Arbroath (Angus)

Parish church

St Vigeans Kirk served as the parish kirk of Arbroath until the Reformation.

Above: the former post-reformation parish church of Arbroath - "the Old Kirk"

Other churches in Arbroath

Photo of the ruins of the Tironensian Abbey of Arbroath.

Above, left: Abbey Church of Scotland, West Abbey Street, Arbroath. Built 1797 as a chapel of ease; extensively altered in 1878.
Above, right: St Andrew's Church of Scotland, Hamilton Green, Arbroath. Built as Hopemount Free Church in 1889.

There are two memorial windows in St Andrew's Church:

1. To Alexander Reid, who died 1883, and his wife Elizabeth Thomson, d. 1902, gifted by their daughter Jane Hannah Spark, 1926
2. To the Rev. John Sandison, "minister of this congregation", b. 1803, ordained 1832 (1834?), d. 1871 [He had (allegedly - but see list of ministers of High Street Free Church) been minister to the North Grimsby U.P. Kirk before 1852, when he, and most of his congregation, joined the Free Kirk. The memorial window to this "saintly and revered" minister dates from 1906.]

In the vestibule of St Andrew's Church is a 1914-1918 war memorial, to the following men who were members of the East United Free Church, Arbroath. This roll includes additional information from the Roll of Honour Arbroath & District 1914-1919 and CWGC records.

Above, left: Knox's Church, Howard Street, Arbroath (built 1866)
Above, right: Arbroath West Kirk (originally St Margaret's Chapel of Ease, opened 1879), Keptie Street

Above, left: St Mary's Episcopal Church, Springfield Terrace, Arbroath
Above, right: St Thomas of Canterbury R.C. Church, Dishlandtown Street, Arbroath

Above, left: United Free Church, (east side of) High Street, Arbroath; it stands on the site of the former St Mary's Episcopal Church that was built in 1806
Above, right: St John's Methodist Church, Ponderlaw Street, Arbroath; built 1772

Further photographs of the former post-reformation parish kirk of Arbroath and several other churches in the town are here.
Photographs, including interior views, and details of the history of Arbroath churches are provided here.

Parish ministers 1560-1946 (Old Kirk)

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

Other ministers of the established church

Ministers of Abbey quoad sacra 1797-
The chapel was opened on 17 Sep 1797 and the parish disjoined from Arbroath on 19 Jul 1869

Ministers of Inverbrothock quoad sacra 1829-1970
The chapel was opened on 19 Oct 1828. Inverbrothock parish was disjoined from St Vigeans on 7 Mar 1855

Ministers of Ladyloan quoad sacra 1837-1941
The chapel was built in 1837 and Ladyloan parish was disjoined from Arbroath and St Vigeans on 19 Jul 1865

Ministers of St Margaret's quoad sacra 1879-1923 (West Kirk)
The church was opened 13 Nov 1879 and the parish was disjoined from Inverbrothock, St Vigeans and Arbroath 15 Mar 1886

Ministers of St Ninian's Chapel-of-Ease 1887-1904
Opened 24 Jan 1886

Ministers of other denominations

Ministers of North Grimsby (Antiburgher), later Princes Street U.P., later U.F. Church
(demolished)

Ministers of Erskine U.P. Church (Burgher), Commerce Street; later United Free Church; closed Oct 1959

Ministers of St Paul's Church, Park Street (Relief), later United Free Church

Ministers of Knox's Free, later United Free, Church, Arbroath

Ministers of East Free Church, later East United Free Church, Arbroath

Ministers of High Street Free Church, later United Free Church

Ministers of St Ninian's United Free Church
St Ninian's was formed from the union of High Street and East U.F. Churches in 1923

Ministers of Inverbrothock Free Church; subsequently congregation moved to Hopemount Free Church (built 1889), later U.F., renamed 1959 St Andrew's Church, Arbroath

Ministers of Ladyloan Free Kirk, later United Free Church

Ministers of the United Original Secession Church in Arbroath

Ministers of the Relief Church, Gravesend

Ministers of the Evangelical Union, Keptie Street, Arbroath

Ministers of the Baptist Church in Arbroath

Ministers of the Congregational Church, Queen Steet, Arbroath

See also Congregational ministers in Arbroath.

