The parishes of Inverarity and Meathie-Lour were united in 1612, part of Meathie parish (Lour) being transferred to Forfar parish at that time. The former parish of Kirkbuddo or Carbuddo, which became a detached part of the parish of Guthrie, now forms the eastern end of Inverarity and Meathie.
Please also visit the page of general information applicable to all of Angus & Kincardineshire.
Abbreviations
| NLS | National Library of Scotland |
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| NRS | National Records of Scotland, formerly called the National Archives of Scotland [NAS] and, before that, the Scottish Record Office [SRO] HM General Register House, Edinburgh EH1 3YY (Tel: +44-131-535-1314); some records are at West Register House, Charlotte Square, Edinburgh (Tel: +44-131-535-1413) |
| OPR | Old Parish Registers of Births/baptisms, Banns/marriages & Deaths/burials (pre-1855) |
- See also, for history of the parish:
- The Statistical accounts of Inverarity
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 3, pp. 400-425.
Statistical accounts of Inverarity
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 4, p. 124
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 234
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1860-1, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Inverarity & Meathie, see National Library's Maps.
See Geograph.org: Inverarity - recent photographs of Inverarity. National Grid ref. NO4544.
See Geograph.org: Meathie - recent photographs of Meathie. National Grid ref. NO4646.
Inverarity parish kirk is located at National Grid ref. NO452443. Built 1754.
Above: Inverarity kirk
The ruins of Meathie Kirk are at NO465462.
adm.: admitted, ass.: assistant, bapt.: baptised, contr.: contract, dem.: demitted, dep.: deposed, ind.: inducted, lic.: licensed, mar.: married, min.: minister, ord.: ordained, pres.: presented, rel.: related, res.: resigned, suc.: successor, test.: testament, tr.: translated
Ministers of Inverarity 1560-1982
| David Lindsay of Pitcairlie | 1560 | min. of Oathlaw, with charge here also |
| Sir Hew Lindsay | 1561-1563 | vicar 1561-3; chaplain of Denside 1566 |
| James Blindschall | 1563 | reader |
| James Fotheringham | 1563-1568 | also had Meathie and Kinnettles in the charge |
| Charles Welwood | 1594-1605 | M.A.; adm. 1594; tr. to Kirkden 1595; prob. held both for a time; dem. here bef. 22 Apr 1605 |
| David Williamson | 1605-1622 | pres. 22 Apr 1605; removed from Meathie on its union with Inverarity; tr. to Kilspindie PER 1 Aug 1622 |
| William Rigg | 1622-1656 | b. ca. 1597 Edinburgh, son of John Rigg, min. of Dunnichen; M.A. Edinburgh 1617; pres. to Meathie 10 Oct 1622; d. Jul 1656; mar. Margaret, dau. of Colin Campbell, min. of Dundee; issue: John, min. of Strathmiglo FIF; William, min. of Lundie; Thos, writer in Edinburgh; Margaret (mar. Andrew Oliphant of Prinlaws, min. of Rossie); Eliz. (mar. Andrew Arrot of Dumbarrow); Agnes (mar. John Peter of Chapel, W.S.); Lilias (mar. David Halstoun of Craigton) |
| Frederick Bower | 1662-1663 | bro. of Alexander Bower of Kincaldrum; M.A. St Andrews 1649; adm. bef. 29 Oct 1662; d. Sep/Oct 1663, aged ca. 35; mar. Helen Fotheringham, who survived him; issue: Jean (mar. Alexr Graham, merchant burgess of Montrose); Lilias |
| George Grahame | 1665-1694 | M.A. St Andrews 1657; ord. 17 May 1665; dep. 1694 for drunkenness |
