Local records and maps

 PITTENWEEM BURGH DEEDS, 1721-1881

 

ATCHISON, ISOBELL: spouse of Robert Leith, late Baillie in Pittenweem; Disposition in favour of daughters, ISOBELL (spouse of Robert McMurich, merchant in Dunbarton) & JEAN (spouse of Thomas Horsburgh, shipmaster in Pittenweem; 5 Dec 1799 [B60.8.1]

 

BELL, WILLIAM yr: Baillie of Pittenweem; Assignation in favour of James Graham, merchant in Anstruther Easter; 9 Nov 1730 [B60.8.1 folio 36-37]

 

BINNING, AGNES: relict of William Bell yr, shipmaster in Pittenweem; App of William Young, writer in Pittenweem, as Factor; 1 Dec 1735 [B60.8.1]

 

BORTHWICK, ROBERT: app as Factor to the Sea Box Society of Pittenweem; 23 Dec 1723 [B60.8.1 folio 9-10]

 

BORTHWICK, ROBERT: merchant in Pittenweem; Bond to the Minister & Elders of Pittenweem; 27 Oct 1732 [B60.8.1 folio 41-42]

 

BROWN (nee Taylor), ANN: relict of dec David Brown, residing Pittenweem, and aunt of Louisa Brown; Disp & Deed of Settlement; 2 April 1827 [B60.8.2 folio 23-26]

 

BROWN, DAVID: formerly tennant in Newbigging, now residenter in Pittenweem, and Ann Taylor, his spouse; Mutual Disposition; 2nd April 1827 [B60.8.2 folio 19-21]

 

BROWN, DAVID: as above; Disposition in favour of niece, Louisa Brown, dau of dec Thomas Brown, sometime baker in London; 2 April 1827 [B60.8.2 folio 21-23]

 

BROWN, JAMES: mariner in Pittenweem, and spouse, Janet Dalziel, relict of James Kininmonth, last mason in Pittenweem; Post-nuptial contract; 3 Dec 1737 [B60.8.1]

 

BROWN, THOMAS: shipmaster in Pittenweem; Mutual Disposition, Assignation and Factorie in favour of spouse, Mary Brunton; 6 Nov 1733 [B60.8.1 folio 45-46]

 

CHISHOLM, ALEXANDER: shipmaster in Pittenweem; Disposition in favour of spouse, Mary Mortimer, and brothers, William and John Chisholm; 7 May 1793 [B60.8.1]

 

CLEILAND, ROBERT: in Pittenweem; appointment of daughter, Mary Cleiland, relict of umql James Atchison, skinner Burgess, as Factor (22 Aug 1724); and discharge as Factor (26 Nov 1724) [B60.8.1 folio 12-13 & 13-14]

 

CORSAN, JANNET: spouse of James Fowler, cooper in Crail; Disposition in favour of Thomas Martin, merchant and late Baillie in Pittenweem; 19 July 1784 [B60.8.1]

 

COUPER, MGT: sometime spouse of dec Alexander Anderson, skipper in Pittenweem, now spouse of Thomas Donaldson, Baillie of Pittenweem; and Alexander Anderson, eldest son of sd dec Alexander Anderson; Submission and Decreet Arbitral; 15 Feb 1726 [B60.8.1 folio 19-21]

 

COUPER, PATRICK: Minister of the Gospel in Pittenweem; and William Stevenson, merchant in Pittenweem; Submission and Decreet Arbitral; 12 June 1722 [B60.8.1 folio 6-8]

 

CROMBIE, WILLIAM GUILLAN: residing Viewforth Cottage, Pittenweem, and Isabella Brown, his spouse; Mutual Disposition; 27 May 1840 [B60.8.2 folio 79-83]

 

DOUGLAS, ARCHIBALD: merchant in Pittenweem; Dispostion and Assignation in favour of mother, Janet Carmiche;, relict of umql Mr Archibald Donaldson, Minister of Saltoun; 12 Nov 1734 [B60.8.1 folio 53-54]

 

DUNCAN, ALEXANDER: residing Pittenweem (whose son, Thomas Duncan, grocer and spirit-dealer in Pittenweem, had died intestate); Appointment of John Bowman, writer and Town Clerk of Pittenweem, as Factor; 15 May 1863 [B60.8.2 folio 94-96]

 

FAIR, JOHN: writer in Colinsburgh; and his sister, Christian Fair, residing Colinsburgh; Contract of Agreement; 10 July 1788 and Bond [B60.8.1]

 

FORGAN, WILLIAM: wheelwright in Pittenweem; Disposition and Assignation in favour of Elizabeth Barclay & children; 7 Dec 1812 [B60.8.2 folio 4-7]

 

