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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 Tealing
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 5, pp. 210-231.
Statistical accounts of Tealing
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 4, p. 92
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 378
- 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 Tealing, see National Library's Maps.
Geograph.org: Tealing - recent photographs of Tealing. National Grid ref. NO4037.
Located at National Grid ref. NO403379 in Kirkton of Tealing. Built 1806.
There is an article, with photographs, on Tealing Parish Church in A Corpus of Scottish Mediaeval Parish Churches.
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
| Adam Fowlie | 1561-1568 | vicar 1561; parson 1563; min. 1568 |
| Andrew Gibb | 1567-1590 | reader; pres. to vicarage 2 Jun 1573 on death of Adam Fowlie |
| David Robertson | 1567 | min. in 1567; he probably also held Rossie |
| John Ramsay | 1590-1618 | b. 1569; M.A. St Andrews 1587; D.D.; also had Inverarity in the charge; pres. to parsonage 30 Apr 1591; d. 10 May 1618; mar. Eliz. Kinloch, wid. of James Auchinleck of Woodhill; issue: Cath. (mar. [1] John, son of James Scrimgeour of Fordell; mar. contr. [2] William Ochterlony of Seton); Helen (mar. [1] Alexr, son of James Durham of Pitkerro; mar. [2] 1632 John Kinloch of Little Gourdie) |
| Alexander Bruce | 1623-1649 | bro. of Dr Peter Bruce; M.A. St Andrews 1599; adm. Kinfauns PER 6 Sep 1611; tr. & adm. bef. 10 Sep 1623; prob. dep. Sep 1649; mar. Isobel Kinman (Kinninmonth); issue: Geo.; Cath. (mar. William Drummond in Baldragon); Barbara; Margaret |
| John Campbell | 1650-1663 | 3rd son of Colin C., min. of 3rd charge Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1644; adm. aft. 12 May 1650; deprived 1 Oct 1662 but continued 30 Oct 1663; mar. Margaret, dau. of William Rait, min. of 3rd charge Dundee); issue: dau. (mar. George Fotheringham of Ballindean); dau. (mar. Patrick, son of George Haliburton, bishop of Aberdeen) |
| Patrick Makgill | 1665-1684 | eldest son of Patk M., min. of Monikie; M.A. St Andrews 1655; ord. bef. 21 Jun 1665; d. Jan-Mar 1684; mar. Marjory Durham; issue: Geo., writer in Edinburgh |
| John Lyon | 1684-1701 | 3rd son of John Lyon of Wester Ogil; M.A. St Andrews 1656; ord. to Airlie 17 Oct 1663; tr. to Glamis 21 Dec 1681; tr. & adm. bef. 27 Jul 1684; archdeacon of Dunkeld 1687; dem. 3 Sep 1701; d. Jun 1702 Kirriemuir; mar.; issue: John, Patk, Geo., Chas, Andw, Margaret, Agnes |
| Hugh Maxwell | 1703-1717 | M.A.; ord. 29 Jul 1703; tr. to Forfar 27 Mar 1717 |
| John Glas | 1719-1728 | b. 21 Sep 1695 Auchtermuchty FIF, only son of Alexr G., min. of Auchtermuchty and later Kinclaven PER; of fam. of Glas of Sauchie; M.A. St Andrews 1713; ord. 6 May 1719; suspended 18 Apr 1728 for departure from orthodoxy; dep. 15 Oct 1728; moved to Dundee; founded what became the Glassite Church; went to Perth 1733; formed church there; d. 2 Nov 1773 Dundee; mar. 1721 Kath., eldest dau. of Thos Black, min. of Perth; issue: Capt. Geo. (alias John), sailor; Thos, bookseller, Dundee & Glassite pastor; Alexr, poet; Kath. (mar. Robert Sandeman (see also here), founder of Sandemanians); 11 others |
