Although the Lunan Water is the principal watercourse of the parish of Inverkeilor, it is the insignificant Keilor Burn after which the parish of Inverkeilor is named. That burn marked the former boundary between the parish of Inverkeilor and the lands of Ethie (older spellings: Athie, Athyn), which were formerly a separate parish that belonged to the abbey of Arbroath. Ethie parish was united with Inverkeilor in 1585. The lands of Cononsyth were formerly a part of the parish of Inverkeilor, but detached from it in 1609 and became the northern part of a new parish of Carmyllie ANS.
Early forms of the name 'Inverkeilor' include 'Inuerkileder', suggesting that 'Keilor' may have the same meaning as modern 'Calder'.
The Magungie Burn marks part of the southern boundary of the parish, separating the lands of Kinblethmont from St Vigeans parish, while, in the north, the Gighty Burn divides the lands of Boysack from Kinnell parish.
Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
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 Inverkeilor
General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 3, pp. 425-459.
The early history of Boysack (before 1603)
Some Inverkeilor Church documents (1920s-1950s)
- A family tree for the Carnegies of Boysack.
John Adams - Lunan Water, or, Nature Rambles in a Country Parish (Arbroath: Thos. Buncle, 1924) - he was U.F. Kirk minister
Robert Francis Mudie & Ian Murray Nicoll Mudie - The Mudies of Angus (1959) - [Mudies of Bryanton, Gilchorn, etc.]
David Pollock - The Lunan Valley Project: medieval rural settlement in Angus (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 115, 357-399, 1985)
Ruvigny & Raineval, Marquis of - The Moodie Book: being an Account of the Families of Melsetter, Muir, Cocklaw, Blairhill, Bryanton, Gilchorn, Pitmuies, Arbekie, Masterton, etc., etc. (1906)
W. Douglas Simpson - The Red Castle of Lunan Bay (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 75, 115-122, 1941)
F. T. Wainwright - A [Pictish] Symbol Stone at Kinblethmont, Angus (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 85, 180-2, 1953)
E. Storm Yanicks - The Descendants of William Hynd (1774-1846) (Seattle, 1997) - a copy is held by Angus Archives
Statistical accounts of Inverkeilor
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 3, p. 280
- New Statistical Account of 1835 - vol. 11, pp. 239-244 - somewhat disappointing
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1859-61, published 1865
- 1:2500 (25 inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1859, published 1865 (part of Ethie)
- 1:2500 (25 inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1859, published 1865 (Inverkeilor village and kirk)
For the full range of maps of Inverkeilor, see National Library's Maps.
Above: modern street map of Inverkeilor (© OpenStreetMap contributors, CC-BY-SA)
Click on the map above to go to OpenStreetMap centred on Inverkeilor
Listed buildings in Inverkeilor
Listed buildings in Inverkeilor parish
Geograph.org: Inverkeilor - recent photographs of Inverkeilor and area.
Remains of the tower of Redcastle
ScotlandsPlaces: Inverkeilor parish - recent & old photographs of Inverkeilor parish; also maps, plans & other records
Inverkeilor parish church (St Murdoch's)
Located at National Grid ref. NO665496. Partly (possibly) 16th century, heavily restored in 19th C. The building is now T-shaped. The Anniston Aisle forms the north arm of the 'T'. The date '1799' appears high in the wall of the north-west angle of the kirk, and '1862' in the west gable. The Northesk Aisle, of 1630 or shortly thereafter (see "Documentation" at Inverkeilor Parish Church), the burial vault of the earls of Northesk at the east end of the kirk, was roofless in 1958, but has since been reroofed and converted into a session room.
The font was donated by Agnes Rait of Anniston on her marriage in 1862 to H.A.F. Lindsay Carnegie of Boysack & Kinblethmont. In addition to the familiar ΙΗΣ, the font also bears the abbreviations ΠΛΠ and ΠΥΑ. The latter may stand for πνεῦμα ὕδωρ αἷμα [1 John 5:8].
There is an article, with photographs, on Inverkeilor Parish Church in A Corpus of Scottish Mediaeval Parish Churches.
Further details of the architecture and further photographs are here.
The modern cemetery (or churchyard extension) is immediately adjacent.
See also Documents relating to the churches of Inverkeilor.
Above (above the kirk door): arms of Rait (Or, a cross engrailed [sable]) impaled with Ogilvy of Airlie ([Argent], a lion passant guardant [gules] imperially crowned and gorged with an open crown [or]), for James Rait of Anniston & the hon. Clementina Ogilvy, dau. of David 7th earl of Airlie. Motto: "Spero meliora" - "I hope for better things".
Another example of these impaled arms is in the walled garden at Anniston; its cross has largely been lost and there is no crest above the helm. There is a substantial monument to the Raits of Anniston in the kirkyard.
Above, left (on the south wall of the Northesk Burial Aisle): arms of Carnegie of Kinnaird [which is now in parish of Farnell] impaled with Halyburton of Pitcur [in parish of Kettins], with the date 1636 and initials IC & MH, for sir John Carnegie (subsequently earl of Northesk lord Rosehill & Eglismauldie [Inglismaldie in Marykirk KCD]) & dame Magdalen Halyburton, his first spouse. The Northesk burial vault is at the east end of the kirk, below the present session room.
Above, right (on the Northesk or east gallery, inside the kirk): the same arms, of Carnegie of Kinnaird impaled with Halyburton of Pitcur, with the date 1635 and initials SIC & DMH
Above, left (on south wall of kirk): arms (possibly a mirror image?) of either James or John Stewart lord Innermeath, baron of the barony of Redcastle alias Inverkeilor. Quarterly, 1st & 4th [Or], a fess chequy [azure & argent] (for Stewart); 2nd & 3rd, [Or or Argent?] a lymphad [sable] (for the lordship of Lorne, that their ancestors had held). The crest is probably a unicorn's head. The supporters are two rather curiously sculpted deer. Initials IS below. Motto, above: QVHIDDER VIL ZE [i.e., whether you want (war or peace, I am ready)]. Oars are possibly just visible on both galleys. The arms adopted by the lords Innermeath varied considerably.
Above, right (for comparison): registered arms of Stewart of Appin & Ardsheal, from G. Harvey Johnston, The Heraldry of the Stewarts (Edinburgh: W. & A.K. Johnston, 1906).
Above, left (on the south wall of the Northesk Burial Aisle, though Jervise [Epitaphs & Inscriptions, vol. 1, p. 321] describes it as being over the entrance to that aisle): Supported by two angels, each blowing a trumpet and standing on a death's head, a cartouche, with a bell attached below, inscribed DIES MORTIS ÆTERNÆ VITÆ NATALIS EST FIDELIBUS
Above, right (on the south wall of the Northesk Burial Aisle, inscribed on the scroll at the top): MEMENTO MORI
Stained glass
South wall, west of the pulpit:
In memory of ALEXANDER CARNEGIE 30 years minister here died 1836 and ELIZABETH SKIRVING his wife died 1835
South wall, east of the pulpit:
In memory of DAVID CARNEGIE Medical Board Bombay died 1818 and ANNE PITCAIRN his wife died 1875
Monuments inside the kirk
With thanks to the Rev. Peter Phillips for opening the kirk for these photos to be taken.