Ministers of St John's Wesleyan Methodist Church, Arbroath

Ministers of St Mary's Episcopal Church, Arbroath

Monumental inscriptions / Burials / Cemeteries

There are three burial grounds in Arbroath:

• The kirkyard of the ruined Abbey - some of the monuments are as early as the mid-17th century
• The Western Cemetery - opened Oct 1867 - aerial view
• The Eastern Cemetery - Sketch plan showing the sections

Arbroath people may also have been buried in St Vigeans Churchyard.

Monuments in the Kirkyard of the ruined Arbroath Abbey (ca. 1450 stones), and in the Western Cemetery of Arbroath (ca. 30 stones; i.e. a tiny fraction of the monuments in the cemetery), bearing pre-1855 information are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 2: Seacoast" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1996), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 2. Pre-1855 Sea-coast" in their online shop.)

For Arbroath Abbey Kirkyard, there are the following recorded monumental inscriptions. (It's not clear whether these two sets of records aren't actually the same information.):

• Inscriptions of all monuments recorded by Sydney Cramer in the 1950s, on microfilm [NRS RH41/4/3 and RH41/4/4]

• Pre-1855 gravestones and allied descriptions as listed by Sydney Cramer [Angus Archives ref. 18:929.5]

Online access to burial records for the Eastern and Western Cemeteries (but NOT the Abbey) is at Deceased Online - payment required to see actual records

See also information below under Births, Marriages & Deaths.

Above: The arms of James Philp, 2nd of Almerieclose, and his spouse Margaret Graham, dau. of Walter Graham of Duntrune, on the Philp monument in the Abbey kirkyard. The arms are flanked by the initials IP MG and the year 1674, and by MIP IC for Mr James Philp, 3rd of Almerieclose, author of the Grameid, and his spouse Jean Corbit. The Philp motto is Non dormit qui custodit.

The following monuments are in the Western Cemetery.

In loving memory of our dear father GEORGE DICK McMILLAN died Dec. 4th 1910 aged 77 years. Also our dear mother ELIZABETH WHITE died Nov. 6th 1912 aged 75 years. Also our brother WILLIAM McMILLAN husband of ALICE MELDRUM died 23rd Nov. 1915 aged 36 years GEORGE DICK McMILLAN beloved husband of MARGARET ROBERTSON died 17th Dec. 1929 aged 54 years Also our sister ISABELLA WHITE McMILLAN died 15th Jan. 1938 aged 69 years. MARY DICK McMILLAN died 2nd July 1941 aged 78 years. ELIZABETH WHITE McMILLAN died 14th May 1955 aged 82 years. Also MARGARET ROBERTSON McMILLAN* died 16th Aug. 1968 aged 82 years.
[* i.e. Margaret Robertson]

M Erected by JAMES McMILLAN in loving memory of his wife WILLIAMINA ADAM who died 31st March 1944 aged 77 years. The above JAMES McMILLAN died 19th June 1949, aged 84 years

[face 1] Erected by FLORA CORSAR in memory of her husband ANDREW WATSON SOUTAR merchant, Manchester, who died 17th April 1883, aged 43. The above FLORA CORSAR died at Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, 3rd Septemebr 1913, aged 67 years. Their son WILLIAM CORSAR died at Parramatta, New South Wales, 14th February 1927, aged 55 years. Buried at Salvation Army Northern Suburbs Cemetery, North Sydney, Australia. Their daughter GRACE SOUTAR died at Ngaruawahia, New Zealand, 17th October 1932 Buried at the Ngaruawahia Cemetery.
[face 2] In loving memory of MAY, daughter of FLORA CORSAR and the late ANDREW W. SOUTAR, who died at Aberbrothock, Ngaruawahia New Zealand, 14th December 1907, in the 24th year of her age. Also of CATHERINE WATSON, their second daughter, who died at Ngaruawahia, New Zealand 12th July 1911, aged 35 years. And of their daughter ELIZABETH NORBURY, wife of WILLIAM HALSEY, who died at (Wainkee), New Zealand 1st March 1920.

