Kingoldrum is distinct from Kincaldrum, which is a place in the parish of Inverarity ANS. But Kingoldrum is usually spelt Kincoldrum in older records.
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 Kingoldrum
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 27-44.
Statistical accounts of Kingoldrum
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 9, p. 131
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 611
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1862, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Kingoldrum, see National Library's Maps.
Geograph.org: Kingoldrum - recent photographs of Kingoldrum. National Grid ref. NO3355.
Located at National Grid ref. NO334550. The mediaeval kirk was granted to Arbroath Abbey.
Above: Kingoldrum parish church
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 Young | 1563 | min. at Kirriemuir; also in charge here |
| James Steill | 1563, 1567 | reader |
| David Haliburton | ?-1580 | exhorter; held vicarage; excommunicated bef. 30 Jul 1580 |
| David Black | 1585-1588 | min. of Kirriemuir Feb 1571; pres. to vicarage 30 Jul 1580; tr. & adm. 1585, with Nether Airlie also in the charge; d. Apr 1588; mar. Helen Wedderburn; had issue |
| William Malcolm | 1588-1590 | M.A.; pres. to the vicarage 13 May 1588[?]; tr. to Airlie ca. 1590 |
| Robert Hepburn | 1589-1890 | vicar |
| William Forbes | 1590-1606 | M.A.; pres. to vicarage on death of Wm Malcolm 28 Dec 1588; pres. to vicarage of Lintrathen 19 Aug 1603; tr. to Glenisla bef. 17 Feb 1606 |
| John Ogilvie | 1606-1623 | M.A.; tr. from Inchture, Kinnaird and Bervie [Benvie?] 1606; tr. to Kirriemuir bef. 22 Apr 1623 |
| William Ogilvy | 1623-1649 | M.A. St Andrews 1618; adm. bef. 11 oct 1623; pres. to treasurership of Brechin 19 Apr 1633; prob. dep. 1649; living 28 May 1661 |
| William Rait | 1650-1684 | M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1644; adm. bef. 9 Apr 1650; re-pres. 1 Jan 1663; inst. 2 Jan 1665; d. Mar/Apr 1684; mar. Margaret Symmer; issue: Margaret (mar. John Ogilvie of Braesyde); Wm, student of divinity 1685 |
| George Ogilvie | 1680-1682? | M.A. St Andrews 1669; adm. (colleague) aft. 29 Jun 1680; in ill health 19 Sep 1682 |
| John Constable | 1684-1703 | M.A. St Andrews 1674; adm. bef. 23 Sep 1684; d. Feb 1703, aged ca. 49; mar. Magdalen Ogilvie, who survived him |
| Thomas Clephane | 1704-1712 | b. ca. 1673, bro. of Geo. C., min. of Newtyle; M.A. St Andrews 1693; ord. bef. 19 Oct 1704; d. Apr 1712; mar. Eliz. Ogilvie, who survived him; issue: Thomas, Helen |
| John Heugh | 1714-1731 | b. 1688, son of Hugh H.; M.A. Glasgow 1704; ord. 1714; d. 23 Dec 1731; mar. Janet, eldest dau. of Hugh Whyte, min. of Larbert STI; issue: John, min. of Viewfield Antiburghers, Stirling (who was father of Hugh Heugh, D.D., seceding min. in Glasgow); Hugh |
| Thomas Whitehead | 1733-1738 | son of John W., glover, Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1721; ord. 19 Sep 1733; d. 15 Jan 1738, aged ca. 37; mar.; issue: Margaret (mar. Robert Matthewson, watchmaker, Berwick-on-Tweed) |
| Alexander Scott | 1738-1757 | M.A.; ord. 6 Sep 1738; tr. to Meigle PER 3 Nov 1757 |
| James Thomson * | 1758-1781 | son of David Thomson, min. of Meigle; M.A. St Andrews 1752; ord. to Spittal, Northumberland 8 Apr 1752; tr. & adm. 23 Nov 1758; d. 3 Sep 1781 soon after fall from horse, aged ca. 52; mar. (1) 1756 Cath., dau. of Alexr Trotter, min. of Edrom; issue: Alexr, min. of Carnock; Helen; Janet; mar. (2) 1780 Alison, dau. of Thomas Tullidelph, D.D., principal of St Andrews Univ. |
| James Badenach | 1782-1802 | b. 1756; M.A. St Andrews 1773; ord. 19 Sep 1782; d. 28 Aug 1802; mar. 1794 Janet, dau. of Thos Marshall and sis. of Thomas Hay Marshall, provost of Perth |
| William Haldane | 1803-1836 | b. 1 Aug 1763, only son of James Haldane, portioner of Barmony; ord. to Glenisla 7 May 1795; tr. & adm. 12 May 1803; d. 27 May 1836; mar. 1796 Ann, 2ns dau. of Chas Roberts, episc. min. in Dundee; issue: John Robert, physician; Ann; Wm; Walter, merchant; Jean (mar. James Roger, min. of Dunino FIF); Innes [f.]; James Ogilvy, min. here; Thos |
