According to the history of West Kilbride Parish Church (formerly St. Bride's now St.Andrew's), it has been around since at least the Reformation.  Barony church was a United Presbyterian building. Elizabeth Russon On Monday, December 28, 2015 3:05 AM, "ayrshire-request@rootsweb.com" <ayrshire-request@rootsweb.com> wrote: Today's Topics:   1. Boyd of Portincross - 15 Robert Boyds in one tomb within the       parish Church of West Kilbride (Mike Boyd) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 08:43:03 +1000 From: "Mike Boyd" <mikejboyd@bigpond.com> Subject: [AYR] Boyd of Portincross - 15 Robert Boyds in one tomb     within the    parish Church of West Kilbride To: <AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com>, <boyd@rootsweb.com> Message-ID: <C49B9B678F564AD690D8F246F215B892@MichaelPC> Content-Type: text/plain;    charset="UTF-8" During my recent trip to Scotland, I looked up the book A Genealogical Account of the Principal Families in Ayrshire More Particularly in Cunninghame, by George Robertson, Vol I, 1823 again Under Boyd of Portincross on page 112, it says ?It is rather remarkable that, prior to the last mentioned date [1712], all the lairds of Portincross appear to have been of the name Robert: and this observation is corroborated by a tradition still remembered in the neighbourhood of ttheir ancient residence, the castle of Portincross, viz that fifteen individuals of that name and family were interred in one tomb, within the parish Church of West Kilbryde.? It is known that Robert the Bruce gave the then Head of Clan Boyd these lands in 1306, but it is not until 1372, or the 6th generation, that Robert Boyd is mentioned as being of Portincross.  He was brother to Sir Thomas Boyd, third Feudal Baron of Kilmarnock. So we are looking at a period from 1372 to 1712. The term ?one tomb, within the parish Church of West Kilbryde? Does the ?within the parish Church? mean that this family were actually buried inside the Church? The second question is from 1372 to 1712, where was the Parish Church  of West Kilbride?  I do not THINK it is the old Barony Church, (now used as a community hall) as it looks like it was built in the late 1700?s or 1800?s.  So what site might have been used a a Church prior to the Barony Church?  And does this site still exist in West Kilbride?  (Or will someone find a hole in their cellar, one of these days which has 15 bodies in it?) Thank you for any information Mike Boyd Brisbane, Aust. ------------------------------ To contact the AYRSHIRE list administrator, send an email to AYRSHIRE-admin@rootsweb.com. To post a message to the AYRSHIRE mailing list, send an email to AYRSHIRE@rootsweb.com. __________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to AYRSHIRE-request@rootsweb.com with the word "unsubscribe" without the quotes in the subject and the body of the email with no additional text. End of AYRSHIRE Digest, Vol 10, Issue 137 *****************************************