Tombstone
Inscriptions From Kilmarnock
Elizabeth M. Doolittle
On a recent genealogical hunt
I uncovered a listing of
tombstones from the Kilmarnock
area of Scotland. Always
on the lookout for interesting
Boyd information I ab-
stracted the following listings.
One interesting note
was to see how young many
of these people were when
they died.
I give full credit to Alastair
G. and Margaret H.
Beattier for their work.
The complete publishing
information is cited at the
end of this listing.
Perhaps one of your ancestors’
tombstones is included.
Happy hunting.
Abbreviations used
Relationships
bro .................................
brother
ch ...................................
child
1ch .................................
eldest child
2ch .................................
second child
ch .................................
children
da .................................
daughter
1da .................................
eldest daughter
er ...................................
elder
fa ...................................
father
gchm .............................
grandchildren
gda ................................
grandaughter
gfa ................................
grandfather
gs ..................................
grandson
h.......................................husband
mo ................................
mother
s.....................................
son
1s .................................
eldest son
sis ................................
sister
w ................................
(wife or spouse)
1w ................................
first wife
2w ................................
second wife
wid ...............................
widow (or relict)
yr ................................
younger
yt ................................
youngest
unm ...............................
unmarried
Other
abreviations
a ..................... aged
ab ..................... above
(or said)
b ..................... born
by ..................... erected
by
CT ..................... Chest
Tomb
d ..................... died
dy ..................... day
(s)
fm ..................... farmer
FS ..................... flat
stone
inf .....................
infant/died in infancy
int .....................
interred (or buried)
m ..................... month
(s)
md ..................... married
mert .....................
merchant
min .....................
minister of religion
Ob ..................... obelisk
ord .....................
ordained
par .....................
parish
port .....................
portioner
rev .....................
reverend
tent .....................
tenant
TS ..................... table
stone
w .....................
week (s)
WP ..................... wall
plaque
y .....................
year (s)
Fenwick
Churchyard
(Notice
European dating system. day.month.year)
TS William Boyd, Briery Hill,
d 1.10.1826, w Margaret
Walker d ?.3.1809, 25 John
B d ---- James B d 1852 a 61y
(w Agnes Scoular d 25.3.1896
a 98y, das Margaret & Janet
B, s William B d 5.6.1891
a 67y, (w Mary Dickie d
24.6.1868 a 42y, 2 chn d inf)
[Repeated in High Kirk]
Rev. William Boyd d 17.10.1828
a 81y, min in par 47y, s
John B d 1.7.1808 a 2?y, s
George B d 4.1829 a ?y.
James Boyd, Late fm Raithmuir,
d 3.1.1760 a 48y, William
Fulton, late shoemaker, Fenwick,
d 20.4.1810 a in 66y.
Galston Cemetery
Hannah Muir (wid of James Boyd,
int par churchyard) b
17.6.1791 d 3.12.1867
Galston Churchyard
FS James, Glasgow, b 28.10.1776 d 9.10.1851
FS by Alexander Mcnaughton,
parochial schoolmaster,
Galston, mo Anne Boyd d 9.3.1829
a 71y; ab Alexander M b
30.11.1797 d 28.1.1847.
High Kirk (church)
by Hugh Craig, Raithburn, chn
James C d 9.3.1836 a 9m,
William Boyd C d 7.9.1858
a 19y, Agnes C d 5.7.1863 a
22y, Margaret C d 1.4.1867
a 22y, John M.B.C d 5.12.1870
a 19y; ab Hugh C d 21.7.1881
a 73y, w Margaret Boyd d
16.3.1885 a 72y; by James
C, Damhead, chn Andrew C d
14.8.1873 a 8y, Hugh C d 5.1.1881
a 17y
TS William Boyd, Briery Hill,
d 1.10-1826, w Margaret
Walker d ?.3.1809, 2s John
B d ------- James B d 1852 a
61y (w Agnes Scoular d 25.3.1896
a 98y, das Margaret &
Janet B, s William B d 5.6.1891
a 67y, (w Mary Dickie d
24.6.1868 a 42y, 2 chn d inf)
[Also listed in Fenwick
Churchyard]
TS Walter Barr, Gardrum-Miln,
d 10.3.1768 a 72y; John B
late miller Gardrum Mill,
d 1798 a 72y, w Ann Ogilvie d
1818 a 82y, chn Walter, Ann
& William B d inf, James B d
at sea 1793 a 24y, Robert
B d 1796 a 21y, John B d at
Dublin 1828 a 61y, Walter
B, miller for nearly 40y, d
1830 a 58y, Elisabeth B (wid
of Rev. William Boyd) d at
Irvine 1834 a 69y; Marion
Sheddon (h McLeod Barr,
Marchbank) d 1846 a 66y, chn
Jean B d 1834 a 13y,
Elisabeth B d 1835 a 16y,
Ann B d 1836, a 28y, James B d
1838 a 27y, Walter B d 1852
a 39y; ab McLeod B d
Marchbank 2.3.1866 a 87y
(This
stone consisted of two plaques under a single
coping.
