John Kinross1

#392, (1784 - 1861)
FatherJohn Kinross1 (c 1750 - )
MotherHelen Dawson1 (s 1750 - )
RelationshipSon of John Kinross
Extended Family
ChartsJohn Kinross & Helen Dawson - collapsible 6-generation descendant chart
Ancestors of James Stirling Kinross

Children of John Kinross and Isabella Eadie

Life Events

OccupationJohn Kinross was a tenant farmer. 
BirthHe was born on 1 Jul 1784 in Duchlowan, Muthill, Perthshire.2,1
 
MarriageHe married Isabella Eadie.3
 
Voters' ListJohn Kinross appeared on the electoral roll in 1832 in Muthill, Perthshire. He was a tenant farmer with lands and houses in Gannochan.4 
Land-Seised JOHN KINROSS, Farmer, Gannochyne, Seised, Dec. 6. 1837,--in a Lot or Piece of land with the Houses thereon, in the Town of BRACO;--on Disp. by Robert Whyte, Innkeeper, residing at Braco Village, Nov. 3. 1837.      P.R. 207. 180.5
 
1841 CensusJohn and Isabella Kinross appeared on the 1841 Census of Muthill, Perthshire, at Gannochan. John was 55, a Farmer, and was born in this county. Isabella was 50 and born in this county. They had two children with them, Jean and John, both 15 and born in Perthshire. [Ages were rounded down in the 1841 census]. Also in the household were three female servants. In a separate house at Gannochan were five male servants, ranging in age from 10 to 20.6 
Land-Disposed ISOBEL EADIE, spouse of John Kinross, Farmer, Gannochyne, and John Kinross jun. Residing there, his son, Seised, in liferent and fee respectively, Oct. 4. 1842,--in a Piece of land in the Town of BRACO with the Houses thereon, par.. . . . . ;--on Disp. by the said John Kinross, Oct. 4. 1842.P.R. 233. 43.3 
Land-Seised JOHN KINROSS, Tenant, Gannochan, and Jean Kinross residing there, his daughter, and survivor of them, Seised, Mar. 25. 1843,--in a Piece of ground in the Town of BRACO par……;--on Feu Ch. By the Trustee of Lieut.-Col. (then Major) Theodore Henry Elliot of Braco, and as Commissioner for Margaret Seymour Elliot, relict of the said Theodore Henry Elliot, Jan. 13. 1843.          P.R. 236. 52.7
 
Newspaper Published 12 May 1843 in the London Gazette. On 12 May 1843, the following notice appeared in the London Gazette [have not found any follow-up notices in the Edinburgh Gazette].8
Notice of Sequestration
12 May 1843
Newspaper Published 18 Dec 1846 in the Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser.

Creditors of John Kinross, farmer, cattle-dealer, and shipowner, residing at Gannochan, in the county of Perth, will receive a first and final dividend at the writing chambers of Patrick Graham Morison, writer, Port Street, Stirling, 9th January.9
 
1851 CensusHe appeared on the 1851 Census of Muthill, Perthshire, at Gannochan, enumerated 30 Mar 1851. John was a widower, age 66, a Farmer of 258 Acres employing 10 labourers. His son John was living with him, as well as two house servants and five farm laborers ages 12 to 24.10 
Item On 24 Jul 1852, John Kinross and John Kinross father and son signed a deed of agreement - John Kinross senior made over to John Kinross junior the stocking and effects on the farm of Gannochan.11 
(Inventory) ProbateJohn Kinross gave up the inventory of the estate of his sister Margaret Kinross on 15 Feb 1859. He was recorded as John Kinross Senior, Farmer at Gannochan.12 
(Other) 1861 CensusJohn Kinross appeared on the 1861 Census of Muthill, Perthshire, in the household of his son John. John was a widower, age 77, a Retired farmer and was born in Ardoch.13 
WillJohn Kinross wrote a disposition and deed of settlement dated 27 Jun 1861.
Disposition and Deed of Settlement of John Kinross Senior, residing at Gannochan

To son John Kinross Junior residing at Gannochan, all and sundry lands and heritages houses, tenements and heritable property and also all goods, gear debts and sums of money, and in general the whole means, estate and effects heritable and moveable, real and personal

To John Kinross Junior, the piece of ground with the buildings thereon in the town of Braco, measuring in front 59 feet, and extending backwards 160 feet and bounded on the west by the street on the east side of the square in the town of Braco, leading to Feddal road, on the north by the street 40 feet wide running west of the Turnpike Road into the said square, on the East by the Manse Lane and on the south by the Common Bleaching Green of Braco

