Kirk Session & Heritors' Minutes
These are not full transcripts of the Minutes. They are my own notes.
There are 402 records.
| Date | Entry | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 24 May 1767 | To Daniel Pride, his family being distressed £6; to David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Patersone £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+2 |
| Jun 1767 | Depursements from the communion collection: to the clerk £3; to the beddal £3; to the bedall half year's fie due at Whitsunday last £3-7-0; to David Younger £2-8-0; to David Rollow £2-8-0; to Stephen Dauny £2-8-0; to Mgt. Patersone £2-8-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £2-8-0; to Ann Ramsay £2-8-0; to Wm. Walker £3; to Andrew Shipherd £3-12-0; to Daniel Pride £3; to James Smith for setting up the table and tent £12/-; to John Weems for presenting in the tent 12/-; to Thos. Millar which he supper expended to the poor £5-14-9; to Mr Andrew Meldrum which he super expended to the poor £6-14-9 | CH2/160/3 p.222+2 and p.3 |
| July 1767 | To David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+2 |
| Aug 1767 | To David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Sauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+4 |
| 13 Sep 1767 | To Andrew Johnstone by appointment of session £4-4-0; to Eliz, Tulloes £3; to David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+4 |
| Oct 1767 | To David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+4 |
| 11 Nov 1767 | It was represented to the Session that Agnes Scot whose breast was cut of as formerly mentioned wqasagain in hazard of her life by her breast growing again. The Session agreed to be at the expense of a second operation in expectation of assistance fromn the Session of Leuchars. The doctor's account was accordingly laid before Session amounting to £1 16s 7d sterling which was given to Mr Andrew Meldrum to give to the doctor which sum was taken out of the box. | CH2/160/3 p5 |
| Nov 1767 | Given to Andrew Meldrum out of the box to give to Dr Johnstone as the expence of a second operation on Agnes Scots breast £21-19-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+4 |
| 11 Nov 1767 | To the Prebty. Officer 18/-; to the clerk for filling up the minutes one year £1; to ditto for peaper to writte the sessions minutes 5/-; to the beddal half a years fie £3-6-8; to ditto for shoes £1-10-0; given to Andrew Meldrum out of the box to give to Dr Johnstone as the expence of a second operation on Agnes Scots breast £21-9-0; to Eliz. Tulloes by appointment of session £3; to David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+4 |
| 6 Dec 1767 | Minister read a letter from the Society for propagating Christian Knowledge for a collection for Mr Wheeler's Academy in North America. Collected: £5 sterling | CH2/160/3 p.222+3 |
| 1767 | Receipt for money collected for Mr Wheeler's Academy in North America | CH2/160/3 p.7 |
| Dec 1767 | To David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p.222+4 |
| Jan 1768 | To Eliz. Tulloes £1-4-0; to David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Mgt. Paterson £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0; to Mary Dick by appointment of the session £5 | CH2/160/3 p.222+6 |
| Feb 1768 | To David Rollow £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Mgt. Patersone £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0; to Isobel Swan by appointment of session £3 | CH2/160/3 p.222+6 |
| Mar 1768 | To David Rollow £1-4-0; to David Younger £1-4-0; to Stephen Dauny £1-4-0; to Ann Ramsay £1-4-0; to Mgt. Patersone £1-4-0; | CH2/160/3 p.222+6 |
| 29 Mar 1768 | Dr Johnstone's account for Agnes Scot & discharge given by Andrew Meldrum, given in also by him £3-0-0 which he got back from the doctor and from the Session of Leuchars | CH2/160/3 p.7 |
