Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
Abbreviations
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
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| NRS | National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314) |
| OPR | Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855) |
- See also, for history of the parish:
- The Statistical accounts of Oathlaw
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 5, pp. 45-56.
- A family tree for the Carnegies of Finhaven.
Statistical accounts of Oathlaw
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 1, p. 465
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 291
Plan of the estate of Finhaven in parish of Oathlaw, revised to 1840 - NRS GD41/498
1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1859-61, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Oathlaw in the National Library, see National Library's Maps.
Geograph.org: Oathlaw - recent photographs of Oathlaw. National Grid ref. NO4756.
Located at National Grid ref. NO476562. Built in 1815. Now a private house.
adm.: admitted, ass.: assistant, bapt.: baptised, contr.: contract, dem.: demitted, dep.: deposed, ind.: inducted, lic.: licensed, mar.: married, min.: minister, ord.: ordained, pres.: presented, rel.: related, res.: resigned, suc.: successor, test.: testament, tr.: translated
| David Lindsay of Pitcairlie | 1560-1576 | parson in 1541; conformed and held this parish & Inverarity |
| William Lindsay | 1576-1578 | reader |
| Alexander Kynnimonth (Kinmont) | 1585-1586 | min. 1585, with Inverarity and Kirkbuddo also in the charge; tr. to Kirriemuir 1586 |
| James Hepburn | 1591-1595 | M.A. St Andrews 1585; min. 1591; d. Jul 1595, aged ca. 30; mar. Eliz. Graham; issue: Agnes |
| James Elliot | 1597-1618 | M.A.; min. 1597; tr. to Forfar aft. 17 Jun 1618 |
| Andrew Allan | 1622-1649 | M.A. St Andrews 1610; adm. to Clova 15 Oct 1615; tr. & adm. bef. 17 Oct 1622; dep. 26 Sep 1649, being confused & ignorant; d. bef. 12 Jul 1661; mar. (contr.) 1616 Sybilla, dau. of Andrew Clayhills, min. of Monifieth; issue: Margaret, Jane |
| David Ochterlony | 1650-1658 | M.A.; ord. 8 Aug 1650; tr. to Fordoun aft. 23 Sep 1658 |
| Andrew Straton | 1659-1693/5 | prob. of Fodra fam.; chaplain to Lindsay of Edzell 3 Apr 1656; ord. 4 Aug 1659; d. 1693 or 1695 |
| John Grub | 1696 | M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1683; intruded here ca. 1696; declared fugitive by Privy Council 1701; preached in meeting house at Gardyne, Kirkden Jun-Jul 1712 and in Arbroath Nov 1713; intruded at Kirkden Jun 1714, at Inverarity Sep 1715 to Feb 1716, at Carmyllie 1716; performed bapts & mars at Guthrie 1712-1715 and elsewhere; dep. 5 Jun 1717 as Jacobite; opened meeting house in Brechin, which was closed 1726 by court order |
| John Anderson | 1710-1725 | M.A. Edinburgh 1688; ord. 30 Aug 1710; anti-Jacobite; d. 28 Jan 1725; mar. Agnes Dunbar, who survived him |
| John Martin | 1726-1740 | M.A. St Andrews 1697; ord. 9 Feb 1726; d. May 1740; mar. Jean Stewart, who survived him |
| Thomas Raiker | 1740-1803 | b. 6 Jun 1711 Anstruther Wester FIF, 7th son of Robt R., excise officer; ord. 31 Dec 1740; d. (father of the synod) 31 Jan 1803; mar. 1742 Mary, dau. of James Profit, merchant, Kirriemuir |
| Lewis Littlejohn (Ludovic Littlejohn) | 1803-1830 | b. ABD; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1786; schoolmaster here; ord. 8 Sep 1803; d. 8 Nov 1830; mar. 1809 Agnes, dau. of Andrew Milne, farmer; issue: Lewis; Douglas Gordon; Joseph; James Gordon; Ford; Gordon; Patrick; Wm |
| Andrew Cromar | 1831-1835 | b. 1795, son of Patk C., farmer, Lumphanan; M.A. Marischal 1814; ord. 10 May 1831; d. 10 Nov 1835; mar. 1828 Jane, dau. of Geo. Philip, Arnroath; issue: Margaret Milne; Jane (mar. David Ritchie); Geo. Philip, wine merchant, Arbroath; Barbara (mar. Alexander Thou Scott, min. of Bargeddie) |
| Harry Stuart | 1836-1880 | b. 1801, son of John S., farmer, Birse ABD; M.A. Marischal 1820; ord. 28 Apr 1836; d. 18 Mar 1880 unmar. |
| Alexander Ritchie | 1880-1926 | b. 3 Jun 1855 Collace PER, son of Alexr R., farmer; ass. St John's Edinburgh; ord. 22 Sep 1880; dem. 28 Dec 1926; d. 30 Jan 1929 |
| Thomas Henry Wright | 1927-1942 | tr. from Paris 12 May 1927; d. 24 Jun 1942 Brechin |
Ministers of the Congregational Church in Oathlaw
See Congregational ministers in Oathlaw.
