William Kinross1

#4495, (1768 - 1846)
FatherThomas Kinross1 (1743 - 1809)
MotherJanet Lennox2 (1746 - )
Extended Family
ChartsJames Graham & Agnes Finlayson - collapsible 7-generation descendant chart

Children of William Kinross and Agnes Dawson

Life Events

BirthWilliam Kinross was born on 23 Jan 1768 in Nether Ochinley, Dunblane, Perthshire.1
 
BaptismHe was baptized on 31 Jan 1768 in Dunblane, Perthshire.1 
Note.Rev Andrew Kinross' will, written in 1783 and probated in 1786, left £200 to William Kinross the grandson of his brother William now deceased [this fellow is one of two such grandsons].3 
MarriageHe married Agnes Dawson, daughter of James Dawson and Isabel Graham, on 15 Jun 1794 in Dunblane.
The register recorded that William was in Cullings and Nancy in Stockbriggs.1 
Land-Seised WILLIAM KINROSS, Farmer, Overochlay, Seised, Jun. 7. 1826,--in a Tenement of land with the Yard at the back thereof extending to 8 Roods of land on the north side of the Highgate of DOUNE CAMPSIE, par. Kilmadock;--on Disp. By James Stewart, Wine Merchant, Glasgow, May 19. 1826.     P.R. St. 120. 180.4
 
(Widowed) DeathHis wife Agnes died on 10 Sep 1827.5  
Land-Seised WILLIAM KINROSS, Farmer, Ochlay, Seised, Jan. 6. 1830,--in a Dwelling House and Yard adjacent thereto sometime called the New Yard, and Piece of waste ground and Vault below the same, and two little Houses thereon, on the east side of the Street of DUNBLANe;--in security of £250;--on Bond and Disp. by William Stirling Coldstream, Writer, Edinburgh, with consent of Mary Graham residing in Dunblane, his mother, Jan. 6. 1830.6
 
WillWilliam Kinross wrote a will dated 4 Jun 1840.
Trust Disposition and Deed of Settlement By William Kinross dated 4th June 1840 & Codicil dated 8th August 1843.          
William Kinross Farmer Mill of Ash near Dunblane Perthshire

Names executors: Thomas Kinross Farmer at Spittalton, James Kinross Farmer at Grainston & John Kinross Preacher of the Gospel, Edinburgh

First pay Debt, sickbed and Funeral charges, & the expenses of executing this Trust.

Second
To daughters Janet & Jean Kinross, if unmarried, £21 Sterling as interim aliment
To daughters Janet and Jean Kinross & son John Kinross, the whole bedding and bed clothes, napery & whole cloth cut and uncut, be divided amongst them equally. The married children already got their fair proportion of such articles.

Third
To my Daughter Janet Kinross whole other household furniture & plenishing, not including the dairy utensils, to be used & enjoyed by her as her own property.

Fourth
Residue of Estate for behoof of my children Isobel Bryce or Kinross wife of Peter Bryce Victualler in Glasgow, the said Thomas Kinross, James Kinross & John Kinross, the said Janet & Jean Kinross both presently residing with me at Mill of Ash, equally.

the following sum shall be deducted as already paid, from my said Daughter Isobels share one hundred Pounds, from my said son Thomas share Three hundred Pounds, from my said son James share Three hundred Pounds, from my said Daughter Janets share One hundred Pounds, from my said Daughter Jeans share one hundred Pounds and from my said Son Johns share one hundred & ninety Pounds

Isobel’s legacy is to be invested in her own names by the trustees and for behoof of William Bryce & Agnes Bryce her children and not subject to her husband’s debts or deeds.

If any shall attempt to repudiate this settlement in any way, they shall forfeit the whole of the provisions.

Signed at Glasgow 4 June 1840
Witnesses were George Cunningham and Robert William Lowe

Codicil          
Daughter Jean Kinross has died so provisions for her have lapsed. Provisions in favour of Thomas, James, John & Janet shall vest in them immediately upon his death. The provision in favour of Isobel and her children shall remain the same.
8 August 1842
Witnesses were servants William Whitehead & Daniel McOwan.7

 
1841 CensusWilliam Kinross and his daughter Janet appeared on the 1841 Census of Dunblane, Perthshire, at Mills of Ash. William was a farmer, 65 years old, and born in Perthshire. Janet was 34 and born in Perthshire. Also in the household were a lodger (Cath Kerr, 14, not born in Perthshire), a female servant, and 2 agricultural labourers. [ Note that the 1841 census records ages rounded down to the nearest 5 years, does not record relationships, and only indicates whether or not the person was born in the county.]8 
Land-Disposed THOMAS KINROSS, Farmer, Spittalton of Coldoch, Seised, Nov. 22. 1842,--in a Tenement of land with the Yard at the back thereof extending to 8 Roods on the north side of the Highgate of DOUNE CAMPSIE;--on Disp. by William Kinross, sometime Farmer, Over Ochlay, now at Mill of Ash, Oct. 15. 1841. P.R. St. 221. 156?9 
DeathWilliam died on 9 Mar 1846 in Mill of Ash, Dunblane, Perthshire.5,7
 
