Robertson McCulloch Kirk Session
biography
Monkton & Prestwick Church
3d. April 1864
The Session met and was constituted
Present
The Revd. Dr. Lawrie – Moderator
Thomas White &
John Buchanan } Elders
James M. Cowan – Clerk
Compeared voluntarily, William Robertson and Janet McCulloch spouses, confessing that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication, committed previously to the 8th September 1854, the date of their marriage, and craving to be taken on discipline for the same.
The Session having agreed to take them on discipline, when the Moderator after a serious rebuke, & solemn admonition, did in name of the Session, absolve them from the scandal of their sin, and restore them to the privileges of the Church.
Session closed with prayer
[signed] Geo. Jas. Lawrie
The cited information was sourced from Electronic Document (email, file), edition 1910 of published by http://openlibrary.org (Ref: CH2/809/10/275 / page 202-205) The author/originator was John Macintosh. This citation is considered to be direct and primary evidence used, or by dominance of the evidence.3d. April 1864
The Session met and was constituted
Present
The Revd. Dr. Lawrie – Moderator
Thomas White &
John Buchanan } Elders
James M. Cowan – Clerk
Compeared voluntarily, William Robertson and Janet McCulloch spouses, confessing that they had been guilty of the sin of antenuptial fornication, committed previously to the 8th September 1854, the date of their marriage, and craving to be taken on discipline for the same.
The Session having agreed to take them on discipline, when the Moderator after a serious rebuke, & solemn admonition, did in name of the Session, absolve them from the scandal of their sin, and restore them to the privileges of the Church.
Session closed with prayer
[signed] Geo. Jas. Lawrie
- Source Notes
- 2 1/2 months before they confessed to antenuptial fornication, Janet Shaw, the mother of William's sister-in-law, and her husband admitted to the same (the previous entry in the Kirk Session record)
parent source is an article with a biography of the minister
- 2 1/2 months before they confessed to antenuptial fornication, Janet Shaw, the mother of William's sister-in-law, and her husband admitted to the same (the previous entry in the Kirk Session record)
- Source/Citation References (3)
- Parent Source: THE POETS OF AYRSHIRE FROM THE FOURTEENTH CENTURY TILL THE PRESENT DAY
- Individual: William Robertson
- Family: William Robertson & Janet McCulloch