Monuments in Oathlaw Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 40 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 1: Strathmore" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1993), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 1. Pre-1855 Strathmore" in their online shop.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Oathlaw in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 1, pp. 335-8.
Now inside Tannadice kirk: 1914-1919 : 1939-1945
Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1855 to present
Indexes and actual records for Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths, beginning 1 Jan 1855, are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
Births, Marriages & Deaths, before 1855
Indexes and actual records for all extant Old Parish Registers (OPRs) (pre-1855) of the Established Church of Scotland are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
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- 1717 - 1854
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- 1717 - 1854
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- 1730 - 1742
- 1783 - 1790
Church Session Records of Oathlaw Parish Church
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/287/... |
|---|---|---|
| Minutes | 1716-1717 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1732-1741 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1741-1751 | 2 |
| Proclamation | 1841 | 2 |
| Minutes | 1774-1780 | 3 |
| Accounts | 1772-1780 | 3 |
| Minutes | 1780-1797 | 4 |
| Minutes & accounts | 1780-1795 | 5 |
| Minutes | 1796-1840 | 6 |
| Book of discipline | 1808-1860 | 7 |
| Minutes | 1860-1910 | 8 |
| Communion rolls | 1860-1880 | 8 |
| Cash book | 1840-1906 | 9 |
| Minutes | 1844-1869 | 9 |
| Cash book | 1906-1967 | 10 |
| Proclamations | 1880-1934 | 11 |
| Marriages | 1956-1970 | 12 |
| Communion roll | 1897-1937 | 13 |
| Interment register | 1675-1921 | 14 |
| Yeaman mortification accounts | 1907-1966 | 15 |
| Papers re Yeaman mortification | 1949-1967 | 16 |
| Misc. papers incl. death certificates | 19th-20th C. | 17 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR580/... |
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| Minute book | 1881-1929 | 1 |
| Cash book | 1882-1929 | 2 |
| Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse) | 1882, 1898 | 3 |
| Copy excerpt from valuation roll of county of Forfar, parish of Oathlaw | 1822 | 4 |
There were 7 proprietors of land in the parish in 1835:
- Earl of Aboyne - lands and barony of Finhaven
- Major Wilkie of Newbarns, HEICS (Newbarns was previously known as Auchinday)
- Lyall of Kinnordy
- Kinloch of Logie - Bankhead
- Kerr of Wolflaw
- Gray of Carse
- Ogilvy of Tannadice
Papers of Langlands of[?] Bogardo, and of Roseberry, Jamaica, 1746-1831 [Angus Archives ref. MS 692/1]
| Farm | Name | Dates |
|---|---|---|
| Bankhead | Andrew Falconer | -1841-1851- |
| do | Thomas Watt | -1861- |
| do | Forbes Dick | -1871-1881- |
| Battledykes | Charles Carnegie | -1841- |
| do | David Carnegie | -1851-1861- |
| do | James Carnegie [d. 1909] | -1881-1891- |
