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 Monikie
- General histories listed on the page for Books about Angus & Kincardineshire, in particular Warden, vol. 4, pp. 413-429.
W. Douglas Chisholm - The Monikie Story (1982: ISBN 0-9508163-0-2; repr. with index, Monikie: Pitnolen Publications, 1998)
Statistical accounts of Monikie
- Old Statistical Account of the 1790s - vol. 4, p. 343
- New Statistical Account of the 1840s - vol. 11, p. 485
- 1:25000 Ordnance Survey map - published 1957
- 1:10560 (Six inch) Ordnance Survey map - surveyed 1858, published 1865
For the full range of maps of Monikie, see National Library's Maps.
See Geograph.org: Monikie - recent photographs of Monikie. National Grid ref. NO5138.
Located at National Grid ref. NO518388, at Kirkton of Monikie. Rebuilt 1812. The mediaeval church, dedicated to St Andrew, was one of those that were appropriated to Arbroath Abbey.
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
| Matthew Grieve | 1561-aft. 1567 | vicar pensioner 1561; reader 1567; pres. to the vicarage 17 Jan 1567/8 |
| Henry Grieve | 1574-1585 | reader |
| John Durham | 1585-1639 | son of Robert Durham of Grange; min. of Flisk FIF 1576; tr. & adm. bef. 1585; pres. 1 Jun 1612; d. 15 Aug 1639, an "auld agit man"; test. 20 Aug 1640 Brechin; mar.; issue: Patrick, min. of New Abbey KKD; Jean (mar. William Auchinleck, min. here) |
| William Auchinleck | 1634-1642 | M.A.; adm. (probably as ass.) bef. 31 Aug 1634; tr. to Barry 1642 |
| Patrick Makgill | 1642-1680 | b. ca. 1600, son of James Makgill of Rankeillour; M.A. St Andrews 1621; pres. to Barry 20 May 1632; pres. 2 Mar 1642; d. 19 Jan 1680; mar. Jane (or Lucras) Irving; issue: Patrick, min. of Tealing; Geo., min. of Arbirlot; John; Mary |
| William Rait of Pitforthy | 1680-1716 | b. ca. 1653, son of Wm R., min. of 3rd charge Dundee; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1677; adm. 28 Sep 1680; dep. 30 Apr 1716 as Jacobite; mar. Isabel, dau. of Patrick Yeaman of Dryburgh, Angus; issue: Geo.; James, episcopal min. Kirriemuir and Dundee, bishop of Brechin 1742; Barbara (mar. Henry Edgar, episcopal min. Arbroath); Margaret (mar. George Dempster of Dunnichen) |
| James Goodsir | 1717-1733 | b. ca. 1679; M.A. St Andrews 1700; ord. Strathmartine 12 Dec 1706; tr. & adm. 12 Feb 1717; d. Dec 1733 x Jan 1734; mar. Florinda Griffith, who survived him |
| George Johnstone | 1738-1773 | b. ca. 1704, son of Patrick Johnstone, min. of Auchterhouse; M.A. St Andrews 1725; ord. 2 Feb 1738; d. 4 Oct 1773; mar. (1) 1740 Isobel (d.s.p.), dau. of Alexander lord Colville of Culross; (2) Agnes, dau. of William Arthur, min. of Glenisla |
| James Hunter | 1774-1782 | b. ca. 1720, son of John H., farmer, Kennethlees; ord. Kirkden 16 Aug 1753; tr. & adm. 21 Jul 1774; d. 17 Aug 1782; mar. Janet Reynolds, Cairnie, Arbroath; issue: John, James, Janet, Robert |
| William Maule | 1783-1827 | b. 1755; M.A. Kings Aberdeen 1772; ord. Stracathro 26 Sep 1782; tr. & adm. 3 Jul 1783; D.D. St Andrews 1812; d. 30 Jan 1827; mar. 1793 Margaret, dau. of james Bisset, min. of Caputh PER; issue: Helen |
| James Miller | 1827-1843 | b. 1777 Newtyle, son of David M.; ord. Eassie & Nevay 3 Apr 1803; tr. & adm. 26 Sep 1827; joined Free Church 1843; min. of Free Church Monikie 1843-60; d. 25 May 1860; mar. 1806 Barbara, dau. of Samuel Martin D.D., min. of Monimail FIF; issue: David; Eliz. (mar. Robert Geikie of Rosemount); Samuel, min. of Monifieth; James, prof. of surgery, Edinburgh; John; Wm; Barbara; Mary Ann; Janet; Jane Martin; John; Wilhelmina |
| Thomas McKie | 1843-1852 | ord. 8 Nov 1843; tr. to Erskine 15 Jan 1852; issue: Agnes Dunlop (mar. Dr Graham Steel, Manchester); Robert Dunlop; John Macmillan; Thos Geo.; Walter Dunlop |
| John Reid | 1852-1900 | b. 25 Aug 1823 Torryburn FIF, son of Wm R., inspector of poor; ass. St Mary's Dundee; ord. 5 May 1852; d. 8 Sep 1900 Wormit FIF; mar. 1855 Elizabeth Davidson, dau. of James Reid, min. of Kirkinner WIG; issue: Mary Bruce; Wm Elliot; Mary Jane; Margaret Louise (mar. Gordon Irving Donald, min. of Rathven BAN); James Burnett; Harry; Eliz. Joanna |
| Andrew Armit * | 1896-1938 | b. 4 Aug 1865, son of James A., Kettle FIF; ass. & missionary Broughty Ferry; ord. Pictou, Nova Scotia 11 Apr 1893; tr. ass. & suc. 18 May 1896; d. 5 Aug 1938; mar. 1893 Eliz., dau. of James Wilson; issue: Ethel E.; James W.; Annie G.; Cecil B.; Gerald |
* His first church, St Andrew's at Pictou, burnt down on 7 Nov 1893. See here.
