Dreghorn, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

Dreghorn, Ayr, Scotland (#589)

History

New Statistical Account of Scotland (FHL book 941 B4sa, series 2)

Vol. # ___5__ County: _____Ayr______________ Parish: ______Dreghorn____________

This account was written in

1838.

Before the reformation, this parish ecclesiastically belonged to the Tyronenses monks at Kilwinning, and was united in 1688 to that of Peirceton, regarding which union nothing is know with certainty.

Irvine

and Dreghorn are the towns.

The whole of the parish was f

ormerly the property of the De Morvilles, who were constables of Scotland and Lords of Cunninghame. Mrs. Montgomerie, widow of William Montgomerie; Mr. Mure M’Credie; and Colonel Fullarton of Fullarton were the major landowners. The land was primarily used for, oats, potatoes, turnips, wheat, barley, cattle, sheep, milk, and butter. The population in 1831 was 888.

Several portions of the parish record were either accidentally or surreptitiously removed at the the time of separation.

Families attending the Established Church-110. Families attending the Dissenters and Seceders --31.