The former parish of Ballumbie is now part of the parish of Murroes.
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 Murroes
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 1-33 - though the online version has some pages of Kettins parish in error.
Statistical accounts of Murroes
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 13, p. 161
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 591
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1858, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Murroes, see National Library's Maps.
See Geograph.org: Murroes - recent photographs of Murroes. National Grid ref. NO4635.
Located at National Grid ref. NO462351. Built 1843. The mediaeval kirk was one of those belonging to the abbey of Arbroath.
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
| Ninian Cook | 1561 | vicar and reader |
| William Oliver | 1567 | reader |
| Ninian Cook | 1670 | reader, May 1570 |
| Andrew Auchinleck | 1574 | min. of Barry, Monifieth & this par. |
| William Oliver | 1574-1589 | reader; d. bef. 18 Jun 1599 |
| Henry Duncan | 1585-1618 | bro. of Alexander Duncan, goldsmith, Dundee; min. of Ballumbie 1585 with this par. also in the charge; removed here 1590, still with Ballumbie in his charge; d. 5 Apr 1618; test. 25 Nov 1618 & 29 Apr 1620 St Andrews; mar.(1) Alison Fithie, who d. Jun 1603 (test. 29 Jun 1609 Edinburgh); (2) Janet Sibbald, who survived him and mar. 1621 David Guthrie of that ilk; issue: Marjory (mar. George Clephane of Carslogie) |
| Robert Rollock | 1618-1639 | son of Walter R., merchant, Dundee; M.A. 1609 St Andrews; pres. Jun 1618; dep. 1639 for neglect of charge; issue: Andrew |
| James Gardine [James Gardiner?] | 1641-1647 | M.A. St Andrews 1627; pres. 3 Mar 1641; d. Nov 1647; test. 23 Mar 1648 St Andrews |
| Michael Gilbert | 1648-1652 | son of Thomas Gilbert of Kaimes, advocate; installed N. Berwick ELN 6 Feb 1622; tr. to Garvock 1628; tr. & adm. ca. 1648; d. bef. 3 Jan 1652; test. 13 Jan. 1652 St Andrews; mar. Eupham Wood, who survived him |
| Robert Edward | 1656-1689 | b. ca. 1616, son of Alexander E., burgess of Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1632; adm. Kirkmichael AYR 1637; pres. 1656; burgess of Dundee 1663; dep. 1689; buried 23 Mar 1696 Edinburgh; mar. Jean Johnston, who survived him; issue: Alex., min. of Kemback FIF; Chas, min. here; John, tutor to son of sir James Fleming; Robert, episc. min.; Magdalen, Martha; he published 1678, in Latin, A Description of the County of Angus to Accompany the Map of Angus, of which a translation was later publ. by Mr James Trail, min. of St Cyrus - see Warden's Angus or Forfarshire, vol. 2, for a reprint |
| Charles Edward | 1684-1692 | son of above; M.A. St Andrews 1679; recommended for ord. as colleague 27 Aug 1684; last mentioned 27 Aug 1692 |
| James Marr (James Mair) | 1698-1740 | b. ca. 1674; M.A. St Andrews 1695; ord. 30 Mar 1698; d Aug/Sep 1740; mar. Ann Alison; issue: Geo., min. here; Margaret (mar. James Alison, governor of Guinea) |
| George Marr (George Mair) | 1741-1760 | b. ca. 1709, son of above; served heir to father 2 Jun 1744; M.A. St Andrews 1729; ord. 4 Jun 1741; d. 16 Aug 1760; mar. 1745 Janet Rodger; issue: Margaret, Anne, Janet, Eliz., James (father's heir 20 Dec 1770), Christian, Mary, Hugh |
| Alexander Imlach | 1761-1808 | b. 1727; teacher, Kirriemuir; ord. 14 May 1761; d. 5 Nov 1808; mar. 1752 Susan Ogilvy; issue: George, W.S.; Janet,; Henry, HEICS; Anne; Margaret (mar. 1789 George Ogilvie of Baikie); Jean (mar. 1788 James Spence, writer); Susan |
