The three parishes of Liff, Invergowrie and Logie-Dundee were united in 1613, and the parish of Benvie was united to them in 1753 (1758?). Logie-Dundee was disjoined in 1877 and Invergowrie was disjoined in 1916.
Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
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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 Liff
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 171-206.
Arthur Burness Dalgetty - The Church & Parish of Liff (Dundee: Harley & Cox, 1940)
James Lamond & Anne Connelly - Liff this Century: a Memoir (---: ---, 1996) [20th century; illustrated booklet]
Photo-books - old photographs of Invergowrie
- Alan Brotchie - Old Carse of Gowrie - East: with Invergowrie, Kingoodie, Longforgan, Inchture and Kinnaird (Catrine: Stenlake, 2009)
Statistical accounts of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 13, p. 101 - but, confusingly, the account calls Benvie 'Bervie' in error
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol 11, p. 568
Maps of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1959
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1859, published 1865
- 1:2500 (25 inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1859, published 1865 - shows Lochee, Balgay House, Invergowrie House
For the full range of maps of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie, see National Library's Maps.
Geograph.org: Invergowrie - recent photographs of Invergowrie. National Grid ref. NO3430.
Geograph.org: Liff - recent photographs of Liff. National Grid ref. NO3332.
Above: Liff Parish Church
Liff Parish Church is located at National Grid ref. NO333328. Built in 1838. The bell, presumably taken from the previous kirk, bears the inscription [ref.]:
i.e., Jan Burgerhuis has cast me, 1596. Eeles, page 6 states the year as 1696, but that is impossible. See Jan sr. Burgerhuys [in Dutch], which states that "work by Jan Burgerhuys is known between the years 1598 and 1614" and "... known is about fifteen bells that he supplied to Scotland".
There are some slight remains of the preceding kirk in the kirkyard. The mediaeval church was dedicated to the Virgin Mary and was appropriated to the Abbey of Scone.
Only part of the west gable remains of Benvie Church, covered in ivy, at NO328314.
The remains of St Peter's Church, Invergowrie are at NO351301, with the burial vaults of the family of Mylne of Mylnefield and the family of Clayhills and Clayhills Henderson of Invergowrie.
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
Parish ministers of Liff 1560-1925
| John Buchan | 1563 | min. 1563 |
| Ninian Hall | 1567-1571 | min. 1567 with Invergowrie and Logie-Dundee also in his charge; tr. to Invergowrie 1571 |
| Andrew Hany | 1574 | reader here and at Logie-Dundee |
| John Christison | 1601 | min. of Logie-Dundee; also had charge here |
| John Duncan | 1608[?]-1637 | min. of Lundie 1607; tr. & adm. 1608x1613; also had charge of Invergowrie and Logie-Dundee; dem. bef. 2 Mar 1637; d. 1650; mar. (1) Grizel Durham; issue: Wm; mar. (2) Isobel Thornton; issue: Andw, Edinburgh apprentice; Agnes |
| James Duncan | 1637-1643 | M.A. St Andrews 1631; pres. to Liff, Logie-Dundee & Invergowrie 2 Mar 1637; still min. 15 Jul 1643; mar.; issue: Alexr, of Ardounie; Wm |
| Patrick Ballingall | 1649-1650 | M.A. St Andrews 1635; adm. bef. 1 May 1649; still min. 5 Jun 1650 |
| Andrew Wedderburn | 1650-1664 | M.A.; son of James W., min. of Moonzie FIF; adm. 29 Jul 1650; dep. 11 Jun 1664; restored 25 Apr 1690 but did not return |
| William Skinner | 1664-1673 | b. ca. 1640, son of Lawrence S., min. of Navar; M.A. St Andrews 1654; adm. 19 Aug 1664; d. Apr 1673; mar. Nicolas Auchterlonie, who survived him |
