Rhynie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #237a (with Essie)

History
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Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computes at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Only eight entries August 1752–February 1765, and only three entries November 1766–January 1772. Marriages: Records are blank February 1752–May 1772. There is only one entry for 1790. Deaths: Burials, after September 1794 there are four entries, dated 1803, 1821, 1822, and 1826. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b Monumental Inscriptions: FHL Book 941.25/R1 V3s.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1837–1840, 1845–1908 Cash Book 1752–1835 Scroll Cash Book with a Few Minutes 1822–1832 Marriage Register 1855–1867 Other post-1855 records Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/972.

Rhynie Free Church
History—  A congregation was formed here at the Disruption. In November 1843, it was put under the superintendence of a neighboring minister. Services were held in a wooden church, hastily erected at the Disruption, outside the parish. At length in 1851, a site was obtained in the village, and the church erected. When the first minister retired, the charge was reduced to a station. Sanction was restored in 1871. The congregation suffered seriously through depopulation of the district. Membership: 1848, 168; 1900, 97. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. More details are given in the source.

Records—  Minutes 1844–1894 Deacon’s Court Minutes 1844–1856 Communion Roll 1842–1845, Church of Scotland 1842 Baptisms 1844–1846, 1 page Marriages 1844–1846, 3 entries General Sustentation Fund Register 1846–1862 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/935.

Rhynie Congregational Church
History— This church was formed in 1804 as a result of the visit of missionary preachers to Cabrach at the end of the 1700's. A congregation formed from some members of the Secession church there and they applied to the Congregationalists for supply of sermon. A church was built in 1808 on a brae east of Mains of Lesmoir. A new church was opened in Rhynie in 1829. This church closed in 1974.

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