Ministers of Monikie Free Church
| James Miller | 1843-1860 | see entry for him under ministers of established church, above |
Ministers of Newbigging (Burgher)
Above: Newbigging Church
| James Harvey | 1791-1796 | from Cambusnethan LKS; ord. 26 Apr 1791; dem. 5 Jan 1796; teacher of oriental languages, Glasgow; d. by Sep 1826; issue: 2 |
| William Graham | 1815-1821 | b. ca. 1760; from Glasgow (Cathedral Square); teacher; ord. 26 Oct 1803 as min. of an independent church, Darlington, England; dem. thence 1813; inducted 19 Jul 1815; dem. 6 Nov 1821; d. 20 Jun 1828 Kirkintilloch |
| John Eckford | 1828-1851 | from Morebattle; ord. 5 Aug 1828; dep. 15 Jan 1851; superintendent of schools in Canada; d. 22 Oct 1881 West Brantford; mar. & had issue; uncle of the Rev. James Eckford Fyfe, Kilmacolm RFW |
| Alexander Miller | 1852-1895 | from Glasgow (St Vincent Street); ord. 26 Oct 1852; min.-emeritus 6 Nov 1895 |
| George Wylie Howie | 1896- | M.A.; from Dundee (Bell Street); ord. 10 Jun 1896 |
Ministers of Newbigging United Free Church
| David Conochie | ?-1915-? |
Monuments in Monikie Kirkyard bearing pre-1855 information (ca. 120 stones) are listed in Alison Mitchell (ed.), "Pre-1855 Monumental Inscriptions in Angus, Vol. 3: Environs of Dundee" (Edinburgh: Scottish Genealogy Soc., 1996), which can be bought from the Scottish Genealogy Society. (It's listed as "Angus MI - Vol. 3. Pre-1855 Environs of Dundee" in their online shop.)
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 Dundee City Archives:
- 1855 - 1896 for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/499/17]
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Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1855 - 1928 proclamations, for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/499/18]
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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- 1613 - 1717
- 1719 - 1854
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- 1613 - 1854
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- 1613 - 1660
- 1703 - 1733
- 1783 - 1820
- 1842 - 1854
Additionally, in Dundee City Archives:
- 1842 - 1854 burials, for Church of Scotland [DCA CH2/499/6]
Additionally, in Angus Archives:
- Index to Register of Deaths, 1842-1854 [Angus Archives ref. 57:929.5]
Church Session Records of Monikie Parish Church
Original records are held by Dundee City Archives; repertory is available at NRS ref. CH2/23/...; digital images are available on personal visit to NRS.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH2/499/... |
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| Minutes | 1783-1807 | 1 |
| Accounts | 1783-1809 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1843-1896 | 2 |
| Accounts | 1809-1825 | 3 |
| do | 1825-1837 | 4 |
| do | 1837-1851 | 5 |
| Burials | 1842-1854 | 6 |
| Abstract | 1848-1861 | 6 |
| Communion roll | 1850-1879 | 7 |
| Misc. papers (13 items) | 1683-1872 | 8 |
| Cash book | 1897-1967 | 9 |
| Communion roll | 1891-1896 | 10 |
| do | 1897-1902 | 11 |
| Minutes | 1897-1961 | 12 |
| do | 1961-1984 | 13 |
| Communion roll | 1880-1892 | 14 |
| do | 1902-1922 | 15 |
| do | 1923-1939 | 16 |
| Baptisms | 1855-1896 | 17 |
| Proclamations | 1855-1928 | 18 |
| do | 1928-1977 | 19 |
| Minutes (discipline) | 1905-1927 | 20 |
| Collections | 1907-1919 | 21 |
| do | 1925-1929 | 22 |
| do | 1929-1967 | 23 |
| Papers re the Rev. John Reid | 1845-1979 | 24 |
| Mary McIntyre bequest | 1922 | 25 |
| Misc. papers | 1910-1939 | 26 |
Church Session Records of Monikie Free Church
later, United Free; Craigton Ch. of S.