| John Stewart | 1731-1763 | b. 15 Mar 1704, son of Wm S., min. of 2nd charge Perth; M.A. St Andrews 1722; ord. to Dunkeld PER 27 Dec 1727; tr. & adm. 16 Sep 1731; d. 12 Sep 1763; mar. 1744 Kath., 2nd dau. of Sir Michael Balfour of Denmyln, bart.; issue: Wm |
| John Gellatly | 1764-1796 | b. 27 Feb 1742 Forgan FIF, son of John G., min. of 3rd charge Dundee; M.A. St Andrews 1759; ord. 2 Aug 1764; d. 16 Dec 1796; mar. 1780 Mary, dau. of David Graham of Meiklewood; issue: John; Isabella (mar. Archd McLachlan, min. of 1st charge Dundee) |
| Walter Tait | 1797-1813 | tr. from Lundie; adm. 5 Oct 1797; tr. to Edinburgh Trinity 25 Nov 1813; mar.; issue: Robt Dundas |
| Charles Adie | 1814-1826 | ord. 17 Mar 1814; tr. to 2nd charge Dundee 12 Oct 1826 |
| George Tod | 1827-1829 | adm. 29 Mar 1827; tr. to St David's Dundee 6 Aug 1829 |
| Peter Balfour | 1830-1835 | tr. from Evie & Rendall; adm. 22 Apr 1830; tr. to Clackmannan 13 May 1835 |
| David Barclay Mellis * | 1835-1843 | b. 16 Nov 1800 Fetteresso KCD, yst son of James Mellis of Newhall, who d. 1804; ord. to Douglas, Isle of Man, Aug 1830; tr. & adm. Nov 1835; joined Free Kirk 1843; d. 27 May 1861 Edinburgh; mar. 1842 Mary Campbell; issue: James; John Campbell; Jane Kinnear; Jessie Barclay; Mary Campbell |
| William Elder | 1843-1890 | b. 1804 Dundee; ord. min. of Orig. Secession Ch. Cupar FIF 25 Aug 1836; joined Ch. of S.; min. of St Mary's Cupar 1839; tr. & adm. 28 Sep 1843; d. 26 Aug 1890 unmar. |
| Samuel Macauley | 1889-1925 | b. Castleblaney, Ireland, son of matthew M, min. of Irish Presb. Ch. at Annaclone; B.A. 1883 LL.B. 1884 LL.D. 1886 Queens Belfast; adm. to Ch. of S. May 1887; ass. Brechin and St Bernard's Edinburgh; ord. 30 Dec 1889; d. 5 Jun 1925; mar. 1897 Helen Scott, dau. of John Shiell, S.S.C., Dundee; issue: Mary Margaret; Sheila Lyall Guthrie (mar. Graham Nicoll Warner, min. of Bervie); Helen Scott |
| Ian Forbes McCulloch | 1925-1928 | b. 29 May 1898, son of John Hutton McC., min. of N. Leith; M.A. Edinburgh 1924; ord. 19 Nov 1925; tr. to Greenock East 27 Nov 1928; tr. to Grahamston East 2 Apr 1937; mar. 1926 Jane McWaters, dau. of Robt Semple, Kilmarnock; had issue |
| James Alexander Sutherland Wilson | 1929-1941 | tr. from Bridge of Allan 15 Jun 1929; dem. 31 May 1941; d. 12 Nov 1944; mar.; had issue |
* See, further, Presbyterian Church, Isle of Man and The First Century of Presbyterianism in Douglas, but note that Newhall is in Fetteresso KCD, not Perthshire as stated in the latter.
Ministers of Tealing Free Church, 1843-1909
| David Barclay Mellis | 1843-1861 | see above list of parish ministers |
| Duncan Turner | 1861-1883 | b. ca. 1819 Glasgow; mar. 1852 Henrietta Wilson; issue: Agnes Cath.; Mary Jane Mackean |
| Neil S. Elder | 1883-? | b. ca. 1852 Watten CAI; M.A. |
Monuments in Tealing Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 90 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 Tealing Churchyard, compiled by S. Cramer, in NRS [NRS ref. RH4/41/3 no. 6]
There is a monument to the Rev. David Barclay Mellis, his wife and son John in Greyfriars Kirkyard, Edinburgh.
At NO404382 north of Kirkton of Tealing: Photographs & names.