C In memory of CHARLES WEBSTER CORSAR, manufacturer, Seaforth, Arbroath Born 26th January 1835, died 29th November 1900. His infant daughter died 7th July 1875 and his daughter AGNES LYON, dearly loved wife of CHARLES LEIGH YEOMAN, Calcutta. Born 12th March 1874, died 17th November 1906. WILLIAM HANNAY CORSAR, born 11th July 1865, died 14th March 1942. Also of AGNES JOHNSON LYON, wife of the above CHARLES WEBSTER CORSAR, who died 22nd February 1913, aged 77. "Where I am, there shall also my servant be."

In memory of MORAG LYON CORSAR wife of JOHN SHERRIFFS who died 27th March 1936 aged 28 years. Also her son JOSEPH ANTHONY LYON SHERRIFFS who died in Mexico 10th September 1967 aged 34 years.

In memory of GEORGE SHERRIFFS manufacturer, Arbroath beloved husband of MARY CARR, who died 9th September 1940, in his 75th year. MARY CARR died 27th July 1942. Also their eldest son JAMES DOUGLAS who died at Ayr on 9th March 1956, aged 56 years. Also their son JOHN who died at Killin on 30th September 1958 aged 55 years husband of MELISSA GLENDINNING. Also their son ROBERT STEWART who died in Surrey on 26th December 1960 aged 54 years husband of ELMA GREENWOOD.

Erected by ALEXANDER PATERSON, in memory of his wife ISABELLA CAIRD, who died 22nd October 1909, aged 54 years. Also their children WILLIAM, and JOHN, who died in infancy. Gnr. COLIN G. PATERSON, R.G.A. killed in France 6th June 1918, aged 38 years. The above ALEXANDER PATERSON, died 21st February 1921, aged 68 years. WILLIAMINA PATERSON, daughter of the above ALEXANDER PATERSON died 23rd January 1955. PATERSON

[shield, leaning against previous] In loving memory of our dear mother who died 22nd Oct. 1909. Also, our dear father who died 21st Feb. 1921 from their loving daughter and son-in-law CHRISSIE and ALEX. SCOTT ... India

Erected by Capt. ALEXANDER CAIRD, and ELIZABETH MEEK his wife, in memory of the daughter MARJORY OLIVER who died 15 April 1874, aged 11 years. And their nephew PETER LAING, who died 3 Feb. 1876, aged 8½ years. The above ELIZABETH MEEK, died June 1890, aged 65. The above ALEXANDER CAIRD, died 1 July 1903, aged 75 years. Also their son-in-law RICHARD LANDSCROWN MEFFAN who died 18th Oct. 1907, aged 47 years and of his wife HARRIET CAIRD MEFFAN who died 9th April 1916, aged 51 years. After life's fitful fever, they sleep well.

The following inscription to a John Geren (most likely John Gairne; perhaps Gardyne or even Green), who died on the first Monday after New Year's day 1563 (i.e., on the Scottish date Monday 4 January 1562/3 or, just possibly, Monday 29 March 1563) is in SS Peter & Paul's kirk in Haynau (now Chojnów, in Poland):

[Loosely: "Here lies an honest honourable man JOHN GAIRNE from Arbroath in Scotland. He departed this life upon the Monday after New Year's Day, A.D. 1563. May God be merciful to him."]

Arbroath war memorials

• The Scottish War Memorials Project: Arbroath

• The Scottish War Memorials Project: Arbroath High School WW1

See also the memorial inside St Andrew's Church.

Arbroath war graves

CWGC - Arbroath - 105 men

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.

• Births & baptisms

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1851 - 1918 for Erskine UP Church [NRS CH3/963/6]
  • 1868 - 1882 for North Grimsby UP Church [NRS CH3/964/13]
  • 1823 - 1859 for North Grimsby UP Church - private register of Rev. Joseph Hay [NRS CH3/964/21]
  • 1872 - 1931 for Ladyloan Free Church [NRS CH3/531/16]

• Banns & Marriages

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1831 - 1859 for North Grimsby U.P. Church - private register of the Rev. Joseph Hay [NRS CH3/964/21]

• Deaths & Burials

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1897 - 1898 (11 events) for Ladyloan Free Church [NRS CH3/531/16]

  Additionally, in Angus Archives:

  • Arbroath Burial Database (Abbey, Western and Eastern Cemeteries)

  Sketch plan showing the sections of Arbroath Eastern Cemetery.

