Dunnottar (Kincardineshire)

Introduction

The town of Stonehaven originally lay entirely in Dunnottar, but spread northwards into Fetteresso around 1800. It was erected into a burgh of barony in 1587 anf became a police burgh in 1889.

Common Seal of the
Burgh of Stonehaven

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)

Books & articles

• See also, for history of the parish:
  • The Statistical accounts of Dunnottar
  • General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire

• Decription of the Parish of Dunotir in Arthur Mitchell & James Toshach Clark (eds) - Geographical Collections relating to Scotland made by Walter Macfarlane, vol. 3 (Edinburgh: Scottish History Soc., 1908)

Photo-books - old photographs of Dunnottar

• Brian H. Watt - Old Stonehaven (Catrine: Stenlake, 2000: ISBN 9781840330144)

Statistical accounts of Dunnottar

• Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 11, p. 214
• New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 212

Maps of Dunnottar and Stonehaven

Photographs of places

Geograph.org: Stonehaven - recent photographs of Stonehaven. National Grid ref. NO8785.

Aerial photos of Stonehaven & neighbourhood

Geograph.org: Dunnottar Castle. National Grid ref. NO8883.

ScotlandsPlaces: Stonehaven - recent & old photographs of Stonehaven; also maps, plans & other records

Local societies

Stonehaven Heritage Society

Dunnottar parish church

Located at National Grid ref. NO863852. Built in 1875. Photograph.

