Leswalt, Wigtownshire, Scotland Genealogy

Leswalt, Wigtonshire, Scotland (#891)

History
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Condition of Original Records—
Index: For an index to these records, see the Scottish Church Records Index on computer at the Family History Library under “Databases on the Network.” Births: There are no entries for 1753 and only one for 1755 and 1757. Six entries 1767–1782 are recorded after March 1783 entries. There are only two entries October 1783–January 1786. Entries for 1784–1790 are on the page at March 1789. After May 1804 is a copy of the record from February 1756, which is continued after 1804 as the principal register. After 1797, in the copy is found two pages of irregular entries 1767–1822. Mothers' names are not recorded in birth records until 1798. Marriages: There are no entries December 1739–March 1741 and April 1748–January 1790, except five entries, 1751–1752. There are, however, occasional entries of proclamation fees between 1729–1740 and 1755–1777 among the Mortcloth Dues for the same period. There are no marriage entries from April 1797–April 1798. Deaths: Burials are Mortcloth Dues until 1778 and there are no entries 1738–1756. No entries 1778–1816 after which deaths are recorded. Source: Key to the Parochial Registers of Scotland, by V. Ben Bloxham, pub. 1970. British Book 941 K23b.

Established Church—Kirk Session Records
Minutes and Accounts 1778–1843 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH2/882.

Leswal Free Church
History— Thomas B. Bell, minister of Leswalt, one elder and many of the congregation came out in 1843. The church was built that year; also a school and teacher's house. Manse was built in 1862. The hall was erected in 1881. The congregation suffered through rural depopulation. Membership: 1848, 272; 1900, 144. 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— Minutes 1853–1859 Note: Available at the National Archives of Scotland, Edinburgh, record CH3/855.

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