Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
The arms of Fenton of Baikie
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:
Duncan Fraser - The Land of the Ogilvys (Montrose: Standard Press, 1964)
William Wilson - Airlie: a Parish History (Coatbridge: Alex. Pettigrew, 1917)
Statistical accounts of Airlie
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 11, p. 208
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 670
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959 (only shows part of the parish)
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1861, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Airlie, see National Library's Maps.
Geograph.org: Airlie - recent photographs of Airlie. National Grid ref. NO3151.
Located at National Grid ref. NO313514. Built 1783.
There is an article, with photographs, on Airlie Parish Church in A Corpus of Scottish Mediaeval Parish Churches.
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
Andrew Ogilvie | 1567-1589 | b. ANS; min. of Keig, Leslie and Premnay 1564; tr. & adm. 2 Feb 1567, with Glenisla also in the charge; d. 1589 unmar. |
William Malcolm | 1590-1636 | bro. of John Malcolm, min. of Perth; M.A. St Andrews 1580; pres. to vicarage of Kingoldrum 13 May 1588; tr. & adm. early 1590; d. 14 Apr 1636; mar. (1) Grisel Matthor/Matthew; issue: James; mar. (2) Helen Sommer; issue: John; Robert, min. of Bendochy; Agnes (mar. contr. 1633 Oliver Peebles of Chapelhall); Isobel (mar. John Robertson, min. of Perth) |
John Malcolm | 1637-1646 | neph. of above; M.A. St Andrews 1620; ass. here; ord. 1637; d. bef. 21 Aug 1646; mar.; issue: James, Robt, Wm, Eliz., Joanna |
John Robertson | 1650-1662 | b. ca. 1623 Coupar Grange, son Patrick R., notary, Rattray; M.A. St Andrews 1644; adm. bef. Nov 1650; dep. 1662; d. at Dundee; mar. 1650 Isobel, dau. of James Blair of Ardblair; issue: James; John, writer, Edinburgh |
John Lyon | 1663-1681 | M.A.; ord. 27 Oct 1663; tr. to Glamis 21 Dec 1681; tr. to Tealing bef. 27 Jul 1684 |
Frederick Lyon | 1682-1699 | bro. of above; 5th son of John Lyon of Wester Ogil; M.A. St Andrews 1672; adm. 12 May 1682; d. Sep 1699, aged ca. 47; mar. 1683 Isobel, dau. of James Cramond of Balnakeith; issue: Patrick; John; James, of Easterdeanhouses; Wm; Helen; Geilles; another dau. (mar. George Lyon, min. of Yersdon) |
William Lyon of Wester Ogil | 1700-1743 | neph. of F.L.; b. 9 Oct 1675 W. Ogil, 2nd son of Georege Lyon of Wester Ogil; ord. 25 Sep 1700; d. 4 Jan 1743; mar. (1) 1704 Jean, dau. of David Melvill of Pitgarvy; issue: Jean (mar. Alexander Moncrieff of Culfargie, min. of Abernethy); Margaret; George, of Wester Ogil, min. of Longforgan PER; mar. (2) Agnes, dau. of Alexr Glas, min. of Kinclaven PER; issue: Christian; Wm, solicitor; Kath.; Alexr; John; Margaret; Eliz.; Robt, merchant; Thomas |
David Thomson | 1743-1779 | b. 1714, son of David T., min. of Meigle; ord. 12 oct 1743; d. 9 May 1779; mar. 1745 Margaret, eldest dau. of Thomas Tullidelph, D.D., principal of St Andrews Uni. |
James Stormonth of Kinclune | 1780-1809 | b. 1753, son of Alexr Stormonth of Kinclune; M.A. Aberdeen 1774; ord. 27 Jul 1780; d. 27 Dec 1809; mar. 1786 Isobel, dau. of Robert Wedderburn of Pearsie; issue: Isobel; Eliz. (mar. James Maxwell, surgeon, Dundee); Alexr, of Kinclune; Kath. (mar. David Fraser, min. of Nigg, Ross-shire); Jean; Graham (dau.); Margaret (mar. David Carment, min. of Rosskeen) |
Robert Aikman | 1810-1832 | b. 1764 Dundee; teacher; ord. 26 Sep 1810; d. 8 Jul 1832; mar. 1830 Barbara Thomson; issue: Mary |
David White | 1833-1843 | b. 1807 Dunnichen, eldest son of Alexr W., linen manuf., Brechin; tutor in Galloway; ord. 24 Apr 1833; joined Free Kirk 1843; min. of Airlie Free Kirk 1843-72; d. 29 Dec 1873 Dundee; mar. 1836 Isobel, dau. of Alxr Balfour, Edinburgh; issue: Henry; Geo.; Isabella Balfour; 6 more |
