1599 |
| William Gibb | cotterman in Pitterlie, par. of Moneikie | 28 May 1599 |
| John Gray | in Hillhead of Monikie, Angus | 10 Apr 1719 |
| Malcolm Guild | in Dunekein, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
| Alexander Guthrie | cotterman in Stotfauld, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
| James Mitchelson | cotterman in Fustie, par. of Monekie | 21 Jan 1605 |
| Patrick Moffat | in Stotfauld, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
| Margaret Simpson | in Craigtoun, spouse sometime to Thomas Mailmaker, flasher, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
Testaments of Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| William Bowman | in Ardestie, par. of Monekie, sher. of Forfar | 5 Dec 1598 |
| Helen Inglis | spouse to James Durham, in Ardestie, sher. of Angus | 9 Feb 1593-4 |
| Robert Mealmaker | in Craigtoun, par. of Monekie, in Angus | 22 Jul 1596 |
Testaments of Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| James Durham of Ardestie | par. of Monydie [Monikie] in Angus | 29 Jul 1605 |
Images of the original records for Monikie:
Images of the original records for Monikie:
- Ardestie Earth House - a souterrain
- Carlungie Earth House - another souterrain