Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
Abbreviations
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
|---|---|
| NRS | National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314) |
| OPR | Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855) |
- See also, for history of the parish:
- The Statistical accounts of Kettins
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 1-27.
Alexander Hutcheson - Notice of the Bell and other Antiquities at the Church of Kettins, Forfarshire (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Scot., 28, 90-100, 1894) - here
Statistical accounts of Kettins
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 17, p. 13
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 641
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1860-4, published 1867[?]
For the full range of maps of Kettins, see National Library's Maps.
See Geograph.org: Kettins - recent photographs of Kettins. National Grid ref. NO2339.
Located at National Grid ref. NO238390. Built 1768. The mediaeval kirk was dedicated to St Bride (Bridget).
The bell, called "Maria Troon", is dated 1519. It was cast by Jooris Waghevens (George Waghevens), one of a family of bellfounders in Mechelen. It would seem to have been donated by Master Hans Popenruyter, a gunfounder of Mechelen who cast guns for Henry VIII of England [e.g., MS British Library Cotton Galba B. iii. ff. 3v-4]. But it is unclear to what place it was originally given. See Hutcheson's article. The bell is inscribed:
MARIA TROON ES MINEN NAEM MEESTER HANS POPEN REIDER GAF MI / ANNO DOMINI MCCCCCXIX
One may note the dedication of the Birgittine monastery of Maria Troon at Dendermonde in 1471 [Ulla Sander Olsen, "The late medieval chronicle of Marie van Oss, abbess of the Birgittine monastery Maria Troon in Dendermonde, 1466-1507" in Erik Kooper (ed.), The Medieval Chronicle: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on the Medieval Chronicle, Driebergen/Utrecht, 13-16 July 1996, pp. 240-50 (Amsterdam: Rodopi, 1999)].
There was also a priory of Maria Troon at Grobbendonk, east of Antwerpen, that was sacked in 1579 - Priorij Onze-Lieve-Vrouw-ten-Troon te Grobbendonk. The bell may have come from there, if one accepts that the name of the bell should match the name of the place it belonged to.
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
| James Jamieson | 1563, 1567 | reader |
| Archibald Keith | 1568 | min. at Lundie; in charge here 1568 |
| James Anderson | 1590-1603 | min. of Bendochy PER and Kettins Nov 1569; tr. to Stirling 2 Dec 1582; tr. & adm. 1590; d. 31 Jan 1603; mar. Agnes Halyburton, who survived him; issue: Henry, burgess of Perth |
| Colin Campbell | 1605-1617 | M.A.; adm. ca. 1605; tr. to Dundee 1617 |
| James Auchenleck | 1618-1649 | M.A.; adm. 1618; dep. Sep 1649; adm. to Auchterhouse 30 Jul 1656 |
| David Paton | 1650-1692 | b. ca. 1624 Dundee; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1644; adm. to Kemback FIF 11 Jul 1648; tr. & adm. 9 Aug 1650; d. Apr 1692; mar. Christian Brown; John; James, min. here; David; Christian; Agnes; Grissel; Margaret (mar. Alexr Bruce, merchant, Dundee); Eupham (mar. John Haliburton of the Fodderance); Geo. |
| James Paton of Scotston | 1680-1716 | bapt. 27 Mar 1655, son of above; M.A. St Andrew 1674; adm. (colleague) 29 Oct 1680; imprisoned 1716 by his cousin Geo. Duncan; d. 1730x1739; mar. (1) 1688 Anna Nairn; issue: James; John; Geo.; Eupham; Eliz. (mar. contr. Henry Crawford of Monorgan); Anna; Grisell; Barbara; Christian; Margaret; mar. (2) 1700 Isobel, dau. of Patrick Oliphant of Newton; issue: Isobel, Anna |