| John Christison | 1673-1690 | prob. son or gson of John C., min. of Logie-Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1663; adm. to Kemback FIF 30 Jun 1672; tr. & adm. 30 Jul 1673; dep. at revolution; re-adm., as presbyterian min. 1694; d. Apr 1703, aged ca. 68; mar. 1670 Euphemia, 6th dau. and co-heiress of David Balfour of Nether Sanford; issue: John |
| Andrew Wedderburn | 1690 | see above |
| John Christison | 1694-1703 | see above |
| Alexander Scott | 1704-1724 | M.A. St Andrews 1699; ord. 16 Aug 1704; d. 7 Jan 1724, aged ca. 45; mar. 1704 Margaret, dau. of Donald Maxwell of Cowhill |
| Thomas Donaldson | 1726-1758 | ord. 5 Apr 1726; d. 26 Sep 1758; mar. 1727 Christian Hunter; issue: John |
| James Playfair | 1758-1772 | bapt. 6 Nov 1712 Bendochy PER, son of John P., tenant, Coupar Grange; M.A. St Andrews 1731; chaplain to Thos Gifford of Busta SHI 1739; ord. to Benvie 23 Mar 1743; removed here 19 Nov 1758; d. 28 May 1772; mar. (1) Isobel Ure; no issue; mar. (2) 1746 Margaret Young; issue: John, min. here; Robt; Andw; Jean; James, architect (father of Wm Henry Playfair, architect, Edinburgh); Chas; William, author; Andw; Margaret; Barbara |
| John Playfair | 1773-1783 | b. 26 Feb 1748, eldest son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1765; ass. to prof. of natural philosophy St Andrews; competitor for chair of maths, Marischal Coll., Aberdeen 1764; candidate for chair of nat. phil. St Andrews 1772; ord. 30 Jun 1773; res. 8 Jan 1783 on appt as tutor to fam. of Wm Ferguson of Raith; joint prof. of maths, Edinburgh 1785; prof. of nat. phil. Edinburgh 1805; F.R.S. 1807; d. 20 Jul 1819 unmar. |
| Thomas Constable | 1785-1817 | bapt. 12 Mar 1755 Dundee, eldest son of David C., grazier; M.A. St Andrews 1772; ord. 12 May 1785; D.D. St Andrews 1809; d. 17 Apr 1817 unmar. |
| George Addison | 1817-1852 | b. 1779, son of Wm A., miller, Huntly ABD; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1794; tutor to fam. of David earl of Airlie for 12 yrs; ord. to Glenisla 22 Sep 1803; tr. to Auchterhouse 11 oct 1804; tr. & adm. 4 Sep 1817; D.D. St Andrews 1830; d. 4 Jan 1852; mar. 1810 Mary Agnes, dau. of James Scott, min. of Auchterhouse; issue: Margaret; Geo., min. of Arbirlot; Mary Christina; Wm Scott; James |
| Lachlan McLean (Lauchlan Maclean) | 1852-1868 | bapt. 1 Jan 1797 Campsie STI, son of Chas McL., army lieut. and/or calico printer; ord. to Kinfauns PER 25 Sep 1843; tr. & adm. 21 Jul 1852; d. 7 Mar 1868 Liff manse; mar. 1822 Christina Maclean; issue: Chas Stuart, min. of Dun; Alexr Brunton; Mary; Lauchlan; Christina Sinclair; Allan Douglas; Marion Hope Mackenzie; Donald Kennedy, accountant; David Ridpath; John Fitzroy |
| John Wilson | 1869-1892 | b. 3 Aug 1839 Aberdeen, son of Robt W.; M.A. Aberdeen 1864; ass. Barony LKS; ord. 4 Mar 1869; d. 12 Apr 1892 Edinburgh; mar. 1869 Marianne, eldest dau. of Alexr Rae, Glasgow; issue: James Rae, engineer; Alexr Robt Rae; Mary Sedgwick Rae; Christian Sarah; Mabel Campbell (mar. Fredk Collins Clifton); Norah Fitxmaurice (mar. David Charles Wilson, solicitor); Maud Alexandra (mar. Francis Clement Yardley); Hilda Muriel Bannerman Ramsay (mar. Fredk Ambrose Stapleton Gwatkin) |
| George Dingwall | 1892-1918 | b. 23 Mar 1855 Turriff ABD, son of Geo. D., coachman; M.A. 1875 B.D. 1881 Aberdeen; ord. to Craigiebuckler 22 Dec 1881; tr. & adm. 28 Sep 1892; d. 19 May 1918 Liff; mar. 1887 Annie Esther, dau. of James Reid; issue: Geo., mechant marine; Esther; Alice; Archd, M.C., engineer; Neil |
| William Sutherland Buchan | 1919-1924 | M.A., B.D.; b. 28 Feb 1888 Kilbirnie, son of rev. Henry R.B., min. of Kilbirnie; ass. St Matthew's, Edinburgh; ind. Galshiels West SEL 1915; tr. from Galashiels & ind. here 3 Jan 1919; tr. to St James's Portobello MLN 8 Oct 1924; tr. to Sanquhar 1929; tr. to Dunbog; d. 9 Jun 1955 Cupar |