GEDDIE, WILLIAM: wright in Pittenweem; Disposition in favour of Andrew and William Geddie, his eldest & yst sons; 9 June 1722 [B60.8.1 folio 4-5]

 

GREENHORN, ROBERT: mariner in Pittenweem; Appointment of spouse, Janet Borthwick, as Factor; 7 Aug 1736 [B60.8.1]

 

HISLOP, JOHN: appointed Factor to the Earl of Kellie; 13 June 1732 [B60.8.1 folio 40]

 

HOG, GEORGE: maltman Burgess of Pittenweem; Disposition in favour of spouse, Mgt Hog, and son-in-law, Andrew Thomson, carrier in Pittenweem; 20 May 1789 [B60.8.1]

 

HOGG, JAMES: merchant in Anstruther; 21-yr Tack of of lands of Greenside and Dubbielands from John Lumsden of Blanearn; 8 March 1784 [B60.8.1]

 

HORSBURGH, ANDREW WILLIAM: presently residing in Pittenweem, only son of the dec Alexander Horsburgh, merchant in Calcutta, and grandson of Andrew Horsburgh, residenter in Pittenweem; Commission and Factorie in favour of Mrs Christian Horsburgh or Martin and Mr Andrew Horsburgh; 24 Jan 1845 [B60.8.2 folio 91-94]; and Discharge; 3 Dec 1881 [B60.8.2 folio 100-02]

 

HORSBURGH, THOMAS: shipmaster in Pittenweem; Latter Will & testament; 13 Aug 1810 [B60.8.2 folio 3-4]

 

KAY, WILLIAM: son of John Kay, tailor in Pittenweem; Indenture, app under David Miller, tailor in Kilconquhar, for 6 yrs & 2 mths from 7 March 1729 (rec 13 March 1730) [B60.8.1 folio 34-35]

 

JARVIS, WILLIAM: Baillie of Pittenweem; Disposition and Assignation in favour of spouse, Mgt Ballingall; 7 Nov 1721 [B60.8.1, folio 1-2]

 

LOWSON, JEAN: in Pittenweem, wife of William Lowson on board HMS "Sea Horse;" Testament; 13 April 1803 [B60.8.1]

 

McCALL, ROBERT: weaver in Crail, son of dec William McCall of Pittenweem, and his spouse, Ann Borthwick; Discharge in favour of Thomas Taylor, maltster in Crail, and Alexander Taylor, his son; 16 May 1794 [B60.8.1]

 

MARTIN, JAMES elder: weaver & late Baillie of Pittenweem; Disposition and Settlement in favour of nephew, James Martin yr and failing him, Thomas Martin, his other nephew, and nieces; 4 May 1818 [B60.8.2 folio 8-12]

 

MARTIN, JOHN: weaver-Burgess in Pittenweem; appointed Factor to the Sea-Box Society of Pittenweem; 22 Sep 1735; also Bond of John & James Martin to the sd Sea-Box Society [B60.8.1]

 

MELVILL, JAMES: shipmaster in Pittenweem; and Thomas Welch, cooper in Pittenweem; Agreement; 15 Feb 1724 and 14 Nov 1734 [B60.8.1 folio 10-11 & 50-51]

 

MELVILLE, JAMES: shipmaster in Pittenweem, and spouse, Anna Cook; Heritable Bond of #50 to the Sea-Box Society of Pittenweem; 27 Jan 1736 [B60.8.1]

 

MILLER, JOHN: watchmaker, sometime in Pittenweem, now in Stromness, and Jean Wilkie, his spouse; Contract of Separation; 3 June 1829 [B60.8.2 folio 31-35]

 

MITCHEL, JEAN: spouse of John Donaldson, mariner in Anstruther Wester; Bond of #55 borrowed from James Cook yr, Baillie of Pittenweem; 7 Feb 1733 [B60.8.1 folio 42]

 

PATON, JOHN: mariner in Pittenweem; Heritable Bond of #35.13.7, borrowed from Agnes Stewart, relict of John Binning, mariner in Pittenweem; 27 Dec 1729 [B60.8.1 folio 33 -34]

 

PEEBLES, GEORGE: landlabourer in Pittenweem, and children, John & Isabella, by his dec wife, Janet Brown; also MGT MATHYSON, eldest dau of dec George Mathyson, mariner in Pittenweem, and sd Janet Brown; and GRISSELL MATHYSON, relict of Alexander Maxwell, tailor in Edinburgh, sister of sd George Mathyson; Discharge; 16 Nov 1721 [B60.8.1 folio 2-4]

 

POLLOCK, ALEXANDER: merchant in Pittenweem; and John Atchison, shipmaster in Pittenweem; Submission and Decreet Arbitral; 13 Aug 1734 [B60.8.1 folio 49-50]