| John Milne | 1701-1710 | formerly min. of 2nd charge Montrose; intruded here 1701; dep. 1710 |
| Robert Young | 1710-1734 | M.A. St Andrews 1703; clerk to Synod of Fife; ord. 6 Jun 1710; d. Dec 1734; mar. Eliz. Anderson; issue: John, min. here; Robert, min. of Benholm |
| John Grub | 1715-1716 | M.A.; intruded here Sep 1715 to Feb 1716 |
| John Young | 1735-1778 | b. ca. 1711, son of above; ord. 20 Feb 1735; D.D. St Andrews 1763; d. 20 Jun 1778; mar. 1737 Jean Hay; issue: Robert, Maurice |
| John Webster | 1779-1807 | b. 1755, son of John W., bailie of Forfar; M.A. St Andrews 1773; ord. 8 Apr 1779; d. 10 Nov 1807; mar. 1793 Mary, dau. of Patrick Bryce, min. of Carmyllie; issue: Mary; John, M.D.; Patrick; Margaret; Eliz.; Geo., solicitor, London; Chas, barrister, London; James; Francis, W.S.; Wm Maul, solicitor, London; Thos, advocate |
| William Rankine | 1808-1830 | ord. 3 Nov 1808; d. 11 Feb 1830; mar. 1798 Margaret Scott, who survived him; issue: Isabella; Margaret; Mary Fothringham; Ann Eliz. Fothringham; Chas F.; Wm; Thos F.; Fredk F. |
| George Loudon | 1831-1867 | b. 1792 Tannadice, son of John L., farmer; M.A. St Andrews 1817; ord. to Lintrathen 28 Sep 1819; tr. & adm. 10 Mar 1831; d. 9 Mar 1867; mar. 1825 Mary, eldest dau. of Robert Montgomerie of Barnahill; issue: Mary Marian Montgomerie (mar. James Cruickshank Easton, min. of Meldrum); Eliz. Macfarlane |
| Patrick Stevenson | 1867-1905 | b. 24 Jul 1835 Coupar Angus, son of Peter James Stevenson, D.D., min. of Coupar Angus; ass. Dundee, Farnell, Alyth, Carluke LKS and Mount Stuart BUT; ord. 23 Aug 1867; d. 20 Aug 1905 unmar.; learned in medicine, botany and astronomy; student of the Diatomaceae |
| George Bremner | 1906-1921 | M.A., B.D.; ord. 18 Jan 1906; tr. to St Margaret's, Barnhill 13 Jul 1921 |
| James Miller | 1921-1927 | b. 26 Nov 1880 Alloa CLK, son of James M.; business career for 15 years; ass. St Mary's Edinburgh; ord. 9 Nov 1921; tr. to Martyrs Glasgow 17 May 1927; mar. 1910 Laurenca Hamilton, dau. of Colin Finnie, Pollokshields; had issue |
| Walter Kilgour Black | 1927-1945 | b. 25 Feb 1875 Largo FIF, son of Andrew B.; ord. to Dudhope Free Church Dundee 5 Feb 1909; adm. Delting SHI 29 Aug 1912; tr. & adm. to Kirriemuir South 17 May 1915; tr. & adm. here 11 Aug 1927; dem. 30 Jun 1945; mar. 1911 Mary Jane, dau. of Geo. Crichton, Largo; issue: Sir Douglas Andrew Kilgour, P.R.C.P.Lond.; WKG bicycled round the parish, in spite of an artificial leg |
| William Fimister Paxton | 1946-1958 | d. 12 Apr 1958 |
| David G. H. Whyte | 1959-1982 |
Ministers of Meathie 1560-1612
| James Fotheringham | 1567 | min. |
| John Watson | 1574 | reader |
| John Nevay of that ilk | 1577 | min. of Glamis 1571; min. here 27 Apr 1577 |
| John Strachan | 1575-1586 | reader |
| David Guthrie | 1588-1591 | reader |
| James Bannerman | 1599-1600 | M.A.; min. in 1599; tr. to Logierait PER 1600 |
| David Williamson | 1600-1612 | adm. 1600; removed to Inverarity on union of parishes in 1612 |
Monuments in Inverarity Kirkyard (ca. 100 stones) and in Meathie Kirkyard (2 stones) bearing pre-1855 information are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 1: Strathmore" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1993), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 1. Pre-1855 Strathmore" in their online shop.)
Andrew Jervise recorded some monuments at Inverarity in his "Epitaphs & Inscriptions", vol. 2, pp. 298-304.