| David Cannan | 1809-1820 | tr. from Kirriemuir; adm. 3 Aug 1809; tr. to Mains & Strathmartine 16 Nov 1820 |
| John Irving Currie | 1821-1863 | b. ca. 1793 Annan DFS; ord. 19 Apr 1821; assumed name Irving 1846; d. 20 Jul 1863 Murroes |
| John Boyd | 1864-1873 | D.D.; b. 21 Mar 1837 Dundee, son of John B., farmer; ord. 17 Mar 1864; tr. to Kirriemuir 10 Jan 1873; d. 6 Jul 1903 Brodick; mar. 1871 Charlotte Josephine Ramsay; issue: rev. Dr John, min. of Menstrie; Alex. R.; Wm; Eleanor J.; Angus |
| James Nicoll | 1873-1919 | b. 27 Sep 1845 Dundee, son of Thos N.; ass. East par. Aberdeen; ord. Rosebank Dundee 14 Jan 1873; tr. & adm. 5 Jun 1873; res. 15 May 1919; mar. 1877 Cecilia Beatrice, dau. of Richard Baird; issue: Thos; James; Cath. B.; Agnes H.; Peter Hill, min. of Abbey par., Arbroath & St Andrew's, Br. Guiana; Cecilia B.; Jean C. |
| William Augustus Forbes | 1919-1942 | b. 15 Jul 1882 Tain ROC, son of Rev. Alex. F., teacher, Morgan Acad., Dundee; M.A. 1902 B.D. 1906 St Andrews; ass. Scots Church, Buenos Aires; ass. Lady Yesters, Edinburgh; ord. N. Ronaldsay 7 Sep 1910; tr. & adm. 24 Sep 1919; d. 16 Aug 1942 Murroes manse |
| James Pryde Batchelor | 1943-1947 | b. 1887 Dundee; M.A.(St Andrews 1913); B.D.(Aberdeen); ind. May 1943; d. 1 Mar 1947 Murroes; m. 1917 Eliza Low |
| John Oswald Westwater | 1947-1963 | b. 1893 Blyth, Northumberland, son of rev. James W.; M.A.; ord. 1923; tr. to Woodlands Church, Glasgow 1926; d. 13 Dec 1963 Newark; mar.; issue: dau. |
Ministers of Ballumbie
| Henry Duncan | 1585-ca. 1590 | min. in 1585, with Murroes also in the charge; removed to Murroes ca. 1590 |
| James Fotheringham | 1604 | min. in 1604; d. bef 8 Sep 1621 |
Monuments in Murroes Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 100 stones) 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.)
Copy of monumental inscriptions in Murroes Churchyard, compiled by S. Cramer, in NRS [NRS refs RH4/41/3 no. 6 & RH4/41/4]
See also monumental inscriptions in Murroes Church Session records.
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Murroes in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 121-6.
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 Dundee City Archives:
- 1845 - 1929 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/274/3]
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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- 1698 - 1854
Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1813 - 1854 for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/274/3]
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- 1699 - 1851
Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1845 - 1929 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/274/3]
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- 1705 - 1790
Church Session Records of Murroes Parish Church
Original records are held by Dundee City Archives; repertory is available at NRS ref. CH2/23/...; digital images are available on personal visit to NRS.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH2/274/... |
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| Accounts & minutes | 1790-1800, 1805-1873 | 1 |
| Notes on foundation of church & history of parish by Rev. James Nicoll | ca. 1919 | 1 |
| Excerpts and notes in Latin, Greek, Hebrew; sketches of memorial tablets, etc. | ? | 1 |
| Inventory of gravestones | 1892 | 2 |
| Collections | 1800-1805 | 3 |
| Discipline | 1806 | 3 |
| Proclamations | 1845-1929 | 3 |