| John Maclean | 1925-1950-? | tr. from Renton DNB 25 Mar 1925; mar. Ann O'Brien; had issue |
Ministers of Liff Free, later U.F., later Church of Scotland - at Muirhead of Liff
Photo of the church at Muirhead of Liff
| William Moncur | ?-1851-1865-? | b. 1811 Gask |
| John Kennedy | 1880-1915 | M.A.; b. 26 Dec 1852 Edinburgh, son of Angus K., clerk, Inland Revenue; ass. Broughty Ferry; ind. 8 Feb 1880; d. 13 Jan 1915 Liff; bur. Kingussie; mar. 1891 Elizabeth, dau. of Duncan Macpherson |
| Thomas Tully | 1923-1936 | M.A.; b. 29 May 1865 Fochabers, son of Thos T., master joiner; educ. Milne's Institution, Fochabers; ord. 30 Aug 1894 Rattray as colleague & succ. to min. there; tr. to Whiteinch, Glasgow 1909; ind. 4 Oct 1923; ret. Sep 1936; d. 15 May 1955 St Andrews; mar. 1895 Robertina Donald; issue: Robert; Annabel M.T.; Janet F. (mar. 1929 rev. Wm L. Coulthard) |
| T.E. Nichol | 1937-1950 | M.A., LL.B.; ind. Feb 1937; tr. to W. Calder 1950 |
| John R. Lester | 1950-1952-? | ass. St Mary's, Dundee 1949; ord. & ind. 21 Sep 1950 |
Parish ministers of Benvie 1560-1758
| William Lude | 1560 | |
| John Blair | 1574 | reader |
| Nicolas Spittall | 1574-1576 | tr. from Fowlis Easter PER; had Fowlis PER and Longforgan PER also in the charge; removed to Longforgan 1576 |
| William Haitlie | 1576-ca. 1584 | tr. from Logie-Dundee; had Abernyte PER and Lundie also in the charge; removed to Abernyte bef. 1585 |
| Robert Scrimgeour | 1585 | min. |
| Patrick Watterston | 1590-1591 | M.A.; min. 1590; tr. to St Andrews & Deerness OKI 1591 |
| Alexander Scrymgeour | 1591-1599 | adm. 1591; tr. to Inchture PER 1599 but retained this charge and did not demit until 1614 |
| John Ogilvie | 1599-1606 | M.A.; had Kinnaird-in-Gowrie PER also in the charge; pres. to vicarages of Inchture and Kinnaird-in-Gowrie 3 Mar 1601; tr. to Kingoldrum 1606 |
| John Ramsay | 1619-1622 | M.A. St Andrews 1609; adm. bef. 3 Nov 1619; still min. Sep 1622 |
| Henry Fithie | 1622-1633 | 2nd son of James Fithie, skinner, merchant burgess of Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1621; adm. 25 Mar 1627; burgess of Dundee 27 Nov 1629 or 9 Oct 1632[?]; pres. to Mains 19 Feb 1633; dep. thence by 1652; d. bef. 1 May 1655; mar. ca. 1628 Isobel Erskine; issue: Henry (d. young); James, min. of Mains |
| Andrew Shippert (Shepherd) | 1633-1650 | 2nd son of Andw S., baker, burgess of Dundee; bro.-in-law of above Henry Fithie; M.A. St Andrews 1626; adm. 8 Apr 1633; still min. 21 Jul 1650; mar. ca. 1636 Elspit, dau. of James Fithie, skinner, merchant burgess of Dundee; issue: Andrew, min. of Abernyte PER |
| William Gray | 1655-1664 | also had Fowlis in the charge; dem. bef. 9 Jun 1664 |
| Alexander Scrymgeour | 1665-1686 | b. ca. 1642, eldest son of John S., merchant burgess of Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1660; installed 9 May 1665; pres. to vicarage 11 May 1669; d. Oct 1686; mar. Martha Granger, who survived him; issue: dau. (mar. -- Fernie/Farnie, shipbuilder, Burntisland FIF) |
| George Thomson | 1687-1692 | M.A.; regent, St Andrews; adm. 22 Sep 1687; imprisoned ca. 1689; dem. bef. 3 Jan 1692; d. 18 Apr 1692 Edinburgh, aged ca. 47; mar. 1672 Margaret Wood; issue: Wm, Eliz., Anna |
| [Alexander Rankin] | 1692-1706 | M.A. St Andrews 1667; adm. deacon during episcopacy; intruded here; later lived in Dundee; d. 7 Apr 1729, aged 82; mar.; issue: John, min. of Inchture PER |
| George Ogilvy | 1707-1713 | M.A.; ord. 27 Aug 1707; tr. to Kirriemuir 13 Sep 1713 |
| Thomas Beveridge | 1716-1731 | M.A. St Andrews 1704; ass. 2nd charge Dundee; ord. 20 Sep 1716; d. Jan/Feb 1731, aged ca. 47; mar. Barbara Rankine, who survived him |
| Thomas Lawrie | 1731-1741 | M.A. Edinburgh 1700; chaplain to Thomas Shairp of Houston; ord. to Bathgate WLN 25 Dec 1717; tr. & adm. 18 Nov 1731; d. Nov/Dec 1741, aged ca. 62; mar. (1) Jean, 3rd dau. of John Hamilton of Bogs; mar. (2) Margaret Ferguson; issue: Helen, Flora, Kath. |
