Maybole, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #605

History
The name may signify the heath ground upon the marsh or meadow. Maybole is the nearest town. There is a fossil bed towards the Southern boundary. The major land owners were the Marquis of Ailsa; T. F. Kennedy of Dunure; Sir James Fergusson of Kilkerran; and Elias Cathcart of Auchendrane. The land was primarily used for, oats, barley, weaving, beans, potatoes, turnips, hay, sheep, cattle, wheat. The population in 1837 was 6362. The registers began in 1712 and were kept fairly regularly from then to the present. (1837)

Belonging to the Established Church           5033. United Secession                                        548 Roman Catholic                                           355 Church of England                                        214 Methodists                                                  104 Relief                                                            54 Reformed Presbytery                                     44 Antiburger                                                     10

This account was written in 1837

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

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:There are two entries partially destroyed at March 1750 and two slightly imperfect pages at 1765. Frequently entries are out of order of time after 1800. Scroll of record May 1806–April 1812. Marriages:Proclamations only, no record seems to have been kept prior to 1810. Deaths: There are no entries 1824–1832 inclusive. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970 British book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Records— Minutes 1777–1875 Proclamations 1820 Accounts 1832–1843 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/261, 813.

Maybole United Presbyterian Church
History— This congregation originated with members of the Established Church who were dissatisfied with the ministrations of the then incumbent of the parish, and had acquired a relish for evangelical doctrine, which they occasionally heard from ministers of the secession, and particularly from the Reverend Mr. Leitch of Largs, who generally preached at Maybole on his way to and from Ireland, of which he was a native. They applied for and obtained supply of sermon from the Associate Burgher, Presbytery of Kilmarnock in 1797. They built a place of worship in 1813. 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, including a list of ministers.

Records— The extent of pre–1855 records is unknown.

Maybole Free Church
History— Andrew Thomson, minister of the parish, and a large number of his congregation, "came out" in 1843. A wooden church was at once erected. The permanent church, with manse, was built in 1844. A hall was added in 1883, and a new manse was erected in 1885. This church at first supplied the adjoining parishes of Kirkmichael, Dalrymple, and Kirkoswald. The membership fluctuated with the prosperity and depression of trade in the town, and it suffered through emigration from the rural district. Membership: 1848, 570; 1900, 424. 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, including a list of ministers.

Records— FHL Microfilm Number Baptismal Register 1846–1853 1068236 item 2 X Marriage Register 1846–1853 1068236 item 2 X Note: The X means the records have been extracted. Other: Minutes 1843–1949 Note: It is also available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/869.

Maybole Episcopal Church
History— In 1843, the minister at Ayr would go once a month to perform Divine service for the members at Maybole. It was hoped that a means of public worship could be regularly provided there. It may have been for a while.

Records— Baptisms 1847–1849 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH12/6.

Maybole Catholic Church
History— In 1834 there were 64 Catholic families living at Maybole. It served from Ayr 1845–1851 and from Girvan 1851–1887. A church was dedicated in 1878.

Records— No early records. See those under the other places given above.

Maybole, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- Day Saints
FHL Film Number Record of Members 1848 0104154 item 14

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