BURNTISLAND TAILORS, 1685-1835

[All entries from the Incorporated Trades and Crafts of Burntisland Minute Book, 1685-1835, now in St Andrews University Library]

ALLAN, ANDREW: tailor, son of Hugh Allan, workman, Burntisland; Burgess, Nov 3 1756

ASDEL, ANDREW: app to John Dugall, Sep 1763

BEVERIDGE [BEVERGE], JOHN: app to Andrew Netherie, Sep 1726

BLACK, ANDREW: app to Thomas Robertson, Oct 1712; described as late app to Thomas Robertson in April 1716, when he paid 20s Scots into the Convener's Box as Freeman; Deacon (1725-27); app: Andrew Nithrie (1717); Peter Graham (1720)

BLACK, JOHN: Deacon (1692-95)

BLACK, ROBERT: adm Freeman, at Whitsunday 1687; app, George Clark (1689)

BRAND, ALEXANDER: eldest son of William Brand; paid #3 Scots booking money into Convener's Box, 8 Sep 1704; Deacon (1720; 1725-27)

BRAND, WILLIAM: Deacon (1691; 1698-99; 1709-1711; 1714-16); Deacon Convener (1709; 1711); son, Alexander

CLARK, GEORGE: app to Robert Black, Sep 1689

CONDIE, JOHN: eldest son of John Condie; paid #3 Scots booking money into the Convener's Box, 8 Sep 1704, as Freeman; Deacon (1705-07; 1722; 1736); app: John Crigtell (1706); Patrick Paterson (1708); Thomas Philp (1708); Robert Nouell (1712); Antine Oswald (1725); John Stocks (1725)

CRIGTELL, JOHN: app to John Condie, Sep 1706

CROMBIE, JAMES: app to John Renton, Sep 1808

DEALLY, THOMAS: (b 1795): b Burntisland, March 3 1795, son of JAmes Deally and Euphan Melvein; adm Freeman, Sep 13 1817; served as Convener of the Incorporated Trades in 1825-26 and 1833-34; listed Pigot (1825 and 1837), Slater (1852/67) & Westwood (1862/66); emp 1 man in 1851; m to Betty McEwan

DEWAR, JAMES: adm Freeman, Sep 1801; app: Thomas Henderson 1804

DEWAR, JOHN: app to Andrew Easdaile, Sep 1778; adm Freeman, Sep 1786; app: Alexander Willson (1803); Samuel Ross (1805); David Swan (1806)

DEWAR, JOHN: app to Andrew Easdaile, Sep 1811

DOBSON, WILLIAM: son of Adam Dobson; app to Samuel Ross, Sep 1816

DUGALL, JOHN: son of Walter Dougall, cooper Burgess, Burntisland; Burgess, May 15 1756; Freeman, Sep 1760; app: Andrew Asdel (1763)

DOUGAL, WALTER: Burgess, Sep 29 1787

EASDAILE, ANDREW: son of James Easdaile, day labourer in Burntisland; Burgess, June 7 1770; adm Freeman, Sep 1771, "having served his time in this place"; Deacon (1786); m 10 Nov 1771 Anne Thomson; app: John Dewar (1778); David Morris (1796); John Dewar (1811)

FINLAYSON [FINELSON], JAMES: app to James Stanhous, Sep 1710

GOURLAY, WILLIAM: Burgess, Sep 18 1787; Freeman, Sep 1788

GRAHAM, PETER: app to Andrew Black, Sep 1720

GRIVE, ANDREW: app to James Muirhall, Feb 1724

HENDERSON, JAMES: servant to John Stevenson, tailor in Burntisland; Burgess, Feb 7 1772

HENDERSON, THOMAS: app to James Dewar, Sep 1804

KIRK, ROBERT: paid #3 Scots booking money into the Convener's Bx as Freeman, Feb 1724; Deacon (1729; 1735; 1739); Deacon Convener (1739); m Janet Paton of Aberdour, 11 Nov 1720; eldest son, John Kirk, adm Burgess, Sep 20 1750; app: John Shand yr (1726); Robert Raeburn (1732)

LESSELS, ROBERT: app to Alexander McEwan, Sep 1791

MeEWAN, ALEXANDER: Burgess, Oct 5 1785; adm Freeman, Feb 1786; booking money of app (name u/r - scored out) paid in, Sep 1789, but the latter broke his apprenticeship; app: Robert Lessels (1791); Thomas Stanhouse (1811)