| Births & baptisms | 1813-1854 | 3 |
| Minutes | 1828-1894 | 4 |
| do | 1874-1935 | 5 |
| do | 1936-1966 | 6 |
| Cash book | 1874-1942 | 7 |
| Communion rolls | 1913-1965 | 8 to 10 |
| Baptisms | 1864-1911 | 11 |
| Marriages | 1873-1918 | 11 |
| Burials | 1856-1888 | 11 |
| Transcriptions of memorial stones | 1646-1663 | 11 |
| Baptisms | 1912-1982 | 12 |
| Proclamations | 1930-1957 | 13 |
| do | 1958-1976 | 14 |
| Property register | 1956-1972 | 15 |
| do | 1974-1980 | 16 |
| Benefice & stipend register | 1807-1930 | 17 |
There were 5 proprietors of land in the parish in 1842:
- Thomas Frederick Scrymsoure Fothringham of Powrie
- John Guthrie of that ilk
- Frederick Lewis Scrymgeour Wedderburn of Wedderburn & Birkhill
- John Millar of Ballumbie
- George Ogilvy Ramsay of Westhall
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 | 623 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | 462 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 591 | |||
| 1811 | 652 | |||
| 1821 | 301 | 328 | 629 | |
| 1831 | 657 | |||
| 1841 | 736 | |||
| 1851 | 643 | |||
| 1871 | 391 | 360 | 751 | |
| 1881 | 394 | 355 | 749 |
After change of parish boundary:
| Year | male | female | total |
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| 1891 | 483 | 422 | 905 |
| 1901 | 572 | 469 | 1041 |
| 1911 | 488 | 410 | 898 |
| 1921 | 394 | 437 | 831 |
Murroes 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 Murroes people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1823
| Thomas Allan | cotterman in Myrsyde of Brichtie, spouse to Jonet Ra, par. of Muirhouses | 17 Jun 1606 |
| Marjorie Anderson | sometime spouse to William Durhame of Umoquhie, par. of Murroes | 4 Jul 1620 |
| George Arkly | tenant at Westhall, par. of Muirhouse | 8 Feb 1790 |
| Elizabeth Auchinleck | spouse to William Alexander, tailor in Brichtie, par. of Murhouss | 6 Nov 1627 |
| Thomas Boyack | in Murross | 10 Jan 1614 |
| Thomas Brown | in Muirhousses | 17 Feb 1595-6 |
| John Butter | in Murrois | 21 Jul 1636 |
| John Butter younger | in Murrows | 27 Jan 1676 |
| John Charteris | pundler to the auld Ladie of Brichtie, par. of Murross | 4 Jun 1599 |
| Andrew Craighead or Craigked | residing at Middlebrighty | 8 Dec 1817 |
| John Dick | tenant in Whitehouse | 19 Dec 1806 |
| Mr Henry Duncan | minister at Muirhouse | 25 Nov 1618 and 29 Apr 1620 |
| Mr James Fothringhame | parson of Ballumbie, par. of Monyfuith | 8 Sep 1621 |
| Mr James Gardyne | sometime minister at Murros | 23 Mar 1648 |
| Michaell Gilbert | sometime minister at Murois | 13 Jan 1652 |
| Agnes Greive | spouse to Walter Kid, in Brichtie, par. of Muirhousses | 13 Mar 1620 |
| Margaret Guild | weaver in Murross | l0 Jan 1614 |
| William Guthrie of Gagie | par. of Murrois | 16 Jul 1625 |
| Thomas Hanton of Myreside | par. of Murroes | 6 Feb 1755 |
| Janet Hobbert | spouse to William Henderson, in Brichtie, par. of Murrois | 18 Nov 1620 |
| John Hobbert | cotterman in Emmak, par. of Murroiss | 22 Oct 1599 |
| Agnes Kay | widow at the Milne of Powrie, called Wannandis Milne, relict of Andrew Keill, par. of Muirhouse | 13 Mar 1618 |
| David Keill | par. of Muries | 21 Apr 1675 |
| James Kinnear | in the Coltoun of Easter Pourie, par. of Murhouse | 6 Aug 1662 |
| Jean Lamb | spouse to Thomas Fyfe, in Barns of Easter Powrie, par. of Murrois | 23 Oct 1650 |
| Isobel Leslie | and William Guthrie of Geagie, her spouse, par. of Muirhouse | 18 Jul 1621 |
| John Mathers | in Cottoun of Easter Gagy, par. of Murross | 4 Jun 1599 |
