Mochrum, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Mochrum, Wigtonshire, Scotland (#892)

History
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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: No entries March 1743–November 1788. After October 1789 the record becomes extremely irregular, whole families being frequently registered simultaneously. It is also incomplete. There is a copy of the portion 1788–1820. Marriages: No entries July 1743–March 1812, except two for 1809 and one for 1810. No entries November 1814–July 1819. Deaths: Four entries for 1818 and one entry dated 1828. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church Records—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1826–1832, 1845–1847 Poor Accounts 1794–1834 Cash Book 1720–1742 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/269.

Fort William Free Church
History— This congregation took its rise in meetings held in the open air by Walker of Creebridge in 1837. Service was held for a time in the smithy, and then in the Masonic Hall. A church was built in 1863 on a feu subsequently purchased from Sir H. Maxwell. The manse was erected in 1891 in which year the church was renovated and the hall built. Membership: 1872, 120; 1900, 112. 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.

Port William Relief Presbyterian Church
History— The Rev. Alexander Young, minister of Mochrum, adopted the views of the Rev. Edward Irving, regarding the peccability of Christ's human nature and His millennial reign. Two of his elders charged him with heresy before the Presbytery of Wigtown; but it was dismissed. The protesters applied to the Relief Presbytery of Glasgow for supply of sermon that was granted May 1832. Church built 1833'''. Source: 'Annals and Statistics of the United Presbyterian Church'', by Rev. William MacKelvie, D.D., pub. 1873. Film #477618. More details may be given in the source.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.

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