Photos of a few monuments in Inverarity Kirkyard
A partial listing of monuments at Kirkbuddo is given on the page for Guthrie.
A few monuments in Inverarity Kirkyard:
Mr THOMAS RITCHIE farmer East Tarbrax died 2nd April 1873 aged 77 years ELIZABETH URQUHART wife of the above died 17th October 1885 aged 91 years
in memory of the Right Honourable WILLIAM EDWARD BAXTER D.L., J.P. of Kincaldrum, for 30 years member of parliament for the Montrose District of burghs, who died on the 10th of August 1890, in the 66th year of his age, eldest son of EDWARD BAXTER of Kincaldrum, and his wife EUPHEMIA WILSON. Also in memory of JANET SCOTT wife of WILLIAM EDWARD BAXTER, who died on the 7th October 1910 in the 87th year of her age.
In loving memory of EDWARD ARMITSTEAD BAXTER D.L., J.P. of Kincaldrum and Kilmaron born 25th of September 1848 died 17th of January 1933 eldest son of the Right Hon. W. E. BAXTER and to his wife ISOBEL SCOTT-ELLIOT died 26th of December 1943 in the 91st year of her age
In loving memory of WILLIAM EDWARD ELLIOT BAXTER of Kincaldrum 30.VII.1880 - 28.I.1955 and of his wife INGRID RASMUSSEN SKOWSGAARD 24.II.1896 - 3.IX.1950
Inverarity war memorial
Located in the kirkyard
Births, Marriages & Deaths, 1855 to present
Indexes and actual records for Statutory Registers of Births, Marriages & Deaths, beginning 1 Jan 1855, are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
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Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1837 - 1947 for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/381/7]
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Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1837 - 1947 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/381/7]
Births, Marriages & Deaths, before 1855
Indexes and actual records for all extant Old Parish Registers (OPRs) (pre-1855) of the Established Church of Scotland are available online, following registration and the purchase of credits, at the official web-site, ScotlandsPeople.
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- 1710 - 1854
Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1837 - 1947 for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/381/7]
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- 1710 - 1854
Additionally, in the National Records:
- 1837 - 1947 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [NRS CH2/381/7]
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- 1716 - 1819
| Date | Type | Parties | NRS ref. |
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| 1707 | antenuptial | Mr Thomas Thomson, notary public at Chance Inn & Jean Milne, 3rd dau. of Mr John Milne, minister at Inverarity | RH9/7/252 |
Church Session Records of Inverarity Parish Church
(Inverarity-Kinnettles from 1959)
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. CH2/381/... |
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| Minutes | 1714-1741 | 1 |
| do | 1742-1769 | 2 |
| Minutes & accounts | 1769-1836 | 3 |
| Minutes | 1837-1883 | 4 |
| Cash book | 1834-1854 | 5 |
| do | 1854-1856 | 6 |
| Proclamations & baptisms | 1837-1947 | 7 |
| Minutes | 1883-1968 | 8 |
| Baptisms | 1948-1970 | 9 |
| Cash book | 1911-1945 | 10 |
| Accounts | 1940-1958 | 11 |
| Communion roll | 1927-1956 | 12 |
| Proclamations | 1948-1978 | 13 |
| Communion roll | 1957-1972 | 14 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR55/... |
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| Minute book (with accounts) | 1880-1930 | 1 |
| Letter re insurance of ecclesiastical buildings | 1929 | 2 |
| Receipts by Parish Council for records | 1927 | 3 |
The principal proprietors of land in the parish in 1835:
- Col. Fothringham
- Robert S. Graham
- Capt. John Laurenson of Invereighty
Records of the official censuses of the parish in 1841, 1851, 1861, 1871, 1881, 1891, 1901 and 1911 are held in the New Register House, Edinburgh and are open to the public on payment of a fee.
Indexes to all the original census records, and the records themselves, can be accessed online at modest charge at ScotlandsPeople.
Microfilm copies are also widely available in libraries. The 1881 census is available on CD-ROM.