MELVILLE, JAMES: tailor, High Street; adm Freeman, Sep 10 1807; listed Pigot (1825/37); son and app, William (1819)

MELVILLE, JOHN (d 1879): tailor, High Street, 1829-79; was b Burntisland c 1801; adm Freeman, Sep 18 1829; Pigot (1837); emp 1 app in 1851; Westwood (1862/66); d Feb 13 1879 aged 77; m to Eliza Reekie, who d Sep 18 1850 aged 47

MELVILLE, ROBERT: adm Freeman, Sep 13 1830

MELVILLE, WILLIAM: b Burntisland, c 1809, son of James Melville; app under father, Sep 1819; adm Freeman, Sep 10 1834; emp 2 men and 1 app in 1851; Westwood (1862/66); also acted as Inspector of Poor and Collector of Poor Rates

MORRIS, DAVID: app to Andrew Easdale, Sep 1796

MUIRHALL, JAMES: app to James Stanhous, Feb 1708; afterwards Freeman; app: Andrew Grive (1724)

NITHRIE/NITHREE/NEETHREY/NODDORIE

NITHRIE, ANDREW (1): app to Andrew Black, Sep 1717; adm Freeman, 26 Sep 1723; Deacon (1730-31; 1749-50); m to Cicil Condie; app: John Beveridge (1726); John Taylor (1730); Andrew Stewart (1743)

NETHREY, ANDREW (2): son of John Nidry in Crook of Devon; app to Andrew Nithrie (1), June 1735; Burgess, Dec 1 1742; adm Freeman, March 1744; Deacon (1764-65); m to Helen Gilchrist; app: James Nithrie (1746)

NITHRIE, JAMES: app to Andrew Nithrie, Sep 1746; Burgess, Aug 10 1752

NEETHREY, JOHN: son of Andrew Nithrie; Burgess, Dec 15 1770; adm Freeman as Freeman's son, Dec 5 1771

NOUCLL, ROBERT: app to John Condie, Sep 1712

OSWALD, ANTHONY: app to John Condie, May 1725; Burgess, June 30 1737

PATERSON, PATRICK: app to John Condie, Feb 1708

PHILP, THOMAS: app to John Condie, Feb 1708

RAEBURN/RAEBURNE/RAEBURNG/RAEBON

RAEBURNE, JOHN: app to James Stanhous, June 1694

RAEBURNG, ROBERT (1): app to James Stanhouse, Box Penny paid, 26 June 1694

RAEBON, ROBERT (2): app to Robert Kirk, June 1732

RENTON, JOHN: app to Andrew Easdale, Sep 1803; afterwards Freeman; app: James Crombie (1808)

ROBERTSON, THOMAS Deacon (1689-90; 1712-13; 1717); app: Andrew Black (1712)

ROSE [ROSS], SAMUEL: app to John Dewar, Sep 1805; adm Freeman, Sep 23 1814; listed Pigot (1825) in High Street; m to Mary Ure; son, William, b Jan 19 1820; app: William Dobson (1816)

RUSSELL, JAMES: app to John Stocks, April 1730

SHAND, JOHN yr: app to Robert Kirk, Sep 1726

STANHOUS/STENHOUSE

STANHOUS, JAMES: adm Freeman, Martinmas 1687; Deacon (1700-1704); John Raeburne (1694); Robert Raeburng (1694); James Muirhall (1708); James Finlayson (1710)

STANHOUS, THOMAS (1): app to James Stocks, Sep 1788

STANHOUSE, THOMAS (2): app to Alexander McEwan, Sep 1811

STEVENSON, JOHN: adm Freeman, Sep 1760; servant, James Henderson (1772)

STEWART, ANDREW: app to Andrew Nithrie, July 1743

STOCKS, JAMES: Burgess, Feb 4 1782; adm Freeman, Sep 1785; app: Thomas Stanhous (1788)

STOCKS, JOHN: elder son of David Stocks, weaver; app to John Condie, May 1725; afterwards Freeman; Deacon (1732-33; 1737-38) Deacon Convener (1733); m 15 Dec 1727 Jean Balmain; app: James Russell (1730)

SWAN, DAVID: app to John Dewar, Sep 1806

TAYLOR [TYLOR], JOHN: son of Thomas Tylor; app to Andrew Nithrie, Sep 1730

WHITE [WHITT], JAMES: app to John Condie at Whitsunday 1686

WILLSON, ALEXANDER: app to John Dewar, Sep 1803

YOUNG, JAMES: adm Freeman, 26 June 1694