Notes:

James Shaw, Workman, Carron, was seised in this property on 18thFebruary, 1765, on a Feu Contract between him and the Trustees ofMichael Ramsay of Mungall, signed 13/15 March 1775. James Shaw's wifeJean Cockburn, was granted a life rent interest in the property. Inanother record of 1812, James Shaw is described as Feuar, Bainsford, andthe name seems to have been attached to the house owned and lived in byMargaret Shaw.

From Brian Watters July 2001
Author of "Where Iron Runs Like Water- Brian Watters (a new history ofthe Carron Iron Works - 1759 - 1892)"
"James Shaw, then styled "workman at Carron", had feued ground at MungalEstate from the local landowner in 1775 and bought it in 1785 :
658. James Shaw, Workman, Carron, Seised February 18. 1785, - in part ofMungall, par.
Falkirk; on Feu Con. between him and Trustees of Michael Ramsay ofMungall, March 13.
15. 1775; - and JEAN COCKBURN, his spouse, Seised, eod. die, in liferentof said subject,
propriis manibus of the said James Shaw. PR 28. 393.

This ground was part of the new village of Bainsford, situated about 1/2mile south of the ironworks. The following may also apply to the samefamily. In an article (Highways, By-ways and Biggins of Falkirk, by JamesLove), which appeared in the local newspaper Falkirk Herald of 13th July1927, it is recorded that James Shaw, feuar of Bainsford and a foundermember of the Independant or Congregationalist Church at Falkirk, had ason also called James, born in 1820. This latter gentleman would mostlikely have been a grandson of the first-mentioned James Shaw. Accordingto Mr Love, he settled in the west of Scotland as an ironfounder andbecame Provost of Maryhill. His son was Archibald (Sir) McInnes Shaw,Bart., who was a Lord Provost of Glasgow.

The Abridgement of Sasines also mention Andrew Liddell (father and son)of Bainsford:

8281. The Carron Company seised, November 29. 1816- in 6 Falls of groundand houses thereon the west side of the road leading from Falkirk toCarron adjacent to Bainsford, being part of the lands of Mungall parFalkirk; - on disp. by Andrew Liddell, son of Andrew Liddell SchoolmasterBainsford, to James Begg, Turner there July 26. 1814 and disp. and assig.by him November 29. 1816.

I hope this has been of some interest to you.

Yours sincerely,

Brian Watters.

P.S. Thomas (Sir) and Clawson Brodie of Carron Company lived at 9 AinsliePlace: she died there in 1903."


From Brian Watters. 14 Aug 2001
"I have uncovered some more information on your ancestors, with regard tothe Congregational Church at Falkirk, which once stood in Bank Street, onthe site of Young's Furniture Store. The following is taken fromAntiquarian Notes and Queries, written in 1908 by James Love. ,

In July 1802, a piece of ground was feued from William Balloch, flesher,Falkirk, for the erection of a church. Those who entered into thecontract with Balloch were : James Shaw. feuar, Bainsford; Andrew Renny.feuar there; Hugh Mitchell, feuar in Grahamston; William Wyse, workman atCarron; and Robert McLaren, clerk there, for themselves and as trusteesand managers for the whole, present and future members of theCongregational Church at Falkirk.


Mr Love then explained that the Congregational Church in general, wentthrough a difficult period from about 1807, with some members leaving tojoin other churches. He concluded that the church at Falkirk was nodifferent:

All the trustees, with the exception of James Shaw, feuar, Bainsford,resigned office, each vacancy being filled up as it arose. To our certainknowledge, two of the original trustees followed the example of thebrothers Haldane and became Baptists. In 1812, it was deemed necessary tomake out fresh titles to the feu and church building 'in consequence ofthe exclusion or desertion of the other trustees who have now becomemembers of Churches holding different principles of doctrine, fellowship,and discipline." The new trustees chosen were : -James Shaw, feuar,Bainsford; John Dick, cabinetmaker, there; Alexander Gilchrist, wright,Larbert; John Gilchrist, there; John Rennie, senior, wright,Stenhousemuir; John Rennie, junior, moulder, there; John Jerome, farmer,Denny; John Laird, blockmaker, Grangemouth; John Smith, labourer, Carron:James Blaikie, wright, there; John Spence, smith, Bainsford; JamesMitchell, weaver, Falkirk; Hugh Colquhoun, merchant there; George Bennie,wright, Grahamston; John Silver, merchant, Falkirk.

It would appear that Andrew Renny and Robert Maclaren were not on the newlist of trustees. I hope this is of interest to your brother.

Yours sincerely,
Brian Watters."

Family/Spouse: Jean Cockburn. Jean was born about 1755; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Janet Shaw was born in 1770 in Falkirk, Scotland; and died.
2. Catherine Shaw was born in 1773 in Falkirk, Scotland; and died.
3. Jean Shaw was born in 1776 in Falkirk, Scotland; and died.
4. Margaret Shaw was born about 1779 in Falkirk, Stirling, Scotland; died in 1854 in Age 73; was buried in Falkirk Churchyard, Re-Interred In Camelon Cemetery.
5. James? Shaw and died.