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Heb. ix. 27 Infra sepulta cum sex liberis iacet Elisabetha Bettie, prior conjunx Mri Ioannis Raithi. Mortem obiit in Dno. Kal. Novemb. A.D. 1661. Filius Joannes A.D. 1675, aetatis suae xxii. apud Indos in insula Mevi huic mundo valedixit. Ex liberis Euphamiae Mudie de Braintone conjugis Mri Ioannis Raithi, Robertus et Ianeta jacent infra sepulti. Andrew Jervise's translation [Epitaphs & Inscriptions, vol. 1, p. 320]: "Beneath lies buried, with six of her children, Elizabeth Bettie, first wife of Mr John Rait, who died in the Lord, 1 Nov 1661. Her son, John, bade farewell to this world in the island of Mevis [? Nevis] in the [West] Indies, A.D. 1675, in the 22d year of his age. Of the children of Euphan Mudie of Brainton, wife of Mr John Rait, Robert and Janet lie interred here." Below the above inscription, above and below the right-hand panel: In mortem divid(im)ur
Conjugium carna[le] and, above and below the left-hand panel: Omnia vincit amor Christi
Conjugium æternum though Jervise has "mors" for "amor". Between these panels: Psalm LV. 6
Quis mihi dabit pennas columbæ At the foot: [C]onjugium Christi ac animæ mors solvere n[escit]
Sed carnale potest conjugis atque v[iri] |
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Andrew Jervise's comment [Epitaphs & Inscriptions, vol. 1, p. 319]: "A slab, built into the left splay of one of the S.E. windows of the church, presents a shield, charged with (? by mistake) a double-headed eagle. The initials, M.D.R., in monogram, flank the base; I.R. and the date '1628, 2 Feb' are over the shield; and below it is a death's head. Possibly this slab has reference to some of the Ramsays, contemporary lairds of Cairnton. Euphan Mudie ... was a daughter of David Mudie (son of John Mudie of Brianton), and his wife Janet Ramsay of Cairnton." |
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Memento mori 3 SEP 1631 MID [for Magister JOSHUA DURIE; and a monogram, which may be ID and EM combined] QVOD DVRVM, EST / FRACTVM, NEC PLVS / DVRARE VIDETVR: / DVREVS AT DVRAT, / CLARAQVE FAMA / VIGET Andrew Jervise's rendering [Epitaphs & Inscriptions, vol. 1, p. 319]: "That which is Durable is broken, nor appears any longer to enDure; but Durie still enDures, and flourishes with bright renown." Arms of Durie: [Azure], three crescents [Or or Argent] |
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Eccles. XII. 7 Andrew Jervise's translation [Epitaphs & Inscriptions, vol. 1, p. 321]: "Under this stone were laid the remains of the Rev. John Rait, a clear and eloquent preacher of the Gospel in this church, who was previously three years in Montrose. He rested from his labours 1st Dec. A.D. ____ in the 62d year of his age, &c." |
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Sacred to the memory of JOHN MUDIE of Arbikie Esq. who died June, 1728 aged [ ] years, and of his wife MAGDALEN CARNEGY daughter of JAMES CARNEGY of Craigo, who died 27th. Dec. 1771 aged 89 years, and of their family & descendants. Of their family which consisted of six sons, & eight daughters, three daughters only came to maturity, viz. 1st. ELIZABETH married to ROBERT SMITH of Forret Esq. who left an only son WILLIAM SMITH of Forret Esq. married to his cousin german 29th. April, 1784 the aftermentioned MAGDALEN HAY. He died 2d. Feby 1785 leaving no issue. 2d. AGNES married to JAMES HAY of Cocklaw Esq. who left two sons, & a daughter, their eldest son CHARLES HAY Esq advocate afterwards Lord Newton* one of the senators of the College of Justice, a man of distinguished talents, & inflexible integrity, died Octr 1811 aged 64 years. Their youngest son JAMES HAY Esq. died at Edinr 6th. June, 1787 & was interred there. 3d. ANNE married to ROBERT STEPHEN of Letham† Esq. left an only daughter ANNE who died Novr 1806. MAGDALEN HAY only daughter of JAMES HAY Esq & AGNES MUDIE and relict of WILLIAM SMITH of Forret Esq. the last survivor of the family has erected this monument as a tribute of respect to the memory of her relations who lie buried here, and it is her desire also to be interred in the spot which contains the ashes of her husband, & of her grandmother and mother MAGDALEN CARNEGY, and AGNES MUDIE, parents with whom she was long united in the closest bonds of love and affection, whose virtues she reveres, and whose example she most earnestly wishes to follow, 1818. [* Charles Hay (1747-1811) - he took his judicial title from Newton of Stracathro, which he owned]
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Sacred to the memory of GEORGE VIth Earl of Northesk, admiral of the White Squadron of His Majesty's Fleet. Born 2nd August 1716, O.S. and died 22nd January 1792. And ANN LESLIE Countess of Northesk. Born 22nd February 1730, O.S. and died 11th November 1779. [Note: O.S. = Old Style, i.e. Julian Calendar]
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Above [erected 21 May 1890]: Erected by the congregation of Inverkeilor parish church, in memory of the Rev. JAMES HAY, D.D., born 24. Nov. 1820, died 25. Aug. 1889; minister of Inverkeilor, 1866-1889.
Above, left: In loving memory of Lieut. Col. ARTHUR RAIT, C.B. of Anniston, born 1839, died 1902. And of his wife the Honble GEORGINA ARBUTHNOTT, born 1849, died 1923. And of their children GARNET, born 1878, died 1900. EILEEN, born 1880, died 1904. "In death they are not divided." This tablet is erected by ROBIN, and NANCY ARBUTHNOTT.
Above, right: By ALEXr CARNEGIE minister of Inverkielor to the memory of his father JOHN CARNEGIE late minister thereof from 20th Feby 1755, to 28th Feby 1805, when he died aged 81. And of his mother CATHARINE WALKER who died 25th Novr 1790 aged 57 and of four of his brothers who died in nonage all interred in the area before the pulpit.
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
| Alexander Forrester | 1561-63 | vicar |
| Charles Michaelson | 1563 | minister |
| Charles Rossie | 1563 | reader |
| John Pitcairn of Kirkton Mill | 1573-1604? | reader; pres. to vicarage 9 Jul 1574, on death of Alexr Forrester; dem. 1604 ? |
| Andrew Strachan | 1574-75 | tr. from Nigg 1574, tr. to Maryton 1575 |
| John Fullerton | 1576-98 | minister 1576; pres. to vicarage of Ethie, Jul 1597; d. Dec 1598 at Haltoun of Inverkeilor; mar. Margaret Ramsay, who survived him; left books to Henry Fullerton, son of David F., burgess of Montrose, prob. his nephew |
| Arthur Fithie | 1598-1613 | possibly a nephew of Henry F. of Boysack; matric. St Salvator's College, St Andrews 1576; min. of Airth STI, 1582; tr. to Kinnell, 1587; tr. & adm. 1598; a zealous episcopalian; d. 14 Aug 1613; test. 8 Jun 1615 St Andrews; mar. Helen Stewart, who survived him, sis. of James S.; issue: James b. bef. 1592, Patrick b. aft. 1592 (possibly the Patrick who became shoremaster & town councillor of Montrose), dau. Nicholas b. aft. 1592 (mar. 1616? George Wishart, yr of Drimmie), dau. Margaret (mar. contr. 1610 Mr James Strachan, min. of Barry, later min. of Kinneff); bro. of David F.; nephew David F. living in 1613 |
| Joshua Durie | 1613-31 | b. ca. 1570, eldest s. of Mr John D., min. of 1st charge, Montrose; M.A. St Andrews 1590; min. of 2nd charge, Montrose, 1594; tr. to Forfar ca. 1596; tr. to Logie-Montrose 1603; tr. to 2nd charge St Andrews ca. 1607; pres. by James VI, 24 Oct 1613; d. 3 Sep 1631; mar. (contr. 5 Dec 1593) Eupham, dau. of James MacKane; issue: John, Nicholas (mar. Mr David Meldrum, min. of St Cyrus), & others |
| Andrew Elliot | 1631-50 | b. ca. 1600, eldest son of Mr James E., min. of Forfar; M.A. St Andrews 1620; pres. by Charles I, 29 Nov 1631; d. Jun 1650; mar. Margaret Lindsay; issue: James, David (appr. to Geo. Suttie, merchant, Edinburgh, 1646) |
| John Rait | 1650-85? | b. ca. 1623, rel. to Raits of Hallgreen, Bervie KCD; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1644; ord. to 2nd ch. Montrose, 1647; tr. & adm. 1650; d. Nov 1685; mar. (1) Eliz. Beattie (d. 1661); issue: James (b. 1649, d. young); James (b. 1653, d. Nevis, W. Indies, 1675) & 6 others; mar. (2) Eupham, who survived him, eldest dau. of David Mudie of Bryanton; issue: David Rait of Bryanton, Robert, Janet, Mr Francis (min. of Kinnaird) |
| James Rait | 1672-ca. 1703 | b. ca. 1648, nephew[?] of foregoing; M.A. St Andrews 1668; ord. as colleague, 1672; outed as non-jurist, ca. 1703; intruded as min. at Lunan 1713; deprived for Jacobitism 1717; d. bef. 1730; mar. (1) 1677, Kath., dau. of David Mudie of Bryanton; issue: Margaret (mar. contr. 1700 Wm Wallace, bailie of Arbroath); mar. (2) 1710, Eliz. Smith, Montrose |
| Andrew Bruce | 1705-24 | b. 1670; M.A. St Andrews 1693; ord. Cortachy, 1701; tr. & adm. 21 May 1705; d. Edinburgh 1724; mar. Kath. Rait (still living 1759); issue: David, d. 1751 Windsor, banker in London (Campbell & Bruce); Eliz.; Magdalen; rev. Geo., M.A.(Oxon.), d. 1780 London; Ann, d. 1759 London; Christian, d. 1772 London |
| William Hepburn | 1726-56 | b. 1694 at Hailes, East Lothian; M.A. Edinburgh 1714; lic. 3 Oct 1722; ord. 21 Jan 1726; d. unmar. 5 Feb 1756 |
| Thomas Mathison | 1750-54 | ord. ass. & suc. 27 Sep 1750; tr. to 2nd ch. Brechin, 1754 |
| John Carnegie | 1755-1805 | M.A. Edinburgh 1744; ord. ass. & suc. 20 Feb 1755; d. 28 Feb 1805; mar. 1760 Cath. ygst dau. of Alexr Walker of St Fort, Forgan FIF; issue: Isabella; Mr Alexander (his suc. as min.); Thos; Wm; & 6 others |
| Alexander Carnegie of Redhall | 1799-1836 | b. 15 Dec 1762, son of above; M.A. Aberdeen 1783; ord. as ass. 1796; adm. ass. & suc. 16 May 1799; bought Redhall in the parish of Fordoun, 1825; d. 2 Jan 1836; mar. Eliz., dau. of Adam Skirving, farmer, Garleton, E. Lothian; issue: Christian Guthrie (mar. John Kirk, min. of Arbirlot), John of Redhall, Adam; there are monuments to Mr Alexander Carnegie and Eliz. Skirving both here and at Fordoun. |
| John Laird | 1836-1843 | b. 1811, son. of Dr Hugh L, min. of Portmoak KRS; ass. at Arbroath, Nov 1834; ord. as ass. Arbroath, 19 Mar 1835; adm. to Inverkeilor 11 Aug 1836; joined Free Kirk, 1843; min. of Inverkeilor Free Kirk, 1843-47; min. of Free Kirk, Cupar FIF, 1853-1896; d. 19 Apr 1896; mar. Agnes Maule, dau. of Thomas Anderson, farmer, Westhaven, Carnoustie; issue: Hugh A.; Jane C.; John G.; Eliz. B.; Harry; David M.W.; Alexr A. |
| George Arklay | 1843-66 | b. 9 Jun 1814 Murroes, son of Geo. A.; ass. at Alyth; ord. to Guthrie 1841; tr. & adm. 13 Oct 1843; d. 19 Jun 1866 Inverkeilor; unmar. |
| James Hay | 1866-87 | b. 1820 Montrose, son of James H. and Helen Japp; M.A. Aberdeen 1839; ord. to St Bernards, Edinburgh 1845; tr. to Lunan 1850; tr. & adm. 8 Nov 1866; D.D. Aberdeen 1881; res. 20 Oct 1887; d. 25 Aug 1889 Montrose; unmar. |
| Andrew Halden | 1887-1928 | b. 1857 Paisley, son of Alex. H. and Margaret Aitken; ass. at Lady Yesters, Edinburgh, 1884-87; ord. ass. & suc. 20 Oct 1887; d. 25 May 1928 Montrose |
| Angus Macaskill | 1928-1947 | b. 1901 Stornoway, son of Alexr J. M.; M.A.(Aberdeen 1923); ass. Arbroath 1926; ord. (ass. & suc.) 18 Apr 1928; tr. to London Rd, Edr 12 Nov 1947; d. 2 Sep 1983 Perth; mar. 1932 Maureen Ruth, dau. of Norman Baxter Anderson, sailcloth manufacturer; issue: Alistair Angus; Norman Roy |
| John Richard * | 1949-1958 | B.A.; b. 1909 Motherwell; accountant with Dalzell Steel works of Colville's Ltd; Uni. Glasgow & Trinity Coll.; ass. ...; ord. & ind. Colvend, Dalbeattie Jul 1940; tr. & ind. 16 Feb 1949; tr. 1958 to Glencairn DFS; ret. 1976; d. Jul 1987 Edinburgh |
| Ian MacEwan * | 1958-1967 | tr. to Kincardine & Croick |
| Ian Lawrie Forrester * | 1967-1996 | b. 3 Oct 1936 Edinburgh; educ. Daniel Stewart's, Edinburgh; Edinburgh Uni.; Westminster Coll., Cambridge; ind. 11 Oct 1967; dem. 1 Jan 1996 |
| David John Taverner * | 1996-2002 | B.D., M.C.I.B.S., A.C.I.S.; b. 1958 Edinburgh; ord. & ind. 1996; tr. & ind. 7 Aug 2002 to St Andrew's, Kirriemuir (with Oathlaw & Tannadice); tr. 21 Mar 2011 to Coldstream BEW linked with Eccles |
| Peter Phillips * | 2004- | ind. 5 Aug 2004 |
* ministers of Inverkeilor & Lunan; the congregations of Inverkeilor and Lunan were united on 31 May 1953
Ministers of Inverkeilor Free Kirk (later, United Free; from 2 Oct 1929, St John's Ch. of S.)