The second plaque is extant and recorded as No
4 above.)
The burial place of William Boyd & his heirs.
Marshall,
Margaret Thomson (gda of ab William B), h John
Mt s
John M, shoemaker ..., d 12.11.1835 (w Elizabeth
Condie
d.... ), [for next part see No 41], by chn of
late
Edward Nicol & James M Yuille.
(This
entry was numbered 143; Number 4 follows here.)
( see also No. 143 ) Nicol;
Janet Thomson (gda of ab
William Boyd, h Edward Nicol),
ss John, James & William
N; Edward N & w Agnes
B, chn Edward N d 8.10.1824, John
N d 2.5.1834, Mary Anne N
d 19.10.1841, Edward N d
23.4.1843, James N d 24.8.1897;
ab Edward N d 28.1.1865,
w Agnes B d 13.11.1865.
John Alexander, fm Broombrae,
d 6.4.1830 a 77y, w Ann
Boyd d 18.7.1825 a 58y, chn
Alexander A d 18.1.1827 a
24y, Janet A d 18.6.1827 a
18y, Ann A d 10.10.1827 a
28y, James A d 21.12.1851
a 50y, John A d 6.5.1852 a
60y, Mary A d 4.6.1854 a 58y;
ab William A d 30.8.1867 a
75y, Hugh A d 19.2.1893 a
in 82y.
Ob. Thomas Brown, dyer, d 31.12.1871
a 63y, s Thomas B d
3.12.1844 a 5y 6m, w Agnes
Boyd d 18.4.1887 a 78y,
William B d Pollockshields,
Glasgow 22.2.1888 a 48y,
Thomas B d 22.12.1909 a 63y
(w Isabella Peddie Alexander
d 6.7.1927 a 75), John Dunlop
B b 22.9.1874 d 24.7.1875
(fa John B, Jeweller, d 25.4.1894
a 49y (yts John Dunlop
B, 2nd Lieut, 6th HL1 (w Cris
Rogers) d of wounds
received in action 3.12.1917
a 38y int Mendinghem
Cemetery, Proven, France,
wid Mary Miller d 4.2.1921 a
77y, 2s William Miller B d
14.5.1932).
Adam McLean d 2.2.1850 a 68y,
w Elizabeth Frazer d
10.1.1854 a 75y, gs Andrew
M, junr, d 17.9.1873 a 40y,
da-in-law Robina Boyd d 14.10.1873
(h Andrew M d
14.4.1874 a 65y), Bethia Dinning
(h Andrew M) d Glasgow
25.10.1889 a 58y int here.
Inscriptions 159 onwards are
all to be found on wall
plaques or windows inside
the church.
(The next entry was No. 162.)
Window. William Boyd,
4th Earl of Kilmarnock,
benefactor of town and church,
b 1704 d 1746.
Kilmaurs Churchyard
by Jean Boyd, h John Roxburgh
Laigh Churchyard, Kilmarnock
Alexander Stewart, junior,
Kilmarnock d 25.11.1835 a
48y, w Catherine Miller d
12.8.1845 a 54y; Alexander S,
senior Kilmarnock d 11.4.1825
a 64y, da Barbara S d
16.4.1816 a 34y, 2das Mary
S d childhood, wid Ann Boyd d
10.11.1834 a 94y.
TS Thomas Boyd, fm, Holmes,
w Mary Miller, by s Thomas
B, Jamaica; Alexander Darby
d 27.2.1792, Robert B d
15.11.1797, Thomas B d 5.5.1813,
Mrs Ann Boyd D. d
26.10.1822
Newmilns Churchyard
George Morton, late fm Henryton,
d 20.8.1843 a 71y, w
Helen Boyd d 2.6.1861 a 85y,
s David M, MD, d 18.8.1852
a 25y; Janet Leiper d 13.12.1875
a 43y, h John M,
Henryton d Laurel Villa, Strathaven,
13.2.1903 a 88y
Widow. George Morton, fm Henetton,
w Helen Boyd, ss &
das, 1801 - 1891
Riccarton Churchyard
Da..., ms Elizabeth Mc Kerrow
d 24.8.1842 a 73y, fa
James Wilson d 11.8.1843 a
86y, da Elizabeth W d
18.6.1829 a 4y, w Jemina Boyd
d 20.6.1858a 64y, (ab)
David W d Haining Mains 29.5.1873
a 80y.
By James Boyd, Lieut..., late
96th Regt. Of Foot, ....
escapes in the battlefield...
d (19).5.1825 a 65y.
St. Andrews Churchyard, Kilmarnock
James Boyd died 11 Sep. 1850, aged 20 years.
Thomas Boyd 8 Mar. 1862, 61.