| James Mathew | tenant in Westhall | 14 Jan 1808 |
| Isobel Mudie | relict of William Wilson or Wolson, residing at Hole of Murroes | 25 & 26 Aug 1819 |
| William Oliver | reader at Brichtie, par. of Murross | 18 Jun 1599 |
| David Paris | in Brichtie, par. of Murroes | 7 Nov 1620 |
| Robert Paterson | in Wester Gagie, par. of Murroes | 9 Aug 1682 |
| Mr Archibald Pearson | sometime in Westhalf, par. of Murrayes | 17 Oct 1684 |
| Richard Philip | cotter and quariour in Brichtie, par. of Murehouse | 4 Jun 1599 |
| Robert Philip | wright in Brichtie, par. of Murroes | 4 Jun 1599 |
| Matilda Pitpillock | sometime spouse to Robert Mitchelson, in Brichtie, par. of Muirhouse | 28 Jun 1614 |
| David Scott | in Easter Gagie, par. of Murhouse | 6 Aug 1662 |
| George Scott | in Muirhouse, Forfar [par. of Murroes?] | 9 Jun 1697 |
| Margaret Sibbald | in the Cottoun of Powry, par. of Murross | 4 Jul 1598 |
| John Smith | sometime lorimer at the Milne of Brichtie, par. of Murhouse | 1 Oct 1605 |
| William Smith | in Brightie, par. of Murhouse | 6 Aug 1662 |
| Isobel Spanzie, alias Wobstar | in Brichtie, par. of Murrois, spouse of Alexander Low | 5 Feb 1628 |
| Isobel Steven | spouse to Thomas Mathow, in Auchan in Brichtie, par. of Murehousses | 2 Jan 1618 |
| Bessie Thomson | spouse to Thomas Anderson, at Whitthouse of Brighty, par. of Murrays | 8 Oct 1714 |
| Alexander Webster | cotterman in Brichtie, par. of Murross | 4 Jun 1599 |
| Christian Webster | spouse to John Bowak, in the Murrois, par. of Muirhouse | 24 Feb 1618 |
| William Webster | at the Milne of Murhouse | 27 Jan 1615 |
| Alexander Wedderburn of Easter Powrie | par. of Murras | 16 Nov 1683 |
| Alexander Wedderburn of Easter Pourie | par. of Murrois | 7 Nov 1733 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.
| Mr George Marr | late minister at Murross | 15 Jul 1767 |
Testaments of Murroes people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Dame Alison Charterhouse, Lady Pourie-Fothringhame | sher. of Angus | 12 Oct 1593 |
| Thomas Fothringhame, elder | in Wester-Powrie, par. of Murehouse, sher. of Forfar | 9 and 28 Feb 1597-8 |
| Margaret Lindsay | sometime spouse to Mr James Fothringhame, parson of Ballumbie, sher. of Forfar | 11 Dec 1599 |
| George Lovell | wright in the Tempillands of Murrois, sher. of Forfar | 9 Dec 1583 |
| John Michelson | in Brichtie, par. of Murrowis, sher. of Forfar | 12 Jul 1599 |
| Jonet Ogilvie | sometime spouse to Henry Auchinlek, in Muirhouse in Angus | 9 Dec 1590 |
Testaments of Murroes people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| Euffame Carmichaell | sometime spouse to John Betoun, in Murehous, in Angus | 13 Mar 1607 |
| Alison Fithie (Futhie) | sometime spouse to Henry Duncane, minister at Muirhous, in Angus | 29 Jun 1609 |
| Dougall McPherson of Easter Pourie | 28 Feb 1678 and 3 Jan 1679 | |
| Barbara Scott | sometime spouse to Thomas Fothringhame of Wester Powrie, par. of Murehous, in Angus | 31 Dec 1606 |
Testaments of Murroes people from the Registers of Testaments of the Commissariot and Sheriff Court of Edinburgh, 1701-1823
| Alexander Ogilvy Fothringham of Powrie, esq. | 17 Dec 1812 & 29 Mar 1813 [SC70/1/7] | |
| Miss Ann Elizabeth Fothringham | dau. of Alexander Ogilvy Fothringham of Powrie, esq. | 12 Dec 1817 [SC70/1/17] |
| Eugen Fothringhame | shipmaster in Leith, son to Thomas Fothringhame of Powrie | 14 Dec 1732 |
Images of the original records for Murroes ("Muirhouse"):
Images of the original records for Murroes ("Muirhouse"):