St John's was united with the parish kirk on 7 March 1948. The former Free Kirk building is now used as the church hall.
Inverkeilor Free Kirk
Photograph of Dunira, which was the Free Kirk Manse (later, United Free Kirk Manse), Inverkeilor, built 1844.
| John Laird | 1843-1847 | see above list of parish ministers |
| William Masterton, K.D. | 1848-1888 | b. bef. 5 Jan 1816 Larbert STI, son of Alexr M., blacksmith, and Helen Honeyman; ord. 1848; ret. 1888; d. 3 Jul 1895 Edinburgh; mar. 1859 Janet, dau. of James Lumsden, Dysart FIF |
| John Adams | 1888-1926 | b. 3 Nov 1859 Markinch FIF, son of James A., coal miner; uni. Glasgow; B.D.; from Aberdeen; ord. (ass. & suc.) 13 Dec. 1888; tr. & ind. to Colinsburgh & Lathones, 23 Jun 1926; ret. Mar 1934; d. 5 Jun 1941 Barnhill, Broughty Ferry; mar. 1889 Margaret Swinton, dau. of Thomas S., master mariner |
| Charles Scott Hendry | 1926-1948 | M.A.; b. 25 Dec 1869 Coupar Angus, son of William H., tailor; ass. Brycedale Free Kirk, Kirkcaldy in 1900; min. Tarland Free, then U.F. Church 1900-? ; in Lewisham, London ?-1909-11-?; min. at Kendal Church, Carlisle for 12 yrs; ind. 20 Oct 1926; ret. 14 Feb 1948; d. 17 Nov 1964 Blairgowrie; mar. 1908 Emily M.E. Laurence, dau. of Charles T.L., gunpowder manufacturer |
View of the remaining (east) gable of St Murdoch's Chapel, Ethie
Minister at Ethie:
| David Mylne | 1586 | reader, vicar 1586 |
Approximately 350 monumental inscriptions in Inverkeilor kirkyard are at Monumental inscriptions in Inverkeilor Churchyard.
Photographs
Photographs of any of the inscriptions listed at Monumental inscriptions in Inverkeilor Churchyard will be supplied on request by e-mail, insofar as I judge it possible to obtain them. The photos will be 2304 pixels by 1728 pixels, and approx. 850 kilobytes in size, taken in good lighting to show the inscriptions rather than the whole monuments. Please be prepared for a considerable delay in sending photos.
Monuments in Inverkeilor Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 200 stones) 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.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Inverkeilor in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 318-26.
There are no monuments at St Murdoch's Chapel, Ethie.
Above: part of the monument of the Raits of Anniston in Inverkeilor kirkyard
"A graceful group in marble representing the Spirit of Consolation, in
the form of
a female figure, ministering to the support of a person in sickness." [Warden, vol. 3, p. 432].
[See Inscription on Rait monument]
The burial ground at the ancient Chapel of Whitefield, at Chapelton of Boysack (locally, ['bəizək]), is the private burial place of the lairds of Boysack & Kinblethmont - Carnegie, thereafter Lindsay Carnegie, Fullerton Lindsay Carnegie and Ramsay. It is possible that it was earlier the burial place of the Fithies of Boysack, who were vassals of the Stewart lords Innermeath from before 1450 to 1605.
The following is a complete listing of the inscriptions at the Chapel of Whitefield [by kind permission of Robert Ramsay of Boysack & Kinblethmont]:
[1] Lux in tenebris To the memory of H A F LINDSAY CARNEGIE of Spynie and Boysack born 25th April 1836 died 14th Nov. 1908 and of his wife AGNES RAIT of Anniston born 16th Oct. 1843 married 7th Oct. 1862 died 18th Jan. 1932 Mors janua vitae
[2] In memory of DONALD C S F LINDSAY CARNEGIE of Spynie and Boysack Major 17th Bengal Cavalry born 9th July 1840 died 16th May 1911
[3] In memory of HELEN LINDSAY CARNEGIE born 27th Nov. 1829 at Kinblethmont died 23rd April, 1921 aged 91
[4] In memory of ANNA RUTHERFORD AYTOUN of Ashintully born 5th August 1853 married 4th October 1881 died 9th September 1922 wife of DAVID CRAWFORD FULLERTON LINDSAY CARNEGIE of Boysack and Kinblethmont born 6th November 1852 died 18th February 1935 Also of GEORGINA MURIEL ARBUTHNOTT* second wife of the above born 31st July 1881 died 22nd December 1973 Love watcheth and sleeping slumbereth not
[5] In loving memory of ROBERT OTTIWELL RAMSAY of Boysack and Kinblethmont 1900 - 1996 and his beloved wife CONSTANCE AILEEN† 1905 - 2002
* dau. of the 13th viscount of Arbuthnott
† i.e. Constance Aileen German]
There is an M.I. in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh to Susan (1790-1815), dau. of James Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie and Boysack and 1st wife of Thomas Tod, advocate.
There is an M.I. to John Mackenzie Lindsay (1792-1873), son of James Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie and Boysack, in the Dean Cemetery, Edinburgh, and another M.I. there to Jane (1824-1883), 2nd dau. of W.F. Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie and Boysack, her husband Alexander Cruickshank Lindsay and dau. Amy.
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At Kinblethmont, on a lintel that is now inside the recently renovated stable block, is the inscription
J C M E
i.e., 1680, sir John Carnegie, 1st of Boysack, and dame Margaret Erskine, his spouse (daughter of sir Alexander Erskine, 11th of Dun).
The date, 1680, is surprising, as sir John appears to have died in 1677. Margaret Erskine survived him, so perhaps 1680 was the year of her death. Their son John Carnegie, 2nd of Boysack, acquired the lands and barony of Kinblethmont from sir John Wood of Bonnyton in 1678.
