Newton-upon-Ayr, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

This account was written in

1837.

The name of the parish is evidently derived from its situation on the banks of the Ayr.

Ayr is the nearest town.

The parish is of very small extent,

being only a mile and a half in length and a mile in width.

The freemen are proprietors of all the land in the parish with the exception of ten acres. William Forbes, Esq. of Callendar, has the right of superiority over main street. The land was primarily used for, coal, potatoes, turnips, hay and grains of all kinds.

The population in

1791 was 1689. The population in 1831 was 4020.

The registers have been kept regularly since 1779.

The religious attendance of the parishioners was:

Established Church---2960 holding -708 sittings Relief 282 -116 United Secessions -188 --85 Original Seceders --102 --51 Reformed Presbyterians47 --15 Methodists --86 --24 Episcopalians --51 -13 Independents ---20 -11 Moravian --9 1

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