| James Playfair | 1743-1758 | ord. 23 Mar 1743; removed to Liff on union of parishes 1758 |
Parish ministers of Invergowrie 1560-1613
The parish was united to Liff on 3 Sep 1613
| William Cavell | 1561 | vicar |
| John Buchan | 1563 | min. |
| David Denmuir | 1563 | reader |
| Ninian Hall | 1568-9, 1571-3 | tr. from Liff Nov 1571; tr. to Biggar LKS 1573 |
| Alexander Forbes | 1574 | reader |
| John Christison | 1580 | M.A.; pres. to vicarage 14 Jan 1579-80 on death of Wm Hepburn, chalmoner of Scone |
Ministers of Invergowrie quoad sacra
Invergowrie was disjoined from Liff & Benvie on 28 Jan 1916 and erected, with the addition of part of Longforgan PER, quoad sacra
| Alexander Waddell | 1899-1901 | ord. 16 Nov 1899; tr. to Eassie & Nevay 6 May 1901 |
| Donald Davidson | 1901-1929 | b. 30 Apr 1854 Inverness, son of Donald D.; ass. Campbeltown ARL and St Michael's Edinburgh; ord. to Kingston Jamaica Mar 1888; missionary Robertson Mission Edinburgh 1899-1901; adm. here 9 Oct 1901; adm. first min of the parish 1916; d. 16 Feb 1929 Longforgan; mar. 1888 Lily, dau. of Alan Munro; issue: Janet; Helen Kath.; Donald, M.A., B.D., B.Litt.[or D.Litt.?], Ph.D., min. of Campbeltown Lowland; Alan, M.A., chaplain; James |
Parish ministers of Logie-Dundee 1560-1613
The parish was united to Liff before 3 Sep 1613
| William Haitlie | 1574-1575 | tr. from Abernyte PER 1574; had Liff, Invergowrie, Abernyte and Lundie also in the charge; tr. to Benvie bef. 1576 |
| Andrew Hany | 1574 | reader here and at Liff |
| John Christison | 1576-1612 | reader at Dunfermline FIF Nov 1570 to 1574; adm. bef. 1576, with Liff and Invergowrie also in the charge; decreet of usury against him 4 Jun 1612; d. bef. 30 Jun 1615; mar. (1) 1570 Bessie Keir; issue: Wm; mar. (2) Janet, sis. of John Davidson, Dunfermline |
Monuments in Liff Kirkyard (ca. 160 stones), Benvie Kirkyard (ca. 30 stones) and Invergowrie Kirkyard (ca. 90 stones) bearing pre-1855 information are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 3: Environs of Dundee" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1996), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 3. Pre-1855 Environs of Dundee" in their online shop.)
Above: on the roadside wall of Benvie kirkyard. Arms of James Scrymgeour, 2nd viscount of Dudhope (a lion rampant wielding a scimitar) impaled with those of his spouse, Lady Isabella Kerr (or Carr), daughter of Sir Robert Kerr of Cessford, 1st earl of Roxburghe (on a chevron, three mullets, and a unicorn's head erased in base). Initials to dexter: IVD; to sinister, ILC. Date: 1643, which was the year of James's succession to the title. (The metal plaque above is inaccurate.)
The following are some of the monumental inscriptions in Benvie Churchyard, several of which are short and uninformative. [M1], etc., indicate Mitchell's numbering. Uncertain readings are in parentheses, (); parentheses on the stones are replaced here by braces, {}; square brackets enclose editorial comments.
[M30] 1852. J. BRUCE;
[M24; back; front not accessible] Also their grand children ELIZABETH ANDERSON died (2)5th April 1876 aged 2 years AGNES ANN ANDERSON died 19th Novr 1886 aged 10 years
[M31] 1851 D. LUNAN, Lochee.
[M29] IK 1724 B(C)
[west] ...
[M26] [18]52 (I) BROUGH
Erected 1873 by JOHN GRAHAM Lochee
1874 Erected by JAMES ANDERSON, in memory of his wife AGNES BROWN, who died 29th May 1873, aged 30 years EUPHEMIA ANDERSON, who died 6th March 1900, aged 86 years The above JAMES ANDERSON, died 16th August 1909, aged 65 years.
[M32] MDCCCXXXIX Erected by MARY MITCHEL, in memory of her husband, JAMES BROWN, who died the 14th March 1839, aged 69 years. Also two of there children. DAVID & CHARLES. who died in infancy.