  Online access to burial records for the Eastern and Western Cemeteries (but NOT the Abbey) is at Deceased Online - payment required to see actual records

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

  • 1653 - 1854

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1851 - 1918 for Erskine UP Church [NRS CH3/963/6]
  • 1823 - 1859 for North Grimsby UP Church - private register of Rev. Joseph Hay [NRS CH3/964/21]

• Banns & Marriages

  • 1653 - 1734
  • 1748 - 1854

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1831 - 1859 for North Grimsby U.P. Church - private register of the Rev. Joseph Hay [NRS CH3/964/21]

• Deaths & Burials

  • 1825 - 1854

  Additionally, in Angus Archives:

  • Surname index for Arbroath & St Vigeans Burial Registers, 1825-1854 [Angus Archives ref. 18:929.3] [This is possibly for Arbroath only]

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1777 - 1803 mortcloth dues, Arbroath Old Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/1415/9]
  • 1804 - 1823 mortcloth dues, Arbroath Old Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/1415/23]

Birth brieve

An example of 1655, for James, David, Adam & Henry Lyells (sons of Patrick Lyell, bailie of Arbroath, & Euphemia Simpson), who emigrated to Sweden, is at Leijel. That page has a copy made in Sweden of the Latin text of the brieve. The witnesses are John Ouchterlony, provost of Arbroath; J. Ramsay and David Ouchterlony, bailies; James[?] P[i]erson, town clerk [although the initial in the copy looks like an 'F']; and, apparently, the minister, whose name is not in the Latin text. (A badly typed translation into English, with peculiar references to the "city" of Arbroath, is provided.)

There is no guarantee that this copy is of a genuine original issued at Arbroath. The coats of arms on the document are possibly all spurious, e.g. the arms labelled "Broun" are the arms of Brown of Colstoun in East Lothian, to which James Brown, merchant in Arbroath had no right.

Marriage contracts

* only son of Mr Thomas Pearson, min. at Forfar, who was 2nd son of Thomas Pearson of Lochlands, bailie of Arbroath

Consistorial processes and decreets at Edinburgh [NRS CC8]

Ref.: Francis J. Grant (ed.), The Commissariot of Edinburgh: Consistorial Processes and Decreets, 1658-1800, Scottish Record Soc., Edinburgh, 1909

Church Session Records of Arbroath Old Kirk

Church Session Records of Ladyloan quoad sacra

Church Session Records of Inverbrothock quoad sacra

Church Session Records of North Grimsby Church
originally First United Associate congregation - antiburgher; later, Princes Street United Presbyterian Church, then U.F., etc.

Church Session Records of Erskine United Presbyterian Church
originally Second United Associate congregation - burgher; later, Erskine U.P. Church, then U.F., etc.

Arbroath Heritors' records

Congregational Church Records

Records of Queen Street Congregational Church, 1849-1968 are in Dundee City Archives

Episcopal Church Records

Various records for St Mary's Episcopal Church are among the Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts at Dundee University Archives [ref. BrMS 6]. These include:

• Baptisms 1812-1949
• Marriages 1844-1953
• Funerals 1880-1977

Farmers / Tenants

See under St Vigeans.

Poor

The records of Arbroath and St Vigeans Parochial Board and its successors, 1846-1930, are held by Angus Archives, ref. ACC 9/3.

Information, maps & photographs of Arbroath & St Vigeans Combination Poorhouse.

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.

Lists of inhabitants

• Flora Davidson (ed.) - Examination Roll of Arbroath, 1752, & Town's Duty Roll, 1753 (Edinburgh: Scottish Record Soc., 1987)

• List of Persons in the Burgh of Arbroath, from Montrose Burgh Court Records, 1707-1826 [Angus Archives ref. 18:929.2]

• Surname index to Register of Qualified Voters (Burgh and Parliamentary), 1832-1857 [Angus Archives ref. 18:352; also held in Arbroath Library]

• Voters rolls, 1921-1924 [held in Arbroath Library]

Population statistics

The numbers under the head 'in landward part' are that part of the total population of the parish of Arbroath who are not living within the burgh of Arbroath. Note that part of the burgh lay in the parish of St Vigeans, so the figures below do not give the total population of the burgh.