| James Gray | 1717-1743 | b. 1672; M.A. St Andrews 1692; ord. to Kinloch 6 Aug 1697; tr. & adm. 17 Nov 1717; d. 17 Mar 1743; mar. (1) Ann Drummond; issue: John; Eliz. (mar. William Morison of Naughton, merchant, Dundee); Marion; Margaret; mar. (2) Christian Arbuthnot; no issue |
| John Ker | 1744-1745 | ord. 1 Feb 1744; tr. to Forfar 7 Mar 1745 |
| Robert Traill | 1746-1753 | ord. 22 Jan 1746; tr. to Banff 20 Dec 1753 |
| John Haliburton | 1754-1799 | b. 1727, son of David Haliburton, writer, Dundee; ord. 7 Aug 1754; d. 25 Aug 1799; mar. (1) 1757 Margaret, dau. of David Thomson, min. of Meigle; issue: Helen (mar. Colin Symers, min. of Alyth); David; John; mar. (2) 1767 Eliz. Ker; issue: Thos, Eliz., Geo.; David |
| David Symers | 1801-1842 | b. 1 Jun 1778, son of Colin S., min. of Alyth; gson of above John Haliburton; ord. 7 May 1801; d. 16 Jul 1842 unmar. |
| John Ross Macduff | 1842-1849 | ord. 29 Dec 1842; tr. to St Madoes PER 21 Jun 1849 |
| John Tulloch (John Grant Tulloch) | 1849-1855 | b. 1 Jun 1823 Dron PER, son of Wm Weir T., min. of Tibbermore PER; ass. St Paul's, Dundee; ord. to St Paul's Dundee 4 Mar 1845; tr. & adm. 20 Sep 1849; res. 22 Jun 1855 following adm. 9 Nov 1854 as principal of St Mary's Coll., St Andrews; D.D. St Andrews 1854; moderator of Gen. Assembly 23 May 1878; d. 13 Feb 1886 Torquay; bur. St Andrews Cathedral yard; the most distinguished church man of his time; mar. 1845 Jane Ann Sophia, dau. of Prof. J.H. Hindmarsh; issue: Wm Weir, D.D., min. of Maxwell Glasgow; Sarah Eliz.; Isobel Frances; John Marshall; Antonetta; Maude Janet Ann; Francis Glasgow; Charles James; Fredk Ferrier Rose; Agnes Amy; Edith Rose; Margaret Blanche Oliphant (mar. Sir Charles Stewart Wilson, K.C.I.E) |
| John Alexander Mackenzie | 1855-1867 | b. 20 Jul 1829 Auldearn NAI, son of James G. M., M.A., schoolmaster; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1847; ord. to Chapelshade Dundee 22 Apr 1852; tr. to Ferryport-on-Craig FIF 22 Sep 1853; tr. & adm. 27 Sep 1855; d. 31 Oct 1867 |
| James Fleming | 1868-1913 | b. 12 May 1842 Troon AYR, son of James F., min. of Troon; M.A. Glasgow 1860; ass. St Paul's Dundee; ord. to Stanley PER 11 May 1865; tr. to Glenisla 12 May 1866; tr. & adm. 17 Jul 1868; D.D. Glasgow 1911; res. 16 May 1913; d. 21 Sep 1913 Kettins; mar. 1870 Mary Stuart Menzies, dau. of David Campbell Macdonald of Lassintullich, Perthshire; issue: James |
| Colin Mackay Kerr | 1913-1922 | b. 12 Jul 1880 Aberdeen, son of James K., teacher; M.A. 1903, Ph.D.(1906 Jena), B.Sc. 1906, B.D. 1906 Aberdeen; ass. Arbroath; ord. 10 Mar 1909 at Arbroath to be missionary prof. to Scott. Ch. Coll., Calcutta; ass. Marnoch 1913; adm. here 25 Sep 1913; tr. to St Geo. in the Fields Glasgow 16 May 1922; emig. to Halifax, Nova Scotia, 17 Jan 1926; min. of presb. ch., Halifax; ass. St Luke's, Lochee 4 Jun 1944; d. 2 Sep 1964 Comox, B.C.; mar. 1913 Eliz., dau. of David Cargill; issue: Isobel M. |
| Charles Neilson Rutherfurd | 1922-1931 | b. 27 Apr 1894 Lewes, Sussex, son of John R.; M.A. Glasgow 1914; ass. St Mark's Dundee; ord. 21 Sep 1922; tr. to Huntly ABD 3 Sep 1931; tr. to St Michael's Linlithgow 15 Nov 1939; d. 14 Jan 1961 Edinburgh; mar. 1924 Janet Archer, 2nd dau. of Ebenezer Henderson, solicitor, Dundee; had issue |
| Robert Kerr Goodfellow | 1932-1954 | b. 27 Feb 1881 Irvine, son of Robert G., tailor; uni. Glasgow M.A.; from Dunbar; ret. 31 Dec 1954; d. 1958 Dundee; mar. 1924 Margaret H. Barclay |
Monuments in Kettins Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 110 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 1: Strathmore" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1993), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 1. Pre-1855 Strathmore" in their online shop.)
