Also Steenson.
Location 55 27 57N, 4 20 48W
Auchinleck Parish OPRs
Janet Caldow (aka Murdoch) age 28yrs formerly residing in Steveson died 23/3/1753. Wife of Wm Caldow.
Andrew Caldow age 13yrs formerly residing in Stevenstown died 3/12/1781. Son of Wm Caldow. Cause of death - running in the thigh.
Horse Tax 1797-98 John Stirling , Stevenston, 3 horses
Horse Tax 1797-98 John Stirling , Stevenston, 3 horses
Barony of Auchinleck Rented Lands*
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Stevenston or Stevenstoun was let to William Caldow, later in Dykehead, in 1784 and to John Stirling in 1786 and 1798. Its house was rebuilt in 1787.
* The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb,
Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate
Edited by Nellie Pottle Hankins and John Strawhorn
Edinburgh University Press and Yale University Press 1998
The History of Auchinleck Village & Parish - Dane Love
Stevenston
Steinstoun in 1691
1690 Auchinleck Estate - George Caldow
1795 Auchinleck Estate - late James Caldow
Auchinleck Estate - William Caldow (d1801)
-1873 Auchinleck Estate - Alexander Jamieson (1839-1873)
1873-1875 Auchinleck Estate - Heirs of Alexander Jamieson
-1911 Auchinleck Estate - Elizabeth Jamieson (1824-1911)
1899-1922 Auchinleck Estate - John Howat
1922-1925 John Howat
1941-1963 William Hettrick Howat ( -1963)
1963-2015 Mungo Brown Howat (1932- 2020 )
OPR Auchinleck baptism
Charles Howatson son of William Howatson and Jean Samson was born at Stevenston of this parish on 19 April 1832 and was baptised on 8t May following at Auchinleck Mill by Rev Mr Boyd.
The 1851 census shows William Jamieson 56 farmer of 85 acres and his wife Jean 53 (Bryson). His son Andrew 22 and daughter Helen 25 are employed on the farm while daughters Janet 12, Margaret 14 and daughter Elizabeth 8 are helping at home. Their baby grandson James Johnstone is also listed.
1855 William Jamieson farmer aged 61 died there having been in the parish 18 years
The 1851 census shows William Jamieson 56 farmer of 85 acres and his wife Jean 53 (Bryson). His son Andrew 22 and daughter Helen 25 are employed on the farm while daughters Janet 12, Margaret 14 and daughter Elizabeth 8 are helping at home. Their baby grandson James Johnstone is also listed.
1855 William Jamieson farmer aged 61 died there having been in the parish 18 years
The 1861 census shows Stevenston now being farmed by Alexander Jamieson 42 a farmer of 117 acres employing 1 man. He is assisted by his wife Elizabeth 37 (Walker) and they have a daughter Jean 8 and a son James 1. Also living there is 1 ploughman, 1 dairymaid and 1 female domestic servant.
The 1871 census shows Alexander Jamieson 51 farmer of 117 acres arable employing 2 men and 1 woman. He is assisted by his wife Elizabeth 45, daughter Jane C. 17, son James 11, 1 male farm servant and 1 female general domestic.
By 1881 Elizabeth Jamieson 55 is a widow farming 117 acres arable with the help of her son James 21, servant John Jamieson 60, and Jane McCallum 37 dairymaid.
The 1871 census shows Alexander Jamieson 51 farmer of 117 acres arable employing 2 men and 1 woman. He is assisted by his wife Elizabeth 45, daughter Jane C. 17, son James 11, 1 male farm servant and 1 female general domestic.
By 1881 Elizabeth Jamieson 55 is a widow farming 117 acres arable with the help of her son James 21, servant John Jamieson 60, and Jane McCallum 37 dairymaid.
Elizabeth died 21/12/1911 age 87 yrs and son James died 23/12/1884.
The 1891 census show Stevenston now being farmed by John Howat 35 and his wife Jessie 32 (Brown), step-daughter Annie D Jamieson 16, daughter Jeanie R. 3, 1 female general servant and 1 ploughman.
The 1901 census shows John Howat 46 still farming there with his wife Jessie 44, daughter Annie D 16, daughter Jeanie R 13, son Hugh B 8, son Mungo 6, and son John J 4.
Valuation Roll
Valuation Roll
1865 prop Lady Boswell, tenant Alexander Jamieson.
1885 tenant Jessie Brown or Jamieson.
1895 - 1920 tenant John Howat. No further entries.