| James Ogilvy Haldane | 1836-1891 | b. 31 Aug 1809, 4th son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1829; ass. here; ord. 25 Oct 1836; d. 20 Nov 1891; mar. 1871 Helen Christian, dau. of Lieut. John Gunn of Risgill, R.N. |
| James Craig Jack | 1887-1925 | b. 30 Dec 1858 Lochee, son of Alexr J.; ass. Townhead Glasgow; ord. (ass. & suc.) 5 Apr 1887; d. 17 Nov 1925 |
| Reginald Ian Davidson | 1926-1933 | b. 22 Sep 1891, son of Robt D., min. of St Cyrus; M.A. Aberdeen 1913; ass. Elgin; ord. to Foss Q.S., PER, 7 Apr 1920; tr. from Foss 17 May 1926; tr. to Maryton 16 Mar 1933; mar. 1920 Martha Dickie, dau. of John Robertson Pollock, schoolmaster, Beauly; had issue |
* Book of Sermons preached by Mr James Thomson [Aberdeen University, Special Libraries and Archives ref. MS 665]
Monuments in Kingoldrum Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 30 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.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Kingoldrum in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 163-4.
CWGC - Kingoldrum - 1 man
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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- 1700 - 1854
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- 1747 - 1804
- 1820 - 1854
Church Session Records of Kingoldrum Parish Church
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/220/... |
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| Minutes | 1758-1802 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1756-1823 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1802-1908 | 2 |
| do | 1908-1928 | 3 |
| Poors' Fund accounts | 1820-1851 | 4 |
| Cash book | 1883-1905 | 5 |
| do | 1905-1924 | 6 |
| Baptisms | 1855-1938 | 7 |
| Proclamations | 1855-1939 | 7 |
| Burials | 1855-1927 | 7 |
| Minutes of heritors & session | 1823 | 8 |
| Communion roll | 1895-1920 | 9 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR385/... |
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| Minutes | 1863-1922 | 1 |
| Minute Book | 1924-1927 | 2 |
| Accounts | 1873-1927 | 3 |
| Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse) | 1840-1877 | 4 |
| Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees | 1926-1928 | 5 |
| Correspondence | 1924-1927 | 6 |
| Papers re stipend | 1811-1927 | 7 |
There were 7 proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:
- Thomas Farquharson of Baldovie
- David Wedderburn of Pearsie
- Earl of Airlie
- Heirs of late Alexander Stormont of Kinclune
- Hon. Col. Donald Ogilvy of Clova
- Mrs Col. Young of Ascreavie
- Peter Wedderburn Ogilvy of Ruthven - mill & mill lands of Auld Allan (not a heritor)
Kinclune Papers, 1558-1932 [Angus Archives ref. MS 733]
Records of the official censuses of the parish in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901, 1911 and 1921 are held in Register House, Edinburgh and are open to the public on payment of a fee.
Indexes to all the original census records, and the records themselves, can be accessed online at modest charge at ScotlandsPeople.
Microfilm copies are also widely available in libraries. The 1881 census is available on CD-ROM.
The early censuses of 1801-31 do not name individuals.
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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| 1755 | 780 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1796 | 600 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 577 | |||
| 1811 | 537 | |||
| 1821 | 256 | 261 | 517 | |
| 1831 | 237 | 207 | 444 | |
| 1841 | 232 | 208 | 440 | |
| 1851 | 429 | |||
| 1871 | 228 | 181 | 409 | |
| 1881 | 226 | 163 | 389 | |
| 1891 | 205 | 163 | 368 | |
| 1901 | 192 | 163 | 355 | |
| 1911 | 181 | 168 | 349 | |
| 1921 | 177 | 165 | 342 |
Kingoldrum was in the Commissariot of Brechin.
