Cavers, Roxburghshire, Scotland Genealogy

Cavers (#785)

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library and family history centers. Some records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Births are intermixed with marriages until 1754. Mothers' names are rarely recorded before 1806. Entries are irregular with respect to dates after 1780. Marriages: Marriages are intermixed with births until 1754, and there are only a few entries after 1749. Prior to 1754 they are among births for the same period. There are no entries 1754–1780. There are transcribed entries of proclamation fees, etc., 1780–1800; no entries except one, February 1783–January 1787 and one entry for November 1793–February 1797. There are no entries January 1801–February 1808, when a record of proclamations is begun and no entries April 1810–June 1812. Deaths: A few entries of Mortcloth Dues. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1758, 1765, 1769–1782, 1784–1791, 1834 Accounts 1758–1957 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/1118.

Denholm Free Church
History— This congregation was formed in the autumn of 1843 by adherents of the Free Church from the parishes of Minto, Bedrule, and Cavers, in the last named of which Denholm is situated. The first minister was settled in 1844. The church was built in 1845, with an enclosed gallery which was used for a time as a school. The manse was built in 1849, and the Pitt Memorial Hall in 1893. The people were mainly quarrymen and stocking weavers. The quarries were closed, the weavers disappeared, and the population of Denholm greatly decreased. Membership: 1848, 155; 1900, 174. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details may be given in the source.

Records— Extent of records is unknown.

See also Hawick parish.

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