Copy of monumental inscriptions in Kettins Churchyard, compiled by S. Cramer, in NRS [NRS ref. RH4/41/3 no. 4]
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Kettins in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 2, pp. 90-100.
CWGC - Kettins - 2 men
Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1855 to present
Indexes and actual records for Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths, beginning 1 Jan 1855, are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
Births, Marriages & Deaths, before 1855
Indexes and actual records for all extant Old Parish Registers (OPRs) (pre-1855) of the Established Church of Scotland are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
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- 1652 - 1682
- 1685 - 1854
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- 1685 - 1854
Church Session Records of Kettins Parish Church
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/518/... |
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| Minutes | 1682-1714 | 1 |
| do | 1714-1742 | 2 |
| Collections | 1718-1728 | 2 |
| Minutes | 1742-1791, 1801-1875 | 3 |
| Accounts | 1750-1764 | 4 |
| Misc. papers, mostly re trusts, collections & correspondence | ca. 1890-1921 | 5 |
| Vouchers (22) | 1911-1912 | 6 |
There were 7 proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:
- Lord John Frederick Gordon Hallyburton - Pitcur
- Lord Wharncliffe - Airdler and Keillor
- Mungo Murray of Lintrose
- J. M. D. Nairne of Dunsinnane - Bandirran
- Alexander Geekie of Easter Baldowrie
- Miss Elizabeth Geekie of Wester Baldowrie
- William Shaw of Newhall (1783 Larbert - 1860 Kettins; 3rd son of John Shaw & Susanna Miller)
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.
Population statistics
excluding the Perthshire part of the parish
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1755 | 1475 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | Old Statistical Account | |||
| 1801 | 1207 | |||
| 1811 | 1241 | |||
| 1821 | 1215 | |||
| 1831 | 1120* | |||
| 1841 | ||||
| 1851 | 992 | |||
| 1871 | 414 | 361 | 775 | |
| 1881 | 438 | 410 | 848 |
* A further 73 people lived in the Perthshire part of the parish.
After change of parish boundary:
| Year | male | female | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 372 | 350 | 722 |
| 1901 | 353 | 351 | 704 |
| 1911 | 343 | 346 | 689 |
| 1921 | 348 | 375 | 723 |
Kettins 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 Kettins people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
| William Adie | brabanar cotterman in Milnetoun of Ardlair, par. of Kettins | 19 Nov 1599 |
| James Anderson | at the Walk-miln of Fodderance, par. of Kettins | 8 Aug 1722 |
| Catharine Auchinleck | lawful daughter to the deceased Mr James Auchinleck, minister at Kettins, par. of Perth | 13 Apr 1676 |
| Marjorie Barbour | relict of Thomas Ogilvie, in Ketins | 15 Jun 1705 |
| Thomas Baxter | servitor to Sir James Haliburtoune of Pitcur, knight, par. of Kettins | 12 Mar 1618 |
| Thomas Brown | in Gask, par. of Kettins | 7 Jun 1624 |
| David Bruce | portioner of North Bandirrene, par. of Kettins | 20 Dec 1597 |
| Andrew Brunton | brewar in the Foord of Pitcurr, par. of Kettins | 4 May 1720 |
| Robert Brunton | in Kettins | 17 Oct 1683 |
| Margaret Christie | sometime spouse to William Mairleoun, cotter-man in Cottertoun of Balgillo, par. of Kettins | 19 Nov 1599 |
| William Christie | in Kettins | 10 Mar 1590-1 |
| Alexander Cochrane | at the Kurd of Pitcur, par. of Kettins | 30 Jul 1624 |
| James Cokes | cadgear in Ketins | 10 Mar 1590-1 |
| Margaret Cook | sometime spouse to James Ewin, in Ketins | 6 May 1588 |