[M28] 1858 Erected by ANN, HELEN, ROBERT, and JAMES ROBERTSON, in memory of their father JAMES ROBERTSON, who died 25th February 1848, aged 85 years. And of their mother ANN NICOLL, who died 2nd March 1846, aged 82 years. Also of their brother WILLIAM, who died 5th February 1826, aged 22 years. The above JAMES ROBERTSON, died the 3rd December 1866, aged 69 years. The above ANN died 7th Decr 1868 aged 72 years. The above HELEN wife of WILLIAM ANDERTSON [sic] died 20th March 1871 aged 69 years. The above ROBERT ROBERTSON died 22nd Jany 1890 aged 84 years
1872 JOHN McFADDEN Lochee
Erected by WILLIAM BREMER in memory of his wife MARGARET NELSON who died 26th July 1873 aged 46 years The above WILLIAM BREMER died 5th April 1884 and is interred here
[M27] Erected by PETER DOIG in memory of his wife MARY KENNEAR who died January 28th 1865 aged 48 years Also his children JESSIE died September 29th 1853 aged 6 years DAVID died June 27th 1866 aged 17 years MARGARET died June 3d 1873 aged 20 years Also PETER DOIG the above, died April 5th 1878 aged 65 years Also GRACE daughter of the above PETER DOIG died January 5th 1885 aged 41 years
Erected in memory of CECILIA DUNCAN relict of the late WILLIAM KERR who died 11th July 1874 aged 63 years
[M17; lion rampant, anchor, Fast] Erected in memory of MARY GRAY widow of ROBERT THOM who died at Denhead of Gray 8th Feb. 1900, aged 77 years The said ROBERT THOM died 10th Jan 1897, aged 74 years Also in memory of JOHN GRAY in Denhead, her father who died 14th March 1838, aged 65 JEAN MURDOCH his widow, her mother who died in the year 1846 JOHN GRAY her grandfather land steward and farmer died at Gray House 31st May 1831 aged 91 and ELIZABETH DONALD his widow her grandmother who died at Old Manse of Liff 29th July 1835 aged 89 years and who are all interred in this churchyard 1900
R. DAVIDSON
Sacred to the memory of WILLIAM PEEBLES who died 3rd May 1870 aged 77 years and three of his children who died in infancy Also his son DAVID PEEBLES who died 6th May 1859 aged 18 years Also ALEXANDERINA McLEOD grandchild of the above WILLIAM PEEBLES who died 8th August 1873 aged 11 months
1870 Erected by ALEXANDER LUKE farmer Lochee and MARGARET BROWN his spouse in memory of their daughter JANNET, who died 6th April 1870 aged 21 years. The above ALEXANDER LUKE died 23rd June 1877 aged 72 years. The above MARGARET BROWN died 17th July 1886 aged 79
[the 'hi' of 'his' is mis-cut; the '9' of '79' is back-to-front]
Erected by T. F. DAVIDSON in memory of his daughter HELLEN ISLES who died 18th Feb 1873 aged 4 months,
1882 Erected by JAMES BRICKNALL in memory of his son ROBERT
1871 ALEXr CAM(.BELL)
[M11; flat stone; the name 'John Lyell' is a much later addition] JOHN LYELL IW 1636 PG
[M10; flat stone; the name 'John Lyell' is a much later addition] PG JOHN LYELL 1638
[flat stone; the name 'John Lyell' is a much later addition] JOHN LYELL
Erected by ALEXANDER McINTOSH in memory of his wife ELIZABETH GORDON who died 8th May 1873 and their children ROBERT, MARGARET, ANNIE, and ELIZABETH Also of his second wife MARGARET MARSHALL The above ALEXANDER McINTOSH died 30th August 1902 aged 75 years
PM
1860 Erected by ROBERT HAIN
[M9; flat stone] AW BM 1641
[M8; flat stone] IS 1623
[entirely defaced]
... ROBERTSON ...emory of his son WILLIAM who died 22d Jany 1872 aged 17 years
1751 Memento mori
Erected by DAVID BROWN in memory of his wife MARY YOUNG, who died 24th February 188(3) aged 31 years. And of his family ROBERT who died of wounds received at the Battle of Magersfontein South Africa 11th December 1899 aged 20 years. Also ALBERT, who died 8th February 1902 aged 3 years & 10 months And JOHN & GEORGE, who died in infancy.
[open book; at foot of preceding stone] In memory of DAVID BROWN who died ...
[M33; partly defaced] (Erected) ... WILLIAM ... m(a)... ... in memory of his spous[e] JANET (S)E(L)... who died ... In memory of ... who died 2(5th) May 1... ... (m)other of the abo(v)[e] ... [Al](s)o his wife HELLEN ... who died (3) January 1873 aged ... year[s] and both interred (h)ere
Liff war memorial 1914-1919
In Liff Kirkyard
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Archibald Bathie
James Burgess James Burry Arnott Chalmers George Clayhills George Drew George Boyd Duncan William Fairweather John Galt Malcolm Gillies Thomas Goodfellow John Halkerston |
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William Halkerston
James Duncan Hay William Macpherson Hay Alexander Kinmond Thomas Kinnear Drummond Kenneth Lamond Roy McCaskie Robert McLagan Gordon McNaughton William McNaughton George Maitland |
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Charles Mitchell
John Mudie James Pratt Murray Andrew Paul Henry Jack Powrie John Russel Alexander Shields James Smith William Stewart James Stormont James White Victor Whitwell |
See also Scottish War Memorials Project: Liff & Benvie, WW1
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.
There is a Map of Birkhill Cemetery, that identifies the different Sections but not individual lairs.
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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- Liff: 1650 - 1691
- Benvie: 1655 - 1677
- Liff & Benvie: 1696 - 1854
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- Liff: 1651 - 1694
- Benvie: 1633 - 1660
- Liff & Benvie: 1704 - 1772
- Liff & Benvie: 1810 - 1854
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- Liff: 1726 - 1756
- Benvie: 1750 - 1753
- Liff & Benvie: 1767 - 1835
Church Session Records of Liff & Benvie Parish Church
Records are held by Dundee City Archives.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH2/497/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes (Benvie) | 1667-1689 | 1 |
| Minutes and accounts (Liff) | 1673-1750 | 2 |
| Minutes (Liff) | 1786-1892 | 3 |
Church Session Records of Liff Free Church
later, United Free; Muirhead Ch. of S.
