HOLYWOOD PARISH RECORDS including DUNSCORE, DUMFRIESSHIRE
MARRIAGES AND BAPTISMS 1690
{these records in very old Scots writing and tongue}
October 12 1690
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BARBARA DOUGLAFF (Douglas) appeared in sackcloth and thereafter was released(?) by ye Session
ordered to be given for the ufe of Elizabeth Stewart orphant(?)
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HOMER son to JOHN MAIRTINE was baptized
November 15 of 1690
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The qlk (ilk?) day MARIA daughter natrual to JOHN HAINING in Clondine(?) was baptized
November 23 1690
The clection of this and ye former Sabbath was divided betwixt JANET LIGHTBODY and JHOLON WALSON (possibly means John Wilson?).
The qlk (ilk?) day JANET daughter to JOHN HAINOING in Mighuhn-nslik, and JOHN son to THOMAS COCK (or possibly COOK or 'lock') was baptized
November 30 1690
There was 14St of ye colection given to two Strangers
The qlk day THOMAS son to DAVID JOHNSTON in Burnfoot, and MARY daughtor to GEORGE RUAN were baptized
December 5 1690
JOHN son to WILLIAM HIDLESTON in Dunscore was baptized
December 7 1690
WILLIAM son to JOHN SMYTH in Dunscore was baptized
The qlk day ROBERT MORINE [can't read this word e----d] to satisfaction for his adulterie
December 14 1690
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The qlk day JAMES son to JOHN WALKER, and EDWARD son to EDWARD JEKSON (Jackson?), and JOHN son to ROBERT ANDERSON were baptized