Wife, Euphemia Craig 20
Aug. 1864, 64. Ch’n:-
James 11 Sep. 1850, 19: David 12
Jan. 1862, 26: Dau.
Euphemia Craig 2 Apr. 1882, 41.
Archibald Gray 26 May 1874,
70. Wife Jean Houston 18
Oct. 1867, 58. Ch’n:-
Robert 28 May 1848, 11: Agnes 17
June 1848, 7: Ann 28 Feb.
1849, 2: Agnes Ann d. infancy
1850: Margaret 17 Mar. 1851,
18 yrs. 10 mths: Agnes Ann
31 Aug. 1877, 23: grandch’n:-
Margaret McCrone d.
infancy 1864: Jane Woodburn
20 Jan. 1874, 5 mths: Jeanie
Houston McCrone 29 Apr. 1884,
23 wife of Robert
McCulloch. Janet Gibb
Woodburn 10 May 1887, 7: George
McCrone 3 Apr. 1889, 58 relict
Janet Gray 6 Mar. 1909,
74. William Houston
Gray 18 Dec. 1891, 52. John
Woodburn 1 Sep. 1891, 43 relict
Robina Gray 24 May 1900,
49. Prents of above
Jean Houston: - Adam Houston 7 Nov.
1848, 76 & Margaret Boyd
22 Aug. 1838, 61 their son
William d. Chatham 1832, 26
yrs. & John d. Oldham 8 Dec.
1866, 64.
J. Milloy. 211a Mrs Findlay
2 Oct 1850, 67. Ar. Boyd 6
Mar. 1849.
John Boyd, mercht. Wife,
Elizabeth Gibson 16 Mar. 1865,
65. Ch’n:- Sarah 29 July 1851,
28: Rebecca 25 July 1854,
28: Son, William 25 June 1847,
13.
John King 21 Nov. 1849, 56.
Wife, Margaret Boyd 2 Sep.
1853, 55. only dau.
Agnes 2 Nov. 1857, 31.
Charles Aird 28 Nov. 1871,
51. Wife Elixa Love Boyd 5
Feb. 1907, 92. Cb’n:-
Mary 22 Mar. 1847, 15 months &
Andrew 26 Feb. 1850, 7. Andrew
Aird 27 Apr. 1863, 75
father of above Charles Aird.
James Boyd 11 June 1857, 66.
Dau. Margaret 18 Oct.
1828 - 10 Dec. 1853.
Grandson, Samuel Strachan 5 Dec.
1853, 3. Son-in-law, Thomas
Strachan 28 Aug. 1854, 30.
James Boyd 26 Oct. 1854, 67.
Wife, Betsy Montgomerie 27
Mar. 1854, 61.
Adam Paterson Boyd, music teacher,
9 Oct. 1876, 77.
Wife, Jane McMillan 29 Mar.
1852, 53. Ch’n:- James 17
Mar. 1833: William 16 Feb.
1846, 7: David 2 June 1846,
17: Jane 18 June 1848, 22:
Adam 16 May 1851, 20: Thomas
9 Aug. 1866, 29: youngest
dau. Maggie 18 March 1872,
30.
John Brown 10 Apr. 1847, 82.
Wife, Jean Brown d. 19
June --- Son David Brown,
stationer, 21st Royal N.
British Fusiliers 16 Dec.
1872, 81 his wife Elizabeth
Boyd 19 Sep. 1862, 67 mother-in-law
of David ------ Jean
White d. 16 -----
Stewarton Old Church Burial Ground
Jas Boyd, mason 18.1.1826 69,
Jas .7.1821 31,
John .11.1821 26, Alex .11.1826
26, Janet .8.183- 38;
also Margt Wylie 1838.
Jas Boyd, s Jas 1.3.1821 51, s John, jun 12.11.1821 25
by Alex Clar, merchant .12.1829
55 & w Janet Boyd, s
Alex inf
(FS at side of carriageway
back of church) by Robt
Wilson, esq, M.D. China, 25.5.1890
d Dunoon 4.1.1864, fa
Thos, surgeon here 17.2.1770
25.1.1852, mo Mary Boyd
9.10.1779 27.10.1825 bro Thos
26.11.1811 2.5.1829
John Boyd, shoemaker 2.2.1800
90, w Mary Blackwood
20.2.1795 87, gds Jas 16.1.1818
19, s David 5.8.1818 70
(w Janet Lyle 20.7.1853 90,
da Eliz 12.11.1880 85)
Robert Wardrop, d Ladytoun
9.8.1792 a 42y, w Margaret
Boyd d 9.12..1821 a 69y, chn
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Above data abstracted from:
Pre-1855 Gravestone Inscriptions
in Kilmarnock & Loudoun
District. Includes Parishes
of Dunlop, Stewarton,
Fenwick, Kilmaurs, Kilmarnock,
Riccarton, Galston, &
Loudoun. Edited by Alastair
G. and Margaret H. Beattier,
1985.