Other churches

Photo of St James the Great Episcopal Church

Parish ministers 1560-1933

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

John Christison	1560	min. of Fetteresso, also in charge here
James Paton (Pawtoun)	1563-1567	reader
John Elder	1563	one of rectors 1563, holding half fruits of parsonage & vicarage; d. bef. 8 Apr 1578
William Salmond	1563	one of rectors 1563, holding half fruits of parsonage & vicarage; d. bef. 4 Sep 1576
Andrew Mylne	1574-1579	M.A.; tr. from Stracathro 1574, with Fetteresso and Benholm also in the charge; tr. to Fetteresso 1579
Alexander Keith	1579-1588	tr. from Garvock; tr. to benholm 1588
William Leask	1588-1591	ass. at Aberdeen 1585; adm. Nigg 1586; tr. & adm. here 1588; still min. 1591
John Keith	1593-1604, 1605-1630	min. here 1593; tr. to Peterhead 1604; returned & re-adm. 1605; still min. 6 Apr 1630; mar.; issue: Annas (mar. contr. 10 Aug 1624 Robert, son of Alexander Youngson, min. of Durris)
James Rait of Finlayston	1654-1676	M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1632; adm. bef. Jan 1654; d. 25 Jul 1676, aged ca. 64; mar. (1) proc. 1660 Jean Edmonston (or Erskine?); (2) 1665 Eliz. Allardes; issue: John, of Findlayston
William Dickie	1677-1686	adm. 31 Jan 1677; d. 24 May 1686
Gilbert Keith of Auquhorsk, Cauldhame & Sauchieburn	1686-1709	son of Gilbert Keith of Cauldhame; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1672; adm. 18 Jul 1686; d. 29 May 1709, aged ca. 57; mar. 1706 Eliz., dau. of Alexr Young, bishop of Ross; issue: Geo.; Alexr; Mary
James Mitchell	1710-1734	son of James M., M.A. (fanatic executed 1678); M.A. Edinburgh 1698; ord. 5 Apr 1710; d. 26 Jun 1734, aged ca. 56; mar. (1) ---, (2) 1732 Eliz. Turnbull, (3) Mary, 2nd dau. of Wm Gibbon, bailie of Stonehaven
William Seton	1715-1716	though dep., intruded here Oct 1715 to Feb 1716; ejected Mitchell and family from manse
David Corse	1735-1736	b. ca. 1706, son of David C., min. of Old Machar ABD; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1726; ass. here; ord. 26 Jun 1735; d. 26 Feb 1736; mar. 22 Feb 1736 Rachel, dau. of Andrew Honyman, min. of Kinneff
James Walker	1736-1772	b. 1707; ord. 1 Sep 1736; d. 16 May 1772; mar. (1) 1749 Margaret, dau. of Alexr Shank, min. of Drumoak; issue: James, min. here; (2) 1770 Isabella, dau. of Robert Stewart, provost of Aberdeen
James Walker	1772-1813	b. 1751, son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1763; ord. 23 Jul 1772; d. 26 Nov 1813 unmar.
John Glennie	1814-1827	b. 1765, son of John G., D.D., min. of Maryculter; M.A. Marischal 1784; ord. to Holland; adm. (ass. & suc.) Garvock 26 Jul 1804; tr. to Echt 16 Dec 1813; tr. & adm. 16 Jun 1814; d. 14 May 1827; mar. 1814 Harriet, dau. of Prof. John Cook, St Andrews; John, licentiate of kirk; Geo., engineer
Alexander Irvine	1827-1844	b. 1805 Old Aberdeen, son of Alexr I., merchant; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1822; ord. 20 Sep 1827; tr. to Peterhead 4 Jul 1844; tr. to Crimond 29 Mar 1855; D.D. Aberdeen 1873; d. 12 Jan 1884; mar. 1827 Jessie, dau. of Peter Nicol, Aberdeen; issue: Archibald Kennedy, M.D.; Anne Barbara; Patrick, solicitor; Alexander, commander B.I.S.N. Co. Service; Jessie Seymour; George Nicol, M.D.; Mary Jane; Thomas James
Alexander Silver	1844-1884	b. 31 May 1804 Uras, son of John S., farmer; M.A. Aberdeen 1822; schoolmaster Fetteresso; ord. 30 Oct 1844; d. 25 Aug 1884 unmar.; his testament
Robert Davidson	1878-1884	ord. (ass. & suc.) 1 Oct 1878; tr. to St Cyrus 29 Jul 1884
Douglas Gordon Barron	1885-1923	b. 1854 Dunning PER, son of Peter Barron, U.P. min.; M.A. St Andrews 1876; ass. Greyfriars Dumfries, Tron Edinburgh and New Greyfriars Edinburgh; ord. 4 Mar 1885; O.B.E. 1920; D.D. Aberdeen 1921; res. 15 Jun 1923; d. 18 Feb 1947 Aberfoyle; mar. 1907 Louise Eliza, dau. of Robert Brydon, Durham
John Gairdner White Hendrie	1923-1933	b. 1888, son of George Smith Hendrie, min. of Dalmellington; M.A. Edinburgh 1910; captain, R.F.A.; M.C.; Belgian Croix de Guerre; ass. St John's Edinburgh; ord. 26 Sep 1923; tr. to Colombo, Ceylon 8 Jul 1933; mar. 1924 Eliz. Simpson, dau. of John Barr Cumming, min. of Mortlach

Assistant ministers of Dunnottar Kirk

John Anderson

?-1901-?

b. ca. 1875 Inverallan MOR

Ministers of Stonehaven Free Kirk

George Philip	?-1851-?	D.D.; b. ca. 1818 Aberdeen; min. of Union Free Church, Govan RFW by 1861; min. of St George's West Free Church, Edinburgh by 1901; d. 13 Nov 1904 Edinburgh; mar. Margaret J. White; issue: Geo. S.; John; Alexr
William Dougall	?-1861-1881-?	b. ca. 1826 Dunning PER; min. here 31 years; d. 26 Oct 1889 Auchterarder PER; mar. 1861 Jane Thomson; issue: Helen Jane T.; Wm R. B.; Henry O., M.B., C.M.

Ministers of Stonehaven United Presbyterian Kirk

John Ballantyne	?-?	b. ca. 1780 Kinghorn FIF; d. 5 Dec 1830
Thomas Scott	?-1861-1891-?	b. ca. 1821 Temple MLN; d. 15 Sep 1894 Laurencekirk; mar. Antoinette Brown; issue: Antoinette; Mary E.; Thos, min. of Laurencekirk

