"The Flesher's Stone" Kilmaurs Kirkyard. Is it still extant ?

[mattfrombann]

The Ardrossan and Saltcoats Herald , Feb 19th 1886, has an article containing the following:-

"Persons of the name of Armour have been Fleshers in Kilmaurs from time immemorial , and there is a tombstone in the kirkyard knowm as 'The Fleshers Stone' as it is ornamented with the figures of a butcher's chopping knife and axe. The inscription, which is now defaced, was as follows 'Here lyes the corps of Mary Bankhead, spouse to John Armour, Flesher in Kilmaurs who died Nov 1728, aged 62' "

There is no mention of it in McNaught's "Kilmaurs Parish and Burgh" of 1912 although it might be among "one or two, still standing, are so much decayed that their inscriptions are unreadable"

This couple are recorded in the OPR and I have them in my Bankhead Family History, and IF the stone is not now lost it would be a great bonus. NOT getting my hopes up.....

[pjs12]

Why not give the Office at Kilmaurs a phone call or send them an email.

When I was looking for a photo of the memorial of some of my relatives buried there they were most helpful and went and photographed the memorial for me and email it to me.

Regards,

Ian

[brigidmac]

Does the inscription mean those dates are for mary Bankhead or her Spouse

Im looking for a couple of the same names of Kilmaus who married there in 1699

Their daughter Janet ARMOUR s marriage record. States daughter of john ARMOUR deceased

But many many trees have both John and Mary emigrating and dying in USA

They also have Mary BAnkhead getting baptized before her marriage with patents as william BANKHEAD & jean CRAWFORD

Im not finding logical suporting documents tho I do have DNA matches hopefully mattfrombann s BANKHEAD knowledge or someone else can help me unravel this

[mattfrombann]

Brigid

See my PM