Thomas Reid | 1843-1889 | b. 1803 Kirriemuir, son of John R., schoolmaster; ass. teacher Kirriemuir; ass. Airlie 1830-2; teacher Kirriemuir; ass. Kirriemuir; ord. 24 Aug 1843; d. 11 Dec 1889; mar. 1840 Janet, dau. of James Fenton, Lintrathen; issue: James; Jane (mar. Thomas Munro Nicoll) |
William Wilson | 1890-1931 | b. 1860 Coatbridge, son of Wm W.; missionary Caldercruix; ass. Perth Middle 1888; ass. Forgandenny; ass. Brechin Cath., Sep 1889; ord. 18 Jun 1890; D.D. Glasgow 1926; adm. to united charge 2 Feb 1931; dem. 14 Oct 1931; d. 4 Nov 1936 Coatbridge |
William Cowie Farquharson | 1932-1937 | b. 1903 Cairnie; from Gallatown, Kirkcaldy; ind. May 1932; tr. to Fintray 1937; d. 1985 Edinburgh; mar. 1930 Janet W.G. Mathieson |
Edward Thomas Hewitt | 1938-1940 | b. 1912 Hamilton; ass. Old Kirk, Lesmahagow; ord. 2 Mar 1938; tr. to Loudon 1940; d. 1999 Strathaven; mar. 1938 Rachel C. Hunter |
John Alexander Stables | 1941-1960-? | mar. 1952 Bessie Higgs |
Ministers of Airlie Free Church, later U.F. Church (South Church)
David White | 1843-1872 | see above entry under parish ministers |
John Fleming Linn | 1872-1922-? | b. ca. 1844 Maryhill, Glasgow, son of Walter L., railway superintendant; M.A.; d. 11 Sep 1930 Port Bannatyne BUT |
Monuments in Airlie Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 70 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 1: Strathmore" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1993), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 1. Pre-1855 Strathmore" in their online shop.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Airlie in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 162-3.
See Photographs & names.
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 the National Records:
- 1851 - 1889 [NRS CH2/1443/4]
- 1855 - 1966 [NRS CH2/1443/5]
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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- 1682 - 1854
Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1851 - 1889 [NRS CH2/1443/4]
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- 1682 - 1854
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- 1711 - 1845
Church Session Records of Airlie Parish Church (Airlie North)
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/1443/... |
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Cash book | 1757-1813 | 1 |
Papers re division of church | 1829 | 1 |
List of male heads of families | 1834 | 1 |
Locality of stipend | 1813 | 1 |
Minutes | 1847-1933 | 1 |
Congregational Board minutes | 1944-1967 | 2 |
Accounts | 1928-1977 | 3 |
Baptisms | 1851-1889 | 4 |
do | 1855-1934 | 5 |
Proclamations | 1861-1966 | 6 |
do | 1966-1977 | 7 |
Communion rolls | 1898-1967 | 8 to 11 |
Church Session Records of Airlie Free Church
later, United Free; Airlie South Ch. of S.; united with Airlie (North) in 1931
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH3/1441/... |
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Minutes | 1872-1904 | 1 |
do | 1905-1929 | 2 |
Deacon's court minutes | 1870-1913 | 3 |
do | 1913-1930 | 4 |
Register of baptisms | 1872-1930 | 5 |
Communion roll | 1872-1881 | 6 |
do | 1896-1918 | 7 |
Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR170/... |
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Minute book (with accounts) | 1861-1929 | 1 |
Cash book | 1906-1930 | 2 |
Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees | 1926-1929 | 3 |
Papers re the Scottish Land and Property Federation and its views in connection with the Church of Scotland (Property and Endowments) Act of 1925 | 1918-1926 | 4 |
There were 7 proprietors of land in the parish in 1843:
