Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
Abbreviations
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
|---|---|
| NRS | National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314) |
| OPR | Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855) |
- See also, for history of the parish:
- The Statistical accounts of Auchterhouse
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 2, pp. 383-399.
John Kirkland Cameron & M. Oliphant Valentine - Auchterhouse Old & New (Dundee: David Winter & Son, 1932)
William Mason Inglis - An Angus Parish in the Eighteenth Century (Dundee, 1904) - here
William Mason Inglis - Annals of an Angus Parish (Dundee, 1888) - here
Statistical accounts of Auchterhouse
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 14, p. 516
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 648
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1860, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Auchterhouse, see National Library's Maps.
See Geograph.org: Auchterhouse - recent photographs of Auchterhouse. National Grid ref. NO3438.
Located at National Grid ref. NO342381 in Kirkton of Auchterhouse. Remodelled in 1775.
There is an article, with photographs, on Auchterhouse 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
| Sir Duncan Gray * | 1563, 1565, 1579 | vicar and reader 1563, 1565 and 5 Jun 1579 |
| Alexander Tyrie | 1563-1572, 1581?-1603 | 3rd son of Alexr T. in Nevay, of fam. of Drumkilbo; min. in 1563, 1568; pres. to parsonage & vicarage 3 Jul 1564; tr. to Meigle PER 1572; re-adm. bef. 1582, with Mains, Strathmartine & Tealing also in his charge; res. 17 Oct 1603 being old; mar. 1590 Janet Currour, wid. of Thomas Fenton in Blakeirie; issue: James, David, Alexr |
| James Melville | 1568 | pres. to parsonage & vicarage 29 Jul 1568 |
| David Kinnear | 1604-1633 | son of John K.; gson of Henry Kinnear, commendator of Balmerino, Fife; adm. ca. 1604; d. 24 Oct 1633, aged 52; mar. Eliz., dau. of John Douglas of Stonypath; issue: John |
| John Robertson | 1633-1641 | M.A.; adm. bef. 2 Oct 1633; tr. to 3rd charge Dundee 8 Dec 1641 |
| William Wemyss | 1642-1655 | adm. ca. 1642; d. Nov 1655; mar. Isobel Balfour, who survived him |
| James Auchenleck | 1656-1665? | elder son of James A., skipper, burgess of Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1609; adm. to Kettins 1618; dep. thence Sep 1649; adm. here 30 Jul 1656; d. 1665?; mar. Grizel Lindsay; issue: Henry, min. of Mains; James, surgeon apothecary, Edinburgh; Wm; Bessie (mar. James Strachan of Kirktoun of Lethendy); Cath.; Magdalen (mar. John Williamson of Barnhill, sheriff cherk of Perth); Margaret |
| James Campbell | 1665-1665 | ord. 29 Sep 1665; suspended 13 Dec 1665 for fornication with Marjory Ramsay, countess of Buchan; min. of Lundie & Fowlis from 1667, by exchange with the following John Robertson |
| John Robertson | 1667-1688? | son of above John R., min. of Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1659; adm. to Lundie & Fowlis 11 Jun 1665; tr. & adm. 1 Sep 1667; d. betw. 5 Feb 1692 & 15 Dec 1700; mar. 1669 Margaret, dau. of Robert Hay of Dronlaw; issue: Robt |
| Andrew Robertson | 1688 | presbyterian min. in 1688 |
| Patrick Johnstone | 1702-1740 | b. ca. 1675, only son of George Johnstone of Pittendreich; M.A. St Andrews 1695; ord. 29 Dec 1702; d. 2 May 1740; mar. 1705 Agnes, 3rd dau. of John Dalgleish, min. of Dundee; issue: Geo., min. of Monikie |
| David Scott | 1740-1773 | M.A. St Andrews 1731; ord. 18 Dec 1740; d. 4 Jan 1773; mar. 1742 Mary, dau. of Thomas Mitchell, min. of Aberlemno; issue: Mary; Jean; Thos; Eliz.; Janet; Helenus, merchant in London; Eliz. |
| James Scott | 1774-1804 | ord. 22 Apr 1774; d. 28 Feb 1804; mar. 1780 Margaret, dau. of James Munro, min. of Kinloss; issue: Adm. George, of Wooden, Roxburgh, R.N.; Robert Haldane, of Kinloss and Wooden; Mary Agnes (mar. George Addison, D.D., min. of Liff); James; Wm Mercer; Gen. Duncan Gordon, of Wooden; Barbara; Margaret (mar. Lt-col. Munro); Kath.; Thos Munro, of Benrig; Milliken; Adam; Janet |
| George Addison | 1804-1817 | M.A.; tr. from Glenisla & adm. 11 Oct 1804; tr. to Liff & Benvie 4 Sep 1817; mar. Mary Agnes, dau. of above James Scott |
| George Winehouse | 1818-1851 | b. ca. 1781, son of Alexr W., gardener, Kemnay ABD; M.A. Marischal 1801; schoolmaster Kincardine, Ross-shire 1803, and Newhills 26 Mar 1806; ord. missionary at Clova 16 Feb 1811; tr. & adm. 2 Jul 1818; d. 28 Jun 1851 London |
| Hugh Arbuthnott Lyell | 1844-1878 | b. 8 Jan 1812, son of David Lyell, min. of Careston; ord. (ass. & suc.) 8 Feb 1844; d. 7 May 1878; mar. 1868 Eliz., eldest dau. of Robert Hardy, Leith; issue: Eliz. Cath. Helen Wedderburn; David John Stewart; Clare Jane Isabella; Williamina Scott Arbuthnott |
| William Mason Inglis | 1878-1912 | b. 1850, son of Alexr I., market gardener; M.A. Edinburgh 1872; ass. Strathmiglo FIF; ord. 24 Oct 1878; d. 10 Jul 1912 unmar. |
| John Kirkland Cameron | 1912-1942 | b. 11 Feb 1871 Rothesay BUT, son of Duncan C.; ass. Kirkliston WLN 1902-3, Ardrossan New 1903; ord. (ass. & suc.) there 29 Sep 1904; tr. & adm. 18 Dec 1912; dem. Apr 1942; d. 12 Mar 1947; mar. 1905 Lillias Stewart, dau. of James Steel Robertson; had issue |
* His protocol book for 1554-1572 is in NRS ref. NP1/16
Monuments in Auchterhouse Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 90 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.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Auchterhouse in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 2, pp. 1-5.