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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- 1599 - 1699
- 1703 - 1726
- 1730 - 1854
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- 1599 - 1698
- 1703 - 1726
- 1730 - 1854
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- 1600 - 1625
- 1704 - 1725
- 1730 - 1797
| Date | Type | Parties | NRS ref. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Aug 1693 | antenuptial | Patrick Maxwell now of Tealling, only son and heir apparent of dec. Patrick Maxwell of Tealling & Elizabeth Duncan, eldest dau. of Alexander Duncan of Lundie | RH9/7/131 |
| 23 Oct 1815 | ? | Patrick Scrymsour of Tealing & Isabella Coutts, his spouse | CC7/9/4 |
Church Session Records of Tealing Parish Church
Original records are held by Dundee City Archives; repertory is available at https://catalogue.nrscotland.gov.uk/nrsonlinecatalogue/search.aspx">NRS ref. CH2/23/...; digital images are available on personal visit to NRS.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH2/352/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes & accounts | 1650-1655, 1670-1671 | 1 |
| do | 1655-1699 | 2 |
| do | 1704-1721 | 3 |
| do | 1723-1726, 1740-1752, 1764-1786 | 4 |
| Minutes | 1814-1850 | 5 |
| do | 1843-1926 | 6 |
| do | 1926-1948 | 7 |
| Cash book | 1829-1873 | 8 |
| do | 1889-1926 | 9 |
| Congregational Board minutes | 1930-1959 | 10 |
| Communion roll | 1880-1918 | 11 |
| do | 1930-1936 | 12 |
| do | 1937-1957 | 13 |
| Baptisms | 1889-1982 | 14 |
| Young persons' roll | 1948-1949 | 15 |
| Proclamations | 1890-1958 | 16 |
| do | 1958-1976 | 17 |
| Property register | 1957-1973 | 18 |
| do | 1974-1980 | 19 |
| Vacancy Committee minutes | 1941-1962 | 20 |
Church Session Records of Tealing Free Church
Records are in Dundee City Archives
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH3/1424/... |
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| Minutes | 1855-1915 | 1 |
| do | 1916-1929 | 2 |
| Deacons' court minutes | 1844-1875 | 3 |
| do | 1875-1910 | 4 |
| do (fragile) | 1911-1930 | 5 |
| Cash book | 1873-1901 | 6 |
| do | 1901-1911 | 7 |
| Membership roll | 1914-1929 | 8 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR533/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minute book | 1861-1928 | 1 |
| Cash book | 1911-1929 | 2 |
The main proprietors of land in the parish in 1836:
- Scrymseour of Tealing
- Lord Douglas
| Farm | Name | Dates as tenant |
|---|---|---|
| Balcalk | George Millar | -1871-1881- |
| do | David Philip | -1901- |
| Balkello | William Stiven [d. 1841] | 1768-1841 |
| do | Charles Bell [d. 1891] | 1841-1891 |
| Balkello pendicles (crofts) | Alexander Ogilvie | -1851- |
| do | David Docter | -1797- |
| do | William Cosens | -1851- |
| do | John Spence | -1851- |
| do | David Mudie | -1851- |
| do | James Robertson | -1851- |
| do | Alexander Anderson | -1901- |
| do | Alexander Spence | -1871-1901- |
| do | John Spence | -1871- |
| do | Peter McLaren | -1901- |
| do | George McNaughton | -1901- |
| do | William Mudie | -1851-, -1881- |
| Balkemback | Thomas Moodie | -1749- |
| do | David Langlands [d. 1849] | -1824-1849 |
| do | Walter Geekie Duncan | -1881-1901- |
| Balmuir | James Jack | -1871-1881- |
| Balnuith | Alexander Bell | -1871- |
| do | William Bell | -1881-1901- |
| Hillside | George Crichton | -1871- |
| Huntingfaulds | Andrew Gibson | -1881- |
| Inveraldie | William Kinmond | -1829- |
| do | John Ogilvie | -1901- |
| Kirkton | David Ramsay | -1739- |
| do | Andrew Allan [d. 1831] | 1779-1831 |
| do | David Kinmond [d. 1863] | -1851-1863 |
| do | Alexander Bell | -1881- |
| Lower Todhills | James Kinnear | -1871-1901- |
| do | John Walker | -1871-1881- |
| do | Thomas Marr | -1871- |
| do | George Blair | -1871- |
| do | David Brown | -1871- |
| do | John Gibb | -1871- |
| do | John Elder | -1881- |
| do | James Kinnear yr | -1901- |
| do | James Keillor | -1901- |
| Milton of Tealing | John Hood [d. 1866] | -1866 |
| do | James Hood | -1871- |
| do | David Taylor | -1881-1901- |
| Moatmill | James Swan | -1838- |
| do | William Swan | -1871- |
| do | William Alexander | -1881- |
| do | William Laird | -1901- |
| Nether Finlarg | James Robertson | -1871-1881- |
| do | William Robertson | -1901- |
| do | James Robertson | -1901- |
| New (West) Mains | Robert Slidders | -1871-1881- |
| do | John L Keay | -1901- |
| Newbigging | Robert Begg | -1871- |
| do | William Gibson | -1871- |
| do | David Robertson | -1871- |
| do | William Ramsay | -1871- |
| do | George Reid | -1871- |
| do | William Dargie | -1871- |
| do | John Edward | -1871- |
| do | William Ogilvie | -1871-1901- |
| do | William Martin | -1901- |
| do | Andrew Slidders | -1881- |
| do | Robert Dargie | -1881- |
| Newland Head | James Robertson | -1871- |
| do | George Ramsay | -1871- |
| do | William Robertson | -1881- |
| do | Alexander Anderson | -1901- |
| North Balkello | David Bell [d. 1863] | -1851-1863 |
| North Balluderon | George Mount | -1871- |
| do | George McNaughton | -1871-1881- |
| do | John Alexander | -1901- |
| Preston | William Spence | -1782- |
| do | George Anderson | -1871-1901- |
| Shielhill | David Fenton [d. 1845] | -1845 |
| do | John Fenton [d. 1883] | -1871-1883 |
| do | John Nicoll | -1901- |
| South Balkello | George Mount | -1901- |
| Todhills | Alexander Walker [d. 1838] | -1838 |
| Upper Finlarg | Alexander Ogilvie | -1871-1881- |
| do | Norman Mitchell | -1901- |
| Upper Todhills | George Blair | -1881- |
| do | David Brown | -1881-1901- |
| do | Robert Coupar | -1881- |
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 | 735 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | 802 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 755 | |||
| 1811 | 779 | |||
| 1821 | 346 | 379 | 725 | |
| 1831 | 766 | |||
| 1841 | ||||
| 1851 | 844 | |||
| 1871 | 429 | 450 | 879 | |
| 1881 | 391 | 366 | 757 |
After change of parish boundary:
| Year | male | female | total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 315 | 315 | 630 |
| 1901 | 309 | 306 | 615 |
| 1911 | 294 | 294 | 588 |
| 1921 | 285 | 292 | 577 |
Tealing was in the Commissariot of Dunkeld [NRS CC7].
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 Tealing people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Dunkeld, 1682-1823
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| John Barnet | brewer in Kirktoun of Tealling | 23 Feb 1764 |
| Isabella Coutts | widow of Patrick Scrymsoure of Tealing | 27 May 1822 |
| John Hare | in Begroe, par. of Teling, and Helen Boyd, his spouse | 12 Apr 1690 |
| John Hare | in Balgray, par. of Tealine | 27 Jun 1723 |
| John Hill | in Doigstown Tealin | 24 May 1750 |
| George Maxwell | sometime Chamberlain of Tealling | 19 Feb 1717 |
| Patrick Maxwell of Teling | T. 7 Nov 1700 | |
| Patrick Maxwell of Tealing | 3 Nov 1737 | |
| John Menzies | in Todholl of Tealling | 5 Jun 1690 |
| David Mitchell | wright in Kirkton of Tealing | 31 Mar 1823 |
| Margaret Moore, Lady Tealling | 15 Dec 1692 | |
| David Smith | shoemaker at Balgray | 13 Sep & 17 Nov 1821 |
| James Walker | in Begrey, par. of Telling | 4 Jul 1688 |
Testaments of Tealing people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1800
| Ellen Bruce, Lady, elder, of Teling | in Dundee | 26 May 1593 |
Testaments of Tealing 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.
| Catherine Clayhills | spouse to Patrick Maxwell, Laird of Telling | T. -- 1667 |
| William Fyfe | in the Kirktone of Tealling, and Catherine Whittane, his relict | 30 Jan 1657 |
| Jean Guthrie | relict of Captain John Scrymsoure, yr of Tealing | 2 Feb 1819 |
| James Scrimgeour, elder of Tealine | 28 Dec 1728 | |
| James Scrimgeour, younger of Tealine | 28 Dec 1728 | |
| John Scrimgeour of Tealine | merchant and late Provost of Dundee | 12 Jun and 16 Oct 1735 |
Testaments of Tealing people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Margaret Air | sometime spouse to Andrew Wilkieson, in Balkello, par. of Teling, sher. of Forfar | 2 Aug 1597 |
| Barbara Guild | sometime spouse to Andrew Wilkieson, in Balkello, par. of Teling, sher. of Forfar | 2 Aug 1597 |
| Alexander Maxwell of Teling | sher. of Forfar | 11 Feb 1586-7 |
| Henry Maxwell | brother to David Maxwell of Teling in Angus | 6 Jan 1594-5 |
| Thomas Maxwell | in Petkemmok, par. of Teling, and sher. of Forfar | 31 Dec 1599 |
| John Murray | in Balcok, par. of Teilling, sher. of Forfar | 26 Oct. 1586 |
| David Nichol | in Ballodroun, par. of Teling, sher. of Forfar | 10 May 1588 |
| Robert Nichol | in Kirktoun of Teling, sher. of Forfar | 5 Aug 1588 |
| Elizabeth Scrymgeour, Lady Strickmairtene | sometime spouse to John Ogilvie of Patpointie, par. of Teilling, sher. of Forfar | 17 Jan 1596-7 and 3 Mar 1604 |
Images of the original records for Tealing ("Tealline"):
Images of the original records for Tealing ("Tealline"):