Hello - I am new to the list, and I'm wondering if someone could answer a question for me about irregular marriages in Scotland. I found a marriage record for Duncan M'Carter and Elisabeth Simpson on 31 Oct 1796 in Edinburgh. Then I found they were rebuked by the minister in Whittingehame for an irregular marriage. If they were married in a church in Edinburgh, why would they be rebuked by the parish in Whittingehame? And why would they be considered residents in both parishes? M'Carter, Duncan, labourer, College Kirk p., and Elisabeth, same p., d. of deased John Simpson, baker at Dunbar married at Trinity College Kirk, 31 Oct 1796. From the Register of Marriages for the Parish of Edinburgh. Whittingehame Register of Marriage - 1796 Nov 20. The Session being met & constitute by Prayer. Present the Minister Archd Storie & Jas Archibald elders, compear'd before them Duncan McCarter & Elizth Simpson both in the Parish acknowledged their Irregular Marriage and produced their lines dated Edinburgh 31 Oct 1796. They were rebuked by the Minister & exhorted to live as man & wife. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Lynne in Tucson, AZ