There is a small modern cemetery immediately west of the kirkyard.
At NO343382 in Kirkton of Auchterhouse. For details, see Auchterhouse war memorial.
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, 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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- 1642 - 1698
- 1703 - 1854
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- 1645 - 1692
- 1703 - 1854
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- 1703 - 1740
- 1783 - 1791
Church Session Records of Auchterhouse 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. CH2/23/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 1656-1677 | 1 |
| do | 1740-1804 | 2 |
| do | 1818-1910 | 3 |
| Accounts | 1834-1852 | 4 |
| do | 1850-1916 | 5 |
| Minutes | 1910-1950 | 6 |
| Communion rolls | 1863-1965 | 7 to 14 |
| Proclamations | 1915-1977 | 15 |
Auchterhouse Heritors' records
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR327/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minute and cash book | 1804-1931 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1881-1931 | 2 |
| Copy resolution adopted by heritors | 1889 | 3 |
| Opinion of counsel re assessment | 1888 | 3 |
| Allocation of church seats | n.d. | 3 |
| Statement of amended locality | 1895 | 3 |
There were 5 proprietors of land in the parish in 1843:
- Earl of Airlie - barony of Auchterhouse
- Earl of Camperdown - Easter & Wester Adamstown, Dronly and Templeton
- Heirs of late Mrs Knight - Scotstown
- Mr Patrick Millar - Balbeuchly
- Mr George Millar - Templelands
| Farm | Name | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Balbeuchly | John Bell | -1841- |
| do | George Maxwell | -1851- |
| do | Henry Fisher | -1881- |
| Bonnyton | Thomas Whitton | -1841- |
| do | James Low [d. 1885] | -1851- |
| do | Andrew Scott [d. 1847] | -1847 |
| do | John Scott | -1851- |
| do | James Low Barrie | -1891- |
| do | George Low | -1891-1901- |
| Burnhead | Thomas Crockatt [d. 1808] | -1808 |
| do | William Sturrock [d. 1893] | -1841-1893 |
| do | Alexander B. Watson | -1901-1911- |
| do | W.S. Watson | -1921- |
| Dronley | Patrick Crichton | -1764- |
| do | Patrick Arnot | -1841-1861- |
| do | Thomas Anderson | -1841- |
| do | Peter Bell | -1881- |
| do | Peter Fenton | -1881-1891- |
| do | Thomas Fenton [d. 1924] | -1901-1911- |
| do | John Hamilton | -1921- |
| Dronley Mill | Andrew Anderson | -1851-1871- |
| do | Andrew Hunter | -1881-1901 |
| do | James Chalmers | -1881-1891- |
| East Adamston | William Arnot [d. 1855] | -1841-1855 |
| do | James Harris | -1881-1891- |
| do | Peter Myles | -1911-1921- |
| East Leoch | Patrick Bell [d. 1832] | -1832 |
| East Mains | Robert Jobson [d. 1858] | -1841-1858 |
| do | Alexander McKay | -1861-1921- |
| East Myrelands | William Smith | -1891- |
| do | Stewart Smith | -1901- |
| Eastfield | David Moncur [d. 1760] | -?- |
| do | James Bell | -1851-1861- |
| do | Alexander Bell | -1881- |
| do | David O. Cargill | -1911-1921- |
| Gateside | James Fowler | -1901- |
| Greenford | David Buchan | -1841-1851- |
| do | George Buchan | -1861-1891- |
| do | George & William Buchan | -1911- |
| do | George Buchan | -1921- |
| Hanning | Alexander McDonald | -1841-1851- |
| do | David Robertson | -1861- |
| Kirkton | Donald Christie | -1841- |
| do | David Coupar [d. 1877] | -1851-1871- |
| do | William Hill | -1851-1881 |
| do | David Bell | -1851- |
| do | James Playfair | -1871-1881- |
| do | David Fenwick | -1881- |
| do | Alexander Jamieson | -1891-1901- |
| do | J. Jamieson | -1911-1921- |
| Leoch | George Bell | -1841- |
| do | Peter Bell [d. 1866] | -1861-1866 |
| do | James Gibson | -1881-1891- |
| do | James Wilson Colville of Leoch [d. 1920] | -1901-1911- |
| Lower Templeton | Peter Fenton | -1851- |