Inverkeilor war memorial, 1914-1919
Location: in the kirkyard
See also The Scottish Military Research Group - Commemorations Project - Inverkeilor WW1
This roll includes additional information from the Roll of Honour Arbroath & District 1914-1919 and CWGC records:
| Name | Rank | Unit | Date | Place of death | Details |
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| A J Macgregor, M.C. | capt | 13th Batt., Black Watch | 8 Oct 1918 | near Le Catelet, France | Imperial Chinese Customs, China; son of col. A.D. Macgregor and Effie Lindsay, Melrose, Guernsey; nephew of D.C. Rutherford Lindsay Carnegie of Boysack & Kinblethmont |
| Frederic George Garrard, M.C. | 2-lt | Gordon Highlanders | 22 May 1918 | Casualty clearing station, Dueville, Vicenza, Italy | son of Frederic William Garrard, Coulsdon, Surrey and Elizabeth Rodger, formerly of Inchock, Inverkeilor |
| W Burnett | sgt | Royal Engineers | |||
| William Crabb | cpl | Australian Imperial Force | 13 Oct 1916 | gardener | son of William Crabb, Nether Dysart, Lunan and Susan Stephen; gson of Wm C., Auchmithie |
| Arthur John Gibb, M.A.(Edin.) | cpl | 4th Batt., Royal Scots | 28 Jun 1915 | Dardanelles | appointed teacher, George Watson's College, Edinburgh; son of John G. Gibb and Ann Grant, Station House, Inverkeilor |
| Robert Vannett | cpl | 1st/5th Batt., Gordon Highlanders | 27 Jul 1918 | Buzancy near Soissons | son of William Vannett, Lawton Cottage, Inverkeilor |
| David Chaplin | l-cpl | 4th Batt., Gordon Highlanders | 13 Apr 1918 | - | |
| William Ritchie | l-cpl | 1st Batt., Black Watch | 15 Oct 1914 | near Soissons | Anderson's Buildings, Inverkeilor; porter, Arbroath Railway Station; son of James Ritchie, farm grieve, Rosehill; bro. of Mrs Ramsay, Bandoch |
| David Moir Stephen | l-cpl | 'A' Co., 1st Batt., Black Watch | 2 Nov 1914 | Colchester | ploughman, Leysmill; son of George Stephen and Jessie Moir, 55 Dishland St, Arbroath |
| George Anderson | pte | 17th Batt., Highland Light Infantry | 11 Jul 1917 | Koksijde, West- Vlaanderen | Anderson Pl, Inverkeilor; carter, Ethie; son of David Anderson; mar. Nellie Kynoch Menmuir |
| James Brown | pte | 6th Batt., Seaforth Highlanders | 16 May 1917 | Vimy Ridge | b. 1893 Dunnichen; farm servant, Arbikie, Lunan; son of David Small Brown, ploughman, Boghead, Inverkeilor, & Maggie Mary Scott; mar. 1915 Mary Lowden Edwards, Braehead, Lunan; eldest bro. of Sgt. George Kennedy Brown R.A.F. who died in WW2 in 1944 |
| David Donaldson | pte | 5th Batt., Black Watch | 11 May 1915 | hospital, Boulogne | farm servant, Ironshill, Inverkeilor; son of William Donaldson, March of Lunan |
| Norman Alexander Gibb | pte | 2nd Batt., Scots Guards | 12 Jul 1918 | near Arras | railway clerk, Dundee; son of John G. Gibb and Ann Grant, Station House, Inverkeilor |
| David Lindsay Howe | pte | 1st Canadian Mounted Rifles Batt. | 1 Oct 1916 | - | son of James Howe and Mary ---, 168 High St, Montrose; mar. Elizabeth ---, subseq. Stewart, 35 Union St, Montrose |
| D Kydd | pte | Black Watch | |||
| Andrew Kennedy | pte | Canadians | 1917 | - | ploughman near Forfar, later in Canada; son of Mrs Kennedy, Ethiehaven |
| D Kennedy | pte | Black Watch | |||
| J Lawson | AB | Royal Naval Division | |||
| W Lowe | pte | Royal Scots | |||
| D Lamb | gunner | Royal Garrison Artillery | |||
| David Christie Macauley | pte | Black Watch | 19 May 1915 | Chocque Military Hosp., France | Hastings Jute Mills, Calcutta; son of Murdoch Macauley, Inverkeilor |
| C Macauley | pte | Black Watch | |||
| A McGregor | pte | Highland Light Infantry | |||
| George Turnbull Orrock | pte | 8th batt., Black Watch | (wounded Loos) 29 Nov 1918 | Arbroath Infirmary; buried 3 Dec 1918 Inverkeilor Kirkyard, lair D/115 | farm servant, East Newton, St Vigeans; son of James Orrock, Redcastle, Inverkeilor & Mary Ann Ogilvy |
| Alexander Paul | pte | 6th Batt., Black Watch | 15 (30?) Aug 1916 | prisoner, Germany (or k.i.a., France?) | ploughman, West Hall, Dundee; son of Alexander Paul & Margaret Grant, Hodgeton, Inverkeilor |
| D Stewart | pte | Cameron Highlanders | |||
| George Smith | pte | 'C' Co., 8th Batt., Black Watch | 14 Aug 1915 | France | ploughman, East Idvies, Kirkden; son of David Smith & Margaret Russell, March of Lunan, Inverkeilor |
| Charles Smith | pte | 'B' Co., 1st Batt., Black Watch | 14 Oct 1915 | France | ploughman, Mains of Logie, Logie Pert; son of David Smith & Margaret Russell, March of Lunan, Inverkeilor |
| James Stephen | pte | 7th platoon, 'B' Co., 49th Batt., Canadian Expeditionary Force | 3 Jun 1916 | - | farmer, Strome, Alberta, Canada; son of Alexander Stephen, East Scryne, Panbride, formerly Lawton, Inverkeilor |
| Robert Shepherd | pte | Highland Light Infantry | 18 Nov 1916 | Somme | b. Dun, son of William Shepherd and Margaret ---, 8 Lowerhall St, Montrose |
| William Shepherd | pte | Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders | 29 Jul 1918 | Villemontoire near Soissons | b. Dun, son of William Shepherd and Margaret ---, 8 Lowerhall St, Montrose |
| John Stewart | pte | 43rd Canadian Cameron Highlanders | 11 Apr 1918 | No. 57 Casualty clearing station | contractor, Manitoba, Canada; son of John Stewart and Mary Stott, Anniston Lodge, Inverkeilor |
| Edwin Henderson Smith | pte | Sherwood Foresters | 17 Oct 1918 | No. 12 Gen. Hospital, Rouen | 10 Jamieson St, Arbroath; son of Peter Smith, farmer, and Jane McCrow, Fallaw, Inverkeilor; mar. Elizabeth Robertson |
| David Taylor | gunner | 73rd Siege battery, South African Horse/Heavy Artillery | 11 Apr 1918 | near La Bassée, France | lawyer; son of late William Taylor, farmer, Raesmill, Inverkeilor and Jessie Patterson, Carnoustie; married |
| George Laird Taylor | pte | 8th Batt., Black Watch | 25 Sep 1915 | Loos | ploughman, East Newton, St Vigeans; son of George Laird Taylor and Elizabeth Turnbull, Courthill, Lunan |
| Roy Thomson | pte | 5th batt., Black Watch | 3 Sep 1916 | Somme | farm servant, West Drums, Brechin; son of Alexander Thomson, grieve, and Barbara Mitchell, Redcastle, Inverkeilor |
| A Vannett | pte | 17th Batt., Highland Light Infantry | 1 Apr 1917 | Savy near St Quentin | son of William Vannett, Lawton Cottage, Inverkeilor |
| Alexander D Valentine | pte | 6th Batt., Cameron Highlanders | 19 Nov 1917 | No. 19 Casualty clearing station | son of Elizabeth Valentine, Meg Taylor's Land, Inverkeilor |
Inverkeilor war memorial, 1939-1945
Location: in the kirk, on the west side of the Anniston Aisle. There is also an incised wooden panel below this plaque, with the same details.
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Sgt George K. Brown - R.A.F. *
Gnr James B. Carrie - R.A. Sgt William G. Carrie - R.A.F. † Pte Robert McHardy - B.W. Spr James Pattison - R.E. AC2 Robert Walker - R.A.F. Pte Roderick McGregor - B.W. Gnr Charles Adamson - R.A. Pte Albert Paul - B.W. Pte John T. F. Robertson - B.W. Pte James Taylor - H.G. |
* George Kennedy Birse Brown; b. 1913 Kinnell, youngest son of David Small Brown & Maggie Mary Scott; bro. of James Brown who fell in WW1
† William Gordon Carrie, wireless operator & gunner; eldest son of Mr & Mrs Carrie, Kirkton Cottages
CWGC - Inverkeilor - 5 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.
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Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1855 - 1915 baptisms, for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/194/10]
- 1915 - 1928 baptisms, for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/194/11]
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Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1879 - 1949 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/194/12]
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.
Church Session Records of Inverkeilor Parish Church
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/194/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 1739-1775 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1739-1782 | 1 |
| Minutes & accounts | 1782-1817 | 2 |
| Seat rents | 1794-1817 | 2 |
| Minutes | 1817-1835 | 3 |
| do | 1835-1860 | 4 |
| Male heads of families | 1835 | 4 |
| Minutes | 1860-1928 | 5 |
| Cash book | 1817-1831 | 6 |
| Seat rents | 1817-8, 1830-1 | 6 |
| Cash book | 1831-1863 | 7 |
| Seat rents | 1831-1842 | 7 |
| Cash book | 1874-1919 | 8 |
| Cash book & seat rents | 1920-1942 | 9 |
| Baptisms | 1855-1915 | 10 |
| Communicants | 1874-1879 | 10 |
| School children | 1874 | 10 |
| Baptisms | 1915-1928 | 11 |
| Proclamations | 1879-1949 | 12 |
| Communion rolls | 1878-1886 | 13 |
| do | 1889-1912 | 14 |
| do | 1913-1935 | 15, 16 |
| Minutes of Inverkeilor & Lunan savings bank | 1878-1886 | 17 |
| Minutes of Inverkeilor & Lunan savings bank | 1820-1843 | 18 |
| Accounts of Inverkeilor & Lunan savings bank | 1815-1836 | 18 |
| William Stewart's mortification: minutes | 1800-1852 | 19 |
| William Stewart's mortification: accounts | 1800-1859 | 19 |
| William Stewart's mortification: poor scholars accounts | 1799-1842 | 19 |
| Minutes & accounts of joint committee of parish council & kirk session | 1896-1947 | 20 |
| Driffield trust fund: minutes & accounts | 1931-1948 | 21 |
| Skair & Scott mortification accounts | 1863-1896 | 22 |
| Duncan & Rait mortification accounts | 1863-1895 | 23 |
| General cash account | 1869-1895 | 24 |
| Accounts | 1942-1972 | 25 |
| Misc. papers, including copy extract mortification of 1790 by Wm Stewart, son of Wm Stewart, schoolmaster, Inverkeilor, for 800 pounds | 1790-1893 | 26 |
Church Session Records of Inverkeilor Free Church
later, United Free; Inverkeilor St John's Church of Scotland
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH3/177/... |
|---|---|---|
| Session minutes | 1843-1935 | 1 |
| Deacons' Court minutes | 1844-1899 | 2 |
| Deacons' Court minutes | 1899-1948 | 3 |
| Proclamation register | 1932-1977 | 4 |
| Communion roll | 1927-1943 | 5 |
| Baptismal register | 1926-1944 | 5 |
| Marriage register | 1932-1943 | 5 |
| Receipt for title deeds of church and manse at Inverkeillor, deposited in New College, Edinburgh | 27 May 1856 | 6 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR363/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minute book (with accounts) | 1850-1933 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1919-1927 | 2 |
| Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse) | 1919-1921 | 3 |
| Copy certificate of Sheriff under 1925 Act, 1930 | 1925-1930 | 4 |
See also:
Article on William Carnegie, 7th earl of Northesk from the Dictionary of National Biography.
