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FASTI ECCLESI^ SCOTICAN^
SYNODS OF MERSE AND TEVIOTDALE
DUMFRIES, AND GALLOWAY
EDITORIAL COMMITTEE
The Rev. W. S. Crockett, Minister of Tweedsmuir, Convener and General Editor.
The Right Rev. Professor James Cooper, D.D., D.Litt., D.C.L.
W. Traquair Dickson, W.S.
Francis James Grant, W.S., Lyon Clerk and Rothesay Herald.
The Rev. Professor James Mackinnon, Ph.D., D.D.
Alexander T. Niven, C.A.
Sir James Balfour Paul, C.V.O., LL.D., Lord Lyon King-of-Arms.
The Rev. Stephen Ree, B.D.
The Rev. James Smith, B.D.
The Rev. Robert W. Weir, D.D.
GENERAL COMMITTEE
The Very Rev. Sir John Herkless, D.D.,
Principal of the University of St
Andrews
The Very Rev. David Paul, LL.D., Edin-
burgh
The Rev. James Brebner, D.D., Forgue
The Rev. Thomas Burns, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. W. W. Coats, D.D., Brechin
The Rev. R. Menzies Fergusson, D.D.,
Logie
The Rev. J. King Hewison, D.D., Rothesay
The Rev. J. Mitchell, D.D., Mauchline
The Rev. Robert Pryde, D.D., Glasgow
The Rev. G. Walker, D.D., Edinburgh
The Rev. J. R. Aitken, M.A., Edinburgh
The Rev. William Auld, B.D., Carnock
The Rev. James W. Blake, M.A., Temple
The Rev. John Burleigh, Ednam
The Rev. Andrew Burns, Fenwick
The Rev. J. A. Cameron, B.D., Legerwood
The Rev. A. J. Campbell, B.A., Glasgow
The Rev. J. T. Cox, B.D., Dyce
The Rev. A. A. Duncan, B.D., Auchterless
The Rev. J. E. Gillespie, Kirkgunzcon
The Rev. A. H. Gillieson, B.D., Olrig
The Rev. Richard Henderson, B.D.,
Longside
The Rev. Geo. D. Hutton, M.A., B.Sc,
Bothkennar
The Rev. J. F. Leishman, M.A., Linton
The Rev. A. J. Macdonald, Killearnan
The Rev. A. M. Macgregor, Lochryan
The Rev. R. D.Mackenzie, B.D., Kilbarchan
The Rev. John Muir, B.D., Yester
The Rev. J. Muirhead, B.D., Avendale
The Rev. J. W. Murray, B.A.(Oxon.), Manor
The Rev. W. H. Porter, Cults, Pitlessie
The Rev. Harry Smith, M.A., Old Kil-
patrick .
The Rev. W. Stephen, B.D., Inverkeithing
The Rev. D. Macfarlane Wilson,
Thornton
The Rev. Wm. Wilson, M.A., Trossachs
C. E. W. Macpherson, Esq., C.A., Edin.
Thomas Reid, Esq., M.A., Lanark
J. H. Stevenson, Esq., Advocate, Edin.
FASTI ECCLESI.E
SCOTICAN.E
THE SUCCESSION OF MINISTERS IN
THE CHURCH OF SCOTLAND FROM
THE REFORMATION
BY
HEW SCOTT, D.D.
APR 9 1918
&
NEW EDITION
Revised and continued to the Present Time under the Superintendence
of a Committee appointed by the General Assembly
VOLUME I
SYNODS OF MERSE AND TEVIOTDALE
DUMFRIES, AND GALLOWAY
OLIVER AND BOYD
EDINBURGH: TWEEDDALE COURT
1917
PREFATORY NOTE
Delay in the publication of the second volume of the Fasti is almost
entirely owing to the abnormal conditions occasioned by the War.
During the past year, although most of the work was in type,
advantage has been taken to incorporate a considerable amount of fresh
information, and this has been continued to the date of issue.
The Editorial Committee desire to acknowledge deep indebtedness
to Clerks of the different Presbyteries, for much valued aid in the
preparation of this volume. The Committee have received assistance
also from a multiplicity of sources which it would be invidious — indeed
impossible — to detail. Every exertion has been made to render the
work as complete and as accurate as possible.
2lst April 1917.
CONTENTS
Abbreviations .....
Synod of Merse and Teviotdale —
I. Presbytery of Duns
II. Presbytery of Chirnside
III. Presbytery of Kelso
IV. Presbytery of Jedburgh
V. Presbytery of Earlston, sometime called Lauder
VI. Presbytery of Selkirk, formerly Melrose
Synod of Dumfries —
I. Presbytery of Lochmaben .
II. Presbytery of Langholm
III. Presbytery of Annan, formerly Micldlebie .
IV. Presbytery of Dumfries
V. Presbytery of Penpont, formerly Sanquhar
Synod of Galloway —
I. Presbytery of Stranraer
II. Presbytery of Wigtown
III. Presbytery of Kirkcudbright
Bibliography of Church and Parish Histories, etc.
Index of Parishes and Chapels .
Index of Ministers .....
vni
1
30
68
98
146
168
199
228
241
258
309
330
359
385
431
445
448
ABBREVIATIONS
adm.
. admitted
app.
appointed
bapt.
. baptized
coll.
. collated
cont.
. contract
(marriage)
dem.
. demitted
dep.
. deposed
ind.
. inducted
inst.
. instituted
licen.
. licensed
marr.
. married
min. .
. minister
ord. .
. ordained
pres. .
. presented
presb.
. presbytery
pro. .
. proclaimed
res. .
. resigned
s.p. .
. without issue
trans.
. translated
univ.
university
unmarr.
. unmarried
SYNOD OF MERSE AND TEVIOTDALE
The Synod Records from April 1639 to April 1661, in three volumes, and a
volume from July 1690 to October 1707, were destroyed at the burning
of the manse of Morebattle, 8th Jan. 1727. The Records are complete
from 6th April 1708.
PRESBYTERY OF DUNS
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, 1581. The Register commences
8th Nov. 1659, and is continued to the present time, with blanks from 24th July 1660 to
7th May 1661, 31st July 1688 to 15th Sept. 1690, 21st Aug. 1733 to 14th April 1735, and
6th Oct. 1749 to 6th March 1770. From 7th Aug. 1690 to 19th Oct. 1698 this Presbytery
was united to that of Chirnside. Each Presbytery has a copy of the minutes of this
period. The parish of Hilton was in this Presbytery from 22nd Oct. 1707 to 1719.]
ABBEY ST BATHANS AND
STRAFONTAIN, oh TRE-
FONTAINE.
[These two parishes were united soon
after the Reformation. Abbey St Bathans
is named from its patron, Saint Bathan,
second Abbot of Iona. There being a
better known church of St Bathan at
Yester, this one came to be called Abbey
St Bathans, i.e. St Bathans belonging to
the Abbey of Dryburgh, which had ex-
tensive possessions in the neighbourhood.
St Bathan's Well was near the church.
Towards the end of the thirteenth century,
Ada, Countess of Dunbar, a natural daughter
of William the Lion, founded here a priory
of Cistercian nuns, dedicated to St Mary.
Strafentain, called also Trefontaine, was
evidently dedicated to St Fintan. Its two
names are formed from his, with the Cymric
words Ystred and Iref, both meaning hamlet
(Ystred Fintain ; Tref Fintain). In 1450
Strafontain was made a prebend of the
VOL. II.
Collegiate Church of St Mary at Dunglass.
Near the church of Strafontain was founded
in 1218 the hospital of Godscroft.]
WILLIAM COLVILL, reader in
1567 1567.
NICOL SUDDIE [SUTTIE], reader
1574 in 1574.
1591
MATTHEW LIDDELL, reader at
Whittingehame and Tynninghame
in 1570 ; min. at Cranshaws in
1572 ; trans, to Ellem in 1585 ; trans, and
a dm. in 1591 ; on 7th May 1608 he granted
a discharge to John Renton of Billie for 34s.,
being four terms' rent for the Nunmeadow
of Billie at St Bathans. — [Beg. Assig.; Milne
Home MSS., 189.]
GEORGE REDPATH [RIDPATH],
1Q24 M.A. (Edinburgh, 1st Aug. 1590);
min. of Ellem in 1596 ; trans, to
Bunkle in 1599, but again at Ellem in 1607.
He was trans, to this charge by 1624, and
died in April 1628, aged about 58. His
ABBEY ST BATHANS AND STRAFONTAIN [presb. of
widow raised an action against his successor
as to the ann, when the Lords found, 16th
June 1629, " that the late min. having died
before the term, no part of the stipend was
due for that year, and could not be claimed
by his relict and bairns but as ann and no
otherwise, and that they should seek nothing
of crop 1629."— {Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Durie's
Dec. ; Morison's Diet. ; Reg. Sec. Sig.]
THOMAS SWINTON, M.A. ; pres. by
1628 Cnarles J- 31st May 1628> and adm-
soon after; trans, to Edrom in 1649.
GEORGE POLLOK, M.A. ; min. in
1650 1650. He conformed, was pres. by
Charles II. 4th, and coll. 20th Oct.
1662 ; trans, to Cockburnspath 2nd Nov.
1663.
JAMES COCKBURN, son of Henry C,
1664 min. of Channelkirk ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, May 1653) ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 5th Nov. 1662 ; pres.
by Charles II. 17th Feb., ord. and coll.
22nd April, adm. and inst. 26th May, all
in 1664 ; trans, to Pencaitland after 21st
May 1674.— [Min.-book Reg. Sec. Sig., v.;
Apology for the Clergy.']
JAMES DUNBAR, grandson of Alex-
7 ander D. of Boath; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 1647) ; chaplain
to the Laird of Innes in 1651 ; tutor to the
Master of Duffus ; licen. by Presb. of Elgin
29th Aug. 1655 ; became min. of Watten
before 1658 ; of Mertoun after 1667 ; pres.
by Charles II. 16th Sept. 1674 ; adm. 12th
Jan. 1675 ; deprived for refusing the Test
in 1681; died at Edinburgh, 17th March
1684, aged about 65. He marr. (1) Kathe-
rine Brodie, and had issue — Alexander,
W.S., 1682; Mary (marr. 6th June 1703,
David, son of William Monro of Cul-
craigie) : (2) Lilias Monro (buried in Grey-
friars, 7th Aug. 1694), and had issue —
Lilias, buried 1st May 1693. — [Min.-book
Reg. Sec. Sig., v. ; Ellem Sess. Reg. ; Edin.
Mar. Reg. ; Greyfriars Burials ; Geneal. of
Dunbar ; Gen. Reg. Sas., xvi.]
ROBERT BOWMAKER, probably son
1682 °^ James B., portioner of Hutton ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1675); pres. by
Charles II. 17th Feb., and adm. 1st June
1682. He did not take the oath to the
Government, but was allowed to continue
after the Revolution, and died 29th May
1697, aged about 42. — [Min.-book Reg. Sec.
Sig., v. ; Old Dec, i. ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
GEORGE HOME, M.A. (Glasgow, 18th
1699 ^U^ !6^2)j entered the Divinity
Hall there, 13th Oct. 1692 ; licen. by
Presb. of Kelso 23rd Jan. 1694; ord. to
Selkirk 25th Sept. 1694.; trans, and adm.
28th Feb. 1699 ; died 22nd Sept. 1705, aged
about 54. He marr. Jean Hamilton, who
died 22nd Dec. 1719, aged 64, and had
issue — Ninian. His widow left 1000 merks
"for maintaining a schoolmaster in this
place." — [Lauder Tests. ; Tombst. ; Boston's
Memoirs."]
GEORGE HUME of Abbey St Bathans,
1W7 Pr°kably son °f George H. of the
same (who died July 1693), and his
wife, a daugh. of Patrick Hepburn of Nun-
raw; M.A. (Edinburgh 1683); licen. by
United Presb. 28th May 1691 ; called to
Ayton 18th Sept., and ord. 23rd Oct. 1694.
In March 1698 he was called to Abbey St
Bathans, but this was departed from. He
was again called 18th July 1706 ; adm.
7th Jan. 1707; died March 1718, aged
about 55. He marr. Jan. 1700, Rebecca
Pow, who survived him, and had issue —
John, min. of Greenlaw ; Sophia ; Jane. —
[Lauder Tests. ; Boston's Memoirs.]
JAMES HALL, M.A. (Edinburgh, 11th
1(_lq May 1704) ; licen. by dissenting mins.
in England in 1714, and ord. by them
in 1715 min. of a Presbyterian congregation
there ; had a testimonial from Presb. of
Edinburgh in Feb. 1717 ; pres. by the
Presb. jure devoluto, and adm. 28th July
1719 ; suspended for having a penny
wedding in his house, which gave great
scandal to the neighbourhood, but was
restored 6th July 1731; died 19th July
1754. He marr. Margaret Johnston, Abbey
St Bathans, who died 20th May 1787, and
had issue — John ; George ; Janet ; Mar-
garet ; James ; Jean ; Marion (marr., pro.
13th Aug. 1752, John Brodie, farmer, Old-
hamstocks). — [Tombst. ; Edin. Mar. Reg.]
duns]
ABBEY ST BATHANS AND STRAFONTAIN
1755
ALEXANDER HUME, ord. 9th May
1755 j trans, to Polwarth 30th Nov.
1758.
1759
ADAM MURRAY, trans, from the Low
Meeting, Berwick-on-Tvveed ; pres.
by George II. 6th Dec. 1758; adm.
10th May 1759; trans, to Eccles 10th
March 1774.
JOHN SKED, licen. by Presb. of Kelso
1774 4t^ ^ct" 1>763; Pres- by George III.
30th March, and ord. 24th Aug. 1774 ;
died 23rd Jan. 1813, aged 76. To eke out
his scanty living he is said to have made a
basket each day ; and a local poem tells how
once he lost count of the days, and was
found busy at his work on Sunday. He
marr. 9th Feb. 1790, Margaret Renton, who
died 16th Feb. 1796, and had issue-
Margaret, born 9th Feb. 1791 ; William,
born 21st Sept. 1792. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xii.). —
[Tombst.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, born
Duns, 1752, schoolmaster at Edrom
from 1778 ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 31st March 1789 ; ord. Aug. 1790
min. of the Presbyterian congregation at
Kirkley, Northumberland ; trans, to Presby-
terian Church at Wigton, Cumberland ; pres.
by George III. 16th March, and adm. 3rd
Aug. 1813 ; died unmarr. 23rd Oct. 1822 —
[Tombst.]
JOHN WALLACE, son of a leather
1823 manufacturer in Dysart, Fife, and
brother of William W., LL.D., Pro-
fessor of Mathematics in the Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 30th March
1814 ; pres. by George IV. Nov. 1822,
and ord. 26th June 1823. Joined Free
Church in 1843 ; mathematical tutor in
Free Church College, Edinburgh, 1844-55 ;
died 2nd Nov. 1866. He marr. 11th March
1825, Christina Young, Edinburgh, and
had issue — Alexander William, M.D., born
18th Feb. 1827. Publication— Account of
the Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, ii.).
THOMAS DAVIDSON, born 20th May
1843 1815> son °^ Alexander D., min. of
Slamannan ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow;
ord. 28th Sept. 1843 ; died 27th Feb. 1873.
He marr. 22nd Feb. 1848, Henrietta (died
26th Dec. 1906), daugh. of William Proud-
foot, min. of Avendale, and had issue-
Alexander, banker, South Africa, born 21st
Jan. 1849 ; Henrietta Forrester, born 3rd
Aug. 1851 (marr. 1st June 1875, Robert Roy
MacGregor, I.S.O., Secretary of the Con-
gested Districts Board for Scotland), died
8th Sept. 1906; William Proudfoot, born
18th Sept. 1853, died in Queensland, 29th
Dec. 1914; Christina Simson, born 10th Jan.
1856 (marr. 6th June 1887, William Lelean,
land agent, Surrey) ; Robert Forrester
Proudfoot, born 13th Feb. 1858; David
Thomas, born 2nd May 1860, accidentally
killed at Burntisland on a vessel of which
he was captain, 9th Dec. 1889 ; George,
born 2nd Aug. 1863, died 1865.
PETER CHRISTIE, born Perth; edu-
la7_ cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Perth ; assistant at
Keir and at Channelkirk ; pres. by Queen
Victoria; ord. 5th Sept. 1873 ; res. 16th May
1902; died at Corstorphine, 20th April
1905. He marr. 26th Nov. 1874, Agnes
(died s.p. 21st May 1910), daugh. of Thomas
Cuthill, Hamilton. He is referred to in
Thomas Carlyle's Letters as "the little
curate." Publications — Translated Meyer's
Commentary on the New Testament : St
Matthew, 2 vols. (Clark's Foreign Theological
Library ; Edinburgh, 1877-89) ; Schurer's
History of the Jews, Division II., vols, i., ii.
(Edinburgh, 1885); Keil's Manual of Biblical
Archaeology, vol. i. (Edinburgh, 1887).
WALTER STRANG, M.A. ; ord. 27th
1902 Sept- 1902 '' trans- to Wilton Chapel,
Glasgow, 12th Jan. 1910.
WILLIAM WILSON BELL, born
Edinburgh, 30th March 1869, son of
Lindsay B., teacher, Forgandenny ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Perth 1900;
assistant at Forteviot, Arbroath, Kilsyth,
Abernethy ; ord. to Scots Church, Tweed-
mouth, 24th Oct. 1907 ; trans, and adm.
12th May 1910. Marr. 17th Dec. 1907, Alice
Jessie Chalmers, and has issue — William
Gow Lindsay, born 28th June 1908 ; Con-
BUNKLE, or BONKILL, AND PRESTON
[PRESB. OF
stance Emelia Rosa D'Oliveira, born 28tli
June 1909 ; Leonard Douglas Graham
Murray, born 4th March 1911 ; Catherine
Jane Liddle Gow Wilson, born 1st March
1913.
BUNKLE, ok BONKILL, AND
PRESTON.
[These parishes were united by the Presb.
and by direction of Parliament in 1621.
Both belonged to the Bishopric of Dun-
keld, and Bunkle was a mensal church of
the Bishop. In 1660 the choir was in ruins,
and no communion service could be held.
Bunkle Church was used for service till the
Synod of Dunkeld ordered service to be
held only at Preston, which order was
ratified by the Commissioners of Teinds
on 10th February 1669. The people of
Bunkle refused to go to Preston, and at-
tended conventicles ; in 1688 the minister
preached alternately in the two churches.
In 1718, after an extensive repair, Bunkle
Church was recognised as that of the parish.
It was entirely rebuilt in 1820. A small
semicircular Norman apse marks the site
of the ancient building, believed to be of
the twelfth century.
Preston Church was built apparently in
the thirteenth century, but fell into ruin
after 1718. In 1671 the minister was ordered
to hasten the completion of the church.
In 1683 the windows were ordered to be
"glassed." It is said that the bell of the
church was thrown into a pool in the
Blackadder by the people when they
rabbled Nicolson in 1689.]
JOHN BLACK [BLAKE], extorter in
1667 1567.
WILLIAM SINCLAIR, reader from 1574
1574 to 158°j Pres- to the vicarage °y
James VI. 12th March 1582. In 1585
he had Preston also in charge ; removed
there in 1590, but returned in 1597. He
officiated at Preston up to 1616. — [Calder-
wood's Hist., iv. 604 ; Wodroiv MiscelL]
GEORGE REDPATH, M.A. ; trans, from
Ellem and adm. in 1599; retrans. to
Ellem in 1607.— [Beg. Assig.]
MATTHEW CARRAIL, min. in 1607;
1607 trans, to Edrom in 1612.
JOHN GAITTIS [GALT], probably son
1614 °^ Patrick G., min. of Duns ; min. in
1614. On 30th Aug. 1640, he was in
the Castle of Dunglass, with the soldiers
under Thomas, Earl of Haddington, who were
guarding the communications of General
David Leslie, and the Scottish troops serving
in England against Charles I. According to
Scotstarvet, the powder magazine was wil-
fully fired by an English page boy, the com-
mander, Gait, and about sixty-six others
being killed and thirty-three injured. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of Patrick Cockburn
of East Borthwick, and had issue — Isabel
(marr. William Measser, advocate). — [Bey.
Assig. ; Balfour's Hist. Works ; Stevenson's
Hist. ; Lithgow's Gushing Tears ; Beg. of
Deeds, ccccxxxvi., 25th Nov. 1630; G. B.
Homings, 17th April 1672.]
ROBERT COLDEN, M.A. (St Andrews
1650 1626) > nacl keen a min. in Ireland, but
was forced, through cruelty of the
Irish rebels, to flee from that country with
his wife and children. A collection for them
was intimated in the Church of Dunferm-
line, 12th March 1643. He became min.
here in 1650, and died after 29th March
1664. He marr. (1) Helen Aitchison, and
had issue — Helen : (2) Anna, daugh. of
James Daes, min. of Earlston, and widow
of John Trotter in Fogo Bank, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Robert, bursar
of the Presb. of Earlston, 1665-7; Alex-
ander, his successor here in 1690, after-
wards min. of Oxnam. — [Dunfermline Sess.
Beg. ; Lothian Synod, Haddington Sess.
Beg.; G. B. Inhib., 13th May 1663; The
Session Book of Bunkle, 1899-1900.
GEORGE TROTTER, M.A.; pres. by
the curators of James. Marquess of
Douglas, and adm. 25th July 1665 ;
trans, to Edrom in 1677.
1665
1678
ALEXANDER NICOLSON, M.A. (St
Andrews, 25th July 1671) ; adm. 20th
Aug. 1678. Refusing to read the
Proclamation of the Estates or pray for
William and Mary, he was rabbled and the
charge declared vacant from 6th July 1690.
duns]
BUNKLE, oit BONKILL, AND PRESTON
He went to Hutton, and was settled in the
curacy of Holy Island 20th Aug. 1701,
where he died 31st Aug. 1711, aged 65.
He carried off the Session Register, which
was afterwards in the hands of a descend-
ant, Nicolson of Loanend. He marr. 29th
Oct. 1685, Alison Hume, Gordon, and had
issue — Margaret, bapt. 30th July 1686;
Elizabeth, bapt. 14th March 1688 (marr.
George Nicolson of Loanend), died 1721;
Janet, bapt. 2nd Feb. 1690 (marr., pro. 10th
Dec. 1738, Robert Murdoch, merchant, Edin-
burgh).— [Gordon Sess. Reg. ; Tombst. ; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Edin. Mar. Reg. ; The
Session Book of Rankle.]
ALEXANDER COLDEN, M.A., son of
1690 ^ie a^ove Robert C. ; min. at Ennis-
corthy, Ireland ; adm. 7th Aug. 1690;
trans, to Duns 5th Dec. 1693.
NINIAN HOME, M.A. ; ord. 30th July
1696 ; trans, to Sprouston 29th Nov.
1696
1704.
1706
WALTER HART, son of James H,
provost of Jedburgh ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 13th July 1695); licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 4th Feb. 1702; called
20th Nov. 1705 ; ord. 22nd Aug. 1706 ; died
4th June 1761. In the Assembly of 1733
he sympathised with the four Seceders,
but took no further action. He marr. (1)
24th Dec. 1706, Ann, daugh. of Alexander
Daes, merchant, Edinburgh : (2) 26th April
1732, Sarah (died 19th June 1772), daugh.
of John Ker, surgeon, and had issue —
James, licen. by the Northumberland
Classis, approved by the Presb. of Chirn-
side, and became a min. at Doncaster. —
[Lauder Tests. ; Acts of Ass., 1747 ;
Stevenson's Hist.]
[JAMES BERTRAM, pres. by George
1761 III. 16th Aug. 1761, but not settled.]
1765
ROBERT DOUGLAS, born Cumnock,
1716, son of Robert D., merchant
there ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 23rd Dec.
1741 ; ord. by it, 5th Aug. 1747, chaplain
to Lord Drumlanrig's Regiment in the
service of the States General in Holland ;
pres. by the Duke of Douglas before 24th
Dec. 1761, but owing to dispute as to right
of patronage, not adm. till 19th Sept. 1765 ;
died 11th April 1801. He marr. 25th Jan.
1757, Christina Margarita Bakker, a Dutch
lady, who died 8th Feb. 1796, aged 58, and
had issue an only child — Archibald, captain
in 43rd Foot, born 18th Oct, 1757, died
at Duns, 21st March 1806. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
in.).— [Tombst.]
1802
JOHN CAMPBELL, born 1772, son of
James O, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 30th April 1800; pres. by
Archibald, Lord Douglas ; ord. 18th March
1802; died unmarr. 18th July 1818.—
[Tombst.]
ARCHIBALD M'CONECHY, licen. by
1819 PresD- °f Olasgow 27th March 1805 ;
schoolmaster of Erskine ; pres. by
Archibald, Lord Douglas, Oct. 1818; ord.
18th March 1819. Joined Free Church
1843 ; dep. by Free Church Presb. of Edin-
burgh ; died at Musselburgh, 27th Sept.
1853. He marr. 3rd Oct. 1809, Jane
M'Kean, who died 18th Feb. 1849, and
had issue — Jean Forrester, born 14th July
1810 (marr. 14th April 1835, Henry Cun-
ningham Graham, W.S.), died 11th Dec.
1839; Agnes, born 11th Aug. 1812 (marr.
George Lawrie, surgeon, Provost of Mussel-
burgh), died 25th Jan. 1890. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace).
JOHN DUNLOP, born Flemington,
1843 Ay*-011) 1809, son of George D. and
Jane Renton Gibson ; educated at
Ayton School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. 22nd Dec. 1843 ; died at Bournemouth,
unmarr., 19th Jan. 1880.
[ROBERT] LUDOVIC MAIR, born
Glasgow, 8th Jan. 1853, son of Hugh
Mair and Marion Young Ronald, and
nephew of John Mair, D.D., min. of South-
dean ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley
4th July 1877 ; ord. to Heatherlie Church,
Selkirk, 10th Jan. 1878; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 8th Jan. 1880.
CRANSHAWS
[PRESB. OF
Man-. 14th July 1880, Jane, daugh. of
Dr Thomas Miller and Jane Barclay,
and has issue — Jane Barclay Miller, born
14th April 1881 (marr. 26th Aug. 1914,
George Morton Cotton, C.A.); Minnie
Ronald, born 19th Nov. 1882; Lilian,
born 9th March 1885 (marr. 14th July
1910, William Stewart Rutherford, solicitor,
Paris). Publications — Pulpit Elocution
(London, 1886) ; Rupert Homcliffeh Mis-
don (Glasgow, 1890) ; Brush Your Boots,
Sir? (Glasgow, 1890); Harry Jeffrey, the
Sceptic (Glasgow, 1891) ; Lachie Wul son's
Wandering Wit and Worldly Wisdom
(Leicester, 1903).
CRANSHAWS.
[The church was dedicated to St Ninian.
A new building was erected in 1739, at a
considerable distance from the older site.
This church was restored in 1900. A
sculptured coat of the royal arms transferred
from the earlier edifice was placed there
probably because the Crown had anciently
patrimonial rights in the parish.]
NICOL SUDDIE, reader in 1567 ; re-
15_„ moved to Abbey St Bathans in
1574.
MATTHEW LIDDELL, reader at
1572 Tynninghame and Whittingehame in
1570 ; adm. in 1572 ; in 1574 Ellem
and Abbey St Bathans were also in his
chai'ge ; removed to Ellem before 1585.
ALEXANDER SWINTON of Greenrig,
probably son of John S., sixteenth
of Swinton; M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th
Aug. 1592) ; pres. by James VI. before 2nd
.June 1593; died before 21st Feb. 1595.—
[Reg. Assig.~\
JOHN HEPBURN, M.A., one of the
1__fl original students at the Univ. of
■ Edinburgh; min. of Glenholm 12th
May 1592 ; trans, to Mertoun 1594 ; pres.
by James VI. 21st Feb. 1595, and adm. in
1596 ; the presentation was renewed 13th
Feb. 1597. In 1607 he was sent to Black-
ness Castle for defying the Privy Council.
He was still min. ',in \G\\.—[Reg. Assig. ;
Privy Council Reg., viii., 12.]
MUNGO DALZIEL, M.A. (Glasgow
1603); min. in 1615; he was pres.
to vicarage of Coldingham by James
VI. before 10th April 1615, but continued
here, and was a member of Assembly in
1645. The charge was vacant in Oct. 1652.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Acts
of Ass.]
JOHN FOORD was on the Exercise at
1655 Chirnside, and had a testimonial to
Presb. of Haddington 10th May
1637 ; min. here in 1655. He conformed,
and was coll. 17th Aug. 1663 ; died between
18th Aug. and Nov. 1674. He marr. 8th
April 1662, Helen Swinton, Haddington,
and had issue — John ; Robert ; Alexander ;
William ; Margaret. — [Haddington Sess.
Reg. ; Lauder Tests. ; Reg. Collat.]
JOHN SWINTON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1674 18t^ *^y 1664) ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 26th March
1665; ord. to Wamphray 14th Dec. 1665;
trans, and adm. 21st Oct. 1674 ; died
between 25th March 1706 and 5th Sept.
1710. He marr. Katherine (died in Edin-
burgh, 25th Aug. 1719), second daugh. of
George Gray, town clerk of Haddington,
and had issue — John ; Helen (marr. 30th
Nov. 1709, James Gray, merchant, Edin-
burgh) ; Jean (marr., pro. 23rd May 1714,
George Syme, slater, Canongate) ; and a
daugh. (marr. Kirkwood). — [Reg.
Collat. ; Haddington Presb. and Test. Regs. ;
Ellem Session Reg.; MS. Ace. of Min.; Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; G. R. Sas., xxxiii., 240.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1706 28t^ June 1697); chaplain to Sir
John Swinton of that ilk in 1700 ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 4th Nov.
1701 ; called 8th Nov. 1705 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 28 th March 1706 ; died 16th
Jan. 1759, aged 83. He marr. 12th June
1707, Elizabeth Craig, North Berwick,
and had issue. — [N. Berwick Sess. Reg. ;
Lauder Tests.]
RICHARD SCOTT, ord. 20th Sept.
1759 1759; trans, to Ewes 17th Sept. 1761.
duns]
CRANSHAWS— DUNS
RALPH DRUMMOND, licen. by Presb.
1762 of Edinburgh 25th March 1761 ; ord.
6th May 1762; died 20th March
1784, aged 65. He marr. before 1754,
Jean Trail, who died 21st July 1797, and
had issue — Elizabeth, born 9th Oct. 1754,
died at Edinburgh, 10th July 1828 ; John,
born 16th Nov. 1755 ; Jean, born 22nd July
1757, died 30th Aug. 1769; George, his
successor; Isobel, born 16th Aug. 1763,
died young.
GEORGE DRUMMOND, son of pre-
1785 ceding ; pres. by Charles Watson of
Saughton and Cranshaws in 1784 ;
ord. 3rd May 1785 ; trans, to Mordington
20th April 1792.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, pres. by
17g2 Charles Watson of Saughton and
Cranshaws; ord. 27th Sept. 1792;
trans, to Moffat 15th Feb. 1801.
DAVID TOD [TODD], M.A., a native
laoi °^ P°rtEaoak > educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 24th Nov. 1779 ; went to London
in 1788 as assistant to John Patrick, D.D.,
min. of Peter Street Presbyterian Church,
Soho, and was ord. by the Scots Presb.
there, 3rd Feb. 1790, as colleague and suc-
cessor. He res. that position in 1794. He
was presented by Charles Watson of Saugh-
ton and Cranshaws, and adm. to this charge
24th Sept. 1801 ; died 18th Feb. 1813. He
marr. 18th June 1807, Elizabeth Thomson,
who died 27th Nov. 1857, and had issue —
Isobel, born 5th May 1808; Robert, born
1st Jan. 1811; Janet, born 26th Jan. 1813.—
[Wilson's Dissenting Churches, iv. ; Black's
The Scots Churches in England, 229.]
JAMES HOPE SIBBALD, born 31st
1818 ^y 1787, e^est son °f William S.,
D.D., min. of Haddington ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 20th Oct. 1812 ; pres. by James
Watson of Saughton and Cranshaws, and
ord. 23rd Sept. 1813 ; died 3rd March 1853.
He marr. 9th June 1847, Margaret Ann
(died 19th April 1903), daugh. of William
Anderson, Longformacus, and Ann Philips,
and had issue — John Hope Knox, banker,
Edinburgh, born 27th July 1848, died 12th
April 1875; Wilhelmina, born 24th July
1851 (marr. 23rd Dec. 1892, John Dodds,
schoolmaster of Bowden); James Hope
(posthumous), born 16th Aug. 1853, died
25th March 1856. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Neio Stat. Ace, ii.).
WILLIAM MENZIES HUTTON, ord.
23rd Sept. 1853; trans, to Oldham-
stocks 23rd March 1876.
1858
JAMES FORBES, trans, from Milton,
. ,__ Kirkcaldy, and adm. 7th Sept. 1876 ;
trans, to Cults, Fife, 4th July 1879.
ROBERT BRIDGES SMITH, born
187g Prestonpans 1st Sept. 1845, son of
Andrew S. and Christian Kent ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1873) ;
missionary at Newcraighall ; assistant at
Newington, Edinburgh ; ord. 13th Nov.
1879; died 14th July 1914. He marr. 9th Nov.
1885, Mary Ann, daugh. of Robert Pringle,
schoolmaster, Cranshaws, and had issue —
Andrew Robert Bridges, born 6th Dec.
1886, died 11th Aug. 1906 ; Robert Bridges,
born 14th July 1888 ; Jane Alston Hum-
phry, born 15th April 1890; Mary
Christian Kent, born 6th July 1893
Christian Kent, born 11th Jan. 1896
Richard Humphry, born 20th April 1898
Donald David, born 23rd Oct. 1900.
THOMAS GILLIESON, min. of Craig-
millar Chapel-of-Ease {vide Vol. L,
p. 174) ; adm. to this charge 6th Nov.
1914. He had a son, Thomas Lindsay, born
30th Oct. 1915.
DUNS.
[Became in 1342 a prebend of the Col-
legiate Church of Dunbar, and was served
by a vicar. The dedication is uncertain,
but the fair day was the Monday after
Trinity Sunday. The church demolished
in 1790 had a burgess loft, dated 1572. It
was proposed by the Synod, 10th July
1611, to make Birkenside a separate charge,
but this was not carried out. Birkenside
is now called Chapel, and marks the site
of a chapel dedicated to St Magdalene. It
was formerly the kirklands of Ellem, and
was perhaps the same as the " Bona Hospi-
talis de Duns."]
8
DUNS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN YOUNG, trans, from North
Berwick in Nov. 1568 ; trans, to Jed-
1568
burgh 2nd Aug. 1569.
JOHN STRAQUHYN [STRACHAN],
1569 reader.
7 JOHN BENNETT, min. of Heriot, was
lfisi Pres- by James VI. 2nd May 1581.
On 3rd May 1582 he gave an obliga-
tion to James Colvill of Easter Wemyss,
in acknowledgment of his services in pro-
viding him to the parsonage of Duns, vacant
through the death of the last parson, Sir
Daniel Home of Fishwick, to lease to him
or certain others the teind sheaves and the
kirklands of Duns. He demitted previous
to 26th Jan. 1582-3, and remained at
Heriot.
PATRICK GAITTIS [GALT] was at
1582 Abernethy and Abdie as min. in 1567;
trans, to Edrom after 11th June 1573,
having also Duns, Langton, Fogo, and
Polwarth in his charge. Transferred to
Duns about 1582, and pres. by James VI.
26th June 1582. In 1581 he and Clapper-
ton of Coldstream were appointed to form
a Presbytery in the Merse. He was seized
and taken to Edinburgh by the archers of
the guard, 25th May 1584 ; still min. 10th
July 1611, though in "inability and auld
age." He marr. Isobel Gibb, and had issue
— Alexander, min. of Polwarth ; and prob-
ably John, min. of Bunkle. — [Fife Inhib.,
20th Dec. 1590 ; Reg. Assig. ; Dalkeith
Presb. ami St Andretvs Synod Regs. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv., 72 ; Butler's Aber-
nethy, 339.]
WILLIAM AUCHMUTIE, M.A., is
1585 mentioned as min. of Duns in 1585.
1585
PETER DANIELSTON, or DENNIS-
TON, of the family of D. of Col-
grain, Dumbartonshire, and brother
of Sir Robert D. of Montjoy, Conservator
of the Privileges of the Scots Nation in
the Low Countries. Three persons at this
time, viz., Bennett, Gaittis, and Danielston,
claimed to have been lawfully provided
to the parsonage and vicarage of Duns.
Danielston obtained a decreet of the Court
of Session against the others, and the
parishioners were ordered to pay their dues
to him. In Feb. 1585-6 the parishioners com-
plained to the Court that they were being
pursued for payment not only by Danielston,
but by certain assignees of Robert Colvill
of Cleish, who had a lease of the parsonage
dues from Bennett and Gaittis. The Court
remitted the matter to the Commissioners
at Edinburgh for inquiries, and on 4th
July 1587 it was settled in favour of
Danielston. On 2nd Feb. 1587-8 he got a
Crown charter of the kirklands of Duns,
called Priestside, and other lands, but
certain houses and lands called the Teind-
hill were reserved to the minister of the
parish. He had sasine in these lands 13th
Jan. 1588-9. He died between 16th Dec.
1601, when he sold the kirklands to Sir
George Home of Wedderburn, and 26th
Jan. 1602, when his son William granted a
charter of them. He marr. Janet Ramsay,
and had issue — William. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Milne Home MSS., 74, 251 ; Reg. Mag.
Sig., v., 1447.]
JAMES GAITTIS, trans, from Langton ;
1607 adm. in 1607
JOHN WEEMES [WEMYSS], born
about 1579, only son of John W. of
1613 Lathockar, Fife ; M.A. (St Andrews
1600) ; min. of Hutton in 1600 ; trans, and
adm. in 1613. He was a member of the Perth
Assembly in 1618 ; was called before the
Court of High Commission in 1620, when
he had a conference with Archbishop
Spottiswood, and maintained that kneeling
at the Communion was " contrary to its in-
stitution." He was pres. by Charles I. on
4th May to the second prebend of Durham,
and installed canon 7th June 1634. This
he held in conjunction, probably the only
instance of an English prebendal stall
being held by a min. of the Church of
Scotland. He died Nov. 1636. He marr.
(1) Margaret Cockburn, and had issue —
David : (2) Janet Murray, and had issue
— John, who succeeded to Lathockar ; and
a daugh., who, being reduced to straits,
received £3 from the session of Yester,
10th April 1664. Publications— The Chris-
tian Synagogue, wherein is contayned the
duns]
DUNS
9
diverse Reading, the rigid Poynting, Trans-
lation, and Collation of Scripture with
Scripture, etc. (London, 1623; 4th ed.,
1633) ; The Portraiture of the Image of
God in Man (London, 1627 ; 3rd ed., 1636) ;
An Explication of the Judicial Laves of
Moses (London, 1632) ; An Explanation of
the Ceremonial Lawes of Moses (London,
1632) ; An Exposition of the Morall Law,
or Ten Commandments, etc. (London, 1632) ;
Eocercitations Divine, containing diverse
Questions and Solutions for the right Under-
standing of the Scriptures (London, 1634) ;
Observations, Natural I and Morall, with a
short Treatise of the Numbers, Weights, and
Measures used by the Hebrews (London,
1636) ; see The Works of Mr John Weemes
of Lathochar, 4 vols. (London, 1636).—
[Edin. Counc, Haddington, Tester Sess.,
and Lauder Test. Regs. ; Wodrow MSS.,
and MS. Biog., iii.; Calderwood's Hist.,
vii. ; Douglas Baronage ; Hutchinson's
Durham, ii. ', Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW ROLLO, M.A., min. in 1637 ;
1637 was dep. by the Gen. Assembly, 14th
Dec. 1638, " lor signing a declinature
of their authority from ignorance, he having
been brought up in the principles of the
Episcopal Church." On petitioning (ap-
parently on the same day), he was allowed
to delete his signature, and declare his
recantation in the parish church, on
which he was reponed. "One Shepherd,
a min. about Dundee, came in that day,
as the other one Rollock, min. at Dunce,
confessing their fault and ignorance in
subscryving the Assembly's declinature,
and entreating they might get leave to
putt out their own names. It was granted
them on assurance of their publick repent-
ance for this fault." He was again dep.
by the Assembly in July 1649, a sentence
which was recalled by the Synod of Perth
and Stirling, 13th Oct. 1652, when he was
adm. to Dunning.— -[Baillie's Letters ; Peter-
kin's Records ; Acts of Ass. ; Balfour's Hist.
Works ; Stevenson's History.]
ANDREW FAIRFOUL, M.A. ; trans.
from North Leith, and adm. 11th
May 1652 ; app. Archbishop of
Glasgow 1661 (q.v.).
1652
ANDREW COLLAGE, M.A. (King's
1663 College, Aberdeen, 1611); min. of
Garvock in 1615, of Ecclesgreig before
1619, of Dundee in 1635 ; coll. 5th Aug. 1663 ;
died 13th Sept. 1664, aged about 73. He
marr. (cont. 19th and 23rd Nov. 1616)
Janet, daugh. of David Lindsay, min. of
South Leith, and had issue — Margaret. —
[P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., viii., 154.]
WILLIAM GRAY, second son of
1666 ^ illiam G., min. of Auchterless ;
M.A. (Marischal College, Aberdeen,
1638); min. of Foulis before 10th March
1658; adm. to Auchterless about 1660;
coll. 1st May 1666 ; burgess of Aberdeen
29th April 1668; deprived by the Privy
Council, 3rd Sept. 1689, for failing to read
the proclamation of the Estates and to pray
for their Majesties William and Mary. He
died in Oct. 1689. He marr. Ann (bapt.
21st Aug. 1639), tenth daugh. of Sir William
Gray of Pittendrum, and had issue — John,
Keeper of the Register of Sasines in the
County of Berwick, and in 1724 Baron
Bailie of Duns ; William, merchant, Edin-
burgh ; Margaret (marr. James Haliburton
of Wattriebutts, in the Carse of Gowrie, son
of George H., Bishop of Dunkeld). — [Reg.
Coll. ; Lauder Tests. ; Peterkin's Constitu-
tion of the Church ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7338; Aberdeen Bur-
gess Roil ; Misc. Neto Si^alding Club, ii.,
427 ; Pordyce Presb. Reg.]
ALEXANDER GOLDEN, M.A. ; trans.
169s fr'om Bunkle, and adm. 5th Dec.
1693 ; trans, to Oxnam 8th May
1700.
[The parish was vacant for over three
years, notwithstanding several presenta-
tions, all of which were rejected.]
LAURENCE JOHNSTON, M.A. (Edin
1703 burgh, 13th July 1695); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd Sept. 1701 ;
sometime in charge of the meeting-house
at Haddington, when the Episcopalians
kept possession of the parish church there ;
called 18th June, and ord. 24th Sept. 1703 ;
died 2nd Sept. 1736, aged about 62. He
marr. (1) 3rd Feb. 1704, Grizel, daugh.
of Thomas Hunter, writer, Edinburgh,
10
DUNS
[PRESB. OF
and had issue — Elizabeth (marr. (1) Alex-
ander Spittall, lieut. 2nd Dragoons, and (2)
10th Aug. 1735, David Spens, W.S.), died
23rd June 1787 ; Jean died 26th Aug. 1736 j
(2) March 1731, Jean, daugh. of Alexander
Trotter of Cattleshiel, Longformacus, who
survived him, and marr. 11th Aug. 1737,
Martin Eccles, surgeon, Edinburgh. — [ Wod-
row MSS. ; Lauder Tests."]
EOGER MOODIE, eldest son of George
l73g M., min. of Fogo ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
27th May 1719) j licen. by Presb. of
Duns 4th Feb. 1724 ; pres. by Robert, Lord
Blantyre (who had obtained a disposition
of the patronage from Hay of Drumelzier,
who did not qualify) Feb. 1737. Much
opposition was shown by the parishioners.
On appeal the Assembly ordered the ordi-
nation to be proceeded with, which was
done under protection of a military force,
15th March 1739. This led to the forma-
tion of the East or Antiburgher Church in
the town in 1742. M. died 26th April 1748,
aged about 47. He marr. Grace Venice
(probably a sister of William V., licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside in 1708) j she died 30th
Dec. 1788.— [Lauder Tests.]
ADAM DICKSON, M.A. ; pres. by John
1750 Hay of Belton, 27th Aug. 1748. In
opposition to this presentation a call
was given to James Lindsay, min. of Dun-
barney, and the case was taken to the
House of Lords. On a decision of that
Court, the Assembly ordered D. to be ord.
21st Sept. 1750. This was done as in the
previous case, under the protection of the
military. (The Relief, or South Church,
was formed by the protesters) ; trans, to
Whittingehame 22nd June 1769.— [Morren's
Ann. ; Conn ell's Par. Law?]
ROBERT BOWMAKER, born 1731;
17e_ licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 2nd
Aug. 1761 ; ord. with the view of pro-
ceeding to America ; adm. here 26th Sept.
1769 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 25th April 1781) ;
died 11th March 1797. When visiting at
Berrywell, near Duns, Robert Burns heard
B. preach, 6th May 1787. He had selected
a text which contained a severe denuncia-
tion of obstinate sinners. In the course of
the sermon Burns observed Miss Ainslie (his
host's sister) turning over the leaves of her
Bible with much earnestness, in search of
the text. He immediately wrote the follow-
ing lines, and handed them to her :
" Pair maid, you need not take the hint,
Nor idle texts pursue :
'Twas guilty sinners that he meant,
Not angels such as you."
Of Bowmaker, Burns writes in his diary :
"A man of strong lungs and pretty
judicious remark : but ill-skilled in pro-
priety, and altogether unconscious of his
want of it." He marr. Mary Watson, who
died at Oatfield, 20th Oct. 1816, aged 79,
and had issue — Jean, born 19th April 1768 ;
Alexander, wine merchant, London, born
31st July 1777. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, ii., 103.]
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, born 24th
17 „ April 1766, eldest son of Andrew C,
gardener to Lord Morton at Aber-
dour Castle ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso 7th Sept.
1790 ; assisted William Shiels, min. of
Westruther, in his boarding academy there ;
assistant at Duns ; pres. by Robert Hay of
Drumelzier (after ascertaining the desire of
the people), and ord. 9th Nov. 1797 ; died
suddenly, 9th Jan. 1847. He marr. (1) 24th
Nov. 1797, Hyndmer (died 14th Jan. 1806),
daugh. of James Barclay, rector of the
Grammar School, Dalkeith, and had issue
—Andrew, born 13th March 1800, died 4th
Nov. 1825 ; George, born 14th Nov. 1804,
died in Canada : (2) 14th Nov. 1808, Jane
Johnston or Trotter (died 2nd Oct. 1836),
and had issue — John and James, who died
young. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, ii.).
HENRY [SCOTT] RIDDELL, born
1843 23rd May 1789' son of Henry R->
merchant, Glasgow. Originally bred
to the law, and adm. W.S. 1811. Conducted
the Marchmont case before the House of
Lords. Licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 7th
July 1829 ; ord. min. of Longformacus 6th
Sept. 1830 ; trans, to this parish, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 19th Oct. 1843;
died 15th April 1862. He marr. (1) 2nd
duns]
DUNS
11
Oct. 1818, Agnes (died 22nd Feb. 1824),
daugh. of Archibald Gilchrist, merchant,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Henry, at the
English Bar, born 4th May 1819 : (2) 29th
Nov. 1831, Elizabeth (died 27th April 1885),
daugh. of John Home of Stirkoke, and had
issue — Elizabeth, born 22nd March 1834,
died unmarr. 2nd Sept. 1916; John,
Geelong, Victoria, born 18th Feb. 1836;
William, planter in Tirhoot, India, born
8th May 1838 ; James, planter in Assam,
born 28th Dec. 1840. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, ii.).
1862
JOHN MACLEOD, B.A. ; trans, from
Newton-on-Ayr, and adm. 18th Sept.
1862 ; trans, to Govan 7th Jan. 1875.
ROBERT STEWART, M.A.,B.D.; trans.
from Skelmorlie, and adm. 19th Aug.
1875 1875 ; trans, to North Leith 4th Oct.
1877.
WILLIAM MENZIES, born 14th Aug.
1837, eldest son of Robert M., D.D.,
min. of Hoddom ; educated at Edin-
burgh Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Annan ; app. to Kilmun
1862 ; ord. to Second Charge, Ayr, 7th
May 1863 ; trans, to Gladsmuir 20th July
1871 ; trans, to Innerleithen 13th Jan.
1876; trans, and adm. 21st March 1878;
died 13th Sept. 1881. He marr. 30th June
1862, Helen (died 29th Jan. 1885), daugh.
of John Clark, D.D., min. of Dunoon, and
had issue — Robert William, merchant,
born 1st April 1864, died in London, 3rd
Sept. 1915; Margaret Helen, born 29th
Nov. 1866; John Clark, born 26th Aug.
1869, died 10th Aug. 1872 ; James Morris,
M.B., CM., born 17th Nov. 1871 ; Joanna
Clark, born 4th Oct. 1873, died 22nd Oct.
1887 ; Edward Gordon Dewar, M.B., CM.,
born 17th Aug. 1876 ; Catherine Cowan,
born 6th July 1879, died 3rd Nov. 1890.
1882
WILLIAM DAVID HERALD, born
Tannadice, 13th Feb. 1849, son of
William H., schoolmaster, and
Margaret Barron ; educated at Montrose
Academy and Aberdeen Univ. ; M.A.
(1868) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 1871 ;
assistant at St Mark's, Dundee, and East
Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. to Lumphanan 12th
Feb. 1875 ; trans, and adm. 5th May 1882 ;
died 24th Sept. 1906. He marr. 12th April
1883, Florence Elizabeth, daugh. of Hugh
Fenton, Aston Hall, Hawarden, Flintshire,
and had issue — Vere Fenton, Adelaide,
South Australia, born 15th May 1889 ;
Agnes Govan, hospital nurse, born 27th
July 1890; Arthur Ten-ant Ashby, born
13th Aug. 1892 ; James Herbert Crossland,
lieut. 8th Durham Light Infantry, born 25th
June 1894, died of wounds in France, 24th
Jan. 1916; Sidney William Barron, born
15th Feb. 1896 ; Francis, Edgar, and Cons-
tance, who all died young.
1907
ANDREW EWING WALLACE, born
Whangerai, New Zealand, 16th May
1871, son of John W., min. of Glen-
buck ; educated at Glasgow High School
and Univ. ; M.A. (1895) ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 1895 ; ord. to Patna 14th May 1896 ;
trans, and adm. 15th March 1907. Marr.
14th Aug. 1907, Margaret Rachel, daugh.
of William Kilpatrick, and has issue — John
Ewing, born 16th March 1911.
BOSTON CHURCH, DUNS.
[Built in 1839 as an extension church,
George Buchan of Kelloe being one of its
chief promoters. In 1843 the minister and
all his congregation joined the Free Church,
retaining the building as their property.]
WILLIAM COUSIN, born 29th Oct.
1840 1812 ' son °^ J°nn C>> bunder, Edin-
burgh (descended from a Huguenot
family, members of which left France at
the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes),
and Isabella Paterson ; educated at Edin-
burgh Academy and Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. 20th March
1840. Joined the Free Church, and be-
came min. of Duns Free Church, 1843 ;
of Scots Church, Brompton, London, 1844 ;
of Free Church, Irvine, 1850; of Free
Church, Melrose, 1859 ; died 1st Aug. 1883.
He marr. 1847, Anne Ross (born 27th April
1824, died 6th Dec. 1906), only child of
David Ross Cundell, M.D., Leith, and Anne
Parker. She was widely known as authoress
of " The Sands of Time are Sinking," and
other hymns (vide ImmamieVs Land and
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other Pieces), and had issue— John William,
author of A Short Biographical Dictionary
of English Literature, born 13th Feb. 1849,
died 17th Dec. 1910 ; David Eoss, born 5th
Sept. 1851 ; Anne Parker, born 5th Jan.
1854; George, born 13th Oct. 1858, died
22nd Oct. 1880; William Victor, fruit
farmer, born 9th Nov. 1860 ; Isabella Wil-
helmina, born 3rd Aug. 1864 (marr. 18th
Dec. 1889, James Macdonald, W.S.), died
May 1896.
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[Prior to 1248 the church was dedicated
to St Cuthbert, but on 4th Oct. of that
year Bishop David de Bernham consecrated
a new church in honour of St Andrew.
This was rebuilt and enlarged in 1774.
The parish was divided of old into four
parts, called the Quarters of Eccles. St
Andrew's Quarter in the west, was attached
to the parish church. The others were
connected with the chapels of St John, on
the north at Mersington ; Our Lady, on
the east at the Chapel Knowe of Leitholm ;
and St Magdalene on the south at Birg-
ham, where the graveyard has remained.
In the seventeenth century the Indulged
Presbyterians used the ancient chapel of
St John at Mersington. A priory of Cis-
tercian nuns, dedicated to St Mary, was
founded at Eccles in 1156 by Gospatrick,
third Earl of Dunbar. It was burned down
by the Earl of Hertford in 1545, and was
not restored. Some remains of it can be
seen at Eccles House. A tall wheel-headed
cross stands in the vicinity of Crosshall
farm.]
ROBERT FRENCH, probably seventh
1567 son of Robert F. of Thornydykes ;
min. in 1567 ; pres. to the vicarage
of Greenlaw by James VI. 23rd April 1573 ;
trans, to Home in 1574, but returned in
1596, and was still min. in 1601. — [Beg.
Min. ; Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM COWTIS [COUTTS], reader,
1674 1574 to 1576.
WILLIAM MURRAY, reader, 1576 to
1676 1580.
[WTLLIAM WEMYSS, M.A. ; was app.
1607 t0 ^e aC^m> 3r<* ^arcn 1607> kut
nothing further was done, " be
ressioun that the parochineris withstood
his admission.''" He was afterwards min.
of Roxburgh. — Jedburgh Presb. Beg.]
JAMES FRENCH, M.A. ; trans, from
16QtJ Home and adm. in 1607, having
Home and Stichill also in charge ;
returned to Home in 1608.
1609
ALEXANDER HOME, pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 21st March
1609 ; trans, to Ayton in 1618.
DAVID HOME, mentioned as "late
1622 min." 17th Sept. 1622. He marr.
(name unknown), and had issue —
Alexander. — [Beg. Sec. Sig.]
ANDREW MELVILL, M.A. (St
1Q22 Andrews 1616) ; mentioned as min.
in 1622 ; dem. previous to 22nd Oct.
1622, and perhaps trans, to Banchory-
Devenick.
- HENRY BLYTH, M.A. (St Andrews
1622 1593); a<*m- t0 Second Charge,
Canongate, 6th April 1598; trans,
to First Charge about 1601 ; deprived by
High Commission 26th Jan. 1620 ; pres.
by James VI. 22nd Oct. 1622, and again
by Charles I. 29th June 1633. He died
at Edinburgh Feb. 1635, aged about 62,
and was buried in Holyrood Kirk. He
marr. (1) Katherine Oliphant, who died
before 1600, and had issue — Frederick;
Janet; Margaret: (2) 23rd May 1605,
Agnes Hart, who died 9th March 1649,
and had issue — John, min. of Ochiltree ;
Helen, bapt. 28th March 1606 ; Elizabeth ;
Agnes ; Christian ; Henry. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Old Dec, i., ii., iv. ; Edin. Tests. ; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 2117; Row's Hist.; Ba/rmatyne
Miscdl]
JOHN HOME, son of David H. of
Godscroft; was probably tutor in
the family of John Home of Black-
adder ; pres. by Charles I. 2nd March
1635 ; member of Glasgow Assembly in
1638, and of Commissions, 1642-6; still
min. 19th Oct. 1647, but under process,
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which was still pending in 1649. In 1644
he and his sister Anna Home published at
their own expense their father's History
of the Douglases. The Earl of Angus
obtained an injunction against its sale,
but this was withdrawn after two years.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Acts of Ass. Commis.,
1646-7 ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Fraser's
Douglas Book, i. ; Maxwell's House of
Douglas, ii., p. 192.]
SAMUEL DOUGLAS, second son of
1652 Archibald D. of Pittendreich ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 26th July 1634); min.
of Coldingham 6th May 1641 ; dep. in 1648 ;
reponed in 1651 ; adm. after Oct. 1652 ;
died Dec. following, aged about 39. He
marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of Henry Home of
Karnes, and had issue — John, bursar of the
Presb. ; Alexander, min. of Longformacus.
D.'s widow and children had £100 allowed
by Parliament from vacant stipends, 27th
June 1661, on account of their sufferings
in the royal cause. — [Lauder Tests. ; Acts
Pari., vii.]
JOHN JAMIESON, son of William J.,
leS4 min. of Jedburgh ; M.A. (St An-
drews, 11th May 1637); produced
testimonials from Presb. of Jedburgh 5th
May 1652, and from Presbs. of Cupar and
Kirkcaldy, and Session of Mertoun, of his
sound and faithful teaching, and godly life
and conversation ; min. in 1654 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of the Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
Publication — Rebellio debellata, two ser-
mons (Edinburgh, 1661).— [Baillie's Lett. ;
Wodrow's Hist.]
[ANDREW RUTHERFORD, born 1629,
165_ second son of George R. of Fairning-
ton, and Elizabeth, daugh. of Andrew
Ker of Littledean ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th
July 1649) ; ord. by the Protesting brethren,
probably early in 1655. A letter was laid
before the Presb. of Jedburgh, 24th Jan.
1655, "complaining of the unrulie and
extraordinary actings of some of their
number (James Ker of Abbotrule, and John
Scott of Hawick, with others), at the pre-
tended admission of A. R.," when the
Presb. sustained the complaint, John
Livingston of Ancrum dissenting. R.
seems to have been set aside by the Synod
previous to the Restoration ; was school-
master of Prestonpans in 1662; master of
the Grammar School of Jedburgh ; rector
of the High School of Edinburgh, 8th Oct.
1669, where he died in May 1672.— [Jed-
burgh Presb. and Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Steven's High School, 73 ;
Watson's Jedburgh Grammar School.]
JOHN COOK, M.A. (St Andrews 1648) ;
pres. by James, Earl of Home ; ord.
and coll. 21st July, and adm. 25th
Aug. 1663. Deprived by the Privy Council,
3rd Sept. 1689, for neither reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates, nor praying for
their Majesties William and Mary. The
Presb. ordered the Laird of Tofts to de-
mand the keys of the church from C,
or the Countess Dowager of Home, -and
this demand being ignored, the doors were
opened under warrant of the Sheriff. C.
died in 1691, aged about 63. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of John Home of Kelloe,
who survived him. — [Lauder Tests. ; Reg.
Collat. ; Old Dec, i. ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Mem. of G. Bryson ; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
- JAMES BALFOUR, a native of Duns ;
1687 M.A. (Edinburgh, 7th Jan. 1681);
attended the first meeting of Presby-
terian ministers after the Toleration, 6th
July 1687, and was settled in the meeting-
house at Mersington ; was one of the
original members of the United Presb., 7th
Aug. 1690, and a member of the first
General Assembly after the Revolution, but
was dep. 17th Feb. 1691, for adultery. He
was proposed as catechist at Duns in 1700,
but not appointed. — [Lothian Syn. Reg. ;
Boston's Mem. ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Scot.
Presb. Eloq.]
JOHN LAUDER, probably brother of
iegl Alexander L., min. of Mordington ;
called 14th April, and ord. 28th May
1691. While Robert Wilson, min. of Mel-
rose, was conducting the ordination service,
" compeared the lairds of Karnes, Belchester,
Newland, Newtown, and others, with
Ninian Mercer, notary public, making
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public interruption, by taking instruments
in the hands of the foresaid notary, uttering
reproachful expressions and threatenings
to resist in case of procedure, which
occasioned some clamour and noise amongst
the people, upon which my lord Mersington
(Sir Alex. Swinton), took instruments, not-
withstanding of all which the ministers
present proceeded to ordination, after the
people settled and composed, and thereafter
appointed collation and institution to be
given as usual.'"' L. got the stipend of
Lilliesleaf for 1690, having served there on
the call of sundry parishioners, was a
member of Assembly in 1692, and died
in July 1729. He marr. (cont. 14th
April 1710) Margaret, daugh. of Archibald
Borthwick of Sauchnell (who marr. (2),
pro. 3rd July 1731, James Ramsay, min.
of Kelso), and had issue — Margaret (marr.
April 1736, Mark Sandilands, merchant,
Edinburgh). — [Lauder Tests. ; Peg. Gen.
Ass. ; Old Dec, i. ; FountainhalFs Dec, i. ;
New Stat. Ace, ii.]
MATTHEW DYSART [SANDILANDS],
1731 son of John D., min. of Coldingham ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 20th Oct. 1724); licen.
by Presb. of Chirnside 28th Oct. 1728 ; pres.
by William, Earl of Home, and by George II.,
9th Sept. 1729 ; had his settlement approved
by the Commission of Assembly 12th Aug.
1730, and was ord. 4th Feb. 1731. He as-
sumed the name of Sandilands on succeed-
ing to the entailed estate of Couston, in
right of his mother, who was a daugh. of the
Hon. William S. He was one of those who
attended the theatre on the first produc-
tion of Douglas, 14th Dec. 1756, for which
he expressed regret, and was rebuked. He
died 13th June 1773, in his 69th year.
He marr., before his ordination, Jean (died
6th April 1789), daugh. of David Hume,
depute clerk of Session, and had issue —
Matthew of Couston, W.S., died 3rd Aug.
1821; Elizabeth (marr. Patrick Smith);
Mary; John; Jean (marr. 10th Jan. 1766,
James Dickson of Antonshill ; David ;
Frances (marr., pro. 2nd Jan. 1786, Walter
Home, major 42nd Reg.), died 27th Feb.
1800; Margaret. — [Acts of Ass. ; Douglas's
Peerage, ii., 594 ; Tombst.]
ADAM MURRAY, teacher at Ladykirk
1774 in 1749; licen. by the Presbyterian
Classis of Northumberland 5th June
1754, and admitted as a probationer by the
Presb. of Kelso 2nd July following; ord.
min. of the Low Meeting, Berwick-on-
Tweed, 10th May 1756; trans, to Abbey
St Bathans 10th May 1759; pres. by
George III. 1st July 1773 ; trans, and aclm.
10th March 1774 ; died 19th Jan. 1797, in
his 71st year. He marr. (1) before 1759,
Isobel Marshall, who died 15th Jan. 1771,
and had issue— Thomas, min. of Channel-
kirk; Ann, born 27th Dec. 1761, and Mar-
garet, born 24th Sept. 1762, both of whom
died 11th Aug. 1764; William, born 24th
Jan. 1767 : (2) 20th Feb. 1779, Christian
Bell, Fogo, who died at Birgham, 30th June
1818, aged 90.
JAMES BAIRD, trans, from Legerwood ;
17g7 pres. by George III., and adm. 20th
July 1797 ; trans, to Swinton 18th
April 1805.
JAMES THOMSON, born Crieff, 9th
May 1768. second son of John T.
and Elizabeth Ewan ; educated at
the parish school of Crieff and Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 6th Aug. 1793 ; assistant to his uncle,
John Ewan, min. of Whittingehame ; pres.
by George III., and ord. 26th Sept. 1805 ;
D.D. (St Andrews, 16th July 1842); res.
1847, and died in London, 28th Nov. 1855.
He marr. 10th Oct. 1805, Elizabeth (died
7th Aug. 1851), eldest daugh. of James
Skene, Aberdeen, and had issue — Andrew
Skene, preacher; Robert Dundas, M.D.,
F.R.S., Prof, of Chemistry, St Thomas's
Hospital, London, born 21st Sept. 1810,
died 17th Aug. 1864; James, chairman of
the Government Bank of Madras, born
17th Aug. 1812 ; Eliza, born 1815. Publica-
tions— The Rise, Progress, and Consequences
of the New Opinions and Principles lately
introduced into France (Edinburgh, 1799);
Expository Lectures on St Luke, 3 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1853) ; Exposition of the Acts
of the Apostles (London, 1854); "Sketch of
the Present State of Agriculture in Berwick-
shire " (contributed to his brother Thomas
Thomson's Annals of Philosophy, i. ii.). He
duns]
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edited the third edition of the Encyclopaedia
Britarmica, writing the articles on " Scrip-
ture," " Septuagint," " Superstition," etc. ;
and prepared an edition of the Spectator,
with biographies of the contributors, 8 vols.
(Newcastle, 1799).— [Tombst. ; Diet. Fat.
Biog. ; Literary Gazette, 1856, p. 58.]
1848
JAMES RUTHERFORD WATSON,
Wn Edinburgh, 13th March 1824,
son of James W. and Janet Ruther-
ford ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; pres. by
Queen Victoria, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 20th April 1848 ; clerk of Presb. ;
died 6th Feb. 1891. He marr. 14th Nov.
1848, Emily Farquhar (died 17th March
1899), daugh. of Peter Drummond, min.
of Kirkmichael, Perthshire, and had issue
— Katherine Drummond, born 20th Oct.
1849 ; James Hiram, probationer in charge
of Cellardyke Chapel, author [under the
name of "Andrew Cheviot "] of The Provost
of St Foins ; Trick, Trial and Triumpth ;
Black Agnes, etc. ; editor of Proverbs, Pro-
verbial Exjiressions and Popular Rhymes
of Scotland (Paisley, 1896), born 27th Oct.
1852, died 24th Jan. 1903 ; Jessie Ruther-
ford, born 11th Sept. 1855.
JOHN JOHNSTON, born Kilbirnie,
lg91 26th Dec. 1864, son of Thomas J.
and Margaret Langwill ; educated at
Dairy School, and High School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1885), B.D. (1888);
licen. by Presb. of Irvine, 1888 ; assistant
at Strachur, and at St Stephen's Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 29th July 1891. Marr. 20th
March 1900, George, daugh. of George Greig
of Eccles, W.S., and Isabella Richardson
Dickson.
FOGO.
[Was given to the Abbey of Kelso about
1159 by Gospatrick, third Earl of Dunbar.
In 1683 the church was in great disrepair.
The Harcarse aisle may be a reconstruc-
tion of the old chancel. There was in the
parish a chapel of St Nicholas, granted
by Patrick Corbet to the monks of Kelso
between 1280 and 1297. This, called the
Chapel of the Lord William, son of the
Earl, was consecrated by Bishop David de
1590
Bernham, 2nd April 1242. The parish
church was consecrated 29th March 1243.
A restoration in 1755 destroyed most of the
antique features of the church.]
' DONALD BALFOUR, reader from 1574
1574 to 1590.
WILLIAM METHVEN, son of John M.,
citizen of St Andrews. He was at
Hutton in 1585 when Homdean,
Fishwick, and Swinton were all in his
charge ; trans, to Langton in 1585 ; pres.
by James VI. to the vicarage of Swinton
23rd May 1586; dem. before 27th March
1587 ; adm. to this charge after 1589,
but returned to Langton in 1591 ; was
retrans. in 1595 ; was a member of As-
sembly, 1602, 1608 ; pres. by James VI.
June 1614 ; called before the Court of
High Commission in 1620 ; dem. before 4th
Aug. 1626, and died in 1634, aged 75. He
marr. before Nov. 1591, Agnes Cockburn,
widow of James Craig, sheriff clerk of
Berwick, and had issue — James, his suc-
cessor ; Matthew, apprenticed 8th May
1616 to David Lawson, merchant, Edin-
burgh ; Agnes (marr. Robert Home, min.
of Greenlaw). — [Fife Sas., vii., 176 ; Beg.
Assig. ; Calderwood's Hist. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Milne Home MSS., 55.]
JAMES METHVEN, son of preceding;
1626 pres* ky Charles I. 4th Aug. 1626;
died in 1660, aged 74. It is said
that descendants of his were living in
Manchester, Burntisland, and Berwick-on-
Tweed in 1830.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tombst. ;
Stat. Reports, 1627.]
JOHN PRINGLE, only son of George
1660 •"3" °^ Balmungo, major in the service
of Gustavus Adolphus, and Eliza-
beth, daugh. of Sir Patrick Ruthven, Earl
of Forth and Brentford ; M.A. (St Andrews
1645). Conforming to Episcopacy, he was
pres. by Charles II. in 1660 ; was coll. 26th
Dec. 1664, and died 22nd Feb. 1682, aged 54.
He marr. 5th Feb. 1662, Jean, daugh. of
John Shaw, min. of Selkirk, and had issue
— James ; Alexander ; John, called eldest
son and heir in 1687, ancestor of the family
of Whytbank and Yair ; George ; Elspeth ;
Ann. — [Inq. Ret. Fife, 874, and Gen. 6613 ;
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Douglas's Baronage ; Lauder Tests. ; Reg. I him, and had issue— Grisell (marr. April
of Collat.; Tombst.; epitaph in Robson's 1766, Andrew Jollie, tailor, -Edinburgh) ;
Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire, Andrew ; William. — [Tombst. ; Marchmont
113.]
WILLIAM METHVEN, M.A. (St
1682 Andrews, 24tn J"uty 1669); probably
son or grandson of James M., min.
of this parish ; bursar of Presb. of Duns in
1669; ord. and coll. to Hilton 25th March
1675; trans, and inst. 3rd July 1682;
deprived by the Privy Council, 17th Sept.
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, and not praying for William
and Mary. He was allowed to occupy the
manse for some years afterwards. Joined
the Church of England, and inst. to the
curacy of Tweedmouth and Ancroft, North-
umberland, 19th June 1703 ; died 14th April
1734, in his 90th year, and was buried
on the north side of the altar at Tweed-
mouth. He marr. Margaret, " sprung from
a worthy and ancient house in Scotland "
(surname unknown), who died 9th June
1730, aged 81, and had issue — George;
Jean ; Isabel ; James. — [St Andrews Tests. ;
Peterkin's Constitution of the Church ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Tombst.; Hutchin-
son's Northumberland, ii. ; Raine's Kortli
Durham.']
GEORGE MOODIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
-__„ 1669); licen. by Alexander, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 16th April 1673 ; ord.
to Fala 12th May 1674 ; deprived for re-
fusing the Test in 1681 ; received into
communion by Presb. of Edinburgh before
7th March 1693; called before 14th, and
adm. to this charge 27th Sept. 1693; died
May 1721, aged 76. He marr. Elizabeth
Calderwood, and had issue — William ;
Roger, min. of Duns ; and a daugh. (marr.
, Cowbary, mason, Queensferry). —
[Lauder Tests. ; Tombst.]
WILLIAM HOME, born Greenlaw, 1st
1722 Ju^y 1(^ > educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 27th Nov. 1716 ; pres. by George
I. 26th Sept. 1721; ord. 8th May 1722;
died 18th Nov. 1756. He marr.,. pro. 3rd
Aug. 1729, Isabella, daugh. of William
Oliphant, min. of Smailholm, who survived ;
and the Humes of Polwarth.]
WILLIAM HOME, bapt. 26th Nov.
1758 1710, third son of Walter H. of
Bassendean, and Janet, daugh. of
Gabriel Semple, min. of Jedburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Earlston 6th Nov. 1733 ; ord.
min. of Polwarth 7th Jan. 1735; pres.
by George II. 10th Dec. 1756 ; trans, and
adm. 21st Sept. 1758 ; app. chaplain of
Edinburgh Castle in 1778, but did the
duty by deputy; died 30th Oct. 1784. He
marr. 19th March 1737, Mary (died 10th
Sept. 1788), daugh. of Robert Rocldam of
Ewart, Northumberland, and had issue —
Mary, born before 1741 (marr. 15th July
1770, John Home, min. of Athelstaneford,
author of Douglas) ; Walter, colonel 42nd
Regt., served through the American War
of Independence, born 4th Oct. 1742, died
before 27th Feb. 1800 ; Robert, min. of Pol-
warth ; Janet, born 22nd Dec. 1748, died
24th March 1 765 ; Elizabeth, born 19th May
1756 (marr. 19th Sept. 1782, Christopher
Tait, min. of Kincardine-in-Menteith), died
4th Jan. 1806 ; Roddam of Longformacus,
Admiral R.N., died at Inveresk 13th Feb.
1801 ; Luke, captain 16th Foot, died about
1798; John of Bassendean, captain H.E.I. OS.
— [Scots Mag., xix. ; Morren's Ann., ii., 168 ;
Carlyle's Autob. ; Geneal. of Home.]
JOHN TODD, born 17th Dec. 1743, son
1785 of John T., min. of Ladykirk ; ord.
min. of the Presbyterian congrega-
tion at Longframlington, Northumberland,
Nov. 1767; pres. by George III. 26th
March, and adm. 21st Sept. 1785 ; died
unmarr. 23rd Jan. 1814, aged 70. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xx.). — [Tombst.]
GEORGE M'LEAN, born Dysart ; son
lgl4 of Alexander M. ; was schoolmaster
of Coldstream ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
28th March 1797 ; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, 26th Feb., and ord. 1st Sept. 1814 ;
died 20th Dec. 1840. He marr. before 1787,
Alison Johnston, who died 2nd Feb. 1840,
duns]
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and had issue — Christian, born 9th July
1788 (marr. 25th June 1819, Adam Johnston);
Margaret, born 13th July 1789 (marr. 18th
Dec. 1823, John Tumbull of Humebyres) ;
Esther, born 28th Sept. 1791, died unmarr.
at Kelso, 20th April 1849. Publication-
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ii.).
- JOHN BAILLIE, born Fala Hall, Stow,
23rd Aug. 1816, son of James B.
(a kinsman of Joanna Baillie) and
Isabella Harvey ; educated at Stow Parish
School, Univ. of Edinburgh (where he won
six gold medals), and at Gonville and Caius
College, Cambridge; licen. by Presb. of
Earlston 29th June 1840 ; assistant at St
John's, Leith ; ord. 30th July 1841. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of Free Church,
Linlithgow, 1843-53. Joined the Church of
England ; min. of Percy Chapel, London,
1857 ; rector of Wyvenhoe, Essex, 1867 ;
D.D. (Trinity College, Cambridge, 3rd Feb.
1876) ; died 17th June 1890. He marr. (1)
8th Sept, 1847, Anne (died April 1854),
daugh. of Bichard Houghton, Liverpool,
and had issue — James Bichard, Indian
Civil Service, born 16th June 1848; Eleanor
Jane, born Aug. 1849 ; Bichard Houghton,
M.D., born 25th Dec. 1850, died 9th April
1897 ; John Harvey Johnson, M.D., born
4th April 1854, died 31st Jan. 1891 : (2)
1861, Elizabeth Clara Chippendale (died
1889), daugh. of General Latter, H.E.I.C.S.,
and had issue — Ernest Cecil, born 21st
April 1864 ; Algernon Harold, major Nor-
folk Regiment, born 22nd April 1866.
Publications — Memoir of William Hepburn
HewiUon (London, 1851) ; The Missionary
of Kilmany (Edinburgh, 1853) ; Memoir of
Adelaide Newton (London, 1854) ; Life
Studies (London, 1857) ; Thoughts and
Aphorisms an the Christian Life (London,
1857) ; An Earnest Ministry (London,
1857) ; God's Avenger, or England's present
Duty in India (London, 1857); Rivers in
the Desert, or Mission Scenes in Burmah
(London, 1858) ; St Augustine : a Bio-
graphical Memoir (London, 1859) ; Memoir
of Captain Bate, R.N. (London, 1859) ;
Scenes of Life, Historical and Biographical
(London, 1861); Grace A bounding (London,
1861); Christ Our Life (London, 1864);
VOL. II.
The Comforter (London, 1866); Coming
Events, or Thoughts on the Anti-Christ
(London, 1869); Modern Preaching (Lon-
don, 1870) ; Church and State in England
(London, 1872); What to Preach, and
how to Preach (London, 1875); Pleasant
Memories (London, 1878) ; and others,
besides several works of which he was
editor. — [Private information.]
- ANDREW BEDMAN BONAB, ord.
1843 22nd Sept. 1843 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Canongate, Edinburgh, 13th
March 1845.
BOBEBT FOBBESTEB PBOUD-
1845 FOOT, born 27th Dec. 1817, eldest
son of William P., min. of Shotts,
afterwards of Avendale ; educated at
Strathaven school and Univ. of Glasgow ;
B.A. (1837) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton ;
assistant at Avendale and at Gilmerton ;
ord. to North Esk 5th Jan. 1844 ; adm. to
this parish 4th July 1845 ; died unmarr.
5th March 1891. Publication— " Ministers
of the Synod of Merse and Teviotdale,"
contributed to The Berwickshire Neivs.
WILLIAM HENBY GBAY SMITH,
1891 k°rn 10th July 1862, son of James
S. S., min. of Eday ; educ. at Univs.
of St Andrews and Edinburgh ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh ; assistant at Brechin, Tranent, and
Lady Yester's, Edinburgh ; ord. 13th Aug.
1891 ; died 4th April 1913. He marr.
27th June 1893, Marion Ellison Somer-
ville, daugh. of William Cockburn Stark,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Hester Ada,
born 6th May 1894; Wellesley Sidney
Cockburn Gray, born 18th June 1900 ;
Horace Deans, born 28th Aug. 1905. Pub-
lication— Voces Vitce (Edinburgh, 1906).
ALEXANDEB WILSON FINLAY
1913 SON, born 20th Sept. 1884, son of
Joseph Sage F., min. of Burnt-
island ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1906), B.D.
(1909) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1909 ;
assistant at Alloa and St Stephen's,
Edinburgh; ord. 21st Aug. 1913. He
B
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GREENLAW
[PRESB. OF
raarr. 23rd June 1914, Evelyn Violet
Emily, youngest daugli. of James Oliver,
Edinburgh.
GREENLAW.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso. It was
dedicated by David de Bernham, 4th April
1242. There is no record of a patron saint,
but a fair was held here on St Helen's Day.
The tower was built originally as a jail, in
1712. In a charter of 1159 chapels at
Lambden and Halyburton are mentioned.
There was also a chapel at Rowiestone.]
1567
CHARLES HOME, reader in 1567. He
held also the chaplaincy at Haly-
burton.
1569
JOHN AFFLECK, last of the Romish
priests, conformed, and was reader
in 1569.
WILLIAM FRASER, reader from 1570
1570 to 1590.
ROBERT FRENCH, pres. to the vicarage
15*73 ky James VI. 23rd April 1573 ; trans,
to Home about 1574.
DAVID HOME, younger son of John
x H. of Ninewells; MA. (Edinburgh
1588) ; ord. to Chirnside in 1593 ; pres.
by Sir George Home of Greenlaw ; trans,
and adm. before March 1603. He was
nominated constant Moderator of Presb.
by the Assembly at Linlithgow ; was a
member of Assembly in 1608 ; acquired a
feu-right to the lands of The Tenandry of
Greenlaw in 1617 ; was tutor of Ninewells
in 1619 ; was called before the Court of
High Commission in 1620, and died in
April 1637, aged about 69. He marr.
Magdalen Auchencraw, "life-renter of a
third of the West Mains of Chirnside,"
perhaps as widow of one of the Spences
of West Mains and Hardens. She pre-
deceased him.— [Milne Home Papers, 233 ;
Beg. of Assig. ; Reg. Privy Coune. ; Peg.
of Deeds, ccclxxiii., 232 ; Gen. Peg. of Sas.,
xxxviii., 209 ; Berwickshire County Becords,
Deeds, iii., 159 ; Lauder Tests. ; Row's and
Stevenson's Ilists.-]
DAVID SPENCE is referred to in a
lfi„ minute, dated 11th -Sept. 1655,
quoted at a visitation at Greenlaw
on 28th Nov. 1664. He is then described
as the last min. there. He is apparently
the same as D. S. of Chirnside West
Mains, and Hardens. He marr. before
1635, Barbara, daugli. of Andrew Logan of
Coitfield, and had issue — Samuel ; James.
1645
ROBERT HOME of Greenlaw Castle,
descended from the Homes of
Polwarth ; M.A. (St Andrews 1617) ;
tutor and servitor at Redbraes, 1619-31 ;
ord. to Ellem in 1635 ; trans, and adm. in
1645 ; died 12th Dec. 1673, in his 79th year.
He was one of those appointed to revise
the metrical psalms, 1650 edition. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of William Methven,
min. of Fogo, and had issue — William
of Greenlaw Castle, apprenticed to Robert
Campbell, apothecary, Edinburgh, 30th
Aug. 1654, sometime Sheriff-substitute of
the county, died 1703; James, apprenticed
to Thomas Trotter, cordwainer, Edinburgh,
2nd June 1652 ; Margaret (marr. 28th Oct.
1663, George Holiwell, min. of Polwarth).
He had various mortgages on land in
Berwickshire, and by a loan to Sir Patrick
Hume, first Earl of Marchmont, he acquired
Greenlaw Castle. This loan was repaid by
Alexander, the second Earl, sixty-four years
later. [Among the descendants of his son
William, were — Anne Home, minor poetess,
wife of John Hunter, the anatomist ;
Mary, wife of Robert Mylne, architect ;
Sir Everard Home, Bart., a distinguished
surgeon ; and Duncan Charles Home, V.C.,
" the hero of the Kashmir Gate," at the
Siege of Delhi, 1857 (Lord Roberts' Forty-
one Years in India).] — [Peebles Presb. ;
Lauder Tests. ; Beg. Old Dec, i. ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Family Papers.]
JOHN HOME, eldest son of John H.
of Kelloe ; licen. by George, Bishop of
1674 Edinburgh, 17th June 1673 ; pres.
by Sir Patrick Hume of Polwarth, Bart. ;
adm. 10th May, and coll. 11th Aug. 1674;
deprived by Privy Council 17th Sept. 1689,
for failing to read the Proclamation of the
Estates and to pray for William and Mary.
For some years he ministered in the
duns]
GREENLAW
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Episcopal meeting-house at Eyemouth,
but was dep. by Presb. of Chirnside, 29th
April 1718, for baptizing the children of
persons of scandalous character. As he
continued in his post there, the Presb.
appealed to the Justices, who held that he
came under the Act of Toleration. The
Court of Justiciary on 29th May 1719 in-
hibited him. He retired to Herdrig, in
Eccles parish, and on 5th March 1721 was
warned by the Sheriff that his chapel
would be shut up if he allowed more than
eight persons beyond his own family to
attend. He succeeded to Kelloe, but sold
the lands in 1710. He died in 1740. He
marr. Rachel, daugh. of James Home, min.
of Coldstream, and had issue — Mar-
garet (marr. 1st June 1715, John Gow,
student of divinity). — [Marchmont and
the Humes of Polwarth ; Reg. Collat.; MS.
Ace. of Min. ; Sheriff Court Decrees, 1722-25,
p. 356 ; Lauder Tests.]
ARCHIBALD BORTHWICK, M.A. ;
called Oct. 1692; ord. 21st March
1693; trans, to Polwarth 12th
July 1709.
1693
'DAVID BROWN, M.A. ; called 31st
1?07 Oct. 1706 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 4th June 1707 ; trans, to
Gordon 25th Nov. 1708.
JAMES GILLILAND, licen. by Presb.
of Earlston 23rd Jan. 1707 ; assistant
171 1
at Gordon ; called 5th Sept. 1710 ;
ord. 6th Feb. 1711 ; died Sept. 1724. He
marr. 19th May 1719, Marjory, third
daugh. of Sir Alexander Purves of that
ilk, Bart., and had issue— Helen (marr.,
pro. 11th Sept, 1743, George Home, baker,
Edinburgh); James, jeweller, Edinburgh;
Elizabeth. — [Douglas's Baronage ; Lauder
Tests.]
THOMAS TURNBULL, pres. by Alex-
^ ander, Earl of Marchmont, and ord.
3rd Aug. 1725 ; trans, to Borthwick
16th June 1734.
JOHN HUME of Abbey St Bathans,
born 1700, son of George H. of
Abbey, min. of Abbey St Bathans ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 27th Oct.
1724; ord. to Polwarth 29th Aug. 1727;
trans, and adm. 26th Sept, 1734; died 13th
Dec. 1777. He marr. Charlotte, daugh. of
Charles Bellingham, deputy governor of
Dumbarton Castle, and Lady Julian Hume,
daugh. of Patrick, first Earl of Marchmont,
and had issue — Alexander, min. of Polwarth;
George, lieut. R.N., who was named one of
the heirs in the will of Hugh, last Earl of
Marchmont ; Julian (a daugh.). Publication
— Sermons upon Religious and Practiced
Subjects (Edinburgh, 1775). — [Laiider Tests.;
Tombst. ; Marchmont and the Humes of
Polwarth, 163; Gibson's An Old Benviclc-
shire Town.]
WILLIAM SIMSON, pres. by Hugh,
Earl of Marchmont, and ord. 3rd
Dec. 1778; trans, to Swinton 13th
June 1799.
1778
1799
1734
JOHN STEWART, licen. by Presb. of
Perth 31st Aug. 1785, and ord.
25th Jan. 1797 chaplain to the Fife
Fencible Cavalry ; pres. by the Trustee on
the Marchmont Estate, and adm. 26th Sept.
1799; died 6th Feb. 1804, aged 42. He
marr. 15th Aug. 1803, Jane Henderson,
who marr. again 10th Aug. 1807.— [See
Autobiography of [his grand-nephew] Rev.
William Arnot, Edinburgh.]
JAMES LUKE, licen. by Presb. of Dal-
1804 keith 24th Nov. 1795 ; assistant to
Hugh Blair, D.D., St Giles, Edin-
burgh ; morning lecturer by appointment
of the Town Council 13th March 1801 ;
pres. by John Wauchope, Trustee on the
Marchmont Estate, and ord. 30th Aug.
1804 ; died from the effects of a fall from
his horse (an old Waterloo charger), 9th
Sept. 1820. He marr. 4th Oct. 1804, Eliza,
youngest daugh. of Adam Keir, baker,
Edinburgh. She died without issue, 21st
Sept. 1859.— [Tombst.]
ABRAHAM HOME of Windshiel and
1821 Cunsgreen, born 25th Dec. 1775,
son of George H, min. of Ayton ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Chirnside 25th July 1797;
ord. to Ayton 29th Aug. 1799; pres. by
Sir William Purves - Hume - Campbell of
20
GREENLAW
[PRESB. OF
Marchmont, Bart., trans, and adm. 29th
March 1821; dem. 31st May 1844. He
dera. his charge at Ayton 29th March
1814, expecting to become the heir of
George Home of Paxton, with whom he
lived for a time. A difference arose
through his refusal to marry Home's niece,
Nancy Stephen, the adopted daughter of
Ninian Home, Governor of Grenada.
Abraham returned to the ministry, but
retained the annuity of £300 given him
by Home of Paxton when he resigned
Ayton. He died at Gunsgreen, Eyemouth,
3rd May 1856. He marr. 30th April 1821,
Susan (died 20th March 1831), eldest daugh.
of Patrick Anderson, W.S., and had issue
—George ; Patrick, M.D. ; Susan ; Anne
Mary ; Margaret. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, ii.). —
[Memoirs of An Aristocrat.]
JOHN HUNTER WALKER, born
Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire, 26th June
1800, son of James W. ; educated
at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont; ord. to Legerwood 17th April
1834 j trans, and adm. 2nd Aug. 1844 ;
died 26th June 1881. He marr. 28th Aug.
1834, Elizabeth M'Feegan, Keir, who died
12th Dec. 1876, and had issue— Janet, born
9th Aug. 1835 (marr. 21st June 1870, Robert
Forrester Hardy, banker, Duns), died 18th
Dec. 1914 [under the pen-name of "Janet
Gordon " she wrote The Councils of Castle
Connell, Champions of the Reformation,,
The Spanish Inquisition, Afloat and Ashore
with Sir Walter Raleigh, and other works] ;
Elizabeth, born 18th Dec. 1836; James, min.
of Channelkirk; Jane, born 7th Sept. 1840,
died unmarr. 30th March 1908. Publication
— "The Town and Parish of Greenlaw"
{History of Berwickshire Naturalists1 Club,
' 1864).
The Hon. ARTHUR GORDON, M.A. ;
1882 orc*" 5^ ^an" 1882; trans, to Kirk-
newton 18th May 1886.
HUGH MACCULLOCH, born Bally-
1886 barton, Co. Londonderry, 31st March
1851, son of Hugh M. and Margaret
Campbell; educated at Magee College,
Londonderry, New College and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Glender-
mot, Ireland, 1873 ; ord. to" Milford, Co.
Donegal, 1st Oct. 1873 ; trans, to Buncrana,
Co. Donegal, 25th Jan. 1881 ; adm. to St
Paul's Chapel, Leith, in April 1883 ; trans,
and adm. 23rd Sept. 1886. Marr. 21st June
1881, Annie, daugh. of Robert Ross, D.D.,
min. of Carlisle Road Church, Londonderry,
and Margaret Jane Christie, and has issue
—Margaret, born 13th Oct. 1883 ; Robert
Ross, solicitor, born 4th Oct. 1890.
THOMAS REID THOMSON, born
i9ie Glasgow, 14th Aug. 1859, son of
James T., builder, and Margaret
Reid ; educated at St Enoch's School and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow ; assistant at Kilbarchan and St
Mark's, Dundee ; ord. to East Parish,
Greenock, 8th Nov. 1887 ; trans, (assistant
and successor), and adm. 6th Jan. 1916.
Marr. 11th May 1905, Henrietta Hamilton,
third daugh. of Matthew Hill, Greenock.
GREENLAW, WES T
( CJi apel-of-Ease).
[Founded by the Original Burgher
Synod, 17th July 1800. In 1839 the con-
gregation joined the Church of Scotland.
Having taken part in the. Secession of
1843, they, along with other parishioners
of Greenlaw, formed the Free Church in
the parish.]
1834
JAMES YOUNG, ord. 3rd June 1834.
Joined the Church of Scotland in
1839 ; dem. in 1841. He served for a
time at Berbice, British Guiana. Having
returned to Scotland, he eventually resided
at Broughty-Ferry, where he gave occasional
supply in the Free Church. He died 3rd
Nov. 1882, aged 82.
JOHN FAIRBAIRN, born Halyburton,
1842 Greenlaw, 11th Feb. 1808, second son
of John F., farmer, and Jessie John-
ston, Middlestots ; was brother of Patrick
F., Principal of the Free Church College,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
sometime tutor at Cairnie, Fife ; licen. by
Presb. of Cupar in 1832; app. by the
duns]
LANGTON
21
Glasgow Colonial Society, 15th March 1833,
for service in Canada ; min. at Ramsay,
Canada, 1833-42; adm. to this charge 9th
July 1842. Joined the Free Church ; min.
of Greenlaw Free Church 1843-91 ; died
at Dunbar, 3rd April 1895. He marr.
(1) Mary Wilson, Campbellfield, Glasgow,
and had issue — John, merchant, Rock-
hampton, Queensland, died 1st Jan. 1901 :
(2) Agnes Copland (died 29th July 1887,
aged 76), daugh. of John Turnbull, Eye-
mouth, and sister of John T., rnin. of that
parish.— [The Border Almanac, 1896.]
LANGTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Cuthbert, belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso. The original edifice stood
in the old churchyard, near Langton House.
A church was built in 1798 at the village of
Gavinton. This was replaced in 1872 by
a new building.]
JOHN LEITCH, reader 1574 to
1574 1580.
JOHN HOME, trans, from Hutton in
5 1585, when Fogo also was under his
care ; trans, to Ayton in 1586. —
[Reg. Assig.]
WILLIAM METHVlEN, trans, from
1586 button, and adm. in 1586 ; pres. by
James VI. to the vicarage of Swinton
25th May 1586; dem. before 27th April
1587 ; trans, to Fogo in 1590, but returned in
1591 ; was a member of Assemblylin 1593,
and again trans, to Fogo after 1595. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JAMES GAITTIS [GALT], trans, from
15g6 Ellem in 1596 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 6th Feb. 1601 ; trans,
to Duns before 1607.—- [Reg. Assig.]
SAMUEL SINCLAIR, MA. (Edin-
1608 burgh, 28tn July 1599) ] Pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 23rd Nov.
1608 ; summoned before the Court of High
Commission in 1620; died in 1653, aged
about 74. He marr. Maria Turnbull and
had issue — John, apprenticed to Gilbert
Muir, merchant, Edinburgh, 15th March
1643 ; Robert.— [Prot. M., John Hay, ix.,
125, 26th July 1625 ; Reg. Assig. ; Old Dec.,
ii. ; Lauder Tests. ; Stat. Reports, 1627 ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 425.]
JOHN BURNE, born 1615 ; MA. (Glas-
1659 ^0W 1634). ^e was settled here in
1659. He refused to conform to
Episcopacy, but was protected by Sir
Archibald Cockburn of Langton, and con-
tinued till his death, between 21st Nov.
1672 and 25th March 1673. In Sept. 1668
he was reported to the Bishop for allowing
John Veitch, the suspended min. of West-
ruther, to dispense the Communion in the
parish to a vast assemblage from all parts of
the Border. He refused the Presbytery's
offer to supply his pulpit, and permitted
deposed ministers and students to share
his pastoral, duties. The Presb. complained
that " great crowds with itching ears flock
to hear those intruders, to the contempt
of authority, both civil and ecclesiastical,
and to the no small scandal of all well-
affected persons." He marr., and had issue
— William, alive in 1689 ; George, appren-
ticed to James Stewart, druggist, Edin-
burgh, 15th Nov. 1665. — [Bunkle Sess. Reg. ;
Torabst. ; Wodrow's Hist.]
ROBERT HAPPER, licen. by George,
1677 Bishop of Edinburgh, 4th May 1665 ;
pres. by Sir Archibald Cockburn of
Langton ; coll. 7th and adm. 27th Feb.
1677 ; continued 1st Nov. 1681, and was
probably deprived on account of the Test. —
[Reg. Collat. ; Tombst.]
LUKE OGLE, M.A, born 1610, eldest
1679 son °^ Nicholas O., of the Eglingham
branch of this widely-spread North-
umberland family ; was vicar of Ingram,
from which he was driven by the Act of
Uniformity. He became lecturer in Ber-
wick, but was ejected along with Wressel
the vicar, in 1662. While resident in
Berwick he served in the ministry at
Ancroft, but was seized by Lord Wid-
drington, Governor of Berwick, and im-
22
LANGTON
[PEESB. OF
prisoned for six weeks. Being admitted
to bail, lie was released and confined to the
town and its liberties. After getting free
of this restraint, he visited friends in
England and in Scotland, where he often
took part in conventicles. Many gatherings
were held at this time at Lintlaw, Blanerne
House, the house of the Laird of Abbey,
Duns Law, and Nisbet, where John Welch,
" so much talked about,1' was the preacher.
At Langton Ogle preached and baptized,
and drew great crowds, and was on 19th
Sept. 1671 inhibited by the Archbishop of
St Andrews. Returning to Berwick, he
was again banished, and went to London.
General Monk offered to procure him a
bishopric if he would conform, but Ogle
answered that " the height of his ambition
was only to live quietly and peaceably
among his own people. If that could not
be obtained, he must submit to Providence."
Again he was imprisoned for some months,
on pretence of a plot being discovered
among Presbyterians in the south of
England. He retired to his estate of
Bowsden, where he conducted meetings
that later formed the beginning of the
congregation of Barmoor or Lowick. He
was indulged here by the Privy Council,
20th Sept. 1679, and officiated in the
Langton Byre (later mistakenly called the
Episcopal Meeting-house). In 1685 he was
a prisoner at Wooler for five weeks, which
nearly cost him his life. On the Indulgence
of 1687 he returned to Berwick and mini-
stered to a large congregation. This
developed later into the High and the
Low Meetings, and is now represented by
St Andrew's, Church of Scotland. He
received calls from the parish of Kelso
and the city of Edinburgh, but declined
„ to remove, and died April 1696. He marr.
(pro. Feb. 1657), Mary, daugh. of Arthur
Foster, parish of Kirkandrews, Cumber-
land, and had issue— Samuel of Bowsden,
who sat in Parliament for Berwick, and
died Commissioner of the Revenue for
Ireland, 10th March 1718.— [Berwick Reg.
{Bur.) ; Fuller's Berwick ; Wodrow's Hist. ;
Calamy's Ejected Min., ii. ; Hutchinson's
Northumberland; Livingston's Life; Memoir
of Wm. Veitch ; New Stat. Ace, ii.]
PATRICK WALKER, bom 1653 ; M.A.
1682 (St Andrews, 26th July 1670);
passed trials before the Presb. there,
and was recommended for license 20th Jan.
1675 ; was a bursar in 1681, and on second-
ary trials for St Monans when he was
pres. to this parish, and adm. 28th March
1682 ; deprived by Privy Council 3rd Sept.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary ; he went to Oxford, but becoming
chaplain to David, Viscount Stormont,
returned and took up residence at Scone,
where he was served with a libel and
inhibited by the Presb. 13th Sept. 1710.
He died unmarr. at Comlongan, Dumfries-
shire, 28th March 1727.— [Peterkin's Con-
stitution of the Church ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689; Tombst.]
JOHN DYSART, M.A. ; trans, from
ieql Dalton, Northumberland, and adm.
30th April 1691 ; trans, to Colding-
ham, by advice of the Privy Council, 24th
July 1694.
JOHN DAWSON, eldest son of James
D. in Harpertoun ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
9th July 1694); "preacher of the
Gospel in the parish of Edrom" in 1698;
ord. 14th July 1698 ; died Nov. 1726, aged
about 53. He marr. (pro. 16th April 1698),
Elizabeth Allan, "attending the Countess
of Sutherland," and had issue — James, his
successor. — [Roxburgh Sas., vii., 18 ; Lauder
Tests. ; Boston's Memoirs.']
JAMES DAWSON, M.A., son of pre-
7 ^ ceding ; pres. by Sir Alexander
Cockburn of Langton, and ord. 18th
Aug 1727 ; trans, to St Cuthbert's Parish,
Edinburgh, 15th Feb. 1734.
JAMES LAURIE, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
1?34 Alexander Cockburn of Langton,
Aug. 1733, and ord. 8th Jan. 1734 ;
trans, to Hawick 7th Oct. 1757.
DAVID JOHNSTON, ord. 11th May
.... 1758; trans, to North Leith 11th
July 1765.
duns]
LANGTON
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ANDREW SMITH [DRUMMOND],
1766 k°rn 1741, son of William S., prin-
cipal clerk of Chancery, and Ann
Drummond, heiress of Concraig, to which
estate he ultimately succeeded and took
the name of Drummond ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 25th April 1764 ; ord. 24th July
1766 ; died 26th Jan. 1789. He man. 27th
Dec. 1769, Sophia (died 20th July 1803),
daugh. of John Gowdie, min. of Earlston,
and had issue— Catherine, died in infancy ;
William, born 8th May 1773 ; John, born
7th Nov. 1774; Andrew, died in infancy;
Walter, born 12th July 1777 ; Ann Drum-
mond, born 12th July 1779 (marr. Thomas
Thomson, min. of St James' Place Relief
Church, Edinburgh), died at Polmont, 8th
May 1848.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER GIRVAN, tutor in the
_ family of James, Earl of Lauderdale ;
licen. by Presb. of Lauder 5th April
1775 ; ord. to Lunan 18th April 1782 ; pres.
by Miss Elizabeth Gavin of Langton ; trans,
and adm. 30th Oct. 1789; died 25th June
1809, aged 57. He marr. Isabella Edmon-
ston, who died 5th May 1840, and had issue —
James ; Andrew, accountant in Edinburgh ;
Isabella, died 1st June 1827 ; Mary, died
young. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.).
" JOHN BROWN, born 9th May 1778,
laio on^ son °^ Thomas B., shoemaker,
Glasgow; educated under Prof. Law-
son in the Associate Burgher Hall, Selkirk ;
called to Chapel Street Congregation,
Hamilton, but the Presb. refused to sustain
the call. He joined the Church of Scotland,
and was licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 8th
June 1803; ord. to Gartmore 13th June
1805 ; pres. by Mary, Countess of Breadal-
bane ; trans, and adm. 28th June 1810 ;
D.D. (Glasgow, Nov. 1815). Joined the
Free Church ; min. of Langton Free Church
1843-48 ; died 25th June 1848. He marr.
Marjory (died 7th Oct. 1863), daugh. of
George Graham of Duniverig, and had
issue — Elizabeth, died young ; Thomas,
D.D., min. of Kinneff and of Dean Free
Church, Edinburgh, Moderator of Free
Church Assembly 1890, author of Annals
of the Disruption, born 23rd April 1811,
died 4th April 1893 ; Sir John Campbell,
K.C.B., surgeon - general, born 13th May
1813, served with distinction in India, died
27th July 1890; Elizabeth Gavin, born
20th March 1815 (marr. John Thomson,
min. of Mariners' Church, Leith) ; Janet,
born 13th Jan. 1817 ; Marjory, born 9th
Feb. 1819 ; Agnes, born 31st July 1821 ;
Margaret, born 27th Aug. 1823; George,
born 13th June 1825 ; Graham, born 5th
March 1829 ; Jane Anne, born 13th Jan.
1832. Publications — Vindication of the
Presbyterian Form of Church Government
(Edinburgh, 1805) ; Exercises for the Young
(Edinburgh, 1824) ; The Testimony of Ex-
perience to the Utility and Necessity of
Sabbath Schools (Edinburgh, 1826); An
Examination of the Sentiments of Socinians
and Arians, respecting the meritorious cause
of the Forgiveness of Sin (Edinburgh,
1827) ; Letter to Dr Chalmers, on the extent
of the powers which ought to be vested in
the people in the Settlement of Ministers
(Edinburgh, 1833) ; The Exclusive claims of
Puseyite Episcopalians to the Christian
Ministry indefensible (Edinburgh, 1842);
Brief Statement of Facts, respecting certain
interviews with Her Majesty's Ministers
(Edinburgh, 1842) ; many contributions to
the Edinburgh Christian Instructor ; Ac-
count of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, ii.).
—[Diet. Nat. Biog.]
DAVID DUNLOP, probably son of
David D., Kilpatrick ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow and United Seces-
sion Divinity Hall. Joined the Church of
Scotland ; ord. 1st March 1844 ; died un-
marr. 4th April 1864.
ROBERT STORMONTH DARLING,
born 30th Aug. 1836, son of James
1864 Stormonth D. of Lednathie, W.S.,
Kelso, and Elizabeth Moir, daugh. of
James Tod of Deanston ; educated at
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Kelso 12th July 1859; ord. 18th Aug.
1864 ; died unmarr. 5th July 1867. Publi-
cation— Sermons preached in the Church
of a Country Parish, posthumous (private
circulation ; Kelso, 1869.)
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LANGTON— LONGFORMACUS AND ELLEM [presb. of
1867
JAMES LARGIE BLAKE, born Aber-
deen, 22nd Nov. 1820, son of James
B. and Jessie Largie ; educated at
Grammar School and Marischal College,
Aberdeen ; MA. (1840) ; sclioolmaster of
Monymusk, 1843-6; licen. by Presb. of
Garioch 7th May 1846 ; assistant at
Inveresk; ord. to Stobo 19th July 1850;
trans, and adm. 10th Oct. 1867 ; died 14th
May 1892. He marr. 17th Oct. 1850,
Janette (died 12th March 1892), daugh. of
William Bryce, D.D., min. of Aberdour,
and had issue — Jane Graham, born 23rd
Sept. 1851 ; James William, min. of Temple;
George Alexander Bryce, merchant, America,
born 30th Jan. 1855 ; Isabella Elizabeth
Janette, born 8th Aug. 1858 (marr. William
Johnstone Walker). Publications — Eng-
land and Scotland as influenced by the
Reformation, Blackwell Prize Essay (Edin-
burgh, 1875) ; Accent and Rhythm explained
by the Law of Monopressures (Part L,
1888); sometime editor of the Missionary
Record of the Church of Scotland.
JOHN PEATTIE, born 8th July 1858,
son of John P., Edinburgh; educated
1892 at Edinburgh Univ.; MA. (1885);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1887 ;
assistant at Alloa ; ord. 14th Sept. 1892.
Marr. 28th Feb. 1893, Margaret Crombie
Grant, Alloa.
LONGFORMACUS AND ELLEM.
[The church of Longformacus was dedi-
cated by Bishop David de Bernham, 11th
March 1243. In 1667 the choir was in
ruins, the church itself being "very ruinous."
It was rebuilt on the old foundations in
1730, and a thorough renovation was made
,in 1895. Our Lady's Well is on the Dye
Water, about a quarter of a mile east of
the village. The parish was long united
to Mordington, but was disjoined in 1666.
Longformacus and Ellem were united in
1712; and Ellem church was disused.]
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, younger son
of David S. of that ilk ; mentioned
as min. in 1585 (Acts and Dec,
clviii., 110). See Mordington.
1585
1594
JOHN DOUGLAS, MA. ; settled here
in 1594 ; trans, to Canonbie in 1606.
— [Reg. Assig.]
1607
GEORGE RULE, brother of Robert R.
of Peelwalls, Ay ton ; MA. (St
Andrews 1600); adm. before 27th
May 1607 ; a member of Assembly in 1638 ;
pres. to Lennel by Charles I., 1st Oct. 1641,
but not settled. The parish was vacant by
Oct. 1652. He marr. Anna Johnston, and
had issue— Gilbert [it is not unlikely that
this was Gilbert Rule, afterwards Principal
of Edinburgh Univ., though some accounts
give Elgin as his birthplace] ; Archibald,
probably bailie in Edinburgh ; Isobel ; Anna
(marr., cont. 27th Sept. 1666, Alexander
Hume of Abbey St Bathans). — Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Gen. Reg. Sas., lii., 254 ; Berwick
Sas., i., 336 ; Milne Home MSS., 76.]
1668
THOMAS WOLFE, MA. (St Andrews
1625) ; assistant to preceding in
April 1646 ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 7th Nov. 1662; ord. and
coll. 16th Jan., and adm. 2nd Feb. 1668;
was still in the charge 24th Oct. 1671. —
[Innenvick Sess. Reg. ; Reg. of Collat.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, M.A.; adm.
1672 24th Oct., and coll. 7th Dec. 1672 ;
trans, to Coldingham in 1677. — [Reg.
of Collat,]
JOHN BROWN, MA. ; adm. 24th Sept.
1678 1678; trans, to Ellem 1st March 1684.
1684
ROBERT SMITH, born 1660, son of
William S., portioner of Monkton-
hall, and Margaret Carse ; MA.
(Edinburgh, 4th Aug. 1677); tutor in the
family of Robert, Viscount Oxf uird ; passed
trials for license before Presb. of Dalkeith,
and was recommended to the Bishop 4th
Oct. 1683; pres. July 1684; dem. 10th
June 1714, when he retired to Dunbar.
He marr. Janet Taylor, and had issue —
John, min. of Kincardine - in - Menteith ;
William, min. of Cranstoun. — [Dunbar
Presb. Reg.; MS. Ace of Min.; MS. Pedigree
Lyon Office; Ar.Z>. Advertiser, 26th Nov.
1863.]
duns]
LONGFORMACUS AND ELLEM
25
DANIEL SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
2nd April 1705) ; licen. by Presb. of
1715 Caithness 30th May 1711 ; pres. by
Sir Robert Sinclair of Longformacus in
Dec. 1714; ord. 5th May 1715; died 25th
Nov. 1734, aged about 48. He marr. Feb.
1729, Elizabeth, daugh. of Robert Hamilton
of Airdrie, who survived hirn. — [Lauder
Tests.; Tombst,]
1735
ROBERT MONTEITH, born 1707, son
of James M., min. of Borgue ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 29th April 1726); licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 7th July 1731 ;
called 31st March, and ord. 12th June 1735 ;
died 11th Dec. 1776. He is frequently
mentioned in the Autobiography of Carlyle
of Inveresk, while his conduct as a volunteer
at Prestonpans is sarcastically described in
Skirving's ballad of "Tranent Muir." He
marr. 21st March 1744, Mary (died Feb.
1795), daugh. of John Scott, attorney in
Berwick, and had issue — Basil, born 28th
Feb. 1745; Agnes, born 27th Oct. 1747;
Mary, born 24th Nov. 1748 (marr. 6th Nov.
1774, Thomas Clark, tenant in Tiptoe,
Northumberland) ; Sinclair, born 20th July
1750 ; James, born 30th Oct. 1751 ;
Christian, born 18th Oct. 1753; Alex-
andria, born 30th Nov. 1754, died 15th
June 1762; Henry, born 6th July 1756;
David, born 28th Dec. 1761. Publication —
The Bights of the Clergy to Appear in
Defence of the Liberties of their Country, a
sermon (Edinburgh, 1747).— [Tombst. ; Car-
lyle's Autob. ; Hogg's Jacobite Belies, ii.]
SELBY ORD, min. for eleven years of a
17>-7 Presbyterian congregation at Cocker-
mouth; pres. by Thomas Rait of
Longformacus, and adm, 25th July 1777 ;
died 10th July 1814, aged 72. He had con-
siderable medical knowledge, Avhich was
useful to his people. He' marr. Esther
Sergant, who died 20th Sept. 1787, and
had issue — Nancy or Ann, born 24th June
1772 (marr. 8th April 1806, Houliston) ;
Margaret, born 1775 (marr. 28th July 1808,
John Dods, farmer, Stoneypath) ; Edward,
born 20th Aug. 1779, joined the army, died
18th Dec. 1807 ; Thomas, born 1785, died at
Biggar, 27th Dec. 1859, was widely known
as a circus proprietor and equestrian. It
is stated that he always conducted his
troupe in a body to the parish church in
the place they happened to be of a Sun-
day. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). — [Scottish Notes
and Queries, 2nd ser., ii., 107 ; A Sketch of
the Life of Thomas Ord, 1902.]
1 GEORGE BELL, born 1788, son of
1815 George B., Cummertrees ; became
schoolmaster of Kirkmahoe ; tutor
in the family of Professor James Home,
M.D., of Cowdenknowes, Earlston ; licen.
by Presb. of Lauder 23rd Sept. 1813 ; pres.
by John Home of Longformacus, and ord.
11th Feb. 1815 ; died 8th Feb. 1830. He
marr. 22nd June 1818, Elizabeth Easton or
Watson, a widow, who died 15th Aug. 1871,
and had issue — Margaret, born 25th April
1819; Elizabeth, born 25th Nov. 1820;
Susan Greig, born 7th June 1822 ; George,
born 19th March 1824 ; Walter, born 4th
May 1826 ; Robert, born 3rd March 1828.
HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL, pres. by
1830 J°nn Home of Longformacus, and
ord. 6th Sept. 1830 ; trans, to Duns
19th Oct. 1843.
WALTER WEIR, born 2nd March 1796,
1844 son °^ Robert W., merchant, Leith,
and Margaret Main ; educated at
Leith High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; was in early life a merchant in
Leith ; licen. by Presb. of Lochcarron 10th
July 1832 ; assistant at Innerwick and at
Cupar - Fife ; ord. to Walls and Flotta,
Orkney, 19th July 1837 ; trans, and adm.
25th Jan. 1844 ; died 10th April 1871. He
marr. 1st Oct. 1839, Jane M'Cormick (died
25th Sept. 1880), daugh. of Henry David
Hill, D.D., Prof, of Greek in the Univ. of
St Andrews, and sometime min. of North
Berwick, and had issue — Robert Walter,
D.D., min. of Greyfriars, Dumfries.
Publications — The Highway of Holiness
(Edinburgh, 1849) ; The Hidden One (Edin-
burgh, 1 858) ; The First Fruits of Eurcype
tmto Christ (Edinburgh, 1870). — [Vide
Glimpses into the Past in Lammermuir,
p. 128.]
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LONGFORMACUS— ELLEM, or ELLEMFORD [pkesb. of
GEORGE COOK, born 30tli Aug. 1846,
18?1 son of George C, D.D., min. of
Borgue ; educated at Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1866), B.D.
(1869); licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
1869 ; assistant at Bo'ness and at Newton-
on-Ayr ; ord. 7th Sept. 1871 ; died 25th
March 1891. He marr. 9th March 1875,
Helen, daugh. of Walter Scott Lorrain
of Loaningdale, Biggar, and had issue —
George, tea planter, Ceylon, born 17th
March 1876, died 6th June 1915 ; Walter
Lorrain, Canadian Pacific Railway, born
18th Nov. 1880; Henry Pattullo, M.B.,
I.M.S., born 13th Nov. 1882. Publication
— Ed. fifth edition of his uncle Dr John
Cook's Styles of Writs, etc. (Edinburgh,
1882).
JAMES JOHNSTON DRUMMOND,
1891 M-A-> B.D., assistant to preceding ;
ord. 10th July 1891 ; trans, to St
Bernard's, Edinburgh, 22nd Oct. 1897.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON HARVIE,
born Coatbridge, 1st July 1870, son
of Thomas White H. and Elizabeth
Burn Davidson ; educated at Hutcheson's
Grammar School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1896); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
6th May 1896 ; missionary at Ardlui ;
assistant at St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow;
ord. 11th March 1898; dem. 24th Nov.
1910; settled in British Columbia as a
real estate agent. Marr. 5th June 1900,
Frances, daugh. of John Baird and Elizabeth
M'Laws, and has issue — Francis William,
born 26th Oct. 1901 ; Evan Thomson
Davidson, born 6th March 1905 ; James
Alexander, born 8th Aug. 1907.
JAMES MILLER MOORHEAD
'1911 MADILL> B-A-; ord- 9th March
1911 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Elgin, 8th April 1916.
ROBERT CRANSTOUN KERR, born
19 • Lowick, Northumberland, 24th April
1886, son of John Brotherston K.
and Roberta Spence ; educated at George
Watson's College, Edinburgh, and Edin-
burgh Univ.; M.A. (March 1911); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 6th May 1914;
assistant at St George's -in -the -Fields,
Glasgow ; ord. 26th July, 1916.
ELLEM, on ELLEMFORD.
[Of the church dedicated by David de
Bernham, 11th March 1243, little more
than the foundations now remain. The
parish was united to Longformacus by the
Commissioners of Teinds, 13th Feb. 1712.]
ROBERT FLINT, reader from 1567 to
1567 1585.
MATTHEW LIDDELL, trans, from
1585 Cranshaws, and adm. in 1585,
having also Cranshaws and Abbey
St Bathans in charge, but in 1590 only the
latter ; trans, to Abbey St Bathans in 1591.
— [Beg. Assig.]
ROBERT LIVINGSTON, mentioned as
15g. min. in 1594 ; trans, to Drumelzier
in 1595.— [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES GAITTIS [GALT], min. in
15g5 1595 ; trans, to Langton that or
following year.— [Beg. Assig.]
GEORGE REDPATH, M.A. ; took
15 charge in 1596; trans, to Bunkle in
1599, bat returned previous to 1608 ;
trans, to Abbey St Bathans before 1624. —
[Beg. Assig.]
LEONARD HOUSTOUN, previously
schoolmaster at Ayton ; min. in
1624; still min. in 1630.— [Beg. of
Deeds, cccxcviii., 19th Sept. 1627 ; Acts
and Dec, cccxxxvii., 265.]
ROBERT HOME, M.A. ; min. in 1635 ;
1635 trans, to Greenlaw before 1645.
PATRICK HOME, M.A., min. in 1647 ;
1647 was Pr°bably trans, to Hutton in
1650.
WILLIAM HOME, pres. to Edrom 22nd
1652 May 1648 ; adm. here in 1652 ; still
min. 17th March 1653 ; shortly after-
wards he was trans, to Ayton,
DUNS]
ELLEM, on ELLEMFORD— POLWARTH
27
1654
ZACHARY WILKIE, son of Robert W.,
min. of the College Kirk, Glasgow,
and brother of John W. of Broom-
house, ancestor of the Fouklen family ;
MA. (GlasgOAv 1644). He was named after
Zachary Boyd, min. of the Barony Parish,
Glasgow, who left him a legacy of 100
merks, 15th Jan. 1652. He became
chaplain to George, Earl of Linlithgow,
with whom he was residing, 20th Sept.
1649 ; adm. to this parish 13th April 1654 ;
conforming to Episcopacy, he was coll.
18th June 1663, and died Dec. 1683, aged
about 60. He marr. (1) Margaret Cockburn,
whose will is dated 1657 : (2) April 1669,
Margaret Simson of Innerwick.— [Dalkeith
Presb.; Innerwick Sess. Beg.; Law lei-
Tests. ; Rerj. Collat.]
JOHN BROWN, MA. (Edinburgh
1684 1673); adm- to Longformacus 24th
Sept. 1678; trans, and adm. 1st
March, and inst. 3rd April 1684; died
between 21st Oct. 1713 and 1st June 1714,
aged about 61— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
POLWARTH.
[A church was built here about the year
900. On 7th April 1242 a new church,
dedicated to St Mungo, was consecrated
by Bishop David de Bernham. It was re-
built in 1378, and again in 1703. by Sir
Patrick Hume, first Earl of Marchmont.
There still remains under the east end
the vaulted burial aisle where Sir Patrick
was concealed in 1684. The pulpit frontal
was the Avork of his daughter, Lady Grisell
Baillie.]
ADAM HUME, third son of Sir Patrick
1560 **•» fourtn °f Polwarth, and Eliza-
beth, daugh. of Sir Patrick Hepburn
of Waughton ; was rector at the Reforma-
tion. He conformed to the Protestant
faith, and died in 1593. He marr. Christian
Stewart, and had issue— Alexander, died
30th Nov. 1637; Patrick, apprenticed to
Thomas Admistoun, merchant, Edinburgh,
17th April 1605 ; Margaret (marr. (1), cont,
11th July 1586, Patrick Hepburn of East
Craigs, and (2) Richard Admistoun of that
ilk) ; Helen (marr. Alexander Cass, min. of
this parish). — {Reg. of Deeds, xii., xxxviii.,
cexe, 153 ; Scots Peerage, vi., 7 ; Tombst. ;
Marchmont Peerage Case.]
' ROBERT BELL, reader, 1567 to
1567 1580.
DAVID FORSYTH, trans, from Bolton ;
1585 acmi- a^out I585 > trans, to Legerwood
about 1592. — [Reg. Assig.]
ALEXANDER GAITTIS [GATES,
1593 ^ALT], son of Patrick G., min. of
Duns ; MA. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug.
1591) ; min. here in 1593 ; member of
Assembly in 1602; died 6th Nov. 1603,
aged about 32. — [Milne Home MSS. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; Booke of the Kirk.]
[COLIN ROW, min. of Drumelzier, was
allowed to demit that parish on
account of insufficiency of stipend.
When the Presbytery met to examine him
with a view to settlement here, an anony-
mous letter was read, dated 5th Nov. 1604 :
"There are reports that another is being
pushed for the place, and R.'s modesty
may prevent him doing justice to himself,
yet Demosthenes in his youth stood dumb
before the people. As the Lord will reward
you, have regard to the honest innocency
of that simple soul." This appeal was un-
successful, but he was settled at St Quivox
soon afterwards. — Peebles Presb. Reg.]
ALEXANDER CASS [CASE], son of
William C, portioner of Monkton-
hall, and uncle of Robert Carson,
min. of Newton ; MA. (Edinburgh, 29th
July 1600) ; min. in 1604 ; was a member
of the Glasgow Assembly in 1638 ; also
of the Commission of Assembly in 1644,
1646. He died 2nd Aug. 1651, in his 74th
year. He marr. Helen, daugh. of Adam
Hume, min. of this parish in 1560, and had
issue — Agnes, "gudwyfe of the Rig," who
probably marr. in 1645 Ninian Home of
Kennetsidehead. — [Reg. Assig. ; Lauder
Tests. ; Tombst., Baillie's Letters ; Steven-
son's Hist. ; Peterkin's Records.]
28
POLWARTH
[PRESB. OF
DAVID ROBERTSON, MA.; trans.
1652 from Dunbar ; adm. before 18th June
1652 ; conforming to Episcopacy, he
was coll. 16th Oct. 1662 ; trans, to Lennel
between 25th Aug. and 29th Dec. 1663.
GEORGE HOLIWELL, was son of
1664 Thomas H., bailie of Selkirk ;
tutor to Sir Patrick Hume, after-
wards Earl of Marchmont; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 23rd July 1648); coll. to Hilton
16th Oct. 1662 ; pres. by Sir Patrick
Hume ; trans, and inst. 10th May 1664 ;
died 24th Aug. 1704 (the age [67] given
on his tombstone is probably a mistake).
He marr. 28th Oct. 1663, Margaret, claugh.
of Robert Hume, min. of Greenlaw, and
had issue — seven sons, among whom were
Robert, vicar of Limber Magna, Lincoln-
shire ; Walter, periwig-maker, Duns ; and
four daughs. A portrait of George Holi-
well was in possession of his descendant,
John Ford, provost of Duns, 1916. —
[Lander Tests. ; Polwarth Reg. {Bapt.) ;
Tombst, ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Rule's
See. Vindication ; Craig-Brown's Selkirk-
shire ; Maddison's Lincolnshire Pedigrees.]
ARCHIBALD BORTHWICK, second
son of Andrew B. of Sauchnell ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th July 1659) ;
licen. after 6th July 1687 ; orcl. to Green-
law 21st March 1693 ; chaplain to Lord
Polwarth's Dragoons in 1708; trans, and
adm. 25th Aug. 1709] died March 1727,
aged about 88. He marr. (1) (name un-
known), and had issue — Patrick, merchant,
Leith, de jure sixteenth Lord Borthwick,
(whose great-grandson, Cunninghame B.,
successfully claimed the peerage before
the House of Lords in 1870), died 6th Oct.
1772; Elizabeth (marr. Robert Davidson
.of Marchcleuch) : (2) 17th Jan. 1701,
Catherine, claugh. of James Lawson of
Cairnmuir, and had issue — Barbara, bapt.
9th Sept. 1703 (marr. 12th March 1732,
Patrick Hepburn, writer, Edinburgh) ;
Catherine, who died young. — [Edioi. Mar.
Reg. ; Scots Peerage, ii., 103.]
JOHN HUME of Abbey St Bathans,
pres. by Alexander, Earl of March-
1727 mont, and ord. 29th Aug. 1727;
trans, to Greenlaw 26th Sept. 1734.
1709
WILLIAM HOME, ord. 7th Jan. 1735 ;
1735 trans, to Fogo 21st Sept. 1758.
1758
ALEXANDER HUME, son of John H.
of Abbey St Bathans, min. here ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Duns in 1753 ; ord.
to Abbey St Bathans 9th May 1755;
trans, and adm. 30th Nov. 1758 ; died
30th July 1768. He marr. (1) 4th Oct.
1755, Agnes (died 29th Dec. 1764), daugh.
of William Bryden, baxter burgess, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
15th Sept. 1756 ; Charlotte, born 9th Oct.
1758; Jean, born 9th Nov. 1759; Ann,
born 27th April 1763, died 25th Jan. 1764 ;
John, born 1st Dec. 1764 : (2) 22nd July
1765, Janet, daugh. of James Jamieson,
tenant in Easter Gamelshiel, and had
issue— Elspeth, born 21st Feb. 1767; Alex-
ander (posthumous), born 3rd Sept. 1768.
She marr. again in Oct. 1779, Thomas
Jeffrey, in Whitsome Parish, and in 1783
raised an action of declarator of nullity
of marriage, but was unsuccessful. Up to
Whitsunday 1782 she had imposed on the
Ministers' Widows' Fund by drawing an
annuity as a widow ; and to prevent
similar frauds, an action was raised by
the Collector against her and her husband,
who were found liable in reparation by the
Lord Ordinary (Gardenstone). — [Consist.
Processes, &c, Scot. Record Socy., No. 776 ;
Lauder Tests. ; Trustees' Rejwrts.']
1769
ROBERT HOME, born 30th Oct. 1744,
son of William H., min. of this
parish in 1735, and afterwards of
Fogo ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
called 20th April, and ord. 21st Sept. 1769 ;
was chaplain of Edinburgh Castle, but
discharged the duties by deputy ; died
Father of the Church, 25th March 1838.
He marr. 25th Dec. 1777, Elizabeth (died
27th April 1822), daugh. of James Murray
of Wooplaw, and had issue — Margaret,
born 24th Jan. 1779 (marr. 4th Dec. 1798,
John Murray of Mitchelston and Torquhan,
Stow), died 9th March 1801 ; Joan, born
in or about 1780 (marr. 25th Dec. 1806,
Carlyle Bell, W.S.), died 6th Jan. 1820;
Mary, born 15th May 1781, died unmarr.
14th Nov. 1851 ; Janet Gullan, born 10th
duns]
POLWARTH
29
April 1785, died unniarr. 1808 ; Sarah Rod-
dam, born 25th April 1787, died unmarr.
1811 ; Frances Dysart, born 20th July
1789, died unmarr. 12th Aug. 1820 ; Grisell
Scott, born 30th Oct. 1791, died unmarr.
1831 ; Elizabeth Murray, born 16th April
1793, died unmarr. 7th Dec. 1825 ; William,
midshipman R.N., born 24th July 1794,
died 8th June 1816, as the result of
exposure, at the siege of New Orleans ;
James Gabriel Murray, captain 22nd Bengal
Native Infantry, born 15th Sept. 1795, died
at St Helena, 3rd May 1826; Charlotte
Dorothea, born 7th Feb. 1797, died un-
marr. 8th Feb. 1859; Walter, his suc-
cessor ; James Murray, brevet-major 36th
Foot, born 4th Oct. 1799, served in Lower
Canada Campaign, 1814, retired 1852, be-
came agent on the Irish estates of the
Earl of Listowel, and died at Dumfries,
21st Feb. 1868 ; Luke Eoddam, captain 7th
Bombay Cavalry, born 15th Dec. 1800, died
at sea, near Madagascar, 26th March 1826 ;
Robina, born 23rd Nov. 1802, died unmarr.
1829. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.).
WALTER HOME, born 30th June 1798,
1823 ^ird son of preceding ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Duns 7th May 1822 ; pres. by Sir
William Purves Hume Campbell of March-
mont, Bart., and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 17th April 1823; res. 25th Oct.
1881 ; died Father of the Church, at
Edinburgh, 17th Oct. 1886. He marr. 10th
Jan. 1839, Mary (born 1st May 1809, died
29th Oct. 1902), youngest daugh. of John
Murray of Wooplaw, and had issue — Robert,
min. of Swinton ; John Murray, banker,
Edinburgh, born 25th Feb. 1842, died 18th
May 1912; Margaret Gairdner, born 13th
July 1844, died unmarr. 29th Jan. 1878 ;
Elizabeth Murray, born 9th Feb. 1847,
died unmarr. 22nd March 1877 ; Maiy,
born 14th April 1849, died unmarr. 1st
Feb. 1883. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Neio Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Oeneal. of
Hume ; Border Almanac, 1887.]
1882
CHARLES JAMES WATT, born 18th
Feb. 1850, son of William Strachan
W., min. of Foveran ; educated at
Univs. of St Andrews and Aberdeen ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1870); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen in 1874 ; assistant at St
Mary's, Dundee, St Columba's, Oban,
and at Govan ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) to Durris 11th April 1878 ; trans,
and adm. 21st March 1882 ; clerk of
Presb. 1891. Marr. 28th April 1891,
Margaret, daugh. of John Dick Mathie,
writer, Stirling, and has issue — Charles
Cecil, lieut. K.O.S.B., born 8th Feb.
1895; Francis Clifford, lieut. K.O.S.B.,
born 20th July 1896 ; Margaret Evelyn,
born 27th May 1898, died 23rd Jan.
1899.
PRESBYTERY OF CHIRNSIDE
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, 1581. From 7th Aug. 1690 to
19th Oct. 1698 this Presbytery was united to Duns. The Register begins 7th Aug.
1690, and is continued to the present time, the only blank being from 7th Jan. to 27th
March 1694. The Registers previous to 1690 were carried off at the Revolution by
some of the outed ministers, and were never recovered.]
AYTON.
[A church, dedicated to St Denys,
existed here before the close of the
twelfth century. St Ebba's Well is near.
Lamberton, united to Ayton in 1627, was
annexed to Mordington in 1650. A hand-
some church was built at Ayton in 1865,
at the expense of Alexander Mitchell-Innes
of Ayton.]
1574
JOHN FLINT, reader. He frequently
appears as a witness to charters of
the Prior of Coldingham from 1552
onwards, and signs as " priest of the Diocese
of St Andrews." In 1574 he was vicar
pensioner of Ayton, and was summoned
for irregularities in connection with the
administration of the sacraments. He
compeared before the Assembly, and was
ordered to abstain from all functions within
the kirk " till the Superintendent of Lothian
try his ability and learning." He continued
leader until 1580.
ROBERT HISLOP, pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. (with Lamberton
also under his care) 28th Feb. 1585 ;
trans, to Whitsome in 1586.
1585
1586
JOHN HOME, trans, from Langton ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
10th Nov. 1586; dem. 12th Feb.
1601 ; min. of Ladykirk in 1607.
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WILLIAM HOGG [HOG], son and heir
1601 of Thomas H., burgess of Canongate,
Edinburgh; M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th
Aug. 1 592) ; pres. to the vicarage of Gala-
shiels by James VI. 11th Nov. 1599; pres.
to the vicarage of this parish by James
VI. 18th Feb. 1601, and again 23rd Jan.
1611. He was one of forty-two who signed
the Protest against the introduction of
Episcopacy, 1st July 1606. In June 1609
he was a witness at the trial of Logan of
Restalrig. He died Dec. 1616, aged 38.
He marr. (name untraced), and had issue —
William of Bogend, advocate, ancestor of
the Hogs of Harcarse and of Newliston,
died 21st Nov. 1665 ; James, apprenticed
to John Cor, tailor, Edinburgh, 24th June
1629. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Pitcairn's Crim.
Trials, ii. ; Acts of Pari. ; Carr's Colding-
ham; Row's Hist.; Forfar Inhib., 17th
Dec. 1597 ; Nisbet's Heraldic Plates.]
ALEXANDER HOME, M.A., probably
1617 son °^ David H., min. of Colding-
ham ; pres. by James VI. to the
vicarage of Eccles 21st March 1609; pres.
by James VI. 20th Feb. 1617; called
before the Court of High Commission in
1620 ; died in 1626. He marr. Jean, daugh.
of Alexander Home, Crossgait of Colding-
ham, who succeeded him in lands that had
belonged to the chaplaincy of the Virgin
Mary there, and in other properties. Their
son, James, was min. of Coldstream. — [G.
PRESB. OF CHIRNSIDE]
AYTON
31
R. Inhib., 27th March 1616, 19th Sept.
1636.]
GEORGE HOME, M.A. (St Andrews
1B27 1615) ; was on the exercise at Had-
dington 12th July 1626 ; pres. by
Charles I. 26th Jan. 1627 ; dep., and the
parish vacant 8th Feb. 1650. Contribu-
tions were made on his behalf by the
Sessions of Smailholm, 23rd July 1654, and
Tranent, 11th Nov. 1655. He was im-
prisoned for debt in the Edinburgh Tol-
booth, but released 19th Jan. 1658. An
Act of Parliament, 18th June 1661, ordered
a year's stipend of Foulden to be paid for
his service there, from 1st Dec. 1659 to 31st
Aug. 1660. He marr. Grizel, only daugh.
of Alexander Hamilton, Prestonpans, and
had issue — George, eldest son, who had a
charter of the waulk mill of West Reston,
6th March 1645 ; Alexander ; Robert ; Mar-
garet.— [Haddington and Dalkeith Presb.
Begs. ; Smailholm and Tranent Sess. Begs. ;
Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Acts Pari., vii. ; Beg. of
Deeds, xx., 63 ; Old Edin, Club Book, 1912,
p. 120; Beg. Mag. Sig.; Berwick Sas.,
iv., 13; G. B. Homings, 7th Oct. 1669.]
ALEXANDER GIBSON, of the family
165_ of Gibson of Durie ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
4th July 1630); licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 28th March 1633; adm. to the
Second Charge of South Leith in 1640. The
Kirk-session, 6th Jan. 1646, petitioned the
Presb. to use its influence with the patron,
Lord Balmerino, to advance him to the
First Charge. The Commission of As-
sembly reminded them that they had no
right to interfere with the patron's choice.
For two years he discharged all the duties
of the First Charge, and "because of his
extraordinary pains during the pestilence,"
the Session, on 9th May 1647, presented
him with 800 merks in addition to his
regular stipend. When the English took
possession of Leith in 1650, he removed,
and was app. to supply Dunblane "until
it sal please God he get back." He was
adm. to this charge after 12th March 1652,
and died in Oct. of the same year, aged
about 42. He marr. 9th April 1646, Jean
(dead before 11th Oct. 1652), daugh. of
William Meiklejohn, tailor, burgess of
1667
Edinburgh, and had issue — an only daugh.,
Jean (marr. 2nd Jan. 1666, Hugh M'Cul-
loch, writer, Edinburgh). — [G. B. Inhib.,
30th Oct. 1666 ; Privy Seal Eng. Beg., i.,
347.]
WILLIAM HOME, trans, from Ellem,
1653 and ac^ni- after 17th March 1653 ;
conforming to Episcopacy, he was
pres. by Charles II. 4th Oct. 1662; coll.
20th Jan. 1663; trans, to Loudoun 13th
Oct. 1664.
' JOHN BETHUNE [BEATON], a
native of Ross-shire ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 13th July 1658) ;
licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
18th Aug. 1665 ; ord. and coll. 29th March
1667 ; pres. by Charles II. 3rd April 1668 ;
deprived by the Privy Council, 12th Sept.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates, nor praying for William and
Mary, but for King James, and for not
observing the Thanksgiving. He went
afterwards to Ireland. — [Beg. Collat. ;
Min. - book. Beg. Sec. Sig., v. ; Lander
Tests. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
GEORGE HUME of Abbey St Bathans,
„„^„ M.A. ; called 18th Sept., and ord.
1694 _ ' _ L ' ,
23rd Oct. 1694 ; trans, on second
call, to Abbey St Bathans 7th Jan. 1 707.
THOMAS ANDERSON, licen. by Presb.
1712 of Dalkeith 24tn SePt- 170° '> ord- t0
Edrom 25th Sept. 1701 ; called 20th
Nov. 1711 ; trans, and adm. 27th March
1712 ; died 11th March 1751. He marr. 4th
June 1702, Christian (died 22nd June 1759),
daugh. of Henry Ferguson, bailie of Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Henry ; John, died
in East Indies ; Isobel ; Christian ; Eliza-
beth.— [Edin. Beg. Mar.]
PATRICK HEPBURN, son of William
H, min. of Foulis- Wester ; app. a
teacher in George Heriot's Hospital,
Edinburgh, 25th May 1725 ; ord. to Walston
14th Aug. 1734 ; pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 17th Nov. 1752; trans, and adm.
14th June 1753 ; died 15th Aug. 1772, aged
71. He marr. 16th Dec. 1734, Mary (died
6th Feb. 1792), daugh. of William Oliphant,
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AYTON— CHIRNSIDE
[PRESB. OF
min. of Smailholm, and had issue — Mary ;
William ; Isobel (marr. James Hart, min.
at Doncaster, Yorks, son of Walter H., min.
of Bunkle) ; Jean. — [Tombst.]
GEORGE HOME of Gunsgreen and
1773 Monkrig, born 12th Dec. 1749, son
of Abraham H, min. of Whittinge-
liame ; Keen, by Presb. of Duns 1st Dec.
1771 ; pres. by George III. 10th Sept.
1772; ord. 13th May 1773; clem. 25th
June 1816 ; died at Gunsgreen 1st Sept.
1836. He marr. 7th Oct. 1774, his cousin,
Margaret (died 2nd Dec. 1828, aged 81),
daugh. of Robert Robertson of Prenderguest
and Brownsbank, and had issue — Abraham,
his successor ; Margaret Ann ; Elizabeth,
born 6th May 1778 (marr. George Tough,
min. of this parish) ; Hay, born 13th Nov.
1779, died unmarr. ; Jean, born 25th May
1782 (marr. Jan. 1811, William Forman
Home of Wedderburn). Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, i.).
ABRAHAM HOME of Gunsgreen, son
1799 of P^ceding ; pres. by George III.,
and ord. (assistant and successor)
29th Aug. 1799; dem. 29th March 1814.
In 1821 he was settled at Greenlaw.
GEORGE TOUGH, born 1774, a native
1814 °^ Edinburgh ; licen. by that Presb.
28th Nov. 1798; ord. by North-
umberland Presbyterian Classis 17th March
1802 ; min. of the High Meeting, Berwick -
on-Tweed ; adm. min. of Beath 17th July
1812 ; pres. by George, Prince Regent, 15th
April, and adm. (assistant and successor)
13th Oct. 1814 ; died at Edinburgh, 29th
July 1842. He showed considerable in-
genuity as a mechanic, and made an orrery
on an improved plan, which was presented
to George IV. on his visit to Edinburgh,
26th Aug. 1822. He marr. 12th Feb. 1814,
Elizabeth (died at Edinburgh, 9th June
1849), daugh. of George Home, min. of
this parish, and bad issue — Margaret Hay
Home, authoress of The Offering (Edin-
burgh, 1851), Gathered Fragments (Edin-
burgh, 1864), and other poems, died 21st
July 1863 ; Mary Anne, born 5th July 1814
(marr. Robert Lorimer, M.D., Haddington).
1843
DANIEL CAMERON, born 1806, son
of Duncan C, Glasgow, and Agnes
Cameron ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 1st
Oct. 1834 ; ord. to Bridgegate, Glasgow.
21st April 1836; trans, and adm. 13th
April 1843; died 22nd May 1882. He
marr. 12th Dec. 1836, Amelia Nisbett or
Henderson, Glasgow, who died 8th Aug.
1874, and had issue — Amelia Nisbett,
died 1st Jan. 1855 ; Daniel, min. of
Heriot.— [The Wheat and the Chaff, 29.]
Publications — Britain's Sorroio and Con-
solation, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1820) ;
Account of the Parish (JYeiv Stat. Ace,
ii.).— [Tombst. ; Edin. Philosoph. Trans. ;
Royal Visit; Modem Scottish Poets, v., 286.]
1882
JAMES JOHN MARSHALL LANG
AIKEN, born Old Machar, 22nd
Jan. 1857, son of James A. and
Ann Isabella Reid ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1877),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1880) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1880 ; some time a private
tutor ; assistant at Angle Park Chapel,
afterwards St Michael's, Edinburgh ; ord.
30th Nov. 1882 ; secretary of the Berwick-
shire Naturalists' Club, 1903. Publications
— Ed. History [Proceedings] of the Berwick-
shire Naturalists' Club, from 1903.
CHIRNSIDE.
[Originally a prebend of the collegiate
church of Dunbar, and afterwards of that
of Dunglass. Of the church built about
1150, the fine Norman doorway and part of
the south wall have survived many changes.
An old tower with vaulted chambers was
taken down in 1750. In 1907 the church
was the subject of an extensive restora-
tion, when a tower and hall were added
by Edward, second Lord Tweedmouth, in
memory of his wife, Lady Fanny Churchill.
In 1912 the third Lord Tweedmouth erected
an ornamental gateway to the churchyard,
in memory of his father.]
NINIAN FORMAN, reader, 1567 to
1567 1591.
chirnside]
CHIRNSIDE
33
THOMAS STORIE had at different
7_ times Bunkle, Preston, Foulden, and
Hutton under his charge. He re-
sided here from 1578 to 1585, when he
returned to Foulden.
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, mentioned as
min. in 1585. In 1590 the parsonage
was vacant by non-residence. — [Reg.
1585
Assig.]
CHARLES HOME, styled prebendary
1iro„ in 1586. He was probably the C. H.
1586 . , r TT J
who was reader at Home 15*1-4,
and again 1578-85.
DAVID HOME, Ml.; adm. min. in
1593 1593 ; trans, to Greenlaw in 1603.
ALEXANDER SMITH [SMYTH], tutor
160? ^01 many years m the family of
Robert Logan of Restalrig ; min. in
1607. In June 1609 he was a witness at
the trial of Logan for high treason. He
was called before the Court of High Com-
mission in 1620. He was dead by 7th
April 1649, aged 70. He marr. before
June 1609, Janet Craw . or Auchincraw
(died Nov. 1635), sister of Patrick O,
"above the gate of Swynewood," and of
Elizabeth, wife of Peter Home of Ayton,
and had issue — Patrick ; John ; Margaret ;
Euphan ; Mary. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Old
Dec., iv. ; Cromarty's Hist. Ace; Pitcairn's
Grim. Trials, ii. ; Lander Tests. ; Carr's
Coldingham ; Calderwood's Hist. ; Gonnell
on Tithes, iii. ; Milne Home MSS., 236,
239 ; Gen. Reg. Sas., xxx., 100.]
PATRICK SMITH, son of preceding,
1645 w*tn wnom ne was conjoined as min.
in 1645 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd July
1637). The Assembly of 1649 approved
of a sentence of suspension passed upon
him. In 1647 and 1649 he was served
heir to lands in West Reston belonging
to his mother. — [Peterkin's Records ; Milne
Home MSS., 236.]
FRANCIS CROW [CRAW], born 1627,
1653 son °^ -P^'ick C. of Heughhead, and
Elizabeth, daugh. of John Clapper-
ton, min. of Coldstream ; educated in
VOL. II.
France under Louis du Moulin ; was for
a time usher under Webb, a schoolmaster
in Berwick, and graduated M.A. at St
Andrews, 22nd July 1647. He was min.
of this parish in 1653, and belonged to the
Protesting party. He confessed himself
guilty of immorality, and fled the country
in 1658. Some time afterwards he was
presented to the vicarage of Hundon in
Suffolk, but was ejected in 1662, under
the Act of Uniformity. He then preached
at Ovington in Essex, Clare in the same
county, and Bury St Edmunds, sometimes
every day in the week. Having suffered
persecution, he emigrated to Jamaica in
1686. Under the Act of Toleration he
returned to England and resumed his
labours at Clare, where he died in 1692.
Publications — The Vanity and Impiety of
Judicial Astrology (London, 1690); Men-
salia Sacra, or Meditations on the Lord's
Supper, Wherein the Nature of the Holy
Sacrament is explained. . . . To which is
prefixt a brief account of the author's life
and death (London, 1693). — [Dalkeith Presb.
Reg. ; Lamont's Diary ; Calamy's Noncon-
formist's Memorial {Palmer), iii., 266-70;
Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
WILLIAM GALBRAITH, M.A. ; min.
165g in 1659. Conforming to Episcopacy,
he was coll. 25th Nov. 1662 ; was
proposed for Tranent 15th Dec. 1665 ;
trans, to Morebattle after Feb. 1669.
JAMES LAWTIE, son of Alexander L.
1669 °^ Killhill ; pres. in April, coll. 12th
and adm. 26th Aug. 1669 ; deprived
by the Privy Council 10th Sept. 1689, for
not reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
nor praying for King William and Queen
Mary. He carried off the kirk-session books
and the keys of the kirk box, and these
were recovered only under order of the
Sheriff. He opened an Episcopal meeting-
house in Eyemouth, and died there, Jan.
1694. He marr. (1) Jean Home, and had
issue — Margaret ; Marion ; Alexander : (2)
in Dec. 1679, Anna, sister of Yfilliam Blair
of Balgillo, and had issue — Jean ; Anna ;
James ; Isobel ; Elizabeth ; Helen ; Kathe-
rine, three of whom were served heirs,
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CHIRNSIDE
[PRESB. OF
22nd July 1697. — [Dims Presb. Reg. ; Lauder
Tests. ; Reg. of Collat. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
7875; MS. Ace. of Mm., 1689; Carr's
Coldingham (where he is called John), 167 ;
G. R. Sets., xli., 343; G. R. Inhib., 22nd
Jan. 1681 ; Morrison's Diet., xviii.]
HENRY ERSKINE [ARESKINE],
16go born 23rd Aug. 1624, at Dryburgh,
parish of Mertoun ; a younger son
of Ralph E. of Shielfield, Channelkirk, by
his second wife, Janet Wilson. [Ralph of
Shielfield was grandson of James E. of
Balgonie, brother of the fourth Lord
Erskine, ancestor of the Earls of Mar.]
He studied at Edinburgh Univ., gradu-
ated M.A. 15th April 1645, and was prob-
ably licen. by Presb. of Earlston. In 1649
(or according to Calamy and Palmer in
1659) he was ord. to Cornhill, in North-
umberland, but was ejected by the Act of
Uniformity on St Bartholomew's Day, 25th
Aug. 1662. He resided for some years at
Dryburgh, exercising his ministry as oppor-
tunity offered, till April 1682, when he was
seized by Urquhart of Meldrum, leader of
the troops on the Borders, and imprisoned
successively at Melrose, Jedburgh, and
Edinburgh. Arraigned before the Privy
Council, he was asked by Sir George
Mackenzie if he would give his bond to
cease preaching at conventicles. His reply
was : " My Lord, I have my commission
from Christ, and though I were within an
hour of my death I durst not lay it down
at any mortal man's foot." He was fined
5000 merks, and condemned to the Bass till
payment of the fine. As his health was
bad, he requested leave to go out of the
kingdom, and gave security for the money.
He then spent two years and a half with
his family at Parkridge, near Carlisle, after
which, on the invitation of Philip Grey of
Preston, he went to reside at Monilaws,
near his former charge of Cornhill. In
1685 he was imprisoned with Luke Ogle at
Wooler and at Newcastle, but was freed
shortly after by the passing of the Act of
Indemnity. He took up residence at New-
ton, or Ravelaw, in Whitsome Parish, and
ministered there for a time, when young
Thomas Boston was one of his hearers.
He was called to this charge, and adm. 18th
Sept, 1690. He died 10th Aug. 1696. He
marr. (1) 1652, Jean (died 9th March 1670),
daugh. of David Brown of Park, Earlston,
and had issue — Jean, born at Galashiels,
28th June 1653 (marr. 17th Dec. 1686,
George Balderston, surgeon, Edinburgh) ;
Elizabeth, born at Wooler, 1st May 1655,
died young ; Philip, rector of Knaresdale,
Northumberland, born at Wooler, 27th
Dec. 1657 ; Katherine, born at Cornhill,
12th Aug. 1659; Elizabeth, born 7th Feb.
1660 ; John, born at Dryburgh, 29th April
1663 ; Rachel, born at Dryburgh, 2nd Nov.
1665 ; William, born at Dryburgh, 8th Oct.
1669: (2) 1st Sept. 1674, Margaret (died
14th Jan. 1725), daugh. of Hugh Halcro,
Isle of Weir, Rousay, Orkney, and Margaret
Stewart, and had issue — Ebenezer, min. at
Portmoak, born at Dryburgh, 22nd June
1680, and Ralph, min. of Dunfermline,
born at Monilaws, 15th March 1685,
Founders of the Secession Church (1732);
Margaret, born at Carlisle, 17th Jan. 1683.
— [Kelso Presb. Regs. ; Christian Mag., vii. ;
Calamy's Continuation, ii. ; Fraser's Lives
of E. and R. Erskine ; Brown's Gospel
Truth ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; MacEwen's The
Erskines; E. E. Scott's Erskine-Halcro
Genealogy ; Tait's Border Church Life, ii.,
69 ; J. Wood Brown's Covenanters of the
Merse.]
WILLIAM MILLER, M.A. ; called 27th
16gg Sept. 1698; ord. 6th April 1699;
trans, to Meigle 1702. — [Acts of
Ass., 1701, 1702.]
GEORGE HOME of Broadhaugh, second
son of Alexander H. of Kennetside-
head, who was put to death as a
Covenanter in 1682, and Jean Home ; licen.
by Presb. of Duns 6th Oct. 1702; called
18th Oct. 1703, and ord. 13th March 1704 ;
died 5th Oct. 1755. He marr.. 19th Aug.
1706, Catherine (bapt. 20th Jan. 1678, died
1745), daugh. of John Home of Ninewells,
and aunt of David H, the historian, and
had issue — Alexander, min. of Stichill ;
Abraham, his successor; Rachel, bapt. 11th
Jan. 1713; Joseph, bapt. 26th Feb. 1714;
George, baker, Edinburgh, bapt. 7th June
1704
chirnside]
CHIRNSIDE
35
1716; Margaret, bapt. 25th March 1718
(marr. 23rd Nov. 1743, Robert Robertson
of Prenderguest), died 30th July 1786.
After his death a dispute arose between
his executors and Walter Anderson, his suc-
cessor, concerning the half-year's stipend,
it being argued that but for the change in
the calendar in 1752 H. would have died
before Michaelmas. The Lords of Session
decided that the old calendar ruled, and
that H. died before Michaelmas according
to that style. — [Lauder Tests. ; Morrison's
Dec, xvii.]
ABRAHAM HOME, son of preceding;
1741 orc^ (assistant) 17th Feb. 1741. The
patron, William Hall of Whitehall,
raised an action in the Court of Session
against the Presb., which was settled by
the minute being altered to state that he
had been ord. assistant only. Despite this,
he sat and voted regularly at the Presb.
meetings, even when his father also voted.
He Avas trans, to Whittingehame 23rd
March 1748.
WALTER ANDERSON, M.A. (Edin-
1756 Dur§'h> 18th March 1742) ; licen. by
Presb. of Duns 5th Nov. 1744;
assistant at Chirnside in 1750 ; pres. by
William Hall of Whitehall, and ord. 13th
May 1756 ; D.D. (Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1769) ; died unmarr., 2nd June 1800.
Publications — The History of Croesus, King
of Lydia, in four parts (Edinburgh, 1755);
The History of France during the Reigns
of Francis II. and Charles IX., 2 vols.
(London, 1769) ; The History of France
from the Commencement of the Reign of
Henry III, and the Rise of the Catholic
League to the Peace of Vervins and the
Establishment of the Famous Edict of
Nantes in the Reign of Henry IV., and
from the Commencement of the Reign of
Loins XIII. to the General Peace of
Munster, 3 vols. (London, 1775-83); The
Philosophy of Ancient Greece Investi-
gated (London, 1791); Lectures on Parts
and Portions of the Psalms of David
(Edinburgh, 1797) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Morrison's
Dec, xvii. ; Scots Mag., xix. ; Diet. Nat.
Piog.]
THOMAS LOGAN, a native of Carn-
1801 wath ; M.D. (Edinburgh 1799) ; was
the friend and associate of John
Leyden, Brougham, Thomas Brown, and
others, who formed a society known as the
Academy of Physics, of which Logan was
joint secretary ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
30th July 1800 ; pres. by Sir James Hall of
Dunglass, Bart., and ord. 16th April 1801 ;
died 30th Jan. 1838, aged 61. He marr.
27th March 1804, Agnes Watt, Symington,
Lanarkshire, who died 21st Aug. 1813, and
had issue — James, min. of Swinton ; Eliza-
beth ; Agnes ; Euphemia. Publication —
Dissertatio medica inaugxiralis de Dys-
pepsia (Edinburgh, 1799). — [Chambers's
Biog. Diet.]
JAMES WILSON, born 23rd June
1838 18°9' fifth SOn °f GeorSe W->
farmer, Chapelhill and Cockburns-
path Tower ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 3rd April
1833 ; assistant to preceding ; pres. by Sir
John Hall of Dunglass, Bart., and ord. 14th
May 1838 ; died unmarr., 8th May 1870.
ALEXANDER FORTEATH SMART,
1870 k°rn Fraserburgh, 6th March 1834,
son of John S., Elgin, and Elizabeth
Williamson ; educated at Elgin Academy
(dux 1851), at King's College, Aberdeen,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; schoolmaster of
Alves, 1854-6 ; assistant to Professor of
Humanity at Edinburgh Univ. in 1858 ;
licen. by Presb. of Elgin 11th May 1864;
Inspector of Church Schools in Scotland in
1865 (of which he reorganised 250); pre-
pared for the S.P.C.K. the statement for
them on their schools presented to Com-
mission to enquire into Scottish Schools in
1867; pres. by Alexander Mitchell-Innes
of Ayton, and ord. 30th Sept. 1870; retired
to Edinburgh in 1909.
ALFRED M'KEACHIE, born Newton-
1909 Stewart' 4tn July 1882, son of Alex"
ander M. and Jean Goudie ; educated
at Ewart High School, Newton-Stewart;
M.A. (St Andrews 1904); licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 25th May 1906 ; missionary
at Blairmoor, Alberta, Canada; assistant
at Inveresk ; ord. (assistant and successor)
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COLDINGHAM
[PRESB. OF
3rd Sept. 1909. Marr. 30th April 1912,
Sybella Leonore, daugh. of David Hunter
and Elizabeth Graham, and widow of
George Duncan Sloan, M.B., Ch.B., and
has issue — Moira Scott, born 12th Aug.
1914 ; Kenneth Alfred Alexander, born
2nd Nov. 1916.
COLDINGHAM.
[The church, dedicated to St Mary,
belonged to the Priory of Coldingharn till
the Keformation. On the high promon-
tory of St Abb's Head in this parish, St
Ebba, daughter of Ethelfrith, King of
Northumberland, and sister of St Oswald,
founded a double convent of monks and
nuns. This she ruled as abbess till her
death in 683. Some years later the build-
ing was destroyed by fire. In 1090 King
Edgar founded a Benedictine priory, dedi-
cated to the Virgin Mary, St Cuthbert,
and St Ebba. It was built at Coldingharn,
over two miles inland, from the remains
on St Abb's Head. In 1509 the monastery
passed under the rule of the Abbey of
Dunfermline. After the Reformation the
priory church was used for parochial pur-
poses, and much of the ancient structure
survives in the existing parish church.]
WILLIAM LAMB, one of those whom
the first General Assembly of the
1567 Reformed Church, 20th Dec. 1560,
thought " apt and able to minister " ; adm.
in 1567. In 1574 Ayton and Lamberton
were in the charge. He died 11th March
1583, and in his will he commends "his
spirit to God, his bodie to be erdit in the
kirkyaird of C, willing and beseking the
parochinars thereof to ordour that place
to be mair cumlie and decentlie kept then
it hes been in tyme bygane." — [Booke of
the Kirk ; Beg. Min. and Assig. ; Keith's
Hist. ; Calderwood's Hist., ii., 45].
DAVID FORSYTH, reader; trans, to
1571 Bolton in 1580.
DAVID HOME, min. of Foulden in
1567, of Oldhamstocks in 1569, of
1584 Aldcambus in 1580, and of this
charge in 1584. He was a member of
Assembly May 1586, and dissented from
the annulling of the sentence of excom-
munication against Archbishop Adamson.
He was pres. to the vicarage before 14th
June 1592, and was dead by 1600. He
marr. Janet Hopper [Happer], who in
1600 occupied a cottage and two acres in
Coldingharn, and had issue— David, M.A. ;
Alexander, M.A., Commendator of Eccles,
probably also rain, of that parish ; Thomas ;
William, lessee of the teinds of Eccles in
1620. Publication — Three Letters (vide
Wodrow Miscell.). — [Berwick Sas., iv., 94 ;
Beg. Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, xxxi. ; Row's
and Calderwood's Ilists. ; Milne Home
MSS., 54, 196; Beg. of Deeds, civ., 6th
Feb. 1605.]
1593
ALEXANDER WATSON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1582) ; schoolmaster of this
parish in 1590 ; min. in 1593 ; with
Smith of Chirnside and Home of Ayton
he was a witness at the trial of Logan of
Restalrig, 1609, and was then aged 50. He
was pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
before 7th June 1611, and died before 1630.
He marr. Christian Lichtharnes, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Alexander,
apprenticed to Moses Wallace, skinner,
Edinburgh, 8th Nov. 1609 ; Alison (marr.,
cont. 26th March 1630, Robert Air in
Renton). — [Beg. Assig. ; Pitcairn's Grim.
Trials, ii. ; Carr's Hist. ; Beg. of Deeds,
cccclviii., 244.]
1615
WILLIAM DOUGLAS of Stoneypath,
Whittingehame ; pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. 7th Feb. 1615 ;
was one of fifty mins. who signed a Pro-
test to Parliament in favour of the Liber-
ties of the Kirk, 27th June 1617 ; trans,
to Whittingehame in 1621, but apparently
not settled there until 1627. — [Calder-
wood's Hist., ii., 126 ; iii., 675 ; iv., 649.]
1622
CHRISTOPHER KNOWES of Swyn-
wood, eldest son of Christopher K. ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th July 1612);
min. of Spott in 1618 ; pres. by James VI.
22nd Jan. 1622 ; dem. before 10th Jan.
1639. His demission was refused, and he
was dep. before 6th May 1641 for adultery.
He died before 1646. He marr. (1) 24th
May 1617, Marion, daugh. of Edward
ciiirnside]
COLDINGHAM
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Hepburn, min. of Prestonkirk, and had
issue — Anna (marr. William Paxton, por-
tioner of West Reston) ; Alison ; Margaret :
(2) 27th June 1639, Agnes, daugh. of
Thomas Mawer, advocate, and had issue
— Patrick ; Christopher. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Acts Pari. ; Baillie's
Lett. ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Milne Home
MSS., 193 ; Gen. Reg. Sas., xli. 174, xlix. 44 ;
G. R. Inhib., 14th Jan. 1665, 24th Aug.
1666, and 21st Dec. 1667.]
i [ALEXANDER BURNET, M.A., tutor
to John, Lord Linton ; afterwards Arch-
bishop of Glasgow and of St Andrews ;
was pres. by Charles I., 10th Jan. 1639, but
not settled. — Reg. Sec. Sig.]
SAMUEL DOUGLAS, M.A. ; pres. by
Charles I. 6th May 1641 ; suspended
June 1648, and dep. by the Presb.
On the recommendation of the Assembly,
the Commission on 14th Feb. 1651 "do
open his mouth and declare him to be in
capacity for the ministry " ; trans, to Eccles
after Oct. 1652. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.; Haddington
Presb. Reg. ; Acts of Ass. ; Baillie's Letters.]
DAVID HUME, son and heir of James
1658 H. of Whitsomehill ; MA. (Edin-
burgh, 30th July 1646); adm. in
1658 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He preached in the house of a
Mrs Paton, Edinburgh, in the beginning of
1669 ; for this the Provost and Magistrates
were fined £50. A warrant was issued for
his apprehension by the Privy Council, 4th
June 1674, and letters of intercommuning
were passed against him 3rd Aug. 1676.
He opposed the Indulgence, and joined the
field preachers in 1679, but did not go to
an extreme length. He was one of two
deputies who interviewed the Duke of
Monmouth before the battle of Bothwell
Bridge. After the defeat of the Cov-
enanters, he took refuge in Holland, and
appeared in a long list of those declared
fugitive, 5th May 1684. He returned, and
died at Edinburgh, 15th Dec. 1687, aged
about 62. He was buried in Greyfriars.
He marr. (name unknown), and had issue
— a son, James, apprenticed to James Home,
merchant, 7th Feb. 1677 ; Catherine, buried
22nd Nov. 1670. He left a journal in MS.
which has not been recovered. — [Berwick
Sas., iv., 94 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii. 234, iii.
106 ; Edin. Guild Reg. ; Acts Pari., vii. ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 4804 ; Brown's Covenanters
of the Merse.]
ALEXANDER HEWAT, M.A. j min. in
1663 1663 ; trans, to Edrom in 1665.
ANDREW BANNATIN [BANNA-
1665 TYNE], M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd July
1625) ; passed trials before the Presb.
and got a testimonial for license 3rd Oct.
1627 ; pres. to Garvald, and inst. 13th Sept.
1637 ; dep. 4th Oct. 1649 for " profanation
of the name of God," etc. He intruded at
Drumoak in 1653, but was reponed to the
ministry 2nd Feb. 1654, on condition that
he should not accept a charge without
special consent of the Presb. He was
pres. to Edrom, and coll. there 11th Nov.
1662. In the following year he exchanged
with the min. of this charge ; was pres.
by Charles II. 17th Feb. 1664; adm. in
1665, and was still min. 11th Oct. 1668.
He marr. before 3rd Jan. 1644 (name un-
known), and had a son, James, who received
300 merks under the will of his relative,
Thomas Bannatyne of Newhall, 30th Nov.
1644. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Hutton Sess. Reg. ;
Haddington Presb. Reg.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, son of
Samuel D., min. here in 1641 ; M.A.
(Edinburgh 1669) ; adm. min. of
Longformacus in 1672 ; pres. by Charles
II. 15th Oct. 1677 ; deprived by the Privy
Council, 8th Sept. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, nor praying
for William and Mary. He was accused
of taking away the Presb. Records. He
died Jan. 1704, aged about 55. He marr.
Margaret Bannatyne, probably daugh. of
his predecessor, and had issue — Samuel
of Burnhouses ; Helen (marr. 27th Dec.
1729, John Johnston, writer, Edinburgh);
Katherine (marr. July 1735, Yaxly David-
son, merchant, Edinburgh). — [Min.-book
Reg. Sec. Sig., v. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Edinburgh Marriage Reg. ; Treasury Sed.
Book, 22nd July 1696.]
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COLDINGHAM
[PRESB. OF
[The parish was vacant for several years,
the majority of the heritors being in
sympathy with the Episcopal mins. who
conducted services at Coldingham and
Eyemouth. Ultimately the Synod sent
assessors to assist the Presb. in their choice
of a minister.]
1694
JOHN DYSART, born 1660] M.A.
(Glasgow 1680) \ ord. min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Dalton,
Northumberland, 1686 ; adm. min. of Lang-
ton 30th April 1691 ; elected by the Presb.
jure devoluto 1st May, trans, and adm. 24th
July 1694. It was necessary to call a military
force to prevent a riot at his settlement,
and for some time afterwards he carried
two pistols to the pulpit, which he laid
down openly on each side of him. He
died before Jan. 1726, leaving £200 to the
poor of the parish. He was a man of great
force of character and strength of will, and
a resolute defender of the Presbyterian
cause. During his ministry he held 1169
meetings of his Kirk-session, and most of
the leading men of his parish were at one
time or other brought before it. By the
close of his ministry he had made himself
a power in the district, and even those
opposed to his church views recognised his
sincerity and courage. He marr. (1) 17th
Jan. 1699, Elizabeth (died May 1702),
daugh. of John Bishop, Cockburnspath,
and had issue — John ; Elizabeth (marr. her
father's successor) ; a son, who died at birth,
1702 : (2) 31st Dec. 1703, Mary, daugh. of
the Hon. William Sandilands of Couston,
son of John, fourth Lord Torphichen, and
widow of Major Menzies of Culdares, and
had issue — Matthew, min. of Eccles. D.'s
widow gifted to the Kirk-session a silver
cup and a pewter baptismal basin, 7th
April 1726. — [Edin. Marr. and Sess. Regs. ;
Boston's Mem.; Carr's Hist.; Murray's Biog.
Ann. ; Thomson's Coldingham ; Notes by
C. S. Romanes.]
ROBERT BRYDONE, M.A: (Edinburgh,
21st April 1709) ; licen. by Presb. of
1725 Edinburgh 3rd June 1719; elected
by the Town Council of that city conjunct
preacher at Skinner's Hall (Chapel-of-Ease)
in Dec. following; called to this parish
15th Sept. 1724; pres. by George I. 31st
Jan., and ord. (colleague and successor)
6th May 1725; died 17th March 1761,
aged 74. He marr. 3rd June 1727, Eliza-
beth Dysart (died 20th May 1764), only
claugh. of his predecessor, and had issue —
nine children, who all died in comparative
youth, except John, born 9th Jan. 1730,
died 1755 ; Matthew, merchant, Berwick,
born 3rd Feb. 1731; Patrick, F.R.S.,
author of A Tour through Sicily and
Malta, born 5th Jan. 1736, died 19th
June 1818 ; Robert, born 23rd March 1740.
[Patrick B. marr. Mary, eldest claugh. of
Principal Robertson of Edinburgh Univ.,
and by her had three daughs. — Mary, wife
of the second Earl of Minto; Elizabeth,
wife of Admiral Sir Charles Adam of
Blairadam ; Williamina, who marr. Gilbert
Elliot, D.D., Dean of Bristol. He is
thus alluded to in Marmion, canto vi.,
stanza 18 —
" Hard by in hospitable shade [Lennel House]
A reverend pilgrim dwells,
Well worth the whole Bernardino brood
That ere wore sandal, frock, or hood."
Robert Burns visited Patrick Brydone at
Lennel, 7th May 1787, and wrote of Mrs
B. as "a most elegant woman in person
and manner, and the tones of her voice
remarkably sweet."] — [Tombst.; Carr's Hist.;
Murray's Biog. Ami. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Wallace's Burns, ii., 104.]
JOHN JOLLY, licen. by Presb. of
1761 Chirnside 4th Jan. 1757 ; ord. min.
of Simprin 12th May 1757 ; pres.
by George III. 1st May, and trans, and
adm. 17th Sept. 1761 ; died 9th Nov. 1792,
aged 60. He marr. (1) 27th Oct. 1757,
Jean Waddell, who died without issue, 31st
Dec. 1783: (2) 18th Sept. 1787, Elizabeth
Paxton, Berwick, who died without issue
at Lochcarron, 18th Dec. 1829, aged 73. —
[Tombst.]
JAMES LANDELL, born 1756, son of
1793 William L., farmer, Coldinghamlaw ;
M.A. (Edinburgh); licen. by the
Northumberland Classis in 1781, and ord.
by it 8th March 1787, min. of the Scots
Church, Widdrington ; pres. in April, and
chiknside]
COLDINGHA-M— COLDSTREAM
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adm. 13th Aug. 1793; killed by a fall
from his horse, 18th April 1827. He was
a cultured musician, and the composer of
Coldinfjham, and other psalm tunes. He
marr. 6th Jan. 1776, Janet Herriot, who
died 15th Aug. 1840, and had issue — Grace,
born 14th Oct. 1776; William, born 6th
July 1778, educated for the ministry and
applied for license, but withdrew and
became Supervisor of Excise ; Margaret,
born 26th Sept. 1780 (marr. David Walker,
schoolmaster of Earlston), died 31st Oct.
1852 ; James, lieut. 60th Foot, born 9th
Nov. 1783; George Richardson, lieut. of
Marines, lost his right arm at Trafalgar,
born 2nd May 1785; Thomas, born 23rd
Dec. 1786; Harriet, born 18th April 1788
(marr. 2nd July 1810, William Eose) ;
Alexander Renton, born 13th Sept. 1792;
Jane Home, born 24th Sept. 1796 (marr.
Samuel Watson). — [ Tombst.]
JAMES HOME ROBERTSON, sixth
1827 son °^ Alexander R- of Prenderguest,
and Philadelphia, daugh. of Robert
Laiube, vicar of Norham; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 10th Aug. 1824 ; pres. by George
IV. 28th May, and ord. 20th Sept. 1827;
died 6th July 1847. He marr. 17th Feb.
1829, Jane (died 20th Dec. 1843, aged 38),
eldest daugh. of John Dickson of Peelwalls,
Ayton, and had issue — Alexander Phila-
delphia Lambe, M.D., born 25th Dec. 1829 ;
John Dickson, born 1st Aug. 1831 ; George
Hogarth, born 30th Aug. 1834.
DAVID MUNRO, born St Andrews,
1847 2nc* ^ct- 181^' son °^ -Alexander M.
and Isabella Walker ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews 1839; assistant at Ceres,
Muthill, Drainie ; ord. to Scots Church,
Tweedmouth, 17th April 1845 ; pres. by
Queen Victoria ; trans, and adm. 5th Nov.
1847 ; died 24th Oct. 1902. He marr. 31st
Oct. 1854, Margaret (died at Dunbar, 14th
June 1909), daugh. of Robert Stevenson,
farmer, Lowick, and Dorothy Main, and
had issue — Isabella Walker, born 19th Aug.
1855 (marr. 1880, Thomas Cormack, captain
in the Merchant Service) ; David Alexander
Stevenson, born 29th Jan. 1857 ; Robert
Stevenson, born 19th Feb. 1859; Thomas
Murray, born 2nd Aug. 1863 ; Sarah
Margaret, born 30th July 1865 (marr. 1896,
James Purves, tea-planter, India) ; Mary
Ann Helena, born 19th May 1867 ; William
Lockhart, born 7th June 1872, died 27th
Sept. 1876 ; Edith Grace, born 4th Sept.
1875.
HENRY MACLAURIN LAMONT,
1898 k°rn Edinburgh, 1st March 1872,
son of Donald L., Surveyor of Taxes,
Argyllshire, and Catherine, daugh. of
Thomas Alexander, farmer, Aberdeenshire ;
educated at Edinburgh Academy ; M.A.
(Edinburgh 1891), B.D. (1896); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1896 ; assistant
at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 4th Nov. 1898. Marr.
(1) 10th April 1901, Edith Home (died 9th
Jan. 1902), youngest daugh. of Sir Samuel
Stirling, Bart., of Glorat and Renton :
(2) 6th Sept. 1904, Annie, daugh. of George
Gilchrist, farmer, Coldingham, and Jessie
Lyon Dunlop, and has issue — Allan Donald,
born 3rd Dec. 1907; Jessie Dunlop, born
15th April 1910 ; Sheila and Eileen (twins),
born 7th Oct. 1913.
COLDSTREAM, formerly
LENNEL.
[A priory of Cistercian nuns was founded
at Coldstream in 1125, by Gospatrick, third
Earl of Dunbar. To it belonged the Parish
Kirk of Lennel and the chapels of the
Hirsel and St Mary s, Bassendean (in West-
ruther). This convent was destroyed by the
English in 1 545. Its lands were afterwards
alienated by royal grants. The church of
Lennel was dedicated by Bishop David de
Bernham, 31st March 1243. The chapel
of the Hirsel disappeared before 1627,
and was never afterwards rebuilt. The
church of Lennel, of twelfth-century work,
was for long the parish church. In 1705,
because the building was ruinous and too
small, a new church was erected at Cold-
stream by Charles, Earl of Home. The
Earl of Haddington and Ker of Graden in
the Merse repaired the old church at Lennel
40
COLDSTREAM
[PRESB. OF
and removed the stone roof, but in 1718 the
new building in Coldstream was declared
the parish church. A new church was
erected in 1909.]
1574 JOHN LYCHTBODIE, reader.
JOHN CLAPPERTON, a native of the
.,.7e county, was in 1570 exhorter at
Livingston ; trans, to Hutton in
1571 ; trans, and adm. in 1576, when
Simprin also was in the charge ; app. by
the General Assembly that year as Visitor
of Merse and Lammermuir ; this was
several times renewed; in 1583 his dis-
trict extended from the Forth to Berwick.
He was apprehended, 25th May 1584, by
two archers of the Guard, and taken to
Edinburgh. He was charged, 7th Dec.
following, with not giving obedience to
his Ordinary, and was one of those who
signed an address to the King on that
matter. At the Assembly, 1586, he
dissented against annulling the sentence
which had been passed upon Archbishop
Adamson. While acting as one of the
Commissioners of the Assembly at Edin-
burgh, he was ordered by His Majesty,
24th Nov. 1596, to leave within twenty -four
hours and attend his congregation. By
the Assembly, 1606, he was appointed con-
stant Moderator of the Presb.,' which was
enjoined by the Privy Council, 17th Jan.
thereafter, to receive him as such within
twenty-four hours after notice, under pain
of rebellion. Charged by the Synod to
demit that office, he did so, for which he
was called before the Privy Council, where
he expressed his readiness to accept it
of new. After this he appears to have
been wholly submissive to the measures
of the Court. He died in 1617. He was
a member of at least sixteen General
Assemblies. Calderwood says of him,
"The man was ambitious, and readie to
embrace any preferment." He marr. (1)
1574, Joanna Spence, Chirnside, and had
issue — Samuel Spence, colonel of horse
under Gustavus Adolphus, and Governor
of Finland, born 1576, died at Womer,
1622; Christian, born 1580 (marr. 1600,
Alexander Lauder of Gunsgreen) ; Anne,
bapt. at East Nisbet Chapel, 1585 (marr.
1604, Robert Brounfield of Todridge) ; Mar-
garet, born 1589 (marr. 1610, Robert
Lauder, W.S., Edinburgh) ; Elspeth, born
1592 (marr. 1613, Patrick Craw of Heug-
head) ; John, min. of Ednam ; George,
born 1598 : (2) 1611, Barbara Seton of
Nottridge, near Haddington, and had
issue — William, min. of Coldstream ; Pat-
rick, born 1615. His widow survived him
and marr. secondly, Andrew Ramsay, min.
of Eyemouth, and thirdly, John Poole in
Tranent). — [.Reg. Assig. ; Reg. of Beech,
xxxi., xxxvi. ; Reg. Privy Counc. ; St
Andrews Syn. and Test. Regs. ; Booke of
the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., iv., 72 ;
Pitcairn's Crim. Trials, ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
1097; Reg. of Deeds, ccccx., 370; G. R.
Inhib., 10th Dec. 1617 ; Acts and Dee.,
cccxxxii., 372.]
FRANCIS HEPBURN, son of Francis
iei? H. and Margaret Cockburn ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 25th July 1612); pres.
by James VI. 18th Nov. 1617; was still
min. 23rd Nov. 1638, but subsequently
deprived. He had issue — Thomas, eldest
son. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Sed. Book of Teinds ;
Stat. Rep., 1627 ; Reg. of Deeds, dxxx., 113 ;
G. R. Inhib., 6th Sept. 1637.]
WILLIAM CLAPPERTON, born 1613 ;
son of John G, who was min. in 1576,
mentioned as min. in 1639. He died
before 19th Jan. 1642. His brother Patrick
was his heir.— [Gen. Reg. Sas., 1., 343.]
THOMAS HEPBURN, M.A., min. in
1641 ; trans, to Oldhamstocks in
1642.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
JAMES HOME, son of Alexander H.,,
1642 m*n* °^ Ayton ■> pres. by Charles I.
1st Dec. 1641 ; adm. in 1642 ; still
min. in 1653, but was probably deprived ;
died before 14th Jan. 1671. He marr.
Janet, daugh. of John Arnot of Hoprig,
and had issue — James, writer, Edinburgh,
his heir; Margaret, died 1700; Jean (marr.
Alexander Kinnear, writer, Edinburgh);
Rachel (marr. John Home, min. of Green-
law).— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Peebles Presb. Reg.;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 5387, and Berwick, 381 ;
G. R. Sas., Iv., 395.]
chirnside]
COLDSTREAM
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WILLIAM JOHNSTONE of Laverock-
law, M.A. (St Andrews, 5th June
1638); ord. to Lauder in 1652;
trans, and adm. in 1659 ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; died before
2nd April 1685. He marr. Isabel Mait-
land, probably of the Lauderdale family,
and had issue— James, his heir ; Margaret,
assisted by the Presb. in 1700 as " the
daughter of an outed minister " ; William,
buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 17th
March 1692. — [Si/n. (Kelso Presb.) Beg. ;
Lothian Syn. Reg. ; Edin. Reg. Sas. ; Wod-
row's Hist. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.., Berwick, 420,
and Gen., 6634.]
DAVID ROBERTSON, son of James
1663 ^"' m*n> °^ Cranstoun ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 2nd May 1639); adm.
(assistant) at Dunbar 19th April 1644 ;
trans, to Polwarth, and adm. before 18th
June 1652 ; conforming to Episcopacy, he
was coll. 16th Oct. 1662 ; trans, and adm.
after 25th Aug. 1663; died May 1685.
He marr. Agnes (died 29th May 1694),
daugh. of Andrew Stevenson, min. of Dun-
bar, in whose right he entered burgess and
guild-brother of Edinburgh, 10th April 1678,
and had issue — Andrew; Patrick, min. of
of Edrom, ultimately vicar of Berwick-on-
Tweed, who was served heir 26th Jan. 1700.
— [Duns Presb. and Edin. Guild Regs. ;
Lauder Tests. ; Greyfriars Burials ; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 8200.]
'THOMAS BLAIR, M.A. (St Andrews,
1686 14t^ Marcn 1672); was a preacher
13th June 1680; inst. to Tynning-
hame 26th May 1684 ; trans, and adm.
before 19th Jan. 1686 ; deprived by the
Privy Council, 26th Sept. 1689, for not
praying for King William and Queen
Mary, nor reading the Proclamation of the
Estates. In 1713 he was in charge of
Cornhill, Northumberland, and in 1728 he
was inst. to the united curacies of Cornhill
and Branxton; died 23rd Aug. 1736, aged
about 85. He marr. Christian (died 23rd
June 1729), daugh. of Sir William Eliott
of Stobs, Bart., and had issue — David,
bursar of Theology, Presb. of Kirkcaldy,
1692, 1693. — [Tynninghame and Scoonie
Sess. Begs.; Cornhill Beg. (Bur.) ; Hutchin-
son's Northumberland, i. ; MS. Arc. of
Min., 1689; Peterkin's Constit. of the
Church.]
1690
JAMES ARMSTRONG, mentioned as
min. when first meeting of Presb.
is recorded 7th Aug. 1690 ; trans, to
Canonbie 21st March 1694.— [Reg. Gen.
Ass., 1690, 1692.]
JOHN POW, son of Robert P., notary,
1694 Eyemouth; M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th
July 1688); licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside, and ord. 7th Aug. 1694 ; died
5th Jan. 1735, aged about 67. He marr.
Jean Marjoribanks, who died 3rd Feb.
1763, and had issue — Robert, merchant,
and bailie of Coldstream ; John, M.A.,
licen. 1729 ; Elizabeth, born 1723 (marr.
John Forman, ancestor of the Formans of
Craigpark, Ratho). William Pow, licen. in
1745, was probably a son. — [Lauder Tests. ;
Boston's Mem.]
WILLIAM WILSON, a teacher in
17S5 George Heriot's Hospital 20th June
1720; M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th Dec.
1720); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton 31st
Oct. 1732 ; pres. by Thomas, Lord Binning,
and ord. 30th Oct. 1735 ; died 16th June
1777. He marr. 9th June 1737, Agnes
(died 7th July 1784), daugh. of Thomas
Chatto of Mainhouse, and had issue —
John, born 18th April 1738; Thomas,
born 19th Sept. 1739; Janet, born 22nd
Nov. 1741 ; Andrew, born 30th Jan. 1744 ;
Mary, born 30th Oct. 1745, died 19th Oct.
1763; Charlotte, born 11th Nov. 1752;
Jean, died 26th June 1815. — [Steven's Mem.
of Heriot.]
JAMES BELL, born 1742, son of Robert
-— -a B., min. of Avendale, and nephew
of James Thomson, author of The
Seasons, whom he succeeded in the small
estate of Wideopen, which he afterwards
sold. He was educated by his uncle,
Robert Thomson, schoolmaster of Lanark,
and at the Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 25th Feb. 1766; app.
42
COLDSTREAM— EDROM
[PRESB. OF
preacher to Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by
Thomas, Earl of Haddington, Aug. 1777.
Delay was occasioned by a competing
presentation from the Crown in favour
of Alexander Girvan. afterwards min. of
Langton. The Lords of Session decided
in favour of B., and he was ord. 24th Sept.
177S; D.D. (Glasgow, 4th Dec. 1789); died ,
9th Aug. 1794. He marr. 9th April 1779,
Annie (died 17th Oct. 1S26, aged 74),
sister of Thomas Clark, min. of Eagles-
ham, and had issue— Robert, born 5th Eeb.
1780 : Thomas, born 4th May 17S1 ; James
Thomson, born 28th June 1 7S2 : Carolina
Home, born 29th Aug. 1784 ; Margaret,
born 27th Oct. 17S5 ; Elizabeth, born 30th
Jan. 1757, died unmarr. 1S76 [vide Journal
of Sir Walter Scott, 7th March 1828];
Charles Hamilton, born 17th April 1789 ;
John, major H.E.I.C.S., born 3rd Jan.
1791 ; Beatrix, born 2nd June 1792. Publi-
cations— Sermons preached before the Univ.
of Glasgow (revised by Principal Robert-
son ; London, 1790) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Scottish E
iii. ; Cleland:s Ann., i.]
ROBERT SCOTT, bred a tailor; edu-
cated at the parish school of Temple
and at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Chirnside 31st Jan. 1786 ; ord.
min. of Legerwood 9th May 1793 ; pres. by
Charles, Earl of Haddington, 25th Xov.
1794 ; adm. 3rd July 1795 ; died unmarr.
17th Jan. 1830, aged 77.
THOMAS SMITH GOLDIE, born 15th
Aug. 1798, son of George G., min.
of Athelstaneford ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunbar 5th Dec. 1S21 ; assistant in
Tron Parish. Edinburgh ; pres. by the Com-
missioner of Thomas. Earl of Haddington,
30th Jan.. and ord. 14th May 1S30 ; died at
Edinburgh, 5th July 1859. He marr. 5th
Feb. 1833, Jane Gilloch Morgan, who died
15th May 1858, aged 45, and had issue —
George Morgan, born 6th Feb. 1834;
Margaret Gibson, born 4th Oct. 1836, died
31st Oct. 1844. Publications — A Sermon
/'reached at Coldstream (Edinburgh, 1331) ;
Prayers for the Use of his Parishioner*
(Edinburgh, 1840) ; Account of the Parish
(Xew Stat. Ace. ii.)
ARCHIBALD XISBET, born about
1827, son of Archibald X., min. of
the Chapel-of-Ease, Xortb Albion
Street, Glasgow; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord.
to St Stephen's Parish, Glasgow, 24th March
1853 ; pres. by George, Earl of Haddington ;
trans, and adm. 26th Jan. 1860; died 7th
July 1898. He marr. 12th June 1855,
Mary Eliza (died 26th April 1895), daugh.
of John Allan, writer, Glasgow, and had
issue — Archibald, born 2nd April 1856 ;
Alexander Allan, born 2nd March 1862 ;
Helen Christina Margaret, born 16th May
1865 ; Francis Walter, born 21st Oct.
1869.
ROBERT JOHX PAUL, M.A., B.D. ;
ord. 23rd Dec. 1898 ; trans, to Elder
Park Parish. Govan, 16th May 1912.
1898
1912
ROBERT JOHX THOMSOX, born
Glasgow, 12th April 1887, son of
David T. and Isabella Fraser ; M.A.,
B.D, (Aberdeen) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1910 ; assistant at Maxwell
Parish, Glasgow; ord. 20th Sept. 1912;
lieut. 11th Black Watch, and saw service
in France. 1914-16.
EDROM.
[The church was granted to Coldingham
Priory by Earl Gospatrick in 1139. There
were subordinate chapels at Kimmerghame,
Blackadder, East Xisbet, and Earlston.
By 1450 land at Kelloe was granted to
found the prebend of Kelloe in the col-
legiate church of Dunglass, and a papal
bull of 1459 gave to Dunglass the vicarage
of Edrom. The old Xorman church was
taken down in 1737, all that survives being
a fine doorway, and a transept chapel
built in 1499 by Robert Blackadder. Arch-
bishop of Glasgow, whose ancestors held
the lands of Blackadder in the parish.]
JAMES COSTRAXE, reader in
1570 1570.
chiknside]
EDROM
43
PATRICK GAITTIS [GALT], trans.
from Abernethy after 11th June
1573, when Duns, Langton, Fogo,
and Pohvarth were also in the charge. He
removed to Duns between 1580 and 1582. —
[Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM CARRAIL, reader, 1574 to
..__„ 1580 ; min. in 1583 ; died previous to
12th July 1612. He marr. (name
unknown), and had issue — Matthew, his
successor ; Patrick, wright ; Christian
(marr. Robert Mackie). — [Reg. Min. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Reg. of Deeds, cclxxxv., 15th July
1619 ; G. R. Sas., xlvii., 183.]
MATTHEW CARRAIL, son of preced-
ing ; adm. to Bunkle in 1607 ; pres.
by James VI. 8th July 1612, and
adm. soon after ; clerk of Presb. 1642 ;
died before 20th Aug. 1646. He marr. 8th
April 1607, Elizabeth Adamson. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Old Dec, ii. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Ed in.
Marr. Reg.]
1646
JOHN HOME, min. of Eyemouth in
1627 ; pres. by Charles I. 20th Aug.
1646, and adm. soon afterwards ;
died in April 1648. He marr. (1) Barbara
Home : (2) before 1642, Jean Home, who
survived him, and had a "house at Eye-
mouth bought with her awin money."
They had a son, John, whom he designed
"to be brought up at the schools." — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Lauder Tests. ; Berwick Sas., iii.,
192, 1635, and 365, 1642.]
1648
[WILLIAM HUME, pres. by Charles I.
22nd May 1648. On 24th May he
was apparently under scandal, as
the Presb. of Chirnside was warned not
to put him on the leet for any kirk until
he should be tried and cleared. He was
probably never settled in this charge, and
may be the W. H. who was collated to
Ayton in 1663, and min. of Loudoun in
1664. — Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Peterkin's Records.]
THOMAS SWINTON, M.A. (Edin-
1Q4g burgh, 25th July 1618); min. of
Abbey St Bathans in 1628 ; trans,
and adm. in 1649 ; died in 1661, aged about
64. He marr. Isabella, probably daugh. of
George Dunbar of Avache, who survived
him. — [Acts of Ass. ; Edin. Reg. Sas. ;
Tombst.; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Morrison's Dec, x.]
ANDREW BANNATYNE, M.A.,
1662 f°rmerly °f Garvald ; pres. by
Charles II. 25th May 1661, 22nd
Feb. and 4th Oct. 1662; coll. 11th Nov.
following ; again pres. 6th March 1663.
He exchanged with the min. of Colding-
ham, and removed there in 1665. — [Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Reg. Coll.]
ALEXANDER HEWAT, M.A. (St
Andrews 1651) ; min. of Colding-
ham in 1663 ; pres. by Charles II.
17th Feb. 1664; coll. 3rd Feb. 1665; died
April 1677, aged about 46. He marr.
Anna Home, who survived him. — [Reg.
Sec Sig. ; Reg Collat. ; Lauder Tests.]
GEORGE TROTTER, M.A. ; trans.
77 from Bunkle ; pres. by Charles
II. 7th May 1677, and adm. soon
afterwards ; trans, to Second Charge, Tron
Parish, Edinburgh, 1682.— [Min.-booh Reg.
Sec Sig., v.]
PATRICK ROBERTSON, son of David
R., min. of Coldstream ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh 1663) ; adm. min. of Cumbrae
in 1682 ; pres. by Charles II. 5th June 1682,
and adm. soon afterwards. He was inst.
vicar of Berwick-on-Tweed 29th July 1686,
and died unmarr. after 26th Jan. 1700,
aged about 59. — [Min.-book Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Fuller's and Scott's Ilists. of Benvick ;
Beru>ick Reg. Burials; Inq. Ret. Gen., 8200.]
J JOHN BARCLAY, pres. by James VII.
1687 21st April 1687; deprived by Privy
Council, 8th Sept. 1689, for neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
nor praying for William and Mary, but for
James VII— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Peterkin's Constitution of the Church.]
ANDREW GUTHRIE, ord. 10th Oct.
1690; trans, to Peterhead 19th
April 1699.
[JOHN DAWSON, M.A., described as
1698 "Poacher of the Gospel in the
parish of Edrom in 1698 " ; min. of
Langton that year.]
44
EDROM
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS ANDERSON, called 5th
1701 June) an<l ord. 25th Sept. 1701 ;
trans, to Ayton 27th March 1712.
ALEXANDER TROTTER of Leetbrae,
71 Coldstream, born 1677, son of Captain
Alexander T., who fought at Killie-
crankie (of the old Merse family of T. of
Printonan); M.A. (Edinburgh, 20th April
1701). In 1704 he was a teacher at Cold-
stream ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 29th
July 1712 ; pres. by the Presb. jure clevoluto
28th July, and ord. 10th Sept. 1713; died
29th Dec. 1758. He rnarr. (pro. 3rd July
1720), Helen, eldest daugh. of John Tulli-
delph, min. of Dunbarney, and had issue —
Alexander, born 4th Dec. 1724; Catherine
(marr. James Thomson, min. of Kin-
goldrum) ; Margaret (marr., pro. 19th Aug.
1764, William Smith, merchant, Dundee). —
[Memoir of R. Trotter ; Isabella Trotter's
Family Memoirs ; East Galloway Sketches ;
E<Un. Tests. ; Edin. Marr. Beg.]
WILLIAM REDPATH [RIDPATH].
1759 DOrn i"^' third son of George R.,
min. of Ladykirk ; licen. by Presb.
of Kelso 4th Oct. 1757 ; pres. by George
II. 16th April, and ord. 27th Sept. 1759;
died 10th Sept. 1797. He marr. 26th
March 1766, Sarah (died 17th Dec. 1777),
probably daugh. of Walter Hart, min. of
Bunkle, and had issue — George, born 22nd
March 1767 ; Walter, born 16th Dec. 1768 ;
Philip, born 11th Sept. 1770; William
Alexander, born 5th Dec. 1773 ; Alex-
ander, born 16th July 1777. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, \.).—[Tombst.]
JOHN HASTIE, born 1762, son of John
17g_ H., Dunsyre ; became schoolmaster
of Dunsyre, and was subsequently
tutor in the family of George Buchan of
Kelloe ; licen. by Presb. of Duns 2nd Sept.
1788 ; pres. by George III. Nov. 1796 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 23rd Feb. 1797 ;
died suddenly, 20th Nov. 1822. He marr.
3rd June 1803, Sarah (died 19th Nov. 1842),
daugh. of John Logan of New Edrom, and
had issue — Helen, born 25th Aug. 1804 ;
Elizabeth, born 30th Nov. 1807 (marr.
David Logan. Ferney Castle); Sarah, born
13th Dec. 1810; John Logan, born 18th
July 1813.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER CUTHBERTSON, born
1823 *n 1~93 » ^ourtn son °f James C,
farmer, Kilmaurs ; M.A. (Glasgow
1811) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 6th May
1817 ; assistant at Jedburgh ; pres. by
George LV. in Feb., and ord. 21st Aug.
1823; died 31st May 1849. He marr.
27th Nov. 1845, Esther Bell, who marr.
again 15th June 1852. Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, ii.).
JAMES WILSON, licen. by Presb. of
1849 Edinburgh ; assistant at Greenside ;
ord. to the Chapel-of-Ease, New
Rothesay, 1847 ; pres. by Queen Victoria,
trans, and adm. 23rd Nov. 1849 ; dem.
16th May 1872; died unmarr. in Australia,
15th Aug. 1895.
1872
GEORGE GIBSON GUNN, M.A. ; assist-
ant and successor at West Linton ;
pres. by Queen Victoria, and adm.
5th Sept. 1872 ; trans, to St George's
Parish, Glasgow, 27th July 1882.
MACDUFF SIMPSON, born Johns-
18g3 town, Co. Kildare, 9th July 1849,
son of Joseph S., C.E. ; educated
at Belfast, Princeton Univ., U.S.A., and
Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Lexington, Virginia, 1875 ; ord. to Church -
ville, Virginia, 9th Oct. 1875 ; min. of
Richmond Church, Philadelphia, 1877-81 ;
adm. a min. of the Church of Scotland
in 1881 ; min. of St Paul's Chapel, Leith,
1881 ; adm. to this charge 3rd Jan. 1883.
Marr. (1) 5th April 1876, Mary- (died 27th
Jan. 1912), daugh. of Henry Henderson,
min. of Kinclaven, and has issue — Henry
Henderson, lecturer at Dundee Technical
College, born 23rd Jan. 1877 ; David Mac-
duff Frederick, Director of Education,
Soudan Government, Egypt, born 9th Dec.
1878 ; Isabella Mary, born 8th Jan. 1882 :
(2) 20th Aug. 1913, Elizabeth Jackson.
WILLIAM KENNETH GRANT, M.A.,
1911 0r(^ (assistant and successor) 15th
Dec. 1911 ; trans, to Second Charge,
St Andrews, 6th Jan. 1916,
chirnside]
EDROM— EYEMOUTH
45
JOHN MACKECHNIE, born Oban,
igi6 5th April 1867, son of Alexander M.
and Christina Maccoll ; educated at
Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunblane 1895 ; assistant
at Middle Parish Paisley ; ord. to Beach
Mission, Broughty Ferry, 28th Dec. 1899 ;
adm. to Buckhaven 23rd Feb. 1905 ; trans,
to Stronsay (assistant and successor) 17th
Dec. 1907 ; trans, to Lairg 2nd Aug. 1912 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
22nd May 1916. Marr. 1st June 1905,
Elizabeth Skene Blacklaws, and has issue
— Elizabeth Christina Kennedy, born 12th
March 1907 ; Mabel Mary Watson, born
13th March 1909.
EYEMOUTH.
[Disjoined from Coldingham and erected
by James VI. 27th Jan. 1618. A new
church was built in 1812, and repaired
in 1902.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, chaplain in 1597.
1597 He marr. Katherine Mitchelson.
1615
ANDREW RAMSAY, pres. by James
VI. 7th Feb. 1615; died between
20th Nov. 1623 and 31st Oct. 1627.
He marr. Barbara Seton (widow of John
Clapperton, min. of Coldstream, who sur-
vived him, and marr. (3) John Poole in
Tranent), and had issue— Robert, servitor
to George,1 Earl of Winton.— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Prestonpans Sess. Beg. ; Lauder Tests. ; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 3271 ; Milne Home MSS. {Hist.
MS. Com., 92).]
JOHN HOME, trans, from Ladykirk ;
1627 pres. by Charles I. 31st Oct. 1627;
trans, to Edrom in 1646.
1647
JAMES STRATON, M.A ; pres. by
Charles I. 8th Nov. 1647 ; trans, to
Gordon in 1662.
' JAMES BANNATYNE, M.A., probably
son of Andrew B., min. of Colding-
ham ; pres. by Charles II. 9th June,
ord. and coll. 11th Sept. 1665 ; died in
1665
1673. — [Mm.-b66k Beg. Sec. Sig.; Beg.
Collat.]
GILBERT INNES, son of James lnnes
1673 °^ TiU°uries 'i M.A. (Marischal Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1669) ; Johnston
divinity bursar there, 1669-73 ; pres. by
Charles II. 6th June, ord. and coll. 23rd
Sept. 1673. The parish was vacant by
1677 ; no reason is stated in the Presb.
Register.— [Beg. Sec. Sig., v. ; Beg. Collat.]
JOHN WILKIE, probably a member of
1SW the Foulden family ; chaplain to
Lady Kinnoull ; entered on trials
for license before Presb. of Perth 10th Jan.
1665 ; coll. 14th May 1669 to Kirknewton ;
trans, to Ratho in 1674 ; pres. by Charles II.
23rd March 1677, and adm. soon after ; died
in 1683. — [Beg. Collat. ; Lanark Presb.
Beg.; Min.-book Beg. Priv. Seal, v.]
DAVID STIRLING of Branxton,
1683 Cockburnspath ; M.A. (Glasgow
1653) ; licen. by Presb. of Dum-
barton ; assistant at Dunbar 5th July
1659; ord. to Foulden after 11th July
1660 ; conformed to Episcopacy, and coll.
27th Oct. 1662 ; trans, to Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 1664; dent, in 1669; coll. to
Cockburnspath after 27th Sept. 1671 ;
deprived in 1681 for refusing the Test;
pres. to this charge by Charles II. 14th
Sept. 1683; deprived by the Privy Council,
12th Sept. 1689, for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates, etc. He was
dead in 1699. He marr. Margaret Law,
and had issue— Margaret (marr. 13th June
1682, Robert Lawson, min. of Libberton,
Lanarkshire) ; David ; Archibald, bursar of
Presb. of Dunbar 4th April 1682, died
1683 ; Thomas ; Ann. — [Min.-book Beg.
Sec. Sig., v. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; G. B.
Sas., lxxv., 81 ; Dunbar Presb., Cockburns-
path, Whittingehame, and Innerivick Sess.
Begs. ; Edin. Ba/pt. Beg.]
JAMES RAMSAY, M.A.; called 7th
March, and ord. 9th May 1693 ; trans,
to Kelso 24th Sept. 1707.
JOHN CUMING [GUMMING], called
17th June, and ord. 2nd Sept. 1708 ;
1708 trans, to Humbie 28th June 1715.
46
EYEMOUTH
[PRESB. OF
1716
JAMES [or WILLIAM] ALLAN, a near
relative of John Simson, Professor of
Divinity at Glasgow ; educated at
Glasgow Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
6th June 1704 ; ord. to Simprin 23rd
Sept. 1707 ; pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 31st Jan., trans, and adm. loth
March 1716 ; died 3rd Jan. 1737, aged 58.
He marr. Sarah Watson,* who died 23rd
Jan. 1750, and had issue — James, his suc-
cessor; Margaret (marr. George Craw of
Netherbyres) ; Grace (marr. Andrew Edgar,
merchant, Eyemouth).
1737
JAMES ALLAN, born 1713, son of
preceding ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th
May 1732); licen. by Presb. 31st
Aug. 1736 ; pres. by George II. 23rd March,
and ord. 18th Aug. 1737; died unmarr.
7th May 1767. Publication — Moderation
Explained and Beco7nmended, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1749).
THOMAS TAIT, a native of Whitsome ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 25th
March 1760 ; pres. by George II.
26th May, and ord. 24th Sept. 1767 ; died
unmarr. 25th Jan. 1776.
1767
1776
JAMES WILLIAMSON, min. of the
High Meeting, Berwick-on -Tweed ;
pres. by George III. 24th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 16th Aug. 1776 (in the
churchyard, owing to the great crowd
present) ; trans, to Whitekirk 7th April
1785.
1785
GEORGE TODD [TOD], ord. to the
Scots Church, Tweedmouth, 16th
May 1783; pres. by George III.
30th April, and adm. 15th Sept. 1785 ;
trans, to Ladykirk 17th Sept. 1801.
1802
JAMES SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
Dunblane 26th March 1793; ord. I
(by Presb. of Chirnside) 29th Aug.
1797 min. of the Low Meeting, Ber\vick-on-
Tweed ; pres. by George III. 20th March,
and adm. 6th May 1802 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
16th Sept. 1809) ; died 9th Oct. 1825. He !
was an accomplished Greek scholar. He
marr. 14th May 1805, Jane Home (died
4th Dec. 1841), niece of his predecessor
and daugh. of John Forman, attorney,
Berwick, and sister of John and William
Forman Home of Wedderburn. Publica-
tion — Edited and revised Schrevelius'
Lexicon Manual c Groeco - Latin-urn et
Latino-Gr cecum (Edinburgh, 1810).
1822
JOHN TURNBULL, born in or about
1797, son of John T., merchant,
and Catherine Martin ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 13th June 1820 ; pres. by George
IV. 26th March, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 9th May 1822. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Free Church, Eyemouth,
1843; died 3rd March 1870. He marr.
6th Sept. 1855, Christina Short Eeid, who
died 12th April 1868, aged 55. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (JSTetv Stat.
Ace, ii.).
JOHN MURDOCH, pres. by Queen
Victoria, and ord. 12th Jan. 1844 ;
trans, to Kirkpatrick-Fleming, 21st
April 1845.
1844
* STEPHEN BELL, son of John B.,
1845 Supervisor of Excise, and Jane Shaw;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Greenock ; assistant at
Brydekirk; pres. by Queen Victoria, and ord.
31st July 1845; died 20th Dec. 1881. He
marr. 5th Aug. 1862, Margaret Thomson
(born 4th May 1833, killed in a carriage
accident at Haslemere, Surrey, 9th Aug.
1890), younger daugh. of Henry Beveridge,
advocate, of Inzievar, Torryburn, Fife.
See Poems and Other Pieces, by Margaret
T. Bell ["E.V.O.E."] (London, 1894). He
distinguished himself by his exertions for
the widows and orphans of those drowned
in the memorable fishing disaster of 14th
Oct. 1881, when 189 fishermen were lost
in a great storm off the Berwickshire coast,
of whom 129 belonged to Eyemouth.
1882
JOHN DEMPSTER MUNRO, born
Bury, 3rd Nov. 1841, son of Andrew
M. and Jemima Dempster ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh ; ord. to the Gaelic Parish,
Greenock, 19th Nov. 1878 ; trans, and adm.
16th May 1882 ; died 25th Feb. 1899. He
chirnside]
EYEMOUTH— FOULDEN
47
marr. 12th Nov. 1874, Agnes Jane Balfour
Gregor, born 17th Feb. 1846.
1899
JAMES WALLACE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
4tli Aug. 1899; trans, to Second
Charge, St Andrews, 25th June 1903.
1903
WILLIAM BLACK KENNEDY, born
Paisley, 16th March 1863, son of
John K. and Williamina Black ;
educated at public school and Philp's
Institution, Kirkcaldy ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1886), B.D. (1889) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh May 1889 ; assistant at Ferintosh
and at Earlston ; ord. by Presb. of Earl-
ston, 3rd Sept. 1893, chaplain at Belgaum,
India, under the Colonial Committee ; res.
Oct. 1895 ; app. to St Stephen's Chapel-of-
Ease, Inverness, 1897 ; adm. to Logie-
Almond 25th Jan. 1900 ; trans, and adm.
20th Nov. 1903. Marr. (1) 10th Sept.
1893, Jessie (died 28th Feb. 1896), daugh.
of James Dougall, min. of Stoneykirk,
and has issue — Norman Dougall, 2nd lieut.
K.O.S.B., born 22nd Nov. 1895 : (2) 4th
July 1900, Helen, daugh. of James Mac-
clonald, Morayston, Inverness.
FOULDEN.
[The parish of Foulden belonged to the
Priory of Coldingham until the Reforma-
tion. The church was rebuilt in 1786.
Nunlands, in the parish, was long held by
Dryburgh Abbey. The Commissioners of
the two kingdoms met in the church of
Foulden on 24th March 1587, to discuss
the recent execution of Mary, Queen of
Scots.]
ALEXANDER RAMSAY, rector in
156„ 1563, and chaplain of St Leonard's
Chapel, near Lasswade. He was
still referred to as " parson " in 1593. His
son George was min. of this charge in 1574.
—[Prot. Bk. of Gilbert Grote, 246.]
DAVID HOME, min. in 1567 j trans, to
^ Oldhamstocks 1st May 1569. — [Peg.
Min.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, adm. at Lam-
1572 mas in 1572 ; trans, to Ancrum Nov.
following. — [Beg. Min.]
1574 WILLIAM CROMBIE, reader.
GEORGE RAMSAY, trans, from Car-
1574 rington, when Chirnside and Preston
were in the charge. In the General
Assembly 1575 he was accused of non-
residence, but was trans, to Dalkeith that
year. — [Peg. Assig.; Calderwood's Hist.,
iii., 350.]
THOMAS STORIE, min. in 1576 j trans.
1576 to Chirnside. He returned about
1585 ; still min. in 1594, having
Hutton also in charge, with Fishwick
added in 1595 ; trans, to Hutton in that
or following year. — [Peg. Assig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iv., 72, 424; vii., 105.]
TOBIAS RAMSAY, brother of William
1596 R. of Nunlands ; was min. in 1596,
and a member of Assembly 10th
Nov. 1602 ; app. Moderator of the Synod
at Duns Oct. 1607, contrary to the Act of
Assembly of 1606, which enacted that a
constant Moderator should be appointed.
For this he and the clerk of Synod were
ordered by the Privy Council to repair to
Blackness within forty - eight hours, but
they preferred to withdraw themselves for
a time. He was still min. in 1611. — [G. P.
Inhib., 2nd series, vi., 203 ; Peg. Assig. ;
Calderwood's Hist., vi., 681 ; Melvill's
Autob.]
OLIVER COLT, eldest son of Oliver O,
1614 advocate, and brother of Adam C,
min. of Inveresk (ancestor of the
Colts of Inveresk and Gartsherrie) ;
Regent of Humanity in the Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th July
1597) ; adm. min. of the Second Charge,
Holyroodhouse [Canongate], 1611 ; trans,
and adm. in 1614 ; pres. to the vicarage
of Lamberton by James VI. 10th Dec.
1616 ; "died in jjeace, after many labours, i:
1631. He marr. Helen, eldest daugh. by
second marriage of William Kellie of East-
barns, Dunbar, W.S. (who survived him,
and marr. secondly, her husband's sue-
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FOULDEN
[PRESB. OF
cessor), and had issue — William, his heir ;
Robert. — [Crawfurd's Univ. of Edin, ; Reg.
Assig. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; History of the Colt
Family, pp. 96-125; Prot. Bk. of A.
Guthrie, iii., 159.]
THOMAS RAMSAY of Nether Mord-
ington, of the family of Ramsay of
Edington, was an expectant in the
Synod of St Andrews 4th Sept. 1611, and
settled here in 1630 ; member of Assembly,
1638, 1639, and 1645 ; died Sept. 1650. He
marr. Helen Kellie, widow of his pre-
decessor, and had issue — Thomas, min. of
Mordington ; Robert ; Jean ; Helen (marr.
23rd Oct. 1667, James Aitkenhead, apothe-
cary), buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 3rd
May 1685.— [St Andrews Syn. Beg. ; Edin.
Bapt., Marr., and Bur. Begs. ; Old Bee.,
ii. ; Edinburgh and Lauder Tests. ; Acts
of Ass. ; Fountainhall's Dec, i. ; Inq. Ret.,
Berwick, 291, Haddington, 450, 457, and
Gen., 1783 ; Assembly Com. Records, 1646-7
(Scot. Hist. Soc).]
JAMES TWEEDIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
July 1643). In 1650 the Commission
of Assembly appointed him chaplain
to the garrison at Stirling ; adm. to this
charge in 1652. He joined the Protesters,
and died 1659, aged about 36. He marr.
(name unknown), and had issue — Eliza-
beth, only daugh. — [Dalkeith Presb. Reg. ;
Livingston's Life ; Acts of Pari. ; G. R.
Inhib., 25th Aug. 1674.]
1659
GEORGE HOME, formerly at Ayton,
served here from 1st Dec. 1659 to
31st Aug. 1660, and obtained an Act
of Parliament for a year's stipend, 18th June
1661.— [Acts of Pari., vii.]
DAVID STIRLING, M.A. ; ord. after
11th July 1660; conformed to
Episcopacy ; was coll. 27th Oct.
1662 ; trans, to Greyfriars, Edinburgh, in
1664.— [Reg. of Collat.]
PATRICK SHARPE, eldest son of
1665 Patrick S., min. of East Kilbride, and
Janet Wilkie of the Foulden family ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. and
coll. 15th Sept. 1665; probably deprived
for refusing the Test in 1631. He was
alive Sept. 1692, when he had sasine of
land at Limekilns. — [Reg. Sas. ; Lanark
(Nether Ward) ; Reg. Collat,']
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A. (Edin-
1682 burgh 1674) ; schoolmaster of Airth ;
was inst. 13th April 1682 ; deserted
his charge Aug. 1696 ; went to England
and obtained a parochial cure. He marr.
Agnes, sister of William Methven, min.
of Fogo, and had issue — David ; Agnes ;
William ; Janet ; Margaret. — [Stirling
Presb. Reg.; Lauder Tests. ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
ROBERT PARK, educated at Univ. of
1699 Glasgow; called 15th Nov. 1698,
and ord. 19th Sept. 1699 ; died 25th
Dec. 1754. He marr. Sept. 1729, Eliza-
beth, daugh. of James Ramsay, min. of
Kelso; she survived him, marr. again, and
died 19th June 1780.— [Boston's Mem.]
" JOHN BUCHANAN, licen. by Presb.
l755 of Lanark ; assistant to preceding
in 1751 ; pres. by James Wilkie of
Foulden, and ord. 18th Sept. 1755. Before
ordination he gave a written promise to
Mr Wilkie to be content with any repairs
done by him upon the manse, and for this
he was suspended by the Presb. for one
month. During his ministry there were
repeated visitations by the Presb., and
appeals to the civil courts. The heritors
were finally forced to build a new church
and manse, furnish a grass glebe, and
augment the stipend. On one occasion the
General Assembly allowed B. a sum of £10
towards his legal expenses. He died 9th
June 1785, in his 78th year. He marr. 16th
Dec. 1758, Jane (died 19th Feb. 1823),
daugh. of Richard Bell, min. of Mording-
ton, and had issue — Richard, D.D., min. of
the English Presbyterian Church, Amster-
dam, born 21st Oct. 1759, died 1794; Helen,
born 30th Nov. 1760 ; John, born 18th Sept,
1763; Jean, born 1765, died young; Jean,
born 8th May 1767.
DAVID YOUNG, born 1751; M.A. ;
17__ ord. by Presb. of Edinburgh 12th
May 1784, as min. of the Presby-
terian congregation at Glanton, North-
chienside]
FOULDEN— HOUNDWOOD
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umberland ; pres. to this parish by James
Wilkie of Foulclen Nov. 1785 ; aclm. 23rd
March 1786; died 6th July 1812. He
man*. 20th May 1770, Jane Davidson,
who died 6th Oct. 1836, and had issue —
Catherine, born 26th Aug. 1771 ; George,
born 26th June 1774 ; John, born 4th
Aug. 1775 ; Jean, born 2nd Sept. 1776 ;
David, born 6th Jan. 1780 ; Alexander,
born 15th Feb. 1782; Richard, born 16th
Nov. 1785 ; Elizabeth, born 15th Dec. 1787 ;
Robert, born 3rd Aug. 1789; Christian,
born 27th April 1791 (marr. 11th Nov. 1813,
Peter Macgregor, merchant, Edinburgh) ;
Andrew, H.E.I.C.S., born 13th Feb. 1793 ;
Mary (marr. 18th March 1825, Robert Bruce
of Burravoe, Shetland) ; Eliza (marr. 1st
Aug. 1825, Alexander Gilkie, surveyor,
Edinburgh). Publication— Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace). — [To?ibst.]
JOHN EDGAR, M.A. • trans, from
1813 Symington, Lanarkshire ; pres. by
James Wilkie of Foulden, and adm.
24th June 1813; trans, to Hutton 10th
May 1821.
ALEXANDER CHRISTISON, born
1821 18t^ ^U^ 1^97, son of Alexander C.
(a native of Aldcambus), Professor
of Humanity in the Univ. of Edinburgh,
was twin brother of Sir Robert O, Bart.,
Professor of Materia Medica in the Univ. of
Edinburgh ; educated at High School and
Univ. there ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
8th Aug. 1820 ; pres. by the trustees of
James Wilkie of Foulden, and ord. 20th
Sept. 1821 ; died 20th May 1874. He
marr. (1) 7th June 1825, Helen (died 21st
Feb. 1839), youngest daugh. of William
Cameron, min. of Kirknewton, and had
issue — Alexander, born 17th April 1826,
died in Australia (date unknown) ; William
Cameron, born 18th June 1827, drowned in
Queensland, 3rd Feb. 1874 ; Agnes Mont-
gomery, born 26th Feb. 1829 (marr. John
Beddoe, M.D.), died 6th Nov. 1914 ; Mar-
garet, born 1st March 1831 (marr. William
Sillar), died 27th March 1901 ; John Robert,
born 28th May 1832, died at sea, 14th Jan.
1849 ; Thomas Macknight, born 22nd Nov.
1833, died 10th May 1834; Thomas Mac-
knight Cameron, sheep farmer, born 15th
VOL. II.
April 1835, died in Australia, 1886 ; Robert,
a successful Queensland pioneer, born 8th
Jan. 1837, died at Burwell Park, Louth,
Lincolnshire, 25th October 1915 [he gave
£200 to supplement the stipend, in memory
of his father]; Cameron, born 30th Jan.
1839, killed by pirates in China : (2) 28th
April 1843, Isabella (died 23rd Jan. 1883),
daugh. of James Simson, Manchester, and
widow of Charles Brown, Foulden West
Mains, and had issue — Eliza Isabella, born
15th April 1844, died 21st March 1869.
Publication — Account of the Parish {Neiv
Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Steven's High School, 99 ;
Carr's Coldingham ; Tombst.]
ARCHIBALD BISSET, ord. 21st May
1874 1874 ; trans, to Ratho 17th Nov. 1876.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, M.A., B.D. ;
1QtJtJ ord. 10th May 1877 ; trans, to Craigie
17th Jan. 1883.
JOHN DONALD DOUGLAS, ord. 9th
1883 ^ay 1883 ' trans- *° Bellahouston,
Glasgow, 29th June 1886.
JOHN REID, born Edinburgh, 17th
Jan. 1857, son of John R., leather
merchant, and Mary Brown ; M.A.
(Edinburgh 1880) ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 1883 ; assistant at Strathmiglo and
Corstorphine ; ord. 21st Sept. 1886. Marr.
24th Nov. 1886, Martha Craig, daugh.
of John Gilchrist, Virginia City, Nevada,
U.S.A., and Mary Craig, and has issue —
John Stewart Gilchrist, lieut. R.N., born
22nd Aug. 1887 ; William Leonard, capt.
2nd Dorsetshire Regiment, born 28th May
1889, killed in action at Shaiba, Lower
Mesopotamia, 14th April 1915 ; Charles
Barrington Balfour, corporal R.E. (T.),
born 18th June 1892 ; Robert Payton, 2nd
lieut. K.O.S.B., born 31st July 1897;
Alexander Chalmers, born 30th March
1901 ; George Cecil, born 28th Sept. 1905,
died 25th Jan. 1907. Publication — Eila,
and Other Poems (Glasgow, 1912) [Modern
Scottish Poets, iv.].
HOUNDWOOD (Q.S.).
[In early times the Priory of Coldingham
had a chapel at West Renton, dedicated to
D
1886
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HOUNDWOOD
[PRESB. OF
St Nicholas. But no services were after-
wards available for the western portion of
Coldingham Parish till 1790, when Sir John
Stirling of Glorat and Renton proposed that
his chaplain should preach at Renton. A
chapel-of-ease was opened, 26th Jan. 1794.
In 1836 a church was built at Houndwood,
and this parish was erected by the Court
of Teinds, 9th July 1851. The church
was renovated and considerably enlarged
in 1900.]
JOSEPH BETHUNE [BEATON],
,,_. licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th
Aug. 1790 ; tutor and chaplain in
the family of Sir John Stirling of Glorat,
Bart. ; called 6th Feb., and ord. 11th Sept.
1794 ; clem, in order to go as a missionary
to Jamaica, under the Edinburgh Mission-
ary Society, 24th Sept. 1799 ; died at
Kingston, 5th June 1800. — [Dickson's Serm.,
1799 ; Missionary Mag., v.]
GEORGE MARSHALL, ord. 26th June
1800 180°; trans, to Bressay, Shetland,
14th May 1811.
JOHN DUNCAN, app. to Renton in
1836 1832 » ord- 15tl1 Dec- 1836 * trans- t0
Ceres 7th Nov. 1837.
JOHN ROBERTSON, ord. 11th May
1838 ; trans, to Whitsome 2nd Nov.
1888
1843.
[From 1843 to 1851 the chapel was
served by licentiates, and by the minister
of Coldingham.]
1851
DAVID DRUMMOND, born Leven,
Fife, 27th June 1820, son of Andrew
D. and Margaret Elder ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. first min.
of the Relief Church, Largs, 22nd April
1845. He res. in the following year and
joined the Church of Scotland ; adm. min.
of the Scots Church, Tweedmouth, 29th
March 1848 ; adm. to this charge 14th Oct.
1851 ; died 25th Sept. 1879. He marr. 6th
Jan. 1846, Isabella Samson, who died 9th
Oct. 1894, and had issue — Andrew, born
18th June 1848 ; John Samson, born 19th
April 1850, died 16th Aug. 1853; David,
born 21st March 1854 ; Charles, born 18th
Dec. 1855 ; Catherine Murdoch Samson,
born 19th March 1858; James, born 11th
June 1860.
* GEORGE ALEXANDER BISSETT,
1880 k°rn Inverness, 21st Nov. 1852, son
of John B. and Catherine Ross ;
M.A. (Aberdeen 1873), B.D. (1876) ; assist-
ant at Peterhead and at Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh; ord. 30th March 1880; died
11th July 1898. He marr. 30th March
1881, Mary (died 29th May 1903), daugh. of
John M'Ewen, min. of Dyke, and had issue
—John, born 14th March 1882 ; George,
born 9th Feb. 1884, died 23rd June 1898 ;
Henry, born 11th March 1886; Mary
Grisell, born 9th April 1888 (marr. 4th
Aug. 1910, Andrew William Lehmann,
engineer, Chili).
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 9th Dec. 1898; trans, to
Callander 27th Feb. 1903.
WILLIAM JAMES SOMERVILLE
10O3 MILLER, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 11th
Sept. 1903 ; trans, to Helensburgh
29th June 1909.
THOMAS CALDWELL, born Gala-
lqoq shiels, 18th March 1883, son of John
C. and Euphemia M'Lachlan ; edu-
cated at Galashiels Academy and Univ. of
St Andrews; M.A. (1904), B.D. (1907);
licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 14th May 1907 ;
assistant at Alloa; ord. 10th Dec. 1909;
trans, to Aberlady, and adm. 10th Dec.
1914. Marr. 7th Oct. 1911, Mary Dishart,
daugh. of Charles Ness, St Andrews, and
Mary Anderson Smith.
JOHN EDGAR DAVIDSON, born
Steinmanhill, Fyvie, 2nd April 1 888,
son of John D., F.E.I.S., and Mar-
garet Hunter ; educated at Fyvie, Falkirk
High School, and Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1908), B.D. (1911); licen. by
Presb. of Stirling 1911; assistant at
Forfar and Riccarton (Kilmarnock) ; ord.
30th April 1915. Marr. 14th July 1915,
Jessie, younger daugh. of Bruce Doig,
London.
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HUTTON AND FISH WICK
51
HUTTON AND FISHWICK.
[These two parishes were united in 1614.
Hutton Church, dedicated by Bishop David
de Bernham, 6th April 1243, was rebuilt in
1785. A new church was erected in 1820.
The church bell is dated 1661. The Hos-
pital of St John the Evangelist at Hutton
is mentioned in the thirteenth century.
Fishwick was granted to the monks of
St Cuthbert, at Durham, by King Edgar,
between 1098 and 1107, and is named in
the charter of continuation by David I.
in 1126. Fishwick church stood in the old
churchyard on the banks of the Tweed.
It was replaced about 1825 by a mortuary
chapel for the proprietors of Broadmeadows
and Fishwick.]
1567
ROBERT DOUGLAS, exhorter at Fish-
wick and at Horndean 1567 to
1572.
1568 ROBERT FYNNIE, reader.
JOHN CLAPPERTON, trans, from
15?1 Livingston, entered Feb. 1571 ; in
1574 Horndean, Lennel, and Up-
setlington were all in the charge ; trans.
to Coldstream [Lennel] about 1576.
1574 GEORGE SIMSON, reader.
ANDREW WINSISTER [WIN-
1574 CHESTER], min. of Fishwick in
1574 ; returned to Upsetlington
[Ladykirk] in 1576.
JOHN HOME, with Horndean and
157g Fishwick in his charge ; min. in 1578 ;
trans, to Langton about 1585.
WILLIAM METHVEN, min. in 1585;
Swinton and the others above named
were also in his charge ; trans, to
Langton by 1586.
1585
ARCHIBALD OSWALD, M.A. • min.
1586 in 1586 ; was pres. to Yetholm by
James VI. before 4th May 1 594, but
not settled. The General Assembly of that
month appointed him to reside with Alex-
ander, Lord Home, " as his ordinarie pastor,"
to convert him from Romanism ; trans, to
Smailholm about 1594.
THOMAS STORIE, trans, from Foulden,
and adm. about 1596 ; trans, to Bas-
sendean [Westruther] about 1597.
ALEXANDER LUMSDEN, M.A. (St
Andrews 1591) ; went to Aldcambus
in 1595 ; adm. here about 1599 ; still
min. in 1607. — \_Recj. Assig.]
1607
THOMAS OGILVIE, probably tutor to
Lord Home at St Andrews, from
whom he received the prebend of
Upsetlington in 1570, which he held till
1578, when it was awarded to Patrick
Home. In 1585 he was min. of Whitsome,
with Upsetlington also in the charge. He
is said to have been min. here in 1607,
and was alive 6th July 1614, when he drew
a portion of the stipend of this parish. —
[Reg. Assiy. ; Milne Home MSS., 48.]
JOHN WEMYSS, M.A. ; min. in 1608 ;
1608 trans, to Duns in 1613.
ALAN LUNDIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
1614 1(^ Dec. 1586) ; pres. to the vicarage
of St Boswells by James VI. 7th
April 1596. He was charged by the Presb.,
20th Sept. 1606, "with negligence in his
calling, and not administering the com-
munion, overstrait in exacting the vicar-
age, ane player at cairdis, blamet with
bearing companie, and impatient of re-
proof and admonition." He was again
admonished, 3rd April 1610, to "attend
his ministrie and increase in diligence " ;
trans, to Hassendean in 1610 ; to Channel-
kirk after 11th June 1611 ; pres. by James
VI. 15th April 1614 ; dem. previous to 28th
Sept. 1636, and was alive 5th Aug. 1644.
He marr. Agnes Trotter, and had issue —
James, his successor; John of Todrig;
William ; Andrew. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Sec.
Sig.'} Acts of Pari.; G. R. Sets., lv., 171; Ber-
u'ick Sas., ii., 125 ; G. R. Sas., xxxix., 32.]
JAMES LUNDIE, son of preceding;
1636 pres. by Charles I. 28th Sept. 1636 ;
dep. in 1649. He died before 15th
March 1692. He marr. Katherine, daugh.
of James Hume of Abbey St Bathans, and
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HUTTON AND FISHWICK
[PRESB. OF
had issue — James of Hutton - Spittal, a
property still held by his descendants.
— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Biggar Presb. Beg. ;
Lauder Tests. ; Peterkin's Records.]
PATRICK HOME, trans, probably from
1G48 Ellemford, and adm. before 24th June
1649 ; conformed to Episcopacy, and
coll. 2nd Dec. 1662; died Feb. 1679. He
marr. Nov. 1649, Margaret, daugh. of Alex-
ander Kinnear, min. of Whitsome, and had
issue — Alexander, M.A.; "William; Margaret
(marr. George Davidson, min. of Whit-
some).— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Lauder Tests. ; Reg.
of Collat. ; G. R. Inhib., 27th Jan. 1675.]
JOHN ORE, pres. by Charles II. 12th
1680 Dec. 1679 ; ord. in 1680 ; dep. by the
Synod for drunkenness, and died at
the end of Jan. 1694, while his appeal to
the Assembly was still unheard. He marr.
Elizabeth Pearson, who survived him, and
had issue.— {Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tombst. ; MS.
Ace. of Min. ; Treas. Reg., iv., 269.]
GILBERT LAURIE, of Crossrig, M.A.
16g3 (Edinburgh 1673); took refuge in
Holland ; ord. by Scots Presb. of
London in 1686 ; went to America, but
returned, and became colleague to Luke
Ogle at Berwick-on-Tweed ; adm. to this
parish 19th Dec. 1693; died 3rd Sept. 1727,
aged about 75. He marr. (1) Katherine
Home, who died in 1695, and had issue
— Gilbert of Crossrig, surgeon, Edinburgh,
died 15th Sept. 1744 : (2) (name unknown),
who died 18th April 1721, and had issue
— Sarah (marr. James Christie, min.
of Simprin); Andrew; Katherine (marr.
Robert Lamb, younger of Old Green-
law) ; Marjory ; George ; Rebecca (marr.
19th Aug. 1710, George Balderston, surgeon,
St Christophers). — [Tombst.]
ROBERT WAUGH, chaplain to Mrs
1730 Sydserff of Ruchlaw, and to Sir
Francis Kinloch of Gilmerton ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar 1st April 1713 ; chap-
lain at Hutton Hall ; pres. by George II.
29th Dec. 1727, and by William, Earl of
Home, Jan. 1728. The presentation was
opposed for two years and a half by the
Presb. and by almost all the parishioners,
but the Assembly peremptorily ordered
his settlement. He was ord. 23rd • June
1730, under protection of the Sheriff and
a force of military, despite the barricading
of the church doors. A Burgher church
formed at Horndean was a result of this
appointment. He died 23rd Feb. 1756,
aged 71. He marr. 23rd April 1733, Isobel
(died without issue, 22nd Sept. 1763),
daugh. of John Murray in Stenton Parish.
— [Lauder Tests. ; Wodrow's Anal, and
Corresp. ; Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1728-30.]
" [GEORGE BELL, a relative of Thomas
Ker of Broadmeadows ; licen. by Presb.
of Chirnside 27th Sept. 1737 ; pres. by
William, Earl of Home, June 1756. After
three years' delay in the law courts, the
right of patronage was declared to belong
to the Crown.]
1759
PHILIP REDPATH [RIDPATH],
born 1721, second son of George R.,
min. of Ladykirk ; licen. by Presb.
of Kelso 2nd July 1745 ; pres. by George
II. 30th July 1756; ord. 3rd May 1759;
died 18th May 1788. He marr. 13th Oct.
1768, Alison Hume, who died 7th Aug.
1790, s.p. Publications — Boethius' Consola-
tions of Philosophy, translated, with notes
and illustrations (London, 1785). He re-
vised his brother George's Border History
(London, 1776).— [Tombst.; Diet. Nat. Biog.;
Notes and Queries, 2nd series, viii., 227.]
1789
ADAM LANDELLS, min. at Etal ;
pres. by George III. 1st Nov. 1788 ;
adm. 19th March 1789; trans, to
Whitsome 8th Feb. 1821.
1821
JOHN EDGAR, bom 19th May 1785,
son of Andrew E., Eyemouth, a
cadet of Wedderlie, and Alison
Bogue ; M.A. (St Andrews) ; licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside 12th Aug. 1808 ;
assistant at Dunbar ; ord. to Symington,
Lanarkshire, 26th April 1810; trans, to
Foulden 24th June 1813 ; pres. by George
IV., trans, and adm. 10th May 1821 ; died
2nd April 1858. He marr. 7th June 1814,
Jessie (died 23rd Oct. 1868), daugh. of
Abraham Logan, Lintlaw and Burnhouses,
and had issue — Andrew, studied divinity,
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but became a barrister of the Inner
Temple, author of The Scottish House of
Edgar, LL.D. (Edinburgh 1867), born 9th
Aug. 1815, died in or about 1885 ; Abraham,
merchant, Glasgow, born 13th Dec. 1816 ;
James, born 20th Aug. 1818 ; Janet, born
23rd Oct. 1820 ; Alice, born 6th Feb. 1822 ;
John George, miscellaneous writer, editor
of Every Boy's Magazine, born 29th April
1827, died 22nd April 1864 ; Elizabeth, born
30th March 1829 ; Patrick, born 18th Aug.
1831 ; Georgina, born 18th Aug. 1833 (marr.
Charles Stuart, M.D., Chirnside) ; Richard
David, born 12th Jan. 1836. Publications
— A Sermon preached in the Church of
Symington (Edinburgh, 1812) ; Account
of the Parish and General Observations
on the County {New Stat. Ace, ii.).
1858
ROBERT KIRKE, born Camiesburn,
New Kilpatrick, 26th Sept. 1820,
son of Thomas K. and Mary Kin-
loch ; educated at Glasgow Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Dumbarton May 1845 ; ord.
by Presb. of Greenock to Newark Chapel,
Port-Glasgow, 11th Sept. 1845 ; inducted
to Middle Parish, Paisley, 3rd April 1849 ;
trans, and adm. 6th Oct. 1858; D.D.
(Glasgow 1872) ; died at Devon Lodge,
Dollar, 14th Jan. 1907. He marr. 9th
Dec. 1847, Margaret Williamson (born 21st
Feb. 1827, died 22nd Dec. 1910), daugh.
of Andrew Nicol, Carnwath, and had issue
— Mary Janet, born 21st July 1849 (marr.
(1) Colin MTsaac, M.A., headmaster of
Government Provincial School, Calicut,
Madras ; (2) Joseph Burnet, chaplain of St
Andrew's Church, Colombo) ; Robert, born
19th Nov. 1850, studied at Glasgow Univ.,
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside, elected min. of
Roxburgh 27tb Sept., but died before ordina-
tion, 10th Oct. 1875 ; Margaret Williamson
Nicol, born 2nd Oct. 1852 (marr. Michael
Cochran, Professor of Chemistry, Ceylon
Medical College) ; Helen Elizabeth, born
4th Sept. 1859 (marr. Alexander Milne,
min. of Gourock). Publication — How to
Train Up a Child.
DAVID SMITH LESLIE, born Luthrie,
Creich, Fife, 20th Sept. 1879, son of
George Ireland L., schoolmaster, and
Elizabeth Smith ; educated at High School,
Dundee ; M.A. (St Andrews 1901) ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 1904 ; assistant at West
Parish, Aberdeen, and at Lady Glenorchy's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor),
11th May 1906.
LADYKIRK, formerly UPSET-
LINGTON AND HORNDEAN.
[The church of St Mary at Ladykirk was
built by James IV. in 1500, as the result of
a vow made by him when nearly drowned
in the Tweed. The Royal Treasurer's
Accounts between 1500 and 1513, the year
of Flodden, contain entries of many valu-
able gifts from the king, who was a
frequent visitor to Our Lady Kirk of Steill,
as the church was called — " steill " being the
term applied to the deep salmon pools in
the river, in which the royal founder had
almost lost his life. The church was a
constant meeting-place for the Wardens
of the Marches, and the last treaty between
Scotland and England was signed within
its walls. It was restored in 1743, and
again in 1861, and except for a four-sided
dome with belfry added to the tower at
the former date, the building is little
altered from its original appearance. The
church of Horndean was dedicated by
Bishop David de Bernham, 4th April 1243.
After 1600 Upsetlington and Horndean
were united. At the Chapel Park stood
the ancient church of Upsetlington, while
near Horndean Church Robert Bisset of
Upsetlington founded, in the twelfth cen-
tury, a Hospital of St Leonard. Wells
dedicated to St Mary and to St Anne are
in the parish.]
ANDREW WINSISTER [WIN-
CHESTER], reader Nov. 1570 ; adm.
1570
1585.
min. in 1576 ; trans, to Hilton about
JAMES ROSS, reader at Horndean 1st
1575 May 1575, and still there in 1591.
JOHN HOME, formerly of Ayton ;
adm. in 1607 ; trans, to Eyemouth
1607
in 1627.
54
LADYKIRK
[PRESB. OF
DAVID HOME, son of James H., min.
1634 of Hilton ; M.A. (St Andrews 1625) ;
min. in 1634 ; died before 24th
March 1650, aged 45. He left an only
daugh. Margaret. — [Haddington Presb. ;
Reg. of Deeds, ccccxiii., 39 ; Lauder Tests. ;
Melrose Par. Beg.]
WILLIAM CRAUFURD, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 15th July 1641) ; of the house
of Fedderate, in Buchan ; was a
candidate for the office of Regent of
Humanity in Univ. of Edinburgh in 1644 ;
adm. in 1651 ; conforming to Episcopacy,
he was coll. in 1662 ; dep. 28th Aug. 169o!
The Assembly, 13th Nov. following, re-
ferred his case to the Commission, in order
"to procure him some livelihood because
of his age and infirmity," and at the settle-
ment of his successor the Presb. allowed
him 200 merks yearly out of the stipend ;
he died in 1695, aged 84. He marr., and
had issue — William, apprentice to David
Lindsay, merchant, Edinburgh, 21st June
1682. — [Craufurd's Edin. Univ. ; Edin.
Guild Peg.; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Fountainhall's Dec. ; Macfarlane's MSS. ;
Hist. Ace. Gen. Ass., 1690; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; Sage's Works, i.]
WILLIAM GULLAN, appears on the
1'694 P°rteous Roll, along with his wife, as
residing at Coldingham Loanhead.
He gave a bond of £100 not to attend
conventicles. In June 1692 he was called
to Dunfermline, and ord. 24th Aug. ; he
was adm. here 4th Dec. 1694 ; killed by a
fall from his horse March 1697. He marr.
Janet, probably daugh. of Alexander Home
of Houndwood and Fernyside, and grand-
daugh. of Alexander H. of Houndwood,
min. of Dunbar, and had issue — John,
Presb. bursar, 6th April 1697 ; Gabriel,
min. of Dryfesdale. — [Earlston Presb.
Reg..; Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 380.]
SAMUEL KILPATRICK, M.A. (Edin-
1697 kurgh 1688) J licen. by Presb. of Lin-
lithgow 17th June 1696 ; called 29th
June, and ord. 16th Sept. 1697 ; died 29th
Jan. 1711, aged about 63. His wife died
before 10th May 1723, and had issue-
John ; Hugh ; Jean. — [Sivinton Sess. Reg. ;
Lauder Tests. ; Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
380.]
GEORGE REDPATH [RIDPATH],
1712 M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th June 1699) ;
licen. by Presb. of Duns 23rd April
1706; called 18th March, and ord. 19th
June 1712 ; died 31st Aug. 1740, aged about
62. He marr. Ann Watson, who died 22nd
Feb. 1765, and had issue — George, min. of
Stichill ; Philip, min. of Hutton ; William,
min. of Edrom; Elizabeth. — [Lauder Tests.]
JOHN TODD [TOD], tutor in the family
ll741 of Ninian Home of Billie, min. of
Sprouston ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
6th April 1736 ; pres. by William, Earl of
Home, and by George II. 6th Feb., and
adm. 9th July 1741 ; died 29th Sept. 1786.
He marr. at Etal, 4th June 1741, Jean
(died 26th March 1794), youngest daugh.
of George Home of Wedderburn, and had
issue — John, min. of Fogo ; George, born
19th March 1746, died 17th Sept. 1746;
James (a twin), succeeded to Wedderburn
and assumed the name of Home, born 19th
March 1746, died 11th May 1821; Mar-
garet, born 24th March 1747 (marr. 1779,
John Forman, mason, Norham), died 1820
[their son William succeeded to Wedder-
burn, Billie, and Paxton] ; George, a suc-
cessor in this parish ; Jean, born 22nd
March 1751. T. was the hero of Lady
Nairne's song, " John Tod." — [Nisbet's
Heraldic Plates : Burke's Landed Gentry ;
Milne Home MSS., 12 ; Henderson's Lady
Nairne and Her Songs, 46.]
[ROBERT PEARSON, M.A. ; min. of
7 ^ Biggar ; pres. by George III. March
1787; died 1st Aug. 1787, without
being settled.]
THOMAS MILL, born 1755, son of John
1788 ^•' schoolmaster of Earlston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Lauder 4th Sept. 1781 ; pres.
by George III. 6th Oct. 1787 ; ord. 1st May
1788 ; dep. 2nd Oct. 1800, for non-residence
and neglect of his official duty. He resided
afterwards at Coldstream, and was in the
habit of celebrating marriages on the Border.
chirnside]
LADYKIRK
55
He died in poverty 29th March 1806. Pub-
lications— Two single Discourses — On the
Immutability of Jesus Christ (Edinburgh,
1800); Upon Thought and ReJlection{Berv/ ick,
1802); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, viii.). — [Coldstream Sess. Beg.]
GEORGE TODD [TOD], born 20th Feb.
1749, fourth son of John T., min. in
1741 ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 30th
Aug. 1774 ; ord. min. at Kirkley or Thorny-
ford, Northumberland, 10th Aug. 1775;
trans, to Tweedmouth 16th May 1783 ; adm.
to Eyemouth 15th Sept. 1785 ; pres. by
George III. 12th March, trans, and adm.
to this charge 17th Sept. 1801 ; died un-
marr. 22nd March 1819. Dr Hew Scott of
the Fasti was his assistant for a time. —
[Memoir of Robert Story of Rosneath, 35.]
GEORGE HOME ROBERTSON, born
1819 Edinburgh, 10th Dec. 1796, third son
of Alexander R. of Prenderguest, and
Philadelphia, only child of Robert Lambe,
vicar of Norham ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
8th June, pres. by George, Prince Regent,
same month, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1819 ;
died at Dumfries, 12th Jan. 1842. He
marr. 6th Dec. 1820, Elizabeth (died 7th
Jan. 1887), daugh. of Charles Kennedy, of
St Catherine's, Midlothian, and had issue
— Margaret, born 22nd April 1822 (marr.
(1) Mitchell; (2) William Mackay);
Alexander Keith, born 9th Feb. 1825,
killed at Harper's Ferry, U.S.A., 1865;
George Andrew, born 6th Nov. 1832. Pub-
lications— Remarks on the Society lately
established for Improving the System of
Church Patronage in Scotland (Edinburgh,
1825); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, ii.).
WILLIAM ALEXANDER CORKIN-
1842 DALE [M'CORKINDALE], born
Argyllshire, 1814, son of Duncan
M. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow; ord. 18th Aug.
1842 ; died 10th Feb. 1855. He marr. 10th
Oct. 1844, Esther (died 20th Dec. 1857,
aged 34), daugh. of Thomas Douglas, Cold-
stream.
JOHN STEVENSON, born 3rd Nov.
1855 1798, eldest son of William S.,
farmer, parish of Campsie, and
Marjory, daugh. of William Ferrie of
Newlands ; M.A. (Glasgow 1816) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 10th June 1818 ;
ord. by Presb. of Glasgow as missionary
of the Scottish Missionary Society at
Bombay in 1823; missionary at Hurnee
and Poona ; pres. by the High Court of
Directors H.E.I.C, and adm. junior chap-
lain, Bombay, 30th April 1834; D.D. (St
Andrews 16th Jan. 1836); pres. to senior
chaplaincy in 1841 ; dem. in 1854 ; adm.
to this charge 5th July 1855 ; died 11th
Aug. 1858. He was a zealous missionary,
a distinguished Sanskrit scholar, and one
of the pioneer editors and translators of
Vedic literature ; a founder of the Bombay
Gazette, and joint editor for its first three
years ; intimately acquainted with native
thought and native languages and dialects ;
was President of the Royal Asiatic Society
(Bombay Branch), and of the Govern-
ment Committee for examining Officers of
the United Services in native languages.
A "Stevenson Scholarship" was founded
at the General Assembly's Institution at
Bombay on his departure from India. He
marr. 26th Aug. 1823, Laura Turton (born
26th Jan. 1799, died at Moffat, 25th July
1879), second daugh. of John Gordon of
Rennyhill, Lanarkshire, and Helen, daugh.
of Captain Pelham Maitland of Belmont,
and had issue — Helen, born Sept. 1825
(marr. Major, afterwards Lieut.-gen. Sir
George Inglis Jamieson, K.C.S.I.), died
Feb. 1854 ; Henry Maitland Gordon, licen-
tiate of the Church of Scotland, born
14th Oct. 1826, died unmarr., 1898 ; John
Gordon, student in arts, Edinburgh, born
11th Jan. 1831, died unmarr., 22nd May
1849 ; William Ferrie, lieut. Bombay Artil-
lery, born 14th June 1832, died unmarr.,
1859 ; Alexander Joseph Wolfe, ensign 18th
Bombay Infantry, born 3rd Aug. 1833,
drowned off Aden, 27th Dec. 1855 ; Robert
James, min. of Dolphinton ; Marjory Mary,
born 25th Oct. 1839, died unmarr. ; Laura
Turton Gordon, born 2nd Sept. 1841 (marr.
Neithardt, Dresden) ; also two sons
named William, who died in infancy. Dr S.
56
LADYKIRK— MORDINGTON AND LAMBERTON [presb. of
was conversant with twenty-two languages ;
his eldest daugh. Helen was acquainted
with twelve. Publications — Dialogues be-
tween certain Brahmans, Marattas, and
Others, and a Christian, on the Hindoo and
Christian Religions . . . Trans, from the
Maratta (London, 1830); The Threefold
Science, or Sanhitd of the Rig-veda, trans-
lated, with the original Sanskrit (Bom-
bay, 1833) ; Principles of the Mahratti
Grammar (Bombay, 1833) ; Translation of
the Sanhitd of the Sdma-veda (London,
1842) ; Sama-veda, edited from MS S. (1843);
Kalpa Sutra and Nava Tatva, illustrative
of the Jain religion and philosophy (1848) ;
Hindoo Caste . . . and the Connection of
Caste with the Sepoy Mutiny (London,
1858). Papers on the "Kanheri, Nasik,
and Sahyadri Inscriptions of the Bombay
Presidency,1' and on the " Comparative
Vocabulary of the Non-Sanskrit Vocables
of the Indian Vernacular Languages." —
[Buckland's Diet, of Indian Biography,
402.]
WILLIAM DOBIE, born 22nd Sept.
1859 ^24, son °f Thomas D., Lockerbie,
and Catherine M'Gregor ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar ; ord. to North Esk Chapel-of-
Ease, 15th Dec. 1853 ; adm. to this charge
17th March 1859; died at Crieff, 2nd
Aug. 1904. He marr. (1) 4th July 1854,
Martha Ann Scott (died 5th Feb. 1864),
daugh. of William Cruickshank, Trailflat,
Lochmaben, and Elizabeth Carruthers, and
had issue— William Cruickshank, born 26th
June 1857 ; John, M.A., B.D., Professor of
Hebrew and Oriental Languages, Univ. of
Edinburgh (q.v.) ; David Robertson, M.D.,
F.R.C.S.E., born 9th Jan. 1861 ; Elizabeth
Catherine M'Gregor, born 19th Dec. 1863
(marr. (1) David Eoss Stewart, advocate ;
(2) 2nd Nov. 1905, A. Lome Campbell,
architect, Edinburgh) : (2) 28th Aug. 1877,
Janet Stuart (died 17th Nov. 1906), only
daugh. of John Cleugh, Musselburgh.
Publications — " On Skeletons found at
Ladykirk Church " ; " On an old Grave at
Ladykirk Church " ; " Notes on Ladykirk
Parish " (Hist, of Berwickshire Nat. Club,
1879-81, 1885-86, 1890-91.)
WILLIAM STEVEN MOODIE, born
1905 14th July 1867, son of John M.,
min. of Kippen ; educated at High
School, Univ. of Glasgow, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
14th May 1890 ; assistant at Burnbank,
Keith, Peebles, and East Parish, Aberdeen ;
ord. 17th March 1905. Marr. 29th June
1909, Alice Paxton, daugh. of William
Barrow Macqueen, Procurator - Fiscal of
Berwickshire, and Mary Ewart, daugh. of
James Paxton, Dundee, and has issue —
Alice Mary, born 3rd Dec. 1910. Publica-
tion— "Ladykirk, or the Kirk of Steill,
Berwickshire" (Trans. Scot. Ecclesiological
Soc, 1915).
MORDINGTON AND
LAMBERTON.
[Mordington. — Longformacus, seventeen
miles distant, was conjoined with Mording-
ton for a time, but the two became separate
parishes in 1666. The patron proposed to
unite Mordington to Foulden in 1719, and
the Court of Session approved, but no
further steps were taken. Another abor-
tive attempt was made to unite these two
parishes in 1750. The ancient church is
now represented by a burial vault in
a disused churchyard near Mordington
House. A new church was built in 1869.
Bernard de Linton, Chancellor of Scot-
land, was rector of Mordington circa
1296.
Lamberton.— Originally a chapel of Cold-
ingham, was united to Foulden in 1616, to
Ayton in 1627, and finally to Mordington,
8th Feb. 1650. The church was dedicated
to St Lambert. Here in 1502 the Princess
Margaret, daugh. of Henry VIII., was re-
ceived by the Scottish Commissioners on
her entry into Scotland previous to her
marriage to James IV. The ruins of the
church are visible in an old churchyard
close to the boundary of the Liberties of
Berwick.]
ROBERT FYNNIE, reader here and at
1568 Hutton.
chirnside]
MORDINGTON AND LAMBERTON
57
ROBERT DOUGLAS, vicar and ex-
ists nor*er a^ Fishwick and Horndean,
1567-72 ; adm. by John, Archbishop
of St Andrews, in 1573, Longformacus being
in the charge in 1574. He was charged
with non-residence by the Assembly in
1575, and died before 11th April 1581. —
[Booke of the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist.,
iii., 303 ; Reg. Mm. ; Wodrow Miscell.]
THOMAS JANE, reader at Lamber-
1574 ton.
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, trans, from
i5ai Cramond ; pres. to Longformacus
and Mordington by James VI. 11th
April 1581 ; trans, to Nenthorn 15th May
1599.
[JOHN DOUGLAS and GEORGE
ROWLE [RULE], vide Longformacus. In
1627 the number of communicants was
"ane hundrethe or thairby," with "great
necessitie of ane skule, for not ane of the
paroche can reid nor wryt except the
minister."— Stat, Rejiorts, 1627.]
THOMAS RAMSAY, eldest son of
1648 Thomas R., min. of Foulden ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1642); adm. March
1648. He joined the Protesters ; with
Guthrie and others he was seized at a
private meeting, and committed to Edin-
burgh Castle, 23rd Aug. 1660, but was
liberated shortly afterwards in a state of
mental derangement. His stipend was
sequestrated by the Committee of Estates,
25th Sept. following, on the ground that
he had subscribed "ane dangerous and
seditious paper tending to the disturbance
of the peace of the kingdom.''' He refused
to conform to Episcopacy in 1662, but was
allowed to remain in his charge, " it being
one of the smallest charges, not sixty com-
municants and not a hundred persons, and
one of the smallest stipends." Owing to
his having permitted "several vagrant
preachers and indulged ministers to occupy
his pulpit," the Privy Council, 4th April
1679, ordered him to be ejected. He was
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle in 1680,
but released on account of sickness, and
refusing to take the Test, was deprived in
1682. He petitioned the Committee of
Estates in 1689, and was restored to his
ministry ; was a member of Assembly in
1690, and died June 1695. He marr. and
had issue — James, bursar in divinity ;
William, bursar in philosophy ; Rachel ;
Jean, who died at Duns in 1729, having
from 1710 received help from the Presb. ;
Margaret (marr., cont. 16th Nov. 1674,
Patrick Temple, portioner of Linton) ;
Elizabeth (marr. a surgeon in the king's
service).— [Acts of Pari., vii., ix. ; Nicoll's
and Lamont's Diaries ; Baillie's Lett. ; Wod-
row's Hist. ; Inq. Ret., Berwick, 291 ;
Church of Scotland Commission Records,
1646, 1649-50 ; Lauder Tests. ; Edin. Reg.
Bur.; Boston's Memoirs; Scot. Presb. Eloq.;
Haddington Inhib., xviii., 102 ; Charity
Roll, 1696.]
* GEORGE BARCLAY, a native of
1682 Bllcnan J M-A-- (King's College, Aber-
deen, 1677) ; pres. by the creditors
of James, Lord Mordington, 1682 ; de-
prived by the Committee of Estates, 6th
May 1689, for not reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates ; he had an Exchequer
pension of £25 from the rents of the
Bishopric of Ross, 21st Oct. 1712, and
another of £100 stg. after the death of
Bishop Rose of Edinburgh, 12th Sept.
1716; died in Edinburgh, 6th Feb. 1724,
aged 63. He marr. (name unknown), and
had issue — Cecilia, born 31st Dec. 1689
(marr. Arthur Irvine in Milton of Drum),
died 29th Nov. 1775; Christian, died
before 1740.
THOMAS RAMSAY, M.A., above men-
1689 tioned (q.v.).
ALEXANDER LAUDER, probably
brother of John L., min. of Eccles ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 2nd July 1684);
ord. 29th Oct. 1695 ; died at Edinburgh,
27th June 1719, aged 51. Publications —
The Ancient Bishops considered, both with
respect to the extent of their Jurisdiction
and nature of their Power (Edinburgh,
1 707) ; The Divine Institution of Bishops
having Churches consisting of many Con-
gregations, examined by Scripture (London,
1711); A Vindication of the Ministers and
58
MORDINGTON AND LAMBERTON
[PEESB. OF
Riding Elders who have taken the Abjtira-
tion (anon. ; Edinburgh, 1712). — [Edin. Reg.
Bur. ; Boston Mem. ; Wodrow's Anal, and
Corresp.]
JOHN LAW [LOW], licen. by Presb. of
1721 Peebles 28tl1 July 1703; ord- 10tJl
Sept. 1706 min. of a Presbyterian
congregation at Newcastle ; pres. by
Thomas Hay of Mordington 29th April,
and adm. 16th Nov. 1721 ; died 25th Dec.
1735. He marr. Jane Mitchell, who died
1st Dec. 1762, and had issue — William ;
Katherine ; Jane.- [Lauder Tests.]
- RICHARD BELL, MA. (Edinburgh,
1736 9th May 1722); licen. by Presb. of
Kelso 3rd Jan. 1727 ; pres. by
Thomas Hay of Mordington, and ord. 6th
June 1736; died 8th Jan. 1773, aged 72.
He marr. 21st June 1733, Helen, daugh. of
Malcolm Macfarlane, tailor, Edinburgh,
and had issue— Jean, born 11th April 1734
(marr. John Buchanan, min. of Foulden) ;
Margaret, born 17th March 1735; Cecil,
born 4th March 1736; Thomas, born 2nd
June 1737 ; John, born 30th Sept. 1739,
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 31st Aug.
1762; Mark, born 10th June 1743, died
10th Feb. 1749; Richard, born 21st June
1745 ; Helen, born 1st June 1746, died 14th
Feb. 1749; Susan, born 10th Jan. 1749;
Robert, born 26th May 1753. His widow
marr. again, and died 19th June 1780.
JAMES SMITH, licen. by Presb. of
77 Chirnside 25th June 1771 ; pres. by
Alexander Hay of Mordington, and
ord. 23rd Sept. 1773; died 1st July 1791,
aged 54. He marr. 25th April 1785, Isobel
Dewar, who died 6th April 1828, aged 83.—
[Tombst.]
GEORGE DRUMMOND, trans, from
1792 Cranshaws ; pres. by Alexander
Renton of Lamberton, and adm.
19th April 1792 ; trans, to Whitsome 13th
Nov. 1800.
WILLIAM DAVIDSON, born 1736, son
lg01 of Edward D., min. of Castlegarth
Presbyterian Church, Newcastle ;
licen. by Presb. of Kelso 1760 ; ord. min.
of Castlegarth Presbyterian Church, New-
castle, 10th Nov. 1762 ; adm. to this parish
14th May 1801 ; died 24th June 1804. He
marr. 7th June 1777, Jane (died in 1821),
daugh. of Edward Aitken, min. of Castle-
garth Church, Newcastle, and had issue—
an only son, Edward Aitken, born 4th
April 1778, who was grandfather of Sir
Thomas Milvain, K.C.B., K.C., M.P., Judge
Advocate-General. — [Tombst.]
GEORGE CHALMERS, educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 24th Nov. 1795; pres.
by Alexander Renton of Lamberton, and
ord. 2nd May 1805; died 21st Feb. 1831,
aged 64. He marr. 13th June 1809, Mary
Caddy, who died 20th Dec. 1872, without
issue.
GEORGE FULTON KNIGHT, born
1808; son of George K., teacher,
Edinburgh; MA. (Edinburgh, 12th
April 1828) ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 8th July 1831 ; pres. by Trustees of
Alexander Renton of Mordington. The
settlement was delayed in consequence of
an opposing presentation by Alexander
Campbell Renton, with consent of his father,
to John Robertson, probationer, but the
Court of Session preferring that of the
Trustees, K. was ord. 6th Sept. 1832. Joined
Free Church ; min. of Free Church, East
Wemyss, 14th March 1844 ; died 12th April
1891. He marr. 12th March 1834, Jessie
(died 29th Nov. 1893), daugh. of William
Angus, teacher, Glasgow, and had issue —
George Halley, born 28th Feb. 1835;
William Angus, LL.D. (Glasgow), Prof, of
Moral Philosophy, Univ. of St Andrews,
1876-1902, editor and biographer of Words-
worth, born 22nd Feb. 1836, died 4th
March 1916 ; Elizabeth Bannerman, born
3rd July 1837 (marr. Thomas Bywater,
factor on Wemyss Estate), died 12th Dec.
1915 ; Helen Hunter, born 3rd Jan. 1839 ;
Andrew Halley, born 30th March 1840;
Alexander Angus, M.D., Keswick, born 7th
Oct. 1842 ; Adam Cairns, born 1845.
^CHARLES BLAIR, born 1797, son of
Andrew B., farmer, and Helen Ducat ;
1848 educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Meigle ; tutor in the
chienside] MORDINGTON AND LAMBERTON— SWINTON
59
family of Campbell Renton of Mording-
ton ; pres. by John Campbell Renton of
Mordington, and ord. 31st Aug. 1843 ; died
unmarr., 21st Nov. 1870.
DAVID MILLAR, M.A., B.D., LL.B. ;
trans, from Inverteil, and adm. 22nd
June 1871 ; trans, to Queensferry
3rd Dec. 1884.
1871
1885
HUGH FLEMING, born 9th Dec. 1855,
second son of Andrew F., farmer,
Calla, Carnwath, and Helen Val-
lance ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1880 J
assistant at Dalserf and at Hamilton ; ord.
12th May 1885 ; clerk of Presb. 1906.
SWINTON AND SIMPRIN.
[The whole manor of Swinton was part
of a gift by King Edgar, for the endow-
ment of Coldingham Priory, about 1100.
The church, dedicated to St Mary, and
built shortly after that date, was held by
Coldingham ; portions of the east, south
and west walls belong to the original
edifice. A feuars' aisle was added in
1782, and alterations were made in 1792
and 1800. In 1909 the church was largely
rebuilt. A very ancient effigy in it is held
to represent Sir Alan de Swinton, who
died about 1200. The bell, in use, is dated
1499, and is inscribed Maria est nomen
meum. Simprin was united to Swinton
in 1761.]
JOHN FORREST [FORRET], reader
and vicar from 1567 to 1576. In
1569 he was summoned before the
Privy Council.
ROBERT LANDELS, reader from 1579
1579 to 1580.
ROBERT HISLOP, trans, from Whit-
some, and adm. 1590 ; retrans. to
Whitsome about 1595.— [Beg. Assig.]
ANDREW ARBUTHNOT, min. in
1595 ; pres. by James VI. 30th Jan.
1607 ; dem. between 1st June and
6th July 1632. A decree against him as
1605
a "userer" was pronounced by the Privy
Council 16th July 1642. He marr., and
had issue — George, apprenticed to William
Wilands, lorimer, Edinburgh, 14th Dec.
1608 ; Isobel, second daugh. (marr. John
Cass in Swinton). — [Beg. Assig. ; Lauder
Tests. ) Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; Stat. Be-
2Jorts, 1627; Beg. of Deeds, cclxxxv., 18th
June 1619.]
WALTER SWINTON, perhaps a
brother of John S. of that ilk ;
1632 M.A. (St Andrews 1616) ; pres. by
Charles I. 6th July 1632 ; member of As-
sembly in 1638 ; died after 2nd Sept. 1647,
aged about 54. He marr. Jean Cockburn.
— [Beg. Sec. Sig.; Acts of Ass. ; Stevenson's
Hist. ; Stvintmis of that Ilk, 55 ; Beg. of
Deeds, 13th Nov. 1663.]
1647
EDWARD JAMESON, M.A. ; min. in
1647. He joined the Protesters in
1651. In 1654 he was appointed a
Commissioner by the Privy Council of
England for authorising admissions to the
ministry in the provinces of Lothian, Merse,
and Teviotdale ; dep. in 1661 for his op-
position to the Government. A decreet
was passed against him and others, 16th
July 1671, for preaching at conventicles,
on which he was outlawed, 3rd Aug. 1676.
In 1679, when many Presbyterians were
confined for not condemning the Rising
at Bothwell, or the murder of Archbishop
Sharp, he reasoned with them and got
several of them liberated, on their signing
a bond not to take up arms against His
Majesty in future. He returned in 1687.
— [Tombst. ; Livingston's Life ; Wodrow's
Hist, and Anal. ; Nicoll's Diary ; Kirkton's
Hist]
PATRICK SWINTON, a cadet of the
1668 Swintons °f tllat ilkJ M-Al (Edin"
burgh, 15th June 1651); licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 27th Feb.
1663 ; passed trials for ordination before
the Presb. of Duns 21st April that year ;
ord. to Crossmichael in 1663 ; trans, to
Borgue; pres. by Charles II. 12th Feb.,
and coll. 14th March 1668 j still min. 20th
Oct. 1685, but the charge was vacant in
1689. He marr. Isobel Home, and had
60
SWINTON AND SIMPRIN
[PRESB. OF
issue— Patrick, M.A. ; Thomas ; Alexander ;
Agnes ; Isobel, bapt. 20th Oct. 1667. —
[Min.-book Reg. Sec. Sig., v. ; Reg. Col/at. ;
Old Dec, iii. ; Tombst. ; Haddington Presb.
Reg. ; MS. Ace. of Min. Reg. of Deeds,
Durie, 17th Jan. 1689: Edin. Bapt. Reg.]
1687
EDWARD JAMESOX, M.A., above
mentioned ; returned and attended
the first meeting of Presbyterian
mins. after the Toleration 6th July 1687 ;
he was restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690. He dem. 9th April 1691, and
was afterwards min. of Monimail.
ROBERT SAXDILAXDS, ord. 24th
1691 Sept" 1691 > trans- t0 Newbattle 18th
April 1695.
[CHARLES LITHGOW, M.A., who had
forged testimonials of license from the
united Presb. of Kirkcaldy and Dunferm-
line, was called. When this was dis-
covered, the General Assembly on 31st
Dec. 1695 app. him to be censured by the
Presbs. of Duns, Chirnside, and Selkirk.
This was done from the several pulpits
of those Presbyteries, 12th Jan. 1696. —
Acts of Ass., 1695.]
JOHX LITHGOW, probably of the
1696 family °f Lithgow of Drygrange ;
studied at the LTniv. of Utrecht ;
licen. and ord. by the Scots Presb. in
London ; called to this parish 26th March,
and adm. 20th April 1696 ; died 9th April
1711. He marr. Anne, daugh. of James,
second son of Alexander Home of Bassen-
dean, and had issue — Janet (marr. 12th
Sept. 1718, James Davidson, bookseller,
Edinburgh); Anne (marr. 7th April 1726,
Henry Robertson, apothecary, Edinburgh).
— [Duns Presb. Reg. : Boston's Mem.']
HEXRY VETTCH, second son of
l71_ William V., tenant in Redpath,
Earlston, a cadet of Dawyck ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 11th May 1704); licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside 20th May 1712 ; called
31st May, pres. by Presb. jure devoluto
4th Xov., and ord. 2nd Dec. 1712: died
25th Xov. 1753, aged 69. He marr. (1)
29th June 1721, Martha, daugh. of John
Gardner, merchant burgess of Edinburgh,
and had issue — William, died 1726 ; John,
writer, Edinburgh, ancestor of the Eliock
family ; James, tenant in Mersington :
(2) 25th April 1728, Frances (died 14th
Sept. 1741), only surviving child of Sir
John Swinton of that ilk by his first wife,
Sarah Welsh, and had issue — Frances,
born 26th Aug. 1733 (marr. 29th Oct.
1751, John Watson of Overmains). — [St
Cuthberi's Reg. {Marr. and Bapt.) ; Lauder
Tests.) Burke's Landed Gentry; Swintons
of that Ilk, 77.]
GEORGE CUPPLES, born 1727, son of
1754 William C, min. of Kirkoswald ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1746); licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 1st Sept. 1752 ; pres.
by George II. 25th March, and ord. 22nd
Aug. 1754; died 14th Sept. 1798. He
marr. 26th June 1766, Isabella (died at
Legerwood, 12th Dec. 1817), only daugh.
of John Waugh, min. of Whitsome, and
had issue — Mary, born 8th April 1767, died
4th Oct. 1779; William, born 7th Feb.
1769, died young ; John, born 24th Dec.
1770, died while a student at Glasgow
Univ., 24th May 1788 ; Jean Kennedy,
born 31st Aug. 1772 ; Margaret Mitchelson,
born 25th March 1774; Henrietta Camp-
bell, born 18th Xov. 1776; William, born
11th Jan. 1779; Charles, born 20th April,
died 29th Dec. 1780; Charles, born 12th
March 1782; Robert, born 13th Jan. 1784;
George, min. of Legerwood, afterwards of
Stirling, born 15th July 1786. Publica-
tions— Accounts of Swinton and Simprin,
and of Whitsome and Hilton (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, vi., xvi.). — [Tombst. : Carlyle's Autob.]
WILLIAM SIMSOX, born 1747, son of
1799 Matthew S., merchant, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Chirnside 24th Feb., and ord.
to Greenlaw 3rd Dec. 1778 ; pres. by George
III. Feb. 1799 ; trans, and adm. 13th June
1799 ; died unmarr., 20th Sept. 1804. Pub-
lication— Account of Greenlaw (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Tombst.]
JAMES BAIRD, probably son of Thomas
180_ B., Eastwood ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
28th July 1784; ord. to Legerwood 17th
chirnside] SWINTON AND SIMPRIN— S1MPRIN, ok SIMPRIM 61
Sept. 1795 ; trans, to Eccles 20th July
1797 ; pres. by George III., trans, and adm.
18th April 1805 ; died 11th Feb. 1814. He
marr. 25th Dec. 1795, Sarah Nicholls, who
died 20th Dec. 1838, and had issue— Eliza-
beth, born 10th Oct. 1796 ; John, min. of
Yetholm ; Andrew, min. of Cockburnspath;
James, born 25th Nov. 1801 ; William,
M.D., F.R.S., Curator of the Zoological
Department in the British Museum, author
of Cyclopcedia of the Natural Sciences, and
Memoir of his brother John, born 11th Jan.
1803, died 27th Jan. 1872.— [Hist. Berwick-
shire Nat. Club, 1869-72 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN HUNTER, pres. by George,
lgl4 Prince Regent, and ord. 28th Sept.
1814 ; trans, to Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh, 27th Sept. 1832.
JAMES LOGAN, born 10th Jan. 1805,
1833 on^ son °^ Thomas L., M.D., min.
of Chirnside ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
27th June 1826 ; pres. by William IV. 26th
Nov. 1832; ord. 7th March 1833; died
unmarr. 17th May 1868. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat.
Ace, ii.).
1868
ROBERT HOME, born 6th Nov. 1839,
eldest son of Walter H., min. of
Polwarth ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Duns ; ord.
(assistant and successor) at Glencairn 7th
July 1864 ; trans, and adm. 8th Oct. 1868 ;
died 7th Nov. 1877. He marr. 26th April
1871, Annie Lydia Keith (died 9th Sept.
1875), daugh. of Archibald Adam Swinton,
I.C.S., and sister of Captain George Her-
bert Tayler Swinton of Swinton, and had
issue — Walter Gabriel, major 6th Dragoon
Guards, served in South Africa, born 25th
Oct. 1872, died of wounds in France, 15th
Nov. 1914 ; George Archibald Swinton,
lieut.-colonel 5th Dragoon Guards, served
in South Africa and France, born 25th
April 1875.
ALEXANDER MILNE, trans, from St
Andrews, Dundee, and adm. 13th
June 1878 ; trans, to Gourock 24th
July 1884.
1885
JAMES AITCHISON GORDON, born
22nd July 1860, son of Thomas
Gordon, D.D., min. of Newbattle ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1880) ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1883 ;
assistant at Bothkennar ; ord. 10th Feb.
1885 ; died unmarr. 6th Aug. 1891.
1892
DUNCAN DAVID FARQUHARSON
MACDONALD, born Fashodale,
Ardnamurcban, 27th May 1857, son
of John M. and Christina, daugh. of John
Farquharson ; educated at Sharpe's Institu-
tion, Perth ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1885) ; tutor
to the family of the Duke of Atholl 1882-5 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh April 1886;
assistant at West Coates, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Second' Charge, Cupar, Fife, 12th April
1888 ; trans, and adm. 6th Feb. 1892. Marr.
1st Aug. 1888, Eleanor Emma (died 31st
Dec. 1916), daugh. of William M'Corquodale
and Margaret Farquharson, and has issue
— Ian Farquharson, lieut. R.F.A., born 28th
April 1889 ; Eleonora Margaret, born 15th
Aug. 1891 (marr. 27th June 1916, Thomas
Sinclair, Lieut. R.N.V.R.). Publications —
Ed. Boston's Soliloquy on the Art of Man
Fishing (Paisley, 1890) ; The Colonel and
the Clachan ; contributor to Hastings' Dic-
tionary of Texts.
SIMPRIN, or SIMPRIM.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated by Bishop David de Bernham,
25th June 1247, belonged to the Abbey of
Kelso. It fell into ruin after the parish
was united to Swinton, 27th Sept. 1761.]
1576 THOMAS WATSON, reader.
JAMES SIM SON, reader from 1578 to
1578 1580.
1606
1878
THOMAS BONAR, M.A (St Andrews);
min. of Aldcambus in 1599 ; pres. to
the vicarage of Simprin and Ald-
cambus by James VI. 7th Feb. 1606 ; died
before 7th April 1632.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.; Reg.
Assig. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
JOHN MACMATH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
24th July 1619); pres. by Charles
1632 I. 7th April 1632; dep. 4th Sept.
1638 (sentence confirmed by Assembly 11th
62
SIMPRIN, or SIMPRIM
[PRESB. OF
Dec. following), for deserting his parish,
declining the authority of the Presb.,
teaching Arrainian doctrines, etc. He had
£100 stg. out of the vacant stipends allowed
by Parliament, 21st June 1661. In 1664
he was chaplain to the Earl of Home. —
[Keg. Sec. Sig. ; Old Dec, ii. ; Acts of Pari.,
vii. ; Baillie's Lett., Stevenson's Hist.]
1641
ROBERT MELVILL,son of Sir Andrew
M. of Woodend and Garvock, and
brother of Sir James M. of Hall-
hill, Fife; was assistant to Robert Col-
vill, min. of Culross, Nov. 1629 ; pres. by
Charles I., and adm. to this parish previous
to 11th Oct. 1641 ; was chaplain with the
Scottish army at Newcastle in 1644 ; died
between 1652 and 25th Aug. 1654. He
marr. Catherine Melvill, who survived
him, and had issue — John, apprenticed to
Robert Aitchison, merchant, Edinburgh,
28th June 1648 ; Margaret.— [Livingston's
Charac. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Raith Papers ;
Burntisland Sess. Reg.; Lauder Tests.;
Row's and Stevenson's Hists. ; Aiton's
Life of Henderson.]
JAMES GIBSON, M.A. (Glasgow 1657) ;
mentioned as min. in 1668 ; died 2nd
March 1668, aged about 32. He
marr. (name unknown), who survived him.
— [Tombst.]
JAMES SANDERSON, a native of
Coldstream, where he succeeded as
heir to houses and lands (perhaps
Whitrig, where there was a family of his
name) ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1663) ;
licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd
Jan. 1666 ; ord. and coll. 22nd Oct. 1668 ;
died June 1671, aged about 28. He marr.
Bessie Craw, and had issue — Robert;
Isobel. — [Reg. Collat. ; Laitder Tests.]
GEORGE WILSON, formerly of Kil-
lellan, Renfrewshire ; coll. 12th Sept.
1672 1672 ; trans, to Westruther in 1683.
— [Reg. Collat.]
JAMES ADAMSON, son of James A. ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1663);
ord. to Kelton 29th April 1668;
outed by the rabble in 1689. He came to
1689
this parish that year, but was deprived
3rd Sept. by the Privy Council, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
nor praying for William and Mary, but for
James VII. He was one of those who
conducted Episcopal services at Ayton and
Coldingham, and was dep. 10th Nov. 1696.
He died at Edinburgh, 11th Aug. 1713, aged
64. He marr. Jane Rigg, and had issue —
Samuel, eldest son ; Henrietta.— [MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Dumfries Sas., i., 270 ; Reg.
of Deeds, Mack., 23rd Feb. 1709 ; List of
Disorderly Persons.]
JOHN MOIR, son of Alexander M.,
16g smith, Aberdeen ; M.A. (Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1685) ; became
schoolmaster of Wemyss ; having acknow-
ledged his fault in taking Episcopal orders
as a deacon, he was licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcaldy 14th July 1691, and ord. 24th
Dec. that year ; died after 14th Nov.
1693. He marr. Elizabeth Erskine (alive
in 1711), and had four children. In April
1700 his widow had £30 allowed her by
the Synod out of the Centesima Fund.
— [Charity Pajyers ; Anderson's Fasti Acad.
Mariscall, ii., 252.]
THOMAS BOSTON, M.A. ; called 11th
1699 Aug., and ord. 21st Sept. 1699;
trans, to Ettrick 1st May 1707.
JAMES [or WILLIAM] ALLAN, called
1707 10th July, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1707 ;
trans, to Eyemouth 15th March 1716.
JAMES CHRISTIE, M.A. ; called in
1717 Oct. 1716 ; pres. by Presb. jure
devoluto 6th Nov. following, and
ord. 19th March 1717 ; trans, to Morebattle
4th March 1725.
JAMES LANDRETH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
172_ 12 th April 1715) ; chaplain to Sir
James Stewart of Goodtrees ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 26th May 1724;
pres. by Sir Archibald Cockburn of Lang-
ton 31st Aug. 1725; called 16th, and ord.
23rd Sept. 1725 ; died unmarr. 3rd Oct.
1756, aged 64. He was clerk of the Synod.
He established one of the earliest Sunday
chirnside] SIMPRIX, or SIMPRIM— WHITSOME AND HILTON
63
Schools in Scotland, and he is frequently-
referred to in Dr Alexander Carlyle's A uto-
biography as "Honest James.1' — [Lander
Tests. ; Tombst.: Carlyle's Autob.]
1757
JOHN JOLLY, pres. by George II. 4th
March, and ord. 12th May 1757;
trans, to Coldinghain 17th Sept.
1761.
WHITSOME AND HILTON.
[A church, which stood in the church-
yard of Whitsome, was repaired in 1718.
Its choir and nave were both thatched.
In 1803 a new church was built on the
western slope of Hardie's Hill. A chancel
was added in 1912, and other improve-
ments were made. A building at Rave-
law, or Old Newton, was used as a
meeting-house by Henry Erskine from 1687
to 1690.]
WILLIAM CHISHOLM, parson in
1552 1552 ; continued probably to 1560.
JAMES SETON, mentioned as min. in
1562 1562 and 1578. He had a son,
George, apprenticed to John Dun-
can, goldsmith, Edinburgh, 13th June 1578.
— [Milne Home MSS., 42, 48, 239.]
HUGH HUDSON, who held the prebend
1567 °^ Upsetlington in the collegiate
church of Dunglas from 1556 to
1589, was reader here in 1567, and exhorter
in 1574. He was probably min. till 1585.—
[Milne Home MSS., 42, 47, 239.]
THOMAS OGILVIE, probably min. in
1585 1585, when Upsetlington also was
in his charge; afterwards min. of
Hutton. — [Keg. Assig.]
ROBERT HISLOP, min. of Ayton in
158^ 1585 ; adm. here in 1586 ; trans.
to Swinton in 1590, but returned
in 1595, and died 25th June 1607.—
[Beg. Assig. ; Calderwood's Hist., iv.,
604.]
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A. (Edin-
1608 burgh, 26th July 1600); pres. by
Lord Scott of Buccleuch in 1608 ; he
was called before the Court of High Com-
mission in 1619 and 1620 ; was one of the
commissioners for maintenance of church
discipline 21st Oct. 1634 ; was a member
of Assembly, 1645 and 1646 : died before
17th Sept. 1647. He marr. Nicolas, sister
and heir of John Edington of Harcas, and
had issue — James, apprenticed to Patrick
Forbes, merchant, Edinburgh, 24th March
1629 ; John, his heir ; Margaret (marr.
1649, Patrick Hume, min. of Hutton), re-
commended for charity by the Synod 13th
April 1686. He was owner of lands in
Hutton Parish, as appears from a charter
of Sir David Home of Wedderburn, 1645.
— [Heg. Assig. ; Stat. Reports ; Privy
Coune. Reg., 2nd series, iv., 519 ; G. R.
Sas., lvii., 212 ; Reg. of Deeds, cclviii., 7th
Feb. 1617 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 3922 ; Maitland
Miscell., ii. ; Milne Home MSS., 233.]
ANDREW PATERSON, M.A. (St
1658 Andrews, 11th May 1637); min.
in 1658 ; died March 1667, aged
about 50. He marr., and had issue —
I an only daugh., Janet, to whom Peter
Hay of Muirtoun was trustee as near-
est of kin. — [Hutton Sess. Reg. ; Lauder
Tests. ; Lnq. Ret. de Tut., 925.]
GEORGE DAVIDSON, probably son of
1668 J°nn D., portioner of Upsetlington,
who was a witness to the charter of
Sir David Home in 1645, mentioned above ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th June 1658) ; became
min. of Rerrick before 1664; trans, to
Anwoth in 1666 ; trans., ord., and coll. 24th
Jan. 1668 ; died before 5th Feb. 1686, when
his forfeited estate was granted to Alex-
ander Davidson, vicar of Norham. He
marr. July 1669, Margaret, daugh. of Patrick
Hume, min. of Hutton, and had with
other issue — Margaret, recommended for
charity by the Synod, 9th Oct. 1686 —
[Reg. Collat. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Pearce's
Sons of the Clergy, 158.]
64
WHITSOME AND HILTON
[PRESB. OF
ADAM WADDELL, probably son of
Richard W., min. of Kelso ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 18th Dec. 1678): pres.
by George Home of Wedderburn 6th
March, and coll. before 20th Oct. 1685.
He died in 1713, aged about 55. He marr.
Katherine (died at Edinburgh, 19th Feb.
1748), daugh. of David S win ton of Loch-
toun, merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue
— Agnes (marr. Alexander Pollock, surgeon,
Dundee) ; Margaret (marr. 19th Oct. 1735,
Thomas Mabon, preacher, probably son of
Thomas M., min. of Gordon). — [Hadding-
ton Presb. Peg. ; MS. Ace. of Min. ; Edin.
Marr. Beg.]
1687
[HENRY ERSKINE, M.A., called after
the Toleration to the meeting-house
at Old Newton, or Ravelaw, and adm.
Sept. 1687 ; trans, to Chirnside 18th Sept.
1690.]
JOHN VEITCH, grandson of William
1715 ^"•' mm< °^ ^"estruther ■ been, by
Presb. of Jedburgh 25th Jan. 1710;
assistant to William Yeitch, min. of Dum-
fries, probably a relative ; pres. by George
Home of Wedderburn 24th May, and by the
Presb. jure devoluto 7th Sept. 1714 ; ord.
14th April 1715 ; died May 1722. He marr.
July 1717, Elizabeth Blair, who died Dec.
1746, and had issue— a daugh. who is
mentioned in the register as Peggie. —
[Lauder Tests. ; Mem. of Wm. Yeitch :
Kirkcudbright Executory Papers, 22nd May
1747.]
1723
JAMES GOLDEN, born 1696, son of
Alexander O. min. of Oxnam ; licen.
by Presb. of Jedburgh 4th April
1722; pres. by Ninian Home of Wedder-
burn 30th Oct. 1722 ; ord. 10th Sept. 1723 ;
died 20th Sept. 1754. He marr. 19th March
1724, Lilias (died 10th Jan. 1768), eldest
daugh. of George Byers. min. of St Boswells,
and had issue — Alexander ; George, died in
1750 ; Katherine, born 19th April 1732 ;
John, born 28th April 1733; Jean, born
16th April 1735 : Elizabeth, born 28th June
1737 ; William, born 17th Oct. 1740 ; Lilias,
born 19th Nov. 1743, died 13th Dec. 1745.
— [Lauder Tests.]
JOHN WAUGH, a native of Berwick-
1755 shire, nephew of Robert W., min. of
Hutton ; licen. by Presb. of Earlston
3rd April 1739; ord. in 1743 min. of
Presbyterian Church at Alnwick ; pres.
by Captain George Johnston of Kiinmer-
ghame Nov. 1754 ; adm. 16th May 1755 ;
died 26th June 1800, aged 87. He marr.
3rd Oct. 1744, Mary Mason, who died
15th Dec. 1784, and had issue — Isabella,
born 28th July 1748 (marr. 26th June 1766,
George Cupples, min. of Swinton) ; Robert,
surgeon, 93rd Foot, born 5th June 1750;
John, min. of Menmuir, born 9th Jan.
1756.
GEORGE DRUMMOND. born 1760,
1800 son °^ PialPu D., min. of Cranshaw- ;
ord. min. of Cranshaws 3rd May
1785 ; trans, to Mordington 20th April
1792 ; pres. by Francis, Earl of Wemyss,
trans, and adm. 13th Nov. 1800 ; died 7th
Aug. 1820. He marr. 17th April 1810, Mar-
garet (died without issue, 28th Dec. 1822),
daugh. of Andrew Cunningham, gardener
to Lord Morton at Aberdour Castle, and
sister of George C., min. of Duns. Publi-
cations — Account of Cranshaws and of
Mordington (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi..
xv.).
ADAM LANDELLS, licen. by North-
1821 umberland Presbyterian Classis and
Presb. of Duns; ord. 10th Oct. 1776,
min. at Etal ; trans, to Hutton 19th March
1789 ; pres. by William Berry of Whitsome
Hill. Dec. 1820 ; adm. 8th Feb. 1821 ; died
25th May 1838, aged 90. He marr. 20th
Jan. 1779, Christian Watherstone, who died
s.p. 5th May 1841. Publication — Account
of Hutton (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
[JOSEPH STEVENSON, born Benrick-
on-Tweed, 27th Nov. 1806, eldest son of
Robert S., surgeon, and Elizabeth Wilson :
educated at Univ. of Glasgow : licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside 8th Sept. 1829 ; em-
ployed in the MS. department of the
British Museum, 1831-4, and a subcom-
missioner of the Public Records, 1834-8 ;
pres. by John Wilson of Whitsome Hill in
1838. Objection to his appointment was
chiknside]
WHITSOME AND HILTON
65
taken by George Fulton Knight, min. of
Mordington, on the ground that several of
S.'s children had been baptized by clergy-
men of the Church of England. The Synod
ordered the Presb. to proceed with the
ordination. Letters in S.'s favour were
produced from Sir Henry Ellis, Prof. Fraser-
Tytler, and many well-known men. On a
second appeal being begun by Knight, S.
withdrew from the presentation. In 1839
he entered the Church of England ; was
librarian to the Dean and Chapter of
Durham in 1841 ; honorary M.A. (Durham
1844) ; curate of St Giles, Durham, 1847 ;
vicar of Leighton-Buzzard, Bedfordshire,
1849-62. In 1863 he joined the Church
of Rome, and was a priest in 1872. From
1872 to 1876 he studied the Archives in the
Vatican Library at Rome. In 1877 he
entered Roehampton College as a Novice
of the Society of Jesus, and in 1885 became
professed of the three vows ; LL.D. (St
Andrews 1893); died at London, 8th Feb.
1895. He marr. 19th Sept. 1831, Mary Ann
(died 11th July 1869), daugh. of John Craig,
Mount Florida, Glasgow, and had issue.
He was an archivist and historical writer
of much distinction, whose pen for more
than sixty years was never idle. He did
important work for the Rolls Series, and
edited numerous volumes for the Bannatyne,
Maitland, and Roxburghe Clubs, as well as
the Surtees and other learned Societies. The
Diet. Nat. Biog. furnishes a complete list of
these.— Vide Pollen's "Memoir "in The Month
(March and April 1895) ; The Tablet, 16th
Feb. 1895 ; The Athenaeum, 16th Feb. 1895.]
1839
ROBERT CO WE, born Burnmouth, 1st
Dec. 1804, son of Henry C. ; edu- !
cated at Berwick Grammar School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd April
1826); tutor in the family of Angus
Makellar, D.D., min. of Pencaitland ; licen.
by Presb. of Chirnside 28th Sept. 1830;
assistant at Whitsome ; ord. (at Hutton) |
19th April 1832, min. of the High Meeting,
Berwick-on -Tweed; pres. by John Wilson
of Whitsome Hill; trans, and adm. 28th
March 1839. Joined the Free Church;
adm. min. of the Free Church, Portobello,
2nd Nov. 1843; trans, to St Andrew's
Presbyterian Church, Manchester, 5th Nov.
1845, and to Free St Stephen's, Glasgow,
17th May 1849 ; died 20th Oct. 1867. He
marr. 3rd Aug. 1852, Hannah Watson, who
died 26th Dec. 1886, and had issue — Henry,
died aged 17 ; Hannah (marr. Kirkland,
Oregon, U.S.A.). Publications— No Truth,
No /^(Edin., 1849); The Gift and theGauge
(Edin., 1855) ; Christian Besponsibiliti/,
Memoir [by James Freer] (Glasgow, 1868).
JOHN ROBERTSON, born 2nd Jan.
1843 1800> son °f J°nn R-> farmer, Wind-
shiel, and Margaret Edington ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Duns 4th April 1825 ; assistant at
Dunbar, 1825-33 ; ord. to Houndwood 11th
May 1838 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Nov. 1843 ;
died 27th Oct. 1865. He marr. (1) 25th Dec.
1833, Margaret (died 6th Aug. 1839), daugh.
of William Sibbald, D.D., min. of Hadding-
ton, and had issue— Elphinstone Margaret,
born 19th Oct. 1834 (marr. James Heriot
of Heriotbank), died 10th July 1914 ; John
Alexander, his successor : (2) 22nd Dec.
1841, Catherine (died 5th Nov. 1867), daugh.
of George Logan, Edrom, and widow of
Thomas Logan, Whitsomelaws.
JOHN ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
1866 k°rn 19th April 1836, son of preced-
ing ; educated at Edinburgh Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Chirnside in 1859 ;
assistant at Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh ;
ord. 2nd Aug. 1866 ; clerk of Presb. 1870 ;
clerk of Synod 1899. Marr. 27th Aug.
1867, Helen Stenhouse, who died 26th
Jan. 1911, and had issue— John Alexander,
M.D., born 29th Aug. 1868, died at Matjes-
fontein, Cape Colony, 22nd Sept. 1903 ;
Catherine Purves Logan, born 2nd March
1872 (marr. 20th Jan. 1898, William
M'Dowall Selby, M.B., CM., Port William);
Stenhouse, born 12th Nov. 1875, died 10th
Jan. 1880 ; William Sibbald, M.D., born 8th
March 1881. — [Vide Memorial Sketch of
John A. Robertson, M.D., by the Hon.
Lord Low, 1904.]
NORMAN REID MITCHELL, M.A.,
1906 ^••^' ' 01c** (assistant and successor)
17th Aug. 1906; trans, to Steven
Memorial Church, Bellahouston, Glasgow,
21st Feb. 1911.
VOL. II.
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HILTON
[PRESB. OF
HUGH PARK REID, born Chalmer-
1911 st°ne> Stair, Ayrshire, 17th May
1871, son of Hugh R. and Mary
Young; educated at Ayr Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr May 1896 ; assistant at Muirkirk, and
at St Vincent's and Sandyford parishes,
Glasgow ; ord. 1st Sept. 1901 ; min. of St
Andrew's Church, Alexandria, Egypt ; acted
as consular chaplain ; res. in 1910 ; adm. to
this charge (assistant and successor) 9th
June 1911. Marr. 10th Sept. 1901, Martha,
daugh. of Henry MacRostie, Kirkcolm, and
has issue — Hugh Alexander Calderwood,
born 12th April 1903; Ronald Park, born
1st May 1908; Kathleen Mary, born 29th
Jan. 1914.
HILTON.
[Of the church consecrated by David de
Bernhara on 2nd April 1243, only a small
fragment is now standing. The site is a
grassy knowe close to the farm steading
of Hilton, and about a mile east of Whit-
some. The parish was united to Whitsome
by the Lords Commissioners of Teinds,
19th June 1734. It included the lands of
Otterburn, which later were annexed to
Longformacus. The parish was in the
Presb. of Duns from 22nd Oct. 1707 to Oct.
1719.]
JOHN LIGHTBODY, reader from 1576
1576 to 1585.
1585
ANDREW WINCHESTER, reader at
Upsetlington [Ladykirk] in 1570;
min. at Fishwick in 1574 ; returned
to Upsetlington in 1576 ; trans, and adm.
about 1585 ; died 24th Oct. 1598. He
granted a lease of the teind sheaves to
James Home of Wedderburn. He marr.
Beatrix Forman, who survived him, and
had issue — George. — [ Wodrow Miscell. ;
Reg. Assig. ; Milne Home MSS., 57.]
JAMES HOME, second son of Sir
David H. of Wedderburn ; adm. 5th
Dec. 1609; still min. in 1634. He
marr. (1) before 1597, Isabel (dead by
1609
1605), daugh. of Patrick Home of Pol-
warth, and widow of Thomas Cranstoun of
Corsbie, Legerwood : (2) Jean, sister of
David Cockburn in Goffrarig, and had
issue— David, min. of Ladykirk ; James ;
also a natural son, John, who witnessed a
deed in 1620.— [Reg. of Assig.; Bannatyne
Miscell. ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclxxii., 169 ;
Milne Home MSS., 88.]
DANIEL DOUGLAS, min. 1650 to
1650 1662. See below.
GEORGE HOLIWELL, M.A. ; coll.
16th Oct. 1662; trans, to Polwarth
662 in 1664.— [Reg. of Collat.]
JOHN HEPBURN, M.A. ; ord. and
coll. 28th Oct. 1664; trans, to
Earlston in 1673. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reg. Collat.]
1664
1675
WILLIAM METHVEN, M.A. ; ord. and
coll. 25th March 1675 ; trans, to
Fogo in 1682— [Reg. of Collat.]
SIMON WYLD, mentioned as min. in
1683 ; trans, to Wauchope after 14th
1683 Oct. 1684.
JOHN HOME of Broomhouse, Edrom,
1689 m*n" *n 1^8^ > deprived by the Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690, restoring
Presbyterian mins. He opened a meeting-
house at Coldingham, and with John Home
of Kelloe, min. of Greenlaw, and other
outed mins., carried on Episcopal services
there, also at Eyemouth and Ayton, and
latterly at Prenderguest. He died at
Whitfield, 15th May 1717, and was buried
at Edrom. — [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Dims
Presb. and Coldingham Sess. Regs.]
DANIEL DOUGLAS, born 1619, eldest
1690 son °^ J°nn -D-, min. of Crail ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1644) ; adm. after 24th
Feb. 1650. He joined the Protesters in
1651, and was deprived on or before the
establishment of Episcopacy in 1662. He
preached much at conventicles, and baptized
chirnside]
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67
and married in the district. For a time
he resided in Holland, but was restored by
the Act of Parliament 25th April 1690. He
died 24th July 1705. He is said to have
been " a simple man as to the world, yet of
more learning and ingenuity than most."
The local saying, however, is, " Like Daniel
Douglas, more plain than pleasant." In his
old age, the Presb. rebuked him more than
once for his unsuitable language in the
pulpit. He marr. Margaret, sister of James
Hutcheson, min. of Killellan [Houston],
and bad issue — Mary. — {Fife Sas., xix., 34 ;
Pittenweem Sess. and Dalkeith Presb. Begs.;
Livingston's Life ; Wodrow's Hist. ; Inq.
Ret. de Tut., 1143; Tombst. ; Scot. Presb.
Eloq. ; Brown's Covenanters of the Merse,
184 ; Berwick Sas., i., 96.]
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, called min.
1706 in 1706.— [G. R. Sas., xc, 295.]
WILLIAM WILSON, schoolmaster at
1707 Stichill ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
2nd March 1701 ; called 13th March,
and ord. 4th Sept. 1 707 ; died unmarr. 3rd
May 1731, aged 68.
GEORGE HUME, pres. by Robert John-
1732 stone °f Hilton, and ord. 16th March
1732; trans, to Whittingehame 21st
April 1736.
PRESBYTERY OF KELSO
[Proposed to be erected by the General Assembly, April 1581, but in 1593 the parishes
of Kelso, Linton, Makerstoun, Morebattle, Mow, Roxburgh, Sprouston, and Yetholm
were still in the Presb. of Jedburgh, while those of Ednam, Home, Nenthorn, and Sti chill
were iu that of Duns. The Register begins 19th Oct. 1609. There are blanks from 12th
Dec. 1648 to 1st May 1649 ; 2nd April 1661 to 28th Oct. 1662 ; and 16th Oct. 1683 to 17th
March 1691.]
EDNAM.
[King Edgar, who reigned from 1097 to
1107, granted the lands now forming this
parish to Thor, an Englishman. Thor
built a church dedicated to St Cuthbert,
and, with the king's consent, endowed it
with a ploughgate of land. This is the
earliest recorded case of the erection of
a parish in Scotland. There was here a
hospital of St Leonard, known as Ednam
Spital.]
JOHN BROWN, last of the Roman
1569 incumbents. He probably conformed.
—[Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., 40.]
THOMAS AITKIN, reader in 1574. In
1576 Makerstoun and Nenthorn were
in his charge ; trans, to Yetholm
in 1579.
1574
ROBERT RYNDE [RHIND], min. in
1679 1579 ; trans, to Mertoun about 1580.
DUNCAN WALKER, reader at Borth-
1585 wick from 1576 to 1580; min. here
in 1585. In 1593, Bassendean [West-
ruther], Nenthorn, and Gordon were in the
charge, Makerstoun being excluded; pres.
to the vicarage of Nenthorn by James
VI. before 24th May 1594; died previous
to 17th May 1599.— [Reg. Assig. ; Dalkeith
Presb. Reg. ; CalderwoocTs Hist., iv., 604.]
68
THOMAS PORTEOUS, min. in 1599 ;
1599 PreS- to ^e v^CSirSLSe by James VI.
before 30th March 1602 ; died in May
1617. He marr. Agnes Crichton (who sur-
vived him, and marr. secondly, John Rich-
ardson, merchant burgess of Edinburgh),
and had issue — Andrew ; John, apprenticed
to Thomas Douglas, hatmaker, Edinburgh,
1st Oct. 1634 ; James ; Janet ; Agnes. —
[Edin. Inhib., xix., 104 ; Reg. Assig. ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Haddington and Jedburgh Presb.
Regs.]
JOHN CLAPPERTON of Neatoune,
1617 born 1595; son of John C, min. of
Lennel [Coldstream]; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 22nd July 1615) ; pres. by James VI.
17th May 1617. He was called before the
Court of High Commission in 1620. Per-
mission was given him by the Archbishop
of St Andrews to leave his Presb. [Duns]
and join that of Kelso, 11th July 1620. He
was dep. after 29th Sept. 1639 and before
2nd Sept. 1641, and died before 24th Aug.
1655 [according to another account, in 1651.]
He marr. Jean Stirling, and left issue — John,
min. of Yarrow ; George of Wyliecleuch. —
[Reg. Sec. Sig.; Lauder Tests.; Stat. Reports,
1627 ; Baillie's Lett. ; Lnq. Ret. Gen., 1097.]
JOHN SOMERVILLE, son of James,
1639 second son °f James, fifth Lord
Somerville ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
July 1624); became schoolmaster of More-
PKESB. OF KELSO]
EDNAM
69
battle; licen. by Presb. of Lanark before
27th Feb. 1627; ord. (at Kelso) 5th, and
adm. 8th Oct. 1639. He joined the Pro-
testers in 1651, was dep. by the Synod in
Oct. 1660, and was still alive 20th Feb.
1666. He acquired property in Teviotdale,
and marr. Margaret Knox, who was allowed
the vacant stipend, 20th Nov. 1660, and had
issue — James, student at Univ. of Edin-
burgh, drowned while bathing in the Water
of Leith ; Robert, alive in 1679. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Livingston's Life ; Wodrow's Hist. ;
Mem. of the Somervilles, i., 440 ; Scots Peer-
age, viii., 22.]
1661
ROBERT YOUNG, tutor to Alexander,
Lord Coldingham, son of James
Home of Cowdenknowes, third Earl
of Home ; pres. by Charles II. 8th July,
and adm. before 18th Dec. 1661 ; died April
1668.— [Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal, v.]
ADAM PEACOCK, M.A. ; pres. by
166g Charles II. 21st Oct. 1668 ; ord. after
27th April, and adm. 27th May 1669 ;
trans, to Morebattle 11th Jan. 1683.
WILLIAM SPEED, son of George S.,
min. of Aberlour ; M.A. (King's Col-
lege, Aberdeen, 1656); schoolmaster
of Elgin, 1656-61 ; passed trials before the
Presb. of Elgin, and recommended to the
Bishop for license 4th Nov. 1663 ; ord. at
Elgin 17th Aug., and adm. to Botriphnie
24th Aug. 1664 ; pres. by Charles II. 10th
Jan., trans., coll., and inst. 20th Feb. 1683 ;
deprived by the Privy Council 3rd Sept.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates nor praying for William and
Mary, but praying for James VII. He sub-
sequently resided at Netherbyres, Ayton,
where he died before 23rd April 1706. He
marr. Magdalen Craw, and had an only
daugh., Margaret (marr. George Craw of
Netherbyres). — [Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal,
v. ; Lauder Tests. ; Peterkin's Constitution
of the Church ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A. ; ord. 12th
1692 ^U^ 1692 > trans- to Southdean 6th
Nov. 1700.
" WILLIAM BAXTER, M.A. ; called 6th
1702 Nov. 1701; ord. 12th Feb. 1702;
trans, to Sprouston 2nd Aug. 1722.
THOMAS POLLOK, son of Allan P.,
1723 Porti°ner °f Craigton, and Elspeth,
daugh. of Thomas Pa ton of Craigton ;
M.A. (Glasgow, 7th July 1715); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 1st May 1718; pres. by
George II. 5th Jan., and ord. 21st
June 1723; died 16th May 1764, aged
about 69. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1724, Alison
Mason, who died 29th July 1788, and had
issue — Allan; James ; Isobel ; John ; Jean ;
George, born 14th Jan. 1732 ; Thomas,
D.D., vicar of Grittleton, Wilts, born 25th
Jan. 1736, died 29th Sept. 1801; Alison,
born 17th July 1740 ; Elizabeth, born 6th
July 1743; Mary, born 14th June 1750.
Publication — A Synod Sermon, to which is
added a Discoiirse on the Happiness of God
(Edinburgh, 1734).— [Acts of Ass., 1723.]
DAVID DICKSON, son of George D.
1765 and Catherine Hamilton, Whitehill,
Earlston ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
1st June 1742; pres. by George III. 26th
Oct. 1764 ; ord. 21st March 1765 ; died un-
marr. 3rd June 1795, in his 75 th year.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xi.). — [Tombst.]
ROBERT ROBERTSON, licen. by
1796 Presb. of Kelso 6th Oct. 1772; ord.
min. of Pottergate Presbyterian
Church, Alnwick, 1774; pres. by George
III. 30th July 1795, and adm. 15th March
1796; died 27th Feb. 1819, in his 77th
year. He marr. 26th Sept. 1781, Margaret
Wilkinson, and had issue — Margaret, born
17th July 1782 ; Alexander, born 19th Nov.
1783.
JOSEPH THOMSON, pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 21st March, and ord.
3rd Aug. 1819 ; trans, to Morebattle
30th May 1844.
WILLIAM LAMB, born Hawick, 10th
1844 Sept. 1814' son °f Walter L. ; edu-
cated at Edinburgh High School
and Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh ;
preacher at Caerlanrig; pres. by Queen
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EDNA M— KELSO
[PRESB. OF
Victoria 17th Aug., and ord. 14th Nov.
1844; clerk of Presb. 1846-77; died 10th
Aug. 1877. He marr. 28th Jan. 1869,
Christian Archibald MacDougall, daugh.
of Joseph Yair, min. of Eckford, and had
issue — Helen Josephine, born 19th Nov.
1869; Walter, min. of Lauder, Christian
Mary, born 6th July 1873; "William, born
9th March 1874 : George, born 8th Dec.
1875; John Yair, born 23rd March 1877.
' JOHN BURLEIGH, born Glasgow 8th
1878 ^U^ 1851> son °f J°hn B. and Helen
Borland ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 13th
June 1877 ; assistant at Maxwell Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 14th March 1878 ; clerk of
Presb. 1900; clerk of Synod 1911. Marr.
2nd Feb. 1892, Agnes Ann, daugh. of Thomas
Henderson, farmer, Boon and Shidlaw,
and Jessie Stewart, and has issue — John
Henderson Seaforth, M.A., Lieut. K.O.S.B.,
born 19th May 1894 ; Thomas Huntlywood,
R.A.M.C., born 30th Sept. 1895. Publica-
tion— Ednam and Its Indwdlers (Glasgow,
1912).
KELSO, MAXWELL, AND ST
JAMES'S, ROXBURGH, other-
wise NEW ROXBURGH.
[Kelso. — The church was dedicated to St
Mary. Prior to the Reformation it belonged
to the Abbey of Kelso. About 1648, the
abbey, which had suffered considerably at
the hands of Hertford during his invasion
of Scotland in 1545, was put into repair
and fitted up as the parish church. It con-
tinued to be so used until 1773, when the
present curiously shaped octagonal church
was erected.
Maxwell. — The church of Maxwell, dedi-
cated to St Michael, was situated near
the junction of Tweed and Teviot. It
was named, from the pool on the Tweed
there, Maccus' Wheel (Anglo-Saxon iviel, a
pool). No trace of the church exists, but
a number of tombstones, brought from
its churchyard, are deposited in an open
space within the policies of Springwood
Park. At Harlawe, near the head of the
Burn of Wooden in the parish of Maxwell,
there was a chapel of St Thomas the
Martyr. In 1180 this was given by Herbert
of Maxwell to the parish church of Max-
well. Afterwards it passed into the hands
of the Abbey of Kelso. The English
destroyed it in 1545.
St James's, Roxburgh. — This was the
parish of the Royal Burgh of Roxburgh.
The church was dedicated on 17th April
1134. It belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.
The English ruined the church in 1425.
The church was soon rebuilt, but was
utterly destroyed, along with the towns
of Roxburgh and Kelso, during the invasion
of 1545. Its site was on the Tweed at the
place called St James's Green, where St
James's Fair has continued to be held on
or about the saint's day. There remain
only the foundations of a large church
with aisles and columns. The hospital of
Fairnington, within the parish of St James,
is mentioned as early as 1186.]
ADAM CLERK, exhorter here and at
1569 Nisbet.
PAUL KNOX, possibly son of William K.,
1574 merchant, Prestonpans, a brother of
the Reformer ; M.A. (St Andrews
1571) ; min. in 1574, when Ednam, Maker-
stoun, and Nen thorn were in the charge.
He was still min. 1st May 1575. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Wodrow Miscell. ; Knox's Works
(preface), vi. ; M'Crie's Knox, ii. ; Haig's
History of Kelso.']
JOHN HOWIE [HOWIESON], min. in
157_ 1576. He had charge of Sprouston,
Maxwell, and Lempitlaw, instead of
the parishes mentioned above ; trans, to
Cambuslang before 1580. — [Reg. Assig.]
ALEXANDER THORNTON, min. 1578
1578 to 1580.— [Reg. Assig.]
WILLIAM BALFOUR, son and heir of
1585 ^Yilliam B., citizen of St Andrews ;
min. in 1585 ; app. by the Privy
Council 6th March 1589 a commissioner
for the preservation of true religion in
Roxburghshire ; trans, to Maxwell in 1590,
KELSO]
KELSO
71
when Sprouston and Lempitlaw were also
in the charge, but returned in 1591 ; pres.
to the vicarage of Maxwell by James VI.
2nd Feb. and 4th May 1604 ; died before
15th Nov. 1605. He marr., and had issue
— John, served heir, 12th July 1615, pro-
bably min. of Linton. — [Beg. of Deeds, xlv.,
277 ; Reg. Assig. ; Calderwood's Hist., iv.,
604 ; Wodrow Miscell. ; Booke of the Kirk ;
Inq. Ret. Edin., 353.]
JAMES KNOX, son of William K, min.
_ of Cockpen, was probably grand-
nephew of the Reformer, and nephew
of Paul K., min. in 1574; M.A. (Edin-
burgh) ; regent in the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
adm. here in 1605 (Maxwell being also in
the charge, to the vicarage of which he was
pres. by James VI. 15th Nov. 1605) ; pres.
to the vicarage of Kelso 25th May 1609,
and again 22nd April 1610. He was app.
constant Moderator of Presbytery by the
Assembly at Linlithgow in 1606, and the
Presb. were ordered by the Privy Council,
17th Jan. following, to acknowledge him
as such within twenty-four hours, under
pain of rebellion. This was at first
resisted, but afterwards accepted. He
was a member of Assembly, 1610 and 1618.
He dem. before 24th June, and died in
Aug. 1633, aged about 58. He used as a
dwelling-place vaults in the ruined abbey,
one as a hall and kitchen, another as a
bedchamber and closet. He marr. about
1605, Martha Borthwick, and had issue-
Robert, his successor ; Martha, bapt. 31st
May 1608 ; James, bapt. 4th Nov. 1611 ;
Elizabeth, bapt. 12th Sept. 1612 j William,
born 1614; Rachel, bapt. 2nd June 1616;
Agnes, bapt. 7th Oct. 1617; Jean, bapt.
16th Dec. 1618; Alexander, bapt. 1619 —
[Calderwood's Hist., vi., 658 ; Haig's Hist,
of Kelso ; Reg. Assig. ; Privy Counc. Reg. ;
Booke of the Kirk ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Crawford's Knox Genealogy.}
ROBERT KNOX, bapt. 30th Dec. 1606,
eldest son of preceding ; M.A. (Edin-
1638 burgh, 23rd July 1625) ; while living
at Cranstoun he was adm. to the Exercise
at Dalkeith 8th Dec. 1631 ; pres. by
Charles I. 24th June, and adm. by John,
Bishop of Caithness, 30th July 1633. He
preached before Parliament 8th Aug., and
before the King 12th Sept. 1641 ; was a
member of Assembly, 1643, 1644, 1646-8;
was imprisoned in 1654 for naming Charles
II. in his prayers ; died at Edinburgh, 15th
May 1658. He marr. (1) March 1638, Mar-
garet, daugh. of John Ker of Lochtour :
(2) 15th June 1643, Elizabeth, second
daugh. of Sir John Murray of Philiphaugh,
Bart. ; she, " in consideration of her hus-
band's sufferings for his affection and loyalty
to his sovereign," obtained an Act of Parlia-
ment, 22nd March 1661, conferring on her
and her children the stipend vacant after
his death. By her he had issue — Robert ;
John ; Joan. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Old Dec,
iii. ; Sasines, xxvii. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ;
Lamont's Diary ; Douglas's Baronage ; Acts
of Ass. and Pari., vii. ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Balfour's Hist. Works, ii. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
2949 ; Knox Genealogy.]
RICHARD WADDELL, M.A. ; trans,
from Stenton, and adm. 14th May
1660 ; trans, to St Mungo's, Glasgow,
28th March 1682.
1660
1683
JAMES LORIMER, M.A. ; coll. before
10th, and inst. 17th April 1683;
D.D. (St Andrews, 29th July 1683) ;
pres. to Professorship of Divinity at St
Andrews 22nd May 1686 (q.v.).
1687
JAMES GRAY, M.A. (Edinburgh, 20th
March 1671); Keen, by Presb. of
Haddington in 1679; adm. to Second
Charge, Haddington, 20th Jan. 1681 ;
deprived by the Test Act in 1681 ; adm.
here before 5th June 1687 ; deprived by
the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1689, for
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and Mary,
but for King James. James Gray, min. of
Innerleithen, was probably his son. — [Peter-
kin's Constitut. of the Church ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Monro's Apology for the Church
of Scotland ; Haig's Hist, of Kelso.]
[JOHN DICKSON, M.A. ; formerly of
Rutherglen, officiated in a meeting-
house here after the Toleration 1687.
He returned to Rutherglen 25th April 1690.]
1687
72
KELSO
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM JACK, sometime min. at
Clapham, London ; adm. min. of
Biggar 28th April 1692 ; called Nov.
1694 ; trans, and adm. 24th Jan. 1695 ;
died apparently unmarr.. after Oct. 1699. —
[Haig's Hist.]
JAMES RAMSAY, born 1672, probably
1707 °^ ^e ^am^y °f Ramsay of Edington ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 23rd July 1687) j
licen. by Presb. of Duns and Chirnside 1st
Nov. 1692; ord. to Eyemouth 9th May
1693 ; called 5th Sept. 1706 ; trans, and
adm. 24th Sept. 1707. In 1714 he was one
of the deputation sent by the General
Assembly to congratulate George I. on
his succession to the throne. In 1715,
and again in 1745, he used his influence
with the people to oppose the Jaco-
bite army. He was Dean of the Chapel
Royal 6th March 1716, but was deprived in
1726 on a change of Government. He was
Moderator of Assembly 11th May 1738,
and again 14th May 1741 ; died Father
of the Church, 3rd July 1749. At the
meeting of Commission, 7th Nov. 1706, he
moved a protest against the sitting of
bishops in the United Parliament, which
was carried by a majority of 59 to 17.
The closing address of his second moderator-
ship was contained in a single sentence :
"It is with pleasure I can observe that
the affairs of this Assembly have, by the
good hand of God upon us, been managed
with great decency and remarkable unan-
imity.'' He was a man of great natural
gifts, of a sturdy bodily frame, of much
shrewd common sense together with a great
deal of humour. He was in the habit of
walking to Edinburgh to the Assembly.
He marr. (1) before 1695, Alison, daugh.
of William Nisbet, merchant, Eyemouth,
and had issue— Jean (marr. 14th Oct. 1727,
William Hume, younger of Scotshouse) :
(2) 3rd July 1731, Margaret (died 28th Nov.
1768), daugh. of Archibald Borthwick of
Sauchnell, and widow of John Lauder, min.
of Eccles, and had issue— Elizabeth (marr.
Robert Park, min. of Foulden). Publica-
tions— Letter from a Gentleman to a Member
of Parliament concerning Toleration (Edin-
burgh, 1703) ; Remarks upon the Case of the
Episcopal Clergy and those of the Episco-
palian Persuasion (Edinburgh, 1703) ;
Toleration's Fence Removed (Edinburgh,
1703); An Examination of Three Prelati-
cal Pamphlets (Edinburgh, 1703).— [Gen.
Reg. Sas., lxviii., 107 ; Boston's Memoirs ;
Witherspoon's Ecclesiastical Character-
istics ; Ochtertyre MSS. : Wodrow's Anal. ;
Haig's Hist, of Kelso; Morren's Annals:
Tait's Border Church Life, i.]
CORNELIUS LUNDIE,born 11th Aug.
1750 1716, third son of Archibald L., min.
of Saltoun ; licen. by Presb. of Had-
dington 5th Feb. 1745 ; pres. by Robert,
Duke of Roxburghe, in Oct. 1749 ; ord.
4th July 1750 ; died 17th Jan. 1800. " His
primitive integrity, universal benevolence,
and the gentleness and simplicity of his
character endeared him to all classes of
the community." He marr. 27th Aug.
1762, Mary (died 1st May 1801, aged 68),
daugh. of William Ronald of Williams-
craig, Provost of Linlithgow, and had
issue— Mary, born 13th Jan. 1764 (marr.
16th July 1784, John Wood, min. of the
Presbyterian Church, Crookham) ; Archi-
bald, born 15th July 1765, died at Nice,
23rd Jan. 1789 ; Jean, born 18th May 1767 ;
Margaret, born 25th Jan. 1769, died 12th
June 1787; Rachel, born 27th Nov. 1770,
died 14th Nov. 1771; William, born 19th
July 1772, died 8th Jan. 1774; Robert,
min. of this parish ; Elizabeth, born
26th April 1776, died 22nd Feb. 1795;
Marion, born 11th Aug. 1777, died 4th
Feb. 1786 ; Catherine, born 16th May 1779,
died 1841.— [Tombst, ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
x. ; Haig's Hist, of Kelso ; Mason's Kelso
Records.] _ ,
LESLIE MOODIE, trans, from Newton ;
1800 Pres" ky John, Duke of Roxburghe,
25th Feb., and adm. 14th Aug. 1800 ;
trans, to Inveresk 27th June 1806.
ROBERT LUNDIE, born 4th July 1774,
1807 son °^ Cornelius L., min. in 1750;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
ord. to Gordon 26th March 1801 ; pres. by
the three rival claimants to the dukedom
of Roxburghe, viz., John Bellenden Ker,
KELSO]
KELSO
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25th, Walter Ker of Littledean, 29th,
and Sir James Norcliffe Innes, Bart.,
30th Aug. 1806; trans, and adm. 26th
March 1807 ; died (in his garden, with
Bennet's Christian's Oratory in his hand,
open at the close of " Meditations on
Heaven ") 16th April 1832. He marr. 27th
April 1813, Maiy, youngest daugh. of
George Grey of West Ord and Milfield,
and Mary Burn (she survived him, and
marr. secondly, Henry Duncan, D.D., min.
of Ruthwell), and had issue— Mary, author
of the hymn " Jesus, Tender Shepherd, hear
me," horn 26th April 1814 (marr. 11th July
1836, William Wallace Duncan, min. of
Cleish), died 5th Jan. 1840 [vide Memoir
of Mary Lmidie Duncan, by her Mother] ;
Cornelius, railway engineer and director,
born 29th May 1815, died at Cardiff, 12th
Feb. 1908 ; Susanna Isabella, born 6th May
1817, died 14th Aug. 1826 ; Jane Catherine,
born 1st Dec. 1821 (marr. Horatius Bonar,
D.D., min. of the North Church, Kelso) ;
George Archibald, missionary in Samoa,
born 31st Dec. 1819, died Sept. 1841 [vide
Missionary Life in Samoa, as exhibited in
the Journals of G. A. Lundie, edited by his
Mother]; Robert Henry, D.D., min. of
Fairfield Presbyterian Church, Liverpool,
Moderator (1884) of Presb. Church of
England, born 5th Nov. 1824, died 20th Jan.
1895. Publications — Gleanings of Pastoral
Addresses (Edinburgh, 1832) ; Character of
the Rev. T. S. Hardie ; Report of the Proceed-
ings and Debate in the General Assembly
respecting the Election of Mr Leslie to the
Mathematical Chair (Edinburgh, 1805) ;
articles in The Edinburgh Encyclopaedia. —
[Baird's and Hunter's Funeral Sermons ;
Gleanings ; Haig's Hist. ; Lady Hall's Dr
Duncan of Ruthwell.]
JAMES MELVILLE M'CULLOCH,
1832 M.A. ; pres. by James Henry Robert,
Duke of Roxburghe, and his curators,
28th July, and adm. 27th Sept. 1832 ; trans.
to West Parish, Greenock, 23rd Nov. 1843.
JAMES SMITH, born Glasgow 1804,
1844 e^est son °f William S. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow, and Theological
Hall of the Relief Church ; ord. min. of
the Relief Congregation, Campbeltown,
26th Aug. 1829. Joined the Church of
Scotland in 1835 ; adm. min. of Chalmers
Parish, Glasgow, 26th March 1840 ; trans,
and adm. to Borthwick 19th Nov. 1841 ;
pres. by James Henry, Duke of Roxburghe ;
trans, and adm. 28th March 1844; died
at Glenearn, Perthshire, 23rd Oct. 1879.
He marr. (1) 20th Oct. 1829, Agnes (died
30th Jan. 1845), daugh. of John Fyfe,
Glasgow, and had issue — William Henry,
born 10th April 1832, died 17th April 1848 ;
Agnes Bowie, born 6th May 1834 (marr.
Charles Maclean of Glenearn), died 5th
June 1879 ; James, born 5th April 1836,
died at Aleppo, 17th Nov. 1857; John
Fyfe, born 26th Feb. 1838, died at Tangiers,
8th July 1858 ; Emily Dewar, died 25th
April 1857, aged 15 : (2) 13th Nov. 1846,
Margaret (died s.p. 14th Jan. 1848), daugh.
of John Swinton of Swinton, advocate, and
Mary Anne Hepburne of Clerkington : (3)
30th Nov. 1864, Mary Ann Gosset who died
17th Oct. 1877. Publication — An Exposi-
tion of the Principles of the Relief Church
and of the Proceedings of the Relief Synod
in the Campbeltown Case (Edinburgh, 1837)
[one of the most important law cases which
ever occurred affecting Dissenters]. — [The
Wheat and the Chaff, 24 ; Struthers' History
of the Relief Church ; Small's History of
U.P. Congregations, ii„ 187.]
WILLIAM WEIR TULLOCH, M.A.,
74 B.D. ; trans, from North Parish,
Greenock, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 10th Sept. 1874 ; trans, to
Maxwell Parish, Glasgow, 7th June 1877.
DAVID HUNTER, M.A., B.D.; ord.
(assistant and successor) 23rd Jan.
1878; trans, to St Mary's Parish,
Partick, 5th Oct. 1882.
JOHN GORDON SMITH NAPIER,
born Montrose, 18th Aug. 1856, son
of Thomas N., shipowner, and Jane,
daugh. of William Adam Smith, min. of
Towie; educated at Montrose Academy,
Aberdeen Grammar School, Aberdeen and
Edinburgh Univs. ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1876) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1879 ; assist-
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KELSO— NORTH PARISH (Q.S.)
[PRESB. OF
ant at Newington, Edinburgh, and Park
Parish, Glasgow; ord. 8th March 1883;
died 7th April 1916. He marr. 4th March
1884, Sara, daugh. of William d'Esterre
Roberts, merchant, Glasgow, and had issue
— Thomas Disney Gordon, solicitor, born
1st July 1885; Annie Evelyn, born 7th
April 1887 ; William d'Esterre, born 19th
June 1888; Charles John, born 6th Nov.
1891.
DAVID GORDON HAMILTON, M.A.;
translated from the parish of St
Serf, Edinburgh (q.v.), and adm. 21st
Sept. 1916.
NORTH PARISH (Q.S.)
[A church, built and endowed largely by
the munificence of James Nisbet, publisher,
London (a native of Spylaw, Kelso), was
opened on 26th Nov. 1837. The Free
Church retained possession of the building
from 1843 to 1865. Disjoined from the
parish of Kelso, and erected into a parish
quoad sacra, 1868.]
1837
HORATIUS BONAR, born Edinburgh,
19th Dec. 1808, seventh son of James
B., second solicitor of Excise, and
Marjory Pyott or Maitland, daugh. of
James Pyott, bailie of Montrose ; educated
at High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh, 23rd April
1833 ; assistant at St John's Parish, Leith ;
app. by the managers, and ord. to this
charge 30th Nov. 1837. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Kelso Free Church 1843 ;
D.D. (King's College, Aberdeen, 9th April
1853) ; trans, to Chalmers Memorial Free
Church, Grange, Edinburgh, 7th June 1866 ;
Moderator of the Free Church 1883; died
31st July 1889. A popular evangelical
preacher, and a notable writer of hymns
which are used in Christian worship all
over the world. Some of his books had a
large circulation : of God's Way of Peace,
no fewer than 285,000 copies were sold.
He marr. 16th Aug. 1843, Jane Catherine
(died 3rd Dec. 1884), third daugh. of Robert
Lundie, min. of Kelso, and had issue —
Mary Lundie, born 14th June 1844 (marr.
29th Aug. 1876, George Theophilus Dodds,
M'All Mission, Paris) ; James, born 25th
May, died 19th July 1847 ; Marjory Emily
Jane, born 29th Aug. 1849, died 28th June
1850 ; Christian Cornelia, born 10th Oct.
1852, died 17th July 1869; Lucy Jane,
born 22nd Sept. 1854, died 20th Aug. 1858
Eliza Maitland, born 10th Sept. 1857
Horatius Ninian, sometime min. of U.F
Church, Saltoun, born 2nd April 1860
Emily Florence, bora 26th Dec. 1861
(marr. 2nd Aug. 1894, Duncan Clark Mac-
Nicol, min. of Stockbridge U.F. Church,
Edinburgh) ; Henry Robert, born 17th Dec.
1865, died 26th March 1869. Publications—
The Night of Weeping (London, 1845) ; The
Story of Grace (London, 1847) ; Prophetical
Landmarks (London, 1847) ; The Coming
and Kingdom of the Lord Jesus Christ
(Kelso, 1849) ; The Morning of Joy (London,
1850) ; Man : His Religion and His World
(London, 1851) ; A Stranger Here (London,
1852); The Eternal Day (London, 1854);
The Desert of Sinai (London, 1857) ;
Hymns of Faith and Hope (translated
into French), 3 vols. (London, 1857, 1861,
1866) ; The Land of Promise — a Spring
Journey from Beersheba to Sidon (London,
1858); God's Way of Peace (French,
German, and Gaelic translations ; London,
1862) ; Fifty -tivo Short Sermons for Family
Reading (London, 1863) ; God's Way of
Holiness (London, 1864) ; Lyra Consola-
tionis (London, 1865) ; Days and Nights in
the East (London, 1866) ; Catechisms of the
Scottish Reformation (London, 1866) ; Light
and Truth : Bible Thoughts and Themes, 5
vols. (London, 1868-72) ; Life of Rev. John
Milne of Perth (London, 1869) ; Lays of the
Holy Land (London, 1870); The Song of
the New Creation (London, 1872) ; The
Everlasting Righteousness (London, 1873) ;
The Christ of God (London, 1874); The
Old Gospel (London, 1874); Earth's
Morning (London, 1875); The Rent Veil
(London, 1875) ; Words to Winners of
Soids (London, 1877) ; My Old Letters (an
autobiographical poem; London, 1877);
Hymns of the Nativity (London, 1879) ;
The White Fields of France (London,
1879) ; Communion Hymns (London,
kelso] NORTH PARISH (Q. S.)— LINTON IN TEVIOTDALE
75
1881) ; Memoir of G. T. Dodds of Paris
(London, 1884) ; Until the Day Break
(London, 1890) ; and many other smaller
books, with a large number of tracts, of
which the most notable was the "Kelso"
series (1846). He edited The Presbyterian
Review, The Quarterly Journal of Prophecy,
The Christian Treasury, and The Border
Watch. — [IIoratit(s Bonar, D.D. : a Memo-
rial (1890), has a complete Bonar bibli-
ography ; Introduction to Hymns by
Horatius Bonar, selected and arranged
by H. N. Bonar (1904); Julian's Diet.
of Hymnology ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; The
Scotsman, 19th Dec. 1908.]
PETER M'KERRON, born Aberlour,
1865 12th Aug. 1832, son of Peter M'K.,
farmer, Craighead, Aberlour ; edu-
cated at Univs. of Aberdeen and Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1854); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
1859 ; sometime teacher in Portobello ;
ord. 27th April 1865; died 20th Aug.
1890. He marr. 26th Aug. 1862, Annie,
daugh. of David Denbolm, Carberry Mains,
Midlothian, and had issue — David Den-
holm, M.A., min. of Maxton; Peter, born
12th July 1865, died 21st March 1911;
Janet Steedman, born 10th April 1867
(marr. 1st Aug. 1903, Alexander Munro);
Isabella Gordon, born 5th June 1869 (marr.
3rd Sept. 1891, John Stuart Thomson);
Robert Gordon, M.A., I.C.S., born 31st
May 1871 ; James Steedman, born 24th
Aug. 1873, died 19th Jan. 1904; Helen
Kate, born 8th Aug. 1875, died 1st Jan.
1895 ; Annie Elizabeth Mary, born 15th
Feb. 1877 (marr. 27th Jan. 1915, Archi-
bald Dunbar); George Grant, M.A.,
LL.B., born 13th Jan. 1879 ; Agnes Jane,
born 14th May 1882, died 20th Dec.
1892.
WILLIAM GALLOWAY DONALD-
1891 SON, ord. 12th March 1891 ; trans,
to St Paul's Parish, Leith, 23rd Nov.
1898.
WILLIAM M'CALLUM, M.A.; ord.
18gg 11th May 1899 ; trans, and adm. to
Makerstoun, 19th Sept. 1916.
LINTON IN TEVIOTDALE.
[The church of Linton can be traced
back to 1127, when Blahan, "Presbyter of
Linton," was present at a meeting of the
clergy of England and Scotland for the
consecration of Robert, Bishop of St
Andrews. Edward, "parson of Linton,"
figures in 1160; and Patrick, "parson of
Linton," witnesses a Melrose charter in
Alexander II. 's reign. Over the door of
the ancient church is sculptured the figure
of a mounted knight in combat with a
dragon. This is deemed a representation
of St Michael, or possibly of St George.
Prior to the Reformation, Linton was an
independent rectory, the patronage being
vested in the Lords Somerville. At Hose-
law, in the upper end of the parish, close
to the English Border, stood a chapel
dedicated to St Machuit. It belonged
to the Abbey of Kelso. The chapel
ruins, encircled by a small burial-ground,
were still visible in the eighteenth
century. Almost on the old site a
modern chapel of Hoselaw was erected
by public subscription in 1906, as a
memorial of the Very Rev. Thomas Leish-
man, D.D.]
THOMAS MOFFAT, probably an
._,_. old priest ; reader, Nov. 1571 to
1580.
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, as parson
1586 anc* vicar> with consent of Hew,
Lord Somerville, let the glebe and
kirklands to Walter Ker of Littledean,
in June 1586. — [Laing Charters, p.
278.]
'JOHN BALFOUR, M.A., probably a
son of William B., min. of Kelso ;
pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto
15th, and inst. 29th March 1610. He held
Yetholm in conjunction, where, apparently,
he resided. " He taught not at the kirk of
Linton, because it was altogether ruinous."
He dem. in April 1616 {vide Yetholm).—
[Booke of the Kirk.]
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LINTON IN TEVIOTDALE
[PEESB. OF
1619
ROBERT KER, pres. by Sir Robert Ker,
probably of the Hirsel ; first appears
at Kelso on 2nd Feb. 1619, bearing a
letter from Archbishop Spottiswood to the
Presb., desiring them to send R. K. "to
Linton to teach." He was adm. (at Peebles)
in Sept. of that year. In 1621 he was accused
of marrying James, eldest son of Arch-
bishop Law, to Margaret Haitlie of Meller-
stain, in Smailholm Church, without pro-
clamation of banns. "As the Archbishop had
a double interest in the affair, the Presb.
wrote to ask his advice, and, in reply, the
prelate sent a judicious letter, which buried
the matter " (Leishman's Linton). He died
between 16th March and 18th May 1658.
He marr. Agnes Arrat, and had issue —
Jane (marr. John Ker of Lochinches);
Isobel.— [Melrose Presb. Beg.]
1658
ROBERT BOYD, son of Robert B.
of Cranberries, Kilwinning; M.A.
(Glasgow 1644) ; chaplain to James,
Earl of Home ; called 25th July, and
adm. 22nd Sept. 1658 ; deprived in 1662 ;
ministered under indulgence at West Kil-
bride. In 1684, refusing to give a bond
that he would not minister anywhere in
Scotland, he was imprisoned, and after-
wards " confined to a house in Edinburgh."
He returned to Linton in 1690.
- JOHN BROWN, M.A.; trans, from
1664 Tinwald ; pres. by William, Earl of
Lothian ; coll. before 30th Aug., and
inst. 6th Sept. 1664 ; trans, to Westerkirk
in 1683.
JOHN WILKIE, pres. 10th July, ord.
1683 a^ter 29th -A-Ug-) and inst. 19th Sept.
1683. Refusing to pray for William
and Mary, he was deprived 17th Sept.
1689. He settled in Kelso, where he
ministered to a congregation of Nonjurors.
— [Peterkin's Constit. of the Church; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT BOYD, M.A., above noticed ;
1690 restore(i by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; dem. on account of age
11th May 1697. "He was a very knowing
man, and of great experience in matters of
discipline." He marr. Elizabeth Stirling.
—[Glas. Com. Dec, 22nd April 1691 ; Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1690; Old Dec, i. ; Wodrow's
Hist.]
WALTER DOUGLAS, born 1673,
1698 younger son of Douglas of Bonjed-
ward ; licen. by Presb. of Middlebie ;
called 20th July, and ord. 15th Sept. 1698 ;
died between 7th Nov. and 5th Dec. 1727.
He marr., and had issue — Elizabeth ; Isobel
(marr. Charles Douglas, min. of Cavers) ;
Wilhelmina (marr. Dr John Tait, physician,
Dalkeith). The pediment of D.'s tomb-
stone, bearing the family arms and motto —
Honor et Amor — now forms a tympanum
to the vestry door of the church. Publi-
cation— Eleven Sacramental Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1725).
GEORGE HALL, born 1680, son of
1728 R°bert Hall of Haughhead, and
grandson of Henry Hall, the Coven-
anter ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th June 1699) ;
chaplain to Pringle of Torsonce ; licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 8th Aug. 1706 ; chaplain
to Thomas, Earl of Haddington ; ord. to
Abbotrule 23rd Sept. 1714; pres. by James
Murray of Cherrytrees ; trans, and adm. 24th
Oct. 1728 ; died 30th Nov. 1740. He marr.
17th July 1716, Emily (died at Edinburgh,
1768), daugh. of Andrew Duncan, Scone,
and had issue — Patrick ; Gilbert ; Robert,
bursar of the Presb. ; Jean (marr. April
1748, Colin Campbell, writer, Edinburgh).
Publication — Practical Sermons on Several
Subjects (Edinburgh, 1732).
JAMES TURNBULL, born Sprouston,
1743 1^18 > licen- by pres. of Kelso 7th
Sept. 1742 ; pres. by John Pringle of
Haining, Senator of the College of Justice,
and ord. 20th July 1743; clerk of Presb.;
died 13th Oct. 1780. He marr. (1) 31st
Aug. 1752, Rebecca (died 25th March 1753,
aged 20), daugh. of Andrew Ker Read [Reid],
portioner of Hoselaw : (2) 1st Jan. 1759,
Cecilia Rutherford, who died at London,
1795, and had issue — Frances, born 5th
Nov. 1759, died 7th Oct. 1764; Robert,
born 18th April 1761 ; Sarah, born 1st
July 1763 ; Thomas, born 27th Jan. 1766 ;
William, born 20th Sept., died 13th Oct.
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LINTON IN TEVIOTDALE
77
1768; Cecilia, born 29th July 1771.—
[Tombst. ; Pedigree of Ker-Reid, 15.]
ANDREW OGILVIE, born 20th June
1781 1732, fourteenth child of William O.,
tenant of Broadhaugh on Teviot ;
licen. by Presb. of Langholm 5th Sept.
1758 ; ord. by the Northumberland Classis
min. of Groatmarket Meeting-house, New-
castle-on-Tyne, 14th Oct. 1759 ; pres. by
John Pringle of Clifton, and adm. 31st
July 1781 ; died 15th Jan. 1805. He
marr. 9th Nov. 1767, Alice Lomax, who
died 12th Jan. 1808, and had issue —
Eleanor, born 31st Jan. 1769 ; Jane, born
25th Aug. 1770; Margaret, born 31st
March 1772; William, born 24th Jan.
1775 ; Joseph, born 14th May 1778 ; John,
born 7th Feb. 1782. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). —
[Historical Memorials of Presbyterianism
in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 74.]
WILLIAM FAICHNEY, born 2nd Sept.
1805 1764, son of William F., Muthill ;
licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder 1st
May 1792 ; assistant at Ednam 1794 ; pres.
by Mark Pringle of Clifton, and ord. 19th
Sept. 1805 ; died unmarr. 5th Dec. 1854.
THOMAS LEISHMAN, born 7th May
1855 1825, eldest son of Matthew L., D.D.,
min. of Govan, a collateral descend-
ant of William L., Principal of Glasgow
University ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1843); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 7th Feb. 1847 ; assist-
ant at Greenock ; ord. to Collace 1st
July 1852; pres. by Robert Kerr Elliot
of Harwood and Clifton ; trans, and adm.
7th June 1855 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1871) ; one
of the founders of the Scottish Church
Society in 1892 ; Lecturer on Pastoral
Theology in the Scottish Universities,
1895-7 ; Robert Lee Lecturer in 1897 ;
Moderator of Assembly in 1898 ; res. 3rd
May 1904; died at Edinburgh, 13th July
1904. A. K. H. B. spoke of him as
" the ideal country parson, learned, devout,
peace-loving, pretty close to the first
meridian of clergyman and gentleman."
He marr. 25th March 1857, his cousin,
Christina Balmanno (died 25th June 1868,
aged 36), daugh. of Matthew Fleming, and
had issue — Matthew William Fleming,
in West Australia, born 8th June 1859 ;
Thomas Arthur, M.D., Brechin, born 8th
Sept. 1860 ; James Fleming, his successor ;
Robert Fleming, in South Australia, born
31st Oct. 1862 ; Jane Elizabeth Fleming,
born 1st June 1864 (marr. Charles James
Cowan, min. of Morebattle) ; Christina
Matilda Fleming, born 24th Dec. 1865
(marr. 10th Oct. 1893, John Robert Donald,
C.A., Glasgow) ; Charles Ross, in West Aus-
tralia, born 19th Jan. 1868. Publications
— Joint editor (with George Washington
Sprott, D.D.) of Book of Common Order
and Westminster Directory (Edinburgh,
1868) ; A Critical Account of the Various
Theories of the Sacrament of Baptism
(Edinburgh, 1871); May the Kirk keep
Pasche and Yule ? (Edinburgh, 1875) ; The
Ritual of the Church of Scotland (vol. v.
of Robert Herbert Story's The Church
of Scotland Past and Present ; 1890) ;
Moidding of the Scottish Reformation (Lee
Lecture; Edinburgh, 1897); The West-
minster Directory, new ed. (Edinburgh,
1901) ; The Church of Scotland as She Was,
ami as She Is [Macleod Memorial Lecture]
(Edinburgh, 1903). — [Border Magazine, iii. ;
Blackwood's Mag., Nov. 1897 ; New Lit-
urgies of the Scottish Kirk; Sprott's
Funeral Sermon ; Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc,
iii., 90 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES FLEMING LEISHMAN, born
1895 12th Sept. 1861, third son of pre-
ceding; educated at Edinburgh
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1884); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 3rd
June 1885 ; assistant at Moulin, West
Church of St Nicolas, Aberdeen ; army
chaplain at Colchester ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 7th March 1895. Marr. 7th Feb.
1900, his cousin, Jane, daugh. of William
Leishman, M.D., Professor of Midwifery,
Univ. of Glasgow, and has issue — Thomas
Linton, born 8th Dec. 1900; Augusta
Drevar Fleming, born 11th Dec. 1903;
Christina Balmanno Michaelson, born 14th,
died 21st Nov. 1907. Publications—" His-
torical Notes on Church and Barony of
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MAKERSTOUN
[PEESB. OF
Linton in Teviotdale1' (Hist, of Berwick-
shire Nat. Club, xviii.); A Son of Knox,
and other Studies, Antiquarian and Bio-
graphical (Glasgow, 1909); He-union —
Adequate Security for the Continuance of
the Ministry, a Necessary Requirement for
the Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1909) ;
" The Campanology of the Eastern Borders "
{Hist. Ber.Nat, Club, xxi., 1911).
MAKERSTOUN.
[A church existed in the middle of the
twelfth centuiy, when Walter Corbet, who
then possessed the barony, gave to the
monks of Kelso " the church of Malkariston
with the tithes thereof." The present build-
ing dates from 1807.]
MARTIN RUTHERFORD, mentioned
1567 as min. in 1567. He died in 1584.
JOHN BROUNSIDE [BURNSIDE],
1574 min. from 16th June 1574 to 1578.
JAMES RUTHERFORD, min. in 1579
1579 to 1586.
WILLIAM PATON, M.A. ; min. in
1588 1588 ' trans- t0 'Orwell about 22nd
March 1592. — [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN SMYTH, mentioned as min. in
1607 1607— [P. C. Reg., vii., 453.]
JAMES WILKIE, a native of Mid-
1612 lothian ; M.A. (St Andrews 1592) ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
26th Dec. 1612 ; died in 1634. He had a
son, James. — [Gen. Reg. Sas., lvi., 104 ; Reg.
Assig. ; Reg. Sec. Sig.]
WILLIAM TURNBULL of Hornshole,
less son °^ Thomas T. of Minto; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 29th July 1626); pres.
by Charles I. 15th Jan. 1635 ; was a
member of Assembly in 1645; appointed
chaplain to a regiment of horse in 1646 ;
died before Oct. 1667, aged about 61.
He rnarr., and had issue — William, min.
of Eckford ; Robert, apprenticed to James
Stewart, merchant, Edinburgh, 17th Sept.
1662.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.: Wodrow's Hist,; Acts
of Ass. ; Acts of Pari., v.]
« GEORGE BUCHANAN, M.A. (Edin-
^ burgh 1641); was on the Exercise
at Kelso in 1645 ; adm. to Callander
24th June 1651 ; trans, and coll. before 8th,
and inst. and adm. 24th Oct. 1667; still
min. 4th April 1682. He marr., and had issue
— John, entered burgess and guild-brother
of Edinburgh 8th Sept. 1680; Thomas,
recommended to the Archbishop 21st March
1676, for license. — [Edin. Guild Reg.]
GEORGE HOWIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1682 1671) ; formerly in a charge in
England ; pres. by Robert, Earl of
Roxburghe, and inst. Sept. 1682. In 1688
he was pres. to the Grammar School of
Tranent by George, Earl of Winton, but
because of complaints, the min. of that
parish refused consent till a certificate of
character should be received. This was
produced 30th Sept. 1688, "certifying to
all concerned that George Howie, late min.
at Makerstoun, removed from the diocese
of Glasgow free of any church censure, 17th
Sept. 1688.— Jo. Glasgow." He is styled
indweller in Seton in 1692. He marr.
Christian Holywell. — [Edin. Sas., xlix., 423.]
WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, M.A. (Edin-
burgh 1659) ; schoolmaster of Colin-
ton in 1661 ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 18th Feb. 1663; min. of
Wamphray in 1663, of Athelstaneford in
1665 ; deprived for refusing the Test in
1681 ; restored to the ministry, and adm.
to this charge in 1692 ; dem. (on account
of age) 6th Sept. 1715 ; died in 1718, in
his 79th year. He marr. (cont. 13th July
1664), Janet, daugh. of John Johnstone of
Wamphray ; and had issue — Janet (marr.
Archibald Douglas, min. at Saltoun. — [Reg.
of Deeds, Durie, 30th Jan. 1680 ; Tombst.]
SAMUEL BROWN, licen. by Presb. of
1715 Jedburgh 25th Jan 1710; chaplain
to Charles, sixth Earl of Lauderdale ;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe, and
Old. 20th Dec. 1715 ; went to Perth to be
cut for stone 5th Oct. 1721 ; died between
3rd Aug. and 7th Sept. 1725. He marr.
(pro. 26th July 1724) Christian, daugh. of
James Marshall, writer, Edinburgh ; she
survived him, and marr. secondly, 29th Aug.
1726, John Montgomery, min. of Stewarton.
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WILLIAM WALKER, son of Alexander
1726 ^' °* Slipperfield, min. of Kirkurd
MA. (Edinburgh, 9th April 1713)
licen. by Presb. of Peebles 31st Aug. 1720
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe, and
ord. 20th July 1726 ; he was suspended by
the Synod of Lothian and Tweeddale sine
die 5th Nov. 1741 ; they authorised the
Presb. of Peebles, 5th Nov. 1744, to recall
the sentence if they should see cause, and
this was probably done. He died 1st Aug.
1759, aged about 66. He marr. Christian
Fiddes, who died g.p. 25th Jan. 1773.
1760
THOMAS MACDOUGAL, licen. by the
Scots Presb. in London, and adm.
as a probationer by Presb. of Kelso
7th Nov. 1759 ; pres. by the Commissioner
for John, Duke of Roxburghe, and ord.
17th April 1760; died 20th June 1784,
aged 52. He marr. 18th Jan. 1763, Ann
(died at Kelso, 5th Jan. 1816), daugh. of
Edward Inglis, druggist, Edinburgh, and
had issue — David Dundas, born 20th June
1764 ; Ann, born 9th Jan. 1766 ; Edward,
born 19th Dec. 1767 ; John, born 19th
Feb. 1771 ; Margaret, born 2nd May
1774; William, born 8th May 1777, died
at Antigua, 11th Feb. 1825; Catherine,
born 18th June 1779 ; Inglis (a daugh.),
born 25th May 1783.
1785
JAMES RICHARDSON, one of the
masters in George Watson's Hospital,
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 30th July 1755 ; ord. by the North-
umberland Classis 10th Aug. 1756 min. of
the Wall Knoll Meeting-house, Newcastle ;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe, 6th
Nov. 1784; adm. 14th June 1785; died
15th May 1806. He marr. 5th Sept. 1786,
Janet Trotter, who died 4th April 1799, and
had issue — an only child, Betty, born 3rd
Aug. 1788. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
DAVID HOGARTH, a native of Ber-
1807 wickshire ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
1st July 1806 ; pres. by the three
rival claimants to the dukedom of Rox-
burghe, Sir James Norcliffe Innes, 30th
Aug., Walter Ker of Littledean, 7th, and
John Bellenden Ker, 11th Oct. 1806; ord.
7th May 1807 ; died 14th Aug. 1844. He
was a good scholar, and even in the last
years of his life, though almost blind, was
deeply engaged in the study of the Greek
Septuagint, and in a version of the New
Testament in German. He marr. 13th
Dec. 1810, Janet (died 5th June 1838),
daugh. of Robert Nichol of Edenbank,
and had issue — Elizabeth Jean, born 13th
Oct. 1811 ; Margaret, born 1st Feb. 1814,
died 27th Nov. 1831 ; Christian, born 4th
Jan. 1816; George, born 9th April 1821,
died 17th Sept. 1825; George, born 14th
Sept. 1827, vicar of Barton-on-Humber,
Lincolnshire, 1858-79 ; rector of Harston,
Leicester, 1879-1889 ; died 4th July 1902.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iii.).
ANDREW MACKIE, born Bowton,
,„.. Cumnock, 1806, son of John M.,
1844 '
farmer, and Mary Kay; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Ayr ; assistant at Hownam ; ord. 26th
Dec. 1844; died 11th April 1869. He
marr. 4th April 1848, Elizabeth Grace
(died 14th June 1876), daugh. of Richard
Hewat, farmer, Bassendean, and had issue
— John, surgeon, R.N., born 15th Feb.
1849, died at Bombay, 2nd March 1892;
Andrew, born 12th Feb. 1851 ; Hyndmer
Eleanor, born 22nd April 1854; George
Richard, born 11th May 1860.
JOHN DAWSON, born Fife, 10th July
1833, son of James D., maltster ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
assistant at Greenside, Edinburgh ; ord. to
Stobhill 22nd Sept., and app. to a Bengal
chaplaincy 29th Dec. 1859; adm. min. of
Dunnichen, 6th Dec. 1866 ; pres. by James,
Duke of Roxburghe ; trans, and adm. 9th
Sept. 1869 ; died 1st Dec. 1879. He marr.
14th Feb. 1860, Marion Milne (born 6th
Jan. 1834, died 30th April 1905), daugh. of
William Davidson, ironmonger, Edinburgh,
and had issue— Elizabeth Walker, born 10th
August 1865 ; Marion Milne, born 25th Feb.
1868 ; Agnes, born 25th June 1869 ; John,
born 22nd Dec. 1870; Margaret Noble,
born 22nd Nov. 1872; two sons and a
daugh., who died young.
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MAKERSTOUN— MOREBATTLE AND MOW [presb. of
PHILIP BAINBEIDGE, born Romald-
1880 kirk, Yorkshire, 17th March 1847, son
of William B. and Susannah Tarn ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow in 1878 ; assistant at
Dalserf; ord. 23rd June 1880; died 16th
April 1916. He marr. 1st July 1880, Eliza-
beth, daugh. of Matthew M'Lintock, Sla-
mannan, and had issue — Marion, born 25th
July 1881 ; William, M.B., Ch.B., born 11th
Oct. 1882 ; Matthew M'Lintock, L.R.C.P.E.,
born 21st Sept. 1884; Philip George, medical
student, born 12th May 1886 ; Susannah,
born 13th Nov. 1888, died 14th Sept. 1889.
WILLIAM M'CALLUM, born
1916 ^lonzievaird, 26th April 1871, son of
William M. and Jessie Patterson ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1891) ; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
2nd May 1894 ; assistant at Muthill, and
at St Mary's, Dumfries ; ord. to North
Parish, Kelso, 11th May 1899; trans, and
adm. 19th Sept, 1916. Marr. 1st June
1900, Mary, daugh. of John Gillespie of
Beckfoot, Annan, and has issue — Elizabeth
Elliot Patterson.
MOREBATTLE AND MOW,
or MOLLE.
[The church of Morebattle was dedicated
to St Lawrence, whose holy well is close
by. The Archdeacon of Teviotdale dwelt
of old at Morebattle. In the Inquest of
Earl David (1115-24) there is mention of
the church of Morebattle with a carucate
of land belonging to the See of Glasgow.
At the north-west end of the parish, on a
height above the Kale Water, the founda-
tions of the old church can be traced. A
new church was built in 1757; a chancel
and vestry were added in 1899. In the
seventh century a chapel at Clifton in
this parish was given to St Cuthbert by
King Oswy of Northumbria. There was
another chapel at Whitton.]
Nov. 1609. — [Boohe of the Kirk ; Reg. Assig. ;
Calderwood's Hist. ; Wodroiv Miscell.]
THOMAS MOIR, second son of William
1610 ^' °^ Abergeldie, Aberdeenshire ;
pres. by Robert, Lord Roxburghe,
Nov. 1609; adm. 15th Feb. 1610; pres. by
James VI. (Mow being united) 16th Dec.
1611 ; died after 4th June 1633. He marr.
Isobel Ker, probably daugh. of his pre-
decessor. She survived him, and had issue
— William, of Otterburn, who was served
heir 29th Oct. 1639 ; John, apprenticed to
John Binny, merchant, Edinburgh, 10th
Feb. 1630 ; Thomas, apprenticed to Patrick
Hepburn, apothecary, Edinburgh, 20th Feb.
1633 ; Isabel (marr. William Wemyss, min.
of Roxburgh). — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Eng. Reg.,
i., 290; Inq. Bet. Gen., 2457; Acts of
Pari., iii.]
WILLIAM PENMAN, son of William
P., min. of Crichton ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 27th July 1622); licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 12th Aug. 1624; chap-
lain to Lady Drummond ; pres. by Robert,
Earl of Roxburghe, Nov. 1633 ; adm. and
inst, 7th Sept. 1634; was a member of
the Glasgow Assembly in 1638, and of the
Commissions, 1646-8 ; died Feb. 1668, aged
about 66. He marr. about 29 th May 1629,
j Elizabeth, daugh. of Andrew Sturgeon of
Torrorie, and sister of Mrs Anna Aber-
crombie, servitrix to the Princess of
Orange. She survived her husband, and
was charged with dilapidating his estate,
and other misdemeanours. He had issue —
William, died s.p. in 1686 ; Elizabeth (marr.
12th Nov. 1685, Robert Bamsay, min. of
Prestonpans). — [Edin. Sas., i., 32 ; P. C.
Decreets, 14th Jan. 1686 ; Peg. Old Dec. ;
Dalkeith, Perth, and Jedburgh Presb.
Regs. ; Edin. {Marr.) and Test. Regs. ;
Wodrow's and Stevenson's Hists. ; Acts of
Ass. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 6798.]
ROBEBT KEB, removed from Mow and
took up his residence here about
1582. He was pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 20th Feb. 1607 ; dem. 30th
1582
1668
WILLIAM GALBRAITH of Drum-
chappell, M.A. ; trans, from Chirn-
side ; pres. by William, Earl of Rox-
burghe, 1st Sept., coll. before 3rd, and adm.
and inst. 24th Nov. 1668 ; trans, to Jed-
burgh 20th Sept. 1682.
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1683
ADAM PEACOCK, MA. (Edinburgh,
18th July 1664); ord. to Ednam in
1669 ; trans, and coll. before 2nd,
and inst. 11th Jan. 1683 ; dep. by the Com-
mission of Assembly 1st Jan. 1695 for
negligence, neglect of family worship, etc.
He opened a meeting-house in Stirling
towards the end of Aug. 1703, where he
was interrupted in the course of preaching
by Bailie John Allan and others, and im-
prisoned for " intruding upon their church."
On being liberated at the order of James,
Earl of Seafield, Lord High Chancellor, he
raised a process for wrongous imprison-
ment before the Court of Session, who
assoilzied the magistrates 5th Jan. 1704.
He appealed to Parliament, but further
proceedings do not appear. He removed
to Edinburgh, where he was convicted
before the Lords of Justiciary, 22nd June
1717, of not praying for George I., in
terms of the Act of Toleration, and was
inhibited from any ministerial functions for
three years. He died 7th July 1721, aged
about 78. He marr., and had issue —
Margaret ; Jean (marr., cont. dated 15th
July 1731, Robert Smith, writer, Edin-
burgh) ; Marion. — [Reg. of Decreets, Dal-
rymple, 6th Feb. 1752 ; Ednam Sess. Reg. ;
Edin. Reg, (Bur.) ; FountainhalPs Dec,
ii. ; Rule's Sec. Vindication; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
[WILLIAM VEITCH, M.A., Covenanter;
having fled from Scotland, returned
at the Toleration. He was called
to this parish, and ministered at Whitton
Chapel from April 1688 to 1690, when he
was adm. to Peebles.]
JOHN SIMSON, a native of the county ;
1697 M.A. (Edinburgh, 11th July 1687) ;
licen. by Presb. of Kelso 3rd July
1694; ord. to Yetholm 27th Sept. 1694;
called 19th May, and adm. 24th Nov.
1697; died 2nd March 1723, in his 56th
year. His friend Thomas Boston, min. of
Ettrick, describes him as " a serious, good
man, pathetic, zealous, and popular as a
preacher, with substantial sermons, having
a ready gift, concerned to gain souls, blessed
with a great measure of his Master's coun-
tenance, and most acceptable to the people."
He marr. 10th June 1696, Anna Baxter,
Liberton, who died 30th Oct. 1712, aged 52,
and had issue — James, min. of Wilton ;
Andrew ; Jean. — [Liberton Sess. Reg. ;
Boston's Mem. ; Tombst. ; Brown's Gospel
Truth.]
JAMES CHRISTIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1725 1705) ; licei1, by Preslt)- of Kelso 27th
March 1712 ; ord. to Simprin 19th
March 1717; pres. by John, Duke of Rox-
burghe, Sept. 1723 ; trans, and adm. (at
Linton, on account of opposition, mobbing
having taken place twice during the steps
towards his settlement) 4th March 1725.
His manse was destroyed by fire 8th Jan.
1727, when four volumes of the Synod
Register were burnt. He died 16th March
1739, in his 52nd year. He marr. 12th
Nov. 1719, Sarah, daugh. of Gilbert Laurie,
min. of Hutton, and had issue — Gilbert ;
Sarah ; Andrew ; James ; Matthew ; Helen.
— [Hutton Sess. Reg.; Acts of Ass., 1725;
Tombst. ; Wodrow's Corresp.]
ANDREW CHATTO, licen. by Presb. of
1740 Kelso 6th Sept. 1737 ; pres. by John,
Duke of Roxburghe, Sept. 1739 ;
ord. 20th March 1740; died 20th June
1770, in his 55th year. He marr. 29th Sept.
1747, Agnes Tennant of Handaxwood, who
died 0th March 1769, and had issue — John,
W.S. apprentice 1766, born 15th Nov. 1749 ;
Isobel, born 26th Jan. 1751 ; Alexander,
born 25th March 1752; Christian, born 7th
Aug. 1753; William, born 7th May 1757;
Agnes, born 8th Oct. 1760 (marr. John
Rutherford of Mossburnford) ; Margaret,
born 26th April 1762 ; Mary, born 1st Dec.
1763; Andrew, born 21st Aug. 1765, died
3rd March 1766.— [Carlyle's Autob.]
WILLIAM SIMPSON, pres. by John,
1771 Duke °f Roxburghe, 11th July 1770 ;
ord. 18th April 1771 ; pres. to Tol-
booth Parish, Edinburgh, July 1784. This
presentation was withdrawn, and he was
trans, to Lady Yester's Parish, Edinburgh,
9th June 1785.
JAMES RICHARDSON, licen. by Presb.
786 of Kelso 1st April 1755 ; ord. by
it, 15th> April 1762, as assistant in
a Presbyterian congregation at Sunder-
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MOREBATTLE AND MOW
[PRESB. OF
land, whence he removed to Yorkshire ;
adm. to Oxnam 8th Nov. 1764 ; pres. by
John, Duke of Roxburghe, Aug. 1785 ;
trans, and adm. 6th July 1786; died 8th
Feb. 1807, in his 76th year. He marr.
26th Nov. 1764, Jean (died April 1823),
daugh. of Andrew Ker of Under Chatto,
and had issue — John, born 28th July
1765 ; Kerr, born 4th Feb. 1767 ; William,
born 20th Jan. 1768, died 25th July 1774 ;
Henry, born 16th Oct. 1769; Charles,
born 2nd Jan. 1773, died 3rd July 1775 ;
Cicely, born 22nd May 1774 ; Isobel,
born 10th May 1776 (marr. 4th Oct. 1808,
William Middleton, lieut. Forfar Militia).—
[Tombst.]
DAVID WILLIAM GORDON, pres. by
180^ Sir James Norcliffe Innes, Bart., 22nd
Dec. 1806, and by Walter Ker of
Littledean, 20th Jan. 1807 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 8th Oct. following ; trans.
to Gordon 5th May 1814.
WALTER MORISON, born 6th April
1814 ^78, son °^ -David M., min. of the
Associate Antiburgher congregation
at Morebattle, and Margaret Inglis ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Jan. 1806;
ord. to Gordon 24th Sept. 1807; pres. by
James, Duke of Roxburghe, and adm. 12th
May 1814; died 29th Jan. 1844. The
churches of father and son were within
a stone-cast. Both ministers respected
each other's opinions, though it is on
record that M.'s mother submitted to an
admonition from her husband's session for
having on one occasion heard her son
preach in the parish church. He marr.
Margaret Sutherland, who died 1865-6, and
had issue— David, born 4th Jan. 1806, died
23rd July 1842; John, born 18th Feb. 1808;
Walter, born 1st July 1809 ; William, born
9th Feb. 1811 ; James, born 21st Jan. 1815,
died 24th March 1815; James, born 14th
March 1816; Alexander, born 15th June
1818, died 3rd Oct. 1821 ; Thomas, born
29th Sept. 1820, died 13th Sept. 1821 ;
Alexander, born 26th Oct. 1823; Thomas,
min. of Methil, born 29th April 1825.
Publications— Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iii.) ; Articles in the Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia.
JOSEPH THOMSON, born 18th Jan.
1793, son of John T., town-clerk
of Jedburgh ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
5th Oct. 1814 ; assistant at Caerlanrig ;
ord. to Ednam 3rd Aug. 1819; trans, and
adm. 30th May 1844; died 16th Aug. 1855.
He marr. (1) 29th July 1823, Margaret
Hunter (died sy. 7th Aug. 1844, aged 43),
daugh. of Thomas Samuel Hardie, D.D.,
min. of Ashkirk : (2) 15th Aug. 1848, Eliza-
beth Frances (died s.p. 28th July 1884),
daugh. of Charles Robson, Lurdenlaw,
Sprouston, and widow of Dr Maitland,
New Abbot, Devonshire. Publications—
Sermons (Kelso, 1856) ; Account of the
Parish of Ednam (New Stat. Ace, iii.).
JOHN GLEN, born Glasgow, 6th July
18__ 1829, only son of George G., mer-
chant, and Margaret Scales ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow and at Halle ;
licen. by Presb. of Islay 29th Nov. 1854 ;
pres. by James, Duke of Roxburghe, 3rd
Nov. 1855; ord. 6th March 1856; died at
Portsmouth, 4th July 1876. He marr. 25th
March 1856, Jean (died 2nd April 1882),
only daugh. of James Napier, engineer,
Glasgow, and had issue — Ninian, M.A.,
C.A., Glasgow, born 8th Jan. 1857, died
29th July 1912; James, M.A., writer,
Glasgow, born 8th Oct. 1858 ; Mary, born
14th June 1860 ; Bowie, born 3rd Nov.
1861 (marr. William Stuart Pettigrew,
manufacturer, Glasgow) ; Lawrence, ship-
owner, Glasgow, born 12th July 1863 ;
William, shipbroker, Glasgow, born 27th
Sept. 1866, died 21st Oct. 1911.
DAVID PAUL, M.A.; ord. (assistant
and successor) 29th July 1869;
trans, to Roxburgh 8th Feb. 1876.
CHARLES JAMES COWAN, born 9th
1876 Dec. 1850, son of Samuel O, min. of
Kelton ; educated at Univs. of Glas-
gow and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Glasgow 1869),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1873) ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 3rd Dec. 1873 ; assistant at
St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord. 19th July
1876. Marr. (1) 10th Jan. 1877, Margaret
Anne (died 25th Jan. 1881), daugh. of
William Welsh, C.E., Enrick, Kirkcud-
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bright, and had issue — Samuel Hunter,
Major R.E., born 21st April 1878 : (2) 16th
Aug. 1899, Jane Elizabeth Fleming, daugh.
of Thomas Leishman, D.D., min. of Linton.
MOW.
[As early as 1157 the church of Mow
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso. It is
said to have been dedicated to St Helen,
but on somewhat scanty evidence. Before
16th Dec. 1635 Morebattle and Mow were
united.]
ROBERT KER, trans, from Mertoun;
1579 Pres' ky James VI. 23l"d Jan. 1579.
In 1580 Linton, Hownam, and More-
battle were in the charge. He took up his
residence at Morebattle about 1582. — [Reg.
Assig.]
ROBERT MARTIN, M.A. ; pres. by
16l7 James VI. 6th July, and adm. after
23rd Sept. 1617; trans, to Ettrick
in 1618— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
NENTHORN AND NEWTON
DON.
[Early in the twelfth century there was
at Nenthorn a chapel of the parish of
Ednam. There was another at Newton
Don. The ancient parochical name, written
Nathansthyrne, was probably Nechtans-
thorn. About 1160 Nenthorn and Newton
Don both belonged to the Priory of Cold-
ingham. In 1316 William of Lamberton,
Bishop of St Andrews, granted them to the
Abbey of Kelso, in exchange for Cranstoun
and Preston in Midlothian. Bishop David
de Bernham died here about 1252. The
foundations of the ancient church of Nen-
thorn can still be traced in the centre of
the churchyard. A church was erected in
1802 a short distance from the original
site. The chapel of Newton probably stood
where there is now the old burial-place of
the Dons of Newton Don. The united
parish, disjoined from the Presb. of Lauder,
was annexed to the Presb. of Kelso, 28th
May 1776.]
WILLIAM ORMISTON, called before
._,_. the Privy Council in 1569, appar-
ently as a nonconforming priest,
was reader in 1574. [Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., 40.]
1579 THOMAS DAVIDSON, reader.
1580 THOMAS RANDELSON, reader.
DUNCAN WALKER, min. of Ednam ;
1594 Pres- ^° tne vicarage by James VI.
before 24th May 1594, but continued
to reside at Ednam.
JOHN SPOTTISWOOD, younger son
of David S. of that ilk ; appears as
min. of Bolton in 1576, of Lesma-
hagow in 1578, of Cramond in 1580, of
Mordington in 1581 ; was on the Exercise
at Edinburgh in 1596 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 17th May 1599 ; died before
30th Aug. 1611. His wife was a Haitlie
of Mellerstain. She survived him. — [Reg.
Assig.; Edin. and Haddington Presb. Regs. ;
M'Crie's Melville, ii.]
ANDREW KINNEAR, from Presb. of
1611 Meigle; M.A. (St Andrews, 22nd
July 1608) ; pres. by James VI. 30th
Aug. 1611 ; passed trials before the Presb.
of Melrose, and recommended to the Arch-
bishop for ordination 5th Dec. 1611. He
was still min. 13th Feb. 1648. He marr.
Margaret Ker (alive 6th Aug. 1667, when
she petitioned the Synod for charity),
and had issue — James and Andrew. —
[Reg. of Deeds, dlviii., 148, 1643; Reg.
Ass. ; Stow Sess. Reg. ; Bannatyne Miscell.,
iii.]
JAMES FLETCHER, probably a native
1660 of Dundee ; M.A. (St Andrews, 20th
July 1650); adm. 2nd Feb. 1660;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of the Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He returned in 1669.— [Wodrow's
Hist. ; Reg. Old Dec]
1664
JAMES ROBESON [ROBERTSON] of
Fawsyde, residing in Kelso ; passed
trials before this Presb., and was
recommended for license to the Archbishop,
17th March 1663. He was proposed for
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NENTHORN AND NEWTON DON
[ PRESB. OF
Tundergarth, but preferred Nenthorn, and
was ord. and coll. 10th June 1664.— [Kelso
Presb. and Stoiv Sess. Regs. ; Reg. Coll at.]
1669
JAMES FLETCHER, M.A., above
noticed ; indulged by the Privy
Council 2nd Sept. 1669. On 31st
July 1673 he was fined for not observing
the anniversary of the Restoration ; de-
prived at Circuit Court at Duns in 1684,
being then the only indulged min. in the
counties of Berwick, Roxburgh, Peebles,
and Selkirk. He died at St Leonard's
Hospital, Ednam, in 1690, aged about 60.
Besides other legacies, he left to the mins.
and sessions of Dundee, "for the poor of
the town, the fifth part of Provost Parker's
Land, with 1000 merks, and my whole
books to William Brown and Robert Stark,
preachers of the Gospel, and John Craig,
writer, Edinburgh, to be equally divided,
except my great Inglis Bible, with half
a dozen of practical pieces, to Thomas
Auchinleck, which he shall choose." He
marr. Margaret Bower, who survived him,
and had a daugh. (marr. Thomas Auch-
inleck, apothecary in Duns). — [Wodrow's
Hist. ; Chirnside Presb. and Dundee Sess.
Begs.; Tablet of Dundee Mortifications.]
ROBERT C ALDER, born in Moray-
shire, probably at Elgin, 1658. He
matriculated at the Univ. and King's
College, Aberdeen, 1674 ; graduated in 1678 ;
min.. of this parish in 1689. Deprived by
the Privy Council, 3rd Sept. that year,
for not reading the Proclamation declaring
William and Mary king and queen, and
for praying for King James. From 2nd
March 1693 to 8th Jan. 1694, according to
his own account, he was imprisoned in Edin-
burgh Tolbooth, for having exercised his
ministerial functions. On being liberated
he went to Aberdeen, where he officiated in
his own house, using the Book of Common
Prayer. On the order to shut up all Epis-
copal chapels in Scotland he was compelled
to quit Aberdeen, and for a time resided
in Elgin, where he preached. On Good
Friday, 1707, he was summoned before the
Privy Council for a proposed observance
of the Lord's Supper on Easter Day. Not
complying, he was ordered to leave Elgin,
and threatened with banishment should he
return within twelve miles of the city. He
settled in Edinburgh, where he ministered
to a congregation in Todclrick's Wynd, and
died 28th May 1723. He marr. Grace
Toward, who after his deprivation sup-
ported herself by conducting a school
in Edinburgh. Publications — He is the
reputed author of Scotch Presbyterian
Eloquence Display' d (London, 1693). His
other works comprise : — Three single Ser-
mons (Aberdeen, 1701 ; Edinburgh, 1708) ;
Reasons for a Toleration of the Episcopal
Clergy (Edinburgh, 1703) ; The Divine
Right of Episcopacy (Edinburgh, 1705) ;
The Laivfulness and Expediency of Set
Forms of Prayer (Edinburgh, 1706); The
Genuine Ejyistles of Ignatius, translated by
Dr Wake, with a Vindication of them by
Du Pin, and a Short Answer to Mr William
Jameson's Nazianzeni Querela, where he
Impugns the Authority of the foresaid
Epistles (Edinburgh, 1708) ; The Lawful-
ness and Necessity of Observing the Anni-
versary Fasts and Festivals of the Church
(Edinburgh, 1710) ; A Letter to James
Hog of Carnock (Edinburgh, 1710); The
Countryman's Idea of a Gospel Minister
(Edinburgh, 1711) ; The Nail Struck an
the Head, or, An Indictment drawn up
against Mr Anderson, Incumbent at Dum-
barton (Edinburgh, 1712) ; Remarks on
Dialogue I. respecting the Oath of Abjura-
tion (1712) ; Miscellany Numbers [forty in
all], relating to the Controversy about the
Book of Common Prayer, Episcopal Govern-
ment, the Power of the Church in ordering
Rites and Ceremonies, etc. (Edinburgh,
1713); The Sjririt of Slander exemplified
in a scandalous Pamphlet called the Jacobite
Cause (Edinburgh, 1714); The Priesthood
of the Old and New Testament by Suc-
cession, two parts (Edinburgh, 1716-17);
"Verses on King James's Death" {Anal.
Scot., i.) ; " Roundell on the Death of Mr
Williamson, and Answer thereto " (Scottish
Pasqiiils, i.) ; The Anti Counter -Querist
Counter - queried (n.d.) ; Queries to the
Presbyterians (n.d.). — [MS. Ace. of Min.>
1689 ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; Kirkton's Hist. ;
Peterkin's Constitut. of the Church ; Diet.
KELSO]
NENTHORN AND NEWTON DON
85
Nat. Biog. ; Story's William Carstares ;
Craven's Episcopal Church in Moray.]
• WILLIAM BROWN, born 1642, son of
David B. of Park, Earlston ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(19th July 1661) ; called Dec. 1691 ; ord.
12th May 1692; died unmarr. 17th Nov.
that year. — [Tombst. on wall of Earlston
Church.]
JAMES KER of Crookedshaws, born
16g6 1671 ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 18th July
1692) ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso 23rd
April 1695; ord. 30th April 1696; died
26th Jan. 1754. He marr. before 1714,
Sophia (died 5th May 1759), daugh. of
John Veitch, min. of Westruther, and had
issue — Abraham, his successor ; William,
farmer, Clerkington ; Janet. — [ Westruther
Sess. Beg. ; Lauder Tests. ; Tombst.]
ABRAHAM KER, born 1714, elder son
1754 °^ Preceding; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kelso 3rd April 1739; pres. by George
III. 25th March, and ord. 10th Sept. 1754;
died unmarr. 24th March 1793. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, vi.).
GAVIN WALLACE, born 25th Feb.
1798 ^O, son °f Archibald W., min. of
the Wester Meeting-house, Wooler ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1768) ;
licen. by the Northumberland Classis, and
ord. to Lowick 14th March 1781 ; pres. by
George III. 8th May, and adm. to this
charge 19th Sept. 1793; died 19th Jan.
1834. He marr. 5th Sept. 1781, Anne
Bradshaw, who died 26th June 1811, and
had issue — Jean, born 10th Aug. 1782;
Archibald, born 25th Aug. 1787, died
2nd Oct. 1794 ; Dorothy, born 27th May
1790 ; Ebenezer Bradshaw, min. of Barr,
born 19th June 1792; Gershoma Hannah,
born 19th Sept. 1793 (marr. her father's
successor).
JOHN GLFFORD, born Dunragit, Glen-
1832 ^uce' ^ Jan. 1795, second son of
James G., farmer, and Jane Dal-
rymple ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 9th Aug. 1820 ;
pres. by William IV., and ord. (assistant
and successor) 2nd Oct. 1832 ; died 28th
June 1854. He marr. 1832, Gershoma
Hannah (died at Togher House, Holly-
mount, Co. Mayo, 1st July 1875), daugh.
of his predecessor, and had issue — Anne
Bradshaw, born 10th Feb. 1835, died un-
marr. 16th Dec. 1911 ; Jane Dalrymple
Dorothy, born 11th Sept. 1836 (marr. 27th
June 1865, Allan Kirkwood Algie of Togher
House), died 14th Oct. 1911 ; James Gavin,
farmer, born 25th July 1837, died at Ti
Awamutu, Auckland, N.Z., 27th May 1901.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, ii.).
MANNERS HAMILTON NISBET
1855 GRAHAM, ord. 13th Feb. 1855;
trans, to Maxton 12th Oct. 1865.
JOHN BARCLAY, ord. 1st March 1866 ;
.... trans, to Old Kilpatrick 19th Sept.
1867.
HENRY GREY GRAHAM, brother of
above min. in 1855 ; ord. 12th March
1868 ; trans, to Hyndland Chapel-of-
Ease, Glasgow, 31st Oct. 1884.
DAVID ANDERSON, born Glasgow,
22nd April 1848, son of Alexander
A., manufacturer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow, and at Tubingen and
Bonn ; licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton 7th
June 1881 ; missionary at Guisachan ;
assistant at Longforgan and at Selkirk ;
ord. 21st April 1885 ; res. 21st May 1900.
He marr. 14th Sept. 1887, Emma Louisa,
daugh. of Robert Hutchison, merchant,
Kirkcaldy, and has issue — Alexander
Frederick Berenbruch, architect, lieut.
Royal Scots, born 22nd July 1888 ; Joanna,
born 29th Dec. 1890.
GEORGE HISLOP YOUNG, born
Sanquhar, 21st June 1863, son of
William Y., schoolmaster, and Cathe-
rine Hume Finlay ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1884) ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 1887 ;
assistant at Maxwelltown and at Peebles ;
ord. 20th Sept. 1900. Marr. 6th Feb. 1901,
86
ROXBURGH
[PRESB. OF
Isabella Kennedy, daugh. of John Wilson
and Isabella Smith, and has issue — Isabella
Kennedy, born 19th March 1902.
ROXBURGH.
[Between 1153 and 1160 Malcolm IV.
granted "to the Church of St Mungo of
Glasgow and to Bishop Herbert and his
successors, the Church of Auld Roxburgh
with all its appurtenances in the chapels
and parishes, in lands and waters, in
meadows and pastures, as Ascellin the
Archdeacon held it in the time of King
David." A church erected in 1752 has
undergone various alterations. The old
church was dedicated to the Holy Sepulchre.
Just outside the royal burgh of Roxburgh
and in this parish, stood St Peter's Priory
of the Grey Friars. About a mile off,
also in this parish, was St Magdalene's
Hospital.]
j JAMES BEATON [BETOUN, BE-
THUNE] (primus), of Creich and
Nether Rires, Fife, second son of
Robert B. of Creich, Master of the House-
hold to Mary, Queen of Scots, and Joanna
Renwall or Gryssoner, maid of honour to
the Queen Dowager, Mary of Lorraine
[his sister, Mary Beaton, was one of the
" four Marys "] ; became min. of this parish
about 1569, on the deprivation of Sir John
Ker (last of the Roman incumbents), who
did not conform. In 1579 he succeeded his
brother David in the family estates, dem.,
and retired to Creich. He died about 1618.
He marr. (1) 1573, Helen Leslie (died
June 1577), heiress of Kinnaird, widow
of James Barroun, merchant, Edinburgh,
by whom he had two daughs., who died
unmarr. : (2) cont. 5th April 1578, Mar-
garet (died Sept. 1636), daugh. of David
Wemyss of Wemyss, and had issue — David,
seventh Laird of Creich ; John ; Robert ;
Archibald ; Margaret (marr., cont. 22nd
April 1598, William Fernie, younger, of
Wester Fernie) ; Elizabeth (marr., cont.
4th, 6th, and 10th Feb. 1604, David, Vis-
count Stormont), died 21st Jan. 1658 ;
Catherine (marr. James Forbes, portioner
of Kilmany) ; Helen. — [Beg. Assig. ; St
Andrews Tests. ; Reg. Mag. Sig., vi., 1998 ;
Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., 40 ; Hist. Berivick. Nat.
Club, xvi., 383 ; Macfarlane's Gen. Coll. ;
Scots Peerage^
' JAMES BEATON (secundus), third son
157g of JOHN B. of Balfour (nephew of
Cardinal Beaton), and Agnes An-
struther ; probably min. of Glencairn in
1574 ; pres. by James VI. 22nd Oct. 1579 ;
member of Assembly in 1606, and then
styled "old." He died probably in 1607.
He marr. Isobel Gilray, who died 20th Jan.
1600, and had issue.— [Calderwood's Hist.,
vi., 626 ; Reg. Assig. ; Knox's Works, ii.;
Booke of the Kirk ; Wood's East Neuk of
Fife ; Hist. Berwick. Nat. Club, xvi., 389.]
WILLIAM WEMYSS, was appointed by
1608 ^e Pres0- of Jedburgh to be ord. at
Eccles 3rd March 1607, but that was
not done, " be reason that the parochiners
withstood his admission." He was adm.
to this charge after 4th Oct. 1608. He
signed the Protestation for the Liberties
of the Kirk 27th June 1617; still min.
7th Oct. 1634. He marr. 29th May 1606,
Isobel Hewat, and had issue — William,
his successor, min. in 1641 ; Jean, bapt.
22nd Jan. 1607 ; Isobel. — [Jedburgh and
Melrose Presb. Regs. ; Edin. Reg. (Marr.
and Bapt.) ; Reg. Assig. ; Orig. Lett., ii.]
WILLIAM ROLLOCK, M.A. (Edin-
1635 burgh, 26th July 1634) ; dep. before
22nd Oct. 1639, and left the country
before 5th May 1640. He had £50 voted
by Parliament, 21st June 1661, " on account
of his loyalty." — [Acts of Pari., vi.]
WILLIAM WEMYSS, born 1606, son of
i64i William w-' mm- in 1608; M-A-
(Edinburgh, 21st July 1632); pres.
by Robert, Earl of Roxburghe, and ord.
23rd March 1641 ; chaplain to the Earl of
Roxburghe's Regiment in England ; died
17th March 1658. He marr. Isobel, daugh.
of Thomas Moir, min. of Morebattle, who
survived him, and had issue — William, men-
tioned as eldest son in 1655. — [Tombst.]
KELSO]
ROXBURGH
87
JOHN HALYBURTON [HALIBUR-
TON], son of Andrew H., smith,
burgess of Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 15th July 1641); probably deprived
of his license, but restored by Presb. of
Edinburgh 14th June 1654 ; chaplain to
William, Earl of Roxburghe; called 22nd
Aug. 1658 ; adm. 13th June 1660. He peti-
tioned Parliament to confirm the Presby-
tery's resolution to allow .him the stipend
from the date of his coll., which was granted
3rd April 1661. He conformed to Episco-
pacy, and was inst. after 6th Dec. 1664 ;
died between 7th Nov. 1671 and 6th Feb.
1672. He marr. 2nd April 1663, Margaret
Haliburton, who was buried at Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 23rd Feb. 1697, and had issue-
Marion. — [Acts and Dec, Dal., xxi., 10th
Nov. 1666 ; Acts of Pari., vii. ; Edin. Reg.
(Mar.).]
JOHN DALGLEISH, pres. by William,
._,__ Earl of Roxburghe, March 1672 ; ord.
by Robert Leighton, Archbishop of
Glasgow (the Presb. concurring), 26th
March 1673. "The benefice being too
small, he was obliged to follow another
employment and leave his cure, much
regretted by the people." He went to
Queensferry, but returned in 1690. —
[Inq. Bet. Gen., 5933 ; Dunbar Presb.
Peg.]
JOHN KER, son of Alexander K.,
1683 mm> °* Gran&e > M-A- (Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1677); school-
master of Grange, 1677-9 ; coll. before
3rd, and inst. 10th April 1683. He was
accused before the Privy Council, 26th
Sept. 1689, of only partly reading the
Royal Proclamation, and of praying for
James VII. He was acquitted, and prob-
ably retired from the parish.— [31 S. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitut. of the
Church.]
JOHN DALGLEISH, M.A., above
169_ noticed ; trans, from Queensferry,
and adm. 4th Nov. 1690; trans, to
Old Machar in 1696, but not settled ; trans,
to Dundee 27th Aug. 1700.— [Acts of Ass.,
1698.]
ROBERT BROWN [BROUNE], M.A.
7 (Edinburgh 1677) ; ord. to Colvend
4th Oct. 1692; called in 1701;
trans, and adm. 23rd July 1702 ; deprived
for Jacobitism 14th Aug. 1717. The
charge of disloyalty is stated to have
arisen from his drinking the Chevalier's
health at Kelso, in company of the Jaco-
bite troops, doing so from no bad inten-
tion, but merely to please Mackintosh,
the commander, and to recover a horse
which the soldiers had stolen from him.
The Countess of Roxburghe gave him a
cottage at Cessford, where he resided for
a time. On 27th Aug. 1729 he was adm.
min. of Dawyck, where he died unmarr.
22nd Feb. 1742.— [Acts of Ass., 1717, 1723;
Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xix.]
JOHN POLLOCK, licen. by Presb. of
17 Glasgow 29th Jan. 1701 ; ord. to
Glencairn 26th May 1704. He
marched to Stirling in 1715 in support of
the Hanoverian cause ; pres. by John,
Duke of Roxburghe, and by the Presb.
jure devoluto 1st April, trans, and adm.
24th June 1718 ; died unmarr. 12th Aug.
1734. Publication — An Answer to the first
part of Humble Pleadings, or a Vindication
of the Church of Scotland from the Unjust
Assertions of Mr Hepburn [min. of Urr]
and his Party (Dumfries [Rae Press], 1717).
— [Nisbet's Heraldry, ii. ; Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xix.]
ROBERT HOGG, a native of the
1735 Pai"isnJ licen. by Presb. of Kelso
5th Dec. 1732 ; pres. by John,
Duke of Roxburghe, and ord. 11th June
1735; died 2nd Feb. 1781, in his 77th
year. He marr. 31st Dec. 1743, Mary
Home, who died 8th March 1810, and had
issue — Isobel, born 17th Oct. 1744 (marr.
26th Dec. 1765, Robert Mein, portioner of
Roxburgh); Alexander, born 11th May
1746, died 14th June 1774; Elizabeth,
born 21st Oct. 1748 (marr. 1st July 1768,
Andrew Leadhouse, Roxburgh) ; Charlotte,
born 23rd July 1750 (marr. 12th Jan. 1773,
William Brown, merchant, London) ; Mary,
born 6th July 1752 ; Christian, born 19th
Jan. 1755, died 4th Aug. 1834; Veronica,
born 19th March 1757, died 1st Oct. 1821.
88
ROXBURGH— SPROUSTON AND LEMPITLAW [presb. of
x ANDREW BELL, born 1755 ; educated
1?ai at Univ. of St Andrews; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 23rd Aug. 1779 ;
pres. by John, Duke of Eoxburghe, and
ord. 29th Nov. 1781 ; died 29th April 1819.
He marr. 3rd Sept. 1789, Janet Cairns,
who died 26th June 1818, aged 63, and
had issue — Alison, born 15th June 1790;
George Cranstoun, born 18th Nov. 1791,
died 16th Feb.- 1793; Isobel, born 3rd
Sept. 1793; George Cranstoun, born
13th Feb. 1795; William, born 24th July
1796; John, born 15th Oct. 1798; Agnes,
born 5th July 1800.— [Tombst.]
JAMES HOPE, born Dumfriesshire,
181g 1787 ; licen. by Presb. of Annan
4th May 1814 ; pres. by James,
Duke of Roxburghe, 4th June, and ord.
23rd Sept. 1819; died 7th March 1843.
He marr. 15th Dec. 1835, Marion (died at
Linlithgow, 8th July 1849), daugh. of James
Young, min. of Eckford, and had issue —
Marion, born 21st Jan. 1838 ; John, born
21st Dec. 1839 ; James, born 18th March
1841; Margaret, born 29th July 1842.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM LEE, pres. by James, Duke
1843 of Roxburghe, 8th April, and ord.
29th June 1843 ; dem. on appoint-
ment as Professor of Ecclesiastical His-
tory in the Univ. of Glasgow, 1st June
1875.
DAVID PAUL, M.A. ; trans, from
1876 Morebattle, and adm. 8th Feb.
1876 ; trans, to Robertson Memorial
(Grange) Parish, Edinburgh, 15th July
1896.
HENRY ALEXANDER MATHERS,
1897 k°rn Hillsborough, Co. Down, 23rd
May 1856, son of William Mathers ;
educated at Queen's College, Belfast,
B.A. (1877), LL.B. (1879), LL.D. (1880),
M.A. (1882), and Edinburgh Univ. ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 17th June 1884;
assistant at Newington and at St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh; ord. 25th Feb. 1897.
Marr. 8th Dec. 1903, Annie, daugh. of
James Beveridge.
SPROUSTON AND LEMPITLAW.
[Sprouston.. — The church of Sprouston,
dedicated to St Michael, was given by
King David I. to the monks of Kelso
early in the twelfth century. In 1781 the
church was rebuilt on the old site.
Lempitlaw was granted in 1 122, with all
its lands and pertinents, to the House of
the Holy Trinity at Soltra. The date of
its union with Sprouston is unknown. No
trace now remains of a proprietary chapel
which once existed at Hadden.]
1574 ANDREW HAISTIE, reader.
ROBERT YOUNG, reader, 1576 to
1576 1580.
RICHARD SIMSON [SYMSON], son
of Andrew S., min. of Dalkeith ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1602); pres. by
James VI. 16th March 1605 ; a member of
the Glasgow Assembly in 1638 ; died before
Oct. 1656, aged about 73. He marr. (name
unknown), and had issue — James, his
successor ; Robert, collector of Midlothian ;
Mary (marr. (1), cont. 17th May 1650,
Hugh Binning, min. of Govan ; (2) James
Gordon, min. of Comber, Co. Down.) —
[G. R. Homings, 17th March 1674; Reg.
Assig. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Stevenson's Hist.,
Baillie's Lett.]
JAMES SIMSON, son of preceding;
1645 a(^m- (colleague) Aug. 1645 ; trans,
to Airth 28th May 1648, but was not
settled there until 1650.
SAMUEL ROW, son of Archibald R„
1655 min. of Stobo; M.A. (Edinburgh
1629) ; obtained a charge in Ireland ;
adm. to Second Charge, Dunfermline, in
1638 ; trans, to Kirkmabreck in 1640 ; adm.
irrespective of the Presb. by the Protesters
[Livingston of Ancrum, Somerville of
Ednam, Jamieson of Swinton, Ramsay of
Mordington, Douglas of Hilton, Rutherford
of Eccles, and Simson of Airth], all of whom
were either under censure or in process
before the Synod, 13th Dec. 1655. The
Presb. protested, and produced evidence of
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89
undue influence by masters over servants,
"overawing and terrifying them" into
subscribing the call. R. was deprived by
the Synod, and the charge declared vacant.
He died at Edinburgh, June 1665, aged
about 56. He marr. (1) 28th Feb. 1639,
Margaret, daugh. of James Howburne [or
Cockburn], at the Common of Fossoway,
and had issue — Mary, born 16th Nov. 1639 ;
James, apprentice to William Ramsay,
merchant, Edinburgh, 18th May 1658 ;
Margaret : (2) Margaret (buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 13th Feb. 1673), daugh.
of William Row, min. of Forgandenny, and
had issue — Thomas. — [Dunfermline and
Torrybum Sess. Begs. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ;
Livingston's Characteristics ; Baillie's Lett. ;
Acts of Earl., vii. ; Wodrow's Hist. ; Moray
Inventory.]
1661
THOMAS INGLIS, M.A. (Glasgow
1642) ; Keen, by Presb. of Lanark ;
ord. to Second Charge, Linlithgow,
26th April 1648; trans, to Whittinge-
hame May 1654 ; pres. by Charles II. 13th
July, and adm. between 18th and 25th
Sept. 1661 ; had confirmation of Thurston
with Thomas Dalrymple, apothecary, Edin-
burgh, 10th Dec. 1672 ; died between 3rd
Oct. 1683 and 16th Oct. 1685. He marr.
Elizabeth Whyte, who survived him, and
had issue — Thomas, apothecary, Kelso ;
Jean ; Agnes. — {Dunbar Eresb. Beg. ; Edin.
Sas., xxi. ; Guild, Counc, and Test. Begs.,
Eeebles ; Min.-booh Beg. Privy Seal, v. ;
Wodrow's Hist.]
1689
GEORGE BARCLAY, MA. (King's
College, Aberdeen, July 1673) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith ; mentioned
as min. here in 1689 ; deprived by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1689, for not
reading the Proclamation of the Estates,
and for praying for James VII. The Edin-
burgh Town Council passed Acts in his
favour 25th March 1691 and 3rd Feb.
1693. He died at Edinburgh, 13th Jan.
1712, aged about 58. He marr. (name un-
known), and had issue— George, merchant,
Bath; William, optician, Edinburgh. —
[Peterkin's Constitut. of the Church; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Edin. Tests. ; Edin.
Counc. Beg. ; Edin. Beg. Bur.).]
JOHN GOWDIE [GOUDIE, GOLDIE],
appears as a witness to baptisms at
1691 Jedburgh in 1673 and 1674, and as
master of Jedburgh Grammar School,
probably from 1672 to 1682. He held a
charge (unidentified) within the bounds
of Jedburgh Presb., from which he was
trans, and adm. to this parish, 28th May
1691. He was a member of Assembly in
1692, and got 100 merks from the Town
Council of Edinburgh 8th July 1692 ; died
between 19th Oct. and 3rd Dec. 1702. He
marr., and had issue — John, D.D., min. of
Earlston, Principal of the Univ. of Edin-
burgh.— [Edin. Counc. Beg.; Beg. Gen.
Ass., 1692 ; Watson's Jedburgh Grammar
School.]
NINIAN HOME of Billie, born 5th
1704 "^ec" ^70, son of Abraham H.,
tenant of Billieshill (descended from
William H. of St Leonard's), and Isobel
Trotter. He graduated M.A. at Edinburgh
Univ., and became schoolmaster of Fogo
and of Preston. Licen. by Presb. of Duns
7th April 1696, he was min. of Bunkle in
the same year. In 1701 he was deputed
by the Synod to aid in forming a Society
for the improvement of the manners of the
people. He was called to this charge 4th
July, and adm. 29th Nov. 1704. Deposed
for various offences 9th July 1716, and
reponed in October following ; he was
again dep. for Jacobitism 14th March
1718. He died in Covenant Close, Edin-
burgh, 17th Dec. 1744. In the matter of
finance he is said to have been most suc-
cessful, and this is shown by a list of
debts due to him at the time of his death.
He acquired the estates of Billie and Lint-
hill, and to him was due a retrieval of
the fortunes of the Wedderburn family.
George Home of Wedderburn joined the
Rebellion of 1715, and was attainted, his
estates going to the Crown. Ninian Home
bought up the claims against George H,
and in 1725 granted a disposition of the
lands in favour of his family. He marr. (1)
7th Nov. 1700, Margaret, daugh. of James
Daes, advocate, of Cowdenknowes, Earlston,
and had issue — James of Billie, born 1701,
died 4th April 1724; Abraham, born 1702;
Abraham, born 1704; Charles, born 1705,
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[PRESB. OF
all died young ; Margaret, bom 12th July
1706 (marr. Alexander Home of Mander-
ston), and was dead by 1737; Alexander
of Jardinefield, born 20th June 1709, died
at Branxton, 26th March 1769; George,
born 8th Sept. 1714, was wounded at
Fontenoy, and died in England, 1745.
[Ninian Home wished his son Alexander
to marry the eldest daugh. of George Home
of Wedderburn, but he refused, and marr.
instead her younger sister Isobel. His
father then gave him the estate of Jardine-
field, and dismissed him from his presence.]
(2) (cont. 21st April 1725), Margaret Home,
the lady his son had previously refused to
marry. By her he had issue — Ninian, born
18th March 1724, died s.p. 13th April 1740 ;
Patrick of Billie and Wedderburn, M.P. for
Berwickshire, born 22nd May 1728, died
sp. at London, 19th Dec. 1808 ; Isobel,
born 21st March 1730, died unmarr. at
London, 1753 ; Abraham, born 22nd March
1731, died s.p. at Edinburgh, April 1753;
General David of Caldra and Wedderburn,
born 30th Dec. 1732, died s.p. 30th Dec.
1809 ; Jean of Wedderburn, born 20th
May 1734, died at Paxton, 9th Dec. 1812 ;
Andrew, born 12th Sept. 1735, died 1st
June 1740; Thomas, captain Royal Scots
Fusiliers, born 24th Jan. 1737, died 6th
May 1 802 ; Margaret, born 2nd March
1738, died young; Elizabeth, born 27th
March 1739, died April 1789; Abraham,
born 20th Feb. 1744, died young. Ninian
Home's widow was brutally attacked by her
butler, Norman Ross, at Linthill House,
near Eyemouth, 13th Aug. 1751, and died
within three days. She was buried in the
ancient Norman apse of Bunkle Church. —
[OxJiam Churchyard; Chirnside Presb. and
Bunkle Sess. Regs. ; Lauder Tests. ; Edin.
Reg. (Bur.) ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1718 ; Boston's
Memoirs ; Milne Home Papers, p. 10 ;
Thomson's Coldingham ; Hist. Berivickshire
Nat. Chib ; Henderson's Papular Rhymes
of Berwickshire ; Memoirs of an Aristocrat.]
GEORGE LOGAN, MA. ; trans, from
17ig Lauder ; pres. by John, Duke of
Roxburghe, 16th Oct. 1718; adm.
22nd Jan. 1719; trans, to Dunbar 24th
Jan. 1722.
WILLIAM BAXTER, MA. (Edinburgh
1722 169") ' licen. by Presb. of Kelso 9th
April 1700; ord. to Ednam 12th
Feb. 1702; pres. by John, Duke of Rox-
burghe, and adm. 2nd Aug. 1722 ; died
3rd Feb. 1735, aged about 58.
CHARLES BAXTER, parish school-
1735 master; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
1st June 1731 ; pres. by John, Duke
of Roxburghe, and ord. 9th Oct. 1735 ;
died 21st March 1742. He marr. Mar-
garet (died 10th June 1771), daugh. of
William Erskine, and had issue — Eliza-
beth ; Catherine (marr., pro. 12th July
1761, William Cheape, manufacturer, Edin-
burgh) ; William ; Charles.
ROBERT TURNBULL, bapt. 21st
1742 May 1714, son of George T., min.
of Tynninghame ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 6th July, pres. by Robert,
Duke of Roxburghe, and ord. 23rd Dec.
1742 ; died unmarr. 29th June 1801. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, i., xxi.). — [Tynninghame Sess.
Reg.]
ANDREW THOMSON, pres. by John,
1802 Duke of Roxburghe, 24th July 1801 ;
ord. 11th March 1802 ; trans, to East
Parish, Perth, 31st March 1808.
• [DAVID (afterwards Sir DAVID,
LL.D.) BREWSTER, son of James B.,
rector of the Grammar School of Jed-
burgh; MA. (Edinburgh, 12th April
1800) ; was pres. by Sir James Norcliffe
Innes Ker, Bart., 20th Sept. 1808. A com-
peting presentation was made by the
Duchess of Roxburghe and General Ker
in favour of Ninian Trotter, and Brewster
withdrew, " on account of the anxiety and
expense of asserting his rights, and the pain
and discomfort of keeping the parish so
long unsupplied " (Home Life of Sir David
Brewster, 68).]
NINIAN TROTTER, born 1777, son
1809 °^ George T., Kerchesters; licen.
by Presb. of Kelso 22nd June 1802 ;
pres. by the Dowager Duchess of Rox-
burghe, and her husband, John Tollemache,
KELSO]
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12th Aug., and by General Walter Ker of
Littledean 1st Oct. 1808, and by Sir James
Norcliffe Innes Ker, Bart., Aug. 1809 ; ord.
28th Sept. 1809 ; died (of Asiatic cholera)
12th Oct. 1832. He was unmarr.
JOHN SYM, pres. by Mary, Duchess
1833 dowager of Eoxburghe, 26th Nov.
1832 ; ord. 6th June 1833 ; trans, to
Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 25th Sept. 1834.
GEORGE CRAIG, born Glasgow, 8th
July 1805, fifth son of John C,
merchant, and Agnes Wright ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 8th Nov. 1832 ; pres. by Mary,
Duchess Dowager of Roxburghe, and her
husband, 24th Oct. 1834 ; ord. 15th Jan.
1835. Joined the Free Church; min. of
Sprouston Free Church (now St John's
U.F. Church, Kelso) in 1843 ; lived much
abroad after 1861, on account of his health,
and died 10th Feb. 1866. He marr. 2nd
Oct. 1844, Margaret M'Culloch (died 19th
Nov. 1865), daugh. of James Morrison, and
had issue — Janet Harvey, born 6th Aug.
1845, died unmarr. 10th Jan. 1913 ; Agnes
Marion, born 6th Feb. 1847 (marr. as his
first wife, Andrew Harper, D.D., Principal
of St Andrew's College, Univ. of Sydney),
died 22nd July 1885 ; John Thomas, M.A.,
Principal of Toorak College, Melbourne,
born 13th Sept. 1848, died 1st Sept. 1902;
Margaret M'Culloch Morrison, born 13th
March 1850 ; James Morrison, born 9th
March 1852, died 25th Dec. 1871 ; Isabella
Christina, born 20th Jan. 1855, died
2nd Sept. 1872. Publications— The Pro-
ceedings of the late General Assembly
regarding the Auchterarder Case, Con-
sidered and Defended (Glasgow, 1839) ;
Sermon at opening of North Parish
Church [Kelso] (Edinburgh, 1838); Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iii.) ;
Memoir, prefixed to Sym's Discourses. —
[Vide Discourses and Letters to his Con-
gregation, with Memoir, ed. by Andrew
Cunningham (Kelso, 1867).]
ROBERT ORANGE BROMFIELD,
1843 k°rn Belford, Northumberland, 1806,
son of Robert B. and Mary Orange ;
educated at Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
26th April 1832; ord. min. of Stamford-
ham Presbyterian Congregation 21st Aug.
1833; adm. to Larkhall 26th July 1838;
trans, to Auldfield (now Pollokshaws) 24th
Sept. 1840 ; trans, and adm. 21st Sept. 1843 ;
died at Strathpeffer, 27th Aug. 1880. He
was widely known as a pomologist, and as an
authority in horticultural matters generally.
He marr. 17th March 1845, Mary Weather-
stone, who died 20th Oct. 1849, and had
issue — Robert, sheep farmer, Queensland,
born 14th March 1846, died 30th Nov.
1899 ; William, sheep farmer, Queensland,
born 5th Sept. 1847, died 3rd Jan. 1888;
Thomas, sheep farmer, Queensland, born
20th Oct. 1849.— [Henderson's Folk-lore of
the Northern Counties, and My Life as an
Angler ; Hist, of Berxoickshire Naturalists'
Club, 1880.]
WILLIAM ROBERTSON, born Leth-
1881 endy Schoolhouse, Perthshire, 2nd
Feb. 1853, son of Charles R., school-
master, and Mary Ann Dawson ; educated
at Madras College and Univ. of St Andrews,
and at Leipzig ; MA. (St Andrews 1873) ;
tutor in the family of James Anthony
Froude, 1874-5 ; licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld
May 1877 ; assistant at Dunning ; B.D.
(St Andrews 1877) ; ord. (assistant) at
Arbroath 8th Jan. 1879; trans, and adm.
27th Jan. 1881 ; died unmarr. 21st Sept.
1890. Mr Froude spoke of him as one
who had "kept his head clear and steady
amidst the controversies of the age — as
one who was true in heart to the great
traditions of Scotland." Publication —
Essays and Sermons [with a Memoir by
his brother, James Robertson, D.D., min.
of Whittingehame] (Edinburgh, 1892).
JOHN AGNEW FINDLAY, MA. ; ord.
1891 19th March 1891 ; trans, to St Mary's
Parish, Edinburgh, 4th April 1901.
DAVID DENHOLM FRASER, born
lgol 23rd March 1871, younger son of
James F., min. of Blair-Atholl ; edu-
cated at Edinburgh Univ. ; MA. (1891) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 26th April 1898 ;
assistant at Tron Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
26th Sept. 1901. He marr. 4th June 1903,
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[PRESB. OF
Janet Helen, daugh. of John Alison, D.D.,
min. of Newington, Edinburgh, and has
issue — Margaret Jean Denholm, born 19th
Aug. 1905 ; Katherine Mary, born 25th
March 1911 ; Dora Denholm, born 16th
Feb. 1913. Publication — Sweet Peas : How
to Grow the Perfect Flower (London, 1910).
STICHILL AND HUME.
[In the twelfth century the church of
Stichill belonged to the Priory of Colding-
ham. Part of an old wall near the east
end of the present building is believed to
be the remains of an older church. The
bell, cast by Michael Burgerhuys, is dated
1632.]
WILLIAM HUDE [HOOD], reader in
1567 1567 ; deprived 1st May 1577.
JOHN FAIRBAIRN, reader, 1578 to
1578 1591.
JAMES FRENCH, M.A. ; trans, from
Hume ; pres. by James VI. 6th March
1605 [vide Hume].
DAVID COURTNEY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1613 30th July 1601^ ; pres' ky ^ames VI-
31st May 1613, and adm. shortly
afterwards ; died 29th April 1655, in his
84th year. ' He marr. (cont. 3rd Jan. 1609)
Margaret, daugh. of John M'Call, gardener
at Thirlestane Castle, and had issue — John,
min. of Bolton ; Sarah ; Elizabeth (marr. her
father's successor) ; Francis, M.A. ; Thomas,
min. of Mertoun. — [Peg. of Deeds, clxxxi.,
179 ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack., 10th Jan. 1671 ;
Reg. Assig. ; Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Gunn's
Stichill, 11.]
DAVID STARK, M.A. (St Andrews
1631) ; ord. (assistant and successor)
Sept. 1648. Conforming to Episco-
pacy, he was pres. by Charles II. 11th Sept.
1662 ; dem. 1st May 1683 ; died March
1685, aged about 74. He marr. 30th Jan.
1649, Elizabeth Courtney, daugh. of his
predecessor, "who with her husband had
sasine of an annual rent of £92 furth of
the kirk lands of Hume, 11th Nov. 1661,
of which resignation was made 14th Nov.
1672." He had issue — Margaret, bapt. 1st
Jan. 1650 ; David, bapt. 16th Nov. 1651 ;
Robert, M.A., bapt. 5th Sept. 1654, prob-
ably the min. of Stenton who had property
in this parish. — [G. R. Inhib., 17th June
1667 ; New Gen. Reg. Sasines, ii. ; Min.-
booh Reg. Privy Seal, v. ; Wodrow's Hist.']
ANDREW DARLING, of the family of
1683 ^" °^ Appletreeleaves, Galashiels ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1670)] pres. by
Charles II. 10th April 1683, and ord. after
1st May same year ; deprived by the Privy
Council, 29th Aug. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, nor pray-
ing for William and Mary. He was dep.
by Presb. of Earlston for drunkenness
13th May 1692. He died 3rd August 1735,
aged 86. He marr. Agnes Inglis, who died
25th March 1721, aged 63. — [Earlston Presb.
Reg. ; Min.-booh Reg. Privy Seal, v. ; Hall's
Galashiels, 156.]
JOHN GLEN, ord. 30th June 1691;
16Q1 member of Assembly in 1692 ; died
May 1718.— [Beg. Gen. Ass., 1692.]
JOHN^ GLEN, son of preceding; pres.
1719 ^ ^e Presb- Jure devoluto 2nd Dec.
1718; ord. 5th March 1719; trans.
to New Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 14th Dec.
1732.
ALEXANDER HOME, bapt. 17th Aug.
1734 1'^' e^est son °£ Ceorge H., min.
of Chirnside ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
27th July 1731 ; pres. by George II. 10th
April 1733, and by William, Earl of Home ;
ord. 1st Jan. 1734; died in May 1742. He
marr. 17th Sept. 1736, Agnes, daugh. of John
Ewing of Craigton, W.S. (she marr. (2) Nov.
1756, Edward Inglis, druggist, Edinburgh),
and had issue — George, bapt. Sept. 1737,
died young; Margaret, bapt. 15th April
1739 (marr. 6th May 1759, William Camp-
bell, min. of Lilliesleaf) ; George, bapt. 1st
Feb. 1741; John, bapt. 14th Feb. 1742.
[Lauder Tests.]
GEORGE RIDPATH, born about 1717,
1743 eldest son °f George R., min. of Lady-
kirk ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside 27th
May 1740; pres. by George II. 20th July
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93
1742, and by William, Earl of Home ; ord.
16th Feb. 1743 ; died 31st Jan. 1772. He
marr. 6th Sept. 1764, Wilhelmina [or Ann]
Dawson, Kelso, who died 10th April 1810,
and had issue — Christian, born 12th Dec.
1766 ; George, born 25th May 1769 ; Ann,
born 3lst Dec. 1770. Publications — Chris-
tian Liberty ojy^osed to Popish Superstition
and Slavery, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1751).
In 1764 he published proposals for printing
by subscription the History and Antiquities
of Berwickshire and part of Roxburghshire,
as well as Northumberland and Durham,
as far as Bamborough and Alnwick. He
afterwards enlarged his plan, and left in
manuscript The Border History of England
and Scotland deduced from the earliest
Times to the Union of the two Croivns.
This appeared after his death (London,
1776), and was reissued in 1808, 1810, and
1848.— [Tombst. ; Carlyle's Autob. ; Diet.
Nat. Biog.]
ANDREW SCOTT, born 1743 ; licen. by
1773 Presb. of Chirnside 30th Sept. 1766 ;
assistant at Westruther ; pres. by
George III. 18th July 1772 ; ord. 4th Feb.
1773 ; died 12th Nov. 1826. He marr. 20th
Jan. 1779, Eleonora (died 11th Nov. 1828),
daugh. of John Cranstoun, min. of Ancrum,
and had issue — John, born 23rd Oct. 1779 ;
Adam, born 12th Aug. 1781 ; Agnes, born
23rd April 1783; Ann, born 6th July 1784,
died 24th June 1821 ; Janet, born 30th Sept.
1785 (marr. David William Gordon, min.
of Earlston) ; Gilchrist, born 9th Sept.
1787; Andrew, born 27th May 1789;
Cranstoun, born 8th April, died 28th April
1793; Helen Cranstoun, born 4th Aug.
1795. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
JAMES PATERSON, pres. by George
1822 ^•' an(^ 0r(^- (assist&nt and successor)
26th Nov. 1822 ; trans, to Gordon 9th
Sept. 1824.
, PETER BUCHANAN, born 1797, sixth
1827 son °^ J°nn B., farmer, Trean,
Callander, and brother of Professor
Robert B., Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Lauder 7th
May 1822 ; pres. by George IV., and ord.
2nd Aug. 1827; died 18th April 1848.
Having a strong sympathy with the
Jacobites and their traditions, he is said
to have evaded taking the Oath of Abjura-
tion at his ordination. He marr. 12th Aug.
1830, Christian (died 4th Oct. 1884), daugh.
of John Gray, Heriotsfield, Kelso, and
sister of George Gray, D.D., Professor of
Hebrew, Univ. of Glasgow, and had issue
—John, born 24th May 1831 ; George
Gray, born 28th Feb. 1833; Agnes Mary.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iii.).
DUGALD MACALISTER, born Bute,
la46 22nd May 1820, son of Robert M.,
farmer, and Isabella Duncan ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon 5th Nov. 1844 ; pres. by Queen
Victoria, and ord. (assistant and successor)
9th June 1846; died 28th Dec. 1877. He
marr. 6th Aug. 1851, Dorothy (died 12th
March 1898, aged 72), daugh. of George
Turnbull, Dunkirk Park, Perthshire, and
had issue — Robert Denoon, born 11th
May 1852; Dora, born 11th Jan. 1857
(marr. 22nd April 1885, George William
Constable, factor, Traquair) ; George
Norman, born 8th Oct. 1863, died 23rd
May 1915.
GEORGE GUNN, born Edinburgh, 3rd
1878 June 1851, son of George G., sub-
editor, Edinburgh Evening Courant,
and Margaret Bryce ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1872) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1876 ;
assistant at St Stephen's, Edinburgh ; ord.
20th June 1878 ; chaplain of Grand Lodge
of Freemasons 1893-95 ; clerk of Presb.
1896-1900 ; secretary of the Berwickshire
Naturalists' Club 1896 - 1900 ; died un-
marr. 12th Jan. 1900. Publications — The
Early History of Stichill, The Church of
Hume, etc. (Alnwick, 1901) ; Records of
the Baron Court of Stitchill, 1655-1807
(Scottish Hist. Soc, 1905); contributions
to History of the Berivickshire Naturalists'
Club. — [Memoir by his brother, Clement
Bryce Gunn, M.D., in first - mentioned
work.]
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1900
JOHN LANCELOT CONSTANTINE
TULLOCH, born Greenock, 23rd
Dec. 1872, eldest son of William
Weir T., D.D., min. of North Parish,
Greenock, afterwards of Maxwell Parish,
Glasgow; educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1894), B.D. (1897) ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 1897; assistant at Barony
Parish, Glasgow; ord. 14th June 1900;
trans, to' Second Charge, Hamilton, 1916.
Marr. 11th June 1903, Janet Richmond,
eldest daugh. of David Macdonald, Glas-
gow, and has issue — John Lancelot Hill,
born 23rd April 1904; Janet Margaret
Richmond, born 22nd March 1906 ; Mar-
garet Hill and Elizabeth Anne (twins),
born 15th Feb. 1910.
HUME.
[St Nicholas was titular of the church
of Hume, which was dedicated by Bishop
Robert of St Andrews in 1147. The pre-
Reformation building belonged to the
monks of Kelso, and consisted of nave and
chancel about 78 feet long by 21 feet
broad. Ruinous in 1673, it is now repre-
sented by little more than grass-grown
mounds. The parish was united to Stichill
in 1640. There was a chapel in this parish
at Wedderlie.]
CHARLES HOME, reader and chaplain
1567 at Halyburton, 1567 to 1585.
1574
ROBERT FRENCH, trans, from Eccles
— Stichill, Gordon, Eccles, and Green-
law being also in the charge ; pres.
to Legerwood before 18th May 1591 ;
returned to Eccles in 1595. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Booke of the Kirk.]
1596
JAMES FRENCH, M.A. (St Andrews
1595). In 1596 he was min. here,
and had charge also of Stichill and
Ednam; pres. to the vicarage of Stichill
by James VI. 6th March 1605, and to the
parsonage and vicarage here 1st Aug. 1611.
He was still min. 8th July 1613, but
ordered to "cease from teaching at Hume
under pain of deposition." In the Records
of Lincoln's Inn, reference is made to "a
poor distressed Scottish minister, Mr
James French, who is lately fallen blind
and utterly disabled any longer to exercise
his office." He petitioned for relief, and
was given twenty shillings. — [Reg. Assig.]
YETHOLM.
[The earliest notice of a church at Yet-
holm is about the year 1233, when Nicholas
de Geynevim was rector. At that period
the cure belonged to the church of Glas-
gow. Tn 1406 William de Hawdin [Hadden],
" laird of Kirkyethame," gave to the monks
of Kelso the right of advowson. From them
it passed to Patrick, Earl of Bothwell, then
to the Buccleuch family, and finally to the
Wauchopes of Niddrie. A church, still
thatched with heather in 1836, was removed
when the present building was erected.
Its bell, cast by Michael Burgerhuys (1643),
is still in use. A chapel in this parish,
beside a burn which forms the march with
England, was dedicated to St Ethelreda.]
1567 JAMES WILLIAMSON, reader.
1574 THOMAS TURNER, reader.
WILLIAM TAIT, reader from 1576 to
1576 1579.
THOMAS AITKIN, reader at Ednam
1574; min. there in 1576; pres. by
James VI. 8th Feb. 1577 ; adm.
1579 ; deprived after 1585. — [Reg. Assig.]
1579
ADAM DOUGLAS, pres. in 1594. See
1594 Crailing.
1595
JOHN MAKCULLO [PETILLOCH],
M.A. ; trans, from Broughton, and
adm. about 1595.— [Reg. Assig.]
1604
JOHN BALFOUR, M.A. (St Andrews
1591); one of the masters in the
High School of Edinburgh, 18th May
1597 to 7th Jan. 1598 ; pres. by James VI.
24th March 1604, also to Mow 2nd Jan.
1607 ; he signed a protestation to the King
and Parliament for the Liberties of the
Kirk, 24th June 1617 ; died between 27th
KELSO]
YETHOLM
95
Aug. 1633 and 18th Feb. 1634. He marr.
in 1618 (after some scandal) a lady whose
name is unknown. — [Steven's High School ;
Reg. Assig. ; Orig. Lett., ii. ; Morrison's
Dec, xvii.]
FRANCIS HERVIE, M.A. (St Andrews
1619); adm. to Chanonry prior to
17th Jan. 1630; pres. by Charles I.
18th Feb. 1634, and adm. soon after. He
had a process raised against him in 1638,
for celebrating an irregular marriage be-
tween a son of Patrick, Archbishop of
Glasgow, and a daugh. of William, Lord
Blantyre ; was dep. before 16th July 1639,
"for erecting an altar with rails, beating
violently one of his parishioners, con-
tempt of the Presb., and declining the
Gen. Assembly 1638." He was ordered
by the Committee of Estates to remove out
of the kingdom, and asked "ane pass for
himself, wife, and children to that effect."
The Estates granted him, 13th Jan. 1645, a
pass "conform to the act of the Com-
mittee, either by sea or land, as occasion
may best offer, without trouble or im-
pediment to them thereanent." He marr.
Elspeth Lunane. — [Wodrow MSS. ; Acts of
Pari., vi., part i., 289 ; Stevenson's Hist. ;
Inverness Sasines, iv., 107.]
1689
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A. ; pres. by
Francis, Earl of Buccleuch, and his
trustees Feb. 1639, and by William,
Earl of Lothian, that month ; ord. 23rd
April following, and inst. end of May ;
was a member of Commission of Assembly
in 1649 ; trans, to Crailing 2nd April
1661.
JOHN CLAPPERTON, M.A. ; adm. in
,M. 1662; trans, to Yarrow after 13th
Feb. 1666.
JAMES GLADSTAINES, M.A. (Edin-
burgh 1659) ; min. of Graitney in
1666 ; app. by Alexander, Archbishop
of Glasgow, 13th March, to exercise the
ministry till it be ascertained who is
patron (a dispute having arisen between
William, Earl of Lothian, and Wauchope
of Niddrie) ; coll. before 4th, and inst. 25th
1666
Sept. following ; deprived by the Privy
Council, 12th Sept. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, nor pray-
ing for William and Mary, but for James
VII., and not observing the Thanksgiving.
He was inst. to the curacy of Alnwick in
1692; died 14th April 1694, aged about
56. — [Peterkin's Constitut. of the Church ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Hutchinson's
Northumberland, i. ; Tombst.]
JAMES NOBLE, M.A. ; adm. before
1690 16th Oct. 1690; trans, to Eckford
4th April 1694.
JOHN SIMSON, M.A.; called 31st
1694 Aug., and ord. 27th Sept. 1694 ;
trans, to Morebattle 24th Nov.
1697.
ROBERT COLVILLE, born 1677 ; M.A.
169Q (Edinburgh 1691); became school-
master of Jedburgh ; licen. by that
Presb. 14th Aug. 1695 ; ord. to Annan prior
to 15th Dec. 1696 ; called 30th Jan., trans,
and adm. 26th Oct. 1699; suspended for
drinking in taverns in 1717, and again in
1727; died between 2nd Feb. and 2nd
March 1731. He marr. Agnes Scott, and
had issue — Margaret ; William ; Francis ;
Robert ; Walter.
JOSEPH LECK, M.A. (Edinburgh, 7th
1731 April 1718) ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
4th Jan. 1726; called 17th June;
pres. by the Commissioners for Andrew
Wauchope of Niddrie, and ord. 23rd Sept.
1731 ; died 1st Sept. 1785, aged about 87.
He marr. 16th March 1733, Ann Scott,
Sprouston, who died 25th Dec. 1761, and
had issue — Henry, born 24th June 1736,
died 10th Aug. 1767 ; Susan, born 9th July
1742 (marr. 5th July 1770, Henry Ainslie,
Town-clerk of Jedburgh and Sheriff-clerk
of Roxburghshire) ; Jean ; William ;
Thomas. — [Tombst. ; Blackwood's Maga-
zine, 1818.]
- WILLIAM BLACKIE, tutor and chap-
178_ lain at Niddrie ; pres. by Andrew
Wauchope of Niddrie 11th Nov.
1785; ord. 4th May 1786; died 23rd Dec.
96
YETHOLM
[PRESB. OF
1828, in his 79th year. Among his books
was a manuscript copy of James Melville's
Sonnets, which he gifted to the Advocates'
Library in 1822. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1788,
Margaret Oliver, who died at Venchen, 5th
July 1842, aged 83, and had issue— William,
tenant in Hoselaw Mains, born 4th Feb.
1793, died 26th Sept. 1818; Betty, born
29th Nov. 1803 (marr. Jan. 1827, John
Robertson), died Aug. 1831. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xix.).— [Tombst.]
1829
J JOHN BAIRD, born 17th Feb. 1799,
eldest son of James B., min. of
Swinton ; educated at Whitsome
and Kelso schools, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 25th
March 1823. In 1825 he was a preacher in
Ireland under the auspices of the Irish
Evangelical Society. Pres. by the Trustees
of Andrew Wauchope of Niddrie, he was
ord. to this charge 18th June 1829 ; died
29th Nov. 1861. He was well known as a
botanist and geologist, was one of the
founders of the Berwickshire Naturalists'
Club, and its President in 1837. He
laboured earnestly for the good of the
gypsies, who had long been settled at Kirk
Yetholm. The work was done in connec-
tion with a society formed in Edinburgh
for the "Reformation of the Gypsies in
Scotland," and it met with a considerable
amount of success. He marr. (1) 11th June
1833, Margaret (born 14th Feb. 1813, died
13th Sept. 1837), daugh. of Robert Oliver
of Blakelaw, and had issue — Margaret
Richardson, born 11th Aug. 1834, died 10th
June 1845 ; Sarah Nichols, born 8th Oct.
1836, died 26th June 1846 : (2) 14th Nov.
1849, Elizabeth (died at Hanover, Ger-
many, 28th April 1872, aged 50), daugh.
of Nathaniel Hughes, Wexford, and had
issue — Anna Margaret Elizabeth, born 31st
Jan. 1852, died 23rd Oct. 1868; James
Oliver, born 26th March 1853, died at
Hanover, Germany, 25th Jan. 1872 ;
Nathaniel Hughes John, born 20th Aug.
1855 ; Sarah Mary, born 4th Sept. 1860.
Publications — " On the Geology of the
Rock of Gibraltar and adjacent Country "
(Edin. Philos. Journ., vii.); "On the Rocks
in the Neighbourhood of St John's, New-
foundland " (Memoirs of the Wemerian
Society, iv. ; Philosophical Magazine, lx. ;
trans, into French in Femssac's Btdletin,
xvi., 1829); "Sermon preached after the
death of the Rev. Robert Lunclie " (Lundie's
Pastoral Addresses) ; The Scottish Gypsies'
Advocate (Edinburgh, 1839) ; Account of the
Parish, and General Observations on the
County (New Stat. Ace, iii.). — [See Memoir
of John Baird, by his brother William
Baird, M.D. (London, 1862) ; George Smith's
Pve been a Gypsying ; Hist. Benvick. Nat.
Chib, 1861; Kelso Chronicle, Dec. 1861;
Diet. Nat. Biog.']
1862
ADAM DAVIDSON, born Torbeckhill,
Middlebie, 30th March 1830, son of
Thomas D. and Janet Carlyle ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (21st
April 1855) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
25th Jan. 1860 ; ord. 17th July 1862 ; died
4th Feb. 1908. He marr. 10th Feb. 1863,
Mary Dobie (died 26th Nov. 1907), daugh.
of James Little, farmer, Corriehill, and
had issue — Janet Carlyle, born 12th May
1864, (marr. 27th Aug. 1890, James Mill,
M.A., lecturer on Latin, Univ. of Edin-
burgh) ; James Little, M.A., M.D., D.S.O.,
lieut. - colonel I.M.S., born 27th Nov.
1865.
WILLIAM CARRICK MILLER, born
1898 Glasgow, 11th April 1858, son of
Andrew M. and Margaret Carrick ;
educated at Church of Scotland Normal
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 16th March 1881 ; assist-
ant at St George's Parish, Paisley ; ord. to
Howwood Chapel 13th May 1883; adm.
to Wellington Chapel (afterwards St Mar-
garet's), Hawick, 3rd Nov. 1886; adm. first
min. of St Margaret's Parish, Hawick, 11th
June 1896 ; trans, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 18th Feb. .1898 ; died at Millport,
27th Sept. 1915. He marr. (1) 10th March
1887, Margaret Walker (died s.p. 3rd May
1894), daugh. of Thomas M 'Queen : (2)
11th Dec. 1901, Johanna, daugh. of John
Bonthron, and had issue — William Bon-
thron Carrick, born 23rd Jan. 1903 ; John
Bonthron, born 23rd July 1906.
KELSO]
YETHOLM
97
JAMES WEDDERSPOON, born Dun-
ning, 6th Aug. 1868, son of James
W., schoolmaster of Croy, and Eliza-
beth Bayne ; educated at Croy School,
Inverness-shire, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1890), B.D. (1893); licen. by Presb.
of Nairn 2nd May 1893 ; assistant at
Auldearn and St Paul's Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. to Newmill 28th Sept. 1896 ; trans, to
Alexandria 6th Sept. 1905 ; trans, and adm.
7th March 1916. Marr. 12th Oct. 1900,
Sarah Alexandrina Caldwell Bayne, and
has issue— Agnes Grant, born 17th Nov.
1901 ; Elizabeth Bayne, born 7th July 1903,
died 5th April 1904 ; James, born 2nd
March 1905 ; Ena Bayne, born 23rd Aug.
1907 ; Jeanie Westwood, born 8th Feb.
1910; Catherine Welsh, born 5th Oct.
1913, died 5th Feb. 1914. Publications—
Jacob's Ladder (a Masonic sermon) (Alex-
andria 1908) ; The Vision of Citizenship
(Alexandria 1911).
VOL. II.
PRESBYTERY OF JEDBURGH
ANCRUM AND LANGNEWTON.
[There was already a church at Ancrum
in 1116. At Malta Walls on the farm of
Copland, in the parish, the Order of St
John of Jerusalem, called the Knights of
Malta, had a preceptory. A new church
was built at Ancrum village in 1889.]
JAMES THORNTON, received £238
(Scots) as his pension from Martin-
mas 1559 to Whitsunday 1560, and
£96 for his duties during the four months
after the Queen Regent's death. He is
styled Chantor of Moray and parson of
Ancrum, 20th Sept. 1573. — [Treasurer's
Accounts, xi., 95 ; Wigtown Invent. Scot.
Hist. Soc, 812.]
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, a priest of the
Roman Church, conformed and be-
came reader in 1569 ; dep. Nov. 1572.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, probably
1572 Drotner °f preceding ; adm. to Foul-
den at Lammas 1572; trans, and
adm. here Nov. same year. In 1574 Rox-
burgh, Eckford, Bedrule, and Abbotrule
were in the charge. He complained to
the Assembly, 1578, that Hector Douglas
had been collated to his benefice. At the
Assemblies of 1581 and 1586 he was ap-
pointed one of those who were to arrange
Presbyteries. In 1585 he refused to sub-
scribe the Articles drawn up by Secretary
Sir John Maitland. He was trans, to
Crailing before 1586, but returned here
after 28th May 1588. In 1589 he was one
of those appointed by the Privy Council
to see that the Bond against Papists was
signed by the people. In 1608 he declined
the authority of a Visitor appointed by the
98
Assembly 1602, and was deprived by the
Court of High Commission, 29th June
1622, for not conforming to the Articles
of Assembly 1618. He was then ordered
to go into ward in Annandale when in his
73rd year. He was alive in 1631. He
marr. Elizabeth Crichton, and had issue —
George, min. of Orphir ; Robert. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig. ; Laing Charters, 1 596 ; Reg.
Min. Assig. et Sec. Sig. ; Edin. Presb. Reg. \
Booke of the Kirk ; Woclroiv Miscell. ;
Calderwood's Hist., iii., 404.]
HECTOR DOUGLAS, coll. by James,
iejB Archbishop of Glasgow, before 24th
April 1578, when the above-noticed
complaint was made to the Assembly.
Deprived in October following as " unmeet
and unable for the office and function of
the ministry." He is mentioned as min.
12th April 1582. — [Booke of the Kirk;
Calderwood's Hist., iii., 431 ; Reg. Assig.]
WILLIAM BENNET of Grubet ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 30th July 1614); pres.
by James VI. 25th July 1622. He
was a member of the Commission for main-
taining Church Discipline 21st Oct. 1634.
As Laird of Grubet he took part in the
election of a commissioner from the county
to the Convention of Estates. The As-
sembly, 10th Aug. 1643, found this to be
incompatible with the ministerial calling,
and recommended him to desist from all
civil courts and meetings. U e died between
3rd Feb. and 1st Sept. 1647, aged about 54.
He marr. after 29th Jan. 1641, Margaret,
eldest daugh. of William Eliott of Stobs,
and had issue — William of Grubet and
Wideopen. His widow marr. James Scott
of Bonnington. — [G. R. Sas., xliv., 426;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Banna-
pkesb. of jedburgh] ANCRUM AND LANGNEWTON
99
tyne Miscell., iii. ; Maitland Miscell., iii. ;
Baillie's Letters ; Inq. Bet. Roxburgh, 195 —
de Tut., 58 ; Jeffrey's Hist, of Roxburgh-
shire, iii., 305.]
JOHN LIVINGSTON, born Monya-
1648 brocn [Kilsyth], 21st June 1603.
He was the son of William L., rain,
of Kilsyth, and afterwards of Lanark,
said to be a descendant of the fifth
Lord Livingston. His mother was Agnes,
daugh. of Alexander Livingston, portioner,
Falkirk, brother of the Laird of Belstane.
He was educated at the Grammar School
of Stirling, and graduated M.A. at the
Univ. of Glasgow in 1621. Against his
father's wish, he preferred to enter the
ministry rather than adopt the life of a
country gentleman. He studied theology
at St Andrews, and was licensed in 1625.
For a time he assisted the minister of
Torphichen, and was afterwards chaplain
to the Countess of Wigtown at Cumber-
nauld. While engaged in the latter capa-
city he took part in the memorable revival
at the Kirk of Shotts. He declined pre-
sentations to several parishes, chiefly on
account of his reluctance to obey the
Articles of Perth. In 1630 he went to
Ireland, on the invitation of Viscount
Clandeboye, and became minister of Kil-
linchy, Co. Down, being ordained by Andrew
Knox, Bishop of Kaphoe, and a company of
Scottish ministers who had taken up a
kind of middle position between Presby-
terianism and Prelacy. In 1631 he was
suspended for nonconformity, but was soon
reinstated through the friendly offices of
Archbishop Ussher. On 4th May 1632 he
was deposed and excommunicated for the
same cause. Having resolved to emigrate
to America, he left Ireland in Sept. 1636,
along with a number of his parishioners
and other Scottish and English Puritans —
140 in all. They sailed for New England
in the Eagle Wing, but through contrary
winds were obliged to return home. In
1638 he signed the National Covenant, and
was commissioned to proceed to London
with copies of it for supporters of the Scot-
tish cause at Court. On 5th July 1638 he
was admitted minister of Stranraer, where
he remained for ten years. It is recorded
that his half-yearly communions there were
attended by as many as five hundred of
his old parishioners of Killinchy. In 1640
he was chaplain of the Earl of Cassillis's
Regiment in England, and wrote an account
of the skirmish at Newburn, which he had
witnessed. When minister of Stranraer he
frequently crossed to Ulster, and officiated
to the Scottish troops quartered there. In
1648 the Commission of Assembly sent him
to dissuade those troops from joining with
the army of the "Engagement," but his
mission was a failure. On 13th July
1647, William, Earl of Lothian, presented
Livingston to this parish, and he was
adm. and inst. 25th April 1648. He was
a member of the Commission of Assembly
in 1649. Next year he was one of those
appointed to negotiate with Charles II.,
at Breda, as to the terms on which he
should receive the Crown. While the royal
ships were lying at anchor off Speymouth,
Livingston obtained the King's oath of
fidelity to the Covenants. He did not,
however, trust Charles, and soon after-
wards he identified himself with those who
opposed the coronation and the conduct
of the government. He was asked by the
General Assembly of 1650 to write a His-
tory of the Church of Scotland from 1638,
but this was never completed. In Oct.
1651 he was chosen Moderator of a general
meeting of the Protesters. He preached
before Cromwell in London in 1654, and
was authorised by the Protector to re-
commend candidates for vacant parishes.
Between 1655 and 1659 he declined calls
to Antrim, to his former charge at Kil-
linchy, and to Glasgow. He was summoned
before the Privy Council 11th Dec. 1662,
and, refusing to take the Oath of Allegi-
ance, was banished. He went to Rotterdam
in April 1663, where he spent his last
years in almost constant study, and in the
preparation of a Latin version of the Scrip-
tures which was never published. He died
9th Aug. 1672. He is described as having
been " modest in manner, sweet in temper,
of retired and contemplative habits ; so
that, though he joined the more extreme
Presbyterians, in his moderation he deeply
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ANCRUM AND LANGNEWTON
[PRESB. OF
lamented the division that had torn the
Church asunder. He marr. (in St Cuthbert's
Church, Edinburgh) 23rd June 1635, Janet
(died at Rotterdam, 1693), eldest daugh.
of Bartholomew Fleming, an Edinburgh
merchant, and Marion Hamilton, and had
issue — John, born 30th June 1636, died 8th
Jan. 1639; William, merchant in Edin-
burgh, born 7th Jan. 1638, buried 12th
June 1700; Bartholomew, born 3rd Sept.
1639, died 24th Sept. 1641 ; Agnes, born
20th Sept. 1640, died 17th Oct. 1641 j
Marion, born 10th Oct. 1642 (marr. John
Scott, min. of Hawick); Janet, born 28th
Sept. 1643 (marr. Andrew Russell, merchant,
Rotterdam), died Aug. 1696; John, born
20th Aug. 1644, died Oct. 1645; Agnes,
born 18th Aug. 1645 (marr. David Cleland,
surgeon); James, merchant, Edinburgh, born
22d Sept. 1646, died 1700; Johanna, born
Sept. died Oct. 1647 ; Barbara, born 21st
June 1649 (marr. James Miller, merchant);
John, born 29th Jan., died 12th Oct. 1652 ;
Andrew, born Aug. 1653, died 7th Feb.
1655 ; Robert, ancestor of the Livingstons
of Livingston Manor, New York, born 1 3th
Dec. 1654, died April 1725 ; Elizabeth, born
7th Jan. 1657, died 31st Oct. 1666. Original
portraits of John Livingston and his wife
are at Gosford, East Lothian, and Mony-
musk, Aberdeenshire, and others were in the
possession of Mrs Ralston Crosby, New
York. Publications — A Letter to his Paroch
(Leith, 1663); A Brief Historical Relation
of the Life of Mr John Livingston (Glasgow,
1754; Edinburgh, 1848; edited by Thomas
Houston) ; Memorable Characteristics and
Remarkable Passages of Divine Providence
exemplified in the Lives of a considerable
number of the most Eminent Divines and
Private Christians who lived in Scotland
during the first century after the Reforma-
tion (Glasgow, 1754). These, with other
Letters and Papers of Livingston, were
edited by William King Tweedie' for the
Wodrow Society {Select Biographies, vol. i.,
Edinburgh, 1845.— [Lamont's, Brodie's, and
Nicoll's Diaries ; Kirkton's, Beattie's, and
Wodrow's Hists. ; Reg. Old Dec. ; Acts of
Pari., vi. ; Acts of Ass., 1649, 1704; Reid's
Ireland,, i., 124; Blair's Autob. ; Fleming's
Fulfilling of Scripture ; Steven's Hist, of
the Scots Church, Rotterdam ; Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, xxiii. ; Anton's
Kilsyth ; The Border Magazine, 1907;
Diet. Nat. Biog. ; The Livingstons of
Callendar.]
1665
JAMES SCOTT, son of Walter S. in
Catslack; M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd
July 1615) ; adm. to Kirkton in
1616 ; trans, to Tongland prior to 1634 ;
refusing to sign the Covenant, he was dep.
by a Committee of General Assembly in
1639 ; inst. to rectory of Ford, Northumber-
land, 11th Dec. 1660 ; his deposition was
annulled by James, Bishop of Galloway,
before 25th Oct. 1664 ; he was inst. to this
charge 6th Nov. 1665. A tumult arose at
his settlement, for which, by sentence of the
Court of High Commission, two brothers,
Turnbulls of Ashieburn, both fathers of
families, were transported to Virginia, their
sister, a married woman, being whipped
through the streets of Jedburgh, while four
boys were whipped through Edinburgh,
branded in the face, and sold as slaves to
Barbados. He died on Friday before Whit-
sunday 1679. He marr. Margaret, daugh.
of Gavin Maxwell, min. of Borgue, and had
issue— James, apprenticed to John Scott,
senior, merchant, Edinburgh, 2nd Aug. 1648.
He was allowed half of the stipend, 1680.
— [Dumfries Sas., iii., 275 ; P. C. Reg., vi.,
422 ; Wodrow's Hist., L, 393 ; The Border
Magazine, 1908 ; Naphtali ; Reg. Old Dec. ;
Morrison's Diet., xviii.]
WLLLIAM STIRLING, son of John
S., min. of Baldernock ; M.A. (Glas-
gow) ; adm. to Balfron in 1645 ;
trans, to Drymen in 1663 ; trans, to Tron
Parish, Glasgow, 1665 ; pres. by Arthur,
Archbishop of Glasgow, jure devoluto, coll.
27th April, and inst. 13th May 1680 ; died
Dec. 1685. He marr. Helenor Baillie, who
survived him. — [G. R. Homings, 14th Dec.
1689 ; Peebles Tests.]
1687
ROBERT BENNET, M.A. (St Andrews,
20th July 1650) ; adm. (assistant and
successor) at Colinton 28th Sept.
1659 ; deprived Nov. 1681. He entered on
this charge in 1687 ; died before 4th June
1709. He marr. Magdalen, daugh. of Adam
JEDBURGH]
ANCRUM AND LANGNEWTON
101
Cunningham, Commissary of Dumfries, and
had issue — Adam, M.D.; Alison (marr. 12th
Sept. 1706, Sir George Wardlaw of Pit-
reavie, Bart.) ; Mary. — [Wodrow's Hist. ;
Inq. Ret. Fife, 101 ; Edin. Sas., xxvi., 303,
307.]
1704
JOHN CRANSTOUN, probably of the
Crailing family; M.A. (Edinburgh,
22nd May 1685); ord. to Crailing
20th Jan. 1692; called 25th Nov. 1703;
trans, and adm. 2nd March 1 704 ; died
Father of the Church, 17th Oct. 1748,
aged 84. He marr. (1) a lady whose name
has not been ascertained, and had issue —
William, M.D., friend and correspondent
of James Thomson, author of The Seasons ;
John, his successor ; Andrew, an officer in
the Life Guards ; a daugh. (marr. Daniel
M'Kay, min. of Jedburgh) ; Anne (marr.
James Simpson, min. of Wilton) : (2) 29th
April 1714, Jean Turnbull, who died 30th
Oct. 1760, and had issue — Helen (marr.
1736, William Ker, Kelso). — [Scots Mag.,
lix. ; Sir Harris Nicolas's Memoir of
Thomson.]
1733
JOHN CRANSTOUN, born 1705, son
of preceding ; licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh 1st July 1730; pres. by
John Scott of Ancrum, Dec. 1732 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st March 1733 ;
died 7th Jan. 1790. During the first fifty
years of his ministry he was never pre-
vented by illness from performing his duty.
He marr. 9th March 1743, Anne (died
14th Oct. 1795, aged 78), only daugh. of
John Gilchrist, min. of Bedrule, and had
issue— Anne, born 5th Feb. 1744, died
unmarr. 22nd Dec. 1788 ; John, captain,
East Indian merchant service, born 19th
Feb. 1745, died 6th May 1788; Andrew,
born 28th June 1746, died 5th Sept. 1776 ;
William, born 26th June 1747; Robert,
born 10th April 1749, died 4th Feb. 1751 ;
Eleanora, born 21st Jan. 1751 (marr.
Andrew Scott, min. of Stichill) ; Gideon,
born 5th Jan. 1753, died 16th Feb. 1782 ;
James, born 12th Oct. 1754 ; George, born
29th Feb. 1756; Janet, born 7th May
1757 ; Daniel, born 13th April 1760, died
8th Nov. 1778.— [Tombst]
JAMES OLIVER, pres. by Sir John
1791 Scott of Ancrum, Bart., 6th May
1790; ord. 14th July 1791; trans,
to Corstorphine 5th July 1792.
THOMAS CAMPBELL, son of George
1793 ^- °^ Baltullo, Fife, and brother of
George C, D.D., min. of Cupar,
was uncle of Lord Chancellor Campbell ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of Cupar 9th May 1786; ord.
by Presb. of Abertarff 2nd May 1787,
missionary at Glengarry ; assistant at St
Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh ; pres. by Sir
John Scott of Ancrum, Bart., 27th June,
and adm. 26th Sept. 1793 ; D.D. (Glasgow,
May 1810); died 12th Feb. 1832. He
marr. 22nd April 1795, Mary (died 9th
April 1810), daugh. of John Hunter, min.
of Stoneykirk, and had issue — Margaret,
born 7th Jan. 1797 ; George, born 26th
Oct. 1798, died 7th Aug. 1817 ; John, Chief
Registrar of Court of Bankruptcy, born
1st April 1801, died 2nd Oct. 1858; Archi-
bald Blair, D.D., min. of Kilwinning, born
14th Nov. 1802 ; Madeline, born 19th April
1805 (marr. James Robb Grant, min. of
Buittle); Jane, born 16th Sept. 1807
(marr. Dr Dunlop, R.N.) ; Mary, born 15th
May 1809 (marr. Samuel Cowan, min. of
Kelton).
JOHN PATON, born 21st April 1804,
1832 son °^ J°nn P-' mm- °f Lasswade ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 2nd Oct. 1827 ;
ord. to Lasswade 19th March 1830 ; pres.
by Sir William Scott of Ancrum, Bart. ;
trans, and adm. 7th Sept. 1832 ; died 6th
May 1870. He marr. 6th July 1830,
his cousin, Mary (died 17 th Feb. 1879),
daugh. of James Paton of Crailing, and
had issue — John, banker, New York, born
26th May 1831, died 30th March 1908;
Christian Mary, born 22nd June 1833, died
3rd March 1915 ; Edward, merchant, Per-
nambuco, Brazil, born 5th Dec. 1834 ; James
Robert, in Canada, born 1st June 1839.
JAMES PATTERSON, born Torthor-
1870 Wald' llt;k ^"Pril 184°' S°n °f
William P. and Jean Robertson;
educated at Edinburgh Univ. ; M.A.
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ANCRUM AND LANGNEWTON— BEDRULE [presb. of
(1862), B.D. (1865); licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh in 1865 ; assistant at Castleton ;
ord. 15th Dec. 1870 ; died 28th Dec. 1906.
He marr. 6th July 1871, Susan Crow (died
6th July 1890), daugh. of James Noble,
min. of St Madoes, and had issue — William,
architect, born 17th July 1872 ; Margaret
Crow, born 30th Jan. 1874 ; Nornian, M.B.,
Ch.B., F.R.C.S., London, born 27th June
1877 ; James, Vice-Consul, Bordeaux, born
27th Feb. 1879.
WILLIAM GEACIE, born Dundee, 4th
1907 Feb. 1866, son of William G. ; edu-
cated at Univ. College, Dundee, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1890); licen.
by Presb. of Dundee 6th May 1896 ; assist-
ant at Fortingall, East Parish (Perth), and
West St Giles (Edinburgh) : ord. 20th June
1907.
LANGNEWTON, on LONG-
NEWTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Jedburgh. The
parish was in the Presb. of Melrose, but
was annexed to Ancrum 6th Feb. 1684.]
1574 EDWARD DICKSON, reader.
JAMES JOHNSTON, reader, 1576 to
1576 1580.
ROBERT HAMILTON, reader, 1585 to
1585 1586.
PATRICK URQUHART. M.A., min.
1593 m 15^3, Lindean also being in the
charge ; trans, to Eckford in 1600.
WILLIAM HENRIESON, called " par-
1594 son °^ Langnewton,'; 19th May 1594.
His daugh. Agnes marr. James Wat-
son, Dalkeith. — [Bey. of Deeds, xlviii., 237 ;
ccccliv., 443.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1Q07 1st Aug. 1590); min. of Nisbet in
1593 ; adm. before 6th Jan. 1607 ;
died between 22nd and 29th Dec. that
year. He marr., and had issue — William,
1609
apprenticed to Robert Keith, merchant,
Edinburgh, 8th Sept. 1624.
JAMES ROBERTSON, adm. 19th April
1609 ; desired translation, 12th Nov.
1616, because of his " mean provision
and uncertaintie of the same." This the
Presb. could not give "without advyse of
the Synod, meantime they cannot refuse
ane testimonial of his honest and guid
behaviour amang them since he came " ;
trans, to Cranstoun 27th Jan. 1617.
1617
WILLIAM JAMESON, M.A. ; adm.
(at Peebles) 29th April 1617 ; trans.
to Jedburgh 24th June 1640.
JOHN COLT, adm. between 25th Jan.
1642 anc^ 8t^ k" 1642 ; conformed to
Episcopacy ; trans, to Roberton in
1665.
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. ; trans, from
— Pettinain, and adm. in 1677 ; trans.
to Ettrick in or shortly after 1684.
BEDRULE.
[The parish of Abbotrule or Rule Hervey
was united to Bedrule, but in 1777 was
disjoined and divided between Hobkirk
and Southdean. In 1914 a handsome new
church was built here by Sir Robert Usher
of Wells, Bart.]
JOHN TURNBULL, reader, 1576 to
1576 1578.
GEORGE TURNBULL, reader, 1579
1579 to 1580.
ALEXANDER TAIT, vicar-pensioner
158S and reader at Traquair, 1567 to
1580 ; adm. about 1585 ; deprived,
and resided afterwards at Traquair ; was
ordered to demit this charge 6th April
1591, but is still mentioned 7th Oct. 1595.
— [Beg. Min. ; Beg. Assig. ; Edin. Presb.
Beg. ; Philiphaugh Writs.]
WILLIAM GALBRAITH, formerly at
Penicuik ; mentioned as min. in
1599 ; he had a son John. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Edin. Beg. (Bapt.).]
JEDBURGH]
BEDRULE
103
JOSEPH TENNENT of Listonshiells,
son of James T. of Cairns, Mid-
Calder ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 10th Aug.
1595); adm. in 1599 to Traquair ; adm.
here about 1601 ; removed to Abbotrule
in 1605, but returned in 1609 ; was again
settled at Abbotrule, and returned here a
second time ; " sett a tack of the teandes
to Mr James Lausone, of Cairnmuir, for
his lyff-time," 27th July 1632 (which was
ratified by Parliament 17th Nov. 1641);
probably died unmarr. before 11th May
1633, aged about 58. His brother, John T.
of Cairns, was served heir to Listonshiells
and to a tenement in Edinburgh. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Inq. Ret. Edin., 724, 817 ; Acts of
Pari., v., 464.]
DAVID FOULIS, pres. by John, first
,„00 Earl of Traquair, and adm. 30th Oct.
1633 ; trans, to Oxnam in 1634.
HENRY PIERSON, M.A. (St Andrews
1635 1619); inst. Sept. 1635; dep. Jan.
1639 ; he petitioned the Assembly,
which, 29th Aug., remitted him to the
Synod. He died unmarr. before 26th Jan.
1654, aged about 54, his brother James
being executor. — [Edin. Tests. ; Peterkin's
Records.]
HENRY ELLIOT [ELIOTT], son of
1640 William E-, M.D., Provost of Peebles,
cadet of Stobs ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
23rd July 1631); pres. by the Presb. jure
devoluto 11th Dec. 1639 ; adm. and inst.
3rd June 1640 ; died between 22nd June
and 10th Aug. 1653, aged about 42. He
marr. Elizabeth Douglas, who along with
seven children (of whom Adam was the
third son) survived him, and petitioned
Parliament in 1662, showing how he " suf-
fered so much persecution and affliction for
maintaining and defending his Majesty's
interest and prerogatives in the pulpit
both at home and abroad, publickly pray-
ing for and maintaining his Majesty's forces
at the expedition 1648, that he was driven
from his charge, and lived in a most de-
jected, miserable, sad, and downcast con-
dition, and that had it not been for the
charity of some faithful, loyal, and well-
wishing Christians they had quite famished
and been never able to have subsisted."
On the report of a committee, Parliament,
8th July, allowed £100 sterling out of the
vacant stipends. — [Nisbet's Her., i. ; Acts of
Pari., vii., App. 87.]
HUGH SCOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th
165S July 1649); called 22nd Nov. 1657;
adm. 17th March 1658 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; indulged at
Oxnam in 1672. — [Wodrow's Hist. ; Connell
on Tithes, iii.]
v JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1664 ^h July 1656) ; became schoolmaster
of Colinton about 1656 ; ord. 24th
April 1663 to Carriden; trans, and inst.
7th Sept. 1664; deprived by the Privy
Council 29th Aug. 1689, for neither reading
the Proclamation of the Estates nor pray-
ing for William and Mary, but for King
James. He marr. (1) before 1671, Helen
Hamilton : (2) 28th Dec. 1680, Esther
Scougall, and had issue — Janet (marr. 28th
Dec. 1 705, Thomas Porteous). — [Reg. of
Deeds, Mack., 10th June 1673 ; Edin. Reg.
{Marr.) ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peter-
kin's Constitution of the Church.]
i JAMES BORLAND, M.A. (Glasgow
1690 1670) ; schoolmaster and session-
clerk of Mauchline 11th Nov. 1673,
which post he relinquished before 4th Jan.
1680 ; assistant at Galashiels ; adm. 23rd
July 1690 ; was a member of Assembly in
1692; died 2nd May 1713, aged 68. He
marr. Marianne Stevenson, who died aged
66, leaving £100 to the poor of the parish.
Their daugh. Margaret marr. 26th Dec.
1699, Benjamin Haistie, gardener, St
Ninians. — [Sess. and Mauchline Sess. Regs. ;
Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ; Tombst. ; Reg. Gen.
Ass. ; Old Dec, i. ; Scot. Presb. Eloq.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, a native of Dum-
1714 fries ; pres. by John Ker of Cavers
Aug. 1713; ord. 3rd Feb. 1714;
he dissented from the Act of Assembly
15th May 1740, deposing the eight Seceders.
He died 8th May 1746. His only daugh.,
104
BEDRULE— CAVERS
[PRESB. OF
Anne, marr. John Cranstoun, min. of An-
crum.— [Reg. Gen. Ass., 1740.]
GEORGE DICKSON, son of George D.
and Catherine Hamilton, Whitehall,
Earlston ; called 27th May 1747 ; ord.
16th March 1748 ; his right to cut down trees
on the glebe was questioned by the heritors,
but he obtained a decision in his favour
from Lord Ordinary Drummore, 30th July
1754 ; he strenuously opposed the severing
of Abbotrule from Bedrule in 1777 ; died
30th June 1787. He marr. (1) 20th June
1755, Agnes (died 18th Feb. 1760), daugh.
of Robert Howison of Orchard, and had
issue — William, born 15th April 1756;
Robert, born 6th March 1757, died 2nd
May 1759 ; Margaret, born 10th June 1758 ;
Catherine, born 2nd Feb. 1760 : (2) 17th
May 1762, Anne Buckholm, who died 15th
Dec. 1784, and had issue — Agnes, born
30th March 1763; John, born 24th July
1764, died 28th March 1771 ; George,
born 15th June 1766 ; Mary, born 14th
Nov 1768 j John, born 26th Aug. 1771 ;
Anne, born 18th June 1775; Sir David
James Hamilton, M.D., Inspector of
Hospitals, born 20th Jan. 1780, died at
Plymouth, 2nd Jan. 1850. — [Tombst. ;
"The Religious Experiences of Catherine
Hamilton" (Trans. Hawick Archceol. Soc,
1906).]
WILLIAM BROWN, was a teacher
1788 successively in France, in a school
near London, and in Geo. Watson's
Hospital, Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 30th Jan. 1782; tutor in the
family of Sir John Steuart of Allanbank ;
pres. by Joseph Hume of Ninewells 19th
July 1787; ord. 7th May 1788; died 23rd
May 1836. He marr. 2nd June 1813,
Janet (died 1st Aug. 1839), eldest daugh.
of Archibald Henderson, Mackside, and
had issue — Janet, born 24th Feb. 1814
Alison Cockburn, bom 29th Feb. 1816
Robert Rutherford, born 14th April 1818
Archibald Henderson, born 3rd July 1820.
Publications — The Pronouncing Testament
(Edinburgh, 1796); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.). — [Trans. Haiviek
Archceol Soc, 1864.]
ARCHIBALD CRAIG, born Colding-
ham, 1781, son of an agricultural
labourer (who as a boy was living on
a farm near the battlefield of Prestonpans
the day the battle was fought in 1745) ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(7th Nov. 1810) ; licen. by Presb. of Chirn-
side 29th Dec. 1812 ; pres. by David Hume
of Ninewells, Baron of Exchequer, and
ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd Nov.
1832 ; died unmarr. 6th May 1876. Pub-
lications— A Monody to the Memory of
Joseph Hume, Advocate (1819) ; Introduc-
tion to Greek Accentuation (Edinburgh,
1832) ; The Argonautics of Apollonius
Rhodius, translated into English Verse,
2627 lines (Preface by John Thomson,
min. of St John's, Hawick; Kelso, 1876,
posthumous) ; Account of the Parish {Neiv
Stat, Ace, iii.). He left in MS. "Notes
critical and explanatory on the first three
books of Apollonius ;' ; an Essay on the
" Argonautics " ; and emendations for a
proposed second edition of his work on
Greek Accentuation. — [Trans. Hawick
Archceol. Soc, 1877; Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, xviii.]
1875
JOHN STEVENSON, born Eccles,
Berwickshire, 26th Aug. 1846, son
of John S., schoolmaster ; educated
at Eccles School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1865) ; licen. by Presb. of Duns in 1869;
assistant to preceding ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 23rd July 1875 ; clerk of Presb. in
1891. Marr. (1) 27th July 1881, Christina
(died 18th June 1891), daugh. of Walter
Laing, Denholmhill, and has issue — Mar-
garet Scott, born 25 th Sept. 1883 (marr.
9th June 1915, Thomas William Brockie) ;
Mary Farmer, born 15th Feb. 1886 (marr.
John B. Forsyth); John, M.B., Ch.B.,
captain R.A.M.C, born 1st March 1889 :
(2) 24th April 1894, Christina Govanlock,
daugh. of John Turnbull, Priestrig, and
Mary Scott.
CAVERS.
[Mention of the church of Cavers is made
in the Inquisitio of David I. in 1116; it
was then the property of the church of
JEDBURGH]
CAVERS
105
Glasgow. In 1358 William, first Earl of
Douglas, granted to the monks of Melrose
" the whole right of advowson of the
Church of Great Cavers," with all its
pertinents. A church erected in 1663 is
still standing. A new church was built in
1822. Teviothead was disjoined from this
parish in 1850.]
1574 WILLIAM SLEWMAN, reader.
PATRICK DUNBAR, reader, 1576 to
1676 1578.
WILLIAM SLOWEN [SLEWMAN],
1679 reader, 1579 to 1580.
WILLIAM CLERK, M.A. ; min. in 1599 ;
1599 Pres' to *^e v^caraSe ^ James VI.
8th June 1601 ; trans, to Wilton that
year. — [Beg. Assig.; Booke of the Kirk.]
1606
WALTER M'GILL, M.A. (St Andrews
1593) ; min. in 1606, having in charge
also Kirkton, to the parsonage and
vicarage of which he was pres. by James VI.
24th May that year ; pres. to the vicarage
of Cavers by James VI. 8th May 1609.
He was aged and infirm, and required
an assistant 15th June 1642, but preached
at the Presbyterial visitation of his parish
30th July 1645. He died 10th March 1651,
and was said to have reached his 107th
year. He marr. Lilias Barton, who died
July 1671, and had issue — James, men-
tioned in 1642, died before 1651, when
Walter M'Gill, min. of Wigtown, was next
of kin ; Samuel, min. of Trailflat. — [Brot.
Bk., James Logan, ii., 68 ; Edin. Tests. ;
Beg. Assig. ; Beg. Sec. Sig.~]
JAMES DOUGLAS, M.A. (St Andrews,
11th May 1637) ; adm. (assistant and
successor) 30th June 1647 ; still min.
6th April 1658.
JAMES GILLON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
15th July 1650); min. in 1658';
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He retired to Edinburgh, and
lived privately, but having gone to Currie
on account of his health, he was seized
by a party of soldiers and taken to Edin-
burgh, 2nd Aug. 1668. Next day he was
1647
summoned before the Privy Council and
dismissed, but the harsh treatment he had
received occasioned his death, 5th Aug.
1668, aged about 39. He was unmarr. —
[Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Beg. (Bur.) ; Kirkton 's
and Wodrow's Hists.]
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, M.A. ; trans,
from Douglas; inst. 22nd June 1664 ;
1664 trans, to Newton 24th Sept. 1673.
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, son of James,
second son of Sir James S. of Cam-
1674 busnethan ; M.A. (St Andrews, 28th
July 1666) ; pres. by Robert, Archbishop of
Glasgow, jure devoluto, 15th May, and ord.
17th Sept. 1674; inst. 18th Aug. 1675.
It is on record that when the Presb. went
to Cavers that day " they found the church
and churchyard doors fast shut, quherwpon
they sent the Presb. officer to Sir William
Douglas his house to demand the keyes,
bot he could get accesse neither to Sir
William nor his lady, only mett with their
daughter, whose answer was that no keyes
was to be had there, so that the brethren
were necessitat, without preaching and
ordinar solemnities, to give Mr Thomas
institution at the kirk-stilo likeas they did
at the manse and gleib by delivering earth
and stone according to usual custome. It
was ordered that a letter should be written
to Archbishop Burnet to acquent his Grace
of this affront put on the Presb. in shutting
up the church and churchyard doors, and
when they came to execut his Grace's com-
mands that a number of women were con-
veened in the churchyard with their laps
full of stons, as a guard to keep us out of
church and churchyard, and beside that
some women rail'd on us, calling us soul
murderers and the divel's servants, which
letter was drawn and subscribit to give to
the Archbishop." S. was deprived by the
Privy Council, 29th Aug. 1689, for neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary. He
continued in residence till 1693, when he
retired to Hawick, where he ministered
to Episcopalians in his own lodgings till
his death in the prime of life. He marr.
Burnside, and had a son, William,
min. of Hawick, and two daughs., of whom
106
CAVERS
[PRESB. OF
Dorothea marr. 8th Dec. 1710, William
Hadden, one of the masters of the High
School, Edinburgh. — [MS. Lett, of Dr
Somerville ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peter-
kin's Constitution of the Church ; Somer-
ville's Life ; Memorie of the Somervilles, ii.]
1694
ROBERT BELL, M.A. ; ord. 14th Feb.
1694 ; trans, to Crailing 30th Nov.
1721.
1723
HUGH KENNEDY, born 1698, in north
of Ireland, of Scottish parents ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 9th March 1714) ; became
chaplain in family of Archibald Douglas of
Cavers ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 5th
Oct. 1720; ord. to Torthorwald 7th Sept.
1721 ; pres. by Arch. Douglas of Cavers
in 1722; adm. 13th Nov. 1723; trans, to
Rotterdam 25th May 1737 ; D.D. (Marischal
College and Univ., Aberdeen, 1762); died
3rd Nov. 1764. The Consistory of Rotter-
dam recorded this : " As a theologian Dr K.
stood high and was frequently consulted by
his brethren in the ministry, both Dutch as
well as English, and by private Christians ;
all of whom gave great deference to his
opinions." He marr. 16th March 1722,
Margaret (died in 1746), second sister of
Walter Scott of Crumhaugh, and had issue
— William, M.A., Professor of Greek in
Marischal College, Aberdeen, died 14th
Nov. 1782; Walter, planter in Surinam,
died in London 1777 ; Anne (marr. Alex.
Livingston, Provost of Aberdeen, and
merchant in Rotterdam) ; Rachel (marr.
5th Jan. 1722, William Fraser of Fraser-
field) ; Beatrix (marr. Captain Bradshaw) ;
and a son who died young. Publications —
Sermon at opening of the Synod (Edinburgh,
1732) ; Discourse concerning the Nature,
Author, Means, and Manner of Conversion
(1743) ; Sermons in the Dutch Language
(which have not appeared in English ; Rot-
terdam, 1748) ; A Short Account of the Rise
and Progress of a remarkable Work of Grace
in the United Netherlands (London, 1752) ;
Essay in Dutch prefixed to the Translation
of Boston's Covenant of Grace (Leyden,
1741) ; Preface to Halyburton's Great Con-
cern of Salvation. — [Steven's Scott. Ch.,
Rotterd., 196; Douglas's Peer., ii., 474;
Carlyle's Autob.]
CHARLES DOUGLAS, licen. by Presb.
1738 °^ Jedburgh 1st March 1738; pres.
by Arch. Douglas of Cavers 1st May,
and ord. 16th Aug. 1738; died 1st Dec.
1745. He marr. Isobel (died at Dalkeith,
Jan. 1748), daugh. of Walter Douglas, min.
of Linton, and had issue — Andrew, born
10th Nov. 1735 ; Walter born 14th June
1737 ; Archibald, born 4th May 1739 ; Isa-
bella, born 21st Sept. 1740 (marr. Jan.
1759, James Newbigging, writer, Edin-
burgh); William, born 3rd March 1742;
Charles, born 5th Aug. 1744.— [Forfeited
Est. Papers, Graden Est.]
THOMAS SCOTT, M.A. ; pres. by
1747 William Douglas of Cavers April
1746; ord. 17th April 1747; trans.
to Second Charge, South Leith, 12th Nov.
1762.
THOMAS ELLIOT, licen. by Presb. of
17 Jedburgh 3rd Aug. 1757; ord. to
Kirkton 12th May 1758; pres. by
Arch. Douglas of Cavers 2nd June, trans,
and adm. 23rd Nov. 1763 ; died 15th Feb.
1808, in his 77th year. He possessed con-
siderable attainments as a mathematician
and astronomer. Thomas Chalmers, D.D.,
began his ministerial life as E.'s assistant
1799-1800. He marr. 4th June 1760, Anne
(died 17th Feb. 1761), daugh. of William
Elliot of Bewlie, and Isobel Scott of
Sin ton, and had issue — William, born
15th Feb. 1761. Publications— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvii.);
"New and Improved Method of Taking
Observations at Sea" (Trans. Roy. Soc,
Edinburgh). — [Hanna's Life of Chalmers ;
Somerville's Life.]
JAMES STRACHAN, bom 28th Feb.
1783, son of William S., min. of
Coulter ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Biggar 27th
Aug. 1805 ; assistant to preceding min. ;
pres. by George Douglas of Cavers 2nd
Jan., and ord. 28th April 1809 ; died 22nd
June 1840. He marr. 24th Aug. 1819,
Jean (died 13th March 1891, aged 93),
daugh. of David Brown, min. of Crailing,
and had issue — William, H.M. Stationery
Office, London, born 22nd June 1820, died
JEDBURGH]
CAVERS— CRAILING AND NISBET
107
30th Sept. 1897 ; Janet Dawson, born 12th
Sept. 1821 ; David, born 23rd April 1823 ;
a daugh., born 19th, died 22nd May 1825 ;
James, an officer in the army, born 5th
Sept. 1831 ; Elizabeth Howison, born 27th
Dec. 1833; Robert, born 20th Dec. 1835.—
[Stevenson's Fun. Serm.]
WILLIAM GRANT, born Jedburgh,
14th May 1811, son of Lewis Grant
of the family of Auchernack, and
Isabella Veitch of Inchbonny ; educated
at George Watson's Hospital, Edinburgh,
and Edinburgh Univ. ; schoolmaster at
Minto ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh ; ord.
assistant 13th May 1840; died 26th Sept.
1853. He inarr. 25th Aug. 1840, Jane
(died 15th Jan. 1880), daugh. of James
Dickson of Mauricewood, and had issue
— Isabella, born 4th Aug. 1841 (marr. 11th
June 1879, William Robertson, D.D., min.
of Coltness), died 17th Aug. 1904 ; Lewis,
born 19th, died 30th Dec. 1842; Lewis,
engineer, Kirkcaldy, born 24th July 1844,
died 10th Jan. 1916; Jane Dickson, born
13th April 1846 (marr. 31st July 1866,
Robert Michael Ballantyne, author of The
Young Fur Traders, The Coral Island,
and many other tales for boys) ; James,
M.B., C.M., born 21st Dec. 1847, died in
Tasmania, 13th Jan. 1872 ; William, timber
merchant, and Master of the Merchant
Company of Edinburgh, 1905-7, born 16th
Dec. 1849, died 5th Aug. 1911.
1854
ALEXANDER MUNN M'COLL, born
Liverpool, 5th Feb. 1831, only son
of Alexander M., mariner, Greenock ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 12th
May 1854 ; died 18th April 1866. He marr.
2nd Aug. 1859, Jane Carfin (died 22nd Jan.
1893), daugh. of William Elliot, Hawick.
She marr. (2) 1st Aug. 1868, David Duncan,
advocate.
ALEXANDER DAVIDSON, born 17th
186_ Aug. 1828, son of John D., wood-
forester, Mintlaw, and Ann Ross ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; sometime
teacher in the Royal Caledonian School,
London ; assistant at Melrose and at
Bedrule; ord. 14th Nov. 1866; died un-
marr. 9th April 1876.
GEORGE BRUCE SCOULAR
1876 WATSON, born Methven, 4th Sept.
1843, son of George Bruce W.,
formerly min. of the United Associate
Synod at Methven, afterwards min. of the
Church of Scotland, and chaplain to the
Forces at Chatham, and Jane Scoular ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1874), B.D. (1874);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1874 ; ord.
to Logie (Dundee) 19th March 1874 ; trans,
and adm. 30th Nov. 1876. Marr. 27th Aug.
1879, Elizabeth, daugh. of John Whitson
Fleming, and has issue — Dorothea Margaret
Fleming, born 30th May 1883 ; Mabel Jane,
born 13th May 1886 (marr. 18th Oct. 1916,
John James Scott Thomson, M.A.).
CRAILING AND NISBET.
[Crailing belonged to the Abbey of Jed-
burgh. Within the parish were two hos-
pitals, Crailing Spital at Monteviot in the
south, and Spital Rule in the extreme
north.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, trans, from
158_ Ancrum and adm. in 1586, when
Nisbet and Ancrum also were in
the charge. He returned to Ancrum
after 28th May 1588. — [Reg. Assig. ;
Excheq. Buik ; Booke of the Kirk ; Calder-
wood's Hist.']
ADAM DOUGLAS, son of William D. ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1582); min. in
1588, when Eckford also was under
his care ; pres. to Yetholm by James VI.
before 15th May 1594, but continued here
and died probably unmarr., Dec. 1604, aged
about 43. His heirs were his four sisters —
Janet ; Margaret ; Isobel ; Helen. — [G. R.
Inhib., viii., 12 ; Edin. Tests. ; Reg. Assig. ;
Reg. Pres. (Catit.).]
1605
DAVID CALDERWOOD, M.A. ; prob-
ably adm. in 1605 ; trans, to Pen-
caitland 15th Dec. 1641.
THOMAS WILKIE, born about 1592,
son of Thomas W., min. of Lillies-
leaf ; M.A. (St Andrews 1614) ; pres.
by James VI. 30th Jan., and adm. before
108
CRAILING AND NISBET
[PRESB. OF
28th Sept. 1621. He was a member of
Assembly, 1638, 1644, 1646, 1648, and was
appointed to attend the Earl of Lothian's
Regiment in 1645. He died between 14th
Oct. 1657 and 6th April 1658. He marr.
a lady who survived him, and had issue
— John, served heir 3rd July 1666, and
15th Dec. 1674; William, apprentice to
William Bruce, skinner, 12th Oct. 1664.
— [Test. Reg. (Glasg.) ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Inq.
Ret. Edin., 1215 — et Gen., 5006 ; Morrison's
Diet., xvii. ; Baillie's Letters ; Acts of Ass.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, brother of George
D. of Bonjedward ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh 1635) j had a testimonial from
Presb. of Jedburgh 22nd Aug. 1638; ord.
to Yetholm 23rd April 1639; called in
Feb., and adm. after 2nd April 1661 ; he
conformed to Episcopacy, and died in
1671, aged about 56. — [Kelso Presb. Reg. ;
Wod row's Hist. ; Reg. Sec. Sig.]
ALEXANDER SMITH, M.A. (Edin-
1672 burgh, 27th July 1663); licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 22nd
June 1666 ; ord. to Edinburgh Castle 22nd
Oct. 1668; pres. by Charles II. 15th Aug.,
and inst. 18th Sept. 1672 ; died between
23rd April and 14th Aug. 1683, aged about
40. He marr. April 1673, Elizabeth Crans-
toun, probably of the Crailing family, and
had issue — William, served heir 26th March
1695.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Peebles Tests. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 7572.]
CHARLES ROSS, probably of the family
1684 °^ R°ss °f Inscn (as he was witness
to the baptism of a child of Alex-
ander R., Professor of Divinity in the
Univ. of Glasgow, along with Arthur, the
Archbishop, 4th Dec. 1683); studied at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1675-9 ; pres.
by Charles II. in March, and inst. 16th
April 1684 ; deprived by the Privy Council
Oct. 1689, for neither reading the Pro-
clamation issued by the Estates nor pray-
ing for William and Mary, and for not
observing the Fast. He died 6th Aug.
1711, in his 51st year. — [Glasgow Reg.
(Bapt.); Edin. Reg. (Bur.); MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
1692
JOHN CRANSTOUN, M.A. ; ord. 1st
Jan. 1692 ; trans, to Ancrum 2nd
March 1704.
WILLIAM GUSTHART, M.A.; called
1708 13th May, and adm. 10th June 1708 ;
trans, to Tolbooth Parish, Edinburgh,
22nd Jan. 1721.
• ROBERT BELL, born 1670, son of John
1721 "^'' mm' °^ Smailholm ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 7th May 1689); licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 12th Oct. 1693; ord.
14th Feb. 1694 to Cavers; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 1st Sept. ; trans, and
adm. 30th Nov. 1721 ; one of His Majesty's
Chaplains in Ordinary for Scotland 20th
Dec. 1734, but deprived by a political
change in 1744. He died Father op the
Church, 9th May 1755. He marr. Anne
Kennedy, and had issue — John, min. of
Gordon.— [Steven's Scott. Ch., Rotterd., 173.]
ROBERT DEANS, son of Alexander D.,
-,-_„ min. of Birse ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 11th Sept. 1750; pres. by
George II. 23rd Oct. 1755 ; ord. 18th March
1756 ; died 13th Dec. 1788. He marr. 15th
April 1765, Elizabeth (died 23rd Nov. 1801,
aged 84), daugh. of Archibald Smith, Glas-
gow.— [Tombst.]
• DAVID BROWN, born 1st June 1757,
1*789 son °^ -David B., Auchtertool ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 15th June
1785 ; pres. by George III. 6th April, and
ord. 24th Sept. 1789; died 11th Oct. 1828.
He marr. 3rd Feb. 1795, Janet (died Edin-
burgh, 4th June 1846, aged 78), daugh. of
William Dawson of Graden, an eminent
agriculturist, and had issue — Christian,
born 8th May 1796 ; Jean, born 29th
Nov. 1797 (marr. James Strachan, min. of
Cavers) ; David, W.S., born 8th May 1799 ;
Janet, born 7th July 1801 ; William Daw-
son, licentiate of the Church of Scotland,
born 19th Oct. 1802, died at Montreal, 1st
Sept. 1875 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd Dec. 1803
(marr. Robert Strachan, London) ; Mar-
garet, born 30th Nov. 1805, died 7th May
1807; Mary, born 17th March 1807;
Peter, printer, Edinburgh, born 15th Sept.
1808; John, born 8th Oct. 1810. Publica-
jedburgh] CRAILING AND NISBET— MS BET— ECKFORD
109
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Auchtertool Sess. Beg.]
ANDREW MILROY of Forthside,
1829 Stirling, born Edinburgh, 25th July
1801, son of David M. ; educated at
High School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th Aug.
1824; ord. 30th July 1829. Joined the
Free Church ; min. of Crailing Free Church
in 1843 ; trans, to Tron Free Church, Edin-
burgh, 11th April 1844 ; died 3rd May 1873.
He marr. 3rd Nov. 1829, Margaret (died
2nd Jan. 1877), daugh. of James Bryce of
Woodhall, and had issue — David, M.D.,
surgeon, 30th Regiment, served in the
Crimea, 1854, born 16th Dec. 1831, died at
Bermuda, 3rd Sept. 1864 ; Catherine Young,
born 19th Oct. 1833 (marr. Aug. 1867,
John Fleming, min. of Tron Free Church,
Edinburgh), died 4th July 1911; Janet
Wallace, born 18th Feb. 1837 (marr. 8th
Dec. 1863, William Richard Curie, C.E.,
Delhi, India), died Jan. 1892 ; Andrew-
Wallace of Forthside, MA. (Oxon. 1869),
Professor of Latin, Queen's College, London
(1870-7), Reader of the Rolls Chapel
(1874-9), Professor of Church History,
Queen's College, London (1887-98), vicar of
Carisbrooke, I.W., born 29th Aug. 1841, died
at Marseilles, 3rd March 1902. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace,
Hi.). — [Memorials of a Quiet Ministry: being
the Life and Letters of Andrew Milroy, by
his son, A. W. Milroy (London, 1876.)]
ADAM CUNNINGHAM, born 1806,
son of Charles C, and great-grandson
of Alexander C, min. of Ettrick ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Selkirk 28th June 1831 ; ord. to
Eskdalemuir 12th May 1836; trans, and
adm. 28th Sept. 1843; died unmarr. 11th
Sept. 1887.
CHARLES JAMES MORE MIDDLE-
1888 TON, born Aberdeen, 7th Dec. 1858,
son of James M. and Isabella Moir ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1884) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1887 ;
assistant at Dalbeattie ; ord. 22nd March
1888 ; chaplain to the British Forces i in
Crete, 1907-8.
NISBET.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Jedburgh. The
parish was united to Crailing, 9th July 1606.
A petition of the parishioners to Parlia-
ment, 28th June 1633, that the church of
the united parishes might be removed to
Nisbet, wras remitted to the Lords Com-
missioners of Teinds " to determine thairin
as they think fitt and expedient."]
JOHN KER, reader here and at Crailing
1574 in 1574.
HENRY LIVINGSTON, reader, 1576
1576 to 1578.
ALEXANDER GARDIN [JARDINE],
1579 reader, 1579 to 1580.
1593
JOHN JOHNSTON, M.A. ; min. in
1593. In 1594 Wilton also was under
his care, but was removed from his
charge in 1595, when Abbotrule and Bed-
rule were added instead, which arrangement
remained till 1599; trans, to Langnewton
before 6th Jan. 1607. — [Meg. Assig.]
1608
HECTOR RAE, M.A. ; adm. 8th Sept.
1608; trans, to Hownam 30th Aug.
1609.
ECKFORD.
[This parish belonged to the Abbey of
Jedburgh. At Caverton, in the parish, was
a chapel founded by Walter Ker of Cess-
ford, and confirmed by a charter of James
IV. in 1500.]
ROBERT RICHARDSON, vicar of
156 Eckford in 1556 ; archdeacon of
Teviotdale in 1567; died in 1571.
—[Knox, Hist., i., 373.]
1572 JOHN CLERK, reader, 1572 to 1591.
ANDREW CLAYHILLS, trans, from
1593 Jedburgh ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. previous to 30th April
1593; trans, to Monifieth 16th June 1598.
110
ECKFORD
[PRESB. OF
1610
PATRICK URQUHART, M.A. ; trans.
1600 ^ rom Langnewton ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 8th Feb.
1600 ; trans, to Lindean [Galashiels] before
13th March 1605.
- JOHN BOYLE, M.A. (Edin., 28th July
1608 1596'" Tnou§n afflicted with blind-
ness, he was nom. for a proposed
Second Charge at Jedburgh in 1601 ; adra.
here 5th May 1608 ; preached for the last
time in this charge 13th Sept. 1609 ; dep.
for immoral conduct 11th Jan. 1610.—
[Calderwood's Hist., vi., 24, 712.]
THOMAS ABERNETHY, son of
Thomas A. of Glencorse, and Jean
Straiton, was brother of John A., min.
of Jedburgh ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th July
1596) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 31st
Dec. 1600 ; adm. to Durisdeer before 20th
May 1601 ; trans, to Hawick that year ;
trans, and adm. 22nd Feb. 1610. He was
summoned before the Court of High Com-
mission, 10th Jan. and 28th June 1622, for
not complying with the ordinances of the
Assembly in 1618. Through the inter-
cession of his brother, who had become
Bishop of Caithness, the case was delayed
till 9th July following, when it was passed
over. He died after 28th Oct. 1640, aged
about 64. He niarr. 12th Oct. 1603,
Beatrix Criche ; Daniel A., his nephew,
was served heir 9th June 1641. — [Edin.
Reg. {Marr.) ; Reg. Assig. ; Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 549 ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 2576.]
ROBERT MARTIN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1641 ^U^ 1612) ; adm. min. of Mow after
23rd Sept. 1617; trans, to Ettrick
5th May 1618; pres. by Charles I. 2nd
Jan., trans, and adm. 23rd June 1641. He
refused to conform to Episcopacy, and died
12th Aug. 1665, aged about 73. He marr.
(cont. 22nd May 1624) Marion, daugh. of
Walter Scott of Gamescleugh, and had
issue — Rachel (marr. Alexander Paterson).
— [Reg. of Deeds, ccclxxiii., 55 ; P. R. Sas.,
Peebles ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tornbst .]
WILLIAM TURNBULL, son of William
T., min. of Makerstoun ; M.A. (Edin-
1666
burgh, 30th July 1646) ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Jedburgh, and had a
1 testimonial 4th July 1665 for license ;
i pres. by Charles II. 9th Nov., coll. in Dec.
1665 ; inst. 10th Jan. 1666 ; probably died
t between 3rd Jan. and 4th April 1677, aged
; about 50. He marr. (name unknown), and
I had issue — John, M.A. — [G. R. Homings,
18th July 1670; Min.-book Reg. Privy
! Seal.]
WILLIAM NASMYTH, M.A. (Edin-
1678 burgh, 30th June 1658) ; chaplain
to John Mow of Mow; licen. by
Presb. of Kelso 26th June 1660; adm. to
Borgue in 1664 ; trans, to Tarbolton in 1666;
pres. by Charles II. 18th Dec. 1677 ; trans,
and coll. in April, and inst. 8th May 1678 ;
deprived by the Privy Council, 4th Sept.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates nor praying for William and
Mary, but for the restoration of James
VII. He died 8th April 1696, aged about
58, and was buried the following day in
Greyfriars, Edinburgh. — [Min.-book Reg.
i Privy Seal, Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution of
the Church.']
1694
JAMES NOBLE, M.A. (Edinburgh, 5th
Aug. 1679 ; ord. in 1688 as min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Bran-
ton ; adm. to Yetholm before 16th Oct. 1690;
called in Nov. 1693 ; trans, and adm. 4th
April 1694; died 17th Aug. 1739, in his
83rd year. He marr. 1694, Grace Hutton,
who died 12th Sept. 1772, aged 70, and had
issue — Agnes (marr. her father's successor) ;
William ; Gabriel ; Edward ; James ; Grace.
— [Kelso Presb. and Yetholm Sess. Reg. ;
Tornbst.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, schoolmaster at
1731 Eyemouth; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 29th Sept. 1719 ; called
23rd Sept. 1730 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th Feb. 1731 ; he dissented
from the Act deposing the eight Seceders,
15th May 1740; died 21st Oct. 1754, in his
64th year. He marr. 13th July 1731, Agnes
Noble, daugh. of his predecessor ; she died
11th Sept. 1757, aged 62, leaving issue —
Jean, born 29th Oct. 1735 ; James.— [Kelso
Rec, 7th Oct. 1718; Tornbst.; Reg. Gen.
Ass., 1740; Morren's Ann.]
JEDBURGH]
ECKFORD— EDGERSTON (Q.S.)
Ill
1755
WILLIAM PATON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
18th March 1742) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 30th April 1745 ; pres.
by George II. 17th Feb., and ord. 27th
Aug. 1755 ; died 6th May 1807, in his 87th
year. He marr. 11th April 1759, Sarah
(died 19th Jan. 1819, aged 89), daugh. of
James Nasmyth, ruin, of Dalmeny, and
had issue — an only daugb., Marion, born
27th Jan. 1760, died 3rd Dec. 1820. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, viii.). — {Dalmeny Sess. Rey. ;
Tombst.]
1807
JAMES YOUNG, born 1774, son of
Peter Y., Bedrule ; licen. by Presb.
of Jedburgh 7th April 1802 ; pres. by
George III. 5th June, and ord. 24th Sept.
1807 ; died 9th March 1822. He marr. 21st
July 1809, Marion (died at Edinburgh, 7th
Aug. 1857, aged 75), eldest daugh. of James
Hume, schoolmaster of Lasswade, and had
issue — Margaret Simpson, born 19th Oct.
1811; Euphemia, born 15th Jan. 1813;
Peter, colonial surgeon, Hong-Kong, born
23rd March 1814 ; Marion, born 23rd Sept.
1815 (marr. James Hope, min. of Rox-
burgh) ; Beatrix Laing, born 3rd March
1818 ; James Hume, M.D., first medical
missionary of the Presbyterian Church of
England, at Amoy, China, born 11th Oct.
1819, died at Musselburgh, 11th Feb. 1855 ;
Janet, born 28th Feb. 1821.— [Tombst.]
GEORGE GRAY, pres. by George IV.,
and ord. 19th Sept. 1822 ; trans, to
Maybole 18th Sept. 1828.
JOSEPH YAIR, born 2nd Sept. 1798,
1829 e^est son °f Davki Y., writer,
Glasgow, and Janet Patterson ; edu-
cated at Grammar School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1820) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 25th June 1824 ; pres. by George
IV., and ord. 7th May 1829; died 25th
April 1892. He marr. 12th Dec. 1836,
Helen Blair (born 11th July 1819, died
27th Jan. 1889), daugh. of Archibald
M'Dougall, Cessford, and had issue —
Christian Archibald M'Dougall, born 16th
July 1838 (marr. William Lamb, min. of
Ednam) ; David William, min. of Firth,
born 28th Aug. 1840; Janet Elizabeth
Colquhoun, born 27th July 1842, died
24th May 1856; Archibald M'Dougall,
custom - house officer, New York, born
30th Dec. 1843, died 6th July 1909;
Helen Blair M'Dougall, born 2nd March
1846 (marr. Patrick, eldest son of James
Chrystal, D.D., L.L.D., min. of Auchin-
leck) ; Elizabeth Colquhoun, born 25th
Jan. 1848, died unmarr. 18th Feb. 1890;
Joseph, accountant, Canada, born 20th
Jan. 1850; Agnes Archibald M'Dougall,
born 27th Dec. 1851 ; John MacRae, M.D.,
born 9th Dec. 1854, died 31st May 1903.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iii.).
ROBERT GILLESPIE, born South
1892 Glassmount, Kinghorn, 7th Sept.
1862, son of John G. and Barbara
Waddell ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews; M.A. (1882), B.D. (1885); licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 1890 ; assistant at
St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. 28th Sept. 1892 ;
died unmarr. 14th Nov. 1896.
CHARLES LUCIUS M'LAREN, born
18g7 5th Oct. 1867, son of Alexander
M., D.D., min. of Houston, Ren-
frewshire ; educated at Houston School
and Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 1890; assistant at St Mary's
Parish, Edinburgh; ord. 29th April 1897.
Marr. 2nd Sept. 1897, Isabella Blyth,
daugh. of Thomas Dall, C.A., Edinburgh,
and has issue — Aileen Mona Dall, born
9th Oct. 1898 ; Anne Catherine Louise,
born 29th Nov. 1903.
EDGERSTON (Q.S.).
[A church was built at Edgerston in 1838.
The parish was disjoined from Jedburgh,
Southdean, and Oxnam in July 1855.]
JOHN FERGUSSON, born Wallace-
1855 town, Dumfries, 1824, son of David
F. and Mary Kerr ; educated at
Hutton Hall Academy, and Univs. of
Edinburgh and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh ; assistant at Green-
side Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. first min. of
this parish 13th Sept. 1855 ; clerk of
112
EDGERSTON (Q.S.)— HAWICK
[PRESB. OF
Presb., 1863-91 ; died 10th Dec. 1891. He
marr. 29th Aug. 1871, Margaret, daugh. of
Isaac Richardson, and widow of Joseph
Spence Smith, and had issue — David, M.A.,
B.L., solicitor, Dumfries, born 12th Sept.
1872 : Margaret Isabella Richardson, born
23rd Feb. 1877; Maud Mary, born 12th
Oct. 1879 (marr. 20th June 1906, Norman
Porteous, C.E., lieut. R.E.).
THOMAS GORDON, born 30th Nov.
1892 1^44, son of John G. of Threave
Mains, min. of Twynholm : edu-
cated at Kirkcudbright Academy and
Univ. of Glasgow: M.A. (1864), B.D.
(1879) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
Aug. 1866 ; assistant at BothweU, Scone,
Twynholm, Balmaghie, Fenwick, 1866-77 ;
at Saughtree Mission, Castleton, Edgerston,
Kirkcolm, Paisley (Middle Parish), 1877-90 ;
ord. to Demerara 22nd March 1888 : adm.
to this charge 31st March 1892. Marr.
3rd Dec. 1895, Adelaide, daugh. of James
Dobie, surgeon-dentist, Paisley. Publica-
tions— The Scottish Reformation Movement
in the Sixteenth Century (Edinburgh, 1883) ;
Creed and Civilisation — their Alliance in
the Experience of History (London, 1905).
HAWICK.
[There was a church here in 1183, when
" Henry the parson :; was witness to a
charter of land in the territory of Hawick,
The names of parson, chaplain, and vicar
of the kirk of Hawick occur in documents
of the twelfth century. The church was
dedicated to St Mary, by Adam, Bishop
of Caithness, 29th May 1214. In 1844 a
new church for the parish was erected at
the expense of Walter Francis, Duke of
Buccleuch, the old building becoming the
church of the quoad S'Tcra parish of St
Mary erected in 1866.]
HENRY SCOTT, reader in 1574.— [Beg.
1574 Ass-iy.]
WILLIAM AUCHMOUTIE, min. in
1574 1574, when Cavers, Hassendean,
Kirkton, and Wilton were in the
charge. He was still min. in 1591. — [Hey.
Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk ; Wodrow's
Afiscell.]
JOHN SAXDILAXDS, M.A.. styled
1583 Parson °f Hawick,'' 1563: died at
Edinburgh, 21st May 1583. — [Compt
of Sub-Collector of Thirds, Int. Beg. : Ed>n.
Tests.]
WILLIAM FOWLER, born c. 1560, son
_^ of Wm. F.. merchant burgess of
Edinburgh : attended St Leonard's
College, St Andrews, 1573-4 and 1578;
M.A. ; studied law at Paris in 1580, where
he suffered persecution from his Roman
Catholic countrymen. A similar fate befell
him at Rome. On his return to Scotland he
published An Ansicer to the Calumnious
Letter and Erroneous Brojjositiouns of an
Apostat named M, Jo. Hammiltoun (Edin-
burgh : Robert Lekprewick, 15S1), dedicated
to Francis, Earl of BothweU. During part
of 1583 and 1584 he was in London, where
he acted as a spy on Esme, Duke of Lennox,
and the French faction. To James VI.'s
Essayes of a Brent ise (1584) he contributed
a commendatory sonnet. In 1585, as
•• Minister of O ("O* apparently = blank),
he was paid two-thirds of the parsonage of
Hawick, the above William Auchmoutie
drawing the other third. In June 1586,
Fowler, described as ::of Hawik," is men-
tioned as being in the train of the Earl of
BothweU. who is known to have presented
him to that rectory and vicarage. '' William
Fowler, persoun of Hawik," accompanied the
ambassador, Sir Peter Young, to Denmark
in May 1589, and took part in the negotia-
tions which led to the marriage of James
YI. and Princess Anne. He was appointed
Master of Requests and Secretary-Depute to
the Queen in Nov. 1589, and eventually her
secretary, hi Feb. 1594 he received from the
Crown a grant of its third of the parsonage
of Hawick. He accompanied Queen Anne
to England in 1603, and died in May 1612.
His eldest son. Ludovic, was " Portioner of
Restalrig.:: Publications — Fowler was a
somewhat prolific writer, but little appeared
in print during his lifetime. Two MSS.,
containing his The Tarantula of Love and
a verse translation of Petrarch'* Triontf.
were presented by his nephew. William
JEDBURGH]
HAWICK
113
Drummond of Hawthornden, to the Uni-
versity of Edinburgh in 1627. The Haw-
thornden MSS. in the Museum of National
Antiquities, Edinburgh, include, among
various pieces of his in prose and verse,
an almost complete translation of Machia-
velli's Prince. Fowler's work illustrates
the literary influences, more particularly
Italian, which prevailed at the court of
James NI.—[Edin. Univ. Laing MSS., 494 ;
David Laing in Archceologia Scotica, iv.,
70 ; T. Graves Law, Catholic Tractates, pp.
xlii.-iv. (Scot. Text Soc.) ; Hist. MSS. Com.
Rpts., Hatfield MSS., xii., 450 ; Cal. Scot.
Papers, vi., passim ; Cal. Scot. Papers, viii.,
452 ; P. C. Beg., 2nd ser., iv., 520 ■ Edin,
Burgh Records, iv., 543-4 ; Reg. Sec. Sig.,
Ixvi., f. 78 ; ibid., lxvii., f. 59 ; Fowler's
Works, ed. Henry W. Meikle, D.Litt. (Scot.
Text Soc, 1914); A. F. Westcott's New
Poems of James I. of England ; Irving's
Hist, of Scot. Poetry ; Masson's Drummond
of Hawthornden ; E. T. Bradley's Arabella
Stuart.']
THOMAS ABERNETHY, MA. ; trans.
1601 from Durisdeer, and adm. 1601 ;
trans, to Eckford 22nd Feb. 1610.
ADAM SCOTT, son of Walter S., mer-
1612 cnan^ burgess of Edinburgh ; MA.
(Edinburgh, 25th July 1607); min.
of Minto in 1608 ; pres. by Walter, Lord
Scott of Buccleuch 27th Aug. 1612 ; trans.
and adm. soon after ; still min. 7th Dec.
1623 ; died before 20th April 1625.— [Prot.
Bk. of John Hay, viii., 166 ; Edin. Reg.
(Bapt.) ; Reg. Assig.]
ROBERT CUNNINGHAME, M.A.
1625 (Glasgow 1608) ; on the recommenda-
tion of the Principal and regents of
Edinburgh Univ. he was licen. by Presb.
of Haddington, 8th Sept. 1617 ; pres. by
Walter, Earl of Buccleuch, and adm. here
20th April 1625. He was a member of
Assembly in 1638, and of the Commission
in 1647; died after 8th Oct. 1656. His
signature is attached to the copy of the
National Covenant preserved at Cavers.
He marr. Margaret Shaw, and had issue
—Patrick, min. of Kirkton ; Thomas ;
James ; Alexander ; Francis, apprenticed
VOL. II.
to John Rankine, merchant, Edinburgh,
25th Feb. 1663 ; Catherine ; Anna.— [Had-
dington Presb. Reg. ; P. C. Reg., 2nd ser.,
iv., 520.]
JOHN SCOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th
165,_ July 1650); tutor in the family of
Gilbert Eliott of Stobs ; called 8th
Feb. and adm. 29th July 1657 ; deprived by
! Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
| Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He frequently
officiated at conventicles, and was instru-
! mental in the escape to London, in 1681,
of Archibald, Earl of Argyll, who was
afterwards beheaded. "When the Earl
mounted a horse prepared for him, the
min. of Hawick advised him to ride on
without ever slackening bridle till he
should arrive at Torwoodlee, and gave him
a verbal token by which he would be
received." He survived the Revolution, but
did not return to his parish. He marr. (1)
28th Sept. 1658, Marion (died July 1661,
aged 19), daugh. of John Livingston, min.
of Ancrum : (2) Elizabeth Anderson, who
was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 26th
March 1698.— [Edin. Tests.; Edin. Reg.
(Bur.); Wodrow's Hist., i., 326; Living-
ston's Life; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7970; The
Covenanters of Teviotdale, 47.]
ALEXANDER KINNEAR, M.A. (Edin-
1663 burgh 1647) ; schoolmaster of Lesma-
hagow 1653 ; adm. (assistant) at
Roberton before 1st June 1655 ; trans.
1656 to Bathgate ; pres. in June, and inst.
before 2nd Aug. 1663 ; died between 20th
March and 10th May 1667, aged about 40.
He marr. 11th Sept. 1666, Margaret Cun-
ningham, who survived him, and marr. (2)
(pro. 24th Nov. 1670) Robert Richardson,
writer, Edinburgh. — [G. R. Inhib., 28th
May 1675 ; Edin. Marr. Reg.]
1667
JOHN LANGLANDS, born 1633, said
to be son of John L., min. of Wilton ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 31st July 1662);
licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 3rd
Oct. 1666 ; pres. in July, and inst. 23rd
Oct. 1667; deprived by the Privy Council,
4th Sept. 1689, for neither reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates nor praying for
William and Mary. He removed to Aln-
H
114
HAWICK
[PEESB. OF
wick, where lie died 24th May 1707. He
marr. Margaret Rutherfurd, and had issue
— Robert; John; Margaret; Alison; Mar-
garet.— [Reg. Collat. ; Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Peterkin's Con-
stitution of the Church ; Paper by Sir J.
A. H. Murray, LL.D., in Trans. Hawick
Archoeol. Soc., 1863].
ALEXANDER ORROCK, born 1652, son
16Q1 of Alexander O. of Orrock, Fife, by
his wife, Elizabeth, sister of Sir John
Wemyss of Bogie. On 15th Feb. 1665 he
entered St Salvator's College, St Andrews,
where he graduated M.A. 25th July 1668.
We do not know how or where he spent the
next nineteen years, but in 1687 he was
licen. by the Presb. of St Andrews. From
the first, Orrock was a determined opponent
of Episcopacy, conspicuously identifying
himself with the views and conduct of
Alexander Hamilton of Kinkel, St Andrews.
Both men were more than once arrested
and lodged in the Edinburgh Tolbooth, and
Orrock was inhibited from preaching. On
being liberated, he persisted in preach-
ing at Dundee and St Andrews, but was
seized by order of Archbishop Ross : a
strong attempt at rescue was made, Orrock's
friend Hamilton "beating off some who
laid violent hands" on him. After the
Revolution he was called to the Second
Charge of St Andrews, but the Synod, 7th
April 1691, refused to settle him there.
On 23rd Sept. of the same year he was
admitted to this charge. He was a member
of Assembly in 1692. He declined calls to
Peebles, Muthill, and Kelso. In 1705 he
complained to the Assembly of certain Acts
of Synod as being needlessly severe and
oppressive. Although not a member of the
Court, he attempted to speak, but was
refused a hearing. He was stopped by
the Moderator (Principal Carstares), and
by the Lord High Commissioner (William,
Marquess of Annandale), and left the As-
sembly only on a peremptory command.
A protest against the Assembly's proceed-
ings was made to Parliament by Fletcher
of Saltoun, but being coldly received, was
departed from. Fletcher pleaded for a re-
conciliation, which was afterwards effected.
Orrock died unman., 23rd April 1711 [the
date 1st May 1711, on memorial tablets in
St Mary's and Hawick Parish churches,
is an error]. He left 9000 merks for the
endowment of a grammar school, a be-
quest still in use as the Orrock Bursary,
and worth about £60. For the poor of the
parish he left 1600 merks; and to the church,
four silver communion cups and a baptismal
basin ; while to his successors in office he
bequeathed his library. Publication —
Address to the General Assembly, 1705,
against the Tyrannical Imposition of the
Synod of Merse and Teviotdale. — [A". S.
Record and Baptismal Font Inscription ;
Kelso Presb. ; Reg. Syn. Fife ; Boston's
Memoirs ; Fountainhall's Diary ; Wodrow's
MSS. ; Scot. Presb. Eloq. ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1692 ; Charters' Sermons, ii. ; Wilson's
Hist, of Hawick ; Tombst. ; Murray's Hist.
of Hawick ; Vernon's " Alexander Orrock "
(Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1909).]
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, born 1668,
1712 son of Patrick O, min. of Kirkton ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th May 1689);
licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 27th Sept. 1693 ;
ord. to Wilton 18th April 1694 ; called 8th
Nov. 1711 ; trans, and adm. 4th June 1712 ;
died 5th Aug. 1722. He marr. (cont. 18th
and 23rd Aug. 1699), Marjory, second
daugh. of William Ker of Sunderland Hall,
and had issue — Robert ; Alexander ; Janet
(marr. Henry Erskine, min. of Roberton).
— [Roxburgh Sas., vii., 94 ; Roberton Sess.
Reg. ; Vernon's "Alexander Orrock " (IVans.
Hawick Arch. Soc, 1909).]
CHARLES TELFER, born 1693, son of
ll723 Charles T., bailie of Edinburgh, and
captain of the Trained Band ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 17th April 1712); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh (though at first un-
willing to sign the Confession of Faith)
3rd June 1719 ; assistant to preceding min.,
10th Sept. 1721 ; pres. by Anne, Duchess of
Buccleuch and Monmouth, Nov. 1722 ; ord.
13th Jan. 1723. He preached before the
Lord High Commissioner, 24th May 1730
(from Eccl. vii. 10), and next day he was
called before the Committee on Overtures
for certain comparisons which he had used,
but was dismissed without censure. He died
between 24th June and 7th July 1731. He
JEDBURGH]
HAWICK
115
marr. 8th July 1727, Katherine Elliot,
widow of David Laing of Westerkirk,
Hawick. She was alive in 1746. — [Wod-
row's Anal, and Corresp.]
1732
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, born 1691,
son of Thomas S., min. of Cavers ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th April 1707);
tutor in the family of Alexander, fourth
Lord Elibank ; licen. by Presb. of Duns
6th Oct. 1719, "and soon after became an
inmate in the family of James, Lord Somer-
ville, in whose house he remained, managing
his Lordship's business affairs till the time
of his ordination"; called 17th Nov. 1731 ;
ord. 29th March 1732 ; died 8th Feb. 1757.
He marr. (1) 19th Oct. 1732, Janet (died
10th June 1749), daugh. of John Grierson,
min. of Queensferry, and had issue — Agnes,
born 26th June 1735; Helen, born 14th
Aug. 1736; Thomas, D.D., min. of Jed-
burgh ; Janet, born 12th Nov. 1745 : (2)
16th July 1753, Isabel Scott of White-
haugh, who died 1st May 1759. — [Nisbet's
Heraldry, ii. ; Somerville:s My Own Life
and Times ; Trans. Haivick Arch. Soc, 1862.]
JAMES LAURIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17 7 19th March 1724); licen. by Presb.
of Duns 26th Sept. 1732; ord. to
Langton 8th Jan. 1734 ; pres. by the
trustees of Henry, Duke of Buccleuch,
11th May ; trans, and adm. 7th Oct. 1757 ;
died 23rd Dec. 1783, aged about 79. He
marr. 31st July 1743, Elizabeth Foggo, who
died 22nd March 1792, and had issue — John,
min. of Ewes, born 10th June 1744 ; Mary,
born 5th July 1748; Elizabeth, born 30th
Aug. 1751.— [Carlyle's Autob.]
THOMAS SHARP, trans, from Ettrick ;
1784 Pres" ky Henry, Duke of Buccleuch,
22nd April, and adm. 22nd Oct. 1784 ;
trans, to Corstorphine 15th Oct. 1789.
ROBERT GILL AN, born 7th June 1761,
l7 9 son of Robert G., min. of Lessudden
[St Boswells] ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh ;
ord. to Ettrick 11th May 1787; pres. by
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, 23rd Oct. ;
trans, and adm. 30th Dec. 1789 ; dem.
7th May 1800; died at Edinburgh, 7th
May 1824. He marr. 4th April 1798,
Marion (died at Abbotshall, 21st Nov.
1845), daugh. of William Campbell, min. of
Lilliesleaf, and had issue — Robert, D.D.,
min. of Inchinnan, born 1st Oct. 1799 ;
William, born 5th Oct. 1800; Margaret,
born 13th Feb. 1804; Joseph, born 20th
July 1805 ; Alexander Murray, born 20th
June 1807; Cauvin, born 14th May 1812;
Agnes Farquharson, born 16th Jan. 1815.
Publications — An Abridgement of the Acts
of the General Assemblies of the Church of
Scotland from the Year 1638 to 1802 in-
clusive (Hawick, 1803); A Short View of
Modem Astronomy, for the Use of Schools
and Private Classes (Edinburgh, 1814). He
edited The Scottish Pulpit : A Collection of
Sermonsby E minent Clergymenof the Church
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1823) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, viii.).
JAMES ARKLE, licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews 3rd May 1786; ord. to
Castle ton 26th April 1792 ; pres. by
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, 5th Sept., and
adm. 19th Dec. 1800 ; died unmarr. 16th
March 1823, in his 64th year. Publica-
tions— Sermon preached in the Church of
Hawick, Dec. 5, 1805, a Day appointed
for National Thanksgiving (Hawick,
1806); Account of Castleton (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xvi.).
JOHN COCHRANE, born 4th Jan.
1823 1^8^j son °f J°nn C., farmer, Easter
Lilliesleaf ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 6th
Aug. 1811; assistant at Lilliesleaf; min.
of a Presbyterian congregation at Falstone,
Northumberland ; adm. to the Scots Church,
North Shields (in succession to his uncle,
Walter Knox), 29th May 1817; pres. by
the trustees of Walter Francis, Duke of
Buccleuch and Queensberry, 4th June, and
adm. 12th Sept. 1823; died 12th Sept. 1832.
He marr. 30th July 1816, Jessie Elizabeth
(died 11th Nov. 1868), daugh. of Thomas
Knox, farmer, Firth, Lilliesleaf, and Bar-
bara Turnbull, and sister of William Knox,
the poet, and had issue — Barbara, born 8th
March 1817, died 11th Jan. 1894 (marr.
14th Sept. 1836, Robert Laidlaw Lang,
writer, Edinburgh, and was mother of Peter
Redford Scott Lang, Professor of Mathe-
116
HAWICK
[PRESB. OF
matics, Univ. of St Andrews); Jessie
Knox, born 1819, died 5th Feb. 1882 ; Jane
Ayres, born 20th April 1820, died 6th Jan.
1891.— [William Knox's Poems.]
JOHN AIKMAN WALLACE, born
Edinburgh, 19th Jan. 1802, son of
James W., gunmaker, and Janet
Clapperton ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th
Oct. 1825 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
to Burntisland 25th Oct. 1827 ; pres. by
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch and
Queensberry, in March, trans, and adm.
10th May 1833. He was pres. to Galashiels
Dec. 1840, but translation was refused by
the Presb. He joined the Free Church ;
min. of Hawick Free Church in 1844 ; died
9th Feb. 1870. He marr. 9th Sept. 1834,
Isabella (died 25th Oct. 1859), daugh. of
James Nisbet, bookseller, London, and had
issue — James Nisbet, born 17th Dec. 1835,
died 9th Jan. 1836 ; Jeanetta Nisbet, born
13th July 1838, died at Kelso, 28th Oct.
1852 ; Wilhelmina Hepburn, born 14th July
1840 (marr. John Macgregor, min. of the
Free Church, Hawick), died 25th Sept.
1869 ; James Nisbet, min. of the Presby-
terian Church of England, Torquay, born
30th Jan. 1842 ; Isabella Duncan, born 23rd
March 1844 ; Catherine Nisbet, born 12th
May 1846, died 14th Dec. 1913 ; Hamilton
Gordon, captain African Mail S.S. Co.,.
born 26th Sept. 1848; Alexander Duff
Leadbetter, bookseller, Edinburgh, born
22nd Aug. 1850 ; Amy Jeannetta, born
31st March 1853, died 2nd May 1907. Pub-
lications— " The Death of the Righteous "
(Protestant Pulpit, Edinburgh, 1830) ; The
Church built by Human Agency (London,
1831) ; The Seven Chttrches of Asia (London,
1842) ; Reasons for Concurring in the
Resolutions of Convocation (London, 1843) ;
Pastoral Recollections (First Series, London,
1843 ; Second Series, Edinburgh, 1854 ;
Third Series, Edinburgh, 1864) ; Testimonies
in favour of the Principles and Procedure
of the Free Church of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1844) ; The Chariot of Israel and the
Horsemen thereof (Edinburgh, 1847) ; The
Railway Guide (Edinburgh, 1849); Statis-
tics having References to the Ravages of
Cholera in the Town and Neighbourhood of
Hawick in 1849 (Hawick, 1850) ; A Pastor's
Legacy [extracts from the MSS. of the Rev.
Robert Nichol, Galashiels], (Edinburgh,
1864) ; Jewels for the Crown of Glory (Edin-
burgh, 1864); Attitudes and Aspects of the
Divine Redeemer (Edinburgh, 1864) ; Com-
munion Services according to the Presbyterian
Form (Edinburgh, 1865); Waymarksfor the
Guiding of Little Feet (Edinburgh, 1866) ;
Lessons from the Life of the late James Nisbet
(Edinburgh, 1867); Fa?-ewell A ddresses (Edin-
burgh, 1870) ; Account of the Parish (Neiv
Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Border Almanac, 1871 ;
Sin ton's Hawick Bibliography^]
JOHN MACRAE, born Glasgow, 25th
1843 ^an* 1815> eldest son of James M.,
shoemaker, Glasgow ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow; ord. 28th Sept. 1843; D.D.
(Glasgow 1864) ; died 8th Jan. 1892. He
was Founder of the Church of Scotland
Mission at Blantyre, British Central Africa.
He marr. 24th Jan. 1844, Margaret (died s.p.
14th March 1882), daugh. of Archibald Mac-
Lachlan, Seabank, Helensburgh. Publica-
tions— Sermons (Hawick, 1851); Sermon
for the National Fast (Edinburgh, 1854) ;
The Scripture Law of Marriage (Hawick,
1861 ; 2nd ed., 1862) ; Sermon on the
Completion of the Fortieth Year of his
Ministry (Hawick, 1883) ; Sermon on the
Death of the Duke of Buccleuch and
Queensberry (Hawick, 1884) ; Sermon on
the Death of H.R.H. Prince Leopold
(Hawick, 1884) ; Sermon on the Life and
Character of General Gordon (Hawick,
1 885) ; Sermon on Disestablishment and Re-
ligious Equality (Hawick, 1885) ; Funeral
Sermon on the Life and Character of the
Rev. James Stewart, Minister of Wilton
(Hawick, 1886) ; Sermon on the Life and
Character of Her Gracious Majesty the
Queen [Victoria] (Hawick, 1887).— [Pidpit
Memorial of the Life and Character of
the late Rev. John MacRae, D.D., by
John Mair, D.D. (Hawick, 1892); Sinton's
Hawick Bibliograjjhy.]
DAVID CATHELS, born Arbroath, 24th
Dec. 1853, son of John C. and
Katharine Boath; educated at
Dundee schools and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
.iedburgh] HAWICK— ST JOHN'S (Q.S.)— ST MARY'S (Q.S.)
117
M.A. (1878) j licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
in 1881 ; assistant at Hawick ; ord. to Kirk-
ton 22nd Feb. 1882 ; trans, and adm. 18th
May 1892. In 1913-14 he visited the Church
of Scotland Mission at Ichang, China, as a
deputy of the Foreign Mission Committee.
Marr. (1) 25th Dec. 1879, Mildred Mar-
garet (died 15th Oct. 1901), daugh.of Peter
Gardner, and has issue — Katherine Stewart,
born 18th Nov. 1880; Mildred Margaret
Lindsay, M.B., CM., born 9th Oct. 1882 ;
John Howard Crawford, born 23rd March
1884 ; Jean Gardner, M.B., CM., born 11th
June 1885 ; Louis Patrick, born 8th April
1887 : (2) 1st Sept. 1904, Margaret Agnes,
daugh. of John Hewat, Edinburgh. Publi-
cations— Ourselves and Our Times, a Guild
Sermon (Hawick, 1887) ; Christian Man-
hood (Hawick, 1889) ; Landmarks : a
Common- Riding Sermon (Hawick, 1895);
Honour the King, a sermon (Hawick, 1897) ;
The Reformation and John Knox (Hawick,
1905).
ST JOHN'S, HAWICK (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from the parish of Hawick
and the quoad sacra parish of St Mary,
and erected into a parish quoad sacra by
Decreet of the Court of Teinds, 17th May
1881.]
JOHN THOMSON, born Over-Rox-
1881 burgh, 31st May 1823, son of William
T. and Margaret Shiel j educated
at Ancrum School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso in 1854 ;
assistant at Selkirk ; ord. to St Mary's
Chapel-of-Ease, 11th May 1860 ; res. 22nd
Oct. 1879 ; adm. to this charge 14th
March 1881 ; died 20th April 1889. He
marr. 17th March 1861, Mary Ann, daugh.
of James Scott of Allanshaws and Mary
Brown, and had issue — Margaret Shiel,
born 4th March 1863 (marr. 8th June
1882, Robert Grierson Laidlaw, Hazelwood,
Hawick) ; Mary Brown, born 12th Oct.
1864, died 31st May 1865; Mary Scott,
born 24th April 1868, died next day ; and
three others, who also died in infancy.
His widow marr. secondly, 21st July 1890,
William Ludovic Mair, Sheriff-Substitute
of Lanarkshire, and died 20th Feb.
1891. Publications — Address to Ploughmen
(Hawick, 1866); The Art of Weaving
Spiritualised (Hawick, 1869) ; Voices from
the Plough (Hawick, 1869); History of
Peter Plough (Hawick, 1872); Life of
William Thomson (Kelso, 1875; 2nd ed.,
1879) ; Alexander Hope, a Hawick Story,
2 parts (Hawick, 1878-9); Life of James
Scott of Allanshaivs (Kelso, 1879) ; The Art
of Plowing Spiritualised (Hawick, n.d.) ;
Sermon, Isaiah ii. 10 (Hawick, n.d.) ; [by
Mrs Thomson] Speeches delivered on Differ-
ent Occasions (Hawick, 1882). — [Sinton's
Hawick Bibliography.
ALEXANDER M'INROY THOMSON,
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 1888
assistant at St Clement's, Dundee
ord. 15th Oct. 1889; res. 21st Feb. 1894
died unmarr., 28th Sept. 1897.
WILLIAM BROWN, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1894 21st ^U°' 1894 ' trans- t0 Campsie
27th March 1902.
ROBERT MARCUS DICKSON, M.A.,
B.D. ; ord. 3rd Sept. 1902 ; trans, to
1902
Lanark 17th Nov. 1905.
1906
WILLIAM LINDSAY, M.A. ; ord. 3rd
May 1906; trans, to Newbattle 17th
June 1913.
ARTHUR HENRY DUNNETT, born
1913 25th Feb' 1882' S°n °f Wllliam D->
min. of Kilmarnock ; educated at
Kilmarnock Academy, Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh; M.A. (Glasgow 1907),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1910) ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine in 1910 ; assistant at Dalziel and at
St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. 11th Nov. 1913.
Marr. 14th April 1914, Jessie Fletcher,
M.A., daugh. of John Lamb, min. of West
Kilbride, and has issue — Fiona, born 8th
Nov. 1915.
ST MARY'S, HAWICK (Q.S.).
[The church built in 1763 was the parish
church of Hawick till 1844. Disjoined from
the parish of Hawick, and erected into a
parish by Decreet of the Court of Teinds,
14th March I860.]
118 ST MARGARET'S (Q.S.)— HOBKIRK AND ABBOTRULE [presb. of
JOHN THOMSON, ord. 11th May
I860 1860; reS< 22ncl °Ct" 1879; became
min. of St John's, Hawick, 14th
March 1881.
J STEWART BURNS, born Dundee, 25th
May 1855, son of William B. and
Marjory Gray ; educated at High
School, Dundee, and Univ. of St Andrews ;
M.A. (1874); licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews in 1878 ; assistant at Portmoak,
and at Lady Yester's, Edinburgh ; ord.
18th March 1880. Marr. 10th Feb. 1886,
Elizabeth Carruthers Murray, and has
issue — Jannet Murray Dow, born 19th Oct.
1888 ; Marjory Gray, born 30th Dec. 1889,
died 8th Jan. 1890.
ST MARGARET'S, HAWICK (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1886. The parish
was disjoined from Wilton, and erected by
Decreet of the Court of Teinds, 29th May
1896.]
WILLIAM CARRICK MILLER, adm.
3rd Nov. 1886 ; became first min. of
the parish 29th May 1896 ; trans, to
Yetholm 17th Feb. 1898.
CHARLES BROWNLIE, born Glasgow,
4th Nov. 1865, son of John B., en-
gineer, and Agnes Dyer ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 1893; ord. to Laurieston Chapel,
Falkirk, 24th June 1896; adm. here 3rd
May 1898; died 14th Sept. 1904. He
marr. 30th Aug. 1898, Mary Jackson, who
died s.p. 2nd Oct, 1904.
WILLIAM CUPPLES M'CULLOUGH,
1905 k°rn Aghadoey, Co. Down, 26th
Aug. 1867 ; educated at Queen's and
Assembly's Colleges, Belfast; B.A. (1888),
LL.B. (Royal Univ. of Ireland 1890) ; licen.
by Presb. of Banbridge in 1892 ; ord. to
Mullingar by Presb. of Athlone 25th Oct.
1895 ; trans, and adm. 15th Feb. 1905.
Marr. 11th July 1899, Marion, daugh. of
Richard Jones, and has issue — William
Donald Hamilton, born 15th Aug. 1901 ;
Richard Denis Millar, born 5th May 1905.
HOBKIRK, or HOPEKIRK, AND
ABBOTRULE.
[Hobkirk, called of old Hopekirk, be-
longed to the Abbey of Jedburgh. The
church was restored in 1914.
Abbotrule, joined for a time to Bedrule.
This parish was severed from it in 1777.
A large portion of Abbotrule was then
annexed to Southdean, and the remainder
was united to Hobkirk. Till the middle
of the twelfth century the name of the
parish was Rule Hervey. It was then
granted to the Abbey of Jedburgh, and
thenceforward called Abbotrule.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, pres. to the vicarage
1576 by James VI. 21st March 1576.
GEORGE DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edinburgh,
25th July 1599) ; pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. 29th May 1602 ;
min. of Southdean in 1607 ; trans, and adm.
in 1608 ; died between 4th Jan. and 1st
March 1609, aged about 30.— [Reg. Assig.]
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1597) ; adm. to Soutra 8th
Oct. 1605 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 1st March 1609 ; trans, and
inst. 28th April 1609; died between 18th
Jan. and 29th July 1626, aged about 49.
He marr. Janet Sinclair (buried in Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 29th Aug. 1667), widow
of James Bryden, and had issue — John,
apprentice to James Corsbie, tailor, Edin-
burgh, 22nd July 1629. Thomas, min. of
Slamannan, was probably a son. — [Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Reg. Assig. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.).']
WILLIAM WEIR, nephew of John W.,
1626 inc^we^er m Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 30th July 1606); adm. to
Southdean 15th Jan. 1610 ; pres. to the
vicarage by Charles I. 29th July 1626;
trans, and adm. 25th Oct. 1626 ; died 26th
Sept. 1651. He marr., and had issue —
James ; Margaret (marr. Thomas Wilson,
portioner of Dryburgh).-^[i2e#. of Deeds,
ccxv., 297; G. R. Sas., lii., 255; Kelso
Presb. Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tombst.]
JEDBURGH]
HOBKIRK AND ABBOTRULE
119
JAMES DOUGLAS, born 1625, son of
1652 william D- of Bonjedward; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 15th April 1645) j called
15th Feb., adm. and inst. 15th Dec. 1652 ;
died 29th May 1665. He marr. Jean
Martin, who survived him, and had issue —
William of Plewlands and Newhall, served
heir 16th Nov. 1669; Robert, apprentice to
James Brown, apothecary, Edinburgh, 1st
Jan. 1679. — [Edin. Guild Beg. ; Inq. Bet.
Boxbtirgh, 247 ; Wodrow's Hist. ; Tombst.]
JOHN AINSLIE, M.A. ; pres. by
1665 Charles II. ; coll. after 30th Aug.,
and inst. 2nd Nov. 1665 ; trans, to
Oxnam 21st Sept. 1682.
JOHN LIDDEL, M.A. (Glasgow, 16th
July 1674) ; got a testimonial for
license from the Presb. of Glasgow
23rd Feb. 1681 j pres. by Charles II., 30th
Sept. 1682 ; inst. 3rd April 1683 ; deprived
by the Privy Council, 8th Sept. 1689, for
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and Mary.
He was officiating as a min. at Brechin
26th Oct. 1698.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Glasgow
Presb. Reg.; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Peterkin's Constitution of the Church.']
1683
1694
NICOL EDGAR, born 27th July 1658,
son of John E. of Wedderlie and
Elspeth Edgar; M.A. (Edinburgh,
1677) ; licen. by Presb. of Earlston 9th Feb.
1693 ; ord. 28th Sept. 1694 ; died 31st May
1724. He marr. Susanna (died 30th June
1713, aged 52), daugh. of John Veitch, min.
of Westruther, and had issue — Susanna ;
Elizabeth (marr., pro. 7th Jan. 1739, Robert
Blyth, wright, Calton, Edinburgh); John,
buried 16th Jan. 1715, aged 17. — [Genea-
logical Collections concerning the Scottish
House of Edgar. ~\
ROBERT RICCALTOUN, born at Earls-
17__ haugh, parish of Jedburgh, 1691 ;
educated at the Grammar School of
Jedburgh and Univ. of Edinburgh, but
did not take the Divinity curriculum
licen. by Presb. of Kelso 5th March 1717
called to Mertoun in 1718, but not settled
assistant at Bowden ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 19th Aug., and ord. 24th
Sept. 1725; died 17th Sept. 1769. He
marr. 4th Aug. 1724, Anne (died 4th Oct.
1764), daugh. of Henry Scott, farmer,
Palacehill, and had issue — John, his
successor ; Margaret, born 1st Aug. 1731
(marr. 11th Dec. 1759, William Armstrong,
schoolmaster of the parish ; she was mother
of Major-general Adam A., in the service
of the Czar of Russia, and grandmother of
Lieut. -general Robert Lindsay A., Master
of the Mint at St Petersburg) ; Anne ;
Helen (marr. 25th Dec. 1751, James
Murray, min. at Hailstone, Northum-
berland); Elizabeth (marr. 12th Sept.
1767, Samuel Irvine, schoolmaster at
Wilton). Publications — The Politick Dis-
putant (Edinburgh, 1722); A Sober Enquiry
into the Grounds of the present Differ-
ences in the Church of Scotland (n.p.,
1723); "Letters to a Friend" {Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, vi.) ; An Enquiry
into the Spirit and Tendency of [Sande-
man's] Letters on [Hervey's] Theron and
Aspasio, with a View of the Law of
Nature and an Enquiry into [Sandeman's]
Letters on the Laiv of Nature (anon. ;
London, 1762); The Works of R. R., 3
vols. (Edinburgh, 1771-2). Of Riccaltoun's
poem, "A Winter's Day," printed in
Savage's Miscellany, 1726, and afterwards
in The Gentleman's Magazine, May 1740,
James Thomson, author of The Seasons,
said — " Nature delights me in every form :
I am just now painting her in her most
lugubrious dress. Mr Riccaltoun's poem
on ' Winter,' which I still have, first put
the design into my head. In it are some
masterly strokes that awakened me." —
[Newton's Works, xii. ; Morel's James
Thomson, sa vie et ses ceuvres, 18 ; Somer-
ville's Life and Times ; Acts of Ass., 1718 ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. ; The Border Magazine,
1913.]
JOHN RICCALTOUN, the only son
1765 of preceding ; licen. by the Presby-
terian Classis in Northumberland
22nd Feb. 1749; ord. 17th May 1755
min. of a Presbyterian congregation at
North Shields ; chaplain at Caerlanrig
[Teviothead] in 1765; pres. by George
III. 17th April, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 4th Dec. 1765; died 9th April
1800. He marr. 7th June 1780, Helen
120
HOBKIRK AND ABBOTRULE— ABBOTRULE [presb. of
Irvine (died 22nd March 1827), and had
issue — Janet, born 12th April 1781 ; Eobert,
born 17th Feb. 1783; Ann, bora 26th
April 1785; William, born 15th March
1787 ; Patrick, born 16th July 1789 ; John,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland,
born 25th Sept. 1791 ; James Thomas,
born 30th March 1794 ; Adam, bora 22nd
Sept. 1797. Publications— Edited Works
of his father, 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1771-2);
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, iii.).
BENJAMIN DICKISON, licen. by
1800 Presb. of Kelso 7th Sept. 1779;
ord. to Kirkton 21st March 1787 ;
pres. by George III. 20th May, trans, and
adm. 15th Oct. 1800; died 20th March
1833, in his 79th year. He marr. 3rd
April 1792, Jane (died s.p. 24th March 1824,
aged 75), daugh. of William Scott of
Woll, advocate, and Jean Balfour of Broad-
meadows. Publication — Account of Kirk-
ton (Sinclair's Stat. Arc, x.).—[Tombst.'\
JOHN EWEN, born Hawick, 26th April
1800, son of Andrew E. and Jane
Peddie ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 7th
Aug. 1822 ; assistant at Hawick, refusing
to accept of remuneration ; sometime a
private tutor in the county and on the
Continent ; pres. by William IV. Sept.
1833 ; ord. 27th June 1834 ; clerk of Presb. ;
died 11th Dec. 1875. He marr. 2nd June
1846, Isabella Yeaman (died 22nd July
1898), daugh. of James Fitchie, manufac-
turer, Deanfield, Meigle, and had issue —
Anna Jane, born 21st July 1847 (marr.
George Watson, min. of Hownam) ; Ros-
andra, born 1st July 1849 (marr. Colonel
Joicey of Newton Hall, Northumberland),
died 6th Feb. 1912 ; John Sangster, stock-
broker, bora 29th May 1851, died 13th Aug.
1913; Charles Henry, engineer, bom 7th
July 1855, died 31st March 1909. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, iii.).
ARCHIBALD CONNELL M'PHAIL,
ifiTfi born Southend, Campbeltown, 15th
March 1827, son of Dugald M.,
factor, and Margaret, daugh. of William
Connell, Lephenstrath ; educated at Dalin-
l tobar School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
| licen. by Presb. of Kintyre ; missionary at
j Crofthead ; ord. to Quarter Chapel 20th
| Feb. 1862 ; trans, to Beath, Fife, 20th Oct.
i 1870 ; trans, and adm. 15th June 1876 ;
; died 15th Feb. 1907. He marr. 9th May
1865, Mary Georgina (died 16th Nov. 1900),
daugh. of Dr George Welsh, medical mis-
sionary, India, and widow of Captain
Bobert Roy, and had issue — an only child,
Georgina Louisa, born 13th July 1866
(marr. 2nd July 1896, Walter Turnbull,
farmer, Hartshaugh).
JOHN GORDON, born 24th Dec. 1878,
1907 son °^ J°hn GLi mm- °f Glasserton ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1902); licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 1905;
assistant at Galston ; ord. 25th July 1907.
ABBOTRULE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Abbey of Jedburgh. Part
of the parish was annexed to Southdean
by the Commissioners of Teinds, 2nd May
1777. The remainder was then united to
Hobkirk. The bell of Abbotrule Church
is preserved at Wauchope. It has no
inscription.]
• PATRICK BISHOP, M.A. ; trans, from
Minto in 1591, having Bedrule, Hob-
kirk, and Minto also in charge. —
[Reg. Assir/.~]
v JOHN BONAR, M.A. ; min. in 1593,
1593 havers, Hassendean, Hawick, Hob-
kirk, Minto, and Wilton being also
in the charge, and he perhaps held at the
same time the benefice of North Ronald -
shay ; removed to Hassendean in 1 594. —
[Reg. Assig.]
JOSEPH TENNANT, M.A. ; trans, from
1605 Bedrule; Pres- by James VI. 31st
Oct. 1605 ; re-trans, to Bedrule 17th
May 1609 ; he returned here ; was deprived
before 24th July 1621, and returned again
to Bedrule. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
jedbuegh]
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121
THOMAS SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edin-
1622 bmon> 25tn Julv 1618); pres. by
James VI. 21st July 1621 ; adm.
after 21st Jan. 1622; dem. before 15th
July 1623, "the brethren being informed
he had gone to London with the Prior of
Coldingham's children."— [Beg. Sec. Sig.]
JAMES KER of Grange, in the parish,
1624 k°rn 1(>01, younger son of Sir John
K. of Littledean, and Margaret
Whytlaw; M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th July
1621) ; was on the Exercise in the Presb.
6th March 1623; pres. by James VI. 15th
July 1623 ; orcl. 25th Aug. 1624 ; deprived
in 1662, and confined to the parish.
Having preached to a large congrega-
tion assembled at Grange, 14th March
1680, he was libelled before the Privy
Council 6th May and imprisoned, but was
liberated 1st Sept., giving caution to
appear when called, and promising to hold
no further conventicles under a penalty of
5,000 merks. He survived the Revolution,
and was restored to his charge by Act of
Parliament 15th April 1690, but does not
appear to have resumed work. He died
in 1694— a remarkable instance of a man
having been seventy years in the ministry.
During the days of persecution he was
abused and scoffed at by Adam Urqu-
hart of Meldrum, commanding a party of
soldiers, when he replied, "Sir, I was a
minister before you had a being, and will
be one when you are gone," which came
true. His wife was accused of witchcraft
at the Presb., but the charge was shown to
be unfounded. He marr. Christian Airth,
and had issue— James of Grange ; Isabella
and Elizabeth, both dead before Dec. 1683 ;
Euphame ; Andrew. — [Roxburgh Sas., 1637,
iv., 365 ; Herald and Gen., vii., 516 ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Wodrow's Hist, iii., 195 ; Living-
ston's Life ; Chambers's Edin. Journal, ii. ;
Stewart's Covenanters of Teviotdale, 159.]
WALTER MARTIN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1666 1^^ ^une 1651); schoolmaster of
Hawick, 1660-5 ; recommended for
license by Presb. of Jedburgh 8th March
1665 ; pres. by Charles II. 1st, coll. and
inst. 16th, May 1666; died between 1st
March and 13th June 1676, aged about 45.
A gift of his bastardy was bestowed on
Barbara Kinnear, his widow, 13th July
1676.— [Reg. Sec. Sig., iii., 74 ; Min.-book
Reg. Priv. Seal.]
THOMAS WILKIE, M.A. ; pres. by
Charles II. 13th June, and inst. 28th
Sept. 1676 ; trans, to Beith, Ayr-
shire, before 15th June 1687.
1676
ROBERT SPOTTISWOOD, M.A. (Glas-
1687 =>ow *654) ; ord. min. of Temple in
1663 ; trans, to Crichton 8th Sept.
1676 ; deprived for not taking the Test
in 1681 ; pres. by James VII. 15th June,
and inst. 20th July 1687; died in 1696,
aged about 62. He marr., and had issue
— Jean ; Elizabeth, buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 13th Dec. 1696. — [Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal ; Edin. Reg.
(Bur.) ; Rule's Sec. Vindication ; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS HARVIE, M.A. (Glasgow
1687 1665) ; was a min. in Ireland for
thirteen years, and after living some
time in England attended the first meeting
of mins. in the Synod of Lothian after the
Toleration, 6th July 1687. He officiated in
the meeting house at Rulewater after the
Toleration. The date of his death is not
known. — [Fife and Lothian Syns. ; Acts
of Pari., ix., 53.]
1690 JAMES KER, above mentioned.
MUNGO GIBSON, ord. 15th April
1 1698 1698; trans, to Sanquhar Dec. 1713.
GEORGE HALL, M.A. ; pres. by Queen
Anne 29th March, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1714 ; pres. to Lochmaben in
1722, but not settled; trans, to Linton in
Teviotdale 2nd Oct. 1728.
WILLIAM TURNBULL, bapt. 8th Aug.
1730 1^03j son °f Adam T. Doorpool, and
Margaret Tumbull ; licen. by Presb.
of Jedburgh 7th May 1729; called by
Presb. jure devoluto 21st Jan., and ord. 16th
April 1730 ; died unmarr. 6th April 1764.
WILLIAM SCOTT, pres. by George III.
7th Sept. 1764 ; called 2nd Nov., and
adm. 26th Dec. 1764. He removed
to Southdean 5th Jan. 1785.
1764
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HOWNAM
[PRESB. OF
HOWNAM.
[The church belonged to the Abbey of
Jedburgh. The chapel of St Mary at Raw-
shaw, in the parish, belonged to the Abbey
of Melrose.]
JOHN DAVIDSON, reader, 1576 to
1576 1578.
ANDREW HOPPRINGLE[PRINGLE],
1579 reader, 1579 and 1580.
ANDREW DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edin-
1M burgh 1595); adm. to Southdean
in 1599 ; pres. to the vicarage of
Hownam by James VI. 21st June 1605 ;
died between 19th June and 21st Oct. 1607.
HECTOR RAE, son of Hector R.,
1Q09 merchant burgess of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1603);
adm. to Nisbet 8th Sept. 1608 ; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. in Feb., coll.
15th March, and adm. 30th Aug. 1609;
died after 3rd April 1639, aged about 56.
He signed the copy of the National
Covenant which is preserved at Cavers.
He marr. (cont. 15th Sept. 1610) Margaret,
daugh. of John Rutherford, Sheriff-depute
of Roxburghshire. — [Beg. of Deeds, cxciii.,
201.]
THOMAS ABERNETHY of Glencorse,
1640 son °^ J°Dn A. of Glencorse, was
long a soldier in Germany, and was
admitted to the Roman communion by an
English Jesuit at Florence. He became
a priest and a member of the Society of
Jesus. After an absence of nine years he
returned to Scotland, and was employed
in Aberdeen, Elgin, and Banff, also in
Caithness i (where he resided with Lord
Berriedale, travelling in a disguised habit
as chamberlain and bailie of his lands).
He was six years "under the training of
a worthy minister," and abjuring Popery
was received into communion in the Grey-
friars Church, Edinburgh. The Presb.
consulted the Synod as to their giving
him " imposition of hands," 24th Aug.
1638. He was adm. to this charge 29th
April 1640, and pres. by the Presb. fare
devoluto 30th Sept. following. He con-
formed to Episcopacy, and was still min.
28th April 1669. He marr. Anna, fourth
daugh. of John Rutherford of Hunthill (by
Alison Ker, daugh. of the first Lord Jed-
burgh), and sister of the second, third, and
fourth Lords Rutherford. Lord Balmerino
records having walked to Leith with her
in 1717, when, he says, she was 104 ; but
this must be a mistake. Publications —
Abjuration of Poperie (Edinburgh, 1638);
Speech wherein is discovered the Villany and
Hellish Plots wrought in the Pope's Court
against our Three Kingdoms (London, 1641);
Account of the Popish Government in Scot-
land (Wodrow's Hist., i.). — [Baillie's Lett. ;
Milne's Melrose ; Wodrow's Hist . ; Mackay's
House of-Mackay; Assembly Reports, 1911,
Case of the Rev. J. A. D. J. Macdonald,
p. 1195.]
JOHN STIRLING, M.A., formerly of
Lady Yester's, Edinburgh ; indulged
by the Privy Council 30th Sept.
1669 ; removed to Irvine 3rd Aug. 1676. —
[Wodrow's Hist. ; Peg. Sec. Sig.]
JAMES KER of Grange, M.A., formerly
1QtJ2 of Abbotrule ; indulged by the Privy
Council 3rd Sept. 1672; (it is
doubtful whether he accepted the charge).
— [Wodrow's Hist.]
MATTHEW EWING, M.A. (Glasgow,
1677 15th July 1673); pres. by Charles
II. 23rd March; coll. 17th and inst.
23rd May 1677; deprived by the Privy
Council, 4th Sept. 1689, for neither reading
the Proclamation of the Estates nor pray-
ing for William and Mary.— [Peg. Sec. Sig.;
Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
JOHN OVENS [OWENS], M.A. (Edin-
1691 burgh, 17th April 1639); min.
at Stannerton, Northumberland ;
ejected under the Act of Uniformity, 24th
Aug. 1662, after which he preached in his
own and other private houses. He was
severely fined for preaching at the house of
a Mr Horsley, and imprisoned at New-
castle, but was released on his friends
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123
tendering payment. He was probably ad-
mitted here about 1691, but as he was now
old and frail, he had an assistant and suc-
cessor appointed in 1695, and soon after
he retired again to England, where he
died after 6th April 1698. He marr.
Mary Harbottle, who survived him. — [P.
C. Decreta, 28th July 1702 ; Calamy's Ace,
v., and Continuation, ii. ; Covenanters of
Teviotdale, 188.]
ROBERT LIVER, M.A. ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 14th Nov. 1695 ;
trans, to Mertoun 21st April 1697.
JOHN STORIE, M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th
July 1695) ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
3rd June 1697 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 6th April 1698 ; died unmarr.
13th Aug. 1699, in his 29th year. —
[Tombst,]
JAMES MACMICHEN, licen. by Presb.
of Earlston 14th July 1692 ; ord. 30th
Aug. 1693 to Ettrick; called 25th
Nov. 1702 ; adm. 27th Jan. following; died
5th March 1712. He marr. Janet Shaw,
who survived him, and marr. (2) 1712,
Patrick Home of Foulshotlaw. — [Edin. Reg.
(Bur.) ; Boston's Memoirs.]
GEORGE ELLIOT, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1711 29th April 1701) ; called 21st March
and 13th May, and ord. (assistant
and successor) 19th Sept. 1711 ; died 16th
Oct. 1748, in his 72nd year. He marr.
19th Jan. 1710, Sarah (died in London,
1766), daugh. of Hugh Lind, bailie of
Edinburgh, and had issue — John ; George
Augustus ; Robert ; James ; Margai'et ;
Sarah'; Jane ; Janet. — [Tombst.]
JOHN ROGERS, assistant at Tranent
.,_._ and at Selkirk ; pres. by Sir William
Scott of Ancrum, Bart., and ord. 29th
June 1749 ; died unmarr. 30th July 1774.—
[Morren's Annals, i.]
JAMES RUTHERFORD, born 1746,
17?5 son of Thomas R. of Chatto ; licen.
by Presb. of Lauder 8th May 1770;
took charge of the Presbyterian congrega-
tion at Deal May 1773 ; ord. to Deal by the
Scots Presb. in London 22nd Sept. 1773 ;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe, 12th
Jan., and adm. 30th March 1775 ; died 9th
Nov. 1830. He marr. (1) 10th Jan. 1778,
Eleanor Bell, who died 28th Oct. 1782,
and had issue— Margaret, born 2nd July
1779 (marr. — — Burns, London), and died
there ; Jean, born 23rd Nov. 1780 (marr.
Joseph Brown, banker, London), died in
Guernsey 1850 ; Grisell, born 17th March
1782, died 25th March 1784 : (2) 5th April
1785, Agnes (died 4th Jan. 1843), daugh. of
James Barclay, rector of the Grammar School
of Dalkeith, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
1st Feb. 1786 (marr. 19th Nov. 1810, Lieut.
Thomson, 26th Foot), died at Kelso;
Hyndmer, born 21st July 1787 (marr. 14th
Dec. 1812, Richard Hewat, farmer, Bassen-
dean), died at Selkirk, 4th March 1856 ;
Grisell, born 23rd Nov. 1788, died unmarr.
1868 ; James, lieut. 94th Foot, captain
Dumfries Militia, born 5th Dec. 1789, died
at Aberdeen, 2nd Feb. 1875 ; Agnes, born
6th May 1791 ; George Baillie, his succes-
sor ; John, barrack-master, born 3rd Oct.
1793, died in Wales ; Eleanor, born 7th
May 1795, died at Selkirk, 25th Jan. 1875 ;
David Alexander, merchant, born 30th Dec.
1796, died 1823. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.).
GEORGE BAILLIE RUTHERFORD,
1818 k°rn 15th June 1792, son of preced-
ing; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
2nd Oct. 1816 ; pres. by the Ladies Essex
and Mary Ker 23rd Dec. 1817 ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 10th Sept. 1818; died
unmarr. 30th Oct. 1864. Publication —
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace, iii.).
GEORGE WATSON, born Byrewalls,
1865 Gordon, 5th April 1832, son of
George W. and Margaret Macdougal ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Kelso ; assistant at Dumbarton,
Langton, Bunkle ; ord. 10th April 1865 ;
died 8th June 1913. He marr. 7th Aug.
1877, Anna Jane, daugh. of John Ewen,
min. of Hobkirk, and had issue — Isabella
Yeaman Ewen, born 25th Sept. 1878;
George John Ewen, W.S., born 15th March
1880.
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HOWNAM— JEDBURGH
[PRESB. OF
WILLIAM DRUMMOND MORRIS,
1897 k°rn Tain, 3rd Nov. 1869, son of
William Drummond M., Seaforth
Highlanders ; educated at Tain Academy
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1891), B.D.
(1894) ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen in
1895 ; assistant at Forfar ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 18th Nov. 1897. Marr.
29th April 1898, Marianne Fyfe, who died
26th April 1904, and had issue— William
Drummond, born 3rd June 1899 ; Ian
George, born 13th Feb. 1901 ; Margharita
Harriet Blount, born 27th Aug. 1903.
JEDBURGH.
[Called also Jedworth or Jedart. In 854,
Ecgred, Bishop of Lindisfarne, built here a
church of St Mary. A chapel with the
same dedication was built by him at
Old Jedart. There was another chapel at
Scraesburgh, near Hunthill. St Mary's
Augustinian Abbey of Jedburgh, founded
in 1118, is in the parish. After the Refor-
mation a portion of the Abbey was used as
the parish church. In 1875 a handsome
new church was built, mainly by the ninth
Marquess of Lothian. A proposal in 1601
to form a Second Charge in Jedburgh was
not carried out. {See John Boyle, p. 110.)]
PAUL METHVEN [METHUEN],
1660 origma^y & baker in Dundee, was
an early convert to the Reformed
religion. Though but imperfectly edu-
cated, he began to instruct the people in
the Scriptures, and spoke so eloquently as
to become obnoxious to the Bishops and
the Secret Council, who issued an order
for his arrest, and forbade the people to
listen to him or give him shelter in their
houses. He was, however, protected by
Provost Haliburton, who refused to hand
him over to the Council even at the royal
command. He was called before the
Justiciary Court at Stirling, 10th May
1559, accused of usurping the ministerial
office, and of performing functions for
which he had never had any legal status.
Being found guilty, he was declared
fugitive. M. was nominated by the Lords
of the Congregation to this parish about
19th July 1560, and was a member of
Assembly that same year and the year
after. In 1562 he was deposed and ex-
communicated for adultery, John Knox
having personally investigated the charge
made against him. He fled to England
and resumed preaching. On the 25th June
1566 he was permitted to appear before the
General Assembly, and falling on his knees
he burst into tears and desired them, for
the love of God, to receive him to the open
expression of his repentance. The form of
his declaration of repentance enjoined by
the Assembly, on the recommendation of
certain of the brethren appointed to con-
sider the matter, was, as related in Knox's
History : — " That he should present him-
self bare-foot and bare-head, arrayed in
sackcloth, at the principall entry of Saint
Gyles Kirk, in Edinburgh, at seven hours
in the morning upon the next Wednesday,
and there to remain the space of an hour,
the whole people beholding him, till the
prayer was made, the psalmes sung, and the
text of Scripture was read, and then to
come into the place appointed for the
expression of repentance, and tarry the
time of sermon ; and to do likewise
the next Friday following, and also upon
the Sunday ; and then in the face of the
whole church to declare his repentance
with his owne mouth. The same forme and
manner he should use in Jedwart and
Dundie ; and that being done, to present
himself again at the next General Assembly
following in winter, where he should be
received to the Communion of the Church."
It is further related : — " When the said
Paul had received the said ordnance he
took it very grievously, alleadging that
they had used over-great severity. Never-
theless being counselled and persuaded by
divers notable personages he began well
in Edinburgh to proceed, whereby a great
number were moved with compassion of
his state ; and likewise in Jedwart ; but
he left his duty in Dundie, and passing
again into England the matter, not without
offence to many, ceased " {History, ii., p.
531). Randolph relating the scandal to
Cecil, says, " He has escaped into England,
or was drowned in crossing the ford thither-
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125
ward."— [Knox's Works, i., ii. j Booke of the
Kirk ; Buchanani Opera ; Keith's, Spettis-
wood's, and Calderwood's Hists. ; Knox's
History, ii. ; Scott's Reformers ; Hailes'
Ann., ii., 531; Jervise's Memorials of Angus
and the Mearns; Athenceum, 26th Dec. 1863,
p. 884 ; Watson's Jedburgh Abbey ; Diet.
Nat. Biog. ; Calendar of State Papers.]
1566
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, trans,
from Liberton, and adm. in 1566 ;
trans, to Tranent Feb. 1568.— [Beg.
Min.]
JOHN YOUNG, trans, from Duns 2nd
1569 Aug. 1569 ; trans, to Irvine May 1570.
PETER [or PATRICK] CREECH, form-
1572 er^ °^ ^ortn Berwick {q.v.); adm. at
Lammas in 1572, but probably only
as a temporary appointment. — [Reg. Mm.]
1574
ANDREW CLAYHILLS, trans, from
Monifieth about 1574, when Crail-
ing, Nisbet, Oxnam, and Southdean
were all in the charge ; trans, to Eckford
in 1593.
1593
JOHN ABERNETHY, son of Thomas
A. of Glen corse, and Jean Straiton,
one of the original students at the
Univ. of Edinburgh under Rollock ; M.A.
(1587) ; reader in 1588 ; adm. min. 7th
Aug. 1593. He was a member of Assembly
in 1601, 1602, 1608, and 1616. He signed
the Protest against the introduction of
Episcopacy 1st July 1606, yet when
Constant Moderators were set up he
accepted office for the Presb. of Jedburgh,
though for two years his brethren refused
to acknowledge him. In 1615 he solicited
appointment to the Archbishopric of Glas-
gow ; was made D.D., a member of the
Court of High Commission, and promoted
to the See of Caithness, 7th Dec. 1616. It
does not appear that he ever relinquished
his charge at Jedburgh (Dr Hew Scott says
he demitted before 15th Sept. 1635), for in
the articles given in to the Presb. against
James Burnet in 1639, the parishioners
complain of his [Burnet's] "informal
en trie," he having procured " a presentation
to a place which was not vacant, but served
at the time by a worthier man, Mr John
Abernethie, who had neither demitted the
same, nor was deposed therefrom." By the
Glasgow Assembly, 1638, A. was deprived
of his bishopric, and he died in 1639.
He marr. (1) (cont. dated 27th April 1600),
Alison, daugh. of Sir David Home of Fish-
wick, governor of Dumbarton Castle, and
had issue — John, M.D. ; Andrew, depute-
governor of Edinburgh Castle ; Margaret
(marr. Wauchope of Cakemuir ; (2)
Sir William Maxwell of Gribton) : (2) (cont.
dated 21st Aug. 1606), Isabella, daugh. of
of Patrick Murray of Philiphaugh, who
survived him, and had issue — William, min.
of Thurso ; Anna (marr. James Murray of
Overtoun) ; Agnes (marr. William Ker of
Newtown) ; Barbara (marr. John Ruther-
ford of Edgerston) ; Elizabeth (marr.
William Ker of Thankles) ; Katherine, died
before 17th March 1640. Publications — A
Christian and Heavenly Treatise containing
Physicke for the Soul very necessary for
all that would enjoy true Soundness of
Mind and Peace of Conscience (London,
1615, 1622) ; The Duty and Dignity of a
Christian (London, 1620). — [Reg. of Deeds,
cccclxi. 272, dxxxiv. 375, viii. 713, 14th
Nov. 1663; Reg. Mag. Sig., ix., 1436;
Rutherfurd Charters, xi., 23rd Nov. 1638 ;
Acts and Dec, ccexxxii., 311 ; Reg. Assig. ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Booke of the Kirk ; Row's
Hist,, 425 ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 282 ;
Keith's Catalogue; Craven's Diocese of
Caithness, pp. 82-93.]
• JAMES BURNET [BURNETT], second
son of William B. of Barns, parish
of Manor, and Margaret, daugh. of
James Stuart of Shillinglaw, parish of
Traquair ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July
1609); adm. min. of Lauder 17th Feb.
1615 ; pres. by Charles I. 15th Sept. 1635 ;
trans., coll., and inst. 4th Feb. 1636, when
Robert Simson, treasurer of the burgh,
protested on behalf of the parishioners,
"against any entrant minister being im-
posed upon them without their consent."
He was dep. in April 1639. He marr.
Katherine, daugh. of George Dundas of
of that ilk by Katherine, eldest daugh. of
Lawrence, third Lord Oliphant, and had
issue — Alexander, D.D., Archbishop of St
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JEDBURGH
[ PRESB. OF
Andrews {q.v.): John; Robert, M.D., Edin-
burgh, died 28th Sept. 1663 ; James.— [Beg.
of Deeds, cccclxii. 102, dxxxv. 333 ; Reg. See.
Sig.) Edin. Reg. (Bapt.): Peterkin's Records)
The Burnetts of Barns, 20-21.]
WILLIAM JAMESON, M.A. (Edin-
1640 burgh, 31st July 1613): adm. to
Langnewton 29th April 1617 ; trans,
and adm. 24th June 1640; pres. by the
Presb. jure devoluto 28th Oct. 1640. He I
was a member of six assemblies before
1649, and that of 1651. Owing to failing
health he was given an assistant, 10th
March 1658. He died before 8th July 1661,
aged about 68. He marr., and had issue —
John.min. of Eccles. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.; Acts of
Ass. : Baillie's Letters : Peterkin's Records.]
- PETER BLAIR, son of Peter B. (said to
1661 be M'D- )' M,A- (St Andrews 1646) S
adm. to Second Charge, St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh, 22nd June 1653 ; pres.
by Charles II. 8th July, trans, and adm.
Oct. 1661 ; died 7th May 1673. He marr.
19th Jan. 1654, Mary Hamilton (alive in
1696), and had issue — Jean (marr. John
Hamilton, min. of Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh) ; Margaret. — [A'. S. Minute: Reg.
Sec. Sig.; Edin. Reg. (Marr.)-. Wodrow'e
Hist.) Sime's West Kirk.]
WILLIAM HUME, M.A. (Edinburgh,
19th July 1661),; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 25th Oct.
1664 ; adm. to Tinwald about 1665 ; pres.
by Charles II. 26th June, trans, and inst.
5th Aug. 1674 ; deprived after 9th Oct.
1681, for refusing the Test. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.:
Fountainhall's Bee]
WILLIAM GALBEAITH of Drum-
chapel ; M.A. (Glasgow 1647) ;
called to Bothkennar before 21st
July 1654 ; coll. to Chirnside 25th Nov.
1662 ; trans, to Morebattle 24th Nov. 1668 ;
pres. by Charles II. 22nd July, and inst.
20th Sept. 1682; deprived by the Privy
Council, 29th Aug. 1689, for neither read-
ing the Proclamation of the Estates nor
praying for William and Mary, but for
James VII. He carried off the Kirk
Session and Presb. Records, the latter of
which were recovered from his grandson
1682
sixty years afterwards. He marr. 6th
Oct. 1672, Dorothea Ker, widow of William
Moil of Otterburn. She purchased the
estate of Corbethouse. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Rule's See. Vindi-
cation ; Morrison's Diet., xviii. ; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
GABRIEL SEMPLE. born 1632, second
1690 son °^ ^lT Bryce B. of Cathcart,
Sheriff of Renfrew ; educated at
Hamilton and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1653) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1657 ;
ord. to Kirkpatrick-Durham 26th May
1657 : deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. It is said he offered, if his people
would stand by him, to remain and brave
the terrors of the Privy Council, but that
the people had not sufficient courage. He
became one of the most noted of the field-
preachers, took part in the Pentland Rising,
and went on itinerating missions to Ireland
and the north of England. He officiated
at Ford, Northumberland, during the ill-
health of the incumbent, and dispensed the
Communion to great multitudes of people,
many of whom resorted to his ministrations
even from Scotland. On 6th Feb. 1679 he
was declared traitor, and a reward of 3000
merks was offered for his capture, and the
proclamation added that if any one in
pursuit should hurt or slay him, he should
not be called in question for the deed, but
should be considered to have done his
country "good and acceptable service."
In June 1681, after numerous escapes, he
was seized in the house of his nephew, Sir
Patrick Hepburn, at Black castle, near
Cockburnspath, and committed to the
Canongate Tolbooth, but was liberated
three months later, on giving bond to the
amount of 10,000 merks. He withdrew to
England, where he remained till the death
of Charles II. After the Revolution, though
restored by the Act of Parliament, he did
not return to his former charge, but ac-
cepted a call to this parish, and was adm.
29th Oct. 1690. He wished Thomas Boston
to be his colleague. Boston paid him a
visit, heard him preach, and sums up his
impressions of the old man : M The things
jedbuegh]
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127
he insisted on were common and ordinary,
but were delivered in such a manner, and
such power accompanied them, that I was
amazed, and they went out through me
and in through me, so that I said in my
heart — ' Happy are those that hear thy
wisdom.'" He died 8th Aug. 1706. Two
years' stipend, due to him by the heritors
of Kirkpatrick-Durham during his exile,
he devoted to the maintenance of a school-
master in the parish, but this was never
fully paid. He marr. (1) Margaret, daugh.
of Sir Patrick Murray of Blackcastle, and
had issue— Samuel, min. of Liberton : (2)
Alison (died at Ford), daugh. of Sir Walter
Eiddell of that ilk, and had issue — Janet
(marr., cont. 23rd April 1697, Walter Home
of Bassendean) : (3) Margaret, daugh. of
Sir Robert Carr of Etal.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
ii. 234, iii. 267-9 ; Douglas's Baronage, 468 ;
Boston's Memoirs ; Acts of Pari., ix. ;
Memoir of William Veitch ; Lee's Memorial;
Book of Kirkpatrick-Durham ; Stewart's
Covenanters of Teviotdale, 77.]
DANIEL MACKAY, a cadet of the
17o? Reay family ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
4th March, and ord. to Fort William
20th Dec. 1692; trans, to Second Charge,
Inveraray, 4th June 1699 ; called 3rd, and
adm. 25th Sept. 1707 ; died 10th Sept. 1731.
He gave two silver Communion cups to
the parish. He marr. a daugh. of John
Cranstoun, min. of Ancrum, and had issue
— Anne (marr. as his second wife, 31st
July 1743, John Rutherford, M.D., Professor
of Medicine in the Univ. of Edinburgh).
JAMES ROWAT [RUAT], M.A. ; licen.
1732 ky Presb. of Arbroath 8th Nov. 1704 ;
ord. to Dunlop May 1709; pres. by
George II. 25th Feb., trans, and adm. 20th
Sept. 1732; died 23rd June 1733. He
marr., and had issue— William, Professor
of Oriental Languages (1751-2) and of
Ecclesiastical Hist. (1752-62) in the Univ.
of Glasgow ; Jane.
JAMES WINCHESTER, studied at
1734 Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1704-
1708 ; schoolmaster of Alves 1707-
1709; chaplain to Hugh Rose of Kil-
ravock ; licen. by Presb. of Inverness 25th
July 1715; ord. to Rafford 19th April
1716 ; trans, to Auldearn 12th May 1726 ;
trans, to Elgin 5th May 1730; called
5th Dec. 1733; trans, and adm. 20th
June 1734; died 18th Sept. 1755. He
marr. 3rd Dec. 1724, Mary (died 15th July
1750), sister of David Dunbar of Dunphail,
and had issue — Christian, born 1726 ;
James, born 5th May 1728 ; William, born
30th Jan. 1731 ; Margaret, born 16th Sept.
1734 ; John, born 7th March 1738. Publi-
cations — Great Britain's Joy in God's
Salvation, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1749);
Sacramental Sermons (Edinburgh, 1771). —
[Morrison's Ann. ; Somerville's My Own
Life and Times ; Tait's Two Centuries of
Border Church Life.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, licen. by Presb. of
1758 Perth 25th June 1740 ; adm. to Ken-
more 23rd March 1743; pres. by
George II. 2nd June 1756 ; trans, but not
adm. till 28th July 1758; died 16th Nov.
1768. A vigorous opposition to his settle-
ment gave rise to the Relief Church at
Jedburgh. He marr. 26th April 1745,
Beatrix (died 20th May 1754), daugh. of
Walter Ainslie, min. of Lundie and Fowlis,
and had issue — Robert, D.D., min. of
Galashiels ; Beatrix, born 8th Dec. 1749 ;
Arabella, born 23rd Feb. 1751 (marr. James
Hay, min. of Roberton) ; Walter, Deputy
Adjutant-General, born 20th Feb. 1753,
died in India. — [Scots Mag., xviii.-xx. ;
Morren's Annals, ii., 82 ; Somerville's My
Own Life and Times, 170.]
JAMES MACKNIGHT, D.D. ; trans.
1769 ^rom ^ayb°le '> Pres- by George III.
25th Jan., and adm. 30th Nov. 1769 ;
trans, to Lady Yester's Parish, Edinburgh,
21st July 1772.
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, born 15th
1773 Feb. 1741, son of William S., min.
of Hawick ; educated at Hawick and
at the school of Duns, where he was under
the care of his relative, Adam Dickson,
min. of the parish, and at Edinburgh Univ.,
tutor to the son of Commissioner George
Burgos, of the Excise, Edinburgh, 1759-67;
128
JEDBURGH
[PRESB. OF
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Nov.
1Y64 ; pres. by Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto,
Bart., to the parish of Minto, and ord. 24th
April 1767. He was pres. to this charge
by George III. 27th July 1772 ; adm.
1st July 1773; D.D. (St Andrews, 17th
July 1789); chaplain to the King in Scot-
land in 1793; declined Chair of Church
History in Univ. of Edinburgh in 1798;
received a yearly pension of £100 out
of the royal exchequer ; died Father
of the Church, 16th May 1830. He
marr. 5th June 1770, Martha (died 17th
Dec. 1809), daugh. of Samuel Charters,
Solicitor of Customs, and had issue —
William, M.D., F.R.S., traveller, Principal
Inspector of the Army Medical Board in
England, physician to Chelsea Hospital,
born 22nd April 1771 (marr., 18th May 1812,
his cousin, Mary Fairfax [or Greig], the
celebrated scientific writer [vide Personal
Recollections, by her daugh. Martha ; Lon-
don, 1873]), died at Florence, 26th June
1860; Christian, born 13th Dec. 1772 (marr.
Walter Riddell, Friar's Glen), died 20th
Sept. 1864; Samuel Charters, W.S., born
27th May 1776, died 18th June 1825;
Janet, born 13th April 1780 (marr. (1) 8th
Dec. 1812 Joseph Pringle of Ferney Green,
Westmoreland : (2) Major-General Henry
Elliot of Rosebank), died 14th May 1863;
Margaret, born 5th Dec. 1783; Martha,
born 16th June 1785 (marr. William Ruther-
ford, writer, Jedburgh); James Burges,
born 24th May 1787, died 8th Aug. 1787.
Publications — Candid Thoughts on Ameri-
can Independence (London, 1780) [which
called forth a reply from Tod of Kirklands,
entitled Consolatory Thoughts on American
Independence] ; Tlie History of Political
Transactions and of Parties from the
Restoration of King Charles II. to the
Death of King William III. (London,
1792); The History of Great Britain
during the Reign of Queen Anne (London,
1798) ; Observations on the Constitution
and Present State of Britain (Edinburgh,
1793); The Effects of the French Re-
volution with Respect to the Interests of
Humanity, Liberty, Religion, and Morality
(Edinburgh, 1793); Five single Sermons
(Kelso, 1792; Hawick, 1825); Sermons
(Edinburgh, 1813); My Own Life and
Times, edited by William Lee, min. of
Roxburgh (Edinburgh, 1861); Sermon V.
(Scotch Preacher, ii., iii.) ; Accounts of Jed-
burgh and of Ancrum (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
i., x.) ; Sermon III. (Gillan's Scot. Pulpit) ;
article "Jedburgh" (Edinburgh Encylo-
pcedia). — [My Own Life and Times ; Annual
Biography and Obituary, 1831, pp. 374-85 ;
Anderson's • The Scottish Nation, iii., 490 ;
The Athenceum, 1861, 657 ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
JOHN PURVES, born Rawburn, Long-
1830 f°rmacus> Qt-h July 1800, son of Peter
P., farmer, and Margaret, daugh. of
John Fairbairn, Halyburton ; educated at
the parish schools of Ayton, Yarrow, and
Lauder, and at the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Lauder in 1823;
assistant at Logie (Dunblane), and at
Lady Glenorchy's Chapel, Edinburgh; ord.
(assistant and successor) at Lady Glen-
orchy's, Edinburgh, 14th April 1826 ; pres.
by William IV. in Oct., trans, and adm.
8th Dec. 1830. Joined the Free Church;
min. of Jedburgh Free Church in 1843 ;
LL.D. (Edin. 1875); died 18th Oct. 1877.
He marr. 13th March 1827, Elizabeth (died
6th June 1867), daugh. of Archibald Bonar,
min. of Cramond, and had issue — Peter
Charles, min. of St James' U.F. Church,
Edinburgh, born 4th March 1828, died 14th
Feb. 1914; Anne Bonar, born 26th May
1829, died 6th April 1839 ; Archibald Bonar,
born 24th March 1831, died 14th April
1832 ; John Archibald, born 23rd Jan.
1833, died Oct. 1876; Margaret, born
26th Feb., and died 2nd March 1835;
William, born 9th June 1836, died 4th
May 1849; Margaret Elizabeth, born 8th
May 1837, died Sept. 1851. Publications
— Sermon preached before S.P.C. K. (Edin-
burgh, 1832) ; Our Banger and Duty,
two sermons (Edinburgh, 1832) ; Sermons
touching some Points much Controverted at
Present (Edinburgh, 1846) ; Happiness, its
Elements and Means (Edinburgh, 1852) ;
The Sustentation Fund, a speech (Edin-
burgh, 1855); No Condemnation (Kelso,
2nd ed., 1876); Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Walker's The
JEDBURGH]
JEDBURGH— KIRKTON
129
Border Pulpit, 64 \ The Border Almanac,
1878 ; Tait's Border Church Life, i., 329.]
GEORGE RITCHIE, born 22nd Sept.
1808, fifth son of John R., min. of
Tarbolton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1827) ; licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh 10th Feb. 1832; ord. to St
Bos wells 7 th Aug. 1834 ; trans, and adm.
21st Sept. 1843; D.D. (Edinburgh 1870);
Moderator of the General Assembly, 19th
May 1870 ; dem. 8th Nov. 1876 ; died at
Edinburgh, 29th May 1888. He marr. 20th
March 1845, Elizabeth Bradfute (died 8th
Dec.1904), daugh. of John Dudgeon, Almond-
hill, Kirkliston, and had issue — Margaret
Elizabeth, born 3rd Oct. 1846 (marr. (1)
Thomas Rogers, min. of the West Parish,
Fraserburgh ; (2) Robert Tenison Braith-
waite) ; David George, M.A., LL.D., tutor of
Balliol College, Oxford, Professor of Logic
and Metaphysics, St Andrews Univ. (1894),
editor of Early Letters of Jane Welsh
Carlijle, born 26th Oct. 1853, died 3rd
Feb. 1903 ; Elizabeth Christian, born 22nd
March 1856 (marr. 11th June 1884, David
Scott, D.D., min. of Dalziel).
DONALD MACLEOD, trans, from
18^_ Maxwell Parish, Glasgow, and adm.
3rd May 1877 ; trans, to Crown
Court Church, London, 17th May 1881.
ROBERT STEWART, M.A., B.D. ;
1881 trans, from North Leith, and adm.
15th Dec. 1881 ; trans, to New Grey-
friars, Edinburgh, 8th May 1890.
ROBERT HOWIE FISHER, M.A.,
1890 B.D. ; trans, from Skermorlie, and
adm. 20th Nov. 1890 ; trans, to West
Parish, Aberdeen, 19th May 1896.
ROGER SANDILANDS KIRK-
1896 PATRICK, M.A., B.D. ; trans, from
Dalbeattie, and adm. 22nd Oct.
1896 ; trans, to Govan 29th June 1899.
JAMES JOHNSTONE DRUMMOND,
1899 k°rn 15th Feb. 1866, son of Thomas
D., min. of Bolton ; educated at
George Watson's College and Univ. of
VOL. II.
Edinburgh; M.A. (1887), B.D. (1890);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1890 ; ord.
to Longformacus 12th July 1891 ; trans, to
St Bernard's Parish, Edinburgh, 22nd Oct.
1897; trans, and adm. 7th Dec. 1899.
Marr. 24th May 1898, Lilian Louise, daugh.
of Walter Landale, Bhangalpore, Bengal,
India, and has issue — Andrew Alastair
Landale, born 4th Feb. 1902 ; Margaret
Louise, born 4th Jan. 1905 ; Ronald
Thomas, born 16th Oct, 1909.
KIRKTON.
[Before the Reformation the Parish of
Kirkton was a Rectory.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, M.A. ; pres. to
156g the parsonage and vicarage by James
VI. 21st Jan. 1569 ; reader in 1574 ;
min. in 1585 ; died before 2nd Dec. 1615
[his name does not appear after 1585 in the
Books of Assignation]. — [Beg. Assig.; Wod-
roio Miscell., i., 376.]
JOHN WATSON, son of Peter W., min.
1588 °^ Flisk, and Christian Stanehouse ;
adm. before 14th Jan. 1588. — [Reg.
of Deeds, xxx., 2826.]
JAMES SCOTT, M.A. ; pres. by James
1616 ^" 2nc* ^)ec< ^15 > a(*m- ProDa^ly in
1616 ; trans, to Tongland prior to
1634.
ROBERT BROWNLIE, M.A. (St And-
1620 rews 1610) ; pres. by James VI. in
May 1619. The Presb., 29th March
1620, referred his collation and admission
to the Bishop and Synod. He was a
member of Assembly in 1638. He was
murdered in his manse a day or two after
the battle of Philiphaugh, 13th Sept. 1645,
by some followers of Montrose, headed by
William Murray, brother of Patrick, Earl
of Tullibardine. He was aged about 56.
He marr. Margaret Lumsden, who survived
him, with several children. They were
under the necessity of several times petition-
ing Parliament for assistance. A daugh.
130
KIRKTON
[PRESB. OF
marr. Thomas Turnbull of Tofts. — [Acts
Pari. ; Peterkin's Records.']
ANDREW PR1NGLE, M.A. ; pres. by
1646 the Presb. jure devoluto 29th July,
and aclm. 19th Aug. 1646 ; trans, to
Castleton 3rd April 1650.
GAVIN ELLIOT, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1652 15th April 1645); adm. 3rd March
1652 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662; died before 23rd May
1678. He marr., and had issue — Robert
and William, both in Borthwickbrae.
ALEXANDER FORREST, son of Alex-
ander F., min. of Hassendean ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, July 1642); pres.
by Charles II. 11th Nov., and inst. 22nd
Dec. 1664 ; died in April 1683, aged about
61. He marr. Anna Douglas, who died
in Aug. 1681, and had issue— Archibald ;
Richard ; William, apprenticed to John
Pringle, tailor, Edinburgh, in 1691 ; Mar-
garet (marr. 30th April 1702, James Merri-
lees, writer, Edinburgh) ; Anna. — [Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal ; Edin.
Guild Reg. ; Peebles Tests.]
ALEXANDER BURNET, trans, from
1684 Crossmichael ; pres. by Charles II.
3rd Oct. 1683, and inst. 17th April
1684 ; trans, to Second Charge, Canongate,
13th Aug. 1685.
PATRICK CUNNINGHAME, eldest
1687 son °^ R°bert C., min. of Hawick ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1666); licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 4th Feb. 1684 ; ord. to
Lochrutton 25th April 1684 ; pres. by James
VII. 16th Sept. 1686; trans, and inst. 11th
April 1687 ; probably outed at the Revolu-
tion. He marr. Marion Turnbull, and
had issue — Robert, min. of Hawick ; John ;
William. — [Roxburgh Sas., vii., 392 ; Min.-
book Reg. Priv. Seal ; Hawick Sess. Reg.;
MS. Ace. of Min,, 1689.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1707 26th June 1699) ; licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh 7th March 1705 ; called
20th July 1706; ord. 1st Jan. 1707; died
unmarr. 17th Dec. 1750, aged about 71.
ALEXANDER GLEN, pres. by George
751 II. 6th June, called 19th July, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1751 ; trans, to
Galashiels 7th Dec. 1757.
THOMAS ELLIOT, pres. by George III.
175g 31st Dec. 1757 ; ord. 12th May 1758 ;
trans, to Cavers 23rd Nov. 1763.
JAMES ERSKINE, pres. by George
1764 III. 28th June 1763 ; ord. 2nd May
1764 ; trans, to Roberton 29th July
1774.
ALEXANDER GORDON, son of Alex-
1775 ander G. of Blairtown ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1748-
52 ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 7th Sept.
1768 ; pres. by George III. 20th Oct. 1774 ;
ord. 1st March 1775; died 19th Jan. 1785.
He marr. 27th Jan. 1758, Joan Pirrie [or
Perrie], who died s.p. 1st April 1793.
JAMES HAY, trans, from Ettrick ;
1785 Pres* ky George III. 19th March,
and adm. 23rd Sept. 1785 ; trans, to
Roberton 22nd Sept. 1786.
BENJAMIN DICKISON, pres. by
1787 George III. 1st Nov. 1786; ord.
21st March 1787 ; trans, to Hobkirk
15th Oct. 1800.
JOHN ELLIOT, nephew of Thomas
1801 "^•' m*n" °^ Cavers ; licen. by Presb.
of Jedburgh 26th July 1793 ; assistant
at Cavers ; pres. by George III. 4th Nov.
1800 ; ord. 28th Jan. 1801 ; died 1st Sept.
1817, in his 68th year. He marr. 16th June
1786, Jean Armstrong, who died 26th Feb.
1828, and had issue — Elizabeth, born 18th
June 1792 ; Adam and Mary (twins), born
22nd April 1794; Isobel, born 2nd Nov.
1797.— [Tombst.]
ADAM LAIDLAW, licen. by Presb. of
1818 Selkirk 13th Nov. 1778; ord. by
Presbyterian Classis of Newcastle,
15th Nov. 1782. as min. of a congregation
at South Shields ; trans, to St James's,
Silver Street, Newcastle, Feb. 1784 ; pres.
to Southdean by George III. 18th July
1809, but not settled owing to a com-
peting presentation ; pres. to this parish by
JEDBURGH]
KIRKTON— MINTO AND HASSENDEAN.
131
George, Prince Regent, 6th Jan., and aclm.
28th Aug. 1818 ; died 1st April 1834, in his
81st year. He marr. 8th May 1786, Mary
Laidlaw, who died 27th June 1849, and had
issue— William, born 11th Feb. 1787 ; Adam,
born 5th May 1788 ; Thomas, born 12th
Nov. 1789; John Whitfield, born 16th j
July 1791; Robert, born 22nd June 1793;
David, born 6th July 1798.
WILLIAM STEWART MARTIN, edu-
1834 ca^ec^ a* Umv- of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Jedburgh 1st Oct. 1823 ;
pres. by William IV. ; ord. 2nd Sept. 1834 ;
died unmarr. 6th May 1857, in his 64th
year. Publication — Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, Hi.).
GEORGE HUNTER, born Earlston,
,_-. 24th July 1829, son of James H.
and Margaret Waugh ; educated at
Earlston School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Earlston 3rd Feb. 1852 ;
assistant at Linton, and at St Mary's,
Hawick; ord. 14th Aug. 1857; died 23rd
June 1881. He marr. 2nd June 1858, Ann
Elizabeth (died s.j>. 21st Dec. 1875), sister
of William Favey, Earlston, a native of
London.
DAVID CATHELS, M.A. ; ord. 22nd
1QQO Feb. 1882; trans, to Hawick 18th
May 1892.
JOHN STUART, born Fife-Keith, 5th
1892 ^C^' I8**5' son of John Macpherson
S. and Elizabeth Wright ; educated
at Old Aberdeen Grammar School and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 6th May
1890 ; assistant at St Clement's Parish, Aber-
deen, and at Selkirk ; ord. 27th Sept. 1892 ;
chaplain at Stobs Military Camp, 1903-12.
MINTO AND HASSENDEAN.
[These parishes were united in 1690.
Minto — A church built close to Minto
House survived till 1831. Its bell is pre-
served at Minto. In 1831 a new church
was erected on another site at the village
of Minto.]
WILLIAM M'GOWAN held the parson-
157_ age and vicarage in 1575, but did not
reside here, being also Commissary
of Wigtown. He was ordered to remove
to Minto, which he seems to have done
in 1585.
EDWARD DICKSON, reader, 1576 to
1576 1578.
1579 ROBERT HAMILTON, reader.
' PATRICK BISHOP, M.A., min. in 1589 ;
1589 trans, to Abbotrule about 1590.
JOHN MADDER [MATHER], M.A.,
,_., min. in 1601 ; trans, to Hassendean
in 1602.
JAMES JOHNSTON, M.A. ; pres. by
16 7 the Presb. jure devohito 8th April
1607 ; suspended 19th Oct. 1607, for
having been absent from two meetings of
Synod ; dep. 21st Dec. 1608. He became
min. of Westerkirk in 1611.— [P. G. Reg.,
viii., 678 ; Melrose Presb. Reg.~\
ADAM SCOTT, M.A., min. in 1608;
leos trans- t0 Hawick in 1612. — {Reg.
Assig.]
SAMUEL COCKBURN, M.A. (Edin-
160Q burgh, 29th July 1600); adm. to
Kirk michael, Banffshire, 1601 ; trans,
and adm. in 1609 ; died before 5th Aug. 1624.
He marr., and had issue — Andrew ; Helen.
— [Reg. Assig. ; Peebles Presb. Reg.]
WILLIAM WISHART, M.A. ; trans,
from Fettercairn, and adm. (assistant
and successor) after 6th Oct. 1613 ;
retrans. to Fettercairn after 10th March
1618.
WILLIAM MAXWELL, born 1600;
1625 M.A. (St Andrews 1620); pres. in
Dec. 1624; adm. 20th April 1625;
pres. to St Mary of the Lowes by Charles
I. 13th Feb. 1641, but was not settled ; died
8th Jan. 1651. He marr. Anna Inglis, who
survived him with four children, "who
lament his loss, and desire to follow his
virtues." — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tombst.]
132
MINTO AND HASSENDEAN
[PEESB. OF
JAMES AINSLIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1652 17th April 1639); called 11th Jan.,
and inst. 9th Dec. 1652. Objection
was taken against him that he was a Free-
mason, but the Assembly decided in his
favour. The Presb. of Kelso, 24th Feb.
1652, declared "that in their judgment
there is neither sin nor scandal in that
word, because in the purest times of this
kirk, masons having that word have been
ministers, that masons and men having that
word have been and are daylie in our
sessions, and many professors having that
word are daylie admitted to the ordinances."
He was deprived by Act of Parliament 1 1 th
June, and Decreet of the Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662, and was min. again in 1690. —
[Kelso Presb. Reg. ; Wodrow's Hist., L, 326.]
FKANCIS SCOTT, M.A. ; pres. by John
1664 Turnbull of Minto, and inst. 21st
Dec. 1664 ; trans, to Hassendean
25th Dec. 1678.
JAMES KIRKWOOD, born near Dun-
1679 kar about 1650 ; educated at Dunbar
Grammar School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1670) ; recommended for
license by Presb. of Haddington 13th July
1676 ; chaplain to Sir John Campbell of
Glenorchy, afterwards first Earl of Bread-
albane ; assistant at Wemyss ; pres. by
Walter Riddell of Minto 25th Feb. ; coll.
5th, and inst. 12th May 1679 ; deprived
for not taking the Test after 1st Nov. 1681.
He was probably indulged at Colmonell,
1682-3. In 1684, through his friendship with
Gilbert Burnet, D.D., Bishop of Salisbury,
he was inst. to the rectory of Astwick,
Bedfordshire, from which he was ejected
7th Jan. 1702, "for neglect in not abjuring
according to the statute 13 & 14 William
III." He died about 1708, bequeathing his
books and manuscripts to the Presb. of
Dunbar. These (through the generosity of
James Curdie Russell, D.D., min. of Camp-
beltown) are now deposited in the Library
of the General Assembly. Along with the
Hon. Robert Boyle he circulated many
copies of the Gaelic Scriptures throughout
the Highlands, and spent much of his time
in the promotion of parish libraries.
Publications — A Discourse of the Right
Way of Improving our Time (London,
1692) ; An Overture for Founding and
Maintaining Bibliothecks in every Paroch
throughout the Kingdom (Edinburgh, 1699 ;
reprinted 1889) ; A Copy of a Letter anent
a Project for erecting a Library in every
Presbytery, or at least every County in the
Highlands (n.d.) ; A New Family Booh, or
the True Interest of Families (1690 ; 2nd
ed., 1693).— [Birch's Life of Boyle ; Library
Chronicle, 1888, p. 116 ; Notes and Queries,
3rd ser., v., 29 ; Life and Work, Dec. 1915 ;
Assembly Reports (1916), p. 802.]
WILLIAM WISHART, M.A. (Edin-
1682 burgh 1676) ; pres. by Thomas
Rutherford of Minto, and inst. 2nd
June 1682 ; he had a gift of the forfeited
estate of Alexander Wishart, merchant
burgess of Glasgow, from Charles II., 6th
March 1685. He was pres. by James VII.
to Sprouston 25th Feb. 1686, but was not
settled ; deprived by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690. He marr. Elizabeth
Wishart, who died before 1709, and had
issue — Catherine (marr., cont. 10th March
1709, Ninian Wishart, in Major-Gen. George
Hamilton's Regiment). — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 15th April 1710; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JAMES AINSLIE, M.A., above noticed ;
1690 restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; died 10th July 1702, in
his 95th year. He marr., and had issue —
a daugh. (marr. John Scott of Weens) ;
Barbara (marr. John Ritchie, min. in 1703).
— [Tombst.]
WALTER AINSLIE, M.A., nephew of
1698 Preceding ; called in Nov. 1697 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 2nd
March 1698 ; trans, to Lundie and Fowlis
8th May 1701.
JOHN RITCHIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1703 28th June 1697); licen. by Presb.
of Jedburgh 23rd July 1701 ; called
by the Presb. jure devoluto 10th Feb., and
ord. 10th May 1703; died 11th Nov.
1744, in his 75th year. He marr. Barbara,
daugh. of James Ainslie, min. of this parish
JEDBURGH]
MINTO AND HASSENDEAN
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in 1690. She died 16th March 1715, aged
45.— [Tombst.]
GEORGE KAY, M.A. ; trans, from Col-
1741 lessie > pres. by Sir Gilbert Elliot of
Minto, Bart., 1st Aug., and adm.
(assistant and successor) 23rd Oct. 1741 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Dysart, 8th
Dec. 1743.
' GEORGE BRUCE, M.A. ; pres. by Sir
1745 Gilbert Elliot of Minto, Bart., Oct.
1744 ; ord. 6th Feb. 1745 ; trans, to
Dunbar 4th July 1766.
THOMAS SOMERVILLE, pres. by Sir
1767 Gilbert Elliot of Minto, Bart., in
Dec. 1766 ; ord. 24th April 1767 ;
trans, to Jedburgh 1st July 1773.
vJ WILLIAM BURN [or BURNS], a
1W4 native of Northumberland ; some-
time a clergyman of the Church of
England ; adm. min. of Pottergate Presby-
terian Church, Alnwick, 1769 ; pres. by Sir
Gilbert Elliot of Minto, Bart., 6th Nov.
1773 ; adm. 6th April 1774 ; D.D. (Glasgow
1786); died 9th Dec. 1826, in his 82nd
year. He marr. 3rd June 1771, Margaret
Ogle, who died 22nd Feb. 1836, and had
issue — Anne Lockhart, born 17th April
1772 ; George Percy, born 10th Nov. 1773,
died in Dominica, 1800 ; Margaret, born
2nd April 1775 ; Isabella, born 29th Nov.
1776; Anna Maria, born 1st July 1778;
John, born 3rd June 1780, died 5th Aug.
1781 ; John, born 24th Dec. 1781 ; Robert,
born 30th Aug. 1783. Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xix.). — [Tombst. ; Blair's Hist. Presb. Church,
Alnwick; The Border Magazine,~Feb. 1904.]
DAVID AITKEN, born 17th Aug. 1796,
1827 son °^ Allan A. j educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 28th March 1821 ; spent some
time in study on the Continent ; pres. by
Gilbert, Earl of Minto; ord. 14th Sept.
1827; D.D. (Edinburgh, 8th July 1843).
He declined the Chair of Divinity and
Ecclesiastical History in the Univ. of
Edinburgh in 1843; dem. 16th Nov. 1864;
died 27th March 1875. He marr. 13th
July 1836, Elizabeth (died s.p. 5th Oct.
1869), daugh. of David Stodart of Easton.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, iii.).
JOHN PETER MACMORLAND, born
1865 14th Dec. 1839, son of Peter M.,
LL.D., min. of North Berwick ; edu-
cated at Edinburgh Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (1864), B.D. (1865) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar ; ord. 12th April 1865 ;
died at Davos Platz, Switzerland, 3rd Jan.
1893. He marr. 26th April 1865, Elizabeth
Macdonald, daugh. of Eaglesfield Bradshaw
Smith of Blackwood House, Dumfriesshire,
and had issue— an only daugh., Elizabeth
Philadelphia Macdonald Lockhart, born
8th Aug. 1866 (marr. 13th April 1893,
William Higgin, Belfast).
ALEXANDER GALLOWAY, born
1878 Tillicoultry, 18th Feb. 1847, son of
William G. and Isabella Dawson ;
educated at Kinross Public School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1869), B.D.
(1872); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1872; assistant at Bowden, Lasswade, and
St Mary's, Partick ; ord. to Milton of
Balgonie 28th Dec. 1876 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 19th June 1878 ;
Lecturer on Church Music to the Divinity
students of the Scottish Univs., 1912-14.
Marr. 17th June 1885, Margaret Rankin
Smith, and has issue — William, B.A.
(Cantab.), merchant, Japan, born 2nd April
1886 ; Isabella Dawson, born 30th Sept.
1887; Elizabeth Eleanor, born 14th April
1889 ; Alexander, lieut. K.O.S.B., born 3rd
Nov. 1895. Publications — One of the com-
pilers of the Scottish Hymnal (1885) ; of
The Scottish Anthem Book (1892); of
the Church Hymnary (1898) ; of the Scot-
tish Mission Hymnbook (1912) ; assisted
in the selection of Hymns, Ancient and
Modern, ed. by Prof. William Henry Monk
(1889).
HASSENDEAN.
[The church, dedicated to St Mungo,
belonged to the Abbey of Melrose. In
1658 this parish was joined to Roberton,
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HASSENDEAN— OXNAM
[PRESB. OF
but was disjoined 5th July 1666. About
1690 part of Hassendean was annexed to
Wilton, and the rest united to Minto.]
1574 JOHN SCOTT, reader.
THOMAS NEWBIE, reader, 6th Dec.
1576 1576 to 1580.
* JOHN BOXAR, M.A. ; trans, from
Abbotrule, and adm. in 1594, Cavers,
Kirkton, and Southdean being in the
the charge. Perhaps he held also the bene-
fice of Xorth Ronaldshay ; trans, to Girthon
about 1595. — [Beg. Assig.]
1602
JOHN MADDER [MATHER], son of
William M. of Langtown : M.A.
(Edinburgh 1598) : adm. to Minto
in 1601 : pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 10th July 1602 ; dep. for various mis-
demeanours 11th Jan. 1609. His widow
was in a condition of poverty 15th Nov.
1642. — [Beg. Assig. : Kelso Presb. Beg.]
ALLAN LUXDIE. M.A. ; trans, from
Lessudden [St Boswells] : pres. by
James VI. 26th May, and adm.
before 19th Dec. 1610 ; trans, to Channel-
kirk after 11th June 1611.
JAMES MITCHELSOX, M.A., son of
1611 J°nn ^- °f Currie ; pres. by James
VI. 8th April 1611, and adm. soon
after ; trans, to St Bathans [Yester] in
1613. — [Edin. Sas., viii., 104: Dalkeith
Presb. Beg.]
ALEXANDER FORREST of Huntlaw,
618 in the parish ; M.A (St Andrews
1603); adm. to Kailzie in 1613:
pres. by James VI. in March, and adm.
prior to 21st Oct. 1613. He signed a protest
to Parliament in favour of the Liberties of
the Kirk 27th June 1617. He died before
13th Jan. 1665, when the Presb. met to value
the church and manse, in order that the
son of the deceased min. might have pay-
ment of what should be found due. He
marr. Margaret Clark, and had issue-
William of Huntlaw, served heir 9th May
1665 ; Alexander, min. of Kirkton. — [G. B.
Inhib., 16th Feb. 1624 ; Beg. Assig. : Mel-
rose Presb. Beg.; Orig. Paroch. Scot., i. :
Inq. Bet. Boxburgh, 257.]
WILLIAM MUSCHET, min. of Slains
in 1635: pres. by Charles II., and
inst. 30th Dec. 1664; died between
8th May and 4th June 1678. He marr.
(cont. 20th Dec. 1648) Christian, daugh. of
William Hay, min. of Crimond, and had
issue — Gilbert, min. of Cumbernauld : Mar-
garet ; William (lame of his right hand,
of good and pious disposition, and much
inclined to follow his studies), Presb. bursar
7th Sept. 1670.— [Slains Charters: Min.-
book Beg. Priv. Seal ; Stair's Dec. ; Morri-
son's Diet., vi. ; Beg. Sec. Sig.]
FRAXCIS SCOTT, probably son of
i«*78 Francis S., schoolmaster of the
parish : M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th July
| 1659) ; inst. to Minto 21st Dec. 1664 ; pres.
| by Charles II. 1st Xov., and inst. 25th Dec
1678 ; deprived by Privy Council, 29th Aug
1689, for not reading the Proclamation of
the Estates, and for continuing to pray for
James VII. after his abdication. He went
to Hawick, where he died. A fragment of
his tombstone was extant in 1879. He
marr. Elspeth Buckholm, and had issue —
James : Francis, merchant, Hawick ; Mar-
garet : Isobel.— [Beg. Old Dec, iii. ; Beg. Sec.
Sig. : Min.-book Beg. Priv. Seal ; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church ; Vernon's The
Parish and Kirk of Hassendean.]
OXNAM, or OXENHAM.
[From 1165 to 1560 Oxnam belonged to
the Abbey of Jedburgh. There were
chapels in the parish at Plenderleith and
Middleknowes.]
JAMES AIXSLIE, reader from 1574 to
1574 1580.
WILLIAM AIXSLIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
15 10th Aug. 1595); min. in 1599; dep.
in 1604. — [Beg. Assig.]
PATRICK CARMICHAEL, M.A. (Edin-
1610 burgh, 30th July 1597) ; adm. to
Soutra in 1599 ; trans, to Aberdour
in 1602; adm. (at Jedburgh) 25th March
JEDBURGH]
OXNAM
135
1610; pres. by James VI. 24th Oct. 1612;
died before 10th Sept. 1623. He marr.
Elspeth Borthwick (alive 19th Jan. 1656),
and had issue — David, apprenticed to
Patrick Forbes, merchant, Edinburgh,
13th Aug. 1623. — [Beg. Assig. ; Kirkcaldy
and Dalkeith Presb. Begs. ; Stow Sess. Beg.]
1624
ANDREW KIRKTON, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 30th June 1617); pres. by
James VI. 19th Sept. 1623; adm.
(at Jedburgh) 19th May 1624 ; died between
30th April and 15th Dec. 1634, aged about
37. He marr. Elizabeth Knox, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — John ; Thomas.
— [Boxburgh Sas., iv., 332; Beg. Sec.
Sig.]
DAVID FOULIS, adm. to Bedrule 20th
Oct. 1633; pres. by Charles I. 15th
Dec. 1634 ; trans, and adm. soon
after ; dep. April 1639 for contumacy in
refusing to acknowledge the Glasgow As-
sembly of 1638. In 1662 he and his son
John petitioned Parliament, showing how
he had been " forced to abandon Scotland
merely for his affection to the Royal
authority, and for not taking the Covenant,
leaving behind seven children to the charity
of friends : being necessitate thereafter to
depart the three kingdoms because of some
expressions in a sermon at Hamburg in
1654, against Cromwell, he was forced to
retire to a private corner in England, where
he has lived in a most miserable condition,
being incapacitated to do anything either
for his own or his children's livelihood."
On the report of a committee, Parliament
allowed him £100 sterling out of " the readiest
of the vacant stipends." He is described
as in Paddington, co. Middlesex, 1663. He
marr. (name unknown), and had issue —
James, apprenticed to Thomas Fleming,
merchant, Edinburgh, 5th July 1648 ;
John ; and five others. — {Beg. of Deeds,
Mack., vii., 524 ; Peterkin's Becords ; Acts
of Pari., vii.]
ARCHIBALD PORTEOUS, born Edin-
1640 burgh, 1617; M.A. (St Andrews,
11th May 1637); licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 25th Sept. 1639 ; adm. and
inst. 1st July 1640 ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 28th Oct. following ; died be-
tween 1st May and 18th Sept. 1644. He
marr. (cont. 18th Aug. 1643) Margaret,
daugh. of Andrew Riddell of that ilk ; she
survived him. His four sisters were served
heirs 3rd June 1662. Publication — "Ane
edifying narration of the sad, sweet exercise
of soul, and of the blessed death of Dame
Mary Rutherford, Lady Hundalie, and Mary
M'Kennell, cusin to the said lady, and her
attender " (Wodrow's Anal., ii.). — [Inq. Bet.
Gen., 4583 : Boxburgh Sas., ii., i. 110.]
JOHN SCOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
1645 ^U^ 1635) > chaplain in England to
the regiment of William, Earl of
Lothian, 15th July 1642 ; pres. by Charles
I. 13th Jan. 1645 ; adm. and inst. 23rd
April following. He was a member of the
Commission of Assembly in 1649 ; joined
the Protesters in 1651 ; app. by the English
Privy Council, 8th Aug. 1654, a commis-
sioner to authorise admissions to the
ministry; visited Ireland in 1656, and was
one of ten ministers who congratulated
Charles II. at the Restoration. Immedi-
ately afterwards (23rd Aug. 1660) he was
imprisoned in Edinburgh Castle, and
having subscribed the Remonstrance, had
his stipend sequestrated by the Committee
of Estates. He was released in 1661, but
refused to conform to Episcopacy, and
was deprived in 1662. In 1664 he was
summoned before the Court of High
Commission for taking part in a com-
munion service. He was granted indulg-
ence in his own charge, 3rd Aug. 1669, and
was afterwards fined heavily, 31st July
1673, for failing to observe the anniversary
of the Restoration. He died 22nd Nov.
1681, in his 66th year. He marr. Elizabeth
Rae, who was buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 12th Jan. 1687, and had issue — Jean ;
Margaret (marr. John Doull, writer, Edin-
burgh) ; Elizabeth ; Barbara ; all served
heirs 31st March 1698.— [Beg. Peebles Tests. ;
Beg. Sec. Sig. ; South Leith Session Beg. ;
Nicoll's and Lamont's Diaries ; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 222, 394; Livingston's Life ;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 305 (where he is errone-
ously called Smith) ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 7962.]
136
OXNAM
[PRESB. OF
KOBERT HUME, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1666 15th April 1645^' licen- by Presb.
of Lanark 17th April 1651 ; adm. to
Crawfordjohn in 1652 ; pres. by Charles II.
8th March ; coll. and inst, 14th May 1666 ;
still min. 30th Dec. 1668.— [Be;/. Sec. Sig. ;
Min.-book Reg. Priv. Seal.]
1669 JOHN SCOTT, M.A. (see above).
HUGH SCOTT, M.A., formerly of Bed-
rule ; indulged by the Privy Council
3rd Sept. 1672 ; trans, to Galashiels
1st Dec. that year.— [Brown's Hist, of the
lndidg.]
JOHN AINSLIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1Rfi_ 1659) ; passed trials before the Presb.
1st Feb. 1665 ; inst. to Hobkirk 2nd
Nov. 1665; pres. 22nd July 1682; trans.
and inst. 21st Sept. 1682 ; dem. in 1690 ;
died in 1693, aged about 54. — [Min.-book
Reg. Priv. Seal ; MS. Ace. of Min,, 1689.]
GEORGE GUTHRIE, called to Barr
Oct. 1689 ; trans, and adm. after
4th Aug. 1691 ; member of Assembly
in 1692 ; died after 23rd March 1698. He
marr. Elizabeth Tait, who survived him and
had issue— an only son, William ; Margaret
(marr., pro. 16th Feb, 1718, William Brown
of Lindsaylands).— [Gen. Reg. Sas., cvii.,
187 ; Edin. Reg. {Marr.).]
ALEXANDER COLDEN, born 1654 ;
son of Robert O, min. of Bunkle ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1675) ; min. of the
Presbyterian Church at Enniscorthy, Ire-
land ; adm. to Bunkle 7th Aug. 1690 ;
trans, to Duns in 1693 ; called Sept. 1699 ;
trans, and adm. 8th May 1700; died 29th
June 1738. He marr. 1687, Janet Hughes,
who died June 1731, aged 69, and had issue
— Cadwallader [vide Cadivallader Colden,
by Alice Mapelsden Keys, New York, 1906],
M.D., botanist, author, Lieut. -Governor of
New York, born 17th Feb. 1688, died 28th
Sept. 1776 ; [his son was a distinguished
mathematician and natural philosopher,
and his grandson was sometime senator
for the State of New York in the U.S.
Congress] ; Ebenezer ; William, died in
America ; James, min. of Whitsome ; Eliza-
beth (marr. James Home of Billie, eldest
son of Ninian H., min. of Sprouston).
Publications — Joint author of preface to
Boston's Crook in the Lot (Edinburgh,
1737); "Address to the Reader" (Craw-
ford's Dying Thoughts). — [Tombst.; Boston's
Memoirs.]
WILLIAM RUTHERFURD, licen. by
1740 PresD- °f Jedburgh 3rd Jan. 1733 ;
assistant at Bowden ; pres. by
William, Marquess of Lothian, Dec. 1738 ;
ord. 7th May 1740 ; died 14th April 1748,
in his 45th year. He marr. 8th Dec. 1744,
Elizabeth (died 13th May 1787), daugh. of
John Fisher, Housebyres, and had issue —
James ; John. — [Tombst,]
- THOMAS BOSTON, the younger, born
1749 3ic* April 1713, youngest son of
Thomas B., min. of Ettrick ; edu-
cated at home by his father and elder
brother, afterwards at the Grammar School
of Hawick and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Selkirk 1st Aug. 1732, when
he was a little over nineteen years of
age; ord. to Ettrick 4th April 1733, at
the age of twenty ; pres. by William,
Marquess of Lothian ; trans, and adm.
10th May 1749. On a vacancy at Jed-
burgh in 1755, the Town Council, the
elders, and a great majority of the people
petitioned the Crown to appoint Boston.
This was refused. A secession followed,
and a meeting-house was erected, of which
Boston was inducted first min. 9th Dec.
1757. The Assembly, 30th May 1758, de-
clared him "incapable of receiving or ac-
cepting a presentation, and all ministers of
the Church were prohibited from employ-
ing him to preach or perform any mini-
sterial office, or from being employed by
him." The bulk of the parishioners of
Jedburgh flocked to the new church, and
in 1761 there was formed the Presb. of Re-
lief by Boston, Thomas Gillespie (formerly
min. of Carnock), and Thomas Colier of
Colinsburgh, Boston being the first Modera-
tor. He died 13th Feb. 1767, and was
buried within the tower of Jedburgh
Abbey. He marr. 26th April 1738,
Elizabeth (died at Dysart, 21st June 1787),
daugh. of Michael Anderson of Tushielaw
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OXNAM
137
and of Carterhope, Tweedsmuir, and had
issue — Henrietta, born 3rd May 1739, died
young ; Thomas, born 8th May 1740, died
young ; Katherine, born 15th March 1741,
died young ; Henrietta, born 10th Aug.
1742; Thomas, born 1st March 1744, died
young ; Michael, min. of the Relief Church,
Falkirk, born 14th Oct. 1745, died 5th Feb.
1785 ; John, born 27th June 1747, died
young; Katherine, born 27th March 1749
(rnarr. Alexander Simpson, M.D., licentiate
of the Church of Scotland, min. successively
of the Relief congregations at Bellshill,
Duns, Pittenweem), died 11th Aug. 1823;
Christian, born 31st March 1750 (marr.
Tucker Harris, M.D., Charleston, South
Carolina), died 10th March 1818 ; Eliza-
beth, born 23rd Aug. 1751, died young;
Elizabeth, born 7th Aug. 1752 ; Jane, born
19th July 1753 (marr. Robert Paterson, min.
of the Relief Church, Largo, afterwards of
Biggar), died 8th Jan. 1821 ; Thomas, born
3rd Nov. 1754; John, born 13th May
1756; Margaret, born 31st Jan. 1758 (marr.
William Campbell, licentiate of the Church
of Scotland, min. of the Relief Church,
Dysart), died 16th May 1830. Publications
— Four single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1745-62);
Select Discourses on a Variety of Practical
Subjects (Glasgow, 1768) ; Essays on Theo-
logical Subjects (1773); Select Sermons by
Thomas Boston and James Baine, 31. A., with
introductory essay by N. M'Michael, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 1850). — [Boston's Memoirs ;
Boston's A General Account of My Life (ed.
George D. Low, 1908) ; Scots Mag., xix.,
xx. ; Somerville's Life ; Small's Hist, of
U.P. Congregations, ii., 259 ; Tait's Border
Chtirch Life, i., 262 ; Craig-Brown's Sel-
kirkshire ; Grub's Eccles. Hist, of Scotland,
iv.} 79 ; Centenary of Boston Church, Jed-
burgh ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER FERRIER [FERRIAR],
1758 M.A. ; pres. by George II. 30th June
1758; adm. 21st Sept. 1758; trans,
to South Parish, Dundee, 3rd Aug. 1763.
JAMES RICHARDSON, min. of a
17Q4 Presbyterian congregation in York-
shire ; pres. by George III. 25th
Aug. 1763, and by William, Marquess of
Lothian, 9th Dec. 1763; adm. 8th Feb.
1764 ; trans, to Morebattle 6th July 1786.
JOHN HUNTER, licen. by Presb. of
1787 Selkirk 6th March 1781 ; pres. by
George III. 19th July, and by
William John, Marquess of Lothian, 2nd
Sept. 1786; ord. 28th Feb. 1787; died
unmarr. 15th Jan. 1830, in his 76th year.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xi.).
JAMES WIGHT, born Midlem, Bowden,
1830 !786, son of George W. ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Forfar 15th June 1814 ; pres.
by George IV., and ord. 11th June 1830;
died 3rd June 1859. He marr. 9th March
1826, Mary Leslie, Jedburgh, who died 3rd
Nov. 1867, and had issue — George, min. of
Wamphray ; Mary Ann Leslie, born 21st
Nov. 1827 (marr. 1855, Thomas Robson
Scott of Newton), died 16th Sept. 1897 ;
John Rutherfurd, architect, Edinburgh,
bora 17th June 1829. Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iii.).
» WILLIAM BURNIE, born Come,
185g Dumfriesshire, 12th Aug. 1834, third
son of William B., farmer ; educated
at Corrie School, and Univs. of Glasgow,
Edinburgh, and St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben ; ord. 5th Oct. 1859 ;
died 25th July 1884. He marr. 14th April
1874, Margaret Anne, daugh. of William
Riddick, Strandside, Colvend, and had
issue — Samuel Riddick, university tutor,
born 7th Feb. 1875 ; Isabella Johnstone,
born 26th Dec. 1876 (marr. 2nd Sept. 1895,
Arthur Francis, M.D.) ; Annie Forrest,
born 2nd Sept. 1878 ; William, engineer,
born 20th April 1880; Margaret Helen,
born 20th Nov. 1881 (marr. 1st Oct. 1902,
Douglas Wall, M.D.) ; Charles Riddick,
Shanghai Constabulary, born 4th March
1883.
PETER BRYCE GUNN, born Edin-
188_ burgh, 29th April 1859, son of George
G., assistant-editor Edinburgh Even-
ing Courant, and Margaret Bryce ; educated
at schools in Edinburgh and Univ. there;
M.A. (1880) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
138
SOUTHDEAN
[ PRESB. OF
in 1883 ; assistant at Inveresk ; ord. 12th
Feb. 1885. Marr. (1) 6th Sept. 1887, Mary
Turner (died 20th Dec. 1888), daugh. of
James Sirason, Viewfield, Melrose : (2) 28th
April 1891, Jessie, daugh. of George Turn-
bull, Hawick, and has issue — Constance
Mary, born 5th Feb. 1892; Hilda Agnes,
born 20th Nov. 1893; Peter Bryce, born
20th Sept. 1905.
SOUTHDEAN, or CHARTERIS.
[In this parish are the remains of three
ancient churches : (1) the original church
of the parish, built in the twelfth century,
in which the Scottish chiefs met before the
battle of Otterburn (1388); (2) a church
erected in 1690 ; and (3) a chapel at Letham.
A new church, of early Gothic design, was
opened in 1876. It contains a window to
the memory of James Thomson, author of
The Seasons, who spent his boyhood here.
In 1777 a part of Abbotrule was added to
this parish.]
WALTER LYLE, M.A., exhorter in
1567 1567.
JOHN DOUGLAS, reader from 1574 to
1574 1587.
JOHN SCOTT, reader from 1579 to
1579 1580.
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, M.A. (Glasgow
1585 1580) ; mentioned as min. in 1585. —
[Beg. Assig.]
ANDREW DOUGLAS, M.A., min. in
159S *5*^ » trans, to Hownam in 1605.
— [Beg. Assig.]
GEORGE DOUGLAS, M.A. ; pres. by
1607 William, Earl of Angus, Dec. 1607,
having also charge of Hobkirk, to
which he removed in 1608.
[JAMES LOGAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
160g 22nd Feb. 1602) ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 5th July 1609, but was
not settled, the Presb. resolving, a week
later, " to provide another kirk for him." —
Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM WEIR, M.A. ; pres. in July,
,_,„ and coll. Dec. 1609; adm. 18th
Jan. 1610 ; trans, to Hobkirk in
1626.— [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES FISHER, adm. 6th Sept. 1626 ;
,«oz> trans, to St Mary of the Lowes in
1635.
JOHN DAVIDSON, M.A. (St Andrews
1628) ; pres. in April, and adm. after
21st July 1635 ; deprived for noncon-
formity to Episcopacy 4th July 1666. He
marr. Agnes Mitchell, who died 4th July
1640, aged 30.— [Wodrow's Hist]
JOHN DARNGAVEL, M.A. ; pres. by
1667 James> Marquess of Douglas, in
Aug. 1667, and adm. soon after;
trans, to Prestonkirk 24 th March 1670.
GEORGE BAPTIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1670 ^k *^U^ 1661) ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 21st Sept.
1665 ; ord. by Robert Leighton, Bishop of
Dunblane, 7th Nov. 1670, and inst. soon
after. In Aug. 1676 he complained to the
Privy Council of a riot directed against
him, when letters were issued for the
arrest of those engaged therein. He died
March 1688, aged about 47. He marr., and
had issue — Magdalene (marr. 25th Jan.
1709, Benjamin M'Ewan, apothecary, Edin-
burgh) ; Elizabeth (marr. 26th Nov. 1718,
David Crockat, wright, burgess of Edin-
burgh).— [Beg. Collat. ; Peebles Tests.]
THOMAS RUTHERFORD, M.A.
1689 (Edinburgh, 1st Aug. 1683); de-
prived by the Privy Council, 4th
Sept. 1689, for neither reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates nor praying for
William and Mary.— [MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
SAMUEL JOHNSTONE, M.A., min. in
16go 1690 ; pres. to Oxnam 1st June 1699,
but not settled there ; trans, to
Dundee 6th Sept. 1699.
JEDBURGH]
SOUTHDEAN
139
THOMAS THOMSON, born Ednam,
1700 aDout 1666, son of Andrew T.
(descended from the family of
Rousland, near Kinneil), gardener to
Andrew Edmondstoune of Ednam ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(Aug. 1686); licen. by Presb. of Kelso
17th June 1691 ; ord. to Ednam 12th
July 1692 ; trans, and adm. 6th Nov.
1700; died 9th Feb. 1716. He marr. (pro.
6th Oct. 1693) Beatrix (died at Edinburgh,
12th May 1725), of Widehope or Wideopen
(a small property on Kale Water), daugh. of
Alexander Trotter of Fogo, and Margaret,
daugh. of William Home, progenitor of the
Bassendean branch of that family, and had
issue— Andrew, boim 1695 ; Alexander, born
1697 ; Isobel, born 1699 ; James, bursar of
the Presb., student in arts and divinity at
Edinburgh Univ., 1715-24, author of The
Seasons, born 7th or 11th Sept. 1700, died
27th Aug. 1748 ; Margaret ; Mary (marr.
William Craig, merchant, Edinburgh), died
1790 [her son, James Craig, architect,
planned the New Town of Edinburgh] ;
Elizabeth (marr. 16th Dec. 1740, Robert
Bell, min. of Avendale) ; Jean (marr. Robert
Thomson, master of the Grammar School
of Lanark), died 3rd Sept. 1781 ; John,
amanuensis to his brother, the poet, died
23rd Sept. 1735.— [Edin. Beg. (Bur.); Kirk-
wood's Blea before the Kirk ; Burleigh's
Ednam and its Indwellers ; G. C. Macaulay's
James Thomson ; M. Leon Morel's James
Thomson, sa Vie et ses (Euvres (Paris,
1895); Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Letter in The
Times, 26th. March 1894; The Border Maga-
zine, 1903 ; Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, xxii., 401.]
[THOMAS LAIK [LECK], licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 7th Feb. 1711 ; pres.
by Archibald, Duke of Douglas, July 1716.
The parishioners refused to sign his call,
and the settlement was not effected. He
became min. of a Presbyterian congregation,
Longframlington, Northumberland.]
JOHN INGLIS, licen. by Presb. of
1?18 Selkirk 2nd Aug. 1711 ; pres. by
Archibald, Duke of Douglas, and
ord. 21st Aug. 1718; died unmarr. after
6th April 1743. He left to his successors
in the parish a library of 119 volumes.
JOHN OLIVER, born 1707, youngest
1736 son °^ Thomas O., tenant in South-
dean Mill ; licen. by Presb. of Jed-
burgh 3rd Jan. 1733; assistant to preced-
ing min. ; pres. by Archibald, Duke of
Douglas, and ord. (assistant and successor)
24th Nov. 1736 ; died 25th Nov. 1755.
He marr. 29th Oct. 1740, Isobel (died in
London, 21st Nov. 1774), daugh. of Edward
Hall, of Whitelee, Redesdale, and had issue
—Elizabeth, born 25th Oct. 1741 ; Thomas,
born 8th Sept. 1743 ; Janet, born 29th
March 1746 ; Edward, born 1st July 1754.
— [Hist. Ber. Nat. Club (Elsdon Lairds),
xxii., 221.]
ROBERT MUIRHEAD, pres. by Archi-
1756 ^a^j Duke of Douglas, and ord. 25th
Aug. 1756 ; died 16th Dec. 1784, in
his 78th year. He marr. 22nd Sept. 1779,
Elizabeth Ainslie, who died 20th April 1800.
WILLIAM SCOTT, born 23rd July 1735,
1785 son °^ Walter S. of Nether Bonchester,
and Helen Turnbull ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 2nd Dec. 1760 ; ord. by the
Presbyterian Classis, Newcastle, 6th Oct.
1762, to Ravingstondale ; adm. 26th Dec.
1764 to Abbotrule, and to this charge 5th
Jan. 1785 ; died 14th May 1809. He marr.
2nd July 1766, Sybil (died at Edinburgh,
7th Feb. 1822), daugh. of John Henderson
of Lockholm, Westmoreland, and had issue
—Walter, born 15th April 1767 ; John, born
8th March 1769; Thomas, born 29th May
1773 ; Adam, insurance broker, London,
born 29th June 1775, assumed the name of
Elliot [Scott-Elliot] on succeeding, through
his wife, to the estate of Arkleton, died
in Edinburgh, in Dec. 1821 ; Anne Nancy,
born 15th July 1771 (marr. (1) Reid :
(2) Charles Baxter, Edinburgh) ; William,
born 27th Sept. 1779 ; Robert Hewitson,
born 13th March 1785, died young. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xii.).— [Annals of a Border
Club, 231.]
JOHN RICHMOND, born 21st Aug.
1810 1>784) son °^ James R-> D.D., min. of
Irvine; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; Snell Exhibitioner, 1804 ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 1st Aug. 1809 ; pres. by
140
SOUTH DEAN— TEVIOTHEAD
[PRESB. OF
Archibald, Lord Douglas (in whose family
at Douglas Castle he had been tutor), 3rd
Aug. 1809 ; ord. 19th April 1810. He
retired to St Andrews in 1847, and sub-
seqiiently to Edinburgh, where he died
21st Jan. 1854. He marr. 28th April 1825,
Catherine (died 25th May 1887, aged 89),
daugh. of Captain George Mitchell of
Lord Macdonald's Fencibles, and had issue
— Isabella Georgina, born 24th Oct. 1828,
died unman*. 16th April 1894 ■ Margaret
Cunningham, born 4th April 1831, died
unmarr. 19th July 1894; James, Kippenross,
Dunblane, sheep farmer and proprietor,
Australia, born 1st Nov. 1834; John, born
17th May 1836, died 25th Feb. 1838;
George Mitchell, lieut. 12th Native In-
fantry, India, born 20th Nov. 1839, killed
in action near Peshawar, 26th Oct. 1863 ;
Catherine, died in infancy. Publications —
Ode to the Memory of Thomson [author of
The Seasons], in the Temple of the Miises
at Dryburgh Abbey (Edinburgh, 1818); A
Sermon on Regular Attendance on Divine
Worship, in Connexion with the Spirit of
the Times (Jedburgh, 1820) ; Account of
the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iii.). He left
numerous poems in a MS. book, possessed
by his son James. — [Addison's The Snell
Exhibitions, Glasgow, 1901].
JOHN MAIPt, born Paisley, 31st March
1847 ^22, third son of John M. ; edu-
cated at Paisley Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley in 1845 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 18th March 1847 ; D.D. (Glas-
gow 1887) ; died 27th Jan. 1902. He marr.
19th July 1871, Agnes (died s.p. 27th Nov.
1900), daugh. of George Grant, Glasgow.
She founded in 1885 the George Grant,
Junior, Bursary in the Univ. of Glasgow.
Publications — Memorial Sermon preached
in the Old Parish Church of Southdean
(1876) ; Sermon on the Life and Character
of Jane Grant (Hawick, 1883); Sermon on
the Life and Character of James Stewart,
Min. of Wilton (Hawick, 1886); Pulpit
Memorial of the Life and Character of the
late Rev. John MacRae, D.D., Min. of
Hawick (Hawick, 1892). — [The Border
Magazine, April 1897.]
GEORGE HENRY DONALD, MA. ;
1902 01C1, 25tl1 July 1902 ' trans- t0 First
Charge, Haddington, 4th Oct. 1906.
JOHN RYRIE SPENCE, born Helens-
7 burgh 29th Feb. 1880, son of James
S. and Jane Ryrie ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1902), B.D.
(1905) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1905 ; assistant at South Leith ; ord. 22nd
March 1907. Marr. 9th June 1909, Janet,
daugh. of James Currie, and has issue —
James, born 13th Aug. 1911.
TEVIOTHEAD.
[There was a chapel at Caerlanrig from
1715, supplied by licentiates. The parish
of Teviothead was erected quoad omnia,
20th Feb. 1850, consisting of the southern
part of Cavers. It includes the sites of
three ancient chapels : St Mary's at Caer-
lanrig, St Cuthbert's on the Slitrig Water,
and the Chapel of the Cross.]
1715 DAVID GRAHAM.
1721 JOHN CHISHOLM.
JOHN LAURIE, M.A. (afterwards of
1738 Middlebie.
ANDREW WALKER (afterwards of
1745 Ettrick).
ROBERT RUTHERFORD, app. 12th
1750 Oct. 1750 (afterwards of Castleton).
PATRICK KERR (after - history un-
1757 known).
JAMES ERSKINE (afterwards of St
1763 Boswells).
JOHN RICCALTOUN (afterwards of
1764 Hobkirk).
CHARLES PATON (afterwards of
1780 Ettrick).
JAMES SANSON (afterwards of Lead-
1785 hills).
THOMAS DYCE, son of William D.,
1792 rector of the Grammar School of
Hawick ; educated at St Andrews
Univ. ; app. in 1792. He is described as
JEDBURGH]
TEVIOTHEAD
141
having been "a man of some learning,
talent, and a vast amount of eccentricity."
He became insane, and retired to Hawick,
where he died. His wife, a Roman Catholic
lady, died in 1859, aged 90. — [Trans.
Haivick Archceol. Soc, 1868.]
1804
ROBERT SHAW, app. July 1804;
ord. 10th June 1807 ; (afterwards of
Ewes).
JOSEPH THOMSON (afterwards of
1817 Ednam).
GAWIN TURNBULL, born Brieryhill,
Hawick, 1800 ; died at Hawick, 1st
March 1832. Publication— A Sermon
on Meekness (Hawick, 1832).
1821
HENRY SCOTT RIDDELL, born
Sorbie, Ewes, Dumfriesshire, 23rd
Sept. 1797, son of Robert R.,
shepherd, and Agnes Scott. He was a
shepherd until his 19th year, when he
resolved to study for the ministry j edu-
cated at Biggar School and Univs. of Edin-
burgh and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar in 1830 ; app. to Caerlanrig Chapel
in 1832. In 1842 he suffered from mental
trouble, and relinquished his pastoral work.
He died at Teviothead Cottage, 30th July
1870. As author of "Scotland Yet," and
other lyrics, Riddell occupies a notable
place among Scottish minor poets. He
marr. 1833, Eliza (born 18th July 1796, died
29th May 1875), daugh. of William Clark,
merchant, Biggar, and had issue — Walter
Francis Montagu Douglas Scott, Hongkong
and Shanghai Bank, born 11th July 1834,
died in London, 4th April 1877 ; Robert,
sheep farmer, Australia, born in 1836, died
in 1887 ; William Brown Clark, student,
and a poet of some promise, born 16th Dec.
1836, died 6th July 1856 [vide Rogers'
Modern Scottish Minstrel]. Publications
— Stanzas on the Death of Lord Byron
(Edinburgh, 1825) ; Songs of the Ark (Edin-
burgh, 1831) ; The Christian Politician, or
the Bight Way of Thinking (Edinburgh,
1844) ; Poems, Songs, and Miscellaneous
Pieces (Edinburgh, 1847); "Biography of
the Ettrick Shepherd" {Hogg's Weekly
Instructor, 1847); "Store-Farming in the
South of Scotland" (Scottish Agricultural
Journal, 1848-9); "Foot-Rot in Sheep"
(Highland Soc. Proc.) ; translations of the
Gospel of St Matthew and the Book of
Psalms into Lowland Scottish for Prince
Louis Lucien Bonaparte (printed privately,
1855 and 1857); contributions to Trans-
actions of Hawick Archaeological Society :
"Account of Cavers" (Sinclair's Stat. Ace).
He left in MS. " Malcolm of Wharden " (a
poem), "Melvina of Eller," "The Dutiful
Daughter" (a drama, in five acts), and
many other papers. — [Autobiography and
Memoir, by James Brydon, M.D., prefixed
to Poetical Works ; Memoir, by W. S.
Crockett, in Scotland Yet, and Other Verses
(Centenary edition) ; Nodes Ambrosianm
(March 1825); Goodfellow's Border Biog-
raphy ; Centenary Celebration ; Masonic
Celebration ; The Poets of Dumfriesshire
230; Trans. Haivick Archceol. Soc, 1868;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM LAMB (afterwards of
1843 Ednam).
DANIEL M'NEE (afterwards of Hamil-
1847 ^on' Canada ; returned to Scotland,
and died in Edinburgh about 1860.)
JAMES DUNCAN, born Denholm, 23rd
1^<^ Jan. 1805, son of James D., min. of
the Cameronian Church there, and
Isabella Scott ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; ord. first min. of the parish 24th
July 1850; dep. 27th May 1853; died un-
marr. at Denholm, 29th Nov. 1861. Publi-
cations— Catalogue of Coleoptera in Ento-
mologia Edinensis (Edin. 1834) ; vols. i. to
vii. of Entomology in Jardine's Naturalists'
Library ; Letter to Members of the Church
and Inhabitants of the Parish of Teviot-
head (Hawick, 1853). He assisted Alex-
ander Jeffrey in the preparation of The
History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire,
writing the chapters on Geology, Botany,
and Natural History. He indexed the
Encyclopaedia Britannica, and at his
death had in preparation a Life of John
Leyden. — [Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1863-
1868.]
142
TEVIOTHEAD— WILTON
[PRESB. OF
1854
ROBERT YOUNG, born Covington,
Lanarkshire., son of James Y., school-
master, and Margaret Ferguson ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark : assistant at Selkirk ;
ord. 20th Jan. 1854: died unmarr., 26th
May 1884. Publications— Episcopal Ten-
dencies (Edinburgh, 1864) : Henry Scott
Rid Jell : Xotes and Reminiscences (Hawick,
1875) ; On the History of Education in
Scot/and (Hawick, 1879): The Buccleuch
Rook, with special reference to AVanhaugh
(Hawick, n.d.).
ROBERT FRANCIS COLYIX, born
1884 30t^ ^0V" 182"> youngest son of
Robert C, D.D., min. of Johnstone
in Annandale : educated at Univ. of
Glasgow : ord. to Johnstone 19th March
1852 ; res. 2nd Oct. 1854 ; chaplain at
Bombay. 1854-8; adm. to Kirkpatrick-
Juxta 13th Oct. 1S65 ; res. 26th Oct. 1876 ;
resident in Edinburgh without a charge,
1876-84; adm. to this parish 5th Sept.
1884; res. 6th Jan. 1887; died in Edin-
burgh, 5th Jan. 1888. He marr. 16th Sept.
1859, Helen (died 26th Sept. 1873), second
daugh. of James Brown, C.A., Edinburgh,
and Ann M'Kerrell, and had issue — Alice
Mary, born 23rd Aug. 1860 : Annie Edith,
sometime missionary of the Free Church
at Calcutta, born 18th Dec. 1862; Robert
Francis, born 23rd June 1864, died 22nd
May 1902 : Constance Helen, born 29th
July 1865, died unmarr. 25th Aug. 1884 ;
Marion, born 4th Xov. 1867 (marr. 15th
April 1891, Colonel Charles Robert Dyer,
Middlesex Regt.) ; Williarn, born 14th
Xov. 1868, died 12th May 1899.
ARCHIBALD HUTTOX DIN-
1887 KIDDIE, born Woodhead. Penpont,
31st Jan. 1855, son of John D.,
farmer, and Agnes Gordon; educated at
Morton School, and at Bathgate, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1878); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1882 ; assistant
at Dalziel and at Hawick ; ord. 10th May
1887. Marr. 14th June 1892, Sophie
Antoinette, daugh. of Frederick Henry
Thorold, Priestfield, Hawick, and has issue
—Sophie Agnes, born 22nd June 1893:
John Frederick, born 4th May 1895, killed
in action in Flanders, 9th May 1915; Janet
Crow, bora 28th July 1896, died 12th Feb.
1912; Archibald Hutton. born 24th July
Dorothy Mary, born 14th Sept.
Henry Thorold, bora 28th Xov.
Frances Margaret, born 7th July
1898
1900
1902
1907
WILTON.
[Previous to the Reformation the Rectory
of Wilton belonged to the Archbishop of
Glasgow. It was proposed to remove the
kirk to Bortkwick Water. 19th June 1650.
A new church was opened 24th Xov. 1861.
In 1908 this was wholly remodelled and
enlarged by the building of two transepts
and a chancel. (Yide Trans. Scot. Ecclesiol.
Soc., 1910-11).]
JOHX LANGLANDS, reader from 1574
1574 t0 15"5 : c*eP' ^r0m tne parsonage
and vicarage before 1590. He marr.,
and had issue — William, served heir 14th
July 1612 : Bessie (man-. Adam, brother
of William Scott of Burnhead).— [G. R.
Inhib., 24th July 1624; Re<j. Assig.: Inq.
Ret. Roxburgh, 336 ; New Stat. Ace, iii.]
WILLIAM CLERK. M.A. (Edinburgh
1602 1595) : Pres- t0 Cavers 8th June 1601 ;
pres. to this charge by Sir Walter
Scott of Buccleuch 30th Dec. 1601 ; trans,
and adm. in 1602 ; declined a call to
Castleton April 1607. He was pres. to
Kirk Bortkwick, and was desired to give
half of the stipend to Francis Makgill [a
licentiate of the Presb., afterwards min.
of Kirkmichael], 10th June 1612 ; died
before 30th April 1641. He marr. a lady
who survived him, and had Issue — Andrew ;
William, admitted burgess of Hawick, 1640.
— [Reg. Assig. : Bannatyne Mi seel L, iii. :
Memories of Hawick, 145.]
JOHX LAXGLAXDS, brother of Lang-
, 1641 lands of that ilk : M.A. (Edinburgh,
26th July 1634) ; one of the masters
of Edinburgh High School 13th April 1638 ;
pres. by Francis, Earl of Buccleuch. and
adm. 30th April 1641. He desired, 6th July
JEDBURGH]
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143
1642, either to be relieved of Kirk Borth-
wick, or that he might have a stipend out
of it. Refusing to conform to Episcopacy,
he was confined to the parish in 1662 ;
had sasine of the lands of Haining 10th
Jan. 1664. He is still referred to as min.
28th April 1669 ; was probably deprived
on account of the Test, and died before
1690. The extent of Wilton Glebe is said
to be owing to the fact that his brother
granted to the parish eighty acres of the
land known as Wilton Mains. He marr.,
and had issue — George, died March 1689 ;
James ; Anna (marr. Henry Haswell, Grad-
ing); Esther (marr. Adam Scott in Gala-
law); Elizabeth (marr. William Mackie,
Dunbar) ; Margaret (marr. William Elphin-
stone, Hartshaugh) ; Marion (marr. Walter
Leathead, portioner of Lilliesleaf ) ; Agnes
(marr. Robert Elliot of Rig) ; Rebecca ;
Janet ; Walter ; Robert, died between 1665
and 1668 ; and probably John, min. of
Hawick. — [G. R. Hornings, 31st Dec.
1668 ; Peebles Tests. ; Neiv Gen. Reg. Sas.,
vii. ; Steven's High School Edinburgh ;
Wodrow's Hist. ; Inq. Ret. Gen., 7156,
7574 ; The Family of Lang/ands of that
Ilk (Hawick Archseol. Soc, 1901).]
JOHN STEWART, MA. (St Andrews,
168S 26th July 1670); pres. by Arthur,
Archbishop of Glasgow jure devoluto
in Jan., and inst. 28th Feb. 1683, and also
to Kirk Borthwick 28th Feb. 1688 ; deprived
by the Privy Council, 17th Sept. 1689, for
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and Mary.
He marr. Margaret Forbes, alive 24th Feb.
1706, recommended for charity by the Kirk
Sessions of Jedburgh and Arngask.— [Am-
gask Sess. Reg. ; Peterkin's Constitution of
the Church ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT CUNNINGHAME, M.A. ;
16Q4 ord. 18th April 1694; trans, to
Hawick 4th June 1712.
WILLIAM CRAWFORD, born Kelso,
1713 1682; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th April
1700) ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith ;
called Nov. 1712; ord. 13th May 1713;
died 15th May 1737. He marr. 4th March
1716, Helen (died 14th Feb. 1751), daugh.
of John Riddell of Muselee, and had issue
— David, died 1720, aged 2. Publications
— Christ the Power of God and. the Wisdom
of God, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1731) ; A
Short Manual against the Infidelity of
this Age (Edinburgh, 1734) ; Zion's Trav-
eller, or the Soul's Pi-ogress to Heaven
(Edinburgh, 1743); Works of [W. O], 2
vols. (Edinburgh, 1748); Dying Thoughts
(Hawick, 1814). — [Stark's Biog. Diet. ;
Tombst. ; Sinton's Hatvick Bibliography.']
JAMES SIMPSON, born 1708, son of
1738 J°nn S., min. of Morebattle ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Jedburgh 4th May 1737 ; pres.
by Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, 28th June
1737 ; ord. 22nd Feb. 1738 ; died 21st Aug.
1771. He marr. 1st April 1743, Anne (died
14th Aug. 1782), second daugh. of John
Cranstoun, min. of Ancrum, and had issue
— William, min. of the Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh ; John, born 12th Sept. 1745, died
16th June 1747; David of Teviotbank,
born 24th June 1747; James, born 14th
June 1748; Anne, born 27th Nov. 1749,
died 24th March 1751 ; Andrew, born 3rd
May 1751, died 8th Nov. 1752 ; John, born
29th Sept. 1752.— [Tombst.']
SAMUEL CHARTERS of Luscar, born
1772 ^42' e^est son °f Thomas O, min.
of Inverkei thing, and Christian,
daugh. of James Wardlaw of Luscar ; suc-
ceeded his grandmother, Jean Morris or
Wardlaw, in the estate of Luscar about
1756 ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 28th Nov. 1764;
resided in Rotterdam for some time; ord.
to Kincardine-in-Menteith 12th Jan. 1769 ;
pres. by Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, Nov.
1771 ; trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1772 ;
declined the Chair of Moral Philosophy at
Glasgow, in succession to Adam Smith;
D.D. (Glasgow, 4th Dec. 1789); died 18th
June 1825. " Slow, grave, and solemn in his
manner, though delightful and instructive
as a companion, and warm-hearted as a
friend, he was a noble specimen of an
ecclesiastic of the ancient days, whose
chief pleasure was to instruct and elevate
144
WILTON
[PRESB. OF
the mind of his hearers." He marr. 25th
Aug. 1786, Margaret, daugh. of Robert
Scott of Burnhead. She was proprietrix
of the estate of Crawhill (now Burngrove),
and at her death, s.p., 17th Nov. 1815,
she left her husband an annuity of
£300. Publications — Sermon preached he-
fore the S.P.C.K. (Edinburgh, 1779); A
Sermon on Intercession, and an Instruction
concerning Oaths (Hawick, 1785 ; 2nd ed.,
that year ; 3rd edition, 1786) ; A Sermon
on Alms (Edinburgh, 1788; 3rd ed., 1795);
Sermon preached before the Society for the
Sons of the Clergy (Edinburgh, 1798) ;
Sermons and Meditations suited to the
Lord's Supper (Hawick, 1807) ; Sermons,
a new edition (Hawick, 1807) ; Sermons,
2 vols. (Hawick, 1809; new edition, 1816);
An Historical Sermon on the Revolution,
1688 (Hawick, 1812); Sermon on Back-
sliding (Hawick, 1812); Sermon on the
Duty of Making a Testament ; to which is
added the Form of a Testament, with Direc-
tions for making it valid, according to the
Law of Scotland (Hawick, 1812) ; An Essay
on Bashfulness, anon. (Hawick, 1815) ; A
Sermon on Devout Retirement (Hawick,
1825); Sermon II. (Gillan's Scottish
Pulpit) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xv.). — [Somerville's My Own Life
and Times, and Funeral Sermon ; Wilson's
Ilatvick ; Conolly's Eminent Men of Fife ;
The Border Treasury, 1874 ; Hunter's
Miscellany ; Works of Dr Chalmers, xii.,
564 ; Trans. Ilatvick Archaiol. Soc, 1864 ;
Sinton's Hawick Bibliography^
DAVID STEVENSON, born Glasgow,
1826 14tu ^ePt- !^84> son 0I David S. and
Jean Renton ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; schoolmaster of West Linton in
1810 ; licen. by Presb. of Peebles 6th Aug.
1817 ; pres. by Walter Francis, Duke
of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and his
trustees, 4th Nov. 1825; ord. 12th May
1826 ; died 18th April 1851. He marr. 5th
April 1809, Christian (died 4th Feb. 1875),
daugh. of William Taylor, farmer, Lass-
wade, and had issue — William, merchant,
born 4th April 1810, died at Fort Wayne,
U.S.A., March 1857 ; Archibald Forrester,
surgeon, born 25th Aug. 1811, died 29th
July 1847; Jane, born 6th April 1813
(marr. 1840, James Farish, merchant, Mon-
treal), died 12th Sept. 1843; Alexander,
surgeon, born 19th Feb. 1815, died 18th
Jan. 1841 ; Thomas, H.M. Customs, born
16th June 1817, died 4th Feb. 1878 ; James,
merchant, born 24th May 1819, died 23rd
Sept. 1844 ; Catherine, died in infancy ;
Anne, born 26th April 1821, died 26th
April 1891 ; Christian Buchanan, born 7th
Oct. 1823, died 25th June 1887; Robert
Dundas, surgeon, born 23rd May 1827, died
21st Feb. 1858; Catherine Forrester, born
31st Jan. 1829, died 19th Dec. 1837;
Charles Findlater, min. of Barry, born
23rd April 1831 ; Ellen, born 13th March
1833, died 10th Jan. 1852. Publications—
Two Sermons preached on the Death of
the Rev. James Strachan [min. of Cavers]
(Edinburgh, 1840); Sermons on Important
Subjects, Doctrinal and Practical (Edin-
burgh, 1841); Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iii.).
JAMES STEWART, born Stirling, 30th
1851 ^an" 1821> secon(l son of David S.
and Janet Galloway ; educated at
Stirling schools and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Stirling ; assistant at
Largs ; ord. to St Mary's, Dumfries, 22nd
March 1849 ; trans, and adm. 25th Sept.
1851; died 17th Oct. 1886. He marr.
22nd May 1855, Isabella (died 28th Oct.
1908), daugh. of James Reid, Wellfield,
and had issue — Elizabeth Whiteman, born
29th March 1856; Isabella Reid, born
16th June 1857 ; David Charles, born 17th
Jan. 1859 ; James Reid, born 6th Sept.
1861 ; Catherine, born 11th April 1863 ;
John, born Dec. 1865 ; Eleanora, born
Sept. 1869. Publications — Wilton Sabbath
School Hymnal (Hawick, 1877) ; Last
Sermon p>reached in Wilton Church, 12th
Sept. 1886 (Hawick, 1886). — [Funeral
Sermon by John Mair, D.D.]
1887
JOHN RUDGE WILSON, born Glas-
gow, 26th Nov. 1856, son of Thomas
W. and Catherine Mary Relton ; edu-
cated at Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1876) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1878 ; assistant at Barony Parish, Glasgow ;
JEDBUKGIl]
WILTON
145
ord. to Morton 1st July 1879 ; trans, to
Greenside Parish, Edinburgh, 10th July
1884; trans, and adm. 18th May 1887.
Served as chaplain to the Forces in the
South African War, 1900 ; mentioned in
Lord Roberts's despatches, 1901 ; took
charge of St Andrew's Church, Simla,
1905 ; chaplain K.O.S.B. (T.D.), 1912 ; D.D.
(Glasgow 1913). Marr. 8th Sept. 1903,
Georgina Underwood Fiddes, daugh. of
John Fiddes Wilson. Publications —
Prophecy and Poetry : a Sermon on the
Death of Lord Tennyson (Hawick, 1892);
Spiritual Weapons of War (Hawick, 1895);
The Foundation Rock of the Church, Synod
sermon (Hawick, 1896); Patriotism, a
sermon (Hawick, 1897); Not Peace, but a
Sword, a sermon (Hawick, 1899) ; Hardship
and Character, a sermon (Hawick, 1904) ;
The Soldiers of the Cross, a sermon
(Hawick, 1907).
VOL. II.
K
PRESBYTERY OF EARLSTON, sometime called LAUDER.
[Disjoined from the Presbytery of Melrose or Selkirk, and, along with Gordon and
Smailholm from the Presbytery of Kelso, erected by George, Archbishop of St Andrews,
in 1613. The Presbytery of Melrose sent two of its number, 29th Aug. 1615, to wait on
the succeeding bishop, " that they may suit for the returning of their brother of Ersilton
to our Presb. again," but without effect. The seat of Presbytery was transferred to
Lauder by the General Assembly, 31st May 1768, but was restored to Earlston in 1876.
The Register begins 5th March 1691.]
CHANNELKIRK, of old
CHILDESCHIRCHE.
[The original church is believed to have
been built between the seventh century and
the ninth. The monks of Dryburgh (circa
1248) claimed that it was the mother and
parish church of the whole of Lauderdale.
It was built in honour of St Cuthbert, and
named Childeschirche, or the Child's Kirk.
Cuthbert spent part of his boyhood "on
the southern slopes of the Lammermoors
which surround the upper part of the vale
of the Leader." He became a monk of
Melrose. Hugh de Moreville of Lauder-
dale gave the church to the Abbey of
Dryburgh in the twelfth century, and it
continued under that Abbey till the Refor-
mation. It was consecrated by Bishop
David de Bernham, 23rd March 1241.
There were chapels in the parish at Glen-
gelt and Carfrae.]
' NINIAN BORTHWICK, reader.— [Reg.
1567 Mm.']
JOHN GIBSON, reader from 1576 to
1576 1584.
ALEXANDER LAUDER, M.A. ; min.
of Lauder, which charge he also
held ; pres. to this vicarage by
James VI. 15th April 1586.
1586
ALLAN LUNDIE, M.A. ; trans, from
Lessudden [St Boswells], and adm.
after 11th June 1611 ; trans, to
Hutton and Fishwick in 1614.
1611
FRANCIS COLL ACE, M.A.; pres. to
the vicarage by James VI. 10th Dec.
1614 ; adm. 17th Sept. 1615 ; trans,
to Gordon in 1625.
1615
HENRY COCKBURN, M.A. (St An-
1625 ^rews, 2^tn Juty 1613); pres. by
Charles I. 4th July 1625. He was
a member of Assembly in 1638 ; suspended
July 1648, and dep. in 1650 " for approving
and praying in public for the army in
England under the Duke of Hamilton."
He suffered " great miserie " afterwards ;
was restored to the ministry in 1659, acted
as locum tenens at Earlston for fifteen
months, and had an Act of Parliament in
his favour 2nd July 1661. He returned to
this charge in 1662.
DAVID LIDDELL, M.A.; ord. 30th
_^ May 1650 ; trans, to Barony Parish,
Glasgow, after 25th Sept. 1662.
HENRY COCKBURN, M.A., above
1662 n°kiced j returned in 1662, and died
probably in 1663. He marr. Isobel
Hutton, and had issue — Laurence, appren-
ticed to Andrew Walker, surgeon, Edin-
burgh, 28th July 1641 ; Henry, probably
146
PRESB. OF EARLSTON]
CHANNELKIRK
147
Provost of Haddington ; James, min. of
Pencaitland. — [Stoiv Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Reg.
(Bapt.) ; Acts of Pari., vii. ; Allan's Hist.
of Channelkirk, 144-58.]
WALTER KEITH, M.A. (St Andrews,
1663 ^n ^y ^55) > Pres- by David, Lord
Cardross, 14th Oct., ord. and coll.
20th Nov. 1663; died March 1682, aged
about 47. He marr. 26th Jan. 1666,
Margaret Muschet, and had issue — William,
Presb. bursar in 1684, and afterwards a
probationer. — [G. R. Lnhib., 5th May 1676 ;
Arbroath Presb. Reg. ; Gordon and Lander
Sess. Regs. ; Lauder Tests. ; Reg. Coll at.]
WILLIAM ARROTT, M.A. ; pres. by
1682 J°nn Peter of Chapel, W.S., and
adm. 31st Aug. 1682 ; received into
communion by the Presb. 12th Oct. 1691 ;
trans, to Montrose 6th Jan. 1697.
[In Dec. 1697 Patrick Hume, Earl of
Marchmont, Lord High Chancellor of Scot-
land, wrote the Presbytery about Charles
Lindsay, to whom a call had been signed,
but the Presbytery took no further action
at that time. The parish continued vacant
for five years.]
HENRY HOME of Kelphope, in the
1702 Parish> Dom 1675, brother of George
H, dyer, Duns ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (13th July 1695);
assistant at Chirnside ; called 21st Aug.
1701; ord. 23rd Sept. 1702; died 19th
June 1751. He marr. 2nd Dec. 1703, Jean
Henryson or Henderson of Kirktonhill, and
had issue— Jean (marr., pro. 3rd Nov.
1734, Archibald Campbell, merchant, Edin-
burgh); Marion (marr. 3rd Sept. 1740,
William Eckford) ; Anne ; Catherine ;
Helen; George; Robert. — [Lauder Tests.;
Allan's Channelkirk.]
DAVID SCOTT, born 1710; educated
1752 at St Andrews Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 21st Dec.
1737 ; assistant at North Leith ; pres. by
James Peter of Chapel ; called 30th Jan.,
and ord. 7th May 1752 ; died 16th April
1792. He marr. 4th March 1772, Elizabeth
Borthwick, Newcastle, who died 30th Aug.
1803.
THOMAS MURRAY of Heriotshall,
1798 *n ^e Par^sn> born 31st May 1759,
son of Adam M., min. of Eccles ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; app.
teacher in George Heriot's Hospital, Edin-
burgh, 4th Nov. 1783 ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 27th May 1784; ord. min. of
Cheviot Street Presb. congregation, Wooler,
2nd Feb. 1785 ; i*es., and became assistant
to James Scott, min. of Perth, July 1789 ;
pres. by Hugh, Earl of Marchmont, 18th
Aug. 1792 ; adm. to this charge 26th Feb.
1793 ; died at Edinburgh, 26th Oct. 1808.
He marr. a lady who died before 26th Feb.
1793, and had issue — Adam, merchant,
Greenock, born 27th June 1783 ; Anne,
born 6th May 1785 (marr. 7th March 1813,
Captain O'Docherty, 25th Foot); Jean
(twin), born 6th May 1785 (marr. 4th Aug.
1810, Thomas Megget, W.S.). Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xiii.). — [Steven's Memoir of George Heriot ;
Abbey St Bathans Sess. Reg. ; Epitaphs in
Greyfriars' Churchyard, Edinburgh.]
1 JOHN BROWN, born 1769 ; ord. (by
la g Presb. of Edinburgh) min. of the
Low Meeting, Berwick-upon-Tweed,
9th Nov. 1808 ; pres. by John Wauchope,
trustee on the Marchmont Estate, and adm.
26th July 1809 ; died 15th June 1828. He
marr. Philis Moscrop, who died 4th April
1854, aged 86, and had issue— Isabella, born
25th Feb. 1806, died 5th Dec. 1869.
JAMES RUTHERFORD, licen. by
1828 PresD- of Duns 31st May 1816; ord.
(by Presb. of Kelso) min. of a
Presb. congregation at Whitby, Yorkshire,
14th March 1820; pres. by Sir William
Purves Hume Campbell, Bart., of March-
mont, and adm. 16th Dec. 1828 ; died 2nd
Aug. 1862. He marr. 20th Dec. 1827,
Margaret Clark, who died 30th June 1837,
aged 44, and had issue — an only son, Cor-
nelius Clark, born 22nd April 1830, died
1905. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, ii.).
JAMES WALKER, born 9th Aug. 1838,
son of John Hunter W., min. of
Legerwood ; educated at Greenlaw
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
148
CHANNELKIRK— EARLSTON
[PRESB. OF
Presb. of Duns 10th June 1862 ; pres. by
Sir Hugh Hume Campbell, Bart., of March-
mont, 22nd Sept., and ord. 27th Nov.
1862; res. 6th Jan. 1885; emigrated to
British Columbia and engaged in farming.
He marr. 24th April 1867, Mary Keddie,
daugh. of John Rutherford, Rumbleton
Law ; she died 1900, and had issue — Mary
Louisa Robertson, born 21st Jan. 1870 ;
Elizabeth Frances Gordon, born 21st Dec.
1872 ; Margaret Maud Robertson, born 27th
Feb. 1874.
JOSEPH LOWE [LOW], born in the
1885 Parisu of Lundie, 1849 ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by
Presb. of Dundee 3rd July 1878 ; assistant
at West Parish, Perth, Loanhead, Green-
side, and St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord.
7th May 1885 ; res. 10th July 1891 ; died
21st Feb. 1894. He marr. 28th Aug. 1891,
Agnes Blair, who died s.j). 5th March
1901.
ARCHIBALD ALLAN, born Donibristle
1891 vulaSe> Aberdour, Fife, 14th Feb.
1852, son of Alexander A. and Jean
Bowman ; educated at Donibristle School
and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (April
1889) ; licen. by Presb. of Dunfermline 1st
May 1889 ; in charge of St Ninian's Mission
Church, Arbroath, Oct. 1889; assistant at
Ladhope Parish, Galashiels ; ord. 23rd Dec.
1891. Marr. 6th Oct. 1897, Jean [author
of Poems of the Hearth (Dundee, 1889) ;
Staff and Scrip (Dundee, 1912); Lost and
Found : A Tale of the Lammermoors (Edin-
burgh, n.d.)], eldest daugh. of Sinclair
Christie and Mary Key Mackay, Dundee,
and has issue — Jean Mary, born 27th Sept.
1899. Publications — The Pool, and other
Poems (Dumfermline, 1873) ; Relation of
Tone to Character (Arbroath, 1891); The
History of Channelkirk (Edinburgh, 1900);
The Advent of the Father (Glasgow, 1907) ;
Space and Personality (Edinburgh, 1913). —
[Modern Scottish Poets, vol. ii.]
EARLSTON.
[The church was originally a chapel under
Edrom. Walter de Lindsay granted it to
the monks of Kelso, who, in 1171, exchanged
it with the Priory of Coldingham for the
church of Gordon. It was dedicated by
Bishop David de Bernham, 20th March
1242. A handsome new church, was opened
6th July 1892. A hospital existed here in
very early times, but is meagrely mentioned
in ancient records. In Earlston a yearly
fair is held on St Peter's Day, 29th June.]
JAMES FLABERNE [FAIRBAIRN],
1573 reader from 1st Feb. 1573 to 1586.
JAMES DAES [DEAS] (Dr Hew Scott
1586 says erroneously that Daes was min.
of St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh) ; adm.
29th March 1586 ; was proposed for Kenno-
way 9th Aug. same year ; officiated for a
time at Anstruther in 1588 ; was a member
of Assembly, 1595 and 1602 ; pres. by
James VI. 20th Aug. 1611 ; called before
the Court of High Commission 2nd March
1620 ; dem. before 4th Jan. 1633 ; died
before 20th June 1643. He marr. Isabel
Young, and had issue — John, his heir ;
James, his successor ; Andrew ; Margaret
(marr., cont. 11th Feb. 1624, William, son
of William Home in Home ; Anna (marr.
(1) John Trotter ; (2) Robert Colden, min.
of Bunkle). — [Berwick Sas., ii., 81 ; ibid.,
iii., 221; G. R. Sas., xliii., 42; G. R.
Inhib., 17th March 1637; Reg. of Deeds,
dxviii., 318 ; Reg. Assig. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Edin. Presb. Reg. ; Anstruther Sess. Reg. ;
Booke of the Kirk, 503 ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
2858.]
JAMES DAES [DEAS], second son of
1633 Preceding; M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th
July 1626); pres. by Charles I. 4th
Jan. 1633 ; dep. about 1659, when Henry
Cockburn, min. of Channelkirk, took charge
as locum tenens for fifteen months by ap-
pointment of Presb. He was reponed
before 22nd March 1661, and an Act of
Parliament was passed in his favour. He
died before 6th June 1673. He marr.
Mary Home, and had issue — James of
Cowdenknowes, advocate ; Alexander, ap-
prenticed to James M'Lurg, merchant,
Edinburgh, 18th Dec. 1661 ; John, appren-
tice merchant, Edinburgh, 1663.— [Reg. of
earlston]
EARLSTON
149
Deeds, dxviii., 318; G. R. Inhib., 29th
Nov. 1676 ; Peterkin's Records ; Acts of
Pari., vii. ; Stow Sess. Reg. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reg. Collat.]
JOHN HEPBURN, M.A. (St Andrews,
7 14th July 1660); licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 25th June
1663 ; ord. to Hilton 28th Oct. 1664 ; pres.
by Charles II. 6th June 1673; deprived
by the Privy Council, 27th Aug. 1689, for
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and Mary.
He was probably the John Hepburn who
died at Craigsford, Earlston, in 1695,
aged about 55. He marr., and had issue
— Roger, advocate, 1692. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Min.-book Reg. Privy Seal ; Oldhamstochs
Sess. Reg. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; Morrison's
Diet., xxviii. ; Tombst. ; Peterkin's Con-
stitution of the Church ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
JOHN ANDERSON, MA.; ord. 4th
1687 ^ct' 168^ ' declared min. by the
Presb. 19th May 1691 ; trans, to St
Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 1691.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, born 1671, son
of Patrick J. ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; M.A. (15th June 1691) ;
called 16th Nov. 1693; ord. 12th March
1694; died at Edinburgh, 9th Dec. 1701.
He marr. a lady who predeceased him, and
had issue — Patrick ; James ; George ; Mar-
garet, bapt. 2nd Feb. 1698 (marr. James
Stewart of Kincraigie) ; Janet ; Anna. —
[Lauder Tests. ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; Reg.
Old Dec]
JOHN GOWDIE [GOUDIE, GOLDIE]
1704 (?w"*wl'M*) °f Whitmuir Hall, called
6th April, and ord. 9th Aug. 1704 ;
trans, to Lady Yester's Parish, Edinburgh,
23rd July 1730.
JOHN GOWDIE (secundus) of Maison-
i7ao Dieu, Kelso, son of preceding, bapt.
27th July 1707 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Earlston
23rd Oct. 1728; pres. by George II. 13th
July, and ord. 15th Oct. 1730 ; died in
London, 6th June 1777. He marr. 16th
Sept. 1737, Katherine Scott, who died 5th
Feb. 1780, and had issue — John, born 4th
March 1739, licen. by Presb. of Earlston 5th
Aug. 1760, died 16th May 1762 ; Walter,
surgeon on the Bengal Staff, born 4th Dec.
1740, died in India ; Sophia, born 26th June
1742 (marr. Andrew Smith, min. of Lang-
ton) ; Francis, major-general H.E.I.C.S.,
Madras Establishment, born 7th Aug. 1747,
died 12th Sept. 1813 ; Jean, born 16th May
1750, died 9th April 1757.— [Vide Infor-
mation for Mr J. G. (re Maison-Dieu
succession), 1749-57.]
LAURENCE JOHNSTON [or JOHN-
1778 STONE], a native of Dumfriesshire,
said to be descended from the John-
stones of Annandale ; M.A. (St Andrews
1760) ; sometime teacher in Banffshire ;
licen. by Presb. of Turriff 26th Nov. 1766 ;
tutor at Mellerstain ; pres. by George III.
24th June 1777; ord. 5th May 1778; died
13th Sept. 1813. For the last seven years of
his life he was incapable of performing any
of the duties of his office, and only with
great difficulty was an assistant and suc-
cessor appointed in 1813. He marr. 3rd
Nov. 1770, Esther Lauriston, who died 15th
March 1821, and had issue — Pringle, born
16th March 1774, died 5th July 1798;
Elizabeth, born 12th April 1775, died 14th
May 1784; Robert, born 13th June 1779,
died 1813 ; George, staff-surgeon Connaught
Rangers, served in the Peninsular War, born
2nd Nov. 1780, died at Corfu, Ionian
Islands, 1833 ; Andrew, died about 1840.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
WILLIAM SHIELS [SHIEL], born
1813 Haddington, 4th Oct. 1752, son of
John S. and Elizabeth Aitchison ;
educated at Lauder School, and Univs. of
Edinburgh and St Andrews ; M.A. (St An-
drews 1775) ; licen. by Presb. of Lauder
5th April 1775; tutor at Mellerstain;
assistant at Tron Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Westruther 29th Aug. 1782; pres. by
George, Prince Regent, July 1812 ; trans,
and adm. (assistant and successor) 1st July
1813 (after appeal to the General As-
sembly) ; died 15th March 1824. He marr.
28th Aug. 1786, Katherine (died 12th Nov.
150
EARLSTON
[PKESB. OF
1835), daugh. of James Barclay, rector of
the Grammar School of Dalkeith, and had
issue — Jean, born 9th July 1787, died Feb.
1872 ; John, min. of Westruther ; James,
born 1st Nov. 1790, died 18th July 1813 ;
William Gullan, born 23rd June 1792 ; Eliza,
born 29th Oct. 1794; George Andrew,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, born
5th Oct. 1797, died 5th Oct. 1820. Publi-
cations— Sermons (Edinburgh, 1825) ; Ac-
count of Westruther (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vi.). — [Introduction to Sermons.]
1824
DAVID WILLIAM GORDON, born
Montrose, 1st April 1786, son of
Charles G., collector of excise for
Teviotdale ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh, and at the Selkirk
Theological Hall under Professor Law son ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord. to
Morebattle 8th Oct. 1807 ; trans, to Gordon
5th May 1814 ; pres. by George IV. ; trans,
and adm. 15th July 1824 ; died 31st Aug.
1868. His person was handsome, his voice
winning and commanding, his whole bearing
solemn and earnest. He was said to be the
most popular preacher in the south of Scot-
land. He marr. 24th July 1809, Janet
(died 22nd March 1865, aged 79), daugh.
of Andrew Scott, min. of Stichill, and had
issue— Margaret Warwick, born 19th Sept.
1810, died unmarr. 29th Aug. 1867 ; Charles,
excise officer, born 16th Jan. 1814, died 16th
Feb. 1891 ; Andrew, writer, Earlston, born
16th July 1815, died 30th March 1841 ;
Ellen Cranstoun, born 20th Oct. 1818, died
unmarr. 30th Dec. 1890; David, born 11th
Aug. 1 820, died abroad ; Annie, born 9th
Oct. 1822 (marr. Henry [afterwards Sir
Henry] Mitchell, Mayor of Bradford), died
at Edinburgh, 6th May 1886 ; Samuel Mor-
ton, born 4th Nov. 1827, died 12th Aug.
1836. Publications — Christian Benevolence:
a sermon (Leith, 1818) ; Sermons (Leith,
1823); Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, ii.). — [Tombst. ; The Border Almanac,
1869.]
WILLIAM MAIR, born Savoch, Aber-
deenshire, 1st April 1830, son of
James M., M.A., schoolmaster there,
a licentiate of the Church of Scotland, and
Christian Johnston ; educated at Savoch
Parish School, Aberdeen Grammar School,
Marischal College and Univ., Aberdeen ;
M.A. (6th April 1849); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 5th July 1853 ; assistant at
Montrose ; was for seven years compelled to
relinquish work owing to ill-health ; ord. to
Lochgelly 24th Oct. 1861 ; trans, to Ardoch
6th April 1865 ; pres. by Queen Victoria
26th Oct. 1868 ; trans, and adm. 18th Feb.
1869; D.D. (Aberdeen 1885); Moderator
of the General Assembly 20th May 1897 ;
res. 9th June 1903. By his ability and
energy the General Assembly Hall and
Library were enlarged, and adjoining pro-
perty purchased 1893-4. He marr. 21st Aug.
1866, Isabella, daugh. of David Edward of
Balruddery. Publications — Our Banners,
a sermon (Earlston, 1871) ; An Enquiry into
Certain Questions affecting the Administra-
tion of the Act (1874) on the Appointment
of Ministers to Parishes in Scotland (Edin-
burgh, 1877); The Elders' Formula in the
Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1880) ; A
Digest of Laics and Decisions, Ecclesi-
astical and Civil, relating to the Constitu-
tion, Practice, and Affairs of the Church
of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1887; 2nd ed.,
1875; 3rd ed., 1904; 4th ed., 1914); The
Truth about the Church of Scotland (Edin-
burgh, 1891) ; Jurisdiction in Matters
Ecclesiastical (Edinburgh, 1896) ; Loyalty —
the Christ our King, closing address to
General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1897) ;
Truth-Seeking, sermon preached at opening
of General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1898) ;
A New Year's Message, being a Letter to
a Friend (Edinburgh, 1901); Speaking
(Edinburgh, 1900; 2nd ed., 1900; 3rd ed.,
1901 ; 4th ed., 1908) ; Churches and the
Law (Edinburgh. 1904) ; My Young Com-
municant (Edinburgh, 1906 ; frequently re-
printed); Biographical Sketch of Alexander
Gray, D.D., min. of An •hterless [in Talks
with our Farm-servant? (Edinburgh, 1906)] ;
The Scottish Chwcfus, two papers (Edin-
burgh, 1907) ; The Scottish Churches :
National Religion (Edinburgh, 1907) ; The
Scottish Churches : The Hope of Union
(Edinburgh, 1909); My Life (London,
1911) ; The Scottish Churches : External
Relations (Edinburgh, 1912); The Scottish
eaklston]
EARLSTON— GORDON
151
Churches : January 1914 (Edinburgh,
1914) j The Scottish Churches: January
1915 (Edinburgh, 1915).— [My Life.]
NORMAN COUTTS KEITH, born
1903 Drumgeith Schoolhouse, Dundee,
25th Dec. 1875, son of James K.
and Margaret Yeaman ; educated at
Morgan Academy, Dundee, and Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (1897) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dundee 2nd May 1900; assistant at
Burntisland and at St Mary's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. 16th Oct. 1903 ; trans, and
adm. to Dirleton 17th May 1915. Marr.
29th Aug. 1912, Nellie Findlay, daugh.
of William Bathie, and has issue — Norman
William, born 25th Aug. 1913] Mary
Margaret, born 24th Oct. 1915.
WALTER DAVIDSON, born Sunnyside,
parish of Cavers, 29th Jan. 1875, son
of William D. and Mary Douglas ;
educated at the parish schools of Kirkton,
Pleasants (Oxnam), and Smailholm, and at
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1913); as
a certificated teacher taught in various
schools ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh in
1914 ; assistant at Tron Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. 22nd Sept. 1915. Marr. 14th April
1906, Rosetta Ann, daugh. of Lorenzo
Padgett and Frances Beaumont, and has
issue — Lorenzo Douglas, born 17th Sept.
1907; Frances Mary, born 17th July 1910;
William Leslie Beaumont, born 30th July
1914.
GORDON.
[The church was dedicated to St Michael
by Bishop David de Bernham 28th March
1242. It belonged to the Abbey of Kelso.
Near the church is the Hare Well. In a
charter of Thomas of Gordon, who died in
1258, it is called the Hare Well of St
Oswald, who was perhaps the earlier patron
of the parish. The church was restored in
1897. There was a chapel at Huntlywood.]
ARCHIBALD FAIRBAIRN, reader
lff74 from 1574 to 1585. He claimed pos-
session of the vicarage for several
years previous to 1573. — [Acts and Dec,
U 74.]
THOMAS STORIE, removed from
Bassendean in 1609 ; was a member
of Assembly in 1610 ; dem. in 1625.
— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Reg. Assig. ; Old Dec, i.]
FRANCIS COLL ACE, "brother to Mr
1625 Thomas C. " ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
28th July 1610); adm. to Channel-
kirk 17th Sept. 1615 ; signed Protestation
for the Liberties of the Kirk 27th June
1617; pres. by Charles I. 4th July 1625;
trans, and adm. soon afterwards ; died in
1647, aged about 57. He marr. (cont. 15th
May 1618) Marion, daugh. of William
Muirhead, burgess of Edinburgh, and had
issue — Agnes. — [G. R. Inhib., 1st Aug.
1620 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccix., 91 ; Reg. Sec.
Sig.; Kelso Presb. Reg.; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.) ;
Sed.-book of Teinds.]
NORMAN LESLIE, fourth son
1647 °^ J°nn k. of Kininvie; M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 1631);
schoolmaster of Cullen, 1631-7 ; was on
the Exercise, Presb. of St Andrews, 18th
Jan. 1643, and having testimonials from
that Presb. and the Univ., desired to enter
the Exercise at Haddington 11th Sept.
1644. The parishioners of Saltoun, 12th
March 1645, wished to hear him with a
view to a call, but the Presb. delayed
their request. He obtained a testimonial
to the Presb. of Kirkcaldy 30th Sept. 1646,
and was on the Exercise there 14th of the
following month. He was pres. to Cumnock
by William, Earl of Dumfries, Jan. 1647,
but the Presb. of Ayr refused concurrence.
He was pres. to this parish by Charles I.
17th Aug. 1647 ; died unmarr., 22nd July
1657, aged about 46. He left his library
to the ministers of Saltoun. — [St Andrews,
Haddington, Kirkcaldy, Ayr, and Syn.
{Kelso Presb.) Regs. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Old
Dec, ii.]
JOHN HARDIE, son of Robert H.,
1659 ^urSess and guild-brother of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (Edinburgh, May 1653);
adm. 19th May 1659 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was summoned
before the Privy Council, 30th July 1663,
for having preached after deprivation, and
152
GORDON
[PRESB. OF
ordered to remove within fourteen clays
with his family, twenty miles distant from
the parish, and was prohibited from residing
within six miles of a cathedral church,
or three of a royal burgh. He studied
medicine and took the degree of M.D.
Preaching against Popery after the Tolera-
tion in 1687, he was tried for treason 13th
Feb. 1688, but the Lords found "the
speeches libelled did not infer the pains
in the indictment." He was min. again
in 1690.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 372; iv.,
438.]
JAMES STRATON [STRAITON],
1662 M.A. (Edinburgh 1637); pres. to
Eyemouth 8th Nov. 1647 ; coll. 13th
Oct. 1662, and pres. by Charles II. 4th
June 1663 ; dem. after 25th April 1682 —
[Syn. (Dalkeith Presb.) Reg. ; Lauder Tests. ;
Min.-booh Reg. Priv. Seal ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reg. Collat.]
JOHN FINDLAY, pres. by Charles II.
1682 8t^ Sept., and adm. 30th Oct.
1682 ; died in 1685. He marr. 14th
Nov. 1683, Alison Hume, and had issue
— Margaret. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
THOMAS MABON, M.A. (Edinburgh
1685 1675); pres. by James VII. 12th
June, and ord. 25th Sept. 1685 ;
deprived by the Privy Council, 29th Aug.
1689, for failing to read the Proclamation
of the Estates, and praying for King James
instead of William and Mary. He became
schoolmaster of Lauder, and died 12th Feb.
1711, aged 58. He marr. 1st Nov. 1685,
Isobel (died 1st April 1708, aged 54), sister
of Alison Hume, wife of Alexander Nicol-
son, min. of Bunkle and Preston, and had
issue — John ; Thomas, licentiate of the
Church of Scotland ; Margaret ; Grisell ;
Alice (marr. 1724, Andrew Baxter, philo-
sophical writer, author of An Enquiry into
the Nature of the Human Soul), died 1760.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig.; Tombst.; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church ; Edin. Reg. (Marr.).]
JOHN HARDIE, M.D., noticed above ;
1690 restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690; was a member of As-
sembly in 1692 ; died unmarr. 29th Nov.
1707, aged about 75. "Though a staunch
Presbyterian, he corresponded with Episco-
palian ministers, and pressed moderation
towards them." — [Lothian Syn. Reg.; Edin.
Tests. ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1692 ; Old Dec, ii. ;
Hist, of Gen. Ass., 1690.]
DAVID BROWN, M.A. ; trans, from
1708 Creenlaw ; called 23rd Sept., and
adm. 25th Nov. 1708; trans, to
Selkirk 5th May 1726.— [Acts of Ass., 1726.]
v JOHN BELL, son of Robert B., min. of
1727 Crailing ; licen. by Presb. of Jed-
burgh 19th Sept. 1722; pres. by
George II. 31st Aug. 1726; ord. 13th
April 1727; died 10th Dec. 1767. He
marr. 20th June 1733, Elizabeth (died
March 1788), daugh. of John Ewing of
Craigton, W.S., and had issue — Robert,
born 6th May 1734, licen. by Presb. of
Earlston 6th Sept. 1757, took orders in the
Church of England, thereby acquiring a
property in terms of the will of his
paternal grandfather, and afterwards be-
came a chaplain in the R.N. ; John, born
24th Nov. 1735 ; Margaret, born 29th Dec.
1737 (marr. John Bradfute, min. of Dun-
syre). — [New Stat. Ace, ii.]
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, born 15th
1770 April 1745, son of Alex. D., D.D.,
min. of Smailholm ; M.A. (St An-
drews 1 766) ; licen. by Presb. of Earlston
14th July, and pres. by George III. 31st
Dec. 1767 [Alex., Earl of Home, having
pres. Thomas Spankie, afterwards of Falk-
land, 9th April 1768, and raised a process
of declarator, the settlement was delayed
till the Court of Session, 11th July 1769,
assoilzied the Crown] ; ord. 5th July 1 770.
Returning from the communion at Channel-
kirk he was thrown from his horse, and
found dead on the road about six miles
from bis manse, 21st July 1800. He was
unmarr. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.). — [Tombst.]
ROBERT LUNDIE, pres. by George
III. 12th Aug. 1800; ord. 26th
March 1801 ; trans, to Kelso (his
native parish) 26th March 1807.
earlston]
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153
WALTER MORISON, pres. by George
1807 III. 1st April, and ord. 24th Sept.
1807 ; trans, (an exchange having
been arranged) to Morebattle 12th May
1814.
DAVID WILLIAM GORDON, trans.
1814 fr°m Morebattle ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, 26th Feb., and adm.
5th May 1814; trans, to Earlston 15th
July 1824.
JAMES PATERSON, bapt. 9th Oct.
1824 1>785' son °^ William P., Ochiltree;
licen. by Presb. of Lauder 3rd Feb.
1818; ord. to Stichill 26th Nov. 1822;
pres. by George IV. 10th Aug., trans, and
adm. 9th Sept. 1824 ; died 23rd Feb. 1855.
He marr. 4th Oct. 1824, Sarah Purves, who
died s#. 25th July 1837. Publication —
Account of the Parish (New Stat, Ace, ii.).
WILLIAM STOBBS, born Lothian
1855 Bridge, Dalkeith, 9th May 1827,
eldest son of John S. and Agnes
Ormiston ; educated at Lasswade School
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1849);
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 11th Feb.
1851 ; assistant at Penicuik and at Abbots-
hall ; pres. by Queen Victoria 6th June,
and ord. 16th Aug. 1855 ; died unmarr. 30th
April 1885. Publications — Contributions
to History of Berwickshire Naturalists'
Club. — [Obituary notice, Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, 1886.]
THOMAS PORTEOUS, M.A., B.D. ;
1885 ord. 24th Sept. 1885; clerk of
Presb., 1891-9 ; trans, to St James's
Parish, Edinburgh, 30th March 1899.
JOHN RITCHIE, born Balinlass, Gal-
1899 Wa^' Irelandj 4tn Oct. 1869, son of
James R. and Amelia Moncrieff,
daugh. of William Berry Shaw Paterson,
min. of Kilmaronock ; educated at High
School, Stirling, and Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Glasgow 1891) ;
B.D. (Edinburgh 1894); licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 8th May 1894 ; assistant
at St Andrew's Parish, Dunfermline ; ord.
16th Aug. 1899. Publication— "Gordon"
(Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1915).
1560
LAUDER.
[The church, dedicated to St Mary,
belonged to the Abbey of Dryburgh, as
did also St Leonard's Hospital and the
Chapel of Kedslie, both in the parish. At
Thirlestane there was a priory of St Martin.
In Lauder fairs were held on St Luke's
and St Martin's Days.]
ANDREW HOME, vicar in 1536, when
he had a charter from the Abbot
of Dryburgh of the kirklands of
Lauder ; min. 1560-7 ; died in 1568. He
was one of the Seven Spears of Wedder-
burn who with their father, Sir David
Home, fought at Flodden. He had three
natural children— William of St Leonard's ;
Andrew, died 1562 ; Margaret (marr. James
Home of Prenderguest). — [ Wedderbum
MSS. ; Reg. Mag. Sig., iii., 2332].
- NINIAN BORTHWICK, min. in 1567,
15e7 Channelkirk also being in the charge ;
trans, to Bassendean prior to 1574.
WLLLIAM FRANK, adm. to Soutra
74 1567 ; min. here in 1574. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JOHN KNOX, M.A.; min. in 1576;
1576 trans, to Melrose about 1582.
ALEXANDER LAUDER, M.A. (St
15a4 Andrews 1581) ; min. here in 1584 ;
pres. to the vicarage of Channelkirk
by James VI. 15th April 1586; was still
min. 20th July 1613. He marr., and had
issue — Andrew ; Elizabeth. — [Reg. Assig. ;
G. R. Inhib., 7th Aug. 1666.]
JAMES BURNET, M.A:; adm. 17th
1615 Sept. 1615; trans, to Jedburgh in
1636.
JAMES GUTHRIE, M.A. ; ord. in 1642 ;
1642 trans, to Stirling Nov. 1650.
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, M.A ; min. in
«>«• 1652 : trans, to Lennel [Coldstream]
1od<2 „
in 1659.
154
LAUDER
[PItESB. OF
DAVID FORRESTER, MA. ; min. in
1659 1659; trans, to Longf organ before
12th Aug. 1684. He returned and
preached his farewell sermon 26th Oct.
1685.
JOHN LUMSDEN [LUMSDAINE],
1685 MA. (St Andrews, 26th July 1670) ;
min. of St Mungo about 1676 ; trans,
to Dalgety in 1680; trans, to Second
Charge, Canongate, in 1682 ; trans, and
inst. 16th April 1685 ; deprived by the
Privy Council, 9th Aug. 1689, for neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary, but for
the late King, that God "would give him
the necks of his enemies and the hearts of
his subjects." In 1701 he lived at the head
of Patrick Stiell's Close, Edinburgh. He
marr. Marion, daugh. of James Scott of
Bonnington, and had issue — Charles. —
[Edin. Presb. Reg. ; St Cuthbert's Sess.
Reg. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
WILLIAM ABERCROMBY, MA.
1693 (Edinburgh, 2nd Aug. 1678); licen.
by Presb. of Dumfries ; ord. 10th
Aug. 1693; dep. 23rd Dec. 1697, "for false
accusation, drunkenness, and obscene con-
versation, of which he had been guilty
when in the North." He was Presbytery
clerk. He marr. 14th July 1712, Elizabeth,
daugh. of Andrew Ker, surgeon, Edinburgh.
— [Edin. Reg. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ANDREW DUNCANSON, MA. (Edin-
1700 burgh, 1681); licen. by Presb. of
Earlston 2nd March, and called 13th
July 1699; ord. 23rd Jan. 1700; relin-
quished his pastoral duties " on account of
distress," about 1706. The date of his
death is unknown.
GEORGE LOGAN, M A. ; called 6th
.,__,_ Feb., and ord. 8th May 1707 ; trans,
to Sprouston 22nd Jan. 1719.
THOMAS PITCAIRN, called 19th
1720 N°v- 1^19 ; pres. by Presb. jure
devoluto and ord. 29th March 1720 ;
trans, to St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh, 16th
Oct. 1735.
JAMES LINDSAY, called 25th March,
1736 anc* 01<^" ^tn -A-u§- !736 ; trans, to
Dunbarney 20th June 1746.
ROBERT FISHER, called 24th March,
1747 and ord. 22nd Sept. 1747 ; trans, to
Colinton 3rd March 1753.
JAMES FORD [FOORD], born 1723;
1753 MA. (Edinburgh, 14th April 1743) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th
Nov. 1746 ; ord. by the Northumberland
Presbyterian ' Classis 31st July 1751, min.
at Warnford, Northumberland ; pres. by
James, Earl of Lauderdale, and adm. 27th
Sept. 1753; D.D. (Edinburgh, 25th Oct.
1785) ; died 23rd Sept. 1810. He marr. 23rd
June 1759, Isobel Kirkland, Livingston,
who died 30th Nov. 1792, and had issue
—Isobel, born 3rd April 1760, died 16th
Nov. 1828. Publications — The Certain
Banger of Perverting Divine Truth and
Disregarding the Judgments of Heaven
(Edinburgh, 1778) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). — [Tombst.]
PETER COSENS, born Forfarshire,
1811 ll?80, son of Peter C. ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 24th Sept. 1806;
ord. to Torryburn 9th May 1809; pres.
by James, Earl of Lauderdale ; trans, and
adm. 27th June 1811 ; died 20th Aug.
1845. He marr. 24th Feb. 1819, Catherine
(died 23rd July 1877), only daugh. of Alex-
ander Thomson, min. of Carnock, and had
issue — Susanna Christian Geddes, born 8th
Oct. 1821, died unmarr. 20th April 1898 ;
Peter, born 4th June 1823, died 24th
March 1824 ; Alexander Thomson, min.
of Broughton ; John, W.S., born 15th April
1827, died 26th Nov. 1857; Anne, born
10th April 1829 (marr. Robert Romanes of
Harryburn), died 24th Nov. 1902; Peter,
advocate, born 26th April 1831, died 16th
July 1881. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace., ii.). — [Tombst.']
WILLIAM SMITH, pres. by James,
Earl of Lauderdale, and ord. 25th
Dec. 1845 ; trans, to Trinity Parish,
Edinburgh, 25th Dec. 1857.
earlston]
LAUDER— LEGERWOOD
155
DONALD MACLEOD, B.A. ; pres. by
1858 James, Earl of Lauderdale, and
ord. 18th March 1858; trans, to
Linlithgow 10th July 1862.
JAMES MIDDLETON, born Aberdeen,
1862 20t^ ^U^y 1834' SOn °^ James M- an(i
Eliza Renny ; educated at Grammar
School and King's College, Aberdeen, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1856) ;
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 27th July
1858 ; assistant at Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, Newton-on-Ayr, Coldstream, Burnt-
island, Linlithgow ; pres. by Anthony, Earl
of Lauderdale, 14th July, and ord. 25th
Sept. 1862; died 26th Dec. 1874. He
marr. 14th July 1863, Isabella (died 6th
Feb. 1884), daugh. of William Clyne, Aber-
deen, and had issue— James, factor, born
12th July 1864; Mary Clyne, born 17th
March 1866 (marr. 18th Oct. 1911, Neil
M'Michael, solicitor) ; Margaret, born 27th
Oct. 1867 (marr. 27th March 1896, David
Guthrie, C.A.) ; Melville Walker, engineer,
born 11th Nov. 1869; William Renny
Watson, engineer, born 5th March 1872 ;
Arthur Stanley, min. of West Parish,
Cambuslang, born 15th April 1875.
ADAM BRUCE SCOULAR WATSON,
1875 born Methven, 4th July 1841, son of
George Bruce W., formerly min. of
the United Associate Synod at Methven,
afterwards min. of the Church of Scotland,
and chaplain to the Forces at Chatham, and
Jane Scoular ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1874), B.D.
(1874). During his university course he
was class tutor to John Stuart Blackie,
Professor of Greek ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh; assistant at Lasswade, St
Giles, Edinburgh, and the Park Parish,
Glasgow; ord. to New Rothesay Parish,
Bute, 8th May 1874; trans, and adm.
29th July 1875; died unmarr. 12th July
1876.
THOMAS MARTIN, born Ponfeigh,
1QtJe Carmichael, Lanarkshire, 8th April
1845, son of Thomas M. and Agnes
Hamilton ; educated at Glasgow Univ. and
Tubingen ; M.A. (1868) ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1871; assistant at St Cuth-
bert's, Edinburgh ; ord. to New Rothesay
14th May 1872 ; trans, to St Paul's Parish,
Dundee, 26th Feb. 1874; trans, and adm.
21st Dec. 1876 ; President of the Berwick-
shire Naturalists' Club in 1893; died
unmarr. 20th Sept. 1904. Publications —
" Social and Church Life in Lauder " [vide
Lauder, a Series of Papers by Robert
Romanes (privately printed, 1903)] ; Con-
tributions to History of the Berwickshire
Naturalists' Club. — [The Border Magazine,
March 1905.]
WALTER LAMB, born 15th Feb. 1871,
1905 son °^ William L., min. of Ednam ;
educated at Dollar Academy, Univs.
of St Andrews and Edinburgh ; M.A. (1894),
B.D. (1898) ; licen. by Presb. of Cairston in
1898 ; assistant at First Charge, Ayr, 1898-
1900 ; missionary at Dalwhinnie, 1900-2 ;
assistant at Galashiels, 1902-4 ; ord. to
Kirkwall 12th May 1904 ; trans, and adm.
10th March 1905 ; died unmarr. 15th June
1906.
WILLIAM M'CONACHIE, born Aber-
190 lour, 8th May 1864, son of Charles
M. and Penuel Richardson ; educated
at Aberlour and Keith schools, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1885) ; headmaster
of Guisachan Public School, Inverness-
shire, 1885-6, of Glenlivet Public School,
1886-90; B.D. (Aberdeen 1893); licen. by
Presb. of Abernethy in 1893 ; assistant at
John Knox's Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. to
Guthrie 28th Nov. 1893; trans, and adm.
16th Nov. 1906. Marr. 31st Oct. 1906,
Ellen Mitchell, daugh. of Andrew Douglas,
manufacturer, Dundee. Publications —
Close to Nature's Heart (Edinburgh, 1904) ;
In the La]) of the Lammermoors (Edinburgh,
1912) ; " Birds of Lauderdale " (Hist. Ber.
Nat. Club, xx., 316).]
LEGERWOOD.
[A church existed here in the early part
of the twelfth century, when mention is
made of John, "priest of Ledgaresude."
About the same period the church passed
into the possession of the Abbey of Paisley,
156
LEGERWOOD
[PRESB. OF
and was held by it till the Reformation.
Part of the old church remains, of which a
finely-moulded Norman arch is the most
prominent feature. The church was restored
in 1898. There was a hospital of St Mary
Magdalen at Morriston.]
WILLIAM CKANSTOUN, vicar in
1564 1564.
ROBERT PATERSON, reader, 1574 to
1574 1591.
DAVID FORSYTH, trans, from Pol-
warth ; pres. to the vicarage before
22nd Oct. 1592 ; trans, to St Boswells
in 1593.
GEORGE BYRES, son of Robert B.,
1592 ^ur§'ess °f Haddington; M.A. (St
Andrews 1587); ord. to Bara 10th
Sept. 1589; trans, and adin. after 4th Oct.
1592; died in May 1640, aged about 73.
He had issue — Thomas, min. here in 1634.
Robert.— [Benvick S'as., iii., 50 ; Reg. Assig. ;
Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Lauder Tests. ; New
Stat. Ace, ii.]
THOMAS CRANSTOUN of Morriston,
1601 -M--A-) son of William C. of Morriston,
and Sarah, daugh. of Sir John C.
of that ilk ; brother of the first Lord
Cranstoun ; styled vicar in 1601. He died
in 1607, leaving issue — Alexander of
Morriston.
- THOMAS BYRES, son of above George
1634 B.; M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1626);
coll. in 1634 (probably assistant and
successor) ; on 23rd March 1653, a process
against him was pending before the Synod.
He was probably suspended, but was min.
again in 1666.
WILLIAM CALDERWOOD, a relative
of David C, the Church historian ;
was clerk to Sir Adam Hepburn,
Senator of the College of Justice, from
1648; M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th July 1649);
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 10th Nov.
1652 ; adm. 12th June 1655 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He frequently, though privately, revisited
the parish, and was min. again in 1689.
" THOMAS BYRES, M.A., noticed above ;
1666 min. in 1666; died Feb. 1682, aged
about 76. He had issue — George
min. of Lessudden [St Boswells] ; Thomas ;
James ; Robert ; Joseph ; Alexander, bapt.
at Melrose, 28th Jan. 1670 ; Margaret, bapt.
at Melrose, 1st Sept. 1672.— {Melrose Par.
Reg. ; Reg. Collat. ; Lauder Tests.]
GIDEON BROWN, M.A. ; ord. and coll.
(assistant and successor) 8th March
1666 ; trans, to Smailholm in 1676.
WILLIAM LAING, M.A. (Edinburgh
lffJt. 1669) ; licen. by Alexander, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 9th Sept. 1673 ; pres. by
Andrew Ker of Morriston, with consent of
his trustees, 11th Sept. 1676 ; coll. 11th, and
inst. (colleague and successor) 25th Jan.
1677 ; deprived by Privy Council 29th Aug.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates nor praying for William and
Mary, but for King James. — [Reg. Collat. ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitu-
tion of the Church.']
WILLIAM CALDERWOOD, M.A.,
noticed above ; returned 8th Sept.
1689 ; restored by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690. He was a member of
Assembly in 1692; died 19th June 1709,
in his 81st year. He marr. Jean, sister of
Robert Trotter, M.D., Edinburgh. She
was alive in 1712. — [Milne Home MSS.,
242 ; Haddington Presb. Reg. ; Tombst. ;
Reg. Gen. Ass., 1692.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1711 30th April 1700) ; ord. by the Presby-
terian Classis in Cumberland, 10th
Aug. 1709, min. of a congregation at
Branton, Northumberland ; called 31st
July, and adm. 8th Nov. 1711 ; dep. 30th
March 1714 for various offences. He was
probably reponed, but dem. 21st Oct. that
year. He was again dep. 1st Aug. 1718, for
drunkenness, etc. — [Acts of Ass., 1714.]
1717
THOMAS OLD, M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
April 1705) ; chaplain to Archibald
Douglas of Cavers ; licen. by Presb.
of Selkirk 15th Sept. 1715 ; pres. by Andrew
Ker of Morriston in Oct., and by the Presb.
eaulston]
LEGERWOOD
15:
jure devoluto 25th Dec. 1716; ord. 17th
Jan. 1717 ; died 1st Sept. 1737, in his
54th year. He marr. 6th June 1720,
Margaret, second daugh. of John Fullarton
of Auchenhay (who survived him, and marr.
secondly, Alexander Donaldson, writer,
Edinburgh), and had issue — an only child,
Jane (marr. Alexander Fall, carpenter on
board the Somerset). — [ Lauder Tests. ;
Tombst.]
WALTER DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edin-
l7_ burgh, 27th Jan. 1722); licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside 25th Feb. 1735 ;
pres. by Andrew Ker of Morriston, and ord.
27th July 1738; died unmarr. 3rd April
1752.
WILLIAM GULLAN, son of Gabriel
17__ G., min. of Dryfesdale ; had gift of a
bursary at the Univ. of Edinburgh
from the Exchequer 26th Feb. 1743 ; licen.
by Presb. of Lochmaben ; pres. by James
Ker of Morriston Oct. 1752; ord. 17th
May 1753; died unmarr. 11th April 1792.—
[Carlyle's Atdob.]
ROBERT SCOTT, pres. by James Ker
of Morriston 16th Sept. 1792; ord.
9th May 1793 ; trans, to Coldstream
3rd July 1795.
' JAMES BAIRD, pres. by George Ker of
Morriston 24th July, and ord. 17th
Sept. 1795 ; trans, to Eccles 20th
July 1797.
JAMES YOUNG, licen. by the Nor-
17fll_ thumberland Presbyterian Classis
14th May, and ord. min. of Kirkley,
near Morpeth, 28th Aug. 1782 ; adm. to
Glanton 12th June 1786; pres. by George
Ker of Morriston, and adm. 6th Dec. 1797 ;
his settlement was rescinded by the General
Assembly 25th May 1798, according to the
law of the Church, owing to his not being
qualified. This decision so affected his
spirits that he died at Coldstream, 23rd
Jan. 1799, in his 43rd year. — [Northumber-
land Presb. Beg. ; Acts of Ass., 1798 ;
Tombst. ; Hill's Constitution of the
Church ; Hill's Practice ; Scots Mag., lx.,
lxi.]
HENRY GARNOCK, pres. by George
179g Ker of Morriston 12th Sept. 1798;
ord. 14th March 1799 ; trans, to
Canongate, Edinburgh, 25th July 1811.
GEORGE CUPPLES, pres. by Miss
lgl2 Ker of Morriston Dec. 1811 ; ord.
26th March 1812; clerk of Presb.
1st Sept. 1825 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Stirling, 19th Jan. 1834.
JOHN HUNTER WALKER, pres. by
1834 Henry Ker Seymer of Morriston;
ord. 17th April 1834; trans, to
Greenlaw 2nd Aug. 1844.
JAMES MACNAIR, pres. by Henry Ker
1844 Seymer of Morriston, and ord. 19th
Dec. 1844 ; trans, to Auchtermuchty
1st July 1853.
JAMES LANGWILL, pres. by Henry
1853 Ker Seymer of Morriston, and ord.
8th Sept. 1853 ; trans, to Currie
21st Jan. 1859.
1 ARCHIBALD BROWN, born Tarbrax
1859 (now Lawhead), Carnwath, 29th July
1830, son of Archibald B., farmer,
and Margaret Brown ; educated at Auchen-
gray and Quothquan Schools, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
30th Aug. 1854 ; assistant at Channelkirk
1854-7; ord. missionary at Braemar 6th
July 1858 ; pres. by Henry Ker Seymer
of Morriston 5th Feb., and adm. 31st
March 1859 ; clerk of Presb., 1864-79. He
marr. 13th June 1860, Helen (died s.p. 24th
May 1864), daugh. of William White, Black-
castle, Carnwath. Publications — The JVeed
of Patience, a sermon (private circulation,
1867) ; The Sacred Dramas of George
Buchanan, translated into English Verse
(Edinburgh, 1906).
WILLIAM RANKIN, born New Carn-
1891 broe, Lanarkshire, 6th Oct. 1864, son
of William R. and Anne Steel ; edu-
cated at schools of Carnbroe and Coat-
bridge, High School, Glasgow, and Univs.
of Glasgow and St Andrews ; M.A. (Glasgow
1887), B.D. (St Andrews 1890); licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton in 1890 ; assistant at
158
LEGERWOOD— MERTOUN
[PKESB. OF
Airdrie ; ord. (assistant and successor)
29th Oct. 1891 ; died unmarr. 1st Feb.
1899.
JOHN ALEXANDER CAMERON, born
Culsalmond Schoolhousejnsch, Aber-
deenshire, 10th Jan. 1871, son of
William C. and Elizabeth Walker \ educated
at Culsalmond School, Grammar School,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1892),
B.D. (1895); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
7th May 1895 ; assistant at North Parish,
Aberdeen ; ord. (assistant and successor)
3rd Aug. 1899; clerk of Presb. in 1904;
chaplain to the Forces in France 1916.
Marr. 11th April 1900, Elizabeth Farquhar,
daugh. of William Marshall Philip, min.
of Skene, and has issue— William Philip
Legerwood, born 16th Jan. 1901 ; Winifred
Mary Elizabeth, born 16th Nov. 1903; John
Austen Percival, born 22nd Nov. 1905 ;
Ruth Evelyn Philip, born 1st Aug. 1909.
MERTOUN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
which was dedicated to St Ninian in 1241,
belonged to the Premonstratensian Abbey
of Dryburgh, in the parish. It was re-
built in 1658, and has been restored of
recent years. In 1296 there was a hospital
at Mertoun.]
ANDREW HEGY [HAIG], probably of
1560 the Bemersyde family, in the parish,
vicar in 1560.
ROBERT MYLNE, reader in 1574 —
1574 [Beg. Sec. Sig. ii. 40.]
ROBERT KER, reader at Bowden in
1576 *5^4 > ^ax^on> Lessudden, and Smail-
holm also were under his care ; trans,
to Mow about 23rd Jan. 1579.
ROBERT RYNDE [RHIND], trans,
from Ednam in 1580; trans, to
Foulis-Easter in 1581. — [Reg. Assig.]
JAMES MENZIES, mentioned as min.
1585 in 1585. — [Beg. Assig.]
1586
JOHN SMYTH, M.A. : trans, from Sel-
kirk in 1586 ; trans, to Maxton about
1592.
JOHN HEPBURN, M.A. : trans, from
15Q4 Glenholm ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. before 25th Jan. 1594 J
trans, to Cranshaws in 1596.
1597
ALEXANDER SIMSON, son of Andrew
S., min. of Dalkeith; studied at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1590);
adm. to Muckhart in 1591 ; trans, to Alva
and Tillicoultry in 1592; trans, and adm.
to this charge in 1597 ; it was proposed
in 1602 to translate him to Tillicoultry,
part of his former charge, but the Presb.
refused concurrence. When preaching in
Edinburgh, 22nd July 1621, "he spared
neither king, bishop, nor minister." He
was apprehended the following day, carried
before the Privy Council, and ordered to be
confined to Dumbarton, and to live there
at his own expense. He was released 2nd
Oct. following, and confined to his own
parish 10th of the same month. He dem.
before May 1632, and died 17th July 1639,
aged about 69. " He knew and cared little
about earthly things, was unwearied in
prayer, and constantly occupied with the
Bible." He marr., and had a son Andrew,
who though apparently a min. never occu-
pied a pulpit in Scotland. (He was the
father of Andrew S., min. of Kirkinner.)
Publication — The Destruction of Inbred
Corruption, or the Christian's Warfare
against the Bosome Enemy (London, 1644).
— [Beg. Assig. ; Stirling Bresb. Beg. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., vii., 470, 511 ; Tombst. within
St Modem' 8 Chapel, Dryburgh Abbey ;
Livingston's Charac]
JAMES URQUHART, M.A. ; pres. by
1632 Charles I. 20th May 1632; trans,
to Lindean [Galashiels] 13th May
1635.
THOMAS COURTNEY, son of David
1640 ^*' m^n' °^ Stichill; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 23rd July 1636); adm. 18th
June 1640. He was min. at Kirkandrews,
in England, in 1661. He returned to this
earlston]
MERTOUN
159
parish later. — [Gunn's Stichill ; Reg. Kelso
Presb. ; New Gen. Reg. Sas., ii.]
JAMES KIRKTON, M.A. ; trans, from
_,_ Second Charge, Lanark ; adm. after
25th June 1657 ; deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; restored in
1690.
1663
THOMAS COURTNEY, M.A., noticed
above, returned, probably only as a
tolerated min. He was elected to
one of the churches by the Town Council
of Edinburgh, 9th Jan. 1663, but did not
accept. He was min. of Ashkirk in 1667.
He had sasine of the kirklands of Hume
Nov. 1668. — [Edin, Counc. Reg. ; Peebles
Presb. and Syn. {Jedburgh Presb.) Regs. ;
New Gen. Reg. Sas., xx.]
JAMES DUNBAR, M.A. ; trans, from
1667 Watten ; pres. by Charles II. 17th
Nov. 1666; coll. 21st Jan. 1667;
trans, to Abbey St Bathans 12th Jan.
1675.
ANDREW MELDRUM, son of Joshua
lfll_. M., min. of Trinity Parish, Edin-
burgh; M.A. (Edinburgh 1668);
licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
15th March 1670; pres. by Charles II.
16th Sept., and ord. and coll. Nov. 1674 ;
deprived by the Act of Parliament, 25th
April 1690, restoring the Presbyterian
ministers ; entered burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh 5th Nov. following ;
died there, 20th Dec. 1696, aged about 49.
He marr. 24th Aug. 1675, Anna Gladstanes,
who died 23rd May 1722, and had issue —
Walter, buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
16th Oct. 1695 ; and Joshua, buried there,
22nd Dec. 1697.— [Reg. Collat. ; Edin. Guild
Reg. ; Edin. Reg. {Marr. and Bur.) ; Min.-
book Reg. Priv. Seal; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Scot. Presb. Eloq. ; Kirkton's Hist.]
JAMES KIRKTON, M. A., noticed above ;
1690 res*ore^ by Act °f Parliament 25th
April 1690, but preached only two
Sundays, and was translated to Tolbooth
Parish, Edinburgh. The church was de-
clared vacant March 1691.
JOHN WALLACE of Monkcastle, born
io about 1629 ; eldest son of Col. James
W. of Achans ; educ. at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1649) ; adm. to Largs in-
1658, but deprived 11th June 1662; in
dulged in 1672, but again deprived 15th
Feb. 1679 ; returned in 1687 ; trans, and adm.
to this charge 13th May 1692; died 14th
Feb. 1693. He marr. Jane Hutchison.
ROBERT LIVER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1697 3rc* ^U^ 16^3) ', ord. to Hownam
14th Nov. 1695 ; called Dec. 1696 ;
trans, and adm. 4th May 1697 ; dem. 20th
June 1717.
JAMES INNES, son of Robert I., wine
171 merchant, Leith ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
11th May 1704) ; first rector of the
Grammar School of Hawick, 1710-18 ; licen.
by Presb. of Jedburgh 5th June 1717 ;
pres. by Thomas Haliburton of Newmains
that year ; ord. 18th Sept. 1718 ; died 1st
July 1767. He marr. 20th July 1726,
Christian (died at Edinburgh, 4th Dec.
1770), daugh. of Robert Munro of Coul,
advocate, and had issue — Mary ; Robert,
M.D., born 24th April 1730; Captain
Albert, born 4th Feb. 1732 ; James, min.
of Yester, born 17th June 1733 ; Anne,
born 6th Dec. 1734, died 4th Dec. 1762.—
[Raivick Sess. Reg.]
JOHN MARTIN, pres. by Walter Scott
1768 of Harden, and ord. 28th Sept. 1768 ;
trans, to Spott 4th March 1790.
JAMES DUNCAN, licen. by Presb. of
17 Auchterarder 22nd April, pres. by
Walter Scott of Harden 3rd July,
and ord. 28th Sept. 1790; died 27th Jan.
1845, in his 82nd year. He marr. 10th
Feb. 1795, Elizabeth Laurie, in the parish
of Smailholm, who died at Edinburgh, 8th
Sept. 1868, aged 95, and had issue — James,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, born
9th Oct. 1796, died 7th Jan. 1822 ; Isabella,
born 9th April 1798, died 18th May 1830 ;
Sarah Elizabeth, born 4th July 1799, died
27th Dec. 1819; Barbara, born 27th June
1800, died 15th March 1819 ; Thomas, born
9th Oct. 1802, died 26th Jan. 1821 ; Mary,
born 4th June 1806; Elizabeth, born 30th
Dec. 1807, died 1st Aug. 1831; Harriet,
160
MERTOUN— SMAILHOLM
[PKESB. OF
born 31st Dec. 1811, died 16th May 1813.
Publications — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's, xiv., and Xew Stat. Ace, ii.)
JOHN GRIEVE, a native of Roxburgh-
shire ; pres. by Hugh, Lord Polwarth,
27th June, and adm. 4th Sept. 1845 ;
dep. 21st May 1860. He became a school-
master at Greenhill, Shotts, and died 19th
June 1884. He marr. 7th July 1861, Agnes
Dinwoodie, who died 29th Aug. 1902, leav-
ing issue.
WILLIAM M'LEAN, trans, from Ash-
kirk, and adm. 1st Nov. 1860; clerk
of Presb., 1863-4; trans, to Pen-
ninghame 7th April 1864.
i860
ALEXANDER M'LAREN, born Edin-
1864 burgh, 3rd July 1827, son of David
M., tailor, Dunkeld, and Isabella
Purves ; educated at High School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; served sometime in
the office of a W.S. ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1854 ; ord. to Leslie, Fife,
1st March 1855 ; pres. by Hugh, Lord Pol-
warth ; trans, and adm. 16th June 1864 ;
clerk of Presb., 1879-91; died 24th Oct.
1891. He marr. 3rd June 1891, Agnes,
daugh. of George Frederick Jones, Kel-
burne, Fairlie. Publication — edited (with
biographical sketch) Under the Shadoiv,
sermons by William M'Lean [his predeces-
sor] (Edinburgh, 1881). He left in manu-
script a Commentary on the Book of the
Revelation.
ANDREW THOMSON DONALD,
1892 b°rn Dyce, Aberdeenshire, 29th Nov.
1843, son of Alexander D. ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; student missionary,
Barony Parish, Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow ; ord. to the Chapel-of-Ease
(now South Parish), Girvan, 20th Feb.
1873 ; trans, to St Vincent's Parish, Glas-
gow, 21st Dec. 1881 ; trans, and adm. 17th
May 1892 ; convener of Life and Work Sub-
committee on Mission - weeks ; died 11th
Jan. 1908. He marr. 9th July 1874, Anna-
bella Gordon (died 5th Dec. 1909), daugh.
of James Robertson, and had issue — Mary
Gordon, born 5th April 1875 (marr. 19th
Sept. 1907, John Donaldson M'C'allum,
min. of Larkhall); George Henry, min.
of the West Parish, Aberdeen ; Elizabeth
Gray, born 26th Jan. 1878 (marr. 4th Aug.
1904, James Chrystal, Bombay) ; Edith
Armstrong, born 7th May 1885.
DAVID GILMOUR MANUEL, born
Muirhead, Shotts, 21st May 1858,
son of James Manuel of Treesbanks ;
educated at Wilson's Endowed School,
Shotts, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1880),
B.D. (1883); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
in 1883; assistant at Larbert and Duni-
pace ; ord. to St Stephen's Chapel, Perth,
13th May 1885 ; adm. to St Andrew's
Parish, Perth, on the closing of Old St
Stephen's Chapel, 30th Sept. that year;
trans, and adm. 11th June 1908. Marr. (1)
7th Aug. 1S89, Mary Somerville (died s.p.
14th June 1891), daugh. of Robert Lindsay,
merchant, Coatbridge : (2) 7th Dec. 1898,
Agnes Manuel, youngest daugh. of Joseph
Stenhouse, shipbuilder, Dumbarton, and
has issue — Agnes Gilmour, born 17th July
1901 ; James, born 10th Jan. 1903 ; Marian
Gilmour, born 3rd Aug. 1906 ; Dora Grisell
Baillie, born 9th Nov. 1910. Publications
— Eastern Impressions (Perth, 1907) ; A
Gladdening River: Twenty - Five Years'
Guild Influence among the Himalayas
(London, 1914).
SMAILHOLM.
[The church, previous to the Reformation,
belonged to the Abbey of Jedburgh. There
was here a hospital called Smailholm
Spital. In the church is a window to the
memory of Sir Walter Scott, who spent
part of his boyhood in this parish.]
THOMAS M'KENNA, reader from 1574
1574 to 1576.
JOHN MAKEXNOCH, reader from 1578
1578 to 1580.
GEORGE HOME, styled vicar in 1578.
lg^ — [Feu Charters of Kirklands, ii.,
234.]
JOHN KENNEDY, probably the above
1586 John Makennoch, reader in 1586.
eaklston]
SMAILHOLM
161
DAVID FORSYTH, min. of St Bos-
wells, had this parish also in his
charge in 1593 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. before July 1593 [vide St
Boawells].
ARCHIBALD OSWALD, M.A. ; trans,
from Hutton, and adm. in 1595;
trans, to Tranent that year.
JAMES HUNTER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
12th Aug. 1591) ; adm. to Borthwick
in 1593 ; trans, to Skirling in 1594 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 1st May
1598; died before 30th Sept. 1629. He
marr. 30th Aug. 1598, Marion Aikman
(who survived him, and marr. (2) Thomas
M'Dowall in Stodrig), and had issue— Alex-
ander in Wranghame, in the parish, who
was served heir 20th July 1630; George.
— [Beg. Mag. Sig. ; Beg. Assig. ; Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Edin. Beg. {Marr.); Inq. Bet. Gen.,
1751 ; Beg. of Deeds, cccxcvi.]
JAMES LOGAN, MA. (Edinburgh, 27th
July 1616); classical master in the
High School, Edinburgh, 12th March
1617; pres. by Charles I. 30th Sept. 1629;
was a member of the Court of High Com-
mission 21st Oct. 1634 ; dep. before 21st
Sept. 1641. He had £100 sterling allowed
by Parliament, 5th July 1661, as some
compensation for his sufferings. — [Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Baillie's Letters ; Maitland Miscell.,
ii. ; Acts of Pari., vii. ; Steven's Edin.
High School, 83.]
THOMAS DONALDSON, M.A. (Edin-
1640 ^urgh, 23l'd July 1631) ; tutor to the
Master of Cranstoun ; licen. by Presb.
of Dalkeith 20th Dec. 1638 ; adm. 26th May
1640 ; pres. by Charles I. 21st Sept. 1641 ;
he was appointed by the Assembly, 4th
June 1644, to accompany the Master of
Cranstoun's Regiment to England ; was
a member of Assemblies 1645-9 ; confined
to his parish on the re-establishment of
Episcopacy in 1662 ; died before 8th March
1671. He marr., and had issue — William,
eldest son, served heir 1673.— [Edin. Sas.,
xviii., 367 ; Old Dec, iii. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Jedburgh Presb. Beg. ; Wodrow's Hist., i.,
326; Baillie's Letters; Livingston's Life;
VOL. II.
Bannatyne Miscell., ii. ; Acts of Ass. ; Inq.
Bet. Gen., 5653, 7904.]
NINIAN PATERSON, M.A. ; trans.
71 from Dalserf ; pres. by Charles II.
4th July 1671 ; trans, to Liberton
14th Oct. 1674.
GIDEON BROWN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1676 19tn July 1661) ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd April
1664; ord. to Legerwood 8th March 1666;
pres. by Charles II. 2nd Jan. 1676, and adm.
soon after ; deprived by the Privy Council,
26th Sept. 1689, for neither reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates nor praying for
William and Mary, and for absenting him-
self from church on the day appointed for
reading the Proclamation. He is spoken
of as a " violent persecutor " of the Presby-
terians. He had a son, Alexander, periwig-
maker and barber, afterwards servitor to
the Duke of Queensberry. — [Consistorial
Processes, Scot. Rec. Soc, No. 140;
Min.-book Beg. Priv. Seal ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Scot. Presb. Eloq. ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; Peterkin's Constitution of the
Church.]
yJOHN BELL, son of Robert B., min. of
Dairy; M.A. (Glasgow 1656); adm.
to Ardrossan after 1655 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; indulged
27th July 1669 ; returned to Ardrossan
in 1687 ; dem. after 3rd April 1688 ;
restored 25th April 1690; adm. to this
parish 12th Oct. 1691; died Jan. 1702,
aged 68, leaving a son, Robert, min. of
Cavers. — [Wodrow MSS.]
WILLIAM OLIPHANT [or OLIPHER],
M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th July 1695);
called 19th Jan., and ord. 6th May
1703 ; died June 1709, aged about 36. He
marr. Mary, daugh. of George Bell of Bel-
ford, and his wife, a daugh. of Sir Thomas
Carre of Cavers, and stepsister of the first
Countess of Marchmont. She was alive
in 1730, and had issue— Mary, bapt. 28th
Feb. 1705 (marr. Patrick Hepburn, min. of
Ayton) ; Isobel, born 15th Dec. 1706 (marr.
William Home, min. of Fogo) ; George
162
SMAILHOLM— STOW
[PRESB. OF
bapt. 2nd Feb. 1709.— [Fogo Sess. Reg. ;
Tombst.]
JAMES CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (Edin-
1710 burgh, 29th April 1701); licen. by
Presb. of Lauder 22nd March 1709 ;
called 12th Jan., and ord. 20th July 1710 ;
died unmarr. 12th May 1743, aged 62.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN, born Aber-
1*743 ^een i^08' son °f Alexander D.,
weaver and burgess ; educated at
Marischal College and Univ. ; licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 7th Jan. 1735; tutor in
the family of Alexander, second Earl of
Marchmont ; ord. to Traquair 12th Sept.
1738; pres. by Grisell, Lady Murray of
Stanhope, with consent of her mother,
Lady Grisell Baillie, 1st Aug., trans, and
adm. 24th Nov. 1743; D.D. (Aberdeen
1773); died 29th Sept. 1795. He was Sir
Walter Scott's minister during his Smail-
holm boyhood. He is described in the
Introduction to the third canto of Marmion,
as —
" The venerable priest,
Our frequent and familiar guest,
Whose life and manners well could paint
Alike the student and the saint,"
and is thought to be the prototype of " Josiah
Cargill" in St Ronan's Well. He marr.
2nd Feb. 1744, Helen (died 10th Jan. 1748,
aged 36), daugh. of William Home of
Greenlaw Castle, factor on the Mellerstain
estate, and Anne, daugh. of Sir Alexander
Purves of that ilk, and had issue — Alex-
ander, min. of Gordon ; Agnes, born 18th
Aug. 1746 (marr., pro. 19th Oct. 1766,
Thomas Cleghorn, Inspector-General of Im-
ports and Exports, and Dean of Guild of
Edinburgh), died 4th Dec. 1785 ; William,
colonel H.E.I.C.S., born 31st Dec. 1747,
died in London, 1st March 1830; George
(twin), born 31st Dec. 1747, died 22nd
March 1748. Publications — A Preventa-
tive- against the Principles of Infidelity, or
the Nature and Design of the Christian
Religion and the Evidences of its Truth
and Divine Origin (Edinburgh, 1774); The
Devout Communicant's Assistant (Edin-
burgh, 1777; Berwick, 1792); The Evidence
of the Resurrection of Jesus as recorded in
the New Testament, a sermon preached
before the S.P.C.K. (Edinburgh, 1783) ; The
History of the Revolution, 1688 (Edinburgh,
1790); Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iii.). He left in manuscript a
Journal of the Rebellion, 1745, which was
not published. — {Tombst. ; Scots Magazine,
1796; Lockhart's Life of Scott; W. S.
Crockett's The Scott Originals (portrait).
THOMAS CLEGHORN, born Edin-
17g6 burgh, 5th Jan. 1777, son of Thomas
C, Inspector - General of Imports
and Exports for Scotland, and grandson
of preceding min. ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 5th
July, pres. by George Baillie of Mellerstain
4th Aug., and ord. 28th Sept. 1796; dem.
1st April 1845 ; died unmarr. 12th April
1847 ; interred in St Cuthbert's Churchyard,
Edinburgh. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Neiv Stat. Ace, iii.).
DAVID SWAN, born Banbeith, Leven,
1843 Fife, 1st July 1808, son of John S.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; assistant at Smailholm ; pres. by
George Baillie of Mellerstain 9th Aug., and
ord. (assistant and successor) 28th Sept.
1843; clerk of Presb., 1843-63; died un-
marr. 12th Sept. 1886.
1887
WILLIAM LAMB SIME, born Elgin,
12th Feb. 1855, son of James S.
and Annie Bain ; educated at Elgin
Academy, Milne's Institution, Fochabers,
Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh, and
at Marburg ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1876) ; licen.
by Presb. of Elgin 14th May 1879 ; assistant
at Huntly, Newbattle, and Smailholm ;
ord. 16th June 1887. Publication— Scott,
St Cuthbert, Smailholm Church, and Tower
[book of the Bazaar] (Edinburgh, 1896).
STOW.
[The church was dedicated to St Mary.
Here was the southern seat of the Arch-
bishop of St Andrews, called the Stow
of Wedale. It had a right of sanctuary.
Beside the ruin of the old church is Our
Lady's Well.]
earlston]
STOW
163
WILLIAM HESLOP, reader from 1574
1574 to 1578.
JAMES MITCHELL, brother of George
1585 ^■*> fl°ur-miUer> burgess of Edin-
burgh ; mentioned as min. in 1585 ;
died between 7th Jan. and 19th July 1626.
He marr. (1) Marion, daugh. of James
M'Cartney, who died before 1615, and had
issue — John, who was at Court in London
in 1621 : (2) Elizabeth Wright, who sur-
vived him. — [G. B. Inhib., xvi., 43 ; ibid.,
19th Nov. 1624; ibid., 20th May 1625;
Beg. Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; Inq. Ret. de
Tut., 1306-10.]
WILLIAM MAXWELL, M.A. ; adm. in
1628 1628 ; trans, to Dunbar in 1635.
THOMAS CAMPBELL, M.A. (Edin-
1635 burgh, 27th July 1622); employed
by the Town Council of Edinburgh
to preach in the vacant pulpits of the city
previous to 28th Nov. 1634; adm. 23rd
Aug. 1635 ; suspended by Presb. 7th April
1639; dep. 22nd April 1639, for not
acknowledging the General Assembly in
1638, and desertion of his charge. He
marr. (cont. 18th and 25th Feb. 1636)
Margaret, youngest daugh. of Sir James
Pringle of Galashiels, and had issue —
Thomas. — [Beg. of Deeds, dxxiv., 133 ; Edin.
Counc. and Sess. Begs. ; Wodroir MSS.]
JOHN CLELAND, son of George C,
1640 mm" °^ Durisdeer ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (22nd
June 1633) ; having resided within its
bounds for eleven months, he got a testi-
monial from the Presb. of Dalkeith 26th
July 1638 ; ord. 10th Dec. 1640 ; joined
the Protesters in 1651 ; died Aug. 1665,
aged about 52. He marr. Janet, sister of
Archibald Porteous, min. of Oxnam, and
had issue — James ; John ; Robert ; Archi-
bald ; Janet ; Margaret ; Jean ; Christian ;
Elizabeth. — [Dalkeith and Jedburgh Presb.
Begs. ; Edin. Tests. ; Wodrow;s Hist. ; Acts
of Pari., vii.]
ROBERT KAY, on the Exercise at
1666 Stirling 26th July 1627; adm. to
Second Charge, Dumbarton, 1636 ;
left in 1643; adm. to Dunfermline 16th
Jan. 1645 ; dem. in 1665 ; adm. to this
charge in 1666; died 15th May 1680. He
marr. Barbara Lindsay, and had issue —
Robert ; Charles, min. of Second Charge,
South Leith. — [Dunfermline Sess. Beg.]
ANDREW NAUGHLEY, adm. to Kirk-
mabreck about 1674 ; trans, and adm.
11th Aug. 1680; deprived by the
Privy Council, 29th Aug. 1689, for neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary, but
for King James. He became curate of
Threlkeld, Penrith, 4th April 1698; died
there, 17th April 1705. He marr. Mary,
daugh. of William Burnett of Barns, and
Christian Whitford, and had issue — Alex-
ander, his successor in the curacy, ord.
priest 19th May 1706, died 30th April
1 756 ; William ; James ; Margaret. — [MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution
of the Church ; Hutchinson's Cumberland,
i. ; Threlkeld Begs.]
HUGH SCOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh 1649) ;
1689 a(^m- to Bedrule 1 7th March 1657 ;
deprived by Parliament and Privy
Council 11th June and 1st Oct. 1662 ; adm.
to Oxnam in 1672 ; trans, to Galashiels 1st
Dec. 1672 ; trans, and adm. to this charge
in 1689. He was a member of Assembly in
1690, and died before 4th Nov. that year.
He marr. Jean Pringle, who died at Edin-
burgh 19th July 1709, aged 65, and had
issue— David, born 1676 ; Hugh ; James of
Blackwater, St Fergus ; Helen (marr. 23rd
Nov. 1708, Thomas Waldie, merchant, Edin-
burgh). — [Edin. Tests. ; Banff Sas., 28th
Dec. 1697.]
JAMES DOUGLAS, son of Robert D.,
1693 soaP-b°iler5 Edinburgh ; called 25th
Oct. 1692 ; ord. 9th Aug. 1693 ; died
22nd March 1732. He marr. Jean Allan,
who died at Edinburgh, 19th April 1741.
She presented two silver communion cups
to the parish 27th June 1736. — [Edin. Beg.
(Biir.) ; Edin. Tests.]
DAVID DUNCAN, born Aberdeen 1702,
1733 son °^ -Alexander D., weaver and
burgess, brother of Alexander D.,
D.D., min. of Smailholm ; educated at
Marischal College and Univ. of Aberdeen ;
164
STOW
[PRESB. OF
licen. by Presb. of Biggar 18th Feb. 1731 ;
tutor in the family of Sir William Baillie
of Lamington ; pres. by George II. 5th
Sept. 1732; ord. 2nd Aug. 1733; pres. to
Gladsmuir, but died on the eve of his in-
duction, 22nd Oct. 1758. He marr. (1)
Nov. 1734, Elizabeth, daugh. of John Ful-
larton of Auchinhay : (2) pro. 1 7th June
1739, Margaret (died before 11th Jan. 1749),
daugh. of James Pringle, brother of Sir
John P. of Stichill, Bart. : (3) 29th Jan.
1752, Janet Buchanan, who died 30th April
1763.— [Edin. Tests.; Acts of Ass., 1733;
Tombst.]
ROBERT DAWSON, had gift of a
bursary at the Univ. of Edinburgh
from the Exchequer 27th Nov. 1747 ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 29th Nov.
1752 ; assistant at Saltoun ; pres. by George
II. 9th March, and ord. 25th Sept. 1759;
died 23rd March 1809, in his 82nd year.
He marr. 17th Nov. 1767, Mary Aber-
cromby, who died 1st Feb. 1814, and had
issue — William, born 31st Aug. 1768 ; Helen,
born 10th March 1770; Jean, born 19th
June 1772 ; Rebecca, born 2nd Feb. 1773,
died 15th July 1776 ; Alexander, surgeon,
born 8th May 1777. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.).
JOHN CORMACK, born 1776, son of
William C., blacksmith, Edinburgh,
which occupation he also followed
for a time ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh
(where he was prizeman for the best essay) ;
MA. (28th Jan. 1803) ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 29th Feb. 1804 ; pres. by George
III. 15th May, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 17th Sept. 1807 ; D.D. (St Andrews,
12th April 1828); died 20th Dec. 1840.
He took much interest in the condition
of the farm servants in his parish, and
formed an association for their improve-
ment and welfare. He marr. 7th April
1814, Helen (died at Nairn, 28th Sept.
1848), daugh. of John Rose of Holme, and
had issue — Sir John Rose, M.D., medical
writer, distinguished himself at the Siege
of Paris in 1871 [vide Diet. Nat. Biog.\
born 5th Dec. 1815, died 13th May 1882;
William, born 30th April 1817, died 27th
June 1818; Jane Ann, born 16th Feb.
1819, died 28th Sept. 1836. Publications
— Sermon at opening the Synod (Edinburgh,
1810) ; Account of the Abolition of Female
Infanticide in Guzerat (London, 1815);
Pastoral Hints to the Parishioners (Edin-
burgh, 1823) ; Inquiry into the Doctrine of
Original Sin (Edinburgh, 1824) ; Review of
Barzillai the Gileadite (Edinburgh, 1827) ;
Association for the Improvement and En-
couragement of Servants in the Border
Districts (Edinburgh, 1827) ; Illustrations
of Faith (Edinburgh, 1839) ; Memoir of the
Rev. William Stark [min. of Dirleton]
(Stark's Sermons) ; contributions to the
Edinburgh Christian Instructor ; trans-
lated Fenelon's Lives of the Ancient Philos-
ophers, 2 vols. (London, 1803), and The
Church of Rome, by Cesar Malan, D.D.
(London, 1840) ; On Voluntary Church
Association ; Account of the Parish (JVeiv
Stat. Ace, i.).
DAVID WADDELL, born Gavinton,
1841 Berwickshire, 27th June 1794, son
of William W. and Isobel Trotter;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor at
Monte Video to the family of the British
Consul ; licen. by Presb. of Duns ; mission-
ary at New North Parish, Edinburgh, and
at Stobhill ; pres. by Queen Victoria, and
ord. 14th Sept. 1841 ; died unmarr. 5th Jan.
1873. Publications — Articles in Chambers's
Journal, and other publications, on his
foreign experiences and impressions. — [The
Border Almanac, 1874.]
JOHN METHVEN ROBERTSON,
-„,_„ MA. ; pres. by Queen Victoria 4th
April 1873 ; trans, from Second
Charge, Montrose, and adra. 17th July
1873; trans, to Tron Parish, Edinburgh,
22nd Sept. 1881.
WILLIAM WORKMAN, born in Ire-
lg82 land, 13th Aug. 1844, son of William
W. and Jane Clark ; educated at
Beith School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine ; took charge of Sandy-
ford Parish Mission (now St Clement's
Parish), Glasgow ; ord. to Fullarton, Irvine,
28th Jan. 1875 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Montrose, 28th Jan. 1876 ; trans, and adm.
earlston]
STOW— WESTRUTHER
165
20th April 1882 ; died 8th June 1910. He
marr. 19th Aug. 1875, Margaret, daugh. of
George Burrell, shipowner, Glasgow.
THOMAS WILKIE WILSON, born
1911 Blairhall, Scone, 5th June 1870, son
of John W. and Euphemia Wilkie ;
educated at Perth Academy and Univ. of
Edinburgh, M.A. (1893), B.D. (11th April
1896), and at Halle, Berlin, Paris ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith in 1897 ; assistant at
Morningside, Edinburgh ; ord. to Greenlaw,
Paisley, 24th April 1902; trans, to Rose-
mount, Aberdeen, 2nd April 1907 ; trans,
and adm. 27th Jan. 1911 ; Hastie Lecturer,
Univ. of Glasgow, 1915. Marr. 29th July
1902, Marion Miller, daugh. of Thomas
Grainger Taylor. Publications — The Quebec
Tercentenary (Aberdeen, 1909) ; In His
Name (London, 1914).
WESTRUTHER, of old
BASSENDEAN.
[Previous to the Reformation the church,
dedicated to St Mary, belonged to the
nunnery of Coldstream. The parish was
united to Gordon in 1617, but again dis-
joined. Afterwards the Presb. found it
expedient that the kirk of Bassendean
should be disunited and separated from
Gordon. This being recommended by the
Synod also, and advised by the General
Assembly, 16th June 1646, the parish was
disjoined by the Commissioners for Planta-
tion of Kirks, 30th June 1647, and "the
parishioners, or some of the best affected,
bigged a kirk instead of that which was
altogether ruinous and fallen down." By
Act of Parliament, 2nd March 1649, the
kirk was ordered to be transported from
Bassendean to Westruther. In the parish
were the chapel of Wedderlie and the
White Chapel of Spottiswood, vide The
Border Magazine, Jan. 1903.]
ANDREW CURRIE, styled "vicar of
1569 Bassendean" in 1569 and in 1574.
" NINIAN BORTHWICK, trans, from
-_,_. Lauder in 1574, having Legerwood
and Earlston also under his care.
He was still min. in 1578. — [Beg. Assig.]
THOMAS STORIE, adm. to Foulden in
. 1576; trans, to Hutton about 1596,
when Gordon also was under his
charge ; pres. to the vicarage by James VI.
20th Dec. 1598 ; removed to Gordon in
1609.— [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN VEITCH, born 2nd March 1620,
1648 son °^ J°hn V., min. of Roberton,
Lanarkshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1639); pres. by Charles
II. 29th Dec. 1647; adm. 8th May 1648.
An Act of Parliament was passed in his
favour 2nd July 1661, but its terms are not
known. Refusing to conform to Episco-
pacy, he was deprived in 1662. He returned
in 1680 under the Act of Indulgence, but
failing to compear before the Privy Council,
he was declared outlaw, 5th Oct. of that
year. He was arrested, and suffered great
privations in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh.
He was again deprived in 1682, and
sentenced to a further term of imprison-
ment, 2nd Aug. 1683. He was released
10th Dec. following, and returned to his
charge, but on 4th Sept. 1685 he was
seized by order of the Lord Chancellor
[James Drummond, Earl of Perth], and
kept in prison for twenty weeks. In 1690
he was restored, and was a member of
Assembly in 1690 and 1692. He died at
Dalkeith, on his return from the Commis-
sion of Assembly, 16th Dec. 1702, and was
buried there. He marr. (1) 7th Sept. 1652,
Agnes, daugh. of Alexander Home, third
of Bassendean, and Sybilla, daugh. of
George Broun of Colstoun ; they had
sasine of lands in Bassendean 11th July
1659 : (2) Susanna Dundas, who survived
him, and had issue — George, writer, Edin-
burgh ; Susanna (marr. Nicol Edgar, min.
of Hobkirk) ; Sophia (marr. James Ker,
min. of Nenthorn). Publication — A De-
scription of Berwickshire, or the Mers
{Sibbald MSS., Advocates' Library; vide
Macfarlane's Geographical Selections, iii.,
169-185, Scot. Hist. Soc, 1908).— [Wod-
row's Hist., iii., 196 ; Memoir of William
Veitch [his brother] ; Acts of Pari., vii. ;
Livingston's Life ; Beg. Gen. Ass., 1690,
1692 ; Beg. Old Dec, i., ii., iii. ; Monteith's
Theater of Mortality, ii. ; Edin. and Lauder
166
WESTRUTHER
[PRESB. OF
Tests ; Scot. Presb. Eloq. ; Hist. Berwick.
Nat. Club, xviii.; inscription in Veitch's
Latin Bible, formerly in the possession of
the Rev. Walter Wood.]
GEORGE WILSON, adm. to Killellan
1683 Def°re 31st Aug. *665 ; trans, to
Simprin 12th Sept. 1672; adm. in
1683: pres. by Charles II. 26th March
1684 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, restoring the Presbyterian
mins. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Min.-book Beg.
Priv. Seal; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1690 JOHN VEITCH, M.A. (see above).
WALTER SCOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1704 28th June 1697); licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 27th Jan. 1703; called
15th June, and ord. 21st Sept. 1704 ; died
May 1737, aged about 60. He marr. 28th
Feb. 1707, Sophia (died 1st April 1771),
daugh. of George Home of Bassendean,
and Katherine Pringle of Greenknowe,
and had issue — Francis, his successor ;
Catherine; Agnes (marr. 19th Oct. 1730,
Andrew Gray, wigmaker, Edinburgh) ;
Barbara (marr. 6th July 1746, James
Anderson, one of the masters of the
High School, Edinburgh). — [Lauder Tests. ;
To?nbst.]
FRANCIS SCOTT, bapt. 28th Dec.
1788 1"0^' son °f preceding; licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 5th Sept. 1732;
pres. by George II. 30th Sept. 1737 ; ord.
8th May 1738; died 12th Nov. 1781. He
marr. 13th Oct. 1743, Barbara Ker, who
died at Dalkeith, s.p. 6th May 1782.
WILLIAM SHIELS, M.A. ; pres. by
1782 George *n« 23rd Nov- 1781; ord-
29th Aug. 1782; trans, to Earlston
1st July 1813.
JOHN SHIELS, born 14th April 1789,
1813 son °^ PrecedmS > educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lauder 6th Sept. 1811 ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1813 ;
died unmarr. at Nice, where he had gone
for the recovery of his health, 11th Feb.
1819.
JOHN BIRRELL, M.A. ; pres. by
1819 George, Prince Regent, and ord.
23rd Sept. 1819; trans, to Second
Charge, Cupar-Fife, 28th Sept. 1825.
WILLIAM FLEMING, pres. by George
1826 Iv-' ord- llth May 1826' DD-
(Glasgow, April 1829) ; trans, to
Old Kilpatrick 4th Aug. 1829.
ROBERT JAMIESON, pres. by
1830 Ge0r^e IV- 0ct- 1829; ord. 22nd
April 1830; clerk to the Presb. 19th
Dec. 1833 ; trans, to Currie 14th Dec. 1837.
WALTER WOOD of Grangehill, born
1838 Dundee 31st Oct. 1812, son of James
W., M.D., afterwards of Edinburgh,
and Mary, daugh. of Alexander Wood of
Grangehill, merchant in Elie ; educated at
Edinburgh Academy and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (7th April 1832); licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 15th June 1836 ;
assistant at St Mary's Parish, Edinburgh,
and at Kilbride ; pres. by Queen Victoria,
and ord. 3rd May 1838. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Westruther Free Church
1843-45; of the Free Church, Elie, 20th
March 1845; died 6th March 1882. He
marr. (1) 25th Feb. 1845, Agnes (died
s.p. 14th April 1876), daugh. of George
Scott of Boundary Bank, Jedburgh : (2)
20th Sept. 1877, Margaret, daugh. of Alex-
ander Broadfoot, New Zealand. Publica-
tions— Present Duty, a Pastoral Address
to the Parishioners (Edinburgh, 1843) ;
What is Tradition Worth? a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1844) ; A Vast Difference
(Edinburgh, 1845) ; Memoir of Walter
Pringle of Greenknowe (Edinburgh, 1847) ;
The Last Things, an Examination of the
Doctrine of Scripture concerning the Re-
surrection, the Second Coming of Christ,
and the Millennium (London, 1851) ; Letter
to the Bev. William Blatch on Baptismal
Regeneration (Pittenweem, 1851); The East
Neuk of Fife, its History and Antiquities
(Edinburgh, 1862 ; 2nd ed., 1887 [edited by
his nephew, James Wood Brown, M.A.,
min. of the Free Church at Gordon]);
Reply to Bishop Wordsworth's Charges
for 1865 and 1866 (Edinburgh, 1866). He
left in MS. commentaries on the Apoca-
earlston]
WESTRUTHER
167
lypse and the Prophecies of Zechariah. —
[Conolly's Eminent Men of Fife; The
Border Almanac, 1883 ; East Neuk of
Fife [Memoir].]
1844
HENRY TAYLOR, born Slamannan,
31st Dec. 1809, son of Robert T.
and Elizabeth Robertson ; educated
at Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 26th June 1839 ;
assistant at Polmont and Greenock ; ord.
by Presb. of Greenock for service in Canada
20th Oct. 1841 ; min. at Missisquoi Bay and
at La Prairie 1841-4; adm. to this charge
16th Feb. 1844 ; D.D. (Middleburg College,
Vermont, U.S.A., 15th Sept. 1866); died
11th Jan. 1896. He marr. 21st Oct. 1841,
Marion (died 8th Nov. 1885), daugh. of
John Gilchrist and Janet Gray, and had
issue — Janet Gray, born 22nd July 1842
(marr. (1) George Nisbet, farmer, Flass ;
(2) William Taylor, Glasgow); Elizabeth
Robertson, born 20th Jan. 1845, died 16th
Nov. 1845 ; Elizabeth Robertson, born 16th
Oct. 1846 ; Marion Gilchrist, born 10th
Jan. 1849, died 10th May 1855 ; Henrietta
Jane, born 4th Aug. 1851, died 14th
Sept. 1867. Publication — .4 Letter on
Revivals (1860). — [The Border Almanac,
1897.]
JOHN MUIRHEAD, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1896 24th June 1896; clerk of Presb.
1899-1904; trans, to Avendale 11th
Feb. 1904.
DAVID SILVER, born Portlethen
1904 Schoolhouse, Banchory - Devenick,
7th April 1864, son of David S.
and Margaret Davidson Allan ; educated
at schools of St Fillans, Crieff, and
Comrie, and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A
(1890); Royal Bounty Missionary at
Struan ; licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
in 1891 ; ord. (at Struan) to St George's,
Grenada, West Indies, 2nd Feb. 1897 ;
res. in 1902 ; assistant at Selkirk in 1903 ;
adm. 19th May 1904. Marr. 16th Feb.
1897, Georgina, daugh. of George Stephen
and Elizabeth Thom, and has issue —
George James, born 14th Nov. 1897 ;
Loveday Murray (twin), born 14th Nov.
1897, died 2nd March 1898.
PRESBYTERY OF SELKIRK, formerly MELROSE
[The erection of this Presbytery was undertaken by the General Assembly in April
1581. In 1613 a number of its parishes were incorporated in the new Presbytery of
Earlston then formed. Melrose was made the Presbytery seat, and so remained till
1640, when it was again changed to Selkirk. The only remaining Record of Melrose
Presbytery begins 6th Jan. 1607, and terminates 12th Jan. 1619; another, beginning
1639 and ending 1652, has been lost. Those of Selkirk commence 10th Feb. 1691.]
ASHKIRK.
[The church was dedicated to St Ninian,
whose holy well was near.]
JOHN HAMILTON, pres. by James VI.
1570 14th Oct. 1570.
1574 JOHN SCOTT, reader.
THOMAS CRANSTOUN, trans, from
15,_g Liberton ; pres. by James VI. 6th
Jan. 1579. Complaint was made in
the Assembly, Oct. 1580, that he adminis-
tered the sacraments without examination
and outside his own parish, committing
the examination of the people to readers,
baptizing privately, celebrating the Com-
munion at Innerleithen on Easter Day,
etc. He was retrans. to Liberton after
12th April 1582. — [Reg. Assig. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., iii., 476]
ROBERT SCOTT, son of Walter S. of
1586 Headshaw ; pres. by James VI. 15th
April 1586.— [Reg. Assig.]
ALEXANDER JUSTICE, pres. to Dron
1604 before 24tn May 1593i Pres- by
James VI. 5th May 1604. By 7th
May 1611, he was "under disease, and
content to tak order anent providing his
kirk at the sight of the mins. of Melrose,
Earlston, and Stow." He died before 20th
July 1611. He marr., and had issue — an
only son, Patrick. — [Reg. Assig. ; Reg. of
Deeds, cxciii., 439.]
ALEXANDER HOGG [HOG], M.A.
1611 ^ Andrews 1601); produced testi-
monials from the Presb. of Hadding-
ton ; was pres. by John, Archbishop of
Glasgow, after 18th June, and adm. 31st
July 1611 ; died before 9th March 1620.
He marr. Agnes Scott (who survived him,
and marr. (2) James Scott, called of Whits-
lade), and had issue — Jean ; Elizabeth. —
[Roxburgh Inhib., 6th Feb. 1633; Edin.
Com. Dec., 28th March 1620.]
1619
ALEXANDER REID, adm. before 6th
Dec. 1619; died between 11th May
1645 and Nov. 1649. He marr. Janet
Shaw, and had issue — John ; William,
apprenticed to George Reid, merchant,
Edinburgh, 12th April 1648.— [Melrose
Sess. Reg. ; Bannatyne Miscell. ; Edin.
App. Reg.; Reg. of Deeds, ccccxlvi. 251,
dxxxv. 105.]
1649
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, July 1642); adm. between
19th Aug. and 2nd Nov. 1649;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662. He was indulged in 1679 and 1689.
168
PRESB. OF SELKIRK]
ASHKIRK
169
THOMAS COURTNEY, formerly min.
of Mertoun and Kirkandrews-upon-
Esk in England ; rain, in 1667. —
[G. R. Inhib., 17th June 1667.]
1667
1675
ARCHIBALD INGLIS, M.A.; trans,
from Lochmaben, and adm. before
30th Nov. 1675 ; trans, to St
Mungo's, Glasgow, after 16th Oct. 1685 —
[Reg. Sec. Sig.]
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, M. A., above
ie7 noticed ; granted an indulgence by
the Privy Council 18th Dec. 1679.—
[Wodrow's Hist., iii., 156.]
RICHARD SCOTT, third son of George
S. of Sinton and Mary Gladstanes
of Dod; MA. (Edinburgh, 30th
June 1658) ; adm. to Kirkbean in 1675 ;
trans, and adm. after 16th Oct. 1685 ;
deprived by the Privy Council, 10th Sept.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates nor praying for William and
Mary. He died at Edinburgh, 25th May
1722, aged 81. He marr. Katherine
Crichton, and had issue — Jean (marr.
(1) 28th March 1706, Alexander Leslie,
advocate in Aberdeen ; (2) 22nd Nov. 1725,
Alexander, son of Alexander Abercrombie
of Fetterneir).— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; Laing Charters, 2783.]
ROBERT CUNNINGHAM, M.A., before
1689 mentioned \ returned in 1689 ; died
before 30th July 1691. He marr.,
and had issue — Mary, only daugh. (marr.
13th May 1691, Gideon Elliot, surgeon
apothecary, burgess of Edinburgh). — [P. C,
Decretal]
ROBERT WYLLIE, MA. ; trans, from
1691 Yarrow ; called in 1690 ; adm. 3rd
April 1691 ; trans, to Hamilton
13th May 1692.
CHARLES GORDON, a native of
leg_ Aberdeenshire ; MA. (Aberdeen,
11th July 1676)] adm. to Campvere
in 1686; trans, to Dalmeny 23rd Sept.
1691 ; called Nov. 1694 ; trans, and adm.
8th Aug. 1695; offered the Chair of
Divinity in King's College, Aberdeen, 20th
Jan. 1698, but declined \ died 19th April
1710, aged about 54. He marr. 12th June
1690, Rosina, daugh. of George Campbell,
min. of Dumfries, who survived him, and
had issue — George ; James ; Christian. —
[Dumfries Marr. Reg. ; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.);
Boston's Mem. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Acts of
Ass., 1698 ; Tombst.]
ROBERT LITHGOW, born 1680,
1711 y°ungest son of Alexander L. of
Drygrange, and Margaret, daugh. of
Gavin Elliot of Grange ; MA. (Edinburgh,
29th April 1701) ; chaplain to his uncle,
Sir Gilbert Elliot of Minto, Bart., senator
of the College of Justice ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 17th Sept. 1707 ; called 23rd
Aug. 1710 ; ord. 7th March 1711 ; died
15th Nov. 1729. He marr. Isabella (died
at Edinburgh, Jan. 1740), eldest daugh. of
Robert Langlands of that ilk, and had
issue — Robert. — [Edin. Tests. ; Boston's
Mem. ; Brown's Gospel Truth.]
WALTER STEWART of Barnhill, son
17SO °^ Bailie Matthew S., Newton of
Mearns ; educated at Univs. of
Edinburgh and Leyden ; pres. by Sir
Gilbert Elliot of Minto, Bart. ; ord. 16th
Oct. 1730; died 15th April 1762. He
marr. (pro. 9th Sept. 1750), Mary (died at
Edinburgh, 2nd March 1793), daugh. of
James Duncanson of Garshake, and had
issue — Mary, born 4th July 1751, died
Dec. 1802; Matthew, born 10th Oct. 1752;
Helen, born 22nd March 1754, died 13th
May 1815 ; Margaret, born 25th Sept. 1755,
died 22nd Nov. 1755; James, born 11th
Dec. 1756; Isabella, born 9th May 1759.
— [Wodrow's Anal. ; Edin. Chr. Inst.,
xxv. ; Tombst.]
SIMON [SIMEON] HALIBURTON of
176S Howcleuch and Borthwickmains,
born 5th May 1720, second son of
John H., M.D., Jedburgh, and Christian,
daugh. of Simeon Elliot of Swinsyde ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith 11th Oct. 1745; ord.
to Castleton 23rd Jan. 1751 ; pres. by Sir
Gilbert Elliot of Minto, trans, and adm.
170
ASHKIRK
[PRESB. OF
31st March 1763; died 28th April 1797.
He marr. 19th May 1749, Elizabeth (died
5th April 1784), second daugh. of Kobert
Elliot of Midlem Mill, and probably widow
of Charles Paterson of Drygrange, and had
issue — Katherine, born 15th Nov. 1752;
John, captain H.E.I.C.S., born 17th Sept.
1754, died in India, last male representative
of the family of Newmains and Mertoun ;
Robert, born 8th Feb. 1757, died 10th Feb.
1776; Thomas, born 22nd Nov. 1760, died
27th July 1765. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Orig.
Paroch. Scot., i. ; Hist, of the Haliburtons ;
T'ombst.']
THOMAS SAMUEL HARDIE, son of
1798 James H-> customhouse officer,
Leith, and nephew of Samuel
Charters, D.D., min. of Wilton ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 26th Nov. 1794 ; ord. by said
Presb., 27th July 1796, chaplain to the
7th Fencibles ; pres. by Sir Gilbert Elliot
of Minto, Bart., 27th Sept. 1797; adm.
21st March 1798; D.D. (Edinburgh, 9th
April 1805); died 22nd Sept. 1810. He
marr. 17th April 1800, Jean (died at Edin-
burgh, 10th June 1816), daugh. of Alexander
Colvill, min. of Ormiston, and had issue-
Margaret Hunter, born 7th April 1801
(marr. Joseph Thomson, min. of Ednam) ;
James, born 23rd Feb. 1803 ; Jean Charters,
born 15th May 1805, died 17th March 1821 ;
Thomas Samuel, born 5th Sept. 1810.— Pub-
lications— Extracts for the Use of Parish
Schools (Hawick, 1805 ; 2nd ed., that year) ;
Sermo7is (Hawick, 1811). — [Fraser's Life
of Palph Ershine ; Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, i. ; Shaw's Fun. Serm.; Hunter's
Miscell.]
GAVIN JAMES HAMILTON, born 8th
Sept. 1777, son of Gavin H., tenant
in Blackwood, Douglas ; licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 2nd Oct. 1799 ; ord. min.
of a Presb. congregation at Harbottle,
Northumberland, 15th Nov. 1809 ; pres. by
the Commissioners for Gilbert, Lord Minto,
Oct. 1810; adm. 7th Aug. 1811; clerk
of the Presb. ; died 5th Jan. 1837. He
prepared for publication, at the request
of the Board of Agriculture, a volume
of Essays on Agriculture, etc., but the
work was never issued. He marr. 3rd
Aug. 1809, Mary Hamilton (died 20th
Aug. 1831), only daugh. of James Walker,
Antigua, and had issue — Joanna, born 1st
April 1810, died 24th June 1829; Janet,
born 30th Dec. 1811, died 23rd April 1814;
Gavin William, born 25th June 1823.
JOHN EDMONDSTON, born 1st Jan.
lg37 1801, son of Thomas E., ironmonger,
Edinburgh, and Isobel Howden ;
educated at High School (dux 1815) and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 26th Jan. 1825 ; pres. by
Gilbert, Earl of Minto; ord. 21st July
1837. Joined the Free Church; min. of
Ashkirk Free Church in 1843; died at
Edinburgh, 8th Dec. 1865. He marr. 4th
Dec. 1842, Janet (died 17th Sept. 1895),
fourth daugh. of William Waddell, Gavin -
ton, and had issue — Jessie Traill, born 2nd
June 1844, died 13th Nov. 1870; Thomas
William, farmer, born 10th Jan. 1846, died
5th Aug. 1876 ; Isabella Howden, born 14th
Aug. 1847 (marr. William Ross), died 30th
May 1905 ; Wilhelmina Euphemia, born 9th
Feb. 1850, died unmarr. 29th Jan. 1893 ;
Elizabeth, born 20th Dec. 1851 ; Mary
Margaret, born 12th Nov. 1853 (marr. Dec.
1893, William Ebenezer White), died 24th
March 1905. Publication— Edited a school
edition of Paradise Lost and Paradise
Regained (London, 1854) ; assistant editor
of Works of John Owen, D.D. (Edinburgh,
1850-4).
LAURENCE MACKENZIE, officiated
as a probationer for many years
within the bounds of the Presb. of
Perth ; pres. by Gilbert, Earl of Minto, 15th
July, and ord. 22nd Sept. 1843 ; dep. 10th
Oct. 1854 ; died unmarr. 12th Sept. 1869.
WILLIAM M'LEAN, pres. by Gilbert,
1855 Earl of Minto, 5th Dec. 1854 ; ord.
29th March 1855 ; trans, to Mertoun
1st Nov. 1860.
WILLIAM GRIERSON SMITH, born
Edinburgh, eldest son of James S. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
to Fintry 1st October 1840 ; pres. by
SELKIRK]
ASHKIRK— BOWDEN
171
Gilbert John, Earl of Minto ; trans, and
adm. 11th April 1861 ; died 27th Oct. 1870.
He marr. 3rd June 1841, Hannah Grierson,
Bridgenorth, who died s.p. 1st July 1891.
JOHN CHALMERS, born Coltranie,
1871 Auchtergaven, Perthshire, 14th Oct.
1826, son of James C, farmer, and
Jane Gray ; educated at Auchtergaven
School and Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1852); licen. by Presb. of St Andrews in
1857; ord. to Newtyle 25th March 1863;
trans, and adm. 31st May 1871 ; died 30th
April 1894. He marr. (1) 30th April 1863,
Emily Rose (died 27th March 1864), daugh.
of Thomas Mason, vicar of Culpho, Ipswich,
and had issue— Walter James Mason, born
23rd Feb. 1864, died Jan. 1910 : (2) 5th
Dec. 1866, Margaret, daugh. of James
Steele, Ingliston, Forfar, and had issue —
Rose Margaret, born 10th Dec. 1867
(marr. 18th April 1911, John Watson
Oastler, min. of Forteviot) ; Henry William,
marine engineer, born 20th March 1869,
died 30th April 1910 ; Louisa Jane, born
19th Aug. 1870 (marr. 3rd Aug. 1898,
Henry Gibson Anderson, bank manager,
Buenos Ayres) ; Edward Ernest, rancher,
Argentine, born 22nd March 1872 ; Richard
Mason, architectural draughtsman, born
25th March 1874 ; John Steele, in South
Africa, born 1st Jan. 1876; Mary Eliza-
beth, born 30th July 1877 ; Susan Agnes,
born 8th Aug. 1879; Edith, born 12th
April 1881.
JAMES DAUN, born Whitehouse,
1892 Aberlour, 13th Aug. 1853, son of
George D., farmer ; educated at
Edinkillie School, Elgin Academy, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; sometime teacher in
Comrie Public School, in Merchant Com-
pany Schools, Edinburgh, and tutor at
Floors Castle, Kelso ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1887 ; assistant at St Aidan's,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
1st Nov. 1892.
BOWDEN.
[The parish was called Bothenden in
1124. The church, founded by the monks
of Kelso, was probably dedicated to St
Bathan. At Holydean, called also Ringan's
Dean, there was a chapel of St Ninian.
The church of Bowden was very success-
fully restored in 1909.]
THOMAS DUNCAN or DUNCANSON,
1568 Pr°bably son or grandson of Thomas
D. of Maxpoffle, in the parish, and
Janet Oliphant ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 10th Jan. 1567 ; adm. 2nd Feb.
1568 ; pres. to the parsonage of Lilliesleaf
by the King 22nd Nov. 1571. In 1574
Lilliesleaf, Langnewton, and Melrose were
also under his care, with the help of two
readers. He died Father of the Church
in 1621. He marr. and had issue — Andrew,
his successor. — [Reg. Assig.]
ANDREW DUNCANSON, son of pre-
161,_ ceding, served heir to his father 5th
Dec. 1629; adm. (assistant and suc-
cessor) after 28th Oct. 1617 ; trans, to St
Boswells 5th May 1618.— [Inq. Ret, Rox-
burgh, 144.]
JOHN KNOX, probably son of John
1621 ^'' m*n' °^ ^e^rose J MA. (St An-
drews 1613 or 1614) ; pres. by James
VI. 22nd Nov. 1621, and was then Synod
clerk. He was a member of Assembly in
1638, of Commissions in 1646, 1648, and
was still min. 26th July 1654. He marr.
Margaret Douglas, and had issue — Henry,
MA., a preacher (who attended Charles II.
while in exile, and showed promise of
ability ; a sum was put on his head by
the English ; he died in the house of a
friend in Edinburgh while Cromwell was
in Scotland) ; John, min. of North Leith.
— [Wodrow MSS., Advoc. Lib.]
HENRY MUSCHET, M.A. (St Andrews
1659 1644); died 26th Oct. 1659, aged
about 36.— [Tombst.]
JAMES KNOX, born 1630, son of
William K., bookbinder, Edinburgh,
a grand-nephew of the Reformer ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th July 1650) ; min.
in 1662; died 24th Aug. 1680. He marr.,
and had issue — Mary, died 7th March
1686, aged 7. — [Crawford's Knox Genealogy ;
172
BOWDEN
[PRESB. OF
Edin. Reg. (Bapt.) ; Tombst. ; Inq. Ret.
Gen., 7021.]
HENRY KNOX, bapt. 9th May 1641,
1681 y°unger brother of preceding ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 18th July 1664) ; adm.
to Dunscore about 1673, and to this charge
about 1681. In 1689 he was deprived for
neither reading the Proclamation of the
Estates nor praying for William and Mary.
He had become a burgess and guild-brother
of Edinburgh in 1678, and retired to that
city, where he became a bookseller, and
died 27th Dec. 1716. He marr., and had
issue— Robert, buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, 1st June 1691 ; Catherine (marr.
12th Sept. 1717, David Thomson, barber,
Edinburgh) ; Agnes, buried in Greyfriars,
11th Oct. 1692; a son, who was a min. in
the island of St Christopher in the West
Indies. — [Knox Genealogy ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689; Edin. Reg. (Bur.): Peterkin's
Constitution of the Church.]
GEORGE MILLIGAN, called Nov.
1692 1691; ord' 7tl1 Jan> 1692> trans' t0
Moffat after 24th April 1695.
ARCHIBALD DEANS, born 1668, son
^ of Henry D., schoolmaster, reader,
and session-clerk of Spott, whom he
succeeded in these offices, 27th Jan. 1689 ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th June 1690); licen.
by Presb. of Dunbar 30th Sept. 1696;
assistant at North Leith ; ord. 23rd Sept.
1697 ; died 4th Feb. 1739. He marr. Mary
Stirling. Publication — An account of the
last words of Christian Kerr, who dyed at
Edinburgh on the 4th of Feb. 1702, in the
eleventh year of her age (Edinburgh, 1702).
— [Spott Sess. Reg. ; Tombst. ; Roxburgh
Sas., vii.. 470.]
1742
JAMES HUME, born 1712; licen. by
Presb. of Kelso 4th Nov. 1735;
pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe,
July 1739 ; ord. by the Synod at Kelso
20th April 1742. His settlement was
delayed for nearly three years by opposi-
tion from the parishioners, and subsequent
proceedings in the Presb. and Synod. He
died 22nd Jan. 1792. He marr. 2nd Nov.
1742, Marion Ormiston, who died 7th Nov.
1781, and had issue — Andrew, born 18th
Aug. 1743, died 31st Oct. 1778; William,
born 14th April 1745; James, born 7th
May 1746; Agnes, born 4th April 1747;
John, born 16th June 1748; Thomas, born
29th Dec. 1749, died 8th Sept. 1756;
George, born 5th Jan. 1751, died 20th July
1781 ; Alexander, born 12th Aug. 1752,
died 15th April 1753; Patrick, born 28th
April 1754; Joseph, born 2nd Dec. 1755,
died 26th Jan. 1757. — [Tombst. ; Acts of
Ass., 1740-2 ; Morren's Ann., i.]
THOMAS KIRKPATRICK, a native of
1792 Dumfriesshire ; licen. by Presb. of
Kelso 1st April 1781 ; pres. by John,
Duke of Roxburghe ; ord. 20th Sept. 1792 ;
died unmarr. 20th May 1797, aged 39.—
[Tombst.]
4 WILLIAM BALFOUR, born 1767, prob-
l7g_ ably son of John B., Perth ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Jedburgh 9th Sept, 1791 ; called
1st Oct., and ord. (assistant and successor)
26th Nov. 1795; died 29th Dec. 1828.
He marr. 17th Sept. 1798, Mary Mein, who
died 31st May 1852, and had issue — John,
born 25th June 1799, died at Boston, U.S.A.,
15th Aug. 1844; Isabella, born 20th Jan.
1801 ; Robert, born 2nd Feb. 1803 ; Mary
Ann, born 20th May 1807 (marr. John
Fotheringham, writer, Peebles) ; Harriet,
born 22nd June 1812 (marr. James Scott,
M.D., Gilmerton, died 12th June 1867).
THOMAS JOLLY, born 1st Dec. 1795,
1829 son °^ Thomas J., min. of Dunnet ;
became schoolmaster of Thurso in
1816 ; educated at Univs. of Edinburgh
and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Caith-
ness 27th Nov. 1822; ord. to Keiss 31st
Dec. 1827 ; pres. by the Trustees of James
Henry Robert, Duke of Roxburghe, 23rd
Jan. and 18th Feb., and adm. 4th Aug.
1829. Joined Free Church, and became
Free Church min. at Bowden in 1843 ;
died 30th May 1859. He marr. (1) 30th
July 1828, Anna M'Kidd, who died 28th
Sept. 1836, and had issue — Sophia Forsyth,
born 6th Oct. 1829, died 19th July 1842 ;
Christian, born 2nd Jan. 1831 ; Anna, born
24th May 1832, died 23rd March 1849;
Selkirk] CADDONFOOT (Q.S.)— ETTRICK AND BUCCLEUCH 173
Catherine and Mary (twins), born 21st July
1833 ; Thomas, born 11th March 1836 :
(2) 30th April 1839, Elizabeth Robertson,
who died 30th Nov. 1859, and had issue
— Archibald, born 22nd April 1840, min.
of Dunnet. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Neio Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Tombst. ;
Beaton's Ecclesiastical Hist, of Caithness,']
JAMES MACKENZIE ALLARDYCE,
born Inverness, 5th Sept. 1814, son
of William A., min. of Rhynie ;
educated at Rhynie School, Grammar
School, and Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A.
(King's College 1834) ; schoolmaster at
Gartly, 1834-40; licen. by Presb. of
Alford 16th Sept. 1840 ; pres. by James
Henry Robert, Duke of Roxburghe, and
ord. 16th Feb. 1844 ; D.D. (Aberdeen 1873) ;
died 14th Jan. 1893. He marr. 30th July
1845, Jane Christian Barbour (died 11th
Aug. 1897, aged 75), daugh. of Alexander
Campbell, min. of Croy and Dalcross, and
had issue — an only child, Francis Patrick
Fleetwood, born 5th Aug. 1846, died 19th
June 1856.
ALFRED MACFARLANE, born Airth,
Stirlingshire, 28th Oct. 1867, son of
William M., schoolmaster ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1887), B.D.
(1890) ; assistant at Bowden ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 9th Sept. 1891 ; dem. 18th
May 1899, and settled in Canada. Marr.
14th March 1894, Marie, daugh. of Morris
Forsyth Stuart, army and navy contractor,
Edinburgh, and has issue — William Car-
gill Stuart, lieut. A. and S. Highlanders,
born 9th May 1897, killed in action in
France 27th Aug. 1916 ; Sheena Margaret
Stuart, born 27th May 1899.
1899
JOHN BURR, born 25th April 1869, son
of Peter Lorimer B., D.D., min. of
Lundie and Fowlis ; educated at
Dundee High School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; MA. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh May 1894; assistant at Oat-
lands Parish, Glasgow, 1894-7, and at
Hamilton, 1897-9; ord. 27th Sept. 1899;
chaplain Mediterranean Expeditionary
Force, 1915-16. Marr. 26th Sept. 1901,
Catherine Mary, second daugh. of Robert
Knox, Cambus, Clackmannanshire, and
Agnes Sime, and has issue — Susan Agues,
born 17th Dec. 1902 ; Robert Knox
Lorimer, born 23rd May 1904. Publica-
tion— Boivden Church Restoration (1909).
CADDONFOOT (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here in 1863. The
parish was disjoined quoad sacra from
Galashiels, Innerleithen, Selkirk, Stow, and
Yarrow in 1867.]
ROBERT SMALL, born 1825, second
1867 son °^ Pe*er S., Coupar - Angus ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1854; app. by
Alexander Pringle of Whytbank in 1863 ;
ord. first min. of the parish 11th April
1867; died unmarr. 25th Nov. 1909. He
left £600 for the improvement of Caddon-
foot Church.
JOHN TUDOR SCRYMGEOUR, born
1910 25t^ ^arcu 1875, son of John
Scrimger, D.D., Principal of the
Presbyterian College, Montreal ; educated
at M'Gill Univ., Montreal; BA. (1896)
licen. by Presb. of Montreal in 1899
assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh
ord. 27th April 1910.
ETTRICK AND BUCCLEUCH.
[Ettrick. — The church, dedicated to St
Mary, belonged to the Abbey of Melrose.
There was a chapel at the Chapelhope.
Buccleuch, or Rankilburn. — This parish
was united for a time to Yarrow, but
severed in 1621. It was joined to Ettrick
in 1650.]
1568
JOHN SCOTT, exhorter at Selkirk, had
also Ettrick and Rankilburn in his
charge in 1568.
ROBERT MARTIN, M.A. ; trans, from
1618 M°w ; adm. (at Peebles) 5th May
1618 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1638 ; trans, to Eckford 23rd June
1641.
174
ETTRICK AND BUCCLEUCH
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM of
Hyndhope (descended from the
Earls of Glencaim) ; M.A. (St An-
drews 1631) ; pres. by Charles I. 16th April
1641. He refused to conform to Episcopacy,
and retired to his estate. The date of his
death is unknown. He marr. (name un-
known), and had issue — James of Hynd-
hope, born in 1651, County Commissioner in
1704; died in 1709; Alexander, diplomatist
and historian, British Envoy at Venice
(1715-20), author of History of Great
Britain from the Revolution of 1688 to
the Accession of George I. (translated from
the Latin manuscript by William Thomson,
LL.D. ; 2 vols., London, 1787), born 1654,
died at London, 1737.— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Baillie's Letters ; Irving's
Scottish Writers, ii., 234, Craig-Brown's
Selkirkshire ; Tancred's Annals of a Border
Club ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
27th July 1663); said to have been
a native of Falkirk ; licen. by Presb.
of Peebles 14th Nov. 1667 ; adm. to Pettinain
after 14th May 1668 ; trans, to Langnewton
in 1677; trans, and adm. about 1684. He
was accused before the Privy Council, 19th
Sept. 1689, of neither reading the Proclama-
tion of the Estates nor praying for William
and Mary, but for the restoration of James
VII. ; of not observing the Fast, but allow-
ing his servants to work on that day ; and
of harbouring disaffected persons. These
charges were found not proven, and he was
acquitted. He left the parish in 1690,
dem. in 1693, and died in 1694, aged about
51. He marr. Margaret Colt, who survived
him, and had issue — Anne (marr. 14th Oct.
1712, John Dove, tailor, Edinburgh).— [MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Inq. Bet. ale Tut., 1122 ;
Charity Boll, 1700.]
JAMES MACMICHEN, ord. 30th Aug.
1693 ; trans, to Hownam 27th Jan.
1703.
1707
THOMAS BOSTON, born Duns, 17th
March 1676, son of John B. (who
suffered imprisonment in the cause
of nonconformity) and Alison Trotter;
educated at the Grammar School of Duns ;
was employed by Alexander Cockburn,
notary ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 9th July 1694),
his whole expenses at college being
£10, 14s. 7fd. sterling ; became school-
master of Glencaim in 1695 ; res. 8th Feb.
1696 ; was thereafter tutor to young
Andrew Fletcher of Aberlady, and chaplain
to his stepfather, Colonel James Bruce of
Kennet ; licen. by Presb. of Duns and
Chirnside 15th June 1697 ; officiated in
vacant parishes in the Presb. of Stirling
in 1698; ord. to Simprin 21st Sept. 1699;
clerk of Synod in 1701 ; called by the
Presb. jure devoluto 24th Jan. 1706 ; adm.
1st May 1707, the day of the Union of
Scotland and England ; died 20th May
1732. He and eleven others gave in a
Representation and Petition to the General
Assembly of 1721 against an Act passed
in the previous year condemning The
Marrow of Modern Divinity. The As-
sembly of 1722 directed that the ministers
who had signed the Representation should
be rebuked by the Moderator. That was
done, and a protest prepared by Boston
was not received, but was subsequently
printed by the protesters. Boston's own
writings, together with his devout life and
exemplary pastoral labours, contributed
greatly to the popularity of the doctrines
contained in the Marrow. His com-
munions were attended by croAvds from
all parts, and he was one of the most
influential figures in the Church life of
his time. His theology was essentially
Calvinistic. A narrow literalism domin-
ated his interpretation of the Scriptures,
and he regarded even the Hebrew accents
as divinely inspired. He marr. 17th July
1700, Katherine (died 4th March 1737),
fifth daugh. of Robert Brown of Barhill,
Culross, a medical practitioner, and had
issue — Katharine, born 24th May 1701, died
in 1702 ; John, chamberlain to the Duke
of Buccleuch at Langholm, born 29th
April 1702, died in 1757 [his son became
an admiral of the British Navy ; for an
interesting notice of him, vide Memoir of
Caroline Herschel]; Robert, born 21st
March 1704, died 26th Jan. 1705; Jane,
born 1st Nov. 1705 (marr. 2nd Dec. 1736,
James Russell of Ashiestiel), died in
SELKIRK]
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175
1765; Ebenezer, born 23rd April 1707,
died 8th Sept. 1707 ; Ebenezer, bom 4th
Aug. 1708, died 10th Oct. 1708; Thomas,
born 9th Feb. 1710, died 30th April
1712; Alison, born 8th June 1711 (marr.
James Anderson, farmer, Altrive), died
in 1765 ; Thomas, his successor in the
parish ; Katharine, born 15th July 1715,
died 12th March 1716. Publications—
The Everlasting Esjjousals [sermon on
Hosea ii. 19] (1715 ; frequently reprinted) ;
Reasons for Refusing the Abjuration Oath
in its latest Form (1719) ; Human Nature
in its Fourfold State (Edinburgh, 1720;
2nd ed., 1729 ; numerous reprints) ; Queries
to a Friendly Adviser (1722) ; Marrow of
Modern Divinity, with Notes (1726) ;
The Mystery of Christ in the Form of a
Servant (1727). Published after Boston's
death — A View of the Covenant of Grace
(Edinburgh, 1734 ; often reprinted) ; The
Crook in the Lot, or The Sovereignty and
Wisdom of God displayed in the Afflictions of
Men; preface, biographical and apprecia-
tive, by Alexander Colden, Gabriel Wilson,
and Henry Davidson (Edinburgh, 1737 ;
many editions ; trans, into Welsh and
Gaelic) ; Tractatus Stigmologicus, Hebroeo-
Riblicus (Amsterdam, 1738) ; Sermons and
Discourses, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1753-76);
An Explication of the first part of the As-
sembly's Shorter Catechism (Edinburgh,
1755); Whole Works (Edinburgh, 1767);
A Collection of Sermons (Edinburgh, 1772) ;
A Vieiv of the Covenant of Works (1772);
The Distinguishing Characters of True
Believers (Edinburgh, 1773) ; An Illustra-
tion of the Doctrines of the Christian
Religion, 3 vols. (Edinburgh, 1773); Ten
Fast Sermons (1773) ; Whole Works (Dun-
dee, 1773) ; Sermons, 3 vols. (Edinburgh,
1775) ; Memoirs of the Life, Time, and
Writings of the Reverend and Learned
Thomas Boston, A.M. (Edinburgh, 1776 ;
Berwick, 1805 ; Glasgow, 1899 ; Edinburgh,
1899 [edited by George H. Morrison]) ; The,
Complete Works, edited by Samuel M'Millan,
12 vols. (London, 1854). — {Memoirs ; Acts
of Ass., 1720, 1722 ; Scots Mag., xviii. ;
Brown's Gosp>el Truth; Middleton's Bio-
graphia Evangelica, iv., 254 ; Irving's Scot.
Writers, ii. ; Jean L. Watson's The Pastor
of Ettrick ; Dr Andrew Thomson's Thomas
Boston ; Barnett's Makers of the Kirk ;
Henderson's Religious Controversies of
Scotland ; Morrison's Introduction ; Diet.
Nat. Biog. ; A General Account of My
Life, by Thomas Boston, A.M., Minister
at Simprin, and at Ettrick (London, 1908),
edited by George D. Low, M.A., has a
lengthy bibliography of Boston's writings,
and of works on the Marrow controversy.]
' THOMAS BOSTON, son of preceding ;
17 pres. by Francis, Lord Napier ; ord.
4th April 1733 ; trans, to Oxnam
10th May 1749.
ANDREW WALKER, preacher at Caer-
l75Q lanrig Chapel [Teviothead] ; called
18th Jan., and ord. 30th May 1750 ;
trans, to Canonbie 28th March 1765.
JOHN ADAMS, pres. by Francis, Lord
7 Napier, 19th July, and ord. 25th
Sept. 1765; died 21st May 1772.
He marr. 23rd May 1768, Margaret Burns,
Falkirk (an alliance which led to an extra-
ordinary protest from his congregation, the
details of which cover five pages of the
kirk-session minute-book). She died at
Falkirk, 3rd May 1814, and had issue —
Mary Johnston, born 11th Feb. 1769 ;
Hester [or Esther], born 26th April 1771.
ROBERT POTTS, a native of Roxburgh-
1772 shire ; Keen, by Presb. of Jedburgh
2nd Oct. 1754 ; ord. min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Brampton,
Cumberland, 16th Oct. 1759 ; pres. by
Francis, Lord Napier ; adm. 9th Dec. 1772 ;
dem. 9th May 1780 ; he became min. of
a Presbyterian congregation at Penrud-
dock, Cumberland ; died 1st Jan. 1806,
aged 86. He marr. 13th May 1779, Eliza-
beth Mennon, who died 3rd Dec. 1831, and
had issue— John, born 20th March 1780 ;
George, born 8th Sept. 1781 ; Robert, born
31st Dec. 1783; James, born 11th Jan.
1786 ; Adam, born 11th Aug. 1787.
THOMAS SHARP, pres. by Francis,
781 Lord Napier, Sept. 1780 ; ord. 20th
April 1781 ; trans, to Hawick 22nd
Oct. 1784.
176
ETTRICK AND BUCCLEUCH
[PRESB. OF
JAMES HAY. ord. 6th May 17*5 : trans.
1785 to Kirkton 23rd Sept. that year.
DAVID GRANT, inin. of the Presby-
17g6 terian Meeting-house, Groat Market.
Newcastle. 14th Nov. 1761 ; pres. by
Francis, Lord Napier, and adm. 4th May
1786; trans, to Ochiltree 14th Dec. that year.
ROBERT GLLLAN, pres. by Francis,
17a_ Lord Napier: ord. 11th May 1757:
trans, to Hawick 30th Dec. 1789.
ROBERT RUSSELL. M.A. ; pres. by
17qo Francis, Lord Napier. 5th Feb., and
ord. 6th May 1790 ; trans, to Yarrow
1st Sept. 1791.
1791
CHARLES PATON, M.A., teacher of
a school at Callander, Perthshire :
licen. by Presb. of Deer 15th Sept.
1779 ; preacher at Caerlanrig Chapel
[Teviothead] ; pres. by Francis, Lord
Napier : ord. (late at night in a bedroom
at Selkirk manse, in presence of three
members of the Presb., a severe snow-
storm having prevented all access to
Ettrick) 8th Dec. 1791 ; died unmarr.
18th Feb. 1818, in his 64th year.
- JOHN BENNET, born 10th Aug. 1793,
i8ia son °^ "^^am B., min. of Dudding-
ston ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen by Presb. of Brechin 3rd
April 1816 ; pres. by Francis, Lord Napier,
6th April, and ord. 7th Aug. 1816 : died
(of typhus fever, caught when visiting one
of his people) 10th Oct. 1522. He man-.
6th Feb. 1821, Elizabeth (died 13th Oct.
1884, aged 89), eldest daugh. of William
Singer, D.D., min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta.
and had issue — William, licentiate of the
Free Church, poet, editor of Lays from
Annandale [vide Echoes of the Post (Edin-
burgh, 1899)], born 8th Jan. 1822, died 16th
May 1899. — [Edward's Modern Scoff
PoeU, xii.]
1823
JAMES SMITH, born 1787 ; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries 4th Dec. 1816 ;
pres. by Francis. Lord Napier, 30th
Dec. 1822 ; ord. 28th Aug. 1823 : died while
preparing to attend a meeting of Presb.
at Selkirk 16th March 1858. He marr.
1364
3rd June 1828. Barbara (died at Callander,
24th Oct. 1866), daugh. of Walter Paterson,
stone engraver. Holm of Balmaclellan, and
Mary Locke, and had issue — Mary, born
10th Oct. 1529 ; John, born 10th June 1831.
Publication — Account of the Parish (X
Stat. Ace, iii.).— [Tombst.]
HENRY DUNCAN, ord. 9th Sept. 1858 ;
1858 trans, to Crichton 19th Feb. 1864.
JOHN FALCONER, born Bogendollo,
Fcttercairn, 20th July 1831, eldest
son of Alexander F., farmer ; edu-
cated at parish school, Fettercairn, Univs. of
Glasgow and St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordoun in 1857 ; missionary at Arden-
tinny : ord. to Nortb Esk 24th Nov. 1659 :
trans, and adm. 16th June 1864: died at
Edinburgh, 15th April 1911. He marr.
15th Oct. 1878, Agnes Davidson, who died
>./>. 5th June 1906, aged 64.
GEORGE MACKENZIE, M.A.. B.D. ;
1894 0r(^- (^a5Sistant; and successor) 20th
Dec. 1594; trans, to Coats 10th
Jan. 1907.
ALEXANDER HORN, born Kippen,
1907 Stirlingshire, 10th Feb. 1858, son
of David H. railway engineer :
educated at Dollar Academy and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1878),*B.D. (1882;:
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th May
1882 : assistant at Greenside, Edinburgh,
etc. ; Examiner in Theology and assistant
to Professor of Divinity, Edinburgh ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 22nd Oct. 1907.
GALASHIELS (formerly LIN-
DEAN) AND BOLSIDE
[These parishes were united about the
13th century. The church was removed
from Lindean to Galashiels in 1622. Until
the Reformation Lindean belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso. At Galashiels the princi-
pal services are conducted in the handsome
modern church of St Paul (opened 23rd
Nov. 1551). instead of in the less convenient
parish church. There was a fair of St John
the Baptist at Galashiels.]
SELKIRK]
GALASHIELS AND BOLSIDE
177
WILLIAM KER, son of George K. of
15Q_ Linton ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 18th Aug. 1569. He was
deprived before 11th Nov. 1599, but is
mentioned as Vicar of Lindean 7th May
1606. He was ordered by the Presb. 8th
Sept. 1607 to be "summoned next day,"
that he might transfer a contract betwixt
him and William Hogg into the hands of
Patrick Urquhart. He probably became
Bishop of Lismore in Ireland. He marr.
Marion Steill, and had issue — James, MA.
— [Beg. Assig. ; Exchequer Buik-; Wodrow
Miscell. ; Melrose Regal. Rec, i., 9 (Scot.
Hist. Soc.) ; G. R. Inhib., 2nd Jan. 1618.]
WILLIAM HOGG, MA. ; pres. to the
159g vicarage by James VI. 1 1th Nov. 1 599;
trans, to Ayton in 1601. — [Reg. Assig.]
PATRICK URQUHART, M.A. (Edin-
1601 burgh, 12th Aug. 1591); adm. to
Langnewton in 1593 ; min. in 1601 ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 11th
Sept. 1617 ; he was still min. 20th April
1627— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
JAMES URQUHART, probably son of
1685 preceding; M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th
July 1623); pres. to Mertoun 20th
May 1632 ; trans, and adm. (at Glasgow)
13th May 1635; died in 1650, aged about
47. He had "ane tenement of land in
Canongate," for the infeftment of which
he compounded with the city of Edinburgh,
9th March 1642. He marr. Elizabeth,
sister of John Pringle of Cortilferrie, and
had issue — George, writer, Edinburgh ;
Patrick and James, apprentices to James
Pollok, merchant, Edinburgh, 2nd Aug.
1654, and 24th July mi.— [Wodrow MSS.;
Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Laing Charters, 3058 ;
Edin. Apprentice Reg.~\
MARK DUNCAN [DUNCANSON],
1Q48 M.A. (Edinburgh, July 1642); adm.
(colleague) 27th Jan. 1648 ; died 15th
Nov. 1651, aged 27 .—[Jedburgh Presb. Reg. ;
Tombst.]
THOMAS LOWIS, M.A ; min. in 1654 ;
1654 deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. He returned in 1690.
VOL. II.
THOMAS WILKIE of Bewlie, M.A.;
166_ min. in 1665 ; trans, to North Leith
4th Jan. 1672.
HUGH SCOTT, M.A., formerly of Ox-
16?2 nam ; adm. 1st Dec. 1672 ; was min.
of Stow in 1688.
JAMES SCOTT, M.A. (Edinburgh,
168Q 7th April 1675 ; min. in 1689 ; de-
prived by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, restoring Presbyterian mins. ;
died at Edinburgh, 17th June 1715, aged
about 60.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS LOWIS, M.A., min. in 1654,
1690 restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690; dem. 4th March 1691;
adm. to Innerleithen 3rd March 1697.
HUGH CRAIG, son of John C, merchant
1692 DurSess °f Edinburgh and a noted
Covenanter ; became a merchant
burgess of Edinburgh ; studied at Univ.
of Glasgow, and was ord. 15th Dec. 1692 ;
died Feb. 1711. He marr. (pro. 28th April
1687) Christian Galloway, and had issue —
Hugh ; Robert, born 1689, died Nov. 1701 ;
John, born 19th Sept. 1690, died 22nd Sept.
1698 ; Jean ; Francis, licentiate of Presb.
of Selkirk; Margaret (marr. June 1715,
Thomas Thomson, min. of Auchtermuchty).
A notebook in Craig's handwriting is in
the General Register House, Edinburgh. —
[Linlithgow Presb. and Fife Synod Regs. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Acts of Ass., 1730 ;
Boston's Mem.]
HENRY DAVIDSON, born 1687, son of
1714 a gar<^ener or farmer in the parish
of Eckford ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
April 1705) ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
5th March 1712 ; called 10th Aug., and
j ord. 21st Dec. 1714. He was the last
survivor of the Twelve who petitioned the
Assembly, 11th May 1721, against the
Act condemning the Marrow of Modern
Divinity. About 1735, he discontinued the
observance of the Communion in his parish,
and frequently went down to Maxton on
Sunday nights to join in the Communion
of a small body of Glassites there. He
expressed a willingness to resign his charge,
but his people would not hear of it, and
the Presb. being equally solicitous that he
M
178
GALASHIELS AND BOLSIDE
[PEESB. OF
should remain, attending only to those
parts of his office he felt himself at liberty
to perform, he remained min. till his death,
24th Oct. 1756. He marr. 23rd Feb. 1727,
Katherine (died in childbed, 6th Feb.
1728), daugh. of Sir James Scott of Gala
and Eupham Douglas of Cavers. Publica-
tions— The fulness of the Godhead dwelling
in Christ, a sermon ; Dark Providences to
be admired, not curiously p^lfd into, two
sermons ; Letters to Christian Friends
[with memoir, probably by Robert Douglas,
D.D.] (Edinburgh, 1811).— [Boston's Mem. ;
Scots Mag., xviii. ; Border Counties Maga-
zine, 1881 ; Hall's Galashiels, 197.]
ALEXANDER GLEN, trans, from
-,—,- Kirkton ; pres. by Hugh Scott of
Gala 8th March, and adm. 7th Dec.
1757 ; trans, to Dirleton 19th Oct. 1769.
ROBERT DOUGLAS, born Kenmore,
1770 19th July 1747, son of John D„
min. of Kenmore, afterwards of
Jedburgh ; educated at Marischal College
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 5th Sept. 1769; pres. by
Hugh Scott of Gala 5th March, and ord.
19th July 1770; D.D. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1797) ; died 15th Nov. 1820. By
his efforts and by his becoming security for
the capital required, the manufactures of
the then small village of Galashiels were
largely founded and extended. His share
in thus promoting the prosperity of Gala-
shiels and the grateful recognition of his
people, form an interesting feature in the
history of the town. He has been termed
the Father of Galashiels. It was from him
Sir Walter Scott purchased the small estate
on which Abbotsford was built, and he
was the minister to whom the thirteenth of
Pard's Letters to his Kinsfolk is addressed,
in which are several allusions to his
intimacy with Sir Walter. He marr. 4th
June 1784, Robina (died 1st Oct. 1837,
aged 82), daugh. of Edward Lothian,
jeweller, Edinburgh, and had issue — John,
born 4th April 1786, died 11th Oct. 1787;
Edward Lothian, born 6th July 1787, died
1st Jan. 1789 ; Helen, born 18th Sept. 1788
(marr. John Thomson, min. of Maxton) ;
Beatrice, born 18th Oct. 1790, died 28th
Dec. 1850; Robert, born 27th Feb. 1793,
died 15th Sept. 1809 ; George, merchant,
Glasgow, born 21st Nov. 1794, died 11th
June 1846 ; Arabella, born 2nd March 1798,
died 27th Jan. 1876. Publications — On
Oaths and the Danger of Multiplying them
(1783); A General Vietv of the Agriculture
of the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk
(Edinburgh, 1798); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Lockhart's Life
of Scott; The Border Treasury; Craig -
Brown's Selkirkshire and Letters and
Memoir of Mrs Alison Rutherford ; Hall's
Hist, of Galashiels, 200 et seq. ; Butler's
Lindean and Galashiels.']
NATHANIEL PATERSON, pres. by
John Scott of Gala 21st Feb., and
ord. 30th Aug. 1821 ; trans, to St
Andrew's Parish, Glasgow, 20th Feb. 1834.
JAMES VEITCH, pres. by John Scott
of Gala, and ord. 6th Aug. 1834;
18S4
trans, to Newbattle 2nd Oct. 1840.
KENNETH MACLEAY PHIN, born
1841 23rd April 1816, son of Robert P.,
min. of Wick ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Caith-
ness 28th Nov. 1837 ; pres. by Hugh Scott
of Gala ; ord. 14th May 1841 ; convener
of Army and Navy Chaplains Committee
1863-88; D.D. (Edinburgh 1869) ; convener
of Home Mission Committee, 1869-88 ; dem.
17th Nov. 1870 ; Moderator of Assembly
in 1877 ; convener of Business Committee of
the General Assembly, 1879-87 ; died 12th
Jan. 1888. As a young minister he took a
prominent part in the measures then taken
for defending, strengthening, and encourag-
ing the Church of Scotland, which had
been greatly weakened by the Secession of
1843. He was successful in obtaining from
Government the recognition of the claims
of Presbyterian soldiers and sailors to the
benefits of the ministry of the Church of
Scotland. He brought to the Convenership
of the Home Mission Scheme administra-
tive talents of a high order, and gave his
services with a power, courtesy, and tact
which were universally acknowledged. He
was a learned Church lawyer, a debater
of remarkable readiness and vigour, and
leader of the Assembly for many years.
Selkirk]
GALASHIELS AND BOLSIDE
179
A fund of £1000 raised in his memory,
provides a grant of " not less than £12 and
not more than £20 as an extra allow- j
ance towards the support of licentiates
or ministers of the Church of Scotland
labouring as missionaries, but not as parish
ministers, within defined districts contain- j
ing populations of at least 1000, and chiefly
composed of the poorer classes.1'" His por-
trait is in the offices of the Church. He
man. 9th March 1852, Margaret Thomson
(died 3rd June 1905, s.p.), daugh. of James
Pitcairn, M.D., Edinburgh. Publications
— The Church and her Accuser in the Far
North [a severe criticism of Sir George
Sinclair's Six Letters on the Position and
Prospects of the Established Church of Scot-
land, especially in the Northern Counties]
by " Investigator " (Glasgow, 1850) ; Fanati-
cism in the North (Edinburgh, 1882).— {The
Scotsman, 13th Jan. 1888; The Border
Almanac, 1889; Hall's Galashiels.']
PATON [PATTON] JAMES GLOAG,
1871 born Perth, 17th May 1823, son of
William G., banker, and Jessie
Burn ; educated at Perth Academy, and
Univs. of Edinburgh and St Andrews ;
Keen, by Presb. of Perth 10th June 1846 ;
assistant at Dunning ; ord. (assistant and
successor) at Dunning 27th Sept. 1848 ;
trans, to Blantyre 27th Sept. 1860; D.D.
(St Andrews 1867); pres. by Hugh Scott
of Gala ; trans, and adm. 20th April 1871 ;
Baird Lecturer in 1879 ; Moderator of As-
sembly 23rd May 1889; dem. 28th June
1892; interim Professor of Biblical Criticism,
Univ. of Aberdeen, 1896-7 ; LL.D. (Aber-
deen 1897); died at Edinburgh, 7th Jan.
1906. He attained much distinction as a
commentator and New Testament scholar.
He marr. 23rd Jan. 1867, Elizabeth (died
21st July 1914, s.p.), daugh. of Gavin Lang,
min. of Glasford. Publications —A Treatise
on the Assurance of Salvation (Edinburgh,
1853 ; 2nd ed.) ; A Treatise on Justifi-
cation by Faith (Edinburgh, 1856); The
Primeval World: a Treatise on the Re-
lations of Geology to Theology (Edinburgh,
1859) ; A Treatise on the Resurrection
(London, 1862); translation of Lechler
and Gerok's Apostelgeschichte (Edinburgh,
1865) ; Practical Christianity (Glasgow,
1866) ; Commentary on the Acts of the
Apostles, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1870); Intro-
duction to the Pauline Epistles (Edinburgh,
1874); The Messianic Prophecies (Baird
Lecture, 1879); translation of Lunemann's
Thessalonicker (Edinburgh, 1880); edited
Sermons of James Veitch, D.D. (Edin-
burgh, 1880) ; translation of Huther's
James and Jude (Edinburgh, 1881) ; Life
of St Paul (Bible Primer Series ; Edin-
burgh, 1881); "Commentary on Epistle of
James " (Schaff's Popular Bible Com-
mentary, 1883); Exegetical Studies (Edin-
burgh, 1884) ; Introduction to the Catholic
Epistles (Edinburgh, 1887); "Com-
mentary on the Thessalonians " {Pulpit
Commentary ; London, 1887); translation
of Meyer's Apostelgeschichte (Edinburgh,
1887) ; Closing Address of General As-
sembly (Edinburgh, 1889) ; Introduction
to the Johannine Writings (Edinburgh,
1891); Subjects and Mode of Baptism
(Edinburgh, 1891); Life of St John (Bible
Primer Series ; Edinburgh, 1892) ; Intro-
duction to the Synoptic Gospels (Edinburgh,
1895) ; Evening Thoughts (Edinburgh, 1900).
— [Paton J Gloag, a memoir, by Elizabeth
S. Gloag; Life and Work, July 1889 and
Feb. 1906 ; The Scotsman, 10th Jan. 1906 ;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
DAVID HUNTER, born Ayr, 1st April
1892 ^51, son °f Hugh H. ; educated at
Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow, and at Tubingen and Leipzig ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1873), B.D. (Glasgow 1876) ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 2nd May 1877 ; assistant at
St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant
and successor) at Kelso 23rd Jan. 1878 ;
trans, to St Mary's, Partick, 5th Oct. 1882 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1892); trans, and adm. 8th
Dec. 1892 ; Convener of Committee on
Probationers, 1896-1903; died 20th Feb.
1907. He marr. 6th Feb. 1878, Mary Anne
(died 7th March 1901), daugh. of Edmund
William Jones, and had issue— Hugh Black-
burn, W.S., major A.S.C., British Expedi-
tionary Force, France, 1914-16, born 3rd July
1880. Publications — Translated Meyer's
Pastoral Epistles (Edinburgh, 1881); Reuss's
History 'of the Canon of Holy Scripture
180
GALASHIELS AND BOLSIDE— HEATHERLIE (Q.S.) [presb. of
(Edinburgh, 1884) ; Meyer's Second Epistle
to the Corinthians (Edinburgh, 1891) ; The
Fiars in Scotland (Church Law Society-
Paper ; Edinburgh, 1905).
1 DUGALD BUTLEE, born Glasgow,
19£)7 18th Nov. 1862, son of Dugald B. ;
educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; M.A. (1883) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon in 1886 ; assistant at New
Kilpatrick ; ord. to Abernethy, Perthshire,
23rd Sept. 1890; trans, to Tron Parish,
Edinburgh, 10th July 1902; trans, and
adm. 7th Aug. 1907 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1907).
Marr. 13th April 1893, Catherine Barrie,
eldest daugh. of Sir James Marwick, LL.D.,
town-clerk of Glasgow. Publications — The
Teaching of Emerson (Newburgh-on-Tay,
1892) ; The Ancient Church and Parish
of Abernethy (Edinburgh, 1897) ; John
Wesley and Geoi'ge Whitefield in Scotland
(Edinburgh, 1898) ; Henry Scougal and
the Oxford Methodists (Edinburgh, 1899) ;
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys (Guild
Library ; Edinburgh, 1900) ; Life and
Letters of Archbishop Leighton (London,
1903) ; Eternal Elements in the Christian
Faith (Edinburgh, 1905) ; The Tron Kirk
of Edinburgh (Edinburgh, 1906) ; Thomas
a Kempis, a religious study (Edinburgh,
1908) ; Gothic Architecture : its Christian
Origin and Inspiration (Edinburgh, 1910);
Archbishop Leighton's Practice of the
Presence of God, with introduction (Edin-
burgh, 1911); Unity, Peace, and Charity:
a Tercentenary Lecture on Archbishop)
Leighton (Edinburgh, 1912) ; Woman and
the Church in Scottish History (Edinburgh,
1912) ; George Fox in Scotland (Edinburgh,
1913); St Cuthbert (Iona Books Series;
Edinburgh, 1913) ; St Giles (same series ;
Edinburgh, 1914) ; Lindean and Galashiels
(Galashiels, 1915).
GALASHIELS [WEST] (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Gala-
shiels 9th Feb. 1874. A church was built
in 1868 and enlarged in 1888.]
RICHAED MORRIS STEWART, B.A.,
1870 second son °f John S., writer, Glas-
gow ; ord. 15th Dec. 1870 ; adm.
first min. ol the parish 24th March 1874 ;
dem. 17th July 1883. Joined the Church of
Rome. He marr., and had issue. Publica-
tion— The Church of Scotland [from a Roman
Catholic Point of View] (Paisley 1892).
ALEXANDER LOUDON, M.A, B.D. ;
lgg3 ord. 27th Dec. 1883; trans, to
Falkirk 2nd Feb. 1899.
ANDREW MUTCH, M.A. ; ord. 12th
189g July 1899; trans, to Mutbill 3rd
Dec. 1902.
FRANCIS M'HARDY, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1903 15t^ -^P1"^ 19°!$ ; trans, to Midmar
12th Nov. 1908.
WILLIAM DICKSON, born Glenburn
1909 ^°' Antrim, Ireland, 12th March
1867, son of Paul D. ; educated at
Queen's College, Belfast ; B.A. (Royal
University, Ireland, 26th Oct. 1894) ; licen.
by Presb. of Ahoghill 12th May 1896- ;
adm. to this charge 14th April 1909 ; res.
7th June 1915; died at Dundonald, Ire-
land, 7th May 1916. Marr. 18th June 1902,
Edith Jane Hanna, and has issue — Edna
Jane Caldwell, born 4th Aug. 1903, died
1904 ; William Stewart, born 21st June
1906; John Hanna, born 15th Sept. 1909;
died 5th Jan. 1910 ; Edith Moyra, born
8th May 1911.
WILLIAM SUTHERLAND BUCHAN,
born 28th Feb. 1888, son of Henry
Ritchie Buchan, min. of Kilbirnie ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1910),
B.D. (1913); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
7th May 1913 ; assistant at St Matthew's
Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 15th Sept. 1915 ;
marr. 7th Aug. 1916, Janet Pearson, daugh.
of James Cunningham, Edinburgh.
HEATHERLIE, SELKIRK (Q.S.).
[A church wras built here in 1877. The
parish was disjoined from Selkirk, 12th
Jan. 1885.]
[ROBERT] LUDOVIC MAIR, ord. 10th
Jan. 1878 ; trans, to Bunkle and
1915
1878
Preston 8th Jan. 1880.
JOHN SHARPE, born Falkland, Fife,
17th Jan. 1848, son of Robert S.,
manufacturing agent ; educated at
Selkirk] HEATHERLIE (Q.S.)— KIRKHOPE— LADHOPE (Q.S.) 181
Falkland Parish School and Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar June
1878 ; assistant at St Cyrus ; ord. 6th
May 1880 ; adm. first min. of the parish
12th Jan. 18S5 ; clerk of Presb. 1898-1916 ;
died unmarr. 13th July 1916. Publica-
tion— Selkirk : Its Church, Its School, and
Its Presbyter;/ (Selkirk, 1914).
- ROBERT MONTGOMERY BRIGHT,
born Armagh, Ireland, 8th July 1873,
son of John B. ; educated at Armagh
Academy and Univ. of Belfast ; ord. min.
of the Congregational Church, Cleland,
Lanarkshire, 4th Sept. 1904 ; adm. to Bath
Street Congregational Church, Dunfermline,
10th Nov. 1906. Joined the Church of
Scotland May 1914 ; assistant at Sandbank,
Callander, High Church, Inverness ; ord.
interim min. of St Stephen's Parish, Inver-
ness, 4th May 1916 ; adm. to this charge
12th Dec. 1916. Marr. 27th April 1905,
Elizabeth Young, daugh. of James Brash,
Edinburgh.
KIRKHOPE.
[There was an ancient chapel here. The
parish was disjoined quoad omnia from
Yarrow, 25th June 1851.]
JOHN SHARPE GIBSON, born at
18gl Shaws, in the parish, 9th Nov. 1816,
son of Thomas G. and Jane Sharpe,
great-granddaughter of Thomas Boston ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Selkirk 2nd March 1841 ; pres.
by Queen Victoria ; ord. 30th Dec. 1851 ;
died 13th Nov. 1879. He marr. 27th Aug.
1853, Gertrude Bertha Allison, who died
s.p. 26th Oct. 1872.
HUGH MACMILLAN, born Port
1876 William, Wigtownshire, 23rd March
1842, son of John M., shipmaster,
and Rosanna M'Guffie ; educated at Port
William Parish School and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown in 1868 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 25th July
1876. Marr. 4th June 1884, Emily Jane,
daugh. of Thomas Mitchell, Kirkhope, and
has issue — Rosanna Elizabeth, M.B., Ch.B.,
born 1st Oct. 1888; Hugh Agnew, M.B.,
Ch.B., born 25th May 1890.
LADHOPE, GALASHIELS (Q.S.).
[A chapel was opened here 16th July
1838. The parish was disjoined from
Melrose, 11th July 1855.]
WILLIAM PATER SON FALCONER,
1839 b°rn ^ld Monkland» 22nd Dec. 181°,
son of John F., merchant ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton ; assistant at Kilmarnock ; ord.
13th Sept. 1839. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Ladhope Free Church 1843-45 ; of
the Free Church, Ferry-Port-on-Craig, in
1845 ; died 9th July 1886. He marr. 1841,
Christina (born 12th Sept. 1817, died 5th
July 1896), daugh. of William Meek, D.D.,
min. of Hamilton, and had issue— John
Meek, born 1842, died 1843; Christina
Croil, born 29th Oct. 1844 (marr. 1872,
Robert Paul, min. of Free Church, Dollar),
died 30th Jan. 1906 ; William Meek, min.
of St Paul's United Free Church, Edin-
burgh, born 4th Sept. 1846, killed by a fall
from his bicycle, 4th May 1913 ; John
Meek, born 1848, died 1850; Alexander
Croil, merchant, London, born 1850, died
1903; Elisabeth Jane, born 1852; Jessie
Hetherington, born 1854, died 1864; Robert
Hill, min. of Carnbee United Free Church,
1884-1907, secretary of the National Bible
Society of Scotland, 1907 : born 1856.—
[Hall's Hist, of Ladhope Free Church.]
JAMES SMITH, authorised by Presb.
1856 ^° ^a^e cnar£e °f the district of
Ladhope, 17th March 1846 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 7th Feb. 1856 ; trans,
to Greyfriars, Aberdeen, 17th Dec. 1857.
" ROBERT BLACKSTOCK, ord. 25th
,0__ June 1858 ; trans, to Lilliesleaf 4th
load .
Aug. 1881.
- ROBERT BORLAND, ord. 2nd March
1882 1882; trans, to Yarrow 14th June 1883.
WILLIAM CORSON CALLANDER,
born Caldow, Balmaclellan, 13th
Aug. 1847, son of Adam C. and
Margaret Corson ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1869); ord. toLochrutton
20th Nov. 1879 ; trans, and adm. 21st Jan.
1884 ; dem. 26th June 1900 ; died 21st July
1914. He marr. 11th Jan. 1881, Jane Mary
Mason, daugh. of Thomas Patterson, Kirk-
182
LADHOPE (Q.S.)— LILLIESLEAF
[PEESB. OF
caldy, and had issue — Edith Mary, born
31st Dec. 1SS1 : Frances Maud Marguerite,
born 4th July 1885 (marr. 1st Oct. 1908,
Konrad Gerhardt) ; Elizabeth Beveridge,
born 28th Jan. 1 887 ; William Ramsay
Corson, I.C.S., born 7th Oct. 1889.
JAMES KISSOOK WILKIX. MA.: ord.
5th Dec. 1900 ; trans, to Rosemount
1900
Parish, Aberdeen, 18th Feb. 1914.
JOHN GEDDES RITCHIE, born Pais-
1914 ley' 26tl1 Marcl1 1886> son of David
R. and Grace Hunter ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1907), B.D.
(1911); licen. by Presb. of Paisley in 1911 :
assistant at St Michael's Parish. Dumfries,
and Dean Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 16th
July 1914 ; chaplain British Expeditionary
Force. France. 1914-16 : res. 1916.
LILLIESLEAF.
[The church of Lilliesleaf is mentioned
in the Inquisition of David. 1116 : Walter,
"chaplain of Lillesclive," attested in 1174
at Linton, a grant of land from William the
Lion to William de Somerville. In 1190
the parson of " Lyllesclif " claimed part of
the lands of Botheldene (Bowden) : and in
1296 John of Rutherford, ''parson " here, did
fealty to Edward I. Up to the Reformation
the church belonged to the See of Glasgow.
There was a chapel at Riddell. An apse
was added to the church in 1910 by the
Rev. Arthur Pollok Sym.]
THOMAS DUNCAN or DUNCANSON,
7 min. of Bowden (q.v.) : had Lilliesleaf
under his care, 1571-74.
ARCHIBALD SIMSOX, reader,
1574 1574-80.
THOMAS WILKIE, a relative of John
1588 Row the Reformer: M.A. (St An-
drews 1583) : reader in 1586 ; min.
in 1588 ; pres. to the parsonage and vicarage
by Robert, Lord Roxburghe, before 2nd
Feb. 1609. He admitted the gudewife of
Sinton, Ashkirk, to the communion, "she
being a contemner of her awin min. and
of her awin kirk.-' The Presb., 19th Sept.
1615, was greatly offended and rebuked him
for so doing, declaring " if he do so again
he will be suspended from his office." He
was still min. 28th Oct. 1638. He was
probably the father of Thomas, min. of
Crailing, and of William his own successor.
— [Reg. of Deeds, ccxv., 3 ; Reg. Assig. :
Wodrows Select Biog., i., 423.]
WILLIAM WILKIE, probably son of
1640 Preceding ■ M.A. (St Andrews 1614).
He was interrupted while preaching
at Melrose, 30th Aug. 1640, by the entry of
English soldiers into the village. Xot con-
forming to Episcopacy, he was confined to
his parish in 1662. — [Melrose Sess. and Jed-
burgh Presb. Regs. : Wodrow's Hist., i. 326.]
JOHX CHISHOLME, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1674 27th July 1663) ; licen. by George.
Bishop of Edinburgh, 2nd Oct. 1667 ;
min. in 1674 : he was cited before the Privy
Council, 10th Xov. 1681, for dissuading the
magistrates of Selkirk from taking the Test.
Deprived by the Privy Council, 3rd Sept.
1689, for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates nor praying for William and
Mary, but for James VII., and for not observ-
ing the thanksgiving. He died at Edin-
burgh, 12th Feb. 1701, aged about 58. He
marr., and had issue — Robert, schoolmaster
of Selkirk : Eupham (marr. 4th Dec. 1716.
James Pringle, writing-master, Edinburgh ;
Esther (marr. (1) 19th Sept. 1725. Francis
Toward, merchant, Edinburgh : (2) 10th
Jan. 1731. Thomas Wilkie, Edinburgh). —
[Kirkton's and Wodrow's ffists. : MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689: Rule's See. Vindication :
Edin. Reg. (Marr.).]
1691
MATTHEW COUPER, ord. 29th Oct.
1691 : trans, to Ochiltree, but not
adm. till 21st Aug. 1695.
WILLIAM HUNTER of Union Hall
1695 tnow Linthill], born 1657 : M.A.
(Edinburgh, 3rd July 1693): licen.
by Presb. of Kelso 28th Aug. 1694: ord.
2nd May 1695 : he was one of the Twelve
who gave in a representation to the General
Assembly, 11th May 1721, against the Act
which condemned the Marrow of Modern
Dinnity. He died 13th Xov. 1736. He
marr. (1) Alison, daugh. of James Hog,
min. of Carnock, and had issue — Alison
(marr. Adam Milne, min. of Melrose) : (2)
SELKIRK]
LILLIESLEAF
183
Margaret Potts, and had issue — William
a physician ; Margaret of Courthill (marr.
23rd April 1740, Thomas Riddell of Camie-
ston). — [Scots Mag., xxviii. ; Tombst. ;
Boston's Mem. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Roxburgh
Sas., 1710, vii., 393.]
ROBERT RIDDELL, youngest son of
1737 Sir Walter R. of that ilk, Bart., and
Mary Watt of Rosehill ; Keen, by
Presb. of Selkirk 1st Feb. 1732 ; pres. by
John, Duke of Roxburghe, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1737; died 12th March 1760. He marr.
12th Feb. 1755, Esther (died 2nd March
1803), daugh. of John Riddell, M.D.,
Granton, son of Archibald R., min. of Trinity
Parish, Edinburgh, but had no issue. —
[Douglas's Bar. ; Playf air's Fam. Antiq., iii.]
WILLIAM CAMPBELL, born 10th Jan.
1?60 1737, son of William C, surveyor of
H.M. Customs, Kirkcaldy ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 25th Oct. 1758 ; ord. 4th July
1759 min. of the Low Meeting, Berwick-on-
Tweed ; pres. by John, Duke of Roxburghe,
and adm. 16th Oct. 1760 ; died 28th Sept.
1804. He marr. 6th May 1759, Margaret
(died at Edinburgh, 18th Nov. 1813), only
daugh. of Alexander Home, min. of Stichill,
and had issue — Agnes, born 1st Feb. 1760
(marr. 5th June 1779, William Scotts
solicitor, Edinburgh) ; William, born 13th
March 1762, W.S. apprentice 1777, died
31st May 1781 ; Alexander, born 13th Dec.
1763 ; Edward, born 6th July 1765, died in
the East Indies, 1789; Jean, born 30th
April 1767 (marr. 14th May 1803, Thomas
Tod); Robert, captain R.N., born 16th
June 1768, died 1815 ; Margaret, born 16th
Jan. 1770 (marr. 14th Aug. 1793, William
Farquharson, M.D., Edinburgh); David,
born 24th Dec. 1771, died 23rd Aug. 1794 ;
Elizabeth, born 14th Oct. 1773, died 3rd
Sept. 1792 ; George, born 17th April 1775,
died 14th Feb. 1776; Marion, born 20th
Dec. 1776 (marr. 6th April 1798, Robert
Gillan, min. of Hawick) ; John, min. of
Selkirk ; Jessie, born 20th Nov. 1779, died
27th Feb. 1783; William Scott, born 22nd
Dec. 1781, died 4th April 1799. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xvii.). — [Tombst.]
JAMES STALKER, son of John S., Edin-
1805 killie; M. A. (King's College, Aberdeen,
1777) ; licen. by Presb. of Chanonry
6th Jan. 1784; ord. 18th Oct. 1785, assistant
to the chaplain of Fort George; pres. by
William, Duke of Roxburghe, 4th Oct. 1804;
adm. 8th May 1805 ; died unmarr. 23rd
March 1816.— [Tombst.]
- DAVID BAXTER, a native of Leslie,
1816 Fife ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
28th Nov. 1798; ord. to Birnie 27th
July 1809; pres. by James, Duke of Rox-
burghe, in Aug., trans, and adm. 10th Oct.
1816; died 6th May 1842. He marr. 19th
Oct. 1812, Ann (died 14th May 1848), daugh.
of James Campbell, Edinburgh, and had
issue — Margaret Campbell, born 11th July
1813 (marr. Adam Gourlay, her father's suc-
cessor) ; Jemima Nicolina, born 20th July
1814 (marr. William King, min. of the
Presbyterian Church at Nelson, Ontario,
Canada), died 1887 ; Maria Anne, born 13th
Oct. 1815 (marr. Alexander Fraser, banker,
Edinburgh), died 3rd Feb. 1897; Harriet,
born 27th Nov. 1816 (marr. Joseph French,
chemist, Australia), died 15th July 1890 ;
John David, born 27th Nov. 1819, died 6th
Oct. 1820 ; Helen Frances, born 2nd April
1821 (marr. E. N. Houston, surgeon, Aus-
tralia), died 17th Oct. 1902. Publication-
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iii.).
ADAM GOURLAY, born Chesters,
1842 Ancrum, 24th Dec. 1800, son of
James G. and Margaret Redford ;
educated at Ancrum School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
1825 ; assistant at Bedrule and Lilliesleaf ;
pres. by James Henry Robert, Duke of
Roxburghe, and ord. 1st Sept. 1842 ; clerk
of Presb. 1st Aug. 1843; clerk of Synod
25th Oct. 1853; died 12th April 1881. He
marr. 20th Nov. 1834, Margaret Campbell
Baxter (born 11th July 1813, died 16th March
1900), daugh. of his predecessor, and had
issue — James, insurance clerk, born 4th Feb.
1836, died 29th Aug. 1899 ; Anne Campbell,
born 6th Nov. 1837 (marr. George Alex-
ander, farmer), died 30th Dec. 1885 ; David
Baxter, farmer, born 4th April 1839, died
25th Nov. 1913; Margaret Redford, born
12th May 1846 ; Maria Nicolina, born
184
LILLIESLEAF— MAXTON AND RUTHERFORD [presb. of
14th July 1848, died 3rd June 1893; |
Adamina Harriet, bom 29th. June 1852 ;
Adam, banker, born 10th Nov. 1854, died
21st Jan. 1888; Jane Charles Russell Currie,
born 22nd Nov. 1856 (marr. Walter Robert
Brodie).
- ROBERT BLACKSTOCK, bom Kirk- I
lgai michael, Dumfriesshire, 27th April
1827, >on of Peter B. and Margaret
Oughterson ; educated at Kirkmichael
School and Univ. of Edinburgh : sometime
schoolmaster at Brydekirk ; licen. by Presb.
of Lochmaben 18th Aug. 1853 ; ord. to
Ladhope 25th June 185S ; trans, and adm.
4th Aug. 1881 ; died 24th Jan. 1888. He
marr. 26th June 1866, Joanna (died 12th
July 1916). daugh. of Robert Hall, builder.
Galashiels, and Flora Sanderson, and had
issue— Flora Agnes, born 20th April 1867 ;
Margaret Josephine Oughterson, born 8th
Feb. 1869 (marr. Thomas Ovens. Gala-
shiels) ; Joanna Hall, bora 16th Feb. 1871 ;
Christian Patricia, bora 9th Feb. 1873
(marr. John Crawford, M.B., CM.), died
5th April 1904 ; Agnes Catherine Hall, born
2nd March 1875; Robert Patrick Hall,
L.R.C.P., Eskbank, bora 3rd May 1878.
Publications — Sermon Against Swearing
(1872) ; The PrimdpUt and Advantage* of a
National Church (1879) ; Voluntaryism and
Establishment (1879): Memorial Sermon
for William Roberts of Netherby (1879).
1888
1902) ; Suggestions for a Pension Scheme
(Hawick, 1906); The Parish of Lilliesleaf
(Selkirk, 1913); Studies in the Period
of Elijah and Elishn (Scottish "Women's
Bible Study Association. 1915). Contributor
to Hastings1 Dictionary of Christ and the
Gospels: editor of The Church of Scotland
Year Booh from 1914.
MAXTON AND RUTHERFORD.
[Maxton.— -The church of Maxton was
dedicated to St Cuthbert. It belonged to
the Abbey of Dryburgh.
Rutherford. — There was here a hospital
of St Magdalene.]
Sns WILLIAM AINSLIE. adm. 7th
Sept. 1561 to the vicarage in place
of Sir William Tailfeir. — [Lai no
Charters. 727 ; Reg. Sec. Sig., ii., 40.]
ARTHUR POLLOK SYM, born Green-
bank, near Edinburgh, 14th Aug.
1862, fifth son of William S. and Mary
Thomson, daugh. of James Pitcairn, M.D. ;
educated at Mr Baillie's School. Morning-
side, Craigmount House School, and Univ.
of Edinburgh : M.A. (1881), B.D. (1884) :
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh June 1864 ;
assistant at St Georges Parish, Edinburgh ;
ord. 12th July 1888 ; examiner for degrees
in Univ. of Edinburgh 1895-9 ; secretary of
Ministers1 Pension Fund Committee 1907 ; \
Clerk of Presb. 1916. Marr. 11th Sept.
1900, Caroline Georgina, youngest daugh. of
William Simson, secretary of the Bank of ,
Scotland. Publications — Sermon on Tern-
peranee (Edinburgh, 1890); St Paul's Last
Letter (Scottish Women's Bible Study Asso-
ciation, 1900) ; A Border Synod (Hawick,
1561
WILLIAM AINSLIE. possibly same as
1569 above, reader 1569 to 1579.
1593
JOHN" SMYTH, M.A. (St Andrews, 3rd
Dec. 1584) ; adm. to Selkirk in 1585 ;
trans, to Mertoun about 12th Oct-
1586; adm. to this charge in 1593; a
member of Assembly in 1602 ; was app.
with two others for visiting the kirks
of Nithsdale and Annandale. In 1607 he
was called before the Privy Council for
acting as clerk to the Synod which dis-
obeyed the Acts of Assembly 1606 regard-
ing a constant Moderator, and was charged
to enter into ward at Blackness within forty-
eight hours. He signed the Protest for the
Liberties of the Kirk 27th June 1617 ; was
cited before the Court of High Commission
in 1622, but through the intercession of a
friend, he was not called. He died before
26th May 1634. aged about 70. He be-
queathed £72 for the use of the parish.
He marr.. and had issue — John. — [Booke of
the Kirk, 503 : Beg. See. Sig. : Melville's
A'/tob. ; Livingston's Charac. : G. R. So?.,
xix., 169.]
PATRICK LINDSAY, M.A. (St An-
1634 ^rews i62") • Pres- by Charles I. 26th
May 1634. He was probably dep. in
1639 for heresy. — [Reg. Sec. Sig.: Peterkin's
Records : Stevenson's Hist.]
SELKIRK]
MAXTON AND RUTHERFORD
185
ANDEEW DUNCANSON, son of
1Q40 Andrew D., min. of St Boswells ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd July 1631);
he was on the Exercise at Haddington
21st Sept. 1636; adm. 16th July 1640;
was on the Commission of Assembly,
1642, 1645, 1648, and 1649. Not conform-
ing to Episcopacy, he was confined to his
parish in 1662, where he died before 1672.
He marr., and had issue — John; Elizabeth;
Anna ; Mary ; Janet. — [Haddington, Jed-
burgh, and Chirnside Presb. Regs. ; Acts of
Ass. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 326 ; Privy Seal
Eng. Reg., iv., 155 ; G. R. Inhib., 8th Jan.
1668, 15th May 1671, and 14th Dec. 1676.]
PATRICK STRACHAN, son of John B,
1683 weaver and burgess, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(Marischal College 1673) ; sometime
clerk to the Kirk-session of Foveran ; min.
in 1683; deprived by the Privy Council in
1689 for neither reading the Proclamation
of the Estates nor praying for William
and Mary. He marr. Barbara Abernethy,
who survived him, and had issue — five
children, of whom Isabel marr. 16th Dec.
1722, Henry Laing, in parish of Scoonie.
— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Peterkin's
Constitution of the Chmrh ; Linlithgow
Burgh Reg.]
ROBERT EDGAR, was a min. at the
1690 £>eneral meeting of Presbyterians after
the Toleration 6th July 1687 ; called
Nov., and adm. 10th Dec. 1690 ; died 13th
Dec. 1713, aged 88. He marr. (1), and
had issue— Gabriel, bapt. 16th July 1660;
James, bapt. 26th Dec. 1661 : (2) 25th Oct.
1692, Jean Stephenson, sister-in-law of
James Borland, min. of Bedrule. — [Dum-
fries Bapt. and Bur. Regs. ; Tombst.]
GABRIEL WILSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
l709 28th June 1697); licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcudbright 11th Nov. 1706;
assistant to Gabriel Semple, min. of Jed-
burgh, and in this parish ; called 5th Nov.
1708; ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd
Feb. 1709; died 11th Feb. 1750. He was
a close friend of Thomas Boston the elder,
whose funeral sermon he preached. Next
to Boston himself, no man did more to
disseminate the doctrines of the Marrow
of Modern Divinity. He was one of the
Twelve who signed the representation to
the Assembly against the Act condemning
the Marrow, and in 1733 he protested
against the sentence passed on the four
Seceders. In later life he adopted the
views of the Glassite Church, but the
Presb. declined to interfere with his teach-
ing. He marr. Oct. 1709, Rachel Carson,
who survived him, and had issue — Andrew,
M.D., London ; Jean (marr. George Byres,
min. of St Boswells) ; Ann (marr. George
Ogilvie, min. in Newcastle), died 19th May
1801 ; Rachel ; Marion. Publications — New
Mode of Swearing (1719) ; " Epistle Recom-
mendatory ;' {Monro's Lett. ; Edinburgh,
1719) ; Letter to a Gentleman at Edinburgh
concerning the Proceedings of the Assembly
1720, with Reference unto Doctrines chiefly
(1721) ; The Trust, a Sermon at the opening
of the Synod(l723 ; Hawick, 1785); A Speech
without Doors (Hawick, 1785); preface to
Divine Meditations by a Person of Honour.
— [Acts of Ass., 1723 ; Boston's Memoirs ;
Wodrow's Corresp. and Anal. ; Fraser's Life
of Ratyh Erskine; Scots Mag., xii.]
. WILLIAM BROWN, son of David B.,
«,__- min. of Selkirk ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 5th April 1737 ; pres. by Sir
Alexander Don of Newton-Don, Bart., Aug.
1750 ; ord. 10th April 1751 ; died 22nd Jan.
1770. He marr. 14th June 1753, Isabel
Kirk wood, Lessudden, who died 25th July
1768, and had issue — David, born 24th
March 1754; James, born 2nd Feb. 1756;
William, surgeon, Edinburgh, born 14th
Nov. 1757 ; Andrew, born 20th Aug. 1760 ;
Jean, born 22nd Jan. 1764 ; John, born
20th July 1768. [Tombst.]
DAVID CLERK, pres. by Sir Alexander
?7 Don of Newton-Don, Bart. ; ord. 26th
Sept. 1770 ; "a man of lively manners
and of great wit " ; died unmarr. 13th Jan.
1776.
1776
STEPHEN OLIVER, licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 1st Oct. 1751 ; ord. to Inner-
leithen 11th Sept. 1755; pres. by
Sir Alexander Don of Newton-Don, Bart.,
10th May, and adm. 15th Aug. 1776 ; died
24th July 1803, aged 89. He marr. 28th
Oct. 1755, Jean (died 6th Jan. 1802), daugh.
186
MAXTON AND RUTHERFORD— MELROSE [presb. of
of John Douglas of Catchahill, and had
issue— Mary, born 27th Aug. 1756 (man.
30th Jan. 1788, William Purvis, Broom-
house) ; James, born 16th June 1758 ;
Katherine, born 4th Feb. 1760 (marr. 4th
June 1788, Alexander Wight, baker, Edin-
burgh) ; John, born 4th Sept. 1761 ; Anne,
born 26th Nov. 1763 (marr. 11th Dec. 1799,
George Hambley, merchant, Kelso) ; Eliza-
beth, born 4th June 1776. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
in.).— [To?)ibst.]
JOHN HAINING, licen. by Presb. of
1804 Edinburgh, 27th Feb. 1793 ; ord. to
Dunsyre 19th Sept. 1799; pres. by
Sir Alexander Don of Newton-Don, Bart.,
9th Dec. 1803; trans, and adm. 16th Aug.
1804 ; died 26th April 1809. He marr. 2nd
Oct. 1801, Wilhelmina Wilson, who died
12th Jan. 1841, and had issue — Bobert, born
14th Aug. 1802 ; James, born 6th May 1804 ;
John, born 20th Feb. 1807 ; Alexander, born
12th April 1809.
JOHN THOMSON, licen. by Presb. of
1810 Dalkeith 2nd July 1799; ord. 19th
July 1810; joint Presb. clerk 10th May
1831, and afterwards Synod clerk ; died 6 th
June 1865, aged 89. He marr. 22nd Feb.
1816, Helen (died 14th Feb. 1831), eldest
daugh. of Bobert Douglas, D.D., min. of
Galashiels, and had issue — David, engineer,
London, born 15th Nov. 1816; Bobert
Douglas, wine merchant, Edinburgh, born
22nd Oct. 1817, died 26th Nov. 1910);
Beatrix, born 21st Sept. 1818; John, born
20th Sept. 1821, died 21st Feb. 1832;
George, born 4th Dec. 1822, died 17th Feb.
1824; Barbara, born 20th March 1828,
died 6th Aug. 1896; Edward, died 1st
March 1861. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Neu< Stat. Ace, Hi.).
MANNEBS HAMILTON NISBET
1865 GBAHAM, born 30th June 1830,
son of Bobert Balfour G., D.D.,
min. of North Berwick ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton in 1854 ; assistant at Channelkirk ;
pres. by Charles Balfour of Newton-Don ;
ord. to Nenthorn 13th Feb. 1855 ; trans,
and adm. 12th Oct. 1865; died at Edin-
burgh, 3rd March 1911. He had fine
musical gifts, composed several psalm
tunes, and was the first min. in Boxburgh-
shire to introduce an organ into his church.
He marr. 17th July 1855, Margaret Jane
(died 22nd Dec. 1891), daugh. of James
Bitchie, wholesale stationer, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Janet, born 29th May
1856 (marr. 27th April 1880, James Bain,
merchant, nephew of Sir Andrew Lusk,
Bart.) ; Christina Laurie, born 9th May
1858 (marr. 4th May 1881, James Mackay,
M.D ) ; Bobert Balfour, M.D., Leven, born
25th Aug. 1859 ; James Bitchie, born 16th
Feb. 1861 ; Margaret Jane, born 15th Feb.
1863 ; Manners Hamilton, fruit rancher,
U.S.A., born 3rd Aug. 1866, died 6th Aug.
1902; Agnes Tod, born 23rd Oct. 1867
(marr. Francis, son of Sir William Turner,
K.C.B., Principal of Edinburgh University),
died 15th March 1903 ; William Archibald
George, printer, Edinburgh, born 25th Oct.
1870 ; Helen Bobertson, born 2nd Aug.
1872, died 6th Nov. 1904; Henry Grey,
min. of Avendale, born 8th March 1874.
Publication — Sermon on the Death of Mrs
Balfour of Newton- Don (1862).
DAVID DENHOLM M'KEBBON, born
Carberry, Inveresk, 16th June 1863,
son of Peter M'K., min. of North
Parish, Kelso ; educated at Kelso High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 27th Sept. 1905.
MELROSE.
[The church of Melrose, dedicated to St
Cuthbert> belonged to Melrose Abbey. In
the parish, between two and three miles
down the Tweed from the parish church,
stood the ancient abbey of Old Melrose,
founded about 650. It was at first a cell
of St Aidan's Monastery of Lindisfarne.
St iEth (or Eata) was its first abbot.
Following him were St Bosel and St
Cuthbert. The later Cistercian Abbey of
St Mary at Melrose is also in the parish,
and near the church. It was founded by
David I. in 1136, its site being then called
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Fordel. There was a chapel in the parish
of Melrose at Gattonside, and another near
Blainslie, dedicated to St Cuthbert, and
known as Childhills Chapel. There were
also the chapels of St Cuthbert at Old
Melrose, St Columba at Columslie, and St
Mary of the Park at Blainslie. At Melrose
there were the Holy Wells of St Mary, St
William, and St Dunstan. St Helen's Well
is at Darnick. At Columslie (now Colmslie)
was St Colum's Well. In the Tweed at Old
Melrose is a rapid of the stream called the
Holy Wheel. A fair was held on St Martin's
Day.]
JAMES PONT [KYLPONT or KYN-
1562 PONT], younger son of John P. of
Shyresmill, and Catherine Murray of
Tullibardine, and brother of Robert P., min.
of St Cuthbert's ; educated at St Leonard's
College, St Andrews, 1550-4 ; app. by the
General Assembly, 2nd July 1562, "to
minister the word and sacraments till
next Assembly " ; he became, 30th Dec.
that year, chaplain to John, Lord Erskine,
afterwards Earl of Mar, and Regent. The
brethren appointed in Oct. 1581 for
establishing Presbyteries were enjoined to
co-operate with him in the setting up of
such within the diocese of Dunblane. He
was commissary of Dunblane from 11th
July 1598 to 2nd July 1602, and died on
or shortly after the latter date. He marr.
Abigail Strang, who survived him, but left no
issue.— [Calderwood's Hist., ii., 186 ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 113 ; Reg. of Deeds, cix.]
JOHN WATSON, min. in 1568— [Acta
1568 and Dec, xlv., 168.]
JOHN WILSON, min. in 1569.— [Reg. of
1569 Deeds, ix., 373.]
THOMAS HOLYWELL, reader, 1574
1574 to 1586.
1584
JOHN KNOX, born about 1555, said to
have been son of William K., min. of
Cockpen, and a grand-nephew of the
Reformer; M.A. (St Andrews 1575); ord.
to Lauder in 1576; trans, and adm. in
1584. He was a member of at least four-
teen General Assemblies. He declined to
subscribe the Articles of Religion pro-
mulgated by Maitland of Lethington ; was
Moderator of Synod Oct. 1586 ; a com-
missioner app. by the Privy Council, 6th
March 1589, for the preservation of religion
within the sheriffdom of Edinburgh. In
1596 he was one of the commissioners for
the South, who were directed to meet daily
with the Presb. of Edinburgh to consult
as to the means to be taken for resisting
the measures of the excommunicated earls
and their adherents. In the Assembly of
1601 he refused to vote for the transla-
tion of ministers recommended by the
King, and having declined the office of
constant Moderator of Presb. he was out-
lawed. By 1608 he was once more in
favour, and was app. Visitor of the kirks
throughout Dumfriesshire. He was a
member of the Falkland Conference 4th
May 1609. He led the resistance to the re-
establishment of Episcopacy, and vigorously
opposed the Articles of Perth. He died in
1623. He marr. Christian Paterson, who
survived him, and had issue — Margaret
(marr. Thomas Ker, ancestor of Kippi-
law). — [Reg. Assig. ; Calderwood's Hist., iv.,
v., vi., vii. (see General Index) ; Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Knox Genealogy ; Smith's Icon. Scot. ;
Melville's Autob. ; Livingston's Character-
istics ; Wade's Hist, of Melrose ; Diet. Nat.
Biog. ; Roxburghe Sas., iii., 211.]
THOMAS FORRESTER, M.A. (St An-
1627 drews, 22nd July 1608). He was
recommended for Ayr by the Arch-
bishop of Glasgow 10th March 1623, but a
week later the session of that parish agreed,
" after they had convocated the haill body
of the town," to send a commissioner to the
archbishop showing " that he was not meet
to be minister among them." Nevertheless
he was pres. by James VI. 10th April, but
further proceedings are not on record. He
became min. here about 1627. In 1634
the parish consisted of an area of seven
miles by four, with about two thousand
communicants ; a proposal was made for
a collegiate min., but this was not carried
out. He was dep. 11th Dec. 1638, probably
on account of his prelatic tendencies. He
died in 1642, aged about 54. He marr.
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MELROSE
[PRESB. OF
Agnes Kennedy, who died 19th Dec. 1666,
and had issue — Marjory (marr. James
Alison, tailor, Canongate) ; Jean (marr.
Gilzean). Publication — A Satire,
in two parts, relating to Public Affairs,
1638-9, is assigned to him (Scots Mag.,
lxix., 117 ; Maidment's Scottish Pasquils,
iii.) : " Epitaph on the Earl of Strafford "
(Cleveland's Poems ; Milne:s Description of
Melrose). — [Ayr Sess. ; Canongate Bur.;
Acts of Pari., vii. ; Bannatyne Miscell.,
iii. ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Wodrow MS. ; \
Diet. JYat. Biog. ; Roxburgh* Sas., iv.,
407 ; P. C. Deer eta, 18th Sept. 1672.]
ALEXANDER SCOTT, probably of the
i64o Scotts of Balwearie ; M.A. (St An-
drews, 16th July 1620); adm. 20th
Feb. 1640; died before 23rd Aug. that
year, aged about 40. He marr., and had
issue — Elizabeth (marr. John Luckly, bailie
of Cupar-Fife). — [Milne's Descrip.]
DAVID FLETCHER, M.A. ; trans, from
1641 ^ Giles, Edinburgh ; adm. 4th Feb.
1641 ; became Bishop of Argyll in
1662 (q.v.).
- ALEXANDER BISSET, M.A. (St An-
1665 drews, 28tn July 1656) ; licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews 5th June
1661 ; ord. to Tynninghame 20th Nov.
1663 ; pres. by John, Earl of Haddington ;
adm. before 14th Dec. 1665 ; died in 1689,
aged about 53. He marr. (cont. 20th Jan.
and 10th Feb. 1664), Margaret, daugh. of
Robert Lauder, min. of Whitekirk, and
had issue— Christian, bapt. 23rd Feb. 1666 ;
Robert, bapt. 28th May 1668; Agnes,
bapt. 11th June 1670; Alexander, bapt.
27th Feb. 1674; George, bapt. 10th Sept.
1676 ; Marion, bapt. 2nd May 1678 ; James,
bapt. 29th Juiy 1681 ; Giles, bapt. 8th May
1685.— [Reg. of Deeds, Mack., lxxxiv., 10th
Feb. 1669 ; Tynninghame and Selkirk
Regs. ; Milne's Descrip. ; Melrose Par.
Reg.]
ROBERT WILSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1690 13t^ ^Une 1651); attended the
General Meeting of Presbyterians
6th July 1687; adm. 9th Sept. 1690;
member of Assembly in 1692 ; died 5th
March 1713, aged 79. — [Lothian Synod
Reg. ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1692.]
ADAM MILNE, M.A. (Edinburgh, 7th
1711 July 1698); schoolmaster at Cold-
stream in 1698 ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 24th Sept. 1 706 ; had a compet-
ing call from Legerwood, which was set
aside by the Assembly 5th May 1710 ; called
26th Jan., and ord. (assistant and successor)
8th May 1711 ; died 8th June 1747, aged
about 67. He marr. March 1725, Alison
(died Dec. 1771), daugh. of William Hunter,
min. of Lilliesleaf, and had issue — Margaret,
bapt. 4th May 1726, died young; Elizabeth,
bapt. 11th July 1727, died young; William,
bapt. 13th July 1729. Publication — A
Description of the Parish of Melrose in
Answer to Mr MaitlanoVs Queries (Edin-
burgh, 1743). — [Tombst. ; Acts of Ass.;
Wade's Melrose.]
JAMES BROWN, M.A. ; pres. by Lady
1?48 Isabella Scott July 1747; ord. 10th
Feb. 1748. He got a bleachfield
established for encouraging linen manu-
facture in the parish ; trans, to New
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 9th July 1767.
FREDERICK MACLAGAN, born 31st
1768 ^ay 1"38, son of Alexander M.,
min. of Little Dunkeld ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunkeld 2nd Sept. 1760 ; assist-
ant at Alloa ; pres. by Henry, Duke of
Buccleuch, Oct. 1767 ; ord. 2nd March 1768.
About 1785 he was charged with adultery,
but assoilzied by the Presbytery. He ob-
tained an assistant and successor in 1788.
He died at Hayfield, Stirlingshire, 12th Aug.
1818. He marr. 1st Nov. 1763, Christian
Turnbull, who died 1st Feb. 1787, and had
issue — Alexander, born 10th April 1765,
died 24th Nov. 1791 ; John Blackwood,
born 29th Dec. 1766, died 22nd Nov. 1804 ;
Hector, born 26th June 1768, died in
Jamaica, 11th Sept. 1808; Janet, born 1st
March 1770 (marr. 29th Feb. 1792, Alex-
ander Lauder), died 3rd Oct. 1809 ; Jean,
born 7th Oct. 1771 ; George, born 29th
July 1773, died 25th May 1775 ; Frederick,
baker, Edinburgh, born 23rd Dec. 1774;
William, born 23rd June 1776, died 11th
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189
March 1779; George, born 20th April
1778, died 18th June 1818; Mary, born
8th Feb. 1780, died 19th March 1786;
William, born 24th March 1782, died June
1783; Christian, born 31st Dec. 1783.
Publication — Narrative of the Rise, Pro-
gress, and Conclusion of the Process against
Mr M., ivith Remarks (Hawick, 1785). —
[Stir-ling Presb. Reg. ; Scots Mag., xlvi.,
xlvii. ; Tombst.]
GEORGE THOMSON, bom 1758 ; licen.
1788 ky Presb. of Dunblane 4th July 1786 ;
called 27th March, and ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 23rd Oct. 1788. An
augmentation of stipend having been asked
by the senior min., T. put in a claim
stating that as he performed the whole of
the pastoral work, his case should be con-
sidered by the Court in granting any aug-
mentation. The Court granted him the
whole augmentation, 6th Dec. 1797. Not-
withstanding this his income was small,
and the hardship of his case being a sub-
ject of public comment, the Rev. Dr John-
ston of North Leith raised a subscription
for him, which, however, T. declined with
grateful thanks and requested that the
money might be returned to the donors.
He died 22nd Nov. 1835. He marr. 8th
June 1791, Margaret (died 11th June 1813),
daugh. of Robert Gillan, min. of St Bos-
wells, and had issue — George, born 7th
March 1792, licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 2nd
April 1816, died at Edinburgh, 7th Jan.
1838 — (he was tutor to the children of Sir
Walter Scott, and is the reputed Original
of Dominie Sampson) ; Mary Anna, born
16th Sept. 1793 (marr. 23rd Feb. 1821,
Alexander Burnet, rector of the United
Schools, Jedburgh) ; Robert Gillan, writer,
Melrose, born 27th March 1795, died 23rd
April 1844; Joseph, born 17th Jan. 1797;
Thomas, student of divinity, born 2nd Jan.
1800, died 6th July 1824 ; Margaret, born
25th Sept. 1801, died at the Nest, Jedburgh,
25th Sept. 1847 ; Jean, born 14th Feb. 1804,
died unmarr. 14th May 1842. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ix.). — [Bower's Description of Melrose
Abbey ; Lockhart's Life of Scott ; W. S.
Crockett's The Scott Originals.]
1836
WILLIAM MURRAY, born 1797, a
native of Selkirkshire ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in family
of Major Hope Johnstone ; licen. by Presb.
of Langholm; pres. by Walter Francis,
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry ; ord.
10th June 1836 ; died 13th Sept. 1865. He
marr. (1) 30th Dec. 1836, Agnes (died 6th
June 1841), sister of Adam Cunningham,
min. of Crailing, and had issue— Andrew,
born 11th May 1839, died at Burwood,
N.S.W., 8th Feb. 1895 : (2) 17th Oct. 1848,
Jessie Russel (died 3rd June 1907), second
daugh. of John Easton, merchant, Edin-
burgh.
JAMES CHALMERS HERDMAN,born
1866 11th Jan. 1826, son of William H.,
min. of Rattray ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews; M.A. (1843); licen. by
Presb. of St Andrews ; ord. 22nd Aug.
I 1845 (the General Assembly having sus-
tained his being ordained when under age)
as a missionary to Calcutta ; app. chaplain
H.E.I.C. in 1849, and was min. of St
Andrew's Church, Calcutta; adm. to this
parish 8th Feb. 1866 ; convener of the
Foreign Mission Committee 1872-82 ; D.D.
(St Andrews 1865); dem. 17th May 1898;
died 11th Sept. 1899. He marr. 10th Nov.
1846, Mary (died 20th April 1884), daugh. of
Captain Alexander Knox, and had issue —
Mary Sophia Sarah, born 21st Oct. 1853
(marr. 30th Jan. 1890, Alexander Ferrier,
M.A., Presidency chaplain at Calcutta),
died at Calcutta, 26th April 1894. Publica-
tions— The Unchangeable Saviour (Edin.
1869). He edited for some years a Bengali
paper connected with missions.
ROBERT JAMES THOMPSON, born
18Q8 Alloa, 20th Feb. 1867, son of George
T., supervisor of Inland Revenue ;
educated at Alloa Academy, Brechin High
School, Old Aberdeen Grammar School, and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1887); licen.
by Presb. of Stirling 6th May 1890 ; assist-
ant at Melrose; ord. 27th Sept. 1898.
Marr. 28th June 1899, Isabella, daugh. of
George Gray, artist, and Anne Scott, and
has issue — Dorothy Anne Scott, born 24th
Oct. 1900; Cyril George Kay, born 7th
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ROBERTON
[PKESB. OF
Jan. 1902 ; Edith Elizabeth Mary, born
13th Sept. 1904; Robert Edward Gray,
born 16th May 1906.
ROBERTON, formerly KIRK
BORTHWICK.
[The church was removed to Roberton
in the seventeenth century. There was
a chapel at Borthwick Brae.]
JOHN COLT, second son of Adam O,
min. of Inveresk ; licen. by Presb. of
Dalkeith 22nd Oct. 1635; adm. to
Langnewton between 25th Jan. and 8th
Feb. 1642 ; adm. to this parish about 1663.
The date of his death is unknown. He
rnarr. Margaret Douglas, who survived
him, and had issue — John ; Rebecca (marr.
George Cleland, min. of Morton) ; Margaret.
—[Charity Roll, 1693.]
THOMAS SHIEL [SHIELS], probably
the T. S. who was min. at Kirkbride,
and afterwards at Sanquhar ; min. of
this parish in 1689.
1689
1700
ROBERT SCOTT, brother of William S.
of Whitehaugh ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
3rd July 1693); licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk 8th Sept. 1698 ; called 24th Dec.
1699; ord. 24th April 1700; died 21st
Aug. 1727, aged 53. He marr. Janet
Scott, Hawick, and had issue — Walter ;
Elizabeth ; Marion. Publication — Twelve
Sermons preached before and after the
Celebration of the Lord's Supper (Edin-
burgh, 1729).— [Tombst. ; Boston's Mem.']
HENRY ERSKINE, son of James E. of
1728 Shielfield, and Elizabeth, daugh. of
Sir John Scott of Ancrum ; licen.
by Presb. of Kelso 3rd April 1722 ; pres.
by George II. 29th Dec. 1727 ; called 29th
Feb., and ord. 3rd May 1728 ; died 5th Dec.
1773, aged 80. He marr. 21st Aug. 1730,
Janet (died 1st June 1766, aged 64), daugh.
of Robert Cunninghame, min. of Hawick,
and had issue — James, his successor ;
Marjory, born 24th Feb. 1734; Robert,
born 25th March 1740.— [Tombst.]
JAMES ERSKINE of Shielfield, son of
1774 Preceding > trans, from Kirkton ;
pres. by George III. 14th Jan., and
adm. 29th July 1774; trans, to Lessudden
[St Bo.swells] 11th May 1786.
JAMES HAY, a native of Banffshire;
1786 "-A- (King's College, Aberdeen,
1772) ; ord. to Ettrick 6th May, and
trans, to Kirkton 23rd Sept. 1785 ; pres. by
George III. 1st July, trans, and adm. 22nd
Sept. 1786 ; he retired in 1801 in ill-
health, but recovered, and resumed duty
in 1812, when his assistant and successor
was trans, to Langholm ; died 17th May
1825, aged 73. He marr. 26th July 1785,
Arabella (died 6th Feb. 1793), daugh. of
John Douglas, min. of Jedburgh, and had
issue — Beatrix, born 28th April 1786 (marr.
John Jamieson), died 24th Feb. 1845;
William, born 31st May 1787 ; Janet,
born 10th March 1790; John, born 24th
June 1791, died 6th April 1806. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xi.). — ['Tombst.]
WILLIAM BERRY SHAW, pres. by
1801 Oeorge III. ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th Nov. 1801 ; trans,
to Langholm 6th Nov. 1812.
ALEXANDER NIVISON, born 23rd
1826 APr^ 1"86, son of Abraham N., min.
of Middlebie ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith
26th March 1811 ; became a teacher of
Oriental languages ; pres. by George IV.
14th June 1825; ord. 21st April 1826;
dem. 30th Oct. 1844 ; died 7th Nov. 1861.
! He marr. 6th Sept. 1825, Christina Thom-
! son, Montrose (died 30th Oct. 1849), and
had issue — Elizabeth Broun, born 17th Oct.
' 1826 (marr. 27th June 1856, James Ogilvie,
D.D., missionary of the Church of Scot-
land at Calcutta), died at Portobello, 15th
Feb. 1911 ; Alexander, born 17th July 1828,
died at Melbourne, 1861 ; Abraham, S.S.C.,
! Edinburgh, born 25th Dec. 1830, died 7th
; Feb. 1897 ; David Thomson, born 5th Jan.
I 1834, died at Calcutta, 20th Aug. 1867;
Christina, born 18th Dec. 1835, died 6th
, July 1851 ; Euphemia Duncan, born 11th
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191
May 1838 (marr. 12th June 1862, William
Stuart Sutherland, writer, Edinburgh).
CHARLES KINNEAR GREENHILL,
1845 °orn Cash.' Strathmiglo, Fife, 11th
Oct. 1817, son of Charles Kinnear
G. and Christian Baxter; M.A. (St Andrews
1840) ; ord. to Garelochhead 25th Oct. 1844;
trans, and adm. 15th Aug. 1845 ; died 30th
June 1886. He marr. 20th June 1877,
Isabella (died 3rd June 1907), daugh. of
Horatius Blair, writer, Glasgow. Publica-
tion— Sermon [on the Death of Allan Eliott
Lockhartof Borthwickbrae] (Hawick 1878).
MERCER HALL, born Galashiels, 13th
1887 ^U^' 1855> nftk son °f J°hn H.,
builder, and Isabella Matthew ; edu-
cated at Galashiels Academy, Abbey Park
School, Univs. of St Andrews and Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk ; assistant
at St Mark's, Dundee ; ord. to Careston,
Forfarshire, 18th March 1886 ; trans, and
adm. 24th Feb. 1887.
iENEAS EDE M'INNES, born Bower,
1894 Caithness, 15th Jan. 1861, son o
Angus M., schoolmaster, and Char
lotte Brown ; educated at Bower Schoo
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1884)
licen. by Presb. of Caithness June 1887 ;
assistant at Selkirk ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 16th May 1894. Marr. 22nd June
1904, Kate, daugh. of George Spackman.
ST BOSWELLS or ST BOSEL'S,
(formerly LESSUDDEN).
[The church of Lessudden, dedicated to
St Mary, belonged to the Abbey of Dry-
burgh. In it was an altar of St Margaret
the Virgin, and near the church was St
Margaret's Croft. In 1652 the parish
church was removed from Lessudden to St
Bosel's village, where it took the place of
an earlier chapel of that saint. Near this
village are St Boswell's Well, St Boswell's
Burn, St Boswell's Lands, and St Boswell's
Green. There was also St Cuthbert's Well.
On the Green St Boswell's Fair is held in
summer. The spelling Boswell is quite
modern.]
JOHN TURNBULL, reader in 1576;
1576 died in 1585.
THOMAS MOFFAT, perhaps reader
15g5 at Linton in 1571 ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 11th Sept.
1585 ; deprived prior to 7th April 1596
for non-residence.
DAVID FORSYTH, reader at Colding-
15g ham, 1571 ; adm. to Bolton in 1580 ;
trans, to Polwarth before 1585 ; trans,
to Legerwood in 1592 ; trans, and adm. in
1593, when Smailholm also was under his
charge ; died 11th May 1594. He marr.
Mary Sanderson, who survived him. — [Reg.
Assig.]
ALLAN LUNDIE, M.A. ; pres. to the
1596 vicaraSe by James VI. 7th April
1596; trans, to Hassendean in 1610.
DAVID UNIS [UNES, UNS], adm. (by
j the Synod at Peebles) April 1613 ;
pres. by James VI. 14th June 1614 ;
died in 1618.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tombst.]
ANDREW DUNCANSON, son of
1618 Thomas D., min. of Bowden ; adm.
to Bowden after 28th Oct. 1617 ;
trans, and adm. (at Peebles) 5th May
1618 ; still min. 14th June 1654. He marr.
Margaret (died between 5th Jan. 1630 and
6th July 1631), sister of William Riddell
of Graitlaws, and had issue — Andrew, min.
of Maxton ; Thomas, apprentice to James
Johnston, wright, Edinburgh, 17th Dec. 1628.
JOHN SOMERVILLE, said to have
1662 been descended from the Somer-
villes of Cambusnethan ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh); min. in 1662; died after 7th Feb.
1674. He marr. Esther Scougall, who sur-
vived him, and had issue— Janet.— [Memorie
of the Somervilles ; Melrose Regality Records
(Scot. Hist. Soc), ii., 361; G. R. Sas.,
xxix., 11.]
ROBERT ELLIOT, M.A. (Edinburgh
1QtJ6 1668) ; min. in 1676 ; cited before
Privy Council, 10th Nov. 1681, for
dissuading the magistrates of Selkirk from
taking the Test; dep. 27th Aug. 1690 for
contumacy.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; P. C.
Reg., 3rd ser., iv., 667.]
192
ST BOSWELLS
[PRESB. OF
JOHN M'GOUNE [M'GOLINE], M.A.
1QQ1 (Edinburgh 1670) ; called 6th, and
ord. 30th Oct. 1691 ; died 11th Feb.
1696, aged about 46. He marr. Janet
Corsan, who died 8th March 1702.—
[Dumfries Sess. Rec]
GEOKGE BYRES, son of Thomas B.,
16g7 min. of Legerwood ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow j licen. by Presb.
of Selkirk 10th March, and ord. 11th Aug.
1697 ; died 16th Feb. 1730. He marr. 26th
April 1698, Catherine [or Lilias], daugh. of
Mark Gordon in Cabertie, and had issue—
George, his successor ; Lilias (marr. in 1724,
James Golden, min. of Whitsome).— [Edin.
Reg. {Marr.) ; Boston's Mem. ; Tombst.]
J GEORGE BYRES, son of preceding;
1(-30 licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 1st Dec.
1724 ; pres. by Anne, Duchess of
Buccleuch, with consent of John Scott,
younger, of Ancrum ; ord. 24th Sept. 1730.
Having identified himself with the principles
and opinions held by John Glas, founder
of the sect called Glassites in Scotland and
Sandemanians in England, he dem. 7th
Nov. 1738. He went to Edinburgh, but
afterwards removed to Kippilaw in the
parish of Bowden, where he ministered to
a small body of Glassites. He marr. 16th
Nov. 1732, Jean, daugh. of Gabriel Wilson,
min. of Maxton, and had issue — Helen.
Publication — Pamphlet in Defence of
Sandeman's Letters on Theron and Aspasia.
— [Maxton Sess. Beg. ; Davidson's Letters ;
Boston's Mem.]
JAMES MASON, pres. by Francis,
?3 Duke of Buccleuch, and ord. 20th
Sept. 1739 ; trans, to Yarrow 6th
Nov. 1753.
ROBERT GILLAN, ord. by Presb. of
1754 Stirling, 5th July 1753, collegiate
min. of the High Meeting, Berwick-
on-Tweed ; called 10th, and adm. 22nd
April 1754 j died 5th Aug. 1785. He marr.
11th Oct. 1757, Mary Ellies, who died 21st
Jan. 1807, and had issue — Thomas, born
24th Dec. 1758; Mary Anne, born 22nd
Dec. 1759 ; Robert, min. of Hawick ;
Margaret, born 4th Oct. 1763 (marr.
George Thomson, min. of Melrose) ; John,
born 22nd Oct. 1767 ; Joseph, born 20th
Aug. 1769.
JAMES ERSKINE, seventh of Shiel-
1786 ne^> Parish of Channelkirk, bapt.
28th July 1731, son of Henry E.,
min. of Roberton ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 20th
May 1757 ; preacher at Caerlanrig Chapel
[Teviothead] ; ord. to Kirkton 2nd May
1764 ; trans, to Roberton 29th July 1774 ;
pres. by Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, 23rd
Jan., trans, and adm. 11th May 1786 ; died
27th Oct. 1788. He marr. 2nd Sept. 1768,
Henrietta (died 9th Aug. 1818, aged 79),
daugh. of Charles Scott of Goldielands, and
had issue — Henry, lieut.-colonel, eighth of
Shielfield, born 6th Oct. 1769, died 9th
Nov. 1812 ; Charles, writer, Melrose, ninth
of Shielfield, born 12th Aug. 1770, died
26th Jan. 1825 ; Patrick, surgeon, Edin-
burgh, born 12th March 1772 ; Christian,
born 20th Aug. 1773 ; Janet, born 13th Nov.
1778, died 5th Jan. 1785 ; William Ogilvy
(twin), licentiate of the Church, afterwards
surveyor of taxes at Haddington.
JOHN SCADE, ord. 7th May 1789 ; died
178g 2nd Feb. 1810, aged 60. He marr.
20th March 1809, his housekeeper,
Helen Marjoribanks, out of gratitude for
her kindness and in order that she might
get the benefit of the Widows' Fund. She
died without issue, 6th March 1853, aged
75. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, x.). — [Tombst.]
PETER CRAW, tutor in the family of
1810 R°Dert Yeitch of Hawthornbank ;
licen. by Presb. of Haddington 7th
Sept. 1802 ; pres. by Henry, Duke of
Buccleuch, 19th June, and ord. 20th Sept.
1810 ; died 21st March 1834, aged 59. He
marr. (1) 28th Aug. 1811, Margaret (died
13th May 1813), second daugh. of Richard
Brown of Wylam : (2) 8th Nov. 1825,
Elizabeth (died 10th Jan. 1835), youngest
daugh. of William Dunbar, Forres, and
had issue — James, born 15th Jan. 1827.
Publication — Account of the Parish (JVeio
Stat. Ave, iii.).
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193
GEORGE RITCHIE, M.A. ; pres. by
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch ;
ord. 7th Aug. 1834; trans, to Jed-
burgh 21st Sept. 1843.
1884
ROBERT SOMERVILLE, born Pet-
1844 ^inain5 1800, son of James S. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Peebles ; pres. by Walter,
Duke of Buccleuch, and ord. 21st June
1844; died 20th Feb. 1865. He marr. 1st
Dec. 1847, Constantia (died 8th July 1875),
daugh. of Joseph Williamson, Clerk of
Teinds, and had issue — James, born 21st
June 1849, went to Buenos Ayres ; Joseph
Williamson, iron merchant, Glasgow, born
29th Oct. 1850.
THOMAS FRANCIS JOHNSTON,
1865 M.A. ; ord. 20th July 1865; trans,
to St Paul's Parish, Greenock, 24th
Dec. 1878.
ROBERT FISHER, born Dundee, 1st
7 March 1834, son of George F. and
Mary Davidson ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee
in 1859 ; tutor at Madras College, St An-
drews, and headmaster of Meadowside
Academy, Dundee ; ord. to-Carnoustie 26th
Jan. 1860 ; trans, and adm. 17th June 1879 ;
died at Ventnor, Isle of Wight, 18th Feb.
1901. He marr. 1st July 1857, Penelope
Matthew (died 5th Nov. 1884), daugh. of
William White, St Andrews, and had issue
— William White, B.A., rector of Balling-
ham-cum-Bolstone, Herefordshire, born 18th
April 1858; Mary Jane, born 21st April
1859, died 4th April 1879 ; Robert George,
teacher of music, born 7th Jan. 1861, died
17th Nov. 1916 ; Frederick Alexander, rail-
way engineer, Argentina, born 18th July
1863 ; Annie Adamson Forsyth, born 20th
Aug. 1864, died at Cannes 8th Dec. 1905;
Eliza Adamson, born 10th Jan. 1866 ;
Thomas Knox, min. of the Presbyterian
Church of America, born 20th Jan. 1867,
died 25th Nov. 1910.
WILLIAM HENRY RANKINE, M.A.,
B.D. ; trans, from Slamannan ; adm.
16th July 1891; trans, to Titwood
Parish, Glasgow, 2nd March 1897.
1891
ALEXANDER CAMERON WATSON,
1897 k°rn Glasgow, 3rd April 1856, son
of William W. ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1879),
B.D. (1882); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
14th June 1882 ; ord. missionary to Madras
(by Presb. of Dumbarton) 21st Aug.
1883; adm. to Renton 18th Oct. 1887;
trans, and adm. 15th July 1897. Marr.
12th July 1888. Elizabeth Robertson Steel,
daugh. of Alexander Fisher, and has issue
—William, born 2nd Oct. 1889, died 17th
March 1891 ; Alexander Fisher, B.Sc,
trooper Lothians and Border Horse, born
18th Feb. 1892; Henry Steel, born 23rd
Sept. 1896; Mary Elizabeth Cockburn,
born 7th March 1901.
SELKIRK.
[Called of old Shielkirk or Scheleskirk.
The church, dedicated to St Mary, belonged
to the Abbey of Kelso.
In the twelfth century the parish church
was known as the Abbot's Kirk, to distin-
guish it from the King's Kirk, this being
the name given to the new Tironensian
Monastery of St John founded here by
David I. This latter foundation was
suppressed in 1 128, and its revenues given
to the Abbey of Kelso then founded.
Near the town, and within the parish,
were St Helen's Loch and St Helen's
Shaw. Selkirk had a fair of St Laurence.]
JOHN SCOTT, M.A.; exhorter here,
1568 and at Ettrick and Rankilburn.
GEORGE CUNNINGHAM, reader from
1574 1574 to 1580.
1576
JOHN SCOTT, M.A. above noticed,
is mentioned as "min. at Selkirk"
in 1576.
MICHAEL CRANSTOUN, mentioned
1680 as mm* m *58(^ ' trans* t0 Liberton
prior to 1585.
JOHN SMYTH, M.A., ; min. in 1585 ;
1585 ^ Mary of the Lowes, Ettrick, and
Rankilburn were also under his
care in 1585 ; trans, to Mertoun about
12th Oct. 1586.
VOL. II.
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194
SELKIRK
[PRESB. OF
JOHN WELCH, M.A. ; min. in 1589 ;
1589 trans, to Kirkcudbright in 1594.
PATRICK SHAW, son of John S. and
grandson of Sir James S. of Sauchie ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1591);
was on the Exercise, Presb. of Edinburgh,
24th July 1593; pres. by James VI. to
the vicarage of Greenock Nov. 1593 ; min.
of this charge in 1596. He signed the
Protestation for the Liberties of the Kirk
27th June 1617 ; was a member of Assembly
in 1618 ; dem. before 4th April 1634 ; died
before 25th July 1646. He marr., and had
issue— John, min. here in 1624 ; Adam,
died 1648; James, merchant and burgess
of Edinburgh, apprenticed to David M'Call,
merchant, Edinburgh, 14th Oct. 1629;
Marion ; Grizel (marr., cont. 21st May
1640, John, son of John Fletcher; mer-
chant and burgess of Edinburgh; a
daugh. (marr. James Elliot). — [Douglas's
Baronage ; Beg. Assig. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Edin. Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 3162 ;
Wodrow MSS. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ;
Beg. of Deeds, dxlii., 26.]
THOMAS WILKIE, reader, probably
1627 afterwards min. of Lilliesleaf.
JOHN SHAW, eldest son of Patrick S.,
1684 min. in 1596; M.A. (Edinburgh,
23rd July 1631); pres. by Charles
I. 4th April 1634. He was confined to
the parish in 1662, and accused before
the Privy Council, 14th July 1663, "of
turbulent and seditious carriage." The
parish was vacant from 12th Nov. 1664
to 2nd Feb. 1666. He marr. (cont. 11th
Aug. 1636), Anna, daugh. of Sir John
Murray of Philiphaugh, who had sasine with
him of the lands of Eastmains of Selkirk,
called St Helen's Shaw, 13th Sept. 1661 ;
and had issue — Patrick, M.D.; Gideon,
apprentice to David French, bookseller,
Edinburgh, 5th Sept. 1660 ; John ; James ;
Jean (marr. John Pringle, min. of Fogo).—
[Douglas's Baronage, 212 ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Wodrow MSS. ; Neiv Gen. Beg. of Sas., ii. ;
lnq. Ret. Gen., 3162, 3457, 7958.]
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. ; trans, from
Hoddam ; adm. after 2nd Feb. 1666 ;
1666
trans, to Tranent 6th Oct. 1676.
ALEXANDER COOPER, M.A. (St
^8 Andrews 1645) ; adm. to Sorbie
before 17th May 1665 ; trans, in
1678 ; was still min. 3rd Sept. 1682, but the
date of his death is unknown. He marr.
(name unknown), and had issue — Robert ;
Alexander, served heir 25th July 1688 ;
Jean (marr. Andrew Mitchell, min. of
Newbattle). — [Kelso Sess. Beg. ; Inq. Bet.
Gen., 6927.]
JAMES CANARIES [probably MAC-
ANRIAS], son of Thomas O, min.
of Kinnaird ; was a distinguished
student at the Univ. of St Andrews
previous to 1659, and entered on trials for
license before the Presb. of Perth 14th Jan.
1671, but went to Rome, where he entered
the Roman Church. On his return to
Scotland he was employed as a teacher in
the Presb. of St Andrews in 1681, and
petitioned to be again received into com-
munion with the Reformed Church. The
Presb. admitted him, 15th Jan 1682, after
he had discoursed at great length on the
temptations he was under to make defec-
tion, and the motives, convictions, and
inducements that made him "nauseat"
Romanism. He was licen. 24th Oct. 1683 ;
pres. by James VII. 20th Feb., and adm.
before 29th May 1685 ; D.D. (St Andrews
1686). He was accused before the Privy
Council, 17th Sept. 1689, of not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates and pray-
ing that God would restore James VII.
These charges were found not proven, and
he was acquitted ; but later he abandoned
his pastoral work, and the parish was de-
clared vacant 23rd Oct. 1691. In Jan.
1692 he was one of a considerable number
who petitioned the General Assembly to
be received into communion, but without
effect. He went to England and became
rector of Abington, Cambridgeshire, where
he died. He marr. Anne Erskine, second
daugh. of James, Earl of Buchan. Publi-
cations— A Discourse representing the suf-
ficient Manifestation of the Will of God
to His Church in all its several Periods
and Dispensations (Edinburgh, 1684) ;
Borne 's Additions to Christianity shrnvn
to be Inconsistent with the True Design of
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195
so Spiritual a Religion (Edinburgh, 1686) ;
A Sermon preached at Edinburgh on the
Anniversary of the Martyrdom of King
Charles I. (Edinburgh, 1689); A Scourge
for the Presbyter's Back. — [Wodrow's
Anal, and Gorresp. ; Fountainhall's Diary ;
Keith's Catal.; MS. Ace. of Min,, 1689;
Shaw's Moray ; Douglas Peerage, i.]
GEORGE HOME, M.A. ; called 3rd
16g4 Aug., and ord. 25th Sept. 1694;
trans, to Abbey St Bathans 28th
Feb. 1699.
WILLIAM M'GHIE, brother of James
1?00 M., merchant, Edinburgh ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 26th Aug. 1693) ; called
25th Oct. 1699; ord. 12th Jan. 1700; died
30th April 1725, aged about 52. He marr.
Aug. 1708, Rachel Dunbar, who died at
Edinburgh, Nov. 1737, and had issue —
William ; Margaret ; Elizabeth (marr., pro.
4th March 1739, Adolphus Hay, writer,
Edinburgh). — \Edin. Tests. ; Boston's Mem.]
v DAVID BROWN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1726 7th July 1698) ; licen. by Presb. of
Chirnside 31st Oct. 1704 ; ord. to
Greenlaw 4th June 1707 ; trans, to Gordon
25th Nov. 1708; pres. by John, Duke of
Roxburghe, Oct. 1725 ; trans, and adm. 5th
May 1726. He was the bearer of a message
from the Presb. to the General Assembly
of 1 733 that the four brethren [the founders
of the Secession Church] should be reponed
to their charges. He died 12th March 1753.
He marr. (1) (pro. 8th Feb. 1708), Christian
Henderson, widow of William Archibald,
writer, Edinburgh, and had issue — William,
min. of Maxton : (2) 24th Nov. 1738, Janet
Scott, and had issue — Mary, born 24th Sept.
1739 (marr. Dec. 1758, Andrew Wight, far-
mer, Ormiston) ; David.— [Boston's Mem.]
WILLIAM TROTTER, licen. by Presb.
1754 of Earlston 4th Nov. 1735 ; assistant
at Kelso ; pres. to Second Charge,
Culross, 1st May 1747, but the Presb.
refused to appoint him. An appeal
followed to the Court of Session, who
sustained the Patron's right to the stipend,
26th June 1751. He was ord., 15th Sept.
1749, to a Presbyterian congregation at
South Shields ; was pres. to this parish by
Robert, Duke of Roxburghe, Aug. 1753 ;
adm. 23rd July 1754; died 4th Sept. 1771.
He marr. (1) 27th Jan. 1755, Elizabeth
Mackill, who died 24th Nov. 1763: (2)
28th Sept. 1764, Janet (died at Kelso, 19th
Feb. 1804), daugh. of John Thomson, feuar,
Kelso.— [Acts of Ass., 1748 ; Scots Mag.,
xiii. ; Morren's Ann., i., 52.]
THOMAS ROBERTSON, born 1736,
17>72 brother of James R., min. of Ratho ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith ; pres.
by John, Duke of Roxburghe, 18th Nov.
1771 ; ord. 8th May 1772 ; died 5th Sept.
1805. He marr. 18th Jan. 1776, Robina
Lang, Broomhill, who died at Edinburgh,
s.p., 16th Nov. 1812. Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). —
[Tombst.']
JOHN CAMPBELL, born 4th June
1806 !778, son of William O, min. of
Lilliesleaf; licen. by Presb. of Sel-
kirk 1st April 1800 ; pres. by James, Duke
of Roxburghe, 1st Oct. 1805 ; ord. 18th April
1 806 ; died at Bridge of Allan, 23rd April
1857. He marr. 15th Dec. 1809, Jane
(died 22nd Nov. 1873), daugh. of Richard
Sherriff, farmer, Lugate, Stow. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, iii.).
JAMES FARQUHARSON, born 13th
lg57 Dec. 1832, son of James F., LL.D.,
min. of Alford ; educated at Clatt
School, Grammar School and Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; M.A. (1850) ; taught
Natural History Class in Aberdeen Univ.
in 1852 ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen May
1854 ; assistant at West Parish, Aberdeen,
and at St Luke's, Edinburgh ; pres. by
James Henry Robert, Duke of Roxburghe ;
ord. 17th Sept. 1857 ; president of Berwick-
shire Naturalists' Club in 1882 ; clerk of
Presb. 1887-1899; D.D. (Aberdeen 1887);
clerk of Synod 1889-1899 ; died at Corstor-
phine, 25th April 1906. He marr. 11th
Sept. 1860, Martha, daugh. of Alexander
Hector, writer, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Margaret, born 29th June 1 862 ; Helen
Taylor, born 13th July 1863, died 9th
196
SELKIRK— YARROW
[PRESB. OF
Oct. 1863 j Agnes, born 17th June 1865 ;
Mary Helen, born 22nd July 1866, died
3rd Dec. 1876. Publications — Contribu-
tions to History of Berwickshire Naturalists'
Club, vols, viii., ix. ; Presidential Address,
vol. x. — [Obituary notice, Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, vol. xix.]
GEORGE LAWSON, born Kintore,
Aberdeenshire, 19th Aug. 1859, son
of Francis L. ; educated at parish
schools of Kintore, Echt, Skene, and Kin-
nellar, Grammar School and Univ. of
Aberdeen; MA. (1882); licen. by Presb.
of Aberdeen 5th May 1885 ; assistant at
West Parish, Aberdeen ; ord. to Forglen
20th Sept. 1888 ; trans, and adm. (assistant
and successor) 12th Oct. 1899. Marr. 12th
Feb. 1890, Annie Strahan, daugh. of John
Black, LL.D., Professor of Humanity in
Univ. of Aberdeen.
YARROW.
[Called of old St Mary of the Lowes
and St Mary of the Forest. The church,
dedicated to St Mary, belonged to the
Abbey of Dryburgh. In 1640 it was re-
moved eight miles down the water of
Yarrow to the place now known as Yarrow
Kirk.
There were ancient chapels at Deuchar
and Kirkhope, also the Chapel and Well of
St Philip at the Catslacknowe. The church
of Yarrow was restored in 1906.]
ALEXANDER DOUGLAS, pres. by
._,__ James VI. to the vicarage pension-
ary 12th Feb. 1577 ; still vicar 28th
Dec. 1594.— {Reg. of Deeds, xlviii., 280.]
JAMES SCOTT, MA. (Edinburgh, 28th
1607 ^U^ 1^99) ; he was suspected by the
Presb., 4th Oct. 1608, " of being our
guid an companion in drinking and beir-
ing company both in Edinburgh and at
home, as negligent in discipline, and in
using of his buik, and preparing of his
pepil. The brethern commends he be not
offensive in tym coming or else they will
proceed against him." He was also
admonished 2nd Sept. 1610, having
"never administered the communion, and
that he be grave in his behaviour." He
was non-resident 13th Nov. 1618, and as
"it cannot be mendit, he is exhorted to
use diligence, and to find the nearest
roume for remaining among his people."
He died in 1634, aged about 55. He
marr. and had issue — William. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Beg. of Deeds,
ccccxxxviii., 56.]
JAMES FISHER, adm. to Southdean
1635 26th Sept. 1626; pres. by Charles
I. 7th Jan. 1635; died in 1640 —
[Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Old Dec, ii., iii.]
WILLIAM ELLIOT, brother of Thomas
1641 "^' *n Borthwickshiels ; MA. (St An-
drews, 11th May 1637); pres. by
Charles I. 20th Jan., and adm. 16th June
1641 ; not conforming to Episcopacy, he
was confined to his parish in 1662, and
was granted indulgence in 1679 ; died Nov.
1685, aged about 68. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Jedburgh Presb. Beg. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
iii., 156 ; Livingston's Life ; Peebles Tests.]
JOHN CLAPPERTON, son of John O,
1666 m*n' °^ Ednam > MA. (Edinburgh,
July 1642); adm. to Yetholm in
1662 ; pres. by Charles II. 21st Nov. 1665 ;
trans, and adm. after 13th Feb. 1666 ; died
in 1679, aged about 57. He marr. Margaret
Learmonth, and had issue — Samuel, dead
in 1674 ; John ; Richard ; Thomas ; James ;
Jean ; Margaret ; Elizabeth. — [Min.-book
Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Kelso and Peebles Presb.
Begs.; Inq. Bet. Gen., 8103, 8104; G. B.
Inhib., 1st Dec. 1674.]
JAMES MURRAY, MA. (Glasgow 1665)
adm. to Borgue before 5th Oct. 1669
pres. by Charles II. 28th June 1679
adm. in 1680. He was accused before the
Privy Council, 17th Sept. 1689, of neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary, but
was acquitted. He was afterwards outed
by the rabble 3rd July 1691. He marr.,
and had issue — Anne (marr. 17th Nov.
1732, James Wight, dyer, Edinburgh).—
[Min.-hook Beg. Sec. Sig.]
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ROBERT WYLLIE, M.A. ; ord. (at
1690 Writehope) 5th Feb., and trans, to
Ashkirk 3rd April 1690.
JOHN RUTHERFORD, born 1641, son
1691 °^ J°nn R., tacksman of Grundis-
nock, and Isabella Ker (descended
from the Ferniherst family) j licen. by
Presb. of Selkirk ; master of the Grammar
School of Selkirk about 1680; ord. 30th
Sept. 1691 ; died 8th May 1710. He marr.
Christian, grand-daugh. of John Shaw,
min. of Selkirk, and had issue — Robert,
died aged 4 ; John, M.D., Professor of
the Practice of Medicine in Univ. of
Edinburgh (maternal grandfather of Sir
Walter Scott), born 1st Aug. 1695, died 8th
March 1779; Jean, bapt. 5th Sept. 1693;
died unmarr. ; Anne (marr. William Scott
of Whythaugh). — [Bannatyne Miscell. ;
Tombst. ; Boston's Memoirs ; Lockhart's
Life of Scott ; Chambers's Journal, 1902.]
* WILLIAM BANNATYNE, one of the
1711 Morning Lecturers in Edinburgh ;
called 4th Oct. 1710; ord. 25th
April 1711 ; died 17th Jan. 1753. He
marr. (1) Dec. 1717, Euphan, daugh. of
James Mure of Roddans, Co. Down :
(2) 4th Nov. 1742, Isobel (died at Glasgow,
22nd Jan. 1789, aged 69), daugh. of Archi-
bald Lundie, min. of Saltoun, and had
issue — Archibald, born 15th March 1745 ;
Jean, born 16th March 1746 (marr. pro.
13th June 1788, John Agur, brickmaker,
Glasgow) ; Robina, born 16th Oct. 1749.
JAMES MASON, licen. by Presb. of
1753 Kelso 2nd March 1736 ; ord. to
St Boswells 20th Sept. 1739 ; called
27th June, pres. by George II. 13th Feb.,
trans, and adm. 6th Nov. 1753 ; died 12th
Jan. 1764. He marr. 26th June 1744,
Elizabeth Kirkwood, who died 2nd April
1801, and had issue — George, born 10th
April 1745 ; Jean and Isabel (twins), born
10th Jan. 1747 ; James, born 16th Nov. 1748.
JAMES LORIMER, licen. by Presb. of
1765 Lanark 20th Sept. 1738; ord. to
Mouswald 2nd May 1748 ; pres. by
George III. 23rd Feb. 1764 ; trans, and
adm. 6th Feb. 1765; D.D. (Edinburgh,
18th July 1771); died 21st Nov. 1775.
He marr. (1) 30th June 1741, Elizabeth
Oswald, who died 19th Oct. 1752, and had
issue — Janet, born 23rd Nov. 1743, died
20th Sept. 1746; Helen, born 3rd Oct.
1745, died 24th Sept. 1746 ; Elizabeth, born
1st Nov. 1746 (marr., pro. 29th May 1768,
William Hunter, merchant, Dumfries) ;
Oswald, born 5th Feb. 1748 : (2) 21st June
1757, Jean (died 20th Jan. 1781), daugh. of
John Sibbald, writer, and widow of Stephen
Paton, min. of Newlands, and had issue
— James, born 3rd Sept. 1758. Publication
— The Duty of Holding the Faith, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1773).
ROBERT CRAMOND, born 1741 ; edu-
1776 cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; licen.
by Presb. of Kelso; ord. min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Etal, North-
umberland, 22nd May 1765; D.D. (Mari-
schal College, Aberdeen, 8th Sept. 1774);
pres. by George III. 26th Jan., and adm.
12th June 1776 ; died 14th Feb. 1791. He
marr. (1) 4th June 1765, Ann Wood, who
died 7th April 1767, and had issue — Ann
Alison, born 17th April 1766: (2) 6th
Sept. 1769, Isabella Young, and had issue —
Margaret, born 6th Aug. 1770 ; Jean, born
15th June 1772 ; Isabella Liddel, born 22nd
Sept. 1775 (marr. 23rd July 1802, Richard
Young, brewer, Edinburgh). — {Tombst. ;
M'Guffie's The Priests of Etal.]
ROBERT RUSSELL, born West Den-
7 muir, Fife, 1766, son of James R.,
farmer, and Isabella Meldrum,
brought up by an uncle, James Dall,
farmer, Priestfield, Cults ; educated
privately, and at Univs. of Edinburgh
and St Andrews; M.A. (St Andrews
1785); tutor in the families of Spottis-
wood of Dunipace, and the Hon. Charles
Napier of Merchiston Hall, Falkirk ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 18th June 1788;
pres. by Francis, Lord Napier, 5th Feb.,
and ord. to Ettrick 6th May 1790; pres.
by George III. ; trans, and adm. 1st Sept.
1791 ; chaplain to the Lord High Com-
missioner to the General Assembly 1805-41 ;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 3rd April 1811); died
Father of the Synod, 18th March 1847.
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[PRESB. OF SELKIRK
During his incumbency lie was never con-
fined to bed for an entire day ; he was
only two Sundays out of church, and no
doctor ever prescribed for him till three
days before his death. From his robust
and handsome appearance he was jocularly
known in his youth as " the beauty of holi-
ness.,; He bequeathed £100 for religious
instruction of the young in the parish.
He marr. 30th Nov. 1803, Agnes (born
30th July 1771, died 2nd Oct. 1843),
seventh daugh. of Walter Turnbull, Firth,
Roxburghshire, and had issue — Dorothea,
born 31st Aug. 1804 (marr. George Ballan-
tyne. farmer, Whitehope), died 15th Nov.
1834 ; James, D.D., his successor ; Walter,
born 12th May 1811, died 23rd May 1842.
Publications — Accounts of Ettrick and of
Yarrow (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii., vii.). —
[Conolly's Eminent Men of Fife; James
Russell's Reminiscences of Yarrow ; Mrs
Garden's Memoir of James Hogg ; Craig-
Brown's Selkirkshire.]
JAMES RUSSELL, born 1st Dec.
1841 18°9> son of preceding; educated at
Yarrow School and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 28th
June 1831 ; assistant to his father 1831-41 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 6th July 1841 ;
chaplain to the Lord High Commissioner,
1847-51, 1853-57, 1860-83; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1878) ; died 9th Jan. 1883. He marr.
4th March 1851, Janet Margaret, daugh. of
John Shand, W.S., Edinburgh, and had
issue — Robert, born 26th Feb. 1852 ; Isa-
bella Lister, born 10th Sept. 1853, died
25th Dec. 1859 ; John Harvey Shand,
divinity student, born 3rd March 1861,
died at Lewinshope, 3rd July 1884. Pub-
lications — The Sleep of the Believer, a
sermon (1857) ; Reminiscences of Yarrow
(Edinburgh, 1886 ; 2nd ed., Selkirk, 1894) ;
Account of the Parish (New Stat. Ace. of
Scotland., iii.). — [Jfi Memoriam, private
circulation, 1883 ; supplementary chapters
in Reminiscences, 1894.]
. ROBERT BORLAND, born Dalserf,
1883 20th March 1849, son of Robert B.
and Margaret Kissock ; educated at
Stonehouse Parish School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; ord. min. of the Evangelical
Union congregation, Langholm, 16th Oct.
1873 ; min. of the Evangelical Union con-
gregation, Kilmarnock, 1877. Joined the
Church of Scotland and adm. to the status
of a licentiate in 1880 ; ord. to Ladhope
2nd March 1882 ; trans, and adm. 14th
June 1883; D.D. (Glasgow 1909); died
19th June 1912. He marr. 13th June 1882,
Annie, daugh. of Andrew Haddon, Honey-
burn. Publications — Ten Days in Norway
(Kilmarnock, 1887) ; Yarroiv : its Poets
and Poetry (Dalbeattie, 1890; 2nd ed.,
Galashiels, 1908); A Word in Season (private
circulation, Selkirk, 1895); Border Raids
and Reivers (Dalbeattie, 1898 ; 2nd ed.,
1910) ; edited James Hogg, the Ettrick
Shepherd (Memorial vol. ; Selkirk, 1898) ;
"The Ecclesiology of Yarrow" (Trans.
Scot. Eccles. Soc, 1906); "The Religious
Significance of Yarrow " (The Guide, Feb.
1906). — [ The Border Magazine, May
1907.]
ROGER SANDLLANDS KIRK-
1912 PATRICK, born Hamilton, 18th
March 1859, son of Roger K. of
Lagganlees (grandson of Sir James Kirk-
patrick of Closeburn, fourth baronet), and
Isabella Margaret, daugh. of Joseph
Kirkpatrick of St Cross, Newport, Isle
of Wight; educated at Academy and
Gilbertfield House, Hamilton, and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1878), B.D. (1881);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh; assistant
at Langholm and Govan ; ord. to Dal-
beattie 18th Feb. 1886; trans, to Jed-
burgh 22nd Oct. 1896 ; trans, to Govan
29th June 1899 ; trans, and adm. 22nd
Nov. 1912. Publication — The Ministry of
Dr John Macleod in the Parish of Govan
[Macleod Memorial Lecture] (Edinburgh,
1915).
SYNOD OF DUMFRIES
[The Records begin 14th April 1691.]
PRESBYTERY OF LOCHMABEN
[The General Assembly resolved to erect this Court in April 1581, but the Presbytery
does not appear till 26th Sept. 1638, when commissioners were elected for the coming
Assembly. The Presbytery Register commences 23rd June 1701. The first volume
which was recovered out of a snuff-shop, is very imperfect, only a hundred and
eighteen leaves remaining out of a hundred and eighty-seven. Blanks occur after-
wards from 26th May 1706 to 17th March 1708, from 30th March 1718 to 4th Nov.
1730, from 1st July 1746 to 26th Oct. 1747, from 13th April to 3rd Aug. 1773, and
from 7th Aug. 1781 to 1st Oct. 1782.]
APPLEGARTH AND SIB-
BALDBIE.
[These parishes were united in 1609. On
the 7th of July 1300, Edward I. of England,
on his way to the siege of Caerlaverock
Castle, made offerings at the altars of St
Nicholas and St Thomas the Martyr in the
church of Applegarth. St Thomas was
the Saint of the day, and St Nicholas may
have been the patron of the church. There
was a chapel at Dinwiddie, in the parish of
Applegarth, also a Well of St Michael. The
church of Sibbaldbie belonged to the Abbey
of Jedburgh.]
ANDREW JOHNSTON, reader and
parson in 1585, with Dryfesdale and
Tundergarth also in the charge. —
[Reg. Assig.]
1585
HUMPHREY JARDINE, min. in 1607.
He had issue — George. — [P. C. Reg.,
viii., 14 ; Reg. of Deeds, ccccvii.,
23rd June 1628.]
1607
JOHN YOUNG, brother of James Y.,
"baxter at the West Port of Edin-
burgh"; M.A. (St Andrews 1604);
min. in. 1608; still min. 25th Jan. 1644.
1608
He marr. (name unknown), and had issue
— John, apprenticed to Thomas Stainhouse,
baker, Edinburgh, 19th Feb. 1623 ; Grizell
(marr., cont. 7th Sept. 1646, John Fareis
in Sibbilbiesyde) ; Elizabeth (marr. George
Johnston of Girthhead). — [Reg. of Deeds,
cccxxix., 274 ; Reg. Assig. ; Mid-Calder Sess.
Reg. ; Edin. Apprentice Reg. ; Dumfries
Sas., 15th Feb. 1639, and 22nd Aug. 1648.]
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A. (St An-
1647 ^rews 1628) ; min. in 1647 ; he con-
formed to Episcopacy ; died 12th
Dec. 1678, in his 82nd year. He marr.
Mary Cockburn, who died Jan. 1679, and
had issue — Alexander ; Thomas, his suc-
cessor.— [Dumfries Presb. Reg. ; Dumfries
Tests. ; Commis. to Ass., 1648 ; Tombst. ;
Wodrow's Hist.']
THOMAS THOMSON, born 1653,
younger son of preceding; MA.
(Edinburgh 1673); became school-
master of Alloa; passed trials before the
Presb. of Stirling, and was recommended
for license 6th March 1678 ; pres. by
Arthur, Archbishop of Glasgow, jure
devoluto in 1682. He was outed in 1689;
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200
APPLEGARTH AND SIBBALDBIE
[PRESB. OF
died 24th March 1698. He marr. June
1697, Marion, daugh. of John Malcolm,
min. of Holywood, and had issue — Thomas.
— [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst. ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Morrison's Dec, xii.]
DUGALD SIMPSON, was a student at
1694 ^ie Univ. of Glasgow in 1682 ; adm.
Sept. 1694 ; died between 25th April
and 23rd May 1704. He marr. Jan. 1698,
Jean, daugh. of Alex. Hutchison, min. of
the Canongate, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Janet (marr. 12th April 1739, John Wallace,
surgeon, Edinburgh).— [Edin. Reg. (Marr.).]
DAVID WIGHTMAN, born 1680, prob-
i7oe a^ son °f Matthew W., merchant
burgess of Dumfries, and Elizabeth
Irvine ; MA. (Edinburgh, 17th May 1699) ;
ord. to Terregles 23rd Sept. 1702 ; called
27th Feb., also on 5th March, and adm.
18th April 1706 ; died 1st Feb. 1748. He
marr. 20th Aug. 1706, Marian (died 11th
Oct. 1762), daugh. of John Cannon of
Formiston. Publication — Mr Taylor's Case
Stated, or a Just Be])ly to a book entitled
A Vindication of Mr John Taylor, Minister
of Wamfray (Dumfries, 1718). — [Dumfries
Beg. (Marr.) ; Wodrow's Corresp., iii.]
EDWARD M'WHLNNIE, licen. by
1746 Presb- oi Lochmaben, 5th April 1737;
pres. by the commissioner for Sir
Alexander Jardine of Applegarth 9th and
21st June, and ord. (assistant and successor)
20th Nov. 1746; died 6th Jan. 1776. He
marr. 7th Aug. 1751, Jean Bell, who died
30th March 1799, and had issue — William,
born 15th May, died 1st July 1752 ; Janet,
born 4th Jan. 1754 ; Richard, born 1st
June 1756 ; Jean, born 15th May 1758, died
23rd Aug. 1767 ; John, born 27th April 1760,
died 31st Aug. 1767; Sibella, born 17th
May 1764 ; Margaret, born 15th June 1766 ;
Jane, born 9th June 1 768.
ROBERT LITTLE, pres. by the curator
1777 for George, Marquess of Annandale,
June 1776; ord. 27th March 1777;
died 5th Jan. 1803, aged 58. He marr. 9th
Dec. 1783, Barbara Anne (died at Edin-
burgh, 15th July 1823), daugh. of Matthew
Cleghorn, min. of Dryfesdale, and had issue
— Margaret, born 7th Oct. 1784 ; Matthew
William, born 2nd Aug. 1786; William
Maxwell, born 24th July 1788 ; Anne, born
15th, died 24th July 1790 ; Eupham, born
19th Jan. 1792.— [Tombst.]
THOMAS TUDOR DUNCAN, M.D. ;
1804 Pres- °y Sir William Jardine of
Applegarth, Bart., 29th Dec. 1803 ;
ord. 12th April 1804 ; trans, to Dumfries
(New Church), 27th Nov. 1806.
WILLIAM DUNBAR, tutor in the
18_7 family of John M'Neill of Colonsay ;
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 3rd
Jan. 1804 ; pres. by James, Earl of Hope-
toun, and by Sir William Jardine of
Applegarth, Bart., in Jan., and ord. 7th
May 1807; D.D. (St Andrews, 12th Jan.
1839) ; died 6th Dec. 1861, in his 82nd year.
He marr. 15th Jan. 1810, Anne (died 18th
Dec. 1839), fourth daugh. of William Burn-
side, D.D., min. of Dumfries, and had issue
—Anne Hutton, born 25th Nov. 1810 ;
Thomas, student of medicine, born 27th
Nov. 1811, died at Edinburgh, 17th Jan.
1829 ; Janet, born 23rd May 1813 ; William
Burnside, min. of Glencairn, born 5th April
1815 ; Mary Taylor, born 30th March 1818 ;
Robert, born 14th Sept. 1822. Publica-
tions — The Natural History of Bees in
Jardine's Naturalists' Library, xxxviii.
(Edinburgh, 1840); Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, iv.).
DAVID LANDALE, born Lindifferon,
1862 ^lonimail, Fife, 20th Jan. 1831, son
of David L. of Pittachope, Fife, and
Isobel Russell ; educated at High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Cupar 8th May 1855 ; ord. to Auchter-
gaven 10th July 1856; trans, and adm.
19th June 1862; died 28th March 1900.
He marr. 11th Dec. 1862, Margaret Helen
Hassels (died 1898), daugh. of Sir William
Jardine of Applegarth, Bart., the naturalist,
and Jane Home, daugh. of Daniel Lizars,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Jane Jardine,
born 16th Dec. 1865 ; David, partner in
Jardine, Matheson, & Co., born 6th Aug.
1868 ; Wellwood Maxwell, min. of Straiton,
born 24th June 1870.
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201
ANDREW SCOULAK GALBKAITH
1900 GILCHRIST, born Arthur's Crag,
Lanark, 19th Feb. 1871, son of
Andrew G. and Janet Graham ; educated
at Lanark School and Univ. of Glasgow;
MA. (1894), B.D. (1896); licen. by Presb.
of Lanark May 1896 ; assistant at St Paul's,
Glasgow, and at Riccarton, Kilmarnock ;
ord. 24th Aug. 1900 ; chaplain, British Ex-
peditionary Force, France, 1914-16 (Military
Cross). Marr. 19th Dec. 1900, Agnes Wilson,
daugh. of Thomas Mitchell and Agnes
Wilson, and has issue — Andrew James
Graham, born 16th Dec. 1901 ; Agnes
Wilson, born 2nd Feb. 1903, died 19th Aug.
1914 ; Janet Graham, born 11th Dec. 1905 ;
Thomas Mitchell, born 13th Nov. 1907;
Mary Minto Mitchell (twin), born 13th
Nov. 1907.
DALTON (or MEIKLE DALTON)
AND LITTLE DALTON.
[The parishes of Meikle and Little Dal ton
were finally united in 1633.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, reader in
1567 1567.
HALBERT WELSH, reader from 1576
1576 to 1585.
JOHN HENRYSON, MA. (St Andrews
1Q37 1617); min. in 1637; died before
8th July 1674. He marr. Elizabeth
Rome, who died 4th Jan. 1708, and had
issue — James. — [Commis. to Ass., 1638;
Moustvald Sess. ; Priv . Seal Eng. Reg., i.,
185 ; Dumfries Beg. (Deaths) ; P. C. Begs.,
3rd series, iv., 612.]
* WILLIAM BOYD, MA. (Glasgow 1632) ;
1657 min. in 1657 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He marr.,
and had issue — Hugh, bapt. 24th Dec. 1657.
— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326 ; Dumfries Beg.
(Bapt.).]
JOHN ROWAT, held a bursary in the
1665 Univ. of Glasgow in 1657 ; was a
student of theology in 1664 ; probably
adm. about 1665 ; dem. prior to the Revolu-
tion.— [M, S. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
WILLIAM MILNE, MA. (King's Col-
1684 *e§e' Aberdeen, 1650) ; min. in Oct.
1684.
HUGH M'HENDRIE, adm. before 11th
1694 0ct 1694> dep- in 1696 "for irreSu-
larities." He was reponed 30th Jan.
1699, upon his undertaking to be subject
to the judicatories of the Church ; app. 3rd
Feb. following to supply parishes in Angus
or Perth. Again dep. by the Commission
of Assembly in 1700, for irregular and
divisive courses. The Assembly, 15th
March 1703, refused to annul the sentence
of the Commission, but recommended all
Presbyteries south of the Tay to collect
for his "present necessity." He went to
England and took orders there. Returning
to Scotland, he was apprehended in Glasgow
for celebrating an irregular marriage, when
he declared himself to belong to the Episco-
pal Communion. — [Acts of Ass., 1695-1703 ;
Wightman's Just Beply.]
JOHN CARLYLE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1708 28th June 1697 ; called Oct. 1702 ;
ord. 29th April 1703 ; dem. after
1710. He was curator to Alexander, eldest
son of James Carlyle, merchant, Glasgow,
1729 and 1730.— [Glasgow Tests.]
ROBERT KIRKLAND, educated at
1716 Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 1st June 1709 ; ord. by
Presb. of London before 16th April 1712 ;
adm. before 11th Oct. 1715 ; dem. 5th
Aug. 1740. He had issue — Robert, buried
28th May 1716.
1741
DAVID IMRIE, M.A.; pres. by the
trustees of John Carruthers of
Holmains 16th and 26th Jan., and
ord. 7th May 1741 ; trans, to St Mungo
20th June 1751.
JOHN MARSHALL, called 1st. Feb.,
1753 anC* 0rC*" 10fck ^^ 1^53 > trans* to
Tinwald 18th March 1762.
' WILLIAM BRYDEN, born 1735, fifth
1768 son °^ Thomas B., merchant, Glas-
gow ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Annan 3rd Feb., and
pres. by John Carruthers of Holmains 30th
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DALTON AND LITTLE DALTON
[PRESB. OF
July 1762; ord. 24th March 1763; D.D.
(Edinburgh, 19th March 1778). In 1782
a libel embodying various charges was
raised against him by the heritors, elders,
and heads of families, which caused a long
litigation. After B. had made certain
admissions in regard to his having used
irreverent language, the Assembly ordered
him to be admonished. The case against
him "charged with abandoned profligacy"
was published in two vols. 2nd Nov. 1782.
He died 11th Aug. 1793. He marr. 7th Aug.
1788, Margaret (died 1 7th July 1828), daugh.
of Thomas Carmichael, writer, Biggar, and
had issue — Thomas, born 8th May 1790.
Publications — The Cmise between Patronage
and Popular Election, decided in the Presb.
of Friesburgh (Edinburgh, 1769) [a squib
on the appointment of William Wright to
New Abbey] ; Piety to God, and Loyalty
to the King, illustrated and enfoixed, a
discourse (Edinburgh, 1778). — [Scots Mag.,
xlv.-l.]
WILLIAM WIGHTMAN, licen. by
1794 Presb- of Lanark 30th March 1785 ;
pres. by the commissioner for Charles
Duncombe, younger, of Duncombe Park,
Yorkshire, Roger Pettiward, and John
Gustavus Le Maitre, proprietors of Hol-
mains, 11th Dec. 1793 ; ord. 8th May 1794 ;
died 31st Oct. 1800, aged 43. He marr.
(1) 4th Dec. 1794, Jean (died 29th March
1795), eldest daugh. of John Newall of
Barskeoch : (2) 25th Dec. 1798, Nicolas
(died 23rd Aug. 1847), daugh. of Captain
William Denholm of Gullyhill, but had no
issue.
JAMES CRIRIE, M.A., born Newabbey,
1801 April 1752. After the death of his
father he was employed as a cattle
herd, and being fond of reading, was
encouraged by William Clarke, min. of
Kirkgunzeon, who gave him books and
taught him. He became a schoolmaster
in the parish of Lochrutton ; master of
the Grammar School of Wigtown May
1777 ; master of the Grammar School of
Kirkcudbright Nov. 1781 ; rector of the
High School of Leith Nov. 1787 (where he
introduced the Monitorial system); and
one of the masters in the High School of
Edinburgh 18th March 1795. He gradu-
ated MA. at Edinburgh Univ. 16th March
1790, and was licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
30th March 1791. He was pres. to this
parish by the commissioner for the pro-
prietors of Holmains 22nd April, and ord.
17th Sept. 1801 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 11th
March 1802); died 5th Jan. 1835. Being
an able linguist and a keen antiquary,
he was Latin secretary to the Society of
Antiquaries of Scotland from Dec. 1799
to Nov. 1815. He marr. Janet (died s.p.
20th June 1844), daugh. of James Lennox,
shoemaker, Kirkcudbright. Publication —
Scottish Scenery, or Sketches in Verse
descriptive of Scenes chiefly in the Highlands
(London, 1803).— [Steven's High School, Ap-
pendix, p. 100 ; Archceol. Scot., Hi.]
THOMAS HUNTER THOMSON, licen.
1823 ky Presb. of Annan 7th Dec. 1815 ;
pres. by James Charles Macrae of
Holmains 4th Dec. 1822 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 31st July 1823 ; died 13th
June 1853. He marr. 13th Oct. 1823,
Elizabeth Ramsay, who died 24th March
1848, and had issue — John, born 13th
Nov. 1824, died 10th Dec. 1843. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, iv.).
ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, born Aber-
1853 deen' 5tn Jan- 1816, son of William
S. and Sophia Davidson ; educated
at Grammar School and Marischal College,
and Univ. of Aberdeen ; MA. (1835) ;
licen. by Presb. of Deer 25th Aug. 1841 ;
ord. to the New Church, Annan [now
Greenknowe], 24th Dec. 1845 ; res. 7th
April 1847, to become assistant in the
New Church, Dumfries [now Greyfriars] ;
adm. to this parish 4th Nov. 1853 ; died
12th Sept. 1867. He marr. (1) 3rd March
1856, Anne Ellen M'Clellan, who died 20th
Feb. 1861 : (2) 30th April 1863, Annie
Pringle (died 6th Nov. 1900), daugh. of
William Mackay, Edinburgh, and Alison
Kay, and had issue — William Alexander,
min. of Dron, born 12th July 1865. Publi-
cation— The Doctrinal Declaration of the
Conference of the Evangelical Union re-
viewed and brought to the Test of Scripture
(Edinburgh, 1862).
lochmaben] DALTON AND LITTLE DALTON— DRYFESDALE 203
J JAMES CLOW BRYCE, born Inner-
1868 Peffray> Muthill, Perthshire, 15th
May 1836, second son of Donald
B., farmer, and Janet Clow ; educated at
Innerpeffray School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine in 1839 ; ord. to
Kelvinhaugh Parish, Glasgow, 18th Oct.
1860 ; trans, to Johnstone, Dumfriesshire,
26th Dec. 1861 ; trans, and adm. 13th Feb.
1868 ; died 26th Nov. 1869. He marr. 30th
April 1867, Agnes Smith, daugh. of John
Campbell Bryce, min. of Ardrossan, and
had issue — Marianne Douglas Johnstone,
born 2nd Feb. 1868; Janet, born 20th
March 1869.
CHARLES EDWARD PATERSON,
187 born Ayr, 30th July 1843, son of
James P., M.D., surgeon Black
Watch, and Jemima, daugh. of Colonel
George Aitken of Todhall, Fife ; educated
at Edinburgh Academy and Univ. ; M.A.
(1862), B.D. (1865); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1865 ; assistant at Stow,
Tron Parish and St Giles, Edinburgh ;
ord. 12th May 1870 ; dem. 18th May 1875,
on appointment as chaplain at Paris ; died
at Paris, 29th April 1880. He marr. 24th
Feb. 1873, Alison Barbara, daugh. of
George John Lyon Cruickshank of Trail-
flat, Dumfries, and had issue — Mary, born
8th Aug. 1876 (marr. the Rev. James
Alexander Corry Vully de Candole, M.A.,
master in Ipswich High School) ; Charles
Edward, M.A., vicar of St James, Alperton,
Middlesex, 1909-12, organising secretary,
Colonial and Continental Church Society,
1916, born 16th April 1878. Publication—
An Exposition of the Lord's Prayer (Edin-
burgh, 1875).
ROBERT DONALDSON, born Kirk-
1875 wa^' Orkney, 12th March 1849, son
of James D. and Jessie Forrest ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1869)
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1873
assistant at St Mary's Parish, Edinburgh
ord. 24th Sept. 1875. He marr. 7th Feb.
1876, Rosa Emma, daugh. of Henry Thomas
Coventry and Mary Ann Walbourne, and
has issue — Gertrude Mary, born 2nd Oct.
1880, died 4th Nov. 1888 ; Robert Coventry,
born 29th Oct. 1882, killed at the Darda-
nelles, 1st Aug. 1915 ; Netta Forrest, born
3rd Dec. 1885 ; Rita Mary, born 28th Nov.
1888 (marr. 4th Nov. 1909, Cecil Ernest
Hawes).
LITTLE DALTON.
[Meikle and Little Dalton were first
united by Parliament in 1609, but this
parish was joined to Mouswald by letter
of James VI. to the Privy Council, 27th
May 1615. It was again united to Meikle
Dalton, 28th June 1633.]
JOHN CARRUTHERS, reader from
1567 1567 to 1585.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A. ; trans.
1611 ^rom Rutnerglen about 1611 ; trans, to
Mouswald in terms of His Majesty's
letter to the Privy Council in 1615. — [Reg.
Assig.]
DRYFESDALE.
[The church of Dryfesdale was dedicated
to St Cuthbert. In 1116 it belonged to the
See of Glasgow. The old church at the
Kirkhill was carried away by a flood of the
river Dryfe. A new church, built in 1671,
was swept oft* also, with a great part of the
churchyard. The church was then built in
Lockerbie, and has since been rebuilt there.
At Beckton, in the parish, the Knights
Templars had a chapel of St Mary, with
chapel lands. There was also a chapel
of St Michael at Hillside of Quaas.]
ANDREW JOHNSTONE, reader from
1576 1576 to 1580.
ALEXANDER POWRIE, son of William
12 P., min. of Abercorn; M.A. (St
Andrews 1603) ; pres. by James VI.
28th May 1612; died before 26th Dec.
1616, aged about 33. He marr. Marion
Crawford, who survived him, and had
issue— William.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. and Assig.;
Linlithgow Sher. Court Book, 24th Feb.
and 8th June 1632.]
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DRYFESDALE
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT HERRIES of Hartwood and
Halldykes, born 1582, only son of
William H., merchant burgess of
Edinburgh, and Katharine Banks ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 22nd Feb. 1602); was a
preacher in 1615 ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 24th Dec. 1616. He signed
the protest in favour of the Liberties of
the Kirk 27th June 1617 ; entered burgess
of Edinburgh 17th June 1629; was still
in the charge 4 th July 1661 ; died 10th
May 1662. He marr. 10th Sept. 1618,
Janet Mackison, of the parish of South
Leith, and had issue — William of Hart-
wood ; Robert of Halldykes ; Margaret
(marr. circa 1658, William Herries of Cory-
toun). — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Edin. Rapt, and
Guild; S. Leith Mar.; Dumfries Tests.;
Tombst. ; Dumfries Sas., vii., 159.]
GEORGE BROWN, M.A. (St Andrews,
- _ 12 th June 1652); licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 25th March
1666 ; adm. before 1678 ; having made him-
self obnoxious by his zeal in prosecuting
the Presbyterians, he was outed at the
Revolution. He marr. (1) Mary (died before
Jan. 1688), daugh. of John Brown, min. of
Westerkirk : (2) Elizabeth Brown, widow
of Robert Scott, writer, Edinburgh, who
survived him, and had issue — Anne. Pub-
lication— Toleration Defended (Edinburgh,
1703).— {Reg. Collat. ; Rule's Sec. Vindica-
tion; Ap>ology for the Clergy.']
SAMUEL HALLIDAY, M.A.; trans,
from Dunscore ; called in March, and
adm. 1st June 1691 ; trans, to New
North Parish, Edinburgh, Nov. 1693.
JAMES SHORT, M.A. (Edinburgh, 2nd
16g8 July 1684); ord. before 11th Oct,
1698; died July 1730. He marr.,
and had issue — Elizabeth, his executrix ;
Janet (marr. 5th June 1727, John Colville,
glover, Edinburgh).
GABRIEL GULLAN, born 1693, son of
William G., min. of Ladykirk ; ord.
to Wamphray 19th Sept. 1717;
called 19th Jan., and adm. 16th March
1731; died 11th April 1764. He marr.
21st Nov. 1717, Elizabeth Milligan, who
died 19th June 1780, and had issue —
Grizell (marr. William Scott, min. of
1691
1731
Kirkpatrick - Juxta) ; William, min. of
Legerwood ; Margaret ; Janet ; George,
died 4th June 1748 ; Thomas. — [Tombst.]
MATTHEW CLEGHORN, born 1711,
17e5 son of John C, min. of Wemyss ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 17th
March 1737 ; ord. to Rousay 16th Sept.
1747; trans, to St Andrew's, Orkney, 18th
Aug. 1752 ; pres. by George III. 7th Sept.
1764; adm. 18th July 1765; died 17th
June 1781. He marr. (1) 1726 (name un-
known) : (2) 1749, Euphemia (died at
Edinburgh, 27th Oct. 1809, aged 83),
daugh. of Robert Graham, great-grandson
of Bishop Graham of Orkney, and had
issue — John, born 14th Nov. 1749 ;
Euphemia, born 15th Feb. 1751 (marr.
Bryce Little, min. of Covington) ; Janet,
born 15th July 1752, died 24th May
1770; Elizabeth, born 13th Oct. 1753
(marr., pro. 20th March 1782, Alexander
Keay, brewer, Edinburgh) ; Jean, born
10th June 1755, died 14th Nov. 1776;
James, born 31st Aug. 1756 ; Charlotte,
born 25th Dec. 1757, died 4th Feb. 1758;
Barbara Ann, born 19th March 1759 (marr.
Robert Little, min. of Applegarth) ; Robert,
born 10th Jan. 1764; Margaret, born 2nd
July 1765; George, born 20th Sept. 1768.
—[Tombst]
THOMAS HENDERSON, licen. by
1782 Presb- of Lochmaben 7th Oct. 1777 ;
pres. by George III. 28th Aug. 1781 ;
ord. 28th March 1782 ; dep. for drunken-
ness 4th April 1799, which sentence was
confirmed by the Synod 17th April, and by
the General Assembly 4th June 1799 ; died
1st Nov. 1824. He marr. 9th March 1795,
Helen Graham, Dryfesdale, and had issue
— John, born 4th July 1796, died before
4th June 1799. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN HENDERSON, licen. by Presb.
7 of Haddington 2nd Sept. 1777 ; ord.
min. at Monkwearmouth ; became
chaplain to the miners at Wanlockhead in
1794 ; pres. by George III. 7th Sept. ; adm.
7th Nov. 1799 ; died 16th March 1833. He
marr. (1) 22nd July 1789, Mary (died 11th
April 1793), daugh. of John Haly, min. of
Clackmannan : (2) 14th March 1794, Martha
lochmaben] DRYFESDALE— HUTTON ON DRYFE AND CORRIE 205
Wilkin, who died 16th Dec. 1846, and had
issue — Catherine, born 29th April 1795
(marr. 16th Dec. 1821, Alexander Brown,
teacher, Applegarth) ; Mary, born 6th May
1797 ; James, lieut. 46th Kegt. Native
Infantry, born 14th May 1799, died at Tala-
verine, Madras, 10th May 1828; Charles
Douglas, born 16th Aug. 1801 ; George,
born 16th Dec. 1803 ; John, born 7th Oct.
1806; Isabella Caldwell (twin), born 7th
Oct. 1806 (marr. 21st Aug. 1827, William
Alexander Smith, merchant, Liverpool) ;
William Dunbar Wilkin, born 23rd Aug.
1809. Publication — Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace, iv.).
DAVID BUCHAN DOUIE, born
j Stirling, eldest son of Bobert D.,
master of High School, Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1823);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 6th Aug. 1827 ;
ord. to Maxwelltown 21st April 1831 ; pres.
by William IV. in July ; adm. 7th Nov.
1833. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
Largs Free Church 1843-1863 ; deserted his
charge 19th Oct. 1863, and died in 1864.
He marr. (1) 1st Sept. 1831, Helen Graham,
daugh. of Bobert Hill, W.S., and had issue
—Bobert Hill, born 3rd Oct. 1832 ; David
Laurence, born 5th March 1834 ; Laurence
Hill, born 26th Jan., died 4th Feb. 1836 ;
James Buchanan (twin), born 26th Jan., died
7th Feb. 1836; Thomas James, born 6th
Feb. 1837; John William, born 7th Dec.
1838: (2) 12th Feb. 1850, Jane M'Crone
(died 2nd Nov. 1903), and had issue— Sir
James M'Crone, K.C.S.I., officiating Lieut. -
Governor of the Panjab, 1911, born 8th
March 1854.
BOBEBT HILL WHITE, born
1843 Balyett, Inch, Wigtownshire, 1810,
second son of James W., farmer, and
Agnes Hill ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 24th Aug.
1831 ; assistant at Kirkoswald ; ord. 2nd
Nov. 1843 ; clerk of Presb. ; clerk of Synod;
died unmarr. 1st Sept. 1887.
JOHN ABCHIBALD JOHNSTON,
1882 b°rn Falkirk> 21st Mav 1848> son of
Archibald J. and Barbara Gibson ;
educated at Falkirk Grammar School and
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 14th Feb. 1876;
assistant at St Stephen's Parish, Glasgow,
and at St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 4th July 1882; dem. 2nd
Dec. 1913. Marr. (1) 16th Aug. 1882, Isa-
bella (died s.p. 15th Jan. 1891), daugh. of
William Swanson and Janet Brown : (2)
29th March 1899, Agnes, daugh. of Bobert
Anderson and Janet Mackenzie.
STUABT CBAWFOBD PABKEB, born
1914 Glasgow, 21st Nov. 1888, son of
Bobert P. and Lucinda Crawford ;
educated at Hutcheson's Grammar School
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1909), B.D.
(1912); licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in
1912 ; assistant at Cambuslang and St
Mungo's, Glasgow; ord. 5th May 1914.
Marr. 20th July 1914, Elizabeth Murray
Peebles. Publications — The Presence of
Christ : A Study of the Lord's Supper
(Hamilton, 1913); The Four Recruits
[Verses] (Dumfries, 1914).
HUTTON ON DRYFE AND
CORRIE.
[Until 1193 Hutton was a chapel of
Sibbaldbie. These parishes were united in
1609. There are still remains of the old
church of Corrie.]
GEOBGE JOHNSTONE, reader at
1576 Corrie from 1576 to 1579.
HEBBEBT [called Sin HEBBEBT]
1586 BAYNING, pres. by James VI.
4th March 1586.
GEOBGE PBYDE, M.A. (1600) ; min.
1615 in 1615^ dePrived "as unqualified
and not worthie to exercise such
an calling." The Privy Council, 4th Nov.
1624, being informed by James, Archbishop
of Glasgow, " that he doth notwithstand-
ing to the offence of God, contempt of the
ordouris of the Kirke, and scandall of the
ministrie, still preach and minister the
sacraments at the said kirk, ordanis and
commandis James Johnestoun of that ilk,
that he on nawayes suffer nor permit the
206
HUTTON ON DRYFE AND CORRIE
[PRESB. OF
said George to preach nor to minister the
sacramentis at the said kirk at ony time
heirafter, quhilk the said James promeist
to do." He was restored to this charge
previous to 12th Aug. 1632, but on 5th
Feb. 1645 the General Assembly authorised
the Presb. to resume the process against
him. His son, George, was served heir to
certain lands near St Andrews, 6th Feb.
1655. — [Orig. Lett., ii. ; Reg. Assig. ; Gom-
miss. to Ass., 1638; Mid -G alder Sess.
Reg.; Acts of Ass., 145; Peterkin's
Records ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Inq. Ret.
Fife, 843.]
JOHN LAURIE, M.A., probably previ-
1650 ous^v m^n- °f Monkland ; was
recommended by the Assembly
28th Aug. 1647 ; adm. previous to 25th
June 1650 ; conformed to Episcopacy in
1662. He marr. Janet Burnet, who sur-
vived him. — [Peterkin's Records; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 326; G. R. Homings, 16th Dec.
1670.]
THOMAS KNIGHT, mentioned in 1679.
1679 —[Middlebie Presb. Reg.]
DONALD [or DANIEL] ROBERTSON
1686 °^ Fawside, Berwickshire ; descended
from the family of Struan ; min. of
this parish in 1686, and outed at the
Revolution. In 1693 he was servitor to
the Earl of Annandale, and a merchant
burge3s and guild brother of Edinburgh.
He marr. (cont. dated 6th Aug. 1686)
Margaret, sixth daugh. of Major William
Lyle of Bassendean, and had issue —
William of Hillhousefield, writer, Edin-
burgh, ancestor of the Ladykirk family,
born 1688, died April 1783; Sophia, born
1689 (marr. 16th Oct. 1705, John Philip,
indweller in Edinburgh). — [Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 21st Sept. 1698 ; G. R. Sas., lxxxiii.,
436; Edin. Gounc. Reg.; Ladykirk Papers.]
WALTER MENZIES, M.A. (Edinburgh
16g2 1668) ; ord. before 12th April 1692 ;
dep. for immorality April 1697 ;
died at Edinburgh, 17th March 1699, aged
about 51. — [Penpont Presb. Reg. ; Grey-
friars Bur. ; Acts of Ass., 1698.]
GEORGE YOUNG, born 1674, son of
17o2 Patrick Y. of Auchenskeoch ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 6th March 1696) ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 22nd May 1700;
ord. 7th May 1702 ; died 14th Feb. 1749.
He marr. 16th June 1704, Sophia (died
30th Nov. 1760), daugh. of John Mein,
min. of Westerkirk, and had issue — John,
died 23rd Nov. 1746; George; William,
his successor ; Christian ; Mary ; Henry ;
Elizabeth ; Sophia ; Margaret ; Alison. —
[Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst. ; Murray's Gallo-
way.]
WILLIAM YOUNG, born 29th Oct.
1736 1^10, son °f preceding; pres. by
George, Marquess of Annandale,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 29th Dec.
1736 ; died 29th June 1761. He marr. 1st
June 1750, Agnes (born 9th Nov. 1722,
died 11th June 1809), daugh. of Alexander
Orr of Hazelside, min. of Hoddam, and
had issue— George, born 6th July 1752,
died 11th Sept. 1753; Agnes, born 3rd
Sept. 1755 (marr. Thomas Hardy, D.D.,
min. of New North Parish, Edinburgh);
Alexander of Harburn, W.S., born 19th
June 1757, died 3rd Dec. 1842, ancestor
of the family of Young-Herries of Spottes,
parish of Urr.— [Tombst. ; M'Call's Some
Old Families.]
- GEORGE BARCLAY, trans, from
1762 WamPnraY j Pres- by the curator
for George, Marquess of Annandale,
12th Nov. 1761 ; adm. 24th March 1762 ;
trans, to Second Charge, Haddington, 17th
July 1766.
PATRICK NISBET, son of James N.,
17e„ min. of Old Kirk Parish, Edin-
burgh ; was originally a merchant
in Glasgow ; pres. by the curator for
George, Marquess of Annandale, Dec.
1766 ; ord. 14th May 1767 ; D.D. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 24th Feb. 1776); died
2nd Jan. 1803, aged 81. He marr. Janet
(died 13th April 1795, aged 72), daugh.
of William Stirling, surgeon, Glasgow, and
had issue — Mary, born 22nd July 1754
(marr. Laurence Dinwoodie, Glasgow) ;
James, born 5th Aug. 1755, died young;
Elizabeth, born 9th Jan. 1757 (marr. pro. 4th
lochmaben] HUTTON ON DRYFE AND CORRIE— JOHNSTONE 207
Nov. 1783, John Fisher, wright, Edinburgh);
Margaret, born 6th Dec. 1762. Publications
— Seasonable Address to the Citizens of
Glasgow' upon the present important question,
Whether the Churches of that City shall
continue Free, or be enslaved with Patronage
(1762) ; An Abridgement of Ecclesiastical
History (Edinburgh, 1776).
JACOB WRIGHT, pres. by James, Earl
17__ of Hopetoun, 19th April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 12th July
1799 ; died in London, 4th Nov. 1845, aged
75. He marr. 30th April 1804, Jane (died
28th April 1842), daugh. of Robert Hood,
M.D., Newcastle-on-Tyne, and had issue —
John Armstrong, M.D., born 7th Feb. 1805 ;
Robert, surgeon, born 4th March 1806 ;
Margaret, born 6th Jan. 1808 (marr. 17th
March 1840, William Elliot, surgeon);
Elizabeth, born 29th Nov. 1810. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish {New Stat.
Ace, iv.).
JOHN ROGERSON CURRIE, born
1844 Puraplaburn, Wamphray, 18th Nov.
1820, son of Hopetoun C, farmer
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A. (1841)
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben in 1843
ord. (assistant and successor) 18th Oct.
1844; died unmarr. 2nd May 1875.
THOMAS RAIN, born Cally Mains,
1875 Gatehouse-of-Fleet, 26th Oct. 1845,
son of John R. and Agnes Martin ;
educated at Hutton Hall, Caerlaverock,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1868);
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow in 1872 ;
assistant at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
Carluke, and Anderston Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. 26th Oct. 1875; died 1st May 1905.
He marr. 31st Oct. 1876, Margaret, daugh.
of Mathew Morton and Helen Muir
M'llwraith. Publications — Two Sermons in
Scotch Sermons (Edinburgh, 1880) ; Brown-
ing for Beginners (London, 1904).
JOHN CHARLES MACK, born Esk-
1903 Dank,21st Aug. 1872, son of Alexander
Watson M. and Anne Macdonald ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(1895); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1899 ; assistant at Bothwell and Greenside,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
5th June 1903. Marr. 22nd Sept. 1903,
Agnes Laurie, daugh. of David Pentland
and Elizabeth Ogilvie White, and has
issue— Agnes Pentland, born 28th Feb.
1905; Elizabeth Ogilvie, born 30th April
1906; Alastair Macdonald, born 31st Aug.
1907; Margaret Muir, born 29th Oct.
1908 ; David White, born 6th Sept. 1910 ;
Isobel Nichol, born 11th March 1912.
JOHNSTONE in Annandale.
[In 1674 part of Garrel was annexed to
Johnstone. Part of Dungree also was
added in the seventeenth century.]
ADAM WILKIE, reader from 1576 to
1576 1580.
WILLIAM STRANG, son of William S.,
1615 min. of Irvine ; MA. (St Andrews,
28th July 1610) ; min. in 1615 ; died
before 12th Feb. 1647, when his brother
John, Principal of Glasgow Univ., was
served heir. He marr. 20th Aug. 1622,
Catherine (died 10th June 1623), daugh.
of John Henderson, merchant burgess of
Edinburgh. — [Beg. Assig. ; Commiss. to Ass.,
1638 ; Edin. Tests. ; Inq. Bet. Gen., 3234.]
JOHN MENZIES, MA., brother of the
Laird of Culterallers ; min. in 1658.
He conformed to Episcopacy in 1662,
and was trans, to Caerlaverock in 1670.
— [Biggar Presb. Beg. ; Fountainhall's
Journal (Scot. Hist. Soc, 231).]
THOMAS WOOD, MA., son of Thomas
W., bailie of Maybole ; min. about
1670; trans, to Cockpen 8th Aug.
1671.— [Beg. of Deeds, Mack., 20th March
1688.]
ARCHIBALD FERGUSSON, MA. ;
min. in 1673 ; trans, to Kirkpatrick-
Juxta about 1682.
JOSEPH VALLANCE, born Boghall,
Biggar, son of William V. ; educated
at Biggar School ; MA. (Edinburgh,
18th July 1664) ; min. in 1682. The parish
was vacant in 1689.— [Inq. Bet. de Tut.,
208
JOHNSTONE
[PRESB. OF
1087 ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Rule's Sec.
Vindication.]
SAMUEL TELFER, M.A. ; called 6th
1702 Oct. 1701; ord. before 13th Oct.
1702; trans, to Kirkintilloch 17th
Nov. 1709.— [Acts, of Ass., 1704-9.]
FRANCIS LINDSAY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1710 ^k April 1^00) ; became chaplain
to Carmichael of Mauldslie ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 19th May 1708 ; ord.
about 10th Oct. 1710; still in the charge
13th Feb. 1733. He man*., and had issue
— Margaret (marr. 8th Dec. 1777, James
Clark, glazier, Canongate) ; Anne (marr.
17th July 1743, William M'Ghie, writer,
Edinburgh).
JAMES M'EWEN, having supplied Loch-
1733 maDen during a vacancy, had a
half-year's stipend allowed from the
Exchequer 27th Nov. 1732; pres. by the
tutrix for George, Marquess of Annandale,
and ord. 26th Sept. 1733 ; trans, to Moffat
25th April 1734.
JOHN NIMMO, M.A. (Edinburgh 29th
1734 APr^ 1726) ; pres. by the tutrix for
George, Marquess of Annandale,
June, and ord. 12th Sept. 1734 ; he was
pres. to Moffat by the commissioner for
George, Marquess of Annandale, 19th and
26th May 1742, but difficulties occurred, and
the parishioners objecting to his removal,
translation was refused by Commission of
Assembly 9th March 1743. He died 29th
Sept. 1784, in his 79th year. He marr.
20th Dec. 1743, Marjory (died s.p. 4th Nov.
1787), daugh. and co-heiress of William
Johnston of Bearholm. — [Tombst. ; Morren's
Ann., i.]
WILLIAM SIBBALD, pres. by the
^ _ curator for George, Marquess of
Annandale, 16th June, and ord.
22nd Dec. 1785 ; trans, to Second Charge,
Haddington, 4th Aug. 1808.
ROBERT COLVIN, a native of San-
1809 clunar' tutor m the family of Admiral
Sir William Johnstone Hope of
Annandale ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
25th Sept. 1805; D.D. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 13th May 1808) ; pres. by James,
Earl of Hopetoun, 1st Sept. 1808 ; ord.
27th April 1809 ; died 4th Sept. 1851, aged
73. He marr. 30th Nov. 1809, Marion
(died 2nd Sept. 1858, aged 75), daugh. of
Walter Laidlaw, Glenrath, parish of Manor,
and Mary Welsh of Mossfennan, Peebles-
shire, and had issue — Robert, born 19th
Nov. 1810. died 20th Nov. 1824; Walter
Laidlaw, D.D., min. of Cramond ; Mary
Caroline, born and died 26th April 1814 ;
Anne Hope Johnstone, born 31st March
1815, died 20th March 1820; Elizabeth
Goldie, born 26th March 1817 (marr. 5th
June 1843, James M'Naught Fisher, min.
of Swallow Street Church, London) ; Mary
Hope Johnstone, born 9th Feb. 1818 (marr.
4th June 1839, Alexander Vivian Buttery,
Monkland Iron and Steel Co.) ; Anne, born
22nd Sept. 1820 (marr. William Hanson);
William of Craigielands, merchant, Glasgow,
born 21st Feb. 1823, died 20th Sept. 1880;
Jessie Hunter, born 30th Jan. 1825; Robert
Francis, his successor. Publications —
Sermon IX. {Church of Scotland Pulpit,
ii.) ; Account of the Parish {Neiv Stat.
Ace, iv.).
ROBERT FRANCIS COLVIN, ord.
,___ 19th March 1852; dem. 2nd Oct.
1854, on appointment as a chaplain
at Bombay ; [min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta
in 1865].
WILLIAM TAYLOR WILLIAMSON,
,oec ord. 22nd Feb. 1855; trans, to
1855
Ormiston 19th Sept. 1861.
1861
JAMES CLOW BRYCE, ord. 26th Dec.
1861 ; trans, to Dalton 13th Feb.
1868.
ANDREW MACGREGOR, born Glas-
1868 £ow' 4t^ ^0V" I834' seventh son of
Alexander M. (who was on board
the Bellerophon when Napoleon surrendered
to the British after Waterloo) and Anne
Palmer ; educated at Glasgow schools and
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 9th
May 1860 ; assistant at Middle Parish,
Paisley; ord. to St David's, Kirkintilloch,
12th April 1861 ; trans, and adm. 29th
June 1868 ; died unmarr. 19th Nov. 1897.
lochmaben]
KIRKMICHAEL AND GARREL
209
STEPHEN JOHN HO WIT, born Eddle-
1898 s^on' Peeblesshire, 19th June 1863,
son of Thomas H. and Elizabeth
Bertram ; educated at Peebles Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Peebles 12th Nov. 1890; assistant at
Middlebie ; ord. 26th April 1898. He marr.
4th Oct. 1899, Mary Alice Dormer, daugh.
of Nathan M'Cleary, Lockerbie, and Mary
Ann Galloway.
KIRKMICHAEL AND GARREL.
[The church of Kirkmichael in Annan-
dale, dedicated to St Michael, belonged
to the Abbey of Kilwinning.]
1568
THOMAS MAKGUNZEANE [MAC-
WHINNIAN], reader before May
1568.
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, reader from
1576 1576 to 1585.
JOHN WATSON, reader, was pres. to
15>7g the parsonage and vicarage by James
VI. 1st July 1579 ; still in the charge
in 1586. — [Reg. Asdg.]
FRANCIS M'GILL, licen. by Presb. of
1620 J^burgh 6th Nov. 1611, and author-
ised to get the half of the stipend
of Borthwick from the min. of Wilton by
the same Presb. 10th June 1612 ; min. in
1620; died 28th Feb. 1664, in his 76th
year. He marr. 31st May 1620, Elizabeth
M'Morran, who died 21st March 1670, aged
93, and had issue — Margaret ; Marion,
served heir 6th May 1664 (marr. (1) William
Herries of Hartwood ; (2) Robert Douglas
of Baitford). — [Dumfries Reg. (Marr. and
Bapt.); Tombst; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4786;
Bannatyne Miscell., iii. ; G. R. Sas., xxi.,
173.]
ANDREW GUILD, M.A. ; adm. in
1665 *^5 > trans, to North Berwick be-
fore 26th April 1683.
VOL. II.
JAMES FERGUSON, a native of Aber-
1684 deenshire 3 M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 9th July 1668); adm. in
1684— [Fasti Aberd,]
PATRICK HUME, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1692 11th July 1687); called Feb. 1691;
ord. before 11th Oct. 1692; clem.
after 13th April 1725 ; died at Garallan,
Ayrshire, 25th Dec. 1734, aged about 68.
He marr. (1) Mary Menzies, who died
11th May 1702, aged 34 : (2) in April
1703, Elizabeth, daugh. of Ambrose John-
ston of Poldean, and had an only daugh.,
Catherine (marr. Hugh Douglas of Gar-
rallan.— [Glasgow Tests. ; Tombst. ; Pater-
son's Ayr.]
JOHN ALLAN, schoolmaster of Annan ;
1*72*7 ^cen- by Pi'esb. of Middlebie 4th
March 1724; ord. 26th Feb. 1727;
he was one of those who dissented from
the deposition of the eight Seceders, 15th
May 1740; died 2nd Aug. 1758, aged 69.
He marr. 19th March 1733, Margaret (died
April 1782), daugh. of John Young, tailor,
Edinburgh, and had issue — Mary, born 3rd
Feb. 1738 ; James, born 6th Oct. 1741, W.S.
apprentice 1761 ; Agnes, born 25th June
1745, died 11th July 1746.
JOHN BURGESS [BURGES], born
17_g 1725, son of James B., Holywood ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1747) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
1st May 1754; pres. by Charles, Duke of
Queensberry and Dover, 19th Jan., and
ord. 26th June 1759 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
11th April 1769); died 2nd Sept. 1795.
He was an accomplished botanist, corre-
sponded with Linnaeus, and had a com-
plete Hortus Siccus of the Dumfriesshire
plants. He marr. 3rd Sept. 1764, Charlotte
(died 10th Sept. 1785), daugh. of James
M'Garroch, min. of Eskdalemuir, and had
issue — James [Burgess M'Garroch], who
assumed his mother's name, born 30th
Nov. 1765, died 23rd July 1782; Charles
born 12th Nov. 1767, died 15th July 1768;
Elizabeth of Wat-Carrick, born 8th Feb.
1770. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.).— [Dumfries
Tests.; Tombst.; Dumfries Antiq. Soc, 1913.]
O
210
KIRKMICHAEL AND GARREL— GARREL [presb. of
JAMES SMAIL, a native of Roxburgh-
17gQ shire ; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh
4th Oct. 1769; ord. (assistant and
successor) at Dornock 16th Dec. 1773 ;
pres. by commissioner for William, Duke
of Queensberry, in May, and adm. 22nd Sept.
1796, died Father of the Synod, 6th
July 1835, aged 88. He marr. 11th Nov.
1779, Amelia Rollo (died 22nd June 1826),
only daugh. of John Irving of Cove, and
had issue — Janet, born 16th May 1783, died
in 1845 ; James of Kaperlaw, born 17th
April 1785 ; George, ensign, 34th Foot,
born 12th Feb. 1787, killed in Portugal,
22nd Dec. 1809; John William, licentiate
of the Church of Scotland, and assistant to
his father, born 27th Jan. 1794, died 4th
March 1831 ; Amelia Eleanora, born 28th
Feb. 1798 (marr. Hugh Dobie, her father's
successor). A portrait of S. is in posses-
sion of Dr Macmillan, Melrose. Publica-
tion— Account of Dornock (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, ii.).
HUGH DOBIE, born 1794, son of Alex.
1835 ^*» farmer> Hardbush, Tinwald ;
studied at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 6th Aug.
1816 ; assistant to preceding min. ; pres. by
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch ; ord.
30th July 1835 ; died 2nd Jan. 1868. He
marr. (1) 17th Aug. 1835, Amelia Eleanora
Smail (died 3rd June 1839), daugh. of his
predecessor, and had issue — Amelia Jane
of Raperlaw, born 1st Oct. 1837, died 13th
Oct. 1856 : (2) 8th March 1842, Eliza
(died 15th March 1873), daugh. of Henry
Goodsir of the British Linen Bank, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Madeline Henrietta,
born 29th Jan. 1843, died in London ;
Alexander of Raperlaw, born 3rd July
1847, died at Melbourne, Australia, 1885 ;
Eliza Goodsir, born 29th Oct. 1849 (marr.
Samuel Macmillan, bank agent, Moffat),
died at Melrose, 1915 ; Jane, born 3rd
Dec. 1852 (marr. Herbert Luxmore Hallett),
died in London.
JAMES ROBERT MITFORD
1868 MITCHELL, B.A.; pres. by
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch,
and ord. 20th Aug. 1868 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Paisley Abbey, 16th Sept. 1875.
JOHN BREMNER, born Huntly, Aber-
is?e deenshire, 22nd Sept. 1846, son of
George B. and Jane Smith ; educated
at Huntly Parish School, Grammar School,
and Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh ;
MA. (Aberdeen 1866), B.D. (Edinburgh
1870) ; licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow 20th
Dec. 1870 ; assistant at Liberton and St
George's Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd May
1876.
GARREL, formerly GARVALD.
[Garrel, or Garvald, was united to Kirk-
michael in 1674.]
1567 THOMAS BROWN, reader in 1567.
SIMON JOHNSTON, reader from
1576 1576 to 1580.
ALEXANDER SMITH, M.A. ; adm.
1647 19t^ ^y 164^ ' trans- to Colvend
25th Dec. 1651.
WILLIAM SHAW, MA. (Glasgow
1660 1651); called between 9th Aug. and
4th Oct. 1659 ; adm. 24th Jan. 1660.
Having supplied the church two years
previous to his settlement, he got an Act
of Parliament granting the vacant stipend
for that period, 13th June 1661. The
finding of the Commissioners of Teinds,
22nd Jan. 1662, dissolved his connection
with the parish.— [Acts Pari., vii.]
KIRKPATRICK-JUXTA AND
DUNGREE.
[Kirkpatrick in Annandale was named in
the fifteenth century Kirkpatrick-Juxta,
to distinguish it from four other churches
of St Patrick in the See of Glasgow, namely,
Kirkpatrick - Irongray, Kirkpatrick - Dur-
ham, Kirkpatrick-Fleming, and Kirkpatrick
in Nithsdale, now joined to Closeburn.
This Kirkpatrick was styled Juxta as being
the nearest of the five to Glasgow, the seat
of the Bishop.
lochmaben] KTRKPATRICK-JUXTA AND DUNGREE
211
At Langbedholm in this parish, called of
old Lanbethlem, the Brethren of the Order
of the Star of Bethlehem had a hospital.
There was also in the parish a chapel of
St Bride. Dungree, or Dumgree, which
belonged to the Abbey of Kelso, was united
to this parish in the seventeenth century.]
MUNGO NEVING [NIVEN], reader
from 1567 to 1569 ; he returned, and
1567
continued from 1576 to 1580.
JOHN COLQUHOUN, parson in 1612.
1612 — [Beg. of Deeds, Durie, cxcvi., 343.]
y GEORGE BUCHANAN, M.A.; was
min. when the old manse was built
in 1626 ; trans, to Moffat after 29th
March 1637.— [Inscri]). Old Manse.}
1626
DAVID WAUGH, a native of Lanark,
. 7 and brother of John W., min. of
Bo'ness; M.A. (Glasgow 1620); adm.
to Moffat in 1632 ; trans, to this charge
about 1637 ; died in 1653, aged about 47.
— [Commiss. to Ass., 1648 ; Tombst.]
JAMES PORTER, a native of Niths-
1654 dale ; M.A. (Glasgow 1649) ; adm.
about 1654 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was libelled
at the instance of Lord Advocate Sir
George Mackenzie, 11th Aug. 1670, for
holding conventicles, and again cited before
the Privy Council for a similar offence 11th
Aug. 1677.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 153.]
ROBERT MERCHISTON, born 1637,
1664 son °^ ^avid M., min. of Ormiston ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th June 1658);
licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
13th Feb. 1663 ; adm. in 1664 ; deprived in
1681, for refusing the Test. He petitioned
the General Assembly to be received into
communion, and died 5th Nov. 1697. He
marr. 24th Feb. 1664, Marion (died May
1694), daugh. of William Trent, min. of the
Second Charge, Haddington, and had issue
— Agnes (marr. James Chalmers, min. of
Elie, ancestor of Thos. Chalmers, D.D.). —
[Reg. Collat. and Gen. Ass., 1690; Hist.
Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Elie Ses. Reg. ; Haddingt.
{Marr.) and Edin. Regs. {Bur.); Hanna's
Life of Chalmers.
ARCHIBALD FERGUSSON, son of
1682 William F., Dirleton; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 1st Aug. 1662); licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 20th April
1669 ; adm. to Johnstone in 1673 ; trans,
to this charge in 1682 ; outed by the rabble
in 1689. He marr., and had issue — Eliza-
beth (marr. 15th Dec. 1734, Patrick Mac-
Dowell, merchant, Edinburgh). — [MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
THOMAS GOLDIE, son of John G.,
schoolmaster of Moffat ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 24th June 1680) ; app. Classi-
cal Master of the High School, Edinburgh,
24th June 1681 ; ord. 8th Dec. 1692 ; died
April 1734, aged about 72. He marr., and
had issue — Janet ; Jean. — [Edin. Counc.
Reg. ; Dumfries 7yests.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, eldest son of Walter
1736 ®* °^ ^errylaw I tutor in the family
of Sir William Johnston ; pres. by
George, Marquess of Annandale, in Sept.,
and ord. 8th Dec. 1736; died 29th Aug.
1786, aged 86. He marr. 29th March 1753,
Grizell, daugh. of Gabriel Gullan, min. of
Dryfesdale, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
9th Jan. 1754 ; Margaret, born 2nd Jan.
1756 ; Walter of Merrylaw, born 12th July
1757 ; Gabriel, his successor. One of his
daughs. marr. Johnstone of Corehead. —
[Tombst.]
GABRIEL SCOTT, born 14th Feb, 1760,
17 7 son of preceding ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
1st Nov. 1777); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 25th June 1783; pres. by the
curator for George, Marquess of Annan-
dale, 4th Dec. 1786 ; ord. 26th April 1787 ;
died 24th Feb. 1799, unmarr. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
iv.).— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM SINGER, bapt. 24th July
7 g 1765, son of James S., Murrial,
Insch, Aberdeenshire ; educated at
Parish School of Culsalmond, and Mar-
ischal College, Aberdeen, 1779-83; app.
schoolmaster of Kilmallie 6th May 1789;
212
KIRKPATRICK-JUXTA AND DUNGREE [presb. of
ord. to Wamphray 23rd Oct. 1794 ; pres.
by James, Earl of Hopetoun, 27th March,
and adm. 25th July 1799; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1808) ; Moderator of Assembly 20th
May 1830; died 27th Oct. 1840. He was
a skilled agriculturist, and a trusted
arbiter in land disputes. He marr. 16th
Feb. 1793, Ann (died 12th May 1850),
daugh. of Duncan Stuart, commandant,
Fort-William, of the Fasnacloich family,
and had issue — Duncan Stuart, born 28th
Feb. 1794, licentiate of the Church of
Scotland, pres. to Mouswald, died before
ordination 22nd June 1825 ; Elizabeth, born
20th April 1796 (marr. 6th Feb. 1821, John
Bennet, min. of Ettrick) ; James, W.S.,
born 26th Sept. 1797, died 1st Feb. 1836 ;
Adam, born 5th July 1799, died 5th May
1800; John, born 8th, died 13th Nov. 1802;
William, born 13th Feb. 1801, died at Port
Royal, 29th June 1820 ; Alexander Stuart,
captain 24th Bengal Native Infantry,
born 4th Dec. 1803, died at Simla, 20th
Sept. 1845 ; Ann Stuart, born 25th June
1809 (marr. John M'Millan, D.D., min. of
Kirkcudbright) ; Davidson Farquhar, born
12th April 1813, died 7th June 1821. A
portrait of Dr S. is in possession of his
great-grandson, Dr Macmillan, Melrose.
Publications — Statement of the Numbers,
the Duties, the Families, and the Livings
of the Clergy of Scotland (Edinburgh,
1808) ; A General View of the Agrictdture
of Dumfriesshire (Edinburgh, 1812); Ser-
mon preached at opening of the General
Assembly (Edinburgh, 1831) ; Accounts of
Wamphray, Moffat. Kirkpatrick- Juxta, and
General Observations on the County of
Dumfries (Sinclair's xxi., and New Stat.
Ace, iv.) ; contributions to The Edinburgh
Encyclopaedia.
WILLIAM LITTLE, born Jedburgh,
1841 a^out ™7 ; son of William L.,
tanner, and Mary Lamb ; educated
at Univ. of Edin. ; tutor in the family of
John James Hope Johnstone of Annandale;
ord. 29th April 1841 ; died at Moffat, 17th
Feb. 1867. He had a considerable reputation
as an entomologist, and corresponded with
the leading collectors of his day. He assisted
James Francis Stephens, author of II his-
trations of British Entomology, in giving
Scottish localities for Coleoptera, and
Andrew Murray, in the compilation of
his Catalogue of Scottish Coleoptera (1853).
He contributed to the Magazine of Zoology
and Botany. He marr. 9th March 1858,
Margaret Bell (died 25th Oct. 1871), daugh.
of Thomas Jardine of Beattock, banker,
Moffat, and Christiana Bayne, and had
issue — William, farmer, Bankside, Locker-
bie, born 6th Aug. 1860 ; Christiana Bayne,
born 27th Oct. 1862, died 4th May 1890.
ROBERT FRANCIS COLVIN, formerly
186_ min. of Johnstone in Annandale ;
adm. (assistant and successor) 13th
Oct. 1865; dem. 26th Oct. 1876 [min. of
Teviothead in 1884.]
v WILLIAM BRODIE, born Belnaglack,
lffJtJ Glenbucket, Aberdeenshire, 18th Jan.
1848, son of William B., farmer, and
Mary Grassick ; educated at Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; MA. (Aberdeen
1871), B.D. (Edinburgh 1875); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh June 1875 ; assistant
at Trinity Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 8th
May 1877.
LOCHMABEN.
[The church was dedicated to St
Magdalene. There was a chapel at
Rokele, now called Rockhall. There was
a Well of St Thomas.]
JAMES MAXWELL, son of John M. ;
1567 adm. Nov 1567. In 1574 Apple-
garth, Dryfesdale, Castlemilk [St
Mungo], and Tundergarth were also in
the charge; died before July 1589. Had
issue — James, min. of Holy wood. — [Edin.
Tests.]
ALEXANDER GARDNER, min. in
1S7Q 1576, having the same charge except
Castlemilk ; trans, to Kirkmahoe
prior to 1585. — [Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM JOHNSTON, MA. (Edin-
1595 burgh, Aug. 1587); pres. by James
VI. before 13th May 1592 ; he craved
collation from the Presb. of Edinburgh 8th
lochmaben]
LOCHMABEN
213
July 1595, as " he durst not repair to Dum-
fries through the deadlie feuds between the
Maxwells and Johnstones," which was
granted 23rd Sept., and he was adm. 30th
of same month ; murdered 4th March
1595-6, about the age of 29. Sir James
Johnstone of Dunskellie, parish of Kirk-
patrick -Fleming, was denounced rebel, 21st
May 1596, "for not presenting five clans-
men to answer tuiching the shamfull, cruell,
and vnmercifull slauchter of Mr W. Jone-
stoune." — [Edin. Presb. Beg. ; Pitcairn's
Crim. Trials, i. ; Beg. P. C, v., 287.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, M.A. (Glasgow
1596 15^4) > pres. by James VI. 8th
March 1596; died before 1st Feb.
1607, aged about 43.— [Booke of the Kirk.]
ROBERT HENDERSON, M.A. (Glas-
1608 £ow 15^8) ; on trials for the ministry
in the Presb. of Paisley 18th May
1603 i min. of Durisdeer in 1605 ; pres. by
James VI. 21st June 1608 ; was a member
of Assembly in 1610 and 1618 ; died before
1657. He marr. (cont. 29th March 1609)
Helen, daugh. of John Hamilton, merchant
burgess of Edinburgh, who survived him,
and had issue — Alexander, apprenticed to
Thomas Dickson, apothecary, Edinburgh,
13th Feb. 1628; James, apprenticed to
Alexander Forrester, merchant, Edin-
burgh, 3rd April 1633 ; John ; Robert. —
[Peg. Assig. ; Peg. of Deeds, ccccviii., 348 ;
Min.-book Court of Session, 30th Nov.
1657.]
THOMAS HENDERSON, M.A. ; trans.
i66s from Tundergarth ; conforming to
Episcopacy, he was pres. by Charles
II. 30th March 1663 ; trans, to Gretna
before 7th May 1667.
ARCHIBALD INGLIS, M.A.; trans.
9 from Westerkirk ; pres. by Charles
II. 7th May 1667 ; trans, to Ashkirk
in 1675.
GEORGE GRAHAM, probably of the
^ Braco family; M.A. (St Andrews,
14th July 1660) ; became chaplain
to Graham of Braco ; was on trial for
license before the Presb. of Perth 18th
March 1663 ; adm. to Orwell before 10th
July 1673 ; pres. by Charles II. 30th Nov.
1675 ; in 1676 he was active in persecut-
ing the Presbyterians, and fearing retalia-
tion, deserted his charge in 1689, and
retired to Edinburgh, where he was
accused 29th May 1706, of marrying
persons irregularly. He died 13th Aug.
1719, aged 80. He marr. 10th July 1673,
Christian Maxwell, sister of Mrs Forbes,
widow of William F., min. of Cadder,
and had issue— Margaret (marr. 3rd Feb.
1710, William Dewar, tailor, Edinburgh). —
[Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Wodrow's Hist. ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Edin. Presb. Reg. ; Edin. Regs. {Marr. and
Bur.).]
WILLIAM STEEL, M.A. (Glasgow,
169S 27th July 1676); licen. by Presb.
of Antrim ; came over from Ireland
at the Revolution ; he was ord. before 11th
April 1693, and was one of forty -four mins.
app. by the Assembly, 3rd Jan. 1696, for
supplying vacancies north of the Tay,
and one of twenty for the Synod of
Aberdeen ; died Aug. 1722, aged about 66.
He marr. 9th Nov. 1697, Margaret, daugh.
of Robert Farquhar of Gilmilnscroft, parish
of Sorn, and had an only child — Juliana
(marr. William Porterfield of Duchall,
Renfrewshire). — [Reid's Ireland, ii., 520 ;
Acts of Ass. ; Sorn Sess. and Hamilton
Presb. Regs. ; Dumfries Tests. ; Earn, of
Birnie of Broomhill ; Morrison's Digest.]
[On the occurrence of the vacancy in
1722 three presentations were issued by
competing patrons. These, with consent
of parties, the Assembly, 20th May 1723,
referred to the Commission, which ordered
the Presb. to test the wishes of the
people, and report. A vast majority
were in favour of William Carlyle, min.
of Cummertrees, who, on a petition from
the parishioners, had been pres. by
George I. 15th Jan. 1723, but the Presb.
not being favourable to his appointment
invited Edward Buncle, M.A. Buncle
was called 17th Aug., and ord. 27th Sept.
1723. His settlement was declared null
and void by the Commission 13th Nov.
following. The Presb. was ordered to
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LOCHMABEN
[PRESB. OF
proceed with the admission of Carlyle,
and, in case of refusal, the Synod was
empowered to ordain him by a committee
of its number. This was done 10th March
1724. The Assembly found, 22nd May
following, that the Commission had ex-
ceeded its powers, and set aside the whole
proceedings, ordering a new call to be
moderated, that the true choice of the
people might be undoubtedly known.
The Lord Advocate Dundas signified his
hope that "his Majesty would not insist
on a presentation in opposition to what
should be the choice of the parish." The
Presb. was reproved, and the Synod
recommended to "bury all the heats this
affair had created." Both were advised not
to enter any papers not already recorded,
" that all memory of the differences that
had arisen might be utterly extinguished."
— [Wodrow's Alia!, and Corresp. ; Acts of
Ass., 1723, 1724.]
PATRICK CUMIN [CUMING], M.A.,
trans, from Kirkmahoe ; adm. 30th
March 1725; trans, to Old Kirk
Parish, Edinburgh, 20th Jan. 1732.
1725
1732
ROBERT JARDINE, licen. by Presb.
of Dunfermline 6th Nov. 1712 ; ord.
to Cummertrees 3rd Dec. 1713 ; adm.
to Glencairn Nov. 1719 ; called 4th May,
pres. by George II. 19th May, and adm.
26th Oct. 1732; died 26th June 1749.
He was a notable humorist. He marr.
23rd March 1715, Janet (died 8th April
1778), daugh. of David Rannie, bailie of
Portsburgh, and had issue — John, min. of
Tron Parish, Edinburgh ; Jean ; Thomas ;
Robert, died 4th Jan. 1748 ; Ann ; Mary ;
George ; Alexander Kirkpatrick, born 29th
Feb. 1742.— [Carlyle's Autob.]
JAMES LINDSAY, trans, from Dun-
1750 barney '■> Pres- by the commissioner
for David, Viscount Stormont,
Oct. 1749: adm. 9th Aug. 1750; trans, to
Kirkliston 16th July 1765.
RICHARD BROUN, born 1730, son of
James B., tenant of Hume Castle,
and Alison Brodie ; studied divinity
at Edinburgh Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of
Forres 24th Sept. 1754 ; ord. to Kingarth
6th May 1756 ; pres. by the commissioners
for David, Viscount Stormont, 15th July,
and by the curator for George, Marquess
of Annandale, 27th Aug., and adm. 25th
Oct. 1765; died 13th Dec. 1781. In 1775
he succeeded his cousin, Sir Alexander
Broun of Coalstoun, Bart., but did not
assume the title. He marr. 25th Sept.
1765, Robina (died 5th Feb. 1819, aged
81), daugh. of Colonel Hugh M'Bryde of
Beadland, Ayr, and had issue — Elizabeth,
born 18th Aug. 1766 (marr. Abraham
Nivison, min. of Middlebie) ; James,
captain in the army, born 20th March
1768, died 30th Nov. 1844; William of
Newmains, wine merchant, Guernsey, born
3rd July 1769, died 1831 ; Alice, born
27th April 1771 (marr. William Cruick-
shank, Trailflat), died 18th Oct. 1844 ;
Robina, born 16th Aug. 1778 (marr. Henry
Laurie, min. of this parish) ; Mary, born
22nd Oct. 1779 (marr. Geddes, Leith
Walk, Edinburgh).
ANDREW JAFFRAY, licen. by Presb.
1783 of Kirkcudbright 6th Sept. 1749;
ord. to Tundergarth 6th March 1755 ;
trans, to Ruthwell 27th Nov. 1760 ; pres.
by David, Viscount Stormont ; adm. 28th
Jan. 1783 ; D.D. (1793) ; died 3rd Jan.
1795, aged 72. Characterised by the poet
Burns, as " a worthy old veteran in religion
and good fellowship." He marr. 8th Nov.
1762, Agnes, daugh. of William Armstrong,
min. of Canonbie, and had issue — William,
born 3rd Sept. 1763; Robert, born 17th
Feb. 1765 ; John Armstrong, born 5th
Aug. 1766 ; Isabella, born 28th April 1770 ;
Jane, born 29th May 1773 (marr. 1794,
Renwick, New York), died 1850. She
was the heroine of Burns's song, "I gaed
a waefu' gate yestreen." Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vii.). — [Tombst. ; Wallace's Life and Works
of Burns, iii., 137.]
1795
v ANDREW BROWN, D.D. ; pres. by
the commissioner for David, Earl
of Mansfield, 6th Feb., and adm.
11th Sept. 1795 ; trans, to New Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 18th Oct. 1799.
lochmaben]
LOCHMABEN— MOFFAT
215
HENRY LAURIE, licen. by Presb. of
1800 Edinburgh 24th April 1799; pres.
by the commissioner for William,
Earl of Mansfield, Nov. 1799 ; ord. 8th May
1800; died 3rd Dec. 1808, aged 38. He
marr. 12th April 1802, Robina (died 9th
Dec. 1851), daugh. of Richard Broun, min.
of this parish, and had issue — Robina,
born 24th Jan. 1803 (marr. Matthew
Graham of Priesthead); William Francis
Hunter, W.S., born 26th June 1805, died
2nd March 1869 ; Mainie Griselda Napier,
born 28th Feb. 1807.
THOMAS GIBSON, born Closeburn,
1809 1770, son of Alexander G., farmer ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dunfermline 7th Sept 1796 ;
pres. by commissioner for William, Earl
of Mansfield, and ord. 21st Sept. 1809;
died unmarr. 17th March 1834. After a
long and expensive litigation, he succeeded
in recovering a considerable portion of the
glebe which had been wrested from one of
his predecessors.
THOMAS MARJORIBANKS, pres. by
William, Earl of Mansfield, in March,
and ord. 18th Sept. 1834 ; trans, to
Stenton 22nd Nov. 1849.
THOMAS LIDDELL [LIDDLE], born
1850 ^ Ninians, Stirlingshire, 18th Oct.
1800, son of John L. and Janet
Martin ; educated at Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of Sir
Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, Bart. ; licen.
by Presb. of Stranraer 7th March 1827 ;
ord. to Chapel-of-Ease, Montrose, 17th
Sept. 1829 ; adm. (assistant and successor)
to Lady Glenorchy's Church, Edinburgh,
22nd Dec. 1831 ; app. first Principal of
Queen's College, Kingston, Canada, 27th
Oct. 1841 [Queen's College was opened
9th March 1842. The staff consisted of
two professors, and Principal Liddell acted
as Professor of Philosophy, Logic, Hebrew,
Church History, and Theology. His col-
league, Peter Colin Campbell, became
Principal of Aberdeen Univ.] ; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1841); returned to Scotland in
1846, and was adm. to this parish 29th
March 1850; died 11th June 1880. He
marr. Susan Anne Jane, daugh. of Lieut.-
Col. Robert Stewart of Fincastle, and
Louisa Graham, and widow of Col. Robert-
son Callendar, and had issue— Susan, died
at Bournemouth, 14th May 1884 ; Louisa
Janet, died 4th Feb. 1842.
ROBERT NEILL RAE, born Glasgow,
1881 27t^ APr^ 1845> son °f J°nn R- an°l
Agnes Neill ; educated at Collegiate
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; MA. (1st
May 1868) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
10th June 1868 ; assistant at Bargeddie
Mission and Langloan, Old Monkland ;
ord. to Howwood Chapel, Lochwinnoch,
30th Jan. 1873 ; adm. to Macleod Parish,
Glasgow, 1st May 1879 ; trans, and adm.
11th Jan. 1881. Marr. 17th June 1879,
Eleanora Alexandrina, daugh. of Neil
Mackenzie, min. of Kilchrenan, and has
issue — Neil Mackenzie Neill, farmer, South
Africa, born 7th July 1880.
JOHN M'COLL, born Larkhall, Lanark-
shire, 22nd April 1883, son of Archi-
bald M. and Margaret Wright ;
educated at Muir St. School, Larkhall
Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow; MA.
(1905), B.D. (1913); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton May 1913 ; assistant at Spring-
burn Parish, Glasgow ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 5th March 1915.
MOFFAT.
[The Lady Knowe at Moffat is under-
stood to mark the site of a church of St
Mary. On the lands of Kirkbriderig was
a chapel of St Bride. Near it the Knights
Hospitalers had a chapel of St Cuthbert, of
which the ruins remain. The church was
dedicated to St Mary. There was a Well
of St John.]
DAVID MAIN, reader from 1567 to
1567 1586.
STEPHEN WILSON, parson in 1583.
He held also the vicarage of Glen-
devon (q.v.). — [Beg. of Deeds, xxi.,
277.]
216
MOFFAT
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT WOOD, pres. by James VI.
1586 13th Jan. 1586.
DAVID FOTHRINGHAM, M.A. (Edin-
1Q01 burgh, 28th July 1596); he was
authorised to preach in St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh, during the will of the Presb.
23rd May 1598 ; pres. to the parsonage and
vicarage by James VI. 30th July 1601. He
marr. 12th March 1602, Margaret Ker,
Edinburgh, and had issue. His grand-
daugh., Sarah Fothringham, was served
heir 9th Feb. 1650.— [Edin. Presb. Beg. ;
Beg. (Marr.): Inq. Bet. Edin., 1021.]
1610
WALTER WHITFORD, M.A. ; trans,
from Kilmarnock, and adm. before
8th June 1610. He was pres. by
Charles I. to the sub-deanery of Glasgow
9th Dec. 1628, but continued here till
22nd Nov. 1630 ; promoted to Bishopric of
Brechin (q.v.) 15th Sept. 1635.
1632
DAVID WAUGH, M.A. ; min. in 1632 ;
trans, to Kirkpatrick-Juxta about
1637.
GEORGE BUCHANAN, M.A. ; trans.
M7 from Kirkpatrick-Juxta ; adm. be-
tween 29th March and 30th June
1637 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright after 13th
July 1639. — [Reg. Old Dec, iii. ; Annandale
MSS. (Hist. MwnuseripU Commiss.), 15
Rep., appendix ix., 47.]
JOHN LEARMONTH, M.A. (St An-
1639 drews 1633); pres. by James, Lord
Johnstone, in response to a petition
from the parishioners, and ord. 16th
July 1639 ; still min. 20th July 1647. He
marr., and had issue — John, min. of Mous-
wald. — [The Annandale Family Book, i.,
clxxxi. ; Dumfries Presb. Beg.]
ARCHIBALD INGLIS, M.A.; trans.
1Q60 from Douglas before 1660 ; he was a
commissioner from the Synod of
Dumfries in 1660 to that of Lothian and
Tweeddale, and is named by Wodrow
among those who refused to submit to
Episcopacy in 1662. It is, however, prob-
able he was trans, to Westerkirk about
1663. — [Lothian Syn. Beg.; Wodrow's j
Hist., I, 326.]
DAVID JOHNSTON, burgess of Perth,
1664 son °^ Jean Johnston ; passed trials
before the Presb. of Perth and got
a testimonial for license 1st July 1663 ;
adm. about 1664 ; still in the charge 20th
Feb. 1685 ; died 4th Aug. 1687. He marr. (1 )
Elizabeth Robertson, who died before 15th
May 1667, and had issue — David, writer,
Perth ; Andrew, bursar of the city of
Edinburgh 1685 : (2) Sarah Johnston, who
was alive in 1716.— [G. B. Inhib., 10th July
1668; Pencaitland Sess. Beg. ; Perth Sas.,
iii., 398 : Edin. Counc. Beg.)
GEORGE MAITLAND, a native of
Buchan, Aberdeenshire; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 24th Aug. 1680) ;
min. in 1688 ; deprived by the Privy Coun-
cil, 17th Sept. 1689, for neither reading the
Proclamation of the Estates nor praying for
William and Mary. He went to England,
got a curacy, and died about 1693.— [MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Peterkin's Constitution
of the Church.]
GEORGE MILLIGAN, M.A. (Edin-
1695 burgh 1679); took orders as a
deacon under Episcopacy ; received
into communion by Presbyterians ; ord. to
Bowden 7th Jan. 1692 ; adm. after 24th
April 1695; died 19th Jan. 1721, aged
about 71. He had issue — George, surgeon,
Moffat, died July 1736. — [Acts of Ass.,
1695; Dumfries Tests.]
ROBERT WALLACE, ord. 29th Aug.
1723 *"' ' trans, to New Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 22nd Nov. 1733.
JAMES M'EWEN, licen. by Presb. of
1734 Jedburgh 14th July 1711; ord. to
Johnstone 26th Dec. 1733; pres. by
the tutrix to George, Marquess of Annan-
dale, in Feb., and adm. 25th April 1734 ;
dep. 27th Dec. 1741, on his own confession,
for adultery. He appeared before the
congregation, in sackcloth, on six Sundays,
and was solemnly rebuked on each of these
appearances by one of his late co-presbyters.
He went to Ireland, where he threw himself
over a precipice, previous to 27th Oct. 1745.
—[Edin. Beg. (Bur.).]
lochmaben]
MOFFAT
217
EDWAED JOHNSTONE, born 27th
1?4? Aug. 1716, eldest son of John J. of
Galabank, near Annan, and Anna,
daugh. of William Ralston ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 8th Jan. 1739) ; tutor at Com-
longan ; licen. by Presb. of Middlebie 5th
May 1742 ; pres. by George, Marquess of
Annandale, 9th Aug. 1743 ; ord. 23rd July
1747. The settlement was delayed in con-
sequence of a libel at the instance of
certain parishioners, of which he was ac-
quitted. He died unmarr. 16th Jan. 1761.
Publications—Three single Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1754-60), the last, Death and its
Consequences considered, being the only
sermon printed in Scotland on the death
of George II. ; A View of the " Edin-
burgh Review" pointing out the spirit and
tendency of that paper (Edinburgh, 1755).
— [Tomhst. ; Douglas's MS. Baronage ;
Morren's Ann., i. ; Acts of Ass., 1745-6 ;
Historical Families of Dumfriesshire, 179.]
JOHN WALKER, M.D., D.D. ; trans.
17Q2 from Glencorse ; pres. by the curator
of George, Marquess of Annandale)
4th March, and adm. 8th June 1762. He
was appointed Prof, of Natural History in
the Univ. of Edinburgh 15th June 1779.
The Presb. subsequently found that his
holding this office was incompatible with
his continuing min. of Moffat. Against
this decision an appeal was taken to the
Synod, who found that the Presb. had
acted precipitately and irregularly, and
ordered the minutes relating to this
matter to be erased. The case was ap-
pealed to the General Assembly, but there
is no record of its being heard there.
Trans, to Colinton 13th Feb. 1783.
- ALEXANDER BROWN, licen. by Presb.
1783 of Wigtown 20th Nov. 1744 ; ord. to
Tongland 30th Aug. 1748 ; trans, to
Hoddam 26th July 1783; pres. by the
curator of George, Marquess of Annan-
dale, 21st April, and adm. 29th Oct. 1783 ;
died 16th March 1800. He marr. 25th
Nov. 1751, Penelope (died 10th Dec. 1809),
daugh. of William Muir of Cassencarry, and
had issue — William; Marion, born 16th
March 1756 (marr. Peter Norris); and two
others. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.).
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, ord. to
Cranshaws 27th Sept. 1792 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Hopetoun, 13th Sept.
1800 ; adm. 4th Feb. 1801 ; died 19th Sept.
1851, in his 87th year. He marr. (1) (pro.
10th June 1795) Jane (died 17th July 1812),
daugh. of Robert Murray, merchant and
bailie of the Canongate : (2) 15th Nov.
1816, Alison Anderson, who died 10th Oct.
1846, and had issue — Agnes ; George Hume
Murray ; Alexander ; Jane (marr. Robert
Todd) ; Catherine, died 22nd Oct. 1829.
ARCHIBALD STEWART, pres. by
1843 J°nn James Hope Johnstone of
Annandale 13th June, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 24th Aug. 1843 ;
trans, to Glasserton 12th July 1849.
JOHN STUART, trans, from Newton-
1849 on"Ayr> and adm. (assistant and
successor) 26th Oct. 1849 ; trans,
to Stirling 18th May 1853.
JOHN GIBSON MACVICAR, born
lgsa Dundee, 16th March 1800, son of
Patrick M., D.D., min. of St Paul's,
Dundee ; educated at Dundee Grammar
School and Univs. of St Andrews and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dundee ;
Lecturer on Natural History (a new
lectureship founded by Dr Chalmers) in
the Univ. of St Andrews, 1825-7; M.A.,
i Honorary (St Andrews 1828) ; assistant at
St George's, Edinburgh ; ord. (by Presb.
of Edinburgh) chaplain of the Scottish
Church, Ceylon, 25th Dec. 1830; min.
of St Andrew's Church, Colombo, 1839-
53; D.D. (St Andrews 1844). He came
home on furlough in 1852, and was adm.
to this parish 29th July 1853; LL.D.
(Edinburgh 1870); died 12th Feb. 1884.
He marr. 2nd Jan. 1840, Jessie (died 29th
July 1900), daugh. of Lieut.-Col. David
Robertson-Macdonald, son of Dr William
Robertson, the historian, and Margarita
Macdonald of Kinloch-Moidart, and had
issue — Patrick, merchant, China, born
12th Sept. 1840, died 19th Aug. 1880;
Margarita Macdonald, born 22nd Dec. 1842
218
MOFFAT— MOUSWALD
[PRESB. OF
(marr. 1863, Andrew Whyte Green of
Pendleton, Ceylon); Pauline Trevelyan,
born 7th Jan. 1844, died 9th Feb. 1916;
David Robertson, sub-manager of River
Plate Loan and Agency Co., born 2nd Dec.
1847, died 6th Feb. 1900; Jessie Macdonald,
born 8th Dec. 1848 (marr. Robert Walter
Weir, D.D., min. of Greyfriars Parish, Dum-
fries) ; Agnes Gibson, born 12th Dec. 1849 ;
Haliburton John, Ceylon Survey Service,
born 14th Nov. 1851, died 29th July 1885 ;
Catharine Beck with, born 1st March 1855 ;
Symers Douglas, Invermoidart, Inverness-
shire, L.R.C.P.E., born 27th Dec. 1857.
Publications — Elements of the Economy of
Nature ; or the Principles of Physics,
Chemistry, and Physiology (Edinburgh,
1830; 2nd ed., London, 1856); Inquiries
concerning the Medium of Light and the
Form of its Molecules (Edinburgh, 1833) ;
On the Beautiful, the Picturesque, and the
Sublime (London, 1837 ; reproduced as
The Philosophy of the Beautiful, Edin-
burgh, 1855) ; The Catholic Spirit of the
True Religion (London, 1840) ; An Inquiry
into Human Nature (Edinburgh, 1853) ;
Christian Doctrine in the Words of Scrij)-
ture, arranged as a Catechism (Edinburgh,
1854 ; also published in Singalese) ; The
First Lines of Science Simjilified, and the
Structure of Molecules Attempted (Edin-
burgh, 1860); A Sketch of a Philoso])hy,
four parts (London, 1868-74); A Science
Primer (Edinburgh, 1878); A Supplement
to a Sketch of a Philosophy (London, 1881) ;
"On the Germination of Ferns" {Trans.
Edin. Phil. Soc, vol. x.) ; "A Double-
stroke Completely Exhausting Air-Pump"
(Edinburgh Philosophical Journal) ; edited
Quarterly Journal of Agriculture, 1828 ;
numerous contributions to medical and
scientific journals.— [The Scotsman, 13th
Feb. 1884 ; The Athenaeum, 16th Feb. 1884 ;
Diet. Nat. Biog. ; private information.]
DONALD CAMPBELL BRYCE, born
Muthill, Perthshire, 14th June 1851,
son of Donald B., farmer, and Janet
Clow ; educated at Collegiate Institution,
Liverpool, and Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane
25th Nov. 1875 ; assistant at Glendevon
and at Row ; ord. (assistant and successor)
at Aberfoyle 3rd Feb. 1876; trans, to St
Ninians, Stirling, 22nd June 1880 ; trans,
and adm. 27th Aug. 1884 ; died 29th July
1890. He marr. 3rd Aug. 1876, Louisa
Wilhelmina, daugh. of James Buchan and
Anne Marshall, and had issue — Anne
Marshall, born 11th July 1877, died 19th
Jan. 1903; John James, born 26th April
1879 ; Janet Clow, born 12th Dec. 1880
(marr. 6th June 1904, James Lindsay);
Louis William, born 17th Aug. 1882 ; Mar-
garet Austin, born 30th April 1884 ; Mary
Campbell, born 12th July 1886, died 21st
March 1889.
ROBERT SOMERS, born Logie, Perth-
shire, 27th Aug. 1857, son of Robert
S., schoolmaster, and Susannah
Miller ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
MA. (1879), B.D. (1882) ; licen. by Presb.
of St Andrews in 1882 ; assistant at St Giles,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Gartsherrie 11th Dec.
1884; trans, and adm. 19th Feb. 1891.
Marr. (1) 18th Aug. 1885, Jessie Usher
(died 24th Jan. 1890), daugh. of John
Usher Somner and Agnes Clay, and has
issue— Robert, born 4th June 1886, served
in Australian Horse in European War,
1915 ; Agnes Mary, born 6th June 1888,
died 14th May 1893; Jessie Usher, born
26th Dec. 1889 : (2) 21st June 1900, Jane,
daugh. of Thomas Lamb, merchant, Liver-
pool, and Mary Osborne.
MOUSWALD.
[The church was dedicated to St Peter,
and near it was St Peter's Well.]
THOMAS WEIR, reader, Nov.
1569 1569.
JOHN EDGAR, reader from 1576 to
1576 1585.
WILLIAM HAMILTON, M.A., son of
John H. of Newton ; adm. to Ruther-
glen 21st March 1604 ; trans, to Little
Dal ton in 1611 ; adm. here about 1615 ;
still min. 17th July 1627. He had issue
— John ; and a daugh. — [Acts and Dec,
lochmaben]
MOUSWALD
219
ccclvii., 20; Reg. Assig. ; Bannatyne Mis-
cell., iii.]
ALEXANDER MAKGOWN, born 1605,
? eldest son of William M., merchant
burgess of Dumfries ; MA. (St An-
drews 1626) ; min. in 1637 ; refusing to
conform to Episcopacy, he was suspended
by the Synod 28th April 1664, and con-
fined to his parish. He relinquished the
charge, and died at Dumfries, 7th June
1677. He marr. Elizabeth Ramsay, who
died 24th July 1661, and had issue —
Alexander, conjoined with his father in a
sasine of land at Dumfries 25th Nov.
1664 ; James, graduated at St Andrews
in 1656; Thomas; and a child, bapt. 3rd
Oct. 1652. — [Dumfries Sas., 14th Dec.
1639 ; Jedburgh Presb. ; Dumfries Reg.
{Deaths) ; Dumfries Tests. ; Wodrow's
Hist. ; Neiv Gen. Reg. Sas., xi. ; Commis.
to Ass., 1638, 1648 ; Baillie's Lett. ; G. R.
Hornings, 15th Dec. 1670.]
JOHN LEARMONTH, born 1642, son
1Q74 of John L., min. of Moffat; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 31st July 1662); licen.
by George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 26th April
1666; adm. before 16th July 1674; outed
at the Revolution ; died at Dumfries, 9th
June 1726.— [Reg. Coll at. ; Dumfries Reg.
(Deaths) ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., iv.,
612.]
JOHN DUNLOP, passed trials before
1691 ^e Presb- of Lanark ; was recom-
mended for license 24th May 1682 ;
called in March, and ord. (at Lochmaben,
by Presb. of Dumfries) 29th May 1691 ;
a member of Assembly in 1692 ; had his
kirk and manse repaired by order of the
Duke of Queensberry in 1705, at an
expense of £660, 16s. 4d., which the min.
laid out, and which remained long unpaid.
He was dep. in 1715. He took up his
residence at Kilmarnock, and subsequently
at Irvine. The date of his death is un-
known. He marr. 22nd Sept. 1691, Agnes,
daugh. of Bailie John Irving of Drum-
coltran, parish of Kirkgunzeon, and had
issue — Agnes. — [Dumfries Reg. (Marr. and
Bapt.) ; Acts of Ass., 1715, 1716.]
JOHN WHITEHEAD, born 1679, son
,,_,,_ of John W. of Bonarick ; ord. 24th
March 1717 ; died unmarr. 5th July
1736.— [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ;
1737 Pres" kv Charles, Duke of Queens-
berry, Dec. 1736; ord. 21st April
1737 ; trans, to Durisdeer 5th April 1744.
JAMES LORIMER, called 31st Jan.,
1745 and ord. 2nd May 1745 ; trans, to
Yarrow 6th Feb. 1765.
JAMES MOODY, pres. by Charles, Duke
1766 °^ Queens^erry, 1st July 1765 ; ord.
13th March 1766 ; trans, to Second
Charge, Perth, 11th June 1772.
1772
JACOB DICKSON [DIXON], probably
son of Abraham D., a native of
Cumberland, who was a student at
the Univ. of Glasgow in 1730; ord. Aug.
1770 min. of a Presbyterian congregation at
Blennerhasset, Cumberland ; pres. to this
parish by Charles, Duke of Queensberry
and Dover, 18th July, and adm. 17th Dec.
1772 ; died 4th Nov. 1824, in his 88th year.
He marr. Janet Richardson, who died 25th
July 1821, and had issue — Richard Low-
thian, born 14th May 1767 ; Ann, born 8th
Dec. 1768 (marr. 14th Nov. 1796, Abraham
Dickson, captain of the Elizabeth of Liver-
pool), died 10th March 1847 ; Robert, born
16th May 1771, died 18th Oct. 1813;
Elizabeth, born 19th March 1773, died 11th
April 1774 ; Gilbert, born 28th Dec. 1774,
died 24th Sept. 1796; Janet, born 26th
Oct. 1776 (marr. 29th Aug. 1805, Oswald
Hunter, surgeon, East Indies) ; Abraham,
born 25th Aug. 1778; James, born 29th
June 1780, died 24th Oct. 1784; Bryce
(twin), born 29th June 1780, died 8th Nov.
1 780 ; Margaret (marr. Thomas Hastings,
min. of Wanlockhead). Publication — Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
vii.).
ANDREW BEVERIDGE MURRAY,
1826 son °^ J°nn M- an^ Mary Beveridge ;
licen. by Presb. of Penpont 5th
April 1813 ; pres. by Charles, Marquess of
Queensberry, 19th July, and ord. 22nd
220
MOUSWALD
[PRESB. OF
Sept. 1825 ; died 28th Sept. 1861, aged 75.
He marr. Helen (died 5th Dec. 1840),
daugh. of Alexander Monilaws, min. of
Kirkpatrick - Fleming, and had issue —
Helen, born 22nd May 1829, died 7tb
Oct. 1861 ; Alexander John, min. of Eddle-
ston, born 4th Feb. 1831 : Patrick, M.D.,
Dumfries, born 30th Nov. 1832, died 9th
Nov. 1911 ; Mary Beveridge, born 3rd Dec.
1835.
ANDREW GEAY, M.A. ; trans, from
1882 ^ew Church, Dumfries; adm. 3rd
July 1862 ; trans, to Momingside,
Edinburgh, 19th Jan. 1865.
JOHN GILLESPIE, born Annanbank,
1865 Johnstone, Dumfriesshire, 2nd April
1836, son of James G., farmer, and
Margaret Johnston ; educated at Wamphray
School, Dumfries Academy (dux 1852), and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1857); licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 5th July 1861 ; assistant
at Middle Parish, Paisley, and West Parish,
Dairy ; ord. 26th Sept. 1865; clerk of Presb.
in 1875 ; clerk of Synod in 1875 ; LL.D.
(Glasgow 1897) ; convener of the Committee
on Small Livings, 1897-1912 ; chairman of
"West of Scotland Agricultural College in
1899 ; vice-president and chairman of Direc-
tors, Highland and Agricultural Society of
Scotland in 1900 ; Moderator of Assembly
19th May 1903; depute-clerk of Assembly
1907-12 ; Examiner in Agriculture, Glasgow
Univ. ; member of the joint-board for con-
ferring National Agricultural Diplomas; and
other offices. The most notable among the
rural mins. of his time, he enjoyed wide
popularity, and was familiarly spoken of as
the " Minister of Agriculture for Scotland."
He died 14th Feb. 1912. He marr. 9th
June 1868, Jessie Kirkwood Crichton,
daugh. of John Patrick and Elizabeth
Burns Crichton, and had issue — Jane
Crichton, born 3rd July 1869 ; Margaret
Johnston, born 23rd Nov. 1870 (marr. 9th
June 1905, William Halliday Gillespie,
merchant, Burma) ; Elizabeth Lilias
Crichton, born 2nd Sept. 1873 (marr.
2nd Dec. 1913, James Campbell Aikman,
Glasgow) ; Jessie Crichton Patrick, born
17th May 1876; Mary Reid Tomlinson,
born 17th April 1886. Publications —
Farmers and Income Tax : Manual of
Agricultural Holdings Act ; "Agriculture
of Dumfriesshire" (Prize Essay, Trans.
High. Soc., 1868-9); The Humours of Scot-
tish Life (Edinburgh, 1904) ; editor of
Galloway Herd Booh (1878-1912); numerous
contributions to Transactions of Highland
Society.— {The Scotsman, 15th Feb. 1912.]
HUGH SKINNER MACKENZIE, born
1912 Aberdeen, 27th Aug. 1878, son of
James Skinner M., min. of Little
Dunkeld ; educated at Dunkeld Royal
School, George Watson's College, Edin-
burgh, and Univ. of Aberdeen ; M.A.
(1899), B.D. (1904); licen. by Presb. of
Dunkeld 3rd May 1904 ; in charge of
Straloch Royal Bounty Mission, Moulin,
1904-5 ; ord. (by Presb. of Dunkeld) min.
of St Andrew's Presbyterian Church,
Naauwpoort, Cape Colony, 8th Oct. 1905 ;
adm. to this parish 7th May 1912 ; trans,
to Stenton 16th May 1916. He marr. 29th
July 1915, Mary Wylie Woodman, younger
daugh. of the Rev. Francis Ross, New
Glasgow, Nova Scotia, late of St Luke's,
Demerara, and Grenada.
1916
ALEXANDER MOIR, born Aberdeen,
18th July 1873, son of Alexander M.
and Ann Scott; educated at Ruthrie-
ston Public School, Aberdeen, Church of
Scotland Training College and University,
Aberdeen, and Glasgow University ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1912) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamil-
ton 3rd May 1910 ; assistant at Avendale,
Cardonald, and St Andrew's, Glasgow ;
ord. to Carfin Chapel-of-Ease 19th Sept.
1913; trans, and adm. 29th Sept. 1916.
Marr. 7th Oct. 1913, Mary Strachan, and
has issue — Ian Alexander, born 27th June
1914 ; Robert Scott, born 24th July 1916.
ST MUNGO, formerly ABER-
MELK or CASTLEMILK.
[Abermelk was a mensal kirk of the
Archbishop of Glasgow. The parish name
was changed in the seventeenth century
to that of its patron saint. There was a
Well of Our Lady.]
lochmaben]
ST MUNGO
221
WILLIAM HOUSTON, brother of
157_ Patrick H. of that ilk ; pres. by
James VI. 3rd Dec. 1575 ; still min.
in 1585. — [Beg. Assig.]
DAVID ROGERS, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1612 28t^ ^U*y 15")> being then under
twenty -five ; was on the Exercise at
Lanark 13th Nov. 1602 ; pres. to Caer-
laverock 3rd Dec. 1605; adm. here 1612,
having Tundergarth also in charge ; re-
moved to Tundergarth before 28th May
1624. He was readm. in 1630. He had
a decreet served on him to remove from
12 or 14 acres of kirkland, but they still
remain in possession of his successors. He
marr. Nov. 1644, Barbara Johnston, in the
parish of Dumfries.— [Beg. Assig. ; Durie's
Dec. ; Dumfries Reg. {Marr.).]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, born
1650 1611, son of Duncan F. and Mar-
garet Ramsay ; M.A. (St Andrews
1631); he had been "ane conformist in
Ireland, preached three quarters of a year
in Edinburgh, and been two years with the
armie"; was proposed for the parish of
Livingston in 1646 ; was settled in this
charge in 1650. Refusing to conform to
Episcopacy in 1662, he was confined to the
parish. He was apprehended for holding
a conventicle. He acted as clerk to a
General Meeting of Presbyterian mins. in
Edinburgh, 24th May 1676 ; was examined
by the Privy Council 8th Feb. 1677 ; sent
to the Bass 3rd Aug. 1677. Having been
liberated, he died at Edinburgh, 28th May
1686. He marr. Christian, daugh. of Tor-
quil Macneil, and had issue — Alexander ;
John, min. of Stirling; James, advocate,
died 1705; William, W.S., died 1st Oct.
1701; Elizabeth; Barbara, died aged 18;
Christian (marr. 12th Jan. 1693, George
Murray of Murraythwaite). — [Dumfries and
Linlith. Presb. Begs. ; Dumfries Tests. ;
Edin. Beg. {Bur.) ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 355
[where he is called Andrew]; Monteith's
Theater of Mortality, i. ; Bass Bock.]
JOHN LUMSDAINE, M.A. ; min.
1Q?7 in 1677; trans, to Dalgety in
1680.
FRANCIS HENDERSON, M.A. (St
16^„ Andrews, 26th July 1673) ; min. in
1682. The church was vacant in
1689 ; he was alive, however, and paid the
poll tax in 1701. He marr. 12th Jan. 1682,
Anna, daugh. of James Blair, min of Rossie
[Inchture], and had issue — Mary (marr.
John Kenne, writer, Aberdour). From this
min. the Somervilles of Whitecroft are
descended. — [Bossie Sess. Beg. ; Edin. Beg.
{Marr.) ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JAMES MURRAY, son of William
Murray of Murraythwaite ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 9th July 1694); licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 31st May 1698 ; ord.
5th May 1699 ; died March 1735, aged about
61. He marr. 7th Dec. 1714, Agnes Car-
ruthers, and had issue — James, born 30th
June 1724. His widow marr. again, and
died 15th May 1751.
WILLIAM FORRESTER, pres. by
1736 George II. 31st May 1735 ; ord. 2nd
Sept. 1736; trans, to Carstairs 19th
Oct. 1748.
DAVID IMRIE, M.A. (St Andrews, 5th
1751 May 1730); chaplain in the family
of Sir William Johnstone of Wester-
hall, Bart. ; licen. by Presb. of Middlebie
27th Oct. 1736; ord. to Dalton 7th May
1741 ; pres. by George II. 8th March 1749 ;
adm. 20th June 1751 ; clerk of Synod 16th
Oct. 1759; died 28th Sept. 1783, in his
72nd year. He marr. 12th June 1744,
Elizabeth Johnstone, who died 1st Oct.
1780, aged 68. Publications— The Necessity
of the Almighty Power and Grace of God
to Cure Sin, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1748) ;
A Letter [in which he anticipated the
speedy conversion of the Jews, and restora-
tion to their own land] (Edinburgh, 1755)
[this letter he ordered to be suppressed,
promising the publication of a larger work,
which never appeared].— [Tombst. ; Mon-
creiff's Life of Erskine ; Davidson's Lett. ;
Scots Mag., xvii.]
DAVID DICKSON, born 1750, son of
1784 "^' °^ Locharwoods ; pres. by George
III. in Feb., and ord. 6th May 1784 ;
died unmarr. 5th Feb. 1803. Publication —
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[PKESB. OF
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xi.). — [To?)ibst.]
ANDREW JAMESON, bom 1779, son
of a soapboiler in Leith ; licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 30th Dec. 1801 ;
pres. by George III. 8th March, and ord.
18th Aug. 1803; died 29th March 1861.
He marr. 24th Feb. 1808, Elizabeth Morse
(died 30th Aug. 1853), daugh. of John
Carmichael, Calcutta, and had issue —
Thomas Ross, M.D., Inspector-General of
Army Hospitals, born 3rd Feb. 1809, died
at Lympstone, 6th July 1S86 ; Jane Miller,
born 23rd April 1810; John Carmichael,
surgeon, Melbourne, born 5th Sept. 1812 ;
William Warner, born 3rd May 1814 ; Ann
Carmichael, born 11th Aug. 1816, died
11th Jan. 1828 ; Robert Charles Frederick,
born 26th May 1818. Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN MEIN AUSTIN, born Edin-
1861 burgh, 11th Nov. 1819, son of John
A. and Helen Hood Mein ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh \ licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh ; ord. to Johnstone Chapel-of-
Ease, Renfrewshire, 2nd May 1849 ; trans,
to St Mary's Chapel-of-Ease, Dumfries,
7th May 1852: trans, and adm. 29th Nov.
1861; died 29th March 1868. He marr.
30th April 1855, Margaret (died 14th Aug.
1914), daugh. of James Jardine, farmer,
Applegarth, and Margaret Jardine, and had
issue — Margaret Jardine, born 25th April
1856 ; Jane Isabella, born 5th June 1858
(marr. 4th Nov. 1880, Joseph Carruthers,
banker, Sanquhar); James John Mein, born
14th Nov. 1860; Robert David Jardine
Mein, W.S., born 4th July 1864, died 15th
Aug. 1910; Elizabeth Agnes, born 14th
Feb. 1866 (marr. 31st March 1886, Frank
Hunter, W.S.).
JAMES PROPHIT, son of William P.,
1868 bailiff, Edinkillie, and Annie Ross ;
educated at Univ. of Aberdeen ;
M.A. (King's College 1850) ; licen. by Presb.
of Forres 28th June 1854 ; ord. to Dunross-
ness 30th Sept. 1858 ; trans, and adm. 30th
Oct. 1868 ; died 15th Feb. 1889. He marr.
(1) 4th Oct. 1858, Elizabeth Janet (died
25th Jan. 1867), daugh. of James Grierson
of Quendale, Shetland, and had issue —
James Maxwell Grant, born 15th Sept.
• 1859 ; Grace Nina Turnbull, born 7th July
1861 ; William Craigie, 1st Batt. Wiltshire
Yeomanry, born 4th April 1864, died at
Winburg, Orange Free State, 31st March
1901 ;- Elizabeth Grant, born 22nd April
1865 : (2) 30th Nov. 1869, Jemima Allan
(died 9th Aug. 1877), daugh. of William
Ker, Ninewar, East Lothian, and had issue
—Robert, born 2nd Jan. 1873 ; Edith Mary,
born 28th Aug. 1875 : (3) 2nd March 1880,
Sarah, daugh. of the Rev. Archibald Simp-
son, The Leigh, Shelford, Victoria, Aus-
tralia (she marr. (2) 16th Oct. 1895, Charles
Hessel Todd, min. of East U.F. Church,
Aberdeen), and had issue — Archibald Leigh,
born 27th Feb. 1881, died 7th April 1885.
LEE MKINSTRY FLEMING, born
1889 ^orboy, Co. Longford, Ireland, 9th
June 1858, son of Robert Winning
F.. min. at Corboy, afterwards at Coleraine,
Co. Derry, and Elizabeth M'Kinstry ; edu-
cated at Dublin, London, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; B.A. (Dublin 1882) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dublin in 1884 ; assistant at
Melrose and St Bernard's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 20th Aug. 1889. Marr. 31st
March 1891, Emily, daugh. of William St
George Yeates and Frances Walker, and
has issue — Winifred M'Kinstry Lenore,
born 25th June 1894, died 19th April 1912.
TUNDERGARTH.
[A new church was opened here, 10th
Nov. 1900.]
DAVID ROGERS, M.A. ; trans, from
Castlemilk [St Mungo] in 1612 ; pres.
to Melrose by James VI. 28th May
1624, but he remained here, and was a
member of Assembly in 1638 ; he removed
again to St Mungo (probably then con-
joined).— [Commiss. to Ass., 1638.]
THOMAS HENDERSON, M.A. ; min.
in 1648 ; trans, to Lochmaben in
1612
1648
1663.— [Commiss. to Ass., 1648.]
JAMES WELLWOOD [WELWOOD],
1659 S0D °^ ^0Dn W-j citizen of St An-
drews ; M.A. (St Andrews 1626) ;
schoolmaster of Errol from 14th Nov. 1630
lochmaben]
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223
to 13th Nov. 1651, and on the Exercise
at St Andrews 26th Jan. 1643. He
was adm. to this parish in 1659 ; de-
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662; died before 1668. He marr. (1)
Margaret Dury, who died in 1659, and had
issue — Andrew, author of Meditations
representing a Glimpse of Glory, died before
1673; John, a min. of the Church, who
suffered in the time of persecution, born
1649, died at Perth, April 1679 ; James,
styled writer, Edinburgh, in 1679 [Dr Hew
Scott confounds him with James Wellwood,
M.D., author of Memoirs of the most
material Transactions in England, who
was a son of Robert Wellwood of Touch] ;
Helen. By a second marriage he had a
daugh., Mary.— [G. B. Sas., li., 38 ; Tombst.;
Errol Sess. Beg. ; Wodrow's Hist. ; Howie's
Collection ; Chalmers's Dunfermline, ii. ;
Fife Sheriff Court Deeds, 14th July 1670 ;
Fife Sas., viii., 240 ; ibid., xi., 55 ; Howie's
Scots Worthies.]
JAMES ROBERTSON, ord. after 1st
■iooo Dec. 1663: trans, to Nenthorn in
1664.
JOHN PATERSON, min. in 1682.—
1682 {Old Edin. Club Book, viii., 100].
WILLIAM ARNOTT, MA. ; min. in
1684 1684; trans, to Abdie in 1685.
JOHNSTON, deserted his charge
1689 in 1689.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, son of John
1691 ^'' DurSess> Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, 1671-5 ; ord. (at
Lochmaben, by the Presb. of Dumfries)
27th May 1691; dem. about April 1716.
His wife, a Wellwood, perhaps a daugh.
of his predecessor of that name, died in
1716, aged 71. — [Dumfries Presb. Beg.;
Tombst.]
ANDREW CLERK, MA. (Edinburgh,
1717 30th April 1700) ; licen. by Presb. of
Middlebie 21st May 1712 ; ord. 26th
Dec. 1717 ; died 6th June 1754, in his 74th
year. He marr. 30th Aug. 1720, Katherine
Johnstone, who died 21st Feb. 1747, and
had issue — Jean ; Mary ; Margaret ; Kathe-
rine, born 5th March 1731 ; Agnes, born
24th Oct. 1734.— [Test, Beg., Dumfries;
Tombst.]
ANDREW JAFFREY, pres. by the
1755 commissioner for David, Viscount
Stormont, 4th Jan., and ord. 6th
March 1755 ; trans, to Ruthwell 27th Nov.
1760.
JOSEPH FERGUSSON, licen. by Presb.
7 of Edinburgh, 27th June 1759 ; pres.
by the commissioner for David, Vis-
count Stormont, 4th Jan., and ord. 17th
Sept. 1761 ; died unman-. 18th Jan. 1791,
in 73rd year. — [Tombst.]
RICHARD PAXTON, licen. by Presb.
17gl of Langholm 6th May 1783 ; ord. by
the Presbyterian Classis of Cumber-
land, Aug. 1785, min. of a congregation
at Huddlescough, from which he removed
to Penrith; pres. to this parish by the
commissioner for David, Viscount Stor-
mont, in June, and adm. 8th Sept. 1791 ;
died unmarr. 10th Feb. 1832.
THOMAS LITTLE, MA. (Edinburgh,
1822 19th April 1822) ; app. English, Latin,
and French master in George Heriot's
Hospital 14th June 1804 ; licen. by Presb.
of Annan 4th Feb. 1813 ; pres. by William,
Earl of Mansfield, 30th April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 5th Sept. 1822 ;
died 7th June 1854. He marr. 21st July
1840, Jane Davidson, who died 2nd Dec.
1861. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Steven's Mem. of
Heriot.]
ROBERT SANDERS, born Westwood,
Tundergarth, 20th Jan. 1825, son
of Robert S. of Westwood, and
Elizabeth Johnston or Bryden ; educated
at Ferguson's School, Lockerbie, and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben 2nd May 1848 ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 22nd Feb. 1850; died 29th
Sept. 1896. He marr. 14th Aug. 1854,
Mary Jane Davidson (died s.p. 16th Feb,
1907, aged 75), [author of Happy with
Either ; Matthew Dale, Farmer ; etc.],
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TUNDERGARTH— WAMPHRAY
[PKESB. OF
daugh. of George Underwood of Cushet-
hill, Middlebie, solicitor, and Georgina
Davidson. Publication — Numerous articles
in The British Bee Journal. — [Life and
Work, Oct. 1883 J The Poets of Dumfries-
shire, 301.]
PETER MACNAB, M.A. ; ord. 21st
7 April 1897 ; trans, to Laurieston
Parish, Glasgow, 24th Jan. 1902.
HUGH THOMAS SUTHERLAND
lgo2 MORRISON, born Dairy, Ayrshire,
1st Dec. 1872, son of Walter M. and
Jean Scouller ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; M.A. (1893), B.D. (1896) ; licen. by
Presb. of Irvine May 1896 ; assistant at
Dunoon and at Gartsherrie ; ord. 3rd
June 1902 ; clerk of Presb. ; trans, to
Kirkcowan 1st Dec. 1916. Marr. 26th
Aug. 1903, Agnes Martin, daugh. of Peter
Murray and Margaret Cochran Scott, and
has issue— Margaret Cochran Scott, born |
4th Feb. 1906; Jean Scouller, born 2nd
Oct. 1908.
WAMPHRAY.
[The church was dedicated to St Cuth-
bert. There was in the parish a chapel of
St Bernard.]
JOHN HAITLIE [or HASTIE], M.A.
(Edinburgh, 25th July 1618) ; min.
in 1632 ; died before Sept. 1659. His
widow, Alison Stewart, had £50 allowed
by Parliament in consideration of his
being a sufferer for loyalty. He had issue
— Margaret, buried Sept. 1659. — [Acts of
Pari., vii. ; Paterson's Wamj)hray.~\
- JOHN BROWN, probably born and
educated at Kirkcudbright; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 24th July 1630). Though
noticed as a minister by Samuel Ruther-
ford in his correspondence as early as
1637, he was probably not settled here
earlier than 1655. He was deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. On 6th
Nov. thereafter, he was accused of re-
proaching some of his brethren, calling
them "perjured knaves and villains," for
attending the Diocesan Synod at Glasgow,
and was sentenced to be kept a "close
prisoner in the Tolbooth of Edinburgh."
After being there five Aveeks, to the im-
pairing of bis health and danger of his
life, he petitioned for a release. This was
granted on condition of " obliging himself
to remove and depart off the king's
dominions, and not to return without
licence from his majesty and council,
under pain of death." He went to Rotter-
dam in March 1663, and ministered in
the Scots Church there. In 1677, in conse-
quence of repeated representations from
King Charles, B. and two others were
ordered by the Dutch Government to with-
draw from Rotterdam. He retired to
Utrecht, but returned to Rotterdam in
1678, and died there in Sept. 1679. Shortly
before his death, he took part in the
ordination of Richard Cameron. He was
aged about 69, and apparently unmarr.
His wealth consisted in his library. He
bequeathed by his will, dated 2nd April
1676, "one hundred guineas to the poor
of the Scottish congregation, Rotterdam,
after the selling of his books," "specially
excepting the Complutensian Bible in six
volumes, which he gave to his endeared
friend and brother, Robert M'Ward."
Publications — An Apologeticall Relation
of the Sufferings of Ministers and Professors
of the Church of Scotland (anon., 1665 ;
Edinburgh, 1846) ; Libri duo : in priori
Wolzogium, . . . in posteriori Lamberti
Velthusii (Amstel, 1670) ; De causa Dei
contra Anti-Sabbatarios, 2 vols. (Rotter-
dam, 1674-6) ; Christ the Way, and the
Truth, and the Life (Rotterdam, 1677 ;
Edinburgh, 1839) ; Quaherisme the Pathway
to Paganisme (Rotterdam, 1678) ; The
History of the Indulgence (1678). Also
the following posthumous works : — The
Life of Faith in Times of Trial (1679) ;
The Sworn Song, or Second Part (1680) ;
The Life of Justification Opened (1695);
Christ in Believers the Hope of Glory
(Edinburgh, 1703) ; A Pious and Elaborate
Treatise concerning Prayer (1720 ; another
edition, Glasgow, 1745); A Vindication
of Fellowship Meetings, and of hearing
lochmaben]
WAMPHKAY
225
Suffering Ministers (Edinburgh, 1740) ; An
Explanation of the Epistle to the Romans
(Edinburgh, 1769) ; Enoch's Testimony
Opened (Edinburgh, 1771); The Mirror,
or a Treatise on the Laiv and Gospel (Glas-
gow, 1792) ; Letters concerning the Third
Indulgence (M'Ward's Earnest Contend-
ings); a MS. History of the Church (in
Latin) is in the Univ. Library, Edinburgh,
and a MS. on Indefinite Ordination in
Wodrow MSS., Advocates' Library, Edin-
burgh. — [Rutherf urd's Lett. ; Wodrow's
Hist., i. 304, iv. 500) ; Lockerby's Life ;
Steven's Scott. Ch. Rotterd.; M'Crie's
Mem. of Veitch ; Edin. Chr. Inst., xxi. ;
The Scots Worthies ; Walker's Scottish The-
ology and Theologians, 24 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
1663
WILLIAM CARMICHAEL, M.A. j
adm. about 1663; trans, to Athel-
staneford 15th June 1665.
1680
JOHN SWINTON, M. A. ; ord. 14th
iooC Dec. 1665 ; trans, to Cranshaws 21st
Oct. 1674.
ALEXANDER WOOD, MA. ; min.
1Q|__ about 1675 ; trans, to Lenzie [Kirk-
intilloch] in 1679.
WILLIAM WISHART, son of James
W., rector of the Grammar School
of Montrose; MA. (Edinburgh
1665); ord. to New Abbey 23rd April
1669; min. here 1680; died Feb. 1685,
aged about 40. — [Dumfries Tests. ; Wight-
man's Just Rejily.]
GEORGE DEMPSTER, pres. by
1685 William Johnstone of Wamphray
6th July 1685.
THOMAS DOUGLAS, MA. (Edin-
1690 Dur§h) 23rd May 1655) ; ord. to
a charge (unidentified) in London.
Decreet of the Privy Council was passed
against him and other mins., 16th July
1671, for holding conventicles. He was
denounced as a rebel, 16th July 1674, and
letters of intercommuning were issued
against him 3rd Aug. following. On 29th
May 1679, he and Robert Hamilton,
brother of the Laird of Preston, with
about eighty armed men, rode into Ruther-
glen, burned at the Cross all the Acts of
VOL. II.
the Scottish Parliament obnoxious to civil
and religious liberty from 1660 till that
date, and affixed to the Cross a declaration
why they had done so. He was present at
Drumclog, and spent the next few years
preaching to the Covenanters of the South
of Scotland. He ultimately found his way
to London, where he seems to have re-
mained until his admission to this parish
in 1690. He died in the end of 1695, aged
about 60, leaving, in poor circumstances,
a widow whose name is unknown. She
sold a debt of 700 merks to the succeeding
incumbent for £5 and a tombstone for her
husband. It is said the latter condition
was never fulfilled. — [Wodrow's Hist., Hi.,
90, 231 ; Wightman's Just Reply ; Law's
Memorials ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Lives
of Peden and Cargill ; Treasury of the
Scottish Covenant.']
JOHN TAYLOR, ord. 4th March 1697 ;
1697 suspended (by the Synod) 10th April
1715 for altering the marches of his
glebe, and other misdemeanours. He de-
clined the Court's authority, and joined
two other mins. in forming a Presb. This
lasted a very short while, yet not without
injury to the interests of religion in the
parish. A representation by the Presb. was
made to the General Assembly, 9th May
1716, giving a long narrative of T.'s dis-
orders and irregularities, and craving the
Assembly to take definite steps for his
removal. On 26th May 1718 the Presb.
was enjoined to warn him to abstain from
his disorderly and schismatical courses,
" and if he do so, that they stop their pro-
ceeding, but if he continue disorderly and
contumacious, they appoint the Presb. to
proceed to a sentence of excommunication."
He was deposed shortly afterwards, and
retired to the parish of Eskdalemuir, but
returned to Annanholm, Wamphray, where
he died Nov. 1745. His funeral was met
by the Jacobite army under the command
of Lord George Murray, then proceeding to
Dumfries, all of whom doffed their bonnets
as they passed. At the churchyard, how-
ever, some of the farmers' horses were
carried off by the Highlanders. He marr.
Lilias Proudfoot, who died 26th Oct. 1748.
226
WAMPHRAY
[PRESB. OF
Publication — Vindication of Mr John
Taylor. — [Acts of Ass. ; Wightman's Just
Reply ; Boston's Mem. ; Tombst.; Kae's Hist,
of the Rebellion ; Paterson's Wamphray.']
GABRIEL GULLAN, ord. 19th Sept.
1?1w 1717 (under protection of a party
of soldiers, with Bailie Graham at
their head) ; trans, to Dryfesdale 16th
March 1731.
JOHN IRVING, called 21st June, and
1738 0rc^ 13t^ Sept. 1733; trans, to
Sanquhar 9th June 1743.
J GEORGE BARCLAY of Middleton,
1744 Pres* ky George, Marquess of
Annandale, and James Johnstone of
Wamphray, with consent of John, Earl
of Hopetoun, Oct. 1743 ; ord. 29th March
1744 ; trans, to Ormiston 23rd Oct. 1754.
JAMES WILLIAMSON, pres. by John,
1?55 Earl of Hopetoun, 8th March, and
ord 23rd Sept. 1755 ; trans, to Close-
burn 3rd Sept. 1758 ; he got possession of
the manse only a short time before
leaving.
yGEORGE BARCLAY, son of the above
l75g George B. ; pres. by John, Earl
of Hopetoun, 26th Dec. 1758 ; ord.
14th June 1759 ; trans, to Hutton and
Corrie 24th March 1762.
WILLIAM BARRON, pres. by John,
l763 Earl of Hopetoun, 19th June 1762 \
ord. 10th Feb. 1763 \ trans, to Whit-
burn 5th Feb. 1771. During his in-
cumbency he never resided in the parish,
but lodged in Moffat, and seldom visited
Wamphray except for his pulpit duty on
Sundays.
DAVID DONALDSON, M.A. (St
1772 Andrews 1755) ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 27th Aug. 1766; pres. by
John, Earl of Hopetoun, Sept. 1771 ; ord.
7th May 1772 ; retired to Moffat 3rd Dec.
1793, where he died 20th Jan. 1802. He
marr. 5th March 1781, Elizabeth Martin
(died s.p. Oct. 1783), widow of John Story
of Newton. — [Dumfries Tests.]
WILLIAM SINGER, pres. by James,
1(_g4 Earl of Hopetoun, in Aug., and ord.
(assistant and successor) 23rd Oct.
1794 ; trans, to Kirkpatrick-Juxta 25th
July 1799.
JAMES CRICHTON, pres. by James,
1800 Earl of Hopetoun, 19th Nov. 1799;
ord. (assistant and successor) 25th
April 1800 ; trans, to Holy wood 10th Oct.
1805.
JOSEPH KIRKPATRICK of Rashgill,
1806 orc^ ^° Dunscore 18th Sept. 1777 ;
pres. by James, Earl of Hopetoun,
Nov. 1805 ; adm. 21st Feb. 1806; died
27th July 1824, in his 75th year, being the
first min. who had died in the charge for a
hundred and twenty-nine years. He marr.
18th Feb. 1783, Anne (died 30th Jan. 1812,
aged 70), daugh. of William M'Millan, min.
of Torthorwald, and had issue — Isabella,
born 9th Dec. 1784, died 20th June 1785;
Isabella, born 21st March 1788 (marr. 7th
July 1813, John Rogerson, in Fingland).
Publication — Account of Dunscore (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
CHARLES DICKSON, educated at
1825 Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Haddington 6th Dec. 1821 ; pres.
by John, Earl of Hopetoun, 24th Nov.
1824 ; ord. 5th May 1825 ; died 10th May
1853. He marr. 27th Oct. 1835, Margaret
(died 1st Oct. 1902), daugh. of John Roger-
son, in Fingland, and Isabella Kirkpatrick,
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue
— James David, born 15th April 1837, died
young ; John Rogerson, born 30th April
1839 ; Joseph Kirkpatrick, born 19th June
1841 ; Samuel Rogerson born 26th Feb.
1843 ; James David, advocate, born 6th
Sept. 1848, died 24th Sept. 1878 ; Isabella
Kirkpatrick Rogerson, born 9th April 1850,
died at Moffat 1914. Publications— The
Case of Blind Bartimeus, considered and
illustrated; Baptismal Regeneration tested
by the Scriptures, etc. ; Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
GEORGE WIGHT, born 14th Sept.
1854 1826, son of James W., min. of
Oxnam ; educated at The Nest,
Jedburgh, and Univ. of Glasgow; B.A.
lochmaben]
WAMPHRAV
227
(1846), M.A. (1847); licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh in 1852 ; assistant at Edgerston,
Caverfxfand in this parish ; ord. 26th Jan.
1854; died at Moffat 7th March 1913.
He marr. (1) 23rd Oct. 1860, Helen Bell
Blacklock (died 3rd July 1875), daugh. of
John Bell of Albie, and had issue — James
Leslie, born 11th Feb. 1863; John George,
born 11th July 1867 ; Helena Mary, born
10th July 1870 : (2) 9th Sept. 1880, Jessie,
daugh. of Andrew Taylor and Jessie Forbes
Hogg, and had issue — Winifred Margaret
Forbes, born 18th Jan. 1882.
1907
- RICHARD BELL, born Riggfoot,
Cummertrees, 27th Oct. 1876, son
of Richard B. and Ann M'Dougall ;
educated at Mouswald School, Dumfries
Academy, and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1897), B.D. (1900); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh in 1904 ; assistant to Professor
of Hebrew and Oriental Languages in
Univ. of Edinburgh ; examiner in Divinity,
Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 8th Jan. 1907. Marr. 2nd June
1911, Jessie, daugh. of Robert Giffen and
Margaret Campbell.
PRESBYTERY OF LANGHOLM
[Erected by the General Assembly of 1743 from the Presbytery of Middlebie, now
called Annan. At that time the parish of Castleton was taken from the Presbytery
of Jedburgh, and added to this new Presbytery of Langholm.
The Register of the Presbytery's proceedings, beginning 9th Nov. 1743, has several
blanks. One of these extends from 5th May 1762 to 18th Nov. 1778. By special
agreement, this Court holds also the Records of the Presbytery of Middlebie or Annan
from 23rd June 1703 to 30th Jan. 1717.]
CANONBIE.
[The church, commonly spoken of as the
Kirk of Liddal, was dedicated to St Martin.
It belonged to the Priory of Canonbie,
and passed with it under the jurisdiction
of the Abbey of Jedburgh.
At Halgreen, or Hailygreen, in the parish,
Turgot of Rossdall founded in 1150 a Priory
of Canons Regular of St Augustine. This
became known as the Canonbie, and gave
its name to the parish. In 1542, after
the battle of Solway Moss, the English
troops destroyed the Priory of Canonbie.
The parish of Wauchope was united by
Parliament to Canonbie before 1609, but
was soon disjoined again.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edinburgh
1 1587) ; adm. to Longformacus in
1594 ; min. in 1606 ; pres. to
Wauchope by James VI. 1st Sept. 1609.
In 1615 he held Morton also, to which he
was pres. by Charles I. 2nd April 1635 ; he
was served heir to a brother, James, 4th
April 1639, and died before 2nd March 1647.
He had issue — Robert. — [Reg. Assig. ; Jed-
burgh and Melrose Presb. Regs. ; Stat.
Reports, 1627; Inq. Ret. Haddington, 176,
and Gen., 3738 ; Haddington Inhib. ; 23rd
Dec. 1647.]
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; min. in 1644;
probably trans, to Middlebie about
1644
1649.
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DAVID LAING, M.A. (St Andrews
1649 1643) '> adm. about 1649 ; still here
13th May 1679, when a resignation
of Woodend was made in favour of him-
self and his son John of Westerkirk ;
died at Edinburgh, 20th March 1692,
aged about 69. He marr. (1) Marion
Dalzell : (2) 12th March 1678, Janet Lan-
dale, who survived him, and was buried
in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 15th Aug. 1692.
— [Dumfries Tests. ; Greyfriars Burial
Reg. ; Min. -book Reg. Privy Seal ; Baillie's
Lett.]
DAVID HEDDERWICK, M.A. (St
Andrews, 30th Nov. 1683); min.
about 1688 ; deprived by the Privy
Council, 19th Sept. 1689, for not reading
the Proclamation of the Estates, and fail-
ing to pray for William and Mary. In
1714, by exercising ministerial office in the
church of Old Machar, after the form of
the Book of Common Prayer, he rendered
himself liable to the penalties of the Act
of Parliament 5th July 1695, against in-
truding into churches without a legal
call. He removed to Edinburgh, where
he opened an Episcopal meeting-house in
Gray's Close in 1701, and died Jan. 1723,
aged about 60. He marr. Dec. 1701, Janet,
daugh. of Archibald Paterson, merchant
burgess of Edinburgh, who survived him,
and marr. (2) 7th April 1733, Robert
Barclay of Busbie. — [Peterkin's Constitu-
tion of the Church ; Edin. Mar. Reg. ;
LANGHOLM]
CANONBIE
229
Edin. Tests. ; Lee's Memorial ; Hume's
Grim. Law, ii.]
GEORGE MURRAY, born 1625, second
1689 son °^ William M. of Murraythwaite ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1662) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dumfries 18th Jan. 1688 ; ord. (in the
meeting-house at Dumfries) 31st Jan. 1689 ;
died 14th Jan. 1708. He marr. Isabel,
sister of Edward Maxwell of Hills, Loch-
rutton. — [Dumfries Presb. Beg. ; Tombst,]
JAMES ARMSTRONG, adm. to Cold-
1694 stream m 1690 ; trans, and adm. 21st
March 1694 ; died between 16th and
21st April 1719. He marr. and had issue —
William, his successor.
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, born 1692,
1719 on^y son °^ preceding; licen. by
Presb. of Langholm 23rd July 1718 ;
called 5th May and ord. 13th Aug. 1719 ;
died 27th Jan. 1733. He marr. Jean
Somerville, and had issue — Agnes (marr.
Andrew Jaffray, D.D., min. of Lochmaben).
— [Coldstream Sess. ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's
Anal, and Corresp. ; Scots Mag., lxv.]
1734
ROBERT PETRIE, M.A. j rector of the
Grammar School of Selkirk 1719-
29 ; schoolmaster of Jedburgh 1729-
34; licen. by Presb. of Jedburgh 2nd
Jan. 1734 ; called 16th May, and ord. 14th
Aug. 1734; died 15th July 1764, aged 63.
He marr. 24th July 1727, Margaret, only
daugh. of Andrew Waugh, Selkirk, and
Margaret Plummer, and had issue — Robert,
M.D., an eminent physician at Lincoln ;
William, H.E.I.C.S., held a high command
at Madras ; Andrew ; Margaret ; Elizabeth;
Gilbert ; George ; John ; Barbara ; Helen.
Publication — The Reasonableness and Neces-
sity of Public Worship, a sermon (Edin-
burgh, 1743). — [Steven's Hist, of the High
School, Edinburgh ; Selkirk Sess. Peg. ;
Tombst. ; Watson's Jedburgh Grammar
School ; Craig - Brown's Selkirkshire, ii.,
103.]
ANDREW WALKER, preacher at
1765 Caerlanrig in 1745 ; ord. to Ettrick
30th May 1750 ; pres. by the com-
missioner for Henry, Duke of Buccleuch,
and adm. 28th March 1765; died 30th
Oct. 1772, aged 49. He marr. 17th April
1754, Martha, daugh. of John Stoddart
of Williamhope, sj). She survived him
and marr. (2) (pro. 18th Oct. 1783), Captain
William Elliot, and died in 1806.
JOHN DOWE, pres. by Henry, Duke of
177a Buccleuch, and ord. 5th Aug. 1773;
trans, to Methven 19th Feb. 1784.
JOHN RUSSELL [RUSSEL], had his
1784 ^cense by the Northumberland
Classis confirmed by Presb. of
Chirnside 24th Nov. 1767 ; teacher at
Eyemouth 1767-74; adm. to Eskdalemuir
12th May 1774 ; pres. by Henry, Duke of
Buccleuch ; trans, and adm. 6th Aug.
1784; died 19th July 1814, aged 70. He
marr. (1) 1764, Jean Miller, who died 8th
Nov. 1782, and had issue — John, born 8th
Aug. 1765; Home, born 18th June 1775;
Margaret Helen, born 28th Oct. 1776 (marr.
John Elliot of Cooms) ; Janet, born 24th
Nov. 1778 ; Christian Hay, born 6th Nov.
1781 ; Joanna, born 5th Nov. 1782 : (2) 4th
Jan. 1786, Elizabeth Russell, who died 9th
March 1812, and had issue — Ann (marr.
9th March 1813, Carruthers, Raehills).
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xiv.). — [Tombst.]
JAMES DONALDSON, born Anwoth,
181_ 1780, son of John D. (whose father,
John Macdonald or Donaldson, was
killed at Culloden, serving in the Highland
army) and Jean Stewart; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh, and assistant librarian
there ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 1st
Jan. 1812 ; pres. by Charles William, Duke
of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Nov. 1814 ;
ord. 13th April 1815; died at Edinburgh,
20th Aug. 1854. He marr. 14th Feb.
1815, Ann Hathorn (died 13th April 1868,
aged 81), daugh. of James Wilson, super-
visor of excise, and had issue — Mary
Heron Maxwell, born 20th Nov. 1815;
John, min. of Kirkconnel ; Elizabeth
Christian, born 20th Dec. 1819 (marr.
Thomas Morison, min. of Methil), died
16th April 1908 ; Jane Stewart, born 17th
July 1821 (marr. Principal Kerr, Calcutta),
died in 1855 ; Isabella (twin), born 17th
230
CANONBIE
PRESB. OF
July 1821 ; Ann Hathorn Wilson, born 4th
June 1823; Agnes, born 17th April 1825
(marr. William Strachan, H.M. Stationery
Office, London); James, M.D., I.M.S.,
born 3rd Feb. 1827, died 4th April 1900.
Publication — Sermon preached at Canonbie,
30th July 1854 (Edinburgh, 1855).
GEORGE COLVILLE, born 22nd Sept.
1825, son of George C., D.D., min.
of Beith ; educated at Glasgow
Univ. ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine ; pres.
30th Sept., and ord. 22nd Dec. 1854 ; died
in London, 29th Nov. 1873. He marr. (1)
30th April 1861, Anne (died before 1866),
daugh. of William Maclaren, Glasgow : (2)
8th Feb. 1866, Marion (died 14th Aug.
1908), daugh. of George Fraser Scott Elliot
of Lariston, and widow of George Dougall,
Calcutta, and had issue — George Scott
Elliot, born 1866.
J JAMES BARCLAY, trans, from St
la74 Michael's, Dumfries, and adm. 10th
July 1874 ; trans, to Linlithgow 14th
Dec. 1876.
WILLIAM SNODGRASS, born Car-
1877 donald Mills, Paisley, 4th Sept.
1827, son of John S. ; educated at
Renfrew Grammar School and Univs. of
Glasgow and Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb.
of Uist 18th Aug., and ord. to St James's
Church, Charlottetown, Prince Edward
Island, 23rd Sept. 1852 ; min. of St Paul's
Church, Montreal, 1856-64; Principal and
Primarius Professor of Divinity, Queen's
University, Kingston, Canada, 1864-77 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1865); adm. to this parish
23rd Nov. 1877 ; died at Riversdale, Kil-
macolm, 22nd July 1906. He was clerk
of the Synod of Nova Scotia and of his
Presbytery ; a member of nearly all
important Boards of the Church of Scot-
land in Canada ; convener of the Synod's
Committee on Union with other Presby-
terian Churches in the Dominion ; and
one of the four Moderators who signed
the Deed of Union at Montreal 15th
June 1875. He marr. 27th Sept. 1852,
Jessie Calder (died 15th April 1908),
daugh. of Robert Pollok, LL.D., min. of
Kingston Parish, Glasgow, and had issue
—John Allan, born 7th Oct. 1853, licen-
tiate of the Church of Scotland, ord.
to Demorestville, Presbyterian Church of
Canada, 1st May 1888 ; Janet Elizabeth,
born 13th July 1855, died 12th June 1864 ;
Agnes Miller, born 27th Dec. 1856 ; Robert
Pollok, born 31st Oct. 1858, died 24th Oct.
1903 ; William George, corn factor, born
25th Dec. 1860; Elizabeth Allan, born
28th April 1863; Margaret, born 16th
Oct. 1865, died 26th Dec. 1865; Mary,
born 4th, and died 9th April 1867. Pub-
lications— Inauguration of the Y.M.C.A.,
Charlottetown, P.E.I. (1856); The Good
Centurion (Montreal, 1862); The Two
Builders (Montreal, 1863) ; A Minister's
Farewell (Montreal, 1864); The Sacred-
ness of Learning, Opening of Session
1864-5, Queen's College (Kingston, 1864).
Editor of The Presbyterian, Montreal,
1863-5.— [Life and Work, Sept. 1906.]
ROBERT HOGG KERR, born Glas-
1896 Sow) 12^ "June 1863, son of Captain
Finlay K. and Isabella Hogg ; edu-
cated at Springhill Academy, Glasgow, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1893) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 2nd May 1894 ; assistant
at Shettleston ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 6th Aug. 1896; clerk of Presb.
in 1909.
CASTLETON, ETTILTOUN,
WHEELKIRK, AND BELKIRK.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
of Castleton belonged to the Priory of
Canonbie. Ettiltoun, Wheelkirk, and Bel-
kirk were united to Castleton 9th Dec.
1604.
Wheelkirk was named from the site of
its church, near the source of the Liddel,
close to the ancient road called the Wheel
Causey. There was a chapel at Dinlabyre.
At New Castleton there is a modern chapel
of St John.]
[RICHARD THOMPSON, min. of
iao4 Rath° i pres. by James VI., 9th
and 31st Dec. 1604. This parish
he held in conjunction with Ratho, or,
langholm] CASTLETON, ETTILTOUN, WHEELKIRK, BELKIRK 231
if separately, it must have been for a
very short period. (See Ratho, Vol. I.,
181.)]
4 THOMAS BANNATYNE, M.A. ; pres.
1607 by James VI. 18th Nov. 1606, and
by Sir Gideon Murray 3rd Sept.
1607, and by Walter, Lord Scott of
Buccleuch, April 1608. Collation was at
first refused, but testimonials from the
Presbs. of Edinburgh and Linlithgow
having been produced, it was granted
16th Nov. 1607; trans, to North Berwick
25th Nov. 1610.
WALTER SCOTT, M.A. (St Andrews,
1612 22nd July 1608); adm. after 21st
June 1612. In Jan. 1649 "the
English army, commanded by Colonels
Bright and Pride, and under the conduct
of General Cromwell, on their return to
England, did lie at the Kirk of Castleton
several nights, in the which time they broke
down and burnt the communion tables,
and the seats of the Kirk ; and at their
removing carried away the minister's books,
to the value of 1000 merks and above,
and also the books of session, with which
they lighted their tobacco pipes, the
baptism, marriage, and examination rolls,
from Oct. 1612 to Sept. 1648, all of
which were lost and destroyed." He died
between 27th June and 5th Sept. 1649,
aged about 61. Walter Scott in Norham,
his nephew, was served heir to him 27th
Sept. 1649. — [Beg. Assig. and Old Dec,
i. ; Stone from old church with Scott's
arms and date 1621 ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
3560.]
ANDREW PRINGLE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1650 25tk July 1635) ; on the Exercise
at Kirkcaldy 25th April 1639;
chaplain to Archibald, Earl of Angus ;
adm. to Kirkton 19th Aug 1646; called
16th Sept. 1649 ; trans, and adm. 3rd
April 1650; died 27th March 1689, aged
72. He marr. 29th Dec. 1648, Janet
Scott, and had issue — Jean (marr. 1677,
John Buchanan of that ilk) ; Elizabeth
(marr. 1679, Colin Campbell of Carwhin,
W.S.).— [Edin. Reg. Mar. ; Tombst.]
ROBERT ARMSTRONG, born 1661,
second son of John A., physician,
Kelso ; licen. by Presb. of Chirnside
14th July 1691 ; adm. in 1693 ; died 16th
April 1732. He marr. (1) Hannah Tennant
(died 1702) : (2) Christian Mowat (died
28th Feb. 1753, aged 78), and had issue
— John, M.D., poet and essayist, author
of The Art of Preserving Health, etc.,
born 1709, died at London, 7th Sept.
1779 ; George, M.D., medical writer, who
is said to have died " in obscurity " ;
William, his successor ; Helen ; Elizabeth.
— [Rees's Cyclopaedia ; Tombst. ; Diet. Nat.
Biog.]
WILLIAM ARMSTRONG, born 1711,
1733 son of preceding; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 25th Feb. 1726); licen. by
Presb. of Langholm 2nd Aug. 1732 ; pres.
by Francis, Duke of Buccleuch, and ord.
17th April 1733; died unmarr. 10th April
1749- [7W6s£.]
SIMON HALIBURTON, pres. by
1751 Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, 20th
May 1749 ; ord. 23rd Jan. 1751.
The settlement was delayed in consequence
of its being opposed by Lord Minto. The
Presb., 3rd July 1750, found "they could
not take the opposition under consideration,
unless for some matter of life or doctrine,
and that as to H.'s using notes when he
preached, there was no law of the Church
against that, and that it was practised by
several ministers of the best character."
He was trans, to Ashkirk 31st March 1763.
ROBERT RUTHERFORD, M.A. (Edin-
1?63 burgh, 14th April 1743) ; licen. by
Presb. of Earlston 7th Oct. 1746;
chaplain at Caerlanrig [Teviothead] 12th
Oct. 1750 ; ord. by the Presbyterian Classis
in Northumberland to Longframlington
17th Nov. 1756; pres. by Henry, Duke of
Buccleuch, with consent of his curators
24th March, and adm. 28th July 1763;
died 21st Feb. 1790, aged 70. He marr.
15th Oct. 1767, Elizabeth Widdrington,
Hauxley, Northumberland, who died 13th
Dec. 1768, aged 26. Publication— A Scrip-
ture Catechism (Kelso, 1794).— [Tombst.]
232 CASTLETON, ETTILTOUN, WHEELKIRK, BELKIRK [presb. of
THOMAS MARTIN, pres. by Henry,
17gi Duke of Buccleuch, 23rd July 1790;
ord. 16th March 1791 ; trans, to
Langholm 11th Aug. 1791.
JAMES ARKLE, pres. by Henry, Duke
17g2 of Buccleuch, 28th Dec. 1791 ; ord.
26th April 1 792 ; trans, to Hawick
17th Dec. 1800.
DAVID SCOTT, licen. by Presb. of
1801 Langholm 3rd Oct. 1797 ; pres. by
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch, 11th
April, and ord. 11th Aug. 1801 ; died 7th
Jan. 1822, aged 56. He marr. 8th Dec.
1807, Elizabeth Scott, who died 25th April
1848, aged 73, and had issue — Margaret,
born 9th March 1809, died 8th June
1823; Mary, born 10th Dec. 1813 (marr.
Robert Stavert, merchant, Manchester),
died 13th Nov. 1841.
ANGUS BARTON, born Morton 1787 ;
1822 assistant librarian, Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; pres. by Walter Francis,
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, with
consent of his curators, and ord. 26th Sept.
1822; D.D. (Glasgow 1856); died unmarr.
18th April 1861.
JAMES NOBLE, born 26th April 1836,
1861 son °^ James ^*> mm- °f St Madoes ;
educated at Perth Academy and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth July 1859 ; assistant at St Stephen's,
Edinburgh ; pres. by Walter Francis, Duke
of Buccleuch, 3rd July, and ord. 20th Sept.
1861 ; died unmarr. 27th April 1883.
WILLIAM VASSIE, born Croftonhill,
188_ Lanark, 5th April 1856, third son
of John V. and Mary Lamb
Murray; educated at Lanark Grammar
School, Edinburgh Academy, and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1878), B.D. (1881);
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 3rd Aug. 1881 ;
assistant at Govan ; ord. 20th Sept. 1883.
Marr. 15th Sept. 1885, Cecilia Pitcairn,
daugh. of David Playfair, min. of Aber-
corn, and has issue — John, manager of the
Pacific Coast Sales Co., Tacoma, U.S.A.,
born 29th Dec. 1887 ; Jane Kincaid, born
31st Dec. 1888 ; Ethel Mary, B.A. (Lond.),
born 14th Sept, 1890 ; William Playfair,
student, born 15th March 1896.
ESKDALEMUIR.
[Disjoined from Westerkirk and erected
in 1703. It is the largest parish in the
county of Dumfries.]
JOHN LAURIE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1671); adm. to Wauchope 10th
Sept. 1691 ; called by the Presb.
jure devoluto 23rd June, and adm. 8th
July 1703; died 7th Dec. 1723, aged 68.
The following lines are said to have been
written for his tombstone :
" Here lies John Laurie,
Neither rich nor poor,
Last minister of Wauchope,
First of Eskdalemuir."
JAMES M'GARROCH, M.A. (Glasgow,
1724 29th Marcb 1714) > licen- by Presb.
of Linlithgow 10th April 1723 ; called
23rd April, and ord. 26th Aug. 1724; died
11th Aug. 1761, aged 68. He marr. 1st
Aug. 1726, Elizabeth (died 10th March
1781), second daugh. of Thomas Alston,
physician, of Athelwood, and had issue —
Charlotte (marr. John Burgess, min. of
Kirkmichael and Garrel). — [Abercorn Sess.
Beg. ; Tombst. ; Fam. of Birnie of Broom-
hill ; Boston's Mem.']
JOHN SCOTLAND, pres. by Henry,
17e3 Duke of Buccleuch, with consent of
his curators, 3rd Aug. 1762 ; ord.
6th Jan. 1763; trans, to Westerkirk 16th
June 1768.
ROBERT FOOTE, pres. by Henry, Duke
768 of Buccleuch, 2nd July, and ord.
22nd Sept. 1768 ; trans, to Fetter-
cairn 15th Sept. 1773.
JOHN RUSSELL, pres. by Henry, Duke
774 of Buccleuch, 4th Feb., and adm. 12th
May 1774 ; trans, to Canonbie 6th
Aug. 1784.
JOHN LAURIE, pres. by Henry, Duke
17 _ of Buccleuch, 17th Dec. 1784; ord.
28th July 1785 ; trans, to Ewes 29th
Sept. 1791.
l.vngholm] ESKDALEMUIR— EWES AND EWIS-DURIS
233
' WILLIAM BROWN, born 1764, son of
1782 "William B., stonemason in Peebles-
shire (who settled in Annandale, ^and
marr., as his second wife, Fanny Carlyle,
aunt of Thomas Carlyle) ; licen. by Presb.
of Stirling 3rd Aug. 1791 ; pres. by Henry,
Duke of Buccleuch, 26th Jan., and ord.
3rd May 1792 ; D.D. (Univ. and Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 13th Dec. 1816); died
21st Sept. 1835. He marr. 28th April 1797,
Mary Moffat, who died 23rd July 1855,
and had issue— James, lieut. 10th Native
Infantry, H.E.I.C.S., Madras, born 25th
June 1798, died July 1820; Robert, born
11th Feb. 1803; Margaret, born 21st
June 1804; John, born 11th Nov. 1805,
died a student at Edinburgh, 3rd Feb.
1823 ; Janet, born 27th Oct. 1808 ; Alison,
born 20th June 1811. Publications—
Antiquities of the Jews, 2 vols. (London,
2nd ed., 1820) ; Accounts of the Parish
(Sinclair's xii., and New Stat. Ace, iv.). He
left in MS. The Memorabilia of the Parish
of Eskdalemuir, 1793-1809.
ADAM CUNNINGHAM, pres. by
Walter Francis, Duke of Buccleuch
and Queensberry, Nov. 1835 ; ord.
12th May 1836; trans, to Crailing 28th
Sept. 1843.
JOHN STRATHERN, son of David S.,
factor for Delvine estate, Perthshire,
and Marjory Kilgour ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. 1st Dec. 1843 ;
died unmarr. 25th Nov. 1875.
JOHN CRAWFORD DICK, born 7th
„ Nov. 1850, son of John D., min. of
Tweedsmuir ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews; licen. by Presb. of Peebles
10th June 1874 ; assistant at Park Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 16th May 1876 ; died 10th
June 1908. He marr. 18th Dec. 1883,
Jane Brown, daugh. of Matthew Arm-
strong, min. of Skirling, and had issue —
Leila Ramsay Hannah, born 31st Jan.
1886 (marr. her cousin, Laurence Tweedie-
Stodart, Oliver, Tweedsmuir). Publication
— "Antiquities of Eskdalemuir " (Trans.
Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq.
Soc, 1898).
JAMES RONALD MACDONALD, born
1904 ^ Andrews, 6th Jan. 1858, son of
James M., Edinburgh, and Catherine
Macdonald ; educated at Madras College,
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1880); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1892 ; assistant at
Saughtree, Castleton ; ord. (assistant) at
Eskdalemuir Sept. 1902 ; adm. (assistant
and successor) 21st Sept. 1904. Marr. 6th
Jan. 1909, Emily Sophia, daugh. of Charles
Nichols, Burton-on-Trent, and Sophia
White.
EWES AND EWIS-DURIS.
[Eives, Ewesdale, or Nether Ewes. — The
church was dedicated to St Cuthbert.
There were chapels at Unthank and Moss-
paul.
Ewes-duris, or Overkirk of Ewes. — The
church was dedicated to St Mark.]
WILLIAM GRAHAM, M.A. (St
1627 Andrews, 29th July 1611), min. in
1627; died after 27th Sept. 1638 —
[Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ; Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., L, 394 (Scot. Hist. Soc.).]
1642
— CHISHOLM, min. about 1642.
— [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 394
(Scot, Hist. Soc.).]
JOHN LITHGOW [LINLITHGOW],
1646 born about 1620, second son of
Thomas L., portioner of Red path,
Earlston, and Isobel, daugh. of Henry
Haliburton of Mertoun ; was apparently
settled in a charge in Ireland. He was
admitted to this parish 21st April 1646,
and, refusing to conform to Episcopacy,
was suspended 13th Nov. 1664. For
preaching at conventicles he was sentenced
to imprisonment in the Edinburgh Tol-
booth, and ordered by the Privy Council to
be confined to the Bass till a fine of 5000
merks should be paid. On agreeing to
quit the kingdom, he was liberated. He
returned here on the Act of Toleration,
was restored 25th April 1690, was a member
of Assembly 16th Oct. 1690, and retired in
1694 to Redpath, where he died shortly
234
EWES AND EWIS-DURIS
[PRESB. OF
afterwards. He marr. (1) Isobel Weir, and
had issue, an only son, Thomas, his heir,
who had sasine with him of the lands of
Bodsbeck in July 1664 ; Janet (marr.
Nicol Elliot of Unthank) : (2) before 1667,
Isobel Scott, widow of James Johnston
of Westerraw. — [Beg. Old Dec, ii. ; Mac-
farlane Geog. Coll., i., 394 ; Wodrow:s
Hist., iii., 406 ; New Gen. Sas. ; Beg. Gen.
Ass., 1690 ; Beg. of Deeds, Durie, 1st Feb.
1678 ; Nisbet's Heraldic Plates (Lithgow
of Drygrange)].
JOHN HOME, M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th
1666 ^U^ ^50) j licen- by Presb. of
Dalkeith 1st Nov. 1658, and by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 16th Dec.
1662; min. about 1666; deprived in 1681
for not taking the Test ; died at Edinburgh
in 1690, aged about 60. He marr. Ann,
daugh. of David Livingston of Dunipace.
— [Beg. Collat. ; Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
394; Charity Boll.]
1682
JOHN MELVILLE, a native of the
Mearns ; M.A. (King's College, Aber-
deen, 2nd July 1667); min. about
1682; deprived by the Privy Council 29th
Aug. 1689, for neither reading the Pro-
clamation of the Estates nor praying for
William and Mary. — [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 394 ; Peterkin's Constitution of
the Church.]
JOHN LITHGOW, above men-
1689 tioned.
ROBERT DARLING, a native of Gala-
16g4 shiels and brother of Hew D., min.
of Innerwick ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
29th July 1685) ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 20th Nov. 1694 ; died 1st Dec. 1716,
aged 47. He marr. 2nd May 1697, Eliza-
beth, eldest daugh. of James Urquhart,
merchant, Linlithgow, and had issue —
James, min. of Kintore ; Elizabeth (marr.
6th Dec. 1741, John Harley, gardener,
Edinburgh) ; Alison (marr. 20th Feb. 1745,
Robert Spence, sailor, H.M.S. Centurion).
— [Lirdithgoiv Sess. ; Tombst. ; Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., i., 394 ; Consistorial Processes,
Scot. Bee. Socy., No. 364.]
1717
ROBERT MALCOLM, born 1687, son
of David M. of the Lochore family,
Cupar-Fife, and Elizabeth Melville ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 7th Feb. 1707) ; tutor to
the sons of Sir Hew Dalrymple of North
Berwick, Bart., Lord President of the Court
of Session ; licen. by Presb. of Haddington
27th Nov. 1716; called 21st March, and
ord. 29th Aug. 1717; died 24th March
1761. He was heir to the family estate,
but his relative (an Episcopalian) left it
to another kinsman. He founded in the
parish of Ewes four almshouses for poor
families. He marr. 11th Sept. 1722,
Agnes (died 30th Oct. 1767), daugh.
of the Rev. George Campbell, and had
issue — George, farmer, Burnfoot-of-Ewes,
born 11th Sept. 1722, died 13th May
1803 ; Wilhelmina, born 20th May 1729 ;
David ; Marion. George, who assisted his
father in the management of the farm
of Burnfoot, and succeeded him there,
married Margaret Paisley of Craig, sister
of General Sir Charles and of Admiral Sir
Thomas Paisley. Amongst his family of
seventeen were the famous " Four Knights
of Eskdale " — Colonel Sir James ; Admiral
Sir Pulteney ; Vice-Admiral Sir Charles ;
and General Sir John, Minister Pleni-
potentiary to Persia, Governor of Bombay,
and a historical writer of distinction (vide
Diet. Nat. Biog.).
RICHARD SCOTT, born 1729, son of
1761 J°nn S., min of Stonehouse; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Peebles 2nd Oct. 1752; ord. to
Cranshaws 20th Sept. 1759; pres. by
Henry, Duke of Buccleuch ; trans, and
adm. 17th Sept. 1761 ; died 13th Feb. 1790.
He marr. 24th April 1761, Mary Turnbull,
who died in Dec. 1796, and had issue —
Janet, born 25th Feb. 1762 ; James, mer-
chant, New York, born 12th Feb. 1764;
Hector, merchant, London, born 27th
March 1766; John, born 7th April 1768,
died 6th Aug. 1768 ; Ann, a twin, born 7th
April 1768; John, merchant, London, born
15th March 1771 ; Martha, born 6th March
1774 ; George, merchant, London, born 17th
April 1778. Publication — Letters on the
Culture of Potatoes ( Weekly Mag., xxix.).
langholm] EWES AND EWIS-DURIS— HALF-MORTON
235
JOHN CLUNIE, pres. by Henry, Duke
1790 °^ Buccleuch, and ord. 28th Sept.
1790 ; trans, to Borthwick 13th May
1791.
JOHN LAWRIE [LAURIE], born
17gi 10th June 1744, son of James L.,
min. of Hawick ; licen. by Presb.
of Jedburgh 9th Dec. 1767 ; ord. to Esk-
dalemuir 28th July 1785 ; pres. by Henry,
Duke of Buccleuch, 15th Aug., and trans,
and adm. 29th Sept. 1791 ; died 5th
April 1817. He marr. 23rd March 1786,
Anne Grieve, who died 20th June 1834,
aged 73, and had issue — James, lieut.
Royal Marines, born 9th Feb. 1787, died
at Westerkirk, 17th June 1851 ; William,
brevet-major and captain of Royal Marines,
born 2nd Feb. 1788, died at Chatham, 1842 ;
Mary, born Sept. 1789, died 1794 ; John,
major-general, born Aug. 1790, died 20th
Juiy 1861; Elizabeth, born 23rd Sept.
1793 (marr. 1817, Lieut. David Maxwell,
younger of Broomholm, who predeceased
his father 6th Jan. 1820) ; Adam Ogilvie,
lieut. Royal Marines, born 10th Aug. 1795,
died at sea, 1814 ; Robert, born 22nd Jan.
1797, died at Langholm, 1828; Walter,
M.D., surgeon of the 4th Regt. Madras
Light Cavalry, born 18th April 1805, died
at Anantapur, India, 24th April 1844.
ROBERT SHAW, youngest son of
isle Oeorge S., min. of Abbotshall ; edu-
cated at the United College, St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews
5th May 1802 ; app. to Caerlanrig Chapel
[Teviothead] July 1804, and ord. there by
Presb. of Jedburgh 10th June 1807 ; pres.
by Charles William, Duke of Buccleuch
and Queensberry, and adm. (assistant and
successor) 10th May 1816 ; died 16th April
1853, aged 72. He marr. 23rd March 1818,
Mary (died 9th July 1856), daugh. of
William Hardie Moncrieff, min. of Annan,
and had issue — George, farmer, Dinlay,
born 11th Feb. 1819; Jane, born 29th
Sept. 1820; Margaret, born 2nd May
1825; William, born 23rd Dec. 1827, died
15th Jan. 1831 ; Ann Janet, born 14th
March 1831 ; Marion, born 17th March
1837; Helen Mary, born 29th Jan.
1839.
THOMAS SMITH, born Powfoot, Dum-
1853 friessnire> 1828, son of John S. and
Marion Murray ; educated at Cum-
mertrees School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Annan ; ord. 15th. Dec.
1853; died 2nd March 1901. He marr.
26th Aug. 1856, Margaret Fraser (died 10th
Feb. 1869), daugh. of William Sutherland,
jeweller, Edinburgh, and had issue — Agnes,
born 24th June 1857 (marr. Alexander
Simson, Eildon Grove, Melrose), died 11th
June 1913 ; Marion, born 21st April 1860
(marr. 1886, James Calder, M.D., Jamaica).
DAVID PRESTON, born Caldercruix,
1901 Par^sn °f Shotts, Lanarkshire, 20th
July 1875, son of George P. and
Janet Shanks ; educated at Airdrie
Academy, Hutchison's Grammar School,
Glasgow, and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1896), B.D. (1899); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1899 ; assistant at Greyfriars,
Dumfries ; ord. 18th July 1901. Marr. 17th
June 1903, Ella Margaret, daugh. of James
M'Killop, M.P., of Polmont Park, Stirling-
shire, and has issue — Douglas George, born
28th June 1904; Jessie Eleanor Doris,
born 25th April 1907; Kathleen Agnes,
born 1st March 1910.
HALF-MORTON, formerly
MORTON.
[In 1702 part of this parish was annexed
to Canonbie. The remaining part, with
the church, was then united to Wauchope.
It came to be called Half-Morton. The
church was rebuilt about 1703. Services
were conducted in it by the ministers of
Langholm until 1825. On 6th March 1839
the parish of Half-Morton was again dis-
joined from Langholm and Wauchope.]
WILLIAM BROWN CLARK, born
_ Biggar, 27th Jan. 1805, son of William
O, merchant ; educated at Biggar
Parish School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Pres. of Biggar in 1832 ; assistant
at Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh ; ord. 5th
Sept. 1839. Joined the Free Church ; min.
of Maxwelltown Free Church 1844-53 ; min.
236
HALF-MORTON— LANGHOLM AND WAUCHOPE [presb. of
of Chalmers' Church, Quebec, 1853-74 ; Pro-
fessor of Church History, Morin College,
Quebec, 1880 ; D.D. (Montreal 1889) ; died
15th March 1893. He marr. (1) 1st Dec.
1836, Jane Brown, who had issue— Eliza-
beth Glover ; Bethia Barbara (marr. James
Moody, farmer, Canada) ; a son, died in
infancy : (2) 15th March 1870, Amelia Tor-
rance or Gibb, who died 15th March 1893.
Publication — Asleep in Jesus, or Words of
Consolation to Bereaved Persons (London,
1856).
^WILLIAM BURNET, born Irongray,
184g 23rd Oct. 1808; son of William B.,
schoolmaster, and Grace Shennan ;
educated at Kirkmichael School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
6th Dec. 1838 ; sometime teacher in Dum-
fries Academy ; called 3rd July, and ord.
31st Aug. 1843; died 27th Nov. 1887.
He marr. 20th Nov. 1849, Sarah (died 27th
Dec. 1888), only surviving daugh. of George
Waugh, Atchison's Park, and had issue —
George, tea-planter, Ceylon, born 22nd Oct.
1850, died there, 19th Oct. 1890; Grace,
born 11th Aug. 1852 (marr. 17th June
1885, Watson Shennan, of Puketoi, New
Zealand); Mary, born 21st Feb. 1854
(marr. 12th Nov. 1891, William Vickers
Dixon, Inspector of Technical Schools,
Ireland); Sarah Isabella, born 17th Aug.
1856 (marr. 16th June 1880, William Archi-
bald Hepburn, Manchester).
THOMAS SCOTT, born Clay Gate,
1883 Oanonbie, 28th Nov. 1842, son of
James S. and Margaret Little; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Langholm 7th May 1867 ; assist-
ant at Keir and Newington, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Ngaruawahia, Presb. of Auckland,
N.Z., 9th Dec. 1874 ; adm. to Linktown
Chapel (now Raith), Kirkcaldy, 24th July
1878; trans, and adm. 17th May 1888;
died at Clay Gate, 26th April 1902. He
marr. 7th Jan. 1875, Marion Scott' (born
8th Feb. 1843, died 14th April 1895), and
had issue — James Douglas, born 4th April
1876, died in South Africa, 11th March
1909 ; John Harold, born 6th Dec. 1877,
died 18th Dec. 1878 ; Margaret Kathleen,
born 26th Jan. 1880, died 19th Jan. 1907.
JOHN CONACHER WILLIAMSON,
1902 k°rn Greenlaw, 15th March 1864,
son of John W., schoolmaster, and
Mary Ann Conacher; educated at Madras
College and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1892 ; assistant
at Abbey Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd Sept.
1902. Marr. 29th Dec. 1898, Catherine,
daugh. of Robert Brown, and has issue —
John, born 14th Aug. 1899 ; Catherine,
born 24th July 1903 ; Mary Ann, born
28th July 1907 ; Ethel Isabella (twin), born
28th July 1907 ; Robert Alexander, born
25th April 1909.
LANGHOLM (formerly STAPLE-
GORTON) AND WAUCHOPE.
[The church of Staplegorton belonged to
the Abbey of Kelso. In 1702 Staplegorton
and Wauchope were united, and a portion
of the adjoining parish of Morton was
included in the union. At that time the
parish church was removed from Staple-
gorton to Langholm. At Langholm is St
David's Well.]
ARCHIBALD GIBSON, M.A. (Edin-
i6i2 Dursn' 28tk Juiy 15") > ac*m- t0
Dunscore in 1605 ; dep. before 22nd
June 1609 ; pres. by James VI. 4th April
1612; died in 1657, aged about 78.— [Beg.
Assig. ; Macfarlane's Geog. Coll., i., 392.]
ROBERT LAW, descended from the
laB_ family of Lawsbridge, Ayrshire ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1646) ; assistant to
preceding min. ; ord. in 1657 ; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662; was min.
again in 1688.
MATTHEW REID, M.A. ; adm. in
1664 1664 ; trans, to Hoddam in 1666.
ROBERT ALLAN, son of Thomas A.,
1R7„ min. of Wauchope ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1665); min. in 1673; deprived by
Act of Parliament 25th April 1690; died
in 1720, aged about 75. He marr., and
LANGHOLM]
LANGHOLM AND WAUCHOPE
237
had issue — Elizabeth, born 8th Dec. 1681 ;
a son ; a daugh. ; Eobert, born 24th Oct.
1687 ; Walter, born 18th Nov. 1689 ; Mar-
garet, born 13th March 1694; William,
born 23rd April IQ9Q.— [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 392.]
ROBERT LAW, before mentioned;
1688 returned in 1688, and was restored
by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690; died 8th April 1702, aged 71. He
marr. 22nd Sept. 1657, Marion Meiklejohn
of Temple, who died 9th Jan. 1694, and
had issue — Robert, M.D. ; Elizabeth (marr.
Sir John Haliburton, knight). — [Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., i., 392 ; Dumfries Presb. and
Humbie Sess. Regs. ; Tombst. ; Reg. Gen.
Ass., 1690, 1692.]
DAVID GRAHAM, called 12th Dec.
1706 1705; ord" 26tl1 Marcn 1706; trans-
to Kirkmahoe 14th June 1716.
ALEXANDER MEIKLE [MICKLE],
1717 M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th April 1701) ;
licen. by five mins. in London 27th
July 1704 ; sometime assistant to Isaac
Watts, D.D., min. of Pinner's Hall Chapel,
London ; resided for a time at Kirkcaldy,
and had a testimonial from the Presb.
there ; pres. by George I. 18th June 1716.
On an almost unanimous petition the
Presb. proceeded with a call 15th Nov.
1716; ord. 9th May 1717; dem. 1st Dec.
1746 ; died 17th July. 1757. He marr. (1)
18th Oct. 1719, Mary, daugh. of Robert
Lidderdale, Professor of Philosophy in the
Univ. of Edinburgh: (2) 5th Nov. 1726,
Julia, daugh. of Thomas Henderson, in
Dundas, Dalmeny, and had issue — Thomas ;
Patrick ; William, poet, translator of the
Lusiad of Camoens, born 28th Sept. 1735,
died 28th Oct. 1788 ; George, born 31st
Aug. 1738; Jean, born 29th May 1739;
Charles, born 10th May 1740; Margaret,
born 14th Dec. 1742.— [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 392 ; Dalmeny Sess. Reg. ; Scots
Mag., li.]
JOHN DICKIE, educated at Univ. of
1748 Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
27th Sept. 1733; ord. to Dunscore
28th April 1737 ; called 17th Sept. 1747 ;
adm. 21st Jan. 1748; dem. 12th Oct. 1790;
died unmarr. 9th Feb. 1800, aged 91.—
[Carlyle's Autob.]
THOMAS MARTIN, M.A. ; licen. by
l791 Presb. of Peebles 19th Aug. 1789 ;
ord. to Castleton 16th March 1791;
pres. by George III. 23rd March ; trans, and
adm. 11th Aug. 1791; died at Edinburgh
while attending the General Assembly, 29th
May 1812, aged 58. During a discussion
on Psalmody, he waggishly observed that
the members of the musical Presbytery
should not be omitted, viz. :— Singers of
Fa-la, Sangster of Hum-bie, Pyper of Pen-
caitland, and Lo-ri-mer of Had-din-ton
(Had-ane-tune). Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii., xxi.).
WILLIAM BERRY SHAW, born 1774,
1812 e^est son °f George S., min. of
Abbotshall ; educated at Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. there 1st
May 1799; ord. to Roberton 25th Nov.
1801 ; pres. by Charles William, Duke of
Buccleuch and Queensberry, 17th July,
and adm. 6th Nov. 1812. The chapel at
Half - Morton getting into disrepair, the
Presb., 9th March 1825, dispensed with
services there. This led to the restora-
tion of that parish in 1839. He died 17th
June 1856. He marr. 25th March 1813,
Eliza (died 28th March 1856), youngest
daugh. of Henry Scott, Deloraine, Ettrick,
and had issue — Agnes Scott, born 2nd
Jan. 1814, died 21st May 1876; George,
born 7th Jan. 1816 ; Margaret, born 10th
Dec. 1817, died 9th Feb. 1897 ; Elizabeth,
born 25th July 1819 ; Jane, born 7th May
1822, died 15th Dec. 1913; Henry Scott,
born 10th July 1823, died about 1908;
William, born 23rd April 1826, died 1st
April 1830; William Robert, born 24th
June 1830, died in London, 21st May
1859. Publications — Four single Sermons
(Hawick, 1803, 1810, 1814 ; Carlisle, 1835) ;
The Antiquity and Importance of a Volun-
tary Poor Fund (Hawick, 1823); Sermons,
Doctrinal and Practical (Edinburgh, 1859) ;
Sermon XIV. (Gillan's Scott. Pulpit).— {W.
S. Crockett's The Scott Originals, p. 303 ;
Blackwood's Magazine, Nov. 1886.]
238 LANGHOLM AND WAUCHOPE— SAUGHTREE (Q.S.) [presb. of
JAMES WILSON MACTURK, born
1864 Old Cumnock, 31st Oct. 1824, son
of John M. ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; B.A. (1846) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 6th Feb. 1850 ; assistant to pre-
ceding min. ; pres. by Queen Victoria 15th
Aug. 1853 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
6th July 1854 ; died 26th Dec. 1878. He
marr. (1) 4th July 1855, Janet Hunter
(died s.p.), daugh. of John Hall, Cambus-
lang : (2) 29th April 1868, Margaret Reid,
daugh. of William Howatson of Cronberry,
and had issue— George William Howatson,
born 27th March 1869, died 27th Feb. 1872;
Jane Samson, born 13th June 1872 (marr.
18th Oct. 1894, Robert Dick Ramie, C.A.
Mrs Macturk man-. (2) 27th March 1883,
Andrew Paterson, C.A., and died July
1916.
J JAMES BUCHANAN, born Drum-
isto gell°cn5 New Monkland, 11th Dec.
1843, son of John B. and Gowans
Donaldson : educated at Clarkston and
Gartness schools, New Monkland, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 12th June 1872 ; assistant at St
Cuthbert:s and St Stephen's, Edinburgh ;
ord. to Rathven 11th Feb. 1875 ; trans,
and adm. 5th June 1879. Marr. 11th
June 1885, Marion, third daugh. of John
Vassie, Crofton Hill, Lanark, and has issue
— Mary Murray Vassie, missionary of the
Church of Scotland at Kurseong, India,
born 7th Feb. 1886 ; Marion Gowans, born
7th Aug. 1887 ; John Vassie, born 13th
March 1890; James, born 9th Dec. 1892;
Dorothy Donaldson, born 8th Oct. 1899.
WAUCHOPE, or WAUCHOPE-
DALE.
[The church of Wauchope belonged to
the Priory of Canonbie. Wauchope was
joined to Canonbie by Act of Parliament
before 1st Sept. 1609. Having been dis-
joined again, it was united to Staple-
gorton in 1702.]
JAMES MOWBRAY, son of Robert M.,
portioner of Dalmeny ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 31st July 1613); adm. to
Carmunnock 27th Nov. 1622 ; removed by
the Archbishop in 1633 ; pres. by Charles I.
7th Jan. 1635; died before 1642, aged
about 49. He marr. 1623, Elizabeth,
daugh. of Gavin Hamilton, Bishop of
Galloway. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Macfarlane
Geog. Coll., i., 392 ; Reg. of Deeds,
ccclxx., 9.]
THOMAS ALLAN, younger brother and
1644 ^eir of William A., burgess of Mussel-
burgh ; M.A. (St Andrews 1635);
adm. in 1644 : died in 1684, aged about
69. He marr. Margaret Drysdale, who
survived him, and had issue— Robert, min.
of Staplegorton ; Thomas, apprenticed to
John Jossie, surgeon apothecary, Edin-
burgh, 18th July 1666 ; Elizabeth.— [Edin.
Sas. Beg., xxxiii., 338 ; Guild Beg. ; Dum-
fries Tests. ; Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i.,
392 ; Pollock Pajyers, i.]
1685
SIMON WYLD, adm. to Hilton in 1683 ;
trans, and adm. about 1685 ; went to
Ireland in 1688. He died abroad
before 17th June 1715. — [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 392.]
JOHN LAURIE, adm. 10th Sept. 1691 ;
1691 trans, to Eskdalemuir 8th July 1703.
SAUGHTREE {Q.S.).
[Begun as a Home Mission Station, 14th
Nov. 1865 ; disjoined from Castleton and
erected into a parish quoad sacra by the
Court of Teinds, 1st July 1910. A church,
built by Walter Francis, Duke of Buc-
cleuch, was opened in 1875.]
[The following served as Licentiates : —
James Patterson, M.A„ B.D., 1866-70
(afterwards of Ancrum).
William Smith, M.A., 1870-7 (after-
wards of Dunsyre).
Thomas Gordon, M.A., B.D., 1877-86
(afterwards of Edgerston).
Alexander Wilson, M.A., 1886-9
(afterwards of Ythan Wells).
David Ness, M.A., 1889-92 (afterwards
of Whiteinch).
Robert Galbraith, Feb. - May 1892
(afterwards of Fordoun).
LANGHOLM]
SAUGHTREE (Q.S.)~ WESTERKIRK
239
1910
James Ronald Macdonald, M.A.,
1892-1902 (afterwards of Eskdale-
muir).
Joseph William M'Lean, 1902-3, died
16th May 1903, aged 52, at Saugh-
tree, and is buried there.
Adam M'Caul Paterson, 1903-10,
retired to Edinburgh.]
■J WILLIAM NAPIER BELL, born Glas-
gow, 4th April 1873, elder son of
David B., shipbuilder and engineer,
and Helen, daugh. of William Napier,
coalmaster, Hillhead, Glasgow ; educated
at Glasgow Academy, Technical College,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1905) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1908 ; assistant
at St Andrew's Parish, Glasgow, 1908-10;
ord. 5th Oct. 1910.
WESTERKIRK, formerly
WESTERKER.
[The church belonged to the Abbey of
Melrose. At Boykin, in the parish, Adam
of Glendonyng founded in 1391 a chapel of
St Martin.]
JAMES JOHNSTONE, M.A. (Edin-
leii bursn> 29tn July 1598); min- °f
Minto in 1607 ; suspended 19th Oct.
1607, for absenting himself from two meet-
ings of Synod ; dep. 21st Dec. 1608 ; reponed
1st Oct., and adm. to this charge after
22nd Oct. 1611 ; died in 1622. He had
issue — John. — [Melrose Presb. Beg. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Beg. of Deeds, cccclxxx., 46.]
1623
JOHN FORKE, min. of Kirkbride in
1615 ; pres. by James VI. 8th Feb.
1623.
GEORGE JOHNSTON, min. in 1625 ;
1625 trans, to West Linton in 1634.
JOHN HAMILTON, M.A. ; min. of
1684 West Linton in 1622 ; pres. by
Charles I. 15th Nov. 1634; was
still min. in 1657. He marr. and had
issue — Barbara (marr. Robert, son of
Andrew Cunningham of Snaid). — [Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Dumfries Sas.,
vii., 35.]
JAMES PRINGLE of Burnfoot ; M.A.
1658 (Edinburgh, 15th July 1650); min.
about 1658 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; was min.
again in 1679.
ARCHIBALD INGLIS, M.A., formerly
1M. of Moffat ; trans, to Lochmaben after
7th May 1667.
WALTER DALGLEISH, son of Robert
1668 D. in Fallsheugh ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
I9th July 1661); adm. to Girthon
between I7th May and 3lst Oct. 1665;
trans, to Tongland in 1666; trans, and
adm. 29th April 1668 ; deprived under the
Test Act in 1682. He died at Enzieholm,
Feb. 1688, aged 47. He marr. Oct. 1673,
Margaret, daugh. of John Muir, in Anniston,
Symington, Lanarkshire, and had issue —
James ; Robert ; John ; Walter ; Isobel ;
Grisell. — [Dumfries Tests. ; MS. Ace. of the
Family.]
JAMES PRINGLE, M.A., above noticed ;
. 7 on a petition from the heritors and
parishioners, was granted an indul-
gence by the Privy Council I8th Dec. 1679 ;
probably deprived for refusing the Test in
1681; died 24th Dec. 1686, aged 59.—
[Wodrow's Hist, iii., 156 ; Tombst.]
- JOHN BROWN, M.A. (Glasgow 1648) ;
probably preacher at Leadhills ; adm.
to Tinwald 18th March 1656 ; trans,
to Linton in Teviotdale in 1664 ; trans, and
adm. after 6th Aug. 1683 ; died Jan. 1688,
aged about 60. He marr. Anna Mownow,
and had issue — David, apprentice to a
coppersmith in Edinburgh ; Alexander, to
whom he left his " whole books " ; Mary
(marr. George Brown, min. of Dryfesdale) ;
Rosina ; Jean ; Isobel (marr. 29th Oct. 1678,
William Hamilton, min. of Whitekirk). —
[Kelso Presb. ; Dumfries Tests.]
JOHN MEIN, M.A. (Edinburgh, 10th
. Aug. 1692) ; licen. by Presb. of Kelso
16th Feb., and adm. prior to 10th
Oct. 1693; died 1st May 1720, aged 68.
240
WESTERKIRK
[PRESB. OF LANGHOLM
He marr. Alison Mason, and had issue —
Sophia (marr. George Young, min. of
Hutton and Corrie); Agnes, born 1690,
died 14th Dec. 1694; Alison, born 1697,
died 25th April 1700.— [Tomhst,]
J DAVID BALMAIN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1722 4th May 1709); licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 31st July 1718 ; called Aug.
1721 ; ord. 10th Jan. 1722 ; died 15th July
1767, aged 75. He marr. 5th April 1722,
Janet (died 5th May 1763, aged 70), daugh.
of Robert Norvell, Avriter, Carluke, and had
issue— James, commissioner of the Board of
Excise, born 15th Aug. 1729; Elizabeth,
died 1st Feb. 1782; Grizel ; Barbara, born
26th Oct. 1733 (marr. Adam Pearson,
secretary of Excise for Scotland). — [Edin.
Tests.; Tombst.]
JOHN SCOTLAND, trans, from Esk-
i"768 dalemuir ; pres. by Henry, Duke of
Buccleuch, 2nd Dec. 1767; adm. 16th
June 1768 ; trans, to Linlithgow 17th Dec.
1778.
1779
JAMES GREEN, born Applegarth 1778,
1820 son °^ ^°^n G. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
6th May 1807 ; tutor in the family of Sir
Charles Granville Stuart-Menteth of Close-
burn, Bart. ; pres. by trustees of Walter
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 2nd June 1820 ; died 24th
Dec. 1841. He marr. 20th June 1820,
Melville (died s.p. 17th May 1849), eldest
daugh. of William Thomson, writer, Dum-
fries. Publication — Account of the Parish
(J\Teu' Stat. Ace, iv.).
WILLIAM BURNSIDE DUNBAR,
ord. 14th July 1842 ; trans, to Glen-
cairn 18th Jan. 1855.
WILLIAM LITTLE, ord. 23rd Sept.
1779; died 13th Nov. 1820, aged
74. He marr. (1) 7th Jan. 1791,
Margaret Irving, who died 5th May 1802,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 10th March
1802 : (2) 25th Sept. 1807, Isabella Borth-
wick, who died 9th May 1855, and had
issue — John, born 31st December 1809 ;
Christian, born 21st June 1813. Pub-
lications— A Sermon preached in the Church
of Westerkirk, 5th Dec. 1805, a Day ap-
pointedfor National Thanksgiving (Hawick,
1806 ; 2nd ed. that year) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xi.).
1855
ALEXANDER YOUNG, born Crieff,
4th Dec. 1826, son of Robert Y. and
Mary Moffat ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; B.A. (1849) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 5th Aug. 1852; assistant at
St George's, Edinburgh; pres. 28th Feb.,
and ord. 11th May 1855 ; clerk of Presb. ;
died unmarr. 30th Nov. 1909.
JOHN GILLIES, born Gateside, Beith,
Ayrshire, 4th Oct. 1878, son of
William G. and Margaret King;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1899); licen. by Presb. of Irvine May
1902 ; assistant at Maxwell Parish, Glas-
gow; ord. to Whiting Bay 23rd April
1908; trans, and adm. 10th June 1910.
Marr. 5th Aug. 1908, Agnes, daugh. of
John Marshall, and has issue — Helena
Margaret Marshall, born 1st Oct. 1909;
Agnes Grace Thomson, born 30th April
1911 ; William John Marshall, born 7th
Nov. 1915.
PRESBYTERY OF ANNAN, formerly MIDDLEBIE
[The erection of this Presbytery was proposed in the General Assembly of 1581.
The new Court, when erected, was entitled the Presbytery of Middlebie, and under
this name it appears in 1638. It was mainly out of this Presbytery that in 1743
the General Assembly founded the new Presbytery of Langholm. The meeting-
place of this Court was then changed from Middlebie to Annan, and its name was
altered accordingly. At the same time the parishes of Cummertrees and Ruthwell
were taken from the Presbytery of Lochmaben and added to this jurisdiction.
The Register begins 12th April 1699. The second volume was left in possession of
the Presbytery of Langholm by special agreement. There are blanks in the Records
of Middlebie from 1st Nov. 1721 to 26th June 1723, and in those of Annan from
5th May 1762 to 18th Nov. 1778; the attestation of the Synod, 19th April 1803,
states that from 6th Oct. 1784 to 21st Oct. 1800 there are many sederunts in different
months, amounting to seven years, totally wanting, and six months' sederunts at
different months recorded in part only. These later Records were made up from
scattered minutes, etc., by the zeal and diligence of the Rev. Dr Duncan, Ruthwell. The
Separate Register of this Presbytery, commencing in 1744, has been missing since 1841.]
ANNAN.
[Near the town of Annan, and in the
parish, were two hospitals, named How
Spital and Spital Ridding. There was a
fair at Annan on Ascension Day.]
ALEXANDER MAKCUNZEOCH,
1578 reader, 1578 to 1579.
DAVID MILLER, reader in 1585 ; pres.
1585 by James VI. 1st July 1597.
JAMES FRENCH, M.A. (St Andrews
1595) ; schoolmaster of the Canon-
gate, Edinburgh, 30th Aug. 1600;
pres. by James VI. 12th July 1605, when
he is styled "minister thir mony yeir by-
gane."
SIMON JOHNSTON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1607 30th July 1601) ; min. in 1607 ; was
one of those who signed the Protesta-
tion on behalf of the Liberties of the Kirk,
27th June 1617. He was a member of
Assembly in 1638; died after 8th March
VOL. II.
1652, and before 8th Dec. 1656. He marr.,
and had issue — Enoch, messenger-at-arms,
1635; Hester; Elizabeth. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Calderwood's and Stevenson's Hists. ;
Booke of the Kirk ; Dumfries Presb. Reg. ;
Newtyle Sess. Beg. ; Dumfries Tests. ; G. B.
Homings, 30th March 1676.]
1660
WILLIAM BAILL1E, M.A. (Edinburgh,
July 1654); adm. before 1660;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662.— [Wodrow's Hist, l, 326.]
PATRICK INGLIS, adm. in 1664 ; trans.
1664 to Sanquhar before 12th Feb. 1686.
JAMES KINNEAR, M.A. (Edinburgh
1687 *^9) ; adm. in 1687 ; deserted his
charge in 1692 ; went to England ;
was curate at Holme-Cultram, and at
Sebergham, Carlisle, in 1699, where he
died in 1733, aged about 74. — [MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689; Hutchinson's Cumberland,
ii.]
241
242
ANNAN— BRYDEKIRK (Q.S.)
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT COLVILLE, M.A. ; ord. before
,ono 15th Dec. 1696; trans, to Yetholm
i.bao , _
26th Oct. 1699.
THOMAS HOWIE, called 30th Aug.
17os 1702; ord. 24th Feb. 1703; died
23rd May 1753, aged 75. He marr.
Elizabeth Davidson, who died 23rd Sept.
1751, aged 80, and had issue — Elizabeth
(marr. John Johnston of Gutterbraes,
Annan). — [Tombst. ; Boston's Mem. ; Wod-
row's Corresp, ; Oliphant's Life of Edivard
Irving.']
WILLIAM MONCRIEFF, chaplain to
l754 the miners at Leadhills ; called 24th
Jan., and ord. 13th June 1754 ; died
12th Dec. 1784, aged 70. He marr. 17th
April 1760, Ann Hardie, who died 8th
June 1821, aged 86, and had issue —
William Hardie, his successor ; David,
died at Hawick, 25th Nov. 1834 ; Marion,
died at Hawick, 17th April 1862, aged 94.
— {Trans. Hawick Archceol. Soc, 1915,
p. 23.]
WILLIAM HARDIE MONCRIEFF,
1783 k°rn 1^61, son of preceding; pres.
by the trustees of George, Marquess
of Annandale, 11th March, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 5th June 1783 ;
died 8th Nov. 1824. He marr. (1) 10th
May 1785, Jean (died 5th Sept. 1806, aged
47), daugh. of Robert Laidlaw, farmer, Fal-
nash, and had issue — Helen (marr. 20th
Sept. 1813, Walter Beatty of Becks);
Mary (marr. Robert Shaw, min. of Ewes :
(2) 1st June 1808, Agnes (died 19th March
1842), daugh. of James Gibson, surgeon,
Edinburgh.
JAMES MONILAWS, born 1787, son of
- Alexander M., min. of Kirkpatrick-
Fleming ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 6th Sept.
1810; ord. to Bathgate 11th Jan. 1821;
pres. by trustees of James, Earl of Hope-
toun ; trans, and adm. 2nd June 1825 ; died
5th April 1871. He marr. 29th Nov. 1825,
Isabella Luke (died 2nd Oct. 1871, aged
69), eldest daugh. of John Smellie of
Torbanehill, Bathgate, and had issue —
Alexander George, W.S., born 3rd April
1828, died 15th Feb. 1858; James John,
min. of Middlebie ; Grace Elizabeth, born
14th Sept. 1831, died 30th March 1833;
John, born 16th June 1834, died 9th Jan.
1836; John, born 19th Sept. 1837, died
25th March 1849.
JAMES ALEXANDER CRICHTON,
1871 k°rn Longforgan, Perthshire, 29th
Dec. 1840, son of Peter O, school-
master, and Jane Graham ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1864) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dundee in 1864 ; assistant at
Annan; ord. 21st Sept. 1871; D.D. (St
Andrews) ; died unmarr., 7th Aug. 1909.
He was a distinguished classical and
Oriental scholar. Publications — Translated
The Compendious Syriac Grammar, by
Theodor Noldeke [Prof, of Oriental
Languages in the Univ. of Strasburg]
(London 1904) ; The Ethiopic Grammar,
by August Dillmann (London, 1907).
NEIL M'CAIG, born Glasgow, 31st
1909 May 1883, son of Archibald M.
and Jessie Macdonald ; educated at
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh; M.A.
(Glasgow 1905), B.D. (Edinburgh 1908);
licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton 5 th May
1908 ; assistant at St Matthew's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. 10th Dec. 1909. Marr. 9th
Aug. 1910, Ruby, daugh. of Robert Mac-
kay, and Johan Mackay, and has issue —
Sheila, born 18th May 1916.
BRYDEKIRK (Q.S.).
[The church was built in 1835, mainly by
Mrs Dirom of Mount Annan. In 1836 it
was constituted a chapel with a separate
district. On 26th Jan. 1853 the parish of
Brydekirk was disjoined from Annan and
Hoddam. The name is taken from an
ancient chapel of St Bride here.]
1836
HUGH M'BRYDE BROUN, born 1806,
fourth son of Sir James B., Bart., of
Colstoun, and Marion Henderson ;
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 6th Aug.
1833; ord. 17th Aug. 1836. Joined Free
Church, and became min. of Lochmaben
Free Church in 1843 ; died at Annan, 30th
annan] BRYDEKIRK (Q.S.)— CUMMERTREES AND TRAILTROW 243
Sept. 1866. He marr. in 1854, Elizabeth
(died 1889), daugh. of Alexander Carruthers
of Warmanbie, and had issue — Alexander
Carruthers M'Bryde, W.S., born 5th June
1856, died 17th Feb. 1892 ; Marion Jane.
[From 1843 to 1853, ordinances were
supplied by unordained missionary assist-
ants.]
JOHN HENDERSON GOURLIE, born
1853 Bridge of Allan, 26th Aug. 1820, son
of John G. and Agnes Gairdner ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. first
min. of Brydekirk 20th April 1853; res.
1st Dec. 1886 ; died at Granton Lodge,
Wardie, 30th Nov. 1891. He marr. 14th
Feb. 1865, Katharine (died 21st April 1900),
daugh. of Alexander Spence, and had issue
— Norman John Neil, rector of St Peter's
Episcopal Church, Galashiels, born 31st
May 1869.
COLIN ARCHIBALD ARTHUR
1887 MACVEAN, born 2nd Feb. 1858,
son of Colin Archibald M., min. of
Killin ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1880) ; licen. by Presb. of Weem 3rd
June 1880 ; assistant at Irvine 1880-7 ;
ord. 12 th May 1887. Marr. 29th April
1891, Jane Pollok, fourth daugh. of Gilbert
Heron, merchant, Glasgow.
CUMMERTREES AND
TRAILTROW.
[These parishes were united by Act of
Parliament, 24th June 1609. On 21st May
1743 the united parishes were disjoined by
the General Assembly from the Presbytery
of Lochmaben, and included in the new
Presbytery of Annan then erected. There
was an ancient hospital at Trailtrow.]
JAMES CAMPBELL, reader at Trail-
1576 trow, 1576 to 1585.
JOHN TAILYOUR, parson before 15th
1584 ^U^ 1584. — [Reg. of Deeds, xxii.,
280.]
JOHN CARLYLE, son of Alexander
1599 ^' *n Keitho > Pres- ky James VI.
20th May 1599.
ROBERT M'lLDOWIE [M'lLDOW-
1615 NIE], M.A. (Glasgow 1603); min.
of Ruthwell 1608 ; trans, and
adm. about 1615; died April 1623. He
marr. Isabel Balmanno, and had issue —
John ; Margaret ; Elizabeth. — [Dumfries
Tests.]
ANDREW ROWATT, M.A. (Glasgow
1636 1(>20) > adm. before 1636 ; dep. June
1650. He marr., and had issue —
Andrew, student at Edinburgh Univ. in
1657.— [Commiss. to Gen. Ass., 1638 ; Edin.
Gounc. Reg. ; Mouswald Sess. Reg.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, min. in 1653. His
1653 ministry ceased in 1660, but an Act
of Parliament, 5th July 1661, allowed
him the stipend for the crop of that year,
"provyded he make cleir comptand reckon-
ing with the gentlemen and heritors of the
paroche for his intromission with the manse
money"; adm. to Tynron 13th Oct. 1664. —
[Acts of Pari., vii.]
GEORGE HUNTER, entered in June
leei 1661, but had served the cure from
Martinmas 1660. — [Privy Council
Decreets^
JOHN TURING, min. about 1689;
1689 deserted his charge at the Revolu-
tion, and went to Insch, Aberdeen-
shire, 1692.— [31S. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
GILBERT RAMSAY, MA. (Edin-
1696 DurSn5 Hth J^y 1687) ; licen. by
Presb. of Chirnside 1696; ord. be-
fore 13th Oct. 1696 ; dem. in 1700. Having
enlisted as a private in a dragoon regi-
ment, he was dep. by Presb. of Dumfries.
He was accused at Linlithgow, 1718-19,
of marrying persons irregularly. He died
9th April 1719. — [Dumfries Presb. and
Linlithgoiv Sess. Regs.; Edin. Reg. Bur.']
ARCHIBALD STEUART, M.A. (Edin-
1708 burgh, 6th March 1700) ; ord. before
Oct. 1708 ; dep. for immorality be-
fore 15th May 1712.— [Gen. Ass., 1712.]
ROBERT JARDINE, ord. 3rd Dec.
1713; trans, to Glencairn 5th Nov.
1713
1719.
244
CUMMERTREES AND TRAILTROW— DORNOCK [presb. of
WILLIAM CARLYLE, M.A. ; ord. 28th
17M April 1720; trans, to Prestonpans
26th Nov. 1724.
JAMES MUIRHEAD, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1?25 29th April 1701 ; ord. in 1725 ; died
16th Sept. 1727, aged 47. He rnarr.
Janet Paterson, who died 17th Dec. 1770,
and had issue — John, died before March
1736.— [Tombst, ; Dumfries Tests.]
WALTER COOK, M.A. (Edinburgh,
7 21st April 1709) ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont 3rd Jan. 1722: ord. 17th
Sept, 1728 ; died 21st April 1759, aged 76.
He marr. Susan Gibson, who died 5th June
1787. — {Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
THOMAS SMITH, tutor at Mount-
17eo stuart, Annan ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunoon 15th Sept. 1747 ; ord. in
1753 as min. of a Presbyterian congregation
at Alston Moor, Cumberland ; pres. by
George II. 25th May 1759 ; adm. 28th Feb.
1760; died 6th June 1799, aged 81. He
marr. (1) a lady who died in 1765 : (2) 6th
June 1793, Frances Irving, who died 16th
May 1808.— [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
THOMAS GILLESPIE, born 1755, son
17 7 of George G. of Windyhiils, Dum-
friesshire, and Sarah Russel ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Langholm 3rd May 1791 ; was
sometime a teacher in Edinburgh ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 21st Dec. 1797 ;
died unmarr. 26th Feb. 1828.
GEORGE GILLESPIE, nephew of pre-
1828 ceo^mo) Dorn ^US- 1795, son of John
G. (eldest son of George G. of Windy-
hills) and Mary M'Lellan ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Annan 31st Dec. 1823 ; sometime a tutor
on the Continent ; pres. by George IV., and
ord. 12th Sept. 1828 ; died 20th April 1870.
He marr. 18th May 1835, Mary Anne (died
at Preston, Lancashire, 1st Jan. 1873),
daugh. of James Ewer, Flintshire, and had
issue — Richard Addison, min. of Cross-
michael ; James Ewer, min. of Kirk-
gunzeon. Publication — Account of the
Parish {Nexv Stat. Ace, iv.).
WILLIAM JOHNSTONE, ord. 4th Nov.
1QtJQ 1870 ; trans, to Ormiston 28th Sept.
1880.
ALEXANDER SINCLAIR NICOL,
1881 born Port-Glasgow, 15th Aug. 1850,
son of Alexander Sinclair N. and
Margaret Kay ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow i licen. by Presb. of Greenock 13th
May 1879; ord. to Howwood Chapel 20th
Aug. 1879 ; trans, and adm. 10th Feb.
1881 ; clerk of Presbytery : died at Bourne-
mouth 25th Nov. 1916. Marr. 2nd June
1885, Dinah Ann M'Faden, and has issue —
Sybil, born 20th Feb. 1886 ; Margaret Kay,
born 8th March 1888 ; Alexander Sinclair,
born 10th Nov. 1900.
DORNOCK.
[The church was dedicated to St Marjory.
There was here an ancient monument called
St Marjory's Cross.]
GEORGE CLEGHORN, M.A. (St An-
drews 1597) ; min. in 1612 ; still in
the charge " in old age,;' Aug. 1647.
He marr. Home (Clarence Home, his
sister-in-law, died in 1612), and had issue
— John, apprenticed to Alexander Cleghorn,
wright, Edinburgh, 3rd May 1626 ; George,
apprenticed to Thomas Cleghorn, gold-
smith, Edinburgh, 23rd June 1630 ; James,
apprenticed to William Mudie, merchant,
Edinburgh, 29th Aug. 1632 ; Samuel, ap-
prenticed to Thomas Cleghorn, goldsmith,
Edinburgh, 6th Aug. 1634.— [Reg. Assig. ;
Tombst. ; Commiss. to Gen. Ass., 1638 ;
Edin. App. Reg.]
ALEXANDER CRAWFORD, M.A.
1662 (Edinburgh, 22nd July 1647) ; licen.
by Presb. of Dalkeith 2nd Nov.
1652 ; min. in 1662 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; he was alive 5th
June 1689— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
WILLIAM ALLISON, M.A. (Edin-
„ burgh, 8th July 1644); adm. about
1663; died 27th Sept. 1683, aged
63. He marr. Anna Armstrong, who died
ANNAN]
DORNOCK
245
13th Aug. 1693, aged 70, and had issue-
Thomas, surgeon in Comb ; Robert ; James ;
Jean ; Elizabeth. — [Dumfries Tests.]
ALEXANDER FINNIE, M.A. (Edin-
1684 burgh 1676) ; pres. by William, Mar-
quess of Queensberry, 17th April,
coll. 24th, and inst. 29th Sept. 1684. Joined
the Church of Rome, and dem. 1686-7.
He afterwards resided in Edinburgh, where
much of his time was employed in lampoon-
ing the Presbyterian ministers. He died
8th Sept. 1707, aged about 50. Publications
— Three of his satirical effusions on David
Williamson, min. of St Cuthbert's, Edin-
burgh, were reprinted in Maidment's Book
of Scottish Pasquils (1868).
JAMES MOFFAT, adm. 9th Oct. 1694 ;
1694 died 20th July l714' aged 80- He
marr. Margaret (died 25th June
1708, aged 78), daugh. of William Ker of
Ford, and sister of Sir Robert Ker of Etal,
and had issue — Margaret (marr. Thomas
Donaldson). — [Tombst.]
JAMES HUNTER, called 30th Nov.
1715 1714 ; ord. 11th April 1715 ; in Sept.
1715 he marched to Stirling as a
volunteer in defence of the country ; pres.
to Hoddam by Charles, Duke of Queens-
berry, Aug. 1726 ; this and a competing
presentation were annulled by the Com-
mission of Assembly Nov. 1727. He was
pres. by the same patron to Middlebie
Feb. 1743, but the Synod, 11th Oct.
following, refused translation ; died at
Moffat, 3rd July 1755. He marr. Isabel
Howie, who died at Annan, 4th June 1793,
aged 82.— [Rae's Hist, of the Rebellion.']
J ANTHONY BLACK, born 1707, son of
l? James B., min. of Gretna ; licen. by
Presb. of Middlebie 8th Sept. 1736 ;
pres. to Kirkpatrick-Fleming by Sir William
Maxwell of Springkell, Bart., June 1745,
but the Synod sustained a call to another
presentee ; pres. by Charles, Duke of
Queensberry, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 31st Oct. 1754 ; died unmarr. 20th
April 1 777. -[Tombst.]
JAMES SMAIL, ord. (assistant and
177 successor) 16th Dec. 1773 ; trans, to
Kirkmichael, Dumfriesshire, 23rd
Sept. 1796.
NICHOLAS SLOAN, born 17th March
17g7 1764 ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th
Sept. 1791 ; pres. by William, Duke
of Queensberry, and ord. 4th May 1797 ;
died 1st July 1844. He marr. 2nd Jan.
1798, Dorothy Knubley, who died 24th
July 1830, and had issue — Mary Ann
Knubley, born 7th Nov. 1798 (marr. 11th
Dec. 1820, John Carlyle in Dornock), died
5th Sept. 1840; Elizabeth Edgar, born
28th July 1800; Nicholas Edward, born
4th June 1802, died 3rd Sept. 1832; Edward
Knubley, min. of Sorbie ; Dorothy Stodart,
born 6th July 1806 (marr. Dalzell) ;
Margaret, born 23rd Dec. 1808, died 10th
Dec. 1839; William Hayland, born 17th
June, died 4th Nov. 1811 ; Eleanor Knubley,
born 19th Sept. 1813. Publications— The
Leading Features of the Gospel Delineated
(Carlisle, 1806); Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace., iv.). — [Tombst.]
JOHN ANDERSON, born Blackford,
1844 Perthshire, in 1819, son of James A.,
and Janet Gray ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St
Andrews; ord. 17th Oct. 1844; D.D. (St
Andrews 1885); died unmarr. 29th May
1885. Publication — Speech in the Kirtle
Case before the Synod of Dumfries, April
16, 1872 (Annan, 1872).
MAXWELL JAMES WRIGHT,
5 ord. 18th Nov. 1885; trans, to St
Ninian's Parish, Aberdeen, 5th June
1901.
JAMES ALEXANDER ROBERTSON,
born Kinclaven, Perthshire, 11th
Dec. 1869, son of Hope R. and
Catherine M'Leish ; educated at Perth
Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1890); licen. by Presb. of Dunkeld 9th
May 1893 ; assistant at West Coates Parish,
Edinburgh; ord. 3rd Sept. 1901. Marr.
8th April 1902, Elizabeth MacKnight,
daugh. of Robert Reid of Killellan, Kintyre,
and has issue— Hope Campbell, born 2nd
June 1903 ; Robert Reid, born 1st May 1906.
246 GREENKNOWE (Q.S.)— GRETNA AND RINPATRICK [presb. of
GREENKNOWE (Q.S.).
[The parish of Greenknowe was disjoined
from Annan, and erected by decreet of the
Court of Teinds, 2nd April 1873.]
WILLIAM WYPER, formerly min. of
1840 Bethel Relief Chapel, Newcastle-
on-Tyne ; adm. to this charge 2nd
Dec. 1840 : trans, to North Parish, Paisley,
27th Oct. 1843.
ALEXANDER SHEPHERD, ord. 24th
1845 Dec. 1845; res. 7th April 1847, to
become assistant in the New Church,
Dumfries [afterwards min. of Dalton].
[For several years the church was supplied
by licentiates.]
GEORGE GARDINER, born Neilston,
1858 Renffew5 4tn Oct- 1831, fourth son
of John G., M.A., schoolmaster, and
Marion Craig ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley ; assistant
at St George's Parish, Glasgow ; app. 3rd
March 1858 ; ord. 7th Feb. 1860 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 2nd April 1873 ; died
19th Jan. 1879. He marr. 15th April 1862,
Elizabeth (died 14th June 1877), daugh. of
John Nicholson, shipbuilder, Annan, and
had issue — John, B.Sc. (London 1884),
LL.D. (Colorado), Professor of Biology,
Univ. of Colorado, 1889-98, born 16th Jan.
1863, died 25th Nov. 1900 ; Marion Craig,
born 19th Oct. 1864 (marr. 4th Sept. 1901,
Charles Boyd, Coupar- Angus) ; Elizabeth
Johnstone Lowther, born 6th May 1866
(marr. April 1891, Maurice Lees, Park
Bridge); Adah, born 4th Jan. 1868; George,
born 18th Oct. 1869, died in infancy ;
William, farmer in South America, born
14th July 1871, died 9th Oct. 1909; Jane
Nicholson, born 7th July 1873; Agnes
Hutchinson, born 11th March 1875, died
in infancy.
JOHN COLQUHOUN THOMSON,
18*79 born Greenock, 30th July 1857, son
of Robert T. and Agnes Orr; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1874) ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in 1878 ; ord.
19th June 1879. Marr. 11th Dec. 1890,
Jean, daugh. of James MLiean, and has
issue — Robert Orr Colquhoun, born 21st
Oct. 1891; Gladys Margaret, born 11th
July 1893 ; Doris Jean, born 5th Sept.
1895; Evelyn May, born 28th March
1897.'
GRETNA or GRETANHOW, AND
RINPATRICK or REDKIRK.
[These parishes were united in 1609.
Gretna or Gretanhovj. — A fair was
formerly held here on St Laurence Day,
10th Aug.
Binpatrick. — The church of Rinpatrick
was dedicated to St Patrick. Along with
the churchyard, it has been swept away by
the tide of the Solway Firth.]
BLAISE HAMILTON, son of Andrew
157_ H. in Olis ; pres. to Rinpatrick 30th
Oct. 1575.
DAVID MILLAR, reader, 1576 to
1576 1579.
THOMAS MAXWELL, reader here and
157g at Dumfries in 1579 ; pres. by James
VI. 1st July 1579, also to the vicar-
age of Dumfries on same day ; at the same
time he held office as Preceptor at Trail-
trow ; trans, to Morton in 1580 ; retrans.
and adm. about 1585, having charge also
of Rinpatrick ; died before 23rd May 1601.
— [Beg. Assig.]
DAVID WOOD, M.A.; adm. to Trail-
16„ flat in 1607 ; pres. by James VI.
before 22nd Nov. 1608 ; had a manse
designated 25th Sept. 1609 ; still min.
March 1650. He marr. July 1615, Mary
Kincaid, Leith, and had issue — Clement. —
[Beg. Assig. ; G. B. Inhib., xxxvii., 486 ;
S. Leith Marr. Beg.; Dumfries Tests.;
Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 387.]
THOMAS COPLAND, M.A.; min. of
Kirkpatrick-Fleming in 1611 ; trans,
and adm. to Rinpatrick in 1615 ;
trans, to Temple 25th July 1620. He marr.
(1) (cont. 5th Oct. 1612), Barbara, eldest
daugh. of Daniel Coutts, at Dairy Mylne
(see Temple, vol. i., 348). —[Prot. Book of
ANNAN]
GRETNA AND RINPATRICK
247
John Hay, vii., 97 ; Reg. of Deeds,
ccxiv., 38.]
JOHN HAMILTON, MA. (Edinburgh,
1656 26th July 1649) j adm. in 1656 ; died
1st May 1661, aged 32. He marr.
Margaret Johnston, who survived him. —
[Jedburgh Presb. Reg. ; Tombst. \ Macfar-
lane Geog. Coll., i., 387; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 1st March 1666.]
JAMES GLADSTANES, MA. ; min.
1666 in 1666; trans, to Yetholm 25th
Sept. that year.
THOMAS HENDERSON, MA. (Glas-
1867 £ow 1642); adm. to Tundergarth in
1648 ; trans, to Lochmaben in 1663 ;
trans, and adm. before 7th May 1667 ; died
27th April 1686, aged about 64. He marr.
Agnes Maxwell, who had sasine with him
of the lands of Barromeill, and others, 2nd
Dec. 1662, and 16th March 1663, and had
issue — Thomas ; Agnes (marr., cont. 20th
Nov. 1666, John Brown of Cleucheids). —
[Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i. 387 ; Dumfries
Tests. ; New Gen. Reg. Sas., iv. ; G. R.
Sas., xviii., 325 ; Tombst.']
JOHN HALIBURTON, MA. (Edin-
1687 burgh 1679) ; adm. about 1687 ; dep.
in 1692 for contumacy. — [Macfar-
lane Geog. Coll., i. 387 ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
v JAMES BLACK, MA. (Edinburgh,
1608 22nd May 1685); licen. by Presb.
of Chirnside 9th June 1691 ; ord.
26th Sept. 1693; died 22nd Oct. 1735,
aged 69. He marr. Elizabeth Turnbull,
who died 1st Dec. 1742, aged 72, and
had issue — Anthony, min. of Dornock.—
[Tombst. ; Edin. Marr. Reg. ; Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
JAMES GATT, born Cullen, Jan. 1700.
1730 In April 1716, while a student at
King's College, Aberdeen, he was,
with seven others, "expelled for forcing
the drummer of Old Aberdeen to make a
proclamation desiring all persons to come
and see the Duke of Brunswick burnt in
effigy, and for drinking the health of the
Pretender under the title of King James
the Eighth, at a bonfire lit by them at the
college gate." On 24th March 1718, "the
Principal having produced a letter from five
mins. in favour of James Gatt, as to his
loyal and discreet carriage since his ex-
pulsion, and he being a promising genius,
the masters allow him to receive degrees
with the rest of the class." He graduated
MA. 9th April 1718 ; studied divinity
at Edinburgh Univ. ; was schoolmaster
of Rafford, 1720-22; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 30th Aug. 1727; pres. to this
parish by David, Viscount Stormont, 17th
Nov. 1729; ord. (assistant and successor)
30th April 1730; died Father of the
Synod, 31st Oct. 1787. He marr. 17th
Aug. 1741, Jean (died 10th Feb. 1786, aged
86), daugh. of James Gowanlock, min. of
Kirkpatrick-Fleming. He left in manu-
script a book of Latin verse entitled
Jacobi Gathei Miscellanea Metrica, con-
taining 187 dated poems, dealing mostly
with current events from 1720 to 1769 ;
a translation into Latin of the Book of
Proverbs ; and a volume of sermons, Of the
Saviour's Mediatory Kingdom and Words.
Another volume of sermons preached in
1748 is curious on account of their extra-
ordinary use of " aliteration's artful aid."
Gatt's Diary is also in the hands of the
Kirk - Session of Gretna, and the New
College, Edinburgh, possesses his manu-
script Lectures on the Westminster Confes-
sion of Faith.— [Short Memoir [in MS.] of
the Life, Character, and Writings of the
Rev. James Gatt, 1823 [by David Smith,
min. of Morton] ; Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst. ;
Scottish Notes a.nd Queries, vi. 169, ix. 180, x.
44, 76; Miller's Poets of Dumfriesshire, 125.]
WILLIAM SCOTT, pres. by the com-
178_ missioner for David, Viscount Stor-
mont, and ord. 25th Sept. 1788 ;
trans, to Dalkeith 17th Feb. 1790.
JOHN MORGAN, ord. 23rd Sept. 1790 ;
17go died 5th Feb. 1828, aged 77. He
marr. 4th Sept. 1797, Jane Home
M'Clellan, who died 26th Sept. 1840, aged
78, and had issue — Murray, student at
Glasgow Univ. in 1813, died 17th Feb.
1818, aged 19; Elizabeth, died 16th May
1802, aged 2 ; William, merchant, Glasgow,
248
GRETNA AND RINPATRICK
[PRESB. OF
born 1801, died 3rd Sept. 1856; Elizabeth
Rome, born 1802, died unmarr. 6th Dec.
1880; Jemima Patricia, born 1805 (marr.
William Auchincloss), died 9th Oct. 1835 ;
John, merchant, Glasgow, born 1810, died
4th May 1894. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ix.).—
[Tombst.]
JAMES RODDICK, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Annan 5th Feb. 1823; pres. by
William, Earl of Mansfield, and ord. 4th
Sept. 1828 ; died 11th Feb. 1869. He marr.
14th Oct. 1828, Mary Stothart, daugh.
of Major Richard Dickson, London, and
had issue— Elizabeth Mary, born 4th Dec.
1829; Margaret, born 18th Nov. 1830;
James, min. at Adelaide, Australia, born
28th May 1832 ; Richard Lothian, born
28th Jan. 1834 ; Isabella Dickson, born 10th
Jan. 1836 ; John Dickson, born 23rd Nov.
1838. Publication— Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace, iv.).
ROBERT EDGAR, M.A. ; ord. (assist-
so ant and successor) 10th May 1860 ;
trans, to Newburgh-on-Tay 22nd
Sept. 1864.
1865
J WILLIAM BELL, born Ceres, Fife,
11th April 1834, son of William B.
and Caroline Cook Perkins Pride ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 20th Jan. 1865;
died s.p. 22nd May 1906. He marr. 27th
March 1889, Charlotte Heathfield. Publi-
cations — Kirhcumdoon [by Rev. Peter
Ponder] (Edinburgh, 1875) ; Caiddsouh
(Edinburgh).
JOHN OWEN STAFFORD, born
Mouswald, 1st Nov. 1869, son of
James S., schoolmaster, and Jane
Owen ; educated at Dumfries Academy
and Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1890); licen. by Presb. of
Lochmaben 1893; assistant at Old Deer,
Dunblane, and Boarhills ; ord. to Mochrum
25th June 1900 ; trans, and adm. 25th Oct.
1906. Marr. 29th April 1896, Mary Anne
Smith Tweedie, daugh. of Robert Hutchi-
son Kerr, and has issue — Julia Mary, born
17th Feb. 1897 ; Kenneth James, born 7th
April 1898 ; Jean Tweedie, born 30th Nov.
1899.
HODDAM, ECCLEFECHAN,
AND LUCE ON ANNAN.
[These three parishes were united in
1609. The church of Hoddam belonged to
the Archbishop of Glasgow. There was a
Well of St Bride.
The church of Ecclefechan was dedicated
to St Fechan of Fore.]
J ALEXANDER BROWN, reader here
1578 and at Ecclefechan 1578 to 1585.
JOHN ALEXANDER, M.A. (St An-
1610 drews 1603) > a(lm- in 1610 > ne
signed the Protest on behalf of the
Liberties of the Kirk 27th June 1617 ; a
member of the Commission for Maintenance
of Church Discipline 21st Oct. 1634 ; died
14th July 1666, aged 77. He marr. (cont.
28th July 1620) Isabella (died 2nd July 1682,
aged 82), daugh. of William Barclay of
Innergellie, and had issue— William ; James
of Knockhill ; John, min. of Durisdeer;
Margaret (marr. Herbert Irving of Bon-
shaw) ; Barbara. — [Neiv Gen. Reg. Sas.,
xix. ; Tombst. ; Reg. of Deeds, cccxcix.,
415; G. R. Inhib., 17th Nov. 1663; Book
of the Irvings, p. 221.]
JAMES CRAIG, M.A. ; ord. in 1661;
1661 trans, to Selkirk after 2nd Feb. 1666.
MATTHEW REID, probably son of
1666 Matthew B,., min. of Kirkinner ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 14th July 1659);
passed trials before Presb. of Stirling, and
was recommended for licen. 21st Sept. 1664,
and adm. to Langholm' that year; trans,
in 1666; died 11th April 1681, aged 41.
He marr. 6th Jan. 1665, Margaret Crichton,
who survived him, and had issue — James ;
Matthew, min. of North Berwick ; David ;
Agnes ; Margaret ; Janet (marr. James
Alston, min. of Dirleton). — [Tombst.; Edin.
Reg. Ma/rri]
ANNAN]
HODDAM, ECCLEFECHAN, AND LUCE
249
WILLIAM CARNEGIE, M.A. ; trans.
1681 ^rom Careston in 1681 ; trans, to
Arbroath after 3rd June 1686.
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, M.A. (Edin-
1686 ^urgh I682) ', Pres- by William, Duke
of Queensberry, and Robert, Earl of
Southesk, 24th and 27th May, coll. 26th
Oct., and inst. 7th Dec. 1686 ; dep. by
Presb. of Dumfries 16th June 1691, "for
profaning the sacrament of baptism," etc.
— [G. R. Homings, 7th July 1688; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Dumfries Presb.
Reg.] '
ANDREW DARLING, M.A. ; ord.
16g6 before 13th Oct. 1696; trans, to
Kinnoull between 11th May and
26th Dec. 1697.
JAMES CURRIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
13th July 1695) ; licen. by Presb. of
Earlston 16th Sept. 1697; called
by Presb. jure devoluto, and ord. 9th
May 1700; died 25th Feb. 1726, aged 52.
He marr. Isobel Bell, who survived him,
and had issue — James, min. of Middlebie ;
John ; Andrew ; Helen (marr. Thomas Bell,
in Westside of Blacksyke) ; Agnes ; Janet ;
Sybella.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER ORR, born 1686, son of
1*729 Alexander O., min. of St Quivox ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 22nd June
1715; ord. to Muirkirk 5th June 1717;
called 26th Feb., trans, and adm. 10th
July 1729; died 19th June 1767. He
marr. 25th Jan. 1722, Agnes (died 21st
May 1760), daugh. of John Dalrymple of
Waterside, and had issue — Agnes, born 9th
Nov. 1722 (marr. William Young, min. of
Hutton); Barbara, born 10th Oct. 1723
(marr. John Craig, min. of Ruthwell) ;
Alexander, W.S., born 23rd March 1725,
died 27th Nov. 1774; Peter, born 12th
Oct. 1727 ; John, merchant, Virginia ;
Susan (marr. 1768, William Murray, second
son of William M. of Murraythwaite).—
[Tombst. ; M'Call's Some Old Families.]
. ALEXANDER BROWN, trans, from
7 Tongland, and adm. 26th July 1768 ;
trans, to Moffat 30th Oct. 1783.
JAMES YORSTOUN, born 17th Dec.
1784 1^55, son °^ Peter Y-> min. of Close-
burn ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont
5th July 1775; ord. to Middlebie 23rd March
1778 ; pres. by William, Duke of Queens-
berry 8th Jan., and adm. 1st July 1784 ;
died 6th April 1834. He marr. 2nd Oct.
1817, Margaret (died 25th March 1828),
daugh. of James Currie Carlyle of Bryde-
kirk. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iii., xxi.).
ROBERT MENZIES, born 31st Jan.
1801, son of William M., min. of
Lanark ; educated at the Grammar
School there, High School, Edinburgh
(dux 1816), and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark 4th Aug. 1824 ;
pres. by Lieut.-General Matthew Sharpe
of Hoddam, and ord. 2nd Sept. 1834 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh, April 1864); died 6th July
1877. He marr. 28th Oct. 1835, Martha
Reid (died 19th July 1875), daugh. of
Robert Coldstream, merchant, Leith, and
Elizabeth, daugh. of John Phillips, and had
issue — William, min. of Duns; Robert
Coldstream, born 11th July 1839, died 1st
Sept. 1870; Allan, born 23rd June 1841,
died 29th Nov. 1892; John Coldstream,
lieut. R.E., born 8th April 1843, died 2nd
May 1866 ; Elizabeth Phillips, born 23rd
June 1844, died 29th July 1865; Jeanie
Newbigging, born 23rd Sept. 1845, died at
Hyeres, France, 8th March 1892; Martha
Reid Coldstream, born 12th April 1847,
died 18th May 1914 ; Lawrie, engineer,
born 16th June 1848, died at Alexan-
drowsk, South Russia, 11th Dec. 1914;
Francis, born 22nd June, died 16th Dec.
1849 ; Alexander Charles, born 23rd Aug.
1850, died 24th March 1875; Catherine
Cowan, born 13th Oct. 1852, died 18th
Oct. 1879. Publications — Exposition of St
Paul's Epistle to the Romans (trans, from
the German of F. A. Tholuck), 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1833-6) ; Exposition, Doctrinal
and Philological, of Christ's Sermon on the
Mount (trans, from the German of F. A.
Tholuck), 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1834-7);
Answers to Robert Haldane's Strictures on
Tholuck's Epistle to the Romans (Edin-
burgh, 1838) ; Cuff, the Negro Boy (trans.
250
HODDAM, ECCLEFECHAN, AND LUCE
[PRESB. OF
from the German of Carl Barth) (Edin-
burgh, 1848) ; Mick and Xich, or the Power
of Conscience (trans, from the German of
Carl Barth) (Edinburgh, 1849) ; The Circle
of Human Life (Edinburgh, 1850); Re-
formers before the Reformation (trans, from
the German of Carl Ullmann) [Clark's
Foreign Theol. Lib.], 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1855-6); Gotthold's Emblems (trans, from
the German of Christian Scriver) (Edin-
burgh, 1857 ; 2nd series, Edinburgh, 1857).
— [Lanark Manse Family.]
GEORGE ROSS, born St Andrews,
1878 20th Oct. 1837, son of Thomas R.
and Christian Laing ; educated at
Madras College and Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews ; assistant
at Struan ; ord. to Glenshee 26th Sept.
1871 ; adm. assistant and successor at
South Parish, Aberdeen, 7th Sept. 1876;
trans, and adm. 29th Jan. 1878 ; died 2nd
May 1899. He man*. 12th March 1878,
Barbara Simpson (died 28th Nov. 1905),
daugh. of James Paull, D.D., min. of Tully-
nessle and Forbes, and had issue — Christian
Laing, born 1st Dec. 1878 (marr. 22nd
Dec. 1906, James Cullen, teacher, Bathgate
Academy) ; James Paull, W.S., born 7th
April 1881; Eliza Ann, born 28th Sept.
1883 (marr. 15th June 1910. Kenneth
MLennan, chemist, Edinburgh).
JAMES CHARLES GILLIES COL-
1899 VI^> born 7th Nov< 1867' son of
John C, min. of Kirkmabreck ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1893) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1896 ; assistant at Lady Glenorchy's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. 26th Sept. 1899. Marr.
7th Aug. 1907, Jessie Douglas, daugh. of
Thomas Tennant, Lynne Croft, Ecclefechan,
and has issue — Stanley Douglas Gillies,
born 9th Sept. 1910.
KIRKPATRICK-FLEMING, KIRK-
CONNEL, AND IRVING.
\_KirJcpat rich- Fleming. — The church was
dedicated to St Patrick. The name Flem-
ing was given to the parish from the family
of Fleming of Redhall, to which most part
of the land here long pertained. There was
a chapel at Logan, and there was also in
the parish a Well of St Helen.
Kirkconnel. — Was united to Kirkpatrick-
Fleming, 24th June 1609. The church was
dedicated to St Conal.
Irving. — This parish was united to Kirk-
patrick-Fleming and Kirkconnel in 1609.]
ROBERT JOHNSTON, son of John J.
_ of Newbie ; pres. by James VI.
8th Feb. 1577.
THOMAS COPLAND, min. here in
,0, , 1611 : trans, to Rinpatrick or Red-
loll . , ;
kirk in 1615.
THOMAS CHALMER [CHALMERS],
a native of Moray ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 27th July 1611); pres. by
James, Archbishop of Glasgow, 27th Nov.
1618; dep. July 1649; died Feb. 1673,
aged about 82. He marr., and had issue
— James, apprenticed to Robert Salmond,
merchant, Edinburgh, 18th June 1634. —
{Linlithgow Presb. Reg. ; Mousivald Sess.
Reg. ; Edin. Reg. Bur.; Peterkin;s Records ;
Inq. Ret. Dumfries, 233 ; Acts and Dec,
cccxxx., 196.]
WILLIAM GRAHAM of Mossknow;
1658 M.A. (Edinburgh, 15th April 1645);
min. in 1658 ; died 11th March 1673,
aged 45. He had sasine of the lands of
Redhall in 1663, of Skarles in 1666, and
of Pennersaughs and Blaeberrie in 1669.
He marr. Margaret (died Aug. 1691), daugh.
of David Irving of Mossknow and Jean
Murray, and had issue — William of Moss-
know, served heir to his father 21st June
1686 ; Jean (marr., cont. Oct. 1672, William
Irving of Bonshaw, Dumfriesshire) ; David.
—{Dumfries Tests. ; New. Gen. Reg. Sas.,
vii., xv., xxii. ; Tombst. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
6742; Dumfries Sas., i., 182.]
JAMES CHALMERS, bapt. 21st Sept.
1686 1662, son of James C, min. of
Paisley; M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th
May 1682) ; min. in 1686 ; deprived by the
Privy Council, 17th Sept. 1689, for neither
reading the Proclamation of the Estates
nor praying for William and Mary. He
annan] KIRKPATRICK-FLEMING, KIRKCONNEL, AND IRVING 251
marr. Elizabeth Scott, who died in Edin-
burgh before 20th March 1710, and had
issue — John, apprentice to James Brown,
surgeon-apothecary, Edinburgh.— [Nisbet's
Her., ii. ; Edin. App. Beg.]
JAMES GOWANLOCK, MA. (Edin-
1696 burSh> 18tn July 1692); ord. Sept.
1696; died 18th Dec. 1744, aged
about 73. He marr., and had issue —
Matthew, physician in Moffat ; Jean (marr.
James Gatt, min. of Gretna) ; Janet. —
[Dumfries I'ests.']
JAMES CURRIE, pres. by George,
1746 Marquess of Annandale, May 1745;
ord. 25th Sept. 1746; trans, to
Middlebie 15th Sept. 1763.
JOHN CRAIG, ord. 20th Sept. 1764;
1764 trans, to Ruthwell 12th June 1783.
ALEXANDER MONILAWS, licen. by
1784 Presb. of Edinburgh 25th June 1783 ;
pres. by curator for George, Marquess
of Annandale, Oct. 1783; ord. 4th March
1784; died 20th July 1834, aged 77. He
marr. 29th March 1787, Catherine (died
at Noblehill, 23rd Oct. 1836, aged 78),
youngest daugh. of William Irving of
Ellerbeck, and had issue — James, min. of
Annan; William, captain in the army;
Janet ; Helen (marr. Andrew Beveridge
Murray, min. of Mouswald) ; Catherine
(marr. 30th Oct. 1820, William Thomson,
writer, Dumfries). Publication— Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).
— [Tombst.]
1834
GEORGE HASTIE, born Edinburgh,
1799, son of James H, tailor ; edu-
cated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
21st July 1824; pres. by Sir Patrick
Maxwell of Springkell, Bart., and ord. 5th
Dec. 1834. Joined the Free Church in 1843 ;
died at Moffat 2nd Nov. 1856. He marr.
(1) 30th March 1835, Margaret Stuart
(died 16th Feb. 1847), daugh. of John
Laing, M.D., Dumfries, and had issue —
James Davidson, born 7th July, died 25th
Sept. 1838 ; John Laing, born 23rd Sept.
1839, died 18th Dec. 1842 ; George James,
born 8th May 1841, died 6th May 1856 :
(2) 2nd April 1851, Margaret (died 12th
Dec. 1873), daugh. of Robert Kinnear,
and had issue — Patrick Maxwell, born
29th July 1853.
ARCHIBALD HUNTER, born Duns,
1843 10tb ^arcn 1808, youngest son of
William H. of Pilmure, and Magda-
lene King; educated at Duns Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Duns in 1830 ; assistant at Ay ton ; ord.
min. of Groat Market Presbyterian Con-
gregation, Newcastle-on-Tyne, 13th June
1839 ; pres. by Colonel Graham of Moss-
know, and adm. to this charge 27th Sept.
1843; died unmarr. 8th Sept. 1844 —
[Historical Memorials of Presbyterianism
in Newcastle-wpon-Tyne, 1847.]
JOHN MURDOCH of Cornton, Stir-
1845 lmSshire> born 1808, second son of
Patrick M. and Helen Burn ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; assistant at
Brydekirk ; ord. to Eyemouth 12th Jan.
1844 ; trans, and adm. 21st April 1845 ;
died 6th Feb. 1876. He marr. 19th Jan.
1847, Madeline Elizabeth (died 28th Sept.
1896), daugh. of Alexander Dirom of Mount
Annan, captain 8th Foot, and Joanna
Elizabeth Peter, and had issue — Patrick
Alexander, M.B., who assumed the name of
Pasley-Dirom on succeeding to the estate
of Mount Annan, born 10th Dec. 1847, died
21st Aug. 1912 ; Joanna Leonora, born 13th
Oct. 1849.
DAVID GRAHAM, born 12th May
7_ 1848, son of James G., min. of
Penpont ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1871 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
18th Nov. 1875; died unmarr., 21st July
1906.
JOHN WALKER, born Blairgowrie,
6 2nd Feb. 1878 ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; MA. (1902); licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 4th May 1905;
assistant at St Leonard's, Perth ; ord. 18th
Dec. 1906. Marr. 3rd June 1908, Isabella
Robertson, daugh. of George M'Farlane,
Perth, and has issue — William Liston, born
19th March 1909 ; George M'Farlane, born
27th Oct. 1912.
252
KIRTLE (Q.S.)
[PRESB. OF
KIRTLE (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1837. A chapel
district was constituted by the General
Assembly, 28th May 1838. The parish of
Kir tie was disjoined from Middlebie and
erected by the Court of Teinds, 26th Feb.
1883.]
WILLIAM BROWN XIVISOX, born
1838 ^ April 1793, third son of Abraham
X., min. of Middlebie ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 29th Jan. 1817 ; ord. min. of
Scots Church, Amsterdam, 26th June 1818 ;
res. on account of ill-health in 1823; was
sometime assistant at Dalkeith ; adm. 24th
July 1838: dem. 12th June 1844; died at
Portobello, unmarr., 19th June 1858. Pub-
lications— Sermons on Various Subjects, 2
vols. (Amsterdam, 1822) ; The Key to the
Sabbath Question (Edinburgh) ; Metre Out-
Metred, a Burlesque Poem (Edinburgh,
1854) ; The Church Eclogue, a Satirical
Epistle (Edinburgh, 1855); A Letter to
Dr Candlish (Edinburgh, 1856); A Letter
to Lord Dunfermline (Edinburgh, 1857);
A Letter to the Duke of Buccleuch (Edin-
burgh, 1858); "Sunday Schools :; {Border
Monitor). — [Steven's Scott. Church, Rotter-
dam, 280 ; Tombst.]
[From 1844 to 1876 ordinances were
supplied by the following Licentiates,
viz. : —
William Xicol, born 1807, died at the
Cotton of Gardyne, 14th Dec. 1851.
James Young, 1851-60.
Robert Johnstone, 1860-3 (afterwards
min. of Leuchars).
Ftnlay Matheson, 1863 (afterwards
min. of Buccleuch Parish, Edin-
burgh).
James Johnstone, 1864-70.
Charles Ogg, 1871-2.]
WILLIAM PETER JOHXSTOXE,
1877 born Annan, 15th Xov. 1834, son of
Robert J., surgeon, R.X., and Mary
James ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh :
licen. by Presb. of Annan 7th July 1858 ;
assistant at Sorbie ; ord. to Kirtle Chapel
26th April 1877 ; adm. first min. of the
parish 4th April 1883 ; died unmarr., 30th
Oct. 1892.
J ALEXAXDER BROWX, born Kil-
lgqs marnock, 9th July 1859, son of Alex-
ander B. and Jean Campbell ; edu-
cated at Univs. of Edinburgh and St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Kinross 2nd
May 1889 ; ord. 20th April 1893 ; died un-
marr., 28th Jan. 1908.
ROBERT WILLIAM MALSEED, born
iq^ Londonderry, 31st May 1875, son of
Robert Campbell ML, and Elizabeth
Hannah ; educated at Magee College,
Londonderry ; B.A. (Univ. of Ireland 1898),
and at Univ. of Edinburgh ; adm. as a
licentiate of the Church of Scotland by the
General Assembly 1st June 1904 ; assistant
at Portobello ; ord. 14th July 1908 ; B.D.
(London 1913). He marr. 23rd Feb. 1910,
Ellen Beatrice, daugh. of John Beaufin
Irving of Bonshaw, and Agnes Corke.
MIDDLEBIE, CARRUTHERS,
AND PENNERSAUGHS, or
PENERSAX.
[Middlebie was the seat of the Presby-
tery until its removal to Annan in 1743.
There was a Well of Our Lady at Middlebie.
Carruthers.— This parish was joined by
Parliament to Middlebie and Pennersaughs,
24th June 1609.
Pennersaughs was united to Middlebie
and Carruthers in 1609.] •
THOMAS BELL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
29th July 1600); licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 5th Sept. 1605 ; adm. in
1615; died in 1622, aged about 42. He
marr., and had issue — William, apprenticed
to Alexander Murray, tailor, Edinburgh,
4th Dec. 1633.
1630
THOMAS BELL, min. in 1630; still
min. 25th April 1648. He was
brother-in-law of Alexander Wriet-
ton in Kilwinning. — [Dumfries and Cupar
Presb. Pegs. ; Commiss. to Gen. Ass., 1638.]
annan] MIDDLEBIE, CARRUTHERS, AND PENNERSHAUGHS 253
1649
JOHN BELL, M.A. ; probably trans,
from Canonbie, and adm. about
1649. He marr. and had issue —
Thomas (recommended by the Presb.) re-
ceived from the kirk-session of Bolton four-
teen shillings, 16th Nov. 1681. — [Bolton
Sess. Beg.]
HUGH SCOTT, a native of Westerkirk ;
1662 M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th June 1651),
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; died 5th April 1680, aged 48.
He marr. and had issue — James, appren-
ticed to Thomas Laurie, merchant, Edin-
burgh, 10th May 1676.— [Wodrow's Hist,,
i., 326 ; Tombst. ; Edin. App. Beg.]
JOHN CLELAND, adm. about 1663;
1663 trans, to Traquair 9th April 1666.
JAMES FORMAN, M.A., son of James
F., portioner of Inveresk ; adm. in
1666 ; trans, to Haddington Second
Charge 20th April 1676.— [Edin. Sas., lix.,
129.]
ANDBEW HAMILTON, MA.; prob-
ably trans, from Dolphinton 1684 ;
deserted his charge in 1694, and
went to England. He marr. and had issue
—Anna (marr. 3rd Feb. 1688, William
Alves, W.S.). — [Edin. Beg. Marr. ; Bule's
Sec. Vindication ; MS. Ace. of Mm.,
1689.]
v BOBEBT BICHET, son and heir of
John B. in Kelso ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
3rd July 1693); schoolmaster of
Tynninghame ; ord. before 8th Oct. 1695 ;
died June 1742, aged about 69. — [Box-
burgh Sas., vii., 426 ; Dunbar Presb. Beg. ;
Dumfries Tests.]
JOHN LAUBIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1744 8th March 1722); licen. by Presb.
of Penpont 2nd June 1731 ; chap-
lain at Caerlanrig in 1738 ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Queensberry, and ord.
6th Sept. 1744 ; died 27th Sept. 1762, aged
59. He marr. 8th Nov. 1748, Ann Bell,
Scotsbridge, who died 28th May 1797, aged
85, and had issue — John, died 1st Nov. 1811,
aged 62 ; Agnes, died Dec. 1774, aged 20 ;
Jean. — [Dumfries Tests.]
JAMES CUBBIE, born 1716, son of
17 James O, min. of Hoddam ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
to Kirkpatrick-Fleming 25th Sept. 1746 ;
trans, and adm. 15th Sept. 1763 ; died
24th Oct. 1773. He marr. 2nd June 1753,
Jean (died 19th July 1769, aged 44), daugh.
of Robert Boyd, writer, Dumfries, and had
issue — James, M.D., F.B.S., Liverpool,
medical writer, editor, and biographer of
Robert Burns, born 31st May 1756, died
at Sidmouth, 31st Aug. 1805; six daughs.
— [Tombst. ; Memoir of the Life, Writings,
and Correspondence of James Currie, M.D.,
edited by his son, William Wallace Currie,
2 vols., London, 1831 ; Findlay's Burns
and the Medical Profession ; The Gallo-
vidian, 1909.]
ANDREW YOBSTOUN, ord. 18th Aug.
1774; trans, to Closeburn 26th June
1774
1777.
JAMES YOBSTOUN, brother of pre-
77 ceding; ord. 23rd March 1778;
trans, to Hoddam 1st July 1784.
ABRAHAM NIVISON, born 1752, son
I7a5 °^ Alexander N., farmer, Thornhill,
Dumfriesshire ; tutor in the family
of the Hon. James Wemyss of Wemyss ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 31st July
1782 ; pres. by William, Duke of Queens-
berry, and ord. 28th April 1785 ; died 12th
March 1809. He marr. 17th July 1787,
Elizabeth (died 14th Nov. 1838), eldest
daugh. of Bichard Broun, min. of Loch-
maben, and had issue — Alexander, min. of
Roberton ; Richard, min. of this parish ;
William Brown, min. of Kirtle ; James,
surgeon in army ; Margaret (marr. Captain
William Monilaws). Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.) .
WILLIAM HUNTER, licen. by Presb.
of Ayr 26th Sept. 1798; became a
teacher in Dumfries ; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, and ord.
27th July 1809 ; died 5th April 1819, aged
254 MIDDLEBIE, CARRUTHERS, AND PENNERSAUGHS [pkesb. of
49. He marr. Margaret (died 26th March
1842, aged 66), daugh. of William Hope,
farmer, Glenochar, and had issue — William,
min. of Baldernock ; John, midshipman,
H.M.S. Driver, died off Cape Coast, 24th
March 1824, aged 21 ; Jane Isabella
Catherine, died at Annan, 3rd April 1836,
aged 22 years.
RICHARD NIVISON, born 9th May
1820 i"9^ second son of Abraham X.,
min. of this parish ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh: tutor in the family of
Robert Baird of Xewbyth ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunbar 1st April 1812 : pres. by the
trustees for Walter Francis, Duke of Buc-
cleuch, and ord. 10th March 1820 ; died
24th Jan. 1858. He marr. (1) 8th Sept.
1823, Nancy Davidson (died 21st March
l->34), daugh. of John Irving of Xewbie,
M.P., and had issue — Elizabeth, born 28th
Xov. 1824, died 13th Sept. 1825 : (2) 24th
Nov. 1840, Elizabeth (died 21st Dec. 1895),
daugh. of John Davies of Cushathill, and
had issue — Thomas Renny Strachan, born
26th Aug. 1842 : Elizabeth, born 18th Sept.
1844, died 6th Jan. 1847 ; Henrietta, born
17th April 1846, died 22nd Jan. 1847;
Richard, born 22nd Xov. 1547. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Xeic Stat.
Ace, iv.).
JAMES JOHX MOXELAWS, born 29th
,„„ Dec. 1829, son of James M., min. of
18o8 ...
Annan ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 3rd May
1854 ; ord. 14th May 1858 ; died unmarr.,
20th April 1903.
ERNEST HAMILTOX DUKE, born
1903 ~5t^ "^a^ 18~3-' son °^ ^~iUiam
D., D.D., min. of St Vigeans ; edu-
cated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1895) ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 16th May 1898 j
assistant at St George's, Edinburgh, 1898,
and Lady Glenorchy's. Edinburgh, 1901 :
ord. 28th Sept. 1903. Marr. 19th July
1904, Christian Elizabeth, daugh. of Walter
Dickson, M.D., R.X., Medical Inspector,
H.M. Customs, and has issue — Elizabeth
Theodora, born 4th July 1905: Walter
Derek Hamilton, born 20th Jan. 1908.
RUTHWELL.
[The church was dedicated to St Cuth-
bert. In it is preserved the fine ancient
monument called the Ruthwell Cross.
There was a chapel in the parish at Cum-
longan. At Kirkside, about a mile from
the church, the Knights of St John had
a preceptory.]
JOHX IRELAXD, reader in 1567 ; dep.
1567 in 1572.
1572 JAMES MURRAY, reader in 1572.
HERBERT RAINING [RAIXY]. reader,
1575 to 1585 : min. of Hutton in
1578
15S6.
ROBERT HEXDERSOX. reader in
1586 1586.
THOMAS MORTOX, pres. to the
parsonages and vicarages of Ruth-
well. Mouswald, and Cummertrees,
bv James VL 5th Dec. 1605.
1605
ROBERT MTLDOWIE [MTLDOW-
160S XIE]. M.A. ; min. in 1608; trans.
As tig.']
to Cummertrees before 1615. — [Beg.
JAMES POLLOCK. M.A. (Glasgow
1610) ; was present at Presb. of Glas-
gow 31st July 1616.— [Beg. Assig. ;
GUugaw Presb. Beg.]
1615
1617
GAVIN YOUNG, M.A. (St Andrews,
July 1612); adm. in 1617; died
1671, aged 85. He marr. Jean
Stewart, who died aged 48, and had
; issue — Margaret, born 1617 (marr., cont.
17th June 1637. Edward, eldest son of
Adam Carlyle of Limekilns), died 24th
May 1665 ; Janet, born 1621 (marr. John
Menzies, min. of Caerlaverock), died 11th
March 1670 ; Christian, born 1626 (marr.
John Wilson), died 1st March 1653 ; and
others. His tombstone has the following
with reference to his children and grand-
children—
: ' Far from our own
Amid oar own we lie
Of our dear bairns
Thirty and one us by.'
ANNAN]
RUTHWELL
255
The inscription to Christian Young or
Wilson has the following —
" My dear Mother, heir I ly,
Ten before me, the 11th am I.
Dear Spous, while ye behold this shryne,
Think on your bonny babes and myue."
[Dumfries Presb. Reg. ; Mousivald Sess.
Reg. ; Tombst. ; Acts of Ass. ; Dumfries
Sas., 20th June 1637 ; The Gallovidian,
1914.]
WILLIAM WISHART, adm. probably
about 1672; became a Roman
Catholic. In April 1681 he was
resident in the family of Sir John Seton of
Garleton, and went abroad with his sons
in the following month. — [Fountainhall's
Diary ; Haddington Presb. Reg.]
ROGER LAWSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
27th May 1663); outed at or before
the Revolution. He went to England,
and is said to have hanged himself in 1697,
aged about 54. He inarr. Janet Carlyle, who
survived him. — [MS. Ace. of Mm., 1689.]
WILLIAM AIKMAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
9th July 1688) ; ord. before 9th Oct.
1694 ; died 3rd Sept. 1718, aged 55.
He marr. Janet Carruthers, who died 10th
June 1723, aged 43, and had issue — Robert,
in Upper Locherwoods, born 1706, died
13th June 1780.— [Dumfries Tests.; Tombst.;
The Gallovidian, 1914.]
JAMES ARMSTRONG, licen. by Presb.
1720 °^ Jedburgh 4th Nov. 1719 ; pres. by
the Presb. jure devoluto, and ord. 7th
July 1720; clerk of Synod in 1738; died
17th June 1759, aged 70. He marr.
Christian Armstrong, who died 27th April
1763, and had issue — James ; a daugh.
— [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
ANDREW JAFFRAY, trans, from
1760 Tundergarth ; pres. by the commis-
sioner for David, Viscount Stormont,
5th Sept. 1759; adm. 27th Nov. 1760;
trans, to Lochmaben 28th Jan. 1783.
JOHN CRAIG, licen. by Presb. of Dal-
17g8 keith 5th Aug. 1760; ord. to Kirk-
patrick-Fleming 20th Sept. 1764;
pres. by the commissioner for David,
Viscount Stormont, and adm. 12th June
1783; died 16th Dec. 1798, aged 61. He
marr. 5th Oct. 1767, Barbara (died 5th Jan.
1804), daugh. of Alexander Orr, min. of
Hoddam, and had issue — Alexander, factor
to Murray of Broughton ; Agnes (marr.
her father's successor). Publication — Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
x.). — [Tombst. ; Duncan's Life of Henry
Duncan.]
HENRY DUNCAN, born 8th Oct. 1774,
17 third son of George D., min. of
Lochrutton ; educated at Dumfries
Academy and Univ. of St Andrews ; was
for three years employed in a bank in
Liverpool ; studied divinity at Univs. of
Edinburgh and Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Dumfries 7th Aug. 1798 ; tutor in the
family of Colonel Erskine of Mar ; pres.
by William, Earl of Mansfield, and ord.
19th Sept. 1799 ; clerk of Presb. ; D.D. (St
Andrews, 17th Nov. 1823); Moderator of
Assembly 16th May 1839. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of Ruthwell Free Church,
! 1843-6; died 12th Feb. 1846. A man of
many-sided accomplishments, he was a
gifted artist, excelling in sketching and
modelling, and as a landscape gardener he
had few equals. He was well versed in
literature and science, especially in geology,
his identification of the footprints of extinct
animals in the new red sandstone formation
of Corncockle Quarry contributing not a
little to revolutionise that science. His
chief claim to remembrance was his institu-
tion of Savings Banks, the first of which he
established at Ruthwell, May 1810. By his
efforts the scheme found abundant support
and increased in popularity all over the
country. He discovered and restored the
celebrated runic Rood of Ruthwell. He
raised and was captain of a company of
volunteers at the time of the threatened
French invasion ; and he founded and
edited for seven years the Dumfries and
Galloivay Courier. Thomas Carlyle wrote
of him as " the amiablest and kindliest
of men ; to me pretty much a unique, the
one cultivated man whom I could feel
myself permitted to call friend as well."
He marr. (1) 10th Sept. 1805, Agnes (died
256
RUTHWELL
[PRESB. OF
28th Jan. 1832), daugh. of his predecessor,
and had issue — George John Craig, niin.
of Kirkpatrick-DurhaBi ; William "Wallace,
min. of Cleish, and of the Free Church,
Peebles ; Barbara Ann, born 17th July
1810 (marr. 3rd Feb. 1843, James Dodds,
min. of Humbie, and of the Free Church,
Dunbar), died 21st Jan. 1901 : (2) 24th
Oct. 1836, Mary (died 12th May 1877),
daugh. of George Grey of West Ord, and
widow of Eobert Lundie, 'min. of Kelso.
She was author of the following works :
Memoir of the Rev. M. Bruen ; Memoir
of Mary L undie Duncan (Edinburgh, 1842);
Children of the Manse (London, 1850) ;
America as I Found It (London, 1852).
Publications — Pamphlet on the Socinian
Controversy (Liverpool, 1791) ; Three single
Sermons (Edinburgh, 1803-40); Some In-
teresting Particulars of the Life and Char-
acter of Maitland Smith, who was executed
in Dumfries for the Crimes of Robbery and
Murder (Edinburgh, 1807); The Scotch
Cheap Rejiository (Dumfries, 1808 ; 2nd ed.,
1815); Rides and Regulations of Dumfries
Pansh Bank Friendly Society for Savings
for the Industrious (Dumfries, 1815) ; An
Essay on the Nature and Advantages of
Pansh Banks (Edinburgh, 1815 ; 2nd ed.,
1816) ; The Cottage Fireside (Edinburgh,
1815) ; Letter to John H. Forbes (Dumfries,
1817) ; Letter to W. R. K. Douglas, M.P.,
on the Bill in Parliament for the Protec-
tion and Encouragement of Savings Banks
(Dumfries, 1819); Letter to W. R. K.
Doxiglas, M.P., advocating the Abolition of
Commercial Restrictions (Dumfries, 1820) ;
Letter to the Managers of Banks for Savings
in, Scotland. (Edinburgh, 1821) ; The Young
South Country Weaver (Edinburgh, 1821);
William Douglas, or the Scottish Exiles,
3 vols, [anon.] (Edinburgh, 1826); Letters
to the Parishioners of Ruthwell on Roman
Catholic Emancipation (1829); Presbyters
Letters on the West India Question; Ac-
count of the Remarkable Runic Monument
preserved at Ruthwell Manse (Edinburgh,
1833) ; Letters to the Rev. Dr George Cook
on the Assembly's Enactment relative to
Patronage and Calls (Edinburgh, 1834);
The Sacred Philosophy of tlce Seasons, 4
vols. (Edinburgh, 1835-6); Letter to his
Flock on the Resolutions at the Con-
vocation (1842) ; Tales of the Scottish
Peasantry [by Henry Duncan, D.D., and
others] (Edinburgh, n.d.) ; contributions to
| the Edinburgh Encyclopaedia on "Blair,"
"Blacklock,'; "Currie"; "An Account of
the Tracks and Footmarks of Animals
found in Corncockle Muir;: {Trans. Roy.
Soc. Edin., xi., 194): Lectures v. vi. {to
Young Men, ii.) ; contributions to the
Edinburgh Christian Instructor-. Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[Memoir, by G. J. C. Duncan ; Bryden:s
Funeral Sermon: Pratt's Hist, of Savings
Banks: Lewin's Hist, of Savings Banks;
Disruption Wort/ties: Dodds' Eminent
Men of Dumfriesshire ; Lady Sophy Halls
Dr Duncan of Ruthwell ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
The Gallovidian, 1909-10.]
ALEXANDER STEVENSON, born in
,_. , 1809, fifth son of William S., farmer,
1844 _, ' . . '
Campsie; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; ord. to St Andrew's, Demerara, 1837 ;
trans, to All Saints there 1840 ; adm. to
this parish 20th March 1844 ; died 3rd
Sept. 1858. He marr. 13th Feb. 1837,
Agnes M'Donald, who died s.p. 1st Dec.
1874.
WILLIAM GORDON, trans, from Kirk-
185g wall and St Ola, and adm. 13th
May 1859 ; trans, to Abernethy,
Perthshire, 23rd March 1871.
1871
JAMES M'FAELAX, born 6th Jan.
1845, son of James M., min. of
Muiravonside ; educated at Edin-
burgh Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow in 1869
assistant at St Mary's Parish, Dundee
ord. 14th July 1871 ; died 4th Oct. 1889.
Through his efforts the Piuthwell Cross was
set up in an apse of the church built for
it. He marr. 24th Oct. 1871, Helen (died
29th Jan. 1914), daugh. of Allan Menzies,
W.S., Professor of Conveyancing, Univ. of
Edinburgh, and had issue— James Christian,
born 25th Feb. 1873, died 16th July 1881 ;
Allan Menzies, M.A., vicar of Cumwhitton,
Cumberland, born 17th Jan. 1875 ; William
John Morehead, M.D. (twin), born 17th Jan.
ANNAN]
RUTH WELL
257
1875 ; Helen Elizabeth, born 26th May 1876
(marr. 25th June 1903, Captain Donald
M'Vean); Patrick Frederic, F.E.C.S.E.,
born 18th Nov. 1877; Robert Stedman,
lieut. R,N, born 16th Aug. 1881. Publi-
cation — The Ruthwell Cross (Dumfries,
1885; 2nd ed., 1896).— [James APFarlan
(Edinburgh, privately printed, 1892);
Selections from Letters and Journals of
Ruthwell \Manse Life, 1871-89, by Helen
M'Farlan (Edinburgh, privately printed,
1914).]
1890
JOHN LINTON DINWIDDIE, born
Murraythwaite Mains, Curamertrees,
2nd Jan. 1860, eldest son of John
D., farmer, and Agnes Linton ; educated
at Lochmaben School, Dumfries Academy,
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1880);
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th May
1883 ; assistant at St Andrew's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant) in that parish
24th Feb. 1887 ; assistant at Loudoun ;
adm. to this charge 27th Feb. 1890; clerk
of Synod in 1912. Marr. 1st July 1890,
Agnes Margaret, younger daugh. of Charles
Nairn Barker Melville, min. of Maryculter,
and has issue— John Stuart, M.A. (Glasgow
1912), merchant, Ceylon, born 6th June
1891 ; Melville, M.A (Edinburgh 1914),
captain 3rd Batt. Gordon Highlanders,
served in France, 1915-16 (Military Cross),
born 18th July 1892 ; James Linton Norris,
born 15th Jan. 1895 ; Noel Alexander
Williamson, born 25th Dec. 1902. Publica-
tion—Editor of The Gallovidian, 1911.
VOL. II.
R
PRESBYTERY OF DUMFRIES
[In 1581 the General Assembly resolved to establish this Court. It is named in the
list of Presbyteries given in to the General Assembly by the Lord Clerk Register in 1586.
It then comprised all the parishes now included in the Synod of Dumfries. At some time
previous to 1638, it was divided into four, constituting the Synod of Dumfries. The
Records of the Presbytery begin 5th April 1647. There is a blank during the time of
Episcopacy, from 6th Aug. 1661 to 9th Nov. 1687.]
CAERLAVEROCK.
[The parish contained a chapel of St
Columba. Part of the ancient parish of
Kilblane has been annexed to Caerlaverock.]
JOHN PATERSON, vicar in 1564;
, P„. reader in 1570. — [Treas. Accounts,
1564 . , L
xi., 331.]
1574
NINIAN DALZELL, min. of Dumfries
in 1567 ; adm. here in 1574, when
Torthorwald, Tinwald, and Trailflat
were also in the charge. He became
Master of the Grammar School at Dumfries ;
was accused of renouncing the Protestant
faith, and " corrupting the youth of his
school with Papistrie " ; suspended by the
Assembly in 1579, "quhill as good experi-
ence be had of his life as they have had
of his defection and apostacie." At a later
session of this Assembly he professed his
agreement with the opinions of the Kirk,
and protested he was "always minded to
live and die in the same.'"' He died 21st
April. 1587. — [Reg. Assig. ; Eclin. Tests.;
Booke of the Kirk, 188 ; Row's Hist.']
ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, min. in
1586 1586 ; trans, to Holywood in 1589.
DAVID ROGERS, M.A. ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 3rd Dec.
1605 ; trans, to St Mungo in 1612.
258
HALBERT GLEDSTANES, M.A. ; min.
1612 about 1612 ; trans, to Troqueer in
1615.
WILLIAM MAJOR [MACJOR, MAC-
1615 GEORGE], pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 20th May 1615; was a
member of the Glasgow Assembly in 1638 ;
confined to this parish in 1662 ; died Jan.
1669. A son, William, was min. of Heriot.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Stevenson's and Wod-
row's ffists.]
JOHN MENZIES, M.A. ; trans, from
1670 J°nnst;one in Annandale about 1670;
[min. of Coulter in 1686].
J JOHN BIRNIE of Broomhill, born
16?1 Houston, 17th Feb. 1643, only son
of Robert B., min. of Lanark ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Alexander. Archbishop of Glasgow, in
1665; ord. to Carluke 29th March 1666;
pres. by John, Earl of Nithsdale, 22nd
March, and by William, Earl of Queens-
berry, 20th April 1671, and coll. soon
after. In 1686 he was called to London
along with the Archbishop of Glasgow,
and consulted by John, Viscount Mel-
fort, Secretary of State for Scotland, as
to the propriety of repealing the penal
statutes. He had the offer of a bishopric,
which he declined. He purchased the
estate of Almorness, parish of Buittle,
14th March 1688, and on the 22nd those
PRESB. OF DUMFRIES]
CAERLAVEROCK
259
of Broomhill and Floors. In Sept. and
Oct. of that year his house and church
were searched by dragoons for arms and
ammunition under suspicion of conceal-
ment, and in Dec. he was deprived for
not praying for William and Mary. He
died at Broomhill, 17th May 1716. "He
was of good learning, well skilled in
divinity, law, physic, and history ; of tall
stature and fair complexion." Dr John
Hutton, M.P. for the Dumfries Burghs,
physician to King William III. and Queen
Anne, originally a herd lad in B.'s service
and assisted by B. in obtaining education,
built in 1708 at his own expense a manse
for the minister, and bequeathed to the
parish £1000 for pious and educational
purposes, and to the Presb. of Dumfries a
valuable library. The money was invested
in the purchase of the estate of Barcloy,
parish of Colvend, which has become very
valuable and is now administered by
Governors, and known as "The Hutton
Bequest." B. marr. 4th Feb. 1668, Jean
Hamilton (born 29th Feb. 1652, died 11th
Dec. 1716), second daugh. of James, Bishop
of Galloway, and had issue — John of
Broomhill, born 29th Dec. 1674 j William,
surgeon ; Robert, surgeon ; James, a sailor ;
Alexander, advocate, died 20th May 1762 ;
Isobel (marr. George Muirhead of Whyt-
castle), died 19th Jan. 1733. — [Family of
Birnie of Broomhill ; Fountainhall's Dec,
i. ; Reg. Sasines, Lanark ; Min.-book Beg.
Privy Seal; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Hamilton Tests.]
ROBERT PATON, MA. ; ord. (in the
less meeting-house) 4th Sept. 1688 ; trans,
to Second Charge, Dumfries, 13th
Feb. 1696.
JOHN SOMERVILLE, educated at
16gl_ Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1681); ord. 6th
April 1697. In Oct. 1715 he was charged
by the lord-lieutenant of the county to
prevent communication between the papists
in the lower part of Galloway and the
rebels in the Borders. He died 6th May
1734, in his 75th year. He marr. 16th
April 1701, Agnes, daugh. of William
Veitch, min. of Dumfries, and had issue
— a son and five daughters. — [Dumfries
Beg. (Marr.) ; Tombst. ; Rae's Hist, of the
Bebellion ; Memoirs of William Veitch.]
1734
ANDREW BEVERIDGE, licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 24th June
1730 ; called 14th June, and ord.
8th Aug. 1734; died 13th Feb. 1776, in
his 74th year. He marr. 26th Nov. 1740,
Jean (died 29th April 1778), daugh. and
heiress of Alexander Ferguson of Four-
merkland, and had issue— Jean, born 23rd
Aug. 1741 (marr. James M'Millan, min.
of Torthorwald) ; Margaret, born 4th July
1742, died 26th Dec. 1746; Agnes, born
5 th Aug. 1744 (marr. Charles Blackstock,
surgeon, Dumfries) ; Charlotte, born 5th
Sept. 1745, died 25th March 1746 ; Andrew,
born 11th Nov. 1747, died at Accra, on
the coast of Africa, 15th Oct. 1767 ;
Mary, born 21st Feb. 1749 (marr. John
Murray, Drumlanrig) ; Catherine, born
5th March 1750; Margaret, born 6th
April 1751 ; Robert, born 23rd Nov. 1755 ;
Isobel, born 6th Dec. 1756, had an action
of declarator of marriage, adherence, etc.,
raised against her unsuccessfully by Samuel
Colvin, Dempstertown, Dunscore, in 1790 ;
Henrietta, born 6th Dec. 1759, died 9th
March 1761; Henrietta, born 17th Jan.
1762. — [Consistorial Processes, Scot. Bee.
Soc, No. 927 ; Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
JAMES KIRKPATRICK, born 1742, son
1776 °^ ^ames K.j Taunton, Somersetshire ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 21st Dec. 1768;
ord. min. of a Presbyterian congregation
at Oulton, Norfolk, 11th Aug. 1773 ; pres.
by Charles, Duke of Queensberry and
Dover, 28th June, and adm. 19th Sept.
1776 ; died 14th Nov. 1783. He marr. 24th
May 1776, Willoughby Bullen.— [ Tombst.]
WILLIAM MACMORINE, born 7th
1784 ^*ay 1^5^> son °f Robert M., min.
of Kirkpatrick-Durham ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 7th Feb. 1781 ; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, 22nd
March, and ord. 26th Aug. 1784; D.D.
260
CAERLAYEROCK— COLVEND. or CULVEN [presb. of
(Edinburgh, 27th May 1811) ; Moderator of
Assembly 21st May 1812 ; died unmarr. 3rd
Nov. 1832. Publication— Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Wight-
man's Fun. Sermon ; Tombst.]
ROBEET GILLIES, son of Colin G.,
1833 Provost °f Brechin ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, March 1825) ;
licen. by Presb. of Brechin 12th Aug. 1829 ;
assistant at Brechin ; pres. by Charles,
Marquess of Queensberry, Nov. 1832 ; ord.
18th April 1833 ; dep. for drunkenness 30th
April 1846; died loth Xov. 1848. He
marr.i 28th Aug. 1833, Margaret Anne
Irvine, who died 12th Dec. 1897, and had
issue — Agnes Young, born 15th Sept. 1834 ;
Elizabeth Johanna, born 9th June 1836 ;
Colin Adam, born 17th Dec. 1837, died
12th July 1839 ; William Irvine, born 30th
Jan. 1840; Adam, born 2nd June 1842,
died 4th April 1843. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Ketv Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOSEPH CUEEIE LORRAINE [LOR-
184Q RAIN], born Half-Morton, 18th May
1810, eldest son of Walter L., school-
master j educated at Half -Morton School
and LTnivs. of St Andrews and Glasgow ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1835) ; schoolmaster of Cum-
mertrees ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 13th
May 1841 ; ord. to Tinwald 21st Dec. 1843 ;
trans and adm. 17th Sept. 1846 ; died 3rd
Feb. 1894. He marr. Mary (born 13th
Jan. 1813, died 11th Dec. 1886), daugh. of
John Bell, Broadlea, and had issue —
Walter, M.D., born 6th Sept. 1838, died
28th July 1899 ; Mary Jane Davidson, born
24th July 1840, died 21st Feb. 1911 ; Janet
Anna, born 19th June 1842 (marr. William
Clark Dickson of Locharwoods) ; John Bell,
min. of Peebles ; Helen Scott, born 6th
Jan. . 1846 ; Agnes Bell, born 12th Sept.
1848 (marr. Alexander Dale MacDonald,
M.D., Dumfries), died 25th Dec. 1873;
William, merchant, London, born 14th June
1850 ; Herbert James Bell, L.R.C.P., born
9th June 1852, died at Hawick, 12th Jan.
1909 ; Richard Bell, M.B., CM., born 7th
Dec. 1855, died in Brixton, 12th Feb. 1910 ;
Robert Thomas, M.B., CM., Castle-Douglas,
born 14th Feb. 1860.
THOMAS DALE M'lLVEAN, born
j Irvine, 22nd June 1862, son of John
M. and Jane Dale ; educated at
Irvine Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1886) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine in
1891; assistant at Gorbals, Glasgow; ord.
(assistant and successor) 7th June 1892.
Marr. 8th Nov. 1893, Grace Drennan,
daugh. of Hugh M'Gillivray, and has issue
—John Dale, born 11th Sept. 1894;
Wilfred Hugh (twin), born 11th Sept.
1894 ; Thomas Kerr, born 27th Jan. 1896 ;
Douglas Drummond, born 19th Sept. 1898 ;
Jeanie, born 29th March 1901.
COLVEND, of old CULVEN.
[Before the Eeformation the church
belonged to Lincluden College. There
was a chapel of St Laurence in the parish
at Fairgarth, where also is St Laurence's
Well. Southwick was united to Colvend
in 1612, but disjoined again quoad sacra,
15th July 1894.]
JOHN LOGAN, reader, 1567 to
1567 1570.
ROBERT CASS [or KESSEN], reader,
1570 1570 to 1574.
ARCHIBALD MENZIES, reader, 1576
1576 to 1578.
JOHN TAYLOR, reader, 1st July 1579
1579 to 1591.
DAVID HOPE, son of Alexander H.,
1617 tailor, Edinburgh ; pres. to South-
wick 21st Sept. 1612 ; trans, to this
charge in 1617 ; adm. burgess and guild-
brother of Edinburgh 30th July 1617 ; died
8th July 1650. He marr. Jean Hay, who
was alive in 1669. — \G. R. Inhib., 5th April
1678 ; Eclin. Guild ; Dumfries Tests. ; Com-
miss. to Ass., 1638 ; Wodroiv MSS.]
ALEXANDER SMITH, M.A. (Edin-
1651 burgh, 22nd J^y 1637); school-
master at Penpont; schoolmaster
at Dumfries, 1645-7 ; adm. to Garrell
and Dungree 19th July 1647 ; trans, and
adm. 25th Dec. 1651 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decree of the
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was cited
DUMFRIES]
COLVEND, or CULVEN
261
before the Privy Council 24th March 1663,
when he promised to obey the Acts of
Parliament and Council, remove from the
parish, and desist from preaching. He
went to Leith, but in July 1664 he was
charged with holding conventicles. At his
examination he addressed Sharp as "sir,"
instead of "your grace." The Earl of
Rothes demanded if Smith knew who the
President was. "Yes, my lord," replied
Smith, "I speak to James Sharp, once a
fellow-minister with myself." On account
of this answer, Rothes ordered the hang-
man to put the minister in irons in " The
Thieves' Hole," in Edinburgh Tolbooth.
On 9th Jan. 1666 he was removed into
what was called the Iron House, and on
23rd March of same year he was banished
to Shetland. In 1668 he was in Burnt-
island, and after a short confinement there,
was transferred to North Ronaldshay. After
four years he returned to Edinburgh, and
died at the Castlehill, 21st Feb. 1673. He
marr. Feb. 1646, Helen Newall, Dumfries. —
[Dumfries (Marr.) and Edin. Regs. (Bur.) ;
Kirkton's Hist., 409; Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 112 ; Nicoll's Diary, 441 ; Naphtali,
129 ; Hewison's Covenanters, ii., 182 ;
M'Diarmid's Colvend.]
ROBERT STRACHAN, son of John
1671 ®*> m*n" °^ Kincardine - O'Neil ;
M.A (King's College, Aberdeen,
12th July 1660) ; min. in 1671 : died
March 1685, aged about 45. He marr.
11th July 1672, Marjory, daugh. of John
Balvaird, min. of Kirkden, who survived
him, and had issue — John ; James ; Eliza-
beth ; Katherine (marr. James Gibb, student
of divinity) ; Margaret (marr. John Husband
in Nether Kincardine); Marjory.— [Kirk-
den Sess. Beg. ; Dumfries Tests. ; Dumfries
Beg. (Bur.).]
JAMES WILSON, M.A. (Glasgow, 27th
1687 ^uly 1676) ' adm* t0 Torthorwald in
1682 ; trans, before 27th May 1687 ;
outed in 1689; died in 1695, aged about
39.— [G. B. Homings, 22nd June 1687;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
- ROBERT BROWN, M.A. ; ord. 4th Oct.
1692 ; trans, to Roxburgh 23rd July
1692
1702.
JOHN MARTIN, probably son of John
1702 M. of Kirkland, bailie of Dumfries ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 13th July 1696);
ord. 19th Nov. 1702 ; died 28th Dec. 1710,
aged about 31. He marr. (cont. 25th Sept.
1705) Isobel (died Feb. 1754), daugh. of
John Lawson of Billbow, and had issue —
an only son, John, merchant, Dumfries. —
[Dumfries Sas., viii., 37 ; Dumfries Tests. ;
Tombst.]
JOHN WATSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1715 28th April 1702) ; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 7th Sept. 1709; called 23rd
Jan., pres. by the Presb. jure devohito
5th, and ord. 21st April 1715 ; died 18th
Dec. 1724, in his 46th year. He marr.
Marion Gilchrist (who afterwards marr.
his successor), and had issue — John ;
Helen ; Lilias. — [Tombst.]
LUKE GIBSON, born Closeburn ; licen.
1725 ky Presb. of Penpont 3rd Jan. 1722 ;
called 8th July, and ord. 23rd Sept.
1725 ; died 30th Jan. 1760. His tombstone
has the following inscription : —
Dilexit Docuit Volvit Superavit Adivit
Pierides Populum Biblia Damna Deum
(He loved the Muses : he taught the people : he studied
books : he overcame loss : he has gone to God.)
He marr. 2nd Oct. 1728, Marion Gilchrist
(died 15th Feb. 1751, in her 58th year),
widow of his predecessor, and had issue —
an only son, James of Kelton, merchant in
Virginia, born 23rd July 1729.— [Tombst.]
JAMES FINNAN, pres. by George II.
1761 9th May 1760; ord. 19th March
1761 ; trans, to Kirkpatrick-Irongray
9th March 1775.
JAMES LITTLE, born 2nd Oct. 1747,
1775 son of Archibald L., min. of Kirk-
patrick-Irongray ; licen. by Presb.
of Annan; pres. by Charles, Duke of
Queensberry and Dover, 15th April, and
ord. 21st Sept. 1775 ; died 23rd Dec. 1811.
He marr. (1) 24th Aug. 1778, Elizabeth
Clarke, who died 24th March 1801, and
had issue — Mary Costine, born 30th Aug.
1779, died 23rd Jan. 1780 ; Sarah Burdon,
born 24th Dec. 1780 ; Archibald, born 22nd
262
COLVEND, oh CULVEN— DALBEATTIE (Q.S.) [presb. of
Dec. 1782, died in Jamaica, 16th Feb. 1804
Christian Wauchope, born 5th March 1785
died 28th Feb. 1795 ; John, born 29th Oct
1786 ; Eliza, born 20th April 1788 ; Mary
born 9th March 1790 (marr. Edward Neil
son, min. of Kirkbean) ; Ann, born 5th Dec
1792 ; Walter (twin), born 5th Dec. 1792
Isabella, born 2nd Dec. 1794, died unmarr.
8th Aug. 1820: (2) 21st May 1804, Ann
Fraser, who died 26th Sept. 1828, and
had issue — Christian Wauchope, born 31st
March 1805 ; Archibald, born 9th Dec.
1806 ; Andrew, born 2nd Feb. 1808. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xvii.).
ANDREW M'CULLOCH, a native of
Wigtownshire ; licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 22nd March 1808 ; pres. by
George, Prince Regent, 19th May, and ord.
13th Aug. 1812 ; died 10th May 1844. He
marr. 12th Oct. 1812, Elizabeth Grant,
Kirkcudbright, who died 10th Dec. 1847.
Publication— Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, iv.).
JAMES FRASER, born Croradale,
Inverness-shire, 8th May 1814, son
of Malcolm F. and Isobel Grant ;
educated at Forres and Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Aberdeen ; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1834); Keen, by Presb. of Dal-
keith in 1841 ; pres. by Walter Francis,
Duke of Buccleuch, and ord. 21st Aug.
1844; D.D. (Aberdeen 1895); died 15th
March 1902. He marr. (1) 10th Oct. 1844,
Jane (died s.p. at Dieppe, 18th Sept.
1869), daugh. of James Paterson, merchant,
Leith : (2) 7th June 1871, Jessie Kerr,
daugh. of James Pagan, editor of The
Glasgow Herald, and Anne M'Knight Kerr,
and had issue — Anne M'Diarmid born 24th
March 1872 ; Jane Paterson, born 15th Oct.
1873 (marr. 7th June 1898, Alfred William
Anderson, M.D.) ; Malcolm, stockbroker,
born 5th May 1875 ; James Pagan, timber
merchant, born 28th Oct. 1876 ; Ian Grant,
born 31st July 1879, died 8th March 1908 ;
Mark Stewart, M.D., born 25th Aug. 1882 ;
Kenneth, M.D., born 1st Nov. 1885. Pub-
lications— A Funeral Sei-mon preached in
the Parish Church of Urr on the Death of
the Rev. George M. Burnside (1855); Scotland
before ami after the Reformation (Edin-
burgh, 1861) ; Scottish Sermons on the Old
Lines (London, 1886) ; Handbook of the
United Parishes of Col vend and Southwick
[W. R, M'Diarmid] (Dumfries, 1873 ; 2nd
ed., 1895).
1902
JOHN CHALMERS, born Uphall, 18th
Aug. 1873, son of James C. and
Annie Stevenson ; educated at
Daniel Stewart's College and Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (1896), B.D. (1899);
licen. by Presb. of Linlithgow in 1899 ;
assistant at Galashiels ; ord. 17th July
1902. Marr. 16th Sept, 1903, Janet,
daugh. of Alexander Mitchell, Galashiels,
and has issue — Margaret Hardie, born 24th
June 1904.
DALBEATTIE {Q.S.).
[Services were begun here in 1842 and
a chapel - of - ease was constituted. This
parish was disjoined from Urr, and erected
quoad sacra 6th July 1864. A new church
was opened, 27th Jan. 1880.]
JAMES MACKENZIE, born Barry,
Forfarshire, 21st July 1818, son of
William M., schoolmaster, and Mar-
garet Miller ; educated at Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd March
1843. Joined the Free Church ; min. of the
Free Church, Dalbeattie, 1843 ; trans, to
Annan Free Church 11th June 1845; to
Abbey Free Church, Dunfermline, 1849 ;
died 10th June 1869. He marr. 18th Aug.
1846, Helen Chalmers (born 14th Oct. 1816,
died 9th Oct. 1901), daugh. of James Millar,
farmer, Tullybanocher, Comrie, and Eliza-
beth Mackenzie, and had issue — William,
managing director of The Alliance Trust
Company, Dundee, born 2nd July 1847 ;
George Millar, accountant, born 8th Jan.
1849, died 1st June 1915 ; Robert, commis-
sion agent, Walla Walla, Washington State,
U.S.A., born 25th September 1850, died
31st March 1908 ; James, South Australian
Mounted Police, born 16th May 1852;
Margaret Elizabeth, born 7th Sept 1854,
Dumfries] DALBEATTIE (Q.S.)— ST MICHAEL'S, DUMFRIES 263
died 18th Jan. 1864 ; Helen Millar, born
29th Oct. 1856, died 18th May 1864;
Laurence Millar, W.S., Edinburgh, born
4th Jan. 1860. Publications — Our Banner
and its Battles, or, An Evening in a Free
Church Manse [by a Disruption minister]
(Edinburgh, 1859); Our Country: A
History of Scotland for the Young (Edin-
burgh, 1860) ; The Reformation, and what
it did for Scotland (Edinburgh, 1860) ;
The History of Scotland (London, 1861 ;
Edinburgh, 1867); Joint -author [with
Robert Rainy, D.D-] of Life of William
Cunningham, D.D. [Principal of the New-
College, Edinburgh] (Edinburgh, 1871);
sometime editor of the Free Church Mis-
sionary Record, and of the Free Church
Assembly Blue Book.
ALEXANDER ARTHUR, ord. 23rd
1845 t"ar1, 1845 ' dem. 14th March
1848.
DUNCAN STEWART, born Perthshire,
1848 1809> son of Angus S., farmer, and
Margaret Macnaughton ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; ord. 20th July
1848 ; adm. first min. of the parish 6th
July 1864; died 11th Sept. 1877. He
marr. Margaret Simpson (died s.p. 15th
July 1883, aged 69 years), daugh. of Hector
Grant, merchant, Glasgow.
JOHN MACKIE, born Nairn, 8th May
187? 1845, son of Joseph M. and Janet
Gowans; educated at Forres Academy
and Univs. of Aberdeen and Edinburgh;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1873); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1877 ; ord. 13th Dec. 1877 ;
res. 30th Sept. 1885 ; min. of St Andrew's
Church, Kingston, Ontario, 1885-1911 ;
D.D. (Queen's Univ., Canada, 1903). He
marr. 22nd July 1886, Elizabeth Smith,
daugh. of Sir William Broun of Colstoun,
Bart., and had issue — William Broun,
captain R.F.A., born 18th March 1890.
Publications — Orangeism (1889) ; Down the
Carribbean (1891); Andrew, Patron Saint
of Scotland (1892); Patrick, Patron Saint
of Ireland (1893) ; Queen's University,
Jubilee Retrospect (1893) ; Iona and Re-
storation (1904),
ROGER SANDILANDS KIRK-
1886 PATRICK, M.A., B.D.; ord. 18th
Feb. 1886 ; trans, to Jedburgh 22nd
Oct. 1896.
JAMES PETER WILSON, M.A, B.D. ;
1897 ord. 25th Feb. 1897; trans, to St
Quivox 23rd Aug. 1906.
LEWIS M'GLASHAN, born Thornhill,
1907 Dumfriesshire, 13th Nov. 1876, son of
Robert Dundas M., Inland Revenue,
London, and Josephine Lewis ; educated at
Dumfries Academy and Univs. of St An-
drews and Edinburgh ; M.A. (St Andrews
1898) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1900 ; assistant at Dalserf and at St John's
Parish, Edinburgh; ord. 11th Jan. 1907.
ST MICHAEL'S, DUMFRIES.
[Previous to the Reformation the churches
in Dumfries were St Michael's, which be-
longed to the Abbey of Kelso, the chapel
of St Bride in the Castle, the chapel of St
Thomas, which was gifted to the Abbey of
Kelso by William the Lion, the chapel of
the Holy Cross, erected by the widow of
Sir Christopher Seton (sister of Robert
Bruce), and the church of the Franciscan
Monastery. Of these, St Michael's alone
has had an uninterrupted ministerial suc-
cession. The present church was built on
the original site in 1745 ; the tower or spire
was erected five years earlier, as an adjunct
to the older building. There were in the
old church a chapel of St Gregory and an
altar of St Ninian. At Over-Kelwood, in
the south of the parish, there was a chapel
of St Laurence, with a hermitage attached
to it.]
1567
NINIAN DALZELL, min. in 1567;
trans, to Caerlaverock in 1574. —
[Reg. Min.]
PETER WATSON, trans, from Mark-
,_74 inch about 1574, Terregles, Troqueer,
and New Abbey being also in the
charge ; trans, to Flisk about 1580.
264
ST MICHAEL'S, DUMFRIES
[PRESB. OF
THOMAS MAXWELL, vicar of Dum-
fries in 1580. — [Feu Charters of
1580
Kirklands, ii., 124).
ALEXANDER FORSYTH, min. in
1585 1585 ; trans, to Craigie in 1586.
1586
HEW FULLARTON, M.A., mentioned
as min. in 1586 ; trans, to Kilmarnock
in 1601.
1601
DAVID BARCLAY, trans, from May-
bole in 1601 ; trans, to Kilwinning
about 1605.
THOMAS RAMSAY, son and heir of
lao_ Thomas R., maltman, burgess of
Canongate, and nephew of Andrew
Scott, wright, Leith, whom he succeeded
as heir ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 19th Aug. 1595).
He was appointed at Candlemas 1604 to
supply some of the Edinburgh churches,
for which he received £40 from the Town
Council 20th July 1605; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 15th Feb., and
adm. before 16th Oct. 1605 ; nominated
constant Moderator of Presb. by the As-
sembly in 1606, the Presb. being charged
to receive him within twenty-four hours,
under pain of rebellion. He was a member
of Assembly, 1608, 1610, and 1618, and of
the Court of High Commission March 1610
and 4th Oct. 1634. In 1626 he headed
an attempt to capture a Roman Catholic
priest who had said mass in Dumfries.
The priest escaped, but his vestments and
silver vessels were seized. In 1634, on the
complaint of R., the Town Council punished
a parishioner who had married a Roman
Catholic, and some women who had at-
tended mass. In 1637 he was one of two
ministers appointed to appear along with
ten noblemen and others before the Privy
Council, on behalf of those who opposed
the introduction of the new Service-book.
He died shortly afterwards. He marr. (1)
Margaret Brown, and had issue — William,
commissary of Dumfries, eldest son in
1644 ; Adam, son and heir, 21st May
1669 ; Marion ; Robert ; Margaret ; Thomas;
George ; Agnes (marr., cont. 30th Dec.
1636 (1) James Richardson, merchant : (2)
John Burgess, bailie of Dumfries) : (2) 18th
Dec. 1625, Elizabeth Johnstone (died Dec.
1654), widow of Pollok, Edinburgh. —
[Edin. Sas. Sec. Beg., vii., 208 ; Edin. Sas.,
xv., 155 ; Reg. of Deeds, dxxxviii., 419 ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Booke of the Kirk ;
Calderwood's Hist., vi. 757, vii. 593 ;
Baillie's Lett. ; Privy Comic. Reg. ; Edin.
Cowrie, and Test. Regs. ; Canongate {Marr.)
and Dumfries Regs. (Bapt. and Death) ;
Inq. Ret. Dumfries, 174 — Gen., 2114.]
JAMES HAMILTON, adm. in 1638;
1638 pres* ky Charles I. 8th Nov. 1641 ;
trans, to Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh,
26th Nov. 1647.
HUGH [or HEW] HENDERSON
1648 [HENRYSON], M.A. (Edinburgh,
21st July 1632); adm. to Carsphairn
in 1638 ; trans, to Dairy in 1639 ; app. by
the General Assembly to supply in north
of Ireland for three months, 19th Aug.
1643, and to attend Colonel David Stuart's
Regiment in 1645 ; pres. by Charles I.
24th Dec. 1647 ; inst. 30th Nov. 1648. In
1654 he was appointed by the Council of
England one of a committee for sanction-
ing admissions to the ministry within
the Synods of Dumfries and Galloway.
Deprived in 1662. On 11th Oct. 1662 the
Town Council resolved to wait on H., " to
beseech him that he would give satisfaction
to the Lord Commissioner in his Grace's
desires that they be not frustrate in his
ministrie, and to declare their sorrow and
grief for the loss of a minister to whom
they are so affectionate, in case of his
refusal." His daugh. Rose marr. Geo.
Campbell, min. of the Second Charge. —
[Dumfries Reg. (Marr.); Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 326; NicolFs Diary; Reg. Sec. Sig.;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 26.]
JAMES CHALMERS, M.A. ; trans.
1662 ^rom Mullen, and adm. before 11th
Dec. 1662, when the Privy Council
decided that "as he had been at great
charges and pains in pursuing his Majesty's
interest in Church and State, he should have
the stipend due to his predecessor for the
year, as well as that clue him by his former
DUMFRIES]
ST MICHAELS, DUMFRIES
265
parish." He was pres. by Charles II.
25th March 1663 ; trans, to Paisley before
24th Oct. 1667. He was not well received
in Dumfries, as having taken the place of
a much esteemed minister. Two women
were punished for saying they would never
go to hear him preach. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 322 ; Min. - book Reg. Privy Seal ;
Crichton's Mem. of Blackader.]
ALEXANDER CAIRNCROSS, M.A. ;
1668 trans- from Trinity Parish, Edin-
burgh, and adm. before 30th Aug.
1668 ; app. Bishop of Brechin in 1684, and
by the end of that year Archbishop of
Glasgow {q.v.). — [Nisbet's Her., i. ; Crich-
ton's Mem. of Blackader.]
RICHARD BROWN, M.A. (Glasgow
j 1649) ; adm. to Blantyre in 1665 ;
trans, to Biggar that year ; trans,
and adm. before 1st Nov. 1685 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament, 25th April 1690,
restoring the Presbyterian mins. ; died at
Edinburgh, 18th Feb. 1707, in his 70th
year. — [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Edin.
Tests. ; Edin. Regs. (Bur.).]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, M.A. ; formerly
1690 °^ ^e Second Charge ; preached in
the meeting-house after the Tolera-
tion in 1687 ; was restored by the Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690; trans, soon
after to Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh.—
[Reg. Gen. Ass., 1690.]
WILLIAM VEITCH, born 27th April
1694 1640> younSest son °f John V., min.
of Roberton, Lanarkshire ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1659); tutor
in the family of Sir Andrew Ker of Green-
head ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark in 1664.
Having identified himself with the Pentland
Rising, he was outlawed, and escaped to
Newcastle, where he became chaplain in
the family of the Mayor. In 1671 he was
ord. to a meeting-house at Fallowlees, a
remote spot among the Simonside Hills,
Rothbury. From that he removed to
Hanamhall, in the same district, and after-
wards to Seaton Hall, Longhorsly. Whilst
living at the latter place under the assumed
name of William [or George] Johnston, he
was arrested 16th Jan., and sent to the Bass
Rock 22nd Feb. 1679, but was liberated
17th July 1680, and returned to Newcastle.
He aided Archibald, Earl of Argyll, in his
escape from Scotland in 1681. In 1683 he
went to Holland, and in 1685 he was again
in Northumberland acting as an agent on
behalf of Monmouth. Soon afterwards he
was settled as min. of a meeting-house at
Beverley, Yorkshire. Having returned to
Scotland, he was called to Whitton Hall,
Morebattle, April 1688. In 1690 he was
min. of Peebles, and in Sept. 1694, he was
adm. to this charge ; dem. 19th May 1715 ;
died 8th May 1722. In 1705 he presented
to the church two communion cups. He
marr. 23rd Nov. 1664, Marion Fairley, of
the family of Braid, Edinburgh [vide Diary
of Marion Fairley (Edinburgh, 1846)]. She
died the day after her husband, and was
buried in the same grave within the church
of Dumfries. They had issue — William,
educated at Utrecht, entered the army of
the Prince of Orange, captain in the Darien
Expedition, died at sea, off Port Royal,
Jamaica, 1699 ; Samuel (who adopted the
spelling Vetch for his surname), first
Governor of Nova Scotia, born 1668, died
30th April 1732; Ebenezer, min. of Ayr;
Elizabeth (marr. 7th June 1710, David
M'Culloch of Ardwall); Sarah, born 7th
Nov. 1677 (marr. James Young of Gully-
hill, Holywood) ; Agnes (marr. John Somer-
ville, min. of Caerlaverock) ; Janet, buried
27th March 1693; and three others, who
died young. Publications — Two Sermons
jyreached before Her Majesty's Commons
at the Opening of Parliament (Edinburgh,
1693) ; Two Sermons preached before the
Commission (Edinburgh, 1695); A Short
History of Rome's Designs against the
Protestant Interest in Britain (Drumfries,
1718) ; A Short Answer to a Letter pre-
tendedly tvritten by Mr John Hepburn,
Division Maker, but really by Riddough
and Hunter and other Romish Emissaries,
who are Defenders of his Faith, both
Summer and Winter (Drumfries, 1720).
A portrait of V. is in the possession of his
descendant, E. Denholm Young, W.S.,
Edinburgh. — [Memoirs of Mr William
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[PRESB. OF
Veitch [edited by Thomas M'Crie, D.D.];
Wodrow's Hist., iii., 6, jxissim ; Lauder of
Fountainhall's Historical Notices ; Gunn's
The Booh of the Cross Kirk, Peebles :
Paton's The Booh of St Michael's Church;
The Scots Worthies (Carslaw's edition), 607-
622 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT PATOX, M.A. (Edinburgh
171_ 1691) ; ord. to Caerlaverock 4th Sept.
1688 ; trans, to Second Charge, Dum-
fries, 28th Jan. 1696 ; pres. by George I.
19th March, trans, and adm. 5th April
1715. When the New Church was built
he became its min., retaining the emolu-
ments of the First Charge, and receiving
£100 "in regard that in his old age he
undertook a separate charge to which he
was not obliged"; died 22nd Oct. 1738,
aged about 78. He marr. (1) 5th Jan.
1690, Jean (died 5th March 1700, aged
35), daugh. of James Muirhead, bailie of
Dumfries : (2) Elizabeth, daugh. of John
Osburn, min. of Kirkoswald : (3) Barbara,
daugh. of William Fingass, bailie of Dum-
fries, and Isobel Johnston, who survived
him. He had issue — Robert, min. of Ren-
frew ; William, min. of Dailly ; Francis,
surveyor of Customs, Dumfries ; John,
limner, Dumfries ; Sarah (marr. Chris-
topher Wright, min. of Urr) ; Mary (marr.
William Stewart, min. of Kirkbean) ;
Marion ; besides three sons and a daugh.,
who died young. — [Dumfries Tests.]
ROBERT WIGHT, born 1684, son of
1732 William W., tenant in Glengelt,
Channelkirk, and Janet Somerville ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1703): licen. by Presb.
of Earlston 22nd March 1709 ; had a call
to Legerwood, which was annulled by the
Assembly in 1710 ; ord. to the Presbyterian
congregation at Brampton, Cumberland,
20th Aug. 1712; trans, to Torthorwald
22nd Oct. 1724; returned to Brampton
13th April 1726; called 13th July, trans,
and adm. (assistant and successor) 30th
Xov. 1732 ; died 4th Dec. 1764. He marr.
3rd Xov. 1726, Jean (died 25th Feb. 1788,
aged 85), daugh. of Alexander Robeson,
min. of Tinwald, and had issue — Jean,
above the age of sixteen in 1744 (marr.
John Hamilton, min. of Bolton) ; William,
D.D., Professor of Divinity in the Univ. of
Glasgow (q.v.), born 22nd Dec. 1730 ; Belle,
born 14th May 1734, died unmarr. ; Janet,
born 7th Sept. 1736 (marr. Murray,
brewer, Edinburgh) ; Margaret, born 31st
Jan. 1738, died unmarr. at Prestonpans,
21st Jan. 1822 ; Mary, born 22nd Oct. 1739
(marr. Samuel Clark, writer, Dumfries) ;
Helen, born 30th Jan. 1741 (marr. 1758,
John Dickson of Conheath, Provost of
Dumfries); Alison, born 11th Aug. 1743,
died unmarr. 26th Feb. 1834; Robert,
born 3rd Aug. 1745, died 1765.— [Tombst. ;
Carlyle's Autob. ; Acts of Ass., 1710.]
THOMAS MUTTER, born 1702, son of
„ John M., min. of Tranent ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Haddington 18th April 1732;
ord. to Leswalt 27th Sept. 1737 ; trans, to
Auchtermuchty 25th Aug. 1762; pres. by
George III. 17th April, trans, and adm.
4th July 1765 ; D.D. (Glasgow, 25th Feb.
1779); died 25th Dec. 1793. He marr. (1)
23rd July 1756, Isobel Balcanquhal, who
died 13th Xov. 1763, and had issue — Jean,
born 11th May 1757 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd
June 1758 ; Isobel, born 8th Xov. 1760 ;
John, born 23rd March 1763 : (2) 15th
Sept. 1766, Isobel Costine, who died 22nd
Jan. 1822, aged 87, and had issue— Isobel
Bryce, born 29th Sept. 1768 ; Eleanor, bora
24th Aug. 1770 (marr. James Brodie, mer-
chant, London), died 30th March 1811.
Publications — Sermon 'preached before the
Governors of the Infirmary (Dumfries,
1778); Sermons (London, 1791); Sermon
II. (Scotch Preacher, ii.).
WILLIAM BURXSIDE, born 1751,
_ second son of William B., Glasgow ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1769); ord. to St John's Chapel-
of - Ease, Leith, 2nd Xov. 1775 ; trans,
to Xew Church, Dumfries, 22nd June
1780; D.D. (Glasgow, 14th Feb. 1792);
pres. by George III. in Feb., trans, and
adm. 19th June 1794; died 5th Jan.
1806. He marr. 24th March 1778, Ann
(died 29th July 1838), daugh. of James
| Hutton, merchant, Leith, and had issue —
Margaret, born 25th April 1779 (marr.
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267
13th Feb. 1809, William Walker, Jamaica) ;
Janet, born 24th Aug. 1780, died 17th
March 1856; Mary, born 4th Sept. 1781
(marr. William Taylor, Troqueer Holm) ;
Ann, born 1st May 1783 (marr. William
Dunbar, min. of Applegarth) ; William,
born 20th Oct. 1784, died in London, 21st
March 1851 ; Helen, born 20th Feb. 1786,
died 30th April 1802 ; James, born 18th
April 1788, died in India, 1815 ; Jane, born
26th Jan. 1791 (marr. 28th Dec. 1813,
Robert Taylor of Broomland) ; John, born
2nd Nov. 1793, died 22nd Dec. 1798. Pub-
lications— The Great Things God hath done
for the British Nation, a sermon (Dumfries,
1798) ; Account of the Town and Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, v.). A history of
Dumfries in manuscript, written by Dr B.,
containing much valuable information
regarding the conditions of the burgh at
the end of the eighteenth century, is
preserved in the Public Library, Dum-
fries. — [ Memorials of St Michael's,
133.]
ALEXANDER SCOTT [SCOT], origin-
ally a working mason ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; became tutor
in the family of Gilbert Gordon of Hal-
leaths ; licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben,
and ord. by it min. of Scots Church,
Rotterdam, 27th June 1780; declined a
presentation to Johnstone in Annandale,
1785; adm. to the New Church (Greyfriars),
Dumfries, 5th March 1795; D.D. (Edin-
burgh, 5th April 1806); pres. by George
III. 28th Jan., trans, and adm. 1st Aug.
1806 ; died at Largs from the effects of a
carriage accident, 26th June 1830. He was
indefatigable in protecting the interests of
the Scots community in Holland during the
French invasion of 1795, when he suffered
considerably in his own person. He marr.
(1) 29th April 1783, Penelope (died 13th
July 1793), daugh. of John Marshall, min.
of Tinwald, and had issue — Wilhelmina,
born 12th May 1788 (marr. Jacob Richard-
son, min. of Largs) : (2) 20th Nov. 1797,
Janet (died 23rd March 1819), daugh. of
William Kirkpatrick of Conheath, and had
issue — Alexander, born 18th June 1801,
died 2nd March 1802.— [Steven's Scottish
Church in Rotterdam, 223.]
1806
ROBERT WALLACE, born New Luce,
1830 19th ^ct- 1789' ei§ntn son of Thomas
W., farmer, Upper Galdenoch, and
Agnes Neilson ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 7th
Sept. 1814 ; assistant at Kirkcudbright ;
ord. min. of a Presbyterian congrega-
tion at Maryport, Cumberland, 4th March
1818 ; adm. (assistant and successor) to
Kirkpatrick-Durham 19th April 1821 ; pres.
by William IV. [the King's first presenta-
tion to a parish in Scotland] in July, trans,
and adm. 21st Oct. 1830; D.D. (Glasgow
3rd March 1837); died 20th Nov. 1864.
He was distinguished for the evangelical
tone of his discourses, and for a tenderness
of feeling which thrilled instinctively to
every appeal, and prompted him to a life
of devoted piety and beneficence. He
marr. 4th Dec. 1820, Elizabeth (born 8th
Jan. 1796, died 13th Jan. 1873), youngest
daugh. of Wilfred Smith, Cross-Canonbie,
Cumberland, and had issue — Thomas, born
24th Dec. 1821, died in London, 14th Nov.
1872; Robert, born 17th May 1823, died
at Mobile, U.S.A., 14th Aug. 1867; Wil-
fred, merchant, New York, born 24th
Nov. 1824, died 12th April 1893; David
Lamont, merchant. New York, born 25th
July 1826, died at Louisville, Kentucky,
2nd March 1895 ; James, merchant, U.S.A.,
born 6th May 1828, died 25th Oct. 1887 ;
Elizabeth, born 13th March 1830, died
14th Feb. 1850; Agnes, born 11th March
1832, died 25th Dec. 1833 ; Jardine, min.
of Traquair; Agnes, born 6th April 1836
(marr. James Williamson, D.D., min. of
the Dean Parish, Edinburgh).
JOHN DUNCAN, trans, from Abbots-
186S ^a^' anc^ a€^m- ^Oth June 1865 ;
trans, to Scoonie 11th Oct. 1866.
JAMES FRASER, born Aberdeen, 1826,
iae*7 son °^ ^onn F. ; educated at Univ.
of Aberdeen ; MA. (King's College
1845); licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 15th
Nov. 1848; ord. to St Clement's Parish,
Aberdeen, 21st Nov. 1850; trans, to St
John's Parish, Glasgow, 26th Sept. 1861;
D.D. (Aberdeen 1866) ; trans, and adm.
31st Jan. 1867 ; died 31st July 1867. He
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[PRESB. OF
marr. 27th Jan. 1852, Ann Anderson, who
died s.p. 3rd April 1895.
ALEXANDER BRYSOX, M.A. ; trans.
1868 fr°m tne Middle Parish, Paisley, and
adm. 10th Jan. 1868; trans, to
Alloa 15th Sept. 1870.
JAMES BARCLAY, M.A. ; ord. 26th
1871 '^an' lg~* ' trans- to Canonbie 10th
July 1874.
JOHX PATOX, born Selkirk, 12th
7 July 1833, son of Robert Paton,
W.S., and Isabella Phipps ; edu-
cated at Selkirk Grammar School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Selkirk in 1857 ; assistant at Galashiels
and at East Parish, Perth ; ord. by Presb.
of Edinburgh as a military chaplain 8th
April 1859; served in India with the
72nd Regiment till 1865 ; chaplain on
the Bombay Ecclesiastical Establishment,
1865-74 ; Fellow of the Univ. of Bombay
(1871) ; adm. to this charge 17th Sept.
1874; D.D. (Glasgow 1899); convener of
Committee on Aids to Devotion, 1891-1905;
chairman of the Board of Directors of the
Crichton Royal Institution, Dumfries,
1892-1905 ; died at Edinburgh, during the
sittings of the General Assembly, 31st May
1905. He marr. 17th Feb. 1860, Ann
Georgina (died 27th Sept. 1901), daugh. of
John White, Edinburgh, and had issue —
Catherine Isabella, born 19th Feb. 1861
(marr. 19th Jan. 1907, James Cumming
Raff Macdonald, W.S., Dumfries) ; Robert
John, M.D., Xewport, Mon., born 19th Feb.
1862, died from blood poisoning contracted
in the course of a successful surgical
operation, 16th Xov. 1907 ; Ann Georgina
White, born 10th Feb. 1866 (marr. 1st June
1897, Harry Renton Mein). Publication—
The Book of St Michael's Church (Dum-
fries, 1904).
JAMES MOXTGOMERY CAMPBELL,
1905 born 26th Oct. 1859, son of George
C, min. of Eastwood ; educated at
Eastwood Parish School, Church of Scot-
land Xormal Institution, Glasgow, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley May 1882 ; assistant at St
Clement's Parish, Dundee ; ord. to
Wallacetown, Dundee, 7th March 1883 ;
vice-convener of Home Mission Committee
in 1902 ; clerk of the Presb. of Dundee,
1904-5; trans, and adm. 20th Oct. 1905;
lecturer on Pastoral Theology in the Scot-
tish Univs. in 1913 ; chairman of Directors
of Dumfries and Galloway Royal Infirmary,
1910-13. He marr. 6th Aug. 1884, Agnes,
daugh. of John Guy, writer, Glasgow, and
Agnes Hillcoat.
Secoxd Charge.
[In 1657 the Town Council of the burgh
met with the inhabitants, when it was
resolved that "having before their eyes
the glory of God, the propagation of the
Gospel, and the putting down of sin and
iniquity in the place," and its being impos-
sible for one minister to discharge all the
duties of the ministry in this large con-
gregation, they should proceed with the
election of a colleague. The charge was
in abeyance from 1662 to 1696, and it
was merged in 1727 in that of the Xew
Church.]
GEORGE CAMPBELL, M.A.; ord.
1 . 11th Oct. 1658; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of the Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662;
returned in 1687, and became min. of the
First Charge.
ROBERT PATOX, M.A. ; trans, from
1696 Caerlaverock ; called 17th Oct. 1695 ;
adm. 13th Feb. 1696 ; trans, to First
Charge 5th April 1715.
PATRICK LIXX, M.A. (Edinburgh);
71 licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 18th
April 1711 ; assistant to William
Veitch, the senior min. ; pres. by George
I. 19th March, and ord. 12th May 1715.
In Oct. following he was charged by the
Lord - lieutenant of the county to assist
in preventing communication between the
papists of Lower Galloway and the rebels
in the Borders. After the Xew Church
was built he served St Michael's alone, but
it was provided that in future the minister
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with the emoluments of the First Charge
should serve St Michael's. He died 1st
Aug. 1731, in his 44th year. He marr.
Alison Charters, who died at Edinburgh,
s.p., 16th May 1736. Publication — Sermon
preached at Opening of the Synod (Edin-
burgh, 1723).— [Ed in. Beg. (Bur.); Bum-
fries Tests. ; Tombst. ; Raes Hist, of the
Bebellion ; Wodrow's Anal.]
GREYFRIARS\ DUMFRIES
(formerly NEW CHURCH).
[On the site of the mediaeval castle of
Dumfries, in which there was a chapel,
a church known as the New Church, was
built in the years 1724-7. The Presb.
finding there were no funds to provide a
stipend for a third minister of the town,
resolved that it would be "for the Glory
of God and the greater interest of the
Gospel in this place and to the further
usefulness as well as comfort of their
brethren the Ministers of Dumfries that
each of them should preach and dispense
all the lawful ordinances in a separate
charge." A church was built on the old
site, 1866-68. The name of Greyfriars was
then given it, in memory of the Franciscan
convent which in old times stood a short
way from the site of the church. This
monastic foundation, dedicated to St
Francis, was erected in 1300 by Dervor-
gilla, Lady of Galloway, mother of King
John Baliol. Within its church in 1306,
her husband, John of Baliol's nephew,
John the Red Comyn, was set upon and
slain by Robert the Bruce and his follower,
Ivo of Kirkpatrick.
ROBERT PATON, MA. Though min.
of the First Charge (q.v.), he under-
took the charge of the New Church.
JOHN SCOTT, born 1697; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 26th Sept.
1722; ord. to Holy wood 4th Feb.
1725 ; called 13th July, and adm. (in St
Michael's Church) 30th Nov. 1732; died
17th April 1770, in his 73rd year. He
marr. 26th Aug. 1728, Christian (died 18th
Dec. 1782), daugh. of William Wardrop
of Foulshields, Linlithgowshire, and had
issue — John, min. of Twynholm ; William,
born 8th Aug. 1738, died at Charleston,
South Carolina, 15th Sept. 1764. Publica-
tion— The Bastor's Boiver, and the Beojile's
Obedience, Stated and Defended, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1731).— [Tombst. ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
ANDREW HUNTER of Barjarg ; pres.
1770 ky George III. ; ord. 20th Sept.
1770; trans, to New Greyfriars,
Edinburgh, 25th Nov. 1779. In 1772 he
gifted to the church a silver baptismal
vessel.
WILLIAM BURNSIDE, trans, from St
1780 J°nn's Chapel-of-Ease, Leith ; pres.
by George III. 21st Feb., and adm.
22nd June 1780; trans, to St Michael's
19th June 1794.
ALEXANDER SCOTT [SCOT], pres.
1795 by GeorSe ni- Dec- 1794 '> adm- 5tn
March 1795 ; trans, to St Michael's
1st Aug. 1806.
THOMAS TUDOR DUNCAN, born
1806 24til June 1776' SOn 0i ^e°- D-' min-
of Lochrutton ; studied both divinity
and medicine; M.D. (Edinburgh, Oct.
1803) ; licen. by Presb. of Annan 8th June
1803; ord. to Applegarth 12th April 1804;
pres. by George III. 25th Feb., trans, and
adm. 27th Nov. 1806 ; died 20th Feb. 1858.
He marr. 24th June 1807, Frances (born
7th Nov. 1780, died 28th Sept. 1837),
daugh. of Joseph Brooks of Ulverstone,
merchant, Liverpool, and had issue —
Joseph Rogers, min. of Torthorwald ;
George Henry, born 28th June 1813, died
29th Dec. 1813; Thomas Blacklock, born
25th Jan. 1817; William Robert, for forty-
six years curate of the parish of Liverpool,
born 22nd May 1820, died 11th Feb. 1898.
Publications — Dissertatio Medica Inaugu-
ralis De Balpitatione (Edinburgh, 1803);
Lessons from the Bible, for the rise of
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GREYFRIARS\ DUMFRIES— ST MARY'S (Q.S.) [presb. of
Schools; contributions to The Edinburgh
Encyclojicedia.
ANDKEW GRAY, trans, from Wallace-
1858 town> Dundee, and adm. 9th Sept.
1858 ; trans, to Mouswald 3rd July
1862.
MALCOLM CAMPBELL TAYLOR,
lg62 M.A.; ord. 18th Dec. 1862; trans,
to First Charge, Montrose, 28th
Sept. 1865.
DONALD MACLEOD, trans, from
Dornoch, Sutherland, and adm. 1st
Feb. 1866; trans, to First Charge,
Montrose, 15th Nov. 1867.
ROBERT WALTER WEIR, born
1868 ^a^s> Orkney, 14th Jan. 1843, son
of Walter W., min. of Longfor-
macus ; educated at Edinburgh Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1862);
licen. by Presb. of Duns 1st Aug. 1865 ;
assistant at East Parish, Dundee, and at
Park Parish, Glasgow; ord. 26th March
1868; res. 12th Oct. 1904 ; D.D. (Edinburgh
1906) ; convener of Committee on Corre-
spondence with other Reformed Churches,
1899 ; lecturer on Pastoral Theology in
the Scottish Univs., 1907-8. He gathered
together the large and notable col-
lection of portraits of moderators and
other distinguished churchmen which is
exhibited in the General Assembly build-
ings. He marr. 24th Nov. 1881, Jessie
Macdonald, daugh. of John Gibson Mac-
Vicar, D.D., LL.D., min. of Moffat.
Publications — A History of the Scottish
Borderers Militia (Dumfries, 1877); The
Wines of Scripture (Dumfries, 1889) ;
History of the Foreign Missions of the
Church of Scotland (Edinburgh, 1900) ;
History of the 3rd Battalion King's Oivn
Scottish Borderers (Edinburgh, 1907);
Romanism and Protestantism (Guild Text-
book, 1909) ; History of the Office of Lord
High Commissioner to the General Assembly
(Edinburgh, 1913); "Notes on the Differ-
ence between the Dumfries of Dr Barn-
side's MS. History and the Dumfries of
To-day " (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat.
Hist, and Ant. Soc, 1837).
WILLIAM EDIE, M.A., B.D.; trans.
1905 ^rora King Edward, and adm. 24th
Feb. 1905 ; trans, to Inveresk 20th
Sept. 1910.
JAMES BRYCE JAMIESON, born
lgll 17th July 1879, son of George
Thomas J., D.D., min. of Porto-
bello ; educated at High School (dux) and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1900), B.D.
(1903); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 4th
May 1905 ; assistant at St Mary's, Edin-
burgh; ord. to Hurlford 7th Feb. 1907;
trans, and adm. 3rd Feb. 1911. Marr. 24th
July 1907, Anne Frances, daugh. of Henry
Moncrieff MacGill, min. of North Esk,
and has issue — George Thomas, born 10th
Dec. 1909 ; Jean MacGill, born 26th April
1912 ; Henry Moncrieff, born 21st Aug.
1913.
ST MARY'S (Q.S.), DUMFRIES.
[The foundation of this church was
laid 24th May 1837, and it was opened
for worship, 17th Nov. 1839. The parish
was disjoined from St Michael's and
erected in 1854. The church stands at
what was of old the entrance of the
town of Dumfries. There Sir Christopher
Seton, whom the English had taken in
arms, was executed by order of Edward I.
At the place of his death the knight's
widow, the Lady Christina Bruce, sister of
King Robert I., built a chapel of the Holy
Rood, in memory of her husband ; and to
this chapel in 1324 King Robert granted
an endowment. In 1715, when Dumfries
was threatened with an attack by the
Jacobite forces, the walls of the chapel
were taken down, and their stones
used in fortifying the town. The builders
of St Mary's laid bare the ancient
foundations.
PETER THOMSON, born Kincardine-
1840 m-Menteith, 1809 ; assistant at Both-
kennar ; called 21st Feb., and ord.
9th April 1840; died 17th Dec. 1840 (of
fever caught during pastoral visitation).
He was unmarr. — [To?nbst.]
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271
ANDKEW FYFE [FIFE], born Ric-
carton, Kilmarnock, 1796, second
son of William F., merchant ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1804);
ord. min. of Gillespie Relief Church,
Biggar, 23rd July 1807 ; adm. to Relief
Church, Dumfries [now Townhead U.F.],
19th May 1808. Along with the majority
of his congregation he joined the Church
of Scotland, and was admitted a minister
by the Presb. 4th Aug. 1835. For some
years he ministered to his congregation in
the Court House, but when the new church
of St Mary was erected he was appointed
colleague to Peter Thomson, with a salary
of £30 and the right to preach on Sunday
evenings and receive the collection. He
resigned in 1853, but was allowed to retain
his salary ; became missionary at Strath-
kinness ; died at St Andrews 12 th April
1854. He marr. Margaret Corson, and had
issue — Jane, died at Birkenhead, aged 34.
JOHN ROBERTSON MACKENZIE,
1841 born Inverness, 4th Nov. 1811, only
child of Alexander M., merchant,
and Janet Robertson ; educated at Univs.
of Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Aber-
deen 1829); licen. by Presb. of Inverness
1st Nov. 1836 ; chaplain to the Duchess of
Gordon at Huntly Castle ; ord. 29th July
1841. Joined the Free Church; min. of
the Free Church, Dumfries, 1843 ; adm.
min. of Broad Street Presbyterian Church.
Birmingham, 16th April 1847 ; Moderator
of the Presbyterian Church of England in
1852; D.D. (Washington, U.S.A., 1854);
res. 4th Nov. 1873 ; died at Inverness, 2nd
March 1877. He marr. 28th Aug. 1841,
Alexandrina (died 24th June 1880), fourth
daugh. of James Christie, M.D., Huntly,
and had issue — Sir Alexander, K.C.S.I.,
Lieutenant-governor of Bengal, born 28th
June 1842, died 10th Nov. 1902; James
Christie, commission agent, born 27th March
1844, died 12th May 1889 ; John Robertson,
commission agent, born 17th Dec. 1845,
died 16th Nov. 1900 ; Catherine Jane, born
26th June 1847, died 12th Nov. 1902;
Jessie, born 21st April 1850 (marr. 1872,
John Waif ord Lea, stockbroker, Edgbaston) ;
Patrick William Johnstone, mineral water
manufacturer, born 26th April 1852, died
4th Nov. 1913 ; Donald Fraser, East India
merchant, born 22nd July 1854 ; Alex-
andrina, born 26th May 1856, died 10th
April 1883 ; Roderick John Ratcliff, tea-
planter, India, born 14th June 1858, died
13th Nov. 1897; Arthur Colin, M.D.,
Queensland, born 31st Dec. 1860; Louisa
Arnaud, born 22nd Oct. 1862 (marr. Pierce
John Wheldon, bank manager).
[The Presb. supplied ordinances for two
years, there being no settled minister.]
WILLIAM FREELAND, LL.D., trans.
1845 from East Church, Airdrie, and adm.
24th July 1845 ; trans, to Balmaghie
18th Feb. 1847.
DAVID BROWN, ord. 8th July 1847 ;
1847 trans- to St Andrew's Church,
Rodney Street, Liverpool ; [min. of
St Enoch's Parish, Glasgow, 1859].
JAMES STEWART, ord. 22nd March
,„.,. 1849; trans, to Wilton, Hawick,
1849 , '. ' '
25th Sept. 1851.
JOHN MEIN AUSTIN, trans, from
Johnstone Chapel-of-Ease, Renfrew-
shire, and adm. May 1852 ; adm.
first min. of the parish 4th April 1854;
trans, to St Mungo 29th Nov. 1861.
WILLIAM BELL TURNBULL, ord.
13th May 1862 ; trans, to Townhead
Parish, Glasgow, 8th June 1866.
JAMES MACKIE [afterwards MAC-
KAY], born Laurencekirk, son of
John M., farmer ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (Aberdeen 1859);
assistant at St George's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to St Mary's, Partick, 31st March 1864 ;
trans, and adm. 27th Sept. 1866 ; res. 19th
March 1877; became min. of the Scots
Church, Manchester, and afterwards offici-
ated in various churches ; died at Glasgow,
6th March 1906. He marr. 16th Dec. 1864,
Henrietta Margaret Ann, daugh. of the
Rev. J. C. Rowlatt, London. She pre-
deceased him, and had issue— John Brooke,
born 30th Sept. 1865 ; Henry James, born
272 ST MARY'S (Q.S.), DUMFRIES— DUNSCORE [presb. of
2nd July 1867 ; Evelyn Mary Elizabeth,
born 7th Aug. 1868: Frederick William,
born 2nd Sept., and died 21st Sept. 1869.
ALEXANDER CHAPMAN, born Pit-
_« sligo 10th Aug. 1849, son of Alex-
ander C. ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen : M.A. (1869) ; assistant at West
St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 30th Aug. 1877.
Marr. 9th Dec. 1879, Annie (died at
Lubeck, 9th Sept. 1904), daugh. of Alex-
ander Gray Edington, engineer, Glasgow,
and has issue — Eva Jane, born 14th
Oct. 1881 (marr. John Claude Martin of
Netherwood).
ROBERT GORDON MILLAR, born
St Vigeans, Forfarshire. 28th Sept.
1883, son of Alexander M. and Mary
Lowe ; educated at High School, Arbroath,
and LTniv. of St Andrews; MA. (1913);
licen. by Presb. of Perth 10th May 1911 ;
assistant at Abbey, Paisley ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 8th Jan. 1915 ; lieut. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders. Marr. 30th
Sept. 1916, Katherine, youngest daugh. of
Bernard Rigold, London.
DUNSCORE.
[The church belonged to the Abbey of
Holywood. Within the bounds of Dun-
score stood of old the Cistercian Priory of
Friar's Carse, a cell of Melrose Abbey.
There was also in the parish a chapel at
Gleneslin.]
JOHX WELCH, vicar before 16th Dec.
1565 1565 ; exhorter in 1567.
JAMES MAXWELL, removed from
1585 Glencairn in 1585 ; trans, to Holy-
wood that year.'
JOHN JAMESON, pres. to the vicarage
1586 ky James VI. 10th June 1573; reader
1574-85; niin. in 1586, Glencairn
also being in the charge.
GEORGE HERIOT, M.A. : pres. to the
1602 vicarage by James VI. 18th Nov.
1602 ; trans, to Kirkmahoe before
1605.
ARCHIBALD GIBSOX'. M.A. : min. in
1605 ; deprived before 22nd June
1609 ; [afterwards min. of Lang-
holm].
DAVID CUNNINGHAM, M A. ; pres.
1609 ky James VI. 22nd June 1609 ; trans,
to Per cieton, Ayrshire, 1613.
CxEORGE BLAKE, M.A. (St Andrews
161_ 1607); was an "expectant" in that
Synod 4th Sept. 1611 ; pres. by
James VI. 18th July 1615 and 16th June
1617; dem. before 12th March 1640, at
which date the Presbytery requested the
Presbytery of Lanark to confer with his
son William, servitor to Sir William Baillie
of Lamington, anent the teinds of the parish.
He marr. Agnes Grierson, probably of the
Lag family.— [Dumfries Sas., 30th March
1639 ; Beg. Assig. ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Old
Dec, i. ; Lothian and St Andrews Synod ;
Lanark Presb. Reg. ; Wodroic MSS. ; Peter-
kin's Records,]
ROBERT BROOME, M.A. (Glasgow
1641 I633^ -: pres- by Cnarles *• 18tl1 Dec-
1641 ; dep. 16th May 1648 (probably
for not supporting the popular cause against
the u Engagement ;;). He was alive 30th
July 1654. He marr. Margaret Stewart,
who received 48s. from the kirk-session of
Humbie; she died 15th Dec. 1664, and
had issue — Lilias, living in the parish of
South Leith 1700. — [Charity Papers ; Reg.
Sec. Sig. ; Humbie Sess. Reg. ; Canongate
Reg. (Bur.).]
ROBERT ARCHIBALD [ARCH-
BALD], son of George A., M.D.,
and Margaret Londy ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1643) ; adm. Nov. 1651 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June, and
Decreet of the Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; died at Edinburgh, 6th May 1688,
aged about 63. He marr. Elizabeth (died
1709), daugh. of Adam Key, min. of Holy-
wood, and had issue — Jean ; Agnes ;
Elizabeth (marr. John Archibald, servitor
to Sir John Hamilton of Halcraig) : Marion
(marr. 7th July 1702, George Archibald or
Archbald, physician, Dumfries), died 23rd
Sept. 1735 : Margaret, buried 5th Oct.
DUMFKIES]
DUNSCORE
273
1699.— [G. B. Homings, 6th July 1688;
Dumfries Beg. {Bapt. and Marr.) ; Edin.
Beg. (Bur.); Wodrow's Hist., I, 326;
Memorials of St Michael's Churchyard,
371.]
WILLIAM BENNET, min. in 1664 ;
died before 3rd June 1673. He
marr. Sarah Coulson. — [Ex inform.
Sir B. H. Grierson.]
1664
HENRY KNOX, M.A. ; min. about 1673 ;
1673 trans, to Bowclen about 1681.
ALEXANDER MELDRUM, son of
1683 George M., min. of Fintray ; M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1673) ;
min. in 1683 ; demitted or deprived after
the Revolution ; died 11th March 1694. —
[Beterhead Sess. Beg. ; Dumfries Tests. ;
Dumfries Beg. (Bur.); MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
SAMUEL HALLIDAY, M.A.; adm.
1689 26th Nov. 1689; trans, to Dryfes-
dale 1st June 1691.
ANDREW REID, M.A. ; pres. by the
1694 PresD- jure devoluto, and ord. 2nd
Aug. 1694 ; trans, to Kirkbean 18th
Jan. 1699.
JAMES GILCHRIST, born 1674 ; licen.
1701 by Presb. of Biggar 3rd July 1696 ;
ord. to New Cumnock 31st March
1697 ; trans, and adm. 14th May 1701 ;
deprived 4th Sept. 1716, ''for irregular and
schismatic courses"; died 18th Aug. 1721.
He marr. 23rd June 1697, Catharine, daugh.
of Walter Ross, merchant, Kirkwall. Pub-
lications— The Vindication r>f Mr J. G.
(1716); Some Gleanings of the Last Words
of Mr J. G. (n.p., 1721).— [Edin. Beg.
(Marr.) ; Tombst. ; Boston's Memoirs ;
Rae's Hist, of the Bebellion.]
THOMAS M'KINNELL, called 28th
April, and ord. 27th Aug. 1723;
trans, to Urr 20th May 1736.
JOHN DICKIE, called 25th Nov. 1736 ;
ord. 28th April 1737 ; trans, to Lang-
1737
holm 7th Feb. 1748.
VOL II.
ALEXANDER KER, licen. by Presb. of
174g Dumfries 1st July 1746; called 25th
Aug. 1748; ord. 19th Jan. 1749;
died unmarr. 6th June 1751, in his 34th
year. — [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN ALLAN, min. of the Presbyterian
1752 cong'r6gation at Brampton, Cumber-
land ; pres. by George II. 4th Oct.
1751 ; adm. 7th May 1752 ; died 21st March
1753, aged 29. He marr. Mary (died 16th
Feb. 1767), sister of William Maxwell of
Preston.
WILLIAM SLOAN, tutor in the family
1753 °^ Captain Maxwell younger of Car-
doness ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
1st Nov. 1748; pres. by George II. 5th
June, called 24th July, and ord. 27th Sept.
1753; died 11th April 1765, in his 46th
year. He marr. in 1752, Ann, daugh. of
John Neilson of Corsock. She raised, suc-
cessfully, after his death, an action of
declarator of marriage, 7th Aug. 1765. —
[Consistorial Brocesses, Scot. Bee. Soc.,
No. 508 ; Dumfries Tests. ; 2Jombst.]
PHILIP MORISON, M.A.; pres. by
1766 ^eor8'e m* Sept. 1765; adm. 20th
March 1766 ; trans, to Balmaghie
3rd June 1777.
JOSEPH KIRKPATRICK, pres. by
1777 George III. 28th June, and ord.
18th Sept. 1777; trans, to Warn-
phray 21st Feb. 1806.
THOMAS INGLIS, pres. by George III.
1806 12th April, and ord. 18th Sept. 1806 ;
trans, to Lochrutton 9th July 1807.
i CUNNINGHAM BURNSIDE, licen. by
1807 Presb. of Penpont 12th July 1803;
pres. by George III. 10th April, and
ord. 17th Sept. 1807 ; died 25th June 1821,
aged 51. He marr. 29th Oct. 1794, Jean
Macknight, who died 11th Oct. 1850, and
had issue— Elizabeth Mitchell, born 20th
Aug. 1795 ; George Macknight, min. of Urr ;
John, born 25th Jan. 1800 ; Jean, born 9th
Jan. 1802; Elspeth, born 4th May 1805
(marr. William Glover, D.D., min. of
274
DUNSCORE— HOLYWOOD
[ PRESB. OF
Greenside, Edinburgh); William, born
15th March 1807.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT BRYDON, born 1792, son of
"William B., gunsmith, Edinburgh ;
educated at George Heriot's Hospital
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Stirling 4th Oct. 1820 ; pres. by George IV.
17th Sept. 1821; ord. 25th April 1822.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of Dunscore
Free Church in 1843; D.D. (Dartmouth
College, New Hampshire, U.S.A.) ; died ;
26th Aug. 1860. He marr. 4th Oct. 1825,
Matilda (died 11th Feb. 1863), daugh. of
Lawrence Mackenzie, collector of Excise,
Campbeltown, and had issue — William,
an only child, born 10th Oct. 1826. Pub-
lications — Remarks on Pe$tile>ice as a
Divine Judgment (Dumfries, 1833); Two
single Sermons (Edinburgh, 1840 ; Dum-
fries, 1853); The Monthly Discourse, No. 1
(Edinburgh, 1857); Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN HOPE, born Falkland, Fife, 5th
1843 Sept. 1^04, son of Henry H. and
Mary Oberton ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St An-
drews ; assistant at Cults, Fife ; ord. to
Leadhills in 1834 ; trans, and adm. 14th
Sept. 1843 ; died 11th Jan. 1886. He marr.
10th Feb. 1846, Helen (born 25th July j
1818, died 17th Nov. 1905), daugh. of l
Robert Morton, and had issue — Nancy
Jane, born 20th Dec. 1846 (marr. 24th Oct.
1871, Bernard Edward Watkins, Rector of
Ireton, Yorkshire) ; Henry William, born
1st Aug. 1848, died 9th March 1914 ; Mary,
born 5th March 1850 ; Helen Robina
Morton, born 3rd Dec. 1851 ; George Lyon
Walker, born 3rd Nov. 1853 ; Susan Balfour,
born 22nd June 1856.
RICHARD SIMPSON, born Lesmaha-
1886 °ow' ^2nd Feb. 1851, son of Richard
S., overseer, Harperfield, and Mary
Clarkson ; educated at Maybole, Normal
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1881),
B.D. (1883); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
in 1883 ; assistant at St George 's-in-the-
Fields Parish, Glasgow; ord. 1st July
1886; died 2nd Dec. 1903. He marr. 6th
Sept. 1887, Agnes Campbell (born 26th
Xov. 1857), daugh. of Thomas Stout,
writer, Glasgow, and had issue — Margaret
Hilda, born 21st Xov. 1894; Mary Caro-
line, born 20th March 1897. Publications
— " A Contrast in Prehistoric Forts near
Dunscore/' and other contributions to
Transactions of Dumfriesshire and Gallo-
way Natural History and Antiquarian
Society.
ALEXANDER MASTERTON, born
1904 Glasgow, 4th Aug. 1874, son of
John M. and Catherine Murray ;
educated at Church of Scotland Normal
School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1898 ; assistant at
Springburn Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 20th May
1904. Marr. 12th Sept. 1911, Margaret
Bain Bow, and has issue — John William
Gordon, born 12th Sept. 1913 ; Alexander
Herbert Hume, born 22nd June 1915.
HOLYWOOD.
[In 1180, John Maxwell of Kirkconnel
founded at Dercongal, in this parish, St
Mary's Premonstratensian Abbey of Holy-
wood. Of it there are no remains stand-
ing, but its two bells are now in the parish
church. The parish church belonged to the
abbey.]
MUNGO MACGHIE, a pre-Reforma-
tion priest who conformed, and was
1567
reader 1567 to 1578.
HERCULES STEWART, reader here
158<^ and at Kirkmahoe, 4th May 1580;
died in 1582. — [Sheriff Court Books,
7th July 1580.]
1586
JAMES MAXWELL, son of James M.,
min. of Lochmaben in 1567 ; reader
at Troqueer in 1578 ; min. of Glen-
cairn in 1579, of Dunscore in 1585, of
this charge in 1586, Lochrutton and New
Abbey being held with it. He died 4th
Dec. 1588, leaving to his father the
" buik of Erasmus." — [Reg. Assig. ; Edin.
Tests.]
ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, trans, from
1589 Caerlaverock in 1589 ; trans, to South-
wick about 1592. — [Reg. Assig.]
DUMFRIES]
HOLYWOOD
275
1607
- RICHARD BROWN, trans, from Kirk-
1602 connel 6tn Nov. 1602 ; trans, to
Tynron in 1604.
ROBERT FRENCH, on the Exercise at
Irvine 13th Nov. 1602 ; adm. here
in 1607 ; had a manse and glebe
assigned 21st July that year ; died before
8th Nov. 1617. He man*, and had issue —
James, heir to his uncle Thomas 30th
March 1636 ; Isobel ; and another (marr.
J^mes Gilray, in Walston.) — [G. R. Inhib.,
xxx., 187; Inq. Ret. Gen., 2212.]
ADAM KEY [KAE], M.A. (Edinburgh,
1617 31st ^U^ i^lS) ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 18th Nov. 1617, with
Keir in the charge ; died at House of
Muir, on his way from Edinburgh, 24th
July 1632, aged about 39. He marr.
Marion Richardson, who died 4th April
1689, and had issue — Anna (marr. John
Wilkie, min. of Twynholm) ; Agnes (marr.,
cont. 19th Jan. 1637, George, eldest son
of Halbert Gladstanes, min. of Troqueer;
Elizabeth (marr. Robert Archbald, min. of
Dunscore. — [Dumfries Sas., 15th Feb. 1637 ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Tombst. ; Dumfries Reg.
{Deaths).]
JOHN NIMMO, M.A. (Edinburgh 1610) ;
1633 m*n" °^ Torthorwald in 1624 ; trans,
and adm. in 1633. He was chamber-
lain on the Nithsdale estate ; suspended
for a time, but reponed in 1647 ; dep. in
1652.— [Commies, to Ass., 1638.]
WILLIAM HAY, M.A. (Glasgow 1648) ;
1653 ca^e^ m Jan- and ord. 7th April
1653 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of the Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He marr. Jean
Brown, who survived him, and had eight
children. A daugh. was in indigent cir-
cumstances, 13th Oct. 1741. — [Treas. Reg.,
iv., 262 ; Wodrow's Hist, i., 326.]
ALEXANDER ARBUTHNOT, M.A. ;
.,-.„ adm. in 1663; trans, to Arbuthnot
in 1665.
JOHN MALCOLM, brother of Alex-
166 ander M., min. of Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh ; licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 23rd July 1663; ord. by him
20th Dec. 1665; outed at the Revolution;
died April 1718. He marr. (1) June 1670,
Marion Bruce : (2) 31st Aug. 1682, Alison
Charteris, Dumfries, and had issue — John;
Agnes ; Anna ; Jean ; Marion (marr. June
1697, Thos. Thomson, min. of Applegarth).
— [Reg. Collat. ; Dumfries Tests.; Dumfries
Reg. (Marr. and Bur.).]
WILLIAM MACMILLAN of Caldow,
16g7 Balmaclellan, licen. by Presb. of
Down, Ireland, in 1673 ; at the
instance of Robert Moir, min. of Balmac-
lellan, he was imprisoned for thirty-five
months at Dumfries for nonconformity, but
was liberated 3rd May 1677 ; confined to
Balmaclellan, and afterwards to Kirkcud-
bright and Dumfries. He was declared
fugitive 5th May 1684. In 1685 he was
again arrested, and along with many
others imprisoned at Dunnottar Castle.
A petition by his wife brought about his
release, on a bond of 5000 merks being
given. He returned to Balmaclellan ; was
called to this charge ; ord. (in Dumfries
meeting-house) 14th Dec. 1687 ; member of
Assembly, 1690, 1692, and first Moderator
of Synod after the Revolution ; died 25th
Feb. 1697. He marr. Grizel Cairns, who
died 27th May 1702. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
iv., 122-4, 325; Dumfries Reg. (Bur.);
Dumfries Tests.]
> ROBERT BLAIR, ord. 27th Sept. 1698 ;
1698 ^e(^ 3l(* June ^24> *n n*s 60th year.
He marr. 29th April 1701, Anna,
daugh. of James Muirhead, bailie of
Dumfries, and had issue — an only daugh.,
Jean. — [Dumfries Tests.; Dumfries Reg.
(Marr.) ; 'Tombst.]
JOHN SCOTT, pres. by Robert Ferguson
1725 of Fourmerkland 29th Oct. 1724 ; ord.
4th Feb. 1725 ; trans, to New Church
(or Grey friars), Dumfries, 30th Nov. 1732.
THOMAS HAMILTON, M.A. (Glasgow,
7„. 4th May 1725); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 26th Oct. 1731 ; pres. by
Robert Ferguson of Fourmerkland in Nov.
276
HOLYWOOD— KIRKBEAN
[PRESB. OF
1733 ; ord. 21st Feb. 1734 ; dem. on account
of age in 1771 ; died at Glasgow, 24th
June 1772, aged about 67. He raarr. 30th
Sept. 1736, Sarah. Yuille, who died 31st
Oct. 1787, in her 89th year.
1771
BRYCE JOHNSTON", born 2nd March
1747, son of John J. of Gutterbraes,
Provost of Annan ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Annan 4th Oct. 1769; called 21st Feb.,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 22nd
Aug. 1771 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 12th June
1786) ; died unmarr. 27th April 1805. He
took much interest in agricultural affairs,
and in recognition of services rendered, he
received from the Board of Agriculture a
vote of thanks and a piece of plate. He
was a valued counsellor to the Society
in Scotland for Propagating Christian
Knowledge, and on his advice it pur-
chased certain estates which proved to be
excellent investments. Publications — The
Purpose for which Christ came into the
World, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1786) ; A
Commentary on the Revelation, 2 vols.
(Edinburgh, 1794) ; The Lord's Call to
bear the Rod, and Him who hath ap-
pointed it, two sermons (Dumfries, 1795) ;
The Cause of God's Judgments on Great
Britain, and the Way to Remove them,
considered in two Sermons (Dumfries,
1801); An Essay on the Way to Restore
and Perpetuate Peace, Good Order, and
Prosperity to the Nation (Edinburgh,
1801) ; The Reason why the Enemies of
Britain have so long threatened this Empire
with Destruction, and the Way speedihj
and completely to subdue those Enemies,
considered in two Sermons (Dumfries,
1804); Sermons (Edinburgh, 1807); Ac-
count of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
i.). — [Sermons ; Johnstone's Fun. Serm. ;
Murray's Galloway, 264-7.]
JAMES CRICHTON, educated at Univ.
1805 °^ Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. there
25th April 1798; ord. (assistant and
successor) at Wamphray 25th April 1800 ;
pres. by the Rev. James M'Millan of Four-
merkland ; trans, and adm. 10th Oct. 1805 ;
D.D. (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1809) ;
died 26th July 1820. He marr. 21st June
1802, Anne (died 21st April 1852), eldest
daugh. of James M'Millan, min. of Tor-
thorwald, and had issue — Jean Beveridge,
born 5th April 1803 ; Janet Campbell, born
30th Aug. 1804: James M'Millan, born
17th April 1806: Anna, bom 6th April
1808; Alexander, born 30th Jan. 1810;
Agnes Stewart, born 5th April 1813.
ROBERT KIRKWOOD, son of William
1821 '^•*' master workman, Dairy ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 10th June 1818); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 10th June 1819; pres.
by Mrs Anne Crichton of Fourmerkland ;
ord. 1st May 1821 ; died 10th Oct. 1844.
He marr. 23rd April 1834, Margaret (died
1st March 1863), daugh. of William Riddell.
He had a great reputation as a medical
adviser, and " Kirkwood's Cough Mixture "
has still a considerable sale in the district
round Dumfries. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Xeiv Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Lit. and
Stat. Mag., ii.]
ROBERT DAYIDSON, born Ayr, 17th
lg45 May 1818, son of Robert D., post-
master ; educated at Ayr Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Ayr; assistant at New Church, Dum-
fries ; ord. 27th Feb. 1845 ; died unmarr.
at Prestwick, 29th Oct. 1893.
JAMES HENDERSON BRYDEN, ord.
1889 Assistant and successor) 4th July
1889 ; trans, to Markinch 26th July
1899.
JOHN M'COMBIE, born Inverkeithny,
22nd Feb. 1868, son of John M. ;
educated at Inverkeithny School,
Milne's Institution, Fochabers, and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1888), B.D. (1891);
licen. by Presb. of Turriff in 1891 ; assistant
at Enzie, South Queensferry, Whitburn,
Dunbar, Lochmaben ; ord. 21st Dec. 1899.
1899
KIRKBEAN.
[The church, dedicated to St Bean,
belonged before the Reformation to Lin-
cluden College.]
DUMFRIES]
KIRKBEAN
277
Sir JOHN MORTON, last priest, was
1560 Pr°bably the first Protestant min. of
the parish, 1560. — [Acts and Dec,
Ivi., 214.]
1571 JOHN CLERK, reader in 1571.
^ANDREW BRATON [or BARTON],
1574 reader in 1574.
1574 JOHN BROWN, reader, 1574 to 1578.
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, MA. ; vicar
1583 in 1583.— [Reg. of Deeds, xxii., 316.]
WALTER RUNCIMAN, mentioned in
1585 1585.— [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN NEILSON, son of John N.,
160 burgess of Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow
1604); pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 21st June 1609.— [Reg. Assig.;
Reg. Sec. Sig.]
1612
THOMAS HOG [HOGG], pres. by
William Maxwell of Kirkhouse 23rd
Oct. 1612; died Nov. 1626. He
marr. Elizabeth Bathey, and had issue. —
[Reg. of Deeds, ccxxi., 368 ; Reg. Assig. ;
Dumfries Tests.]
-ROBERT BROWN, son of James B.,
1687 m*n' °^ Kirkpatrick-Irongray ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1615) ; pres. by Charles
I. 28th June 1637, and adm. soon after;
deprived in 1638 for refusing to subscribe
the Covenant. Being threatened with
banishment, he subscribed. In 1643 the
Assembly recommended him for a chap-
laincy in the Earl of Irvine's regiment,
but he joined that of General Middleton,
and served till the battle of Worcester
in 1651, when he went to Campvere, Hol-
land. After his absence for twenty-two
years his wife petitioned Parliament for
the vacant stipend of Kirkbean, and had
an Act in her favour 13th March 1661.
He marr. Janet Irving, who died at Dum-
fries, 16th Jan. 1688, and had issue —
James; and others. — [Dumfries Sas., 20th
Jan. 1640 ; Old Dec, iii. ; Baillie's Letters ;
Acts of Ass. ; Acts of Pari., vii. ; Dumfries
Reg. (Bur.) ; Commis. to Ass., 1638.]
CHARLES ARCHIBALD, born about
1640 1615, son of Dr Robert A., indweller
in Glasgow; M.A. (Glasgow 1635);
pres. by William Maxwell of Kirkhouse
19th Oct. 1639, and again 5th Feb. 1640;
was a member of Commission of Assembly
in 1648; died 13th April 1658. He marr.
Jean Porteous, who survived him, and
had issue — Charles, apprenticed to Thomas
Dalrymple, apothecary, Edinburgh, 4th
Dec. 1667 ; Jean (marr. Daniel Wallace,
merchant traveller in England) ; and three
others.— [Reg. of Deeds, dxxv., 236 ; Edin.
Sas., lv., 7 ; Reg. Old Dec, i., iii. ; Acts
of Ass. ; Acts of Pari., vii. ; Edin. Guild.
Reg. ; Dumfries Tests.]
ANTHONY MURRAY, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, July 1654 ; adm. 15th Aug.
1660 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662 ; accused of turbulent and
seditious carriage, he was ordered to
appear before the Privy Council 23rd
July 1663. He marr. Jean Murray, who
survived him. — [Treas. Sed. Book, 11th
Aug. 1697 ; Acts of Pari., vii. ; Wodrow's
Hist., L, 326.]
1675
RICHARD SCOTT, M.A. ; min. in 1675 ;
trans, to Ashkirk after 16th Oct.
1685.
ROBERT MOIR, M.A. (Edinburgh
1flM 1658); adm. to Balmaclellan in
loots -~, -
1664; trans, to Girthon in 1668;
adm. here about 1686 ; deserted his charge
in 1688; died at Edinburgh, 23rd March
1705, aged about 67. He marr. Jean
Moir.— [G. R. Homings, 3rd July 1673;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; Edin. Reg.
(Bur.).]
HUGH CLANNY, M.A. (Edinburgh
1687 1675) ; ord. (in Dumfries meeting-
house) 14th Dec. 1687 ; was a
member of Assembly, 1690, 1692; dep. in
1696. He was banished, 3rd March 1713,
for marrying persons irregularly. He
joined the Levellers, or Dykebreakers (a
party which arose in Galloway about 1724,
proposing to take the government into its
278
KIRKBEAN
[PRESB. OF
own hands), and being the only educated
person among them, he was employed in
drawing up their papers. He marr. Kachel,
youngest daugh. of John M'Michan, min. of
Dairy. Publication — Inquisitionem novam
et inter Evangelicos hactenus inauditam ;
or ane Account of his Process (London,
1698); [vide A Just and True Narrative
of the Processes led against Mr II. C, late
Minister of Kirkbeen, by the Synod and
Presbyterie of Dumfries (n.p., 1699)]. — [Acts
and Dec, Dal., 9th July 1696; Wodrow's
Anal. ; Reg. Gen. Assig., 1690, 1692.]
ANDEEW EEID of Arderies, M.A.
(Edinburgh 1691); licen. by Presb.
of Kelso 21st Nov. 1693; ord. to
Dunscore 2nd Aug. 1694 ; called May 1698;
trans, and adm. 18th Jan. 1699; died at
Edinburgh, 2nd July 1713, in his 40th
year. He marr. Katherine Kerman (who
survived him, and marr. secondly, 31st
Jan. 1722, Thomas Finlayson, min. of
Dunbarney), and had issue — Andrew of
Arderies. — [Dumfries Sas., ix., 159 ;
Edin. Reg. (Bur.)-. Reg. Old Dec, i. ;
Fountainhall's Dec, ii. ; Acts of Ass.,
1701.]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1714 ^ March 1700) ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto 26th May, and ord. 19th
Aug. 1714 ; died 1st April 1733, aged about
53. He marr. 13th Nov. 1717, Mary, daugh.
of John Mitchelson, merchant, Dumfries,
and had issue — John, born 1720, died in
London, 16th Dec. 1790 ; James ; Dougal ;
William ; Adam ; Elizabeth. John, who
began life as apprentice in a coasting
vessel, entered the navy. He was flag-
captain to Sir Edward Hawke, on the
Royal George at the battle of Quiberon
Bay, 20th Nov. 1759, and took part in
numerous other engagements. He became
Vice-admiral in 1779. From 1782 to 1786
he was Governor of Newfoundland, and
Commander-in-chief on that station. —
[Privy Seal Eng. Reg., viii., 130 ; Dum-
fries Reg. (Marr.) ; Scots Mag., liii. ;
Edin. Mag., xiii. ; Gent. Mag., lxi., 791 ;
Beatson's Naval and Military Memoirs ;
Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM STEWART, pres. by the
1733 commissi°ner f°r Charles, Duke of
Queensberry and Dover; ord. (by a
committee of Synod, with such members of
Presb. as were willing to join) 25th Oct.
1733 ; dem. 15th May 1744 ; died 20th Dec.
1761. He marr. Mary (died 15th Dec. 1781),
daugh. of Robert Pa ton, min. of Dumfries. —
[Dumfries Tests.]
JAMES HOGG, called 27th Nov. 1744 ;
1745 01(^' ls* Sept. 1745 ; trans, to Lin-
lithgow 19th Aug. 1759.
JAMES ALEXANDER, licen. by Presb.
1760 °^ Dunoon 6th Sept. 1756 ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Queensberry and
Dover ; ord. 21st Aug. 1760 ; died 4th Nov.
1788, in his 61st year. He marr. Janet
Black, who died 6th Feb. 1766, and had
issue — Sarah, born 7th Dec. 1759 ; Eliza-
beth, born 6th April 1761 (marr. Richard
Wood, surgeon R.N.), died 1859 ; Janet,
born 8th April 1764 (marr. Elisha Bell);
Lockhart, born 24th Dec. 1765, died on his
passage to the East Indies, April 1788.
EDWARD NEILSON, licen. by Presb.
7 of Dumfries 3rd Aug. 1784 ; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, 2nd
April, and ord. 17th Sept. 1789 ; died 26th
Jan. 1824, in his 67th year. In a letter
to Dr Moore, Burns wrote of him as "a
worthy clergyman in my neighbourhood,
and a very particular acquaintance of mine."
He marr. (1) Mary, daugh. of James
Little, min. of Col vend, and had issue
— Helen (marr. William Cririe, merchant,
Dumfries); Isabella (marr. 13th Dec.
1813, Gilbert Sinclair, M.D., Jamaica),
died 1815, aged 27: (2) 25th Dec. 1822,
Jane Martin, who died 31st March 1846.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xv.). — [Wallace's Life and
Works of Burns, iii., 49.]
THOMAS GRIERSON, born 16th June
1790, son of William G., min. of
Glencairn; M.A. (Edinburgh, 19th
June 1817); licen. by Presb. of Penpont
5th April 1813 ; pres. by Walter Francis,
DUMFRIES]
KIRKBEAN— KIRKGUNZEON
279
Duke of Buccleuch ; ord. 16th Sept. 1824 ;
died 15th July 1854. He marr. 23rd Aug.
1827, Russell (died 27th Aug. 1887), daugh.
of Josias Walker, Professor of Humanity
in the Univ. of Glasgow. Publications —
Ten Letters on Church Patronage (Edin-
burgh, 1836) ; Sermon in reference to the
Revivals at Kilsyth (Dumfries, 1839) ; Allan
McGregor, or, the Sailor Returned ; Sermon
at Opening the Synod (Edinburgh, 1844);
A New Curling Song (1848) ; Four Curling
Songs, with a Dissertation on the Game of
Curling (Edinburgh, 1849) ; Autumnal
Rambles among the Scottish Mountains
(Edinburgh, 1850; 3rd ed., Edinburgh,
1856) ; Account of the Parish (Arezv Stat.
Ace, iv.).
JOHN INCHES DICKSON, born
Coupar- Angus, 19th Feb. 1814, son
of William D. and Helen Inches;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews in 1846 ; ord. to
Wanlockhead 28th Jan. 1847 ; trans, to
High Parish, Paisley, 4th May 1848 ; trans,
and adm. 17th May 1855; died 7th Aug.
1874. He marr. 24th Nov. 1843, Hannah
Wood (died 28th Oct. 1903), daugh. of John
Thomson, and had issue — William Walter
Burt, born 15th Sept. 1844 ; John Thom-
son, born 20th May 1846, died 5th May
1849 ; James Inches, engineer, born 25th
May 1848 ; David Thomson, in Philadelphia,
U.S.A., born 29th April 1850; Margaret
Wishart, born 19th Sept. 1852; Helen
Inches Thomson, born 20th Aug. 1854;
Thomas Inches, engineer, born 14th Sept.
1856; Robert Barr, min. of Stair, born
10th Jan. 1859 ; John, draper, born 29th
April 1861 ; Hannah, born 2nd June, and
died 22nd June 1863; Hannah, born 11th
June 1864; Matthew Scott, min. of Old
Monkland, born 29th Aug. 1866.
ALEXANDER JAMES MACMASTER,
born Wigtown, 6th Oct. 1841, son
1 of Maxwell M., rector of Borgue
Academy; educated at Borgue Academy
and Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright Aug. 1865 ; ord.
1st July 1875; died unmarr. 6th June
1879.
PATRICK WILLIAM MACKENZIE,
1879 k°rn on the island of St Kilda,
18th April 1841, son of the Rev.
Neil M. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
ord. to Kilberry 27th Aug. 1873 ; trans, to
St Columba's Parish, Paisley, 26th Nov.
1874 ; trans, and adm. 16th Oct. 1879 ; res.
4th Oct. 1911 ; died at Paisley, 14th Oct.
1912. He marr. 14th Oct. 1880, Ann
Crawford Thomson, and had issue — Annie
Crawford, born 2nd Aug. 1881 ; Elizabeth
Macpherson, born 23rd Feb. 1883; Mary
Stevenson, born 12th Oct. 1884 ; Patrick
Douglas, born 7th July, and died 2nd
Oct. 1886; Patrick William, born 20th
Oct. 1887 ; James Hamilton, M.A., divinity
student, born 16th May 1889 ; David Thom-
son, born 15th May 1891, died 30th Jan.
1892 ; Ellen Thomson, medical student,
born 21st April 1895.
JOHN DOUGLAS COCHRANE, born
1912 St Boswells, 19th July 1875, son of
David C. and Margaret Douglas ;
educated at Midlem and Lilliesleaf schools,
Galashiels Academy, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1904); licen. by Presb.
of Selkirk 17th May 1904 ; assistant at
St Aidan's Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 19th
Jan. 1912. Marr. 20th March 1912, Isabel
Cochrane Martin, daugh. of Donald Mac-
kenzie, Edinburgh, and Helen Martin.
KIRKGUNZEON.
[The church was dedicated to St Finian
of Clonard. Near it is St Winian's Well.
There was a chapel of St Bride in the
parish.]
PATRICK LOCH, reader, 1567 to
1567 1585.
JOHN LITTLE, trans, from Loch-
rut ton in 1586, Urr and Kirkpatrick-
Durham being also in the charge ;
he returned to Lochrutton, but is said to
have been retrans. here in 1593. — [Reg.
Assig.]
280
KIRKGUNZEON
[PRESB. OF
PATRICK SCHEVES, M.A. (St An-
2 drews 1600) ; pres. by John, Lord
Hemes. — [Beg. of Deeds, cclxxxii.,
99, 26th Feb. 1619 ; Beg. Assig.]
1631
GAVIN HAMILTON, M.A. : min. in
1631 ; still min. 18th July 1640. He
mari\ (1) (cont. 19th Dec. 1632)
Mary (died before 4th July 1634), daugh.
of Hew Brown, merchant burgess of Edin-
burgh, and had issue— Robert : (2) Marion
Stirling, who survived him. — [Beg. of Deeds,
cccclxvi., 409 ; ibid., cccclxxvii., 163 ; ibid.,
cccclxxxi., 75; Dumfries Tests.: Commis.
to Ass., 1638: Wodrow MSS.]
1643
JAMES MAXWELL, son of George
M., min. of Mearns ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1628); min. in 1643; still min.
2nd July 1661 ; confined to the parish in
1662.— [Urr Sess. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
HUGH NISBET, M.A. (Edinburgh,
14th July 1659) ; produced a list of
" disorderly persons " in his parish
Sept. 1684 ; outed in 1689 ; is said to have
been again received into communion ; died
at Edinburgh, 4th Feb. 1696, aged about
57, and was buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh. He marr. 9th June 1669, Barbara,
daugh. of Patrick Durham, min. of New
Abbey.— [G. B. Homings, 23rd Feb. 1670 ;
Dumfries Sess. Beg. ; Edin. Beg. (Birr.) ;
Hist. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Crichton's Memoir
of Blael-ader.]
JOHN MILLER, licen. by Presb. of
1702 Ayr 26tl1 Nov" 1701 -: ord- 24th
Sept. 1702; died 23rd Feb. 1746.
He marr. 20th April 1704, Agnes Mitchel-
son, who died 18th March 1755, and
had issue — Elizabeth ; Mary ; Agnes. —
[Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
1747
1760; Robert, born 28th Feb. 1763, died
young. — [Kirkcudbright Presb. Beg. ; Acts
of Ass., 1744; Tombst.]
JAMES HERON, born 29th Sept. 1754,
7 son of George H., min. of Terregles ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 5th
April 1780; ord. 5th Feb. 1784, min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Widd ring-
ton, Northumberland ; called 29th April,
and adm. (assistant and successor) 8th June
1786; died 31st July 1801. He marr. 9th
Feb. 1784, Mary Donaldson, who died 28th
Aug. 1840, aged 79, and had issue — Ann,
born 7th Nov. 1785, died 15th Jan. 1799;
Maxwell Constable, born 19th July 1786,
died 29th May 1816 ; George, min. of
Terregles ; Margaret, born 7th July 1790,
died 14th June 1807 ; William Glendonwyn,
born 10th July 1792, died 2nd May 1807 ;
Mary, born 8th May 1795, died 20th April
1836 ; Patrick, born 4th Dec. 1798, died at
St Christopher's, West Indies, 10th Nov.
1824. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.). — [Dumfries
Tests. ; Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, iii., 166.]
JAMES RAE, pres. by George Maxwell
2 of Carruchan ; ord. 9th Sept. 1802 ;
trans, to Parton 30th May 1809.
WILLIAM CLARK, called 27th Nov.
1746; ord. 4th Aug. 1747; died
23rd Nov. 1786, in his 75th year.
He marr. 27th April 1752, Janet (died 15th
Oct. 1776. aged 45), only daugh. of Thomas
M'Kinnell, min. of Urr, and had issue —
Thomas, M.D., Kingston, Jamaica, born
27th Sept. 1753 : William, born 6th March
1809
JOHN CROCKET, born Lochhill, New
Abbey, 9th Feb. 1778, son of John
C. and Ann Newall ; educated at
Dumfries Academy and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; tutor at Dunragit ; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries 5th July 1803 ; pres.
by George Maxwell of Carruchan ; ord.
31st Aug. 1809 ; died Father of the
Synod, 20th June 1867. He marr. 25th
April 1814, Margaret (died 29th March
1854), eldest daugh. of James Goldie of
Knocknauchly, and had issue — John, born
17th Jan. 1818, died 1st Feb. 1858; Ann,
born 31st July 1819 ; Mary, born 3rd Feb.
1821 ; James Alexander, born 27th Feb.
1824, died 27th May 1853; Archibald,
born 2nd May, and died 7th Dec. 1827 ;
Thomas Barker, born 11th June 1828,
' died in London, 19th March 1883. Pub-
lication — Account of the Parish {Xew
j Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Vide Hogg's Life of
Wight man, 173-88.]
Dumfries] KIRKGUNZEON— KIRKMAHOE AND KILBLANE
281
JAMES EWER GILLESPIE, born
lg65 27th Sept. 1840, son of George G.,
min. of Cummertrees ; educated at
Cummertrees School, Edinburgh Academy
and Univ., and at Tubingen ; licen. by
Presb. of Annan in 1863 ; assistant to
preceding in 1864 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 4th July 1865 ; clerk to the
Presb. from 1882 ; chairman of Board of
Directors * of Moat Hostel, Dumfries.
Marr. 12th Nov. 1868, Agnes Isabella, daugh.
of George Murray of Troquhain, min. of
Balmaclellan, and has issue — George Ewer,
Calico Printers' Association, Glasgow, born
6th Sept. 1869, died 4th May 1904 ; Murray,
M.B., CM., born 29th Nov. 1870, died at
Grahamstown, South Africa, 18th Sept.
1895 ; Richard Addison, solicitor, born
31st May 1872, died 9th Aug. 1897 ; James
Thomas, Calico Printers' Association, Man-
chester, born 14th March 1874, died 3rd
Aug. 1908; Elizabeth Hyslop, born 17th
Sept. 1875 ; Mary Charlotte, born 18th
May 1877 ; Garnet, merchant's clerk,
Melbourne, born 2nd May 1879 ; Hope
Murray, M.B., Ch.M., born 10th Dec.
1881 ; Angus, born 30th Aug. 1886 ;
Jeanie Ewer, born 25th April 1892, died
next day. Publication — " Notes on the
Parish of Kirkgunzeon " (Trans. Dumf.
and Galloivay Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc,
1911-12).
KIRKMAHOE AND KILBLANE.
[Kirkmahoe. — The church of Kirkmahoe
was dedicated to St Mungo, but evidently
there was an earlier dedication to St
Machuit. There is a mission chapel in
the parish at Dalswinton.]
Kilblane. — Kilblane was dedicated to
St Blaan of Kingarth.]
JOHN STEWART, said to be the first
1560 °^ ^e Pef°rmed incumbents, was
the second son of Sir Alexander S.
of Garlies by Margaret, daugh. of Patrick
Dunbar of Clugston. He died 10th Aug.
1592, having probably retired some years
previously. He marr. his cousin, Margaret
Stewart of Barclye, and had issue — Alex-
ander, founder of the Physgill ' family ;
John of Ballymoran, Co. Down ; and a
daugh. who marr. Anthony Dunbar of
Machermore, parish of Monigaff. — [Hist.
of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway,
ii., 496.]
JOHN THROUGHTON [THROK-
1567 TON], exhorter, 1567 to 1579.
JOHN SINCLAIR, reader at Dumfries,
157 1576 to 1578, and here in 1579, Holy-
wood also being in the charge.—
[Beg. Assig.]
HERCULES STEWART, app. reader
here and at Holywood (q.v.) 4th
1580
May 1580.
JAMES RAMSAY, reader in 1582 ; went
1582 to Torthorwald in 1585.
ALEXANDER GARDNER, min. of
Lochmaben in 1576 ; adm. here
before 14th Feb. 1585, having Loch-
maben also in charge ; nominated by the
Privy Council 6th March 1589 a commis-
sioner in Annandale for the maintenance
and defence of the Protestant religion.
Dunscore also was included in the charge
in 1590, and he was still vicar there at the
time of his death, before 18th Nov. 1602.
— [Reg. Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk ; Edin.
Bresb. Beg.]
GEORGE HERIOT, son and heir of
1605 Oeorge H., baxter in the Canon-
gate; M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July
1598) ; got a testimonial from Presb. of
Edinburgh 10th Feb. 1602; pres. to
Dunscore 18th Nov. 1602 ; trans, and adm.
in 1605 ; died June 1646, aged about 68.
He marr. (1) Susanna, daugh. of Robert
Thomson, goldsmith, in right of whom he
entered burgess and guild-brother of Edin-
burgh, 28th June 1615, and had issue
— George, lieutenant-colonel ; Robert, ap-
prenticed to Richard Guthrie, W.S., 8th
June 1631 ; Nicol, apprenticed to Samuel
Guthrie, dyer, 25th Nov. 1640 : (2) Nicolas
Wallace, who survived him, and had issue
— John.— [Edin. Sas. Beg., x., 127 ; Beg.
of Deeds, ccxvii., 61 ; Brot. Book of James
282
KIRKMAHOE AND KILBLANE
[PRESB. OF
Logan, 13th June 1646 ; Edin. Sas. xix.,
203, 1671 ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ; Dum-
fries Tests. ; Tombst. ; Reg. Sec. Sig., xiv.,
428.]
FRANCIS IRVING, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1645 25t^ ^U^ 1632) ; schoolmaster of
Dumfries for two years ; licen. by
Presb. of Dumfries ; ord. to Trailllat and
Dungrie in 1642 ; adm. in 1645 ; deprived
and confined to the parish after the re-
storation of Episcopacy ; declined to go to
Symington, Ayrshire, under an indulgence,
3rd Sept. 1672 ; min. again in 1687.
WILLIAM DALGARNO, M.A. ; trans.
,oao from Penicuik about 1663; trans,
to Mauchhne about 1665.
JOHN WALLACE, son of William W.,
leee at *ke Kirkstyle of St Cuthbert;s ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, July 1663); min.
in 1666 ; dem. probably before 14th March
1673; took the Test 4th Oct. 1684, and
t: was set at libertie :: 24th of said month ;
died 29th Sept. 1693, aged 69. " He took
large sums from his parishioners, whom
he promised not to betray to the troopers,
but he did betray them, and obtained the
fines imposed on their wives and families ;
so miserly was he, that he embezzled the
poor's money, sold his library, and even
the pulpit Bible." He had a son, John,
in Auchencairn, who was served heir 27th
June 1699.— [G. R. Inhib., 7th April 1670 ;
Tombst. ; Inq. Ret, Gen., 8110.]
WALTER MAIR, brother of James M.,
„,_„ min. of Troqueer ; M.A. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 19th July 1666) ;
schoolmaster of Banff, 1666-72 ; recom-
mended for license by Presb. of Fordyce
28th Sept. 1670 ; min. probably in 1673 ;
died in 1678, aged about 32. He marr.
Isobel Ross, who marr. (2) Alexander
Guthrie, min. of Keir. — [Dumfries Tests.]
ALEXANDER MAIR, younger brother
1679 °^ Preceding; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 1669) ; had edict for adm.
from Archbishop 22nd May 1679 ; died
June 1680, aged about 31. — [Dumfries
Tests.]
JAMES HUME, M.A. (Edinburgh);
1682 Passed trials before Presb. of Had-
dington ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 16th April 1667; adm. to
Torthorwald in 1679, and to this charge
in 1682 ; outed at the Revolution, and
deprived by Act of Parliament restoring
the Presbyterian mins. ; died 13th Feb.
1701, aged about 59. He marr. Mary (died
26th Jan. 1701), daugh. of John Kirk-
patrick of Archenson, and had issue —
John ; Henrietta. — [G. R. Homings, 27th
Jan. 1686; Dumfries Reg. (Bur.); MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Tombst.]
FRANCIS IRVING [IRVINE], M.A.,
1687 aDove noticed ; was denounced, 16th
July 1674, for keeping conventicles,
and imprisoned several years in the Tol-
booths of Dumfries and Edinburgh, and on
the Bass Rock, from which he was liberated
11th July 1679, on binding himself not to
preach or administer the sacraments at field
conventicles. He went to Holland, but
returned in 1687, preached in a meeting-
house at Dumfries ; was restored by Act
of Parliament 25th April 1690, and died
8th Dec. 1695, in his 85th year. He marr.
Margaret Morrison, who died 14th Nov.
1686, and had issue — Margaret ; Sarah
(marr. Robert Fergusson, dyer, Dumfries) ;
Mary (marr. James Smith, merchant,
Dumfries). — [Dumfries Tests. ; Dumfries
Reg. (Marr. and Bur. ) ; Reg. Old Dec,
iii. ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's Hist., iii., 61.]
JAMES HENDERSON, called Nov.
1696 1695 ; ord. 18th Feb. 1696 ; died 9th
Aug. 1714, in his 39th year. He
marr. 28th Nov. 1698, Jean M'George. —
[Dumfries Tests.; Dumfries Reg. (Marr.);
Tombst.]
DAVID GRAHAM, licen. by Presb. of
1716 Jedburgh 6th March 1700 ; ord. to
Langholm 26th March 1706 ; pres.
by David, Earl of Glasgow, and Sir
William Douglas of Kellhead, for Charles,
Duke of Queensberry and Dover, 14th
Jan. 1715 ; adm. 14th June 1716 ; died
unmarr. 19th July 1718, in his 42nd year.
—[Tombst.]
DUMFRIES]
KIRKMAHOE AND KILBLANE
283
PATRICK CUMIN [CUMING], M.A. ;
1720 ca^e(^ !9th May, and ord. 18th Aug.
1720 \ trans, to Lochmaben 30th
March 1725.
EDWARD BUNCLE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
7 9th April 1713) ; licen. by Presb. of
Duns 2nd May 1721 ; preacher at
Leadhills ; ord. to Lochmaben 27th Sept.
1723, but settlement declared void by
Commission of Assembly 13th Nov. 1723;
pres. by Charles, Duke of Queensberry
and Dover, 10th April, and adm. 28th
Sept, 1725; dem. 15th May 1749; died
at Heuk, in Annandale, 17th Aug. 1777,
aged 83. He marr. (1) (cont. 15th Feb.
1728) Margaret, daugh. of Sebastian
Henderson, writer and bailie of Linlithgow,
and had issue — Margaret, born 29th Jan.
1731 : (2) 4th Feb. 1734, Catherine Reid.
— [Beg. of Deeds, Mackenzie, 21st Feb.
1732 ; The Weekly Mercury, i.]
ARCHIBALD LAWSON, born 1719,
175_ son of John L., min. of Closeburn ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1739); licen. by
Presb. of Penpont ; pres. by Charles, Duke
of Queensberry, 11th Oct. 1749; ord. 3rd
May 1750 ; died 14th Dec. 1796. He marr.
27th Jan. 1752, Mary, daugh. of James
Guthrie, min. of Kirkpatrick-Irongray, and
had issue— Elizabeth Ann, born 26th Dec.
1752, died 6th Jan. 1755; John, born 25th
Feb. 1754 ; Catherine, born 17th Dec. 1755,
died 18th Nov. 1770 ; Janet, born 4th
March 1758; James, engineer, born 18th
Aug. 1760; Susanna, born 20th Sept. 1762,
died at Glasgow, 18th April 1830 ; Gilbert,
born 8th Jan. 1765; Archibald, merchant,
Glasgow, born 31st Oct. 1766 ; Mary,
born 28th March 1769, died 10th June
1770. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Tombst.]
JOHN WIGHTMAN, born Glaisters,
7 ,. Kirkgunzeon, 12th Aug. 1762, son
of William W., farmer, and Agnes
Thomson ; educated at Dumfries Academy
and Univ. of Glasgow ; engaged for a time
in private teaching, one of his pupils
being Henry, afterwards Lord Brougham ;
assistant in the Grammar Schools of
Dumfries and Leith ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 28th April 1790; tutor
at Dunragit, Wigtownshire ; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, and ord.
21st Sept. 1797; D.D. (Glasgow 1837);
died unmarr. 14th July 1847. When eighty
years of age he was presented with the
freedom of the burgh of Dumfries and
afterwards with his portrait, a replica of
which is in the Dumfries Academy. Pub-
lications — The Questions of Universal
Concern, a sermon (Dumfries, 1812) ; Ten
single Sermons (Dumfries, 1812-45);
Popular and Practical Observations on
Contentment and Happiness (Dumfries,
1829) ; Practical Lectures on the two
Epistles of Paid to the Thessalonians
(Edinburgh, 1834; 2nd ed., 1835); The
Good Man and his Future Prospects (Dum-
fries, 1837) ; Practical Discourses and
Sacramental Addresses (Edinburgh, 1849);
contributions to the Edinburgh Christian
Instructor, ii. ; contributions to the Niths-
dale Minstrel (Dumfries, 1815); Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).— [Dean
Ramsay's Reminiscences of Scottish Life ami
Character ; Life by David Hogg ; Trotter's
East Galloway Sketches, 183.]
JAMES WILSON, ord. (assistant and
1841 successor) 9tn Sept. 1841 ; trans,
to Kirkpatrick-Irongray 28th Sept.
1843.
DAVID HOGG, born Kirkmichael, Ayr-
1844 snu'e> 8tn April 1815, eldest son of
Robert H. and Agnes Hunter; edu-
cated at Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 28th March 1844;
ord. (assistant and successor) 21st Nov.
1844; died 1st March 1879. He marr.
31st May 1841, Martha Paterson Brown,
born 3rd April 1819, died 23rd Feb. 1877,
and had issue — David Nasmyth, min.
of Auchtermuchty, born 7th May 1842 ;
Robert Arthur, born 11th Dec. 1843, died
3rd April 1844 ; James M'Alpine Leny,
born and died in 1845 ; Archibald Rodan,
S.S.C., Edinburgh, born 14th May 1847,
died 18th Oct. 1892; Martha Andrea
Brown, born 1st Aug. 1849, died at Beath,
Fife, 25th June 1868; Robert Brown,
M.D., born 2nd April 1851, died in Work-
284
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[PRESB. OF
sop, Notts, 1891. Publications — Clerical
Customs in the Olden Time (Dumfriesshire
and Galloway Xat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc,
1867) ; Life and Times of the Rev. John
Wightman, D.D. (Dumfries, 1873); Life of
Allan Cunningham (Dumfries, 1875).
MAXWELL HUTCHISON, born 11th
7 Nov. 1853, son of John H, D.D.,
min. of Banchory-Ternan ; educated
at Aberdeen Grammar School and Univs.
of Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; MA (Aber-
deen 1872), B.D. (Edinburgh 1875); licen.
by Presb. of Kincardine-O'Neil 27th July
1875 ; assistant at Larbert and at St
George's Parish, Edinburgh ; ord. 7th Aug.
1879; died 6th Oct. 1897. He marr. 7th
Sept. 1879, Catherine Jackson, daugh. of
John Symons, writer, Dumfries. She marr.
(2) 27th Oct. 1904, John Bourne Clarke,
Tunbridge Wells.
1898
HUGH MENZIES, ord. 3rd March 1898 ;
trans, to First Charge, Dysart, 6th
March 1907.
JOHN MACKENZIE FORBES, born
190_ Edinburgh, 10th Jan. 1880, son of
John F. and Christina Mackenzie ;
educated at St George's School, Church
of Scotland Normal College, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1902), B.D. (1906) ;
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith May 1906 ;
assistant at Lady Glenorchy's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. 2nd Aug. 1907. He was
driver of the Church of Scotland " Manse "
ambulance motor car in France, 1915, and
chaplain to the Forces there, 1916. Marr.
23rd Feb. 1911, Mary Watson Main, daugh.
of Robert Lamb Mactaggart, Newhaven.
KIRKPATRICK-DURHAM (or
DORAND), formerly KILPAT-
RICK-IN-THE-MUIR.
[The church, dedicated to St Patrick,
belonged to the Abbey of Sweetheart.
There is reason to believe that this parish
and Kirkpatrick-Irongray were originally
one parish of Kilpatrick. Dorand or Dur-
ham is the original name of the hamlet at
which St Patrick's Church here was built.
Patrickmass Fair was formerly held here
on 17th March. St Patrick's Well is in
the parish. At Kirkbride, on the Water
of Urr, was a chapel of St Bride.]
JOHN BROWN, reader at Urr and at
1567 Kirkpatrick-Durham in 1567.
ANDREW EDGAR, reader, 1567 to
1567 1580.
1585 WALTER TURNER, reader in 1585.
JOHN DOUGLAS, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1610 30th July 1601); pres. by James
VI. 20th April 1610; died before
18th Dec. 1641.— [Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Macfar-
lane Geog. Coll., i., 398 ; Symson's Descri-p-
tion of Galloway : Bannatyne Jfiscell., iii.]
i ADAM BROWN of Largnaine, born
le41 1616, son of James B., min. of
Kirkpatrick-Irongray ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 25th July 1629) ; pres. by Charles
I. 18th Dec, and inst. in 1641 ; dep. 3rd
Nov. 1656, because of his " insufficiency in
doctrine and discipline, and his scandals
and impertinencies in his conversation, and
his misbehaviour towards his brethren.''
He purchased the estate of Aslied, parish
of Monquhitter, Aberdeenshire, and died
there in 1686. He marr. Marjory, sister
of James Home, min. of Elgin, and had
i issue — John ; James ; Andrew. — [Beg. Sec.
Sig. ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ; JIacfarlane
\ Geog. Coll., i., 398 ; Acts of Pari., iii.]
GABRIEL SEMPLE, M.A. ; called 28th
7 April, and adm. 26th May 1657 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of the Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662 ; min. again in 1689.
STARK, mentioned about 1662;
1662 removed probably in 1664. — [Mac-
farlane Geog. Coll., i., 398.]
ROBERT PURDIE, M.A. ; schoolmaster
1665 °^ Colin ton in 1662 ; licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 1664; adm.
in 1665. — [Book of KirTcpatrick-Durham,
87.]
DUMFRIES]
KIRKPATRICK-DURHAM
285
ALEXANDER SANGSTER, MA.
1676 (Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1663) ;
came from Mearns ; was schoolmaster
of Inverkip in 1668 ; licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 21st Sept. 1668 ; adm. to Cumbrae
in 1668; trans, and adm. in 1676; outed
at the Revolution, and by Act of Parlia-
ment restoring the Presbyterian mins. He
marr. Margaret Charteris, who died at
Dumfries, 15th June 1694, and had issue
— a son, who was buried in Greyfriars
Churchyard, Edinburgh, 29th April 1692.
— [Dumfries Tests. ; Dumfries Reg. (Bur.) ;
Edim. Recj. (Marr.) 1689.]
GABRIEL SEMPLE, M.A., above
168Q noticed, returned in 1689 ; restored
by Act of Parliament 25th April,
and trans, to Jedburgh 29th Oct. 1690.
1693
WILLIAM ENGLISH, ord. 7th Sept,
1693; trans, to Kilspindie 26th Sept.
1698.
JAMES HILL, born 1676, son of
1699 J°nn H., Dryburgh, Crossmichael,
descended from the Hills of Hills-
land, Roxburghshire ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
13th July 1691); ord. 30th May 1699;
died 6th April 1743. He is described as
" a man of piety and considerable parts, but
much under the influence of melancholy ;
careless of the world, and distressed by
afflictions of body and mind." He marr.
29th April 1701, Agnes (died 1st May 1742,
aged 64), daugh. of James Muirhead, bailie
of Dumfries, and Agnes Edgar, and had
with other issue — James of Blaiket, parish
of Urr, surgeon, Dumfries, author of Cases
in Siirgery,bovn 1703, died 17th Oct. 1776;
Elizabeth (marr. James M'George of Larg);
Robert, surgeon, died in Jamaica, 26th July
1737; Henrietta, died 24th March 1731;
Anne (marr. John Millar, min. of Penning-
hame) ; Mary (marr. James Callander,
M.D.).— [Dumfries Tests. ; Dumfries Reg.
(Marr.) ; Murray's Literary Hist, of Gallo-
way^ 183-8.]
ROBERT MACMORINE of Nether
1744 Marcartney [now Walton Park];
licen. by Presb. of Penpont in 1736 ;
assistant at Kells ; called 29th March and
ord. 2nd Aug. 1744; died 19th Jan. 1774,
in his 65th year. He marr. 13th Nov.
1749, Elizabeth (born 1721, died 19th
March 1801), daugh. of John Maxwell of
Breconside and Elizabeth Maxwell of
Arkland, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
23rd Aug. 1750 ; John of Marcartney,
writer, Dumfries, born 2nd Oct. 1752 ;
Robert, born 15th Aug. 1754; William,
min. of Caerlaverock ; Alexander, surgeon
H.E.I.C.S., Bengal, born 25th Dec. 1758 ;
Helen, born 26th Jan. 1761 ; George,
brigadier-general, born 15th May 1763;
Charles, born 26th June 1765.— [Tombst. ;
Book of Caerlaverock) i., 574.]
DAVID LAMONT of Erncrogo and
17>74 Culshand, born 20th April 1753, son
of John L., min. of Kelton ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 6th May 1772; pres.
by George III. 31st Jan., and ord. 25th Aug.
1774 ; D.D. (Edinburgh, 15th June 1780) ;
chaplain to George, Prince of Wales, Aug.
1785 ; Moderator of Assembly 16th May
1822 ; read address from the Commission
of Assembly and preached before George
IV., in St Giles, during the royal visit to
Scotland, Aug. 1822 ; Chaplain in Ordinary
to the King in Scotland 14th Aug 1824 ;
died Father of the Synod, 7th Jan. 1837.
He founded the village of Kirkpatrick-
Durham, in 1785, by giving cheap feus
upon his property and encouraging the
building of cottages. He marr. 24th July
1799, Anne (died 10th Sept. 1857), daugh.
of David Anderson, Examiner of Customs
in Scotland, and had issue — an only son,
John, advocate, afterwards brewer in
London, born 27th Dec. 1805, died at
Wangaratta, Victoria, July 1873. Publi-
cations— Sermons on the Most Prevalent
Vices (London, 1780) ; Sermons on Import-
ant Subjects, 2 vols. (Edinburgh, 1780-7);
A Sermon on 1 John iii. 7 (Dumfries, 1785);
Sxibscrijrtion to the Confession of Faith of
the Church of Scotland consistent with
Liberty of Conscience, or an Attempt to
Vindicate it from the Misrepresentations of
those tvho maintain the Contrary (Edin-
burgh, 1790) ; A Sermon on Repentance
(Dumfries, 1798); Charity Recommended
(Dumfries, 1808); Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.) ; Sermon I.
286
KIRKPATRICK-DURHAM
[PRESB. OF
(Gillan's Scottish Pulpit). — [Edinburgh
Christian Instructor, xxi. ; Heron's Journey
through the Western Counties of Scotland."]
ROBERT WALLACE, pres. by George
1821 ^' ^ec" 1820; adm. (assistant and
successor) 19th April 1821 ; trans, to
St Michael's, Dumfries, 21st Oct. 1830.
GEORGE JOHN CRAIG DUNCAN,
1832 k°rn lst Aug. 1806, elder son of
Henry D., D.D., min. of Ruthwell ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Annan 1st June 1827 ; pres. by
William IV., and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 28th June 1832. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of the Free Church, Kirk-
patrick-Durham, 1843 ; of the Presbyterian
Church, North Shields, 23rd May 1844; of
St Mark's Presbyterian Church, Green-
wich, 1851 ; Moderator of the Presbyterian
Church of England in 1856; honorary
lecturer on Pastoral Theology and Homi-
letics in the Presbyterian Theological
College, London, 1861-8; D.D. (St An-
drews 1863); clerk of the English Presby-
terian Synod, 1851-68 ; general secretary
of the Presbyterian Church of England,
1861-8 ; died at Dumfries, 31st Dec. 1868.
He marr. 25th June 1833, Belle Wight
[authoress of Pre- Adamite Man, 1860] (died
26th Dec. 1878), daugh. of Samuel Clark,
writer, Dumfries, and Elizabeth Nicolson,
and had issue — Elizabeth Agnes, born 18th
May 1834, died 26th Aug. 1837; Henry,
born 5th June 1835, died 26th Sept. 1914 ;
Samuel Clark, born 15th July 1836, died
3rd Nov. 1914; Agnes Frances Elizabeth,
born 4th Feb. 1838, died 29th Dec. 1863;
Margaret Clark Maxwell, born 23rd Dec.
1839, died 5th. Feb. 1851 ; Barbara Sophia,
born 16th Nov. 1841 (marr. Campbell Archi-
bald Robertson) ; George Craig Buchanan,
born 1st May 1845 ; Jean Alice, born 6th
March 1852, died 6th Feb. 1853; Helen
Mary (twin), born 6th March 1852, died
16th Aug. 1863. Publication— Memoir of
Henry Duncan, D.D., Minister of Ruth-
well (Edinburgh, 1848).
GEORGE GREIG, born 7th Jan. 1803,
1843 son °^ George G., min. of Tinwald ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 8th Jan. 1828 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) at Tinwald
5th Aug. 1830; trans, and adm. 3rd Nov.
1843 ; died 10th Jan. 1870. He marr. 28th
Feb. 1831, Agnes Ranken (born 25th Nov.
1806, died 10th July 1886), daugh. of
Thomas Hutchison, farmer, Tinwald Mains,
and had issue — Jane, born 20th June
1832, died -unmarr. 5th July 1916 ; Janet,
born 24th Feb. 1834, died 2nd June
1846 ; George, licentiate of the Church of
Scotland, farmer, Milnmack, Dairy, born
21st Nov. 1839, died 26th Feb. 1885;
Thomas Hutchison, chaplain in India,
born 17th Feb. 1842, died 26th March
1916; James, merchant, Java, born 21st
April 1844, died 18th June 1889; Agnes,
born 15th Jan. 1846, died unmarr. 8th Aug.
1864 ; Sarah, born 22nd July 1848 (marr.
4th Oct. 1870, Charles Maclean, M.D.,
Ucluclet, Vancouver Island), died there,
21st Nov. 1915. Publications — A Sermon
])reached before the Synod (Dumfries, 1848) ;
A Pastoral Address to the Parishioners of
Kirkpatrick - Durham (1859) ; Account of
the Parish of Tinwald {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
ANDREW LAIDLAW, ord. 21st July
1870 18^° » trans- to St George's-in-the
Fields Parish, Glasgow, 20th Oct.
1875.
WILLIAM ADAM STARK, born Edin-
burgh, 23rd March 1846, son of
William S., architect ; educated at
Edinburgh Academy and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
in 1871 ; assistant at Stevenston and
Duddingston ; ord. 12th May 1876. Marr.
23rd May 1876, Eleanor Carmichael (died
31st May 1913), daugh. of David Craig,
Provost of Portobello, and widow of Allan
Livingston, Provost of Portobello, and has
issue — William David, Summerlee Iron
Works, Glasgow, born 9th March 1877;
Anne Craig, born 17th Aug. 1878 (marr.
Robert Grieve, Glasgow) ; Harriet Craig,
born 17th Jan. 1881 (marr. Nigel Stark,
M.D., Glasgow) ; Lucy Craig, born 8th Oct.
1882 (marr. Arthur Sutherland, M.B., CM.,
Cardross). Publications— Jtidge Not, that
ye be not Judged, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1874); The Book of Kirkpatrick -Durham
(Castle - Douglas, 1903); Place Names in
DUMFRIES]
KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY
287
Kirkpatrick - Dorand (Dumfries, 1912) ;
The Covenanters : A Contribution towai'ds
the Defence of the Church of Scotland
(Castle-Douglas, n.d.).
WILLIAM ADAM, born Stonehaven,
28th April 1881, son of James A. and
1916 Jessie Blair ; educated at Dunnottar
School, Mackie Academy, and Univ. of
Aberdeen ; MA. (1902), B.D. (1908) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen in 1908 ; assistant
at Blackfriars Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to St
James's Parish, Forfar, 9th Sept. 1909 :
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
5th Oct. 1916. Marr. 26th April 1910,
Isobel Thomson Miller, and has issue —
Florence Elizabeth Taylor, born 9th Sept.
1911 ; Marjorie Isobel Miller, born 19th
Aug. 1913.
KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY.
[Irongray is the name of the place at
which the church, dedicated to St Patrick,
stands. The name is Gaelic : Ard nan
gre'ach = " the height of the moors or
uplands." In Pont's map of Galloway it
is spelled Arngra, which is still the common
pronunciation.]
1567 PATKICK WHITEHEAD, exhorter.
ANDKEW MITCHELL, reader, 1567
1567 to 1571.
MICHAEL WIGHTMAN, reader from
1571 Nov. 1571.
JOHN BROWN, reader at Urr from
15?4 1567; adm. in 1574, when Kirk-
gunzeon and Kirkpatrick-Durham
were also in the charge ; died in 1607.
He marr. and had issue — James, min. here
in 1601.— [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN CURROUR, reader, 1589-99,
1589 afterwards at Lochrutton.
v JAMES BROWN, son of the above
1601 J°nn B., born about 1578; MA.
(Edinburgh, 28th July 1599); adm.
(probably assistant and successor) after
10th Feb. 1601 ; member of Assembly in
1602 ; pres. to the vicarage of Terregles by
James VI. 14th June 1613; died Nov.
1640. He marr. (1) Katherine Mill, and
had issue — Robert, min. of Kirkbean ;
Anna (marr. Herbert Irving of Logan) :
(2) Beatrix Fruid, who survived him, and
had issue — Patrick, min. here in 1647 ;
Adam, min. of Kirkpatrick - Durham. —
[Beg. of Deeds, dxxxv., 51 ; Beg. Assig. ;
Wodrow's Anal. ; Edin. Presb. Reg. ; Edin-
burgh and Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst. ; Sed.-
book of Teinds ; Booke of the Kirk ; Book
of the Irvings, 85.]
, PATRICK BROWN, born 1613, son of
1647 Preceding; M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
July 1629) ; ord. to Trailfiat in 1638 ;
adm. here in 1647 ; dep. in 1652. He
marr. Elizabeth Irving, who survived him,
and had issue — Patrick, died before 1678 ;
Anna (marr. James Irving, apparent of
Logan.— [G. B. Inhib., 4th Sept. 1678;
Mouswald Sess. Beg. ; Wodrow's Anal. ;
Tombst.]
JOHN WELSH, born probably in 1624,
less son °^ J°s^as W., min. at Temple-
patrick, Co. Antrim, grandson of
John W. of Ayr, and great-grandson of
John Knox. He graduated M.A. at
Glasgow Univ. in 1647, and was admitted
to this parish 21st Jan. 1653. At the
instance of a heritor, David M'Brear of
Newark and Almagill, M.P. for the
Stewartry of Kirkcudbright, he was ac-
cused before the Privy Council, June 1662,
of having called Middleton's Parliament " a
drunken Parliament," but was acquitted.
Soon after the restoration of Episcopacy
he was deprived. He was probably the
first of the field-preachers ; was concerned
in the Pentland Rising, and fled before
Dalyell's troopers at Rullion Green. In
1667 he was hiding in a friend's house
in Edinburgh, but soon afterwards he
ventured into Clydesdale. He preached
in Fife to large crowds drawn from all
classes. In Aug. 1671 he was in North-
umberland, Avhere, says Wodrow, " he dwelt
for some time very pleasantly." He
preached " when Tweed was frozen in the
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KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY
[PRESB. OF
midst of the river, that either he might
shun the offence of both nations, or that
two kingdoms might dispute his crime.1'
In 1677 he dispensed the Communion
at Skeochhill, in this parish, where the
" Communion Stones " are still pointed
out. He was present at Drumclog and
Bothwell Bridge. About 1679 he went to
London, where he died 9th Jan. 1681,
and was buried in St Botulph Churchyard,
Bishopsgate. He marr. (1) at Holyrood,
18th Feb. 1653, Elizabeth Somerville, who
died at Corsock : (2) 1674, a lady whose
name is unknown. Publications — A Pre-
face, Lecture, ami a Sermon (1686) ; Fifty
and Two Directions . . . to his Paroch of
Irongray (Edinburgh, 1703); A Sermon
preached at Xempldar Brae in Clidsdale
(Edinburgh, 1703) ; An Alarm to the Im-
penitent (1710) ; The Great Gospel Sumonds
to Close u'ith Christ (Edinburgh, 1710) ;
The Church's Paradox (n.d.) ; Two Ser-
mons appear in Faithful Contendings
Displayed, See also Sermons Delivered
in Times of Persecution, and Simpson's
Voice from the Desert. — [Memoirs of
Blackader, 241 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 342,
passim ; Treasury of the Scottish Covenant.
352 ; Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Xat. Hist,
and Antiq. Soc., 1912-13.]
1663
BERNARD SANDERSON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1625) ; master of the
Grammar School of Leith 8th Oct.
1629, " under condition that he continue
for five years, and shall not countenance
or resort to any public exercise of theology
in any Presb. meetings, nor present him-
self to any pulpit, and shall seldom resort
to Edinburgh or other places." He entered
on trials for license before the Presb. of
Haddington, 10th Sept. 1634, and appears
to have been assistant at South Leith
before 13th July 1637. He was min. of
Keir, 1638-59, and of this palish in 1663,
to which he was admitted under the protec-
tion of an armed force. The opposition
arose mostly from women of the humbler
class, led by a certain Margaret Smith,
who was afterwards tried for it, along with
William Arnot of Little Park. Smith was
ordered to be banished to the Barbados,
but this sentence was not carried out.
Arnot was fined 5000 merks, and required
to acknowledge his offence upon two Sun-
days in the parish kirk. S.'s manse was
plundered by the Covenanters on 15th Nov.
1666 and 4th April 1667. He died at
Edinburgh, 14th Sept. 1667, aged about 58,
| and was buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh,
He marr. (1) Dec. 1630, Elizabeth Scott,
in the parish of South Leith, and had a
i numerous family : (2) Lilias Somerville,
who died Feb. 1644 : (3) 11th Aug. 1646,
Euphemia Macmichael : (4) Jean Dalzell,
| who survived him, and had five children.
A daugh. marr. George Lang, min. at
Newry, Ireland. — [Tombst. ; Canongate
Reg.; P. C. Decreets, 9th April 1668;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 368 ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ;
Crichton's Memoir of Blackader ; Robert-
son's South Leith Records, 17.]
JAMES LAWSON, a native of Aber-
deen ; M.A. (Univ. and King's
College, Aberdeen, 13th July 1658) ;
| licen. by George, Bishop of Edinburgh,
18th May 1663 ; pres. by Alexander, Arch-
bishop of Glasgow, and adm. in 1668 ;
outed in 1689. —[Reg. Collat. ; Kirkden and
Dumfries Sess. Regs.]
JOHN SINCLAIR, son of John S.,
min. of Ormiston, afterwards of the
Scots Church, Delft, Holland ; ord.
16th Dec. 1690; died Aug. 1693. He
was a distinguished mathematical scholar.
He marr. Jean Maxwell, and had issue —
an only daugh., Sarab. His widow marr.
(2) William Boyd, min. of Dairy— [Dum-
fries Reg. (Marr. and Bur.) ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
JAMES GUTHRIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1694 28tl1 JUne 169°) » liCen< by ■Presb- °f
Dumfries 17th May 1694 ; ord. 13th
Sept. 1694 ; died Father of the Church
25th June 1756, probably in his 83rd year.
He is believed to have marr. a daugh. of
Biggar of Barbuie ; she died before 1744,
and had issue — James, apprentice W.S.
in 1738 ; George ; Janet ; Mary (marr.
Archibald Lawson, min. of Kirkmahoe).—
[Wodrow's Anal. ; Tombst.]
DUMFRIES]
KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY
^89
ARCHIBALD LITTLE, licen. by Presb.
17_g of Jedburgh 5th May 1731 ; ord. to
Morton 26th Sept. 1734; pres. by
Walter Riddell of Newhouse 14th Oct.
1756, by James Maxwell of Barncleugh,
that day, and by Patrick Heron, younger
of Heron, 21st Oct. 1756 [George II. pre-
sented James Biggar, min. at Keswick,
but the Court of Session declared Riddell
patron] ; adm. 12th April 1759 ; died 8th
Jan. 1774. He had a knowledge of
medicine, and was skilful in diagnosing
diseases. He marr. 13th Oct. 1746,
Christian (died at Dumfries, 21st Feb.
1805), daugh. of James Wauchope of
Comiston, and had issue — James, min. of
Colvend ; John, born 26th May 1751 ;
Archibald, born 8th July 1753; Mary,
born 2nd May 1755 ; Wauchope, born
21st April 1757 ; Walter, born 12th May
1759; Alexander, born 7th Nov. 1761,
died 3rd March 1763 ; Andrew, born 12th
June 1764.
JAMES FINNAN, ord. to Colvend 19th
177 March 1761 ; pres. by Walter Riddell
of Newhouse 1st June 1774; trans.
and adm. 9th March 1775 ; died 2nd Nov.
1796, in his 72nd year. He marr. 31st Aug.
1761, Lucia Aitken (died 11th Jan. 1803,
aged 63), daugh. of Robert Fergusson
of Hallhill, and had issue— Roger, born
23rd May 1762; Jean, born 12th June
1764 ; John, born 21st Aug. 1766 ; Thomas,
born 30th Nov. 1769 ; Maxwell, born 14th
Feb. 1773 (marr. Charles Cunningham,
min. of Lundie and Fowlis) ; James, born
27th June 1776. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[Tombst. ; JYithsdale Minstrel ; Memorials
of St Michael's, 282.]
JOHN M'CUBBIN, only son of John
M., smith, Glencairn ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1787);
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 28th April
1789 ; pres. by Robert Cutlar-Fergusson
of Craigdarroch ; ord. 17th Aug. 1797 ;
died 30th March 1817. He marr. (1)
Isabella, second daugh. of Donald Maclean,
Kilmaluag : (2) 2nd Jan. 1815, Mary (died
10th Nov. 1849), second daugh. of James
Welsh.— [Clan Maclean.]
VOL. II.
ANTHONY DOW, born 4th Nov. 1762,
1818 e^est son of David D., min. of
Dron ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Perth 30th
Nov. 1785; ord. to Kilspindie 12th Feb.
1789 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 5th Sept. 1800) ;
pres. by Richard Alexander Oswald of
Auchencruive 25th Aug. 1817; adm. 5th
June 1818; died 17th July 1834. He
marr. (1) 1st May 1797, Ann (died 1st
Aug. 1824), daugh. of William Campbell
of Queenshill, M.D., and had issue — David,
his successor ; William, min. of Tongland :
(2) 16th May 1826, Mary (died at Edin-
burgh, 18th April 1856), daugh. of Matthew
Campbell, Sheriff of Wigtown. Publica-
tion— Account of Kilspindie (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.).
DAVID DOW, born about 1798, eldest
1822 son °^ Prece(^mS > educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Perth 31st March 1819; pres. by Richard
Alexander Oswald of Auchencruive Dec.
1821 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 28th
March 1822; dem. 7th Aug. 1832, and
declared no longer a min. of this church,
having adopted doctrines inconsistent with
its standards. He became a farmer in
South Africa, but returned to Edinburgh,
and died 16th June 1878. He marr. 13th
Nov. 1829, Catherine (died s./>. 15th June
1831), youngest daugh. of Thomas Goldie
of Craigmuie, Commissary of Dumfries,
and Helen Lawson. In a letter to D.,
5th March 1830, Sir Walter Scott asked
permission to erect, in the churchyard of
Kirkpatrick - Irongray, "a simple monu-
ment to a poor woman of the name of
Walker, respectable in her time for an act
of great worth and fortitude." This was
Helen Walker, the prototype of "Jeanie
Deans."- [The Scott Originals, 239.]
ROBERT CRAWFORD, born Kil-
marnock 1800, son of Hugh C. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 31st Aug. 1824 ;
pres. by Richard Alexander Oswald of
Auchencruive ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 6th Dec. 1832. Joined the Free
Church; min. of Free Church, Virgin-
290
KIRKPATRICK-IRONGRAY— LOCHRUTTON [presb. of
hall, Mid-Nithsdale, 15th Feb. 1844: died
at Penpont, 7th Aug. 1856. He marr.
(1) 20th Dec. 1832, Isabella, daugh.
of Captain John Fulton of Grangehill,
and had issue — Catherine Ralston, born
17th Dec. 1833; Isabella Fullarton. born
13th Nov., and died 15th Dec. 1834 :
James, born 11th June 1836; John, born
28th Jan. 1838 : (2) 12th Oct. 1854, Martha
Hamilton, who died 3rd May 1865. Pub-
lication— Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Black's The Storji of
VirginhaU.]
JAMES WILSON, born 2nd April 1816,
1843 son °^ James W., min. of Tynron ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
ord. (assistant and successor) at Kirkmahoe
9th Sept, 1841 ; trans, and adm. 28th Sept.
1843; dep. 24th May 1853; died .
He marr. Clark, and had issue —
Thomas Jackson, S.S.C., Edinburgh, born
3rd Jan. 1845; Robert Clark, born 8th
May 1846.
ANDREW KENNEDY HUTCHISON
1854 BOYD, trans, from Newton-on-Ayr,
and adm. 27th Jan. 1854; trans, to
St Bernard's Parish, Edinburgh, 14th April
1859.
THOMAS UNDERWOOD, born
1859 Quhightwoollenhaas, Dumfriesshire,
30th May 1826, son of Walter U.
and Mary Robison ; educated at Kirk-
michael School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
schoolmaster at Carronbridge ; licen. by
Presb. of Penpont ; assistant at Dairy,
Ayrshire ; ord (assistant and successor)
at Coylton 8th July 1858 ; pres. by Oswald
of Auchencruive ; trans, and adm. 22nd
Sept. 1859; died 28th Dec. 1899. He
marr. (1) 30th April 1861, Susan (died 21st
March 1864), daugh. of James M'Naughton,
Smithfield, Ayr, and had issue — Mary
Robison, born 14th Feb. 1862 (marr. James
Whitelaw, solicitor, Dumfries), died 1895 ;
James M'Naughton, merchant, Philippine
Islands, born 10th Aug. 1863 : (2) 14th
July 1885, Agnes Stewart, daugh. of
Samuel M'Gill, shipowner, Liverpool.
SAMUEL DUNLOP, born Woolwich,
189_ 20th May 1865, son of Colonel
Samuel D., R.A., C.M.G., and
! Martha Potts ; educated at Coleraine In-
! stitution, Trinity College, Dublin, and
j Univ. of Edinburgh ; B.A. (Dublin 1888),
B.D. (Edinburgh 1890); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh May 1890 ; assistant at St
Columba's Church of Scotland, London ;
ord. min. of Southwick 13th Sept. 1894 ;
trans, and adm. (assistant and successor)
8th Nov. 1895. Marr. 26th July 1899,
Helen Brown, daugh. of Francis Hislop,
Kirkcaldy, and widow of John Maxwell,
Edinburgh. Publications — " Irongray Kirk-
Session Records, 1691-1700"; "The Place
Names of Irongray " ; " John Welsh, the
Irongray Covenanter"; "Two Irongray
Traditions" (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat.
Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1907, 1910, 1912-13,
1915).
LOCHRUTTON.
[The church belonged to Lincluden
College. It was dedicated to St Patrick]
JOHN LITTLE, exhorter from May
1567 1567.
1574
ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, min. in 1574,
when Kirkbean and Colvend were
also in the charge. He removed to
Southwick about 1585.— [Beg. Assig.]
1589
JOHN LITTLE, exhorter in 1567;
reader, 1574 to 1580 ; trans, to
Kirkgunzeon in 1586; returned in
1589 ; retrans. to Kirkgunzeon about
1593.— [Beg. Assig.]
JOHN CURROUR, reader at Kirk-
1 patrick-Irongray 1589 to 1599 ; pres.
to the vicarage by James VI. 20th
June 1606; dem. before 2nd June 1618.—
[Beg. Assig.]
1618
ALEXANDER TRAIN of Bonairik;
M.A. (Glasgow 1607): had a testi-
monial from the Presb. there 15th
May 1616 ; pres. by James VI. 2nd June
1618 ; member of Assembly in 1638 and
DUMFRIES]
LOCHRUTTON
291
1645 ; dep. 20th June 1650, sentence being
affirmed by Assembly July 1651. He died
Nov. 1656, aged about 69. He marr. Jean
Gibson, and had an only son, Alexander,
student at Univ. of Glasgow, 1648-9, who
was served heir to a considerable portion
of his property 13th Jan. 1657. — [Glasgoiv
Presb. Reg. ; Dumfries Tests. ; Sed.-book
of Teinds ; Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Inq. Ret.
Kirhcudb., 425 — Gen., 4197 ; Stevenson's
Hist. ; Acts of Ass.]
GEORGE JOHNSTON, M.A. ; adm.
23rd Oct. 1654 ; trans, to Newbattle
19th July 1660.
WILLIAM MEIN, M.A. (Edinburgh
1661 1655) j 01'd- mm- °f tne Scots
Church, Tweedmouth, 28th Feb.
1659 ; called Nov. 1660 ; adm. 19th Feb.
1661; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He was offered Dunlop under
indulgence 3rd Sept. 1672, but declining
to accept, was ordered to be denounced
6th Nov. 1673. He was min. again in
1689.— [Calamy's Ace, ii. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 326 ; P. 0. Reg., 3rd ser., vols. iii.
and iv.]
JOHN GILLESPIE, son of Robert G.,
16?7 merchant, Cumnock ; min. in 1677 ;
died March 1683. He marr. Barbara
Hervie, who died Oct. 1697, and had issue-
Robert ; Margaret. — [Inq. Ret. Gen., 7184 ;
Dumfries Tests. ; Dumfries Reg. (Bur.) ;
Tombst.]
PATRICK CUNNINGHAM, M.A., min.
.OOA in 1684 ; trans, to Kirk ton 11th April
1684 _ ' r
1687.
JOHN WILLOCKS, min. in 1688;
outed in 1689, and afterwards dep.
for drunkenness, etc. He marr.
Elizabeth Hamilton, and had issue —
Patrick ; Katherine. — [Treas. Sed.-book,
19th June 1696; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Dumfries Reg. {Bur.).']
WILLIAM MEIN, M.A., above noticed ;
restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1689; dem. 8th Oct. 1690.
JOHN REID, adm. 2nd Dec. 1690;
i69o ^ec* 2n(^ ^an" ^27, m his "71st year-
He marr. April 1692, Catherine,
daugh. of Thomas Rome of Cluden,
Provost of Dumfries. — [Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ;
Tombst,]
GEORGE DUNCAN (primus), born
1728 16^2' son °^ Alexander D., merchant,
Aberdeen ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen, 1707-11; called 22nd
Feb., and ord. 23rd April 1728; drowned
while bathing in the Loch, 17th July 1765.
He left money for supporting a school
in a remote part of the parish. He marr.
after 5th Aug. 1727, Anne (died 2nd Dec.
1741, aged 45), daugh. of James Hair,
merchant, Dumfries, and widow of Robert
Boyd, writer, Dumfries, and had issue —
Robert, born 19th Sept. 1731, died 8th May
1752 ; Anne, born 27th Dec. 1732, died
unmarr. 14th Nov. 1807 ; John, born 27th
May 1734, died 21st Feb. 1753; Christian,
born 28th April 1737 ; George, his successor.
— [Tombst. ; Memoir of Henry Duncan,
D.D.]
GEORGE DUNCAN (secundus), born
17 15th Sept. 1738, son of preceding;
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 2nd
Aug. 1763; pres. by George III. 11th
Sept. 1765 ; ord. 24th April 1766 ; clerk of
Synod 21st Oct. 1783; died 17th March
1807, and was buried in the same grave
as his father. He marr. 4th June 1770,
Anne (died 20th July 1824, aged 79),
daugh. of William M'Murdo, brewer, and
bailie of Dumfries, and had issue —
George, merchant, Liverpool, born 4th
April 1771; William, merchant, Liver-
pool, born 28th Nov. 1772; Henry, D.D.,
min. of Ruthwell ; Thomas Tudor, min.
of Dumfries ; Robert, merchant, Liver-
pool, born 28th Jan. 1781 ; Christian, born
22nd Aug. 1782 (marr. Walter Phillips,
factor to the Earl of Mansfield) ; Mary,
born 19th Feb. 1784 (marr. her father's
successor) ; Anne, born 18th Sept., and
died 1st Oct. 1786. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.).
— [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
292
LOCHRUTTON— MAXWELLTOWN (Q S.) [presb. of
THOMAS INGLIS, born 1786, son of
180? Andrew I., Provost of Lochmaben ;
licen. by Presb. of Uist 14th Aug.
1805; ord. to Dunscore 18th Sept. 1806;
pres. by William, Duke of Queensberry ;
trans, and adm. 9th July 1807 ; D.D.
(Glasgow, 10th Jan. 1845), died 4th Aug.
1860. He marr. (1) 20th Sept. 1808, Janet
(died 10th Sept, 1815), daugh. of Robert
Henderson of Cleuchheads, and had issue
— Janet Carruthers, born 14th July 1810,
died 3rd Nov. 1810: (2) 25th Feb. 1828,
Mary (died 10th Jan. 1857), daugh. of
his predecessor, and had issue — Mary
Ann, born 31st March 1829 (marr. James
Gibson, ruin, of Barr). Publication —
Account of the Parish {New Stat. Ace,
iv.).
WILLIAM MOOEE, born Ballantrae,
1858 23rd Oct. 1818, fourth son of Samuel
M., farmer ; educated at Ballantrae
School and LTniv. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1849); licen. by Presb. of Stranraer May
1851 ; assistant to preceding min. ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 25th June 1858;
died 8th June 1879. He marr. 1st Dec.
1864, Jessie Shaw, who died 2nd May \
1911, aged 81, and had issue — William
Alexander, born 30th July 1867 ; Jessie
Muir, born 10th Jan. 1869 ; Samuel James,
born 2nd April 1870 ; John, born 17th
Jan. 1873.
WILLIAM CORSON CALLANDER,
187g M.A. ; trans, from Stobhill ; adm.
20th Nov. 1879 ; trans, to Ladhope
Parish, Galashiels, 17th Jan. 1884.
THOMAS CROSBY, born Selkirk, 7th
1884 ^a^ 1852> son °f J°nn C. ; educated
at Selkirk Grammar School, Owen's
College, Manchester, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (1879), B.D. (1882) ; licen. by
Presb. of Earlston April 1882 ; assistant
at New Cumnock, and at Greyfriars,
Dumfries; ord. 12th May 1884. Marr.
21st April 1885, Elizabeth Fanny Moore
(died 8th Oct. 1888), daugh. of James
Murray, min. of Old Cumnock, and has
issue — Helen Murray, born 17th April
1888.
MAXWELLTOWN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1829. On
28th Sept. 1842 it was destroyed by fire,
and a new church was erected in 1843.
The parish was disjoined from Troqueer
17th July 1871.]
JAMES BEGG, M.A., elected by the
1830 subscribers 11th March, and ord.
18th May 1830; adm. to Lady
Glenorchy's, Edinburgh, 23rd Dec. 1830.
DAVID BUCHAN DOUIE, ord. 21st
1831 APr^ 1831 J trans- t0 Dryfesdale 7th
Nov. 1833.
JAMES RANKIN, ord. 20th March
1834 183^j c^em- on admission to St
Andrew's Chapel, Dundee, 12th Feb.
1845.
WILLIAM VILANT GRAHAM, born
lge_ Edinburgh, 11th March 1835, son
of the Rev. William G., of Circus
Place School, Edinburgh (afterwards head-
master of the Royal Naval College, Green-
wich Hospital), and Magdalene, daugh.
of Captain Vilant, H.E.I.C.S. ; educated at
Edinburgh Academy, and Univs. of St
Andrews and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1859 ; assistant at Tron
Parish, Edinburgh, and St John's Parish,
Dundee ; ord. to the Chapel-of-Ease here
16th July 1863; adm. first min. of the
parish 17th July 1871 ; res. 19th May 1897 ;
died 7th Oct. 1906. He marr. 31st
March 1863, Watson Allan, second daugh.
of Andrew Smith, Dundee, and had issue
— Robina Williamson, matron of Queen's
Craig, Craighouse, Edinburgh, born 8th
Jan. 1864; Anna Vilant, born 8th Aug. 1866,
died 17th Sept. 1870; William Watson,
solicitor, Edinburgh, born 31st Dec. 1875.
Publications — Contributions to Blackwood's
Magazine, The Contemporary Review, and
other periodicals.— [The Fife Herald, 17th
Oct, 1906.]
DUNCAN MORRISON SLESSER,
1Rq7 born Clackriach, Old Deer, 1st Dec.
1865, son of Keith Hutchinson S.
and Mary Duncan ; educated at Maud
School, and Grammar School and Univ.
DUMFRIES]
NEW ABBEY
293
of Aberdeen ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
5th May 1891 ; assistant at Milton of
Campsie; ord. 23rd Sept. 1897. Marr.
22nd Oct. 1892, Annie Craig, daugh. of
David Kyd, superintendent Mercantile
Marine, and has issue — Alexander Adrian,
lieut. R.A.M.C., B.E.F., 1914-16, born 30th
Jan. 1895.
NEW ABBEY, formerly LOCH-
KINDELOCH, KIRKINDE-
LOCH, or KINDERLOCH.
[The ancient parish church, remains of
which are still to be seen on an island in
Loch Kinder, belonged to the Cistercian
Abbey of Sweetheart. After this monastery
had been suppressed, the parish church was
removed from Loch Kinder to the refectory
of the Abbey. This building continued to be
used for worship until 1731, when a parish
church was built against the south wall
of the Abbey. In 1877, through the efforts
of Dr Wilson, a new church was built on
a site at a short distance to the south-west
of the village. In the reign of Charles I.
part of the adjoining parish of Kirkconnel
was annexed to New Abbey. Of St Mary's
Abbey of Sweetheart extensive and very
fine remains survive. On 10th April 1273,
Dervorgilla, Lady of Galloway, widow of
John of Baliol, and mother of the ill-fated
King John, founded it as a memorial of
her husband, and it came to be known as
the New Abbey, in contrast to the older
Galloway Abbey of Dundrennan.]
PATRICK COULL [or COWELL],
1567 reader in 1567 ; died in 1570.
JOHN LOGAN, reader, 1570 to
1570 1585.
ADAM SIMSON, born May 1594, son
1618 of Patrick S., min. of Stirling ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. to
Airth 5th Oct. 1616; signed the Protes-
tation for the Liberties of the Kirk, 27th
June 1617 j min. here in 1618; "A mob
of women arose against him and the school-
master, and shamefully abused his wife and
servants, pursuing them with rungs, and
pelting them with stones, which outrage
was brought before the Privy Council,
27th March 1628, who remitted the same
to Sir William Grier of Lag, and Sir John
Charteris of Amisfield, that they may deal
with it as accords." He was buried at
Enniskillen, 26th June 1642. He marr.
16th June 1618, Margaret, daugh. of David
Spens, min. of Kirkcaldy, and had issue —
Lillias, born 7th April 1619, died Nov.
1620 ; Marion, born 12th Oct. 1620 ; Eliza-
beth, born 13th July 1623 ; Margaret, born
16th Sept. 1626 ; Patrick, min. of Renfrew,
born 2nd Oct. 1628; John, born 16th
Sept. 1629 ; Archibald, born 6th Feb. 1632 ;
Harriet, born 1634. — [Reg. See. Sig.; The
Simsons, 19.]
DAVID RAMSAY, MA. (St Andrews
1636 1623); min. in 1636; died 22nd
July 1649, aged about 46. — [Commis.
to Ass., 1638 ; Keg. Old Dec, i.]
WALTER GLEDSTANES, born 1624,
1650 son °^ ^ra^ter Q- °f -Dod, and Agnes
Douglas of Cavers ; MA. (Edinburgh,
15th April 1645); adm. 6th Nov. 1650;
died between 20th Nov. and 18th Dec.
1660. He marr. Margaret, second daugh. of
John Crichton of Crawfurdston, and widow
of William Lawrie in Ingliston, and had
issue — James ; Agnes. His widow marr.
thirdly, James Mair, min. of Troqueer. His
tombstone has the following lines : —
Q.— QUARE • LEVIS • LAPIS • SUB
OPACI • TEGMINE • SAXI?
#._IN . VISCERE • TELLURIS
AUREA • GEMMA • LATET.
1660.
[Q.— Wherefore lies the Gladstone
Hidden by the dark stone ?
A. — The bosom of the earth
Conceals the gem of gold.]
— [G. R. Inhib., 7th June 1667 ; Laing
Charters, 2499 ; Dick's Highways and By-
ivays in Galloway, 37.]
PATRICK DURHAM, son and heir of
John D., min. of Monikie; became
min. of Idvies in 1623; trans, to
Ardersier in 1628 ; trans, to Rosemarkie
previous to 11th March 1657; adm. here
about 1661 ; died before 1669. He marr.
294
NEW ABBEY
[ PRESB. OF
Janet Sinclair, and had issue — Patrick ;
Barbara (marr. Hugh Nisbet, min. of
Kirkgunzeon). — [Forfar Inhib., 11th March
1657; P. C. Decreta, 1st Aug. 1667, 3rd
June 1669; Inverness Sas., viii., 19 ; G. R.
Hornings, 23rd Feb. 1670.]
WILLIAM WISHART, MA. ; ord. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh (at
the request of the Archbishop of
Glasgow), 23rd April 1669 ; trans, to Warn-
phray before 8th Feb. 1681.— [Reg. Collat.]
JAMES MARR, son of William M.,
less merchant, Aberdeen ; educated at
Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1675-9 ;
min. here in 1685 ; outed by the people in
1689.— [Dumfries Sess. Reg.) MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
JOHN HARVEY [HERYIE], from Ire-
16gl land; called Aug. 1690; ord. 12th
May 1691 ; dem. 10th Sept. 1695.
He went to Ireland, and is said to have
been settled in the Presb. of Glendermot.
— [Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
JOHN NISBET, MA. (Edinburgh,
16Q7 13th July 1691); licen. by Presb. of
Dumfries 17th Nov. 1696; ord. 7th
Sept. 1697 ; died 3rd Feb. 1725, aged about
54. He marr. Catherine (died 19th March
1722), daugh. of John Grierson of Barjarg,
and had issue — Grizell.
WILLIAM IRVINE, pres. by the Presb.
1726 Jure devoluto 9th Sept. 1725 ; ord.
4th Jan. 1726. In 1759 he gifted
to the parish two silver communion cups ;
died 6th May 1768, in his 75th year. He
marr. 27th June 1733, Elizabeth (died 3rd
Oct. 1779, aged 78), daugh. of Sir Robert
Maxwell of Orchardton.— [Dumfries Tests.]
1769
WILLIAM WRIGHT, licen. by Presb.
of Lanark 23rd Feb. 1764 ; pres. by
George HI. 13th Sept. 1768; ord.
11th May 1769 (when the Presb. required
the protection of the military) ; died 9th
Dec. 1819, in his 88th year. Though at
first unpopular, he ultimately succeeded
in gaining the ardent affection of his
parishioners. By his exertions a sum of
money was raised and paid to William
Newall and William MNish designated
as heritable proprietors " of the old Abbey
of the Abbacie of Sweetheart,"' in return for
which these persons entered into a contract
with the subscribers to cease from selling
the stones of the Abbey Church, 26th April
1779. It is believed that this saved the
beautiful ruin from destruction. He marr.
about 1753, Jean Allan, who died 13th June
1797, aged 69, and had issue — James, born
12th Aug. 1754; Robert, born 4th Sept.
1757, died in the West Indies ; Jean, born
7th March 1760 (marr. John Richardson,
distiller, Annan), died 26th Jan. 1823;
Cecilia Ann, born 1763, died 7th May
1770. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ii.). — [Vide The Cause
between Patronage and Popular Election
decided in the Presb. of Friesburg (Edin-
burgh, 1769.]
JAMES HAMILTON, born 16th Sept.
1813 1^®2 ' licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
21st Oct. 1806; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 17th June 1813 ; died 16th Dec.
1858, in his 78th year. He marr. 1st Dec.
1817, Harriet Smith, born 5th Oct. 1781,
died 15th Dec. 1849, and had issue — James
Murray, born 17th Jan. 1820 ; Louisa Jane,
born 3rd Jan. 1823 (marr. Hutchison
of Ingliston). Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON CHAR-
185g TERIS, nephew of preceding ; trans.
from St Quivox, and adm. 21st July
1859 ; trans, to Park Parish, Glasgow, 25th
June 1863.
JAMES STEWART WILSON, born
1863 -^ew Mills, Leadhills, 17th May
1833, son of Charles W., afterwards
manager of the lead mines at Carsphairn ;
educated at Carsphairn School, Ayr
Academy, and Univs. of Edinburgh and
Heidelberg; classical master, Ayr Academy,
1853; MA. (Edinburgh 1859); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh in 1862; ord. 24th
Sept. 1863 ; lecturer on Pastoral Theology in
the Scottish Universities, 1879-80 and 1899-
1900; D.D. (Edinburgh 1883); died 14th
DUMFRIES]
NEW ABBEY— SOUTHWICK (Q.S.)
295
Nov. 1910. He marr. 24th Nov. 1863, Jane
Ewing [author of A Catechism for Little
Children] (died 6th Dec. 1894), daugh. of
John Brown, D.D., min. of Broughton
Place U.P. Church, Edinburgh, and sister
of Dr John Brown, author of Bab and
His Friends, and had issue — Sir Charles,
K.C.I.E., Director-general of the Post Office
of India, and member of the Viceroy's
Legislative Council, born 27th Sept. 1864;
Margaret, born 20th Dec. 1865 (marr. 10th
Nov. 1892, Kev. William Affleck Scott,
M.A., M.B., CM., missionary of the Church
of Scotland at Blantyre, British Central
Africa) ; Jane Ewing, born 8th Feb. 1868
(marr. 19th Sept. 1899, Robert Kerr
Hannay, Curator of Historical Depart-
ment, H.M. Register House, Edinburgh) ;
Mary Stewart, born 16th June 1872 (marr.
16th June 1910, John Arthur Brown, writer,
Glasgow); Isabella Bertha Stewart, born
8th Nov. 1875 (marr. 25th Nov. 1905,
Sidney Cullum, M.D., Seven Kings, Essex.
Publications — The Life, Education, and
Wider Culture of the Christian Ministry
(Edinburgh, 1881) ; Ministerial Life and
Work (Edinburgh, 1901).— [Vide Rankine's
A Hero of the Dark Continent, Edinburgh,
1896 ; Dr John Brown and his Sisters,
Isabella, and Jane ; The Gallovidian, 1914.]
1911
JOHN MURRAY WOODBURN, born
Dundonald, 11th Dec. 1884, son of
Robert W. and Margaret Murray ;
educated at Ayr Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1905), B.D. (1908); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 6th May 1908 ; assistant at
St Cuthbert's, and at St Giles, Edinburgh ;
ord. 10th Feb. 1911.
SOUTHWICK (Q.S.).
[Before the Reformation the rector of
Southwick held the Chancellory of the
Chapel Royal of Stirling. The church was
dedicated to St Mary. The parish was
united to Col vend in 1612, but was dis-
joined again quoad sacra 13th July 1894.
A church built by Sir Mark John Mac-
Taggart-Stewart of Southwick, Bart., was
opened in July 1891, vide The Gallovidian,
1905.]
1567 GEORGE OLIVER, exhorter.
ARCHIBALD SINCLAIR, pres. by
16,_2 James VI., 18th March 1572, but was
non-resident in 1575. He appears at
Lochrutton, 1575-85, when he apparently
returned to Southwick, having charge also
of Kirkbean, Caerlaverock, Lochrutton,
and Holy wood. He had a son, Archi-
bald, who died 19th June 1620. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Edin. Presb. and Test. Begs.]
THOMAS BUCHANAN, son of Alex-
1573 ander B. of Ibert and Janet Warder,
and nephew of George Buchanan ;
rector of the High School of Edinburgh,
1568-71 ; rector of the Grammar School of
Stirling in 1571 ; adm. about 1573, and
dem. before 14th Oct. that year, "because
he might not be forborne fra the schules,
and therefore could mak na personal
residence." He became Keeper of the
Privy Seal, and died about 1582. He
marr., and had issue — John.
DAVID HOPE, pres. by James VI. 21st
1612 Sept. 1(>12 > trans, to Colvend in
1617.
SAMUEL DUNLOP, B.D. ; conducted
1894 services m the church as assistant
to the min. of Colvend from 1891 ;
ord. and adm. min. on the endowment
of the parish quoad sacra 13th Sept. 1 894 ;
trans, to Kirkpatrick - Irongray 8th Nov.
1895.
IAN RODERICK FRASER, M.A., B.D. ;
1896 ord. 16th April 1896; res. 26th Feb.
1900, on appointment as Government
chaplain in India.
JOHN THOMAS PATTERSON, born
1900 ^ Andrews, 16th Oct. 1870, son of
John Gamble P. and Catherine Ross ;
educated at Madras College and Univ. of
St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of St An-
drews in 1895 ; assistant at East Parish,
Perth, and St George's-in-the-Fields Parish,
Glasgow; ord. 12th June 1900. Marr. 6th
March 1901, Ann Black, daugh. of Alex-
296
TERREGLES
[PRESB. OF
ander Morrison, and has issue — Isabel
M'Lay,born 10th Sept. 1906 ; Ross Murray,
born 15th Nov. 1912.
TERREGLES, of old
TRAVAIREGLYS.
[The church belonged to Linclutlen
College. The choir, a beautiful piece of
architecture, is used as a burying-place by
the Maxwells of Terregles. At the place
in this parish where the water of Cluden
joins the Nitk, Uchtred, son of Fergus,
Lord of Galloway, founded, about 1165, St
Mary's Benedictine Nunnery of Lincluden.
Towards the end of the fourteenth century
charges of irregular living were brought
against its inmates, and the convent was
suppressed. On its site Archibald the
Grim, Earl of Douglas, erected in the four-
teenth century the new foundation of
Lincluden College, likewise dedicated to
St Mary. Of this, somewhat extensive
ruins remain. At Lincluden also, beside
the Lady Chapel Knowe, are the remains
of St Mary's Chapel.]
JOHN ROW, M.A., vicar. — [i^
1561 Charters of Kirklands, i., 233.]
WILLIAM THOMSON, reader, 1567 to
1591 ; styled vicar in 1608. He
marr. Janet Lundie, and had issue —
Andrew, M.A. ; Isobel (marr., cont. 11th
Jan. 1608, Thomas Edgar of Ford).— [Reg.
of Deeds, cci., 10; ibid., cxcviii., 258].
1567
1619
THOMAS MELVILL, M.A. (St Andrews
1607) ; min. in 1619 ; died 31st May
1659, aged about 72. He marr.
Janet Duncan, who died June 1653, and
had issue — Elizabeth ; Lilias ; Jean. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig. ; Dumfries Sas., 31st Jan. 1642 ;
Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ;
Sed.-book of Teinds ; Dumfries Tests.]
ROBERT PATON, M.A. ; adm. 17th
July 1660; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. For hearing him
preach in a private house, William Gordon
of Earlston was condemned to be banished
in 1664 ; and three years later P. was ordered
1660
to be prosecuted by the Lord Advocate,
for complicity in the Pentland Rising, but
an act of indemnity was passed in his
favour, 1st Oct. 1667
in 1690.
He was min. again
JAMES PETRIE, min. in 1665.— [Reg.
1665 of Deeds, Mack., xviii., 822.]
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, M.A. ; min.
7 in 1678 ; trans, to Keir before 11th
Sept. 1681.
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A. (Edinburgh
1673) ; adm. to trials before Presb.
of Perth 27th March 1678; min.
here in 1684 ; dep. for immorality about
1687. — [Dumfries Tests. ; Apology for the
Clergy.)
1684
1688
JOHN KIN C AID, M.A. (Glasgow
1659) ; min. in 1688 ; outed at the
Revolution, and deprived by Act
of Parliament restoring the Presbyterian
mins. in 1690. — [Dumfries Tests. ; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT PATON, M.A., above noticed ;
restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; trans, to Barnweil, Ayr-
shire, 26th Aug. 1691.
1690
DAVID WIGHTMAN, M.A. ; ord. 23rd
1702 ,<^ePt- 1'702 > trans- to Applegarth
18th April 1706.
THOMAS MACK, educated at Univ.
17o7 of Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 27th Jan. 1702; called
4th Feb., and ord. 1st May 1707; died
unmarr. 6th May 1750, in his 76th year. —
[Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
GEORGE HERON, ord. min. of Island
1752 Magee, Co. Antrim ; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Queensberry and Dover,
22nd Sept. 1750; adm. 18th Aug. 1752
(delay being caused by opposition and
difficulties in the Presb.) ; died 2nd Jan.
1780, in his 74th year. He marr. previous
to his settlement, Mary Maxwell, who died
3rd July 1769, and had issue— George, born
3rd Aug. 1749, died 2nd Feb. 1763; Ann,
born 21st July 1751 ; James, min. of Kirk-
gunzeon. — [Tombst. ; Morren's Ann., i.]
Dumfries] TERREGLES— TINWALD AND TRAILFLAT
297
JOHN KENNEDY, licen. by Presb. of
17 j Haddington 24th Sept. 1765 ; assist-
ant at Ochiltree ; pres. by William,
Duke of Queensberry, 31st May 1780; ord.
8th Nov. 1781 (delay having arisen through
the opposition of several heritors) ; died
22nd April 1791, in his 56th year. He
marr. 14th Feb. 1782, Grizel Kennedy,
who died 21st May 1797, s.p. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, \.)—[Tombst. ; Scots Mag., xliii.]
THEODORE EDGAR KEYDEN, born
1791 1^65, son °f William K, min. of
Penpont; licen. by Presb. of Dum-
fries 10th June 1788; pres. by William,
Duke of Queensberry, 16th July, and ord.
27th Sept. 1791 ; died unmarr., 8th Nov.
1814.— [Dumfries Tests.; Tombst.]
GEORGE HERON, born 14th Aug.
iai5 !788, son of James H., min. of
Kirkgunzeon, and grandson of the
above George H. ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
5th Jan. 1814; pres. by Charles William,
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry ; ord.
17th Aug. 1815 ; dem. 3rd Oct. 1848 ;
died 12th April 1855. He marr. 28th
April 1816, Catherine (died at Broughty
Ferry, 29th Sept. 1861), daugh. of John
M'George, merchant, Dumfries, and had
issue — Catherine, born 24th Oct. 1817;
George, born 7th April 1819 ; James, born
8th Sept. 1821 ; John, born 12th July 1823 ;
Elizabeth, born 1st May 1825 ; Patrick,
born 12th Jan. 1827 ; Mary Ann, born 7th
Jan. 1829; Charles, born 23rd May 1831.
Publication — Account of the Parish (New
Stat. Ace, iv.).
DAVID DICKIE, ord. (assistant) 7th
Nov. 1837 ; adm. (assistant and
successor), 3rd June 1841 ; trans,
to Fenwick 8th May 1845.
JAMES GIBSON, ord. 8th March 1849 ;
1849 trans, to Barr 23rd June 1853.
JAMES INNES STEPHEN, born
Hastings, 1824, son of Alexander S.,
M.D., Edinburgh, and Sarah Chuter ;
educated at High School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ;
assistant at Dunsyre ; ord. 9th March
1854 ; died unmarr. 30th Aug. 1899.
1899
JAMES STEWART, born Stenton, East
Lothian, 18th Aug. 1867, son of
John Kinloch S. ; educated at
North Berwick School, Knox Institute,
Haddington, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1888) ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton in 1891 ; assistant at Airdrie ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 2nd May 1899.
Marr. 30th April 1900, Margaret Waddell,
third daugh. of John Main, Airdrie, and
has issue — John Kinloch, born 30th Oct.
1901, died 13th Dec. 1904; James Main,
born 22nd July 1903.
TINWALD AND TRAILFLAT.
[These two parishes were united in 1650.
Trailflat. — The church belonged to the
Abbey of Kelso.]
ANDREW RENTON, vicar and ex-
1567 horter, Nov. 1567 to 1591.
ALEXANDER THOMSON, son of
1615 Adam T., apothecary, in right of
whom he entered burgess and guild -
brother of Edinburgh, 11th July 1615, at
which time he was min. here ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 28th May 1604) ; died 25th Feb. 1624.
He marr. Margaret Ker, who survived
him, and had issue — Adam, saddler, his
heir, burgess of Edinburgh in right of his
father, 17th Aug. 1636; John; Edward;
Alexander ; Robert ; Sarah. — [Dumfries
Tests. ; Edin. Guild Reg. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
2073.]
JOHN MAXWELL, pres. by Robert,
Earl of Nithsdale, before 30th Nov.
1632.— [Reg. Old Dec, iii. ; Glasgow
Presb. Reg.]
1632
HERBERT FAREIS [FERRIES], M.A.
1635 (Edinburgh, 14th July 1621); pres.
by Robert, Earl of Nithsdale ; adm.
1st Sept. 1635 ; still min. 25th Sept. 1638.
— [Glasgoiv Presb. Reg. ; Commis. to Ass.,
1638 ; Wodrou) MSS.]
298
TINWALD AND TRAILFLAT
[PRESB. OF
JOHN BROWN, M.A. ; called 7th Nov.
1Q56 1655; adm. 18th March 1656; inst.
to Linton in Teviotdale 6th Sept.
1664.
WILLIAM HUME, M.A. ; min. about
_ 1665 ; trans, to Jedburgh 5th Aug.
1674.
JAMES LITTLE, M.A. (Edinburgh
1Bal 1665); passed trials before Presb. of
Peebles, and certified for license 14th
April 1670 ; min. in 1681 ; outed at the
Revolution. He marr. 25th April 1681,
Margaret Logan, Edinburgh, who had
been marr. twice previously ; she died
in July 1683. — [Rule's Sec. Vindication ;
Edin. Reg. {Marr.) ; Dumfries Tests. ; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ALEXANDER ROBESON, a native of
ieQtJ Roxburghshire ; licen. by Presb. of
Kelso 20th May 1696 ; ord. (so much
against his will that he endeavoured to
escape, and returned only on the remon-
strance of some of his senior brethren)
16th March 1697. He died Father of
the Church, 5th May 1761, in his 86th
year. He marr. 23rd Nov. 1699, Jean
Graham, who died 23rd Jan. 1762, aged 86,
and had issue Alexander ; Janet (marr.
William Carlyle, min. of Cummertrees) ;
Margaret (marr. George Bell of Conheath,
Provost of Dumfries) ; Jean (marr. Robert
Wight, min. of St Michael's, Dumfries) ;
Violet ; Mary ; Helen. Publications — The
Oath of Abjuration no Ground of Sepera-
tion [Rae Press] (Kirkbride, 1713); Mene
Tehel, or Seperation weighed in the Bal-
lance of the Sanctuary and found Wanting
[Rae Press] (Drumfries, 1717). — [Tombst. ;
Wodrow's Corresp. ; Carlyle's Autob. ; The
Scots Mag., xlviii. ; Rae's Hist, of the
Rebellion ; Book of Caerlaverock, i., 419.]
JOHN MARSHALL, born 1714, son of
1762 Archibald M., min. of Kirkcolm;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben 3rd April
1744 ; ord. to Dalton 10th May 1753 ; pres.
by George III. 19th June 1761 ; trans, and
adm. 18th March 1762; died 21st Feb.
1776. He marr. 7th March 1757, Henrietta
Carruthers, who died 29th May 1765, and
had issue — Matthew, born 30th Dec. 1757 ;
Penelope, born 9th April 1759 (marr Alex-
ander Scot, D.D., min. of St Michael's,
Dumfries) ; Robert, born 30th May 1761 ;
Margaret, born 28th March 1763 ; William,
born 18th March, and died 23rd May 1765.
— [Tombst.]
JOHN WILLIAMSON, probably son
-,_,_„ of Alexander W., Barony Parish,
Glasgow ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; preacher at Wanlockhead ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Queensberry and Dover,
8th June 1776 ; ord. 27th March 1777 ; died
18th Oct. 1783, aged 32. He marr. 29th
Dec. 1774, Janet Williamson, who died 16th
Oct. 1828, and had issue — David, born 25th
Sept. 1775 ; Veitch, born 12th Sept. 1776 ;
Cecilia, born 13th April 1778 ; John,
surgeon, St James, Jamaica, born 23rd
April 1780; Marion, born 2nd Dec. 1781.
— [Tombst.]
JAMES LAWRIE, licen. by Presb. of
1784 PenPont 5th Aug. 1778 ; pres. by
George III. in Feb., and ord. 2nd
Sept. 1784; died 26th March 1799, in his
47th year. He marr. 4th April 1785,
Rachel (died 1st June 1826), daugh. of
Adam Carlyle of Limekilns, and had issue
— Adam, born 21st Jan. 1786 ; Rachel
Douglas, born 4th June 1787 (marr.
Wilkin, farmer, Tinwald Shaws) ; William
James, born 30th Sept. 1788 ; Philadelphia
Ann, born 21st May, and died 1st June
1790; Thomas, born 27th April 1793;
James, born 20th May 1796. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, i.). — [Lockerby's Life of J. Brown.]
GEORGE GREIG (]?rimus), born 1764,
1800 son °^ George G., tenant of Ramel-
drie Mill, Kettle, Fife, and Janet
Kay ; educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Annan ; pres. by
William, Duke of Queensberry, Sept. 1799 ;
ord. 25th April 1800 ; died 15th Feb. 1842.
He marr. 21st Oct. 1793, Susannah Black-
adder, Hoddam, who died 13th March
1840, and had issue — George, his successor ;
Janet, born 12th May 1805, died 9th Jan.
1821 ; Susannah, born 1st Dec. 1807 (marr.
Richard Lyon Cruickshank of Broomhill,
Dumfries] TRAILFLAT AND DUNGRIE— TORTHORWALD
299
Lochmaben) ; and three others, who died
in infancy.
GEORGE GREIG (secundum), son of
18S0 preceding ; pres. by William IV. ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 5th
Aug. 1830 ; trans, to Kirkpatrick-Durham
3rd Nov. 1843.
JOSEPH CURRIE LORRAINE, M.A. ;
1843 orc^ 21st "^ec* 1843 » trans- to Caer-
laverock 17th Sept, 1846.
JAMES VALLANCE, born Renfrew,
1847 1808, eldest son of James V. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
first min. of the Relief Church, Leven,
Fife, 19th Feb. 1834. Joined the Church
of Scotland 11th June 1845 ; adm. to this
parish 14th Jan. 1847; died 6th Feb.
1889. He marr. 11th Feb. 1835, Margaret
(died 25th July 1881), daugh. of James
M'Walter, linen merchant, Paisley, and had
issue — James, died 1st Jan. 1860 ; Alex-
ander M'Walter, died 4th July 1863;
Georgina Pinkerton ; Janet M'Walter ;
Margaret Rebecca Maxwell ; Grace Black-
wood, born 12th Jan. 1851 ; Thomas Dry-
burgh, born 11th May 1852, died at Buenos
Ayres, 5th Feb. 1874 ; Anne M'Combe
(marr. James Hardie, Cleuston, Kilkenny),
died 14th Oct. 1893.
GEORGE SCOTT KERR, born West-
1889 mauls> Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, 28 th
March 1862, son of Hugh K. and
Janet Scott; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1883), B.D. (1886); licen. by
Presb. of Irvine 8th June 1886 ; ord. 19th
July 1889. Marr. 26th July 1900, Lucy,
daugh. of James Hogg Edmondson, Rid-
dingwood, Kirkmahoe, and has issue — Edith
Margaret Scott, born 23rd July 1903 ; Hugh
George Scott, born 14th Feb. 1907.
TRAILFLAT AND DUNGRIE.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
of Trailflat belonged to the Abbey of
Kelso. It was united to Tinwald in 1650.
Dungrie was then united to Kirkpatrick-
Juxta, except a portion of it which was
annexed to Johnstone.]
1567 ANDREW RENTON, reader.
DAVID WOOD, M.A.; min. in 1607;
1607 trans, to Gretna about 1608.
[ROBERT WARDLAW, pres. to Trailflat
1613 anc^ -Dungrie by James VI. 1st March
1613, but may not have been settled,
a licentiate of the same name having been
proposed for Soutra in 1616. — Dalkeith
Presb. Beg.]
GEORGE REDDICK [RODDICK],
1627 M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th July 1614);
dep. before 1st Sept. 1627, for heresy.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
SAMUEL M'GILL, son of Walter M'G.,
1627 m*n# °^ Cavers ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
27th July 1616) ; pres. by Charles I.
1st Sept. 1627.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
PATRICK BROWN, M.A. ; mentioned
as min. in 1638 ; trans, to Kirk-
1638
patrick-Irongray in 1647.
FRANCIS IRVING, M.A. ; ord. in 1642 ;
1642 trans, to Kirkmahoe in 1645.
TORTHORWALD.
[Previous to the Reformation the church
belonged to the Ministry of Fail, Ayr-
shire.]
DAVID WALLACE, reader, 1567 to
1567 1580.
JAMES RAMSAY, pres. to the vicar-
1586 a^e ^ James VI. 14th Sept. 1582;
trans, from Closeburn ; Mouswald
and Garwald were also in the charge ;
still here in 1601. — [Reg. Assig.]
JOHN NIMMO, M.A.; min. in 1624;
1624 trans, to Holywood in 1633.
HUMPHREY HUDE [HOOD], M.A.
1638 (Edinburgh, 22nd July 1620) ; was a
candidate for the Chair of Humanity
in the Univ. of Edinburgh 17th March 1630 ;
min. here in 1638 ; died Jan. 1655, aged
about 55. He marr. Margaret Carlyle, who
died Aug. 1692, and had issue — Hadnee ;
300
TORTHORWALD
[PEESB. OF
James ; William ; Agnes ; Elizabeth. —
[Craufurd's Univ. of Edin. ; Commis. to
Ass., 1638 ; Wodroio MSS. ; Dumfries
Tests.; Dumfries Reg. {Bur.).]
JOHN CAMPBELL, M.A. (Glasgow
165^ 1645) ; adm. Jan. 1656 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
JAMES HUME, M.A. ; adm. in 1679 j
1679 trans, to Kirkmahoe about 1682.
JAMES WILSON, M.A. j min. in 1682 ;
1682 trans- to Colvend before 27th May
1687.
WILLIAM WALKER, M.A. (St An-
drews, 28th July 1666) ; min. in
1688; probably deprived in 1689;
went to England and got a charge. — [MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT LAWSOX, ord. 28th April
1696 1696 ; dem. 14th Aug. 1701.
JOHN M'MURDO, born 1680, second
1702 son °^ J°nn M., Dumfries ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 28th June 1697) ; called
19th April, and ord. 17th Sept. 1702. In
1715 he headed a party of his parishioners
as volunteers in defence of the Crown.
He died 19th Xov. 1720. He marr. (1)
Mary Muir of Cassencarry : (2) Alice,
daugh. of William Charteris of Bridge-
moor, cadet of Amisfield, and had issue —
Robert of Drungans ; William, brewer and
magistrate of Dumfries, died 4th April
1768. A grandson of M. was chamberlain
to the Duke of Queensberry at Drumlan-
rig, and sometime in 1793 Robert Burns
inscribed the following lines on a window
of his house : —
" Blest be M'Murdo to his latest day,
No envious cloud o'ercast his evening ray,
No 'wrinkle furrowed by the hand of care,
Nor ever sorrow add one silver hair.
O may no son the father's honour stain,
Nor ever daughter give the mother pain ! "
Some of his descendants have been distin-
guished officers of the navy and army.
Publication — An Anstver to a Pamphlet [by
Hugh Clark] Intituled, the Oath of Abjura-
tion Displayed, pp. 58 (1713). — [Dumfries
Tests. ; Duncan's Mem. of Duncan ; Book
of Caerlaverock, i., 419.]
HUGH KENNEDY, M.A. ; called 20th
7n July, and ord. 7th Sept. 1721 ; trans,
to Cavers 13th Xov. 1723.
ROBERT WIGHT, M.A. ; min. of the
1724 Lresbyterian congregation at Bramp-
ton, Cumberland ; pres. by Charles,
Duke of Queensberry and Dover; adm.
22nd Oct. 1724 ; dem. 13th April 1726 [min.
of St Michael's, Dumfries, 1732].
WILLIAM M'MILLAX, M.A. (Glasgow,
1727 24th March 1722) ; called 30th May,
and ord. 22nd Aug. 1727 ; dem. 4th
May 1762; died 12th May 1764, in his
64th year. He marr. 29th July 1729, Anne
I Lawrie, who died 22nd Oct. 1788, and had
j issue — Barbara, born 27th Jan. 1731 ;
j William, born 23rd Xov. 1732 ; James,
his successor; Alexander, born 10th June
1739, died 15th Dec. 1755; Ann, born 25th
July 1742 (marr. Joseph Kirkpatrick, min.
! of Wamphray); Helen, born 10th Oct. 1744,
. died 21st Jan. 1745 ; Ebenezer, born 27th
Sept. 1745, died 22nd Feb. 1747; Isabel,
| born 2nd Aug. 1748, died 18th May 1834 ;
Mary, born 7th Oct. 1752. — [Tombst.]
JAMES M'MILLAX, of Fourmerkland,
17 born 22nd Oct. 1736, second son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
6th April 1762 ; pres. by Charles, Duke of
Queensberry, 13th May, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1762; died 8th Feb. 1808. He
marr. 30th July 1770, Jean (died at
Dumfries, 4th Jan. 1814), eldest daugh. of
Andrew Beveridge, min. of Caerlaverock,
and had issue — Anne, born 7th May 1771
(marr. 21st June 1802, James Crichton, min.
of Wamphray) ; Andrew, born 18th May
1772, died 10th March 1786 ; Jean, born
21st Jan. 1774, died 13th July 1791 ; Mary,
born 10th July 1779 (marr. 29th June
1812, James Denniston, one of the magis-
trates of Dumfries). Publications— Sermon
preached before the Dumfries Missionary
Society (Dumfries, 1798); Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.). — [Tombst.]
Dumfries] TORTHORWALD— TROQUEER AND KIRKCONNEL 301
JOHN YORSTOUN of East Tinwald,
1808 born 26th March 1765, son of Peter
Y., min. of Closeburn ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont 8th Aug. 1787 ; ord. to Morton
25th March 1793 ; pres. by William, Duke
of Queensberry ; trans, and adm. 18th Aug.
1808; died unmarr. 1st March 1841. Publica-
tions— Accounts of Morton and of Torthor-
wald (Sinclair's x., and New Stat. Ace, iv.).
ROBERT KINNEAR, born Edinburgh,
11th Dec. 1811, son of Robert K.,
bookseller, and Elizabeth Mitchell ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben in 1840; ord. 16th
Sept. 1841. Joined the Free Church ; min.
of the Free Church, Moffat, 1843; died
there unmarr.,. 10th July 1883.
1841
JOSEPH ROGERS DUNCAN, born
9th Sept. 1811, eldest son of Thomas
Tudor D., M.D., min. of the Second
Charge, Dumfries, and great-great-grandson
of John M'Murdo, min. in 1702; educated
at Dumfries Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries ; ord. to
Dalkeith 4th June 1841 ; trans, and adm.
5th Oct. 1843; died 25th July 1884. He
marr. Georgina (died s.p. 20th March 1889),
daugh. of the Ven. Archdeacon Brooks,
Liverpool.
GEORGE LAURIE FOGO, born 25th
1883 June 1847, son of John Laurie F.,
of Row, Perthshire, min. of Row,
Dumbartonshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1867) ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumbarton ; ord. to the Scots Church,
Dresden, 21st Sept. 1871 ; adm. (assistant
and successor) 30th Oct. 1883 ; died 1st
Dec. 1912. He marr. 18th Jan. 1881, Fanny
Elizabeth, daugh. of Richard Blagden,
Petworth, Sussex.
JAMES MARJORIBANKS CAMP-
1894 BELL, born Nantully, Radnor-
shire, 20th Nov. 1864, son of
William C. and Isabella Marjoribanks ;
educated at Rothesay Academy, Dumfries
Academy, and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1888), B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Lorn May 1891 ; Royal Bounty missionary
at Connel Ferry Chapel ; assistant at Urr ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 5th April
1894. Marr. 21st Nov. 1906, Ethel Leonora,
daugh. of Joseph Gillott of Berry Hall, War-
wickshire, and widow of Thomas William
Reid, and has issue — Isabella Leonora
Daphne Marjoribanks, born 7th June
1908.
TROQUEER AND KIRKCONNEL.
[Troqueer. — The church was dedicated
to St Curadan. In early times it belonged
to the Abbey of Tongland. Later it was in
the possession of the Priory of Whitern ;
and from 1574 to 1608 it was held, along
with the rectory of Dumfries, by the bishops
of Galloway. St Querdan's Well is in the
parish.
Kirkconnel. — The church of Kirkconnel
was dedicated to St Conal. It belonged to
the Abbey of Holyrood.]
CHARLES HOME, exhorter, 1568 to
1568 1570.
JOHN HALLIDAY, reader, Nov.
1570 1570.
JOHN GLEDSTANES, reader in
1574 1574.
1576 JOHN ANDERSON, reader in 1576.
[ADAM MURRAY, son of Sir Charles
1577 M. of Cockpool ; pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. 4th Oct. 1577, but
was probably not settled. — Reg. of Deeds,
xxiii., 52.]
1578 JAMES MAXWELL, reader in 1578.
HERBERT ANDERSON, reader, 1579
1579 to 1585.
SIMON JOHNSTON, min. in 1606;
1606 nac^ a §^e^e designed by the Presb.
12th Feb. 1609. — [G. R. Inhib.,
xviii., 142.]
HALBERT GLEDSTANES, brother of
lel_ Florence G., wife of William Baird,
stabler in Edinburgh ; M.A. (Glasgow
1590); min. of Caerlaverock about 1611;
302
TROQUEER AND KIRKCONNEL
[ PRESB. OF
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 11th
Aug. 1615; died 8th Oct. 1652, aged about
83. He marr., and had issue — George ;
William, apprenticed to Andrew Borthwick,
pewterer, Edinburgh, 5th Dec. 1632. — [Edin.
Com. Dec, 12th Feb. 1622 ; Dumfries Sets.,
15th Feb. 1637 ; Commis. of Ass., 1638 ;
Wodrow MSS.]
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, M.A., prob-
ably nephew of preceding ; adm.
(colleague) in 1638 ; trans, to Urr
about 1640.
v/ JOHN BLACKADDER [BLACK-
165_ ADER], son of John B. of Inzie-
var, cadet of the family of Tulli-
allan ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow,
where his uncle, John Strang, D.D., was
Principal ; MA. (1650) ; licen. probably
by Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. 7th June 1653 ;
deprived by the Acts of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of the Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. He lived for a time at
Caitloch, Ingleston, and Bardennoch, all
in Glencairn, and at other places, and up
to 1678 preached repeatedly at con-
venticles in the fields and in private
houses. Numerous warrants were issued
for his arrest, but he contrived to escape
imprisonment. He lied to Rotterdam in
1678, but was in Edinburgh the year follow-
ing. On 5th April 1681, he was seized and
sent to the Bass Rock, where he was im-
prisoned for four years. Broken in health,
he was allowed his freedom, 3rd Dec. 1685,
on giving a bond of 5000 merks to confine
himself to Edinburgh. Within a month
he died on the Bass, and was buried
in the churchyard of North Berwick.
He marr. in 1640, Janet (died 9th Nov.
1688, and was buried in Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh, the following day), daugh. of
Homer Haining, merchant, Dumfries,
and had issue — William, physician to
William III., born 1647, died 1704 ; Adam,
a merchant in Sweden and Edinburgh,
born 1659; Robert, student in Holland;
Thomas, merchant in New England ; John,
lieut.-colonel of the Cameronian Regiment,
deputy-governor of Stirling Castle, born
14th Sept. 1664, died 31st Aug. 1729;
Elizabeth (marr. 25th Oct. 1687, James
Young, writer, Edinburgh) ; another daugh.,
died unmarr. Publication — Sermon (vide
Crichton's Memoirs). — [Select Passages from
the Diary and Letters of John Blackader
(Edinburgh, 1806) ; Crichton's Memoirs of
Rev. John Blackader (Edinburgh, 1823) ;
Life and Diary of Lieut. -Colonel J. Black-
ader (1824) ; Edin. Guild Reg. (Bur.) ;
Wodrow's Hist., iii., 266; Tombst. ; Corrie's
Annals of Glencairn ; Diet. Nat. Biog.~\
JAMES MAIR, born 1636, a native of
1668 Banff; educated at King's College,
Aberdeen; MA. (1656); school-
master of Grange 20th Nov. 1656 ; school-
master of Cullen, 1659-63 ; licen. by Presb.
of Fordyce 11th July 1660; min. in 1668 ;
I died July 1682. He marr. Margaret (died
at Edinburgh, 2nd April 1705, aged 70),
second daugh. of John Crichton of Craw-
furdston, and widow of Walter Gledstanes,
min. of New Abbey, and had issue — John ;
James ; Janet (marr. Captain William
Fraser of Belty) ; Margaret.— [G. R. Hom-
ings, 7th Aug. 1666 ; Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
25th Feb. 1704 ; Dumfries Sess. Reg. (Bapt.
and Bur.) ; Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ; Dumfries
Tests. ; Laing Charters, 2499.]
JAMES GLENDINNING, MA. (St An-
1683 drews, 25th July 1676) ; min. in 1683 ;
outed in 1689. He died Sept. 1713,
aged about 56.— [Dalget// and Dumfries
Sess. Regs. ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
WILLIAM SOMERVILLE, ord. 13th
1690 May 1690 ; died 4th April 1696. He
left to the Presb. 2000 merks for a
bursary in divinity or philosophy, and also
500 merks for a school. — [Dumfries Reg.
(Bur.); Tombst]
ALEXANDER HUTCHISON, born
1698 28th Aug. 1676; MA. (Edinburgh,
9th Sept. 1695); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 29th July 1697; ord. 16th
May 1698; died unmarr. 2nd Nov. 1704.
— [Dumfries Reg. (Bur.) ; Tombst.]
JOHN SIMSON, called 21st June, and
17 _ ord. 20th Sept. 1705 ; appointed
Professor of Divinity in Univ. of
Glasgow 21st Sept. 1708 (q.v.).
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TROQUEER AND KIRKCONNEL
303
v JOHN BOWIE, licen. by Presb. of Glas-
1709 £ow 21st June l^05 > 0T^- 22n^ Sept.
1709 ; died unmarr. 9th March 1732,
in his 56th year. — [Tombst.]
JAMES PURCELL [PURSEL], MA.
1734 (Glasgow, 29th April 1718); licen.
by Presb. of Middlebie 3rd Aug.
1726 ; assistant at Dumfries ; pres. by
George II. 5th Sept. 1732 ; ord. (by a com-
mittee of Commission of Assembly) 19th
April 1734, delay having been caused by
a vigorous opposition in favour of James
Ritchie, sometime assistant in the parish.
So bitter was the feeling engendered by
P.'s settlement, that the manse offices were
set on fire and the stackyard burned, on
the night of 29th Sept. 1735. He died
23rd Feb. 1742, in his 43rd year, probably
unmarr.— [Assembly Cases; Dumfries Tests.;
Acts of Ass., 1733-6 ; Tombst.]
JOHN EWART, born 1717, second son
1743 of Andrew E. of Mulloch, min. of
Kells; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
29th April; called 2nd Sept. 1742; ord.
23rd June 1743; died Father of the
Synod, 5th Sept. 1799. He was active in
preparing for defence at the Rising in 1745,
and put himself at the head of a company
of farmers and others. The Jacobites left
Dumfries unmolested, after making con-
siderable extortions from the townsfolk.
On returning home, Ewart found two
Highland officers quartered in his manse.
He treated them with the greatest hospi-
tality, but vigorously reprimanded them
for the unwise position they had espoused.
He marr. 28th Aug. 1749, Mary (died 3rd
Jan. 1811, aged 81), only daugh. of Joseph
Corrie of Carlingwark, Dumfries, and had
issue — Andrew, born 15th Aug. 1750, died
23rd March 1751 ; Jean, born 6th June 1752
(marr. 1792, Colonel Edward Hamilton),
died 1800; Agnes, born 25th Sept. 1755
(marr. (1) 4th Aug. 1784, James Carson,
merchant, South Carolina; (2) April 1797,
William Porter of Troquhain [vide article on
W. P. in The Gentleman's Magazine, May
1815, by Lord St Helens]); Marion, born
14th May 1757 (marr. March 1787, John Gil-
christ, M.D., Dumfries); Joseph, Minister-
plenipotentiary at the Court of Berlin,
born 30th April 1759, died at Bath, 27th
May 1792 ; James, born 1st Aug. 1761,
died 22nd May 1762; William, merchant,
Liverpool (father of William Ewart, M.P.
successively for Bletchingley, Liverpool,
Wigan, and Dumfries Burghs), born 26th
Feb. 1763, died 8th Oct. 1823 ; John, M.D.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, India, born
3rd March 1765, died 1808; Peter, chief
engineer, H.M. Dockyards, born 13th May
1767, died 15th Sept. 1842; Mary, born
18th July 1769 (marr. George Augustus Lee,
merchant, Manchester) ; Andrew, born 26th
March 1772, died 28th May 1776. Publica-
tions— A Protestant Catechism showing the
Principal Errors of the Church of Rome
(Dumfries, 1778; Edinburgh, 1813; Kirk-
cudbright, n.d.) ; Lectures on the Psalms
[Memoir by Mrs Porter], 3 vols. (London,
1822-6) ; Biographical Sketches of Eminent
Characters (London, 1830) ; Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). — [Tombst. ;
The Scots Mag., liv. ; Murray's Literary
Hist, of Galloivay, 192-7; 'M'Dowall's
Memorials of St Michael's, 375.]
JOSEPH EASTON, pres. by George
.,__,_ III. ; ord. (assistant and successor)
31st Aug. 1797; died unmarr. 5th
March 1801, in his 32nd yew— [Tombst.']
WILLIAM THORBURN, born 18th
lg01 Aug. 1766, second son of William T.
of Kelton, and Agnes Richardson ;
educated at Caerlaverock School, Dumfries
Academy, and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Dumfries in 1788; assistant
at Girthon ; ord. assistant there 2nd June
1791 ; pres. by George III. ; trans, and
adm. 13th Aug. 1801 ; died 3rd April 1846.
He marr. 1st Jan. 1793, Ann (died 23rd
Sept. 1840), daugh. of George Mackenzie
of Rosehall and Netherwood, and Marion
Stewart of Shambellie, and had issue —
Mary Ann, born 13th Sept. 1794, died
15th May 1811 ; Nancy, born 12th April
1796, died 13th March 1861; William,
born 7th Dec. 1797, died 2nd Oct. 1815;
Lily Staig, born 2nd Aug. 1799, died
11th Sept. 1846; Georgina, born 3rd
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TROQUEER AND KIRKCONNEL— URR
[PRESB. OF
April 1801, died in infancy; Mary, born
31st July 1803, died 16th Jan. 1869;
Kenneth Mackenzie, W.S., born 13th May
1805, died 17th June 1852; David Staig,
M.D., H.E.I.C.S., born 31st Dec. 1806,
died 19th May 1882; Georgina Mackenzie,
born 12th Nov. 1808, died unmarr. 14th
Jan. 1846 ; James, M.D., barrister-at-law,
author of Elements of Bedside Medicine
and General Pathology (London, 1836), born
31st March 1812, died 22nd July 1852.—
Publications — Sermons (Edinburgh, 1837) ;
Accounts of Girthon and of Troqueer
(Sinclair's xi., and New Stat. Ace, iv.).
— [Wightman's Fun. Serm. ; private in-
formation.]
WALTER MACFARLANE, born 1817,
1843 f°urtih son °f John M., min. of
Greenhead Relief Church, Glasgow,
and brother of James M., D.D., min. of
Duddingston; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 4th May 1 843 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1863); died unmarr. 29th
Feb. 1876, and was buried in the Necropolis,
Glasgow.
JAMES ALEXANDER CAMPBELL,
1 7- born 25th May 1843, son of James
Robertson C, min. of Kilcalmonell
and Kilberry ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre in 1867 ;
assistant at Urr; ord. to St David's
Parish, Kirkintilloch, 3rd Dec. 1868 ; trans,
to North Parish, Stirling, 27th Oct. 1870 ;
trans, to Middle Parish, Greenock, 19th
May 1874; trans, and adm. 21st Sept.
1876.
URR.
[The ancient church, which stood at
Meikle Kirkland, was dedicated to St
Constantine. It belonged to the Abbey
of Holy rood. A new church was erected
in 1915.]
1567 JOHN BROWN, reader in 1567.
ALEXANDER M'CARMATH, reader
1585 in 1585.
JOHN THOMSON, son of William T.,
1602 v^car an(* reader at Terregles ; MA.
(Glasgow 1601) ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 12th March 1602; called
"sometime minister" in 1608. A wooden
panel inscribed with his initials and the
date 1606 underneath, is still preserved in
the church of Urr. — [Reg. Assig. ; G. B.
Inhib., xxxiv., 319.]
ALEXANDER ROBERTSON, M.A.
1607 (Glasgow 1607) ; min. in 1607 ; died
June 1639. He marr. (1) Barbara
Neilson, probably of the Corsock family,
and had issue — Alexander Robertson,
preacher, who took part in the Pentland
Rising, and was executed at Edinburgh
14th Dec. 1666, is said to have been a
son : (2) Grizel, probably daugh. of John
Gordon of Blaiket ; she survived him, and
had issue — John. — [Dumfries Sas., 15th
March 1634 ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Commiss. to
Ass., 1638 ; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 49 ; Dum-
fries Tests. ; Hist, of the Parish of Urr,
217.]
GEORGE GLEDSTANES, son and heir
1641 °^ George G., pewterer, burgess of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (St Andrews 1627) ;
adm. to Troqueer in 1638 ; pres. by Charles
I. 18th Dec. 1641 ; member of the Com-
mission of Assembly in 1647 ; and of
Assembly in 1650. In 1662 he declined to
conform to Episcopacy and was confined
to his parish, and seems to have been
deprived in 1666. He died in 1676, aged
about 69. He marr. (1) Agnes Currie :
(2) Jane (died at Dumfries, 28th May
1703, daugh. of George Porteous, min. at
Gellihalbert, Co. Down, and had issue —
George of Crocketford and Little Merhorn,
parish of Kirkpatrick- Durham ; Elizabeth ;
Marion ; and others. — [Edin. Sas., xv., 392 ;
G. B. Inhib., 21st March 1678; Dumfries
(Bur.) and Tests. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Acts of
Ass. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
JOHN LYON, MA. ; ord. by George,
1666 Bishop of Edinburgh, 15th Sept.
1665 ; adm. in 1666 ; outed at the
Revolution, and was afterwards min. of
Kinnettles. — [Beg. Coll 'at. ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
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JOHN HEPBURN, born about 1649, son
1689 °^ ^aJ0r James H. of Balnageith ;
educated at King's College, Aber-
deen ; M.A. (1669) ; ord. (according to his
own statement) by Scots mins. in London,
1678. He preached for a time in Ross-shire,
and in 1680 he was called to this charge.
There was no vacancy, and the call, " sub-
scribed by the plurality of the people,"
merely asked him to "preach the Gospel
occasionally amongst them as his con-
veniency and safety would allow." He not
only preached in Urr, but systematically
intruded into other parishes, baptizing
and marrying, and declaiming against his
brethren in the ministry. On 5th May
1684 he was declared fugitive. He had
other calls here in 1686 and 1689, but it is
doubtful if he was ever formally admitted.
At a meeting of Presb. 10th Sept. 1689, he
was urged to settle elsewhere, but within a
week he refused a unanimous call to Kirk-
patrick-Irongray. He continued to carry
on his irregularities, and was suspended by
the Assembly 4th Jan. 1696. He declined
the Oath of Allegiance, and was imprisoned
by order of the Privy Council in the castles
of Edinburgh and Stirling. On 3rd Feb.
1699 he was allowed to return to his parish,
but was again suspended 8th June 1704,
and finally he was deposed 9th April 1705.
" He had not given nor taken communion
for sixteen years ; he had treated his former
suspension and warnings and tender deal-
ings as if they had not been ; he had been
guilty of a continued tract of erroneous
seditions, and divisive doctrines, and schis-
matic courses, wherein he is obstinate,
refusing to be reclaimed." On 12th Aug.
1707 he was restored to his ministry at the
earnest petition of the parishioners. He
vehemently opposed the Union, and was
deep in the counsels of those discontented
Cameronians who purposed joining the
Duke of Atholl's Highland host and over-
throwing the Union by force. In 1715 he
was a suspected character, but he put
himself at the head of 320 men of Urr,
and marched to defend Dumfries against
Kenmure. The flag they carried is still
in Urr Manse, bearing the legend "For
the Lord of Hosts." He died 20th March
VOL. II.
1723, and was almost certainly buried
at Urr, but there is no record of his
interment. He marr. 20th April 1701,
Emilia (died 11th Sept. 1740), daugh. of
Alexander Nisbet of Craigentinny, and had
issue — John, min. of Old Greyfriars, Edin-
burgh (grandfather of Andrew, sixth Earl
of Hyndford) ; Jean (marr. 1726, James
M'George of Cocklick). Publications —
Humble Pleadings for the Good Old Way
(anon. ; n.p., 1713) ; True Copy of a Letter
sent to the Rev. William Veitch, min. of
Dumfries, answering some gross calumnies
in his pamphlet entitled, A Short History
of Home's Designs [vide William Veitch,
Dumfries]; (n.p., 1719); "Some additional
Rules for Fellowship Meetings" (Smith's
Directory, Edinburgh, 1738). — [Moray
Writs ; Assembly Papers ; Wodrow's Ana-
lecta ; Rae's Hist, of the Rebellion ; Acts
of Ass. ; Edin. Reg. (Marr.) ; Trans. Dumf.
and Gallon'. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc,
131 (1907); Frew's The Parish of Urr,
226-40.]
CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT, M.A. (Edin-
7 burgh, 15th April 1696); licen. by
Presb. of Linlithgow 16th Sept. 1719 ;
called 18th June and ord. 24th Oct. 1723 ;
died 12th Jan. 1735, aged 58. He marr.
Sarah (died 2nd Oct. 1747), daugh. of
Robert Paton, min. of Dumfries, and had
issue — Jean (marr., pro. 26th Oct. 1755,
Thomas Foggo, merchant, Edinburgh).—
[Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst. ; Wodrow's
Anal.]
THOMAS M'KINNELL, born 1698, a
native of Dumfriesshire; began life
as a teacher in Dumfries ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben in 1722; ord. to
Dunscore 27th Aug. 1723; clerk of
Presb. and Synod, 1727-38; called 2nd
Oct. 1735; trans, and adm. 20th May
1736; died 1st Jan. 1769. He marr.
(1) 11th March 1724, Euphan (died 17th
Sept. 1739), daugh. of Andrew Brown of
Boghead, and had issue— Andrew, student
of divinity, died 10th March 1745; Mar-
garet, died 30th Oct. 1745; Janet, born
15th Dec. 1731 (marr. 22nd April 1752,
William Clark, min. of Kirkgunzeon) ;
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[PEESB. OF
Robert, born 20th Dec. 1733, died 28th
July 1758 : (2) 9th June 1748, Janet (died
12th Sept. 1784, and was buried in St
Michael's churchyard, Dumfries), daugh.
of George Gordon of Troquhain, and had
issue — Alexander, born 25th March 1749,
died 28th Nov. 1754.— [Dumfries Tests.;
Tombst.]
JAMES MUIRHEAD of Logan, parish
177o of Buittle, born 1742, eldest son of
William M. of Logan and Anna Lind-
say,of Crochmore ; educated at the Grammar
School of Dumfries and Univ. of Edinburgh.
He at first studied law, but having decided
to enter the ministry, was licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcudbright 3rd July 1765; pres. to
this parish by George III. 14th Feb. 1769 ;
ord. 28th June 1770; D.D. (Edinburgh,
24th Feb. 1796); died 16th May 1808. He
had considerable gifts as a mathematician,
and was keenly interested in natural history
and antiquities. He is the reputed author
of the song, Bess, the Gatckie. During a
parliamentary election he was lampooned
in two of the Heron ballads by Robert
Burns, who sarcastically called him " Muir-
head, wha's as guid as he's true," and in
reference to the minister's taste for heraldry
and genealogy —
"Here's armorial bearings
Frae the Manse of Orr—
The crest, an auld crab apple
Rotten at the core."
Dr Muirhead replied in a stinging epigram —
a parody on Martial's In Vaeceram [Liber
ix., EP., 67] — which cut Burns to the quick,
and wrung from him an angry retort. Dr
M. marr. 21st Aug. 1777, Jean Loudon
(died 22nd Dec. 1825), of the Clonyard
family, Colvend, and had issue — William
Porter, advocate, who assumed the name
of Herries on succeeding to the estate of
Spottes in the parish, born 1778, died 15th
March 1823 ; Charles Herries of Logan,
W.S., born 1781, died 6th March 1823;
Jane (marr. 10th June 1816, Captain
Robert Skirving of Croys), died 15th Jan.
1847 ; and John of Logan. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xi.). — [Murray's Literary Hist, of Galloway,
254, 341 ; Scots Mag., xl. ; Wallace's Bums,
iv., 199, et seq. ; Trotter's East Galloway
Sketches, 167 ; Frew's Urr, 248 ; Modern
Scottish Minstrel, 118; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ALEXANDER MURRAY, born at Dun-
1806 kitterick, on the Palnure burn in
Monigaff, 22nd Oct. 1775, son of
Robert M., a shepherd, by his second wife,
Mary Cochrane. At nine years of age he
was employed as a herd-boy, but being near-
sighted had to abandon that occupation.
At twelve years, he taught the children of
the neighbouring farms, remaining six
weeks at a time at each house, and earn-
ing about twenty shillings a year. When
he entered the Univ. of Edinburgh at the
age of eighteen, he had been in all only fifty-
seven weeks at school. By his own unaided
study, from books bought or borrowed, he
had acquired a knowledge of French, Latin,
Greek, Hebrew, German, and had a less
intimate acquaintance with Arabic and
Ethiopic. He had read the whole of the
Hebrew Bible, and had translated a German
professor's lectures on Roman authors. An
examination by Principal Baird and others
gained him free admission to the Arts cur-
riculum, and with the aid of a bursary from
the Town Council of Edinburgh and private
tutorships (chiefly in Persian and Hindu-
stani) he was able to carry out his ambition
of entering the ministry. He was licen. by
the Presb. of Edinburgh 14th April 1802. In
succession to John Leyden he became editor
of The Scots Magazine, and contributed
to the Edinburgh Review, then founded.
From 1803 to 1805 he was engaged in the
preparation of an exhaustive edition of
the Travels of James Bruce, and resided
at Kinnaird House, Stirlingshire, where
Bruce's papers were preserved. Returning
to Edinburgh, he was pres. to this parish,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 11th Dec.
1806. He was appointed Professor of
Oriental Languages in the Univ. of Edin-
burgh 8th July, and received the degree of
D.D. from the same Univ. 17th July 1812.
He retained his position as min. of Urr.
He died of consumption at Edinburgh,
15th April 1813, and was interred in Grey-
friars churchyard where a monument was
erected in 1877 "by admirers chiefly con-
nected with Galloway, to commemorate the
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genius and fame of the Shepherd Boy who
rose to be the most eminent Linguist and
Oriental Scholar of his day." A granite
obelisk was set up 1834-5, on the summit
of Duncraig, overlooking his birthplace.
His portrait by Andrew Geddes is in the
National Gallery, Edinburgh. He marr.
9th Dec. 1808, Henrietta Copland, daugh.
of James Affleck, farmer, Grange, of Urr.
She had a government pension of £80 in
consideration of her husband's services to
Oriental scholarship, and died 27th April
1824, leaving issue— Agnes Loudon, born
22nd Sept. 1809, died in or about 1821 ;
James Affleck, surgeon of the Elizabeth, a
merchant vessel trading with China and
America, who was drowned on his first
voyage. Publications — Account of the Life
and Writings of James Bruce of Kinnaird
(Edinburgh, 1808) ; Outlines of Oriental
Philology, comprehending the Grammatical
Principles of the Hebrew, Syriae, Chaldee,
Arabic, and Abyssinian Languages (Edin-
burgh, 1812); A Letter . . . on the Tendency
of the Translation of the Scriptures into
the Indian Languages, to promote Science,
Civilisation, and the Commercial Interest
of Great Britain (Edinburgh, 1813); A
Philosophical History of the European
Languages, or Researches into the Affinities
of the Teutonic, Greek, Celtic, Slavonic, and
Indian Nations [edited by David Scott,
D.D., with a Memoir (partly autobio-
graphical) by Sir Henry Wellwood Mon-
creiff, Bart,, D.D.], 2 vols. (Edinburgh,
1823) ; edited Bruce:s Travels [2nd ed.,
corrected and enlarged, to which is pre-
fixed the life of the author by the editor],
8 vols. (Edinburgh, 1804-5). — [Murray's
Literary Hist, of Galloway, 228-59 ; Mon-
creiffs Memoir ; Archibald Constable and
his Literary Correspondents, i., 213 ; East
Galloway Sketches, 414; Harper's Bards of
Galloway, 134 ; Reith's Life and Writ-
ings of the Rev. Alexander Murray, D.D.
(Dumfries, 1903) ; From Shepherd's Cot to
Professor's Chair [Centenary Celebrations]
(Newton-Stewart, 1913) ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
JOHN M'WHIR, born 1775, a native of
1813 Dumfriesshire ; tutor in the family
of David Welsh of Earlshaugh,
Tweedsmuir; licen. by Presb. of Edin-
burgh 26th March 1806 ; elected to Catrine
Chapel in 1807 ; ord. to Chapel-of-Ease,
Dunfermline, 18th Jan. 1810; pres. by
George III. 17th Nov. 1812; trans, and
adm. 7th Oct. 1813; died 8th Feb. 1835.
He marr. 10th Dec. 1813, Jane (died 16th
Feb. 1856), daugh. of Alexander Fraser,
S.S.C., Edinburgh, and had issue— Emelia,
born 13th Sept. 1814 (marr. James Mure,
writer, Edinburgh) ; Bryce Johnstone,
M.D., born 21st Jan. 1816, died at Comer-
colly, Bengal, 12th June 1839 ; Alison,
born 30th March 1818 (marr. Thomas Dick-
son Nicholson, min. of the Scots Church,
Nelson, N.Z.), died 30th July 1856 ; Mary
Johnstone, born 2nd May 1819, died 17th
Oct. 1822. Publications — A Doctrinal
Catechism, and some Forms of Family
Prayer (Dumfries, 1815) ; A Catechism
with References to Scripture instead of
Answers (Dumfries, 1823); Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Dunlop's
Memoir of David Welsh, D.D.]
- GEORGE MACKNIGHT BURNSIDE,
1837 k°in ^ ^U£" ^97, son of Cunning-
ham B., min. of Dunscore ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumfries 2nd July 1822 ; ord. (assistant)
at Terregles, with a share in the conduct
of Sunday evening services in the New
Church, Dumfries, 1st July 1823; pres.
by William IV. 28th Dec. 1835 ; adm. 20th
July 1837, delay having been occasioned
by opposition to the call. He died 29th
Jan. 1855. He marr. 22nd Jan. 1855,
Mary Morrin, who died at Redcastle,
18th Oct. 1887. Publications— Two Ser-
mons (Dumfries, 1829) ; Sermon on the
Nature of Unbelief (Dumfries, 1829); The
Irongray Martyrs, a sermon (Dumfries,
j 1831).— [Acts of Ass., 1836, 1837 ; A Funeral
| Sermon by James Fraser, min. of Colvend
1 (Dumfries, 1855).]
JOHN MACRAE SANDILANDS, born
Kilmarnock 1824, son of William S.
and Agnes MacRae ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; assistant at Barony
Parish, Glasgow, Dunoon, and Kilmun ;
ord. 6th Sept. 1855; died 7th Dec. 1891.
He marr. 3rd June 1856, Rebecca (died
7th Feb. 1911), daugh. of John Croyden
308
URR
[PRESB. OF DUMFRIES
Blair, and had issue — Nannie Blair, born
17th March 1857 (marr. 1886, Walter
Blackwood, shipbuilder) ; William Pettit
Blair, M.B., CM., born 27th Jan. 1859 ;
Maria Blair, born July 1859, died 4th April
1876 ; Isobella Blair, born 10th Sept. 1862
(marr. Harvey Nichol, min. of Parton) ;
Georgina Blair, born 5th Sept. 1865 (marr.
1897, Anthony Inglis, M.D.)
1892
DAVID FREW, born Old Monkland,
22nd June 1863, son of John P.
and Isabella Pate ; educated at
Airdrie Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1884), B.D. (1887), and at Gcittingen ;
Black Theological Fellow, Glasgow Univ. ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in 1887 ;
assistant at Barony Parish, Glasgow, and
Kilmun; ord. 12th May 1892; D.D.
(Glasgow, 1910). Marr. 11th April 1906,
Jeanie Lymond Boyd. Publications —
The Parish of Urr, Civil and Ecclesi-
astical (Dalbeattie, 1909) ; " Calvin as an
Expositor of Scripture" {Transactions of
the Presbyterian Alliance, New York,
1909); "The Scottish Establishment, from
an inside point of view '" (The llibbert Jour-
nal, July 1909) ; " Divergent Ideas in the
Teaching of Fourth Esdras ; The Ezra-
Apocalypse ; The Jewish Apocalyptic ;
The Origin, Teaching, and Contents of the
Books of the Apocrypha" (The International
Journal of Apocrypha, Jan. 1911, Jan.
1914, July 1914, Jan. 1915) ; Sermon on the
Centenary of Dr Alex. Murray (Newton-
Stewart, 1913); Contributions to Hast-
ings' Dictionary of the Apostolic Church
(1916) ; Contributions to, and assistance
in editing of, The One Volume Bible
Commentary (London, 1909); Articles in
Review of Theology and • Philosophy
(1906-15). "
PRESBYTERY OF PENPONT, formerly SANQUHAR.
[This Presbytery was formed out of the Presbytery of Dumfries sometime before 1638.
The Register commences 31st Dec. 1690, and has blanks from 24th April 1706 to 17th
Feb. 1714, and from 2nd Jan. 1717 to 2nd Dec. 1719.]
CLOSEBURN (originally KYLOS-
BURN) AND DALGARNO, or
DALGARNOCH.
[The church of Closeburn belonged to
the Abbey of Kelso. At Kirkpatrick, in
the parish, there was a chapel of St Patrick.
A spring near that site is called St
Katherine's Strand.]
JAMES RAMSAY, min. in 1574, having
1574 Dalgarno, Kirkmahoe, Kirkmichael,
and Garrall in the charge also;
trans, to Torthorwald about 1585. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JOHN THOMSON, reader in 1574.—
1674 [Beg. Assig.]
DAVID RODGER [ROGERS], M.A. ;
160Q trans, from Dalgarno in 1606 ; still
min. in 1611.— [P. C. Beg., viii., 314.]
ALEXANDER FLEMING, min. of
1612 Glenholm, Peeblesshire, 27th July
1599 ; pres. to Dalgarnoch and
Closeburn by James VI. 21st Sept. 1612;
was on the assize and chancellor in a jury
trial for assault, 8th March 1620; still
min. 19th Dec. 1649. He marr. 26th July
1620, Elizabeth Cockburn, Edinburgh.—
[Edin. Beg. (Bapt.) ; Pitcairn's Criminal
Trials, iii. ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ; Canon-
gate Beg. (Marr.),]
v WILLIAM BLACK, cousin of Thomas
164,_ Black, min. of Newtyle; M.A. (St
Andrews, 5th June 1638) ; adm.
(assistant and successor) 1647 ; he had
309
sasine of ten acres of land at Dunscore
Kirk 27th June 1663 ; was suspended in
1681 for refusing the Test, but on petition-
ing the Privy Council he was allowed to
take it before the Archbishop on 16th
March following; died March 1684, aged
about 66. He marr. (1) Marion Hall : (2)
in the College Kirk, Edinburgh. 8th Feb.
1666, Margaret Kirkpatrick, who survived
him, and had issue — Thomas, min. of
Anstruther Wester, who was served heir
25th Nov. 1687. Publication — 4 Brief
Descrijrtion of the Bounds of the Bresbytery
of Benpont (Symson's Description of Gallo-
way, vol. ii., appendix, vii., p. 180). —
[Dumfries Sas., 8th Feb. 1659 ; ibid., vii.,
285 ; Stat. Reports, 1627 ; Dumfries Tests. ;
New Gen. Reg. Sas., vi. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
iii., 362 ; Inq. Ret., Dumfries, 320.]
THOMAS URQUHART, min. in 1685 ;
1685 ^em' before 1689 j died before Feb.
1694.— [MS. Ace. of
Dumfries Tests.]
Min., 1689 ;
ROBERT LAWRIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1693 Aug. 1685); called Nov. 1692; ord.
1st Nov. 1693; died in Dec. that
year, aged 27.— [Tombst.]
1694
THOMAS LAWRIE, brother of preced-
ing ; educated at Univs. of Edin-
burgh and Glasgow ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1686) ; pres. by the Presb. jure devoluto
1st Aug., and ord. 20th Sept. 1694; dep.
for adultery about 1709. He conducted
services in the parish about 1712, and
declaiming vehemently against the Oath
310
CLOSEBURN AND DALGARNO
[PRESB. OF
of Abjuration, had a number of followers.
— [Dumfries Presb. Reg.) Wodrow's Anal,
and Corresp., i.]
1718
JOHN LAWSON, adm. 1st May 1718;
died 2nd May 1757. in his 78th
year. He marr. 2nd April 1719,
Katherine Hamilton, who died 28th April
1765, and had issue — Archibald, min. of
Kirkmahoe ; Robert, min. of Londcn Wall,
"a man of remarkable strength of char-
acter and devotion,'" died 1771 ; Thomas:
William ; Susan ; Gilbert, physician, Paisley,
born 28th Sept. 1729 ; Euphan, born 28th
Dec. 1737. Publications— A Warning and
Cairtion to all the Lovers of Truth, and of
the Covenanted Work of Reformation in
Scotland (Glasgow, 1741) ; A Speech con-
cerning the Settling of Parishes in general,
and more particularly relating to the Settle-
ment of the Parish of Terregles (Edinburgh,
1752) ; The Discovert/ of a most Enormous
Evil, highly dangerous to Presbyteries and
to the Constitution of the Church of Scot-
laivl, and a Remedy thereto (Edinburgh,
1752). — [Wilson's Dissenting Churches, ii. ;
Carlyle's Autob. ; The Scots Churches in
England, 55.]
JAMES WILLIAMSON, son of John
W., Tynron ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont
4th Oct. 1752 ; ord. to Wamphray 23rd
Sept. 1755 ; pres. by Sir Thomas Kirk-
patrick of Closeburn, Bart., Oct. 1757 ;
trans, and adm. 29th Aug. 1758. He
became Professor of Mathematics in the
Univ. of Glasgow in 1761 ; D.D. (Edin-
burgh 1763); died 3rd June 1795. He
marr. 10th July 1774, Kitty, daugh. of John
Sutherland of Forse, and had issue — John
Sutherland, born 19th July 1775 ; George,
born 18th Jan. 1778, died at Glasgow, while
still a student, 4th Jan. 1793.
1763
PETER YORSTOUX, born 1706,
probably son of Andrew Y., dyer,
Lerwick ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; been, by Presb. of Edinburgh 16th
Oct. 1735: ord. to Kells 31st March 1741:
pres. by Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Close-
burn, Bart., 10th June 1762; trans, and
adm. 4th Aug. 1763; died 8th Dec. 1776.
It is related that when he was appointed
assistant and successor at Kells, some of
the parishioners felt aggrieved at not being
sufficiently consulted, and that they began
to attend a neighbouring church, which
could be reached only by crossing a river
in a boat. When Mr Y. heard of this, he
told the boatman to make no charge, and
to send him the account, which he would
pay. It is said that the people were so
pleased at this that they resumed attend-
ance at the parish church, and when he
left the parish much regret was felt. He
marr. 29th Dec. 1746, Agnes (died 13th
May 1818, aged 93), daugh. of Andrew
Ewart, min. of Kells, and had issue —
Agnes, born 27th Oct. 1747 (marr. Thomas
Grierson of Garroch), died 16th Feb. 1813 ;
Dr Thomas, chamberlain to William, fourth
Duke of Queensberry, born 21st June 1749,
died 7th Dec. 1810 ; Andrew, his successor ;
Isobel, born 11th Feb. 1753: James, min.
of Hoddam : Ann, born 9th March 1759 ;
Nicolas, born 10th May 1761 : John, min.
of Torthorwald. — [Totnbst.: Murray's Gallo-
way ; Ramage's Drumlanrig aiul the
Douglases, 378.]
ANDREW YORSTOUN, born 9th May
1777 1751, son of preceding; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Penpont 5th Feb. 1772 ; ord. to Middlebie
17th Aug. 1774 : pres. by Sir James Kirk-
patrick of Closeburn, Bart. : trans, and
adm. 26th June 1777 ; died loth May 1814.
He marr. 9th July 1787, his cousin Agnes
(died s.p. 19th Dec. 1806, aged 56), daugh.
of James Ewart of Mulloch, Kirkcudbright.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).
CHARLES ANDERSON, born 1778, son
of George A., farmer, Amulree, and
brother of Robert A., D.D., min. of
Old Greyfriars, Edinburgh ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 8th Dec. 1802; ord. to Gask
22nd Aug. 1803 ; pres. by Charles Granville
Stuart-Menteth of Closeburn Nov. 1814 ;
trans, and adm. 11th May 1815; died at
Baldock, Hertfordshire, 15th July 1829.
He marr. 1st Aug. 1820, Elizabeth Ha thorn
(died 22nd Jan. 1827, aged 32), daugh. of
penpont] CLOSEBURN AND DALGARNO— DALGARNO
311
William Macmillan of Polbae, parish of
Kirk cowan, and had issue — Robert, born
17th Aug. 1821 ; William George, born
14th April 1825. Publication—^ State-
ment of the Experience of Scotland with
regard to the Education of the People
(1825).— [Tombst.]
, ANDREW BENNET, born 21st Feb.
1830 1794, eldest son of George B., min. of
Strathmiglo ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar 15th
Oct. 1819 ; tutor in the family of Charles
Granville Stuart-Menteth of Closeburn,
by whom he was pres. ; ord. 4th March
1830 ; D.D. (St Andrews, 13th May 1854) ;
died 29th June 1872. He marr. 19th Nov.
1834, Elizabeth (died 13th Feb. 1877),
daugh. of Richard Rimmer, Liverpool,
and Martha Lee, and had issue — Martha
Jane, born 5th Nov. 1835 (marr. Thomas
Kennedy, C.A.), died 1908; George, silk-
mercer, London, born 6th July 1837, died
1879 ; Anne, born 7th April 1839 ; Richard
Rimmer, silkmercer, London, born 4th Sept.
1841; Elizabeth, born 27th April 1843
(marr. Francis Black, publisher, Edin-
burgh); Margaret, born 13th Sept. 1845
(marr. George Chambers). Publications —
The Christian and the World, a sermon
(Dumfries, 1848); Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, iv.).
DAVID OGILVY RAMSAY, born 10th
1872 ^an' 1832> son °^ William R.,
min. of Alyth ; educated at Parish
School of Alyth, Madras College, St
Andrews, Univs. of St Andrews and Edin-
burgh ; tutor in the family of David,
seventh Earl of Airlie ; licen. by Presb. of
Meigle 20th May 1855 ; assistant at Forfar ;
ord. to South Parish, Kirriemuir, 8tb Nov.
1855 ; trans, to parish of Kirriemuir 14th
Aug. 1856 ; trans, and adm. 29th Aug.
1872 ; D.D. (St Andrews 1887) ; died 25th
July 1910. He marr. 30th Sept. 1856,
Sarah Mary (died 21st Oct. 1875), daugh.
of James Maxwell, M.D., Jamaica, and
had issue — Anne Maxwell, born 16th July
1857; William James, M.A. (Edinburgh
1879), born 26th March 1859, lost in the
Tararna off the coast of New Zealand,
29th April 1881 ; Mary, born 31st Dec.
1860, died 22nd Sept. 1875; David, ac-
countant, born 15th Jan. 1863; Maxwell,
surgeon, born 1st Sept. 1864, died 15th Feb.
1912 ; Alexander Henderson, C.A., born 4th
June 1866; Eliza, born 12th Jan. 1868,
died 16th Nov. 1911; Sarah, born 29th
May 1871, died 26th Oct. 1874.
CHARLES ROLLAND RAMSAY, born
1910 Arbroath, 15th Nov. 1865, son of
Charles R. and Margaret Watt
Raitt ; educated at High School, Arbroath,
Univ. of Edinburgh, and at the Free
Church College, Glasgow ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh 1886) ; licen. by Free Church Presb.
of Glasgow May 1890, and elected same
day to Keiss Free Church; ord. 9th July
1890; trans, to St Luke's Free Church,
Glasgow, 8th Sept. 1891 ; trans, (under the
Cunningham Act) to Townhead Parish
Church, Glasgow, 13th May 1907 ; trans,
and adm. 30th Dec. 1910. Marr. 30th
Sept. 1890, Agnes Maud Campbell, daugh.
of John Campbell Matheson and Ellen
Jane Finlay, and has issue — Charles
Norman Matheson, M.A., lieut. 3rd Black
Watch, born 14th Aug. 1891 ; Ion Camp-
bell, M.A., lieut. 3rd Black Watch, born
24th May 1894; Ellen Margaret Sibbald,
born 4th Aug. 1899. Publications — History
of St Luke's, Glasgotv (Glasgow, 1900) ; Use
of Schools as Social Institutes (Glasgow,
1903); Juvenile Street Trading (Glasgow,
1906).
DALGARNO, or DALGARNOCH.
[The church belonged to the Abbey of
Holyrood. It was dedicated to St Michael,
and near its churchyard is St Michael's
Well. Dalgarnoch was united to Closeburn
by the General Assembly in 1606, and the
union was confirmed by Parliament. The
church has disappeared, but the font is
extant. Here was held the fair or " tryste
o' Dalgarnoch," sung by Burns.]
JAMES WILLIAMSON, reader, 1568
1568 to 1585.
312
DALGARNO— DURISDEER
[PRESB. OF
1593
RICHARD BROWN, min. in 1593;
trans, to Kirkconnel in 1597. — [Reg.
Assig.]
1601
DAVID RODGER [ROGERS], MA.;
adm. by Presb. of Edinburgh (there
being no Presb. in Nithsdale) after
27th May 1601 : trans, to Closeburn in
1606.— [Reg. Assig.]
DURISDEER.
[The rectory of Durisdeer formed a pre-
bend held by the subchanter of Glasgow
Cathedral. The church was probably
dedicated to St Cuthbert, and there is a
well which still bears his name. There
was a chapel in this parish on the Water
of Carron. The spot is still called Chapel.
Part of the ancient parish of Kilbride was
annexed to Durisdeer in 1727.]
1567 LYON BROWS', exhorter in 1567.
1570 JAMES HAMILTON, died in 1570.
PETER YOUNG, pedagogue to the
57 King: pres. by James VI. 1st Aug.
1570 : dem. in 1575.
JAMES LINDSAY, pres. by James VI.
1575 18th Dec. 1575.
ALEXANDER BRYSON. pres. by James
1576 VI. 15th Jan. 1576.
^ JAMES BEATON, mentioned as min. in
1577 1577.— [Calderwood's Hist., iii.. 386.]
HERCULES STEWART, previously
1578 reader at Glencairn in 1576 ; reader
in 1578 : went to Holywood in 1580.
— [Reg. Assig. and Min.]
JAMES BRYSON [may be the same
.___ person as A. B., mentioned above] :
pres. by James VI. 14th and 26th
Nov. 1579 ; trans, to Wigtown in 1601. —
[Reg. Assig. : Edin. Presb. Reg. \ Excheq.
Buih ; Pitcairn's Criminal Trials, ii. ; Booke
of the Kirk.]
1601
THOMAS ABERNETHY, MA. ; adm.
before 20th May 1601 : dem. on the
advice of the Presb. '"for his weill
and the weill of the kirk." He became
min. of Hawick in 1601.
ROBERT HENDERSON. M.A. : min.
in 1605 ; trans, to Lochmaben in
1608.— [Reg. Assig. : G. R. Tnhib.,
xix., 278.]
1605
GEORGE CLELAND, born about 1583,
1608 son °^ J°nn C '•' burgess of Edinburgh :
M.A. (Edinburgh, 29th July 1603):
min. in 1608 : member of Assembly in 1638 ;
died before 15th Jan. 1657. He marr. (1)
Christian, daugh. of James Hunter of
Ballagan : (2) 10th July 1627, Barbara
(died shortly before 15th Oct. 1665),
daugh. of John Logan, burgess of Edin-
burgh, and widow of William Livingston,
min. of Sanquhar, and had issue — Robert :
John, min. of Stow ; George, min. of this
parish in 1674 : Jean, buried 1st Oct. 1664 ;
Elizabeth.— [Reg. of Deeds, cxcvi., 1612 ;
ibicL, ccccii., 50 : G. R. Tnhib., 19th Dec.
1667: Reg. Assig.: Commit, to Ass., 1638;
Stevenson's Hist. : Bannatgne MiscelL, iii. ;
Dumfries Tests.]
ALEXANDER STRANG, M.A. (Glas-
1656 gow 1639)<: adm- 6tn ^arcn 1656?
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of the Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. He had sasine of 220 merks
yearly from the lands of Culsalmond and
Craiglie, 3rd July 1663 ; was called before
the Privy Council 11th Aug. 1670 for attend-
ing conventicles, but denied that he had
done so, "affirming that he waited on
ordinances every Sabbath in the parish
where he lived." He was dismissed, but
was again cited 11th Aug. 1677. He be-
came schoolmaster of the Canongate, Edin-
burgh, in 1672, but returned to this parish
in 1689. — [G. R. Homings, 13th Aug.
1669 ; Wodrow's Hist. : Xew Gen. Reg.
Sasines, vi.]
1663
[FRANCIS GORDON, mentioned in
1663 : probably only a temporary
appointment.]
penpont]
DURISDEER
313
GEORGE SHIELS, M.A. j min. in 1669 j
1Q6g trans, to Prestonkirk in 1671. — [Min.-
book Reg. Privy Seal.]
GEORGE CLELAND, son of George O,
1674 min. in 1608 ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1637) ;
chaplain to Lady Yester in 1645 ;
adm. to Morton before 1648 ; trans, and
adm. before 1674 ; died before 19th Dec.
1683. He marr. (1) Jean, daugh. of John
Wilson of Croglin, who died before 4th
Dec. 1673, and had issue — John ; Robert ;
Margaret ; Elizabeth (marr. Robert Menzies
of Enoch) : (2) Rebecca, daugh. of John
Colt, min. of Roberton, who survived
Mm.— [G. R. lnhib., 8th April 1674; G. R.
Homings, 31st March 1685 ; Dumfries
Tests.]
JOHN ALEXANDER, born 1638, son
1683 °^ J°hn A., min. of Hoddam ; was
session-clerk of South Leith, which
office he res. 13th July 1682 ; adm. to Kirk-
newton 5th July 1683 ; trans, and adm.
that year ; outed in 1689 ; died at Edin-
burgh, 16th July 1716. He marr. (1) Isobel,
third daugh. of James Hamilton, Bishop of
Galloway : (2) Margaret Angus, who died
in the Canongate, after 13th Sept. 1723.
A daugh., Agnes, marr. (proc. 3rd June
1705) James Black, glazier, Mussel-
burgh. Publication — Jesuitico-Quakerism
Examined, or a Confutation of the
Blasphemous and Unreasonable Principles
of the Quakers (London, 1680) [answered
by George Keith in 1682]. — [Canongate
Reg. i MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Family
of Birnie of Broomhill ; Edin. Tests. ;
Edin. Reg. (Bur.).]
ALEXANDER STRANG, M.A., above
1689 noticed 3 returned in 1689, and was
restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; was a member of Assembly
that year; dem. "on account of old age"
29th March 1693; died May 1694, aged
about 76. He marr. (1) Margaret Haitlie,
and had issue — Patrick, born 25th April
1658 : (2) Barbara, daugh. of Robert
Richardson, bailie of Dumfries, and widow
of William Ramsay, Commissary Clerk of
Dumfries, and had issue — Robert, precentor
at Linlithgow. — [Edin. Sas., xxi., 101 ;
Acts and Dec., Mack., 25th Jan. 1695 ;
Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.) ; Dumfries
(Marr.) Reg. ; Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Scottish
Presb. Eloquence.]
THOMAS TOD of Craigieburn, born
1700 ^57, son of John T. in Craigieburn ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 11th July 1687).
On 23rd Oct. 1695, before the Presb. of
Selkirk, he demurred to take the Oath of
Allegiance, and had his license delayed
from that date to 27th May 1696 ; ord.
5th Sept. 1700; got the church rebuilt in
1720; died unmarr. 28th June 1742. He
left 1000 merks for endowing a school
[Birleyhill], and a like amount for the
poor. — [Selkirk Presb. Reg.; Dumfries
Tests. ; Tombst. ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv. ;
New Stat. Ace, iv.]
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ;
trans, from Mouswald, called 18th
Feb., and adm. 7th June 1743;
trans, to Sanquhar 29th May 1753.
1743
ROBERT GRIER [GRIERSON], licen.
1754 ky Presb. of Kirkcudbright 12th
June 1745 ; pres. by Charles, Duke
of Queensberry and Dover, Oct. 1753 ;
ord. 7th Feb. 1754 ; dep. for immorality
31st May I7b7.— [Scots Mag., xix., 273.]
JOHN JOHNSTON, licen. by Presb.
17_ of Lochmaben 27th April 1742 ; ord.
min. of a Presbyterian congrega-
tion at Brampton, Cumberland ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Queensberry and Dover,
Oct. 1757 ; adm. 20th July 1758 ; died 28th
Nov. 1770, in his 58th year. He marr.
24th March 1760, Jean Eskdale, who died
s.p. 27th June 1782.— [Tombst]
JOHN M'KILL [M'COLL], licen. by
W1 Presb. of Lochmaben 1st Dec. 1767 ;
pres. by Charles, Duke of Queens-
berry and Dover ; ord. 26th Sept. 1771 ;
died 18th March 1794, in his 54th year.
He marr. 22nd July 1772, Janet Laidlaw,
who died 5th Jan. 1811, aged 80, and had
issue— Janet, born 3rd Oct. 1773. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iv.).— [Tombst.]
314
DURISDEER— GLENCAIRN
[ PRESB. OF
JOHX WILLIAMSON, licen. by Presb.
1794 °^ PenPont 5t^- April 1778 ; chaplain
at Wanlockhead 2nd May 1787;
pres. by William, Duke of Queensberry ;
trans, and adm. 27th Nov. 1794; died 24th
July 1816. He marr. 13th Xov. 1809,
Jean Johnston, who survived him, and marr.
William Rae, preacher. She died in Feb.
I860.— [Tombst.]
GEORGE WALLACE, born 27th June
1817 i'^O; son of James W., min. of Keir ;
licen. by Presb. of Penpont 3rd Oct.
1815 ; pres. by Charles William, Duke of
Buccleuch and Queensberry, 7th Aug.
1816; ord. 24th April 1817. He was
seized with illness in the pulpit, 17th
Sept. 1854, and died within an hour. He
marr. 24th March 1829, Matilda Lennock,
who died at Beyrout, 22nd May 1879, and
had issue — James, born ISth March 1830,
lost at sea, 1853 ; George, born 14th June
1831, died at Otago, Xew Zealand, 24th
Sept. 1851 ; Grace, born 18th Aug. 1833
(marr. Adam Hyslop, draper, Thornhill) ;
Ann Matilda, born 26th Oct. 1836 ; Henri-
etta, born 15th July 1838; Charles Gus-
tavus, born 2nd July 1841 ; David William-
son, born 6th Xov. 1844; Arthur Burnet,
born 29th Sept. 1846; William Kirkpatrick,
born 25th Sept. 1852. Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
1855
HENRY WALLIS SMITH, ord. 10th
May 1855 ; trans, to Kirknewton
19th June 1862.
HEXRY MOXTEITH HAMILTOX,
ord. 20th Xov. 1862; trans, to
Second Charge, Hamilton, 22nd
Sept. 1864.
1862
1865
DAVID MORRISOX, M.A. ; ord. 20th
April 1865 ; trans, to Dunblane 2nd
Feb. 1872.
1872
CHARLES WEST MACKEXZIE, born
Sulkea-Howrah, Calcutta, 12th May
1840, son of James M. and Ann
Forbes Ross ; educated privately, and
at Lniv. of Edinburgh ; assistant at
St Bernard's Parish, Edinburgh, Erskine,
and Forfar ; ord. to Quarter 9th Feb.
1871; trans, and adm. 16th May 1872;
died 18th Jan. 1894. He marr. 15th
Feb. 1870, Catherine Elizabeth (died 21st
May 1902), daugh. of James Laing, and had
issue — James Laing, shipping agent, Liver-
pool, born 14th Dec. 1870 ; John Coule,
M.D., born 10th Aug. 1872, died 20th Feb.
1907 ; Charlotte Emma, born 23rd March
1876 (marr. Thomas Henry Walther) ;
Annette Jemima, born 24th Xov. 1879.
Publication — The Uncrowned Prince — A
Cairn on a Neglected Grave (London,
1885).
DAVID LITTLE JARDIXE, born St
1894 ^uno°i Lockerbie, 6th March 1855,
son of Joseph J. and Sophia Little ;
educated at Morton School and Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Glas-
gow in 1887 ; assistant at St Andrew's
Parish, Dunfermline; ord. 13th July 1894.
Marr. 31st July 1894, Margaret Burton
(died 24th July 1916), daugh. of James
Bennett, and has issue — Helen Margaret,
born 27th Dec. 1898 ; Janet Linton, born
19th Sept. 1900.
GLENCAIRN.
[The church was dedicated to St
Cuthbert. It belonged to the Dean of
Glasgow. At Moniaive there is a mission
chapel of St Xinian.]
1567 JOHX JAMESOX, exhorter, 1567.
JAMES BETOUX [BEATOX], min. in
1_„4 1574 ; Dunscore and Holywood being
in the charge also ; trans, to Rox-
burgh in 1579. — \_Reg- Assig.]
HERCULES STEWART, reader in
1576 1576 ; trans, to Durisdeer in 1578.
JAMES MAXWELL, min. in 1579;
„__„ trans, to Dunscore in 1585. — VReq.
1579 , . ,
Assig.\
WILLIAM TAYLOR, trans, from Pen-
pont about 1586; trans, to Tynron
in 1589. — [Beg. Assig.]
penpont]
GLENCAIRN
315
v> JOHN BROWN, brother of Marcus B.,
1589 ^dweller in Pleasance, Edinburgh ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 10th Dec. 1586) ;
still min. 14th Jan. 1643. He marr.
Sarah (died 1624), probably daugh. of
Edward Hope, merchant, Edinburgh, and
had issue — William, servitor to Thomas,
Earl of Haddington, afterwards min. here ;
John of Tngliston ; Sarah (marr. Thomas
Grierson of Glenesland) ; Mary. — [Prot.
Book of A. Guthrie, iii., 210, circa 1603 ;
Reg. Mag. Sig., 29th May 1605 ; Dumfries
Tests. ; Beg. Assig. ; Laing Charters,
2037.]
v WILLIAM BROWN, son of preceding j
1632 M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July 1622);
adm. (probably assistant and suc-
cessor) about 1632 ; died Nov. 1636, aged
about 35. He left " for the maintenance
of ane school at the Kirk 100 merks." He
marr. (cont. 7th Aug. 1632) Marion, daugh.
of Stephen Laurie of Maxwelton (who
survived him, and marr. 2ndly (cont. 29th
Aug. 1643), James Crichton of Crawford-
ton), and had issue— John, served heir to
his uncle in Ingliston, 2nd June 1656 ;
Marion (marr. John Grierson of Cape-
noch).— [Dumfries Sas., 16th Sept. 1643;
Dumfries Tests. ; Inq. Ret. Dumfries,
228.]
"JAMES BROTHERSTONE, M.A.
1653 (Edinburgh, 15th April 1645); min.
in 1653; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662; died before 26th
May 1679.— [Edin. Gen. Sess. Reg.: Dum-
fries Tests. ; Wodrow's Hist., L, 326.]
GEORGE HUNTER, M.A. (Glasgow
16 5 1651) ; min. in 1665 ; outed at the
Revolution ; died 25th Jan. 1697,
aged about 66. He marr. (1) 18th Aug.
1665, Anna Forman, Edinburgh, who was
buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 18th Dec.
1690, and had issue — Margaret, bapt. 30th
June 1670: (2) Elizabeth Hume (died
18th Jan. 1701), widow of Richard Wright,
dyer, burgess of Edinburgh. -[Edin. Com.
Deeds, 15th Dec. 1709; Edin. (Marr.,
Bur., and Bapt.) Regs. ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
GEORGE BOYD, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1692 30tn April 1689) ' called Au§- 1691 )
ord. 1st Feb. 1692 ; dem. 30th Oct.
1700.— [Boston's Memoirs.]
JOHN POLLOCK, called 4th April, and
1704 ord. 26th May 1704; trans, to Rox-
burgh 24th June 1718.
ROBERT JARDINE, trans, from
Cummertrees and adm. 5th Nov.
1719 ; trans, to Lochmaben 26th
Oct. 1732.
1719
WILLIAM MOODIE, perhaps son of
1733 George M., min. of Fogo ; called 28th
Feb. and ord. 22nd April 1733 ; died
23rd Jan. 1772, aged 72. James Moodie,
min. of Perth, was his nephew. — [Tombst.]
WILLIAM GRIERSON, born Kirk-
1774 patrick-Flemingj 3rd May 1733, son
of a farmer there ; had the gift of a
bursary at Univ. of Edinburgh from the
Exchequer 20th July 1749; tutor succes-
sively in various Scottish families ; licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh May 1758 ; assistant
at Tinwald, Moffat, Inch, and Kirkcud-
bright ; called to the Scots Church, Dort ;
ord. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 4th Aug.
1763; trans, to the English Presbyterian
Church, Amsterdam, in 1765 ; pres. to this
parish by Charles, Duke of Queensberry
and Dover, 16th May 1772 ; adm. 3rd Nov.
1774 ; died 31st May 1803. He marr. (1)
10th July 1775, Abigail (died 11th Dec.
1783), daugh. of John Dun, writer, Edin-
burgh : (2) 25th April 1785, Margaret,
(died at Edinburgh, 11th April 1816, aged
63), daugh. of Thomas Walker, min. of
Dundonald, cousin of his first wife, and had
issue — Ann, born 28th Jan. 1786 (marr.
30th Aug. 1811, William Young, writer,
Kilmarnock); Jean, born 20th Feb. 1787,
died 2nd Dec. 1824 ; James, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S., born 3rd June 1788; Thomas,
min. of Kirkbean ; Margaret, born 22nd
Feb. 1793; William, born 25th Dec. 1796.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, ii., xxi.). — [Steven's
Scottish Church in Rotterdam, 279 ; Acts
of Ass., 1774.]
316
GLENCAIRN
[PRESB. OF
vJOHN BROWN, born 6th Jan. 1752,
1804 f°urt;h son °f William B., tailor,
Dundrivan, Douglas ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont 1st July 1778; pres. by William,
Duke of Queensberry, Nov. 1803 ; ord.
26th April 1804; died 27th Feb. 1837.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Douglas Sess. Peg. ;
Tombst.]
^PATRICK BORROWMAN, born 56
1837 Castle Street, Edinburgh, 13th Feb.
1813, son of Robert B., chief cashier
in Sir William Forbes & Co.'s Bank, and
Elizabeth, daugh. of Patrick Stevenson,
writer, Edinburgh ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Meigle 31st
Aug. 1836 ; pres. by Walter Francis, Duke
of Buccleuch and Queensberry, and ord.
25th Aug. 1837. Joined Free Church;
min. of the Free Church, Glencairn, 1843 ;
died at Aberdour House, Fife, 22nd Nov.
1899. He marr. 25th April 1848, Helen
(born 21st July 1825, died 12th May 1892),
elder daugh. of Philip Grierson, of the
Dalgoner family, and Helen, daugh. of
Philip Morison, min. of Balmaghie, and
had issue — Robert, born 22nd Jan., died
24th April 1849; Margaret Elizabeth,
born 7th March 1850 (marr. 5th Sept.
1879, Adam Rolland of Blackstone Hill,
Otago, New Zealand), died 4th July 1894 ;
Mary Thomson, born 15th Oct. 1851 ;
Philip Grierson, M.D., Edinburgh, born
25th June 1854, died 16th Dec. 1916-;
Helen Hamilton, born 15th April 1857 ;
Elizabeth, born 11th Feb. 1859; Sophia
Patricia, born 23rd March 1862. Publica-
tion— The Proposed Basis of Union: a
Sjyeech delivered in the Free Presbytery of
Penpont, 14th March 1871, pp. 36 (1871).
JOHN PARK, trans, from Rodney
Street Church, Liverpool, and adm.
24th Aug. 1843; trans, to First
Charge, St Andrews, 7th Sept. 1854.
1843
WILLIAM BURNSIDE DUNBAR,
__ born 5th April 1815, son of William
D., D.D., min. of Applegarth ; edu-
cated privately, and at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
tutor at Dalskairth in Troqueer ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben in 1840 ; assistant
at New Church, Dumfries ; ord. to Wester-
kirk 14th July 1843 ; trans, and adm. 18th
Jan. 1855 ; died 18th Sept. 1868. He marr.
17th June 1843, Margaret Juliana Maria
(died 7th Aug. 1883), author of Nature
and Art under an Italian Sky (Edinburgh,
1852), daugh. of General John Orde, by
a daugh. of William Beckford (author of
Vathek), and had issue — Margaret Susan,
born 1st April 1844 (marr. John Evan
Babington, Manager of Gurney's Bank),
died 1880. Publication — From London
to Nice (Edinburgh, 1861).
ROBERT HOME, ord. (assistant and
1864 successor) 7th July 1864 ; trans, to
Swinton 8th Dec. 1868.
JOHN MONTEITH, born at Glasgow,
1869 20th May 1837, son of John M. and
Jane Cassels ; educated at Glasgow
Academy, Univs. of Glasgow and Edin-
burgh, and at Bonn, Tubingen, and Heidel-
berg ; assistant at Kilbarchan and Barony
Parish, Glasgow ; ord. 1st July 1869 ; died
20th Feb. 1886. He marr. 1st July 1874,
Ellen Maria (died 24th May 1912, aged 68),
third daugh. of William Tanner Neve of
Osborne Lodge, Cranbrook, Kent, and had
issue — John Cassels, major 2nd Bedford-
shire Regt., born 4th April 1875, fell in
action in France, 30th Sept. 1915 ; William
Neve, min. of Elie, born 22nd Aug. 1878 ;
Hugh Glencairn, D.S.O., major R.A.M.C,
born 11th May 1882; Ellen Maud, born
17th Jan. 1877 ; Muriel Cassels, born 5th
June 1880 (marr. 26th Nov. 1908, John
William Balfour Paul, tea-planter, Ceylon).
Publication — The Parish of Glencairn
(Glasgow, 1876).
PATRICK MACDONALD PLAYFAIR,
1886 M.A. ; ord. 29th July 1886; trans,
to First Charge, St Andrews, 17th
Aug. 1899.
GEORGE GORDON DUNDAS
1900 STEWART DUNCAN, M.A., B.D. ;
trans, from Glendevon, and adm.
25th Jan. 1900 ; trans, to Inveresk 16th
May 1907.
penpont]
GLENCA1RN— KEIR
317
CHARLES WILLIAM GRAY
TAYLOR, MA. ; ord. 1st Nov.
1907; trans, to Uddingston 10th
March 1914.
1907
JOHN AGNEW FINDLAY, Ml.;
trans, from St Mary's Parish, Edin-
burgh (q.v.), and adm. 17th July
1914.
KEIR.
[This charge was disjoined from Holy-
wood. At Kilbride, in the south of the
parish, there was a Chapel of St Bride.]
1632
DAVID MERCHISTON, MA. ; min. in
1632 ; trans, to Ormiston 28th April
1637.
BERNARD SANDERSON, MA. ; min.
about 1638; dem. 16th Nov. 1659;
min. of Kirkpatrick-Irongray in 1663.
1638
JOHN WISHART, min. in 1662 ; still
1662 min. 21st June 1678.
ALEXANDER GUTHRIE, of the
family of Guthrie of Guthrie ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 25th July 1668);
passed trials before Presb. of Forfar, and
got a testimonial for license, 7th April
1675 ; ord. to Terregles in 1678 ; trans,
and adm. in 1681 ; outed in 1689 ; "having
been intruded against the wishes both of
the gentry and parish, having informed
against his parishioners, who were severely
fined, and having been a party to sending
dragoons who killed four men and hanged
them on a tree at Irongray, and who beat
Bessie Smith to the great effusion of blood,
certain persons were so exasperated that
they cast his family out of the house,
without hurting any"; dep. by Presb. of
Arbroath 5th June 1717, "for intrusion,
accession to the late rebellion, and con-
tumacy." He marr. Isobel Ross, widow of
Walter Mair, min. of Kirkmahoe, and had
issue — Anne, died in 1760. — [Kirkden Sess.
Reg. ; Arbroath Presb. Reg. ; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Rule's See. Vindication.]
1720
JAMES ELDER, from Ireland, was a
young man ready to be taken on
trials at the first meeting of the
Presbyterian mins. in Lothian after the
Toleration, 6th July 1687; ord. (at Pen-
pont) 29th May 1691 ; member of Assembly
in 1692; dem. in or before 1719; died
between 28th Jan. and 17th June 1722.
He marr. Agnes (died s.p. April 1733),
daugh. of Edward Maxwell of Hills, and
Isobel Logan.— [Lothian Syn. Reg. ; Dum-
fries Tests.; Reg. Gen. Ass. 1692; Wod-
row's Anal.]
• ALEXANDER BAYNE of New Grange,
born 1692, son of John B. of New
Grange ; chaplain to Sir William
Baillie of Lamington ; licen. by Presb. of
Biggar 22nd Aug. 1717; called 24th Dec.
1719 ; ord. 2nd June 1720 ; died 15th May
1776. He marr. (proc. 30th March 1721),
Isabella (died in 1770), daugh. of John
Dalrymple of Waterside, and had issue —
Mary (marr. 11th Aug. 1743, William
Forrester, min. of Carstairs) ; Harriet
(marr. 19th Dec. 1744, Alexander Brown,
preacher); Elizabeth (marr. 26th April
1750, James Alison, writer, Edinburgh);
John, died 2nd Dec. 1729; David, died
2nd Dec. 1729, aged 2.— [Duncan's MS.
Genealogy ; Tombst.]
JAMES WALLACE, pres. by Charles,
ltjV7 Duke of Queensberry and Dover ;
ord. 24th April 1777; died 16th
Dec. 1794, in his 59th year. He marr. 4th
April 1779, Grizel Williamson, who died
27th April 1824, and had issue — John, born
28th April 1780; James, born 26th June
1782 ; Henrietta, born 6th Feb. 1784 ; Isa-
bella, born 5th April 1786 ; William, born
25th Jan. 1788 ; George, min. of Durisdeer ;
Kirkpatrick, born 18th Oct. 1792; Margaret,
born 1st Sept. 1794 ; Robert, solicitor, Dum-
fries, died 18th March 1852. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xii.). — [Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
JAMES KEYDEN, born 30th May 1764,
7 son of William K., min. of Penpont ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Perth 30th Sept. 1789 ;
ord. by it, 7th April 1795, chaplain to
318
KEIR— KIRKCONNEL
[PRESB. OF
Drummond of Perth's Fencibles; pres. by
the commissioner for William, Duke of
Queensberry, 26th Aug., trans, and adm.
24th Sept. 1795 ; died 25th May 1826. He
marr. 29th April 1806, Helen (died at
Helensburgh. 17th May 1845), eldest daugh.
of James Grierson of Dalgoner, and had
issue — James, writer, Glasgow, born 4th
March 1807, died 31st May 1887 ; William,
accountant, Glasgow, born 5th June 1813,
died 27th March 1847 ; Helen Morrison,
born 22nd March 1817.
WILLIAM MENZIES, born 9th Sept.
1827 1^97, son of William M., min. of
Lanark ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Lanark
29th Aug. ; pres. by Walter Francis, Duke
of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Oct. 1826 ;
ord. 26th April 1827; D.D. (Glasgow, 10th
Dec. 1855) j died 6th Nov. 1869. He marr.
2nd June 1829, Agnes (died 3rd March
1880), daugh. of John Elder, depute clerk
of session, and had issue — William, born
22nd July 1830, died at Leith, 23rd June
1833 ; John, British Linen Bank, born 9th
Oct. 1831, died 23rd Sept. 1875; James,
born 30th June 1833, died 7th Oct. 1860 ;
Agnes Elder, born 14th Dec. 1834, died
17th Sept. 1910; Jane, born 2nd April
1837 (marr. Francis Geoghegan, solicitor,
Dublin) ; Mary, born 5th June, died 19th
Oct. 1838. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.)
DAVID BAYNE JARDINE, born
187o Moffat, 6th Oct. 1842, youngest son '
of Thomas J. of Beattock, and
Christiana Bayne ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Lochmaben 7th Aug. 1866 ; I
assistant at St Cuthbert's Parish, Edin-
burgh, and at Moffat ; pres. by Walter
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch ; ord. 29th
April 1870 ; clerk of Presb. from 1872 ; j
died 29th Oct. 1913. At his own expense
he opened up and furnished the chancel i
of the church, and built a new vestry. He j
also presented a font. He marr. 21st Feb.
1884, Helen Octavia, daugh. of Alfred !
Joseph Tapson, M.D., London, and had j
issue — Thomas Edward, inspector, Ministry
of Agriculture, Cairo, born 13th Aug. 1885 ;
Alfred Tapson, B.A.(Oxom), born 9th June
1887; Christian West, captain R.F.A.,
born 25th July 1888 ; Gulielma Springett,
born 19th Aug. 1891 ; Christiana Elizabeth,
born 17th July 1896.
WILLIAM WYLIE FULTON, born
1914 Beith, Ayrshire, 24th Oct. 1875, son
of James Fulton and Helen Strathern ;
educated at Beith Academy and Univ. of
Glasgow ; MA. (1897), B.D. (1900) ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine in 1900 ; assistant at
Irvine and Stewarton : ord. to Battlefield,
Glasgow, 26th Feb. 1903 ; trans, and adm.
15th May 1914. Marr. 9th July 1908,
Minnie Campbell, daugh. of Alexander
Gilmour, solicitor, Irvine.
KIRKCONNEL.
[Before the Reformation, Kirkconnel was
a vicarage. The church was dedicated to
St Conal. The parishes of Sanquhar and
Kirkconnel were united after 1680, but were
disjoined again in 1727. In 1729 Kirk-
connel church was rebuilt on a new site.]
WILLIAM BLACKADDEE, last pre-
15Q0 Reformation vicar, and first Protest-
ant min. of the parish in 1560.
JOHN FULLARTON, reader from
1569 1^68; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 13th April 1569 ; trans,
to Sanquhar before 1574; retrans. to this
charge about 1580 ; app. by the Privy
Council, 6th March 1589, a commissioner
" for the preservation of the true religion "
in Upper Nithsdale ; died in 1595. He
marr. Marion Hair of Glenwharly, Kirk-
connel.— [Reg. Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk ;
Edin. Tests.]
-RICHARD BROWN, trans, from Dal-
1597 garno in 1597; trans, to Holy wood
6th Nov. \m±—[Reg. Assig.]
-ROBERT BIGGERT [BIGGAR], M.A.
1605 (Glasgow 1596) ; pres. to the vicarage
by James VI. 15th Nov. 1605 ; still
min. in 1633, but died soon after. He
penpont]
KIRKCONNEL
319
raarr., and had issue — Mary ; Bessie.—
[Reg. of Deeds, cccclxii. 376, ccccxxxv.
39, cccclviii. 52 ; Reg. Assig.]
ARCHIBALD WATSON, adm. at Glas-
1634 gow 12th Nov" 1634 ' sti11 min" 3rd
June 1641. He marr. Alison Telfer.
— [Presb. Glasgow Reg. ; Lanark Reg. Sas.,
iii., 284.]
JOHN CARMICHAEL, M.A. (Glasgow
1639); adm. about 1642, having also
charge of Sanquhar ; deprived in
1662.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 326; Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, x. ; New Stat. Ace., iv.]
FRANCIS WILKINSON, M.A. (Edin-
1667 burgh, 8th July 1644) ; min. in 1667 ;
dem. in 1676 ; died Feb. 1679, aged
about 55. He marr. Elizabeth M'Killweyne,
and had issue — an only son, Samuel, bapt.
15th July 1676. — [Edm. Reg. (Bapt.);
Dumfries Tests.']
1676
SAMUEL MOWAT, M.A. (Edinburgh
1669) ; min. about 1676 ; deprived
in 1681 for declining the Test. He
marr., and had issue — Margaret (marr.
(1), proc. 29th Sept. 1711, David Dougall,
tailor, Canongate ; (2), proc. 9th May 1729,
Walter Williamson, tailor, Canongate).
PETER RAE, born 1671, probably at
7 Mouswald, and perhaps son of Peter
R. in Burronhill (now Burnhill). He
appears as a student in the class of John
Law at Glasgow Univ. Feb. 1692. On 11th
July 1693, he was one of four bursars of
the Synod of Dumfries ; M.A. (4th April
1694) ; precentor in the church, and clerk
to the Kirk-session of Dumfries 21st March
1695 j clerk of Presb., 1695-7 ; clerk of
Synod, 1695-1708. He was licen. by Presb.
of Penpont 15th Nov. 1699, and after an
abortive call to the parish of Kirkgunzeon,
he was ord. to Kirkbride 22nd April 1703 ;
clerk to Presb. of Penpont, 1703-18 ; called
to this charge 30th March, trans, and adm.
11th May 1732; died 29th Dec. 1748. He
was one of the earliest provincial printers,
and is said to have made his own press
in the manse at Kirkbride, and founded
his own types. He was possessed of much
mechanical skill, and an astronomical chime
clock constructed by him is still to be seen
at Drumlanrig. It bears the inscription : —
" Magister Pktrus Rae, V.D.M., nuper apud
Kirkbride, nunc apud Kirkconnel me
Excogitavit fudit cudit fecitque."
He was a member of the Incorporation of
Hammermen of Dumfries. He left 100
merks to the poor of Kirkconnel. He
marr. 19th July 1697, Agnes (bapt. 21st
Sept. 1671, date of death unknown), eldest
daugh. of John Corsane of Meikleknox
and Marion Maxwell, Tinwald, and had
issue — Robert, printer in Dumfries, as-
sumed the name of Corsane on succeeding
to Meikleknox, born 20th May 1698, died
17th Feb. 1759 [he marr. Agnes M'Gowan,
and from one of their daughs. is descended
Sir Robert Reid, Earl Loreburn, Lord
Chancellor, 1905-12] ; John, born 30th July
1699, died 25th April 1700; Janet, born
19th Feb. 1701 (marr. (1) David Scott:
(2) Robert Hunter, min. of this parish) ;
Agnes, born 24th June 1702, died 2nd May
1703; Alexander, clockmaker, born 1713,
died 1786 ; James, farmer, and agent for
the Duke of Buccleuch, at Wanlockhead ;
Jean (marr. James Crichton in Crochray) ;
Marion (marr. (1) James Hair in Kyle;
(2) John Chalmers in Boxington) ; also
Peter and Thomas, who probably died
young. Publications— The History of the
Rebellion Rais'd against His Majesty King
George I. (Dumfries, 1718; 2nd ed., London,
1746) ; [this was the subject of an attack
in doggerel verse by Robert Ker, feuar in
Gilmerton, in A Glass wherein Nobles,
Priests, and People may see the Lord's
Controversies against Britain (1719)] ;
Gospel - Ministers Christ's Ambassadors
[Synod Sermon, 10th April 1733] (Edin-
burgh, 1733) ; A Letter to The Honourable
the Society of Improvers in the Knoivledge
of Agricidture in Scotland (1740) ; A
Treatise of Lawful Oaths and Perjury
(Edinburgh, 1749). He compiled "4
Natural and Genealogical History of the
Shire of Drumfries [the fragmentary re-
mains of this MS. are in the possession
of James King Hewison, D.D., min. of
Rothesay]. Several of Rae's MS. Sermons
are preserved in the Mitchell Library,
320
KIRKCONNEL
[PRESB. OF
Glasgow. — [Dumfries (Man:, Bapt., and
Bur.) Reg. ; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii., App.
120; Scots Mag., xi„ p. 104; Drumlanrig
and the Douglases, 163 ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ;
Notes and Queries, 4th ser., ix., 366 ; Mr
Peter Rae, V.D.M., Printer, by G. W.
Shirley, Dumfries (Glasgow Bibliographical
Society, 1914).]
1747
ROBERT HUNTER, bom 12th March
1695, sou of James H., younger of
Abbotshill; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (30th April 1716); bursar
in 1721 ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont 5th
June 1728 ; preacher at Leadhills ; called
20th Aug. 1747 ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 29th Oct. 1747 ; died 9th May 1770.
He marr. (1) 27th March 1740, Janet Rae
(died 27th Dec. 1745, aged 30), daugh. of the
preceding min., and had issue — Elizabeth,
born 28th Nov. 1742 (marr. James Young,
min. of New Cumnock) : (2) 4th June 1747,
Marion Bell, who died 2nd Dec. 1779. —
[Tombst.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, M.A. (St Andrews
1759); licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
16th Dec. 1766; called 23rd Nov.
1769 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 26th
April 1770 ; died 18th March 1803, aged
59. He marr. 5th June 1776, Agnes (died
at Dumfries, 1st Oct. 1826), daugh. of
John Maxwell of Munches, and had issue
—John, born 20th Feb. 1777; William,
born 1778 ; Elizabeth, born 22nd Nov.
1781 (marr. James Rae, min. of Kirk-
gunzeon); Agnes, born 16th Nov. 1785
(marr. 31st July 1815, James Rutherford,
lieut. 23rd Foot) ; AVellwood, born 4th
Aug. 1787 ; James Veitch, born 4th Oct.
1789. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace., x.). — [Tombst.]
JAMES RICHARDSON, born 1767,
probably son of James R., farmer,
St Ninians, Stirling; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton ; ord. min. of Robinson's Lane
Presbyterian Congregation, Sunderland, 1st
Sept. 1801 ; pres. by William, Duke of
Queensberry, and adm. 15th Sept. 1803 ;
died 28th Feb. 1843. He marr. (1) 8th
Nov. 1803, Elizabeth Maclean, who died
6th June 1824, aged 49, and had issue
— Elizabeth Eleanor Dundas, born 12th
Feb. 1806; Margaret Catherine, born 31st
July 1809; James, born 11th Nov. 1811 :
(2) 4th Dec. 1834, Margaret (died 24th May
1886), daugh. of Rieves Fowler, M.D.,
Nassau, New Providence, U.S.A. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace., iv.).
1843
JOHN DONALDSON, born 7th March
1817, son of James D., min. of
Canonbie ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Langholm ;
ord. 19th July 1843 ; died 19th April 1892.
He marr. 8th Jan. 1845, Mary (died 14th
Oct. 1903), daugh. of James Gordon, min.
of Borgue, and had issue — Isabella Agnes
Jane, born 11th Dec. 1845 (marr. 1st Nov.
1875, James Williamson, D.D., chaplain on
the Bengal Ecclesiastical Establishment,
afterwards min. of Dean Parish, Edin-
burgh) ; James, born 18th March 1847, died
27th June 1913 ; John Angus Barton, born
2nd Sept. 1854, died 9th March 1874.
Publications — Leaves from My Log-Book
(1866) ; A Minister's Week in Argyle
(1881) ; The Autobiography of Marcello, a
Roman Patriot, a.d. 1786-1838 [by Maclan]
(Dumfries, 1891).— [Edwards' Modern Scot-
tish Poets, iii.]
JOHN WILLIAM MACVICKER, born
, „ Londonderry, Ireland, 6th June 1860,
son of Alexander M. and Kate Agar ;
educated at Londonderry Academical In-
stitution, Magee College (Deny), Queen's
College (Belfast), and Univs. of Edinburgh
and Oxford ; M.A. (Oxon.) ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh in 1886 ; assistant at Corstor-
phine, and St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 26th
Sept. 1892 ; died unmarr. 12th Aug. 1898.
1899
CHARLES FORBES CHARLESON,
born Inverness, 7th Nov. 1871, son
of Kenneth C. and Margaret Forbes ;
educated at Forres Academy and Univs.
of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley in 1895 ; assistant at
Tundergarth, Alexandria (Dumbarton-
shire), and Dalziel ; ord. 13th Jan. 1899.
Marr. 24th April 1900, Elizabeth, daugh.
penpont]
MORTON
321
of John Forrest, M.D., Motherwell, and
has issue — Connel, born 10th Aug. 1901 ;
Marion Addie, born 16th Nov. 1904.
MORTON.
[The church belonged to the Abbey of
Kelso. Its original site was about a mile
and a half from the castle of Morton. In
1841 the Duke of Buccleuch and Queens-
berry built a new church at Thornhill.]
ARCHIBALD MENZIES, M.A. ;
1S„0 exhorter in May 1570 ; reader in
1574.
WILLIAM CRICHTON, reader, 1576 to
1576 1578.
ARCHIBALD DOUGLAS, reader from
1579 1st July 1579 to 1591.
THOMAS MAXWELL, reader at Dum-
1580 fries, and min. of Redkirk, is stated
to be min. here in 1580, while it is
also said "he cannot serve at sundrie
places, makes no residence, but is a
Jackman with Drumlanrig:; [Sir James
Douglas]. — [Drumlanrig and the Doug-
lases, 325.]
JOHN DOUGLAS, reader at Penpont
1607 1593 to 1601 ; min. in 1607, and
still in the charge in 1612. — [Beg.
Assig.]
1623
ALEXANDER FLEMING, M.A. ; min.
before 15th Jan. 1623. He marr.
Marion Lichton, who survived him,
and died before 8th Jan. 1643. — [Glasg.
Com. Dec]
WILLIAM KAY, pres. by Charles I.
1635 2nd April 1635.
JOHN WEIR, M.A.; ord. (by the
1638 Presk- °f Dumfries, irrespective of
the Bishop), before 19th Sept. 1638 ;
trans, to Carluke July 1640.
ADAM SINCLAIR, M.A. ; min. about
164a 1643; trans, to Sanquhar before
25th Jan. 1650.
VOL. II.
GEORGE CLELAND, M.A. ; min. in
1648 1648 j trans, to Durisdeer before 1674.
LUKE GREENSHIELDS, M.A. (Edin-
1Q74 burgh 1665) ; min. in 1674 ; still in
the charge Oct. 1684, when he attested
the reading of a Royal Proclamation ; trans.
to Ardrossan before 24th April 1687.
THOMAS HENDERSON, M.A. (Edin-
168,_ burgh, 1st March 1679); min. in
1687 ; outed at the Revolution, but
received into Communion by the Com-
mission of Assembly 24th June 1701 ;
died between 15th April 1706, when he
had a contribution from the Assembly,
and 26th May 1718, when Janet Carlyle,
his widow, had an order for payment of
200 merks, with interest. — [Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1706, 1718; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
PATRICK FLINT, M.A. (Edinburgh
1691 1671); orcl- (&t Penpont) 29th May
1691 ; member of Assembly in 1692 ;
died between 22nd Aug. and 19th Oct.
that year, aged about 42. He marr.
Helen Hamilton, who survived him, and
had issue — William ; John ; Elizabeth ;
Margaret ; Grisell (to whom James F., in
Breichmilne, their uncle, was served nearest
agnate, 21st Feb. 1694). — [Linlithg. and
Dumfries Presb. Regs. ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1692; Inq. Ret. de Tut., 1140.]
• JOHN PASLEY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1693 9th July 1687); licen. by United
Presb. of Angus and Mearns 25th
Aug. 1692 ; called 29th March, and ord.
30th May 1693; died 4th Feb. 1712, aged
about 45. He marr. (1) Mary Kirkpatrick :
(2) Eupham Scott, and had issue — Robert,
born 1700, died April 1702 ; John ; Mary.—
[Tombst.]
JOHN HOWIE, called 24th Dec. 1713 ;
1714 ord' 13fck ^ay 1714 > ^ied 22n<* ^an*
1734, aged 64. He marr. Dec. 1707,
Margaret, daugh. of David Somerville of
Blackrigg. — [Dumfries Tests.]
ARCHIBALD LITTLE, called 27th
1784 ^Une> an<* ord- 26tn Sept. 1734;
trans, to Kirkpatrick-Irongray 12th
April 1759.
X
322
MORTON— PENPONT
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT AITKEN [AITKIN], born
1*760 1>722' son °f W'illiam A., Paisley;
M.A. (Glasgow, 1745) ; licen. by
Presb. of Ayr 20th March. 1751 ; pres.
by Charles, Duke of Queensberry and
Dover, Sept. 1759; ord. 3rd April 1760;
died 23rd March 1789. He marr. 6th Nov.
1769, Elizabeth Brand, who died in 1786,
and had issue — James, born 16th Sept.,
died 14th Nov. 1772. — [Dumfries Tests.]
JOHN YORSTOUN, pres. by William,
it Duke of Queensberry, 30th June
1789; ord. 25th March 1790; trans,
to Torthorwald 18th Aug. 1808.
DAVID SMITH, perhaps son of David
1809 ^'' Pa^s^ey S educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; schoolmaster of Kirk-
patrick-Fleming ; pres. by the commis-
sioner for William, Duke of Queensberry ;
ord. 4th May 1809; died unmarr. 22nd
May 1838, aged 76. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.). —
[Tombst.]
JOHN MURRAY, born 27th Nov. 1798,
1889 son °^ -Andrew M., D.D., min. of
Auchterderran ; educated at Univ.
of St Andrews ; ord. to Abbotshall 3rd
March 1826 ; pres. by Walter Francis,
Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry, Dec.
1838 ; trans, and adm. 4th April 1839 ; died
20th April 1882. He marr. 17th March
1829, Magdalene (born 22nd Dec. 1800,
died 17th Dec. 1885), eldest daugh. of
George Prentice, Kilrie, and had issue —
Andrew, solicitor, London, born 25th Dec.
1829, died 20th May 1876; Isabella, born
10th Dec. 1830, died 12th July 1847. Publi-
cations— On the Religious Observance of the
Sabbath and the Sanctuary, a sermon (Edin-
burgh, 1841); Account of Abbotshall (New
Stat. Ace, ix.).
JOHN RUDGE WILSON, M.A. ; ord.
1879 (assistant and successor) 1st July
1879 ; trans, to Greenside Parish,
Edinburgh 10th July 1884.
JAMES HONEYMAN OSWALD, born
, _ Blinkbonny, Markinch, 12th Feb.
1857, son of John O. and Barbara
Honeyman ; educated at Leslie School
and Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1880);
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy ; assistant at
Corstorphine ; ord. 16th Jan. 1885. Marr.
8th June 1893, Mary Grace, daugh. of
Alex. Ramsay, LL.D., editor of The
Banffshire Journal, and has issue — John
Alexander Ramsay, Lieut. K.O.S.B., born
28th June 1894.
PENPONT.
[This charge before the Reformation was
a vicarage. The church belonged to the
Abbey of Holyrood.]
JAMES TAYLOR, exhorter in 1567,
1567 and reader from 1574 to 1578.
1578
WILLIAM TAYLOR, min. about 1578 ;
trans, to Glencairn in 1585 or 1586.
— [Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM OUSTANE [AUSTIN],
1604 M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1592);
adm. in 1604; died 12th Dec. 1637,
aged 77. He marr. Elizabeth Crawford,
and had issue — William, apprenticed to
William Nemok, tailor, Edinburgh, 27th
Sept. 1620 ; Samuel, his successor.— [G. R.
Inhib., 28th July 1637; Reg. of Deeds,
eclxxxvii.. 109; Edin. Apprentice Reg.]
SAMUEL OUSTANE [AUSTIN],
1687 born 1606, son of preceding ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 25th July 1624); adm.
(probably assistant and successor) before
1637 ; was a member of Assembly, 1638,
1642, 1646, 1648, 1649. He followed the
Protesters in 1651. In 1654 he was ap-
pointed one of a committee for authorising
admissions to the ministry in Dumfries
and Galloway. Refusing to acknowledge
Episcopacy, he was accused before the
Privy Council, 23rd Dec. 1662, when the
matter was referred to Lord Middleton,
"that he may take such course with him
as he sees fit." He died 16th March 1669.
He marr. 12th Aug. 1624, Elizabeth Alex-
ander, Falkirk, and had issue — Samuel,
apprenticed to Thomas Lowrie, merchant,
Edinburgh, 22nd March 1654 ; and probably
William, his successor. — [Commis. to Ass.,
1638 ; Wodrof MSS. ; Presb. of Dum-
penpont]
PENPONT
323
fries ; Falkirk Sess. Reg. ; Nicoll's Diary ;
Tombst. ; Memoir of William Veitch ;
Baillie's Letters ; Balfour's Annals, iii. ;
Stevenson's Hist.]
WILLIAM AUSTIN of Kirkland,
1672 Pr°bably son of preceding; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 15th July 1650) \ adm.
in 1672 ; outed at the Revolution ; died
before 1690. He marr. Isobel Kirkpatrick,
who survived him, and had issue —Robert ;
Isobel ; Christian. — [G. R. Inhib., 27th
Dec. 1678 ; Dumfries Sas., iv., 647 ; MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JOHN ANDERSON, M.A. ; assistant at
16gg Terregles ; adm. colleague in 1689 ;
outed in 1690 ; died at Edinburgh,
30th Dec. 1701, aged about 49.— [MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Eelin. Reg. (Bur.).]
JOHN LAURIE, M.A. ; called before
1Q 8th Oct. 1689; trans, to Auchinleck
in 1692.
JAMES MURRAY, a native of Berwick -
1693 shire ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th June
1690); licen. by the united Presb.
of Duns and Chirnside 1st Nov. 1692 ;
called 25th May, and ord. 26th July 1693 ;
died 2nd March 1735, aged 63. By a fire
which occurred at his manse about 1728,
the parochial registers were destroyed. He
debarred from communion those who used
the water of the Black Loch as a charm
against disease. He was on terms of great
intimacy with Boston of Ettrick, and is
frequently mentioned in the Memoirs. He
marr. Isobel Murray, and had issue —
James ; Samuel, buried 3rd Jan. 1715. —
{Dumfries Tests. ; Tombst.]
JOHN COLLOW, brother of William C.
1736 of Auchincheane ; called 4th May,
and ord. 23rd Sept. 1736 ; died 12th
Jan. 1766. He marr. 18th July 1744,
Lydia Tod, who died 13th Oct. 1782, and
had issue — William, bom 22nd June 1745 ;
Janet, born 14th June 1746, died 13th
Jan. 1763 ; Mary, born 22nd Aug. 1747
(marr. Sept. 1772, Hugh Come, W.S.),
died 2nd Aug. 1816 ; Thomas, born 8th
July 1749 ; Lydia, born 20th Nov. 1751
(marr. 14th May 1793, William Campbell,
W.S.), died 1st Dec. 1835 ; John, born
28th March 1753 ; James, born 15th July
1759.— [Tombst.]
WILLIAM KEYDEN, born 1736, son
l767 of James K. and Isabel Whitehead ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ;
tutor in the family of Carlyle of Lime-
kilns; licen. by Presb. of Annan about
1763 ; assistant at Ochiltree ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Queensberry ; ord. 1767 ;
died 21st Oct. 1796. He marr. 15th Sept.
1762, Margaret Elliot, who died 12th Aug.
1804, and had issue— James, min. of Keir ;
Theodore Edgar, min. of Terregles; William
W.S., born 15th Sept. 1769, died 5th Jan.
1826. Publications — A Sermon preached on
the Death of Charles, Duke of Queensberry
and Dover (Dumfries, 1778) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). —
[Tombst. ; Sinclair's Stat. Ace. ; New Stat.
Ace, iv.]
JOHN NIVISON, son of John N., a
1(_g_ native of Dumfriesshire ; licen. by
Presb. of Penpont 1st July 1795 ;
pres. May 1797; ord. 26th July 1798 (the
settlement having been delayed by opposi-
tion); died unmarr. 3rd Aug. 1832, aged
70.— [Acts of Ass., 1798-1801.]
GEORGE SMITH, M.A. ; trans, from
1833 Second Charge, Kilmarnock ; pres.
by Walter Francis, Duke of Buc-
cleuch and Queensberry, and adm. 9th
May 1833; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 15th Aug. 1844.
JAMES GRAHAM, born Foulis Wester,
1845 Perthshire, 13th May 1808, son of
John G. and Isabel Miller; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Paisley 25th March 1835 ; ord. to North
Church, Paisley, 31st March 1836 ; trans, to
Fen wick 21st Sept. 1843 ; trans, and adm.
21st Feb. 1845; died 1st Feb. 1863. He
marr. Margaret, daugh. of AVilliam Nisbet,
and had issue — John, civil engineer, born
11th June 1828; William Nisbet, born
15th March 1830, died 4th Feb. 1834 ;
James, clerk, born 23rd Sept. 1832, died
26th Feb. 1865; Janet, born 19th Nov.
324
PENPONT— SANQUHAR AND KILBRIDE [presb. of
1834 (marr. Malcolm Kirkwood), died Feb.
1874 ; William Nisbet, banker, born 5th
Aug. 1836, died May 1903 ; George Nisbet,
engineer, born 28th Dec. 1838; Robert
Cochrane, banker, born 28th Nov. 1840,
died 12th May 1890 ; Andrew Brown, clerk,
born 14th June 1842, died April 1876;
Isabella, born 25th July 1844 ; Margaret,
born 19th March 1846; David, min. of
Kirkpatrick-Fleming ; Elizabeth, born 5th
Aug. 1851 (marr. John Macrae, M.D.,
Edinburgh).
FREDERICK CROMBIE, M.A. ; chap-
1883 ^a*n at Paris > adm. to this charge
25th June 1863 ; trans, to Professor-
ship of Biblical Criticism, Univ. of St
Andrews, 10th June 1869 (q.v.).
ANDREW PATON, born Balbedie,
1870 Ballingry, Fife, 17th June 1839, son
of James P. and Ann Deas ; educated
at Parish School of Leslie, and High School
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Kinross in 1863 ; assistant at Hadding-
ton ; ord. to St Andrew's Church, Montreal,
17th Aug. 1865 ; adm. to this charge 18th
Feb. 1870.
JAMES JOHNSTONE PRYDE, born
Kilmarnock, 14th Feb. 1877, son of
Robert P., D.D., min. of Townhead
Parish, Glasgow ; educated at Glasgow
High School, Madras College, St Andrews,
and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1901);
licen. by Presb. of Greenock in 1901 ;
ord. for work in Canada, 12th May 1901 ;
min. at Hamiota and Deloraine, Manitoba,
1901-8 ; adm. (assistant and successor) 9th
Dec. 1909 ; resigned in 1917. Marr. 4th June
1901, Annie Elizabeth Drummond, daugh.
of William Drysdale and Annie Drummond.
SANQUHAR AND KILBRIDE,
or KIRKBRIDE.
[The rectory of Sanquhar was a prebend
of Glasgow Cathedral. The church was
dedicated to St Bride, and near its site is
St Bride's Well, where offerings long con-
tinued to be made on the 1st of May. In
the old church of St Bride, John Logan, a
priest, a native of the Royal Burgh of
Sanquhar, founded in 1519 a Chapel of the
Holy Blood and St Bride. Kirkconnel was
united to Sanquhar after 1680, but severed
again in 1727.
ROBERT CRICHTON, pre-Reformation
,,._- rector in 1550; continued as parson
lobU . .
in 1560. in 1563 he was imprisoned
at Perth for attempting to restore the mass
in Sanquhar Church. He witnessed a deed
as " Prebendarius " in 1565, and was still
styled parson in 1568.
JOHN YOUNG, reader in 1567 ; prob-
15 7 ably the same person who is men-
tioned as vicar in 1548.
JOHN LAWRENCE, pres. to the
1570-1 ParsonaSe and vicarage by Annabel
Stewart, daugh. of the Regent Moray,
31st Jan. 1570-1. — [Acts and Bee, xlviii.
219, xlix. 109.]
WILLIAM CRICHTON, mentioned as
1572 rector in 1572.
JOHN FULLARTON, trans, from
1574 Kirkconnel about 1574, having also
Kirkconnel and Kirkbride in his
charge; probably retrans. to Kirkconnel
about 1580.
^ JAMES BLACKWOOD, reader at
1577 Saline from 1560 to 1577, when he
was dep. ; adm. to this charge soon
afterwards, and still min. in 1585. — [Beg.
Sec. Sig., iii., 31.]
J ROBERT BALLANTYNE, formerly
1583 reader ; pres. to the vicarage pension-
ary 26th April 1583.— [Acts and Dec,
lv., 281.]
ROBERT HUNTER of Cleughhead,
1594 M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th Aug. 1592) ;
on the Exercise in that Presb. 6th
Aug. 1594; pres. by James VI. 16th Dec.
1594, and to the vicarage pensionary of
Kirkbride 1st Feb. 1602; member of
Assembly in 1602 and 1610; still min. 28th
Jan. 1613. He marr. Margaret Hamilton,
who survived him, and marr. secondly,
before 1617, Robert Crichton. She was
buried in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 15th Dec.
penpont]
SANQUHAR AND KILBRIDE
325
1665, and had issue — Helen (marr., cont.
April 1626, William Farquharson of Hielar).
— [Reg. of Deeds, ccvii., 85 ; Acts and Dee.,
cccxvi., 305 ; G. R. Set*., six., 197.]
WILLIAM LIVINGSTON, son of
161? Isobel, sister of John Wilkie of
Foulden; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th
July 1601); rain, here in 1617; "he was
'lytit' for the vacant place of the Kirk
in Edinburgh," 8th Dec. 1618. He died in
1625. He marr. 6th May 1617, Barbara,
daugh. of John Logan, burgess of Edin-
burgh (in right of whom he became burgess
and guild-brother of that city); by her,
who survived him and marr. secondly,
George Cleland, min. of Durisdeer, he had
issue — William, served heir 7th May 1645.
— [Edin. Counc. and Guild Regs. ; Canon-
gate Reg. {Marr.) ; Dumfries Tests. ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 3054.]
JOHN MACMILLAN, M.A. (Edin-
1626 Durgh) 22nd July 1615); min. in
1626 ; still in the charge 2nd Aug.
1638 ; trans, to Balmaclellan in 1644. — [Reg.
Mag. Sig., viii., 2085 ; Peebles Presb. Reg.]
GEORGE JOHNSTONE, trans, from
1639 West Linton, and adm. after 7th
March 1639 ; trans, to Kirkwall 15th
June 1642. — [Peebles Presb. Reg. ; Orkney
Patronage Process.]
1642
JOHN CARMICHAEL, M.A. ; min. of
Kirkconnel in 1 642 ; had also charge
of Sanquhar in that year.
ADAM SINCLAIR, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1650 27th July 1622) ; licen. by Presb. of
Haddington 1st Aug. 1627 ; adm. to
Morton about 1643 ; trans, and adm. before
25th Jan. 1650 ; died 25th July 1673, aged
about 71, and was buried in Greyfriars,
Edinburgh. He marr. Helen Kirkpatrick.
— [Greyfriars Burial Reg. ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., ix., 800.]
JAMES KIRKWOOD, called late min. ;
1684 Petitioned Privy Council anent the
repair of his manse, 17th April 1684.
—[P. C. Reg., 3rd ser., viii., 47.]
PATRICK INGLIS, M.A. (St Andrews,
le8_ 14th July 1660) ; adm. to Annan in
1664 ; trans, and adm. before 12th
Feb. 1686 ; outed at the Revolution.— [MS.
Ace. of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS SHIELS, adm. to Kirkbride
169S in 1655; called in Sept. 1691; adm.
2nd Aug. 1693 ; died 8th Feb. 1708,
aged 78.— [Tombst,]
MUNGO GIBSON, educated at Univ.
1713 °^ GUasg°w ; ord. to Abbotrule 15th
April 1698 ; trans, and adm. Dec.
1713; died between 17th Dec. 1735 and 4th
Feb. 1736. He marr. Anne, fourth daugh.
of George Maitland of Eccles, and had issue
— George ; William ; Janet. A MS. volume
of his sermons, chiefly sacramental, is still
extant at Sanquhar.
JOHN SANDILANDS, licen. by Presb.
1738 of Biggar 30th Aug. 1733; called
29th Dec. 1737; ord. 27th April
1738 ; died (in consequence of a fall from
his horse) 28th Aug. 1741, aged 29. He
marr. 1st March 1741, Helen, daugh. of
James Simpson of Hullstone. — [Dumfries
Tests. ; Scots Mag., Hi. ; Tombst.]
JOHN IRVING, licen. by Presb. of
1743 Middlebie 23rd Feb. 1732; ord. to
Wamphray 13th Sept. 1733; called
17th Feb., trans, and adm. 9th June 1743;
died 14th Sept. 1752. He marr. Helen
Irving, who died 25th Oct. 1769.
WILLIAM CUNNINGHAM, son of
7 William C, min. of Kemback ; M.A.
(St Andrews, 6th May 1725) ; licen.
by Presb. of St Andrews 28th Oct. 1731 ;
ord. to Mouswald 23rd April 1737 ; trans,
to Durisdeer 7th June 1743 ; pres. by
Charles, Duke of Queensberry and Dover ;
trans, and adm. 29th May 1753 ; died 25th
Aug. 1768. He marr. 9th July 1745, Helen
(died 15th Jan. 1785), daugh. of Robert
Sinclair, merchant, Greenock, and had issue
—George, born 7th Feb. 1748.— [Carlyle's
Autob. ; Edin. Marr. Reg.]
JOHN THOMSON, pres. by Charles,
1769 Duke of Queensberry and Dover,
9th Oct. 1768 ; ord. 7th Sept. 1769 ;
trans, to Markinch 5th May 1785.
326
SANQUHAR AND KILBRIDE— KILBRIDE [peesb. of
WILLIAM RAXKEX, licen. by Presb.
l7g5 of Kirkcudbright 7th Oct. 1778;
pres. by William, Duke of Queens-
berry ; ord. 22nd Sept. 1785 ; died 7th Oct.
1820, aged 70. He marr. 8th Dec. 1788,
Margaret Barker, who died 25th March
1837, and had issue — William, born 17th
Sept. 1789; Robert, born 8th Nov. 1790;
Margaret, born 10th July 1793 (marr. David
Adam, lieut. Royal Marines), died 17th
April 1820 ; John, born 3rd July 1795 ;
Thomas, S.S.C., born 22nd Dec. 1802, died
1876 ; Bryce M'Murdo, born 7th Aug. 1804.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, vi.). — [Dumfries Test*. :
Tombst.]
1821
THOMAS MONTGOMERY, born 1791,
third son of Robert M. of Auchen-
tibber, Kilwinning ; M.A. (Glasgow
1811); pres. by the trustees of Walter
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch and Queens-
berry ; ord. 5th June 1821 ; died at Govan,
3rd June 1861. He marr. 24th Oct. 1826,
Mary Brown, who died 21st April 1843,
s.p., aged 50. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN IXGLIS, born St Andrews,
184_ 14th Feb. 1799, son of Alexander I.
and Mary Ramsay ; educated at
Grammar School and LTniv. of St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 14th Sept.
1820 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 28th
Jan. 1845 ; died at Helensburgh, 20th Sept.
1881. He marr. 8th Sept. 1828, Janet
Hutchison, who died 8th Xov. 1875, and
had issue — Alexander Binny, bookkeeper,
born 8th Xov. 1829 ; Agnes Hutchison,
born 2nd Jan. 1837 (marr. Henry James
Watson, shipowner, Glasgow); William and
Mary, died in childhood.
JAMES M'DOXALD IXGLIS, ord.
1876 (assistant and successor) 24th Feb.
1876 ; trans, to Penninghame 13th
April 1880.
ARCHIBALD EDMISTOX DEWAR,
lg81 son of James D., min. of Arrochar;
educated at LTniv. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1876); licen. by Presb. of Dumbarton;
ord. (assistant and successor) 1st Feb. 1881;
died uninarr., at Berwick, Australia, 6th
June 1883.
JAMES RICHMOXD WOOD, born
1888 Kilmarnock, 21st April 1855, son of
William W. and Jane Richmond ;
educated at Kilmarnock and Glasgow
schools and Glasgow Univ. ; student mis-
sionary at Killean, Kintyre, 1879 ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow June 1880 ; assistant at
Kilbirnie and Dairy ; ord. to Fairlie 30th
Dec. 1880 ; trans, and adm. 6th Xov. 1883.
KILBRIDE, or KIRKBRIDE.
[St Bride's Church here belonged to the
Abbey of Holyrood. Its ruins stand, within
the churchyard, in the Glen of Enterkin.
The parish was united to Sanquhar by the
Lords Commissioners of Teinds, 19th July
1727.]
1567 THOMAS WEIR, reader, Xov. 1567.
THOMAS MAKGUXZEAXE, reader
1568 in 1568.
ALEXAXDER MILL, reader, 1571 to
1571 1574.
WILLIAM RUXCIMAX, reader, 1574
1574 to 1578.
WILLIAM DOUGLAS, reader, 1579 to
1579 1585.
SIMOX PUR DIE, reader, 1585 to
1585 1591.
JOHX FORKE, min. in 1615 ; trans, to
1615 Westerkirk in 1623.— [Reg. Assig.]
1628
ROBERT BLACKWOOD, min. in 1628 ;
still min. 11th Jan. 1643. He marr.
(cont. 25th Dec. 1641) Agnes, daugh.
of John Burgan, merchant burgess of Edin-
burgh, and had issue — James ; William,
apprenticed to Stephen Philip, merchant,
Edinburgh, 4th March 1635. —[Reg. of
Deeds, cccclviii. 159, dlvi. 299.]
THOMAS SHIELS, min. in 1655;
1655 deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of the Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. When officiating
penpont]
KILBRIDE— TYNRON
327
at Roberton he was restored by Act of
Parliament, 25th April 1690 ; trans, to
Sanquhar 2nd Aug. 1693. — {Dumfries
Presb. Reg. ; Wodrow's Hist, I, 326.]
ROBERT LOCKHART, M.A. (Edin-
._,_,_ burgh, 18th July 1664) ; passed trials
before Presb. of Peebles, and got a
testimonial for license, 25th Oct. 1666;
adm. to Second Charge, Lesmahagow,
1669; trans, and adm. in 1677; probably
outed in 1689. In 1691-3 he endeavoured
to prevent the settlement of another min.
in the parish. — [Lanark Presb. Reg. ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS SHIELS, above noticed
1690 (q.V.).
PETER RAE, M.A.; ord. 22nd April
1703; trans, to Kirkconnel 11th
1703
May 1732.
TYNRON.
[The church belonged to the Abbey of
Holywood. There was a Chapel of St
Conal, in the parish at Kirkconnel, and
another chapel at the place now called
Chapel.]
1567 ROBERT WELSH, reader in 1567.
WILLIAM TAYLOR, vicar of this
parish ; adhered to the Reformed
Faith, and became exhorter in
1568 ; reader, 1574-6 ; min. of Penpont
in 1578 ; trans, in 1585 or 1586 to Glen-
cairn ; adm. to this charge in 1589 ; pres.
to the vicarage of Colvend by James VI.
27th Feb. 1597, but continued here, and
died before 30th April 1604.— [Peg. Assig.]
RICHARD BROWN, adm. to Dalgarno
„„„„ in 1593; to Kirkconnel in 1597; to
Holywood in 1602 ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 30th April 1604;
died before 25th Jan. 1645. He marr.
Katherine, daugh. of Edward Hope, mer-
chant, in right of whom he became burgess
and guild-brother of Edinburgh 20th May
1619, and had issue — Daniel. — [Peg. Sec.
Sig. ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ; Edin. Guild
Peg.]
JOHN LIDDERDALE, M.A. (St An-
1644 ^rews 1634) '> Pres- °y Presb. of Pen-
pont in 1644, and by Charles I., 25th
Jan. 1645 ; deprived on the establishment
of Episcopacy, or soon afterwards. He
marr. Mary Cunningham.— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reg. Privy Counc. ; Dumfries Presb. Reg. ;
Wodrow's Hist., i., 326.]
ROBERT RAMSAY, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1664 30tk *^U^ 1646); min. of Cummer-
trees, 1653-60; pres. by Charles II.
13th Oct. 1664; died in 1677. He marr.
Katherine Alexander. — [G. R. Sas., xxvi.,
278 ; Min.-book Reg. Privy Seal ; Dum-
fries Tests.]
DAVID LAING, M.A. (St Andrews,
167? 22nd July 1665); licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 1st Sept. 1669 ;
pres. by Charles II. 29th Nov. 1677. He
deserted his charge at the Revolution, and
died before 16th June 1692. He marr.
Janet Landells, who survived him. — [P. C.
Acta ; Reg. Collat. ; Min.-book Reg. Privy
Seal ; Duns Presb. Reg. ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
JOHN MURRAY, M.A. ; ord. 4th Aug.
1691 1691 > trans- t0 Trinity Gask 3rd
Sept. 1700.
SIMON RIDDELL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1701 13th July 1695) ; licen. by Presb. of
Jedburgh 21st June 1699 ; ord. 29th
April 1701. In Sept. 1715 he marched to
Stirling against the Jacobites with several
of his parishioners. He was one of the
fifteen mins. who voted against the resolu-
tion to depose the eight Seceders, 15th
May 1740. He died 16th Feb. 1743, aged
about 66. He marr. Margaret, daugh. and
heiress of Walter Riddell of Newhouse,
and had issue — Walter of Newhouse, father
of Robert Riddell of Glenriddell, the friend
of Robert Burns ; Christian. — [Rae's Hist.
of the Rebellion; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1749.]
THOMAS WILSON, pres. by Charles,
W4S Duke of Queensberry and Dover;
ord. 22nd Sept. 1743 ; died unmarr.
8th May 1784, in his 74th year.— [Tombst.]
328
TYNRON— WANLOCKHEAD (Q.S.)
[ PRESB. OF
JAMES WILSON, nephew of preceding ;
,,_„ licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 15th
Oct. 1777; called 11th Nov. 1779;
ord. (assistant and successor) 30th March
1780; died 23rd Sept. 1827, aged 72.
He marr. (1) 8th Nov. 1791, Janet
Harkness, who died 27th Nov. 1795, and
had issue — Janet, born 30th June 1794 :
(2) 20th April 1801, Sarah (died 22nd Feb.
1841), daugh. of Robert Crichton of Auchen-
skeoch, and had issue — Agnes, born 20th
May 1803 ; Catherine, born 5th Sept. 1805 ;
Mary, born 7th April 1807 ; Elizabeth, born
19th Jan. 1809; Thomas, born 31st May
1811 ; Sarah, born 19th May 1813; James,
min. of Kirkpatrick-Irongray. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xiv.).
ROBERT WILSON, a relative of pre-
1828 ceding> born Auchengibbert, Tynron,
son of Robert W., farmer ; educated
at Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Penpont 4th May 1824; pres. by Walter
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch and Queens-
berry; ord. 24th April 1828; died 27th Oct.
1870. He marr. 24th July 1826, Helen
(died 23rd May 1857), daugh. of James
Dinwoodie, farmer, Kirkmahoe, and Janet
Robson, and had issue — Janet, born 24th
Sept. 1827, died 15th March 1878; Mar-
garet, born 14th April 1829. died 18th June
1856 ; Elizabeth, born 23rd Jan. 1831 (marr.
Alexander Mitchell, merchant, Dalkeith),
died 4th Feb. 1907; Helen, born 24th
Sept. 1832 (marr. Robert Barker), died 4th
April 1904; Mary, born 24th Aug. 1834,
died 18th March 1860; Jane, born 19th
June 1836, died 22nd July 1913; Agnes,
born 23rd July 1838; Sarah, born 14th
Sept. 1840 (marr. William Newbigging,
min. of Biggar); Robert James Goldie,
born 21st March 1844, died 26th April
1862.
DAVID COUPER, born Hatton, Glamis,
1871 28th Nov. 1839, son of David C. and
Isobel Sinclair ; educated at Glamis
Parish School, High School, and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Forfar in
1864 ; assistant at Kettins, Forfarshire,
and at Blairgowrie ; ord, to Glenshee
28th April 1869; trans, and adm. 20th
July 1871 ; died at Selkirk, 22nd April
1913. He marr. 2nd June 1871, Christina
Jane, second daugh. of Thomas Clark,
publisher, Edinburgh, and had issue-
Evelyn Susannah, born 30th July 1872;
Edith Hilda Hope, born 26th June 1878.
SAMUEL GILFILLAN CAR-
1906 MICHAEL, born Comrie, 30th Jan.
1871, son of Samuel Gilfillan C. and
Janet Miller ; educated at Comrie School,
Univs. of Edinburgh, Aberdeen, Tubingen,
and Oxford ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1893), B.D.
(Aberdeen 1897); licen. by Presb. of
Auchterarder in 1897 ; assistant at Blue-
vale Parish, Glasgow ; ord. chaplain to the
Forces in South Africa 5th Jan. 1902 ; adm.
(assistant and successor) 8th June 1906.
Marr. 21st Sept. 1900, Lucy, daugh. of
James Thomas Watkins and Phoebe
Billings, and has issue — Lindsay Gordon,
born 30th June 1901.
WANLOCKHEAD (Q.S.)
[A chapel was built here in 1755. For
a time it was served chiefly by licentiates.
A mew church was built in 1848. The
parish was erected 27th Jan. 1861, at the
sole expense of its proprietor, Walter
Francis, Duke of Buccleuch and Queens-
berry, who gave two of his farms, Carco-
side and Orchard, in perpetuity for its
endowment.]
ALEXANDER HENDERSON [after-
1735 wards of Portpatrick].
LAURIE [after-history tin-
1750 known].
JOHN WILLIAMSON [afterwards of
1772 Tinwald].
BRYCE LITTLE [afterwards of Cov-
1777 ington].
JOHN WILLIAMSON, 2nd May 1787
1787 [afterwards of Durisdeer].
JOHN HENDERSON [afterwards of
1794 Dryfesdale].
penpont]
WANLOCKHEAD (Q.S.)
329
JAMES RITCHIE [after - history un-
1800 known].
WILLIAM OSBURN, ord. to Tilli-
1803 coultry 24th Feb. 1774; dem. 25th
March, dep. 6th May, and was
reponed 1st July 1794; app. to this charge
in 1803; died 25th June 1812, aged 68.
Publication — Account of the Parish of
Tillicoultry (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xv.).
JOHN HENDERSON, min. of a
1812 Presbyterian congregation at Monk-
wearmouth ; adm. to Flushing, Hol-
land, 16th July 1797, and continued till the
town was finally evacuated in 1809 by the
British troops. He returned to Scotland
and was adm. here in 1812; died 14th
Sept. 1814, aged 62. He had issue — John
Hally, of the Ordnance Office, Jamaica,
died 3rd Oct. 1820.
ROBERT SWAN [afterwards of Cocker-
1813 mouth].
THOMAS HASTINGS, born Dunscore,
1884 *^5 > educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; ord. 6th May 1834. Joined
the Free Church ; min. of Wanlockhead
Free Church in 1843 ; died 30th April 1875,
and was buried at Mouswald. He marr.
1836, Margaret (died 9th Dec. 1870, aged
72), daugh. of Jacob Dickson, min. of
Mouswald. He left in MS. a History of
Wanlockhead.
PATRICK ROSS [afterwards of
1843 Birkenhead].
JOHN INCHES DICKSON, ord. 28th
1847 ^an" 184^ ' trans, to High Kirk
Parish, Paisley, 4th May 1848.
JAMES LAIDLAW, born Cummertrees,
1848 Dumfriesshire, 7th Oct. 1801, son of
William L. and Margaret Brown-
ridge ; educated at Annan School and
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Lochmaben ; ord. to
Scots Church, Bewcastle, 13th June 1839 ;
adm. to Fisherton, Ayr, 26th Dec. 1844 ;
app. to this charge 26th May 1848; adm.
first min. 21st June 1861 ; died 26th Sept.
1887. He marr. 5th April 1841, Hannah
(died 20th April 1891), daugh. of William
Goodfellow and Isabella Sutton, and had
issue — William Goodfellow, M.D., born
17th Jan. 1842, died 13th Sept. 1883;
Margaret Brownridge, born 1st Aug. 1843
(marr. John Hope, engineer) ; Andrew,
D.D., min. of St George's-in-the-Fields,
Glasgow, born 17th March 1845 ; James,
British Consul, Oregon, U.S.A., born 23rd
Jan. 1847, died 5th Jan. 1913 ; John,
engineer, Oregon, U.S.A., born 28th Dec.
1847; Isabella Sutton, born 10th Oct.
1849 ; Hannah Goodfellow, born 17th June
1855.
DONALD MACMILLAN, M.A., B.D.,
1883 or^- (assistant and successor) 14th
Sept. 1883 ; trans, to Auchtertool
29th April 1886.
-CHARLES PATRICK BLAIR, born
1886 Huntlv> 17th Marcl1 18&9> son of
Andrew B. and Charlotte Mary
Bentley ; educated at Dingwall Burgh
School, Church of Scotland Training
College, and Univ. of Glasgow; M.A.
(1882) ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow in
1885 ; assistant at Crailing ; ord. (assistant
and successor) 28th Oct. 1886 ; clerk to
Presb. in 1913. Marr. 12th Oct. 1887, Jane
Bogle (died 20th April 1915), daugh. of
John Smith, Glasgow, and Jean Bogle,
and has issue — Jean Bogle, born 31st Aug.
1889; Patrick Charles Bentley, Head of
Fettes College, 1910, B.A. (King's College,
Cambridge), 1st Class Classical Tripos,
1913, lieut. Rifle Brigade, born 18th July
1891, killed near Ypres, 6th July 1915.
SYNOD OF GALLOWAY
[The Eegister of this Synod, from 25th Oct. 1664 to 27th April 1671, was
purchased at a bookstall in Edinburgh by the Very Rev. Principal John
Lee, D.D., and restored by him to the Synod. The manuscript is written
in a fine old hand on thirty-five leaves foolscap, by Andrew Symson,
minister of Kirkinner, author of the Description of Galloway. In 1856
it was printed by John Nicholson, Kirkcudbright. The next volume
of the Register begins 14th May 1689, the only gaps being at 9th Sept.
1690 and 19th Oct. 1704.]
PRESBYTERY OF STRANRAER.
[This Presbytery was founded in 1622. Its Records begin 13th Nov. 1622. There
are gaps in the MS. from 1659-62, and from 22nd Oct. 1696 to 7th Oct. 1702. There
was another volume of Records, beginning 14th Aug. 1665, but it is not known to exist.]
ARDWELL (Q.S.)
[This parish was disjoined from Stoney-
kirk, 7th March 1902. With the excep-
tion of grants from Church funds, the
church (dedicated 27th Feb. 1902) was
built, and the parish endowed by Mrs
Ommaney M'Taggart of Ardwell, and Sir
Mark and Lady M'Taggart Stewart.]
•ANDREW MUIRHEAD BARR, born
1902 Glas§ow> 19ta ^P1^ 1865> fourth
son of James B. and Margaret Muir-
head ; educated at Carmyle School, Old
Monkland, Bridgeton Parish School, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 6th May 1896 ; assistant at Miln-
gavie, Larkhall, and St Vincent's Parish,
Glasgow ; ord. 27th Feb. 1902 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 11th March 1902. Marr.
19th March 1901, Rachel, eldest daugh.
3S0
of Robert Morris, Glasgow, and has issue
—Agnes Morris, born 24th Feb. 1903;
Margaret Muirhead, born 26th Aug. 1905.
ARNSHEEN (Q.S.).
[A church was built in 1845. The parish
was disjoined from Colmonell, 28th Oct.
1872.]
JOHN SMITH, born Campbeltown,
1858 17th Oct. 1825, son of Thomas S.,
collector of Inland Revenue, and
Mary Leitch ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; ord. in 1858 ; died unmarr. at Edin-
burgh, 14th March 1863-
THOMAS JARDINE, born Dumfries,
1863 10th March 1823, only son of William
J. and Agnes Hunter ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
presb. of stbanbaer] ARNSHEEN (Q.S.)— BALLANTRAE
331
Hamilton ; assistant at St Leonard's, Lan-
ark, and Avendale ; chaplain of Hamilton
Prison ; min. of St Matthew's, Halifax,
Nova Scotia, 1856-62 ; app. 'to this charge
15th July 1863 ; adm. first min. of the
parish 20th Nov. 1872 ; died 2nd Aug.
1894. He marr. 25th Jan. 1857, Jessie
Henderson, daugh. of Hugh Dewar, min. of
Stonehouse, and had issue — William Hugh,
accountant, Coatbridge, born 18th Jan.
1858 ; Jessie Henderson, born 30th April
1859 (marr. 9th Nov. 1897, James Grieve,
min. of Logiealmond) ; Albert Edward
James, accountant, Coatbridge, born 3rd
Aug. 1860; Hugh Dewar, stockbroker,
Edinburgh, born 31st July 1862.
1895
WILLIAM GORDON, born Stonehaven,
10th Oct. 1864, son of Alexander G.
and Margaret Macgregor ; educated
at Dunnottar School and Univ. of Aber-
deen j MA. (1886), B.D. (1889) ; licen. by
Presb. of Fordoun in 1889 ; assistant at
Denny and at Markinch; ord. 31st Jan.
1895. Marr. 13th Aug. 1895, Alison, daugh.
of Andrew Jollie, merchant, Leslie, and has
issue — Mary Helen Macgregor, born 19th
Jan. 1898 ; Alison Margaret, born 3rd July
1899 ; Arthur Currie, born 2nd Feb. 1904.
BALLANTRAE, formerly KIRK-
CUBERT-IN VERTIG.
[The old church at Invertig, now ruined,
was dedicated to St Cuthbert. It belonged
to the Abbey of Crossraguel. In 1604 the
church was removed to Ballantrae ; and on
28th June 1617 this transference was con-
firmed by Act of Parliament. On 24th
Jan. 1699, the General Assembly removed
the parish of Ballantrae from the Presby-
tery of Ayr to that of Stranraer. At
Kirkoswald of Balmacneil, on the lands
of Ardstinchar in this parish, there was a
Chapel of St Oswald.]
JOHN CUNNINGHAME, styled
1571 "vicar," reader from April 1571 to
1574.
ALEXANDER KENNEDY, reader from
1575 1st May 1575 to 1585.
JAMES HALL, MA. (Edinburgh, 28th
1Q08 May 1604); adm. in 1608. In 1612
he was tutor to Thomas Kennedy of
Bargany ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. in 1617; died before 5th Feb. 1642.
He marr. a lady who survived him. —
[Reg. of Deeds, cclxxxv., 27th July 1619 ;
Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ;
Wodrow MSS. ; Ayr S'ess. Reg. ; Syn.
Roll, 1642.]
ROBERT HAMILTON, son of Claud
H. of Kennedy's-Ernock ; min. at
Killyleagh, Co. Down. He sailed
with others to New England in 1636,
but after nearly reaching the coast of
Newfoundland, they were obliged by a
severe storm to return, and landed at
Carrickfergus ; pres. by Charles I. 5th
Feb., and adm. 2nd Nov. 1642 ; coll. 12th
April 1643, and inst. soon after; M.A.
(Glasgow, 9th May 1648). He was still
min. 20th Nov. 1650, when he probably
went to a charge in Ireland. He died
before March 1659. He marr. Margaret
(died at Kilwinning, March 1659), daugh.
of Hugh Montgomerie of Ballishary, after-
wards Viscount Montgomerie of the Great
Ardes. — [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Livingston's Life ;
Glasgotv Tests. ; Blair's Autob. ; Reid's
Ireland, i., 201 ; War Committee of Kirk-
cudbright."]
JOHN CROOKS, M.A. (Glasgow 1643) ;
1658 adm. to New Luce 26th May 1647 ;
trans, and adm. in 1658 ; died after
15th Feb. 1661. He marr. Margaret Simson,
who died at Edinburgh, 8th Aug. 1667, and
was buried in Greyfriars, and had issue. —
[Glasgoiv Tests. ; Ed'm. Reg. (2?w.).]
WILLIAM CALDWELL, son of a
burgess of Glasgow ; M.A. (Glasgow
1647); pres. by Charles II. 11th
Sept. 1662, and 25th Feb. 1663 ; died Sept.
1672. He marr. Anne, sister of David
Ross, and had issue — John ; Anna (marr.
Hew Kennedy of Bennane [their son was
min. here in 1731]); Mary, born 1668
(marr. William Robin, merchant, Ayr);
William, born 1671.— [i?^?. Sec. Sig. ; Glas-
gotv Tests.; Min.-book Reg. Privy Seal ; Inq.
Ret. Gen., 5664, 7658— de Ttit., 982.]
332
BALLANTRAE
[PRESB. OF
GEORGE POLLOCK, pres. by Charles
1Ql_a II. 6th June 1673; trans, to Kilmar-
nock about 1682.— [Reg. Sec. Sig.]
ROBERT KEITH, son of John K.
1684 °^ Glasgowego, Aberdeen ; M.A.
(Marischal College, Aberdeen, 1670) ;
recommended for license by Presb. of
Glasgow 10th May 1682; adm. in 1684;
died before 13th Oct. 1687. He marr. Dec.
1684, Catherine, daugh. of William Gordon,
min. of Kintore, and had issue — William ;
Jean, to whom John Keith, min. of Steven-
ston, their cousin, was served nearest
agnate, 3rd April 1688. — [Glasgow Tests. ;
Inq. Ret. de Tut., 1111.]
JOHN WHITE, pres. by James VII.
68? 5th Feb. 1687 ; outed at the Revolu-
tion. When he accused the rioters
of beating his wife, they answered that
" they never knew any to beat his wife
except himself."— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication ; Sage's Works, i.]
THOMAS KENNEDY, born about 1657,
1690 son °^ Thomas K., min. at Newtown,
Ireland; M.A. (Edinburgh 1677);
licen. by Presb. of Down, and ord. 26th
Feb. 1690 ; died May 1730. He marr., and
had issue — an only daugh. Jean (marr.
William Cupples, min. of Kirkoswald). —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 520 ; Glasgow Tests. ;
Tombst.]
HAMILTON KENNEDY, son of Hew
1731 K. of Bennane, and Anna, daugh.
of William Caldwell, min. of this
parish in 1662; M.A. (Glasgow 1722);
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 20th July
1726; ord. to Dundonald 24th Sept.
1729 ; called 1st Feb., trans, and adm.
19th Aug. 1731 ; died 16th Jan. 1770. He
marr. 27th Jan. 1737, Margaret Ferguson,
who died 2nd Oct. 1789, and had issue —
Elizabeth, born 26th Oct. 1737 (marr. her
father's successor); Hew, born 28th Aug.
1739 ; Anne, born 10th March 1741 ; Jean,
born 4th July 1744 ; Robert, born 9th April
1746 ; Fergusia, born 16th April 1749.
WILLIAM DONALDSON, born 1739,
1771 eldest son of Peter D., Blackford,
Perthshire ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 10th Sept.
1766 ; called 23rd Aug. 1770 ; ord. 2nd May
1771 ; died 28th July 1814. He marr. (1)
11th Dec. 1775, Elizabeth Kennedy, daugh.
of his predecessor : (2) 5th Jan. 1778, Eliza-
beth (died at Edinburgh, 20th April 1831),
daugh. of John Allan of Kilphine, and had
issue — John of Auchairne, M.A. (Glasgow
1801), W.S., born 16th Oct. 1780, died
17th Oct. 1849; Janet, born 15th June
1783. Publication — Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). — [Paterson's
Ayrshire, i. ; Tombst.]
ROBERT MACNAIR, pres. by Sir
lgl5 Hew Dalrymple Hamilton of North
Berwick and Bargany, Bart., 15th
Dec. 1814 ; ord. 11th May 1815 ; trans, to
First Charge, Paisley Abbey, 9th April
1824.
THOMAS HILL, pres. by Sir Hew
1824 Dalrymple Hamilton, Bart., and
ord. 9th Sept. 1824 ; trans, to Logie-
Pert 22nd Sept. 1825.
THOMAS BURNS, pres. by Sir Hew
1826 Dalrymple Hamilton, Bart., 31st
Jan., and ord. 13th April 1826 ;
trans, to Monkton and Prestwick 18th
May 1830.
JOHN MILROY, born Balmaghie,
i8so Calloway, son of John M. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 28th Aug.
1819 ; tutor in the family of Sir James
Ferguson of Kilkerran, Bart. ; pres. by
Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton, Bart., 3rd
June, and ord. 23rd Sept. 1830; died 20th
Nov. 1869. He marr. 25th April 1833,
Margaret (died 18th Jan. 1869), daugh. of
Alexander Gordon, Kirkcudbright, and
had issue — Henrietta Ferguson, born 24th
Jan. 1834 (marr. John Black Dill, writer,
Glasgow), died 1861 ; Margaret Jane Gor-
don, born 25th Sept. 1835, died unmarr.
26th May 1909 ; James William, min. of
Colmonell ; Isabella Brown, born 19th
Aug. 1838, died unmarr. 27th April 1908 ;
Alexander John, writer, Kirkcudbright,
born 4th April 1840, died 15th June 1881 ;
Euphemia Catherine, born 8th Nov. 1841
(marr. Archibald Watson, C.E., Stonecourt,
strankaer]
BALLANTRAE— COLMONELL
333
Gloucestershire), died 1871 ; Catherine
Robina, born 5th Dec. 1842, died unmarr.
1868. Publication — Account of the Parish
{Neiv Stat. Ace, v.).
SIMON [SIMEON] LITTLE, born
1870 Kirkton, Hawick, 30th Sept. 1842,
son of Thomas L., schoolmaster, and
Margaret Turnbull ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1864), B.D. (1867);
ord. 31st March 1870 ; died unmarr. at
Lanark Manse, 22nd Oct. 1874.
FERGUS JOHN WILLIAMSON, born
1875 10th April 1839, son of William W.,
min. of Kirkmaiden ; educated at
Kirkmaiden School and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; Keen, by Presb. of Stranraer ;
assistant at Leswalt ; ord. 8th April 1875 ;
died 17th June 1913. He marr. (1) 17th
June 1868, Margaret (died s.p., 6th Feb.
1894), daugh. of Robert Kirkpatrick of
Challoch : (2) 22nd Jan. 1896, Agnes (died
25th March 1905), daugh. of William Wilson,
surgeon, Colmonell : (3) 11th Sept. 1906,
Anna Summers.
ROLLO RUSSELL GRANT SUTHER-
1913 LAND, born 3rd Dec. 1890, son of
Innes Grant S., min. of Beith ;
educated at Spier's School, Beith, and
Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1910) ; licen.
by Presb. of Irvine in 1913 ; assistant
at Ballantrae; ord. 2nd Oct. 1913.
Marr. 25th Aug. 1915, Helen Gillespie
Tinto, daugh. of William James Lowrie,
min. of Stoneykirk.
COLMONELL.
[Called of old Kilcolmanel, and after-
wards Kilconstantin. The church of this
parish belonged in early times to the
Priory of Iona, and later to the Abbey
of Holyrood. It was dedicated to St Con-
stantine, but there had been an earlier
dedication to St Colman of Lan Eala. On
24th Jan. 1699 the General Assembly trans-
ferred this parish from the Presbytery of
Ayr to that of Stranraer. There were in
the parish three chapels : St Ninian's, at
Kilantringan ; St Donan's, at Kildonan in
the Glen of Duisk ; and the Chapel of All
Saints, at Hallowchapel on the Water of
Stinchar.]
JAMES GREIG, formerly of Dairy,
1568 anc' Archdean of Glasgow in the
pre-Reformation Churcb, conformed
to Protestantism ; was app. by the As-
sembly, 2nd July 1562, to assist John
Willock, Superintendent of Glasgow, and
after Michaelmas of that year to teach in
the parishes belonging to Lord Erskine ;
pres. to this parsonage and vicarage by
James VI., 9th July 1568. Invertig (now
Ballantrae) was in the charge in 1574. In
the Articles agreed on in the Convention
of Leith, he is named one of the Chapter
of the Archbishop of Glasgow as "Arch-
dene of Glasgow." He was frequently
appointed by the General Assembly along
with others to perform important duties.
He died before 15th April 1586, having
marr. and had issue — James, min. of
Loudoun ; Nathan, in Balthomie ; Isobel
(marr. William Wallace, min. of Eastwood).
— [Acts and Dec, xlii., 405 ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., ii., 186-424 ;
Wodrow's Biog., i., and Miscell. ; Reg.
Assig. ; Melvill's Autob.]
JAMES YOUNG, pres. by James VI.
1586 15th April 1586; died 12th Nov.
1603. He marr. Agnes Shaw, who
survived him, and had issue — James, served
heir 23rd Aug. 1627 ; David ; Agnes.—
[Ayr Sas. Sec. Beg., ii., 211 ; Beg. Assig. ;
Inq. Bet. Wigtown, 66.]
ARCHIBALD DUNMUIR [DUNS-
1605 MUIR], M.A. (St Andrews 1592);
min. in 1605 ; and mentioned in
1608.— [Beg. Assig.]
JAMES KER, cousin of Robert Boyd
of Trochrig, Principal of Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (Edinburgh, 30th
July 1597); adm. to Coylton in 1606;
trans, and adm. in 1610 ; died April 1616,
aged about 40. He marr. Janet Fergushill,
and had issue — James ; George ; Jean ,
334
COLMONELL
[PRESB. OF
eldest daugh. (marr., cont. 22nd Dec. 1635,
William Campbell, apothecary, in Ayr). —
[Reg. of Deeds, dl., 356 ; Glasgow Tests. ;
Bannatyne Miscell., i. ; Paterson's Ayr-
shire^
GILBERT ROSS, M.A. ; min. in 1619 ;
1619 trans, to Elgin 24th Sept. 1640.
GEORGE HUTCHISON, M.A. ; min.
in 1642 ; trans, to Tolbooth Parish,
Edinburgh, 4th April 1649.— [Reg.
Sec. Sig.~\
1650
[ANTHONY SHAW, M.A. ; min. of
Belfast Presbyterian Church in 1646 ;
served in this parish from Jan. to
June 1650. He was afterwards min. of
Loudon (q.v.).]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, M.A. ;
-„oa min. in 1666 ; trans, to Monkton
loob , „ _
before 1676.
ROBERT ARBUTHNOT, M.A. ; trans.
1681 from Monigaff in 1681 ; trans, to
Crichton in 1682.
JAMES KIRKWOOD, M.A. ; formerly
1683 m*n" °^ ^in^° il-v-) j probably in-
dulged here in 1683.
WILLIAM HUNTER, called 26th Jan.,
and ord. 11th May 1692 ; trans, to
Tyrie in 1696.
ROBERT FERGUSSON, son of John
less ^' °^ Castlehill, writer, Ayr ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Stranraer 31st May, and ord. 22nd
Sept. 1698 ; died in 1735. He marr. after
10th Aug. 1700, Elizabeth (died 30th March
1764), daugh. of John Fergusson, merchant,
Mauchline, and had issue — Jean (marr.
Hugh Hamilton, merchant, Ayr) ; Robert,
his successor. — [Inq. Ret. Gen., 8253 ;
Glasgow Tests.]
ROBERT FERGUSSON, M.A., son of
1786 Preceding; called 23rd June, and
ord. 25th Sept. 1735 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Ayr, 2nd Nov. 1758.
JAMES MOCHRIE, licen. by Presb. of
l7_ Stranraer 10th April 1751 ; pres.
by John Hamilton of Bargany 10th
March, and ord. 11th Oct. 1759; died 19th
Oct. 1814, in his 89th year. He marr. (1)
Jean Donaldson, who died 9th March 1804,
aged 84, and had issue — James, born 26th
Dec. 1751, died 4th April 1763 ; Elizabeth,
born 9th Jan. 1754 ; Mary, born 2nd Feb.
1756; Robert, born 16th Dec. 1757, died
15th Sept. 1762 ; Ann, born 21st Oct. 1759 :
(2) 13th May 1805, Elizabeth Park, who died
15th Jan. 1851, s.p. Publication — Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ii.).
ALEXANDER HILL, M.A. ; pres. by
lal5 Sir Hew Dalrymple Hamilton, Bart.,
26th Jan., and ord. 13th July 1815 ;
trans, to Dailly 27th June 1816.
THOMAS BLAIR, born Drymen, 1791,
1816 0m^ son °^ ^onn B. ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow 8th Dec. 1813 ; assistant at
Dailly ; pres. by Sir Hew Dalrymple
Hamilton, Bart., 1st July, and ord. 12th
Sept. 1816 ; died 10th July 1849. He marr.
4th Aug. 1818, Ann Campbell (died 24th
Aug. 1852), daugh. of John Macfadyen,
Liverpool, and had issue — Elizabeth Craw-
ford, born 22nd May 1819, died unmarr.
31st Jan. 1840; John, min. of Straiton,
born 30th Jan. 1821 ; Catherine Stewart
(twin), born 30th Jan. 1821, died unmarr.
4th June 1914 ; Andrew Cathcart, student
of divinity, Univ. of Glasgow, 1845-8, born
19th Dec. 1822, lost at sea; James
Buchanan, farmer, New Zealand, born 19th
Aug. 1825 ; Thomas, born 18th March 1828 ;
Henry Ritchie, M.D., born 6th Jan. 1835,
died 5th March 1873. Publication— Ac-
count of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, v.). —
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM DILL, born Newton Stewart,
1850 15th June 1825, son of William D.,
writer there, and Elizabeth, daugh.
of James Black, min. of Penninghame ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; assistant
at Selkirk ; ord. to St George's-in-the-
Fields, Glasgow, 7th Sept. 1848 ; pres.
by the Duchesse de Coigny, and adm-
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335
31st Jan. 1850 ; died 5th Sept. 1867.
He marr. 20th Nov. 1855, Margaret Scott
(died 11th March 1868), daugh. of John
Parker, S.S.C., Principal Extractor of the
Court of Session, and had issue — Margaret
Scott, born 30th Sept. 1856, died unmarr.
Sept. 1900; Elizabeth, born 19th June
1858; Jane, born 5th Sept. 1860 (marr.
28th June 1892, John Murray, advocate
in Aberdeen), died 18th March 1893;
Katharine Parker, born 11th March 1862
(marr. Peter Gardner, banker, London);
Euphemia Maclagan, born 17th Feb. 1864
(marr. James Johnston, C.A., Glasgow) ;
Williamina (posthumous), born 19th Nov.
1867 (marr. Richard Wylie, M.D.), died
Feb. 1905.
JAMES WILLIAM MILROY, born 6th
Nov. 1836, son of John M., min. of
Ballantrae; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer ;
assistant at St Cuthbert's, Edinburgh ; ord.
to Torryburn 19th Sept. 1861 ; trans, and
adm. 13th Feb. 1868 ; died 18th May 1884.
He marr. 6th Oct. 1875, Jane (died s.j),
16th July 1913), daugh. of Peter M'Gill,
town-clerk, Kinross, and widow of Adam
Black Douglas, min. of Carnock.
JAMES M'FADZEAN, born Thomas-
ton, Kirkoswald, 4th March 1858, son
of William M., farmer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1880), B.D. (1883);
licen. by Presb. of Ayr 2nd May 1883 ;
assistant at Dalserf ; ord. 17th Dec. 1884.
Marr. 9th Sept. 1885, Annie, eldest daugh.
of David Templeton, merchant, Liverpool,
and has issue — William, born 14th Jan.
1887, died 6th July 1900; Zoe' Courtois,
born 25th May 1888 (marr. 10th Sept.
1914, Robert Mackie); David Templeton,
engineer, born 13th Nov. 1889 ; Mary
Hutchison, born 19th Feb. 1891 ; Annie
Templeton, born 14th Aug. 1892 ; Agnes
Jane Hunter, born 8th April 1894, died
20th July 1904; Frances Forrest, born
7th Nov. 1895 ; Kathleen Constance, born
22nd May 1897; James, born 22nd Oct.
1900.
GLENAPP (Q.S.).
[This parish was disjoined from Bal-
lantrae, 9th March 1874. The church was
built, 1849-50, from a bequest (dated 14th
Aug. 1819) of Mrs Isabella Butter, widow
of James Caddell, min. of New Luce.]
1851
DUNCAN BLAIR, born Balfron, 1811,
second son of William B., weaver ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
chaplain to Glasgow Infirmary ; ord. to
North Chapel, Paisley, 15th Oct. 1846; trans,
and adm. Feb. 1851 ; res. in 1857 ; died
at Balfron, 10th March 1858. He marr.
Mary Balnaves, and had issue — Duncan
William, died 19th July 1895. His widow
marr. (2) 29th April 1861, John Fairlie,
schoolmaster of Balfron, and died 9th April
1895.
HENRY GIBSON, born Dalserf, 18th
18_7 Jan. 1831, youngest son of John G.,
schoolmaster, and Margaret Temple-
ton ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; B.A.
(1849), M.A. (1851); licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 25th July 1854; assistant at
Newton-on-Ayr ; ord. to Wallacetown, Ayr,
7th June 1855 ; trans, and adm. 26th Nov.
1857 ; adm. first min. of the parish 1st
April 1874; died at Croydon, 23rd May
1906. He marr. (1) 1st Jan. 1856, Margaret
(born 19th June 1832, died 21st April
1894), daugh. of Robert Walker, merchant,
Glasgow, and Margaret Duncan, and had
issue — Margaret Duncan, born 1856 ;
Jessie, born 2nd July 1858; James
Duncan Walker, min. of Carmichael ;
Henry Foster, farmer, Hythe, Kent, born
4th Dec. 1861 ; John Robert, M.D., born
24th Oct. 1863, died at Morley, Yorkshire,
17th Feb. 1915; Marrianne Kennedy
(marr. Hugh Miller Gait, M.B., B.Sc.) ;
Alfred Frederick Edward, born 22nd Feb.
1868, died 20th June 1873 ; Edwin Arthur,
M.D., born 25th March 1870 : (2) 9th June
1897, Beatrice, eldest daugh. of Ralph
Mugridge, Battersea, London.
EWEN MACDONELL MACGREGOR,
1894 Dorn Dunnichen Schoolhouse, For-
farshire, 1st March 1865, son of
Alexander M. and Jamesanna MacKinnon ;
336
INCH AND SAULSEAT
[PRESB. OF
educated at Dunnichen School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1838): licen. by Presb.
of Dundee 4th May 1892 ; assistant at
Glenorchy ; ord. (assistant and successor)
6th March 1894 Marr. 12th July 1594.
Wilhelmine, daugh. of William Fisher,
journalist, Dundee, and has issue — Alastair
Glen, born 9th July 1900 : Ailsa Janet,
born 25th May 1902 ; Avril Man", born
25th April 190S.
INCH AND SAULSEAT.
[Inch. — The church of this parish stands
on the shore of Loch Inch, near the island
from which both loch and church are
named. Until the Reformation this church
belonged to the Bishop of Galloway. In
the parish of Inch were two chapels : St
John's, beside which the town of Stranraer
grew up ; and St Patrick's, which gave rise
to Portpatrick. Balnab (Baile an Aib =
the Abbot's place), in the parish of Inch,
was a possession of the abbots of Glen
Luce.
Saulseat. — The church of Saulseat be-
longed to the Abbey of Saulseat, within the
parish. Of this monastery, the earliest
Premonstratensian foundation in Scotland,
the remains are now but scanty. It was
built in 11 4S by Fergus, Lord of Galloway,
and was dedicated to St John the
Evangelist. Near its ruins is St John's
Croft.]
JAMES THOMSON, reader at Saulseat
1567 1567 to 1580.
CUTHBEET ADAIE, exhorter,
1567 1567.
THOMAS MAKALEXANDEE. reader
1570 from 1570 to 1580.
JOHN WATSON, son of Peter W, min.
of Dumfries; M.A. (St Andrews
1552) ; adm. to Kirkcolm in 1588 ;
trans, to Saulseat in 1590, having also
charge of Inch, to which parish he removed
in 1601. He was a member of Assembly
in 1610, and died before 1st July 1641. He
marr. Janet Boyd (who survived him. and
was in u old age and povertie," 8th Jan. 1644),
and had issue — Alexander, apprenticed to
David Murray, skinner, Edinburgh, 12th
July 1615 ; Florence (marr.. cont. 22nd
May 1620, Hew, eldest son of Eobert
Benton, burgess of Stranraer). — [Reg. of
Deeds, ccciii., 49 ; Reg. Assig. and Old
Dec, iii. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii. 107 :
Bamnatynt MisceV... iii. ; Booke of the
A <;•£.]
1633
JOHN DICK, probably brother of
George D., min. of Glenluce ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 27th July 1622) ; school-
master of Stranraer ; inst. (assistant and
successor) 30th May 1635 : pres. by Presb.
29th Dec. 1641. He was commissioned by
the Assembly in 1644 to visit the province
of Ulster for three months during 1645, and
received a call to Island-Magee, which the
Assembly refused to sustain, 2nd Aug.
1648. He is still mentioned as min. here
at 1st Nov. 1657. — [Commis. to Ass., 1638 ;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 57 : Livingston's Life]
1660
HUGH WILSON, educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; min. about 1660 ; de-
prived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He went to Ireland, and
was settled in the parish of Castlereagh,
" being sure he would survive the troubles
of the times." He returned to this charge
in 1692.
JAMES HUTCHESON. M.A. ; coll. and
1663 *nst> a^t€r Whitsunday 1663; trans,
to North Leith in 1652.
JAMES CAMERON, got a testimonial
1683 **or ^Cense fr°m Presb. of Glasgow,
24th Sept. 1673: min. about 1683;
deprived 9th Sept. 1690, for having prayed
for King James, and for not reading the
Proclamation of the Estates. He was
marr., and one of his family was murdered
by William Torbran of Stranraer. — [Rule's
S . Vindication.-. MS. Ace. of Min-, 1689.]
HUGH WILSON, above noticed ; was
restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690, and returned in 1692;
stiD min. 15th April 1695. — [Wodrow's
Anal, i R-eid's Ireland, iii.]
STRANBAElt]
INCH AND SAULSEAT
337
WILLIAM WILSON", educated at Univ.
5 of Glasgow; ord. 24th Sept. 1695;
died between 6th March and 3rd
April 1725. He rnarr. Agnes, only child
and heiress of William Cathcart of Genoch.
In 1698, with consent of her husband, she
made over that property to her uncle,
Robert Cathcart of Knockdolian. — [Lands
and their Owners in Galloway, i., 584.]
J WILLIAM BIGGAR, min. at Limerick,
1729 wuere he suffered imprisonment in
1698 " for performing his ministerial
duty." After being loosed from that charge,
he was subjected to a similar detention for
preaching in a private house at Drogheda
(3rd Oct. 1 708), but was released on promis-
ing not to preach any more in that town ;
afterwards he was settled at Bangor, but
dem. ; called to this charge 3rd March, and
adm. 2nd July 1729 ; died between 29th
March and 7th June 1738. — [Wodrow's
Anal. ; Reid's Ireland, iii.]
ROBERT FINDLAY of Drummore,
1739 k°rn about 1710, son of Thomas F.,
min. of Prestonkirk ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; MA. (10th Dec.
1734); licen. by Presb. of Dunbar 5th
July 1738 ; called 3rd April, and ord. 26th
July 1739; D.D. (Edinburgh, 7th Jan.
1761); dem. 18th Nov. 1761, on succeeding
to the fortune of his brother David ; died
30th March 1782. He marr. 15th Aug.
1763, Anne (died 3rd Feb. 1771), eldest
daugh. of John Don, and had issue — James
of Wallyford, East Lothian ; and a daugh.
(marr. 14th Aug. 1788, David Anderson
of St Germains, Tranent).
ANDREW ROSS of Balsarroch, parish
176Q of Kirkcolm, born 1726, son of
George R. of Balsarroch ; educated
at Univs. of Edinburgh and Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow 27th May 1752; ord.
to Loudoun 27th Sept. 1753; pres. by
George III. 17th Dec. 1761 ; trans, and
adm. 21st Oct. 1762. In 1776 he asked the
Presb. to relieve him from subscribing the
Confession of Faith, but this was refused.
He died 14th Dec. 1787. He marr. (1) 21st
July 1761, Elizabeth (died 1st Feb. 1779,
aged 35), daugh. of John Corsane of
VOL. II.
Meikleknox, parish of Buittle, and had
issue— George, merchant, London, born 4th
Oct. 1770; Andrew, who became a general
in the army, born 28th Jan. 1773, died at
Alicante, 1812 ; Robert of Cargenholm,
born 4th March 1775 ; Sir John of Cul-
gruff, arctic explorer, born 24th June 1777,
died 30th Aug. 1856 ; Jane, (marr. Thomas
Adair of Little Genoch, W.S.) : (2) 7th Sept.
1784, Mary Kincaid. — [Tombst. ; Lands and
their Owners in Galloivay, i., 416.]
PETER FERGUSSON, born Muthill,
1?88 Perthshire, 1755, son of Robert F.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 27th
April 1785 ; pres. by George III. 5th Jan.,
and ord. 18th Sept. 1788; died 11th May
1835. He marr. 19th Nov. 1798, Marion
Murray, who died 26th Dec. 1847, and
had issue —Thomas, CM. (Glasgow 1817),
surgeon, St John's, Antigua, born 12th
Sept. 1799, died 21st May 1845; James,
min. here ; Robert, merchant, Glasgow,
born 18th July 1802; Marion, born 23rd
Oct. 1804 ; Elizabeth, born 19th June 1806
(marr. John Lamb, min. of Kirkmaiden) ;
Peter, student of theology at Glasgow,
1827-9, born 26th Sept. 1808; Ann, born
14th Aug. 1810 ; George, student at Glas-
gow (1833), born 19th Sept. 1815; John
(twin), surgeon, Stranraer, born 19th Sept.
1815. Publication— Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, ii.).
JAMES FERGUSSON, born 3rd Nov.
1822 1800J son °f preceding ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1821);
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 6th Feb. 1822 ;
pres. by George IV. 25th April, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 26th Sept. 1822 ;
died 1st Jan. 1862. He marr. 20th Jan.
1835, Agnes Thomson Guthrie, who died
16th Feb. 1885. Publications — Thoughts
on the Clerical Office, a sermon (Glasgow,
1828) ; Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, iv.).
JOHN M'CALMAN, born 29th Dec.
1862 183^' son °^ Hugh M., min. of
Latheron ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; assistant at North Berwick ;
ord. to Inverbrothock 16th May 1861 ;
?38
INCH AND SAULSEAT— KIRKCOLM
[PEESB. OF
trans, and adm. 19th June 1862 ; died
4th Nov. 1871. He marr. 15th Jan. 1862,
Mary Melville, and had issue — Helen, born
17th Oct. 1562; Hugh Eliez^r, born 8th
April 1564 ; John, born 6th June 1865, died
5th Aug. 1865 ; John, born 6th Nov. 1S67 ;
Melville, born 19th Dec. 186S ; Ursula, born
16th March 1870: Thomas Melville, born
18th Sept. 1871.
JOHN SEE VICE, adm. 11th April 1872 ;
1872 trans, to Hyndland Chapel, Glasgow,
19th Dec. 1875.
JAMES AIRMAN PATON, born Edin-
1879 burgh, 30th Oct. 1852, son of John
P., H.M. Register House, and Helen
Reid, eldest daugh. of James Thomson of
Reddoch; educated at Edinburgh Institu-
tion and Univ. ; M.A. (1S76), B.Sc. (1877) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in 1878;
assistant at St Mary's, Edinburgh ; ord.
1st May 1S79 : died at Peebles, 8th July
1916. He marr. 12th Nov. 1889, Katharine
Anne, daugh. of Walter Malcolm, writer,
Edinburgh, and widow of Patrick Cowan
Russell. Publication — Editor of Tht
Church of Scotland Year-Book, 1889-1902.
1916
BRODIE SMITH UlLFILLAN. born
9th Oct. 1877. son of Robert Zuille
G., ruin, of Lochwinnoch ; educated
at High School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1899), B.D. (1903): Keen, by Presb.
of Glasgow 6th May 1903; assistant at
Oatlands Parish, Glasgow, and Partick;
ord. to Tannadice 30th April 190S : trans.
and adm. 30th Nov. 1916. Marr. 28th
April 1910, Helen Johnston, daugh. of
John Smith, D.D.. min. of Partick, and has
issue— Helen Esther, born 30th Sept. 1913.
KIRKCOLM.
[The church of Kirkcolm belonged to the
Abbey of Sweetheart. It was dedicated to
St Columba, and near it is St Colum's
Well. There were four chapels in the
parish : St Bride's at Kirkbride, St Cuth-
bert's at Killiecuddican, St Donan's at
Kildonan, and St Mary;s at Kilmorie.
beside which is St Mary's Well. At Corse-
wall House there is a fine cross slab brought
from Kilmorie Chapel.]
MICHAEL HATHORN, min. in 1565 ;
1565
Toskertoun, Clayshant. Kirkmaiden,
and Leswalt were also under his
care in 1576. — [Beg. Assig.]
ALEXANDER HUNTER, reader, 1567
1567 to 1580.
JOHN WATSON, M.A. ; min. in 1588,
1583 Clayshant also being in the charge ;
trans, to Saulseat in 1590. — [Beg.
Assig. and Deeds, xxx.]
GEORGE KINCAID, M.A. ; trans, from
1599 White™ in 1599, Stoneykirk also
being in the charge : trans, to Moch-
J rum and Longcastle 2nd Aug. 1608. — [Beg.
Assig.]
JOHN PORTERFIELD, M.A. (Glasgow
1620 1602) : mm- m 1^20 ; died between
9th June and 16th Nov. 1642. He
; marr. a lady, who died 25th Nov. 1622, and
| had issue — William, eldest son ; Elizabeth
(marr. Hidon Agnew). — [Reg. of Deeds,
dxlix., 69; Commis. to Ass., 1638.]
JAMES BELL. M.A. (Glasgow 1637);
164, chaplain of Colonel Campbell's Regi-
ment ; pres. by Alexander, Earl of
Ualloway. Oct. 1643; adm. 3rd Jan. 1644.
He refused to conform to Episcopacy, and
was deprived, 24th Nov. 1663. He de-
clined the parish of Ardrossan under
indulgence in 1672, and went to live in
Glasgow. In 1684 he was residing in
| Stranraer, and in 1689 he returned to this
parish.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327.]
THOMA> IRELAND, trans, from Kirk-
maiden ; adm. between 17th May
and 31st Oct. 1665 ; trans, to Twyn-
holm probably about 1671.
1665
JAMES N A SMYTH, M.A. (Edinburgh
1684 1676J> adm- before 9tn 0ct- 16S4-:
outed in 1689.— [MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689.]
LAURENCE FORRESTER— [MS. Ace.
1689 oj Mm.. 1689.]
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339
v/ JAMES BELL, M.A. ; above noticed ;
leas returned before 29th Oct. 1689 ; was
restored by Act of Parliament 25th
April 1690 ; died 30th July 1698, aged 80.
He marr. Mary Kennedy, who marr. 2ndly,
9th July 1699, Captain John M'Culloch.—
[Edin. Reg. {Marr.); Rule's Sec. Vindication.]
ARCHIBALD MARSHALL, born Fal-
1*700 kirk ; ord. to Kirkmaiden 2nd March
1697 ; dem. in 1698 ; adm. here in
1700; died 7th Sept. 1743. Famous in the
neighbourhood for having " laid the ghost
of Galdenoch." " His voice was so power-
ful, that on a calm day he could be heard
distinctly across Lochryan at the Cairn."
He marr. 22nd March 1702, Janet, daugh.
of William Torbran, Provost of Stranraer,
and had issue — John, min. of Tinwald ;
Margaret (marr. Thomas Naismith, writer,
Stranraer). — [Stranraer Sess. Reg. ; Agnew's
Hereditary Sheriffs, ii., 1 66 ; Witchcraft and
Superstitious Record in the South- Western
District of Scotland, appendix.]
JAMES M'CULLOCH, ord. min. of a
1745 Presbyterian congregation at Money-
rea, Presb. of Bangor, Ireland ; called
to this parish 3rd Sept. 1744 ; pres. by
James, Earl of Galloway ; adm. 20th Feb.
1745. He died 12th April 1794, aged 83.
He marr. 6th June 1748, Elizabeth Kyle,
who died 27th April 1796, and had issue
—Jean, born 2nd May 1749 ; Marion, born
19th Dec. 1751 ; Grizel, born 11th June
1754, died 7th Feb. 1763. Publication-
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
n.).—[Tombst,]
WILLIAM ROSE, born 10th Dec. 1769,
1(_g5 son of John R., min. of Leswalt ;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 4th
April 1792 ; pres. by John, Earl of Gallo-
way, Sept. 1794; ord. 2nd April 1795;
died 27th Feb. 1845, aged 77. He marr.
24th Sept. 1798, Janet Margaret Maxwell
(died s.p. 28th Nov. 1823), daugh. of John
Crockat, min. of Parton.
ROBERT HYSLOP, born Leathes,
1845 Buittle, 28th May 1811, son of
James H. and Margaret Hope ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright ; ord. 26th
June 1845; died 14th March 1862. He
marr. 25th March 1851, Sarah (died 18th
Dec. 1871), daugh. of Alexander Crosbie,
min. of Buittle, and had issue — Agnes
M'Clellan, born 21st Oct. 1852 (marr. 1873,
Thomas Smith Michie, banker, Hamilton) ;
Margaret Hope, born 2nd Nov. 1854 ;
James, banker, born 2nd May 1858; Sarah
Crosbie, born 1st Oct. 1860.
i THOMAS BARTY, born 5th Feb. 1838,
1862 son °^ James Strachan B., D.D.,
min. of Bendochy ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A. (1856) ; licen.
by Presb. of Meigle ; assistant at Crail
and St Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
11th Sept. 1862; Vice -convener of the
Committee on Small Livings, 1868-75, and
Convener of that Committee, 1875-97;
D.D. (St Andrews 1890) ; died 28th Aug.
1900. He was an admirable example of
the rural parish minister, a model man of
business, and a trusted leader in the
councils of the Church. In 1888 he was
set free from his parochial duties for a
year to bring the claims of the Smaller
Livings before the Church throughout the
country. This mission he prosecuted with
such success that the sum of £54,611 was
subscribed from all sources, securing the
permanent augmentation of fifty-nine Small
Livings to the extent of £1597 per annum,
in addition to aiding seven parishes to
provide manses for their ministers. He
marr. 12th July 1865, Katherine Gray,
daugh. of Thomas Cranstoun Allan, Leith,
and had issue — Helen Margaret, born 9th
May 1866 ; Katherine, born 30th Dec.
1867; Mary Agnes, born 17th Aug. 1869
(marr. 4th May 1902, John Niven, farmer,
Kirkcolm); Edith, born 16th April 1871
(marr. her father's successor) ; Alice, born
8th July 1873; Thomas, engineer, lieut.
A.S.C. (1915), born 24th April 1877; Mabel,
born 17th Dec. 1880; James Webster,
farmer, Canada, born 13th Aug. 1886.
Publications — Papers on Agrictdttire (1886) ;
"Our Ministers" {The Scottish Church, 1889).
ALBERT TARBETT, born Dundee, 16th
March 1866, son of Robert T. ; edu-
cated at Dundee High School and
Univ. of St Andrews; M.A. (1889), B.D.
1898
340
KIRKMAiDEN-IN-RHlNNS
[PEESB. OF
(1905) ; Keen, by Presb. of Dundee in 1904 ;
assistant at Boarhills, St Andrews ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 8th Dec. 1898.
Marr. 9th Aug. 1900, Edith Barty, daugh.
of his predecessor, and has issue — Dorothy
Allan, born 26th Feb. 1907 ; Thomas Barty,
born 25th July 1909 ; Alan Robert Dryden,
born 3rd Feb. 1913.
KIRKMAIDEN-1N-RHINNS.
[The church of this parish belonged to
the Abbey of Saulseat. It was dedicated
to St Medan, whose name is borne also by
three holy wells within tide-mark on the
seashore. Further along the coast in the
parish, near Portankil, is St Medan's Cave,
with an ancient building attached to it, the
two forming the chapel and retreat of a
mediaeval Anchorite. In this parish are
Wells of St Ninian and St Katherine, near
the sites of chapels of these saints. In
addition to the place of worship at St
Medan's Cave, there were in the parish of
Kirkmaiden at least eight other chapels,
namely : Kilstay, which appears to have
been dedicated to St Skiach, St Donan's
at Kildonan, St Bride's at Kirkbride, St
Lashrean's at Kirkleish, St Katherine's at
St Katherine's Croft, St Ninian's at
Chipperdingan (Tobar Niniain = St Ninian's
Well), St Medran's at Kirk Dryne, and St
Drostan's at Chapel Rossan. Near Chapel
Rossan is Knocktaggart (Cnoc an t-sagairt
-the Priest's Hill).]
JOHN WHITE, reader, 1574 to
1574 1579.
1580 THOMAS WRIGHT, reader in 1580.
JOHN CALLANDER, a native of Fal-
1607 ^irk ; MA. (Glasgow 1590) ; adm. to
Dundrennan in 1590 ; pres. to the
vicarage of Kirkmabreck by James VI.,
and by the Presb. jure devoluto 19th Jan.
1603 ; trans, and adm. to this charge in
1607; died before 31st July 1639, aged
about 69. He marr. Helen, probably
daugh. of Ninian Adair of Kinhilt, and
had issue — Thomas ; David. — [Reg. of
Deeds, dxxix. 321, ccccx. 236, dxli. 48 ;
Reg. Assig. mid Old Dec, i. ; Commis. to
Ass., 1638.]
ALEXANDER TURNBULL, a native
1639 of Tranent '> MA- (Edinburgh 1626) ;
Keen, by Presb. of Dalkeith 27th
Oct. 1631 ; ord. (assistant) 10th July 1638 ;
pres. by Robert Adair of Kinhilt, 24th
July, and adm. to the full charge 31st
July 1639 ; was a member of Assembly,
1638, and of Commissions of Assembly,
1646, 1648; chaplain to the Earl of Cas-
sillis's Regiment 8th Jan. 1644 ; member
of a Committee for authorising admis-
sions to the ministry within the Synods
of Dumfries and Galloway in 1654 ; died
April 1658, aged about 52. He marr. and
had issue — Jean (marr. Robert Adair,
merchant burgess of Edinburgh) ; and a
child who died at Edinburgh, 13th June
1660.— [G. R. Inhib., 7th Feb. 1666 ; Edin.
Reg. (Bur.) ; Wodrotv MSS. ; Livingston's
Life ; Nicoll's Diary; Acts of Ass.; Acts
of Pari., v. ; Stevenson's Hist.']
JAMES WILSON, born Cartside,
Paisley; M.A. (Glasgow 1654); ord.
Sept. 1660 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662, but returned
in 1689.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327.]
THOMAS IRELAND, trans, from Weem,
1663 and adm. 17th May 1663 ; trans, to
Kirkcolm in 1665.
JAMES M'GILL, a native of Teviotdale ;
„c_ inst. between 17th May and 31st Oct.
loot} ,. , .
1665; died in 16/5. He marr. 5th
Feb. 1667, Elizabeth, daugh. of Patrick
Inglis of Elvingston, who survived him,
and had issue — James, bursar of Phil-
osophy in the Univ. of Edinburgh, 14th
Aug. 1691. — [Edin. Counc. Reg. ; Canongate
Reg. (Marr.).]
DAVID CARSTAIRS, a native of Fife ;
1677 M.A. (St Andrews, 20th July 1664) ;
passed trials before Presb. of Forfar,
and was recommended for license, 6th
April 1670 ; inst. in 1677 ; dem. before 24th
Aug. 1681 ; died at Edinburgh, 11th Oct.
1692, aged about 49.— [Edin. Reg. (Eur.) ;
Reg. Sec. Sig.]
straneaer]
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341
GEORGE YOUNG, born Perth, 1650 j
1682 M.A. (St Andrews, 26th July 1670) ;
entered on trials for license before
Presb. of Perth 3rd July 1672 ; adm. to
Stranraer about 1672 ; pres. by Charles II.
24th Aug. 1681 and 7th April 1682 ; outed
at the Revolution ; died at Edinburgh, 7th
Feb. 1721.— [Edm. Reg. {Bur.); Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Min.-book Reg. Privy Seal ; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Kirkton's Hist.]
JAMES WILSON, M.A., above noticed j
1689 returned in 1689 ; died 4th Dec.
1691, aged about 58.— [Scot. Presb.
Eloq.]
[SAMUEL KELSO, min. of Whitern ;
1693 ^00k cnarSe °f this parish from
1693 to 1695.]
ARCHIBALD MARSHALL, ord. 2nd
March 1697: dem. July 1698: went
lby7 to Kirkcolm in 1700.
JOHN MONTEITH, born Glasgow,
1699 about 1663; M.A. (Glasgow, 6th
Oct. 1683); licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 29th April 1696; ord. to Port-
patrick before 20th April 1697 ; trans, and
adm. 2nd March 1699 ; died 21st Feb. 1714.
JOHN ANDERSON, born Glasgow,
171_ 1680 ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Glasgow
2nd July 1707; called 5th July 1715;
ord. 4th Jan. 1716 ; died 26th Aug. 1736.
He marr. 2nd Dec. 1734, Anna, daugh. of
Patrick Adair, min. at Carrickfergus, who
survived him, and had an only daugh.,
lso\>Q\.—[_Wigtoivn Tests.]
JAMES M'FERRAND, born Greenock,
7 4th May 1711, son of John M. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen.
by Presb. of Stranraer 8th June, and called
10th Oct. 1737 ; ord. 10th May 1738 ; died
1st Sept. 1763, and was buried under the
pulpit. He marr. 23rd Oct. 1739, Elizabeth
M'Ewin, who died at Irvine, 21st Jan.
1800, aged 85, and had issue — Jean, born
30th Sept. 1741 (marr. George Blair, min.
of Stranraer) ; Grace, born 8th May 1743
(marr. William Hamilton, grandfather of
Sir William Rowan Hamilton, LL.D.,
Astronomer-Royal, Ireland) ; John, born
14th May 1745; James, born 11th March
1747; Patrick, born 20th Dec. 1748;
Robert, born 14th Dec. 1750 ; Elizabeth,
born 14th Nov. 1753.— [Harper's Rambles
in Galloway, 462.]
JOHN COULTER, pres. by John Dal-
1764 rymP*e °f Stair 8th Nov. 1763 ; ord.
27th Sept. 1764 ; trans, to Stranraer
4th Feb. 1772.
ROBERT CALLANDER, born Falkirk,
1772 ^^ ' ^cen- kv Presb. of Linlithgow
15th Aug. 1764 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Stair, and ord. 17th Sept. 1772 ; died at
Maybole, 29th Dec. 1812. He marr. (1)
30th Nov. 1774, Marion M'Dowall : (2)
23rd March 1797, Janet, daugh. of Matthew
Biggar, min. of Kirkoswald, who died 20th
June 1814. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.).
ROBERT COUPER, born 1778, third
1800 son °^ David C, farmer, Clary (or
Clachary), Penninghame ; pres. by
John, Earl of Stair ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 18th Sept. 1800. He officiated
three times only, and died unmarr. at Clary,
30th July 1801.
THOMAS YOUNG, born Redgorton,
1752, schoolmaster of Stanley; pres*
by John, Earl of Stair, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 22nd April 1802 ;
dem. Sept. 1817 ; died unmarr. 19th June
1818.
JAMES FRENCH, born 1782, son
17 of Matthew F., farmer, Hillhead,
Stoneykirk ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 6th Oct. 1813; pres. by John,
Earl of Stair, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 25th Sept. 1817 ; died unmarr. 20th
Jan. 1826.— [Tombst.]
JOHN LAMB, born Newtonhall, Yester,
1796; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
1st Oct. 1823 ; pres. by John William, Earl
of Stair, 22nd April, and ord. 13th Sept.
1826. Joined the Free Church; min. of
342
KIRKMA1DEN-IN-RHINNS— LESWALT
[PRESB. OF
Kirkmaiden Free Church in 1843 ; died
2nd Jan. 1855. He marr. 27th Nov. 1826,
Elizabeth (died 29th Sept. 1869), daugh.
of Peter Fergusson, min. of Inch, and had
issue — Marion Murray, born 24th Sept.
1827; James, born 29th Sept. 1829, died
in Penang, 16th Jan. 1862 ; Agnes Darling,
born 21st Jan. 1832 ; Ann Fergusson, born
27th March 1834, died 1858; Patrick
Fergusson, born 7th Nov. 1836 ; George,
born about 1840. Publication — Account of
the Parish (New Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Brown's
Annals of the Disruption, 178, 382 ; Parker
MSS. in Presb. of Stranraer.]
WILLIAM WILLIAMSON, born Old
Luce, 1806, son of Fergus W. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Stranraer ; assistant at Moni-
gaff; ord. 28th Sept. 1843; died 28th April
1888. He marr. Mary (died 27th Dec.
1889), daugh. of John Macdowall, min.
of Glenluce, and had issue — Jessie, born
18th April 1838 (marr. 11th Nov. 1875,
Charles Macintyre, Logan Mains, Kirk-
maiden) ; Fergus John, min. of Ballantrae ;
Jane, born 4th April 1841, died 7th July
1867 ; John, draper, Stranraer, born 30th
June 1843 ; Robert, born 26th April 1845,
died 29th May 1864 ; Elizabeth, born 20th
July 1847, died 18th Nov. 1901 ; William,
in Detroit, U.S.A., born 22nd July 1849 ;
Grace Thomson, born 6th Feb. 1852 (marr.
15th Nov. 1874 Captain William Cochrane);
David Ritchie, min. here; Mary Helen,
born 26th Sept. 1859, died 30th June 1898.
1881
DAVID RITCHIE WILLIAMSON,
born 17th May 1855, son of pre-
ceding ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
in 1881 ; assistant at Dryfesdale ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 17th Nov. 1881 ;
dem. 1st Dec. 1914. Publication — Poems
of Nature and Life (Edinburgh, 1888).
1915
JAMES MACMORLAND, born
Straiton, Ayrshire, 8th June 1886,
son of William M., schoolmaster,
and Agnes Jack ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; M.A. (1906), B.D. (1909); licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 1st Nov. 1911 ; assistant
at Larbert and Dunipace ; ord, to St Mar-
garet's, Tollcross, Glasgow, 26th Aug. 1913 ;
trans, and adm. 9th April 1915. Marr.
18th June 1915, Bethia, daugh. of William
Dickson, Falkirk.
LESWALT.
[The church of Leswalt belonged to the
Abbey of Tongland. A new church was
built early in the nineteenth century. The
ruins of the old church remain.]
THOMAS MAKALEXANDER, reader,
1567 1567 ; and at Inch in 1570.
ADAM THOMSON, reader, 1571 to
1571 1580.
1590
JOHN MOFFAT [MOFFET], reader at
Kirkmabreck in 1585. Leswalt was
under his care in 1588. He removed
thither in 1590, when Clayshant and
Toskertoun were also in the charge, and
j was still here in 1601. — [Reg. Assig.]
THOMAS PROVAND, min. in 1614;
1614 was a memDer °f tne Perth Assembly
in 1618. He voted against the Five
| Articles, and for so doing was reprimanded
by the Bishop of Galloway. He was still
rain, in 1633. He marr. Elizabeth Balfour,
and had issue — John. — [G. R. Inhib., 2nd
Ser., iv., 372 ; Reg. of Deeds, cccclv., 275 ;
Reg. Assig. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 334,
339.1
1634
HEW HUTCHISON, M.A. (St Andrews
1627), schoolmaster at Wigtown ;
adm. and inst. 27th Jan. 1634 ; died
July 1652, aged about 45. He marr. Agnes
Dunbar, and had issue— George; William.
— [ Wigtown Sas., ii., 229 ; G. R. Inhib., 7th
Feb. 1666 ; Edin. Tests. ; Commis. to Ass.,
1638.]
THOMAS KENNEDY, M.A. (Glasgow
1643) ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
3rd Dec. 1651; adm. before 28th
Dec. 1654 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662, but not immediately
obeying, he was ordered, 24th Feb. 1663,
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343
to leave within a month. He went to
Ireland, and had charge of a congre-
gation at Newtownards. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 327 ; Reid's Ireland, ii. ; Bannatyne
Miscell., ii.]
WALTER MACGILL, M.A. ; adm.
1664 before 7th April 1664; trans, to
Wigtown after 23rd May 1667.
WILLIAM SOMERVELL, born 1641,
1668 0n^ son °^ J°nn S.j skinner, burgess
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
19th July 1661) ; ord. to Stranraer in
1667 ; trans, and adm. between 28th April
and 27th Oct. 1668; deprived 9th Sept.
1690. He went to Ireland, and died at
Lochanisland, Co. Down, March 1694. He
marr. Agnes, eldest daugh. and co-heir of
Andrew Agnew of Park, and had issue —
William, skinner, Edinburgh ; Jean. — [G.
R. Inhib., 22nd April and 17th June 1679 ;
Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Re<j. Sas., xxx. ; Rule's
Sec. Vindication ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS CASTLELAW, M.A. (Edin-
1692 burgh, 27th July 1663) ; app. to preach
in the Presb. of Dunfermline, April
1691 ; adm. here in 1692 ; was a member
of Assembly that year ; died after 1st Dec.
1703. He marr. Katherine Hutchison, who
died April 1713, and had issue — John;
Elizabeth (marr., proc. 19th March 1732,
Thomas Bell, baker, burgess of Edinburgh) ;
Bethia (marr. William Houston, Mains of
Carleton). — [Fife Syn. Reg. ; Glasgow Reg.
(Ba2)t.) ; Wigtown Tests. ; Reg. Gen. Ass.,
1692.]
JOHN GODFROY, a foreigner ; called
1707 1st April 1705. An Act of Parlia-
ment was passed for his naturalisa-
tion, 25th March 1707, and he was ord.
13th May following; died between 24th
Sept. and 21st Oct. 1718. He marr. Rosina
Blair, who died 27th Feb. 1764.— [Acts of
Pari., xi.]
JOHN MONTGOMERY, licen. by
1721 Presb. of Belfast; called 27th Feb.,
and ord. 11th May 1721 ; dem. 19th
Nov. 1729,
THOMAS ELDER, nephew of James E.,
1781 min. of Keir, born in Ireland of
Scottish parents ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
28th June 1697); had a charge in Ire-
land ; adm. 5th Sept. 1704 to Whitern ;
dep. 18th May 1711, but restored 13th May
1715; adm. min. of a Presbyterian church at
Kilmore, Co. Down ; trans. toPortpatrick ;
called 16th Nov. 1730 ; trans, and adm. 2nd
Feb. 1731 ; died between 7th Feb. and 7th
March 1733, aged about 56. He marr. 29th
Sept. 1709, Grisell Stewart, who survived
him, and at her death left two children.
ROBERT MENZIES, licen. by Presb. of
1734 Stranraer 6th Oct. 1731 ; called 25th
Sept. 1733; ord. 4th April 1734;
died between 18th Feb. and 7th April 1736.
He marr. 29th April 1734, Janet (died 19th
Oct. 1766), daugh. of John Adair of Genoch,
who h;\d a gift of the vacant stipend, 16th
Nov. 1738.
THOMAS MUTTER, called 6th June,
737 and ord. 27th Sept. 1 737 ; trans, to
Auchtermuchty 28th Sept. 1762.
DAVID HENDERSON, pres. by George
1763 III. 26th Oct. 1762; ord. 21st April
1763; trans, to Wigtown 21st Nov.
1765.
JOHN ROSE, licen. by Presb. of
1766 Wigtown ; pres. by George III. 23rd
Dec. 1765; ord. 25th Sept. 1766;
died 25th May 1797. He marr. 1767, Wil-
helmina Christie, who died 6th Jan. 1828,
and had issue — Margaret, born 14th Aug.,
died 25th Dec. 1768; William, min. of
Kirkcolm ; Adam, born 1st April 1771 ;
John, born 22nd May 1772 ; Margaret, born
27th April 1774 ; Hamilton, born 15th May
1776; Eleanora Agnew, born 28th Jan.
1778; Stair Agnew, born 15th July 1780.
Publication — Account of the Parish (Sin-
clair's Stat. Ace, iii.).
ANDREW MACCUBBIN, born
Kirkinner, 1756 ; licen. by Presb. of
Mull 16th Dec. 1791 ; pres. by George
III. in Oct. 1797; ord. 26th April 1798;
died Fathee of the Synod, 4th Feb.
1852. He marr. (1) 23rd Dec. 1799, Isobel
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LESWALT— LOCHRYAN (Q.S.)
[PRESB. OF
Maclean, Tiree, who died 19th Oct. 1832 :
(2) 5th Jan. 1837, Alexa (died 21st April
1885), daugh. of John MacDougall of
Ardencaple. Publication — Account of the
Parish {Neiv Stat. Ace, iv.).
^ THOMAS BLIZZAKD BELL, born
1841 Edinburgh, 21st June 1815, son of
George Bell, surgeon, Edinburgh ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh; ord.
(assistant and successor) 16th Sept. 1841.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of Leswalt
Free Church in 1843; dem. in 1864; after-
wards assistant at Stirling Free Church ;
died 10th Dec. 1866. He marr. 16th Oct.
1845, Agnes (died 8th March 1893), daugh.
of Sir Andrew Agnew of Lochnaw, Bart.,
and had issue — George Frederick, mer-
chant, London ; Andrew Agnew, banker,
London ; Madeline Carnegie ; Isabella
Ross ; Eleanora Georgina (marr. 6th April
1882, Levison Douglas Stewart, Man-
chester). Publications — Revival at JYetv-
tonards ; Observations on Biblical Subjects.
• DAVID BENNET, born 8th Dec. 1800,
1844 son °^ George B., min. of Strath-
miglo ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 19th July 1844 ;
died 25th July 1873. He marr. 10th July
1867, Julia Maria (died s.p. 8th July 1881),
daugh. of Thomas Allen, min. of Monivea,
Co. Gal way, and widow of Captain James
Allen.
FREDERICK JOHN BOUTEVILLE
1874 JOHNSTON, born 12th April 1846,
son of Andrew J., min. of Kinglassie,
Fife; educated at Univ. of St Andrews;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy 3rd April
1872 ; ord. 16th April 1874 ; killed by a
fall from his horse in the street at Stran-
raer, 24th Feb. 1878. He was unmarr.
JOHN BALFOUR ROBERTSON,
lg78 born Fintry, Stirlingshire, 15th Feb.
1850, son of John Balfour R., school-
master, and Jane Thomson ; educated at
Erskine School, Paisley Grammar School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Greenock in 1872 ; assistant at Calton
Parish, Glasgow, 1872-5, and Middle Parish,
Greenock, 1875-8; ord. 25th Aug. 1878.
Marr. 27th Sept. 1883, Jessie Robertson,
daugh. of Alexander Longmuir of Rose-
| holm, Irvine, and has issue — John Balfour,
electrical engineer, born 30th Aug. 1884 ;
Eliza Findlay Longmuir, born 10th May
1886, died 14th Dec. 1892.
LOCHRYAN (Q.S.).
[A church was built at Cairnryan in 1841.
The parish of Lochryan was disjoined from
Inch, 3rd March 1858.]
ALEXANDER MURDOCH, ord. 1st
,„,._ July 1858; trans, to Sorbie 17th
1858 _ J
Sept, 1869.
JOHN JOHNSTON, ord. 3rd Dec.
■,oon 1869: trans, to Port-of-Menteith
19th Sept. 1872.
ALEXANDER NEIL, ord. 23rd Jan.-
1873 1873 ' apix t0 ^ayne^ Chapel, Edin-
burgh, 7th Dec. 1877.
JOHN M'GUFFIE, born Mochrum, 15th
1878 ^ct' 1819, second son °f John M. ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown ; ord. to Sheuchan
12th May 1859; min. of St Saviour's,
Berbice, British Guiana, 1862-78 ; adm. to
this charge 13th March 1878; died 10th
Feb. 1886. He marr. 17th July 1860,
Helen Kay Kennedy (died 5th July 1887),
daugh. of Charles M'Taggart, M.D., Camp-
beltown, and had issue — Charles Rowatt,
born 20th March 1862; John, born 16th
June 1863 ; Robert Alexander, born 1st
Dec. 1864; Mary, born 19th June 1866;
Andrew, born 17th Dec. 1867 ; Sarah, born
17th Aug. 1869.
ALEXANDER MURRAY MAC-
1886 GREGOR, born Fort Augustus,
31st May 1856, son of Alexander
M., schoolmaster of Dunnichen, Forfar-
shire, and Jamesanna MacKinnon ; edu-
cated at Univs. of Glasgow and Aberdeen ;
licen. by Presb. of Paisley May 1883 ;
assistant at Eastwood ; ord. 6th July
1886; clerk of Presb. in 1903; clerk of
Synod in 1912. Marr. 24th Aug. 1886,
Margaret Jane, daugh. of George Campbell,
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min. of Eastwood, and has issue — Margaret
Dora Graham, born 3rd July 1899; Mary
Alice Eva, born 14th Oct. 1901, died 14th
July 1916; Alexander Murray, born 1st
Sept. 1906; George Campbell, born 3rd
June 1908.
NEW LUCE, ou MUIR-
KIRK OF LUCE.
[This parish was disjoined from Glen-
luce in 1646. Within the territory now
belonging to New Luce there were two
chapels : St Peter's at Kilfeather, and
St Patrick's at Kilmafadzean.]
JOHN CROOKS, M.A. ; called before
1647 6th Oct. 1646; pres. by the Presb.
10th Feb., and adm. 26th May 1647 ;
trans, to Ballantrae about 1658.
ALEXANDER PEDEN [PEATHINE,
1659 PETHEIN], born Auchencloich,
parish of Sorn, about 1626, son of
a small proprietor. He was probably the
Alexander Peden who was retoured heir of
his grandfather in Hillhead of Sorn, 16th
March 1648, and on the same day heir of
Auchinlonfuird. Of his early training
there is no clear record, but he no doubt
attended the parish school of Mauchline,
and was a student at Glasgow Univ. from
1643 to 1648. For a time he acted as
schoolmaster, precentor, and session-clerk
at Tarbolton, and, according to Wodrow,
was employed in a similar capacity at Fen-
wick. As he was about to receive license
from the Presb. of Ayr, an accusation of
immorality was raised against him, but was
found to be false. In 1659 he was ord.
to this charge, and was deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. When he preached
his farewell sermon he is said to have
occupied the pulpit till nightfall, and on
leaving it, to have knocked three times on
the door with his Bible, saying, " I arrest
thee in my Master's name, that none enter
thee but such as come by the door, as I
have done." Following his ejectment Peden
became perhaps the most celebrated field
preacher of his time. He wandered all
over the South of Scotland, obtaining by
his figurative and oracular style of address
and his supposed prophetic gifts an extra-
ordinary influence over the people, which
was further increased by his hardships,
perils, and numerous hairbreadth escapes.
On 25th Jan. 1666 he was denounced a
rebel, and was excepted from the pardon
after the Pentland Rising. He fled to
Ireland in 1670, but having returned in
1673, was apprehended at Knockdow, in
Ballantrae Parish, and sent to the Bass
Rock. He was confined there from 26th
June 1673 to 9th Oct. 1677, when he was
removed to the Edinburgh Tolbooth, where
he remained till Dec. 1678. A petition for
liberation was refused, and he was
sentenced instead to perpetual banish-
ment. The captain of the ship which was
chartered to convey Peden and his com-
panions to the Virginia plantations, dis-
covering them to be persons banished for
their religious opinions, and not convicts,
declined to take them aboard, and they
were set at liberty. From London, Peden
found his way back to Scotland, and again
to Ireland. He returned to Ayrshire in
1685, and preached his last sermon at
Colinswood, on the Water of Ayr. His
privations and anxieties had gradually
undermined his health, and, resolving to
spend his last days in his native district,
he found shelter in a cave on the banks of
the Ayr, near Sorn. Having a presenti-
ment that he had not many hours to live,
he left the cave one evening, and went to
his brother's house at Sorn, where he died,
28th Jan. 1686. He was buried in the
Boswell aisle of Auchinleck Church. Forty
days after, a troop of dragoons lifted his
corpse, carried it two miles to Cumnock
gallows, and were about to hang it up
in chains. Finding this impossible, they
buried it at the gallows foot. After the
Revolution the inhabitants of the parish
of Cumnock, in token of their esteem for
Peden, abandoned their ancient burial-
place, and formed a new one round the
gallows hill. He was the most eminent and
revered of all the Scottish covenanting
preachers, and his influence upon the
mass of the people was so great that they
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gave him the name of "The Prophet,"
and were accustomed to regard him as
almost possessed of the prophetic afflatus.
Publications— The Lord's Trumpet Sound-
ing an Alarm against Scotland and Warn-
ing of a Bloody Sivord ; being the substance
of a Preface, and two Prophetical Sermons
preached at Glenluce in 1682 (Glasgow,
1739; reprinted 1779); Letters to Mr
Patrick Simson (and others), vide John-
ston's Alexander Peden. — [Kirkton's and
Wodrow's Hists. ; Reid's Ireland, ii. ; Six
Saints of the Covenant, ed. by D. Hay
Fleming ; Howie's Scottish Worthies ; John-
ston's Alexander Peden, the Prophet of the
Covenant, and Treasury of the Scottish
Covenant ; Todd's Homes, Haunts, and
Battlefields of the Covenanters ; Jean L.
Watson's Life and Times of Peden ;
Hewat's Peden the Prophet ; Carslaw's
Exiles of the Covenant ; Scott's Old Mor-
tality, Note 18 ; Tombst. ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM KYLE, a preacher in 1679,
1694 was imPrisoned for attendance at
conventicles, but liberated 11th July
of that year on signing an obligation to live
peaceably. He was received by the Presb.
of Kirkcaldy, 11th June 1691, on a testi-
monial from the Presb. of Glasgow. In
May 1693 he came to this parish, but on
account of the paucity of ministers he was
not ordained till 10th Jan. 1694. He died
28th March 1710. He marr. 2nd Jan. 1688,
Susanna Wallace, and had issue — William ;
Jean ; Mary (marr. 12th Jan. 1744, Alex-
ander Ramsay, slater, Canongate). — [Wod-
row's Hist., iii., 17 ; Glasgoiv Reg. {Marr.
and Bajyt.) ; Hist, of Bass Rock, 378.]
THOMAS HAY, educated at Glasgow
1712 Univ. ; adm. to Anwoth before 21st
April 1696 ; called 29th May, trans.
and adm. 13th Aug. 1712 ; died between
16th Oct. and 20th Nov. 1722. He marr.
Isabel Cornell, who was buried 10th Oct.
1725, and had issue — Janet, buried 5th
Feb. 1760, aged 70.
JOHN DICKSON, born Haddington,
1725 17th May 1693; M.A. (Edinburgh,
17th April 1712); called 4th May,
and ord. 8th Sept. 1725; died 5th Feb.
1770. He marr. 4th Feb. 1729, Catherine
(died 17th Nov. 1775, s.p.\ sister of James
Tweddell [Tweeddale], senior, min. of Glen-
luce. Publication — Verses in Memory of
John Anderson, min. of Kirkmaiden. —
[Kirkmaiden Sess. Reg. ; Tombst.]
JAMES CADDELL, a native of Perth-
l770 shire, third son of John C. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor in
the family of Campbell of Ballochmyle ;
licen. by Presb. of Dunoon 18th July 1763 ;
assistant at Ballantrae in 1764 ; deprived
of his license, 5th Feb. 1766, for continuing
to carry on his work at the latter parish
after dismissal ; restored by the Synod
April 1769; pres. by George III. 20th
March, and ord. 4th Oct. 1770; died 7th
April 1791. He marr. 13th Sept. 1773,
Isabella Butter, Maybole, who died 25th
March 1829, s.p., bequeathing £4500 and
fifteen acres of land to build and endow
a chapel and school at Glenapp.
ANTHONY STEWART, M.D.; pres.
1792 ky George III. 2nd July 1791 ; ord.
5th April 1792 ; trans, to Kirkcowan
12th Dec. 1799.
SAMUEL KENNEDY, born 1771,
1800 y°un§est son °f John K., farmer,
Glenluce ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
7th Jan. 1795 ; pres. by George III. 1st
Feb., and ord. 14th May 1800; dep. for
immorality 6th Oct. 1802.
PETER M'MASTER, pres. by George
III. 8th March, and ord. 12th May
1803; trans, to Girvan 10th May
1810.
WILLIAM M'KERGO, born 1772, a
native of the parish; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; studied medi-
cine, and for several seasons was a surgeon
on a Greenland whaler ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 6th Feb. 1805 ; pres. by the Presb.
jure devoluto, on a petition in his favour by
the parish ; called 6th Dec. 1810 ; ord. 4th
April 1811. He overtured the General
Assembly of 1826, on the subject of the
Smaller Livings of the Church, and the
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347
Assembly of 1828 on the question of Pro-
clamation of Banns. He died unmarr. 15th
Aug. 1854. Publication — Account of the
Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Acts of Ass.,
1826, 1828.]
WILLIAM KERE, ord. 8th Feb. 1855 ;
1855 trans, to Stair 23rd Oct. 1862.
WILLIAM FORSYTH, born Valley-
186S field, Kirkcolm, 24th May 1835, son
of John F., farmer, and Elizabeth
Walker ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
assistant at East Parish, Perth ; ord. 16th
April 1863; died 10th Aug. 1908. He
marr. 21st April 1869, Mary (died 17th
Aug. 1915), daugh. of John Anderson
Gillespie, and had issue — John, born 28th
Jan. 1870, died 23rd May 1911 ; William,
solicitor and town-clerk, Sanquhar, born
6th Sept. 1872 j Agnes M'Gaw, born 28th
June 1874 ; Elizabeth Isabella, born 31st
May 1876 ; Robert George, in Canada, born
6th May 1878 ; Mary Anderson, born 20th
March 1881 ; Davida Matthews Frederick,
born 7th Oct. 1882.
JAMES FRANCIS GRAHAM, born
1909 Ballyboggy, Dervock. Co. Antrim,
25th Feb. 1864, son of James G.>
farmer ; educated at Queen's College
(Galway), Queen's College (Belfast), M'Crea-
Magee College (Londonderry), Edinburgh
Univ., and Assembly's College (Belfast) ;
B.A. (Royal Univ. of Ireland 1888) ; licen.
by Presb. of Coleraine in 1890 ; ord. to
First Charge, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan, 9th
Oct. 1890 ; adm. here 18th Feb. 1909. Marr.
1st Jan. 1895, Agnes, third daugh. of John
Baxter Waddell, Cordevlis, Co. Monaghan,
and has issue — Gerald Francis, medical
student, born 7th Feb. 1896; Alice Mary
Agnes Ross, born 6th Feb. 1900 ; Jane
Ross, born 17th May 1902 ; Sydney Herbert,
born 28th Nov. 1903.
GLENLUCE, or OLD LUCE.
[Before the Reformation the church of
Glenluce belonged to the Abbey of Glen-
luce within the parish. This Cistercian
monastery, dedicated to St Mary, was
founded in 1190 by Roland of Galloway,
Constable of Scotland. Its Chapterhouse
is still in good preservation, and the ruins
of the monastic buildings cover an acre of
land. In the parish of Glenluce there
were four chapels : Kirk Christ, St Mary's,
St Fillan's at Kilfillan, and St John's at the
Knock of Luce.]
JOHN SANDERSON, exhorter in 1563.
156S — [Acts and Dec, xxvii., 70.]
JAMES FOTHERINGHAME, reader
and min. in 1574 ; Saulseat and
Inch were also under his care. —
[Beg. Assig.]
1574
NINIAN M'CLENOCHAN [M'CLEMO-
157 QUHAN], reader at Parton in 1574 ;
min. in 1578 ; he was a member of
Assembly, 1586 and 1590 ; was nominated
by the Privy Council, 6th March 1589, one
of a committee for the maintenance of
religion in the Sheriffdom of Wigtown ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. before
13th Jan. 1592; died 22nd Jan. 1593. He
marr. and had issue — Barbara (marr. Robert
Glendonyng, min. of Kirkcudbright). —
[Reg. Assig. ; Boohe of the Kirk, 342 ;
Calderwood's Hist., iv., 570.]
^WILLIAM BOYD, M.A. ; trans, from
1594 Blantyre and adm. in 1594 ; trans,
to Kirkinner after 1597. — [Reg.
Assig.]
ROBERT WALLACE, M.A. ; formerly
. min. of the Second Charge, St
Andrews ; trans, and adm. in 1599 ;
pres. by James VI. to the vicarage
pensionary 11th Feb. 1600; trans, to
Tranent 10th Dec. 1602.— [Reg. Assig.]
DAVID POLLOK, son of George P.,
cooper in Glasgow, and Agnes Padie ;
M.A. (Glasgow 1595); on the Exer-
cise at Glasgow 27th Jan. 1595 ; adm. to
Dalziel in 1603 ; trans, and adm. in 1604 ;
died in 1619, aged about 44. He marr.
Margaret, daugh. of James Boyd of Troch-
rig, Archbishop of Glasgow, who survived
him and had issue — James, bailie of
Glasgow; Thomas, merchant, Glasgow,
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[PRESB. OF
died April 1680. "He was no favourite of
Bishop William Cowper of Galloway, who
exceedit all bounds in abusing him, yea,
he loved him not." — [Beg. Assig. ; Beg.
Old Dec, iii. ; Bannatyne Miscell., i. ;
Calderwood's Hist., vii., 349.]
THOMAS LAMB, M.A. (St Andrews
1622 1619); mm- m 1622; dep. for non-
• conformity by Bishop Lamb of
Galloway after 2nd Sept. 1629. — Spalding
Club, ii. ; Bannatyne Miscell. ; Baillie's
Letters; Stevenson's Hist.]
JAMES KEIR, M.A. (St Andrews
1630 1625) ; bursar of the Presb. of
Linlithgow ; adm. before 24th June
1630; died in 1632, aged about 27. He
marr. Margaret, daugh. of Robert Thomson,
min. of Crombie, who survived him, and
marr. Robert Murray, min. of Balmaclellan.
— [Midcalder Sess. Beg. ; Inq. Bet. Gen.,
2407.]
WILLIAM PATER S ON, M. A., only
1632 son °^ J°nn P-> merchant burgess of
Edinburgh ; pres. by James VI. to
vicarage of Kirkmadryne 7th April 1617 ;
adm. to Sorbie that year ; trans, and adm.
in 1632 ; deprived April 1639. He marr.
1st July 1617, Janet, daugh. of Thomas
Kinloch, merchant burgess of Edinburgh.
—[Beg. of Deeds, cccxxv., 15th April 1622 ;
Edin. Beg. {Marr.) ; Commis. to Ass., 1638.]
GEORGE DICK, probably brother of
John D., min. of Inch ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 23rd July 1631); refused to
conform to the Articles of Perth ; " waiting
for better days," was recommended by the
Assembly, 1638, for supplying vacancies ;
adm. 26th Sept. 1639. Charles I. made a
grant of 1200 merks from the bishopric to
him and his successors, which was ratified
by Parliament, 17th Nov. 1641. He was
commissioned by the Assemby in 1644 to
visit the Church in Ulster for three months.
He died between 13th Aug. and 9th Oct.
1645, aged about 35. He marr. 16th Aug.
1643, Catherine, youngest daugh. of Sir
James Maxwell of Calderwood, Bart., and
widow of Claud Hamilton of Mecklenhole.
She marr. thirdly, 11th May 1648, John
Durie, min. of Dalmeny. — [Edin. Beg.
(Marr.) ; Livingston's Life ; Lnq. Bet. Gen.,
3167 ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 57 ; Stevenson's
Hist]
JOHN SCOTT, M.A. (St Andrews 1635) ;
1648 ac^n1, t0 Snotts 24th June 1640;
pres. by the Presb. 22nd Sept. 1647,
and by Charles I. 14th Jan., and adm.
1st March 1648 ; member of Commission of
Assembly in 1649; died Dec. 1655, aged
about 46. He took a leading part in the
attempt to lay the "Devil of Glenluce,"
a goblin, who caused much annoyance
to one of his parishioners, but whose
mischievous pranks were no doubt the
outcome of human agency. He marr.
Katherine, daugh. of John Simson. She
was alive 13th June 1671, and had issue
—John, bursar of the Presb. of Hamilton
28th Oct. 1660— [Briv. Counc. Beg., 3rd
Ser., i., 563 ; ibid., iii., 681 ; Dalziel and
Stoiv Sess. Begs. ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Acts of
Ass. ; Kirkton's Hist. ; Chambers's Dom.
Annals, ii., 228 ; Sinclair's Satan's Invisible
World Discovered ; Witchcraft and Super-
stitious Becord in the South- Western Dis-
trict of Scotland, 302-20.]
JAMES HONEYMAN, adm. before
1660 Whitsunday 1660; still min. 6th
Jan. lQm.—[Bhysgill Writs; B. C.
Beg., 3rd Ser., iii., 362.]
1684
COLIN DALGLEISH, M.A. (Edinburgh
1670) ; adm. to Parton in 1675 ; trans,
and adm. in 1684. He had a pension
from James VII. of £50 sterling, 30th July
1686, " about which time he left his charge
and joined the Roman Catholic Church." —
[Wodrow MSS. ; Beg. Sec. Sig.]
JOHN INNES, a native of Caithness;
1687 M.A. (King's College, Aberdeen, 24th
Aug. 1680) ; adm. 1687 ; outed at the
Revolution ; died at Edinburgh, 21st Jan.
1706, aged about 46.— [MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Edin. Beg. (Bur.).]
ROBERT HENDRY, M.A. (Edinburgh
1689 16^6) ; min. at Carrickfergus ; adm.
to this charge about 14th May 1689.
—[Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
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ROBERT CAMPBELL, trans, from
Gargunnock, and adm. before 21st
April 1696; trans, to Stoneykirk
in 1697.
ROBERT COLVILL, M.A. (Edinburgh,
16Q9 17th June 1682); ord. to Bara 16th
March 1694 ; trans, and adm. 14th
March 1699; dem. 18th April 1716; died
at Stranraer, 6th June 1729, aged 70. He
marr. 31st Oct. 1695, Katherine Westwood,
Greyfriars Parish, Edinburgh, who died
24th March 1746, aged 69.—[Garvald Sess.
Reg. ; Tombst.~\
JAMES TWEDDELL [TWEEDDALE],
I7ie Dorn Midcalder, April 1685 ; licen.
by Presb. of Linlithgow 1st Oct.
1712 ; called 9th Oct. 1715 ; ord. 26th Sept.
1716 ; died 24th Oct. 1757. He marr. 22nd
April 1728, Mary Maxwell, who died 24th
Dec. 1767, s.p— [Tombst.]
JAMES TWEDDELL [TWEEDDALE],
l75g born 1733, nephew of preceding, son
of John T., bailie of Midcalder ;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 24th March
1756 ; pres. by George II. 18th Nov. 1757 ;
ord. 10th Aug. 1758; died 6th May 1777.
He marr. 26th Sept. 1759, Janet, daugh. of
Thomas Adair of Little Genoch, and had
issue — Jean, born 6th Feb. 1761, died 7th
Feb. 1762; Frances, born 8th Feb. 1762,
died 18th June 1762 ; Catherine, born 14th
Aug. 1763 (marr. John Thomas Ruskin,
merchant, Edinburgh, grandfather of John
Ruskin); Janet, born 15th Feb. 1765
(marr., pro. 26th Aug. 1784, Alex. Brodie,
merchant, Edinburgh); James of Glen-
laggan, parish of Parton, Collector of
Customs, Wigtown, born 18th March 1768.
WILLIAM LEARMONT, born 1742,
1?78 only son of Thomas L., miller at
Loudoun Kirk ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 30th
April 1773 ; pres. by George III. 19th June
1777 ; ord. 19th Feb. 1778 ; died 21st March
1822. He marr. 4th June 1782, Sarah,
daugh. of Andrew Adair of Genoch, min.
of Whitern, and had issue — Isabella, born
9th March 1783; Thomas, W.S. apprentice,
1807, born 24th Feb. 1789 ; Agnes, born 7th
Sept. 1790; Mary, born 12th Dec. 1792;
Jane, born 8th April 1794 (marr. James
Anderson, physician, Belfast) ; Sarah, born
18th Aug. 1795. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiv.).
JOHN MACDOWALL, born 1781,
1821 eldest s011 of James M., Leswalt ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 4th Oct.
1815 ; pres. by George IV. 12th Dec. 1820 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 12th April
1821 ; died at Auchleach, Stoneykirk, 6th
Jan. 1871. He marr. (1) Janet Ritchie, who
died 6th June 1830, and had issue — Mary,
born 1st May 1814 (marr. William William-
son, min. of Kirkmaiden-in-Rhinns) ; Jessie,
born 9th Aug. 1815 ; Elizabeth Stewart,
born 9th March 1821 : (2) 26th Dec. 1837,
Jane Hill (died 31st May 1862, aged 69),
daugh. of James Whyte, Ballyett. Publi-
cation— Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, v.).
BRYCE FROOD, born Stenries, Cum-
lg58 mertrees, 10th Aug. 1829, son of
William F. and Margaret Little ;
educated at Dalton and Ruthwell Schools,
and Univs. of Edinburgh and St Andrews ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcaldy ; assistant at
Tundergarth; ord. (assistant and successor)
21st Jan. 1858; died 15th March 1880.
He marr. 16th June 1863, Agnes, daugh.
of George Bell, Cummertrees House, and
had issue— George Edward Bell, born 31st
Jan. 1866 ; Margaret Agnes, born 10th
Aug. 1867; Sybella Jane, born 6th May
1870; William, born 8th Sept. 1871;
Jeanette, born 23rd March 1873.
JAMES FARQUHAR SMITH, born
1881 Pitscandly, Rescobie, Forfarshire,
16th Nov. 1851, son of Peter S. and
Ann Mitchell ; educated at Carnoustie
School and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1874); licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh in
1877 ; assistant at Riccarton and Glen-
luce ; ord. 18th Aug. 1881 ; died 29th April
1909. He marr. 27th March 1877, Isabella,
daugh. of Alexander Aitken, Dundee, and
had issue — Catherine Mitchell, born 30th
Jan. 1879.
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GLENLUCE— PORTPATRICK
[PRESB. OF
ALEXANDER TAYLOR HILL, born
1909 ^ovan, 9th Nov. 1859, son of John
H. and Matilda Taylor ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow : min. of Evangeli-
cal Union Churches, Muirkirk, 1889-92 ;
Shapinsay, 1892-7; Melrose, 1897-8; and
Wick, 1898-1901 ; adm. as a licentiate by
the General Assembly in 1902 ; ord. (by
Presb. of Glasgow) 22nd June 1902, to the
River Plate Republics Itinerating Mission,
1902-7 ; adm. to this charge 14th Sept. 1909.
He marr. Mary M'Naught, who died 2nd
July 1908. Publication — Glerdvce Abbey
(Kirkcudbright, 1912).
PORTPATRICK, sometime called
PORT MONTGOMERIE.
[Before the Reformation there was here
a place of worship dedicated to the Apostle
of Ireland, and called Chapel Patrick. To
it was joined a district known as the Black
Quarter of Inch. In 1628 Chapel Patrick
was rebuilt, and in the same year the
Black Quarter was disjoined from Inch
and erected as the parish of Port Mont-
gomerie. This name it took from Hew
Montgomerie, Viscount Montgomerie of
the Great Ardes in Ireland, upon whose
lands of Portree the church had been
placed. Popular feeling, however, clung
to the old name of the local patron saint,
and, after two or three years, the new
parish was named Portpatrick. In 1842
the heritors built another parish church on
a new site. The ruins of the church of
1628 still remain. At Kilantringan in the
Black Quarter of Inch there was a Chapel
of St Ninian.]
" JAMES BLAIR of Dunskey and Brax-
field, brother of Gavin B. of Braxfield,
W.S. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1626) ; was on the Exercise, Presb.
of Glasgow, 19th April 1626; adm. to this
charge after 1st Sept. 1630 ; a member of
Assembly in 1638, and of the Commission
of Assembly in 1645 ; still min. 14th April
1652. He purchased a great part of
the parish, and was ancestor of the
Hunter-Blairs of Blairquhan and Dun-
skey, baronets. He marr. about Feb. 1632,
1630
Jean Power, and had issue — John of Dun-
skey ; James ; Hugh of Kildonan ; Eliza-
beth (marr. 1663, George Stewart of Tonder-
ghie); Patrick; Agnes.— [Wigtoivn Sas. ;
G. R. Inhib., 31st Aug. 1664 ; Neiv Gen. Reg.
Sas., Hi., iv. ; Min.-book Part. Reg. Sas.,
Lanark; Reg. Old Dec, ii. ; Acts of Ass.
and Pari., viii. ; Wodrow's Anal. ; Lands
and their Oioners in Galloivay, i., 380.]
JOHN M'BROOM, M.A. (Glasgow 1655);
1656 dePrived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. Not complying, he was
ordered, 24th Feb. 1663, to remove within
a month. This he did, and afterwards held
a charge in Co. Down.— [Wodrow's Hist., i.,
327 ; Reid's Ireland, ii., 407.]
WILLIAM COR WALL, mentioned in
1664 1664. — [Priv. Counc. Reg., 3rd Ser.,
i., 631.]
GEORGE FORBES, adm. before 25th
ico/i Oct- 1664 ; trans, to Innerleithen
1664 _ _ , '
1st March 1666.
JOHN CALDWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1666 1657)' In 1665 the Presb- of Lanark
refused to settle him at Roberton
when pres. by the Archbishop of Glasgow ;
adm. here before 25th April 1666; died
at Edinburgh, June 1689, aged about 54.
He marr. Margaret, second daugh. and
co-heir of Andrew Agnew of Park, and
Elizabeth Forrester. — [G. R. Homings,
11th Feb. 1664; G. R. Inhib., 17th June
1679; Edin. Tests.]
DAVID AIRTH, M.A. (Edinburgh, 26th
1687 '^U^ 1657) ; min. about 1687 ; he
became min. at Ballinderry or
Glenavy, Ireland, and died before 5th
June 1697. He marr., and had issue-
Joanna, his heir. — [Reid's Ireland, ii., 520;
Inq. Ret., Fife, 1396.]
JOHN MONTEITH, M.A. ; ord. before
1697 20th April 1697 ; trans, to Kirk-
maiden 2nd March 1699.
ROBERT BOYD, ord. 26th Sept. 1704;
1704 suspended 5th Aug. 1724, "for not
praying in express terms as enjoined,
for King George"; died 29th Aug. 1725,
aged 46.— [Tombst. ; Wodrow's Corresp., i.]
stranraer]
PORTPATRICK
351
THOMAS ELDER, MA. ; pres. by John
1727 Blair of Dunskey in 1726 ; adm. 2nd
May 1727 ; trans, to Leswalt 6th
Jan. 1731.
ALEXANDER HENDERSON, licen. by
1732 Presb. of Wigtown 7th Nov. 1723 ;
chaplain at Leadhills in 1 728 ; called
3rd April, and ord. 30th Aug. 1732; died
10th April 1770. He marr. 29th Dec. 1741,
Anna Fergusson, who died 21st Dec. 1791,
and had issue — Elizabeth, born 20th June
1743; Robert, born 5th April 1746, died
27th April 1748; Anna, born 23rd Oct.
1748; Alexander, born 23rd May 1750;
Andrew, born 10th July 1752 ; Jane, born
14th April 1754; Robina, born 3rd Aug.
1756; Robert, born 23rd June 1759.—
[Tombst.]
WILLIAM M'MASTER, eldest son of
1?70 Patrick M., Glenluce ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 7th Nov. 1764 ; pres. by Captain
John Blair of Dunskey 27th Aug. 1770;
dep. for immorality 12th May 1772.— [Acts
of Ass., 1771, 1772; Scots Mar/., xxxiii.,
xxxiv.]
JOHN MACKENZIE, born 1743, only
177 son of Niven M., mariner, Clayholes,
Stranraer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 4th
Sept. 1771 ; pres. by Captain John Blair of
Dunskey, Aug. 1772 ; ord. 18th March 1773 ;
D.D. (Glasgow 1800) ; Chaplain in Ordinary
to George III. 4th Oct. 1803, and to William
IV. 9th Nov. 1830; died Father of the
Synod, 21st Dec. 1836. He marr. 1st Nov.
1799, Agnes (died Jan. 1832), daugh. of
Thomas Naismith, writer, Stranraer, and
had issue — Margaret Naismith, born 5th
Oct. 1780; Thomas Naismith, born 16th
Aug. 1781, died at London, 22nd Nov.
1859 ; Janet Marshall, born 2nd Oct. 1782 ;
John, born 31st Oct. 1783 ; James Hunter
Blair, born 29th March 1785 ; Christiana
M'Donald, born 24th April 1786; Agnes,
born 2nd June 1 790 ; Isabella, born 5th
June 1792; Helen M'Donald, born 28th
Sept. 1793. Publications — The Love oj
Pleastcre inconsistent with Reason, and with
the Peculiar Spirit of Christianity, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1772); Sermons (Edinburgh,
1800) ; Ocean, Stella, and other Poems
(Edinburgh, 1816 ; 2nd ed., 1830) ; Sermon
XIV. (Scotch Preacher, iii.) ; Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xxi.).
—[Tombst.]
ARCHIBALD BLAIR CAMPBELL,
1828 Pres' kv Forbes Hunter Blair of
Dunskey 2nd Nov. 1827 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 3rd April 1828 ;
trans, to Kilwinning 22nd Sept. 1831.
ANDREW URQUHART, born 22nd
1832 ^U^ 1805' eldest son °f Robert U.,
min. of Kilbirnie ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; MA. (1824) ; licen. by Presb.
of Irvine 12th Aug. 1828 ; pres. by Forbes
Hunter Blair of Dunskey 2nd Nov. 1831 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 5th April
1832. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
the Free Church, Portpatrick, 1843 ; died
10th March 1890. He marr. (I) 5th Sept.
1836, Martha (died 19th Feb. 1850), daugh.
of John Hawthorn, Jamaica, and had issue
—Robert, born 15th Aug. 1838, died 1878 ;
Sarah Comrie, born 13th Oct. 1840; Eliza-
beth Morris Glasgow, born 25th Oct. 1841 ;
Wilhelmina Eleanora, born 16th Nov. 1843
(marr. William M'Neil, M.D., Stranraer),
died 1891 ; Jemima Hunter Blair, born
24th July 1845 ; Martha Hawthorn, born
23rd Oct. 1847 (marr. 1884, George Philip
Robertson, min. of the U.F. Church,
Stoneykirk) ; Andrew John, M.D., born
8th Dec. 1849, died 1880 : (2) 19th Dec.
1851, Mary Hawthorn Minot, who died
11th April 1890, and had issue — William
Hawthorn Johnstone, died 1889. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (New Stat.
Ace, iv.).
STEPHEN BALMER, born parish of
lg4s Eckford, Roxburghshire, 1817, son
of Thomas B. and Jessie Forsyth ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; ord.
28th Sept. 1843 ; died 30th Nov. 1885. He
marr. 12th March 1844, Mary (died 1st June
1882, aged 63), daugh. of William M'Credie,
farmer, Laigh Ersock, Whitern, and had
issue — Helen M'Credie, born 13th Feb.
1845, died 1860 ; Jessie Forsyth, born 25th
352
PORTPATRICK— SHEUCHAN (Q.S.)
[PRESB. OF
Dec. 1848 (marr. James Adair M'Connochie,
M.I.C.E.) ; Thomas, tea-planter, born 9th
Aug. 1850 ; Matilda Isabella, born 10th
Feb. 1854 (marr. 1879, Michael Mac-
Millan, D.Litt., sometime Principal of
Elphinstone College, Bombay, lecturer on
English Literature, Birmingham Univ.) ;
Stephanna Mary, born 18th Dec. 1857
(marr. Alexander M'Caig Wither, banker,
Ashbourne) ; Margaret Kennedy, born 22nd
Aug. 1860, died unmarr. 25th June 1898.
JAMES RUSSELL KENNEDY, born
Langside, Glasgow, 25th Nov. 1854,
son of Robert K. and Agnes Russell ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; student -
missionary at Thornliebank ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley May 1886; assistant at
St Stephen's Parish, Glasgow; ord. 12th
May 1886. Marr. 20th Sept. 1892, Sarah
Maude, daugh. of John Noble, The Oak-
lands, Littleover, Derbyshire, general
manager of Midland Railway, and has
issue— John Noble, lieut. R.A., born 31st
Aug. 1893 ; James Russell, lieut. R.A.,
born 3rd Jan. 1895 ; Dorothy Agnes, born
23rd Nov. 1896; May, born 18th April
1903; Gladwys Edith Maude, born 21st
Oct. 1905 ; Frederick, born 18th Dec.
1907.
SHEUCHAN (Q.S.).
[A church was built here in 1841. The
parish was disjoined from Inch and erected
quoad sacra, 30th June 1868.]
1842
ROBERT DONALD, born Kilwinning,
20th June 1810, eldest son of John
D., and Magdalen Rankin ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow; MA. (1831);
tutor at Lochnaw ; ord. before 8th Feb.
1842. Joined the Free Church ; min. of
Sheuchan Free Church, 1843-50 ; died at
Lochwinnoch, 19th Aug. 1877. He marr.
1844, Mary M'Queen, Avho died 7th Oct.
1884, and had issue— Margaret (only child),
died unmarr. 1887.
JAMES STEWART, was in charge in
1845 1845 ; res. 16th Dec. 1858.
JOHN M'GUFFIE, ord. 12th May 1859 ;
18Sg min. of St Saviour's, Berbice, 1862-78
[min. of Lochryan in 1878].
WILLIAM MURRAY JOHNSTON,
1862 born Carlisle, 17th April 1831, son
of William J., schoolmaster, Castle-
Douglas, and Murray Jardine ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1849);
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright in 1860 ;
assistant at Hogganfield and Kirkpatrick-
Juxta ; ord. 4th Sept. 1862 ; adm. first
min. of the parish 30th June 1868; clerk
of Presb., 1869-1909 ; died unmarr. 27th
May 1909.
HERBERT DUNN, born Glasgow, 11th
1909 AP1^ 1882, son of James D., mer-
chant ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow; M.A. (1903), B.D. (1907); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1907 ; assistant at West
Parish, Greenock ; ord. 8th Sept. 1909 ;
enlisted in " Sportsman's Battalion," Royal
Fusiliers, having been granted leave of
absence for one year, 1st Dec. 1914; lieut.
8th Scottish Rifles, and saw service at the
Dardanelles in 1915 ; died of fever at Alex-
andria, Egypt, 25th Oct. 1915. He was
unmarr.
WILLIAM POTTER, born 27th April
igl6 1884, son of John Potter, min. of
Robertson< Memorial, Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Whitehill School and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1905) ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow in 1908 ; assistant at St Thomas's,
Glasgow, 1909, and St Andrew's, Glasgow,
1910 ; ord. to Gardenstown 25th Sept.
1912 ; trans, and adm. 17th May 1916.
STONE Y KIRK (formerly
STEENIEKIRK), CLAY-
SHANT, AND TOSKERTOUN.
[These three parishes were united in
1618.
Stoneykirk. — The church of this parish
was dedicated to St Stephen, from whom
it took its name. In the parish were the
two hospitals of Meikle and Little Spital,
which have given rise to the modern names
STRANRAER] STONEYKIRK, CLAYSHANT, AND TOSKERTOUN 353
of Port Spital and Spital Mill. There
were also within the bounds three chapels :
St Brioch's at Kirkmabreck, St Donan's
at Kildonan, and St Lashrean's at
Killaser.
Clai/shant.— The old name of this parish
was Clachshant (Clach Se'ant = the Holy
Stone). The church belonged to the Priory
of Whitern.
Toskertoun. — The church of Toskertoun,
now generally called Kirkmadryne, be-
longed to the Priory of Whitern. At the
churchyard are preserved eight monu-
mental stones, two of them deemed to
be the earliest Christian grave memorials
existing in Scotland. The church was
dedicated to St Medran of Muskerry.]
JAMES LAW, reader at Clayshant,
1571 1571.
JOHN GIBSON, exhorter at Stoney-
13- kirk, 1567 ; min. at Clayshant in
1574, having charge also of Stoney-
kirk, Toskertoun, and Kirkmaiden. He be-
came min. of Stoneykirk, removed thither
about 1576, and was still in the charge in
1593.— [Beg. Assig.]
MICHAEL HATHORN, formerly a
1576 priest of the Roman Church, and
vicar of Borgue ; conformed and was
reader at Toskertoun in 1567 ; in 1576
Kirkmaiden, Leswalt, and Kirkcolm were
in his charge. — [Edin. Com. Dec, 3rd
March 1589-90 ; Beg. Min. ; Beg. Assig.]
JOHN MOFFAT [MOFFET], reader at
15 8 Kirkmabreck in 1585 ; reader at
Toskertoun in 1588, Leswalt being
in the charge, to which parish he removed
about 1589.— [Beg. Assig.]
GILBERT POWER, M.A. (Glasgow
1605 1602); adm. in 1605; dep. after
Oct. 1640, for nonconformity, but
the sentence being annulled by the As-
sembly in 1642, he was reponed, though
VOL. II.
not without considerable opposition and
rioting, by the women of the parish, some
of whom were afterwards put on trial at
Ayr. He died 6th Oct. 1647, in his 71st
year. He marr. Jean, daugh. of James
Hamilton, min. of Dairy, who survived
him. — [Tombst. ; Beg. Assig. ; Beg. Old
Dec, iii. ; Ayr Presb. Beg. ; Commis. to
Ass., 1638 ; Baillie's Letters ; Inq. Bet.,
Lanark, 131.]
JAMES LAURIE, "a very gracious
1648 y°un= man"; Pres- °y James Mac-
Dowall of Garthland ; called in
April, and ord. 11th Oct. 1648; deprived
for refusing the Test in 1662. On 24th
Feb. 1663 he was accused before the Privy
Council of "still labouring to keep the
hearts of the people from the present
government in Church and State." He
ministered under indulgence at Balma-
clellan ; returned here in 1689.
GEORGE HENRY, M.A. ; trans, from
Dairy ; adm. between 17th May and
31st Oct. 1665 ; trans, to Corstor-
phine 9th May 1672.
JOHN ROW, M.A.; trans, from Bal-
7 maclellan ; adm. 13th Sept. 1672.
" When he came the kirk-locks were
spoiled, and he had not access, and was
likewise hindered from possessing manse
and glebe.'' A complaint was made to
the Privy Council, 7th March 1673 ; trans,
to Dreghorn before 1682.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 231.]
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. ; min. about
1683 ; trans, to Crossmichael before
1684.— [Kirkton's Hist.]
ROBERT BOWES [BOWIS], M.A.
(King's College, Aberdeen, 17th July
1662); licen. by George, Bishop of
Edinburgh, 7th Dec. 1665 ; ord. to Rerrick
23rd May 1667 ; trans, and adm. about
1684; dem. in 1689; died at Edinburgh,
22nd Nov. 1725, aged 84. He marr. 11th
Feb. 1668, Margaret Lundie, who died at
Rerrick, 21st Sept. 1681, aged 45, and had
354 STONEYKIRK, CLAYSHANT, AND TOSKERTOUN [presb. of
issue.— [MS. Ace. of Mm., 1689 ; Edin. Reg.
(Marr. and Bur.) ; Tombst.]
JAMES LAURIE, above noticed, re-
1689 turned from Balmaclellan July 1689 ;
was restored by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690 ; was a member of As-
sembly in 1692 j died 15th March 1695, in
his 74th year. He marr. Margaret Borth-
wick, and had issue — Walter, min. of
Stranraer ; Thomas, surgeon, Stranraer ;
James, min. of Dalrymple ; Isobel ; Mar-
garet (marr. 27th Sept. 1710, Henry, son
of Henry Wightman, vintner, Edinburgh).
—[G. R. Homings, 14th May 1685,
25th Sept. 1686; Reg. Old Dec., iv. ;
Tombst.]
ROBERT CAMPBELL, son of Robert
1697 ^"' Alloway ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 17th June 1691 ; adm. to
Gargunnock in 1692 ; trans, to Glenluce
19th Dec. 1694 ; trans, and adm. in 1697 ;
died between 2nd Nov. 1709 and 4th Jan.
1710. He marr. 17th Dec. 1672, Margaret,
daugh. of William Kelso of Halridge,
burgess of Ayr, and had issue — Thomas,
min. of Minnigaff; William, min. of
Kirkinner ; and a son who went to
America.
1712
GEORGE CRAWFORD, brother of John
C. of Bridgend, Collector of Customs,
Bo'ness ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
25th Jan. 1704; ord. to Symington, Ayr-
shire, 4th May 1709; called 29th July
1711 ; trans, and adm. 2nd Jan. 1712 ; died
Jan. 1730. — [Wigtown Tests.; Reg. Old
Dec, ii.]
HUGH MITCHELL, MA. (St An-
.^ drews, 3rd July 1719); schoolmaster
of Glenluce ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 1st Oct. 1729 ; pres. by Alex-
ander MacDowall of Garthland 4th May
1731 ; ord. (by a Committee of Commission
of Assembly, viz., the mins. of Mochrum,
Inch, and Wigtown) 5th Dec. 1733. He
was shot dead while standing at his
own door one night, between 16th Aug.
and 3rd Oct, 1738. —[Acts of Ass.,
1733.]
ANDREW DALZEL, licen. by Presb. of
173g Edinburgh 31st July 1734 ; pres.
by Alexander MacDowall of Garth-
land 16th Feb., and ord. 27th Sept.
1739; died unmarr. 22nd Nov. 1755. His
nephew, Andrew Dalzel, was Professor of
Greek at Edinburgh University. — [Tombst.]
JOHN HUNTER, probably son of John
1757 H., merchant, Glasgow ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow ; tutor in the
family of William Maxwell of Ardwell;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 27th May
1752 ; pres. by George II. 27th Jan. 1756
[a dispute having arisen regarding the
patronage, it was decided that the Crown
should present twice, and the proprietor of
Garthland once, in turn] ; ord. 21st Sept.
1757; died 22nd Feb. 1781, aged 65. He
marr. (1) 2nd March 1761, Margaret (died
17th Nov. 1765), daugh. of John Ross of
Cairnbrock, and had issue — John, born 6th
April 1762 ; Sarah, born 4th Sept., and
died 12th Sept. 1763; Elizabeth, born 26th
April, and died 10th Aug. 1765 : (2) 23rd
March 1768, Margaret (died 22nd Oct.
1786), daugh. of Anthony M'Harg, Tar-
regan, Monigaff, and had issue — Samuel,
founder and proprietor of The Glasgow
Herald, born 19th March 1769, died 9th
June 1839; Mary, born 23rd Nov. 1770
(marr. Thomas Campbell, D.D., min. of
Ancrum) ; Margaret, born 23rd Nov.
1772 (marr. pro. 16th April 1795, Alexander
Leslie, flax dresser, Edinburgh) ; John ;
Elizabeth, born 9th Sept. 1775 ; Robert,
born 29th July, and died 25th Aug. 1777.—
[Acts of Ass., 1757; Tombst.]
v HENRY BLAIN [BLANE], M.A. (Edin-
1782 bur§n' 24tn April 1776); pres. by
George III. 27th April 1781 ; ord.
18th April 1782; died 23rd March 1817,
aged 69. He marr. 14th Feb. 1785, Helen
M'Connell, Wigtown, who died 25th Aug.
1844, and had issue — John Campbell, born
4th May 1786, died young; Adam, born
12th July 1787 ; John Maitland, born 12th
Jan. 1789; William, born 21st Feb. 1791;
Henry, born 14th July 1792 ; Duncan
Campbell, student at Glasgow Univ. 1812,
born 15th Sept. 1795.— [Tombst.]
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JAMES ANDERSON, bora Craig, Bal-
1817 maclellan, 5th Sept. 1782, younger
son of George A., tenant of Craig
and Ewanston, and Mary Reid ; licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown 26th Sept. 1809 j pres.
by Vans Hathorn of Garthland 23rd May,
and ord. 17th Sept. 1817 ; died 25th Aug.
1839. He marr. 18th Aug. 1818, Mary (died
12th April 1848), eldest daugh. of John
M'Ghie of Castlehill, Troqueer, and had
issue — John, medical student, Edinburgh
Univ., born 19th June 1819, died 16th May
1837; George, born 12th Sept. 1820, died
in Melbourne ; James, vine grower, born
15th Nov. 1821, died in Valparaiso, Chili ;
Vans Agnew, born 28th Dec. 1822, died
in infancy; William, born 3rd Dec. 1824,
died 7th Feb. 1829; Hugh Hathorn, wool
merchant, born 18th Jan. 1826, died in
Melbourne ; Charles, writer, Jedburgh,
born 10th Nov. 1827, died 28th Aug. 1886 ;
Jean, born 30th April 1837 (marr. 13th
July 1876, James Webster, captain Mer-
cantile Marine).
ROBERT M'NEIL, born Leswalt, 22nd
i84o ^an* 1806, youngest son of Charles
M., farmer ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer ;
ord. 2nd April 1840. Joiued the Free
Church ; min. of Stoneykirk Free Church
in 1843; died 12th Aug. 1852. He marr.
4th Jan. 1841, Margaret (died 23rd March
1866), daugh. of James M'Lean, Leswalt,
and had issue — Charles, M.A., min. of St
George's U.F. Church, Dumfries, born 24th
June 1845, died July 1916.
JOHN JAMES CAMPBELL, born 27th
1844 Sept. 1819, eldest son of Donald
C, min. of Kilmodan ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunoon ; ord. to Garelochhead in 1842 ;
trans, and adm. 21st March 1844; died
25th Dec. 1857. He marr. 7th Nov. 1848,
Eliza Earle Deans (died 3rd Dec. 1891),
daugh. of William Paul, accountant, Edin-
burgh, and had issue — Donald Archibald,
born 17th Jan. 1852; William Henry Paul,
born 12th July 1855 ; Johnina Elizabeth,
born 28th June 1858 (posthumous).
JAMES DOUG ALL, born 1825, son of
1858 William D., farmer, and Elizabeth
M'Nab ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; assistant at Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh; ord. 26th Aug. 1858; died 21st
April 1895. He marr. 12th Jan. 1859,
Elizabeth (died 3rd March 1877, aged 50),
daugh. of Andrew Hogg of Pittendreich,
Kinross, and Janet Tod, and had issue —
Jessie, born 10th Nov. 1859 (marr. William
Black Kennedy, min. of Eyemouth) ; Eliza
Hogg, born 26th Nov. 1861 ; Wilhelmina
Anne, born 19th Dec. 1864, died 26th Feb.
1877 ; William Dove, licentiate of the
Church of Scotland, born 15th Nov. 1865 ;
Andrew, M.A., licentiate of the Church
of Scotland, born 28th Jan. 1868, died
in Canada; James Julius, born 5th Feb.
1876.
WILLIAM JAMES LOWR1E, born
.___ Douglas, Lanarkshire, 30th Nov.
1863, son of William L. ; educated
at Douglas School and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Lanark in 1890; assist-
ant at Caldercruix 11th June 1891 ; trans,
and adm. 24th Oct. 1895. Marr. 14th June
1893, Bethia, daugh. of Colin Campbell,
and has issue — Helen Gillespie Tinto, born
30th March 1894 (marr. Rollo Russell
Grant Sutherland, min. of Ballantrae) ;
Marion Tinto Campbell, born 9th Dec.
] 895, died 24th April 1904 ; Constance
Marguerite, born 28th June 1899 ; William
James Douglas, born 24th Dec. 1902.
STRANRAER.
[Before the Reformation there was at
Stranraer a Chapel of St John. On 19th
March 1600, the General Assembly
sanctioned the founding of a parish for the
district. Its disjunction from Inch and
Leswalt took some years to carry through.
On the erection of the Presbytery of
Stranraer in 1622, this new parish became
the seat of that Court. In 1766 the heritors
of Stranraer built a new parish church,
which is now in ruins. A later church on a
different site was erected towards the end
of the nineteenth century.]
356
STRANRAER
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT AIRD, MA. ; ord. by Thomas,
ie„„ Bishop of Galloway, and the Presb.
9th Oct. 1633 ; dem. " as he could not
withdraw his affection for Episcopacy," 27th
June 1638 ; min. of Cumbrae in 1642.
JOHN LIVINGSTON, MA. ; adm. (at
1638 Stoneykirk) 5th July 1638 ; trans, to
Ancrum 1st Aug. 1648.
JOHN PARK, MA.; ord. to Mochrum
1649 *n 1(^ ' 'rans- anc^ adm. 7th Nov.
1649. In his capacity as Moderator
of Synod, he protested against the dissolu-
tion of that Court by James, Earl of
Galloway, in April 1661, as ultra vires;
deprived by the Acts of Parliament 11th
June, and of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662.
He continued to discharge his duties, and
was complained against 24th Feb. 1663.
A question respecting an agreement made
with the Univ. of Glasgow as to his stipend
was brought before the Court of Session,
which upheld his claim, 10th Dec. 1665.
He ministered here under indulgence, 27th
July 1669, but in 1670 the Court of Session
found that Thomas Naismith was rightful
minister, though "the town and parish
adhered as one man" to Park. He went
to Kilmaurs in 1672. — [Livingston's Life ;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 147 ; Morrison's Diet. ;
Baillie's Letters.']
WILLIAM SOMERVELL, MA. ; adm.
1667 between 23rd May and 29th Oct.
1667 ; trans, to Leswalt between 28th
April and 27th Oct. 1668.
JOHN ARBUCKLE, M.A.; adm. be-
1668 tween 28tn April and 27th Oct.
1668 ; trans, to Monigaff between
29th April and 5th Oct. 1669.
JOHN PARK, M.A., above noticed
1669 (q.V.).
THOMAS NAISMITH [NAESMYTH],
1669 MA. (Glasgow 1665) ; pres. and adm.
by James, Bishop of Galloway, 30th
July 1669; there is no further mention of
him after 27th April 1671.— [Wodrow's
Hist., ii., 147.]
GEORGE YOUNG, MA. ; adm. about
1672 1(^2 or ^3 » trans, to Kirkmaiden
in 1682.
w GEORGE BROWN, min. here before
15th Oct. 1684 ; trans, to Kilmaurs
in 1685.
1684
JOHN RAMSAY, MA. (St Andrews) ;
1686 mm> *n ^^ > outed before Whit-
sunday, 1689, and went to England.
He marr. Margaret Hepburn, and had issue
— Agnes, bapt. 11th June 1686. — \Edin.
Reg. {Bapt); MS. Ace. of Min., 1689;
Rule's Sec. Vindication.']
THOMAS MILLER, son of Andrew
M., min. of Girvan ; MA. (Edin-
burgh 1669). He attended the first
meeting of Synod after the Revolution,
14th May 1689; trans, to Kirkliston 14th
April 1691 ; died Jan. 1716, aged about 67.
He marr. Jean, daugh. of Muir of Thornton,
and had issue — William, minister, died in
Barbados ; Archibald, surgeon, London ;
Thomas, died young ; and three daughs. —
[Rule's Sec. Vindication ; Nisbet's Her.,
ii., 42.]
WALTER LAURIE of Redcastle, son of
James L., min. of Stoneykirk ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; ord.
before 15th April 1695 ; died 4th May 1742.
He bequeathed a house and garden, a seat
in the church, a tomb, and about forty
acres of land in the parish of Leswalt, " to
be enjoyed by and to encourage my suc-
cessors in office in all time coming on con-
dition of keeping the tomb in repair."
He marr. 9th Nov. 1697, Margaret, eldest
daugh. of Robert Gordon of Shirmers. —
\Edin. Tests. ; Tablet in Church.]
^GEORGE BLAIR, MA. (Glasgow, 17th
? April 1 725) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
19th April 1732; called 20th Jan.,
and ord. 18th Aug. 1743; died 23rd Aug.
1771, in his 71st year. He marr. 16th June
1761, Jean (died 19th May 1816), daugh. of
James M'Ferrand, min. of Kirkmaiden, and
had issue— Elizabeth, born 30th May 1762 ;
Catherine, born 31st Jan. 1764.
STRANRAER]
STRANRAER
357
JOHN COULTER, born 1730, eldest
1?72 son of John C, Crawfordjohn ; licen.
by Presb. of Stranraer 25th March
1761 ; assistant at Kilwinning ; ord. to
Kirkmaiden 27th Sept. 1764; pres. by-
George III. 20th Sept. 1771; trans, and
adm. 4th Feb. 1772 ; D.D. (Glasgow, Nov.
1798); died 16th Feb. 1814. He marr. (1)
1st May 1775, Helen, daugh. of David
Fergusson of Finnard : (2) 3rd Feb. 1779,
Margaret, daugh. of David Liggart of Bar-
lockhart, and had issue— John, born 21st
Feb. 1 780, died young ; David, merchant,
Glasgow, born 27th Oct. 1782; William,
born 29th July 1784, died young. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, i.).
DAVID WILSON, born Glasgow, son of
1807 J°nn W- > educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
5th Oct. 1803; pres. by George III. 23rd
Dec. 1806 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
20th May 1807. On the passing of Act
50 George III. cap. 84, he claimed an
allowance of £20 in lieu of a glebe. This
was objected to on the ground that he got
at least the equivalent of a glebe from
Walter Laurie's bequest. He raised an
action in the Court of Session in 1821, but
his claim was refused. He was libelled in
1842 on various serious charges. Having
applied to the Court of Session for inter-
dict on the ground of irregularities of pro-
cedure on the part of the Presbytery, the
latter referred the matter to the General
Assembly, who deposed him on account
of the legal action he had taken, 30th
May 1842. On his petition, the following
Assembly found that this sentence was
"illegal, unconstitutional, and inept, and
declare the same to have been null and
void ab initio" 29th May 1843. He died
17th Oct. 1845. He marr. 29th Oct. 1831,
Margaret (died 26th Feb. 1845, s.p.), eldest
daugh. of Patrick Stewart of Cairnsmore.
Publication — Account of the Parish (JYeiv
Stat. Ace, iv.).— [Acts of Ass., 1842, 1843.]
WILLIAM MUNGALL SIMPSON,
born Falkirk, 2nd June 1822, second
son of James S., merchant ; educated
at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by Presb.
of Linlithgow; ord. 5th Feb. 1846; died
28th May 1867. He marr. 2nd June 1846,
Helen (died 5th March 1895), daugh. of
James Nicholson, Bighead, Torthorwald,
and had issue — James Nicholson, yarn
merchant, Glasgow, born 19th Dec. 1847;
Ellen Christina, born 14th Sept. 1849;
Wilhelmina Muir, born 23rd Nov. 1851
(marr. 9th June 1874, James Kelso, mer-
chant, Glasgow).
THOMAS LITTLE, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1867 24t^ ^ct* 186^j trans, to Lanark
15th March 1872.
ROBERT SHARP WARREN, ord.
1872 11th July 1872; trans, to St
David's Parish, Dundee, 3rd Oct.
1878.
HARCOURT PETER CHARLTON,
1R7q born Tully House, Co. Monaghan,
28th Dec. 1829, son of Isaiah C.
and Margaret Hair ; educated at Royal
College of Ireland ; B.A. (1852) ; assistant
at Dromore and Kilrush ; ord. to Tassagh,
Armagh, 1856; adm. to Wellpark Chapel,
Greenock, 1877 ; trans, and adm. 27th
March 1879; D.D. (Belfast 1906); chaplain
to Lord High Commissioner in 1910; died
26th July 1911. He marr. Jane Lyons,
Rathellen, Sligo, who died in 1876, and
had issue — Henry Lyons, cotton planter,
Nyasaland, sometime in holy orders, born
4th April 1865 ; Margaret O'Brien, born 15th
April 1868 (marr. John Mackenzie, M.D.,
Duns). Publications — National Religion,
tvith Objections to Church Establishments
considered ; Seaside Readings ; Geology and
Genesis ; Sermons preached on various Occa-
sions ; The Heavenly Mirror (Edinburgh,
1905) ; Fancies not Facts (Edinburgh,
1906); Communion Wine (London, 1908);
edited Irish Christian Treasury, vols. i.
to iv.
WILLIAM JOHN CURRIE, born
Bushmills, Co. Antrim, Ireland,
24th Jan. 1875, son of James C.
and Mary Clarke; educated at Bush-
mills, Ballymoney Intermediate School,
Queen's and Assembly's Colleges, Belfast;
358
STRANRAER
[PEESB. OF STRANRAER
B.A. (1896) ; ord. to Hanyville Pres-
byterian Church, Ballymena, 15th March
1900 ; trans, to Berry Street Presby-
terian Church, Belfast, 8th Feb. 1907;
trans, to this charge 4th Jan. 1912 : res.
17th June 1915, on becoming min. of
First Bangor Presbyterian Church, Ards,
Ireland. Marr. 1st June 1904, Ella Ross,
daugh. of George B. Hanna, Kildrum,
Ballymena, and has issue — George Hanna,
born 19th Dec. 1905.
1915
ANSON ROBERTSON CRAIK
WOOD, born Logie, Dundee, 11th
Aug. 1884, son of Anson W. of
Clathy, Auchterarder, and Jessie Robert-
son • educated at Harris Academy, Dundee,
Univs. of St Andrews, Oxford, and Glas-
gow ; M.A. (St Andrews 1904), B.A. (Oxon.
1908), B.D. (Glasgow 1911); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow in 1911 ; assistant at
West St Giles, Edinburgh, and Park Parish,
Glasgow; ord. 16th Dec. 1915.
PRESBYTERY OF WIGTOWN
[The General Assembly sanctioned the erection of this Court in April 1581. We
find the Presbytery in existence in 1593. Its Register, which begins with 22nd Oct.
1696, extends to six volumes. There is, however, a gap from 11th Oct. 1758 to 22nd
June 1784. There was an earlier volume of Records, beginning 13th Nov. 1663, but it
is not now known to exist.]
BARGRENNAN (Q.S.).
[A chapel-of-ease was opened at Bar-
grennan, 17th March 1839, and was served
by licentiates. The parish was disjoined
from Monigaff, Penninghame, and Col-
monell, 16th July 1862.]
^JOHN BARCLAY, born Lamington,
1863 7th March 1822, son of John B.,
farmer, and Ann Halliday ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 19th May 1845; app. to
Bargrennan Chapel 1st Aug. 1847 ; ord.
29th Jan. 1863; died 24th April 1907.
He marr. 11th Nov. 1867, Agnes (died
19th Nov. 1904, aged 83, s.p.), daugh. of
James Gibson, farmer, and Elizabeth
Aitken.
GEORGE MUIR, born Primrosehill,
1907 Dunoon, 22nd June 1880, son of
George M., merchant, Glasgow, and
Janet Bryce ; educated at Dunoon Grammar
School, High School and Univ. of Glasgow,
and at Marburg and Berlin ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1900), B.D. (Glasgow 1904) ; licen. by
Presb. of Dunoon 27th Sept. 1904; assist-
ant at St Mary's, Partick ; ord. 19th Sept.
