Castleton, Roxburghshire, Scotland Genealogy

Castleton (#784)

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 of the records may be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: Irregularly kept throughout, with entries out of the order of time being very frequent after 1756. Form of entry is tabulated. Marriages: Only nine entries of marriage money until September 1763, from which date until September 1771 the record is contained on a single page. No entries 1771–1836. Deaths: 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 1660–1688, 1695–1711, 1749–1821, 1823–1931 Library Minutes 1808–1901 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/64.

Newcastleton Free Church
History— In 1850 certain persons formed themselves into a congregation here, and petitioned the Presbytery of Jedburgh to be recognized as a sanctioned charge. It was recognized as a station. The church was built in 1853. It burned down in 1891 and was rebuilt in 1892. Membership: 1859, 92; 1900, 140. 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— Session Minutes 1854–1945 Congregational and Deacons' Court Minutes 1850–1863 Account Book 1851–1872 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/243.

Newcastleton United Presbyterian Church
History— The United Presbyterian Congregation in this place originated in the violent intrusion of a minister into the parish of Castleton. The persons opposed to his settlement among them, applied for and obtained supply of sermon from the Associate Burgher Presbytery of Edinburgh, 1753. The first place of worship was situated in the corner of a moss, on the banks of the Liddle. The congregation membership was reduced after the resignation of the first minister but rallied again and in 1803 they were induced to build a new church in the village of Newcastleton. 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— No known pre–1855 records.

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