A farmsteading consisting of dwelling & outhouses the former 2 storeys slated the latter one thatched - partly in good repair partly in bad repair. Mrs Hamilton Boswell proprietor.
The History of Ochiltree Village & Parish - Dane Love
pp328,329
Pennymore
Dennymore in 1654. 105 acres in 1851. 132 acres in 1861. 125 acres in 1881.
1619 Ochiltree Estate
1791-1797 Ochiltree Estate - John Key
-1812 Ochiltree Estate
1812- - William Chalmers (d1827)
-1835 - James Kay (1744-1835)
1841-1855 Mrs Hamilton Douglas Boswell - Robert Murdoch
1855- Mrs Hamilton Douglas Boswell - John Hunter
1865-1901 Belmont Estate - John Sloan (1835-1907)
1904-1925 Andrew Kirkwod MacCosh - Hugh Ross (1862-1935)
1925-1940 Alexander Ross
-1947
1947-1981 James Hunter (1919-1984)
1981-2011 James Hunter & Mungo Hunter (1956- )
2011-2017 Mungo Hunter (1956- )
2019-
OPR Ochiltree
Jean Key form res Pennymore b1705 died 19/12/1791 age 86yrs
Testaments
KEY, JOHN
4 / 2 / 1814
FARMER, RESIDING AT PENNYMORE IN PARISH OF OCHILTREE
I
GLASGOW SHERIFF COURT INVENTORIES
SC36/48/8
Lair Ref: 163 Ochiltree Churchyard
James Murdoch d 5/3/1820 age 74yrs, w Jean Key d 12/8/1812 age 72yrs, son William d 2/2/1819 age 41yrs
Valuation Roll 1855 prop. Mrs H D Boswell, tenant John Hunter. 1865 tenant John Sloan. 1875 prop. John Morton. 1905 tenant Hugh Ross. 1915 prop. Andrew MacCosh. 1925 - 40 prop. Alexander Ross.
The 1841 census for Pennymore, Ochiltree shows Robert Murdoch 65 farmer, wife Jean (Key) 60, farm servants Helen Barber 30 & Margaret Nichol 20, William Findlay 15 and a beggar John Campbell 45.
The 1851 census for Pennymore shows Robert Murdoch 79 farmer of 105 acres and employing 5 labourers. He is assisted by his wife Jane 74, daughter Jane 49, house servants Elizabeth Gibson 26 & Agnes Kerr 18 and farm labourers John Steven 15 & George Syme 27.
Robert Murdoch's grandson. Son of his daughter Jean who married Dr Hugh Smith.
The 1861 census shows Pennymore now being farmed by John Hunter 37. He is farming 132 acres and employing 3 men. He has a wife Isabella 30 and three children Robert 3, Margaret C. 2 and infant James. They are assisted by ploughmen William Roxburgh 23 & John McSkimming 19, agricultural labourer John Roxburgh 20, dairymaid Sarah Miller 21 and domestic servant Mary McGavan 18.
The 1871 census shows unmarried John Sloan 35 now farming Pennymore. He is farming 125 acres arable and employing 4 labourers. Listed on the census are his unmarried brother Robert 37 who is a ploughman, Sarah Miller 30 the dairymaid and agricultural labourers John Hannah 16 & James Henney 15.
The 1881 census shows John Sloan 44 farmer of 125 acres arable employing 1 man, 2 girls and 1 boy. He is now married to Sarah 37 (Rankine Millar) and they have children Robert 7 and Maggie 5. They are assisted by farm servants Hugh A.R. Craig 25 & Thomas McTaggart 16, Mary Thomson 24 dairymaid and general domestic Catherine McKie 17.
The 1891 census shows John Sloan 54 still farming Pennymore assisted by his wife Sarah R.M. Sloan 53, son Robert 17 and daughter Maggie 15, Sarah Miller 24 step-daughter who is the dairymaid, Alexander Johnston 23 farm servant and Janet Shankland 24 general domestic. They are being visited by Marion Miller 37 a contractor's wife.
The 1901 census for Pennymore shows that John Sloan 65 is now a widower. He is assisted by his son Robert 27, daughter Maggie 25 and general servants Robina Ramsay Grant 19 & Mary McGee 17.
Valuation Roll 1855 prop. Mrs H D Boswell, tenant John Hunter. 1865 tenant John Sloan. 1875 prop. John Morton. 1905 tenant Hugh Ross. 1915 prop. Andrew MacCosh. 1925 - 40 prop. Alexander Ross.
