Stevenston, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

Stevenston, Ayr, Scotland Church Record (#615)

History

This account was written in 1837. Stevenston and Saltcoats are the nearest towns. The parish derives its name from Stephen Lockhart. Stephen Lockhart’s father obtained a grant for the whole parish in 1170, from Richard Morville, Lord of Cuninghame, and Constable of Scotland. Alexander Hamilton, Esq. of Grange; Patrick Warner, Esq. of Ardeer; Robert Cuninghame, Esq. of Auchenharvie; and the Right Honorable the Earl of Eglinton are the major land owners. The land was primarily used for, coal, salt, ship-building, wheat, potatoes, oats, beans, turnips, barley, carrots, and pigs. The population in 1791 was 2425, and in 1836 was 3681. The registers begin in1700, but many of them have been lost and they are not now complete. The religious attendance of the parishioners was:

Established Church 980

Relief 440 United Secession ---227 Original Seceders 51 Baptists --31 Roman Catholics -17 Cameronians 7 Methodists ---1

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