- Earl of Airlie
- Earl of Strathmore
- Sir Thomas Monro, bart., of Lindertis
- Patrick Murray of Simprim
- Peter Wedderburn Ogilvy of Ruthven
- --- Fothringham
- G.B.C. Henderson
Records of the Lands & Barony of Airlie, 1431-1882 - NRS ref. GD16/1 (part of the Airlie Muniments)
Farm | Name | Dates |
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Auchindory | Alexander Reid | -1841-1861- |
do | Alexander Gibb Rattray & William Stevenson Rattray | -1891- |
do | John Watson | -1901- |
Baikie | Robert Campbell | -1841- |
do | Grace Easson | -1841- |
do | David Rattray [d. 1883] | -1841-1883 |
do | Frederick Hood | -1901- |
Baitland | William Lydie | -1841- |
do | Janet Kidd | -1861- |
do | John Walker | -1901- |
Barns of Airlie | John Lowdon | -1841- |
do | Andrew Nicoll [d. 1906] | -1871-1906 |
Blackhill | John Baxter | -1841- |
do | William Stewart | -1841- |
do | Leonard Small | -1841- |
do | Peter Mitchell | -1861- |
do | John Easson | -1861- |
do | John Easson | -1901- |
Brae of Airlie | Catherine H G Davie & John Davie | -1871- |
do | John Davie | -1901- |
Braideston | Andrew Cordeau? | -1841- |
do | James Hill | -1861- |
do | James Adam | -1901- |
Braideston Mill | David Jack | -1861- |
do | Adam Wilson | -1891- |
do | Lachlan Wilson | -1901- |
Cardean | John Drain | -1841- |
do | Peter Birrell | -1861- |
Carling Well | John Colville | -1841- |
do | James Mealmaker | -1861- |
Clickim | John Duncan | -1841- |
do | William Duncan | -1861- |
Cookston | George Ballingall [d. 1886] | -1841-1886 |
do | William Ogilvy Ballingall & John Whyte Ballingall | -1901- |
Crawford | George Fairweather | -1841- |
Dairsie | John White | -1841- |
do | Charles Donald | -1841- |
do | George Lowdon | -1841- |
do | Charles Donald yr | -1861- |
do | David Neill | -1861- |
do | David Smith | -1841-1861- |
do | Robert Meek | -1861- |
do | Peter Lowden | -1861- |
do | Peter Lowden & James Tosh | -1901- |
Dillavaird | Francis Lamond | -1841- |
do | Andrew Milne | -1861- |
do | James McHardy | -1871- |
do | John McHardy | -1901- |
Drumfundie | Robrt McIntosh | -1841- |
East Mains | Francis Lamond | -1861- |
do | John Melville | -1871- |
Egna? Mossend | John Edward | -1861- |
Ghenty | John Lamond | -1841-1861- |
do | Betsy Lamond | -1901- |
Grange of Airlie | Thomas Soutar & James Soutar | -1861- |
do | William Saddler | -1901- |
Hillockhead | Peter Smith & John Smith | -1841- |
do | John Davie | -1891- |
do | James Jeffrey | -1901- |
Kinalty | Peter Simpson | -1841-1861- |
do | William Finton | -1901- |
Kinalty Haughs | William McKenzie | -1901- |
Lendrick | William Simpson | -1841- |
Leys of Lindertis | James Mealmaker | -1841- |
do | Thomas Mealmaker | -1861- |
do | Robert Mealmaker | -1891- |
do | Thomas Mealmaker & Robert Mealmaker | -1901- |
Linross | John Hood | -1861- |
do | George Ballingall [son of George B. at Cookston] | -1891- |
do | John Pattullo | -1901- |
Littleton | Alexander Nicoll | -1841-1861- |
do | Thomas Munro Nicoll | -1901- |
Mains of Airlie | James Gordon | -1871- |
Mid Brae | John Anderson | -1841- |
Midtown | Susan Symons | -1901- |
Muirhouses | James Barrie | -1841- |
do | William Ramsay | -1861- |
do | David Ramsay | -1901- |
Nether Kinalty | William Spencer | -1841- |
Newton of Airlie | John Pattullo [d. 1893] | -1841-1893 |
do | Hugh M Pattullo | -1901- |
Powmyre | John Ogilvy | -1841-1861- |
Reedie | John Nicoll [d. 1901] | -1861-1901 |
Simprim | John Barclay | -1861- |
West Brae | David Davie/Davis | -1841-1861- |
West Cardean | George Hunter | -1841- |
Westhill | Peter Bruce | -1841-1861- |
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.
There is a roll of male heads of families in 1834 in the North Airlie Kirk Session records [NRS CH2/1443/1].
Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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1755 | 1012 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
1792 | 865 | Old Statistical Account | ||
1801 | 1041 | |||
1811 | 928 | |||
1821 | 486 | 493 | 981 | |
1831 | 860 | |||
1841 | 430 | 438 | 868 | |
1851 | 856 | |||
1871 | 398 | 380 | 778 | |
1881 | 435 | 409 | 844 | |
1891 | 394 | 347 | 741 | |
1901 | 354 | 344 | 698 | |
1911 | 353 | 370 | 723 | |
1921 | 369 | 329 | 698 |
Airlie 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 Airlie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
Christian Adam | in Brydistoune, par. of Airlie | 5 Jun 1618 |
Margaret Adam | spouse to Walter Great, in Cotton of Kynnaltie, par. of Airlie | 7 Jul 1618 |
William Anderson | farmer at Carlin Wells, afterwards residing in Perth Rd, near Dundee, spouse of Mary Hood, dau. of decd. David Hood, tenant at Newton of Airly | 9 & 12 Mar 1822 |
James Arnott | tenant in Brydestown, par. of Airlie | 20 Feb 1792 |
Christian Bonar | sometime spouse to John Edward, par. of Airlie | 23 Aug 1598 |
Thomas Brown | in the Barony of Airlie | 21 Jan 1629 |
Andrew Chaplain | in Lenderbus, par. of Airlie | 7 Sep 1624 |
John Clyde | in Auchindorie, par. of Airlie | 4 May 1618 |
Patrick Cook | at the Kirktoun of Airlie | 5 Mar 1616 |
Thomas Cook | in the Cottoun of Grange, par. of Airlie | 27 Jul 1624 |
John Cornwall | in Boydestoun, par. of Airlie | 3 Sep 1617 |
Isobel Cowsney | spouse to William Donaldson, in Carden, par. of Airlie | 27 Feb 1617 |
Mr James Crichton | in Brydiestoun, par. of Airlie | 10 Oct 1681 |
Patrick Crichton elder of Mylneholl | par. of Airlie | 30 Jul 1709 |
Elspet Deuchars | spouse to James Hill, in Newtoun of Airlie | 5 Mar 1616 |
Benjamin Farquhar | gardener at Lindertis | 20 Aug 1816 |
Helen Gardner | spouse to Andrew Cuik, in Grange of Airlie | 22 May 1627 |
John Haliburton | in the par. of Airlie | 29 Nov 1753 |
Marjorie Henry | relict of William Harkitt, par. of Airlie | 21 Jun 1688 |
James Hill | in Newtoun of Airlie | 22 Aug 1662 |
Robert Hill | at the Kirk of Airlie | 27 Feb 1617 |
George Irons | in Auchindorie, par. of Airlie | 13 Jul 1635 |
Janet Jack | in Haystoun, par. of Airlie | 9 Jan 1617 |
John Lindsay | in Lenrose, par. of Airlie | 7 Oct 1681 |
Elspet Low | spouse to William Fentoune of Kirkden, par. of Airlie | l0 Dec 1708 |
Janet Luke | in Kynnaltie, spouse to William Roger, there, par. of Airlie | 19 Jun 1617 |
Agnes Mathie | spouse to David Broun, in Littilltoun, par. of Airlie | 19 Jun 1617 |
James Mitchell | in Muirhouse, par. of Airlie | 8 Apr 1648 |
George Morphie | in Cottoun of Blakstoune, par. of Nether Airlie | 14 Jun 1621 |
Janet Murray | relict of Robert Hill, at the Kirk of Airlie, par. of Airlie | 12 Mar 1616 |
John Mustard | millar at the Myln of Cookstoun, par. of Airlie | 11 Oct 1681 |
Robert Mustard | lawful son to umquhile David Mustard, in Carden, par. of Airlie | 18 Feb 1618 and 20 Jan 1619 |
William Mustard | in Carden, par. of Airlie | 5 May 1614 |
Andrew Nicoll | in Achindorie, par. of Airlie | 25 Mar 1617 |
Christian Nicoll | spouse to Henry Smyth, in Bakie, par. of Airlie | 7 Feb 1617 |
Isobel Nicoll | spouse to John Mitchell, in Balkie, par. of Airlie | 6 Aug 1613 |
Mr John Ogilvie | brother-german to James, Lord Ogilvie of Airlie | 18 Mar 1626 |
Joanna Ogilvy | residing abroad, only surviving sister of decd. David Ogilvy, commonly called earl of Airlie | 8 Oct 1818 |