Records are held by Dundee City Archives.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH3/1348/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minute book | 1843-1917 | 1 |
| do | 1917-1941 | 2 |
| do | 1942-1953 | 3 |
| Scroll minute book | 1925-1934 | 4 |
| Deacons' Court minute book | 1844-1872 | 5 |
| do | 1872-1900 | 6 |
| do | 1923-1949 | 7 |
| do | 1949-1953 | 8 |
| Baptismal roll | 1875-1943 | 9 |
| Proclamation register | 1950-1969 | 10 |
| Communicants' roll book | 1843-1901 | 11 |
| do | 1901-1927 | 12 |
| do | 1928-1949 | 13 |
| do | 1950-1954 | 14 |
| do | 1954-1964 | 15 |
| Schedules of accounts and statistics | 1868-1943 | 16 |
| Sunday school library register | ca. 1900 | 17 |
| Seat letting book | 1935-1939 | 18 |
| Church door collections cash books | 1908-1950 | 19 |
| do | 1932-1958 | 20 |
| Cash book | 1939-1953 | 21 |
| Fabric fund cash book | 1943-1953 | 22 |
| Collections account book | 1954-1959 | 23 |
| Weekly freewill offering cash book | ca. 1947 | 24 |
| Abstract of accounts | 1913-1953 | 25 |
| Deacons' court minutes | 1900-1923 | 26 |
| Congregational board minutes | 1953-1983 | 27 |
Liff & Benvie Heritors' records
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR304/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minute book | 1836-1901 | 1 |
| do | 1902-1927 | 2 |
| Cash book | 1872-1931 | 3 |
The main proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:
- Lord Gray
- Earl of Camperdown
- Alexander Clayhills of Invergowrie
- Robert Webster of Balruddery
- Frederick Lewis Scrimgeour Wedderburn of that ilk and Birkhill
- William Henderson of Mylnefield
- Thomas Watson
- James Waddel
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1755 | 1311 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | 1790 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 (ANS?) | 2194 | |||
| 1811 (ANS?) | 2442 | |||
| 1821 | 1251 | 1334 | 2585 | |
| 1831 | 4217 | |||
| 1841 | 1508* | |||
| 1851 (ANS?) | 18949 | |||
| 1871 (ANS)† | 15101 | 20430 | 35531 | |
| 1871 (PER)† | 12 | 11 | 23 | |
| 1881 (ANS)† | 18430 | 24746 | 43176 | |
| 1881 (PER)† | 9 | 5 | 14 |
* excluding Lochee
† 7070 acres in Angus, 4 acres in Perthshire
After changes to parish boundaries:
| Year | male | female | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911 | 904 | 1019 | 1923 |
| 1921 | 1065 | 1290 | 2355 |
Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie were in the Commissariot of St Andrews.
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Testaments of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
| David Abercrombie of Gourdie | par. of Liff | 11 Nov 1615 and 13 Oct 1624 |
| David Abercrombie of Pittessie | par. of Lyffe | 7 Jan 1619 |
| Agnes Anderson | sometime spouse to Robert Donaldson, husbandman in Baridrie, par. of Benvy | 29 Nov 1599 |
| David Bisset | tenant in Innergowrie, par. of Liff | 8 Dec 1777 |
| James Bisset (Bizet) | tenant in Innergowry, son of David Bizet, tenant there, and David, John and Alexander Bizet, par. of Liff, Logie, and Innergourey | 13 Sep 1755 |
| John Bisset | tenant at Miln of Invergowrie | 2 Aug. 1781 and 15 Nov 1787 |
| James Black | in the Kirktoun of Liff | 22 Dec 1614 |
| Janet Brown | relict of Thomas Crome, in Liff | 15 Jun 159S |
| Janet Butchart | spouse to Peter Loch, tailor in Cottoun of Blaknes, par. of Innergowrie | 1 Apr 1607 |
| John Butchart | in Denhead, par. of Liff | 10 Apr 1621 |
| John Clerk | sometime quarrier at Dargie, near Dundee, par. of Liff | 14 Sep 1798 |
| Thomas Cock | manufacturer in Scouringburn, par. of Liff | 19 Jun 1798 |
| Rev. Dr Thomas Constable | minister of Liff & Benvie | 16 & 18 Aug 1817 |
| Alexander Coutie | burges of Dundee and portioner of Kirktoun of Liff, par. of Liff | 3 Nov 1625 and 24 Jan 1637 |
| John Cromb | cotterman in the Kirktoun of Liff | 10 Jan 1598-9 |