Regarding an Instrument of Sasine in favor of himself and daughter Jean Kinross recorded 15 April 1843, assigns the Writs and the rents and resigns the said lands for new Infeftment

Appoints John Kinross Junior to be sole Executor

To pay all debts, sickbed and funeral expenses

To retain £378 due by John Robertson residing at Rottearns, or as much as may be recovered, in trust for behoof of daughter Jean Kinross wife of the said John Robertson in liferent and her children in fee. To be used as John Kinross Junior shall think fit, either for the maintenance and support of Jean Kinrosss and her children or to pay to her to use as she may think proper. The sum shall not be subject to her husband’s debts or obligations

Mentions a Contract between himself and John Kinross Junior dated 24 July 1852, which transferred to him the interest in and the stocking and effects of the farm of Gannochan

Signed at Gannochan, 27 June 1861

John Kinross
Witnesses were Joseph McLean Writer in Dunblane and James Paul servant to Patrick James Stirling residing at Kippendavie House.11
 
DeathJohn died on 29 Nov 1861 in Ganochan, Muthill, Perthshire.
Information from certificate: John Kinross, farmer, widower, died at 11 a.m., age 77 1/2 years, father John Kinross, farmer, dec'd, mother Helen Kinross maiden surname Dawson, dec'd. Cause was natural decay, no medical attendant. Informant was son John, present who registered the death on December 4th.14 
ProbateHis estate was probated on 28 Nov 1862 in Dunblane, Perthshire.
Inventory of the Personal Estate of John Kinross Senior

Joseph McLean Writer in Dunblane as Procurator for John Kinross Junior at Gannochan gave in an Inventory of the personal Estate of John Kinross Senior residing in Gannochan in the Parish of Ardoch and County of Perth who died at Gannochan on the 29 November 1861.

1. Cash in the House     £12
2. Proportion of Annuity Payable to the deceased by John Kinross Junior Farmer Gannochan     £15
3. Proportion of Rents of House Property at Braco belonging to the deceased from the term of Martinmas 1861 till his death     £1
4. Due to the deceased by John Robertson residing at Rottearns £378 but as John Robertson has been sequestrated and discharged without Payment of Dividend or Composition it cannot be valued at anything.
          
Total amount of Estate     £28

(Signed) John Kinross Wm Christie at Dunblane the 28 November 1862
as Executor nominated by him in a Disposition and Deed of Settlement dated 27 June 1861.11
 
(Included) Gravestone Chances are slim that we will ever know all the valuable wording on this gravestone. This photo was taken in 1962 and the stone has since disappeared from the cemetery. The names are from 3 generations: John Kinross & Helen Dawson, John Kinross & Isabella Eadie, & John Kinross and Elizabeth Graham Stirling.15
Last Edited4 Oct 2013

Citations

  1. [S157] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Muthill, Perthshire, 1676-1854 (Family History Library, film #1040132).
  2. [S152] 1861 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Muthill.
  3. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (677) Oct. 21. 1842.
  4. [S1415] 1832 Perthshire Electoral Rolls, transcribed, viewed at caledonianconnections.com.
  5. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (2893) Dec. 8. 1837.
  6. [S154] 1841 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Muthill (386), ED 10, folio 10, page 8.
  7. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (905) Apr. 15. 1843.
  8. [S1109] The London Gazette, online at www.gazettes-online.co.uk, Notice of sequestration, John Kinross, Issue 20224, 12 May 1843, page 37.
  9. [S2828] Dundee, Perth, and Cupar Advertiser, John Kinross of Gannochan sequestration, 18 December 1846, Page 2. Image accessed online at Find My Past.
  10. [S153] 1851 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, film #1042263), Muthill (386), ED 9, page 6.
  11. [S457] Inventory, Disposition & Deed of Settlement of Senior John Kinross of Gannochan, 27 June 1861, proved in the Dunblane Sheriff Court, 28 November 1862 (Family History Library, film #0484993).
  12. [S406] Testament Dative of Margaret Kinross of Blackhill of Bachlowan, proved in the Dunblane Sheriff Court, 15 Feb 1859, FHL film# 0484991, page 670.
  13. [S152] 1861 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm), Ardoch (328B), ED 9, page 9.
  14. [S216] Scotland Death Register. John Kinross, Muthill Perth, 1861.
  15. [S1725] E-mails from John Cranfield to J Kolthammer, beginning February 2009.