ProbateHis estate was proved on 14 Aug 1846 in Dunblane.
Inventory of the Personal Estate, and Effects of the deceased William Kinross Farmer at Mill of Ash, who died on the 9 March 1846 faithfully made and given up by Thomas Kinross Farmer at Spittalton, James Kinross Farmer at Grainston, and the Reverend John Kinross Minister of the Parish of Largs, Executors

Cash in the house £4
Deposit Receipt by the agent at Dunblane for the Union Bank of Scotland in favor of the deceased dated 7 June 1845 for £30
Interest thereon till 9th March 1846 -.10.11
Deposit Receipt Do Do Do dated 18 July 1845 for £36
Interest          - 11.5
Deposit Receipt Do Do Do dated 3 Septr 1845 for £35
Interest          -.9.4
Deposit Receipt Do Do Do dated 7 Feb 1846 for £75
Interest -.3.8
Bill Daniel McEwen Weaver in Bridgend of Dunblane to the Defunct dated 10 March 1845 payable twelve months after date for £16.16.0
Bill Andrew Roy Brewer Alloa and Alexander McFarlane Thornhill dated 9 October 1844 payable one day after date for £250
Interest from 9th October 1845 till 9 March 1846 £4.2.8
Balance of Bill William Johnstone Weaver Dunblane to the defunct dated 22 May 1843 payable one day after date £5
Interest from 24th May 1845 till 9 March 1846 -.4.0
Reverend John Kinross Largs debt due to the Defunct     £100
Interest from 15 November 1845 till 9 March 1846     £1.5.0
Hartly Dunblane account due to the Defunct          £4.0.0
George Black Dunblane account due to the Defunct     £2.0.0
Peter Bryce Victualler Glasgow Interest on heritable Bond to the Defunct for £700 from Martinmas last          £9.1.0
Do Do Interest on Heritable Bond to the Defunct for £400 since Martinmas last £5.3.5
William Coldstream Dunblane Interest due on Heritable Bond to the Defunct for £250 since Martinmas last          £3.4.7
Household Furniture Farm Stocking and other personal Effects which belonged to the deceased conform to Inventory and valuation under the hands of Alexander McLaren Licensed Auctioneer and Appraiser at Duthieston dated 23 March 1846     £133.19.4
Value of the deceaseds Estate situated in Scotland or elsewhere      £716.11.4
(Signed) James Kinross Chas Macara C.D. At Dunblane the fourteenth day of August Eighteen hundred and forty six years.7
 
GravestoneHis gravestone (a marble table stone) at Dunblane Cathedral reads:


William Kinross farmer Mill of Ash 9.3.1846 78, wife Agnes Dawson 10.9.1827 (57)
W K A D
William Kinross 13.9.1814 6
Thomas Kinross 13.9.1880 83, wife Catherine Kinross 9.4.1877 72, daughter Agnes Dawson Kinross 7.2.1903 57, son William 17.9.1916 83, daughter Catherine 3.1.1928 90, daughter Jean 2.7.1932 91
Janet Kinross 9.11.1879 77
Reverend John Kinross for 41 years minister of Largs 5.12.1883 71.5
 
Last Edited16 Aug 2015

Citations

  1. [S161] Microfilm of the Old Parochial Register of Dunblane, Perthshire, 1653-1859 (Family History Library, 1040065 & 1040066).
  2. [S299] E-mails from Moira J Morris to J Kolthammer.
  3. [S838] Will and Administration of The Reverend Andrew Kinross of Enfield, Middlesex, 31 March 1783, proved in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 23 October 1786 (Family History Library, Film #0,093,118).
  4. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (2168) Jun. 8. 1826.
  5. [S432] John Fowler Mitchell and Sheila Mitchell, compilers, Monumental Inscriptions (pre-1855) in South Perthshire (n.p.: Scottish Genealogy Society, 1975), FHL film #962930; does not contain full text of inscriptions.
  6. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (3778) Feb. 20. 1830.
  7. [S497] Trust Disposition and Settlement & Inventory of William Kinross of Mill of Ash, 4 June 1840, proved in the Dunblane Sheriff Court, 14 August 1846 (Family History Library, film# 0484988).
  8. [S154] 1841 Census for Scotland (Family History Library, microfilm).
  9. [S399] Perthshire Abridgements of Sasines, v. 1-5, 1781-1845 (Family History Library, Film #217128), (737) Nov. 30. 1842.
  10. [S216] Scotland Death Register. Isabel Bryce, 1857.
  11. [S216] Scotland Death Register. James Kinross, 1872.
  12. [S351] Hew Scott, Fasti Ecclesiae scoticanae: the succession of ministers in the Church of Scotland from the reformation (Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1915), FHL microfiche #6026402, John Kinross, vol 3, p 216.