John Rankin Miller in New miln, & Sara Finlay both their 1st marriages, had their 9th child born on fryday Jan:9-1724 and Baptized John on Thursday Jan: 16-1724, By Mr Wright.
9th Child, Baptized by Mr Wright.
Hij is getrouwd met Elisabeth Burnet.
Zij zijn getrouwd na 16 maart 1758 te Ayrshire, Scotland .Bron 8
Kind(eren):
1. No marriage can be found on Scotlands People
2. There is a fifth child born to John Rankin and Elizabeth Burnet, as Mathew is named as the fourth child born and William named as sixth born. There are 8 years between the births of Mathew and William.
3. There is a marriage in Ancestry. This date is obviously wrong, or it wasn't legal, as in 1758 they were rebuked 1 Month for their sin & scandal of fornication together.
Kilmarnock, Laigh (quoad sacra) Kirk Session, Minutes (1738-1765), CH2/1252/4
Thursday March 16 1758
Elizabeth Burnett being delated as having brought forth a child in fornication to John Rankine, they were appointed to be cited to next session.
Thursday March 23 1758
Compeared Elizabeth Burnett judicially confessing herself to have brought forth a child in uncleanness to John Rankine. Compeared said John judicially confessing guilt with her as the father of her child. They were appointed to appear Sabbath next to be rebuked.
Sabbath March 26 1758
Compeared John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnett & were rebuked 1Mo. for their sin & scandal of fornication together.
Thursday August 31 1758
Compeared ? John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnett applying for absolution & were appointed to wait on the mntrs for examination & they to report.
Thursday September 14 1758
Mr Hall reported that John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnet have my wait on him he was satisfied with their knowledge & they were appointed to be absolved on Sabbath on paying ten shillings of covet Muld for the man and ten pounds scots for the woman.
Sabbath October 8 1758
Compeared John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnett & were absolved from their scandal of fornication together.
4. Although it cant yet be proven, Johns 'possible' parents, John Rankin, a Miller in New Miln, and Sarah Finlay, are my guess. I have known for a long time from the book "The History of Kilmarnock" by Archibald McKay, that the Rankins of Wardneuk, were related to the Rankins of the Mill in Shilling-hill, in the centre of Kilmarnock, see the following extract from the book:-
The History of Kilmarnock, by Archibald McKay.
Chapter X, page 106, Fourth Edition.
THE Cross of Kilmarnock was, in early times, the site of a corn-mill, which was driven by a lade or stream that flowed through the same spot. Shilling-hill, or Sheelin-hill, near the Railway Station, was, as the name implies, the eminence on which "the kernels of the grain," to use the words of Dr. Jamieson, "were separated by the wind from the husks."* Regarding the exact time of the erection of the mill we have no information. It appears, however, by the following extract from the Town Treasurer's Book, to have been removed about the beginning of the eighteenth century: "1703-June 26-Paid to Ballyie Hunter for the street where the miln stood £21 9s. 4d. Scots." We may likewise state, that the name of the last occupant of the mill was Rankin, from whom are descended the Rankins of Wardneuk, in this parish, and also the late David Rankin, Esq., post-master of Kilmarnock. The Newmill, at a short distance from the town, on the banks of the Irvine, was also occupied at one time by the same Rankins, and was built, we believe, in 1703, it was a substitute for the one at the Cross; hence it obtained the name of the New Mill.
* "By every corn-mill a knoll-top, on which the kernels were winnowed from the husks, was designed the Sheeling-hill.- Agr. Surv. Peeb.
5. Closer examination of the Farm Horse Tax in 1797-1798, finds a John Rankin, Cookston, and a John Rankin, Wardneuk. John in Cookston ties in with where his family were born. The John Rankin in Wardneuk would be 72 years of age. There is no likely record of death.
1724 RANKIN, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 10 458 Kilmarnock)
John Rankin Miller in New Miln, & Sara Finlay both their 1st marriages, had their 9th child born on fryday Jan:9-1724 and Baptized John on Thursday Jan: 16-1724, By Mr Wright.
01/01/1763 RANKINE, JOHN (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 291 Kilmarnock)
Kilmarnock 1763 Births and Baptisms.