Original records are held by Dundee City Archives; repertory is available at NRS ref. CH2/23/...; digital images are available on personal visit to NRS.
| Nature of record | Dates | DCA ref. CH3/1465/... |
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| Minutes | 1880-1938 | 1 |
| Deacons' court minutes | 1880-1925 | 2 |
| Baptismal register | 1925-1938 | 3 |
| Proclamation register | 1925-1937 | 3 |
| Nature of record | Dates | NRS ref. HR440/... |
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| Minute book | 1843-1929 | 1 |
| Minutes | 1843-1916 | 2 |
| Cash book | 1892-1921 | 3 |
| Accounts | 1900-1930 | 4 |
| Vouchers (3) | 1845-1887 | 5 |
| Papers re ecclesiastical buildings, etc. (church, manse, glebe) | 1844-1904 | 6 |
| Papers re transference of property to Church of Scotland General Trustees | 1926-1928 | 7 |
| Correspondence | 1844-1916 | 8 |
| Miscellaneous papers | 1808-1893 | 9 |
There were 5 heritors of the parish in 1842:
- Lord Panmure
- Lord Douglas
- Fyffe of Smithfield
- Graham of Affleck
- Kerr of Newbigging
Records of the Fyffe family, including David Fyffe, 46th Foot (a son of Maj. David Fyffe of Smithfield) - William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan - Details
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 | 1345 | Dr Alexander Webster | ||
| 1794 | 1278 | Old Statistical Account | ||
| 1801 | 1236 | |||
| 1811 | 1293 | |||
| 1821 | 620 | 705 | 1325 | |
| 1831 | 1322 | |||
| 1841 | 632 | 685 | 1317 | |
| 1851 | 1317? | |||
| 1871 | 699 | 698 | 1397 | |
| 1881 | 702 | 710 | 1412 | |
| 1891 | 688 | 640 | 1328 | |
| 1901 | 684 | 615 | 1299 | |
| 1911 | 616 | 568 | 1184 | |
| 1921 | 576 | 579 | 1155 |
Monikie was in the Commissariot of Brechin.
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 Monikie 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.
| David Adam | in Churnsyde, par. of Monikie, and Barbara Raitt, his spouse | T. 24 Oct 1676 |
| Thomas Archer | at the Mylne of Cammestoun, and Helen Brown, his spouse, par. of Monekie | 28 Mar 1610 |
| Mr Gilbert Auchinleck of Dinfuid | par. of Monekie, and Euphemia Ramsay, his spouse | 11 Mar 1629 |
| Robert Brown | in West Densyde of Monikie, and Grissell Kidd, his spouse | 8 Mar 1688 |
| Euphemia Caithness | spouse to James Watt, in Cottoune of Adeslie, par. of Moniky | 14 Jun 1636 |
| William Clark | in Cammestoune, par. of Monekie | 7 Jun 1613 |
| William Clark | in Cammestoune, par. of Monekie | 7 Jul 1627 |
| Helen Constable | spouse to Thomas Boyak, in Densyde, par. of Monikie | 20 Jun 1665 |
| Mr Henry Dempster | schoolmaster at Monekie | T. 10 Jul 1782 |
| David Doig | in Maynes of Downie, and Margaret Smith, his spouse | 10 Feb 1659 |
| Bessie Duncan | spouse to James Melville, in Cragtoun, par. of Monekie | 20 Jul 1629 |
| Alexander Durham, elder | in Bahungie, par. of Monekie | 10 Sep 1635 |
| Mr John Durham | minister at Monikie | 20 Aug 1640 |
| John Gray | servitour to David Muffat, in Stotfald, par. of Monikie | 8 Oct 1614 |
| Isobel Grewar | relict of John Fleming, late in Meikle Downie | 17 Jul 1752 |
| John Guild | in Cottoun of Ardeistie, par. of Monekie | 4 Aug 1627 |
| Gilbert Guthrie | in Newlandhead of Auchenleck, par. of Monikie | 10 Feb 1663 |
| William Guthrie | in Chrynsyde, par. of Monikie | T. 3 Mar 1648 |
| John Henderson | in Fairniefaldi, par. of Moneikie | T. 15 Jun 1672 |
| Thomas Hope | in Garthe of Balhungrie, par. of Moneky | 3 Sep 1635 |
| Mr James Hunter | minister at Monekie | T. 15 Feb 1783 |
| George Johnston | brewer at Kirktown of Monikie | T. 22 Aug 1780 |
| George Johnston | and Margaret Crichton, of Kirktown of Monikie | T. 16 Aug 1791 |
| Alison Kidd | spouse to Alexander Fleming, at the Kirk of Monekie | 5 Apr 1641 |