| do | James Wilson | -1902-1914- |
| do | W.M. Duncan | -1926-1942- |
| Birkenbush | William Carnegie | -1861-1902- |
| do | James S. Batchelor [d. 1913] | -1906-1913 |
| do | Mrs Seaton [wid. of Thomas Seaton] | -1914- |
| do | John Cameron Seaton | -1914-1935- |
| do | W. Murdie | -1938-1942- |
| Blairyfeddon | Andrew Cook | -1841-1851- |
| do | Mrs Margaret Cook | -1861- |
| do | Robert Cook | -1871-1881- |
| do | David Young | -1891-1902- |
| do | Peter Robertson | -1906- |
| do | Mrs Robertson | -1910-1942- |
| Bogardo | Harry Batchelor | -1902-1910- |
| do | A. Lamond, jun. | -1914-1926- |
| do | James Findlay | -1929-1942- |
| Bogindollo | David Kidd, sen. | -1841-1851- |
| do | David Kidd, M.D. | -1881-1891- |
| do | John S. Falconer | -1900-1906 |
| do | William Kirkwood | 1906-1921- |
| do | W. & J.F. Kirkwood | -1927 |
| do | William D. Cunningham | -1930-1942- |
| Couttston | To Let | Sep 1864 |
| do | David Ramsay | -1880 |
| do | To Let | Aug 1880 |
| do | Thomas Mackie | -1891-1914- |
| do | Mrs Mackie | -1918-1921- |
| do | John Ritchie | -1926-1930- |
| do | Gordon Milne | -1935-1942- |
| Drumclune | William Wylie [several of that name] | -1869-1954- |
| East Bog | David Robb | -1851- |
| do | Thomas Ogilvy | -1861- |
| do | William Wylie | -1906-1914- |
| East & West Carsebank | William Nicoll | -1902-1906- |
| Easter Oathlaw | William Fairweather | -1851- |
| do | Alexander Fairweather | -1861- |
| do | James Adams, M.D. | -1891- |
| do | William Paterson [d. 1897] | -1897 |
| do | Representatives of William Paterson | -1902-1906- |
| do | Mrs William Paterson | -1910-1916- |
| do | James Paterson | -1918-1942- |
| Eskhill | Vice-adm. E.C. Drummond of Eskhill | -1906- |
| do | R. Christie | -1930-1935- |
| do | J. & N. Stewart | -1938-1942- |
| Haughs of Finavon | Adam Robbie ? | -1861- |
| do | Adam Pattullo | -1881- |
| do | Lt.-col. C.G. Gardyne | -1906- |
| do | David Lamond | -1914-1921- |
| Howmuir | Mrs E. Norrie | -1902- |
| Meadows | John Webster | -1841-1861- |
| do | Joseph Webster | -1871-1881- |
| do | John Webster | -1891-1926- |
| do | James Murison | -1930- |
| do | J. & H. Murison | -1935-1942- |
| Milton of Finavon | Alexander Batchelor | -1861-1891- |
| do | Allan Batchelor | -1902-1935- |
| do | Mrs Batchelor | -1938-1942- |
| Newbarns | Robert Lawson | -1851-1861- |
| do | William Duke | -1881-1891- |
| do | John R. Taylor | -1902- |
| do | Alexander McHardy of Newbarns | -1906- |
| Ordie | David Ritchie | -1841-1851- |
| do | William Ritchie [d. 1914] | -1881-1914 |
| do | George & D. Ramsay | -1914-1921- |
| do | R. & J. Murray | -1926-1935- |
| do | James Murray | -1938-1942- |
| Parkford | James Webster | -1841-1861- |
| do | John Webster [d. 1913] | -1881-1906- |
| do | William Williamson | -1909-1910- |
| do | Alexander [d. 1913] & T.W. Hair | -1913- |
| do | Thomas & J. Hair | -1918-1921- |
| do | Robert Malloch | -1924-1930- |
| do | Alexander & -- Glennie | -1931-1935- |
| do | William Crichton | -1938-1942- |
| West Bog | David Robb | -1902- |
| West Mains of Finavon | George Crichton | -1841-1871- |
| do | James W. Crichton | -1881- |