| Ellen Couper | sometime spouse of William Bell, in Kettins | 18 Feb 1589-90 |
| Margaret Couper | spouse to Gilbert Couper, in Bandirran, par. of Kettins | 31 Oct 1616 |
| James Currier | in Glask, par. of Ketins | 19 Oct 1685 |
| David Dougatt | lawful son to umquhile David D., in Balgarff | 24 Oct 1625 |
| James Dougatt | in Balgoiff, par. of Kettins | 7 Jul 1617 |
| John Dougatt | lawful son to umquhile David Dougatt, in Balgoiff, par. of Ketnis | 24 Oct 1625 |
| John Duttour | in Cottertoun of Baldowrie, par. of Kettins | 22 Oct 1599 |
| Isobel Edmonstoun | spouse to John Christ, weaver in Kettins | 6 Oct 1681 |
| John Edmonstoun | in Marshalhill of Kettins, par. of Kettins | 30 Jul 1707 |
| Adam Geikie | in Kinnochtrie, par. of Kethins | 4 Jul 1673 |
| Anthon Geikie | in Kettins | 4 May 1614 |
| James Geikie | in Petie, par. of Ketins | 4 Jul 1673 |
| John Geikie | lawful son to William Geky, in Kettins, a young child of fifteen years of age | 10 Mar 1590-1 |
| William Geikie | lawful son to Adam Geikie, in Kinnochtrie, par. of Kethins | 4 Jul 1673 |
| William Geikie elder | in Baldowrie, par. of Ketins | 20 Oct 1685 |
| John Gibb | in Muir of Fodrance, par. of Kettins | 11 Mar 1590-1 |
| Alexander Gregorie | at Balgillow, par. of Kettins | 15 Aug 1699 |
| Alexander Haliburton of Fodderance | 17 Jul 1706 | |
| Catherine Haliburton | in Baldynne, par. of Kettins | 16 Jul 1626 |
| David Haliburton of Pittcur | par. of Kettins | 7 Mar 1690, 30 Aug 1695 and 7 Feb 1700 |
| Sir George Haliburton of Foderance | par. of Kettins | 5 Jun 1706 |
| Sir James Haliburton of Pitcur, knight | par. of Kettins | 8 Apr and 12 Oct 1619 and 26 May 1620 |
| James Haliburton of Pitcur | 26 May 1620 | |
| John Haliburton of Fodrance | par. of Kettins | 13 Jul 1676 |
| Margaret Haliburtoun | spouse to James Haliburtoun of Fodrance, par. of Kettins | 3 Feb 1687 |
| Mr Thomas Haliburton | brother german to Sir James H. of Pitcur | 12 Nov 1613 and 5 Jun 1618 |
| Isobel Halkett | relict of John Key, at Miln of Kettins | 1 Mar 1751 |
| David Hay | in Kinochrie, par. of Kettins | 3 Apr 1616 |
| Margaret Henderson | in Bandowrie, par. of Kettins | 7 Oct 1681 |
| William Hunter | sometime in Balharrie, thereafter in Balgillo, par. of Kettins | 11 Nov 1687 |
| Elspet Jack | spouse to James Fyfe, in Ardblair, par. of Kettins | 17 Oct 1685 |
| William Jack | in Barrindon, par. of Kettins | 9 May 1683 |
| Andrew Jackson | servitor to James Murray, tailor in Fotherns, par. of Kettins | 14 May 1686 |
| Jean Jackson | spouse to James Doig, smith in Fodderance, par. of Kettins | 2 Mar 1715 |
| John Kilgour | labouring servant at Baldourie, par. of Kettins | 9 Jun 1770 |
| James Kyd | in Gask, par. of Kettins | 5 Aug 1613 |
| Helen Lowson | in Fuird of Petcur, par. of Kettins, spouse of Thomas Bell | 22 Oct 1599 |
| Margaret Macwie | spouse to John Lowk, in Kynnochtrie, par. of Kettins | 28 Jun 1621 |
| Thomas Man | cordiner in Kettins | 20 Oct 1586 |
| Isobel Martin | relict of Alexander Geikie, of Baldowie, par. of Kettins | 17 Dec 1755 and 28 Dec 1757 |
| Agnes Meik | in the Lonhead of Keillour, par. of Kettins, spouse of Thomas Gill | 30 Jun 1627 |
| John Melville | at the Mylne of Peatie, par. of Kettins | 5 Jul 1624 |
| Catherine Menzies | in the Neutoun of Fodderance, par. of Kettins | 30 Aug 1723 |
| Mrs Cecilia Lyon | relict of Mungo Murray esq. of Lintrose | 13 Oct 1817 |
| Thomas Ogilvie | in Kettins | 7 Oct 1681 |
| Mr David Paton | minister at Kettins | 9 Jan 1693 |
| John Pattullo of Kinnochtrie | par. of Kettins | 27 Jun 1748 |
| Margaret Petrie | spouse to Patrick Thorn, in Balgowe, par. of Kettins | 29 Mar 1636 |