The following data are for the united civil parish of Arbroath & St Vigeans

Estate & family records

David Clarke papers, 1795-1799 [Angus Archives ref. MS 65]

Dorward family of Arbroath, 1803-1871 [Angus Archives ref. MS 72]

Street and trade directories

Some directories covering Arbroath, Carnoustie, Friockheim and surrounding districts are available online.

• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1891
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1894
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1899
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1901
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1915
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1923
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1925
• The Arbroath Year Book and Fairport Almanac, 1926
• Arbroath & District Telephone Directory, 1926

Testaments & wills

Arbroath was in the Commissariot of St Andrews.

List of pre-1801 testaments for Arbroath people

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.

Royal burgh of Arbroath: burgh records in the NRS [ref. B4/...]

Royal burgh of Arbroath: burgh records in Angus Archives

Angus Archives' page Catalogs - Burgh Records provides this file listing burgh records of Arbroath held by Angus Archives. Earliest document is dated 1530 (but should be 1491?).

Surname indexes to Arbroath Court Book, 1565-1575 and 1618-1704 [Angus Archives ref. 18:352]

Notaries' protocol books

• For town clerks of Arbroath:

  Notaries	Dates	NRS ref.	Minutes
  David Lyell	1575-1588	B4/1/2	B4/1/1
  Alexander Pearson	1585-1602	B4/1/2	B4/1/2
  Alexander Pearson	1602-1630	B4/1/3	B4/1/3
  James Pearson	1627-1631	B4/1/4	B4/1/4
  James Pearson	1631-1639	B4/1/5	B4/1/5
  James Pearson	1639-1651	B4/1/6	B4/1/6
  James Pearson	1652-1660	B4/1/7
  David Pearson	1654-1674	B4/1/8
  David Pearson & James Dalgetty	1674-1680	B4/1/9
  James Pearson	1613-1624	GD45/12/409	GD45/12/409
  James Pearson	1613-1627	GD45/12/410	GD45/12/410

• Index to John Colville's Protocol Book, 1775-1783 [Angus Archives ref. 18:929.2; also held in Arbroath Library]

Provosts of Arbroath, 1651-1974
There do not appear to have been provosts until 50 years after Arbroath became a royal burgh.

Bailies (Magistrates) of Arbroath, to 1974

Minute of Arbroath burgh court appointing John Wallace and Patrick Lyell as bailies, 5 Oct 1635 [NRS GD45/12/412]

Town treasurers of Arbroath, to 1974

Deans of Guild of Arbroath, to 1974

Town clerks of Arbroath

Arbroath burgess records

Index of Arbroath Burgesses, 1790-1975 [Arbroath Library]

Arbroath craft records

Index of Officers of the Arbroath Brewers Fraternity, 1805-1861 [Angus Archives ref. 18:641.873]

Papers of Arbroath Glovers Friendly Society, 1802-1834 [Angus Archives ref. MS 94]

Surname index of Arbroath Glovers Incorporation, 1653-1938 [Angus Archives ref. 18:941]

Surname index of Arbroath Shoemakers Incorporation, 1738-1937 [Angus Archives ref. 18:941]

Papers of Arbroath Tailors Incorporation, 1658-1845 [Angus Archives ref. MS 606]

Surname index of Arbroath Weavers Incorporation, 1693-1899 [Angus Archives ref. 18:941]

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Arbroath Traders Index, 1839-1843 [Angus Archives ref. 18:941] - surname index of merchants and shop keepers, often listing their business address

Arbroath Sheriff Court records, 1827-1984

See the Summary of the Records of Arbroath Sheriff Court on the page for court records.

Valuation rolls

Valuation rolls of properties in the County of Angus, 1856-57; 1890-91; 1908; 1919-20; 1922-27, are held in Arbroath Library

Valuation rolls of properties in the County of Angus, for the years 1855, 1865, 1875, 1885, 1895, 1905, 1915, 1920, 1925 and 1930 only, can be seen at ScotlandsPeople.

