OLD PARISH RECORDS
NEW CUMNOCK
© Robert Guthrie
OLD PARISH RECORDS
1708
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AD 1708 |
Baptism Dates |
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Date |
Child |
Parents |
Place |
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Jan |
4 |
William |
Farqhhar |
William |
Farquhar |
Auchincorfs |
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Hutchison |
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Jan |
25 |
John |
Howat |
William |
Howat |
Littlemark |
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Helen |
Gilmour |
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Jan |
25 |
Jean |
McCartney |
George |
McCartney |
Bank |
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Elspeth |
Mitchell |
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Feb |
1 |
Agnes |
Weir |
John |
Weir |
Corsencon |
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Shaw |
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Feb |
3 |
Hugh |
Williamson |
Alexander |
Williamson |
Craigdarroch |
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Margaret |
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Feb |
10 |
John |
Hall |
George |
Hall |
Marshall-merk |
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Margaret |
Dun |
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Feb |
10 |
Andrew |
McMillan |
Thomas |
McMillan |
Righead |
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Penelope |
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Feb |
22 |
Patrick |
Black |
Patrick |
Black |
Over Cairn |
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Agnes |
Ronald |
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Mar |
7 |
John |
Stewart |
William |
Stewart |
Mains |
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Isabell |
McMichael |
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Mar |
21 |
William |
Muir |
Allan |
Muir |
Farding-Reoch |
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Mary |
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Mar |
28 |
Hugh |
Muir |
John |
Muir |
? |
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Isabel |
Samson |
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Apr |
4 |
Ellison |
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Thomas |
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Hillhead |
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Janet |
Lockie |
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Apr |
26 |
John |
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William |
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Straid |
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Helen |
Hair |
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Apr |
26 |
Janet |
Baird |
Andrew |
Baird |
Polquhirter |
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Sarah |
? |
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Apr |
26 |
Joan |
McCreery |
Alexander |
McCreery |
Cairn Buchanan |
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Janet |
Richard |
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May |
16 |
Sarah |
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James |
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Castle |
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Margaret |
Montgomerie |
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May |
16 |
Agnes |
Millar |
Thomas |
Millar |
Dalricket Miln |
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Agnes |
Barry |
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May |
21 |
Ann |
Crawford |
William |
Crawford |
Garrive |
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Margaret |
Crawford |
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May |
21 |
Euphans |
Barry |
William |
Barry |
Quarrell |
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Janet |
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May |
21 |
James |
Young |
Nathaniel |
Young |
Fauldhead |
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Mary |
Richard |
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Jun |
6 |
Robert |
Mitchell |
William |
Mitchell |
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(bast.) |
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Janet |
Black |
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Jun |
27 |
William |
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James |
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Meikle Boig |
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Joan |
Farqhuar |
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Jun |
27 |
Janet |
Park |
James |
Park |
Fordmouth |
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Margaret |
Crosbie |
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Aug |
1 |
Alexander |
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James |
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Parish of New Abbey |
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Mary |
Black |
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Aug |
29 |
Cathrine |
Mitchell |
William |
Mitchell |
Midtown of Garrive |
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Mary |
Mitchell |
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Aug |
29 |
Agnes |
McKnight |
George |
McKnight |
Rigend |
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Janet |
McMillan |
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Sep |
19 |
Margaret |
Reid |
Matthew |
Reid |
Mains |
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Agnes |
Reid |
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Sep |
26 |
David |
Crichton |
David |
Crichton |
Craigman |
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Margaret |
Howatson |
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Sep |
26 |
James |
Halbert |
Hugh |
Halbert |
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(bast.) |
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Margaret |
McCree |
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Oct |
31 |
Matthew |
Muir |
William |
Muir |
Waterhead |
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Sarah |
McMath |
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Covenanting Families Elizabeth Hutchison wife of William Farqhuar in Auchencross Probably related to Thomas
Hutchison and Hugh Hutchison of Dalgig (and later Fardenreoch) . Hugh escaped
capture by Dragoons after the martyrdom of Wilson, Jamieson and Humphry on Corsegelloch hill. Margaret Dun wife of George Hall in Marshallmark Perhaps related to another Margaret
Dun said to be matryred along with Marion Cameron (sister of Richard Cameron)
in Martyrs Moss near Dalgig. The Duns were from Closs
in Ochiltree and David Dun was martyred in Cumnock in 1685 and is buried
there. William Campbell and Helen Hair in Straid. William Campbell may be
related to the John Hair and George Corson
were martyred at Over Cairn in 1685, en route to Hair's home at Glenwharry in the neigbouring
parish of Kirkconnel. The Hair's lands were
forfeited and from the parish records it appears many of them set up home in
New Cumnock. However, family tombstones dating to early 1700's can still be
found in the old St. Connel's kirkyard
close to their Glenwharry home. The James Logan in the Castle Probably related to Charles
Logan. In 1680, Patrick Gemmel appeared in a
Warrant for the Arrest with Richard Cameron and others in which he was
referred to as Patrick Gamil son-in-law to Charles
Logan messenger in Cumnock Mains. William Crawford and Margaret Crawford in Garrive Undoubtedly related to Hugh
Crawford, first minister of New Cumnock, one of Ayrhshire's
'true band of Covenanters'. Nether Garrive appears to have been in Crawford hands for some
time. George Craufurd of Lefnoreis
had a charter from the king for the two-merk William Mitchell of Midtown of Garrieve Robert Mitchell martyred in
1685 at Ingliston near Moniave
and buried in Glencairn is said to be a member of
this family (see Parish Records of 1707) Matthew Reid and Agnes Reid in Mains John Reid appears in
Charles II proclamation for apprehension in 1685. There is no above given for
him but he appears directly after 'Patrick Gemmil
in the Old Castle of Cumnock an William Stillie there' and so perhaps he is John Reid there -
i.e. in the Castle or Mains as became to be known. David Crichton of Craigman Crichton of Craigman appears in the Charles II proclamation for
apprehension in 1685. Hugh Halbert Perhaps related to John Halbert minister of Old Cumnock who appears in the
Charles II proclamation for apprehension in 1685. John Halbert
lived in Auchencross New Cumnock, another property belonging
to the family of Hugh Crawford. Place-Names Most the names are still
well known in the parish in the parish with some having undergone some slight
modifications. For example Farding Reoch is Fardenreoch (Gaelic
'the brindled farthing-land') and the former Cairn of Buckwhanny
now appears as Cairn Buchanan. Quarrel has been lost but it is the Old Scots
for quarry from the Latin 'to square' as in squaring the stones. |
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