Portrait of William Carnegie, 7th earl of Northesk
Anniston House
Demolished 1935/6 by Capt. the hon. Bruce Ogilvy,
after death of Agnes Rait of Anniston (Mrs H.A.F. Lindsay Carnegie) in 1932
[Forfarshire Illustrated, 1843]
There were 6 proprietors of land in the parish in 1835:
- William Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk (1794-1878)
- William Maule (né Ramsay), 1st Lord Panmure of Brechin & Navar (1771-1852)
- William Fullerton Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack (1788-1860)
- Capt. James Rait of Anniston (1804-1877)
- Alexander Johnstone of Lawton (d. 1855)
- John Skair of Lunan Bank (1774-1856) - the property was formerly called "The March"
Proprietors of 100 acres or more land in the parish in 1872/3:
| Name | Acreage |
|---|---|
| William Hopetoun Carnegie, 8th Earl of Northesk (1794-1878) | * |
| Henry Alexander Fullerton Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack (1836-1908) | 3670 |
| Frederick Couper of Douglasmuir (Frederick Couper Wilkie of Douglasmuir) | 142 |
| James Johnston of Lawton | 255 |
| Alexander Milne of Milton (1801-1873) (farmer, Raesmill) | 257 |
| James Rait of Anniston (1804-1877) | 978 |
| William Sim of Lunanbank, F.S.A.Scot. (1806-1883) (merchant, Arbroath) | 100 |
* held 4844 acres in Angus
There were 21 individuals, and various heirs and trustees, proprietors of land in the parish in 1902 [Source: 1902 Valuation Roll]:
| Estate | Name | Details |
|---|---|---|
| Abbethune | Miss Alexina Jessie Macgregor of Abbethune | lodge house |
| Anniston | Miss Aileen Anna Arbuthnott Rait of Anniston | |
| Boysack (incl. Kinblethmont) | Henry Alexander Fullarton Lindsay Carnegie of B. & K. | |
| do | William Kinnear Esplin, quarrymaster | Leysmill Quarry office |
| Bryanton | William Hamilton of Bryanton | |
| Douglasmuir | Frederick Couper of Douglasmuir, C.E., London | |
| Ethie | David John Carnegie, 10th earl of Northesk | |
| Inchock | Alexander Balfour of Inchock, manufacturer, Arbroath | |
| Lawton | Trustees of Patrick Allan Fraser of Hospitalfield | |
| Lunan | Col. William Blair Imrie of Lunan | Bridgend |
| Lunanbank | Trustees of William Sim of Lunanbank | |
| Panmure (i.e. Inverkeilor or Redcastle) | Arthur George Maule Ramsay, 14th earl of Dalhousie | |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Chapelton of Boysack | Mrs Mary Buick, Paddock Mire, Kinblethmont | house, shop |
| Inverkeilor village | Rev. Andrew Halden | manse, glebe |
| do | Trustees of James Bower, teacher | houses |
| do | Alexander Cuthill, shoemaker | house, shop |
| do | Mrs Isabella Green, wife of Gardyne Green, surfaceman | Rowan Cottage |
| do | Heirs of James Anderson | houses, shops, Knockwinnock |
| do | Heirs of James Ruxton | houses, shop |
| do | Heirs of James Kidd, builder, London | house, shop |
| do | Alexander Carnegie, Forebank House, Kinnaird, Brechin | houses, smithy at Marywell |
| Lawton Mill | Mrs Mary Ogilvy, Lawton Mill | house, Lawton spinning mill |
| Leysmill village | Thomas Thomson, engineer, Dublin | houses, shop |
| do | Mrs Isabella Falconer, wife of David Falconer, labourer | house |
| do | Mrs Jane Anderson, wife of James Anderson, commission agent | Viewbank Cottage |
| do | Mrs Margaret Nicoll, grocer | house, shop |
| do | Mrs Mary Ogilvy, Lawton Mill | houses |
| do | William Kinnear Esplin, quarrymaster | Spynie House, stable |
| do | Miss Barbara Bell | Bellview |
Tailzies (Entails), 1685-1784
| Entailer | Lands | Date of tailzie | Date of registration | Volume: NRS ref. RT1/... | Folio | No. in register |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Carnegie, 4th of Boysack | Lands & barony of Boysack, etc. | 24 Jun 1766 | 8 Mar 1771 | 16 | 377 | 559 |
The lands of Douglasmuir were later entailed. See the Application to disentail by Frederick Couper of Douglasmuir.
Estate records & family papers
Records of the Lands & Baronies of Boysack/Spynie & Kinblethmont, 1432-1736 - NRS ref. GD1/383
Northesk Muniments, 1247-1922 - in Dundee City Archives
Titles to lands of Bryanton Rynd, 1484-1624 - NRS ref. GD45/28/13
Bell family of Inverkeilor and Arbroath: papers, 1902-19 - Angus Archives, ref. MS 552
Waulkmill Farm, Inverkeilor: account book, notice of Christmas show, advertisement for Blackstone improved root cutter - 1924-1929 - in Dundee City Archives, ref. GD/X92
See Inverkeilor farms & farmers
Names of some of the fields in the parish. I'd very much like to hear from anyone who has information about the names of other fields in Inverkeilor, especially older names.
The following present-day names at Kinblethmont and Boysack were kindly provided by Robert Ramsay, yr of Kinblethmont. The field numbers are taken from the OS 25-inch maps of 1923-24 at 040.10, 040.11, 040.14 and 040.15. Many of the fields have been combined into larger units since the 1920s.