 

PURDIE, REV JOSEPH: Minister of Relief Congregation; with consent of wife, Mary Anderson, Disposition in favour of George Simpson, sometime tenat of and now residing in Luthrie, par of Criech, and Isabella Brown, his spouse; 8 Dec 1827 [B60.8.2 folio 28-31]

 

RATTRAY, THOMAS: shipowner in Anstruther; and Andrew Rymer, shipmaster in Pittenweem; Submission and Decreet Arbitral; 22 May 1830 [B60.8.2 folio 37-42]

 

RICHARD, JAMES: residing Pittenweem; Trust Disposition and Settlement; 3 Sep 1831 [B60.8.2 folio 50-57]

 

SCOTT, ROBERT: eldest son of Robert Scott, late Treasurer of the Burgh of Pittenweem; Indenture, app under John Atchison, shipmaster in Pittenweem, in art and vocation of seafaring trade for 4 yrs from 2 March 1726 (rec 8 Jan 1729) [B60.8.1 folio 29-30]

 

SMALL, ISOBELL: relict of dec James Peat, merchant and Baillie in Anstruther Easter; Dispostion and Assignation in favour of George Peat, writer in Cupar, and others; 27 Oct 1766[B60.8.1]

 

SMITH, ARTHUR: cooper in Pittenweem, and spouse, John Hughes; Disposition and Settlement, 7 Dec 1826 [B60.8.2 folio 16-19]

 

SMITH, JOHN: baker and Baillie in Pittenweem; Disposition and Assignation in favour of Charles Dempser & Son, merchants in St Andrews, factors on his sequestrated estate; 9 April 1800 [B60.8.1]

 

SOPWITH, RALPH: engineer, late at St Philips Colliery, now residing Balcormo; Agreement to pay his son, Robert Sopwith, #150 for past assistance in his business; 24 May 1783 [B60.8.1]

 

 

 

STEVINSON, WILLIAM: merchant in Pittenweem, and Agnes Binning, relict of William Bell yr, shipmaster there; Bond of 500 merks Scots, borrowed from James Colin, mariner in Earlsferry; 4 June 1735 [B60.8.1]

 

STEUART, JAMES: writer in Edinburgh; appointed Factor to Christian, Mary, Agnes, Charlotte, & Nelly Keadie, children of David Keadie, sailmaker in London, and the now dec Agnes Bell, 2nd dau of dec William Bell, shipmaster and late Baillie of Pittenweem; 15 Oct 1766 [B60.8.1]

 

TAITT, WILLIAM: wright Burgess of Pittenweem; Bond to the Sea-Box Society of Pittenweem; 29 Dec 1735 [B60.8.1]

 

TAYLOR, JAMES: merchant in Pittenweem; Disposition in favour of his wife, Elizabeth Wilkie, and others; 21 Oct 1839 [B60.8.2 folio 69-74]

 

TOD, JOHN and ROBERT: fleshers in Pittenweem; Submission and Decreet Arbitral (re firm of John & Robert Tod, fleshers in Pittenweem, est in 1817, but dissolved on 20 Feb 1829 when John Tod withdrew from the concern); 15 April 1831 [B60.8.2 folio 42-50]

 

TOD, WILLIAM, brewer Pittenweem; and JOHN BAYNE, residenter there; 3-yr Tack of farm of Clephanton from Andrew Johnston of Rennyhill; 28 July 1802 [B60.8.1]

 

TOD, WILLIAM: Chief Magistrate and Brewer, Pittenweem; 99-yr Tack of park of land at the west end of the Burgh of Pittenweem from Philip Scot, mariner and feuar there; 1 Jan 1803 [B60.8.1]

 

TOUGH, RODERICK: excise officer in Ansturther; Disposition in favour of only son, Rev John Tough, Minister of Hanton, nr Woolkampton, County of Berkshire; 4 March 1780 [B60.8.1]

 

WALLACE, DAVID: residing Pittenweem, and spouse, Helen Watson; Mutual Disposition; 23 Dec 1839 [B60.8.2 folio 74-79]

 

WARRENDER, THOMAS: eldest son of dec Henry Warrender, mariner in Pittenweem; Appointment of William Duncan, Baxter Burgess of Pittenweem, as his Factor; 21 June 1735 [B60.8.1]

 

WELCH, ANDREW: cooper & fishcurer in Pittenweem, and Janet Fulton, his spouse; Mutual Disposition and Settlement; 10 Aug 1864 [B60.8.2 folio 96-100]

 

WILLSON, JAMES: land-labourer Burgess in Pittenweem; Bond of Provision in favour of spouse, Janet Walker; 25 Feb 1803 [B60.8.1]

 

 

Home | Search | Contact | Print version | Help