Ministers of St James's Episcopal Church, Stonehaven

Robert Thomson	?-?	b. ca. 1662; min. of Lethnot, 1685-1716; first episcopal min. here; d. 7 Nov 1737; mar. Ann Lindsay
Robert Memess	?-?	b. ca. 1727; d. 2 Feb 1818; min. here 63 years; mar. 1765 Eliz. Ross; issue: Mary, Eliz., Margt, sons
George Garden	?-?	b. ca. 1762; d. 13 Nov 1834; min. here 41 years
Herbert Henry Flower	?-1881-?	b. 1844 Compton Basset, Wilts, son of Wm. F.; in Edinburgh by 1891; mar. Mary Ann G. --; issue: Christobel M. E.; Henry E. N. C.; Margt M. E.; Grace C. M. E.; Isabella E.
William Leslie Christie	?-1891-1901-?	b. 22 Mar 1858 Fochabers MOR, son of Wm C., dean of Moray, Ross & Caithness; mar. Margaret A. --

Ministers of the Congregational Church in Stonehaven

See Congregational ministers in Stonehaven.

Monumental inscriptions

Monuments in Dunnottar Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 150 stones) 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 279 inscriptions (to 1974), together with map are in:

Alena L. Bathie - Monumental Inscriptions for Dunnottar Churchyard (Aberdeen: Aberdeen & NE Scotland FHS, 1985).

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 several monuments at Dunnottar in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 48-52.

Stonehaven and Dunnottar war memorial

See Stonehaven and Dunnottar 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.

Burial records for Dunnottar are held by the Registrar in Stonehaven. See Kincardine and Mearns Burial Grounds.

• Banns & Marriages

  Additionally, in the National Records:

  • 1855 - 1933 proclamations [NRS CH2/110/7]

• Deaths & Burials

  Additionally, in the Heritors' Records of Fetteresso parish in the National Records:

  • Register kept by gravedigger of interments in Fetteresso and Dunnottar churchyards, 1891-1917 [NRS ref. HR483/10]

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

  • 1672 - 1854

• Banns & Marriages

  • 1718 (one event!)
  • 1755 - 1854

• Deaths & Burials

  • 1753 - 1810

Church Session Records of Dunnottar Parish Church

Nature of record	Dates	NRS ref. CH2/110/...
Minutes	1744-1786	1
do	1787-1827	2
do	1827-1900	3
Accounts	1713-1745	4
Poors' fund accounts	1722-1736	5
Cash book	1751-1810	6
Proclamations	1855-1933	7
Notes of census	1871	7
Communion roll	1876-1878	8
do	1885-1893	9
do	1892-1897	10
Register of parishioners or communicants	1834	11
Census of parish	1811-1821	12

Dunnottar Heritors' records

Nature of record	Dates	NRS ref. HR205/...
Minutes	1854-1861, 1885-1928	1
Minute book	1910-1928	2
Accounts	1863, 1905-1928	3
Vouchers	1853, 1863, 1886-1889	4
Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse, glebe, school)	1852-1923	5
Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees	1925-1932	6
Letter Book	1910-1928	7
do	1928-1932	8
Correspondence	1861, 1885, 1906-1925	9
Miscellaneous papers	1885-1888	10

Land owners

There were 5 proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:

• Lieut.-gen. Nathaniel Forbes
• Lady Keith-Murray
• Trustees of Donaldson's Hospital
• Robert Duff
• Trustees of the late viscount Keith - superiors of the burgh of Stonehaven

Episcopal Church Records

Various records, 1756-1880, for St James's Episcopal Church, Stonehaven are among the Brechin Diocesan Library Manuscripts at Dundee University Archives [ref. BrMS 9]. These include:

• Baptisms 1756-1878
• Confirmations 1795-1860
• Marriages 1770-1813, 1828-1880
• Burials 1828-1865

Archibald Strath Maxwell - The Registers of St James the Great Episcopal Chapel, Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, Scotland, 1758-1880 (Aberdeen: A. S. Maxwell, 1980)

Poor

Information, maps & photographs of Kincardineshire Combination Poorhouse, Stonehaven.