| No. | Name |
|---|---|
| 157 + 158 + 161 + 176 + 177 + 181 | Templeton |
| 167 | Fox Covert |
| 215 | Inn |
| 218 | Cowstrip |
| 220 | Chapelton |
| 224 + 590 | Charlie's Rest |
| 242 | Kitchen |
| 244 + 256 | Spinny |
| 258 + 299 + 301 | Cowstrip |
| 346 | Bucky Den |
| 563 | Jonny Scare |
| 571 + 596 | Archie |
| 587 + 598 | Garage |
| 572 + 573 + 574 + 575 + 585 | Hilltank |
| 591 | Loan |
| 606 | Home Farm |
| 612 + 621 | Cauldcots |
| 622 + 623 + 623a | Stankwell |
| 625 + 624 | Clump |
| 628 + 630 + 631 | St Margrets |
| 636 + 637 | Edgar |
| 646 + 648 | Windmill |
| School | Name | Dates | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inverkeilor | John Weir | 1780-1836 | |
| do | George Paul | -1841-1850 | |
| do | James Bower | 1850-1886 | |
| do | William Gauldie | -1871-1873 | |
| do | Charles T. Crawford | -1891-1923- | 36 yrs at Inverkeilor; d. 1928 Aberdeen |
| do | Alexander Inglis | -1925-1928 | d. 1929 |
| do | Edward J. Joss | 1928-1935 | at Stracathro to 1928; at Inverbrothock School, Arbroath from 1935 |
| do | Ernest W. Carrick | -1939-1949 | |
| -- | -- | -- | |
| do | (infant mistress) Mrs Jane A. Leitch | -1915- | |
| do | (do) Rhoda Kydd | -1923-1925- | |
| do | (assistant) Miss Dowall | -1899- | |
| do | (do) Miss Agnes McLennan | -1901- | |
| do | (do) Rhoda Kydd | -1915- | |
| do | (do) Margaret Imrie | -1915- | |
| do | (do) Miss Margaret R. Moir | 1918-1933 | |
| do | (do) Bella Torrie | -1923-1925- | |
| do | (do) Gertrude Low | -1923-1926- | |
| do | (do) Alison Inglis | -1926-1931- | |
| do | (do) Agnes Kydd | -1926-1930- | |
| do | Miss Frances M'Grotty | 1927-1934 | |
| do | (assistant) Miss Margaret Mackay | -1930- | |
| do | (teacher of maths/science) Mrs Carrick | -1949 | |
| do | Miss Mitchell | -1949- | |
| Chapelton | Walter Scott Linton | -1881-1901- | |
| do | J. W. McLean | -1915- | |
| do | Miss A. Milne | -1923-1926- |
| Trade | Name | Place | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baker | James Airth | Inverkeilor | -1841- |
| do | James Kydd | do | -1891- |
| do | David Kydd | do | -1894- |
| do | Mrs David Kydd | do | -1899-1915- |
| do | A. Kydd & Co. | do | -1923- |
| Blacksmith | William Arbuthnott | Craigpark | -1901- |
| do | James Black | Craigpark | -1891- |
| do | David Burns | Craigpark | -1923- |
| do | James Campbell | March of Lunan | -1901- |
| do | John Chapman | Camperdown | -1881-1901- |
| do | Joseph Chapman | Camperdown | -1915-1923- |
| do | John Downie | March of Lunan | -1891-1894- |
| do | -- Edwards | Newbarns | -1891- |
| do | James Edwards | do | -1894-1923- |
| do | Stewart Lindsay | Balmullie Mill | -1915- |
| do | George Nicoll | Chapelton | -1891-1894- |
| do | George Mathieson/Mathewson | do | -1899-1926- |
| do | W. Paul | Craigpark | -1915- |
| Brick & tile makers* | Alexander Dunn | Anniston Brick & Tile Work | bef. 1862 |
| do | George Duncan [left 1860] | do | -1860 |
| do | To Let | do | 1860-61 |
| do | William Robertson | do | -1866 |
| do | To Let | do | from 11 Nov 1866 |
| do | Messrs David Harris [a butcher, d. 14 Oct 1894, aged 75] & James Stewart | do | -1880-1894 |
| do | James Stewart | do | 1894- |
| do | John Stewart & son | do | -1915-1926- |
| do | Charles Stewart [d. 20 Jul 1938] | do | -1938 |
| do | Anniston Brickworks Co. Ltd. | do | -1954-1955- |
| do | A. Fraser Ltd. | do | -1971 |
| Coal merchant | Thomas Muir, Son & Patton | Inverkeilor | -1894-1926- |
| do | Smith, Hood & Co. | do | -1894-1926- |
| Cycle agent | R. Mitchell | Inverkeilor | -1915- |
| Grocer | Thomas Cargill | Ethie Haven | -1891- |
| do | William Cuthill | Inverkeilor | -1891- |
| do | Mrs William Cuthill | do | -1894-1901- |
| do | Miss Finlay | Ethie Haven | -1891- |
| do | Alexander Inglis | Inverkeilor | -1894-1926- |
| do | Mrs David Kydd | do | -1915- |
| do | A. Kydd & Co. | do | -1923-1926- |
| do | John McBeth | March of Lunanbank | -1899- |
| do | D. McLeod | Ethie Greens | -1891-1901- |
| do | Alexander Soutar | March of Lunanbank | -1891-1894- |
| do | Mrs Thomas Thomson | Inverkeilor | -1891- |
| do | James Williamson | Chapelton | -1891-1915- |
| Inn | -- | Chance Inn, Inverkeilor | -1891- |
| do | Henry Gordon | do | -1894- |
| do | Capt. William Smith | do | -1899-1901- |
| do | William McDonald | do | -1915- |
| do | John Cables | do | -1923- |
| Mason | Alexander Reid | March of Lunan | -1891-1894- |
| Miller | Thomas Fife | Anniston Mill | -1851- |
| do | Charles Fyfe | do | -1871-1874 |
| do | David Fife | do | -1881- |
| do | Alexander Wilson | do | -1891- |
| do | Andrew Wilson | do | -1901- |
| do | Alexander Wilson | do | -1926- |
| do | James Addison | Boysack Mills | -1871- |
| do | Thomas Mather | do | -1875 |
| do | James Miller Neave | do | -1891-1897 |
| do | Robert Ross | do | -1899-1901- |
| do | G. Whittet | do | -1915-1926- |
| do | Patrick Milne | Kirkton Mill | -1737 |
| do | David Milne | do | -1774- |
| do | John Neave | do | -1861- |
| do | William Gardyne | do | -1871- |
| Postmaster | A. Inglis | Inverkeilor | -1899-1901- |
| Postmistress | Mrs Kydd | do | -1915- |
| do | Grace Kydd | do | -1923-1926- |
| Shoemaker | -- Cairncross | March of Lunan | -1891- |
| do | James Kydd | Inverkeilor | -1915-1926- |
| do | Alexander Cuthill | Inverkeilor | -1881-1901- |
| Storekeeper | James Carnegie | Inverkeilor Station | -1894-1901- |
| do | W. Robertson | do | -1915-1926- |
| Tailor | John Davidson | Inverkeilor | -1923-1926- |
| do | William McBay | Inverkeilor | -1891- |
| do | Robert Smith | Inverkeilor | -1899- |
| do | Thomas Valentine | do | -1891-1915- |
| do | Thomas Wyllie | Inverkeilor | -1915- |
| Wright | Charles Guthrie | Inverkeilor | -1891-1901- |
| do | Stewart Lindsay | Balmullie Mill | -1915-1926- |
| do | John McBeth | March of Lunanbank | -1899- |
| do | John McBeth | Chapelton & Balmullie Mill | -1901- |
| do | David McLeod | Ethie Greens | -1881-1915- |
| do | William Ritchie | Chapelton | -1891- |
| do | Alexander Soutar | March of Lunan | -1891-1894- |
| do | John Soutar, joiner | Chapelton | -1923-1926- |
* Anniston Brick & Tile Works was in business -1860-1971
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.
A roll of the male heads of families in 1835 is among the kirk session records [NRS CH2/194/4].
23 Jul 1760 - Letter from David Milne at Inverkeilor to Mr David Mudie, town-clerk of Arbroath, with list of tenants of the estate of Redcastle and details of servants, horses, oxen, rent and composition money paid "for the road" [NRS ref. GD45/14/867]
1805 - List of subscribers to the edition of the Rev. Raphael Hollinshead's Scottish Chronicle, written in the 16th century and published at Arbroath in two volumes in 1805. "Mr" is here a courtesy title.
Mr Thomas Buchanan Farmer Gilchorn Mr Thomas Colvill Farmer Bosick [Boysack] died (7) Apr 180(8); buried Kinnell Mr Thomas Christie Farmer Irons Hill Mr David Duncan Farmer Inshock Mr James Gibb Farmer Coldcoats Mr John Greig Farmer Hilltown [possibly not Inverkeilor] [Mr] Alexander Hamilton Mains of Ethie William Henderson, Esq. Lawton died 16 Oct 1830, Portobello MLN Mr David Jamieson Brienton Mr Wm. Kydd Burnside [possibly not Inverkeilor] Mr David Mill Irons-hill Mr David Mill Farmer Inverkeillor Mr George Mill New-barns Mr James Millar Boghead Mr Alexander Milne Reas-mill Mr James Nairn Dam-hill, Inverkellor Mr James Peter Farmer Knows Mr James Renney Kingsblyth-mount [Kinblethmont] Rennie, "an intelligent farmer near Arbroath" (Sir John Sinclair, An Account of the Systems of Husbandry Adopted in the more Improved Disctricts of Scotland, vol. 1, Edinburgh 1813, p.350); died 8 Apr 1846 Mr James Scott Farmer Chapelton Mr Robert Sim Farmer Pandoch [Bandoch] Mr Peter Skirling Farmer Myre-side Mr David Steven Farmer East-mill, Bosick [Boysack] Mr John Weir Teacher Inverkielor
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1755 | 1286 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | 1747 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 1704 | |||
| 1811 | 1787 | |||
| 1821 | 806 | 979 | 1785 | |
| 1831 | 1655 | |||
| 1841 | ||||
| 1851 | 1871 | |||
| 1871 | 762 | 759 | 1521 | |
| 1881 | 857 | 814 | 1671 | |
| 1891 | 758 | 773 | 1531 | |
| 1901 | 713 | 684 | 1397 | |
| 1911 | 696 | 681 | 1377 | |
| 1921 | 654 | 643 | 1297 | |
| 1951 | 1190 | |||
| 1961 | 947 |
Inverkeilor 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 Inverkeilor people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