| 29 Mar 1768 | To synod clerk for two half years £3; to prebty. clerk for two half years £3; paid to James Walker his account amounting to £1-10-0 for articules [sic] done about the church; to Mary Dicksone having been long distressed £3; to Mary Dick distressed £3 | CH2/160/3 p.222+6 |
| 5 Oct 1768 | Paid out to poor ... includes to Stephen Dauny £2-8-0 ... | CH2/160/3 p11 |
| 1769 | Paid to Wm. Feathers for making a new gate to the church stile and a box to hold the bell toal and mending the seats in the common loft £5-19-0; for iron work about the church stile and bell to be repaid by the heritors - to James Walker £1-16-0 | CH2/160/3 p.15 |
| 1 Jul 1770 | The necessitous circumstances of John Duncan at the East Water having been represented … agreed to give 10/- sterling | CH2/160/3 p.23 |
| 25 July 1769 | Paid out to Stephen Dauny £0-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p18 |
| 18 Nov 1769 | Paid out to Stephen Dauny £0-4-0 | CH2/160/3 p21 |
| 7 Mar 1770 | Session is destitute of a kirk officer following the death of William Ferguson, their late officer, and that John Henderson in Myreside of Nether Friartoun Ground woulkd be a proper person for that office, the session did unanimously make choice of him to be kirk officer of this parish and ordered him to enter thereto immediately. | CH2/160/3 p22 |
| 3 Sep 1770 | [Boatmen's loft] Heritors meeting: Alexr. Walker, St Fort; Dr John Gillespie, Kirktown; Mr Dalgleish, Scotscraig; Mr Hay, Morton; Mr Walker younger, St Fort; Mr Wm. Syme, Woodhaven; Robt. Sime, Little Friartown; Mr Scrimsiour, Birkhill; - it was understood that the east loft was to be properly furnished, with a convenient staircase leading thereto, by the sailors and boatmen on Dundee Waterside; heritors do agree to an omission and agree that said loft shall be the proper place of accommodation for the sailors they being always obliged to keep the same in good and decent repair. | CH2/160/3 p.23 |
| 17 Jun 1771 | … the distress and destitute circumstances of Widow Scot and Widow Mackie who in a sudden and unexpected manner lost their husbands in the passage betwixt Newport and Dundee … public collection to be made for them at the kirkstile on 16th June … amount collected £4. [Session kept this money and gave it out to them at intervals - see p.31 where 10/- is given out to each of them, and p.33 for a final list.] | CH2/160/3 pp.28-33 |
| 23 Jul 1771 | Heritors select Mr John Gordon as schoolmaster in the parish, also session clerk and presentor. Repairs to church by David Just. Peggie Glass - daughter of late session clerk. | CH2/160/3 p.29 |
| 5 Apr 1772 | Mary Johnstone, daughter to Andrew Johnstone in Newport, had brought forth a child in antinuptial fornication to Alexander Campbell ... produced a line of her being married in a clandestine way ... and letter from Alexander Campbell wherein he declared himself her husband and the father of her child ... delayed further appearance until ... her husband had said he would be in this parish | CH2/160/3 p.32 |
| 9 Dec 1772 | Resignation of John Gordon, appointment of George Hutton as schoolmaster and session clerk | CH2/160/3 p.34 |
| 6 Jan 1773 | Paid to Mrs Lermond a doctorix in Dundee for curing of James Louden's thumb £2-2-0 | CH2/160/3 p.36 |
| 16 May 1773 | Session empowered Mr George Hutton their clerk, James Walker & Thomas Miller, elders, to inspect and value the effects of Stephen Downie one of their pensioners lately deceased in order to be rouped for the benefit of the poor and ordered the roup to be advertized Sabbath next | CH2/160/3 p.40 |
| 22 Jun 1773 | It was represented to the Session by some of their members that Mr Hutton their clerk and some others had received a summands to compear before the Sheriff at Coupar on Thursday next [24th] for having intromitted in dispensing of the effects of Stephen Downie who had been their pensioner for a long time. They appointed Mr Hutton their clerk to compear before the Sheriff and give a fair representation of this matter as it stands | CH2/160/3 p.40, 41 |
