Lewis Kinross1

#4458, (c 1781 - 1856)
FatherJames Kinross2 (1741 - )
MotherMargaret Monteath2 (s 1750 - )
Extended Family

Child of Lewis Kinross and Mary Pryce

Life Events

BirthLewis Kinross was born circa 1781 in Perthshire.1
 
Voters' ListHe appeared on the electoral roll in 1832 in Dunblane. He was a tenant farmer with lands and farm at Loig of Wester Feddal.3 
Voters' ListHe appeared on the electoral roll in 1837 in Dunblane, Perthshire. He was a farmer in Loig of Wester Fedal.4 
1841 CensusHe appeared on the 1841 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Wester Feddall Loig. He was 55 years old, a farmer, and born in the county. Also in the household were Alexander Kinross (40), Thomas Kinross (15), three agricultural labourers, and two female servants.5 
(Witness) ProbateHe was an executor of the estate of his brother John Kinross, a baker in Dunblane, on 20 Feb 1846 in Dunblane Sheriff Court.6 
1851 CensusLewis appeared on the 1851 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Loig. He was 70 years old, born in Dunblane, and a farmer of 170 acres, employing 4 servants. Also there were his brother Alexander (58), son Thomas (30), 3 farm servants and 2 house servants.1 
DeathLewis died on 17 May 1856 in Loig, Dunblane, Perthshire.
Information from the registration: Lewis Kinross, farmer, unmarried, 79, father Jas, farmer, deceased, at Loig, mother Margaret Monteath, cause of death peritonitis of 6 days duration, buried in Dunblane Churchyard. The informant was his brother-in-law Wm Stirling of Woodend Dunblane.2 
ProbateHis estate was probated on 13 Jun 1856 in Dunblane. Lewis bequeathed the whole goods, gear, debts, sums of money, crop, cattle, horses, implements of husbandry, household furniture and plenishing, and in general the whole moveable estate to his natural son Thomas, who was also named Executor. To his brother Alexander Kinross, joint tenant with Thomas, in the farm of Loig under William Moray Stirling, Esq of Abercairney, he left one half of the whole farm stocking and effects. The estate was valued at £708.18.5.7 
Research Note The term 'natural' in his will means illegitimate. 
Last Edited19 Feb 2014

Citations

  1. [S153] 1851 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, film #1042263).
  2. [S216] Scotland Death Register.
  3. [S1415] 1832 Perthshire Electoral Rolls, transcribed, viewed at caledonianconnections.com.
  4. [S346] Register of Voters, Dunblane, County of Perth, 1837, transcribed by Duncan Mackenzie, March 2000.
  5. [S154] 1841 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Dunblane Q S Ardoch, ed 1, page 11.
  6. [S501] Inventory, Disposition & Settlement of John Kinross, Dunblane Sheriff, 20 Feb 1846. Family History Library film# 0484988; Perthshire Register of Inventories, Volume 6, page 323, Inventory.
  7. [S407] Inventory of the personal estate of Lewis Kinross of Loig, Dunblane, taken 13 June 1856 (Family History Library, film #0484991).
  8. [S150] Scotland Statutory Register of Marriages. Thomas Kinross & Mary Stirling, 1860.