| do | George Batchelor | -1891-1921- |
| do | William Beattie | -1926-1930- |
| do | W.W. Findlay | -1935-1942- |
| Wester Oathlaw | David Millar [d. 1894] | -1851-1894 |
| do | Alexander Ritchie | -1902- |
| do | James Kidd | -1905-1914- |
| do | William Dalgety | -1918-1930- |
| do | David Whitton | -1935-1942- |
| Wolflaw | Alexander Keay | -1851-1891- |
| do | John & Alexander Keay | -1902- |
| do | David Milne, sen. & jun. | -1908 |
| do | James Keay [d. 1935] | -1910-1935 |
| do | William Wilkie | -1937-1942- |
| Woodside | Robert Davidson | -1841-1881- |
| do | William Davidson [d. 1893] | -1893 |
| do | Thomas Fenton | -1906-1914- |
| do | Charles Symon | -1918-1930- |
| do | James Lindsay | -1935-1942- |
Records of the official censuses of the parish in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 are held in the New Register House, Edinburgh and are open to the public on payment of a fee.
Indexes to all the original census records, and the records themselves, can be accessed online at modest charge at ScotlandsPeople.
Microfilm copies are also widely available in libraries. The 1881 census is available on CD-ROM.
The early censuses of 1801-31 do not name individuals.
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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| 1755 | 435 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1790 | 217 | 213 | 430 | Old Statistical Account |
| 1801 | 384 | |||
| 1811 | 355 | |||
| 1821 | 201 | 204 | 405 | |
| 1831 | 533 | |||
| 1841 | ||||
| 1851 | 424 | |||
| 1871 | 234 | 218 | 452 | |
| 1881 | 227 | 213 | 440 | |
| 1891 | 212 | 187 | 399 | |
| 1901 | 183 | 182 | 365 | |
| 1911 | 173 | 151 | 324 | |
| 1921 | 168 | 150 | 318 |
Oathlaw was in the Commissariot of Brechin.
Indexes to all extant pre-1926 testamentary records (wills & inventories of moveable property) can be searched free of charge at ScotlandsPeople. Digital (and paper) copies of the documents can be purchased at that site. See further the introduction to Angus & Kincardineshire at Testaments.
Testaments of Oathlaw people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1823
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| Charles Baillie | tenant in Battledikes | 12 Jan 1813 |
| Agnes Bearen | spouse to John Bruce, in Shephers-seat, par. of Oathlaw | 30 Jul 1663 |
| John Brown | in Auchinaday, par. of Oathlaw | 2 Nov 1664 |
| John Bull | in Hauke of Fynnevine, par. of Fynnevine | 23 Jun 1631 |
| Charles Carnegie of Phinhaven | 13 Oct 1714 | |
| Mr James Carnegie of Fineaven | 13 Aug 1707, 1 Jan 1709, 27 Apr 1711, 13 Oct 1714 and T. 26 Jan 1745 | |
| Isobel Clark | spouse to William Duncan, in Haiche of Fynnephine, par. of Fynnevine | 18 Jul 1611 |
| David Dalgety | in Cherishache of Finnevine | 7 Sep 1624 |
| David Dalgety | in Easter Ordie, par. of Phinevin | 3 Mar 1658 |
| Elspet Dalgety | in Orde, par. of Fynnevine | 4 Mar 1613 |
| Elspeth Dalgety | spouse to David Fitchet, in Windedge, par. of Oathlaw | T. 28 Jun 1669 |
| John Dargie | in Hill of Fynnevine | 1 Apr 1613 |
| John Dargie | in Maynes of Phinhaven, par. of Oathlaw, and Agnes Peacock, his spouse | 7 Jan 1662 |
