What would have been the churches (and graveyards) before, or at the time 1745 in Kilmarnock or Ayr generally? Anna Grace Boyd Foster On Jul 24, 2005, at 6:05 PM, Deborah Boyd wrote: > Janet - some more info - don't know if it helps you? > > Kilmarnock, St Andrew's Free Church began at the Disruption, when the > minister of an existing quoad sacra church and most of his > congregation adhered to the Free Church. A church was built in 1844 > (reconstructed, 1886). It passed successively to the United Free > Church and the Church of Scotland, in the latter case as Kilmarnock St > Andrew's North, which was in the presbytery of Irvine and Kilmarnock > and the synod of Ayr. It united with Kilmarnock Howard as Kilmarnock > Howard St Andrew's in 1984. > > On Jul 24, 2005, at 1:47 PM, Janet Hallahan wrote: > >> Found this on the Internet - any help? >> >> "St Andrew's Parish Church, Kilmarnock, was built as a chapel of ease >> for the mill-workers in its vicinity in 1841. In the wake of the 1843 >> Disruption, which led to the formation of the Free Church of Scotland, >> they revolted and joined the Free Church in 1844 and formed a new >> congregation called Free St Andrew's in Faulds Street, Kilmarnock, >> depleting what was still the relatively new congregation of St >> Andrew's >> Parish Church. At the 1929 union of churches, Free St Andrew's became >> part of the Church of Scotland and became known as St Andrew's North >> Church." >> >> Also - my ancestors are from the United Church of Scotland, any >> thoughts >> if that is the same/different as the Free Church of Scotland? >> >> > > > ==== CLANBOYD Mailing List ==== > RING OF BOYDS http://k.webring.com/wrman?ring=clanboydwebring&addsite > > http://worldconnect.genealogy.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?db=boyd- > trees >