John Rankine, 3 child of John Rankine Farmer in Wardneuk & Elizabeth Burnet his wife was born January 1st 1763
24/05/1767 RANKING, MATTHEW (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 365 Kilmarnock)
Births and Baptisms 1769 Kilmarnock
24 May John Ranking Farmer in Wardneuk and Elizabeth Burnet, Mathew fourth child born May 19th 1767
01/11/1761 RANKINE, AGNES (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 271 Kilmarnock)
Kilmarnock 1761 Births and Baptisms
Nov. 1 John Rankine Farmer in Wardneuk & Elizabeth Barnet, both their 1st marriage had their 2nd Child born on Saturday Oct'r. 24-1761, & baptised Agnes on Sabbath Nov'r 1 -1761 by Mr Leslie
14/03/1758 RANKINE, JEAN (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 221 Kilmarnock) Page 221 of 562
Kilmarnock Baptisms 1758
Elizabeth Barnet brought forth a child in unclean-ness to John Rankine March 11 1758 & was baptized Jean on Tuesday March 14 1758
1775 RANKING, WILLIAM (Old Parish Registers Births 597/ 20 526 Kilmarnock) Page 526 of 562
John Ranking in Warnook and Elizabeth Burnet Spouse had their sixth child born June 5th 1775 and Baptized William June 12th 1775
Masters/mistresses names Number of horses Horses liable in duty Horses not liable Duty
Kilmarnock Brot [Brought] forward 122 113 9 £11.6.0
James Steven Crookedholm 1 1 £0.2.0
Thomas Steven Crookedholm 1 1 £0.2.0
John Paterson Struthers 3 3 £0.6.0
Thomas Walker Newmiln 3 3 £0.6.0
John Willock Holehousemuir 2 2 £0.4.0
Thomas Stevenson Silverwood 4 4 £0.8.0
William Dickie Holms 1 1 £0.2.0
John Wilson Burnbrae 1 1 £0.2.0
Hugh Gebbie Dykeneuck 3 3 £0.6.0
John Cuthbertson Thirdpart 2 2 £0.4.0
John Wilson Croftfoot 2 2 £0.4.0
William Steven Loanfoot 2 2 £0.4.0
George Baird Blairston 1 1 £0.2.0
Robert Raeside Westmuir 2 2 £0.4.0
John McNeight Westmuir 1 1 £0.2.0
William Gilmour Rumpies 1 1 £0.2.0
Robert Stewart Knockinglaw 2 2 £0.4.0
George Galt Top Unthank 2 2 £0.4.0
John Rankine Cookston 2 2 £0.4.0
William Morton Unthank 4 4 £0.8.0
William Cuthbertson Knockinlaw 1 1 £0.2.0
John Rankine Wardneuck 2 2 £0.4.0
Robert Dunlop in Beansburn 1 1 £0.2.0
William Hunter Hillhead 2 2 £0.4.0
Mr Corbet in Hillhead 2 2 £0.4.0
Alexander Lamont Unthank 1 1 £0.2.0
John Carse Meicklewood 1 1 £0.2.0
William Alexander Craighall 2 2 £0.4.0
John Montgomerie Southcraig 3 2 1 £0.4.0
James Thomson North Craig 3 2 1 £0.4.0
James Gilmour in Dunnings 3 2 1 £0.4.0
Carried forward 183 171 12 £17.2.0
Thursday March 16 1758
Elizabeth Burnett being delated as having brought forth a child in fornication to John Rankine, they were appointed to be cited to next session.
Thursday March 23 1758
Compeared Elizabeth Burnett judicially confessing herself to have brought forth a child in uncleanness to John Rankine. Compeared said John judicially confessing guilt with her as the father of her child. They were appointed to appear Sabbath next to be rebuked.
Sabbath March 26 1758
Compeared John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnett & were rebuked 1Mo. for their sin & scandal of fornication together.
Thursday August 31 1758
Compeared ? John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnett applying for absolution & were appointed to wait on the mntrs for examination & they to report.
Thursday September 14 1758
Mr Hall reported that John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnet have my wait on him he was satisfied with their knowledge & they were appointed to be absolved on Sabbath on paying ten shillings of covet Muld for the man and ten pounds scots for the woman.
Sabbath October 8 1758
Compeared John Rankine & Elizabeth Burnett & were absolved from their scandal of fornication together.