| Anna Airth | in Bisock, par. of Innerkeillor | 10 Jan 1693 |
| John Airth | in Reasemynt [Raesmill], par. of Innerkeillor | 27 Oct 1685 |
| Alexander Anderson | residing at Boysick | 31 Jul 1811 |
| Helen Anderson | spouse to David Esplin, in Newtoun of Leyes, par. of Innerkeillor | 22 Oct 1681 |
| Isobel Auchterlonie | spouse to David Ross, in Border of Lyes, par. of Innerkeillour | 1 Aug 1662 |
| Helen Austin | spouse to David Petrie, cotterman in Cottoun of Readcastle, par. of Innerkellour | 10 Jun 1606 |
| James Begg | sometime in Ballindoch [Bandoch], par. of Innerkeillor | 31 Mar 1693 |
| Agnes Brewster | in Bogheid of Athie, par. of Innerkelour | 16 Apr 1617 |
| Henry Brown | tenant in Border, thereafter residing at Leysmill | 1 Jul 1819 |
| Alexander Carnegie | in Coaldcotts, par. of Innerkeilor | 11 Jul 1648 |
| David Carnegie, 2nd Earl of Northesk | 4 Dec 1683 | |
| David Carnegie, 3rd Earl of Northesk | par. of Innerkeillour | 8 Jan 1694 |
| George Carnegie, 6th Earl of Northesk | par. of Inverkeiller | 5 Jul 1792 |
| John Carnegie, 2nd of Boysack | par. of Innerkeillor | 12 Jun 1683 and 24 Feb 1704 |
| Bessie Child | in Cottoun of Readcastell, par. of Innerkeillour, spouse of Walter Petrie, cotterman | 27 Jan 1607 |
| Thomas Christie | tenant in Ironshill | 4 & 8 Feb 1815 |
| Thomas Colin | in Ballindoche, par. of Innerkellor | 17 May 1650 |
| David Colvill | in Dameye of Ethie, late officer to the Earl of Northesk, par. of Innerkeillor | 29 Jun 1716 |
| Alexander Corkar | in Nokbroun, par. of Innerkeillor | 10 May 1614 |
| Alexander Corkar | in Chapeltoune of Boysick, par. of Innerkeillor | 30 Aug 1700 |
| James Cuthbert | sometime servitor to my Lord Roshill, par. of Innerkeillor | 17 Mar 1707 |
| James Dall | in the Lonheid of Leys, par. of Innerkellour | 20 Feb 1617 |
| James Davidson | in the Border, par. of Innerkeilour | 1 Dec 1756 |
| Agnes Duncan | sometime spouse to William Morris, brabanar in Lonhead of Innerkelour | 12 Apr 1600 |
| Robert Easton | in Hodgeton, par. of Innerkeillor | 13 Apr 1791 |
| Mr Andrew Eliott | minister at Innerkillour | 18 Jul 1650 |
| John Ferrier | in Borde[r] of Leys, par. of Innerkelour | 20 Feb 1616 |
| Mr Arthur Fethie | minister at Innerkelour | 8 Jun 1615 |
| Agnes Fraser | relict of David Lichtoun, in Maynes of Ethie, par. of Innerkeillour | 8 Jun 1621 |
| Henry Fullarton elder | in Easter Connanseith, par. of Innerkeillour | 27 Jan 1618 |
| David Gardine of Lawtoune | par. of Innerkeillor | 24 Aug 1649 |
| Isobel Gibbie | spouse to John Bruce, in Beth, par. of Innerkeillour | 26 Jul 1620 |
| James Gibson | in Kirktoune of Innerkillour | 18 Aug 1649 |
| David Gourlay | in Westsyde of Gilkhorne, par. of Inverkeillor | 14 Sep 1698 |
| Janet Grant | sometime spouse to John Bany, cotterman in Bath, par. of Innerkelour | 21 Apr 1600 |
| George Gray | lawful son to umquhile Andrew Gray, sometime of Pitscandlie, par. of Innerkeillour | 23 Oct 1650 and 18 Mar 1651 |
| David Gregorie | in Walkmylns, par. of Innerkeilour | 2 Apr 1674 |
| Thomas Gregorie | in Boghead, par. of Innerkeillour | 8 Aug 1662 |
| John Greig | tenant in Inverkeilor | 17 May 1813 |
| Walter Greig | tenant in Kirkton Mill | 7 & 8 Oct 1817 |
| Janet Henderson | in Cottoun of Annatstoune, par. of Innerkellour | 6 Mar 1619 |
| William Henslie | in Grange of Innerkelour, par. of Innerkelour | 5 Jul 1614 |
| Elspet Hill | spouse to Alexander Murray, in Cottoun of Kinblachmonth, par. of Innerkeillour | 21 Oct 1617 |
| John Houston | in the Cottoun of Kinblathmount, par. of Innerkeillor | 12 Dec 1682 |
| John Inverarity | Den of Redcastle | 1 Apr 1813 |
| George Johnston | tenant in Rosehill, afterwards at Raesmill, spouse of Margaret Smith | 8 Sep 1820 |
| Margaret Keir | sometime spouse to Walter Yrons, brabonar in Cottoun Conansyth, par. of Innerkeillour | 31 Jan 1606 |
| Helen Kyd | sometime spouse to John Bany, cotterman in Dumbarro, par. of Innerkelour | 24 Apr 1600 |
| Helen Laingears | spouse to John Awsteine, in Kirktoune of Innerkeilor | 1 Nov 1641 |
| James Lamb | son lawful to James L., in Gilchorne | 20 Jun 1616 |
| James Lamb elder | in Gilchorne, par. of Innerkelour | 1 Jan 1617 |
| David Leighton | in the Maines of Ethie, par. of Innerkeillour. See also Agnes Fraser | 8 Jun 1621 and 30 Sep 1624 |
| Elspet Leslie | spouse to Alexander Logie, in Eastertoune of Connansyth, par. of Innerkeillour | 15 Jul 1620 |
| Patrick Lindsay | servitor to Mrs Margaret Lindesay, Lady of Innermeyth | 13 Jun 1597 |
| Col. William Lindsay of Spynie, esq. | at Townhead of Arbroath | 18 Oct 1813 |
| John Logie | in Leys-mylne, par. of Innerkeillour | 29 Jul 1637 |
| James McKrabie | merchant in Ethie, par. of Inverkeilor | 29 May 1799 |
| Isobel Mannie | spouse to John Daa, in Lonhead, par. of Innerkeillour | 28 Jun 1620 |
| Jean Maule, Countess of Northesk | par. of Erroll | 12 Mar 1686 |
| Elspet Milne | in Kilblathmonth, par. of Innerkelour | 14 Jul 1614 |
| James Milne | weaver in Mary Ann's Butts | 7 & 9 Sep 1822 |
| Thomas Milne | browstar in Kirktoune of Innerkeillour | 2 May 1618 |
| David Mitchell | in Cottoun of Kinblachmonth, par. of Innerkeillour | 21 Oct 1617 |
| James Mog | in Cottoune of Kinblathmonth, par. of Innerkeillour | 27 Jun 1620 |
| George Mudie of Bryantoun | par. of Innerkelour | 13 Mar 1617 |
| John Mudie of Bryantoun | par. of Innerkelour | 3 Jun 1616 |
| John Mudie | day labourer at Ethie | 13 & 23 Apr 1818 |
| John Mylne | miller, pikman, as one servant at Rais-milne, par. of Ethie | 25 Jan 1600 |
| Nicolas Mylne | spouse to William Milne, in Cotton of Pearsfeild par. of Innerkeillor | 27 Jun 1682 |
| Beatrix Neish | sometime spouse to James Smart, in Kirktoune of Innerkeillor | 10 Jun 1606 |
| John Oustian | workman in Cottoun Readcastell, par. of Innerkeillor | 10 Jun 1606 |
| George Peter | at the Haltoun milne of Innerkelour, par. of St Vigeans | 11 Aug 1599 |
| James Peter | in Auld-Leys, par. of Innerkeillour | 9 Mar 1638 |
| Andrew Petrie | cotterman in Ethie, par. of Sanctmurdo | 4 Jan 1600 |
| David Petrie | in Cottoun of Redcastle, par. of Innerkellour | 4 Jun 1621 |
| Janet Petrie | sometime spouse to James Smyth, cotter in Kinblaithmonth, par. of Innerkelour | 16 Aug 1599 |
| John Petrie | in the Bordour of Leys, par. of Innerkeillor | 20 Jan 1606 |
| John Pitcairn | in Kirktoun-milne, par. of Innerkelour | 27 Jul 1616 |
| Agnes Proffeit | spouse to Alexander Galloway, in Cottoun of Readcastell, par. of Innerkeillour | 24 Feb 1618 |
| Mr John Rait | sometime minister at Innerkeillor | 21 Apr 1686 |
| Alexander Ramsay | sometime of Balnobreick, par. of Inverkeillor | 19 Apr 1699 |
| Margaret Rankine | spouse to John Watson, in Preistfield, par. of Innerkelour | 21 Oct 1626 |
| James Reid | in Leur, par. of Innerkelour | 16 Jul 1613 |
| Barbara Revin | spouse to James Smart, in Brewland, par. of Innerkelour | 21 Dec 1615 |
| Andrew Richard | in Burnsyde, par. of Innerkelour | 17 Aug 1599 |
| Robert Scott | in North Mains of Ethie | 6 & 11 Dec 1819 |
| John Shanks | in the Cottoune of Wester-house, in the ground of Bysoch [Boysack], par. of Innerkeillor | 7 Jan 1704 |
| Elizabeth Sim | at Bandoch, eldest dau. of William Sim, sometime tenant there | 1 & 6 Apr 1815 |
| Robert Sim | tenant in Bandoch | 17 & 25 Aug 1814 |
| Elizabeth Simpson | sometime spouse to John Tailzor, in Border Leys, par. of Innerkeillor | 20 Jan 1606 |
| James Smart | in Kirktoun of Innerkeillor | 17 Apr 1627 |
| Robert Smart | in Cottoun of Preisfeild, par. of Innerkeillor | 24 Oct 1684 |
| Christian Smith | spouse to John Torrie, in Boghead, par. of Innerkeilour | 23 Aug 1648 |
| David Smith | in Bogheid, par. of Ethie | 21 Feb 1606 |
| Margaret Smith | relict of George Johnston, tenant in Rosehill, afterwards at Raesmill | 5 & 10 Dec 1821 |
| Isobel Smyth | spouse to James Smyth, in Boghead, par. of Innerkeillour | 15 Jul 1636 |
| James Spence | in Bakilstounes Lon, par. of Innerkeillour | 6 Jan 1619 |
| Isobel Steven | spouse to Alexander Mylne, in Caldcotts, par. of Innerkeilour | 20 Aug 1641 |
| John Steven | in Drumheid, par. of Innerkelour | 4 Mar 1617 |
| Janet Wallace | spouse to John Slewin, in Ironshill, par. of Innerkelour | 8 Aug 1614 |
| Grissell Watson | spouse to Robert Gairne [Gardyne], fiar of Lattin [Lawton], par. of Innerkeilor | 27 Oct 1685 |