| Isobel Doig | relict of Thomas Hood, in Phinhaven | T. 18 Jan 1679 |
| Janet Duncan | and Thomas Henderson, her spouse, in the Wood of Phineaven, par. of Oathlaw | 7 Sep 1663 |
| Alexander Fod | in Ordy, par. of Fynnevine | 22 May 1628 |
| James Fyfe | in the Maynes of Phineaven, par. of Oathlaw, and Jean Dyk, his spouse | 8 Sep 1663 |
| Mr James Hepburn | minister at Fynnevin, and Elizabeth Graham, his spouse | 24 Dec 1599 |
| Robert Hood | in Alainshot of Finevin, and Margaret Kininmonth, his spouse | T. 15 Jan 1679 |
| Agnes Junkine | spouse to William Bellie, in Hauch of Phinhaven | 9 Nov 1688 |
| Christian Lindsay | spouse to James Dewquhar, in Hauche of Fynnevine, par. of Fennevin | 6 Jan 1626 |
| John Lindsay | in Utlaw, par. of Fynnevine | 18 Mar 1613 |
| William Mill | in Hauch of Phineaven | 9 Sept 1663 |
| Alexander Mortimer | in Aikinhait, and Christian Huichoine, his spouse, par. of Fennevine | 3 Dec 1610 |
| James Murray | tenant in Revelgreen, par. of Oathlaw | 28 Aug 1773 |
| Agnes Peacock | par. of Oathlaw | 13 Mar 1663 |
| Gilbert Peacock | in Bog of Phinhaven | T. 27 Oct 1666 |
| Patrick Pyot | teant at Easter Ordie | 3 Oct 1814 |
| Rev. Thomas Raiker | minister of the gospel at Oathlaw | 24 Aug & 30 Nov 1804; 22 Feb & 10 oct 1805 |
| Margaret Ritchie | spouse to William Allan, in Ordie, par. of Fynnevine | 4 Aug 1631 |
| Patrick Ross | in Phinhavine, and Janet Donaldson, his spouse | 7 Jan 1662 |
| David Sampson | in Hauch of Phineavin, and Isobel Baxter, his spouse | 18 Aug 1663 |
| Jean Sampson | spouse to Robert Hood, in Mansion of Finhaven | T. 21 Aug 1668 |
| John Sampson | in Cottoun of Blerifeddene, otherwise called Quhit Forret, par. of Fennevine, and Isobel Wacker, his spouse | 21 Oct 1613 |
| Janet Smith | spouse to Patrick Barye, in Wolflaw, par. of Fynnevine | 10 Aug 1637 |
| Janet Traill | spouse to John Watson, in Boge, par. of Oathlaw | T. -- 1663 |
| Isobel Walker | spouse to James Fyffe, in Quhytforret, par. of Fynnevine | 24 Feb 1630 |
| James Wallace | late tenant at Whinny Know of Oathlaw | T. 18 Jun 1791 |
| John Whytburne | in the Hillsyde of Phinhaven, par. of Oathlaw | 3 Sep 1688 |
| Alexander Wood | in Brockhollo, par. of Oathlaw, and Margaret Adam, his spouse | T. 24 Dec 1667 |
| Andrew Young | sometime in Wardend of Phinheaven | 10 Jun 1702 |
Testaments of Oathlaw people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1800, that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.
| Mr John Anderson | minister at Oathlaw | 21 Jul 1725 |
Testaments of Oathlaw people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Robert Finlayson | in Akinhat, par. of Fynnevin, sher. of Forfar | 13 Mar 1594-5 |
| William Palmer | in Bogwilk, par. of Fynnevin in Angus | 31 May 1582 |
Testaments of Oathlaw people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| James Jack | ferryman at Fynnevin, in Angus | 6 Jul 1602 |
Testaments of Oathlaw people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1701-1800
| James Carnegy of Finhaven | 20 Jun 1778 |
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