Following records are held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives:

Nature of record	Dates	Ref.
Dunnottar Parochial Board: Minute Book	1845 - 1864	AS/KPdun/1
do	1863 - 1867	AS/KPdun/2
do	1867 - 1873	AS/KPdun/3
do	1874 - 1882	AS/KPdun/4
do	1882 - 1895	AS/KPdun/5
Dunnottar Parish Council: Minute Book	1895 - 1902	AS/KPdun/6
do	1903 - 1910	AS/KPdun/7
do	1910 - 1919	AS/KPdun/8
do	1919 - 1930	AS/KPdun/9
do	1924 - 1930	AS/KPdun/10
Dunnottar Parochial Board / Parish Council: General Register of the Poor	1872 - 1906	AS/KPdun/11
Dunnottar Parish Council: General Register of the Poor	1906 - 1930	AS/KPdun/12
Dunnottar Parochial Board / Parish Council: Minute Book	1876 - 1896	AS/KPdun/13

School records

The following records are some of those held by Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire Archives:

Nature of record	Dates	Ref.
Dunnottar School: Log Book	1898 - 1930	ED/GR6S/K17/1/1
do	1864 - 1899	ED/GR6S/K17/1/2
do	1900 - 1929	ED/GR6S/K17/1/3
Dunnottar School: Admission Register	1930 - 1944	ED/GR6S/K17/2/1
do	1944 - 1964	ED/GR6S/K17/2/2
do	1964 - 1974	ED/GR6S/K17/2/3
Brackmuirhill School: Log Books	1873 - 1956	ED/KC5/104/1
Brackmuirhill School: Admission Registers	1873 - 1955	ED/KC5/104/2
Stonehaven Episcopal School: Log Books	1910 - 1939	ED/KC5/119/1

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 and 1831 do not name individuals.

There are censuses for 1811 and 1821 in the Kirk Session records [NRS CH2/110/12].

Population statistics
That part of the total living in Stonehaven is given in parentheses

Year	male	female	total	ref.
1755				Dr Alexander Webster
1792			1962 (1072)	Old Statistical Account
1801
1811
1821	844	953	1797
1831	868 (426)	984 (515)	1852 (941)
1841
1851
1871	1029	1073	2102
1881	1224	1274	2498
1891	1406	1333	2739
1901	1310	1223	2533
1911	1124	1131	2255
1921	1051	1146	2197

Testaments & wills

Dunnottar 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.

The lists below include include people said to be in Stonehaven (or Stanehyve), without indication of whether they were in Dunnottar or Fetteresso parish.