The early censuses of 1801-31 do not name individuals.
| Year | male | female | total | ref. |
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| 1755 | 996 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1789 | 900 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 820 | |||
| 1811 | 865 | |||
| 1821 | 464 | 502 | 966 | |
| 1831 | ||||
| 1841 | ||||
| 1851 | 948 | |||
| 1871 | 465 | 423 | 888 | |
| 1881 | 463 | 399 | 862 |
After change of parish boundary:
| Year | male | female | total |
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| 1891 | 501 | 425 | 926 |
| 1901 | 450 | 373 | 823 |
| 1911 | 474 | 387 | 861 |
| 1921 | 455 | 354 | 809 |
| 1961 | 687 |
Inverarity & Meathie was in the Commissariot of St Andrews.
Indexes to all extant pre-1926 testamentary records (wills & inventories of moveable property) can be searched free of charge at ScotlandsPeople. Digital (and paper) copies of the documents can be purchased at that site. See further the introduction to Angus & Kincardineshire at Testaments.
Testaments of Inverarity & Meathie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1800
| David Adam | in Cottertoune of Kincaldrum, par. of Innerairetie | 15 Nov 1620 |
| Robert Adamson | late tenant in the Mains of Inverarity, thereafter tenant of the half of the Mains of Balfour, par. of Kingoldrum | 11 Mar 1776 |
| John Barrie | tailor in Hapes, par. of Inneraritie | 22 Oct 1599 |
| David Bellie | in Quhischit-grein of Ounstoun, par. of Innerarretie | 11 Nov 1619 |
| Agnes Burn | in Hapes, par. of Inneraritie, spouse of Thomas Hog | 22 Oct 1599 |
| Alexander Butchart | in Muirtoun of Easter Methie, par. of Methie | 22 Sep 1617 |
| Adam Condie elder | in Barnhill of Strowie, par. of Methie | 30 Jul 1616 |
| Patrick Croall | in Arnehall, par. of Enneraratie | 19 Dec 1649 |
| John Daes or Daiss | in Gaitsyde of Kintreith, par. of Methie | 6 May 1600 |
| John Dean | in Kincreich, par. of Inveraritie | 16 Mar 1626 |
| Alexander Dog | tailor in Tarvett, par. of Innerarity | 18 Jun 1596 |
| Isobel Drummond | relict of Mr George Elphingstone, sometime schoolmaster at Inverarity | 29 Jul 1772 |
| James Gardine | in Carrat, par. of Inneraritie | 26 Aug 1614 |
| John Gibson of Gallowfauld | par. of Inneraretie | 25 Apr 1620 |
| Mr Alexander Grahame of Wester Meathie | par. of Inveraritie | 28 Sep 1713, 7 Apr and 15 Nov 1714 and 6 Jan 1717 |
| Margaret Gray | spouse to James Ramsay, in Unstone, par. of Inveraritie | 24 Sep 1640 |
| Janet Halkney | spouse to William Wilson, in Easter Methie, par. of Methie | 6 Dec 1614 |
| Margaret Hay | spouse to John Nevay of that Ilk, par. of Methie | 13 Jan 1615 |
| Marjorie Henderson | spouse to William Nevay, in Cottoune of Kincreich, par. of Methie | 25 Mar 1620 |
| David Kerr | at the Grange of Kincrech, par. of Methie | 2 Apr. 1618 |
| Euphaim Kerr | sometime spouse to Walter Mitchelsone, portioner of East Grange of Kincreich, par. of Methie | 28 Nov 1614 |
| Thomas Kerr of Ovenston | at Seggiden, par. of Inverarity | 6 Feb 1755, 17 Nov 1756 and 29 Mar 1758 |
| John Laing | at the Miln of Innerairty, par. of Innerairity | 4 Sep 1753 |
| Grissell Millar | spouse to Andrew Schiphird, in Lour, par. of Methie | 30 Jul 1616 |
| John Milne | in Aidgertoun, par. of Methie | 30 Apr 1617 |
| James Mitchelson | in the Kirktoune of Inveraretie | 3 Jun 1626 |
| Janet Mitchelson | spouse to John Gibson, tlesher in Gallofauld, par. of Inveraretie | 7 Oct 1625 |
