Daviot and Dunlichty, Inverness-shire, Scotland Genealogy

Daviot and Dunlichty, Inverness, Scotland (#95)

History
Dunlichity, the larger, and probably the older of these parishes, is so called for a high mountain. Dun-le-Catti is the name of this hill which is in the middle of the territory of Catti. Daviot or Davie is said to be a name given to this parish in memory of David earl of Crawford, who built a fort there.

The battle of Culloden was fought in this parish on 16 April 1746, also this parish is known for the "Raid of Petty".

The land holders and only heritors in the parish are, John Lachlan Macgillivray; Charles Mackintosh; Alexander Mackintosh; Colonel James John Mackintosh; Duncan George Forbes; Lachlan Mackintosh; and Evan Baillie.

The earliest date in the parochial register (one small volume) is 1774, and until the year 1820 the register was not kept regularly. The former registers were destroyed in a accidential school-house fire where they were kept.

Source: New Statistical Account of Scotland,  FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2, vol. 14.

Condition of Original Registers—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index available on computers at the Family History Library and family history centers. The records may also be indexed in the International Genealogical Index. Births: There are numerous irregular entries 1781–1810, whole families being frequently recorded together. Some of these are dated after 1820. There are irregular entries 1796–1813, after record for 1819, and 1797–1825 after marriages for 1780. Marriages: There are no marriage entries except seven, 1791–1804, March 1780–June 1815. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1771–1782, 1786–1795, 1834–1835, 1843–1976 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/937.

Daviot Free Church
History— Shortly after the Disruption a church was built for the purpose of accommodating the adherents of the Free Church in the parishes of Daviot and Dores. A minister was settled in Daviot in August 1844, who undertook to give occasional services at Moy. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572.

Records— No known pre-1855 records.