| Thomas Watson | in Ridcastle, par. of Lunan [Inverkeilor] | 1 Aug 1683 |
| John Wilson | in Cottoun of Hodgestoun, par. of Innerkeillour | 2 Mar 1619 |
| Grissell Wishart* | relict of Henry Fethie, sometime of Boysak | 20 Dec 1636 |
* she died in Arbroath
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant
| Margaret Cant | spouse to William Thain, par. of Inverkeillor | 24 Jul 1738 |
| Patrick Finlay | mariner in Eathiehaven, par. of Inverkeilor | 21 Jan 1762 |
| Walter Milne | in Kirktounmill, par. of Innerkeillor | 1 Nov 1732 |
| Gilbert White | in Cottoun of Gilhorne, par. of Innerkeillor | 7 Sep 1737 |
Testaments of Inverkeilor people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1800
| Barbara Lindsay* | relict of Thomas Futhie, lawful son to umquhile Henry Futhie of Boysak | 4 Sep 1663 |
| Isobel Mylne | spouse to Alexander Fettes, in Bredfutts-gairdin | 15 Jan 1597-8 |
| James Petrie | in Ethie | 8 Nov 1599 |
| Mr James Raitt | minister at Inverkeillor, late residenter in Montrose | 22 Feb 1730 |
| Katherine Raitt | relict of Mr David Raitt of Brayington [Bryanton] | 28 Jan 1726 |
| John Watson | in Preistfield, par. of Innerkeillor | 12 Jun 1657 |
| Margaret West | daughter to umquhile Walter West, sometime at the Kirk of Innerkeillor | 24 Jun 1657 |
* she died in Dundee; her eldest son David was then furth of Scotland
Testaments of Inverkeilor people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Dunkeld, 1682-1823
| Margaret Northesk Lindsay Carnegie | youngest dau. of James Lindsay Carnegie of Boysack, residing at Strathgroy | 21 Dec 1818 |
Testaments of Inverkeilor people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Mateild Auchinleck | sometime spouse to John Lichtoune of Athie | 20 Jul 1581 |
| Bessie Balfour | sometime spouse to Arthur Reid, in Kemphall, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 15 Jul 1598 |
| Eufame Boatt | relict of Thomas Jack, in Rakynno, par. of St Murdo in Angus, and spouse to Walter Torry, there | 26 Feb 1585-6 |
| Jonet Durwart | sometime spouse to John Tailzeour, in Dam-Ey, par. of Athie | 6 Feb 1577-8 |
| Isobel Ferrier | sometime spouse to John Stevenson, in the Mains of Leyis, par. of Innerkelour, in Angus, now in Middiltoun of Gairdin | 21 Jun 1598 |
| Henry Fethie younger of Bysak | [who fell at battle of Pinkie, by Musselburgh, 10 Sep 1547] | 29 Jul 1575 |
| Jonet Fothringhame | sometime spouse to Walter Jameson, in the Chapeltoun of Quhytfeild, par. of Innerkelour in Angus | 20 Jul 1588 |
| John Fullertoun | in the Haltoun of Innerkelour, and minister of the said Kirk | 10 May 1599 |
| David Gardin of Leys | par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 27 Jul 1581 and 3 Aug 1596 |
| Isobel Gardin | sometime spouse to Patrick Watson, in Leyis-mylne, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 17 Jun 1598 |
| William Guthrie of Kinblakmonth | 15 Feb 1575-6 | |
| Marion Hill | sometime spouse to Andro Smert, in Inschak, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 3 Jul 1596 |
| Thomas Jack | in Rakinno, par. of St Murdois in Angus | 26 Feb 1585-6 |
| Elizabeth Lichtoune | sometime spouse to Walter Arnot, in the Mains of Athie, par. of St Murdo, in Angus | 24 Jul 1596 |
| John Lichtoune | in the mains of Athie in Angus | 11 Mar 1591-2 |
| Dame Margaret Lindsay, Lady Innermaith [Innermeath] | [relict of Richard Stewart, 3rd lord Innermeath] | 4 Feb 1576-7 |
| Henry Mudie | in Gilchorne, par. of Innerkelour in Angus | 18 Jan 1593-4 |
| Maittie Mylne | past spouse to John Schiphird, Damc-ey, par. of Ethie, sher. of Forfar | 10 Jul 1600 |
| Thomas Mylne | at Raismylne, par. of Athie, sher. of Forfar | 9 Jul 1596 |
| Isobel Ogilvie | sometime spouse to Robert Guthrie of Kinblathmonth | 5 Jan 1578-9 |
| Henrie Perth | in Hogetoun of Inverkelour | 24 Jan 1575-6 |
| Isobel Peter | relict of John Dempstar, in Balblane [Inverkeilor?] | 24 May 1576 |
| Eufame Phyne | relict of Andrew Rankene, in Kinghorn [Gilchorn], and last spouse to Robert Rankene there, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 17 Mar 1597-8 |
| John Ramsay, portioner of Inscheok | par. of Innerkelour. sher. of Forfar | 12 Aug 1596 |
| Andro Rankene | in Gilchorne, par. of Innerkelour in Angus | 14 May 1590 |
| William Rynd * | in Rynd, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 3 Dec 1599 |
| Andro Smart | in Inschok, par. of Innerkelour in Angus. See also Marion Hill | 23 Jan 1596-7 |
| Sir Richard Smart | in Incheok, par. of Innerkelour in Angus | 18 Jan 1593-4 |
| George Speid | in Connounsayth, par. of Innerkelour | 17 Feb 1580-1 |
| James Stewart, 5th lord Innermeath | 26 Nov 1586 | |
| John Stewart, 4th lord Innermeath | 19 Oct 1570 | |
| Katherine Watson | sometime spouse to John Logie, in Eistertoun of Connanesyth, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 21 Jun 1598 |
* William Rynd died June 1575; executor dative was his son Alexander, a merchant burgess of Arbroath; cautioner was Thomas Pearson of Lochlands
Testaments of Inverkeilor people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| Dame Margaret Keith | sometime spouse to Sir John Lyndesay of Wodwray, knight, in Angus | 27 Jul 1602 |
| Sir John Lindsay of Wodwray, knight | in Latoun [Lawton], par. of Innerkelour, in Angus | (Vol. 45) 19 Dec 1609 |
| John Lowsoune | cotter in the border of Leyis, par. of Innerkelour, sher. of Forfar | 26 Jun 1606 |
| Margaret Lyell | sometime spouse to Henry Rankene, in Myresyde, par. of Innerkelour, in Angus | 16 Dec 1602 |
Testaments of Inverkeilor people from the Registers of Testaments of the Commissariot and Sheriff Court of Edinburgh, 1701-1823
An incomplete list
| Lady Christian Carnegie | daughter of the deceased David, Earl of Northesk | 19 Nov 1788 |
| James Carnegie, 4th of Boysick | 30 Nov 1769 | |
| James Lindsay Carnegie of Spynie & Boysack | Commander in the Royal Navy | 8 Jul 1815 [SC70/1/13] |
| James Mudie | son of the deceased John Mudie, in the Green of Ethie, par. of Innerkeilor | 25 May 1793 |
| Mary Elizabeth Strachan | residing in Edinburgh, widow of James Lindsay Carnegie of Boysack | 16 Sep 1817 [SC70/1/16] |
Jacobite rebels - 1745 rebellion
From: A List of Persons concerned in the Rebellion (Edinburgh, Scottish History Soc., vol. 8, 1890)
| Names | Designations | Abode | Acts of rebellion & circumstances | Where at present |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Garden, junr | - | Lawton | Carried arms as Captain in Lord Ogilvie's Rebel Regiment | not known |
| Robert Henderson | cottar | Cotton of Ringblythmount [Kinblethmont] | Carried arms, was at Culloden battle, has Carried off his wife & children | Begging |
| Alexander Smith | farmer | Boysuch Miln [Boysack Mill] | Carried arms at the battle of Falkirk, was very active in raising men and pressing horses for the Pretender's service and in plundering houses. Was a serjeant | Killed |
| Alexander Smith | servant | Gitchhorn [Gilchorn] | Was hired and carried arms at Falkirk and went north with the rebels | Killed |
| John Strachan | cottarman | Cotton of Grange | Carried arms at Culloden battle being hired | Killed |
Images of the original records for Inverkeilor:
Images of the original records for Inverkeilor:
- Kinblethmont Gallery - an art gallery at Kinblethmont House
- Lunan Bank House
- Red Castle - archaeological site record for Red Castle, Lunan Bay
- The Raitt Stuff - history, heraldry and more, of Raits and Raitts, with mentions of Raits in Inverkeilor
- ScotlandsPlaces: Inverkeilor parish - recent & old photographs of Inverkeilor parish; also maps, plans & other records
- Anniston Brick and Tile Works
- Inverkeilor on Wikipedia
- And, last and very definitely weirdest, according to this Welsh website, "If your [sic] flying to Inverkeilor the nearest airport to Inverkeilor is RAF Leuchars being 46.14 miles away". Don't all rush to book your flights!
Portraits
- Anna Rutherford Aytoun of Ashintully (5 Aug 1853 - 9 Sep 1922), 1st wife of David Crawford Fullerton Lindsay Carnegie of Boysack & Kinblethmont, with the Dowager Countess of Airlie
James Carnegie, 4th of Boysack (1708 - 4 Sep 1768 Sancerre)
William Carnegie, 7th earl of Northesk (1758-1831)
John Maule of Inverkeilor (1707-1781), Baron of the Exchequer
William Maule (né Ramsay), 1st Lord Panmure of Brechin & Navar (1771-1852)
William Maule (né Ramsay), 1st Lord Panmure of Brechin & Navar (1771-1852)