| Matild Mitchelson | spouse to John Butter, in Balgirsche, par. of Inneraretie | 4 Jun 1621 |
| Walter Mitchelson of Easter Grange of Kincreich | par. of Methie | 5 Jun 1635 |
| Janet Moffat | spouse to David Schiphird, in Little Lour, par. of Methie | 30 Jul 1616 |
| Alexander Mylne | in Quhittehauch, par. of Methie | 30 Jul 1635 |
| Bessie Mylne | spouse to umquhile Patrick Trest, in Newtoune of Methie, par. of Methie | 22 Nov 1627 |
| Isobel Mylne | in Grange of Kincreif, par. of Inveraritie | 24 Sep 1640 |
| Margaret Ness | spouse to James Malcom, in Carrat, par. of Inneraretie | 15 Jun 1619 |
| Katherine Philip | in Hapess, par. of Inneraritie | 22 Oct 1599 |
| William Pirie elder | in Kirktoun of West Grange of Kincreich, par. of Methie | 27 Jul 1616 |
| Janet Ritchie | in Happis, par. of Inneraritie | 15 Mar 1597-8 |
| Andrew Steven | in Kincreich, par. of Methie | 12 Jan 1616 |
| Christian Steven | spouse to William Ritchardsoune, now in Arnahall, par. of Methie-lour | 7 Jun 1624 |
| James Steven | husbandman at the Milne of Kincreich, par. of Methie | 19 Nov 1599 |
| John Trest | in Methie, par. of Innerraretie | 4 Mar 1635 |
| Christian Walker | sometime spouse to Walter Michelsoun, portioner of Eastgrange of Kincreith, par. of Methie | 21 Jul 1595 |
| Christian Watterstoun | spouse to Gilbert Guthrie, in Carrat, par. of Inneraretie | 15 Jun 1619 |
| Patrick Waugh | in Glenboy, par. of Methie | 4 Mar 1597-8 |
| Dr John Young | minister at Inverarity | 29 Jul 1778 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant
| Adam Archer | in Kaphouse, par. of Inverarity | 10 Nov 1725 |
| Alexander Bower | in Kilcaldrum, par. of Inverarity | 23 Mar 1761 |
| James Bower of Methie | par. of Inverarity | 23 Aug 1738 |
| David Gordon | in Labothy, par. of Inverarity | 9 Jun 1731 |
| John Jarren | in Kincaldrume, par. of Innerichtie [Inverarity] | 20 Jul 1737 |
| James Morgan | in Wester Methie, par. of Inveraity | 25 Jan 1738 |
Testaments of Inverarity & Meathie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Brechin, 1576-1800
'T' before the date indicates that the copy in the register is lost, but the original testament is extant.
| Grissell Adam | servitor to Thomas Keill, in the Pietter Loone of Ineraritie | T. 24 Jun 1657 |
| John Bressak | portioner of Inverarity | T. 6 Nov 1779 |
| Mr Alexander Graham of Wester Meathie | 25 Sep 1735 | |
| James Graham of Meathie | T. 9 Nov 1792 | |
| Mr William Rigg | minister at Ineraritie | 13 Aug 1656 |
Testaments of Inverarity & Meathie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| Katherine Gray | spouse of umquhile Thomas Guthrie, in the Bonitoune of Inneraratie | 25 Mar. 1569 |
| John Kinnear | in Haltoun of Inveraritie in Angus | 4 Mar 1587-8 |
| David Lindsay | minister at Inneraretie | 1 Jul 1581 |
| David Lindsay | in Bonytoun of Innereritie | 29 Nov 1592 |
| John Maxwell | in Balgirscho, par. of Inneraritie, sher. of Forfar | 13 May 1586 |
| Elizabeth Nevay | sometime spouse to James Wychtand, in the Mylne of Inneraritie | 9 Jul 1577 |
| Grissell Nevay | sometime spouse to James Bouchart, portioner of Eister-Grange, par. of Inneraritie, sher. of Forfar | 19 Jun 1587 |
| Katherine Strachan | sometime spouse to John Nevay of that ilk, par. of Methie, sher. of Forfar | 17 Jun 1587 |
Images of the original records for Inverarity:
Images of the original records for Inverarity: