A quiet day in Moonzie Parish...again

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 6:33 pm

Hi Leslie

Talk about the long arm of the "Law". Maybe you wouldn't even have been safe going overseas afterall, at least prior to the American Revolution.

I love reading about those Kirk Sessions. It is a shame that they aren't printed in book form.

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sat Jun 09, 2007 9:46 pm

Hi Sheila
There are two brilliant books which include many quotes and case studies so do give quite a bit of the colour of the Kirk Sessions from around Scotland:
"Girls in Trouble"
&
"Sin in the City"
- both to do with "Sexuality & Social control in Scotland 1660-1780", the first in rural areas, the second in cities. Both are written by Leah Leneman & Rosalind Mitchison and they are a fascinating read!

Best wishes
Lesley

sheilajim · Post by **sheilajim** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 2:47 am

Hi Leslie

I have got to get a copy of those. "Girls in Trouble" and "Sin in the City".

They sound like movie titles from the sixties or seventies.

I wonder what happened to your runaway couple. Were they sent back to Scotland or were they punished in England?

Post by **Anne H** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 4:33 am

Hi everyone!

I love the Kirk Sessions. The one I have is pages long where the "Session" dragged on for a couple of years...it's even better when it's your own ancestors

Leslie wrote:

There are two brilliant books which include many quotes and case studies so do give quite a bit of the colour of the Kirk Sessions from around Scotland:
"Girls in Trouble"
&
"Sin in the City"
- both to do with "Sexuality & Social control in Scotland 1660-1780", the first in rural areas, the second in cities. Both are written by Leah Leneman & Rosalind Mitchison and they are a fascinating read!

I had ordered both those books way back when I originally ordered "The Scottish Family Tree Detective" and reordered from Amazon.UK...they are now on the way to me

I just came across these Kirk Sessions for South Leith that you might be interested in. http://scotsfind.org/south_leith/leith.pdf ...happy reading

Regards,
Anne H

LesleyB · Post by **LesleyB** » Sun Jun 10, 2007 10:57 am

Hi Sheila

I wonder what happened to your runaway couple. Were they sent back to Scotland or were they punished in England?

Don't know yet if they are likely to be mentioned again with some indication of the outcome, or whether that will be all - still working my way through the years!!
What did occur to me is that William Allan & Helen Oswald appeared to be still together twelve years after they had run away, so at least they appear to have been capable of holding a relationship together despite all the odds being against them!
Anne - I'd forgotten about those South Leith records on line (I have the same thing on a CD) - they make interesting reading too. Full of all sorts of misdemeanours! Cheaper than the two books too.

Thanks for the reminder on that one.

...it's even better when it's your own ancestors

I'd agree - (the above couple are nothing to do with me!!

Though what I think is possibly one of my lot was called as a witness to him having been round her house frequently! ) I have a few who were elders over the years in various parishes and one irregular marriage brought before the session, but nothing too spectacular...yet! I live in hope.

Best wishes
Lesley