The register for baptisms begins in 1627, for burials in 1647, and for marriages in 1698. No baptisms were entered from 1633 to 1647 inclusive, or from 1651 to 1663 inclusive. Such libraries were established in the 17 insular parishes (presumeably that of Kirk Patrick was founded when the new church was established in 1714).
The earliest Registers in this parish are contained in one book, written, as usual, without any of the formality to which in these later days we have become so accustomed. The first volume contains baptisms from 4th February, 1627, to 26th July, 1841; marriages from 1st November, 1698, to 17th February, 1757; and burials from 6th June, 1647, to 28th May, 1844.
The baptisms down to 1698 are evidently copied from an older register, apparently by the energetic Vicar or Clerk who began to set his books in order about 1799. The registers for 1698 and following years begin in another part of the book, endure written in a much earlier hand. By far the fullest entries are those which concern the families of the successive Vicars of the parish. Amongst the burials the age is very seldom inserted before 1834. That of Kirk Bride (whose catalogue of 1831 is included in IoM Charities) appears to have been the best preserved.