St. Quivox, Ayrshire, Scotland Genealogy

St. Quivox, Ayr, Scotland (#612)

History

This account was written in

1837.

The name of the parish is sometimes written as

St. Evox.

Ayr is the nearest town.

The major land owners were: Mr. Oswald of Auchencruive; Mr. Forbes of Callendar; Messrs Hunters and Company, Bankers, ayr; and Mr Campbell of Craigie. The land was primarily used for, coal, cattle, oats, turnips, potatoes, wheat, barley, and dairy cows. The population in 1755 was 499. The population in 1837 was 5348.

The parochial records began in1780 and have been kept regularly since that time.

The religious attendance of the parishioners was:

Established Church -724 families Roman Catholic --125 Relief -112 United Secessions ---71 Antiburghers 40 Episcopalian 20 Reformed Presbytery 25 Methodists --18 Independents 6 Moravians -3 Universalists -2

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