| Myrelands | James Johnston | -1841-1851- |
| Newton | Andrew Petrie | -1807- |
| do | Andrew Petrie [same as above?] | -1841- |
| do | John Watt | -1871- |
| do | John Mollison | -1881-1891- |
| do | John Lowden | -1901-1911- |
| do | William Dow | -1921- |
| North Dronley | Thomas Anderson | -1881-1891- |
| do | Robert Barrie | -1901-1911- |
| Parkside | James Stewart | -1851- |
| do | James Jamieson | -1881- |
| Pitpointie | Robert Duncan | -1921- |
| Scotstoun | Andrew Whitton | -1841- |
| South Dronley | James Chalmers | -1901- |
| do | Representatives of James Chalmers | -1911- |
| do | Izat Swanney | -1921- |
| Templeton | Peter Fenton | -1841-1861- |
| do | William Fenton | -1881-1901- |
| do | Peter Jackson | -1911- |
| do | Thomas Baird | -1921- |
| Toll | David Anderson | -1841- |
| do | Thomas Anderson | -1851-1871- |
| West Adamston | James Buchan | -1851-1861- |
| do | David Buchan | -1871- |
| do | John Hunter | -1881-1891- |
| do | William & John Paterson | -1901-1911- |
| do | J. & R. Paterson | -1921- |
| West Mains | John Crig/Cree | -1841-1851- |
| do | Charles Fleming | -1861- |
| do | William Fleming | -1871-1881- |
| do | David S. Cowans [d. 1916] | -1901-1911- |
| do | Mrs Cowans | -1921- |
| West Myrelands | James Johnston | -1861-1911- |
| do | J.L. Barrie yr | -1921- |
| Whitelfauld | George Low | -1851-1861- |
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.
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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| 1755 | 600 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | Old Statistical Account | |||
| 1801 | 653 | |||
| 1811 | 635 | |||
| 1821 | 302 | 330 | 632 | |
| 1831 | 715 | |||
| 1841 | 769 | |||
| 1851 | 686 | |||
| 1871 | 363 | 358 | 721 | |
| 1881 | 340 | 321 | 661 |
After change of parish boundary:
| Year | male | female | total |
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| 1891 | 297 | 269 | 566 |
| 1901 | 269 | 278 | 547 |
| 1911 | 307 | 322 | 629 |
| 1921 | 326 | 308 | 634 |
Records of the Lands & Barony of Auchterhouse, 1427-1885 - NRS ref. GD16/6 (part of the Airlie Muniments)
Auchterhouse was in the Commissariot of Dunkeld [NRS CC7].
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 Auchterhouse people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Dunkeld, 1682-1823
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| Thomas Fermer | in Cottoune, par. of Auchterhouse | 16 Oct 1695 |
| David Jobson | tenant at Westmains of Auchterhouse | 27 Apr 1805 |
| Francis Machan | tenant at Hill of Dronley and Margaret Boyd, his spouse | 21 Dec 1818 |
| Isobel Scrimgeour | at Bonnyton | 11 Dec 1818 & 8 Feb 1819 |
| John Scrimgeour | tailor & tenant in Bonnyton | 5 & 9 May 1815 |
| Janet Smith | in Scotstown, par. of Auchterhouse | 1 Mar 1774 |
| Jean Smith | spouse to Andrew Weddell, in Kirktoun of Auchterhouse | 2 Aug 1726 |
| Alexander Webster | servitor to John Hill, in Bonytoun of Auchterhouse | T. 23 Jan 1700 |
Testaments of Auchterhouse 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.
| Janet Gibb | indweller in Dundee, sometime servitrix of Fairgison Car, in Auchterhouse | 20 Jan 1613 |
| Mr William Wemyss | sometime minister at Auchterhouse, and Isobel Balfour, his relict | 14 Oct 1657 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant
| Patrick Lyon of Auchterhouse | 11 Feb 1730 |
Testaments of Auchterhouse people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| James Douglas, Earl of Buchan | in Auchterhous in Angus | 18 Mar 1607 |
| Jonet Whittone | spouse to Robert Makie, in the Tempiltoun, par. of Auchterhous, sher. of Forfar | 25 Jul 1606 |
Images of the original records for Auchterhouse:
Images of the original records for Auchterhouse: