Kilrynie (Rhynie)
Rhynie is a parish in the district of Strathbogie, Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Cabrach, Gartly, Kinnethmont, and Auchindoir. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Muir of Rhynie or Rhynie
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
The parishes of Rhynie and Essie were united in or about 1612.
Rhynie. The church of Rhynie was dedicated to St Luag. Rhynie and Essie together formed a prebend of the Cathedral of Elgin.
Essie. The church of Essie was dedicated to St Ernan. Services were continued in this old church until about 1767.
Savoch. A church was opened in 1834. Its chief promoter was the Rev. James Mair, schoolmaster of Savoch, father of William Mair, minister of Earlston, a native of Savoch, who, as Moderator of the General Assembly reopened (5 September 1897), after extensive renovation, the church in which he worshipped as a child. From 1834-51 the ministers of the four interested parishes officiated in turn, assisted by schoolmasters in the Presbytery. The parish of Savoch was disjoined from Old Deer, New Deer, Ellon, and Tarves on 28 May 1851.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Rhynie (QO)
Essie (QO)
Savoch (QO)
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1740-1854 | Rhynie and Essie | 237a | OPR |
| 1852-1854 | Savoch | 237b | OPR |
| 1855-1859 | Rhynie | 237 | RD |
| 1860-1967 | Rhynie | 237a | RD |
| 1860-1967 | Savoch | 236b | RD |
| 1893-1967 | St Fergus | 237c | RD |
| 2009 | (Rhynie) Aberdeenshire, Huntly | 317 | RD |
| 2009 | (Savoch) Aberdeenshire, Ellon | 316 | RD |
| 2009 | (St Fergus) Aberdeenshire, Peterhead | 313 | RD |
| 2026 | (Rhynie) Aberdeenshire Council; Tap O'Noth Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (Savoch) Aberdeenshire Council; Auchterless, Fisherford & Inverkeithny Community Council | ||
| 2026 | (St Fergus) Aberdeenshire Council; Buchan East Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Cran, Duff, Grant, Henderson, Horn, Mitchell, Riddel, Robertson, Smith, Thomson
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
By the Reverend Mr James Milne.
"The number of persons in this parish is 618. They are sober, industrious, peaceable, and contented with their condition. They enjoy not the luxuries of cities, but they have the necessaries and some of the comforts of life, along with health of body and animation of character; and they add more to the strength of the country than four times their number of discontented and debauched manufacturers, or mobbish politicians can do, in any time of public or national danger."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 19, p. 289
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 1015
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