From available bits and pieces, apparently Andrew Boyd of Frederick was a "Reformed Church" member (altho he gave land to several other congregations for their churches, either out of generosity or just hedging his bets) WOuld that have been an option in Scotland in 1745? On Jul 25, 2005, at 8:30 AM, Janet Hallahan wrote: > Interesting! So what do we think, are the LDS records the ones for > these churches? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Deborah Boyd [mailto:dboyd@duurstede.com] > Sent: Sunday, July 24, 2005 6:06 PM > To: CLANBOYD-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: Re: [Boyd] Kilmarnock graveyards? > > 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 > > > > ==== 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 >