Marjorie Piggot | spouse to Thomas Mustart, in Easter Cuikstoune, par. of Airlie | 18 Apr 1614 |
Alexander Ray or Roy | schoolmaster at Airlie | 26 Sep & 4, 5 Nov 1816 |
David Rodger | in Kinnaltie, par. of Erlie | 21 Nov 1640 |
Christian Rorie | spouse to John Hutcheoune, in the Grange, par. of Airlie | 2 Aug 1613 |
John Rough | in Cookstown, par. of Airly | 2 Sep 1778 |
Alexander Roy or Ray | schoolmaster at Airlie | 26 Sep & 4, 5 Nov 1816 |
Margaret Seton | relict of John Seton, schoolmaster at Dykehead of Craig, par. of Airlie | 22 Feb 1759 |
George Shepherd | in Cookston, par. of Airlie | l0 Feb 1652 |
Thomas Smith | Lundies, Airly | 14 Dec 1801 |
James Stormonth | minister of the gospel at Airlie | 2 Jan 1811 |
Christian Wallace | spouse to Henry Smyth, in Baky, par. of Airlie | 16 Jul 1617 |
Thomas White | in Bray of Airlie, par. of Airlie | 12 Mar 1616 |
Thomas Wilson | in Craigtoun, par. of Airlie | 18 Mar 1617 |
James Wright | at the Mylne of Cuikstoun, par. of Airlie | 11 Aug 1624 |
Margaret Wright | spouse to David Rodger, in Kynnaltie, par. of Airlie | 31 Jul 1627 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.
Isobel Haldane | spouse to John Wilkie, in Crookston, par. of Airlie | 30 May 1740 |
Alexander Hood | in Reidie, par. of Airlie | 25 Jun 1729 |
Henry Smith | in Lundis, par. of Airly | 13 Dec 1732 |
John Spence | tenant in Kinaldy, par. of Airlie | 9 Dec 1730 |
Testaments of Airlie 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.
William Arrot | in Grange of Airlie, and Margaret Fullartone, his spouse | T. 13 Apr 1659 |
David Ogilvie, Earl of Airlie | and Lady Grizel Lyon, his spouse | 18 Jul 1722 |
Lady Helen Ogilvie | only lawful daughter to the deceased David, Earl of Airlie | 18 Jul 1722 |
Mr John Ogilvie | brother-german to the late Earl of Airlie | T. -- 1673 |
Walter Ogilvy, earl of Airlie | 7 & 10 Feb 1820 |
Testaments of Airlie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
John Brydie | in Cukestoune, par. of Airlie | 21 Feb 1576-7 |
John Chisholme | in Lendartous, par. of Arlie | 3 May 1580 |
Alexander Dick | in Gallowhill, par. of Nether-Airlie in Angus | 2 Dec 1591 |
John Jameson | in Brydestoun, par. of Airlie | 14 Jul 1580 |
Henry Smyth | in Bakie, par. of Airlie, sher. of Forfar | 17 Jul 1584 |
William Smith elder | in Carden, par. of Airlie in Angus | 30 Jun 1591 |
Alexander Stewart | in Cuikstoun, par. of Airlie in Angus | 2 Feb 1590-1 |
Isobel Stiblis | relict of George Wryght, in Cuikstoun, par. of Airlie, sher. of Forfar | 30 Jan 1600 |
Isobel Webster | sometime spouse to John Brydie, in Cukestoun, par. of Nethir-Airlie | 21 Feb 1576-7 |
David Wright | in Cuikstoun, son lawful of umquhile Thomas Wright, in Kynnaltie, par. of Nethir-Airlie in Angus | 6 Aug 1588 |
George Wright | in Cuikstoun, par. of Airlie, sher. of Forfar | 1 Aug 1589 |
Isobel Wright | sometime spouse to James Brown, in Lunros, par. of Nether-Airlie | 20 Oct 1580 |
John Wright | in Dairsie, par. of Airlie, sher. of Forfar | 23 Dec 1595 |
Testaments of Airlie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
James Hill | in Cairneywell, par. of Airlie, sher. of Angus | 9 Mar 1603 |
James Rodger | in Reddie, par. of Nather Airlie, in Angus | (vol. 45) 29 May 1610 |
Henry Smith | youngest lawful son to umquhile Henry S., in Bakie, par. of Nether Airlie, in Angus | 28 Feb 1607 |
John Smith | in Bakie, par. of Nether-Airlie, in Angus | 29 Jan 1606 |
Images of the original records for Airlie:
Images of the original records for Airlie:
Historic Scotland: Airlie Castle: Garden, with map