Dalrymple, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #588

History
The name of this parish applies to the situation of the village, where the Church of Dalrymple stands, at a bend or the turn of the river Doon. Dalrymple is the nearest town. The river Doon runs along the south and west boundaries of the parish. There are Roman ruins to be found in the parish. Marquis of Ailsa; and R.A. Oswald, Esq. of Auchencruive; Mrs. Leslie Cumming; and Andrew Hunter, Esq. of Bonnieton are the major landowners. The land was primarily used for, parley, bear, potato, turnip, beans, peas, wheat, oats, and cheese. The population in 1791 was 380. The population in 1831 was 964. The registers of births and marriages begins in 1699, The register of death begins in 1739, and ends in 1793, but begins again in 1816. There is no other place of worship but the parish church, and with the exception of 4 or 5 Dissenters the worshippers are all of the Established Church.

This account was written in 1837.

source: New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2 vol.5)

Established Church—Old Parochial Registers
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Condition of Original Registers
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Births:Pages are blank, except two entries for 1714, October 1713–July 1716 and four entries 1718–1719, August 1717–February 1720. There are four irregular entries, 1775–1783, after December 1794. Record from January 1796 is tabulated. Mothers' names are not recorded March 1705–July 1716. Marriages: Marriages are intermixed with births until December 1736. No entries June 1705–January 1707. Pages are blank, except two entries for 1727, October 1713–February 1730. After December 1736, marriages are recorded on occasional pages of the register of births. Pages are blank December 1747–July 1750 and, except one entry, January 1752–November 1754; also December 1759–August 1771 and, except two entries, July 1779–October 1783. There are no marriages for July 1792–1796. Deaths:Records for January 1737–September1738 are among the births for that same time period. Lower portion of page at February 1746 is cut off. No records for July 1762–November 1771, June 1774–October 1778, and December 1779–January 1783. Records after October 1783 are burials. No entries January–February 1787, from which date until August 1793, the record is kept on alternate pages of the register of births. There are no entries for August 1793–November 1816. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970 British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1700–1950 Accounts 1725–1933 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/87.

Dalrymple Free Church
History— In June 1843 supply was given to the adherents of the Free Church here. From 1845 to 1849 Dalrymple and Crosshill were worked jointly. In the latter year they were separated. The charge was sanctioned in 1861. The people worshiped for a time in the open air, then in Kirkton Inn, and then in a Smithy. No site for a permanent building could be obtained. Land was leased for nineteen years from a farmer, and a wooden building erected in 1846, known as the "Spale Kirk." The church was built in 1864, and the manse in 1865. A hall and porch were added to the church in 1893, when the manse also was enlarged. The manse stands on the site of the school which Robert Burns attended for one winter, with his brother Gilbert, when the family was at Mount Oliphant farm. Membership: 1866, 82; 1900, 116. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. Records— Minutes 1846–1936 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/72.

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