OPR baptism 1755 Aug 10 - Andrew Gibb in Cooperhall and his spouse Elspet Gemel had a child baptised called John
Horse Tax 1797 - 98 John Samson Cooperhill, 3 horses.
The Kay family are linked to Cooperhill - ancestors of the Kays who made curling stones in Mauchline. Descendants of these Kays include the Ramsays - threshing machine contractors in Mauchline ( Ramsay and Jackson - still trading as machinery dealers) and the Robbs who are still in South Palmerston.
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| Ochiltree estate farms for sale 1809 , Caledonian Mercury. |
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
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Cooperhill
Incorporates Stamley or Stamleyparks. 140 acres in 1851. 176 acres in 1861.
1755 Ochiltree Estate - Andrew Gibb
c1790 Ochiltree Estate - John Mitchell
1797 Ochiltree Estate - John Samson
-1809 Ochiltree Estate -
1809- Dumfries House Estate
1841 Dumfries House Estate - David MacCulloch (1821-18 )
1848-1881 Dumfries House Estate - Charles Stewart (1818-18 )
1885-1891 Dumfries House Estate - Robert Stewart (1845- )
1898-1919 Dumfries House Estate - Robert Wallace (1859-1928)
1919-1928 Robert Wallace (1859-1928)
1928-1932 Andrew Wallace
1932-1966 Hugh Sloan (1909-1966)
1966-1974 James Stevenson (1910-1974)
1974-1990 D. Murray Stevenson
1990-2021 Matthew Gemmell
Census
1841 Robert Wilson 30, Mary Wilson 30, James 3, Agnes 1, James 10, and Elizabeth McAdam 20, and Sarah McAdam 15.
David McCulloch 20, William Henderson 20, and John Gregg 15.
1851 Charles Stewart 34, farmer of 140 acres employing 3 labourers. Wife Isabella 34, sons Robert 6, John C 3, and Duncan under 1 and daughter Mary 4. Servants are Elizabeth Kerr 22, Agnes Howat 17,Marion White 16, and farm servants Dugald McIntyre 22, James McGleish 18, and James Strathern 15.
1861 Charles and Isabella are farming 176 acres and only sons Robert, John , and Duncan are with them. servants are ploughmen Duncan White 28, James Tack 18, dairymaid Elizabeth Hodge 26, and Janet Bain 17.
1871 Charles 53, and Isabella 53, farming 204 acres employing 2 men and a boy. Sons Robert 26 and John 23, and daughter Mary 24. Servants are James Murdoch 23, Janet Sharp 26, and Margaret Summers 18.
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| January 1878 , Ard & Saltcts Herald |
In the 1881 census, Cooperhill was farmed by Charles and Isabella Stewart and comprises of 20(0?) acres arable employing 2 men and 2 women. Son Robert 36 and servants Elizabeth White 26, Mary McMurdo 26, William KIirkland 20, and George Traynor 16. John C Stewart, whose marriage is announced above was an Innkeeper with wife Jeanie C and sons John C 3, and Alexander 1, in Main Street, Doctor's Lane, Ochiltree. She was from the farm of Stevenston, Auchinleck.
1891 Robert Stewart 46 and mother Isabella 73 are farming with niece Agnes Stewart 12,and nephew Charles10. Servants are Mary Houston 25, Jane McHarg 20, and Duncan Anderson 30
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| Glasgow Herald March 1898 |
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| Death of Jean Samson , Ard and Saltcoats Herald , Oct 1899 |
1901 census Robert Wallace 40, and his sister Maggie 37 are farming Cooperhill. Servants are Nellie Armstrong 16, and John McBride
Valuation Rolls
1865 prop. Marquis of Bute, tenant Charles Stewart, tenant also of Stanley Parks (fields?).
1885 tenant Robert Stewart.
1905 tenant Robert Wallace.
1920 prop. Robert Wallace.
1930 prop. Andrew Wallace.
1935 prop. Hugh Sloan.
Hugh Sloan on Cumnock Connections tree
Hugh Sloan Farmer Cooperhill obit CC 1966
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James Stevenson 1910-1974
Hugh Blythe, later farming Nether Culzean, Maybole
Following the death of Hugh Sloan, Cooperhill was purchased by James Stevenson, 1910-74 of Bankend.
His son D Murray Stevenson sold it to Matthew Gemmell (from Drongan House/Lochmark) in 1990 and the Stevensons moved to Sandyford Farm, Prestwick in 1990. (RMS)
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| Murray Stevenson introduced embryo transfer ET about 1984 |
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| 1984 Duncan and Hugh Stevenson at Ayr Cattle Market |