Jacobite rebels - 1745 rebellion
From: A List of Persons concerned in the Rebellion (Edinburgh, Scottish History Soc., vol. 8, 1890)

Farm horse tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Arbroath:

• NRS ref. E326/10/3/89
• NRS ref. E326/10/9/183

Window tax records

For the royal burgh of Arbroath, 1753-1798 [NRS ref. E326/1/133]

Newspapers

• Arbroath Herald - web-site of the current newspaper

• Arbroath newspaper surname index and subject index [Angus Archives - in their search room] - no info available re which paper(s) or dates, but presumably the same as held by Arbroath Library

• Holdings of Arbroath Library
  Note that the "Births, marriages & deaths" sections have NOT been indexed. It is not clear if the holdings of the Arbroath Herald are on paper or microfilm or both.

  Newspaper	Years held (paper)	Years held (microfilm)	Indexed years
  Arbroath Herald	1838-present ?	1838-present ?	1889-1985
  Arbroath Guide	1841-28 Dec 1989	1844-1978	1844-1978
  Arbroath Journal	1841-1842	1839	1841-1842

Libraries
A gift to the burgh by David Corsar of The Elms; opened June 1898: Article

Arbroath Library

Places of interest

• Angus Council: Local history: a glimpse of old Arbroath - according to which James VI was living in 1559.
• Alexander Brown (1814-1893): the "Arbroath Astronomer"
• Arbroath Abbey
• Bell Rock Lighthouse
• Hospitalfield - "Centre for Art & Culture"
• Arbroath Art Gallery
• Signal Tower Museum - museum of Arbroath & of the Bell Rock Lighthouse
• ScotlandsPlaces: Arbroath - an extensive collection of photographs, maps and records
• Arbroath Jail in 1818 - as described by Joseph John Gurney
• Arbroath on Wikipedia - which takes incorrect information from Angus Council's "a glimpse of old Arbroath" and creates total confusion.
• Robertson-Aikman of Ross House - the Aikmans of Lordburn & Cairnie and their Robertson Aikman descendants
• Leijel - Lyells in Sweden who originated in Arbroath

Portraits

• William Aikman (1682-1731), portrait painter; he was the son of Mr William Aikman of Cairnie, advocate & sheriff-substitute of Forfarshire [MI, Greyfriars, Edinburgh], who was son of John Aikman of Cairnie, provost here
• David Beaton (ca. 1494 - 29 May 1546), cardinal archbishop of St Andrews, commendator of Arbroath
• William Bell (1720 - 18 Dec 1775), minister of the parish, 1748-1775 - not John Bell
• Alexander Brown (1814-1893), the "Arbroath Astronomer"
• David Corsar of the Elms, J.P., canvas manufacturer (ca. 1830 Arbroath - 18 Dec 1904 Arbroath)
• Elizabeth Fraser of Hospitalfield (1805-1873), heiress of Major John Fraser of Hospitalfield & Kirkton; wife of Patrick Allan Fraser - right panel of triptych
• Patrick Allan Fraser of Hospitalfield (1812-1890), né Peter Allan - self-portrait
• Patrick Allan Fraser of Hospitalfield (1812-1890) - left panel of triptych
• Patrick Allan Fraser of Hospitalfield (1812-1890)
• George Gleig (1757 Brechin - 19 Jan 1835), minister of the parish, 1788-1835
• Alexander Gordon of Ashludie, a partner in the firm of Alexander Gordon & Co., flaxspinners, manufacturers & merchants at Burnside Mill, Arbroath, until 1898.
• Joseph Hay (4 Jul 1797 Alyth - Jul 1859), minister of North Grimsby, 1823-1859
• Mary Lindsay, first wife of Alexander Gordon of Ashludie
• Robert Lindsay of Almerieclose
• Frederick Fotheringham Macdonald of Lochlands - honoured 1925
• Elizabeth Parrott (or Perrot) (ca.1762-1851), daughter of Francis Perrot of Hawkesbury Hill; wife of Major John Fraser of Hospitalfield & Kirkton - central panel of triptych
• Sir Francis Webster, canvas manufacturer (1 Sep 1850 Arbroath - 6 Feb 1924 betw. Edinburgh & Newcastle); and a photograph of him
• Janet Cooper (ca. 1818 Glasgow - 17 Feb 1908), wife of Francis Webster and mother of above Sir Francis Webster
• 2nd Lieut. Joseph Frain Webster (1892 - 30 Oct 1914 Ieper), son of Francis Webster & Annie Frain