| Helen Polgavie | in Cottoun of Pitcur, par. of Kettins | 22 Oct 1599 |
| Susanna Ramsay | spouse to Mr George Haliburtoun of Kelour, par. of Kettins | 15 Mar 1614 |
| William Ramsay | tenant in East end of Kettins | 5 Mar 1695 |
| Donald Ritchie | in Westtoun End of Kettins | 20 Oct 1681 |
| William Ritchie | in Cathnes, par. of Kettins | 25 Sep 1695 |
| William Robertson | at Ford of Pitcur, tenant at Gask | 3 Apr 1810 |
| George Roche | smith in the ground of Baldiunie, par. of Kettins | 7 Oct 1681 |
| Catherine Rollo[k] | in Kynnochtrie, par. of Kettins | 28 Aug 1621 |
| Dame Margaret Scrimgeour | relict of Sir James Halyburtoun of Pitcur | 30 Jun 1624 |
| Isobel Simpson | spouse to Richard Gray, in Bandirrane, par. of Kettins | 21 Jan 1629 |
| Matilda Simpson | spouse to Henry Robert, in Caldhame, par. of Kettins | 10 Apr 1619 |
| Patrick Simpson | cotterman in Ardler, par. of Kettins | 19 Nov 1599 |
| Janet Slidder | spouse to Thomas Watson, in Peattie, par. of Kettins | 25 Apr 1636 and 18 Jul 1637 |
| James Small | cotterman in Ardler, par. of Kettins | 19 Nov 1599 |
| George Smith | weaver in Kettins, par. of Kettins | i Nov 1775 |
| Margaret Smith | spouse to Andrew Blair, in Pitcur, par. of Ketins | 19 Oct 1685 |
| William Soutar | at the Ford of Pitcur, par. of Kettins | 19 Jun 1676 |
| Agnes Spalding | spouse to James Small, in Cottoun of Kinnochtrie, par. of Kettins | 26 Jul 1613 |
| Janet Spink | spouse to John Chrystie, in Balluny, par. of Kettins | 4 Aug 1621 |
| John Steel of Baldowry | par. of Kettins | 7 Jan 1793 |
| Beatrix Watson | sometime spouse to Robert Swan, plewman to the Laird of Petcur, par. of Kettins | 29 Oct 1599 |
| Catherine and James Watson | children of David Watson, in Peatie, par. of Kettins | 25 Jan 1759 |
| Andrew White | par. of Kettins | 26 Jan 1626 |
| William Whittit | in Hill of Pitcur, par. of Kettins | 30 Jun 1606 |
| David Young | in Ketins, par. of Ketins | 14 Oct 1673 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.
| Margaret Geikie | spouse of --- Blair, in Pitcur, par. of Kettins | 8 Mar 1732 |
| William Geikie | par. of Kettins | 8 Mar 1732 |
| Margaret Myles | spouse to Alexander Geikie of Baldorone, par. of Ketins | 3 Jan 1733 |
| William Ogilvie of Newhall | par. of Kettins | 30 Jun 1731 |
| Thomas Soular | in Midle Taith of Kinochtry, par. of Kettins | 8 Jan 1729 |
| James Steill | at Miln of Kinochtry, par. of Kettins | 2 Dec 1730 |
Testaments of Kettins people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1800
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| Mr David Paton | lawful son to the deceased Mr David Paton, minister at Kettins | 10 Jan 1700 |
| Mr James Paton of Scotstoun | minister of Kettins | 12 Apr 1739 and 23 Sep 1743 |
Testaments of Kettins people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Katrene Bell | relict of Mr Thomas Halyburtoun, in Kethynns, sher. of Forfar | 24 May 1597 |
| John Blair of Bagillo | par. of Kethynns, sher. of Forfar | 20 Dec 1597 |
| Thomas Clark | in Kethynns, sher. of Forfar | 20 Dec 1586 |
| Isobel Gib | relict of John Fergusson, in Kettynns, sher. of Forfar | 23 Jan 1586-7 |
| George Halyburtoun | in Katynns in Angus | 26 Aug 1581 |
| Sir George Halyburtoun of Petcur, knight | par. of Kethynns, sher. of Forfar | 16 Dec 1597 |
Testaments of Kettins people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| William Geikie | in Kethynnis, in Angus | 23 Dec 1608 |
| John Mustard, younger | in Baldynney, par. of Kettyns, in Angus | 23 Feb 1604 |
| Thomas Mustard | in Balgioff, par. of Kethynns, Angus | 23 Feb 1604 |
Images of the original records for Kettins:
Images of the original records for Kettins: