Arbroath was in the Commissariot of St Andrews. See also testaments for St Vigeans parish.
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Testaments of Arbroath people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of St Andrews, 1549-1800
George Adam | town-clerk of Arbroath | 8 Jun 1720 |
Robert Addison | mariner in Arbroath | 20 Mar 1776 |
Margaret Anderson | in Arbroath, spouse of David Hunter | 1 Aug 1662 |
William Anderson | manufacturer in Arbroath | 4 Apr 1785 |
Grissell Arnott | spouse to Patrick Low, workman in Aberbrothok | 25 Jul 1599 |
William Bairdie | burges of Aberbrothok | 9 Dec 1591 |
Margaret Bowak | in Aberbrothok | 24 Jul 1599 |
Christian Brown | in Arbroath | 8 Dec 1777 |
Peter Brown | in Aberbrothok | 2 Nov 1648 |
William Brown of Gladsmuir | par. of Arbroath | 11 May 1782 |
Alison Bruce | relict of Charles Futhie, burges of Aberbrothok | 16 Mar 1621 |
David Buchan | in Aberbrothok | 10 Dec 1628 |
Bessie Caird | spouse to Henry Kynneir, burges of Aberbrothok | 23 Jan 1618 |
Elizabeth Campbell | widow of Joshua Humphreys, late of London, hog merchant, thereafter residing in Arbroath | 10 Oct 1799 |
Jean Campbell | relict of James Caird, late dyer in Arbroath | 10 Oct 1799 |
Robert Carnegie of Newgate | par. of Arbroath | 18 Nov 1685 |
David Chaikard | burges of Aberbrothok | 11 May 1614 |
Abraham Crichton | burges of Aberbrothok | 1 Mar 1606 |
James Crie | mariner in Arbroath, and Jean Mitchell, his spouse, par. of Arbroath | 26 Oct 1791 |
John Dalgaty | vintner in Arbroath | 6 Jan 1774 |
Elspet Dickson | sometime spouse to Andrew Wichtoune, in Aberbrothok | 23 Nov 1591 |
David Dryburgh | weaver, burges of Aberbrothok | 21 Aug 1662 |
Elspeth Duncan | relict of James Johnstoun, burges of Arbroath | 27 Oct 1687 |
Helen Duncan | sometime spouse to James Mar, chapman, burges of Aberbrothok | 4 Jan 1600 |
Ninian Duncan | in Aberbrothok | 14 Apr 1599 |
Geillis Fairar | spouse to David Haills, baxter, burges of Aberbrothok | 25 Feb 1606 |
Mr John Ferguson | minister at Arbroath | [25 Jul 1737] 5 Mar and 4 Apr 1745 |
Charles Fethie | burges of Aberbrothok | 7 May 1616 |
Helen Fothringham | relict of James Kyd of Craigie, par. of Aberbrothok | 27 Oct 1746 |
David Futhie | burges of Arbroath | 23 Oct 1624 |
James Gardyne of Midletoun | par. of Arbroath | 2 Dec 1790 |
John Gardyne | burges of Aberbrothok | 14 Jun 1617 |
Margaret Gardyne | relict of William Stevenson, maltman, burges of Arbroath | 25 Mar 1724 |
William Geikie | merchant in Arbroath | 13 Nov 1793, 9 Nov and 1 Dec 1808 |
Mr George Grainger | sometime schoolmaster at Arbroath | 24 Nov 1682 |
John Grant | merchant and sometime bailie in Arbroath | 18 Feb 1749 |
Isobel Guthrie | sometime spouse to Mr Archibald Peirsoun, at the Ward milne of Aberbrothok | 19 Jan 1600 |
George Haillis | in Aberbrothok | 12 Nov 1591 |
David Hall | merchant in Arbroath | 6 Jul 1709 |
Helen Hall | residenter in Arbroath, lawful daughter of David Hall, merchant there | 18 Oct 1784 |
Thomas Hamilton | late bailie of Aberbrothik | 26 Jul 1686 |
Janet Henderson | spouse to David Scott, cooper, burges of Aberbrothok | 11 Jul 1621 |
Alexander Hunter | seaman in Arbroath | 26 Jun 1724 |
James Jamieson | burges of Aberbrothok | 22 Apr 1617 |
James Johnstone | burges of Aberbrothick | 27 Oct 1685 |
Mr Alexander Keith | merchant in and late Provost of Arbroath | 9 Mar 1774 |
Charles Kenny | sometime bailie in Arbroath | 27 Feb 1719 |
Janet Kenny | spouse to James Forsyth, in Aberbrothok | 31 Jul 1616 |
Janet Kinnear | relict of George Keinny, sometime carpenter, burges of Arbroath | 23 Jul 1706 |
Christian Kinneres | relict of John Ramsay, sometime bailie of Arbroath | 8 Sep 1703 and 8 Mar 1704 |
Margaret Laing | spouse to William Mathew, indweller in Aberbrothok | 31 Oct 1674 |
Margaret Lauder | spouse to David Wichtan, maltman, burges of Aberbrothok | 21 Jan 1617 |
Thomas Leitch | in Arbroath | 2 Jun 1747 |
Agnes Lindsay | sometime spouse to David Guthrie, burges of Aberbrothok | 18 Nov 1598 |
Helen Lindsay | spouse to James Stevinsoun, burges of Aberbrothok | 13 Feb 1606 |
Katherine Littlejohn | indweller in Arbroath | 31 Oct 1746 |
Barnard Logie | burges of Aberbrothok | 19 Mar 1619 |
Andrew Low | slater, burges of and indweller in Aberbrothok | 21 Aug 1662 |
Catherine Low | spouse to James Thomson, wobster, burges of Aberbrothok | 19 Jul 1616 |
William Low | creilman in Aberbrothok | 25 Jul 1599 |
William Lundie | in Arbroath | 26 Oct 1687 |
Thomas Lyell of Gourdine | par. of Arbroath | 2 Oct 1793 |
Margaret Man | relict of William Mudie, late stamp-master in Arbroath | 8 Jun 1776 |
Agnes Mekesoun | sometime spouse to William Renny, in Aberbrothok | 11 Feb 1606 |
Charles Mekesoun | sometime mariner in Aberbrothock | 25 Mar 1755 |
Thomas Mekesoun | in Aberbrothok | 23 Nov 1591 |
Margaret Millar | relict of Alexander Dingwell, sometime land-labourer in Arbroath | 29 Mar 1775 |
William Mudie | son of the deceased James Mudie, merchant in Arbroath | 8 Aug 1785 |
Elspet Mylne | spouse to Thomas Hamilton, in Arbroath | 30 Jul 1662 |
James Nairn | mariner in Arbroath | 15 Dec 1787 |
Patrick Nairn | son to Alexander Nairn, seaman in Arbroath | 15 Dec 1787 |
Alexander Neish | late tenant in Boath, after residing in Arbroath | 31 Dec 1774 |
Patrick Neish | farmer in Arbroath | 5 Apr 1791 |
George Newton | merchant in Arbroath | 19 Apr 1786 |
Agnes Ochterlony | spouse to Mr George Aikman, burges of Aberbrothok | 14 Jul 1627 |
Alexander Ochterlony | sometime burges of Aberbrothock | 24 Apr 1596 |
Alexander Ochterlony | merchant in Aberbrothick | 27 Jun 1722 |
Gilbert Ochterlony | maltman, burges of Aberbrothok | 17 Aug 1621 |
James Ogilvie | brother-german to Sir Francis Ogilvie, of Newgrange, late clerk of the Regalitie of Arbroath | 2 Sep 1692 and 16 Aug 1693 |
Oliver Paul | burges of Aberbrothok | 29 Jul 1614 |
Alexander Pearson | merchant in Arbroath | 26 Oct 1687 |
John Peddie | in Arbroath | 26 Oct 1687 |
Dr Henry Philip (Henry Philp) | minister at Aberbrothick, and Isobel Peterson, his spouse | 2 Jan 1629 |
Mr James Philip (James Philp) | burges of Arbroath | 7 Mar 1636 |
Margaret Pilmour | spouse to John Ranny, elder, burges of Arbroath | 7 Mar 1636 |
Isobel Pirie | relict of William Robertson, merchant in Arbroath, lawful daughter of David Pirie, merchant in Johnshaven, and Janet Chaplain, both deceased, which last was sister-german of the also deceased George Chaplain, of Jamaica, and James Chaplain of Colliston, par. of Arbroath | 29 Mar 1775 |
Bessie Pittillock | in Aberbrothok, spouse of John Spink, fisher | 25 Jul 1599 |
John Porter | in Arbroath | 18 Oct 1673 |
Helen Rainy | spouse to John Wallace, maltman, burges of Aberbrothok | 4 Mar 1625 |
John Rait | sometime shipmaster in Arbroath | 19 Dec 1722 |
Agnes Ramsay | spouse to John Rany, tailor in Aberbrothok | 4 Jan 1600 |
Isobel Rankine | relict of William Stevenson, in Arbroath | 16 Oct 1673 |
Patrick Reid | brewer in Arbroath | 26 Jun 1724 |
Alexander Rodger | cotterman in Aberbrothok | 8 Jan 1600 |
William Russell | cottar in Aberbrothok | 31 Jul 1596 |
Thomas Scott | surgeon in Arbroath | 30 Mar 1720 |
Thomas Scott | apothecary in the burgh of Arbroath | 29 Jul 1720 |
William Scott | residenter in Arbroath | 14 Nov 1782 |
William Shakart | mariner in Aberbrothok | 30 Dec 1615 |
Margaret Simers | spouse to Robert Carnegie of Newgate, par. of Arbroath | 26 Oct 1683 |
Geillis Simpson | relict of Robert Hoge, wobster, burges of Abirbrothok | 14 Mar 1606 |
John Simpson | brabanar, burges of Aberbrothok, and Janet Jack, his spouse | 4 Jan 1600 |
Elspet Sinclair, alias Teinder | sometime spouse of John Bairdie, burges of Abirbrothok | 12 Nov 1591 |
Marjorie Sinclair | sometime spouse of William Haillis, in Aberbrothok | 12 Nov 1591 |
James Spink | fischerman in Aberbrothok | 25 Jan 1600 |
John Spink | seaman in Aberbrothok | 21 Jul 1636 |
William Spink | shipmaster in Arbroath | 26 Apr 1770 |
Ambrose Stark | tide-surveyor or coast-waiter at Arbroath | 25 Jul 1772 |
Thomas Sterne | servant man to John Wallace, in Aberbrothok | 19 Jul 1625 |
George Steven | burges of Aberbrothok | 29 Jul 1613 |
Patrick Steven | merchant and Provost of Arbroath | 5 Mar and 2 Jul 1707, 25 Aug 1708 and 20 Jun 1709 |
James Stevenson | late bailie of Aberbrothick | 16 Jul 1701 |
Isobel Strachan | widow in Arbroath | 29 Jul 1613 |
James Strachan | maltman, burges of Aberbrothok | 2 May 1615 |
John Strachan | in Arbroath | 26 Oct 1687 |
Robert Taylor | in Arbroath | 5 May 1676 |
William Titchet | merchant in Arbroath | 20 Aug 1800 |
John Tod | stationer in Arbroath | 1 Jul 1794 |
David Wallace | maltman, burges of Arbroath | 4 Nov 1675 |
David Wallace | merchant in Arbroath | 22 Mar and 14 Apr 1721 |
David Wallace | shipmaster in Arbroath | 3 Aug 1758 |
John Wallace | skipper in Aberbrothick | 3 Jul 1707 |
John Wallace | merchant in Aberbrothick | 16 Oct 1723 |
John Wallace | shipmaster in Arbroath | 23 Aug 1749 |
Patrick Wallace senior | late Provost of Aberbrothock | 18 Feb 1719 |
Patrick Wallace | merchant in Arbroath | [16 Oct 1734] 19 Nov 1754 |
William Wallace | sometime Deacon of the Shoemakers in Aberbrothwick | 21 Oct 1681 |
Lilias Watson | lawful daughter of the deceased John Watson of Thirty acres, par. of Arbroath | 14 Feb 1797 |
Margaret Watson | spouse to Patrick Stephan, Provost of Aberbrothick | 27 Oct 1687 |
George Webster | residenter in Arbroath | 3 Jun 1773 and 21 Feb 1774 |
James Webster | sometime labourer in Arbroath | 8 May 1800 |
Andrew Wichtane | maltman, burges of Arbroath | 21 Jul 1636 |
Alexander Wood | burges of Aberbrothok | 16 Sep 1613 |
Testaments registered at St Andrews that have been lost, for which only entries in the minute books are extant.