| David Doig | weaver in Lochee | 9 Jan 1816 |
| Elspett Donaldson | sometime spouse to Patrick Wobster, alias Spainzie, husbandman in Benvy | 29 Nov 1599 |
| Mr Thomas Donaldson | minister at Liff | 8 Feb 1759 |
| Agnes Duncan | in Middle Gourdie, par. of Liff | 22 Feb 1600 |
| Agnes Duncan | sometime spouse to David Walcar, tailor in Wester Gourdie, par. of Liff | 21 Apr 1600 |
| Mr James Duncan | minister at Liff | 8 May 1651 |
| James Elder | cotter, wobster in Easter Gourdie, and Jonet Anderson, his spouse, par. of Liff | 31 Jan 1600 |
| William Fisher | manufacturer at Lochee | 16 Sep 1822 |
| Robert Gibb | wobstar in Balgay, par. of Innergowrie | 15 Jun 1614 |
| Christian Gourlay | in Liff, spouse to Patrick Montago | 3 Jan 1600 |
| Lady Jean Grahame | lawful daughter to James, Marquis of Montrose, par. of Liff | 14 Jul 1688 |
| Andrew Gray | in Bulzeoun, par. of Innergowrie | 12 Jan 1616 |
| David Gray | in Easter Liff | 21 Feb 1649 |
| John Gray | in Denhead, par. of Liff | 10 Feb 1703 |
| Thomas Gray | cotterman in the Cottoune of Blackness, par. of Innergowrie | 28 Jun 1598 |
| Thomas Gray | in Muirsyde, par. of Liff | 27 Jun 1673 |
| William Hall | in Baksyde of Liff, par. of Liff | 23 Nov 1640 |
| Rannald Henderson | skinner in Liff | 14 Jan 1600 |
| Thomas Henry | in Lochee, par. of Liff | 5 May 1796 |
| Margaret Herring | spouse to Andrew Thomson, cotterman in Cottoune of Blackness, par. of Innergowrie | 30 Mar 1607 |
| Agnes Hill | spouse to Thomas Syme, in Broderie, par. of Benvie | 27 Nov 1686 |
| Janet Hill | in Cottoune-Newbigging, par. of Innergowrie | 19 Feb 1607 |
| William Howieson | in Meikle Gourdie, par. of Liff | 31 Jul 1637 |
| Andrew Hunter | in Easter Gourdie, par. of Liff | 18 Oct 1687 |
| Alisoun Liddell | in Danemylne, par. of Innergowrie | 22 Oct 1599 |
| Andrew Liddell | in Balgay, par. of Liff | 24 Jun 1702 |
| Alisone Littlejohn | spouse to Thomas Loch, in Cottertoun of Blackness, par. of Logie-Dundee | 30 Jul 1617 |
| Thomas Loch | in Blackness, par. of Logie | 17 Dec 1636 |
| Agnes Low | sometime spouse to Thomas Lowsoun, cotter in Balgay, par. of Innergowrie | 28 Jun 1598 |
| Makine Lowson | sometime spouse to James Lowsoune, cottar in the Cottoune of Blackness, par. of Innergowrie | 17 Jan 1597-8 |
| David Mason | gardener at Scouringburn, par. of Liff | 17 May 1786 |
| Margaret Mason | spouse to William Henderson, in Innergowrie | 13 Jan 1615 |
| Janet Mathew | in Lochee | 30 Dec 1823 |
| Helen Meik | sometime spouse to John Smith, brabanar in Stannisruiff, par. of Liff | 12 Apr 1600 |
| Andrew Millar | in the Backsyde of the Moor of Liff | 19 Jan 1704 |
| David Millar | weaver in Lochey, par. of Liff | 4 Apr 1695 |
| Robert Millar | in Mekle Benvy, par. of Benvy | 12 Jan 1616 |
| John Milne of Pleasance | par. of Liff | 31 Mar 1784 |
| Isobel Mortimer | spouse to John Liddell, in Easter Gowrie, par. of Liff | 11 Jul 1638 |
| David Ogilvie | residenter at Backmuir of Liff | 7 Aug 1789 |
| John Ogilvie | tailor in Liff | 7 Feb & 19 Mar 1821 |
| William Ogilvie | in Innergowrie | 29 Oct 1685 |
| Alexander Pennycook | residing at Invergowrie | 21 Oct 1816 |
| Alexander Robertson | flaxdresser in Lochee | 2 Aug 1814 |
| Thomas Rodger | cotterman of Gourlie, par. of Liff | 14 Jan 1600 |
| Isobel Saunders | sometime spouse to Walter Pyott, cotterman in Cottertoun of Easter Liff | 14 Jan 1600 |
| Mr Alexander Scott | minister at Liff | 5 Jun 1724 |
| Maribill Scott | spouse to John Butchart, in Denhead of Nether Liff, par. of Liff | 14 Jun 1617 |
| Mr Alexander Scrimgeour | sometime minister at Benvie | 22 Nov 1686 |
| Elspet Smith | sometime spouse to Thomas Webster, husbandman in Barndrie, par. of Benvy | 29 Nov 1599 |
| Isobel Smith | spouse to David Chambers, in Gourdie, par. of Liff | 14 Oct 1673 |
| Janet Smith | in Cottoun of Pittelpie, par. of Liff | 22 Feb 1600 |