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 Kingoldrum people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1823
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| Agnes Adam | in Kirktoun of Kincoldrum | 31 Jan 1634 |
| Euphemia Adam | spouse to John Myll, in Balgray, par. of Kincoldrum | 12 Jul 1621 |
| James Adamson | in Kirktown of Kingoldrum | 15 Mar 1738 |
| James Anderson | in Kinclune, par. of Kincoldrum | 17 Aug 1629 |
| Agnes Barnet | spouse to John Dick, in Carleithe, par. of Kincoldrum | 9 May 1610 |
| Alexander Black | in Kirktoun of Kingoldrum | 9 Dec 1731 |
| David Brouster | in Kinclune, par. of Kincoldrum | 12 Jul 1621 |
| John Bruce | in Wester Persie, par. of Kincoldrum | 2 Jun 1581 |
| Archibald Carden | in Kynniell, and Beatrix Simpson, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 2 Aug 1610 |
| Mr Thomas Clephane | minister at Kingoldrum | 14 Jun 1717 |
| Mr John Constable | minister at Kingoldrume, and Magdalen Ogilvie, his spouse | 18 Feb 1704 and 29 Oct 1707 |
| David Cossins | in Kinclunie, par. of Kingoldrum, and Margaret Rosell, his spouse | T. -- 1654 and 19 Dec 1662 |
| James Cossins | in Redburne, par. of Kingoldrum | T. 29 Jun 1664 |
| Margaret Cow | relict of John Peddie, portioner, of Kinclune, par. of Kincoldrum | 31 Oct 1621 |
| Isobel Deuchar | lately residing at Kindune | 20 Mar 1802 |
| James Donnat | in Mourpersie, par. of Kingoldrum | T. 21 Oct 1679 |
| Alexander Duncan | par. of Kincoldrum, and Agnes Bruce, his spouse | 7 Jul 1621 |
| Isobel Duncan | spouse to Walter Adeson, in Mur-Persie, par. of Kincoldrum | 11 Jul 1621 |
| John Duncan | in Mourtone of Balfour, par. of Kincoldrum | 17 Aug 1629 |
| Katherine Duncan | spouse to Alexander Mylne, in Wester Persie, par. of Kincoldrum | 29 Nov 1624 |
| Agnes Edward | in Pyper Balgrea, par. of Kingauthrim | 6 Jul 1715 |
| Alexander Edward | sometime in Easter Pearsie, afterwards in Newbigging, in the par. of Kingoldrum | T. 17 Apr 1781 |
| Andrew Edward | in par. of Kingoldrum | 21 Oct 1802 |
| John Edward, senior | in Wester Pearsie, par. of Kingoldrum | T. 17 Apr 1781 |
| John Fenton | in Kirktoune of Kingoldrum, and Helen Blair, his spouse | 15 Aug 1698 |
| Thomas Fenton | in Mourtoune, par. of Kincoldrum | 17 Aug 1629 |
| Hendrie Findlay | in Landhead, par. of Kincoldrum | 16 Aug 1581 |
| Robert Fraser | at Cantes-Mylne, par. of Kincoldrum, and Katherine Buchan, his spouse | 24 Nov 1628 |
| Elspet Gray | spouse to John Smart, in Balgray, par. of Kincoldrum | 3 Mar 1614 |
| Elizabeth Grewar | in Kingoldrum, relict of David Wilkie, sometime in Ballow | 6 Aug 1707 |
| John Henry | in Over Balgray, and ]3essie Robert, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 29 Jan 1612 |
| David Hood | tenant in Barnton | 30 Nov 1808 |
| John Hunter of Baldovy | par. of Kingoldrum | T. 28 Mar 1667 |
| James Jack | in Kingoldrum | 17 Oct 1705 |
| Catherine Lawson | relict of Thomas Wilson, tenant in Kincoldrum, residing at Cransley, in par. of Farnwell | 2 Nov 1772 |
| Margaret Lorimer | spouse of Richert Raid, par. of Kincoldrum | 10 Aug 1581 |
| Andrew Malcolm | in Bagray, par. of Kincoldrum | 29 Nov 1624 |
| Thomas Mason | in Achwiche, par. of Kincoldrum | 25 Sep 1623 |
| Thomas Moyll | in Wester Persie, par. of Kingoldrum | 19 Dec 1622 |
| Sir David Ogilvie of Clova | par. of Kincoldrum | 2 Aug 1688 |
