Botriphnie, Banffshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #148

History
The parish is situated about 24 miles west from the county town, and extends from north to south about 4 1/2, and from east to west about 3 English miles, comprehending the whole breadth of the county, being bounded by the parish of Glass, in Aberdeenshire, on the south, and on the north by part of Dundurcus, in Moray.

The soil is a black loam, which provides a rich enviornment, in favourable seasons, immense crops of grain.

The population in 1811 was 577. In 1841 was 714.

Source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941.B4sa, series 2) Vol. 13. Date written: 1841

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
 

 Years Covered                    FHL Film Numbers   

 Births:                          1683–1854                        0990819

 Marriages:                   1683–1854                        0990819

 Deaths:                        No entries  

     

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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 under “Databases on the Network.”

 Births:  No entries exist July 1693–July 1726, except three entries for 1709, 1715 and 1718, respectively. The entries for 1726–1732 on 14 pages are stated to have been inserted here out of an old register.

 Marriages:  No entries exist, except one entry for 1730, January 1693–July1731.

 Source:   Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
   Minutes 1627–1683; blank 1663–1682, 1729–1743, 1767–1833, 1745–1767

Accounts 1774–1829

 Note:   Available  at the  National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, records CH2/39.

History—
The minister of Botriphnie was deposed in the famous Strathbogie case. Following that, the parish was supplied by missionaries. In 1843 many left the parish church but could not find a convenient site for a church, so they built a wooden church at the extreme end of the parish. In 1854, they built a new church at a more convenient site. The population declined due to emigration.

 Membership:  1848, 146; 1900, 102.

 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—
Baptismal Register 1843–1869

Communion Rolls 1846–1930

Minutes 1841–1879

Deacons’ Court Minutes 1844–1928

Accounts 1843–1881

Other post-1855 records

 Note:  Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/1528.