Francis Air | flesher in Arbroath | 25 Jul 1744 |
James Anderson | merchant in Arbroath | 27 Jul 1726 |
George Auchterlony | provost of Arbroath | 21 May 1731 |
John Carmichael | shipmaster in Arbroath | 4 Jun 1735 |
James Cook | merchant in Arbroath | 21 Feb 1739 |
Robert Crawford | in Hopehead of Arbroath | 26 Jun 1734 |
Margaret Dorward | relict of James Grant, merchant, and sometime bailie of Arbroath | 22 Feb 1766 |
Mr Harry Edgar | Episcopal Minister at Arbroath | 18 May 1769 |
George Forret | workman in Arbroath | 21 Jul 1743 |
Katherine Forsyth | late spouse to James Chalmer, late brewer in Arbroath | 16 Mar 1767 |
John Gelletly | bailie in Arbroath | 16 Sep 1735 |
Mr Patrick Inglis of Peebles | minister at Sanquhar, par. of Arbroath | 22 Feb 1727 |
George Kyd of Woodhill | par. of Arbroath | 25 Oct 1735 |
Katherine Mather | relict of the deceased David Gray, brewer in Arbroath | 28 Oct 1762 |
Andrew Mitchell | merchant in Arbroath, and Jean Wann, his spouse | 27 Jun 1765 |
James Mudie | late Surveyor of the Window and House Duty for the counties of Forfar and Kincardine, and burges and merchant in Arbroath | 10 Jul 1765 |
Robert Mudie | merchant in Arbroath | 25 Aug 1742 |
Helen Pearson | relict of John Carmichael, shipmaster in Arbroath | 8 Jun 1737 |
James Philip (James Philp) of Almerie | par. of Arbroath | 15 Mar 1732 |
Alexander Ramsay | mariner in Arbroath | 21 Sep 1743 |
Walter Ramsay | wright in Arbroath | 11 Aug 1731 |
Robert Renny | merchant in Arbroath | 30 Sep 1734 |
John Shepherd | Convener in Arbroath | 22 Feb 1738 |
David Spink | skipper in Arbroath | 15 Feb 1734 |
Patrick Spink | shipmaster in Arbroath | 7 Oct 1724 |
John Strachan | shipmaster in Arbroath | 16 Apr 1742 |
Thomas Wallace | merchant in Arbroath | 14 May 1735 |
William Wallace | late bailie in Arbroath | 27 Nov 1734 |
William Williamson | merchant in Arbroath | 21 Jan 1750 |
John Wilson | weaver in Arbroath | 21 May 1735 |
Testaments of Arbroath 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.
Charles and James Carnegie | lawful children to the deceased Mr William Carnegie, at Arbroath | 27 Feb 1708 |
Jean Carnegie | relict of Mr William Carnegy, sometime minister at Arbroath | 29 Dec 1708 |
Margaret Johnston | spouse to James Espline, burgess of Arbroath | 10 Oct 1657 |
John Petrie | maltman, burgess of Arbroath | T. 21 Apr 1659 |
Margaret Philip | spouse to John Ouchterlony, provost of Arbroath | 31 Jul 1657 |
Grissell Stevenson | relict of James Cant, sometime indweller in Aberbrothick | 21 Apr 1657 |
John Wallace | sometime bailie of Aberbrothick, and Margaret Futhie, his relict | 1 Nov 1658 |
Testaments of Arbroath people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1514-1600
Alexander Aikman | sadler, Abirbrothok | 25 May 1579 |
John Aikman elder | burgess of Aberbrothok | 1 Aug 1592 |
Helen Brown | relict of John Aikman, burgess of Aberbrothock | 18 Feb 1595-6 |
Sir John Buak | in Aberbrothock | 27 Oct 1595 |
Marion Campbell | sometime spouse to James Lamb, indweller in Aberbrothock | 30 Jul 1596 |
Dean Richard Craik | one of the Convent of Aberbrothock | 2 Mar 1595-6 |
Copine Guthrie | burgess in Aberbrothok | 1 May 1577 |
Jonet Lyell | sometime spouse to Mr Alexander Pearson, clerk, burgess of Aberbrothock | 7 Aug 1595 |
Isobel Maule | sometime spouse to Patrick Aikman, burgess of Aberbrothok | 26 Jun 1594 |
Adam Mekiesoun | burgess of Aberbrothock | 18 Jun 1596 |
John Mekiesoun | in Newbigging, par. of Aberbrothock | 3 Jun 1577 |
Sir Thomas Mekiesoun | notary in Aberbrothok | 3 Jun 1577 |
Mr James Melville | sometime minister at Aberbrothock | 22 Mar 1596-7 |
Thomas Smart | in the Newtoun of Abirbrothik | 25 Aug 1586 |
Andro Wood of Brox | burgess of Aberbrothok | 12 Aug 1592 and 9 Mar 1595-6 |
Testaments of Arbroath people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1601-1700
Thomas Ramsay | burgess of Aberbrothock, in Angus | 1 Mar 1609 |
Testaments of Arbroath people from the Register of Testaments of the Commissariot of Edinburgh, 1701-1800
John and Patrick Auchterlony | lawful sons of the deceased Mr John Auchterlony, sometime merchant in Arbroath, thereafter in America | 19 Aug 1774 |
William English | mariner in Arbroath | 22 Mar 1770 |
John Hutcheon, alias Hamilton | of Campvere, lawful son of the deceased John Hamilton, alias Hutcheon, sometime provost in Arbroath, thereafter in Bourdeaux, in France, and last in Campvere | 20 Jan 1775 |
David Wallace | sometime merchant in Aberbrothwick, late residenter in Edinburgh | 27 Feb 1719 |