| James Ogilvie of Balfour | and Helen Clepan, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrume | 25 Aug 1613 |
| John Ogilvy | in Micall Keanie, par. of Kingoldrum, and Jonet Fenton, his spouse | T. 11 Mar 1668 |
| John Peddie, portioner of Kinclune | and Margaret Cow, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 7 May 1610 |
| Ann Roach | sometime at Craichie Mill, afterwards in the par. of Kingoldrum | 23 Aug 1819 |
| Christian Robb | duelland par. of Kincoldrum | 17 Apr 1611 |
| Catherine Roger | relict of Oliver Small, younger, in Kincoldrum | T. 15 Jan 1650 |
| John Scott | brabiner in Murtoun of Balfour, and Janet Mackcreithe, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 3 Feb 1612 |
| Christian Scrimgeour | spouse to Olipher Ogilvie, in Kirktoune of Kincoldrum | 17 Aug 1629 |
| Oliver Small, younger | in Kirktoun of Kincoldrum, and Katherine Roger, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 3 Mar 1634 |
| Christian Smart | spouse to Abrahame Mylne, in Bagray, par. of Kincoldrum | 9 Jun 1625 |
| William Smith | in Mylden of Persie, par. of Kincoldrum | 29 Sep 1600 |
| Elspet Spalding | spouse to John Petter, in Kincoldrum | 9 May 1610 |
| James Steell | in Balgray, par. of Kincoldrum | 17 Aug 1629 |
| William Stewart | in Cairnlieth, in par. of Kingoldrum | T. 26 Oct 1798 |
| James Stormonth | in Milldad, par. of Kingoldrum | 23 Jan 1740 |
| Janet Taylor | spouse to John Mylnie, in Balgray, par. of Kincoldrum | 11 Mar, 1613 |
| John Taylor | in Kinclune, par. of Kincoldrum | 17 Aug 1629 |
| Elspet Thome | spouse to John Rodger, in Mourtoun of Balfour, par. of Kincoldrum | 29 Nov 1624 |
| James Thomson | in Murtoun of Balfour, and Helen Lawson, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 3 Feb 1612 |
| Mr James Thomson | minister at Kingoldrum | T. 10 Nov 1781 |
| Thomas Wright | in Gamly, and Elspet Mackie, his spouse, par. of Kincoldrum | 3 Feb 1612 |
| John Young | in Auchquiroche, par. of Kincoldrum | 7 May 1610 |
Testaments of Kingoldrum people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
| Peter Dawson | flax dresser in Ground of Kilcaldrum, par. of Kingoldrum [Inverarity ?] | 22 Mar 1817 |
| Mrs Janet Marshall | relict of James Badenoch, minister, Kingoldrum | 31 May 1805 |
Testaments of Kingoldrum people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| David Black | minister at Kincoldrum, sher. of Forfar | 27 Nov 1588 |
| Jonet Couper | in Mure-pensie, par. of Kincoldrum, sher. of Forfar | 16 May 1593 |
| James Irons (Irnis), portioner of Kinclune | par. of Kincoldrum, sher. of Forfar | 10 May 1600 |
| Margaret Young | sometime spouse to Robert Piggot, in Muretoun, par. of Kincoldrum, sher. of Forfar | 11 Feb 1597-8 |
Testaments of Kingoldrum people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| Thomas Annand of Persie | par. of Kingoldrum in Angus | 26 Jun 1602 |
| John Burne | at the Kirktoun of Kincoldrum, in Angus | (vol. 45) 4 Jul 1610 |
Testaments of Kingoldrum people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1701-1800
| Alexander Fenton | lawful son to the deceased William Fenton, sometime in the Milntoun of Kingoldrum | 20 Nov 1708 |
| George Fenton | lawful son to the deceased William F., sometime in the Milntoun of Kingoldrum | 16 Nov 1711 |
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