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823

Elizabeth Allardyce	relict of Mr James Raitt, minister at Dunnotar, par. of Fetteresso	21 Jun 1688
John Baird	in Brigfuird, par. of Dunnotar	10 Dec 1614
Euphaim Bedie	relict of John Donaldson, in Newtoun, par. of Dunnotar	4 Jun 1616
Catherine Bellie	spouse to Thomas Murray, in Brakmuirhill, par. of Dunnotar	27 Feb 1618
Isobel Blaebar	spouse to William Garvie, in Crawtoun, par. of Dinnotar	3 Jul 1675
James Blaebar	in Maynes of Dunnotar	2 Feb 1688
Isobel Brigfuird	spouse to Andrew Wood, in Steanhyve, par. of Dunnotter	31 Jul 1637
Robert Bruce	in Glassloe, par. of Dunnottar	14 May 1776
James Burnet	litster in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnotar	1 Oct 1718
John Burnett	writer in Stonehaven, spouse of Ann Craig	26 Dec 1807, 3 Mar & 14 Jul 1808
William Caird	in Blakmurehall, par. of Dunnotter	31 Jul 1637
Helen Cant	residing in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnotar	20 Jun 1794
James Cormack	shipmaster in Stonehaven	5 & 20 Nov 1821
Alexander Cushnie	of the town of Stonehaven or Links of Arduthie	28 Nov 1798
Mrs Anne Cushnie	Stonehaven, widow of Robert Burnes, sheriff substitute in Stonehaven	3 Nov 1817
Patrick Cushnie	at Mains of Dunnottar	19 Nov 1795
Robert Donald	shipmaster in Stonehaven	22 Dec 1810 & 5 Jan 1811
Robert Douglas	in Bridgfuird, par. of Dunnottar	18 Mar 1689
Janet Findale	relict of George Forbes, gardener in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	18 Jul 1754
David Grahame	at the Milne of Stanehyve, par. of Dunnotter	26 Aug 1619
James Gray	in Glaslaw, par. of Dunnottar	23 Feb 1686
Margaret Gray, Lady Brigfoord	par. of Dunnotar	11 Jul 1707
David Greig	in St Ninians Chapell, par. of Dunnotar	19 Apr 1614
Andrew Hampton	in Glaslaw, par. of Dunnottar	1 Jul 1674
Christian Henderson	spouse to Patrick Murray, at the Loch of Lungar, par. of Dunnottar	27 Feb 1618
Elizabeth Henderson	spouse to William Garvy, cordiner in Newtoun-Leys, par. of Dunnottar	1 Apr 1607
William Herdman	merchant in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	26 Jan 1754 and 5 Nov 1755
Jean Hunter	spouse to Alexander Wat, in Stonhyve, par. of Dinnotar	28 Oct 1674
Alexander Hutton	in Gabertstrype, par. of Dunnotter	15 Mar 1637
David Jollie	in Stonheave, and John and Robert Youngs, sons to the deceased John Young, in Logie, par. of Dunnottar	22 Mar 1723
David, Christian, William and Katherine Jollie	lawful children of the deceased David Jollie, sometime in Balfeigh, thereafter in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	14 Aug 1755
Gilbert Kar	in Hoghillok, par. of Dunnottar	1 Jun 1686
Alexander Keith of Urras	par. of Dunnottar	11 Apr 1684
Alexander Keith younger of Ury	par. of Dunnotar	23 Nov 1698
Christian Keith	spouse to Andrew Kellie, in Stanehyve, par. of Dunnotter	26 Aug 1619
Elizabeth Keith	spouse to James Allardes, in Over Craigie, par. of Dunnotter	25 Jul 1635
Mr Gilbert Keith	sometime minister of Dunnottar	2 Dec 1713
John Kinnear	cotter, indweller in Newtoun, par. of Dunnotar	1 Apr 1607
Arthur Law	farmer at Newtonleys	30 Jun 1817
William Law	shipmaster, Stonehaven, par. of Burntisland [?]	15 Feb 1808
James Lawrence	in Over-Reigie (Over-Creigie), par. of Dunnotar	15 Feb 1686
James Logan	sometime in Lieutenant-Colonel George Magill his regiment, par. of Dunnottar	13 Jul 1709
James Low	in Crautown, par. of Dunnottar	28 Sep 1748
Janet Mannie	spouse to John Smyth, in Mains of Dinotar	3 Jun 1626
Rev. Robert Memes	minister of the episcopal congregation in Stonehaven	26 Dec 1821
George Milne	writer, Stonehaven	9 Dec 1802 & 30 Jun 1804
John Murray	cotterman in Newtoune, par. of Dunnotar	1 Apr 1607
Mrs Susan Ogilvy	lawful daughter of Sir William Ogilvy of Barras, Bart., par. of Kinneff or Dunnotter	4 Dec 1790
Mr James Rait	sometime minister at St. Brideskirk, Dunnotar	21 Oct 1684, 28 May 1690 and 15 Jan 1698
David Rhind	in Mains of Dunnotter	11 Dec 1638
Catherine Robertson	sometime in Tucks, par. of Dunnottar	12 Jun 1694
Anna Scott	relict of Robert Scott sometime shipmaster in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnotar	11 Jul 1775
John Smith	at the Law, par. of Dunnotar	25 Jun 1614
Thomas Smith	skipper in Stonhyve, par. of Dunnotar	6 Mar 1688
William Smith	in Gabertstryp, par. of Dunnottar	17 Jul 1723
William Spark	merchant in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	3 Jan 1711 and 15 May 1724
Christian Steven	relict of William Mouatt, merchant in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	10 May 1749
Margaret Steven	spouse to David Hanton, Acquhiry, par. of Dunnotar	5 Jun 1788
James Strachan	writer in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	23 Oct 1746
James Thom	farmer at Clocknahill	31 Dec 1823
James Thomson esq.	Stonehaven	9 Mar 1808
John Thomson	merchant in Stenhyve, par. of Dunnottar	13 Oct 1683
Archibald Walker	in Aughirie, par. of Dunnottar	11 Aug 1686
James Walker	sometime in Glaslaw, par. of Dunnotar	23 Oct 1685
Mr James Walker	minister at Dunnottar	5 Aug 1772
Rev. James Walker	minister of Dunnottar	31 Aug & 23 Sep 1815
John Walker elder	tenant in Uras, par. of Dunnottar	22 Aug 1772
William Wilson	in Stonhyve, par. of Dunnotar	16 May 1690
Elspet Wyllie	spouse to James Tailzour, in Cottoun of Maynes of Dunnottar	19 Jun 1619
Margaret Wyllie	relict of Alexander Duncan, merchant in Stonehaven	19 Apr & 8 May 1816
Elizabeth Young	spouse to John Hunter, in Toux, par. of Dunnottar	25 Aug 1704
John and Robert Young/s	sons to the deceased John Young, in Logie. See David Jollie
John Young of Stank	par. of Dunnottar	10 Jul 1751
John Young	sometime tenant in Logie, thereafter in Stonehaven, par. of Dunnottar	27 Mar 1756

Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.

James Anderson	in Stonehaven	2 Feb 1732
John Baird	weaver in Carmount, par. of Dunnotar	29 Apr 1762
Andrew Barclay	in Midlorcks, par. of Dunnottar	9 Jun 1725
David Bruce	in Carmont, par. of Dunnottar	8 Aug 1744
Mr David Corse	minister at Dunnotar	10 Mar 1756
John Crookshanks	weaver in Stonehive	1 May 1738
Robert Durie	in Hilhead of Glaslaw, par. of Dunnoter	17 Feb 1731
Margaret Graham	in Over Criggie, par. of Dunnotar	13 Nov 1734
Alexander Grieve	in Gallowtoun, par. of Dunnottar	2 Jun 1742
George Herdman	merchant in Stonehaven	27 Jul 1743
Alexander Keith	in Invercarron, par. of Dunnottar	5 Mar 1735
Peter Logie	at Miln of Stonehaven, par. of Dunnotar	30 Jun 1766
George Mackenzie	collector of cess in Stonehaven	30 Jun 1725
Hugh Macpherson	officer of Excise in Stonehaven	21 Apr 1731
William Moncur	sailor in Stonehaven	15 May 1762
John Morrison	merchant in Stonehive	19 Jan 1743
Alexander Smith	in Jouks, par. of Dunnottar	3 Mar 1725
Alexander Smith	shipmaster in Stonehaven	17 Feb 1731
Alexander Smith	mariner in Stonehaven	17 Jan 1739
Elizabeth Turnbull	spouse of Mr James Mitchell, minister at Dunnotter	27 Mar 1734
Robert Watson	merchant in Stonehaven	23 Jul 1740
Robert Watt	white fisher in Stonehaven, par of Dunnotar	14 Feb 1765

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Aberdeen, 1801-1823

Alexander Allardyce of Dunnottar	lately residing in Aberdeen	20 Feb 1802
Mrs Ann Craig	residing in Aberdeen, widow of John Burnett, writer in Stonehaven	18 Dec 1820
William Walker	sometime wright in Stonehaven, lately residing at Mill of Ardoe	3 Jul 1823

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1801-1823

George Ker

formerly leather merchant in Stonehaven, thereafter residing at Cotbank, par. of Glenbervie

30 May 1805

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600

Elspeth Donaldson	sometime spouse to Thomas Law, in Newtoun-Leys, par. of Dunottar, sher. of Kincardine	6 Jun 1599
Maillie Rae	sometime spouse to James Gilquhanie, merchant in Stanehyve, par. of Dunnottar, sher. of Kincardine	15 Mar 1586-7
Mr William Salmond	Subdean of Trinity-College, beside Edinburgh, at the kirk of Dunnotter	18 Mar 1576-7
Christiane Strachan	sometime spouse to John Lundie, in Lumgair, par. of Dunnotar in the Mearns	17 Jun 1591
Agnes Young	sometime spouse to David Webster, in Gallowtoun, par. of Dunnotter in the Mearns	19 May 1591

