Thursday, 30 April 2020

Barquharrie, Ochiltree

Location

Alternate spelling: Barquharry, Barwharrie

Balwhary in Blaeu Atlas 1654

Pronounced: bar WHORRIE 



1676  WILL

Craufurd
Georg
20/10/1676
of Berquharrie, parish of Ochiltree
1686 landowner Wm Cochrane
the four merk land of Crofthead and Barquharrrie

 1785-1798 Horse tax, volume 01 E326/9/1/29 George Reid Barwharrie 1 horse 5 shillings
 1797-98  Horse Tax  George Reid,  Barquharry, 6 horses , 4 taxed.

The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
p307
Barquharrie
41 acres in 1851. 50 acres in 1881. 65 acres in 1922. Also spelt Barwharrie (1851-1881).
1619-1686            Ochiltree Estate - George Craufurd
1725                     Captain Hugh Campbell  (b.c.1660)
1778-1786            Rev. George Reid (1696-1786) 
1786-                    George Reid
        -1790                               -John MacKerrow (d1790)
1841-1881            Dumfries House Estate - David Brown (1806-18   )
1888                     Dumfries House Estate - Robert Brown (1859-    )   
1891-1919            Dumfries House Estate - John F. MacFarlane (1858-1920)
1919-1920            John F. MacFarlane (1858-1920)
1920-1922            Trustees of John F. MacFarlane
1922-                    J.R. Aitken
1925                     Jane Aitken
1930-1940            William Wilson
1980-2020            James Wilson  



1841 census
Address: Barquhary

SurnameFirst name(s)SexAgeOccupationWhere BornRemarks
BROWNDavidM30Farmer Ayrshire
BROWNMaryF25Ayrshire
BROWNAlexanderM2Ayrshire
BROWNJohnM7mAyrshire
BROWNMaryF4

1851 census David Brown 45 Farmer Of 41 Acres wife Mary (Kennedy) 7 children, Mary 14, Alexander 12, John 10, Hugh 8, Martha 6, David 4, and Quintin 2.

1851-2 the Ayrshire directory
David Brown (c) farmer Barwharrie, Ochiltree

1861 census
David Brown 46 farmer of 40 acres wife Mary (Kennedy) and 7 children - three had left home and they had three more, Kennedy 9, Jean 7 and Robert 3.

1871 census David Brown 65 Farmer Of 60 Acres Arable Employing 1 Lab & A Boy wife children

1881 census shows David Brown 76 and his wife Mary 66 farming 50 acres arable employing 2 men and 1 woman.  Their son Robert 22 is also residing at  Barquharrie along with a grandson Hugh B Dick aged 5.  They have two servants Janet Murdoch 16 and Heman Hendry 17

1901 John F McFarlane 43 from Mochrum, Wigtownshire with wife Marjory 47. They have three children born in Ayrshire, Mary 11, William Patrick 10, and Elizabeth 9.

Valuation Roll
1905 
MACFARLANE
JOHN
Tenant Occupier, prop. Marquis of Bute.  1940 prop. William Wilson.
HOUSE AND FARM BARQUHARRY
OCHILTREE
1905 also 1915 1920


current owner James Wilson