Moy & Dalarossie, Inverness-shire, Scotland Genealogy

Parish #105

History
The are no records written or traditional that indicate when these two parishes were united. The name Moy comes from the word Magh meaning a plain, which reflects the topography around the church. The name Dalarrossie is thought to come from the Gaelic word Dalferghai meaning Fergus’s Dale.

It is noted that the nearest market town is Inverness, a distance of about twelve miles from Moy. There are no towns or villages in the parish.

The parish had one eminent literary individual, Sir James Mackintosh, Knight.

There were eleven landowners in the parish, most with very small holdings. The Mackintosh of Mackintosh; Mackintosh of Holm; Mackintosh of Killachy; Macbean of Tormatin; Mackintosh of Aberarder; Earl of Moray; mackintosh of Dalmagivie; Mackintosh of Balnespuk; Macqueen of Corrybrough; the Earl of Cawdor; and Mackintosh of Raigmore.

Little of the parish is under cultivation with much of the hill pastures used for grazing sheep.

The earliest census in the parish was conducted in 1755 and the population amounted to 1,693. The last government census taken in 1831 indicates were only 1,098 individuals living in the parish.

There are Presbytery records dating as far back as 1680, part of the session (parochial) records were destroyed in a schoolhouse fire. As noted, birth records were being kept in 1836.

This account was written Janurary 1836.

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

Also available online at http://edina.ac.uk/stat-acc-scot/. Browse the scanned pages under ‘For non-subscribers,’ then search for the parish report.

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 be indexed in the [http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/frameset_search.asp?PAGE=igi/search_IGI.asp&clear_form=true International Genealogical Index. ] Births: After birth record for 1819, eight pages of irregular entries for 1788–1819, with one for 1830 and one for 1836. The older records are stated to have been destroyed by fire. Source:  Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes 1742–1971 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/684.

Moy Free Church
History— Thomas MacLauchlan, minister of the parish, "came out" in 1843. On the first Sabbath after the Disruption Assembly the people met in a wood and "every man of any consequence in the parish" was present. After the removal of the minister in 1844, the minister of Daviot preached occasionally in Moy. This arrangement continued, except during short periods when the Highland Committee provided a probationer, until a minister was settled in 1862. Membership: 1859, 600; 1900, about 300. Source: Annals of the Free Church of Scotland, 1843–1900, ed. Rev. William Ewing, D.D., 2 vols. pub. 1914. Film #918572. This record contains a list of ministers.

Records— The extent of records is unknown.

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