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700

Patrik Anderson	in Wrass, par. of Dunnotter, in the Mearns	(vol. 45) 18 Jul 1609
Thomas Buchan	in Vrass, par. of Dunnotter, in the Mearns	15 Dec 1602
Jonet Fullartoun	sometime spouse to Andrew Kellie, in Stanehyve, par. of Dunotter, sher. of Kincardine in the Mernes	5 Nov 1602
John Keith	in Stanehyve, par. of Dunnoter, in the Mearns	14 Feb 1609
Andro Mailling	painter and glassinwright in Stanehyve, par. of Dunnotter, in the Mearns	23 May 1606

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1801-1823

William Gordon

writer in Stonehaven, residing at Saughtonhall of Edinburgh [and see below]

5 Jun 1820

Testaments of Dunnottar people from the Register of Testaments of Edinburgh Sheriff Court, 1801-1823

George Keith Elphinstone, viscount Keith	baron Keith of Banheath and Stonehaven Marischal	10 Oct 1823
William Gordon	writer in Stonehaven, residing at Saughtonhall of Edinburgh [and see above]	30 May 1820
Alexander Keith of Ravelston & Dunottar, esq.		21 Sep 1821 & 20 May 1822

Stonehaven Sheriff Court records, ca. 1600 to 1975

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

Provosts of Stonehaven, to 1974

Name	In office	Born	Died	Info
James Clerk / Clark	?-1645-?
Peter Christian	?-1851-?	ca. 1776 Edinburgh	1855	writer
--- Kinnear	?-1859-?
--- Wood	?-1882-1886[?]-?
James Mowat	1884[?]-1903	24 Mar 1855 Fetteresso	29 Sep 1927	leather manufacturer
David Torry	1904-1910	2 Apr 1845 Fetteresso	27 Dec 1913 Stonehaven	butcher
Prof. John Gray McKendrick, LL.D., F.R.S.E., etc.	1910-1912-?	9 Mar or 12 Aug 1841 Old Machar	2 Jan 1926 Glasgow	Article; FRSE list (Part 2, page 590 - but page 103 of the pdf)
David Greig	1913-1921	2 Dec 1864 Fetteresso	30 Apr 1937	baker
-- Burns	?-1925-1928-?
Alexander Thomson	?-1933-1939	ca. 1867 Banchory Devenick	30 Jun 1948	joiner & builder
Robert Lennox Callan	1939-1939	3 Oct 1865 Auchinleck AYR	22 Sep 1939 Stonehaven	in office for one month
Dr Charles Burns	1939-1945	Larkhall	26 Apr 1945 Aberdeen
Hugh Ramsay	1945-1957	Stonehaven
Thomas Christie	1957-1960-?
John H. Stewart	1966-1972

Bailies (Magistrates) of Stonehaven, to 1974

In office	1st	2nd
1845-7	Peter Christian	George Jack

Town treasurers of Stonehaven, to 1974

Name	In office	Born	Died	Info
George Tindal	1845-1847

Deans of Guild of Stonehaven, to 1974

Name	In office	Born	Died	Info
William Bridgeford	1845-1847

Town Clerks of Stonehaven, to 1974

Name	In office	Born	Died	Info
James Tindal	?-1846-1860-?
Robert Duthie	?-1865	2 Feb 1826 Fetteresso	4 Jan 1865 Stonehaven	baker [not 'banker']
Robert Falconer	1893-1905	ca. 1835 Stonehaven	9 Oct 1905
Daniel Cooper Booth	1905-1919	1855/56 Montrose	20 Aug 1919 Stonehaven
James Burness Cunningham	1919-1935	17 Apr 1865 Fetteresso	1935	Sheriff Clerk of Kincardine, 1922-
Fred. W. Robertson	1935-1964
Ian B. Robertson	?-1958-1964-?	1920	2003	joint t/c with his father bef. 1964

Clock & watch tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Dunnottar:

NRS ref. E326/12/2/79

Farm horse tax, 1797-8

Images of the original records for Dunnottar:

• NRS ref. E326/10/3/128
• NRS ref. E326/10/10/6

Libraries

Stonehaven Library

Places of interest

• Dunnottar Castle
• Tolbooth Museum, Stonehaven
• ScotlandsPlaces: Stonehaven - an extensive collection of photographs, maps and records
• Stonehaven Jail in 1818 - as described by Joseph John Gurney
• Stonehaven on Wikipedia