| 24 Oct 1773 | 18/6 sterling is amount of collection according to act of General Assembly for bridge over North Esk near Montrose | CH2/160/3 p.45 |
| Nov 1773 | Two guineas taken out of the box to change them, supposing them to be too light; lost 1/7d. on the change over. Half year's salary retained from Mr Gordon for not having filled up the minutes. | CH2/160/3 pp.47 & 49 |
| 16 Aug 1774 | To Wm. Walker smith for making one thousand one hundred and thirty tokens £1. The session gave to the minister to change a guinea supposed to be too light. | CH2/160/3 p.54 |
| 20 Dec 1774 | Given in by the minister the acct. of the guinea given to him to change for which he only received 17/6d. sterling | CH2/160/3 p.56 |
| 1 Jan 1775 | The minister read an act of the General Assembly for a collection to be raised for the behoof of the charity schools in the highlands. The minister after exhorting the congregation to be liberal to so laudable a design appointed next Sabbath for said collection after sermon in the afternoon. | CH2/160/3 p.57 |
| 6 Feb 1775 | Christian Higgie, servant to Mr Sime of Woodhaven was with child, said the father was Wm. Greig, late servant to Mr Murray at Woodhaven. Greig denied it. Thos. Jamison and Mgt. Christie also questioned [another case]. | CH2/160/3 p.58 |
| 19 Feb 1775 | John Younger and Ann Roger had made an irregular and clandestine marriage. On 5th March produced 'marriage lines' - proved irregular and were married in front of the congregation. | CH2/160/3 pp.59-60 |
| 4 May 1775 | Amount collected for highland schools was £2-0-2 | CH2/160/3 pp.61 |
| 7 May 1775 | Robt. Harley and Jean Younger, both servants of John Scot tennen in Morton. Harley admitted being father of illegitimate child. They appeared 3 Sundays before the congregation and were rebuked. | CH2/160/3 p.63 |
| August 1775 | Sacrament of the Lord's Supper on the first Sunday in August. Tokens were issued for this. | CH2/160/3 p.66 |
| August 1775 | Wm. Feathers paid 3/- for setting up the tent and tables for 3 years | CH2/160/3 p.67 |
| 11 Dec 1775 | Given out for 1 boll of meal to John Duncan, being four months pension … 16/- | CH2/160/3 p.70 |
| 1 Apr 1776 | Paid to Wm. Feathers wright an account for glass and mending the kirk windows 3/6. | CH2/160/3 p.72 |
| 9 Nov 1778 | Dr John Gillespie of Kirktown offered to take £10 stg. of the poor's money upon loan and give 4 pr ct of interest for the same … agreed. | CH2/160/3 p.93 |
| 13 Aug 1779 | [Dr Gillespie's total loan is £60] | CH2/160/3 p.98 |
| 15 Jul 1781 | Election of new elders: Thos. Just, mason in Justfield; James Young, weaver in Muir Houses; Wm. Feathers, wright. | CH2/160/3 p.120 |
| 5 Nov 1783 | To advertising the sentiments of the parish against patronage in the Advertizer, Mercury and Evening Courant £2-2-0 | CH2/160/3 p.149 |
| 13 May 1784 | [Boatmen's loft] These are extracted out of the minutes of said meeting this 13 May 1784 by Wm. Innes, session clerk: That the stair case and other repairs to the said loft was done by the sailors and boatmen of Dundee Waterside and especially at the expenses of James Muir, And. Ogilvie, Thos. Mackie, David Mackie, Wm. Feathers, John Hutton, Wm. Gilchrist, Wm. Feathers younger, Peter Farmer, John Kennedy, James Foreman, Wm. Patrick, Andrew Johnstone, And. Adam, Robt. Mackie, Alexr. Patrick, David Greig, James Adam, David Adam, Wm. Rollo, Wm. Lanceman and Alexr. Watson and that therefore they and their heirs are the lawfull proprietors of the said loft from the above minutes. | CH2/160/3 p.23 |
| 17 Jun 1787 | Robt. Hay miller at Hay's Mill and Christian Hay - irregularly married at Edinburgh | CH2/160/3 p.181 |
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