| David Kidd | par. of Monikie | 8 Apr 1662 |
| Margaret Kidd | in Camestone, par. of Monikie | 4 Mar 1657 |
| Margaret Laurence | in Brechin, relict of George Mather, late at Mill of Downie | T. 5 Jan 1785 |
| Hew Lindsay | in Skithine, par. of Monekie | 4 Aug 1627 |
| Janet Lindsay | spouse to umquhile John Guild, in Cottoun of Ardestie, par. of Monekie | 4 Aug 1672 |
| Christian Mathie | in Cottoun of Middle Downe | 22 Feb 1594-5 |
| John Meik | in Cottoun of Dinfuid [Denfind], par. of Monekie | 25 Mar 1622 |
| James Melville | sometime in Cragetoun of Downy, thereafter in Guildie, and now indweller in Campbieston, and Margaret Maxwell, his spouse | 29 Dec 1640 |
| William Mudie | in the Housbandtoun of Auchinleck, par. of Monekie | T. 28 Feb 1650 |
| Elspet Paton | in Ester Downie | T. 18 Dec 1667 |
| Andrew Petrie | late at Craigtown of Monikie | T. 24 Apr 1777 |
| George Railey | in Fairniefaulds, par. of Monikie, and Catherine Nicoll, his spouse | 7 Sep 1692 |
| Mr William Raitt | late minister at Monikie | 27 May and 26 Jun 1761 |
| Isobel Ramsay | spouse to John Kair, in Easter Monikie, par. of Monikie | 1 Apr 1662 |
| Thomas Ramsay | in Cottoun of Dinfind, and Isobel Henderson, his spouse, par. of Monekie | 11 Feb 1612 |
| Alexander Shorswood | in Carlougie, par. of Monniky | 9 May 1622 |
| Isobel Shorswood | at the Mill of Downie, relict of Andrew Broun, in Doniekin | 31 Mar 1663 |
| John Shorswood | in Carlougie, and Isobel Guild, his spouse, par. of Monekie | 29 Mar 1614 |
| Andrew Slewin | in Carlougie, and Barbara Ramsay, his spouse, par. of Monekie | T. 21 Feb 1650 |
| Alexander Steven | in Lowehall, par. of Monikie, and Jean Bennett, his relict | 20 Oct 1658 |
| Andrew Steven | in Carlungie, par. of Monikie, and Margaret Machan, his spouse | T. 24 Oct 1676 |
| David Steven | sometime in Dunikeane, par. of Monikie, and Agnes Brown, his spouse | 14 Apr 1662 |
| James Steven | in Carlougie, par. of Monekie | 30 Apr 1632 |
| Agnes Watson | servitrix to David Lindsay, of Kynnetles, par. of Monekie | 11 Jul 1610 |
| James Watson | in Wester Monekie, and Isobel Kyd, his spouse | 20 Aug 1627 |
| George Webster | at the Kirk of Monekie | 9 May 1622 |
| Janet Webster | relict of Henry Tailzour, sometime in Drum of Monickie | T. 19 Oct 1686 |
| James Whittane | in Newbigging of Monikie | T. 28 Mar 1777 |
Testaments of Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1800
| Margaret Auchinleck | sometime spouse to Alexander Durhame, at the Milne of Downie, par. of Monikie | 11 May 1599 |
| William Gibb | cotterman in Pitterlie, par. of Moneikie | 28 May 1599 |
| John Gray | in Hillhead of Monikie, Angus | 10 Apr 1719 |
| Malcolm Guild | in Dunekein, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
| Alexander Guthrie | cotterman in Stotfauld, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
| James Mitchelson | cotterman in Fustie, par. of Monekie | 21 Jan 1605 |
| Patrick Moffat | in Stotfauld, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
| Margaret Simpson | in Craigtoun, spouse sometime to Thomas Mailmaker, flasher, par. of Monekie | 27 Apr 1599 |
Testaments of Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
| William Bowman | in Ardestie, par. of Monekie, sher. of Forfar | 5 Dec 1598 |
| Helen Inglis | spouse to James Durham, in Ardestie, sher. of Angus | 9 Feb 1593-4 |
| Robert Mealmaker | in Craigtoun, par. of Monekie, in Angus | 22 Jul 1596 |
Testaments of Monikie people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
| James Durham of Ardestie | par. of Monydie [Monikie] in Angus | 29 Jul 1605 |
Images of the original records for Monikie:
Images of the original records for Monikie:
- Ardestie Earth House - a souterrain
- Carlungie Earth House - another souterrain