| Janet Stephen | spouse to James Walker, in Innergowrie | 17 Jan 1614 |
| Margaret Taylor | sometime spouse to Robert Howesoune in Cottoun of Balgay, par. of Innergowrie | 6 Jun 1606 |
| Margaret Thomson | spouse to Alexander Anderson, tenant in the Back moor of Liff | 21 Apr 1704 |
| Donald Thornton, portioner of Blakness | par. of Logie Dundie | 19 Aug 1619 |
| James Watson | tenant in Liff | 29 Mar 1704 |
| John Watson | in Cottoun of Gourdie, par. of Liffe | 1 Aug 1620 |
| Margaret Watson | spouse to James Gourlay, in Balgertin, par. of Innergourie | 9 Jul 1617 |
| Marion Watson | sometime spouse to James Black, husbandman in Liff | 14 Jan 1600 |
| Bessie Webster | sometime spouse to Andrew Hall, in Balridrie, par. of Benvy | 21 Dec 1599 |
| John Webster | in Benvie, par. of Benvie | 5 Jan 1639 |
| John Webster | in Innergowrie, par. of Liff | 31 Oct 1674 |
| William Webster | sometime in Ethiebeaton, but last residing in Flockloans, par. of Liff | 17 Dec 1778 |
| Patrick Yeaman of Dryburgh | par. of Liff | 16 Apr, 4 Sep, and 5 Nov 1685, and 16 Feb 1687 |
| Mrs Helen Young | residing at Scouringburn, par. of Liff, widow of Andrew Anderson, weaver in Kirriemuir | 31 May 1819 |
| Marjorie Young | spouse to Duncan Millar, in Benvie | 9 Feb and 10 May 1620 |
| Janet Zeister | spouse to Andrew Low, cotterman in Kirktoune of Lyffe | 15 May 1621 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant
| Mr Walter Gray | minister at Haugheads of Benvie | 26 Sep 1744 |
| Patrick Kinnear | in Denhead, par. of Liff | 23 Aug 1727 |
| Andrew Maxwell | maltman in Benvie | 2 Feb 1732 |
| William Moncur | weaver at Ninewells, par. of Liff | 10 oct 1733 |
| Thomas Small | in Muir of Liff | 28 Mar 1739 |
| Sir Alexander Wedderburn of Blackness | par. of Logie | 15 July 1730 |
| Andrew Wood | in Haughhead of Gray, par. of Liff | 25 Mar 1741 |
Testaments of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie 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.
| Patrick Air, sometime of Nether Liff | burgess of Dundee, and Grissell Strathauchine, his spouse | 16 Jan 1626 |
| Margaret Clayhills | spouse to James Boyter of Nether Liff, and the said James, her husband | 18 Nov 1640 |
| Patrick Gourlay | in Benvie | T. -- 1658 |
| Mrs Isobel Ogilvie | lawful daughter to umquhile Mr John Ogilvie of Innergowrie | 30 Sep 1684 |
| Robert Watson | in Hilton of Dundee, late tenant in Invergourie | 15 Apr 1736 |
Testaments of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Andro Duncan | in Littill-Benvy in Angus | 22 Jul 1586 |
| Margaret Low | sometime spouse to William Howieson, in the Coittertoun of Balgay, par. of Innergowrie in Angus | 6 Jul 1597 |
| Malkene Martin | sometime spouse to John Smyth, in Balgay, par. of Innergowrie, sher. of Forfar | 10 Dec 1596 |
| Katherine Methven | sometime spouse to David Abercrombie of Pittelpie, par. of Logy, sher. of Forfar | 20 Feb 1597-8 |
| Bessie Spanzie | sometime spouse to David Thomson, in Benvie, in Angus | 4 Dec 1598 |
| John Spingze | in Balrichrie, par. of Benvie, sher. of Forfar | 16 Apr 1579 |
| William Spingze, alias Wobster | in Balretherie, par. of Benvie in Angus | 10 May 1581 |
| John Thayne | at the Mylne of Benvie ; and Jonet Jackson, there, his spouse, par. of Benvie, in Angus | 4 Dec 1598 |
| John Watson | in Balgay, par. of Innergowrie in Angus | 25 Dec 1596 |
| John Whittit | in Balruddie, par. of Benvie, sher. of Forfar | 20 Jul 1594 |
Testaments of Liff, Benvie & Invergowrie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| Sir Patrick Gray of Innergowrie, knight | par. of Innergowrie, in Angus | 29 Jun 1607 |
| Margaret Smith | sometime spouse to James Gourlay, in Innergourie, in Angus | 20 Jul 1602 |
| Margaret Thane | sometime spouse to Patrik Gairdin, in Kirktoun of Liff, par. thereof, sher. of Angus | 16 Feb 1603 |
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