1907. Marr. 7th June 1913, Mary Chomar,
daugh. of John Hannay, in Powton, Sorbie,
and has issue— George Douglas, born 20th
Sept. 1914.
359
Whitern. On
is St Ninian's
the combined
GLASSERTON AND KIRK-
MAIDEN-IN-FARINES.
[These parishes were united by the Com-
missioners of Teinds on 20th June 1618.
Glasserton. — The church of Glasserton
belonged to the Priory of
the seashore in the parish
Cave, a fine example of
chapel and retreat of a mediaeval anchorite.
The parish church was rebuilt in 1732. In
1837 this building was enlarged, and a
tower was added to it.
Kirkmaiden-in-Farines. — The church of
this parish was dedicated to St Medan. It
belonged to the Priory of Whitern. On the
seashore beside the church, just above tide-
mark, there is a holy well.]
RODOLPH PEIRSON, reader and vicar
1567 in 1567 ; died in 1569.
GEORGE STEVENSON, reader in 1569 ;
1569 vicar in 1575.
JOHN KAY, reader, Nov. 1570 to
1570 1589.
ROGER GORDON, trans, from Whit-
,_0_ ern in 1580; to which parish he
was retrans. about 1590.
GEORGE MURE, reader, 1590 to 1591. —
1590 [Reg. Assig.~]
360
GLASSERTON AND KIRKMAIDEN-IN-FARINES [peesb. of
JAMES DAVIDSON, min. of Wigtown,
1597 also min. here in 1597.
GEORGE KLNCAID, M.A. ; trans, from
1614 ^oc^ruru before 1614, to which he I
again returned before 1626. — [Reg.
Assig.]
GEORGE GALLOWAY, M.A. (St
1626 Andrews, 26th July 1613); adm. in
1626; still min. in 1654. He marr.
(cont. 16th Aug. 1628), Jean, eldest daugh.
of James M'Culloch of Drummorrall, and
Katherine M'Culloch of Torhouse. — [Beg.
of Deeds, ccccxi., 4th Nov. 1628 ; Stranraer
Presb. ; Commis. to Ass., 1638 ; Preface to
Clanahan's Discourses.}
ROBERT PURDIE, M.A. (Edinburgh,
lees 23rc^ ^"ay 1655) ; schoolmaster of
Colinton 29th May 1663; licen. by
George, Bishop of Edinburgh, 15th Dec.
1664; adm. min. of this parish after 22nd
Jan. 1665 ; died before 5th Dec. that year.
He marr. (1) 23rd Dec. 1662, Marion, daugh.
of John Denhame, merchant burgess of
Edinburgh : (2) Janet Ker, who survived
him. — \G. B. Homings, 18th June 1670;
Edin. Com. Dec, 12th March 1663;
Shankie's Colinton.]
ALEXANDER CUNNINGHAM, M.A.
1666 (Glasgow 1646); adm. about 1666;
died soon after. He marr., and had
issue — Archibald, who had sasine of the
lands of Hairshaw, Drumboy, and Meadow-
flat in Lanarkshire, 27th March 1671. — [Xew
Gen. Beg. Sas., xxvii.
JOHN SOMERVELL [SOMER-
1667 ViLLEl M.A. ; trans, from Kirk-
cowan, and adm. before 22nd May
1667 ; trans, to West Calder, and coll. 17th
June 1668.
JAMES BAILLIE, M.A. (St Andrews,
1668 28th July 1666); pres. by James,
Bishop of Galloway, 1st July, and
inst. 11th Sept. 1668; still min. Oct. 1684,
when he gave up a list of parishioners.
The date of his death is unknown. He
marr. 10th Sept. 1671, Agnes, daugh. of
Charles Thornton, bailie of Forfar, and
had issue — two children. — [Forfar Sets.
Beg. ; Clanahan's Discourses.]
JOHN MURDOCH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
168,_ 1st Nov. 1681); passed trials before
Presb. of Dalkeith, and got a certifi-
cate of license 1st May 1684 ; min. here
about 1687 ; outed at the Revolution. —
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ROBERT SEATON, educated at Univ.
7 of Glasgow : ord. 18th Sept. 1700 ;
died 18th Oct. 1744, in his 80th year.
He marr. 11th March 1701, Jean Martin,
who died 8th Feb. 1765, and had issue-
Elizabeth ; Jean ; Margaret (marr., pro.
7th Aug. 1726, James Hamilton, merchant,
Edinburgh) ; Catherine (marr., pro. 13th
Aug. 1726, George Scott, baker, Canongate,
Edinburgh). — [Tombst. ; Clanahan's Dis-
courses ; Edin. Marr. Beg.]
ALEXANDER GORDON, licen. by
1745 Presb. of Wigtown 18th Dec. 1738 ;
called 18th July, and ord. 19th Sept.
1745; dem. 26th May 1760; went to
America, where he died. He marr. 23rd
Nov. 1747, Agnes Christian, who died 9th
Dec. 1756, and had issue — Thomas, born
15th Aug. 1748; Patrick, born 17th Sept.
1750 ; William, born 21st April 1752 ; Jean,
born 23rd June 1753 ; Robert, born 9th
Jan. 1755, died 19th June 1758.
JAMES LAING of Newlands, born
1761 Abernethy, Perthshire, 1732 ; M.A.
(St Andrews 1753); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 5th Dec. 1759; pres. by
George III. 3rd Oct. 1760; ord. 16th July
1761 ; D.D. (St Andrews) ; died 28th Jan.
1814. He marr. (1) 17th June 1763, Sarah
(died 30th Dec. 1803, aged 81), daugh. of
Andrew Ramsay, Lord Provost of Glasgow,
and had issue — Sarah, born 21st March
1764 (marr. (1) Edward M'Culloch, younger
of Auchengool, and was mother of John
Ramsay M'Culloch, statistician and politi-
cal economist ; she marr. 2ndly, Dr David
Dempster) : (2) 2nd April 1805, Elizabeth
Gairden, who died 19th May 1813 : (3) 2nd
Aug. 1813, Helen Conning, who died 27th
May 1867. Publication — Solomon's Advice
Wigtown] GLASSERTON AND KIRKMAIDEN-IN-FARINES
361
to the Gay and Prosperous Considered, a
sermon. — [To?nbst.]
SAMUEL CLANAHAN, born Aireylisk,
Mochrum, 17th July 1779, eldest son
of James C. ; educated at parish
schools of Mochrum and Sorbie, and at
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 1st Jan. 1805 ; tutor
in the family of Robert Hathorn Stewart
of Physgill in 1806 ; pres. by George,
Prince Regent, and ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 6th May 1813 ; died 27th Feb. 1849.
He marr. 22nd Feb. 1814, Stewart (died
23rd Aug. 1873, aged 81), daugh. of John
Williams, of the India House, London, and
had issue — Mark Sprot, surgeon, Dumfries,
born 3rd Jan. 1815, died 8th March 1837 \
Robert Hathorn Stewart, born 15th Nov.
1816, went abroad, where all trace of him
is lost ; Agnes Eleanor, born 18th Feb.
1819, died unmarr. 27th Jan. 1852; Mary
Hathorn Stewart, born 24th Nov. 1821,
died in Chapel Outon ; Isabella Agnew,
born 6th Jan. 1824, died in Liverpool ;
Samuel, born 15th Oct. 1826, died 22nd
March 1896. Publications — Discourses
(posthumous ; Edinburgh, 1849) ; Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace. iv.). —
[Memoir prefixed to Discourses ; Tombst.]
ARCHIBALD STEWART, born 27th
1849 ^U^ 1806, youngest son of John S.
farmer, Cutcloy, Whitern, and Eliza-
beth Dickson ; educated at Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Wigtown July 1829 ; tutor at Castle
Menzies and Glasserton House ; assistant
at St Andrew's Parish, Edinburgh, 1838 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) to Moffat
24th Aug. 1843; trans, and adm. 12th
July 1849 ; clerk of Presb. in 1863 ; D.D.
(Edinburgh 1870); died (in his pew in St
Cuthbert's Church, Edinburgh) 4th July
1880. He marr. 26th Nov. 1845, Magdalene
(died 6th Jan. 1892), daugh. of Henry Good-
sir, and had issue — John Alexander, M.A.
(Edinburgh and Oxford), LL.D. (Edin-
burgh and Aberdeen), FelloAV of Corpus
Christi College, Hon. student of Christ
Church, White's Professor of Moral Phil-
osophy, Univ. of Oxford, author of The
Myths of Plato, etc., born 19th Oct. 1846 ;
Henry Goodsir, banker, born 3rd Aug.
1848 ; Elizabeth Magdalene, born 25th
Sept. 1857 (marr. 27th June 1882, William
Traquair Dickson, W.S., Edinburgh). Pub-
lications— History Vindicated in the Case
of the Wigtown Martyrs (Edinburgh, 1867 ;
2nd ed., 1869) ; contributed articles to
the Edinburgh Courant ; and several single
sermons. — [Vide Funeral Sermon, by
James Charles, D.D.]
JOHN GORDON, born Arnsheen, Col-
1876 monell> 24tn Oct. 1850, son of John
G., farmer, and Helen M'llwrick ;
educated at parish schools of Kirkcowan
and Penninghame, and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 2nd Dec.
1874 ; assistant at Avendale, and Tron
Parish, Glasgow; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 11th Oct. 1876; clerk of Presb.,
1900-14; dem. 29th Oct. 1914. Marr. 14th
Feb. 1877, Margaret (died 17th June 1913),
daugh. of Daniel Bryce, farmer, Inner-
peffray, Perthshire, and Janet Clow, and
has issue — John, min. of Hobkirk, born
24th Dec. 1878; Donald Campbell Bryce,
min. of Milton Parish, Glasgow, born 8th
Feb. 1881 ; Helen M'llwrick, born 4th
Sept. 1882, died 4th Aug. 1899; James
Bryce, min. of Oldhamstocks, born 4th
Jan. 1884.
JOHN GREENSHIELDS SCOULAR,
1914 k°rn 25ta Sept. 1884, son of John
Richard S., min. of the First Charge,
Cupar - Fife ; educated at Univ. of St
Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of Cupar in
1910 ; assistant at St Ninians (Stirling),
Dalziel, and Buccleuch Parish (Edinburgh);
ord. 29th Oct. 1914; lieut. 7th Black
Watch, B.E.F., 1915-16.
KIRKCOWAN, or KIRKCOAN.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Coan. Prior to the Reformation it
belonged to the Chapel Royal of Stirling.
Near the present building are the ruins of
an older parish church.]
JOHN M'GHIE, died before 6th Sept.
1564 1564.— [Edin. Tests.]
362
KIRKCOWAN
[PRESB. OF
JOHN FLEMING, reader, 1567 to
1567 1580.
JOSEPH CLELLAND, probably son of
1627 William C. of that ilk, and Elspeth
Stewart; M.A. (Glasgow 1613); on
the Exercise at Linlithgow 17th Aug.
1614 ; on the Exercise at Wigtown 29th
May 1616; min. in 1627, and still min.
17th Nov. 1641. — [Linlithgow and Stran-
raer Presb. Regs. ; Stat. Bejiorts, 1627 ;
Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ■ Beg. Old Dec,,
iii. ; Wodroiv MSS.]
ALEXANDER ROSS of Dalrioch, Col-
1662 monell ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 28th July
1648); adm. in 1662; deprived by
Act of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. A com-
plaint was made to the Privy Council,
24th Feb. 1663, that he " still laboured to
keep the hearts of the people from the
present government in Church and State."
He was also accused of holding conventicles
at Dalrioch, and of baptizing in private.
He marr. Janet Stewart (died before 14th
Feb. 1662), widow of Major Hugh Muir,
son of Patrick M. of Auchneil, parish of
Leswalt. — [ Wigtown Sas. ; Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 327.]
JOHN SOMERVELL [SOMERVILLE],
M.A. ; adm. between 26th April and
30th Oct. 1666 ; trans, to Glasserton
before 22nd May 1667.
JAMES LEIPER, M.A. ; adm. between
23rd May and 29th Oct. 1667 ; trans,
to Roberton, Lanarkshire, 1682.
JAMES CHRISTIE, M.A. ; pres. by
John Hamilton, subdean of the
Chapel Royal, 12th Oct. 1682 ; trans,
to Kirkinner about 1686.
ALEXANDER JAFFRAY, outed in
1689. He afterwards resided at
Little Canglour, in St Ninians
Parish, Stirling, and died before 31st July
1712. He left £100 to the poor of St
Ninians. A nephew, Alexander Jaffray,
merchant, Stirling, succeeded him as por-
tioner of Canglour. — [Stirling Beg. Sas. ;
St Ninians Sess. Beg.]
ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A. ; min.
at Rathfriland, Ireland ; adm. here
in 1689 ; trans, to Sorbie that year.
1693
PATRICK DUNLOP, a preacher from
Ireland Avho came over at the
Revolution ; ord. 27th May 1693 ;
still min. 6th July 1698. He returned to
Ireland, and was settled in the Presbyterian
congregation at Drumlick, parish of Drum-
minis, Co. Armagh, where he died, July
1710.— [Reid's Ireland, ii., 520.]
HUGH DUNLOP, licen. by Presb. of
1701 Peebles 4th Dec. 1700 ; called 1st
June ; ord. 10th Sept. 1701 ; died at
Edinburgh, 15th Sept. 1705.— [Edin. Beg.
JAMES MURDOCH, licen. by Presb.
1706 of Kirkcudbright 18th Sept. 1700;
called 4th Aug. ; ord. 19th Sept.
1706; died 8th Feb. 1718, in his 51st
year. — [Tombst.]
JAMES M'CLELLAN [or M'CLEL-
1719 LAND], M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th
April 1705); licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 16th Nov. 1714; called
26th Jan., and ord. 1st Sept. 1719; died
26th Aug. 1743, aged about 59. He marr.
and had issue — David, min. of Beith.
ROBERT HUNTER, chaplain to John
1744 M'Dowall of Logan ; licen. by
Presb. of Stranraer 7th April 1742 ;
called 20th March ; ord. 20th Sept. 1744 ;
died 15th July 1782, in his 74th year.
He marr. 17th Oct. 1748, Helena (died
5th Feb. 1789), fourth daugh. of Patrick
Bruce, min. at Killyleagh, Ireland, and
had issue — Margaret, born 3rd Nov. 1757 ;
Patrick Bruce, born 18 th Nov. 1767, died
10th June 1789— [Tombst. ; Acts of Ass.,
1744.]
JOHN DICKSON, born 1748, third son
1783 °^ Adam -D-> farmer, Kiladam, in
the parish ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow; ord. 19th Aug. 1783; died 13th
March 1799. He marr. 2nd Aug. 1790,
Margaret Bruce, who died 17th Sept. 1825,
and had issue— Mary, born 17th Sept. 1791,
died 16th March 1835 ; Agnes, Publication
WIGTOWN]
KIRKCOWAN
363
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xx.). — [Tombst.]
ANTHONY STEWART, M.D. [source
ll7gg and date unknown], eldest son of
John S., farmer, Stelloch, Glasser-
ton, and Marion, daugh. of Adam Dickson,
in Kiladam in the parish ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Wig-
town 28th June 1791 ; ord. to New Luce
5th April 1792 ; pres. by Robert Agnew of
Sheuchan 28th June 1799 ; trans, and adm.
12th Dec. 1799 ; died 6th April 1847. He
marr. 7th Sept. 1802, his cousin, Grace
(died at Cheltenham, 22nd Jan. 1862, aged
79), daugh. of Andrew Dickson, in Mickle
Larg, Inch, and Anne M'Master, and had
issue— John, L.R.C.S.E. (1826), born 14th
July 1803, died at sea, on his passage home
from Mauritius, where he was staff-surgeon,
19th Nov. 1848; Anne, born 15th Jan.
1806 (marr. 13th July 1825, Capt. William
Charles Hamilton of Craighlaw), died 1889 ;
Lilias Millar, born 27th June 1808 (marr.
Robert Frederic Gower of Glandovan,
Pembrokeshire), died 11th May 1880. Pub-
lication— Account of New Luce (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xiii.).
JOHN THOMSON, son of John T„
1844 merchant, Stranraer ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; ord. (assistant
and successor) in 1844 ; died in Glasgow,
4th Sept. 1849, unmarr.
JAMES CHARLES, born Glasgow, 10th
Jan. 1803, third son of George C,
merchant, and Catherine Stevenson ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow; licen. by
Presb. of Dalkeith ; ord. (by Presb. of Edin-
burgh) chaplain on the Bengal establish-
ment 25th April 1832 ; min. of St Andrew's
Church, Calcutta, 1832-47 ; D.D. (Edinburgh,
30th March 1839) ; adm. to this parish 29th
Nov. 1849 ; died 26th Nov. 1882. He marr.
28th May 1832, Elizabeth Smith (died 1st
March 1894), daugh. of Thomas Edmond-
ston, merchant, Edinburgh,' and had issue —
Thomas Edmondston, M.D., Hon. Physician
to the King, born 17th Oct. 1834, died 2nd
March 1906; Catherine, born 18th March
1836, died unmarr., 10th Jan. 1909 ; James,
Royal Artillery, bom 2nd June 1839, died
19th July 1909 ; John George, I.C.S., born
23rd Nov. 1842, died 25th Oct, 1915;
Fendall Lowis, I.C.S., born 10th May 1848.
Publications — The Astonishing Condescen-
sion of the Redeemer, a sermon (Calcutta,
1834); The Watchman's Warning Voice
(Calcutta, 1843) ; The Church of Scotland's
India Mission [Assembly Address, 1848]
(Edinburgh, 1848); The Lord's Voice to
Britain from the Far East (Glasgow, 1857) ;
The Last Fifteen Years (Glasgow, n.d.) ;
National Judgments, their Causes and their
Lessons (Newton - Stewart, 1877) ; The
Blessedness of the Dead that die in the
Lord [Funeral Sermon for Archibald
Stewart, D.D., Glasserton] (Edinburgh,
1880).
BENJAMIN DENOON, born Portma-
1885 homack, Ross-shire, 18th Dec. 1854,
son of John D. ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1881); licen. by Presb.
of Glasgow in 1882 ; assistant at Inver-
allan and St Columba's, Glasgow ; ord.
13th June 1883 ; died at Ventnor, Isle of
Wight, 20th April 1886. He marr. 4th
March 1884, Mary Jane, daugh. of George
Abel, Aquherton, Kintore, and had issue
— Ernest Ian, classical master, Dumfries
Academy, born 22nd May 1885.
ANDREW FALLAS MITCHELL, born
1886 ^yr' 8t^ ^ec* 185,?' son °^ Alexander
M. and Mary Barbour ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7th May 1884 ; assistant at Riccarton,
Kilmarnock; ord. 13th Oct. 1886; died
18th Sept. 1904. He marr. 1st Feb. 1887,
Grace Gow, daugh. of George Anderson,
and had issue — Alexander Fallas, electrical
engineer, Sydney, Australia, born 24th
April 1888 ; Grace Dingwall Gow Ander-
son, born 26th Dec. 1889 (marr. 18th April
1914, William Leyson Stevenson Moore,
Balaquane, Peel, Isle of Man) ; Mary Bar-
bour, born 7th March 1891 ; George Ander-
son, medical student, Univ. of Glasgow,
bom 13th March 1896.
JOHN MUIR, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 16th
1905 March 1905 ; trans, to High Kirk
Parish, Paisley, 19th May 1910,
3G4
KIRKCOWAN— KIRKINNER AND LONGCASTLE [presb. of
JOSEPH LOGAN AYRE, bom Bally-
1910 niena, Co. Antrim, 12th Aug. 1868,
son of Robert A. and Mary Blair;
educated at Magee College, Londonderry,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; B.A. (London-
derry 1900), B.D. (Edinburgh 1905) ; licen.
by Presb. of Coleraine in 1903; assistant
at St Mary's Parish, Dumfries, 1906-7;
adm. as a licentiate by the General
Assembly in 1907 ; ord. to Macduff 4th
Dec. 1907 ; trans, and adm. 20th Oct.
1910 ; trans, to Prestonpans 29th June 1916.
Marr. 11th June 1908, Grace Wallace,
daugh. of Robert M'Dowall, and has issue
— Margaret Robertson Logan, born 16th
July 1909; Percy Logan, born 10th Aug.
1913.
HUGH THOMAS SUTHERLAND
1916 M0RRIS0N> MA-> B-D-; trans,
from Tundergarth (q.v.), and adm.
1st Dec. 1916.
KIRKINNER AND LONGCASTLE.
[These parishes were united in 1650.
Kirkinner. — The church was dedicated
to St Kinera. Before the Reformation it
belonged to the Chapel Royal of Stirling.
Standing in the churchyard were two
ancient carved stone crosses, of which one
only now remains.]
•ROBERT BLINSHIEL, min. of Wig-
1567 town in 1567, also min. here.
JAMES FALCONER, reader in
1573 1573.
MICHAEL [or NICOL] DUNGAL-
1574 SON, reader in 1574.
THOMAS WRIGHT, reader, 1574 to
1574 1576.
JOHN YOUNG, 1576; min. of Wig-
1576 town, also min. here.— [Edin. Com.
Dec, xxxi., 21st Dec. 1579.
1578
JAMES FALCONER, reader in 1573;
min. from 1578 ; still min. in 1597.
-[Reg. Assig.]
WILLIAM BOYD, M.A. (Glasgow
1587) ; adm. to Blantyre in 1593 ;
trans, to Glenluce in 1597 ; min. of
this parish in 1599. — [Beg. Assig.]
1599
MATTHEW REID, M.A. (St Andrews
1601 15^9) ; member of Assembly in 1602 ;
still min. in 1608. — [Reg. Assig.;
Booke of the Kirk.]
ANDREW ANDERSON, M.A. (St
Andrews 1608); an "expectant"
1 4th Sept. 1611 ; adm. before 1627 ;
member of Assembly in 1638 ; died before
12th Nov. 1641, aged about 54. — [Stat.
Rejmrts, 1627 ; St Andrews Syn. and Stran-
raer Bresb. Regs. ; Wodroiv MSS. ; Banna-
tyne Miscell., ii. ; Stevenson's Hist.]
1643
WILLIAM HUME, M.A. (Edinburgh,
22nd July 1637); adm. after 27th
Sept. 1643 ; while acting as chap-
lain to the Galloway Regiment, he was
killed by a shot from the walls of New-
castle in 1644, aged about 27. He marr.
21st Dec. 1643, Barbara, daugh. of John
Mein, merchant, Edinburgh, and had issue
—William, bapt. 8th Nov. 1644, entered
burgess and guild brother of Edinburgh
in right of his father, 27th Nov. 1667.
After a petition to Parliament backed up
by the recommendation of the General
Assembly, a sum of two thousand merks,
" out of the readiest moneys which can be
had pertaining to the public," was voted
to Hume's widow and her child. In 1646,
also by the Assembly's orders, she had a
gift of the vacant stipend for that year.
This was probably never paid, though
Parliament enjoined that it should be
paid by the Committee of War within
the Sheriffdom. [Stranraer Bresb. Reg. ;
Edin. Guild Reg. ; Edin. Reg. {Marr. and
Bapt.) ; Acts of Barl., vi. ; Peterkin's
Records ; Balfour's Annals, iii. ; Ruther-
ford's Letters.]
1647
GEORGE WAUGH, M.A. (Edinburgh,
17th April 1639) ; on the Exercise
at Perth 28th June 1643. In 1646
he was a witness to the will of Alexander
Henderson, min. of Leuchars ; adm. in
1647; deprived in 1662 for nonconformity.
Wigtown]
KIRKINNER AND LONGCASTLE
365
He was accused before the Privy Council,
24th Feb. 1663, " of still labouring to keep
the hearts of the people from the present
government in Church and State," and
was charged with turbulent and seditious
carriage 14th July that year, but the result
is unknown. He declined an indulgence
at Kells 3rd Sept. 1672 ; was summoned
before the Council 12th March 1673, and
ordered to take up work there before 1st
June. He emigrated, however, to Ireland,
and got a charge in Co. Down. He was
min. again in 1689.— [Stranraer Presb. Beg.;
Wodrow's Hist., ii., 212 ; Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 407 ; Aiton's Life of
Henderson^
ANDREW SYMSON [SIMSON], Ml.;
adm. in 1663 ; clerk of Synod 25th
Oct. 1664; inst. to Douglas 12th
Jan. 1686.
JAMES CHRISTIE, a native of Aber-
deenshire ; M.A. (King's College,
Aberdeen, 17th July 1662); pres.
12th Oct. 1682 to Kirkcowan ; trans, and
adm. about 1686; outed at the Revolution.
He went to Ireland, was adm. to Bandony,
in the diocese of Derry, and died 13th May
1718, aged about 76. He marr. (1) Jane
Inglis, and had issue — Andrew ; David :
(2) 1696, Margaret Kincaid, who survived
him.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
GEORGE WAUGH, above noticed;
1689 returned before 16th July 1689 ;
restored by Act of Parliament 24th
April 1690 ; died 1st Dec. 1691, aged about
72. He marr. 10th May 1649, Janet
Thomson.— [Edin. Beg. (Marr.).]
HUGH COWAN, adm. before 20th
1694 March 1694 ; dem. 7th July 1698.
WILLIAM CAMPBELL of Queenshill,
1702 born 1676, son of Robert C, min.
of Stoneykirk ; licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 24th Feb., and ord. 22nd Sept.
1702 ; purchased Queenshill, Kirkcudbright,
1729 ; died Sept. 1742. He marr. 7th Aug.
1721, Margaret (died 28th Jan. 1778),
second daugh. of William Reid, min. of
Dunning, and had issue — William of
Queenshill, M.D., sometime of the Island
of Antigua, born 1727, died 1798; David,
merchant, Manchester, died 1815 ; Nicolas,
died Sept. 1810; Helen (marr. 24th May
1755, Alexander Maitland of Valleyfield) ;
Margaret (marr. 11th March 1756, George
Adie, min. of Carnock); Magdalen (marr.
4th May 1761, David Dow, min. of Dron) ;
Anna (marr. 13th June 1751, Thomas Dow,
min. of Bervie).
ANDREW REID, licen. by Presb. of
7 Wigtown 23rd Feb., and called 8th
Sept. 1743; ord. 22nd March 1744;
died unmarr., 1st May 1744.
JOHN HART, born 1716, son of John
74 H. of Sauchenford ; tutor in the
family of John M'Dowall of Freugh ;
licen. by Presb. of Stranraer 7th April
1742 ; pres. by John Vans of Barnbarroch
Oct. 1744; ord. 11th April 1745; died 1st
Jan. 1767. He marr. 4th Sept. 1749, Eliza-
beth Smith (date of death unknown),
and had issue — John, born 30th July 1750 ;
Jean, born 15th Dec. 1751 ; Catherine,
born 13th June 1754 ; Peter, born 13th
July 1756; Robert, born 18th May 1758;
Thomas, born 4th June 1760; Christian,
born 14th July 1763 (marr. 14th Sept.
1790, James Jollie, W.S.), died 27th May
1807; Mary, born 12th Nov. 1765 (marr.
Captain William Sheriff, Madras Cavalry,
H.E.I.C.S.) ; William Main, born 17th April
1767.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT HENDERSON, eldest son
1769 °^ William H, farmer, Mochrum ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres.
by George III. 9th April 1767 ; ord. 27th
June 1769; died 16th April 1778. He
marr. 6th Jan. 1772, Helen Maitland, who
died 13th Oct. 1787, and had issue — Joanna,
born 31st May 1774 ; James Maitland, born
6th Sept. 1776.
JOHN GRAHAM, born Monigaff, 1732,
1?7g son of Robert G., schoolmaster ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1753) ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine
11th Aug. 1761 ; ord. to Dunlop 12th May
1763; trans, and adm. 30th June 1779;
died 18th June 1815. He was a learned
divine, and an authority on Church law.
366
KIRKINNER AND LONGCASTLE— LONGCASTLE [presb. of
He marr. 16th July 1764, Christian
Hathorn, who died s.p. 9th Dec. 1812.
Publications— The Religious Establishment
in Scotland examined upon Protestant Prin-
ciples (anon. ; London, 1771) ; Subscription
to Human Articles of Faith Examined, in
a Letter to the Rev. Thomas Walker, Min.
of Dundonald (anon.; London, 1775); Pre-
face to Sermons by Andrew Donnan [min.
of Wigtown] (Edinburgh, 1800); Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv., xxi.).
— [Tombst. ; Murray's Galloway, 201.]
ADAM ROBERTSON, licen. by Presb.
1810 of Linlithgow 29th Aug. 1804;
studied medicine at Edinburgh Univ.,
and graduated M.D. 24th June 1809 ; pres.
by John Vans Agnew of Barnbarroch 25th
Aug., and ord. (assistant and successor) 1st
Nov. 1810 ; died on the day fixed for his
marriage, 1st Jan. 1812. Publication —
Dissertatio Medica inauguralis De Scrofula
(Edinburgh, 1809).
JAMES REID, born Culross, 1787, son
1816 of Reuben R. ; licen. by Presb. of
Linlithgow 16th Aug. 1810 ; pres.
by John Vans Agnew of Barnbarroch July
1815; ord. 4th April 1816; died 8th Dec.
1874. He marr. 31st July 1820, Mary (died
13th Oct. 1881, aged 83), eldest daugh. of
Elliot William Davidson, min. of Sorbie,
and had issue— Mary, born 21st May 1821
(marr. Martin Glover); Jane Maitland,
born 25th Jan. 1823, died 18th Jan. 1837 ;
Elizabeth, born 16th Nov. 1824 (marr. John
Reid, min. of Monikie); James, major-
general Indian army, born 30th June 1826,
died 14th Feb. 1915; William Davidson,
master mariner, born 17th Jan. 1828, died
at Liverpool ; Margaret, born 18th April
1829 (marr. James Roddick, min. at Ade-
laide, Australia); John Maitland, banker,
Calcutta, born 25th Jan. 1831, died in
London ; Isaac Davidson, born 9th Dec.
1832, died (while a student at Univ. of
Glasgow) 4th Jan. 1851 ; Patrick Vans
Agnew, sheep farmer, Argentina, born 8th
Oct. 1834, died at Bathhampton, 5th Sept.
1908; George Dudgeon, master mariner,
born 16th Oct. 1836, died 1875 ; Jane Mait-
land, born 19th May 1839 (marr. William
Boyd); Susan Davidson, born 21st Jan.
1841 (marr. Robert Paton, her father's
successor). Publication— Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, iv.).
ROBERT PATON, born Edinburgh,
1865 25th Sept. 1835, son of Robert P.
and Margaret Logan ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family
of Stair Hathorn Stewart of Physgill;
licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 20th July
1863; assistant at Kirkinner; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 1st Aug. 1865 ; died 18th
Oct. 1899. He marr. 7th July 1873, Susan
Davidson Reid, daugh. of his colleague,
and had issue — Robert Campbell, Inspector
of Police, Bhamo, Upper Burma, born 11th
Feb. 1879; Mary, born 7th Dec. 1881
(marr. William Caspar, theatrical manager).
Publication — The Scottish Church and its
Surroundings in Early Times (Edinburgh,
1884).
JOHN CUNNINGHAM WALKER,
1900 born 12th Sept. 1861, son of Robert
W. and Robina Cassels ; educated at
Bridgeton Parish School, High School, and
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1888); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow June 1889 ; assistant at
Rothesay, Wigtown, and Kirkinner; ord.
9th Jan. 1900. Publication— The Teaching
of Jesus in His Own Words (Edinburgh,
1893).
LONGCASTLE.
[The ruins of the church still stand in the
churchyard at Longcastle.]
LEWIS FRASER, exhorter here and at
1567 Mochrum in 1567.
WILLIAM VANS [VAUS], reader, 1568
1568 to 1574.
MICHAEL [or NICOL] DUNGAL-
1574 SON [DOUGALSON], pres. by
James VI. 3rd Aug. 1574, when
Kirkinner, Kirkcowan, Kirkmadryne, and
Mochrum were also in the charge. He
died probably in 1576.
JOHN MARTIN, styled vicar in
1576 1576.
Wigtown] LONGCASTLE— KIRKMABRECK AND KIRKDALE 367
JOHN YOUNG, pres. by James VI.
15?7 1st March 1577 ; trans, to Mochrum
in 1590.
1608
GEORGE KINCAID, pres. by James
VI. 2nd Aug. 1608 ; min. at Mochrum
that year.
KIRKMABRECK AND
KIRKDALE.
[Kirkmabreck. — The church was dedicated
to St Brioch. It belonged to the Abbey of
Dundrennan. On 20th June 1618 the
Commissioners of Teinds united the three
parishes of Anwoth, Kirkmabreck, and
Kirkdale. In 1636 Kirkmabreck and Kirk-
dale were severed from Anwoth, and made
to form a united charge by themselves.
On 8th March 1637 the church of this
united parish was removed by Act of
Parliament from Kirkmabreck to Ferrie-
toun of Cree, now called Creetown. The
united parish of Kirkmabreck and Kirk-
dale remained under the jurisdiction of the
Presbytery of Kirkcudbright until 24th Jan.
1699, when the General Assembly trans-
ferred it to the Presbytery of Wigtown.
In 1834 the church at Creetown was re-
built. The ruins of the old parish church
are still standing in the churchyard at
Kirkmabreck. Close by is Knocktagart
(C'noc an t-sagairt — the Priest's Hill). In
old times there was a hospital in the parish
at Spitalburn. There were also two chapels
within the bounds, St Bride's at Kilbride
and the Angel Chapel at Barnsoul, believed
to have been dedicated to St Michael.
Near it is the Angel Well.
Kirkdale. — The church of Kirkdale was
dedicated to St Michael. It belonged to
the Priory of Whitern. On 20th June
1618 Kirkdale and Kirkmabreck were
united by the Commissioners of Teinds to
the adjoining parish of Anwoth. But in
1636 Kirkmabreck and the greater part of
Kirkdale were disjoined from Anwoth,
leaving, however, a portion of Kirkdale
still annexed to Anwoth.]
THOMAS REGNALL, reader and vicar
1567 at Kirkdale from 1567 to 1579.
1585
JOHN MOFFAT [MOFFET], exhorter
at Kirkmabreck in 1567 ; reader
there in 1574 ; min. at Monigaff in
1578 ; reader at Kirkdale in 1580 ; adm.
min. of Kirkmabreck in 1585 ; removed to
Kirkdale about 1590, and was still there in
1594. — [Reg. Assig.]
JAMES DONALDSON, M.A. ; min. of
1597 Dunrod in 1595 ; adm. here in 1597 ;
trans, to Kirkcormack in 1599. —
[Beg. Assig.~\
JOHN CALLANDER, M.A.; trans.
1603 ^rom Dundrennan ; pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 19th Jan.
1603; trans, to Kirkmaiden-in-Rhinns in
1607.— [Beg. Assig.]
WILLIAM DALGLEISH, M.A.; men-
1627 ^one(i as min- m 1(327 [not 1634, as
in vol. i., p. 10] ; dep. for noncon-
formity in 1635, but reponed ; trans, to
Cramond 16th Jan. 1639.
SAMUEL ROW, M.A. ; trans, from
1640 Second Charge, Dunfermline, and
adm. in 1640 ; trans, to Sprouston
in 1655.
PATRICK PEACOCK, son of Patrick
x P., burgess of Newburgh ; M.A. (St
Andrews 1648); on the Exercise at
St Andrews 30th June 1652 ; adm. about
1656 ; deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662, but being accused of "still
labouring to keep the hearts of the people
from the present government in Church
and State," he was charged by the Privy
Council to remove before 26th March 1663 ;
was indulged at Ochiltree 3rd Sept. 1672,
but it is doubtful if he accepted. He went
to Ireland, and was min. at Killyleagh, but
returned in 1690. — [G. B. Homings, 12th
Oct. 1686 ; St Andrews Presh. Beg. ; Wod-
row's Hist., i., 327 ; Lamont's Diary.]
ALEXANDER REID, M.A. ; pres. by
1664 James> Bishop of Galloway, 1664.
The Bishop and Synod, 26th Oct.
1664, ordered him to demit his charge by
Candlemas 1665, and in case of refusal the
Presb. was to declare the kirk vacant.
368
KIRKMABRECK AND KIRKDALE
[PRESB. OF
JAMES SHAW. adm. before 1st Xov.
1665 1665 ; trans, to Anwoth in 166S.
DAVID MQUERXE, MA. (Edinburgh,
1668 19th July 1660); adm. to Cars-
phairn between 26th April and 30th
Oct. 1666 ; trans, and adm. between 29th
April and 27th Oct. 1668 : still min. 27th
April 1671.
1673
JOHN MABIE [or MABIX], died April
1673. He marr. Christian Skene,
and had issue — "William ; Margaret.
— [Kirkc udb righ t Tests.]
ANDREW XAUGHLEY, min. about
1674 1674 : trans, to Stow 11th Aug. 1680.
ROBERT EDWARD, MA. (St Andrews,
1684 2_it^ '^U^T 1^~5) -: mentioned in Oct.
1634.— [List of Disorderly.]
1689
JAMES SHAW, probably the above
J. S.. after being outed from An-
woth, returned here in 1689, but was
again outed by the people. — [MS. Ace. of
Mia., 1689.]
1690
PATRICK PEACOCK. MA., above
noticed ; returned from Ireland ;
was restored by Act of Parliament
25th April 1690 ; member of first General
Assembly after the Revolution, 1690 ; died
after 20th Oct. 1691, aged about 64. He
marr. Margaret Mure, and with her had
sasine of an annual rent of the lands of
Barholm in June 1664.— {Reids Ireland,
ii., 519: New Gen. Reg. Sa$., viii. ; Gen.
Ass., 1690.]
DAVID EDGAR, MA. (Edinburgh,
16Q3 27th July 1663 ; adm. between 18th
April and 17th Oct. 1693; died in
1701, aged about 58. — [Matt. Symson's
Charac. of the Presbyterian Spirits]
SAMUEL BROWX {primus) of Bar-
1703 harrow, parish of Borgue, born 1677 ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 20th Xov. 1702;
ord. 31st March 1703; died 17th May
1751. He marr. 16th July 1710, Dorothea
(died 6th March 1762, aged 72), daugh. of
Patrick Murdoch of Cumloden, and Agnes
Dunbar, and had issue — Patrick of Gate-
gill ; Xicolas (marr. John Bell of Ark-
land) ; Dorothea (marr. 1740, James Gordon
of Balmeg); Thomas, merchant, Bristol;
Samuel, min. here. — [Tombst. ; Murray's
Galloway.]
SAMUEL BROWX {seeundus) of Bar-
1752 harrow, born 1724, son of preceding ;
educated at Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown
21st Aug. 1750; pres. by George II. 30th
Oct. 1751; ord. 6th Aug. 1752; died 23rd
July 1779. He marr. 19th Feb. 1754,
Margaret (died at Edinburgh, 3rd Jan.
1817, aged 82), daugh. of John Smith of
H.M. Customs, Wigtown, and had issue —
Jane, born 31st March 1755, died 4th Oct.
1758 ; Dorothea, born 1st May 1756 (marr.
James Thomson, min. of Balmaclellan) ;
Samuel, major 93rd Regiment, born 3rd
Jan. 1758, died 3rd May 1825 ; Jane, born
9th April 1760 ; John, born 4th Feb. 1762 ;
Elizabeth, born 8th March 1764 ; Peter,
born 14th Feb. 1766; James Murray, born
6th April 1767, died in Virginia, U.S.A. ;
Janet, born 10th Feb. 1769, died 5th Aug.
1824 ; Eleanora, born 21st Jan. 1771, died
14th June 1773 : Margaret, born 25th April
1772: Eleanora, born 15th May 1774:
Thomas, M.D., Professor of Moral Philos-
ophy, Univ. of Edinburgh, born 9th Jan.
1777, died 2nd April 1820.— [Welsh's Life
of Dr Thomas Broun.']
JOHX IXGLIS. born Glasgow, 1753,
1780 probably son of James Inglis ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by
John M'Culloch of Barholm ; ord. 12th Oct.
17S0; D.D. (Edinburgh, 8th Dec. 1788);
dep. for drunkenness 17th April 1804,
sentence approved by Synod 24th April.
He died in the Charity Workhouse, Edin-
burgh, 10th Dec. 1818. He marr. 13th
Dec. 1780, Margaret, daugh. of Edward
Burd of Ormiston, and had issue — Mar-
garet, born 6th April 1784 (marr. James
Blackadder) ; John, born 28th Sept. 1785,
died 5th Xov. 1814.— [Edin. Reg. (Bur.) ;
Acts of Ass., 1804.]
[Competing presentations were issued by
Wigtown] KIRKMABRECK AND KIRKDALE— MOCHRUM
369
John M'Culloch of Barholm in favour of
James Mitchell, probationer (a former tutor
of Sir Walter Scott), and by George III.
in favour of William Gillespie, min. of
Kells. The Presb. delayed proceedings
until the matter had been settled by the
Court of Session. Mr Gillespie resigned
his presentation in 1806, but the vacancy
was not filled for other three years.]
JOHN SIBBALD, born Leith, 30th
1809 ^ay 1^"9> son of William S. (who
had been a soldier) ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 3rd July 1804 ; pres. by George
III. Nov. 1806; ord. 20th April 1809; died
20th Dec. 1833. He marr. (1) Harriet
Smith : (2) 3rd July 1820, Margaret
Young, who died 2nd May 1873, and
had issue — Helen, born 9th April 1821 ;
James Stewart, born 2nd Feb. 1823 ; John
Galbraith, born 19th Dec. 1824; William,
born 4th Feb. 1827; Kobert Young, born
3rd April 1829, died'l2th Feb. 1830— [The
Scots Mag., lxix.]
JOHN MUIli, bom Muirkirk, 25th
April 1805, eldest son of Joseph
M., merchant ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 15th
July 1829; pres. by John M'Culloch of
Barholm ; ord. 19th June 1834 ; died 30th
Nov. 1858. He marr. 27th April 1829,
Gloriana M'Adam (born 29th Oct. 1806,
died 6th Feb. 1888), daugh. of John Pear-
son, and had issue — Margaret Pearson,
born 27th Jan. 1830, died 23rd June
1851 ; Joseph Johnstone, major Madras
Staff Corps, born 18th July 1833, died
at Bangalore, India, 28th Dec. 1871 ;
John M'Culloch, born 2nd May 1835, died
at Denver, Colorado, U.S.A., 17th March
1899; Pearson M'Adam, D.D., min. of St
Mungo's Parish, Glasgow, born 26th Jan.
1846. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat, Ace).
1869
JOHN COLYIN, born Dumfries, 5th
Aug. 1825, son of James C. and
Sophia Gillies ; educated at Dum-
fries Academy and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 6th July
VOL. II.
1852 ; ord. to the Low Meeting, Berwick -
on-Tweed, 11th Nov. 1852 ; trans, to Mary-
hill, Glasgow, 23rd Feb. 1854; trans, and
adm. 17th May 1859 ; died at Annan, 30th
Jan. 1915. He marr. 5th Dec. 1854, Rebecca
Dickson, who died 8th June 1902, and had
issue— Marianne Peden, born 8th March
1856 ; Sophia, born 8th June 1857 ; Rebecca
Dickson, nurse, born 22nd Oct. 1858;
Elizabeth Gillies, born 26th Nov. 1860
(marr. 1906, C. M. Hartrampf); Helen,
nurse, born 16th April 1862; Jane Peden,
gardener, born 21st Oct. 1864 ; Mary
Isabella, nurse, born 18th June 1866 ;
James Charles Gillies, min. of Hoddam ;
Margaretta Louisa Austin, nurse, born
13th June 1870; Evangeline, born 11th
Nov. 1873. Publications — Nebuchadnezzar
(1856) ; The Sabbath of the Lord (1857) ; A
Feiv Loving Words to Christian Parents
on Baptism (Edinburgh, 1890) ; pamphlets
on the use of Instrumental Music in
Church, and in Defence of the Church
(1890).
CHARLES STUART WALLACE, born
1904 2nc^ APr^ 1875, son of Jardine W.,
min. of Traquair; educated at Tra-
quair Parish School, Bonnington Park High
School, Peebles, and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (1895); licen. by Presb. of Peebles
1st Dec. 1898 ; assistant at Inveresk,
1898-1902, and Hillhead, Glasgow, 1902-4 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 18th Feb.
1904 ; chaplain to the Lord High Commis-
sioner (Lord Glenconner), 1911-14.
MOCHRUM.
[The church of Mochrum belonged to the
Priory of Whitern. This church was rebuilt
in 1795. There was a chapel in the parish
at Mertoun, and another at Chapel Finian.
This latter was dedicated to St Finian of
Clonard. Near its ruins was the Well of
St Finian, and the place still bears the
name of Chipperfinian (Tobar Fhiniain =
St Finian's Well).]
LEWIS FRASER, exhorter from 1567 ;
1567 reader to 1586.
2 A
370
MOCHRUM
[PRESB. OF
JOHN YOUNG, trans, from Longcastle
in 1590 ; died before 2nd Aug. 1608.
1590
— [Beg. Assig.]
1603
GEORGE KINCAID. M.A.. son of
Edward K., burgess of Edinburgh ;
trans, from Kirkcolrn : pres. to the
vicarage here, and parsonage and vicarage
of Longcastle, by James VI. 2nd Aug.
1608. He probably was still min. in 1610,
when he was a member of Assembly,
and was trans, to Kirkmaiden-in-Farines
before 1614, but returned previous to 1626.
He was dep. by the Synod for '; in-
sufficiencies when nearly eighty years of
age — a sentence which the General As-
sembly considered unjust, 3rd Aug. 1642.
He marr., and had issue — Margaret (marr..
cont. 25th June 1635. Thomas, eldest son
of Michael M'Kie, in Kirkland of Wig-
town).— [Edin. Sat. Sec. Reg., i.. 98 ; Reg.
of Deeds, dxxviii.. 437 ; Commis. to Ass..
1638 ; Stranraer Presb. Reg. ; Baillie:s
Lett. ; Boohe of the Kirk.]
JOHN PARK. M.A.; min. in 1646:
1646 trans, to Stranraer Oct. 1649.
EOBEET RICHARDSON. MA. 'Edin-
burgh, 15th April 1645) ; adm. before
17th March 1651: deprived by Act
of Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
accused before the Privy Council, 24th Feb.
following, of i: still labouring to keep the
hearts of the people from the present govern-
ment in Church and State."' He had sasine
of certain lands in Dalskairth Nov. 1667,
and died in England before 1670. — [Dum-
fries and Stranraer Presb. Regs. : New Gen.
Reg. Sas., xviii.]
JAMES BARRIE. M.A. : adm. before
25th Oct. 1664 : trans, to Blantvre
1664 in 1666.— [Acts Pari., vii.]
JAMES COOPER, trans, from Wig-
,. town : adm. before 22nd May 1667 :
trans, to Humbie 30th June 1681.
HENRY WALKER, M.A. (Edinburgh
1670) : Keen, by Alexander. Bishop
of Edinburgh, 12th Jan. 1675 ; adm.
to Wkitern in 1676 ; trans, and adm. in
1651
1683 : he deserted his charge in 1689, went
to Blackfriars Wynd. Edinburgh, where he
was accused of marrying persons irregularly,
had a pension of £29 from Her Majesty's
Exchequer out of the rents of the bishopric
of Ross, 21st Oct. 1712. and died 13th Nov.
1730, aged 83. Publication — A Sermon
u]x>n the Nativity of our Lord Jesus
Christ (Edinburgh). — [LnveresJ: Sess. Re
Edin. Reg. (Bur.).]
JAMES STEWART, adm. in 1693 : dem.
1693 8th July 1698.
WILLIAM COLTER, tutor to Alex-
ander. Lord Garbles : called 15th
June, and ord. 11th Sept. 1701 : died
1st June 1747. He marr. 6th April 1703,
Margaret Caldwell, Glasserton, who died
22nd Sept. 1763, and had issue — Robert,
min. of Girthon ; Alexander, buried 29th
April 1723.
1748
ROBERT WALKER, educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Stranraer 18th May 1743: called
29th Dec. 1747: ord. 1st April 1748; died
12th Nov. 1785. He marr. 31st Oct. 1748,
Elizabeth Macnaught, who died 23rd April
1803. and had issue— Elizabeth, born 20th
July 1749: Agnes, born 3rd Feb. 1752;
William, born 17th July 1753; Alexander,
born 15th June 1755, died 17th March 1758 ;
Isobel, born 22nd Jan. 1757: Margaret,
born 12th Sept. 1759; Robert, born 18th
May 1761; Jean, born 11th Jan. 1763;
Janet, born 3rd Oct. 1765 ; Alexander,
born 25th July 1767 ; John, born 8th Oct.
1769.
1787
JOHN STEVEN, born 1752. second son
of John S., Inch ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; been, by Presb. of
Stranraer 5th March 1783 ; pres. by George
LLL July 1786 ; ord. 4th July 1787 ; died
22nd Aug. 1828. He marr. 25th Jan. 1782,
Sarah MTier. who died 25th Feb. 1810,
aged 45. and had issue — Robert, born 13th
Nov. 1783; John, born 4th Feb. 1787;
Minnie, born 31st July 1790; Ann, born
1803 (marr. Alexander Stewart, tenant in
Droughtag). died 16th Aug. 1843. Publica-
tion— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
StaL Ace, xvii.j.
WIGTOWN]
MOCHRUM— MONIGAFF
371
1822
ALEXANDER YOUNG, born 1795,
second son of Thomas Y., farmer,
Glenluce ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1813) ; licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 16th July 1817 ; pres. by
George IV. Nov. 1821 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 14th March 1822 ; died 1st April
1863. He marr. 14th Dec. 1852, Mary
Gavine Ritchie, born 28th Oct. 1829, died
3rd Aug. 1883, and had issue — Isabella,
born 2nd March 1854 (marr. Fisher,
Glasgow); Thomas, born 3rd Aug. 1855,
died 18th July 1864; Davida Gavine,
born 21st Dec. 1857, died 26th Feb. 1915;
Alexander Gavine Ritchie, born 17th
April 1859, died 10th July 1880; David
Ritchie, born 3rd Oct. 1861, died 30th
May 1878 ; Alexandrina, born 5th Nov.
1863 [posthumous] (marr. Edmund Towers
Baines), died at Strathcona, Alta, Canada,
30th Oct. 1914. Publication— The State
of the Departed and the Time of the
Bexvard of Glory (London, 1851).
ROBERT JAMES CRAIG, trans.
1863 fr°m Belhaven ; adm. 24th Sept.
1863 ; trans, to Dalgety 2nd June
1869.
WILLIAM ALLAN, born Montrose,
26th Sept. 1836, son of Thomas A.,
shipmaster, and Mary Gow ; edu-
cated at Montrose Academy (Dux 1852),
King's College, Aberdeen, and Univ. of
St Andrews ; M.A. (Aberdeen 1858) ;
sometime classical master, Madras College,
Cupar ; licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 4th
Dec. 1863 ; assistant at St John's, Dundee,
and Greenside Parish, Edinburgh ; ord.
16th Sept. 1869; clerk of Synod; died
19th Jan. 1900. He marr. (1) 5th July
1870, Mary M'Lachlan (died 11th Dec.
1883), daugh. of William Hall, Edinburgh,
and had issue — Martha Hall, born 2nd
May 1873 (marr. Moses Taggart, min. of
Lyne and Megget) : (2) 17th Aug. 1887,
Jessie (died 11th April 1896), daugh. of
James Kerr, writer, Stirling : (3) 2nd
Sept. 1897, Isabella Milne, eldest daugh.
of James Wright, merchant, Leith, and
had issue — Bethia, born 15th July
1898.
1900
JOHN OWEN STAFFORD, M.A. ; ord.
28th June 1900 ; trans, to Gretna
25th Oct. 1906.
1869
1907
ANDREW ROBERTSON, born Kings-
barns, Fife, 18th Nov. 1877, son of
Andrew R. and Mary Thomson ;
educated at Madras College, St Andrews,
Univs. of St Andrews and Edinburgh ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1901); licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 4th May 1904 ; assistant at
Alloa, and St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 27th
Feb. 1907 ; clerk of Presb. in 1914. Marr.
31st July 1907, Helen, daugh. of John
Lawson and Janet Learmonth, and has
issue — Andrew John Lawson, born 28th
Jan. 1914.
MONIGAFF, on MINNIGAFF.
[Before the Reformation the church of
Monigaff belonged to the Bishop of Gallo-
way. At Kirkennan, in this parish, there
was a Chapel of St Inan.]
1567 JOHN STEWART, exhorter.
JOHN WALCAR [WALKER], min. in
1574 1574, with Kirkmabreck and Kirk-
dale also in the charge. He was
accused in the Assembly 1575 of "not
awaiting on his cure." — [Beg. Assig. ;
BooTce of the Kirk.]
JOHN MOFFAT [MOFFET], exhorter
15,_ at Kirkmabreck in 1567 ; reader
there in 1574 ; min. here in 1578 ;
removed to Kirkmabreck in 1585. — [Beg.
Assig.]
ANDREW MENZIES, min. in 1590;
died before 1622. He marr., and
had issue — John ; Janet (marr. John
Stewart). — [Beg. of Deeds, ccxc, 373.]
ALEXANDER HAMILTON, son of
1620 Rol:)ert H-' advocate; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 30th July 1614); min. in
1620 ; was a member of the Commission
for maintenance of Church Discipline, 21st
Oct. 1634; died before 22nd July 1643.
He marr. before 25th April 1620, Margaret
Henderson, and had issue —William, his
372
MONIGAFF
[PRESB. OF
heir ; Thomas, apprenticed to Laurence
Henderson, merchant. Edinburgh, 31st Dec.
1651.— [Edin. Com. Dec, 24th Xov. 1621 ;
Reg. of Deeds, cccxliv.. 23rd July 1623 ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 2884 : Maitiand Miscell., ii.j
WILLIAM MAXWELL, descended
1638 from the Hills family ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1631) : min. in 1638 ; member of
Commission of Assembly in 1649 ; deprived
in 1662. He marr. Elizabeth, daugh. of
Alexander Murdoch of Cumloden, who
survived him, and had with other issue —
Colonel William, progenitor of the Car-
dones.s family, born 1663, died 16th June
1752; a daugh. ("marr. James Gartshore,
min. of Kilsyth) ; Barbara, fourth daugh.
(marr., cont. 9th July and 1st Aug. 1695,
Elias Cathcart, merchant, Ayr). — [G. R.
Homings, 26th Dec. 1672 : Reg. of Deeds.
Dal., 8th June 1698; Reid's One of King
William's Men.]
1664
ROBERT FLEMING, M.A. ; adm. before
25th Oct. 1664; trans, to Mearns in
1669.
1669
JOHN" ARBUCKLE, M.A. ; trans, from
Stranraer, and adm. between 29th
April and 5th Oct. 1669; trans, to
Craigie about 1681.
ROBERT ARBUTHXOT, M.A. ; min.
in 1681 ; trans, to Colmonell that
loci
year.
GEORGE JENKINS, M.A. (St An-
1684 drews, 25th July 1668); pres. by
James, Bishop of Galloway, 30th
April 1653; adm. before 17th Oct. 1684;
outed at the Revolution. — [MS. Ace of
Min., 1689.]
ROBERT BURNET, M.A. : adm.
1694 between 20tn March and 26th Oct.
1694. He was appointed by the
Assembly to repair to the Presbs. of Perth,
Auchterarder, and Dunkeld, 12th Jan.
1697 ; dem. 8th July 1698. The Assembly,
3rd Feb. 1699, referred to the Commission
to send him to Angus after May. He was
appointed to go to Aberdeen 19th Feb.
1700: adm. min. of Xewhills 10th Sept.
1702.— [Acts of Ass.. 1697, 1699, 1700.]
THOMAS CAMPBELL, born 1674,
1onn eldest son of Robert C, min. of
1699 r, ... .. . ' . .
Stoneykirk ; educated at Lniv. of
Glasgow; ord. 11th Dec. 1699; died 29th
Feb. 1744. He marr. 7th Jan. 1 702, Barbara,
daugh. of Patrick Murdoch of Cumloden,
and had issue — Patrick, physician, Wig-
town, born Oct. 1702. died 14th Sept. 1766;
Margaret (marr. Andrew Reid, min of
Carsphairn) ; Barbara (marr. 31st Dec.
1740, Charles MLlwraith in Xewton-
Stewart) ; Robert, born 15th May 1704;
Xicholas, born 22nd June 1705 ; Thomas,
born 31st Oct. 1706; Hugh, born 13th
June 1713 ; Ebenezer, born 2nd Feb. 1721.
— [Symson's Description of Galloway.]
GEORGE MUIRHEAD, M.A. ; caUed
1746 31st July, and ord. 4th Dec. 1746;
trans, to Second Charge, Dysart,
| 28th Jan. 1748.
EBEXEZER STOTT, born 1718 ; licen.
1748 ky Presb. of Kirkcudbright 1st Oct.
1745 ; pres. by George H. 25th Feb.,
j and ord. 16th Aug. 1748; died 17th Sept.
17^5. He marr. (1) 13th Feb. 1750, Agnes
Milligan, who died 17th Xov. 1751, and
had issue — John, born 25th Oct. 1750:
(2) 30th Oct. 1752, Helen Watson, who
died 2nd April 1791, and had issue— James,
born 6th Dec. 1753 ; Watson, merchant,
London, born 17th April 1755 ; Marion,
born 30th June, and died 15th Sept. 1756 ;
Ebenezer, merchant, London, born 13th
Jan. 1753 ; Grisell, born 9th May 1759 ;
Marion, born 7th May 1761 (marr. Archibald
Goldie) ; Helen (twin), born 7th May 1761.
— [Tombst.]
JOHX GARLIES MAITLAXD of Fair-
_ girth, born 14th April 1766, son
of James ML, min. of Sorbie, a
cadet of the Lauderdale family ; educated
at L'niv. of Glasgow; M.A. (1783); licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 25th Xov. 1788;
pres. by George in. 9th March, and ord.
14th May 1759. He declined nomination
as Moderator of Assembly ; died 29th Dec.
1835. He marr. 20th June 1791, Margaret
(died 9th Xov. 1832, aged 63 years), only
daugh. of John Scott, D.D.. min. of Twyn-
holm, and had issue — Jean, born 3rd May
WIGTOWN]
MONIGAFF— PENNINGHAME
373
1793, died 28th April 1795 ; James, born
29th Oct. 1794, died 1798 \ John, born 12th
Nov. 1795, died in infancy; James, D.D.,
min. of Kells, born 18th Oct. 1797 ; Mary,
born 25th Feb. 1799 (marr. 20th Nov. 1821,
Lieut.-col. Hobbs, R.E.), died 4th July 1846 ;
Jean, born 23rd March 1800, died 7th May
1856; Margaret, born 7th June 1805, died
20th Aug. 1829 ; John, born 3rd July 1807,
died 23rd Jan. 1865 ; George Stewart, born
7th May 1809, died 1st March 1850; Agnes,
born 20th March 1814, died 15th Feb. 1830.
Publications — Sermon preached on 13th
January 1814, being the Day appointed for
a National Thanksgiving on account of
the Victories obtained by Great Britain and
her Allies (Kirkcudbright, 1814); Account
of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, vii.).
MICHAEL SHAW STEWART JOHN-
1836 STONE, born Berwick-on-Tweed,
14th May 1811, son of Thomas J.,
min. of the Low Meeting there, afterwards
of Dairy, Ayrshire ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Irvine 4th
Aug. 1835 ; pres. by William IV. ; ord. 1st
Sept. 1836; D.D. (Edinburgh 1886); died
11th Dec. 1891. He marr. 8th Jan. 1839,
Lilias Miller (died 22nd Nov. 1915), only
child of Rear-admiral John M'Kerlie, R.N.,
and had issue — Thomas Francis, min. of St
Paul's Parish, Greenock ; Harriet Stewart
Hamilton, born 24th March 1842 ; Jessie
Wilson, born 1st Dec. 1843, died 10th May
1849; Dunlop Stewart, born 26th Aug.
1845 ; John M'Kerlie, min. of Torphichen ;
Michael Patrick Maxwell, min. of Fraser-
burgh ; Lilias Alice, born 23rd Aug. 1851 ;
Caroline, born 10th Feb. 1854, died 12th
Nov. 1915; Elizabeth M'Leod, born 9th
April 1856 ; Henry Hamilton, manager
Colorado Cattle Co., U.S.A., born 23rd
Sept. 1858 ; Hester Grenville Pitt, born 5th
April 1863, died 10th Feb. 1864; Edith
Augusta Octavia, born 1st Aug. 1867.
1890
JOHN REID, born Birnam, Dunkeld,
22nd Aug. 1862, son of James R. and
Margaret Kay ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley 24th
June 1889 ; assistant at Riccarton, Kilmar-
nock ; ord. (assistant and successor) 17th
July 1890 ; died 2nd July 1914, He marr.
23rd Nov. 1892, Sarah Cowan, elder daugh.
of Robert Macmillan, farmer, Palgowan,
Bargrennan.— [The Gallovidian, 1914.]
LOUIS EDMOND M'VICKER, born
1Q15 Ballydrain, Comber, Co. Down,
17th Sept. 1882, son of John
Edmond M. and Mary Jane Louise Robb ;
educated at the National School, Stewarts-
town, Co. Tyrone ; the Academy, Cooks-
town ; Magee College, Derry ; and LTnivs.
of Edinburgh and Aberdeen ; B.A. (Magee
College, Derry, 1907); licen. by Presb. of
Dingwall 31st Jan. 1911 ; missionary at
Beauly ; assistant at Glenrinnes, and St
Giles, Edinburgh; ord. 14th Jan. 1915.
Marr. 14th Sept. 1916, Elizabeth, third
daugh. of Lewis Frederick Armitage, min.
of St Leonard's Parish, Edinburgh.
PENNINGHAME.
[Before the Reformation the church of
Penninghame belonged to the Archdeacon
of Galloway. It was dedicated to St Ninian.
In 1777 the church was removed to Newton-
Stewart. The ruins of the old church are
still standing in the churchyard at the
Clachan of Penninghame. The church at
Newton-Stewart was rebuilt about 1850.
There were three chapels in the parish :
those of Keir and Kirk Christ ; and St
Ninian's at the Cruives of Cree, the ruins
of which still stand. St Ninian's was built
in 1508 by John Kennedy of Blairquhan.]
MARTIN GIB, reader from 1567
1567 to 1574.
- LYON BROWN, exhorter at Durisdeer
157_ in 1 567 ; pres. to the vicarage there
by James VI. 25th Jan. 1574, but
apparently not settled ; pres. to the vicarage
of this parish 24th May 1576, when Sorbie
also was in the charge ; still min. in 1589. —
[Beg. Min. et Assig.]
JAMES ADAMSON, master of the
1590 Grammar School of Wigtown ; min.
of Whitern 6th March 1582; trans.
and adm. in 1590 ; member of Assembly,
1590, 1610; constant Moderator of Presb,
374
PENNING HAME
[PRESB. OF
in 1606, the Presb. being ordered by the
Privy Council 17th Jan. 1607, to receive
him under pain of rebellion. He was still
min. 3rd Oct. 1638. He marr., and had
issue — John. — [Wigtown Sas., 21st Aug.
1631 ; Beg. Assig. ; Booke of the Kirk ;
Commis. to Ass., 1638 ; P. C. Beg. ; Wodroiv
MSS. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
ANDREW STEWART, inst. to Kailzie,
1642 Presb. of Peebles, 17th Dec. 1640;
trans, and adm. 4th May 1642. —
[Peebles Presb. Beg. ; Baillie's Letters.]
JAMES GARTSHORE, M.A. ; min. in
1661 1661 ; trans, to Kilsyth in 1666.
JAMES COLQUHOUN, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1635) ; adm. to Whitern before
25th Oct. 1664 ; trans, and adm.
before 30th Oct. 1666; outed at the
Revolution. He went to Ireland, held a
charge there, and died before 30th July
1731. He marr. Nicolas Stewart, and had
issue — James of Langloan and Drum-
peller, pipemaker, Glasgow ; Agnes (marr.
William Cullen, shoemaker, Whitern) ;
Sarah (marr. Robert Love, Belleston, Co.
Antrim) ; Henrietta. — [Glasgoiv Tests. ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS COBHAM, min. at Kirk-
1690 Donald, Ireland ; adm. to this parish
in 1690 ; member of Assembly in
1692 ; returned to Kirkdonald about 1695. —
[Reid's Ireland, ii., 519 ; Beg. Gen. Ass.,
1692.]
ROBERT ROWAN, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 24th July 1695; ord. (by
a Committee of Synod) 4th Nov. 1696 ;
died 9th Aug. 1714, in his 55th year. He
marr. Agnes, daugh. of James Rowan, and
had issue — Elizabeth, bapt. 22nd Oct. 1714
(posthumous).— [Tombst.~]
JOHN MILLAR, called 11th Sept. 1715 ;
1716 ord. 8th Feb. 1716; died 30th July
1746. He marr. 29th Nov. 1720,
Anne (died at London, 30th Dec. 1777),
daugh. of James Hill, min. of Kirkpatrick-
Durham, and had issue— Adam ; William ;
Agnes ; Eleanor, all above 16 in 1743 ;
John, born 4th May 1732 ; Robert, born
30th March 1734; Anne, born 3rd May
1736 (marr. David Campbell, Manchester) ;
Margaret, born 3rd Oct. 1738 ; George,
planter, Virginia, afterwards U.S. Consul,
London, born 1st Sept. 1743. — [Tonibst.]
PATRICK ANDERSON, licen. by Presb.
1747 of Wigtown 29th Feb. 1744 ; pres. by
Alexander, Earl of Galloway, 24th
Dec. 1746 ; ord. 27th Aug. 1747 ; died 30th
June 1759. He marr. 11th April 1748,
Barbara M'Kie, who died 4th March 1771,
and had issue — Agnes, born 20th Jan.
1749; John, born 29th July 1750, died
19th Sept. 1756; David, born 3rd Sept.
1752; Patrick, born 18th Aug. 1757, died
8th June 1763.
. WILLIAM BOYD of Myrtonhall, born
,,___ 1718, son of Andrew B., min. of
Twynholm ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (14th April 1743); ord.
28th March 1760; D.D. (Edinburgh, 22nd
Aug. 1785); died 17th June 1794. He
marr. 16th Aug. 1762, Joanna (died 31st
July 1802), daugh. of James Maitland,
min. of Sorbie, and had issue— Andrew,
born 21st Aug. 1763; John, born 21st
July 1765 ; James, born 12th March 1767,
died young; Edward, of Myrtonhall, mer-
chant, London, born 3rd Sept. 1770 ;
William, born 21st Aug. 1773; James, born
5th Jan. 1776; Mark, stockbroker, London ;
Benjamin, stockbroker, London. Publica-
tion — Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, iii.). — [Tombst. ; Burke's Landed
Gentry, 7th ed. ; Connell's Parochial Law ;'
Lands and their Owners in Galloway, i.,
131.]
/ JAMES BLACK, born 1754, son of
l7g_ John B. ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Wig-
town 27th July 1784 ; pres. by John, Earl
of Galloway, Oct. 1794; ord. 23rd April
1795 ; died 16th May 1826. He marr. 16th
Oct. 1786, Isabella Paterson, who died 18th
July 1814, and had issue — John, writer,
Wigtown, born 13th Sept. 1787, died 17th
Dec. 1854 ; Elizabeth, born 1st Dec. 1789
(marr. William Dill, writer, Newton -
Stewart), died 3rd Oct. 1864; William,
Wigtown] SORBIE, KIRKMADRYNE, AND CRUGILTON
375
physician, Bolton, born 21st April 1792,
died 18th Jan. 1820; Edward, D.D., min.
of St Paul's (Church of Scotland), Mon-
treal, born 10th Dec. 1793, died 9th May
1845 ; Janet, born 2nd Aug. 1795 (marr.
her father's successor) ; James, born 2nd
Aug. 1798, died 20th Nov. 1814; Isabella,
born 8th Nov. 1801, died 22nd Feb. 1868;
David, born 5th May 1803, died at New
Orleans, May 1840 ; George, born 5th Aug.
1807, died 21st May 1839 ; Samuel, banker,
Glasgow, born 31st Aug. 1809, died 6th Oct.
1864.
SAMUEL RICHARDSON, born Dryfes-
1825 dale, 178JJ ; employed in early life as
a cowherd ; become schoolmaster of
Corrie, and afterwards studied at Univ. of
Edinburgh; M.A. (24th Feb. 1814); licen.
by Presb. of Lochmaben in 1814 ; school-
master of Maybole in 1821 ; pres. by
George, Earl of Galloway, Nov. 1824;
ord. (assistant and successor) 10th June
1825; D.D. (Edinburgh, 1860); died 12th
July 1863. He marr. 14th Feb. 1822, Janet
Black (died 6th July 1871), daugh. of preced-
ing min., and had issue — James Black, born
25th Jan. 1823, died 29th Aug. 1845 ; Sophia
Young, born 9th June 1827, died unmarr.,
12th July 1894; Isabella Christian Niven,
born 18th Aug. 1830, died unmarr., 4th
April 1851 ; Anne Carson, born 8th Oct.
1832, died unmarr., 14th April 1900. Pub-
lication — Account of the Parish (JVew
Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Johnstone's The Bard and
the Belted Knight, 51.]
WILLIAM M'LEAN, born Edinburgh.
1864 15th Nov. 1826, son of William M.
and Susan Clark ; educated at High
School and Univ. of Edinburgh. He took
practically the whole of the medical curri-
culum, with the intention of going abroad
as a medical missionary, but delicate health
compelled him to abandon his purpose.
Licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 10th July
1854 ; assistant at Dairy, Ayrshire ; ord.
to Ashkirk 29th March 1855; trans, to
Mertoun 1st Nov. 1860; clerk of Presb. of
Earlston, 1863-4; trans, and adm. 7th
April 1864 ; died 2nd Oct. 1879. He marr.
19th June I860, Mary Catherine (died 23rd
Aug. 1914, s.p.), daugh. of Alexander Gil-
lespie of Sunnyside, Lanark. He founded
the M'Lean Bursary for natives of Penning-
hame, students for the ministry, and left a
large estate to the Royal Infirmary, Edin-
burgh. Publication — Under the Shadow,
sermons [edited by Alexander M'Laren,
min. of Mertoun] (Edinburgh, 1880).
JAMES M'DONALD INGLIS, born
Bathgate, 15th July 1851, son of
Alexander Inglis, LL.D., rector of
Bathgate Academy, and Charlotte Whyte ;
educated at Bathgate, Prince of Wales
College, Charlottetown, Canada, and Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1873); licen. by
Presb. of Edinburgh 18th June 1875 ; ord.
(assistant and successor) at Sanquhar 24th
Feb. 1876 ; trans, and adm. 18th May 1880.
Marr. 14th March 1883, Georgina Ellen,
daugh. of Henry David Cook, I.C.S. Pub-
lication— Precious Fruit (London, 1888).
SORBIE, KIRKMADRYNE, AND
CRUGILTON.
[These three parishes were united before
16th July 1633.
Sorbie. — The church of Sorbie was dedi-
cated to St Fillan. Prior to the Reforma-
tion it belonged to the Abbey of Dryburgh.
At Kilfillan, near Millisle in this parish,
there was a Chapel of St Fillan.
Kirhnadryne— The church of Kirkma-
dryne was dedicated to St Medran of Mus-
kerry. It belonged of old to the Priory of
St Mary's Isle. Its ruins are still standing
in the churchyard at Kirkmadryne.
Crugilton. — The church of Crugilton
belonged to the Priory of Whitern. Of
late years it has been restored from ruin,
and public worship is held in it.]
JOHN MAKAIL [M'PHAIL], reader at
1567 Sorbie, 1567 to 1578.
JOHN DUNBAR, reader at Kirkma-
1567 dryne, 1567 to 1580.
WILLIAM TELFER, reader at Crugil-
1567 ton, 1567 to 1580,
376
SORBIE, KIRKMADRYNE, AND CRUGILTON [peesb. of
PETER GO WAN [MACGOWN], reader
1579 at Sorbie, 1579 to 1580.
ARCHIBALD NORVELL [NOR-
WELL], pres. to the vicarage of
Sorbie by James VI. 15th Jan. 1583 ;
reader from 1585 to 1589 ; still min. in
1591.— [Reg. Assig.]
NICOL M'CLELLAN, reader at Crugil-
1585 ton in 1585.
JOHN KER, reader at Crugilton in
1586 1586.
NICOL M'BLANE, reader at Crugilton
1588 in 1588.
JOHN KAY, reader at Crugilton, 1590
1590 to 1591.
JAMES DAVIDSON, min. of Wigtown ;
pres. to the vicarage of Kirkmadryne
by James VI. in 1596, which he held
in conjunction.
WILLIAM PATERSON, M.A. ; pres.
1617 to ^e vicaraSe °f Kirkmadryne by
James VI. 7th April 1617 ; trans, to
Sorbie that year ; trans, to Glenluce in 1632.
ALEXANDER RYNE [RHYND,
168S RHIND], M.A. (St Andrews 1614) ;
pres. to the vicarage of Kirkmadryne
by James VI. 16th July 1633; still min.
2nd Oct, 1638.— [Commiss. to Ass., 1638;
Wodrow MSS.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, M.A. ;
adm. before 19th May 1643; trans,
to Wigtown after 1654.
ALEXANDER FERGUSON, M.A.
(Glasgow 1650) ; min. about 1655 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council 1st
Oct. 1662. He was accused before the
Privy Council, 24th Feb. 1663, of "still
labouring to keep the hearts of the people
from the present government in Church
and State." He went to Ireland and had
charge of a congregation in Co. Down. —
[Wodrow's Hist., i., 176.]
ALEXANDER COOPER, M.A. ; adm.
1665 before 1^fcn May 1665 ; trans, to
Selkirk about 1677,
1684
ANDREW AITKEN, M.A. (St Andrews,
28th July 1677); gave up a list of
parishioners Oct. 1684 ; outed by
the people in 1689 ; dep. by the United
Presb. of Kirkcaldy and Dunfermline in
1692; died of fever in Edinburgh, 2nd
July 1704, aged 44.— [MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Kirkcaldy Presb. Reg. ; Edin. Reg.
{Bur.).']
ALEXANDER GORDON, M.A. prob-
1689 a^y son °f Alexander G. of Salter-
hill, Drainie ; became min. of Rath-
friland, Ireland, before 1679 ; adm. to
Kirkcowan in 1689 ; trans, to this parish
that year ; member of Assembly in 1690 ;
returned to Rathf riland after Aug. 1692, and
died there, 13th Feb. 1708, aged 66.— [Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1690.]
JOHN WILSON, licen. by Presb. of
1693 Glasgow 17th June 1691 ; ord. after
17th Oct. 1693 ; dem. 8th July 1698.
He was appointed by the Assembly, 4th
Feb. 1699, to supply vacancies in the
Synod of Angus and Mearns. — [Acts of
Ass., 1699.]
ARCHIBALD HADDIN [HALDANE],
1700 M.A. (Glasgow, 1st April 1695);
called 19th March, and ord. 8th May
1 700 ; pres. to Penninghame by James, Earl
of Galloway, but the Presb., 21st June
1715, found that the jus devolutum had
taken place ; died 3rd Aug. 1721, in his
45th year. His tombstone has the follow-
ing inscription : —
" He like a watchman at his post,
With careful diligence and cost
Of restless pains his station keept,
And oft did wake, while others sleept,
The wandering sheep from harm to keep ;
And preacht and prayed the flock to meet
In Canaan's pastures, where he feeds
And lives on joye which finite thought exceeds."
He marr. Ann Weillie [or White], who sur-
vived him, and had issue — an only son,
Robert, died 1707. — [Wigtown Tests.;
Tombst.]
ALEXANDER ANDERSON, librarian
in Univ. of Glasgow; called 3rd
Feb., and ord. 16th April 1724 ; died
March 1738, in his 40th year. He marr.
1724
Wigtown] SORBIE, KIRKMADRYNE, AND CRUG1LTON
377
Elizabeth Arbuckle, who died 29th June
1781, and had issue — Alexander. — [Tombst.]
JAMES MAITLAND, born 1712, son of
1738 J°nn -^'i mm- °^ Banchory-Devenick ;
educated at Marischal College, Aber-
deen, 1725-9; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
30th Sept. 1735 ; called 21st July, and ord.
21st Sept. 1738; died 3rd Sept. 1774. He
marr. (1) 1st June 1739, Agnes Dempster
(date of death unknown), and had issue —
Joanna, born 19th Jan. 1740 (marr. William
Boyd, min. of Penninghame) : (2) 18th Sept.
1746, Mary (died March 1807, aged 84),
daugh. of Thomas Adair of Little Genoch,
and had issue — Jean, born 22nd Sept. 1748,
died 8th May 1751 ; Agnes, born 18th July
1750; Jean, born 11th Aug. 1752, died in
1848 ; Margaret Stewart, born 4th Aug.
1754, died 17th Jan. 1849 ; Helen, born 30th
June 1757 ; John Garlies of Fairgirth, min.
of Monigaff. — [Tombst.]
ISAAC DAVIDSON, D.D. ; min. at
llJtJS Katcliffe-Highway, London ; pres.
by George III. 12th April 1775;
adm. 2nd Nov. following ; trans, to Whit-
em 19th June 1794.
ELLIOT WILLIAM DAVIDSON, born
7 London, 9th Dec. 1766, only son of
preceding ; educated at Univ. of
Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Wigtown 23rd
Dec. 1788 ; pres. by George III. 15th June,
and ord. (assistant and successor) 3rd Sept.
1789 ; died 21st Aug. 1846. He marr. 8th
Jan. 1798, Mary (died 20th Feb. 1849, aged
70), daugh. of John M'Taggart, tenant in
Carseriggan, and had issue — Mary, born
28th Sept. 1798 (marr. James Keid, min.
of Kirkinner) ; Elizabeth, born 18th Sept.
1800 (marr. Patrick Hannay of Sebergbam),
died 27th July 1892 ; Janet, born 29th Aug.
1802, died 8th April 1818; Isaac, surgeon,
H.E.I.C.S., born 25th July 1804, died 25th
June 1833 ; John, captain of an East
Indiaman, born 10th June 1807, died 20th
Feb. 1859; Elliot William, born 8th May
1810, died 29th Oct. 1813 ; Susanna, born
19th March 1813 (marr. Dunbar White,
M.D., Whitern), died 4th Oct. 1894 ; Mar-
garet, born 10th July 1815 (marr. her
father's successor) ; Janet, born 27th March
1819 (marr. Robert Kevan, merchant, Glas-
gow), died 29th Jan. 1851 ; Elliot William,
merchant, Liverpool, born 11th Nov. 1822,
died 18th Jan. 1905.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER FORRESTER, born
lg35 Kirkliston, Midlothian, 1805, son of
John F. ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. in 1831 ; pres. by William
IV. ; ord. (assistant and successor) 23rd
April 1835. Joined the Free Church; min.
of Middle Free Church, Paisley, 1844-8,
Chalmers' Church, Halifax, Nova Scotia,
1848 - 55 ; Superintendent of Education,
and Principal of the Provincial Normal
, Institution, 1855-69; D.D. (Princeton 1859);
' died at New York, 20th April 1869. He
j was a noted educationist, and prepared
the Bill which provided for free schools
throughout the Province of Nova Scotia.
He marr. 1841, Margaret Davidson (died
12th April 1861), daugh. of his colleague,
and had issue— Isabella Margaret Monteith,
born 20th Sept. 1842 (marr. Alexander
William Mackay, min. of Streetsville,
Ontario, Canada) ; Mary, born 27th Feb.
1847, missionary in India of the Presby-
terian Church of Canada (marr. 22nd
Feb. 1879, James Fraser Campbell, D.D.,
Canadian Mission, Rutlan, Central India) ;
Jessie Louisa, sometime librarian of the
Art Institute, Chicago, U.S.A., died at
Rutlan, 14th Feb. 1908; Alexander, and
John Charles Dalrymple Hay, died young.
Publication — The Teacher's Text - Book
(Halifax, 1867).— [Vide Canada : An En-
cyclopedia (1898), vol. iii., p. 271.]
EDWARD KNUBLEY SLOAN, born
lg44 24th April 1804, son of Nicholas S.,
min. of Dornock ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 22nd Nov.
1844; died unmarr. 22nd March 1869.
ALEXANDER MURDOCH, born Carn-
tyne, Shettleston, 9th Oct. 1828, son
of Alexander M. and Martha Bow-
man ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow; assistant at St
John's Parish, Glasgow ; ord. to Lochryan
1st July 1858 ; trans, and adm. 17th Sept.
1869 ; died 30th Jan. 1912. He marr. 23rd
378
WHITERN
[PRESB. OF
Dec. 1862, Jane (died 28th Aug. 1899),
daugh. of William M'Camon and Helen
Angus, and widow of William Gibson, and
had issue— Martha Bowman, born 6th July
1865 ; Isobel, born 3rd Aug. 1866 ; Alex-
ander, clerk, Glasgow, born 2nd Dec. 1867 ;
Margaret Williamina M'Camon, born 13th
Jan. 1870 (marr. 25th Dec. 1901, William
Brown); Agnes, born 11th Feb., died 12th
March 1872.
OLIVER SHAW RANKIN, born 28th
Jan. 1885, son of Robert R., min. of
1912 Wandel and Lamington ; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh, M.A. (1906), B.D.
(1910), and at Berlin; licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 10th May 1910; assistant at
Lady Glenorchy's, Edinburgh; ord. 11th
July 1912. Marr. 23rd Nov. 1912, Olivia
Teresa, daugh. of Charles Martin Shaw,
and has issue— Olivia Mary Claus, born
9th Oct. 1914 ; Robert Alexander, born
27th Oct. 1915.
WHITERN, or WHITHORN.
[The church of Whitern was dedicated
to St Martin. It belonged to the Priory
of Whitern within the parish. This Pre-
monstratensian monastery, known as Can-
dida Casa, and dedicated to St Martin,
was founded in 1153 by Fergus, Lord of
Galloway upon the site of St Ninian's
earlier abbey. To the shrine of St Ninian
in the priory church, pilgrims constantly
came in great numbers. Among these
we find Margaret of Denmark, Queen of
James III. Their son, James IV., also
came frequently. In 1507 his queen,
Margaret Tudor, accompanied him to
the shrine. James V., too, made this
pilgrimage. According to use and wont
in such high places of devout resort, the
pilgrims passed from one oratory to another,
and after worshipping left an offering at
each. The following six places were thus
visited at Whitern : the Altar of the Holy
Rood, the fertour or shrine in the nave of
the church where the saint's bones were
kept, the relics, the high altar, the Lady
Chapel, and a chapel on the hill about a
mile out of the town on the north side,
at the place still called Chapel Outon. A
much-prized relic shown to James IV. in
1506 was an ancient bell, called by the
Galloway people Clag Ringeain (St
Ninian's Bell). The priory church served
as cathedral for the See of Galloway, and
its canons formed the Chapter of the
Diocese. After the Reformation the nave
of the priory church was made the parish
church. As such it was in use until 1822,
when a parish church was built close by.
A considerable part of the monastery can
be traced in the surviving ruins, but the
church only is in anything like fair preserva-
tion. Near this site is a piece of ground
called the Prior's Croft, and a little further
off, at Chipperheron (Tobar Chiarain=8t
Kiaran's Well), there was a well sacred to
St Kiaran. At Whitern, in the museum
beside the ruined priory, there is preserved
a large upright stone on which is incised a
cross of early form, and a Latin inscription
telling of a dedication to St Peter. This
stone was brought from a place on the
outskirts of the town, not far from the
priory. It seems to have been a girth stone
set up to mark one of the limits of the
monastic right of sanctuary.
Besides Chapel Outon there was in the
parish a chapel dedicated to St Martin.
Its ruins, still fairly complete, stand on the
seashore at the Isle of Whitern, marking
the place where St Ninian first landed,
about 397. Some way inland, on the road
to Whitern, is Prestrie (the Priest's Dwel-
ling), with the Clearie Park (Pairc a
Chleirich = the Priest's Field). At no great
distance is Balnab {Baile an Aib — the
Abbot's Place), a relic of the early Celtic
monastery which came to an end in the
eighth century. The priory had, of course,
no abbot.]
JOHN BARRON, born Edinburgh, 1537,
son of Andrew B. and nephew of
1567
James B., a friend of John Knox ;
entered as a student at Geneva, 14th Oct.
1557, and became a freeman of that city
21st June 1558. In 1560 he returned to
Scotland, and was min. of Galston in 1563 ;
trans, to this parish 2nd Feb. 1567; died
WIGTOWN]
WHITERN
379
in 1568. He raarr. Anne Goodacker [Good-
acre], and bad issue — John ; Susanna ;
Clarion (marr. Jehu, son of Robert Johnson
of Newton). He complained to the As-
sembly, 29th Dec. 1563, that his wife had
deserted him and gone to York. Publica-
tions — He translated from the French,
Beza's Answer to an Oration, and certain
articles by the Cardinal of Lorraine (1562),
and assisted Knox with his Treatise on
Predestination (1560). — [Reg. of Deeds,
xv., 168 ; Reg. Min. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Archbishop Parker's Correspondence ;
Knox's Works, v., vi. ; History of Galston
Parish.']
1572
ROGER GORDON, adm. May 1572;
in 1574 Crugilton, Glasserton, and
Kirkmaiden-in-Farines were also in
the charge. He was chosen Bishop of
Galloway, and a warrant was issued, 17th
Sept. 1578, for his consecration, which
does not seem to have taken place. He
removed to Kirkmaiden-in-Farines in 1580,
but returned here in 1590. — [Peg. Min.;
Wodroiv Miscell. and Biog., i. ; Booke of the
Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., iii. 293, iv. 570.]
1582
JAMES ADAMSON, pres. to the vicar-
age by James VI. 6th March 1582;
trans, to Penninghame in 1589 or
1590.— [Reg. Assig.]
ROGER GORDON, above noticed;
trans, from Kirkmaiden in-Farines
and readm. here in 1590, having
Glasserton also in charge. The date of
his death is unknown. He marr. Janet
Stewart, who died at Kirkinner, 8th July
1598, and had issue— Alexander of Kirk-
land of Kirkinner. — [Reg. Assig. ; Acts of
Pari., iii.]
1594
GEORGE KINCAID, M.A. ; min. in
1594; trans, to Kirkcolm about 1599.
-[Reg. Assig.]
1599
JAMES DAVIDSON, M.A. (St Andrews,
21st March 1580) ; adm. to Wigtown
in 1590 ; trans, and adm. in 1599.
He protested, 1st July 1606, against the
introduction of Episcopacy, and died before
7th April 1617.— [Reg. Assig. ; Row's and
Stevenson's Hists.]
1605
ABRAHAM HENRYSON [HENDER-
SON] of Tannielaggie, parish of Kirk-
cowan ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 7th Aug.
1594); min. of Borgue in 1596; trans,
and adm. in 1605 ; member of a Com-
mission for the Maintenance of Church
Discipline, and was dead by 163B. He
marr. Rosina M'Clellan, and had issue —
William, served heir, 2nd Jan. 1644
Laurence, apprenticed to Laurence Hender
son, merchant, Edinburgh, 19th Oct. 1636
Nathaniel, MA.— [P. O. Reg., vii., 109
Reg. of Heeds, ccccv., 234 ; ibid., cccxcvi.
256 ; Reg. Assig. ; Maitland Miscell., i.
Inq. Ret., Wigtown, 114 ; Forbes's Records
Lands and their Oivners in Galloway,
i., 645.]
1638
ANDREW LAUDER, M.A. (Edinburgh,
22nd June 1633) : min. here in 1638 ;
member of Assembly in 1638, and
from 1645 to 1648 ; declined a call to Ayr in
1648. He was app. by the English Privy
Council one of a committee for authoris-
ing admissions to the ministry within the
synods of Dumfries and Galloway. The
date of his death is unknown. He marr.
Catherine Houston. — [Stevenson's Hist. ;
Wodrow MSS. ; Stranraer and Ayr Presb.
Regs. ; Nicoll's Diary ; Acts of Ass. ; Acts
of Pari., v.]
WILLIAM MAITLAND, M.A. ; min.
about 1660 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662 ; was accused
before the Privy Council, 23rd Feb. 1663,
of "still labouring to keep the hearts of
the people from the present government
in Church and State." He was granted
indulgence at Beith in 1669 (q.v.). — [Wod-
row's Hist.]
JAMES COLQUHOUN, M.A. ; adm.
1664 before 25th 0ct- 1664' trans- t0
Penninghame before 30th Oct. 1666.
NORMAN MACKENZIE, M.A. ; trans,
from Carsphairn, and adm. before
25th April 1666 ; trans, to Mid-
calder 25th Aug. 1675.
HENRY WALKER, M.A. ; min. in
1676 1676 ; trans, to Mochrura in 1683.
380
WIIITERN
[PRESB. OF
ROBERT GRAY, M.A. (St Andrews,
1Q86 23rd July 1672), nrin. before 25th
June 1 686 ; outed at the Revolution ;
died in Edinburgh, 2nd Dec. 1720, aged
about 69. He marr. Elizabeth Robertson,
widow of George Ross, merchant, Aber-
deen.— [P. C. Warrants, 25th June 1686 ;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ; Edin. Reg. (Btir.).~\
SAMUEL KELSO, born in Ireland;
1689 was m*n' °^ a Presbyterian con-
gregation at Killisandra ; adm. to
this parish in 1689; member of Assembly,
1690, 1692; he had also charge of Kirk-
maiden in 1693. He returned to Ireland,
was settled at Donnochclonny, Co. Down,
and died April 1695. He marr. Elizabeth
Johnstone, who survived him. — [Reid's
Ireland, ii., 520 ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1690,
1692.]
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, licen. by
16g7 Presb. of Glasgow 4th April 1692;
adm. to Buittle in 1693 ; called in
1696; trans, and adm. 13th April 1697;
dem. 25th Nov. 1702; died 8th April 1708.
He marr. Katherine Dunbar, who died
in 1728, and had issue — Christian (marr.
James M'Naughton, merchant, Edinburgh).
—[Edin. Reg. {Bur.).]
THOMAS ELDER, M.A. ; called 4th
1704 July, and adm. 5th Sept. 1 704 ; dep.
by a small majority in the General
Assembly of 1711 for irregular conduct, but
reponed 13th May 1715; adm. min. of a
Presbyterian congregation at Kilmore, Co.
Down, and afterwards at Portpatrick. — [Reg.
Gen. Ass., 1711 ; Assembly Cases, 1839.]
JOHN M'CAUL, born 1685, son of John
1712 M., farmer, Corsbie, Penninghame
(who suffered imprisonment for
three months at Dumfries, for having
been at Bothwell Bridge) ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; chaplain to James,
Earl of Galloway ; licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown 10th Feb. 1708; called 9th Dec.
1711; ord. 25th March 1712; died 1st
April 1741. He marr. Elizabeth Stewart,
who died 21st Jan. 1755, and had issue
— John, D.D., min. of Tron Parish,
Glasgow ; Alexander, merchant, Glasgow ;
William, W.S. apprentice 1733; Archibald,
in Broughton ; Grizel (marr. Robert Baillie,
chamberlain to Earl of Galloway).—
[Tombst. ; Acts of Ass., 1727 ; Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xvi. ; History Vindicated, 89.]
ANDREW ADAIR of Little Genoch,
1743 born 1720, eldest son of Thomas A.
of Little Genoch ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of Stranraer
7th April, and called 13th Sept. 1742;
ord. 10th March 1743; died 8th March
1794. He marr. 14th July 1747, Isabella
(died 10th March 1793), daugh. of John
M'Dowall of Logan and Ann Johnstone of
Kelton, and had issue — Thomas of Little
Genoch, W.S., born 5th Oct. 1749, died
22nd Nov. 1820; Ann, born 5th Oct., and
died 29th Oct. 1751 ; Jean, born 4th Nov.
1752 ; John, born 4th June 1754 ; Sarah,
born 14th July 1756; Helen, born 28th
March 1758 ; Isabella, born 7th Aug. 1759
(marr. William Learmont, min. of Glen-
luce); Andrew, born 7th July 1761, died
16th Jan. 1763 ; Mary, born 2nd Feb. 1764.
— [Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xvi. ; Lands and
their Owners in Galloway, i., 307, 586.]
ISAAC DAVIDSON, a native of the
1794 Border ; D.D. (Edinburgh, Aug.
1775) ; min. of a Presbyterian con-
gregation at Ratcliffe Highway, London;
adm. to Sorbie 2nd Nov. 1775; pres. by
George III., trans, and adm. 19th June
1794 ; died 26th Dec. 1810. He marr. 11th
May 1764, Elizabeth, daugh. of Gideon
Elliot of Harwood, and had issue — an only
son, Elliot William, min. of Sorbie. Publi-
cations— Accounts of Sorbie and of Whitern
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., xvi., xxi.).
CHRISTOPHER NICHOLSON, born
i8ii 6fck ^y 1^80' son °^ J°nan n.
farmer, Mouswald, and Ann Car-
ruthers ; educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 25th April
1804 ; tutor in the family of Lord Armi-
dale ; pres. by George, Prince Regent, 23rd
Feb., and ord. 12th Sept. 1811 ; died at
Sands, Culross, 24th Oct. 1867. He marr.
9th June 1812, Mary (died 16th Jan. 1864),
daugh. of John Kirkpatrick of Bogrie, and
had issue — John, farmer, Kidsdale, Whit-
Wigtown]
WHITERN— WIGTOWN
381
ern, born 26th April 1813, died 24th June
1902 ; Ann, born 2nd Dec. 1814, died 24th
Nov. 1833; Mary Honyman, born 24th
Dec. 1816 (marr. 1853, James Cumming
of Dourie Bank, Port William), died 9th
Jan. 1908 ; [Jonah] Maxwell, D.D., min.
of St Stephen's Parish, Edinburgh : Ben-
jamin Christopher, shipowner, Liverpool,
born 9th April 1820, died 17th Nov. 1879;
Helen Hathorn, born 4th Feb. 1822, died
8th Feb. 1842; Peter Thomas, born 15th
March 1824, died young abroad ; Margaret,
born 23rd April 1826 (marr. (1) 3rd Aug.
1847, Alexander Young, M.D. ; (2) 1854,
James Johnston of Sands, Perthshire, and
was mother of Sir Christopher N. John-
ston, K.C., M.P., Procurator of the Church
of Scotland, 1907), died 23rd June 1896;
Hugh Hathorn, cotton broker, Liverpool,
born 14th June 1829. Publication — Account
of the Parish {New Stat. Ace, iv.).
MATTHEW JARDINE, born Ryecastle,
18_4 Applegarth, 4th April 1828, son of
David J. and Mary Dinwoodie ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Lochmaben 3rd May 1853 ; as-
sistant at Whitern ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 1st Dec. 1864 ; died 21st Nov.
1878. He marr. 7th April 1868, Mary,
daugh. of Robert Gourlay, and had issue
—Grace Broadfoot, born 17th Nov. 1868 ;
David, born 9th March 1871 ; Mary Din-
woodie, born 24th Nov. 1873, died 12th Jan.
1909 ; Robert Gourlay, born 6th Dec. 1875 ;
William, born 16th Oct. 1877.
ALEXANDER RITCHIE, ord. 21st May
1879 1879 ; trans, to Dunblane 8th July 1886.
DONALD MACINTYRE HENRY, born
1886 Dunkeld, 12th Oct. 1855, son of
William H. and Isabella Macintyre ;
educated at Dunkeld Royal School and
Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A. (1884); licen.
by Presb. of Dunkeld 13th May 1884;
ord. to Broxburn Chapel 4th March 1885 ;
trans, and adm. 9th Dec. 1886. Marr.
7th Aug. 1888, Rebekah, daugh. of John
Stark, Edinburgh, and has issue — Donald
Macintyre, min. of Kelton ; Malcolm Alex-
ander, C.E., born 21st Sept. 1891 ; Dorothea
Stark, born 28th March 1895.
WIGTOWN.
[The church of Wigtown was dedicated to
St Machuit. It belonged to the Priory of
Whitern. Beside the ruins of the old
church there stands in the churchyard
a new parish church, built about 1850.
In the churchyard are two monumental
stones of some note, marking the graves of
persons put to death in 1685 by orders of
the Royal Commission for the suppression
of Nonconformity. The one records the
names of three men hanged without trial ;
and on the other are commemorated two
women, one of them but eighteen years of
age, drowned at stakes within tidemark
on the sands at the mouth of the Water
of Bladnoch, close by the church. Near
the church stood of old a priory of the
Black Friars, founded in 1264 by the Lady
Dervorgilla of Galloway, mother of King
John Baliol. Of it nothing is now left.]
1560
PATRICK VAUS [VANS or WAUS],
second son of Sir John V. of Barn-
barroch by his wife Janet, only
child of Sir Simon [Samuel] M'Culloch of
Myrton, is mentioned as rector of this
parish in 1545. In 1559 he is styled
"parson of Wigtown." He apparently
joined the Reformers, and continued here
as first Protestant min. in 1560. He
succeeded his father (who was killed at
Pinkie) in the family property, and on
11th Jan. 1574 he was appointed a Senator
of the College of Justice, with the title of
Lord Barnbarroch. On 21st Jan. 1587
he was admitted a member of the Privy
Council, when he was probably also
knighted. In May of that year he was
sent as joint-ambassador to the Court of
Denmark to arrange a marriage between
James VI. and the Princess Anne, and two
years later he accompanied the King to
Upslo, in Norway, where he witnessed the
marriage. In 1592 and 1593 he was a Lord
of the Articles, and had voted him an
annual pension of £200. About this time
he was member of a Commission for the
due provision of the ministry and aug-
mentation of stipends. He died 22nd Dec.
382
WIGTOWN
[PRESB. OF
1597. He was one of the most influential
ecclesiastics and landed proprietors of his
time, and is thought to have been the hero
of the ballad Sir Patrick Spens. He marr.
(1) Elizabeth, daugh. of Sir Hew Kennedy
of Girvanmains, who died without issue :
(2) Catherine Kennedy, daugh. of Gilbert,
third Earl of Cassillis, and had issue — John
of Longcastle, gentleman of the chamber
to James VI., died 1642 ; Patrick of
Lybrack ; Robert of Campford ; Alex-
ander; Isabel (marr. (1) 1562, David
Murray of Broughton ; (2) Hugh Maxwell) ;
Florence (marr. Homer Maxwell of Carn-
salloch) ; Jean (marr. John Gordon of
Craighlaw) ; Euphemia (marr. 1591, Alex-
ander Baillie of Dunragit); Grisell (marr.
(1) 1578, John Kennedy of Barwhannie ;
(2) John MacDowall of Logan); Janet
(marr. John Adair); Elizabeth (marr.
1592, John Shaw of Sornbeg); Catherine
(marr. 1594, William Houston of Culreoch) ;
Margaret (marr. (1) 1568, John Dunbar in
Orchardton ; (2) 1570, John Creighton in
Larg) ; Mary (marr. John MacDowall of
Freugh). Publication — Correspondence of
Sir Patrick Waits of Barnbarroch, Knight,
Parson of Wigtown, first Almoner to the
Queen, Senator of the College of Justice, etc.,
Part I. 1540-84, Part II. 1584-97; edited
from the original documents by Robert Vans
Agnew (Edinburgh, 1887).— [Calderwood's
Hist. ; Sir James Melville's Memoirs ; Vauss
of Barnbarroch ; Royal Letters and other
Original Documents addressed to the Lairds
of Barnbarroch, 1559-1618 ; Brunton and
Haig's Senators of the College of Justice ;
Lands and their doners in Galloway, ii.,
198-209 ; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
ROBERT BLINSHIEL [BLIN-
1567 SHIELS], min. in 1567, when Pen-
ninghame, Longcastle, and Kirkinner
were also in the charge ; in 1574 Penning-
hame and Sorbie only were annexed to this
parish ; died July 1 576.— [Beg. Min.]
JOHN YOUNG, min. in 1576, with
1576 Kirkmabreck, Kirkdale, Kirkinner,
and Monigaff also in charge ; pres.
to Longcastle 1st March 1577 ; trans, to
Mochrum 29th Sept. 1586, but probably
continued at Wigtown till 1590. — [Edin.
Com. Dec, xxxi., 21st Dec. 1579.]
JAMES DAVIDSON, MA. ; pres. to
15Q7 the vicarage of Kirkmadryne by
James VI. 10th Feb. 1596; min. of
Wigtown and Glasserton in 1597; trans,
to Whitern in 1599. — [Acts and Dec, clxvii.,
38 ; Beg. Assig.]
'JAMES BRYSON, trans, from Duris-
■io/vi deer, and adm. in 1601 ; still min. in
1608 ; returned here in 1618.
1614
GEORGE M'KIE [or M'KISON], trans,
from Nairn, and adm. in 1614. —
[Beg. Assig.]
'JAMES BRYSON, above noticed; re-
1618 turned before 19th June 1618; died
at Ayr after 25th March 1623. He
marr. Margaret Cunningham, who survived
him, and had issue — James, his heir, 11th
Aug. 1624 ; Alexander ; William, appren-
ticed to Stephen Boyd, merchant, Edin-
burgh, 21st Aug. 1622.— [Beg. of Deeds,
cccxcviii., 10 ; ibid., ccccxxxi., 61 ; Beg.
Old Dec, iii. ; Glasgow Tests. ; Inq. Bet.
Gen., 1155.]
JAMES MUIRHEAD, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1623 24th July 1619); adm. before Feb.
1623; died probably in 1627. He
marr., and had issue — James, apprenticed
to Thomas Waugh, merchant, Edinburgh,
24th Jan. 1649. — [Edin. Apprentice Beg.]
JOHN ROBERTSON, M.A. (Glasgow
leas *^22 ' mentioned as min. in 1633,
when he was translated to another
parish (unidentified). — [Beg. Sec Sig.]
JAMES HAMILTON, son of John H.,
portioner of Middleton ; M.A. (Glas-
gow 1624); pres. by Charles I. 7th
April 1634 ; member of Commission for
the Maintenance of Church Discipline, 21st
Oct. 1634. It was proposed to translate
him to Kinneil, 18th Oct. 1648, but this
was not done. He died probably in 1652
or 1653. He marr. Agnes M'Culloch.—
WIGTOWN]
WIGTOWN
383
[Edin. Sas., xxiii., 12 ; G. R. Inhib., 4th
March 1653, where he is called "late
minister " ; Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Commis. to
Ass., 1638 ; Linlithgow Presb. Beg. ; Mait-
land Miscell., ii. ; Baillie's Lett.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, born 1619 j
1654 ^^' (G^asS0W 1637) ; adm. to Sorbie
before 19th May 1643 ; trans, and
adm. in 1654; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was accused
before the Privy Council 24th Feb. 1663,
"of labouring to keep the hearts of the
people from the present government in
Church and State," and was ordered to
compear on the 23rd July, but nothing
further is said of the matter. He went
to Ireland, was settled at Bangor, and
returned here in 1689. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
i., 327.]
JAMES COOPER, adm. before 25th Oct.
1664 1664 ' trans, to Mochrum before 22nd
May 1667.— [Reg. Collat.]
WALTER M'GILL, MA. ; trans, from
1667 Leswalt ; adm. between 23rd May
and 29th Oct. 1667 ; trans, to Kilsyth
April 1675.
THOMAS CHRISTIE, M.A., min. in
1&7tJ 1677 ; trans, to Dunning 14th Dec.
1682.
WILLIAM WATSON, M.A. (St An-
1684 ^rews, 2^th J^y 1667); gave up
a list of parishioners Oct. 1684 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690, restoring the Presbyterian mins. —
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ARCHIBALD HAMILTON, M.A.,
1689 ab°ve noticed ; min. of a Presby-
terian congregation at Bangor ; at
the request of the General Meeting of
Presbyterian mins., 2nd Oct. 1688, he
returned in 1689, and was elected first
Moderator of the Synod of Glasgow and
Ayr, 14th May 1689. He was a member
of the first General Assembly after the
Revolution, and died 29th June 1695. He
marr. 7th Dec. 1643, Jean, daugh. of James
Hamilton, min. of the Old Kirk Parish,
Edinburgh, and had issue — John, min. of
Old Grey friars, Edinburgh ; Archibald, min.
of Corstorphine ; Henry, min. of Currie ;
Mary (marr. John Kelso of Kelsoland, Col-
lector of Customs, Port-Glasgow).— [Reid's
Ireland, ii. ; Dumfries Reg. (Marr.) ;
Tombst. ; Reg. Gen. Ass., 1690 ; Maitland
Miscell., iv.]
THOMAS KERR, M.A., born 1679,
17ol probably son of John K. of Fernie-
lie ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
23rd July, and called 3rd Dec. 1700; ord.
4th March 1701 ; died 31st Jan. 1729. He
marr. (1) 23rd June 1701, Mary, daugh. of
George Johnstone, merchant, Dumfries, and
had issue — Andrew, physician to the Duke
of Atholl in the Isle of Man ; Thomas ;
Jean (marr. Thomas Baillie in the Isle of
Man): (2) Oct. 1726, Elizabeth, eldest
daugh. of John Lindsay of Ladylands. —
[ Wigtoivn Tests. ; Dumfries Reg. (Marr.) ;
Tombst.]
EDWARD BOYD, born 1701, son of
1730 William B., min. of Dairy, Gallo-
way; M.A. (Glasgow, 27th Dec.
1723) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
5th June 1728 ; called 28th June ; pres. by
James, Earl of Galloway ; ord. 31st Dec.
1730; died 14th Feb. 1765. He marr.
Elizabeth Agnew, who predeceased him,
without issue. — [Reg. of Deeds, Mack.,
excii., 2, 419.]
DAVID HENDERSON, born 1732, son
1765 °^ George H., Mochrum ; licen. by
Presb. of Wigtown ; ord. to Leswalt
21st April 1763 ; trans, and adm. 21st Nov.
1765; died 25th April 1784. He marr.
17th Dec. 1766, Mary (died 22nd Feb.
1797), daugh. of William Grant, merchant,
Rotterdam. — [Tombst.]
ANDREW DONNAN, born 1751, son of
1785 William D., farmer, Ersick, Glasser-
ton, and Margaret Fullerton ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Wigtown ; assistant in the Grammar
School of Wigtown, and also to preceding
min. ; pres. by John, Earl of Galloway,
384
WIGTOWN
[PRESB. OF WIGTOWN
Oct. 1784 ; ord. 5th April 1785 ; died 25th
June 1798. He was a classical scholar
of note, and was versed in genealogy and
antiquities, on which subjects he left some
papers relating to the county. He was a
chief agent in the founding of the Wigtown
Subscription Library. He marr. 29th July
1794, Isabella (died at Peebles, 16th April
1829), daugh. of James Gordon of Balmeg,
and Dorothea, daugh. of Samuel Brown of
Barharrow, min. of Kirkmabreck, and
had issue — Janet, born 23rd July 1795,
died unmarr. ; William James, clerk of
Chancery, born 27th Dec. 1797. Publica-
tions— Sermons [edited by John Graham,
min. of Kirkinner] (Edinburgh, 1800) ;
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace,
xiv.). — [Tombst. ; Murray's Literary Hist,
of Galloway, 197-201.]
PETER YOUNG, born 1772, son of
l7gg James Y., brewer, Leith, and Jane
Short ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; tutor at Balgreggan ; licen. by
Presb. of Stranraer 3rd Aug. 1796; pres.
by John, Earl of Galloway, 5th Feb.,
and ord. 5th Sept. 1 799 ; died Father or
the Church, 28th Sept. 1864. He marr.
10th Aug. 1801, Maitland M'Culloch, who
died 11th March 1854, s.p. Publication —
Account of the Parish {Ken: Stat. Ace,
iv.).
JAMES CULLEN, born Lochee, Dundee,
186g 21st Nov. 1830, son of James C.
and Jean Dick ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh; M.A. (1855); licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcaldy ; sometime military
chaplain at Windsor ; assistant at St
Michael's, Dumfries ; pres. by Randolph,
Earl of Galloway ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 12th Nov. 1863; died 25th July
1905. He marr. 11th April 1876, Annie
Henry (died 7th Sept. 1897), daugh. of
Bailie William Tait, Wigtown, and had
issue — James, dental requisites manufac-
turer, Edinburgh, born 8th Feb. 1877 ;
Alfred William, major 16th Batt. the
Royal Scots, born 27th Dec. 1878; Jean
Helen Margaret, born 20th July 1880;
Rosa Elizabeth, born 17th Sept. 1881 (marr.
William Edgar, min. of Kinning Park
Parish, Glasgow).
WILLIAM FULTON, M.A., B.D., B.Sc. ;
1906 orc^' 18t^ ^an" 190^ ' trans, to Second
Charge, Paisley Abbey, 21st July
1909.
GAVIN LAWSON, born 13th Jan. 1882,
lql0 educated at High School and Univ.
of Glasgow; M.A. (1903); licen. by
Presb. of Dumbarton 1st May 1906 ; assist-
ant at Maxwell Parish, Glasgow ; ord.
4th Feb. 1910 ; lieut. Gordon Highlanders,
B.E.F., 1915-16.
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT
[A proposal to constitute a Presbytery for the central part of Galloway was before
the General Assembly in 1581. In 1601 we find this locality still under the control
of the Presbytery of Nithsdale, now called that of Dumfries. It was, however, then
the avowed purpose of the supreme court to set up a separate jurisdiction for the
Kirkcudbright district, so soon as the parishes there should be sufficiently organised
to warrant such a course. The actual erection of the new Presbytery evidently occurred
shortly after this. The Presbytery Register begins 30th April 1700, and extends to
eleven volumes. There are gaps from 1st Aug. 1733 to 2nd Jan. 1734; from 8th Jan.
1755 to 17th Aug. 1768; from 14th Oct. 1782 to 12th May 1784; from 7th Oct. 1789
to 1st Oct. 1794; and from 15th Aug. 1812 to 11th March 1816. There were two
earlier volumes of records. Neither of these is now known to exist. One of them
dealt with the period from 1647 to 1658. Regarding it we have an account in a
Presbytery minute of 21st Dec. 1780. The other volume, beginning 10th June 1663,
is mentioned in the Synod Register of that time.]
ANWOTH, ok AVONWAITH.
[At the time of the Reformation the
church of this parish was in the possession
of the Priory of St Mary's Isle. At an
earlier time it had belonged to the Abbey
of Holyrood. There were in the parish
two chapels : St Bride's, at Kirkbride, near
the Sky re Burn ; and another at Culeness.
The parish church was rebuilt in 1626.
That building is now roofless, but other-
wise in very good condition. A new church
close to it was erected in 1828.]
ALEXANDER YOUNG, reader, May
1570 1570 to 1572.
MALCOLM M'CULLOCH, M.A. ;
1572 reader, May 1572; died in 1577.
DAVID MURRAY of Fenton, Auchter-
1577 muchty, and Clonyaird (probably a
pre-Reformation incumbent), son of
Sir Charles M. of Cockpool, Annandale ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 4th
Jan. 1577 ; deprived before 5th Jan. 1585 ;
became master of the King's stable;
died 16th Aug. 1613. He marr. Marion
Maclellan, who survived him, and marr.
John Reddick of Dalbeattie. He left a
natural son, Charles. — [Scots Peerage,
i., 224.]
1585
ROBERT MURRAY, brother of preced-
ing; reader in 1578; pres. by James
VI. 5th Jan. 1585-6.— [Reg. Assig.]
1601
VOL. II.
386
ISAAC PATERSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
12th Aug. 1593); adm. in 1601,
Girthon also being in the charge ;
pres. to the vicarage by James VI. 23rd
May 1602 ; still min. 14th Feb. 1616, under
threat of deposition by Bishop Cowper, who
had " a worthie and learned man there to
be planted." He died before 15th July
1627, when a nephew, George P., was
served heir. — [Reg. Assig. ; Inq. Ret. Gen.,
2313; Murray's Life of Rutherford.]
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD [RUTHER-
1627 FURD], adm. in 1627 ; app. Professor
of Divinity in the Univ. of St An-
drews 7th Jan. 1639 (q.v.).
2 B
386
ANWOTH
[PRESB. OF
JOHN MEIN [MEINE], son of John
1643 M., merchant in the Canongate of
Edinburgh, and Barbara Hamilton ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd July 1636); was
on trials for ordination 8th March 1643 ;
probably deprived in 1662. He died before
1664. — [G. R. Inhib., 29th April 1664;
Stranraer Presb. Reg. ; Rutherfurd's Lett. ;
War Committee of Kirkcudbright ; Whytes
Samuel Rutherford, and some of his Corres-
pondent, 180.]
GEORGE DAVIDSON, M.A. ; trans,
from Rerrick ; adm. between 26th
April and 30th Oct. 1666: trans.
to Whitsome 24th Jan. 1668.
1666
JAMES SHAW, adm. to Kirkmabreck
before 1665 : pres. by Alexander
M'Culloch of Myrton 4th May,
coll. 11th June, and adm. 21st Sept. 1668.
The Privy Council 17th Jan. 1685, ordered
the parishioners to be prosecuted because of
an affront done to him. He was outed in
1689. He marr. Agnes Davidson, perhaps
a daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue
— four children.— [G. R. Homings, 28th
July 1671 ; Treas. Reg., iv., 257 ; List of
Disorder^/; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689; P.
C. Decreta, 13th Aug. 1696.]
MICHAEL BRUCE, born 1634, youngest
1689 son °^ Patrick B. of Newton, and
Janet, daugh. of John Jackson,
merchant, Edinburgh ; M.A. (Edinburgh
1654); ord. to Killinchy, Co. Down, Oct.
1657; deprived for nonconformity in 1661.
In 1665 he was seized while holding a con-
venticle in Airth, " not without a bloody
bout, in which soldiers and he were
wounded." He was sentenced to be
banished to Virginia, but the king, in-
fluenced by courtiers, asked that Bruce
should be sent to London, whence he was
sent back to his charge in Ireland. He
was adm. to this parish in 1689; was a
member of Assembly in 1690 ; died at
Anwoth in 1693. He marr. (cont. 30th
May 1659) Jean, daugh. of Robert Bruce
of Kinnaird, and had issue — Robert, born
1669, died May 1684; Michael, born 1670,
died June 1672 ; Anna, died Jan. 1683 ;
James, min. at Killyleagh, Co. Down. —
Publications — The Rattling of the Dry
Bones : a Sermon preached in the Xight-
time at Chapel -yard, in the Parish of Car-
luke, Clydsdale, May 1672 (n.p., n.d.) ;
Soul -Confirmation : a Sermon preached in
the Parish of Cambtunethan in Clyds-
dail (n.p., 1709); Six Dreadful Alarms
in Order to the light Improving of the
Gospel (n.p., n.d.) ; A Sermon preached by
Master Michael Bruce in the Tolbooth of
Edinburgh the immediate Sabbath after he
received the Sentence of Exile for Virginia
(n.p., n.d.). — [Reid's Ireland, ii., 305 ; Wod-
row's Anal. ; Blair's Autob. ; Leven and
Melvill Papers ; Kirkton's Hist. ; Stirling
Presb. Reg. ; Howies Collection of Lectures
and Sermons, xviii., xix., xx. ; Reg. Gen.
Ass., 1690 ; Abernethy's Sermon (Life), i. ;
Playfair's Baronet., ii. : Hewison's Coven-
anters, ii., 219.]
THOMAS HAY, bursar of Glasgow
1696 f niy- 5tn July !636 ; adm. before
21st April 1696 ; dem. 8th June 1711.
GEORGE GARTSHORE, called 26th
Nov. 1713 : ord. 10th June 1714 ;
1714
1723.
trans, to Kirkcudbright 26th June
JOHN ENSLIE, educated at Univ.
1724 °^ Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 29th March 1720; called
28th April and ord. 17th Sept. 1724;
trans, to the Scots Church, Rotterdam, 10th
June 1725 ; min. -emeritus there July 1759 ;
died 4th April 1766, aged 81. In 1832
his portrait was in possession of the Con-
sistory at Amsterdam. He marr. 1728,
Jane Tod, who predeceased him, and had
issue — John, merchant, Rotterdam, died at
Glasgow, Oct. 1798; Jane (marr. Charles
Innes, bailie of Edinburgh), died 1784 ;
William, merchant, Smyrna, died at Con-
stantinople, July 1794 ; Janet, died unmarr.
at Woodford, Essex, Feb. 1820 ; James,
merchant, Rotterdam, died June 1812 :
Mary (marr. Samuel Jay, physician), died
at Andover, Hampshire, Feb. 1790; and
four others, who died young. — [Steven's
Scottish Church in Rotterdam, 191 ; Car-
lyle:s Autob.]
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
ANWOTH
387
JOHN WELSH, M.A. (Glasgow, 23rd
1727 ^0V' 1>719); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 30th Dec. 1724; called
27th April; ord. 28th Sept. 1727; died
8th Feb. 1753, aged 63. He marr. 20th
Sept. 1731, Elizabeth (died at Gatehouse-
of-Fleet, 13th March 1795, aged 93),
youngest daugh. of John Calderwood,
town-clerk of Dalkeith, and had issue —
Elizabeth, born 3rd Sept. 1 732 ; Magda-
lene, born 16th Feb. 1734, died 16th Jan.
1746; Samuel, born 25th Aug. 1736;
Abraham, born 3rd Sept. 1737 ; William,
born 11th Dec. 1738, died 2nd Feb. 1749;
Andrew, born 17th May 1741 ; John, born
23rd Sept. 1744, died 24th May 1746;
Robert, born 2nd Aug 1747.— [Tombst]
ROBERT CARSON, licen. by Presb. of
1753 Kirkcudbright 12th June 1745 ; pres.
by Major John Maxwell of Car-
doness, and ord. 21st Aug. 1753 ; died un-
marr. 26th March 1769.— [Acts of Ass., 1765,
1767 ; Scots Mag., xxvi., xxvii., xxix. ; New
Stat. Ace, iv.]
WILLIAM GORDON of Balmeg, parish
l77o of Wigtown, born 1744, son of James
G. of Balmeg, and Dorothea, daugh.
of Samuel Brown of Barharrow, min. of
Kirkmabreck ; pres. by David Maxwell of
Cardoness 2nd Sept. 1769 ; ord. 20th April
1770 ; died 30th April 1790. He marr.
7th Sept. 1772, Mary Denniston, who died
28th March 1836, and had issue — Samuel
of Balmeg, died 1797 ; Dorothea, born 1st
July 1773, died 1819; Isabella (marr. 1808,
George M'Haffie of Corsemalzie, writer, and
Provost of Wigtown) ; James, born 10th
Sept. 1774.— [Tombst. ; Weekly Mag., xvii. ;
Connell's Paroch. Lav.]
HUGH GORDON, born in the parish ;
17 licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
6th April 1785 ; pres. by David
Maxwell of Cardoness ; ord. 23rd Sept.
1790; died 11th Oct. 1808, aged 59. He
marr. 8th Sept. 1794, Janet (died 10th Nov.
1832), daugh. of Patrick Brown of Bar-
harrow, and had issue — Henrietta, born
17th April 1796 (marr. John M'William,
Gatehouse) ; Hugh, min. of Monquhitter,
born 21st Sept. 1797; Thomas, merchant,
Malaga, born 4th Nov. 1799; Janet, born
13th June 1801. Publication— Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.).—
[Tombst.]
THOMAS TURNBULL, licen. by Presb.
180Q of Kirkcudbright 4th Sept. 1805;
pres. by Sir David Maxwell of
Cardoness, Bart., 26th Jan., and ord. 18th
Aug. 1809; died 6th July 1838, aged 59.
He marr. 4th July 1809, Susannah (died
7th April 1854, aged 74), second daugh.
of Robert Muter, D.D., min. of Kirkcud-
bright, and had issue— Agnes, born 8th
Sept. 1812 (marr. Craig) ; Catherine
Muter, born 6th Oct. 1814; James Muter,
M.D., Liverpool, born 9th Jan. 1818;
Georgina Maxwell, born 29th July 1819.
THOMAS JOHNSTONE, born 6th
1839 ^arcu 1815, son of Thomas J., min.
of Dairy, Ayrshire ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Irvine 1st Aug. 1837; pres. by Sir David
Maxwell of Cardoness, Bart., Dec. 1838 ;
ord. 28th March 1839; died 11th June
1875. He marr. 18th Jan. 1842, Margaret
(died 4th Nov. 1859), eldest daugh. of
Robert Adamson of Drumclyer, writer,
Dumfries, and had issue — Anna Harriet,
born 31st Oct. 1842 (marr. her father's suc-
cessor); Janet Wilson, born 6th Jan. 1844;
Marion Jane, born 13th Aug. 1845, died 13th
July 1847 ; Thomas, born 29th Jan. 1847;
Robert Adamson, born 13th April 1851;
Lilias, born 18th June 1855 ; Helen, died
young.
k WILLIAM M'MILLAN BLACK, born
1 ^ Montreal, Canada, 12th Dec. 1839,
only son of Edward B., D.D., min.
of St Paul's Church there (whose father,
James Black, was min. of Penninghame),
and Wilhelmina M'Millan ; educated at
Montreal High School, Edinburgh
Academy, and Edinburgh Univ.; licen.
by Presb. of Montreal in 1867 ; assist-
ant at St Paul's, Montreal ; ord. (by the
Presb. of Kirkcudbright) to St Mark's
Church, Montreal, 11th Aug. 1869; adm.
to this charge 25th Jan. 1876; died at
Montreal, 16th Dec. 1901. He marr. (1)
24th Jan. 1865, Anna Harriet Johnstone
388 ANWOTH— AUCHENCAIRN (Q.S.)— BALMACLELLAN [presb. of
(died at Montreal, 21st Oct. 1871), eldest
daugh. of his predecessor, and had issue —
Edward, born 26th Oct. 1865, died 4th
Sept. 1904; John Greenshields, born 26th
Sept. 1867, died 15th April 1903 ; Margaret
Johnstone, born 16th June 1869, died at
Edinburgh, 23rd Feb. 1899 : (2) 3rd Nov.
1880, Amy, daugh. of John James Green-
shields, merchant, Singapore, and had issue
—Lucy Lockhart, born 29th Aug. 1881
(marr. 12th Aug. 1916, George Galloway,
D.D., Principal of St Mary's College, St
Andrews) ; William M'Millan, captain 58th
Eifles, Frontier Force, I.A., born 12th
Sept. 1883, killed in action in France,
31st Oct. 1914 ; Norman Scott, born 23rd
Feb. 1886 ; Elizabeth M'Culloch, born 13th
Nov. 1888; Amy Greenshields, born 18th
Oct. 1892.
WILLIAM MAIN, trans, from Middle
1902 Parisn' Perth ; adm. 31st July 1902 ;
trans, to Trinity Parish, Edinburgh,
20th Dec. 1906.
FRANK WILLIAM SAUNDERS, born
igo7 1st Aug. 1881, son of John S., min.
of Kingarth, Bute ; educated at
Rothesay Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1902), B.D. (1905) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dunoon 3rd May 1905 ; assistant at
Falkirk; ord. 8th May 1907. Marr. 17th
March 1908, Janet Cochrane, daugh. of
James Meiklejohn, merchant, Govan, and
Jessie Bennett, and has issue — Katharine
Helen, born 23rd March 1910; James
Begg, born 6th June 1911 ; Frank Meikle-
john, born 7th May 1915.
AUCHENCAIRN (Q.S.).
[A mission, served by licentiates, was
started in the village of Auchencairn in
1847. Largely owing to the generosity of
David Welsh of Collin and Miss Mary
Culton of Auchenatony, a church was
opened, 12th Aug. 1855. The same donors
were the chief contributors to the endow-
ment of the parish, which was disjoined
from Rerrick, and erected 11th June
1856.]
1856
DAVID WARK of Bargeddie, born 12th
June 1826, son of Robert W. of
Bargeddie ; educated at Old Monk-
land School and Univ. of Glasgow ; mission-
ary at Auchencairn ; ord. 21st Aug. 1856 ;
died sy. 17th May 1900. He marr. 4th
Sept. 1860, Jessie Morton, only daugh. of
James Crosbie of Merkland, Parton.
1900
WALTER ROBERTSON HENDER-
SON, born Edinburgh, 7th Oct.
1873, son of Thomas H. and Mar-
garet Idington Robertson ; educated at
George Watson's College, Edinburgh (dux
1890), and Univ. of Edinburgh; M.A.
(1893), B.D. (1896); licen. by Presb. of
Edinburgh 11th May 1896; assistant at
Tolbooth Parish, 1897-1900 ; ord. 13th Sept.
1900 ; clerk of Presb. in 1914.
BALMACLELLAN.
[Before the Reformation the rectory of
Balmaclellan belonged to the Chapel Royal
of Stirling. Alexander Scott, who was
tutor to Mary, Queen of Scots, was vicar
for a time. The parish church was rebuilt
about 1750.]
ELIAS M'CULLOCH, reader, 1567 to
1567 1588.
1573
WILLIAM KEMP, styled "parson of
Balmaclellan " in 1573. — [Grote's
Protocols, 324.]
ROBERT MURRAY, son of John M.,
at Tibbermore; M.A. (St Andrews
1615); licen. by Presb. of Perth
3rd Nov. 1619; min. in 1625; dep. by
a Committee of General Assembly before
27th Aug. 1639, for a variety of offences,
but reponed before 1643. He marr. (1)
26th July 1625, Jean Pont : (2) before
25th May 1636, Margaret Thomson, widow
of James Keir, min. of Glenluce, and had
issue — James ; Elizabeth. Mrs M. had a
child in April 1645, of whom her husband
was not the father. She was beheaded on
the Castlehill, Edinburgh, 28th May 1645.
— [Canongate Sess., Perth, and Stran-
raer Presb. Regs. ; Commiss. to Ass., 1638 ;
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
BALMACLELLAN
389
Wodrow MSS. ; Stevenson's Hist, ; Banna-
tyne Miscell., iii. ; Peterkin's Records ; Reg.
of Deeds, dxxxviii., 408.]
1644
JOHN M'MILLAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
22nd July 1615) ; adm. to Sanquhar
before 1626 ; adm. here in 1644 ;
died before 1658. He marr. Janet M'Cul-
loch, who survived him, and had issue —
John, died Aug. 1679 ; Elizabeth.— [G. R.
Homings, 19th Sept. 1673 ; Wodrow MSS.]
1645
JAMES NISBET, M.A. (Glasgow 1642) ;
min. in 1645 ; member of Assembly
16th July 1651 j still min. 15th Sept.
1656 ; died before 1664. He marr., and had
issue — Elizabeth and Margaret, served co-
heirs, 20th May 1680.— [Dumfries Presb.
Reg. ; Wodrow MSS. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Inq. Ret. Gen., 6219.]
THOMAS WARNER [VERNOR, or
1657 VERNER], born 1630, son of John
W., bailie of Musselburgh ; M.A. (St
Andrews, 12th July 1655); min. in 1657;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th June,
and Decreet of Privy Council 1st Oct.
1662 ; was accused before the Privy Council,
24th Feb. 1663, of "still labouring to keep
the hearts of the people from the present
government in Church and State." He be-
came tenant of the farm of Lochinvar, and
returned to his charge at the Revolution.
ROBERT MOIR, M.A. ; min. in 1664 ;
1664 trans, to Girthon in 1668.
1668
JOHN ROW, M.A. ; adm. between 29th
April and 27th Oct. 1668 ; trans, (by
the Privy Council) to Stoneykirk
13th Sept. 1672.
JAMES LAURIE, min. of Stoneykirk
in 1648 ; granted indulgence here 3rd
Sept. 1672 ; returned to Stoneykirk
in 1689.— [Wodrow's Hist., i., 327.]
1672
1672
THOMAS WARNER [VERNOR, or
VERNER], above noticed ; also
granted indulgence here by the
Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672. He was
accused before the Privy Council, 6th Jan.
1679, of breaking his confinement, preach-
ing at conventicles, and of corresponding
with John Welsh of Kiikpatrick-Irongray
and other intercommuned persons. On
18th Feb. following, the parishioners were
prohibited from paying him any stipend
until further orders. He was declared
fugitive 5th May 1684, but was included
in the Act of Parliament 4th July 1690,
which rescinded all fines and forfeitures.
— [Wodrow's Hist., iii., 4.]
PATRICK GEDDIE, son of Mitchell G.,
168_ skipper, and bailie of St Andrews ;
M.A. (St Andrews, 20th July 1650);
licen. by Presb. of St Andrews 14th Jan.
1657; resided in St Andrews, where he
owned property, 29th Aug. 1671 ; min. in
1685 ; outed by the people in 1689, and
died soon after. — [Decreets of Regality Court
of St Andreivs ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
1689
THOMAS WARNER [VERNOR, or
VERNER], noticed above ; returned
in 1689 and was restored by Act of
Parliament 25th April 1690 ; member of
Assembly, 1691, 1692. He was the last
survivor of those who had been in the
ministry before the Restoration, and died
Father of the Church, 10th Sept. 1716.
He marr. (1) Jean, daugh. of William
Gordon of Monybuie, and had issue — David
of Monybuie, LL.D, Professor of Philo-
sophy, Univ. of Aberdeen, born 1688, served
heir to his father 16th April 1717, died
1752 : (2) Mary, daugh. of James Grier of
Milmark, and had issue — Agnes (marr. her
father's successor). — [Acts of Ass., 1701-
1716 ; Tombst. ; G. R. Homings, 6th Aug.
1670 ; Dumfries Sas., ii., 6 ; Laing Charters,
3082-3.]
ROBERT DONALDSON, educated at
Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
1712 of Dumbarton 3rd June 1707 ; called
23rd April and ord. (assistant and successor)
7th Aug. 1712 ; died 31st March 1745. He
marr. 18th Oct. 1717, Agnes Vernor (died
24th Jan. 1769), daugh of his predecessor,
and had issue— William, min. of Parton.
WILLIAM M'KIE,born 17th Feb. 1719,
son of William M., min. of Bal-
174,7 maghie; licen. by Presb. of Kirk-
cudbright 29th April 1742; called 3rd
April 1746; ord. 25th June 1747; died
18th June 1779, He marr. 7th Feb. 1751,
390
BALMACLELLAN
[PRESB. OF
Catheriaa Maria (died 26th Nov. 1770),
daugh. of Prof. David Yernor, LL.D., and
granddaugh. of his predecessor of that
name, and had issue— David, born 10th
Dec. 1751, died 10th March 1753; Mary,
born 30th June 1753. died 21st Jan. 1754 ;
Agnes, born 14th Oct. 1754 : William, born
29th March 1756 : Nathaniel, his successor:
David, born 11th Sept. 175S : George, born
11th Jan. 1760: Catherine, born 2nd Aug.
1762, died 12th May 1763 : Anna, born 29th
Nov. 1763. died 21st Sept. 1769; Margaret,
born 22nd Jan. 1765.
IS 2-5
17 SO
NATHANIEL M:KIE. born 22nd April
1757. third son of preceding: edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh'; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 7th Oct. 1778]
pres. by George III. 10th Feb.. and ord.
24th Aug. 1780 ; died 11th Oct. 1790. He ,
marr. 24th May 1751. Mary (died at
Edinburgh. 1st Sept. 1806), eldest daugh. ,
of Alexander Gordon of Carleton, and
had issue — William, born 14th April 1782 ;
Alexander. — [Tom kf.]
1791
JAMES THOMSON, born 1753, a native
of Wigtownshire ; M.A. (St Andr
1784) : pres. by George III. 6th Nov.
1790: ord. 11th Aug. 1791; died 19th
March 1525. His epitaph, composed by his
brother-in-law, the famous Scottish philos-
opher, Dr Thomas Brown, thus conclude -
— "'Amidst the domestic sorrows which
clouded the last year of his independent,
honourable, and useful life, he supported
his soul by the promises of that God whom
he served in the gospel of His Son, and
strong in the faith, anticipated with delight
the not distant period when his remains
should repose by the side of his amiable
daughters, and his spirit in their society
enjoy the purity and the peace of heaven. ''
He marr. 16th May 1793, Dorothea (died
31st Jan. 1537, aged 80), eldest daugh. of
Swime! Brown of Barharrow, min. of
Kirkmabreck, and had issue — Mary, born
24th Feb. 1794, died 19th Feb. 1523;
Janet, born 12th April 1796 (marr. Robert
Jeffrey, min. of Girthon) ; Margaret, born :
4th June 1795, died 15th Feb. 1523; Jane
Eleanora, born 2nd Feb. 1501. died 13th
June 1522.
1844
GAVIN CULLEN. born Kippbyr^.
Airdrie. 1793. eldest son of Archi-
bald C. farmer ; educated at Univ.
of Glasgow : M.A. (1821) ; licen. by Presb.
of Stranraer 15th Aug. 1821; pres. by
George IV. 3rd May, and ord. 17th Nov.
1525 ; died at Kirkcudbright. 15th Jan.
-A. He marr. 4th June 1527. Mary
(born 7th May 1502. died 4th Feb. 1874),
youngest daugh. of David Kennedy of
Knocknalling. and had issue — Edward
Boyd, born 19th March 1525 : Archibald
Kennedy, born 1st Oct. 1829 ; David, army
surgeon, born 31st March 1533 ; Mary,
born 12th May 1531, died 6th Sept. 1877.
— [Tombst.]
GEORGE MURRAY, ord. (assistant
1838 an<^ successor) 8th March 1838 :
trans, to Girthon 14th Sept. 1843;
min. again in 1551.
WILLIAM WILSON, born Trochie-
house, Kells. 10th Dec. 1795, son of
John W.. farmer, and Helen Heron ;
educated at Kells Parish School and Univ.
of Edinburgh (being assisted in his studies
by Alexander Murray. D.D., Prof, of
Hebrew, a cousin of his mother) ; assistant
at Balmaghie and Kirkcudbright ; ord. to
the Scots Church, Whitehaven, 1839; trans,
to the Scots Church, Douglas, Isle of Man,
1841 ; adm. to this parish 21st March 1844 ;
died unmarr. 28th June 1551.
GEORGE MURRAY of Troquhain.
above mentioned, born New Gallc-
1851 way, 4th June 1812, son of John M.
of Troquhain, in the parish (descended
from a branch of the Murrays of Philip-
haugh), and Agnes Manson ; educated at
Kells School and Univ. of Edinburgh ;
tutor in the family of Thomas Carman,
min. of Carsphairn, and in the family of
Hugh Ross of Cromarty, where he became
acquainted with Hugh Miller ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 8th June 1836;
pres. by Queen Victoria (the first presenta-
tion bearing her sign manual) 2nd Oct.
1537 ; ord. (assistant and successor) 8th
March 1535 ; trans, to Girthon 14th Sept.
1543: clerk, of Presb. (1843-68); clerk of
Synod 24th Oct. 1843 ; retrans. to this
charge 23rd Oct. 1551; died 22nd April
Kirkcudbright] BALMACLELLAN— BALMAGHIE
391
1881. He was the model of a country
clergyman ; devotedly attached to his
flock, and shared in all their joys and
sorrows ; passionately fond of rural sports,
he mingled in the innocent pastimes of
his parishioners, and was respected and
loved by them in return. He was a zeal-
ous antiquary, an accomplished botanist,
and an adept in agriculture. He marr.
28th Nov. 1843, Elizabeth Murray (died
25th March 1879, aged 58), daugh. of James
Hyslop, Glenlee, and had issue — Margaret
Hope, born 17th Jan. 1845 ; John, born
12th Sept. 1846, lost at sea, as surgeon of
the Vicksburg, 1st June 1875 ; Agnes Isa-
bella, born 25th April 1848 (marr. James
Ewer Gillespie, min. of Kirkgunzeon) ;
James of Troquhain, banker, Manchester,
born 30th Nov. 1850, died 26th Dec. 1914 ;
George, min. of this parish in 1915 ; Adam,
born 27th April 1854 ; Eliza Jane, born
24th June 1856 ; Robert Alexander, born
24th June 1858; William Charles, born 2nd
Dec. 1860, died at Shanghai, 1910; Anne
Clementina, born 25th Aug. 1862 ; Thomas
Patrick, born 1st Sept. 1865, died 22nd
Nov. 1873. Publications — The Bridge: a
Ballad (Castle - Douglas, 1866) ; Sarah
Rae, and other Poems (Greenock, 1883 ;
2nd ed., 1883); Curling Songs [vide Taylor's
Curling, 105, 377] ; Account of the Parish
(Neio Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Edwards' Modern
Scottish Poets, iv. ; The Bards of Galloway;
East Galloway Sketches, 327.]
WILLIAM CUTHILL, born Hamilton,
26th April 1852, son of Thomas C.
and Catherine Lyon ; educated at
Hamilton Academy and Univ. of Glasgow ;
licen. by Presb. of Hamilton in 1878 ;
assistant at Cathcart ; elected assistant
and successor, but ord. to the full charge
21st June 1881 ; dem. 2nd Dec. 1914.
GEORGE MURRAY of Troquhain, born
1st Oct. 1852, son of George M. of
Troquhain, min. of this parish ; edu-
cated at Balmaclellan and Univ. of Edin-
burgh, MA. (1874), B.D. (1877), and at
Leipzig ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright;
assistant at Greenock and St Cuthbert's,
Edinburgh ; ord. to Sauchie 1st Nov. 1888 ;
clerk to Presb. of Stirling, 1898-1915;
clerk of Synod of Perth and Stirling,
1903-15; trans, and adm. 22nd April 1915.
Marr. 21st Aug. 1895, Elizabeth, daugh.
of Edward Lumsden, min. of Midmar, and
has issue — Enid Elizabeth, born 18th June
1896; John, born 16th Nov. 1897; Evelyn
Hope, born 18th March 1899. Publications
— Curling Sketches [in From a Northern
Window] (London, 1911); "A Gallovidian
Battle-Field" (The Gallovidian, 1912); Jesus
and His Parables (Edinburgh, 1914) ; The
Scottish Church and Freedom (Synod Ser-
mon, 1916).
BALMAGHIE.
[The church of Balmaghie was dedicated
to St Andrew. In early times it belonged
to the Priory of Iona, but at the Reforma-
tion it was in the possession of the Abbey
of Holyrood. The parish church was rebuilt
in 1794.]
ROBERT CHAPMAN, reader, 1567 to
1567 1586.
JAMES CARRUTHERS, trans, from
15?4 Crossmichael ; min. in 1574 ; still in
the charge in 1593. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Reg. of Deeds, xvi., 128.]
JOHN FAIRFOUL, MA. (Edinburgh,
leoi 3<^k ^u^ 1597) > m^n- °f Dawyck in
1598 ; pres. to the vicarage by James
VI. 22nd March 1601 ; died before 25th
June 1605, aged about 28. He marr.
Margaret Scott, and had issue — John. —
[Peg. Assig.]
WILLIAM DALZELL, MA. (Edin-
1605 kurgh, 30th July 1597); on the
Exercise in Presb. of Edinburgh
19th June 1599 ; pres. to the vicarage by
James VI. 25th June 1605 ; still min. 13th
March 1610. — [Peg. of Deeds, clxxxv., 424 ;
Peg. Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; Calderwood's
Hist., vi., 101.]
HEW M'GHIE, son of James M'Ghie,
1615 Maybole; MA. (Edinburgh, 30th
July 1614) ; on the Exercise in Presb.
of Linlithgow 8th Feb., and adm. after 15th
June 1615 ; still min. 25th Sept. 1638. The
date of his death is unknown. He marr.
Janet Gordon, and had issue — Hew, ap-
392
BALMAGHIE
[PEESB. OF
prenticed to Robert Paterson, apothecary,
Edinburgh, 29th March 1643 ; Alexander ;
Agnes (raarr., cont. 26th April 1639, John
Arnot, brother of David Arnot of Bar-
caple). — [Reg. Assig. ; Linlithgoiv Presb.
Reg. ; Reg. of Deeds, cclxxii., 413 ; ibid.,
dxix., 228 ; Dumfries Sas., 1st Dec. 1641 ;
G. R. Sas., xlvi., 188.]
ADAM ALISON of Dunjape; Ml. ;
166g min. in 1659 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
accused before the Privy Council, 24th Feb.
1663, of " still labouring to keep the hearts
of the people from the present government
in Church and State." He admitted the
charge 24th March, and his case was
delayed. It seems afterwards to have been
departed from. He had an indulgence at
Galston 3rd Sept. 1672 (q.v).— [Wodrow's
Hist., i., 326 ; G. R. Sas., xv., 336.]
JAMES KIRK, eldest son of James K.,
1Q64 min. of Aberfoyle ; min. in 1664 ;
outed in 1689. He marr. 20th Jan.
1665, Elizabeth Lauriston, who was buried
in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 16th April 1693,
and with her had sasine of the lands of
Drumbreck, 1st March 1666. He had issue
—Robert, in Holyrbodhouse ; John ; Anna,
second daugh.— [Nisbet's Heraldry; Reg.
Edin. {Marr.) ; New Gen. Reg. Sas., xiv. ;
List of Disorderly ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689 ;
G. R. Inhib., 11th April 1704.]
JOHN M'MILLAN, M.A. (Edinburgh,
169g 14th May 1686) ; ord. in 1693 j died
26th July 1700, aged 37. " He came
to the parish a sick man, and was always
in a dying-like condition." He marr.
Catherine Williamson, who died 31st Aug.
1700, and had issue — James, bursar of the
Presb., a divinity student in 1717; and
others. — [Tombst.]
JOHN MACMILLAN [or M'MILLAN]
1701 was born in 1669 at Barncauchlaw,
a hill farm in the parish of Monigaff.
His father, also John, is said to have fallen
at Both well Bridge, and his mother, whose
name is unknown, married again. Mac-
millan was probably brought up at Earlston,
in Dairy, where he attended the parish
school, and met many of those who had
suffered for their religious conviction?.
He studied at the Univ. of Edinburgh, and
graduated M.A. 28th June 1697 ; was some-
time chaplain to John Murray of Broughton
[now Cally, parish of Girthon] ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 26th Nov. 1700.
On 29th May he was called to this charge,
and ord. on Thursday, 18th Sept. 1701.
The training of his youth gave him a
strong leaning to the side of the Camer-
onians, whose distinctive tenets were that
no sworn allegiance was due to the king or
government, on the ground that they had
rescinded the Covenants and the Acts of
the Reformation period. Soon after his
settlement he began to air certain griev-
ances in the Presb., and to make protests
against the form of church government,
especially the Oath of Allegiance to
Queen Anne, who was suspect on the
subject of Presbyterianism. Macmillan's
relations with his brethren became so
strained that he was finally deposed, 30th
Dec. 1703. He continued to exercise his
ministerial functions, and retained posses-
sion of the church and manse, an action in
which he was supported by the majority of
his parishioners. On 9th June, and again
11th July 1704, he presented a petition to
the Commission of Assembly, " acknowledg-
ing his fault in contravening the sentence
of deposition, and earnestly desiring that
he might be reponed," but this was refused.
On 9th Oct. 1706 he was called to minister
to the Societies, or " the Suffering Remnant
of the true Presbyterian Church of Christ
in Scotland," as the members called them-
selves, and on 2nd Dec. he entered on his
new sphere of service by preaching at
Crawfordjohn. He now wandered far and
near over almost the half of Scotland in the
discharge of this wider ministry, spending
also, as often as he could, his Sundays
amongst his own faithful flock at Balmaghie.
The Presb. did its best to expel him, but
even the presence of the Sheriff and a large
force of the military were powerless against
the followers of Macmillan. The ordina-
tion of William M'Kie, his successor, was
effected (at Kirkcudbright) seven years
after Macmillan's deposition. In 1714,
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
BALMAGHIE
393
however, a working agreement is said to
have been made, under which M'Kie had
the use of the church in Macmillan's
absence. Macmillan voluntarily left the
parish for good in 1727. At a meeting held
at Braehead of Carnwath on 1st Aug. 1743,
he and Thomas Nairn, min. of Abbotshall,
Fife, founded the Reformed Presbyterian
Church. He died at Broomhill, Bothwell,
1st Dec. 1753, and was buried at Dalserf,
where an imposing monument was erected
in 1839. In 1895 a memorial brass was
placed in Balmaghie Church by his great-
great-grandson, John Grieve, M.D., Glasgow.
Macmillan marr. (1) 1708, Jean Gemble
[Gemmell], probably belonging to Cars-
phairn, who died s.p. 12th June 1711 : (2)
1719, Mary (died in childbed, 5th May 1723,
aged 43), daugh. of Sir Alexander Gordon,
Bart., of Earlston, and widow of Edward
Goldie of Craigmuie [she left four children
by her first marriage] : (3) about 1725,
Grace Russell [according to another ac-
count, Janet Jackson], who survived him,
and had issue — Josias, born 12th June
1726, died 1740; Katherine, born 19th
Dec. 1727, died 1738; John, min. of the
Reformed Presbyterian Church, Sandhills,
Glasgow, born 1729, died 11th Feb. 1808;
Grizel, born 1731 (marr. (1) Andrew Gallo-
way, Sandhills ; (2) John Thorburn, min.
of the Reformed Presbyterian Church,
Pentland), died 1767; Ann, born 1732
(marr. 31st Jan. 1751, John, son of James
M'Crone, writer, Dalmellington) ; Alex-
ander Jonita, born 28th May 1734, died
that year. Publications — A True Narrative
of the Proceedings of the Presbytery of
Kirkcudbright against one of their member;
and that to the sentence of deposition; to
xvhich is added the Grievances (anon. ; 1704).
A True Double of a Paper of Grievances
given into the Presbytery of Kirkcud-
bright, 6th July 1703, by Mr John Reid,
Minister of Carsphairn ; Mr William Tod,
Minister of Buittle ; and Mr John Mac-
millan, Minister of Balmaghie ; to which
generally the whole fore-mentioned parishes
adhere, and the greatest part of the Godly
in the Land (appended to the True Narra-
tive, 1704). The Pamphlet entitled a True
Narrative of the Proceedings of the
Presbytery of Kirkcudbright, etc., Examined,
and Found False . . . by a Member of
that Presbytery (Edinburgh, 1705); The
Protestation, Declinature, and Appeal of
Mr John Macmillan (n.p., 1708); A Letter
from a Friend (n.p., n.d.) [vide Reply to
a Pamphlet entitled, A Letter from a
Friend (n.p., 1710)] ; A Short Survey of
a Friendly Conference betioixt a Country-
man and his Nephew (n.p., 1712); An Elegy
upon the much lamented Death of that
Religious and Virtuous Gentlewoman, Mrs
Mary Gordon . . . spouse . . . to the
Reverend Mr John M'Millan, Minister of
the Gospel at Balmaghie (16 pp. ; Edinburgh,
1723).— [Acts of Ass., 1704-27 ; Scots Mag.,
xv. ; Mackenzie's Galloway, ii., 309-16 ;
Observations on a Wolf in a Sheepskin . . .
to which is subjoined an account of the
last words of the Rev. Mr J. McMillan on
his Deathbed (Edinburgh, 1753) ; Hutchi-
son's The Reformed Presbyterian Church
in Scotland; Reid's The Kirk above Dee
Water ; Reid's A Cameronian Apostle ;
" John Macmillan of Balmaghie, Additional
Notes" {The Gallovidian, 1914); The
Register of John Macmillan, edited by
Henry Paton, M.A., 1908; Diet. Nat. Biog.]
WILLIAM M'KIE, said to have been
1710 k°rn in the parish in 1678, became
chaplain to his relative, John M'Ghie
of Balmaghie, and was Keen, by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 22nd Feb. 1709. On 1st
Dec. following, he was called to this charge,
the meeting being held at Clachanpluck
[now Laurieston], and on 12th Oct. 1710,
he was ord. at Kirkcudbright, "because
the Presb. cannot go with safety to the
parish of Balmaghie." As Macmillan still
occupied the manse and refused access to
the church, M'Kie rented a house about
three miles off, and preached in a barn,
or meeting-house, ironically called "The
House of Rimmon." He was frequently
assaulted by Macmillan's supporters, and
once when attending a funeral, by Mac-
millan himself. It is stated that on one
occasion, 9th Dec. 1713, when M'Kie 's friends
attempted to plough the glebe for him, the
followers of his predecessor turned out in
force, cut the reins in pieces, turned the
394
BALMAGHIE
[PF.ESB. OF
horses adrift, and throw the ploughslu:
into the Dee. One woman aimed a blow
at the minister's throat with a reaping-hook
and cut his fingers to the bone when his
hand was raised in self-defence. A letter
was forwarded to the Lord Justice-Clerk
and the Solicitor-General stating the facts.
No criminal prosecution followed, but Mac-
millan retired from the parish. M'Kie by
prudent conduct and faithfulness in the
discharge of his duty overcame all opposi-
tion, and lived useful and respected till his
death 10th Feb. 1763. He marr. 22nd Nov.
1714. Mary, daugh. of Nathaniel Gordon of
Carleton. and had issue— Nathaniel, min. of
Cross michael ; William, min. of Balmaclel- I
Ian: Alexander, born 17th Dec. 1720: Agnes
born 6th Jan. 1723 (marr. Alexander M'Ghie,
nd of Airds): Mary, born 5th Nov. 1725
(marr. Alexander Gordon of Carleton) ;
George, captain, born 5th April 1729. died
1790 : David, born 22nd June 1731 : Anna,
born 2nd Aug. 1732 ; Mary (twin), born 2nd
Aug. 1732, died 13th June 1742.— [Wodrow:s
Anal, and Corresp. : Dumfries >a?., 10th
May 1704 : Mackenzie's Hist, of Gall
ii.. 312 ; Reid's Tht Kir): above Dee Water \
Reid:s A Cameronian Apostle, 164. passim.]
1764
DAVID BLINSHALL, probably son of
David B., min. of Lamington : M.A.
(Edinburgh. 17th April 1745); pres.
by William M"Ghie of Balmaghie, Aug.
1763: ord. 3rd May 1764: died unmarr.,
July 1767.
176-3
SAMUEL MARTIN, ord. 29th Sept.
176S ; trans, to Monimail 17th Oct.
1776.
PHILIP MORISON. son of John M.
.— _ and Helen Irons ; M.A. (St Andrews |
174S : licen. by Presb. of Penpont
5th March 1755: ord. (by Presb. of Edin-
burgh) min. at Charleston, South Carolina,
14th Oct. 1756; adm. to Dunscore 20th
March 1766 : pres. by the trustees of John
M"Ghie of Balmaghie ; trans, and adm. 3rd
June 1777 : died 1st April 1512. He marr.
11th May 1761, Helen Rattray, who died
in 1799, and had issue— Helen, born 8th
March 1762 (marr. Philip Grierson) ; John.
born 23rd Dec. 1765. died 177S.— [Tor:
1804
JAMES HENDERSON, born Dunblane.
1763. eldest son of James H. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Dornoch 20th June 1797 ; was
clerk to George Dempster of Dunnichen,
M.P.. and sometime tutor at Balmaghie
House; pres. by Thomas Dempster Gordon
of Balmaghie (his former pupil) ; ord.
(assistant and successor) 15th Oct. 1804;
died unmarr., 21st Jan. 1^39. During the
greater part of his minis try he was factor
on the Balmaghie estate. — [Tide William-
sons Fun. Serm.\ '■ Factor James in
Reid;s Kirk above Dee Water.]
ALEXANDER GIBSON, born Lanark.
1839 3rc^ -^I'r^ 1800, son of George G..
builder, and Marion Lamb ; edu-
cated at Lanark Grammar School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of
Robert Lockhart of Cambusnethan ; licen.
by Presb. of Lanark 1st Dec. 1524 ; ord. to St
Anne:s Chapel-of-EAse. Glasgow, 25th Nov.
1531 ; trans, and adm. 24th July 1539 ; died
at Almeida Hill. Hamilton, 5th Aug. 1846.
He marr. 27th Nov. 1543. Christina (died %p.
6th March 1897 , daugh. of James Hamilton.
D.D., min. of Lesmahagow. Publication —
Account of the Parish Nt Stat. A'\\, iv.).
WILLIAM FREELAND. said to be
7 M.D. and LL.D.. a native of Ireland,
born about 1502. His early history
is unknown. He was ord. to East Church,
Airdrie. 11th Jan. 1544 ; adm. to St Mary's
Chapel-of-Ease, Dumfries, 24th July 1845 ;
trans, and adm. 18th Feb. 1847 ; dep. 26th
May 1552. He went to America, where
he had charge of a negro congregation ; was
afterwards min. at Aylmer, province of
Quebec : died in the Protestant Hospital,
Ottawa. 15th Sept. 1572. He was a
widower on his admission to Balmaghie.
and had one child, Augusta Frederica. born
21st Dec. 1839.
1852
WILLIAM LYON RIACH. M.A. ; ord.
23rd Dec. 1552 ; trans, to Pencait-
land 1st Feb. 1555.
THOMAS STEVENSON, born John-
18__ stone, Renfrewshire. 1799, third son
of Allan S. ; educated at Johnstone
and Univ. of Glasgow : sometime teacher
Kirkcudbright] BORGUE, KIRKANDREWS, AND SENNICK
395
in Johnstone ; licen. by Presb. of Paisley ;
assistant in various parishes within the
Presbs. of Selkirk, Linlithgow, Chirnside,
and Dumfries, the last of these being
Lochrutton ; ord. 6th Sept. 1855 ; died
28th July 1881. He marr. 7th Aug. 1866,
Isabella (died s:p. 2nd May 1901), daugh. of
George Melville, Edinburgh.
1882
HENRY MARTYN BECKWITH EEID,
M.A., B.D., D.D.; ord. 26th Jan. 1882 ;
dem. 16th May 1904, on appointment
to Professorship of Divinity, Univ. of Glas-
gow (g-v.).
WILLIAM ALEXANDER MO WAT,
1904 k°rn Bombay, 26th Aug. 1878, son
of Magnus M., Chairman of Bank
of Bombay and Member of the Legislative
Council, and Jane Stodart ; educated at
Eliot Place School, Blackheath, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; M.A. (1898), B.D. (1902) ;
licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 9th May
1902; assistant at Morningside Parish,
Edinburgh; ord. 23rd Sept. 1904.
BORGUE, KIRKANDREWS,
AND SENNICK, oh SANDWICK.
[These three parishes were united in 1670.
Borgue. — The church of Borgue was
granted to Dryburgh Abbey about 1150.
Kirkandrews. — The church of this parish
was dedicated to St Andrew. In early
times it was owned by the Priory of Ion a,
but afterwards passed into possession of
the Abbey of Holyrood. For a consider-
able time before the Reformation it be-
longed to the Priory of Whitern. In the
churchyard the ruins of the church are
still standing.
Sennich. — The church of Sennick be-
longed to the Abbey of Tongland. Its
ruins still stand in the churchyard.]
1567
DONALD MAKAILLANE [M'AL-
LAN], reader at Sennick, 1567 to
1579.
JOHN M'CLELLAN, reader at Kirk-
1667 andrews, 1567 to 1586.
1607
WILLIAM SANDERSON, reader, 1576
1676 to 1586.
GILBERT M'CLELLAN, reader at
1685 Sennick, 1585 to 1588.
WILLIAM CUTLAR, reader, 1588 to
1588 1589.
JOHN AIKMAN, M.A. ; trans, from
1590 Twynholm ; adm. in 1590, Twyn-
holm, Kirkandrews, and Sennick
being in the charge. He was probably
deprived, but was restored, and returned
to Twynholm before 1594.
ABRAHAM HENRYSON, M.A. ; pres.
to the vicarage of Borgue and
1596 Sennick by James VI. 19th Feb.
1596. In 1601 Kirkandrews also was in
the charge ; trans, to Whitern about
1606.— {Reg. Assig.]
GAVIN MAXWELL, M.A. (Glasgow
1602) ; mentioned as min. in 1607 ;
still in the charge 25th Sept. 1638.
He marr., and had issue — William, eldest
son ; Margaret (marr. James Scott, min.
of Hawick). — [Reg, Assig. ; Stranraer Presb.
Reg. ; Bannatyne Miscell., iii.]
THOMAS WYLIE, M.A. ; called in
1642 1641 ' orc*" *n 1642 > trans- to Mauch-
line in 1646.
ADAM KAE, on trials for ordination
28th Aug. 1649. With four of his
co-Presbyters he was imprisoned in
Edinburgh June 1662, for continuing to
hold meetings of Presb. after these had
been forbidden, but was allowed to return
home for a month " with an express charge
not to preach." On 24th Feb. 1663 he was
accused before the Privy Council of "still
labouring to keep the hearts of the people
from the present government in Church
and State." He compeared 24th March,
and the case was delayed. He marr., and
had issue — John ; Margaret. — [P. C. Acta,
12th March 1679; Treas. Sed.-booh, 6th
Aug. 1697 ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 326 ; Living-
ston's Charac. ; Dumfries Presb. Reg. ; Reg,
Old Dec, i.]
WILLIAM NASMYTH, M.A. ; min. in
1664 1664 ; trans, to Tarbolton in 1666.
1649
39G
BORGUE. KIRK ANDREWS, AND SENNICK [presb. of
PATRICK SWINTON, M.A. : trans,
from Crossmichael ; adm. between
26th April and 30th Oct. 1666;
trans, to Swinton 14th March 1665.
1666
JAMES HURRAY, M.A. ; adm. before
5th Oct. 1669 : trans, to Yarrow in
1680.
1665
16-32
ROBERT MONTEITH, M.A. ; min. in
1652 ; trans, to Carrington 23rd
June 1688.
PATRICK HASTIE [HASTINGS;.
M.A. (Edinburgh 1669) ; min. about
1683 1653 ; outed in 1659 ; went to Ire-
land and got a charge. — [List of Disorderly;
MS. Ace. of Min., 1659.]
JOHN" M 'BRIDE, a native of Ireland;
M.A. (Glasgow, 15th July 1673 ;
min. at Clare, Ireland:, adm. here
in 1689 ; called to Ayr June 1691, but the
Presb. refused translation : member of
Assembly in 1692. He returned to Ire-
land : became min. of a church in Belfast
3rd Oct. 1694. He declined the Oath of
Abjuration, 1703. Coming back to Glasgow,
he preached for a time from 1705. — [Reids
Ireland, ii.. 590 ; R~g. Pr-:sh.. Ayr ; Wod-
row's Corresp. ; Beg. Gen. Ass., 1692.]
1693
1059
1691
1693
TAMES MONTEITH, bursar of philos-
ophy, Univ. of Glasgow, 11th March
1657 ; schoolmaster of Kilmarnock in
licen. by Presb. of Irvine 14th Sept.
called Bth Nov. 1691 ; ord. 15th Jan.
. died 24th March 1744. He is said
to have identified himself with the " Dyke-
levellers," a lawless set of people who, about
1724, destroyed much property throughout
Galloway, declaring B that the government
of the country was now in the hands of the
tenantry." He marr. a daugh. of James
Home of Flass, younger son of Alexander
H. of Bassendean, and had issue — Robert,
min. of Longformacus. Publication —
Queries propos'd to Mr Ebenezer Ershine
and his Associate Brethren (Edinburgh,
1739) ; A Testimony to the Free Grace of
God, Advices to My Children and Parish-
ioners [edited, with Preface, by Samuel
Smith (secundus), min. of this parish]
(Kirkcudbright, 1541).— [Wodrow's Anal.;
Mackenzie's Hist, of Galloway, ii., 404.]
JAMES BROWN, born 1706, a native
of the parish ; licen. by Presb. of
1741 Kirkcudbright 7th Sept. 1737 ; called
24th June, and ord. (assistant and successor)
24th Sept. 1741 ; died 25th March 1751.
He marr. 26th Nov. 1745. Mary (died 12th
July 1756), daugh. of John Kirkpatrick,
Provost of Kirkcudbright, and had issue
—Rachel, born 25th Dec. 1746, died 3rd
May 1750 ; John, born 15th March 1747 ;
Thomas, born 23rd Dec. 1748 ; Alexander,
born 17th Feb., died 18th May 1751.—
[Tomlstl
1752
DAVID FORBES, born 1715 : educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; tutor in
the family of Alexander Murray of
Broughton in Galloway ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcudbright 6th June 1744 ; called
25th Nov. 1751 ; ord. 4th March 1752 ; died
22nd Nov. 1791. He marr. 23rd Feb. 1755,
Margaret Welsh, who died Jan. 1802, and
had issue — Robert, born 15th Feb. 1759;
Arthur, born 5th April 1760 ; Murray,
born 27th June 1762; Margaret, born 26th
July 1764; Nicolas, born 7th Oct. 1766
(marr. David Welsh of Collin) ; Catherine,
born 22nd July 1765 ; Rachel, born 22nd
April 1778. — [Tombst. ; The Gallovidian
Encyclopaedia . ]
1792
SAMUEL SMITH (primus), born 1757,
son of John S., farmer, Craigmuie,
Balmaclellan ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of
David Blair of Borgue ; ord. to Carsphairn
i-:h Aug. 1783; trans, and adm. 20th
Sept. 1792; died 6th March 1516. "He
took a deep interest in agricultural improve-
ments, and had considerable experience as
a practical farmer. He was of tall, slender
figure, with a slight bend in his gait, of
slow, deliberate speech, acute observation,
independent thinking, extensive informa-
tion, and liberal sentiments.' He marr.
17th Nov. 1783, Janet (died 21st Oct. 1531),
only daugh. of James Carruthers. merchant,
Dumfries, and had issue — Janet, born 3rd
Dec. 1784. died 15th Oct. 1851; Agnes,
Kirkcudbright] BORGUE, KIRKANDREWS, AND SENNICK
397
born 6th May 1786, died 1819; John,
merchant, New York, born 28th Oct. 1787,
lost at sea 1815 ; James, in Carleton, born
1st May 1789 [he was the father of Samuel
Smith, M.P., merchant in Liverpool, a
notable philanthropist] ; Jean Macadam,
born 6th June 1790, died 20th Nov. 1879;
Catherine, born 29th July 1792, died 2nd
Oct. 1810; Ann, born 25th June 1795, died
13th Oct. 1882; Samuel, min. of this
parish. Publications— General View of the
Agriculture of Galloway (Edinburgh, 1810);
Accounts of Carsphairn and of Borgue
(Sinclair's Stat.' Ace, vii., xi., xxi.).
1816
JAMES GORDON, born 1780, son of
Thomas G., farmer, Culraven, in the
parish (occupied by his ancestors for
many generations) ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of Martin
Dairy mple of Fordel and Cleland ; licen.
by Presb. of Hamilton 12th June 1811;
pres. by George III., and ord. 19th Sept.
1816 ; died 8th April 1834. He marr. 17th
Dec. 1816, Isabella (died 14th Aug. 1874,
aged 85), daugh. of James Henry, in
Bishopton, and had issue — Thomas, D.D.,
min. of Newbattle ; James Henry, born
24th June 1819, died 15th April 1821 ;
Mary, born 16th Sept. 1821 (marr. John
Donaldson, min. of Kirkconnel) ; James,
born 2nd Oct. 1822, died 15th Dec. 1833 ;
Janet, born 8th Feb. 1824, died unmarr.
23rd Nov. 1875; Henry, born 4th June
1825, died 26th May 1836 ; Isabella, born
31st Aug. 1828, died 11th Feb. 1869 ; Agnes
Jane, born 9th July 1830, died 18th April
1869.
1834
SAMUEL SMITH (secundus), born 13th
March 1798, youngest son of Samuel
S., min. of this parish in 1792 ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 20th Aug. 1823 ;
pres. by William IV. 30th April, and ord.
18th Sept. 1834. Joined the Free Church ;
min. of Borgue Free Church, 1843-61 ; died
22nd June 1868. He marr. 4th Aug. 1831,
Agnes William (died 1st Nov. 1894, aged
90), daugh. of William Wotherspoon, one
of the founders, and first manager of the
Scottish Widows' Fund, and had issue —
Janet Charlotte Carruthers, born 16th June
1832 (marr. 27th Sept. 1855, John Maclaren,
publisher, Edinburgh), died 4th July 1915.
Publication— Account of the Parish {Neiv
Stat. Ace, iv.).
1843
WILLIAM REID, born Paisley, 27th
March 1811, only son of Robert R.,
merchant ; educated at High School,
Edinburgh, and Univs. of Glasgow, Edin-
burgh, and St Andrews ; assistant at
Gretna ; ord. 15th Sept. 1843 ; died at
Huntly, Mandeville, Jamaica, 25th Oct.
1866. He marr. 16th May 1849, Anna
(died in Jamaica), daugh. of John Robert
Tomlinson, Huntly, Jamaica, and had issue
— Anna Wilhelmina, born 20th Sept. 1851 ;
Robert John, born 15th May 1853; William,
born 23rd Nov. 1854; Norman Macbeth,
born 29th Nov. 1858.
1858
CHARLES BAXTER MACKAY, born
Dundee, 1836, youngest son of John
M. and Grace Nimmo ; educated at
Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb. of
Dundee 13th May 1857 ; assistant at St
John's Parish, Dundee ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 25th Feb. 1858 ; died unmarr.
30th June 1866.
GEORGE COOK, born 11th June 1812,
son of George C, D.D., min. of
Laurencekirk, afterwards Professor
of Moral Philosophy, Univ. of St Andrews,
educated at Laurencekirk and Univ. of
St Andrews ; MA. ; licen. by Presb. of
St Andrews in 1836 ; assistant at Kem-
back, 1836-8 ; ord. chaplain at Bombay
in 1841 ; adm. min. of Bathgate 9th Nov.
1861 ; trans, and adm. 16th May 1867 ;
D.D. (St Andrews 1872); Moderator of
Assembly in 1876; died 29th Feb. 1888.
He was the last survivor of a worthy
family of brothers, and served the Church
long and well, both abroad and at home.
He marr. 16th June 1842, Jane Halkett
(died 12th Nov. 1886), daugh. of Colonel
Robert Pattullo of Balhouffie, Fife, and
had issue — Charlotte Stewart, born 7th
Nov. 1843 ; George, min. of Longformacus ;
Emily, born 3rd April 1848 (marr. Alex-
ander Irvine Robertson, D.D., min. of
Clackmannan); Henry Shank, born and
398
BOTTLE AND KIRKENNAN
[PRESB. OF
died 1854 ; Diana (twin), born 1854, died
1^55. Publication — Light and Life (Edin-
burgh. 1877).
JAMES BELL HENDERSON, ord.
(assistant and successor) 9th Feb.
1588: trans, to St Vincent's Parish.
Glasgow. 26th Jan. 1599.
1888
1899
WILLIAM JOSEPH PENNELL, born
11th Aug. 1570. son of James P..
min. of Ballingry, Fife ; educated at
Ballingry Parish School. George Watsons
College. Edinburgh, and Univ. of Edin-
burgh; M.A. (1892). B.D. > - : licen.
by Presb. of Edinburgh 17th May 1895:
assistant at Eckford and North Leith :
ord. 24th Aug. 159H. Marr. 6th June
1900, Amy. youngest daugh. of George
Smith Seater. Bonnington Bank Hou-v.
Leith. and Margaret White. Publications
— Sermon in Memory of Si?- William
Gordon of Earhton, Bart. (Castle-Douglas.
1906): The Story of Kmoekbrex (Castle
Douglas. 19U .
BOTTLE AND KIRKENNAN.
[These two parishes were united before
the Reformation.
Bxi.ittU. — The church of Buittle was dedi-
cated to St Colman of Lan Eala. The
present church was built in 1819. The
ruins of the church previously used are in
the churchyard. They consist of a nave and
chancel. An unusual feature is the greater
width of the chancel compared with that of
the nave. The probable date of the chancd
is the second half of the thirteenth century.
They have lately been put in excellent repair.
There is a modern chapel in the parish at
Palnackie.
Kirtaman. — The church of Kirkennan
was dedicated to St Inan. It belonged to
the Abbey of Sweetheart.]
JAMES PARKER, exhorter. 1567 to
1567 1574.
JAMES CARRUTHERS, exhorter at
Parton in 1570. Crossmichael. Kel-
ton. Gelston, Kirkcormick. and Bal-
inaghie being also under his charge. He
1588
1642
1574
removed to Crossmichael in 1588. — [Beg.
Min. ; Reg. Amg.~\
JOHN AIKMAN". min. in 1588, when
Gelston and Kirkcormick seem to
have been in the charge. He was
probably murdered aloDg with David Blyth,
min. of Kirkcudbright, at his residence
there, by the Mures in 1593.— [Beg. Ass
Calderwood's Hist., v.. 265.]
PATRICK ADAMSON. M.A. (St An-
drews 1604): min. in 1614: dep.
by a Committee of Assembly in
1639, because of "his insufficiency for the
ministry," etc. — [Beg. Assig. : Wodroic
MSS.; Bammatym MisceU., iii. : Steven-
sons Hist.]
[JOHN SOMERVLLLE, officiated and
1640 receiye(i Part °f tne stipend, 1640-41.
probably only a temporary appoint-
ment.— Wodrotc MSS. : War Committee of
Kirkcudbrigh t .]
JOHN DUNLOP, son of Archibald D.,
son to Auchenskeith, and brother of
Alexander D., min. of Paisley : M.A
-'.isgow 1634): adm. in 1642; died in
1643 or 1644. aged about 29.— [Wodrow's
Anal, and MSS]
ROBERT FERGUSON, brother of
James F.. min. of Kelton : M.A.
.isgow 1638 ) : member of Commis-
sion of Assembly in 1649. Persisting with
others to hold meetings of Presb. after
such had been prohibited, 9th Jan. 1662,
he was deprived, and called before the
Privy Council 24th Feb. 1663. He died at
Edinburgh in 1667. aged 59.— [Dumfries
Presb. Beg. : Wodrow's Hist., i., 327. and
MSS. A I -.'-■-■■ Elin.Chr. ln.;t..\n.~\
WILLIAM HARTLE. a native of Aber-
deen : MA. (King's College 1661);
1666 min. in 1666 : he deserted his char_-
and the parish wa< declared vacant in 10
He marr. Margaret Ker.
JOHN LOGAN, brother of James L. of
Shyreffbrae : M.A (Glasgow 16- \
1668 ord. 29th April 1669 : still min. 27th
April 1671. when he was enjoined "to wait
on his charge more diligently for the fatal
— [<r. B. H », 19th Dec, 1671.]
1645
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
BUITTLE AND KIRKENNAN
399
1676
JAMES WALKER, a native of Aber-
deen; M.A. (King's College, 19th July
1666) ; min. in 1676 ; outed in 1689 ;
died in Edinburgh, 11th Dec. 1723, aged 73.
He marr. 10th Oct. 1676, Margaret (died
20th Oct. 1736), second daugh. of John
Balvaird, min. of Glands, and had issue —
John ; Elizabeth. — [Kirkden Sess. Reg. ;
Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Bur. Reg. ; List of
Disorderly ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ALEXANDER DUNLOP, min. in 1693 ;
1693 trans, to Whitern 13th April 1697.
1699
WILLIAM TOD, licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton 25th April 1699 ; ord. 21st
Sept. that year ; died 24th Oct.
1735, aged 63. He marr. Janet Wright,
widow of Richard Rae of Cargen, and had
issue— Anna (marr. 1715, John Cairns of
Torr).— [Tombst. ; Dumfries Sas., viii., 209.]
JOHN M'KNAUGHT, M.A. j chaplain
to Colonel William Maxwell of
Cardoness ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 7th July 1731 ; called 6th
July, and ord. 21st Sept. 1736 ; died Father
of the Synod, 7th May 1792, aged 94.
He marr. 22nd Feb. 1739, Margaret, daugh.
of James Gordon, in the Hill, and had
issue— John, born 7th June 1742; Margaret,
born 15th April 1744. Publication — Speci-
men of Plain and Practical Catechising
(1783).— [Tombst.]
1785
GEORGE MAXWELL of Glenarm,
licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 13th
July 1784; pres. by George III.
Oct. following ; ord. (assistant and suc-
cessor) 7th April 1785 ; died 24th June
1807, aged 44. He was one of those lam-
pooned by Burns in the " Heron Ballads."
He marr. 1st Aug. 1800, Henrietta Cannan,
who died s.p. 5th June 1859. Publication
— Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat.
Ace, xvii.). — [Tombst. ; Wallace's Burns, iv.,
199.]
1808
ALEXANDER CROSBIE, born 1776,
son of Andrew C. of Merkland ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
1st Feb. 1804 ; pres. by George III. 16th
Sept. 1807 ; ord. 12th May 1808 ; died 3rd
Dec. 1847. He marr. 26th Dec. 1817.
Agnes (died 8th Jan. 1859), daugh. of John
M'Clellan, Kirkcudbright, and had issue —
John Hemes Maxwell, M.D., born 7th Oct.
1818 ; James, born 5th Jan. 1820 ; Thomas
M'Clellan, born 25th Aug. 1824; Jessie,
born 20th May 1826; Sarah, born 13th
Jan. 1828 (marr. Robert Hyslop, min. of
Kirkcolm). Publication — Account of the
Parish {Nexv Stat. Ace. iv.).— [The Galloway
Herds, 44.]
1845
JAMES ROBB GRANT, born Glasgow,
1807, eldest son of Hector G., mer-
chant, and Agnes Bell ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; M.A. (1826); licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 6th Feb. 1845; died 8th May
1889. He built mainly at his own expense
a well-equipped mission hall in Palnackie,
in the south of the parish, 1877. He
marr. (1) 4th Jan. 1853, Madeline (died s.jy.
12th July 1862), daugh. of Thomas Camp-
bell, D.D., min. of Ancrum : (2) 11th Nov.
1863, Marion (died s.p. 9th Aug. 1897),
daugh. of James Grant, surgeon.
1889
ROBERT TENNYSON TARBET, born
Darvel, Ayrshire, 18th June 1865,
son of Robert T., schoolmaster;
educated at Darvel Public School and
Univs. of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; M.A.
(Glasgow 1884), B.D. (Edinburgh 1887);
licen. by Presb. of Irvine in 1887 ; assistant
at Wallacetown, Ayr ; ord. 19th Sept.
1889; died at Leicester, 4th Feb. 1913.
He marr. 30th April 1895, Elizabeth Sarah
(died s.p. 22nd July 1904), daugh. of Archi-
bald Cowie, Alma Vale, Airdrie. Publica-
tion— Buittle, Past and Present (1903).
1907
JOHN DAVIS, born Ballynahinch,
Co. Down, 31st Dec. 1878, son of
John D., min. of Irish Presbyterian
Church there, and Elizabeth Dalzell ; edu-
cated at Campbell College and Queen's
College, Belfast, Royal Univ. of Ireland,
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; B.A. (Ireland
1899) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh 30th
Nov. 1904 ; assistant at St John's Parish,
Edinburgh ; ord. (assistant and successor)
12th July 1907 ; R.A.M.C, Mesopotamia
Exped. Force, 1916. Marr. 29th April 1908,
Madge, daugh. of Thomas Kernahan, Bel-
400
CARSPHAIRN
[PRESB. OF
fast, and has issue — John Sydney St Tuan,
born 15th Dec. 1909 ; Arthur Douglas, born
14th March 1912 ; Dorothy Noreen, born
17th June 1913.
CARSPHAIRN.
[This parish was erected in 1640. It
was disjoined from Dairy and Kells. In
1815 the parish church was rebuilt.]
JAMES [or JOHN] ADAMSON, near
j ,_ kinsman, perhaps son of John A.,
Principal of the Univ. of Edinburgh ;
M.A. (Edinburgh, 23rd July 1631); pres.
by Charles I. 10th May 1637. He was
commissioned by the General Assembly to
preach in the north-west of Ireland for
three months, and had a grant of 300
merks from Parliament, 22nd June 1644,
for his conveyance thither. He was settled
in Omagh, and outed in 1661. He marr.
Margaret Callendar, and had issue— John,
bapt. 4th June 1644. — [Beg. Sec. Sig. ;
Reid's Ireland, ii., 353; Edin. Reg. (Bapt.).]
1638
HUGH HENDERSON [HENRYSON],
min. in 1638 ; trans, to Dairy in
1639.
JOHN SEMPLE, was sometime pre-
centor in a church in Co. Down.
He is said to have been called to
the ministry under the following circum-
stances. It was then the custom to begin
divine service with praise, and this con-
tinued until the minister had entered the
pulpit. On one occasion when a preacher
was late in arriving, S. " had an impulse "
to expound the psalm which had been sung,
and did it very well. He was shortly
afterwards permitted to go on exhorting
in private houses, and had many people
to hear him in different parts of the
country. He became min. of this parish
in 1646, and joined the Protesters in 1651.
On 23rd Aug. 1660 he was imprisoned in
Edinburgh Castle by order of the Com-
mittee of Estates, who also sequestrated
his stipend, 25th Sept. following. He was
included in the list of rebels whom the
lieges were prohibited from receiving, 4th
Dec. 1666, and in a list of those who were
to be prosecuted, 15th Aug. 1667, as well
as in the list of those to whom pardon and
indemnity were granted, 1st Oct. following.
At the request of Alexander, Viscount Ken-
mure, he was granted indulgence here, 3rd
Sept. 1672 ; was fined, 10th July 1673, for
not observing the anniversary of the Re-
storation. When cited before the Privy
Council, 4th Aug. 1677, and threatened
with death or banishment, he replied, " He
is above that guides the gully [knife] ; my
God will not let you either kill me or
banish me, but I will go home and die
in peace.'"' He returned, preached in the
parish, and died soon afterwards, aged 75.
He left a considerable sum of money to the
poor of Kirkcudbright. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 348; War Committee of Kirkcudbright ;
Scot. Bresb. Eloq.']
NORMAN MACKENZIE, M.A. ; adm.
1664 Def°re 25tn Oct. 1664; trans, to
Whitern after 1st Nov. 1665.
DAVID M'QUERNE, M.A. ; adm. be-
tween 26th April and 30th Oct.
1666 ; trans, to Kirkmabreck be-
tween 28th April and 27th Oct. 1668.
1666
1669
THOMAS COLDEN, M.A. (St An-
drews 1657) ; coll. to Dalmeny in
1657 ; trans, and adm. between 29th
April and 5th Oct. 1669 ; still min. March
1672, when he made renunciation of the
twenty -shilling lands of Tarbrax, which he
and his wife, Lucie Mudie, widow of Lewis
Lawson, had acquired, Aug. 1669. — [Neiv
Gen. Beg. Sasines, xxiii., xxix. ; G. B.
Inhib., 15th March 1681.]
1672 JOHN SEMPLE (supra).
[WILLIAM ERSKINE, M.A. ; min. of
1672 Cirthon, who had been deprived in
1662 ; was granted indulgence here
by the Privy Council 3rd Sept. 1672. It
is doubtful whether he accepted the charge.
Letters of intercommuning were passed
against him 6th Aug. 1675, and after an
imprisonment of three years at Stirling
Castle, he was set at liberty, Aug. 1679.
He was again imprisoned in Stirling, and
ordered to be removed to Blackness in
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
CARSPHAIRN
401
1682. After being confined there and in
other places for seven years, he petitioned
the Privy Council, 8th April 1684, " for their
compassion, and was allowed to walk about
the castle, and take the air with a keeper."
He became min. of the Tron Parish, Edin-
burgh, 1687— [Wodrow's Hist., ii. 286, iii.
406, iv. 38.]
JOHN GILCHRIST, was adm. to this
16?7 parish by John Welsh, min. of
Kirkpatrick-Irongray, but was soon
after deprived by the Privy Council, and im-
prisoned in Edinburgh.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 348 ; War Committee of Kirkcudbright.]
1684
PETER PEIRSON, MA. (Edinburgh
1666) ; adm. to Carmichael before
29th Sept. 1669 ; min. here in 1684.
He was shot dead in his manse in Nov. of
that year (perhaps in self-defence), by a
parishioner, said to be James M'Michael.
The latter and another had been deputed
to request P. to refrain from reporting
against those who were friendly to the
Covenant. For this murderous act, the
Privy Council ordered the parish to be
prosecuted, 17th Jan. 1688. P. was aged
39, and unmarr.— [Wodrow's Hist., iv., 196 ;
Fountainhall's Diary; List of Disorderly ;
Rule's Sec. Vindication.']
1688
ALEXANDER STEPHEN, MA. (King's
College, Aberdeen, 14th July 1674) ;
min. about 1688 ; outed in 1689.
He became chaplain on H.M.S. Sunder-
land, and died on board her at Jamaica,
24th May 1696. He marr. Mary Jolly, who
survived him, and had three children alive
in 1700.— [Charity Papers; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689 ; Wodroiv MSS.]
ANDREW CAMERON, ord. 15th April
1690 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright be-
1690 tween 15th Jan. and 2nd April
1693.
JOHN REID, MA. (Glasgow) ; licen. by
Presb. of Glasgow 12th July 1693 ;
min. of this parish in 1694 ; died
18th March 1737. He presented a bell to
the church in 1723. He marr. (1) Janet
Richardson (died 31st Dec. 1730), widow of
William Galloway of Lipnoch : (2) Janet
VOL. II.
Fisher, who survived him, and marr.
again.
ANDREW REID, educated at Univ. of
173,_ Glasgow; licen. by Presb. of Wig-
town 28th Aug. 1722 ; called 17th
Sept. 1736 ; pres. by Sir Thomas Gordon
of Earlston, Bart., 6th April, and ord.
5th May 1737. He died 28th Oct. 1753,
aged 55. He marr. 24th Jan. 1740,
Margaret (died 29th July 1793), daugh. of
Thomas Campbell, min. of Monigaff, and
had issue — Thomas, born 25th July 1742 ;
John, born 15th Sept. 1744 ; Patrick, born
21st June 1746 ; Ebenezer, born 10th Jan.
1750.— [Tombst.]
-WILLIAM BOYD, educated at Univ.
of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 8th June 1753 ; pres.
by Thomas Gordon of Earlston April 1754 ;
ord. (after reference to the General As-
sembly) 24th Feb. 1756 ; died 5th Feb. 1772.
He marr. 14th Jan. 1758, Janet (died at
Clackmannan, s.p., 27th Oct. 1784), daugh.
of John Masterton of Wester Grange. —
[Morren's Annals, ii., 66.]
1756
1773
JOHN CAMPBELL, MA. (St Andrews
1761) ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright 3rd June 1772 ; schoolmaster
of St John's, Dairy ; pres. by George III.
3rd July 1772 ; ord. 25th March 1773 ; died
28th May 1780. He marr. Margaret Hair,
who died at Philadelphia, U.S.A., 15th May
1824, and had issue— Quentin, born 1st Dec.
1773; Thomas; Agnes.
SAMUEL SMITH, ord. 28th Aug. 1783;
1783 trans, to Borgue 20th Sept. 1 792.
1793
ROBERT GORDON, pres. by George
III.; ord. 29th Aug. 1793; trans.
to Girthon 24th Dec. 1801.
1802
HENRY CORREY [CURRIE, or
CURROR], born 1761, a native of
Kinross-shire ; licen. by Presb. of
Glasgow 27th March 1793 ; pres. by Patrick
Heron of Heron 20th March, and ord. 23rd
Sept. 1802 ; died after having officiated at
a marriage, 9th Dec. 1825. He marr. 10th
Jan. 1812, Isabella Hastings (died at Glen-
luce, 16th Nov. 1869, aged 105), widow of
Moffat of Muirbrock.— [Tombst.]
2 C
402
CARSPHAIRN— CASTLE-DOUGLAS (Q.S.) [peesb. of
THOMAS CANNAN, bom 1788, a
1826 nat^ve °^ Galloway ; tutor in the
family of Sir William Ogilvie ; licen.
by Presb. of Forfar 3rd April 1816; ord.
to Spynie 17th Sept. 1818 ; pres. by George
IV. 18th April, trans, and adm. 7th Sept.
1826 ; died 19th Dec. 1832. He marr. 20th
Oct. 1818, Margaret (died 7th March 1882),
daugh. of David Kennedy of Knocknalling,
and had issue — Mary Louisa, born 31st
July 1819, died at The Shieling, Grasmere,
1910 [vide "In Memoriarn/' The Gallovidian,
1912] ; Agnes, born 10th April 1821 ; James,
merchant, Manchester, born 1st April 1823 ;
Margaret Watt, born 18th Sept. 1824;
David Alexander, born 3rd April 1826 ;
John Kennedy, born 27th March 1828 ;
Thomas Robert Story, merchant, Man-
chester, born 10th Jan. 1830; Henry
M'Connel, born 17th Oct. 1831, died 29th
May 1833.— [Vide Robert Story of Bos-
neat h ; Tombst.]
1833
1869
1881
assistant at St Clement's Parish, Aberdeen,
and Kinneff, Kincardineshire; ord. to
Rothes 12th Feb. 1880; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 5th Oct. 1881 ;
dem. 16th May 1913. Marr. 8th Dec.
1896, Barbara Stuart, daugh. of Murdoch
Macleod, Aberdeen, and Ann Craik.
DAVID WELSH, born Dalmellington,
5th July 1787, second son of David
W. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
tutor in the family of Brigadier-General
Walker of Bowland ; licen. by Presb. of
Lauder 3rd July 1821 ; ord. 31st July 1822
chaplain to General Walker on his appoint-
ment as Governor of St Helena ; pres. by
William Forbes of Callander, and adm.
22nd Aug. 1833 ; died unmarr., 22nd Xov.
1869. Publication — Account of the Parish
{Nero Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN M'KAY CAXDLISH, born New
Galloway, 13th Jan. 1843, son of
William C, bank agent, and Ann
Churchill Douglas ; educated at Kells
Parish School, Xew Galloway, and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright 1st Aug. 1866 ; ord. (assistant and
successor) 28th Jan. 1869 ; died unmarr.,
7th March 1882.
PETER CHARLES FIXDLAY, bom
Wardhouse, Kennethmont, Aber-
deenshire, 2nd Aug. 1850, son of
William F. and Isabella Duncan ; edu-
cated at Kennethmont Parish School,
Grammar School, Old Aberdeen, and Univ.
of Aberdeen ; M.A. (1876), B.D. (1879) ;
licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th May 1879 ;
1913
GEORGE FERRIER ANDREW MAC-
XAUGHTOX, bom Auchinleck,
Ayrshire, 4th Jan. 1855, son of
James M. and Ellen Ferrier ; educated
at Ayr Academy, Stewarton Public School,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A. (1880) ; licen.
by Presb. of Ayr 6th July 1881 ; assistant
at Hillhead (Glasgow), Wallacetown (Ayr),
and St Mungo's (Glasgow). The General
Assembly of 1890 having, on the petition
of certain heritors and parishioners, come
to an arrangement by which, under certain
conditions, Mr Findlay "agreed to reside
out of the parish, the sole charge of the
parish being committed to an ordained as-
sistant to be appointed by the congregation
under the supervision of the Presbytery,"
Mr M. was ord. 18th Sept. 1900. On Mr
Finlay's demission in 1913, he was elected
to the full charge, and adm. 7th Aug. 1913.
Marr. 7th April 1891, Margaret (died 6th
June 1906), daugh. of John Anderson,
Glasgow, and Margaret Finlayson, and has
issue — John, Royal Trust Co., Montreal,
Canada, lieut. 42nd Canadian Highlanders,
born 20th Feb. 1892 ; George Stewart
Burns, C.A., Glasgow, born 13th June
1894. Publication — English translation of
the Latin hymn, Jesu dulcis memoria, set
to music by A. L. Peace, Mus.D., vide
Xo. 120 The Scottish Anthem Booh (Edin-
burgh, 1892).
CASTLE-DOUGLAS (Q.S.).
[In 1866 a mission station was begun in
the Town Hall, Castle-Douglas, for the town
people, owing to the distance of the parish
church at Kelton. A site for a church was
given by Sir George Abercromby of Birken-
bog and Forglen, Bart., and a church was
opened in 1869. The parish of Castle-
Douglas was disjoined quoad sacra from
Kirkcudbright] CASTLE-DOUGLAS (Q.S.)— CORSOCK (Q.S.)
403
Kelton and Crossmichael, and erected by
Decreet of the Court of Teinds 1st Dec.
1873.]
JAMES LILLIE, M.A. ; licentiate of the
1866 ^res^' °f Caithness ; had charge of
the mission church from 1866 to
1872. He was afterwards a chaplain in
India.
GEORGE WALKER, born Aberdeen,
1874 18th Feb. 1842, son of William W.,
merchant burgess there, and Amelia
Duthie ; educated at Aberdeen Grammar
School (dux), Marischal College, and Univ.
of Aberdeen, M.A. (1861), B.D. (1868), and
at Berlin ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen
17th Oct. 1865 ; assistant at Kingsbarns,
and St Andrews-Lhanbryd ; app. to Castle-
Douglas Mission May 1872 ; pres. by the
trustees as first min. ; ord. 12th Feb. 1874 ;
clerk of Presb., 1874-1914; chaplain of
the Galloway Rifles, 1875-1908 ; V.D., D.D.
(St Andrews 1916); dem. 11th Nov. 1914.
Marr. 24th Sept. 1885, Mary (died 13th
May 1913), daugh. of William Murdoch,
solicitor, Huntly, and has issue — William
Robert, M.A. (Edinburgh), LL.B. (Edin-
burgh), advocate, born 30th Jan. 1887.
Publications — Sermon on late Samuel
Cowan, Minister of Kelton (Castle-Douglas,
1886) ; Christian Patriotism ; or, National
Defence a Religious Duty (Aberdeen, 1904) ;
Britain's One Clear Call (Castle-Douglas,
1914) ; For the Great Cause : Some Bits of
Spiritual Munition Work (Aberdeen, 1915).
LUKE M'QUITTY, born Ballymena,
lgl5 Co. Antrim, 28th Aug. 1881, son
of George M. and Frances Mont-
gomery ; educated at Ballymena Model
School, Gracehill Academy, Ballymena
Grammar School, Queen's College, and
Presbyterian College, Belfast ; BA. (Royal
Univ. of Ireland 1901); licen. by Presb.
of Ballymena 13th Dec. 1904 ; assistant at
Newtonbreda, Belfast, 1904-7 ; ord. to
Templepatrick 19th Nov. 1907 ; trans, and
adm. 6th May 1915. Marr. 14th Oct. 1908,
Floranna Thompson Harvey, and has issue —
Flora Louisa, born 25th April 1910 ; George,
born 5th Jan. 1913 ; Frances Margaret, born
5th May 1914 ; Grace Rosemary, born 13th
Oct. 1915.
CORSOCK (Q.S.).
[Disjoined from Balmaclellan and Parton
(Presb. of Kirkcudbright), and Kirkpatrick-
Durham (Presb. of Dumfries), and attached
by decree of the General Assembly to Presb.
of Kirkcudbright. Services were begun in
Drumhumphry Schoolroom, and in 1839 a
church was built after the design of a
chapel at Wharton, in Cheshire, on a site
given by Captain Fletcher of Corsock.
The parish was erected quoad sacra in
1863.]
WILLIAM CORSON, 1839 to 1844
1839 [afterwards of Girvan].
JOHN MILLIGAN, M.A., 1845 to 1855
1845 [afterwards of Twynholm].
JOHN THOMSON, M.A., 1855 to 1858.
185_ [He emigrated to New Zealand, where
he became a member of the Legisla-
tive Assembly.]
JOHN ALLAN HUNTER PATON,
1858 1858 to 1861 [afterwards of Dud-
dingston].
i JOSEPH BURNET, 1861 [afterwards
min. of St Andrew's Church, Col-
ombo, Ceylon].
GEORGE STURROCK, born Kirkden,
1861 Forfarshire, 18th Feb. 1832, son of
George S. ; educated at Kirkden
School and King's College, Aberdeen ;
assistant schoolmaster of Tyrie, Aberdeen-
shire ; licen. by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th
May 1861'; assistant at North Parish, Aber-
deen ; took charge of Corsock Mission in
1861 ; app. first min., and ord. 20th Aug.
1863; died 3rd May 1902. He marr. 20th
Oct. 1863, Catherine (died 31st May 1900),
daugh. of Charles Stewart, Aberdeen, and
had issue— Margaret Mary, born 26th July
1864 ; Charles Stewart, born 30th Dec. 1865,
died at Melbourne, Victoria, 5th May 1885 ;
George Steven, born 10th Oct. 1871, died
8th March 1872 ; George Steven, born 26th
March 1875. Publication — Corsock Parish
Church (Castle-Douglas, n.d.).
404
CORSOCK (Q.S.)— CROSSMICHAEL
[PRESB. OF
JOHN STIRTON, MA., B.D. ; ord.
1902 25^ ®eP*' ^02 > trans, to Glamis,
Forfarshire, 19th May 1904.
JOHN PAUL, born Cardross, 10th Sept.
1867, son of Andrew P. and Jane
Traquair; educated at Queen's
College, Galway, Queen's College and
Assembly's College, Belfast; B.A. (Royal
Univ. of Ireland 1890) ; licen. by Presb.
of Dublin 12th July 1896 ; assistant at
Belmont (Belfast), Maybole, and High
Kirk Parish, Paisley ; ord. 20th Sept.
1904. Marr. 29th July 1909, Helen Agnes
(died 22nd Dec. 1916), daugh. of George
Coghill, Paisley, and has issue — Ian Tra-
quair Gillespie, born 4th May 1910;
George Andrew, born 18th May 1912 ; John
David Coghill, born 13th Dec. 1916, died
12th Jan. 1917.
CROSSMICHAEL.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Michael. It belonged to the Abbey
of Sweetheart. The church was rebuilt in
1751. Beside the church stood of old St
Michael's Cross, at which every year was
held the Michaelmas Fair of Crossmichael.
The fair has lasted on into modern times,
but the cross is long since gone.]
1567
THOMAS MACLURE [MACLUER,
MACLIVER], exhorter and reader,
Nov. 1567 to 1588.
JAMES CARRUTHERS, trans, from
Buittle in 1588; Kirkcormick and
Balmaghie being also in the charge ;
still min. in 1590 ; removed to Balmaghie.
JOHN DOUGLAS, mentioned in 1590 ;
1590 still min. in 1596.— [Reg. Assig.]
PETER PRIMROSE, son of Peter P.,
min. of Mauchline; MA. (Edin-
burgh, 29th July 1600); ord. to
Parton before 1607 ; adm. to this charge in
1609 ; pres. to Mauchline by James VI.
13th Dec. 1615, but was not trans. ; had a
charter of the kirklands of Crossmichael
8th Jan. 1624; still min. 9th March 1644.
The date of his death is unknown. He
marr. Janet Durie, and had issue — Hew,
apprenticed to Robert Lympetlaw, skinner,
Edinburgh, 25th March 1635; William;
Robert. —[Beg. Sec. Sig. ; Old Dec, iii. ;
P. C. Beg., viii., 777 ; G. B. Inhib., 28th
Sept. 1667; Beg. of Deeds, dxxi., 262;
Stranraer Presb. Beg.]
1658
JAMES BUGLASS [BUGLOSS], on the
Exercise at St Andrews 11th Dec.
1650 ; mentioned as min. of this
parish in 1658. He was app. by the Presb.,
Jan. 1662, to petition the Privy Council
for the removal of its restrictions on meet-
ings of Presbs. ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of the Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was accused
before the Privy Council, 24th Feb. 1663,
of "still labouring to keep the hearts of
the people from the present government
in Church and State." He marr. Alison
Gordon, and with her had sasine of the
lands of Grange, 22nd Jan. 1663. — [Edin.
(Bajrt.) Beg. ; Dumfries Presb. Beg. ; Next)
Gen. Beg. Sas., v. ; Wodrow's Hist., i., 327.]
PATRICK SWINTON, min. in 1663;
1663 trans, to Borgue that year.
JOHN WAUGH, M.A. (Edinburgh
1668 1668); ord. 29th April 1668; still
min. in 1671. He marr. Helen
Gordon, who survived him, and marr.
Charles Telfer of Linkines. — [G, B. Hom-
ings, 26th Aug. 1685.]
ALEXANDER BURNET, min. about
1672 1(^2 > trans, to Kirkton 17th April
1684.
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. (Edinburgh,
1685 18th July 1664) ; adm. to Stoneykirk
about 1683 ; adm. here about 1685 ;
outed in 1689 ; died May 1699, aged about
55.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JOHN MURDOCH, probably of the
Cumloden family; M.A. (Edinburgh,
11th July 1687) ; min. in 1692 ; died
1st Aug. 1700, aged 41. He marr. Agnes
Colden, who died 13th May 1732, aged 73.
-{Tombst.]
ROBERT GORDON, licen. by Presb. of
1702 Wigtown 6th AuS- 17o°; called 4th
Nov. 1701 ; ord. 8th April 1702 ; died
2nd March 1722, aged 41. He marr. the Hon.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
CROSSMICHAEL
405
Grizel Gordon, daugh. of Alexander, Vis-
count Kenmure, and had issue. — [Tombst. ;
Douglas Peerage, ii. ; Wodrow's Anal.}
ANDREW DICK, chaplain to John
1724 Cordon of Greenlaw ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 29th May
1717; called 30th April 1723; ord. 18th
June 1724 ; died 22nd Dec. 1738, aged
56. He is said to have died in the pulpit
after giving out as his text the words,
" Strive to enter in at'the strait gate." The
following acrostic epitaph appears on his
tombstone : —
" Around Crossmichael gloomy clouds are spread,
Nor can soft music make the parish glad.
Dear to them was their Pastor, and his death
Religiously they mourn, and bravely breathe
Esteem and love to him who showed the way
Which leads to regions of eternal day.
Devotion glow'd within the good man's breast
In everything he piety expressed.
Crowned with immortal bliss he reigns above
Kings of the earth, and swims in seas of love."
— [Acts of Ass., 1724 ; Tombst.]
NATHANIEL M'KIE, born 22nd Aug.
1739 1>715' son °^ William M., min. of
Balmaghie ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright 7th Sept. 1737; called 17th May,
and ord. 23rd Aug. 1739 ; died unmarr.
26th Jan. 1781. He was noted for his
simplicity of character, plain uncultivated
manners, superstitious credulity, and great
eccentricity. Publications — Some Thoughts
on the Sacred Ministry, the Opposition it
meets with, its Triumph, and the Spring of
its Victory, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1741).
He was probably the writer of the song,
Nae Dominies for Me, Laddie. — [Tombst. ;
Harper's Bards of Galloway, 108 ; Yair's
Charmer ; Herd's Ancient and Modern
Songs.]
JOHN JOHNSTONE, born 20th Feb.
-,—_ 1757, son of Alexander J., surgeon,
Edinburgh, and Christian Tod, and
brother of Bryce J., D.D., min. of Holy-
wood ; educated at High School and Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dum-
fries 3rd April 1781 ; pres. by Alexander
Gordon of Culvennan and Greenlaw, advo-
cate, May 1781. [Another presentation
having been made by George III., the
settlement was delayed till Lord Advocate
Dundas gave an opinion, which was un-
favourable to the Crown.] Ord. 18th Sept.
1783; died 20th June 1820. He was an
agriculturist of note. He was distin-
guished not more for intellectual ability
than for social charm and humour. In
stature he was rather above the middle
size, of firm make, and of prepossessing
appearance. He marr. 11th Nov. 1794,
Mary (died 1st April 1852), eldest daugh.
of Thomas English, St Petersburg, and
had issue — Mary, born 8th Jan. 1797, died
1818 ; Christian, born 4th Sept. 1798 (marr.
Collier) ; Bryce, writer, Kirkcudbright,
born 21st May 1800 ; Harriet, born 16th
April 1802 (marr. Captain Brown) ; Clara,
born 26th Oct. 1804 (marr. Captain Alex-
ander Stuart Singer, son of William S.,
D.D., min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta); Thomas,
born 1st April 1807 ; Alexander, born 24th
Feb. 1809. Publications — The Imjwrtance
of a Proper Choice of Company, a sermon
(Edinburgh, 1791); Substance of a Speech
in the General Assembly (Edinburgh, 1807);
Sermons (portrait) (Edinburgh, 1825) ; Ser-
mons III., IV. (Scotch Preacher, iv.) ; Ac-
counts of Crossmichael and of Balmaghie
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i., iii.) ; Memoir of
the Life, Character, and Writings of Bryce
Johnston, D.D. [prefixed to Sermons, 1807].
— [Murray's Literary Hist, of Galloway,
264-7.]
DAVID WELSH, pres. by Sir Alex-
1821 ano^er Gordon of Culvennan, Bart.,
19th Oct. 1820; ord. 22nd March
1821 ; trans, to St David's Parish, Glasgow,
4th Oct. 1827.
WILLIAM GLOVER, pres. by Sir Alex-
1828 ander Gordon of Culvennan, Bart.,
15th Oct. 1827 ; ord. 17th Jan. 1828 ;
trans, to Greenside Parish, Edinburgh, 31st
March 1837.
JOHN WHITSON, born Bardmoney
1837 Bank, Alyth, 30th April 1796, son
of James W. and Elizabeth Freer ;
educated at Univ. of St Andrews ; M.A.
(1818) ; pres. by Mrs Elizabeth Gauld 16th
June, and ord. 21st Sept. 1837; died 3rd
May 1859, He marr. 15th April 1846, Agnes
406
CROSSMICHAEL— DALRY
[PRESB. OF
(died 23rd Oct. 1897), daugh. of William
Dick, Dundee, and had issue— James, born
18th Feb. 1847 ; Elizabeth Freer, born 26th
June 1848 ; Euphemia Dick, born 21st May
1851. Publication — Account of the Parish
{New Stat. Ace., iv.).
RICHARD ADDISON GILLESPIE,
1859 k°rn 8th Oct. 1836, son of George
G., min. of Cummertrees; educated
at Annan Academy and Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Annan July
1858; assistant at Kilwinning; ord. 8th
Dec. 1859; died 22nd Feb. 1871. He
marr. 2nd July 1861, Barbara Agnew (died
14th May 1911, aged 72), daugh. of William
Barbour of Kelton Hill, Castle-Douglas,
and had issue — Anna Charlotte, born 29th
July 1862; William Addison, born 30th
Aug. 1863, died 29th May 1895 ; Charlotte
Catherine, born 27th Sept. 1865, died 24th
July 1886; George, born 9th April 1868,
died at Davos Platz, 13th Nov. 1893.
JOHN DOUGLAS STEWART, born
^ Hollybush, Cummertrees, 12th April
1839, son of William S., farmer, and
Agnes Mitchell ; educated at Cummertrees
Parish School and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen.
by Presb. of Annan 7th Oct. 1863 ; assist-
ant at St Mungo's, Glasgow ; ord. to
Martyrs' Parish, Paisley, 21st Feb. 1867;
trans, and adm. 7th Sept. 1871. Marr.
17th Sept. 1872, Ann Craig, daugh. of
William Allison, Cartvale, Paisley, and has
issue — William, born 3rd Aug. 1873, died
15th Feb. 1879 ; John Douglas, shipowner,
born 16th May 1875; Eliza Agnes, born
4th April 1877 ; William Allison, ship-
owner, born 28th Oct. 1879 ; Walter Alli-
son, born 13th Dec. 1881, died 10th Jan.
1911 ; Mitchell Boag Allison, shipping
manager, Calcutta, born 28th June 1884 ;
Annie Craig Allison, born 1st May 1887.
JAMES ANNETT FISHER, born
1912 -^ewry, Ireland, 25th May 1881,
son of Joseph F. and Margaret
Crone ; educated at Newry School, Royal
Univ. of Ireland, B.A. (1902), M.A. (1903),
and Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Edinburgh 27th Nov. 1907 ; assistant at
Inversnaid, parish of Buchanan ; ord. at
Inversnaid 23rd Dec. 1909 ; trans, and adm.
(assistant and successor) 13th Dec. 1912.
DALRY, formerly ST JOHN'S
CLACHAN.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St John the Baptist. It was partly
rebuilt in 1770.]
JAMES DODDS, min. in 1567; trans.
1567 to Kirkcudbright in 1579.— {Reg.
Mini]
JAMES PRESTON, min. in 1574, when
7 Balmaclellan, Kells, and Parton were
also in the charge. — [Reg. Assig.]
ANDREW GORDON, adm. 1st May
. m_ 1577, Balmaclellan, Kells, and Par-
ton being also in the charge ; still
min. in 1579. — [Reg. Assig."]
JAMES HAMILTON, min. in 1580;
-___ elected collegiate min. of Edinburgh
27th Nov. 1584; adm. there 16th
April 1585, but also held his charge at
Dairy, where he died Nov. 1594. He marr.
Helen Adair of the Kinhilt family, who
survived him, and had issue — John, ap-
prenticed to John Lawtie, apothecary,
Edinburgh, 19th June 1599; Jane, served
heir, 25th Aug. 1620 (marr. Gilbert Power,
min. of Stoneykirk) ; Elizabeth. — [Reg.
Assig. ; Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Gounc. Reg. ;
Inq. Ret. Lanark, 131.]
WILLIAM HAMILTON of Bardanock,
younger brother of Patrick H. of
Boreland ; adm. to Cumnock in
1578; trans, and adm. in 1595 ; member of
Assembly, 1581, 1602, 1608, 1610; died
between 6th Dec. 1633 and 2nd April
1635. He marr. Agnes Lockhart, and had
issue — John of Olivestob, apothecary,
burgess of Edinburgh, died before 1674;
Hugh, apprenticed to John Fairney, mer-
chant, Edinburgh, 9th July 1617 ; Charles,
apprenticed to Andrew Hamilton, skinner,
20th Feb. 1598-9 ; William, apprenticed to
Alexander Macmath, merchant, Edinburgh,
1606 ; Patrick ; a daugh. (marr, — —
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
DALRY
407
Hunter) ; James, licentiate of the Church
of Scotland, pres. to Bathgate in July 1617,
but returned home at his father's request
in Oct. following.— [P. C. Peg., xiii., 819 ;
Peg. Assig. ; Old Dec, iii. ; Peg. Sec. Sig. ;
Edinburgh and Glasgoxv Tests. ; Peg. Lin-
lithgow Presb. ; Calderwood's Hist., vii.,
107.]
JAMES ALDERSTON, pres. by Charles
1635 I. 2nd April 1635 ; trans, to Kil-
maurs 14th Feb. 1637.
THOMAS M'GILL, born about 1609,
1637 son °^ Alexander M., advocate ;
MA. (Edinburgh, 25th July 1629);
preacher at Kilskowrie, in the diocese of
Clogher, Ireland ; pres. by Archibald, Lord
Lome ; tutor to John, Viscount Kenmure,
29th July 1635 ; fast, in 1637. Complaints
having been made against him, he was
probably deprived after 16th April 1639,
having refused the terms of demission
which had been offered. He went to
Ireland, and died there in 1654. He marr.
Janet Menteith, and had issue — David,
bapt. 13th Feb. 1648; James, bapt. 8th
July 1649, died before 1670; Margaret,
bapt. 23rd Jan. 1653 ; Janet, bapt. 4th
July 1654; Isabel (marr. (1) James Elliot,
student of divinity, Edinburgh ; (2) John
Lindsay, merchant burgess of Edinburgh).
— [ Wodrow MSS. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Edin. Tests. ; Edin. Peg. (Bapt.).]
HUGH HENDERSON [HENRYSON],
1639 MA. ; trans, from Carsphairn in 1639;
trans, to Dumfries 30th Nov. 1648.
JOHN M'MICHAN [M'MICKING], of
165g Barcaple; MA. (Edinburgh, 15th
April 1645); min. in 1659. For
holding meetings of Presb. when these
had been prohibited, he was imprisoned
in Edinburgh, June 1662, but was soon
afterwards released ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Dfecreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. On 24th
March 1663, he compeared before the
Privy Council on a charge of "still
labouring to keep the hearts of the people
from the present government in Church
and State," His case was delayed, and
we do not hear of him again until 27th
July 1669, when he became the " indulged "
min. of this parish. On 10th July in the
following year he was fined for failing to
observe the anniversary of the Restoration.
On 22nd Dec. 1684, he was accused of
having given shelter to the Covenanting
mins. and others, but it is recorded that
he promised to "live peaceably and not
preach." He was restored by the Act
of Parliament recalling the Presbyterian
mins., and died before 9th July 1696.
He marr. Jean, daugh. of William Gordon
of Carleton, and had issue — Mary (marr.
(1) 16th June 1674, William Maitland,
min. of Beith ; (2) Gilbert Crocket, mer-
chant, Dumfries); Helen (marr. 1666,
David Gordon of Gordonstoun) ; Rachel
(marr. Hugh Clanny, min. of Kirkbean) ;
Margaret. — [Acts and Dec, Dal., 9th July
1696; Wodrow's Hist., ii., 131 ; MS. Ace of
Min., 1689; Glasgow Tests.]
GEORGE HENRY, MA.; pres. by
1663 James' Bishop of Galloway, jure
devoluto in 1663 ; trans, to Stoney-
kirk between 17th May and 31st Oct. 1665.
For refusing to serve an edict in favour of
G. H., the patron, William Gordon of Earl-
ston, was summoned before the Privy
Council, and though his life was spared,
largely at the solicitation of the Earl of
Glencairn, he was banished from Scotland
in 1644.
JOHN M'MICHAN, MA. [see
1669 above].
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A., formerly
1672 °^ f>art'on > indulged (colleague to
preceding) 3rd Sept. 1672 ; restored
to Parton by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690.
CHARLES FORRESTER, pres. by
1686 Alexander, Viscount Kenmure, 19th
Oct. 1685 ; coll. 9th March, and adm.
20th May 1686.— [G. P. Hornings, 15th
Feb. 1687.]
ROBERT FULTON, MA. (Edinburgh
16g7 1677) ; min. about 1687 ; deprived
by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
408
DALRY
[PRESB. OF
JOHN M'MICHAN, M.A. [see
1690 above].
WILLIAM BOYD, born 1658, probably
of the Trochrig family ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow. He went to Hol-
land, where he enjoyed the friendship and
confidence of William, Prince of Orange.
As a licentiate of the Cameron ians he
returned to Scotland in 1690, was adm.
to the Church of Scotland 25th Oct. of that
year, and ord. to this charge soon after-
wards. He was a member of Assembly
in 1692, and died 13th April 1741. He
marr. 26th Nov. 1701, Jean Maxwell,
widow of John Sinclair, min. of Irongray,
and had issue — Robert ; John, mercer in
London, died before 13th Sept. 1773 ; Bar-
bara (marr. Thomson) ; Andrew, min.
of Twynholm ; Edward, min. of Wigtown.
— [Wodrow's Hist., iv., 255 ; Dumfries Reg.
{Marr.) ; Barbour's Tributes to Scottish
Genius ; Burke's Landed Gentry ; Tombst.]
ALEXANDER DICK, licen. by Presb.
1740 of Edinburgh, 28th July 1731 j called
24th April, and ord. (assistant and
successor) 30th July 1740; died 4th Feb.
1783. He marr. 12th April 1742, Janet
(died 28th Dec. 1749), eldest daugh. of
William Martin of Kirkland, and Jane,
daugh. of Sir Alexander Gordon of Earl-
ston, and had issue — James, born 16th Jan.
1743, died in South Carolina, 1771 ; Janet,
born 27th July 1744, died 20th Nov. 1746 ;
Janet, born 11th Oct. 1747, died in 1795.
"She was pious and clever, wrote poetry
a.nd prose, understood Latin, Greek, and
Hebrew, and translated a large portion of
the Scriptures from the original tongues." —
[Barbour's Lights and Shadoivs, 2nd ser. ;
East Galloway Sketches, 352 ; Tombst.]
ALEXANDER MACGOWAN, born
Knockreoch, Kells, 1745; educated
at Univ. of Edinburgh ; sometime
tutor in the family of John Newall of
Barskeoch ; schoolmaster of this parish,
1773-5 ; licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright
2nd Aug. 1775 ; pres. by John Newall, and
ord. 3rd July 1783 ; died 12th Oct. 1826.
He marr. 10th Oct. 1785, Mary (bapt. 20th
Jan. 1770, died 28th June 1867), daugh. of
James Newall of Stranfasket, and had
1783
issue — John Newall, died 31st Jan. 1791,
aged 9 months ; James, teacher, Liver-
pool, died at Adelaide, Australia, 14th
April 1856; John, surgeon, R.N., born
1793, died at Liverpool, 18th March 1819 ;
William, bora Sept., and died 22nd Oct.
1795; Joseph Henderson, surgeon, R.N.,
born 1797, died at St Heliers, Jersey, 1854 ;
Thomas Newall, M.D., Manchester, born
1800, died 6th Jan. 1846; David, born
1803, died 2nd Dec. 1803 ; George Knight,
merchant, Manchester, born 1813, died at
Earlston Park, Willsbridge, Bristol, 12th
June 1878 ; Mary, (marr. Glover) ;
Anna [author of Poems (Edinburgh, 1855)],
died at Kirkcudbright, 19th April 1865;
Patricia Heron (marr. Robert Malcolmson) ;
Wilhelmina [author of Tales Founded on
Fact (Edinburgh, 1855)]; Oswald; Jane
Margaret, (marr. Edmonstone) ; Stewart
(marr. Thorburn) ; Agnes Murray, died
13th Dec. 1873. Publications — Sermon on
the Death of Mr John Gillespie, Min. of
Kells (Edinburgh, 1806) ; Sermon on the
Death of William Gillespie, Min. of Kells
(Edinburgh, 1825) ; Account of the Parish
(Sinclair's Stat. Ace, xiii.). He printed
the prospectus of an elaborate work on
Elocution, but this was never published.
— [Barbour's Tributes to Scottish Genius ;
Murray's Hist, of Galloway, 280; The
Galloway Herds, 45 ; East Galloway
Sketches, 353.]
1827
WILLIAM ANDERSON, born- Cleugh,
Kilbucho, Peeblesshire, 1790, son of
William A. ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Selkirk 7th
Aug. 1811 ; tutor to William Forbes of
Callander ; pres. by William Forbes 18th
and 21st Nov. and 5th Dec. 1826; ord.
23rd Aug. 1827 ; died 29th Dec. 1835. He
marr. 5th June 1828, Louisa Marsden, who
died in London, 17th June 1882, and had
issue— Mary Agnes, born 27th April 1829 ;
Henry, born 28th Dec. 1830; William,
born 9th Aug. 1835.— [Tombst.]
1836
GEORGE PATERSON, born Perthshire,
1811, youngest son of Robert P.,
farmer ; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 25th
Nov. 1834; pres. by William Forbes of
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
DALRY— GIRTHON
409
Callander; ord. 26th Sept. 1836; died
unmarr. 14th May 1845. Publication —
Account of the Parish (Neio Stat. Ace, iv.).
1845
SAMUEL BLAIR, born Kippen, Stir-
lingshire, 19th April 1812, sixth son
of John B., farmer ; educated at
Kippen School and Univs. of Glasgow and
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
29th Jan. 1839 ; assistant at Glassford, and
tutor in the family of Gavin Lang, min.
there ; ord. by Presb. of London 8th July
1841 min. of the Presbyterian Church,
Dudley ; adm. min. of Wallacetown, Ayr,
13th June 1844 ; trans, and adm. 26th
Sept. 1845; died 14th Sept. 1879. He
marr. 16th Sept. 1851, Isabella Bonnar
(died 26th Nov. 1901, aged 77), daugh. of
William Berwick, brewer, Edinburgh, and
had issue — an only daugh. Williamina
Marion, born 16th Nov. 1852 (marr. 1st
June 1882, Charles M'Gregor, D.D., min.
of Lady Yester's Parish, Edinburgh). Pub-
lication— God's Foreknoivledge and Decrees
(private circulation, 1861).
1880
THOMAS WALKER, born Huntingdon,
Province of Quebec, Canada, 23rd
Sept. 1841, eldest son of William
Montgomery W., min. of the Presbyterian
Church there, afterwards min. of Ochil-
tree ; educated at Ochiltree Parish School,
Irvine Academy, and Univ. of Glasgow;
B.A. (1861); licen. by Presb. of Ayr 14th
May 1863 ; assistant at Galston ; ord. (in
Ochiltree Church) 8th March 1865, for
service in Canada ; adm. min. of Dalmel-
lington 1st Feb. 1866 ; trans, and adm.
26th Feb. 1880; dem. through ill-health,
19th Feb. 1902 ; died unmarr. at Prestwick,
1st Oct. 1908.
DONALD MACLEOD, M.A., B.D. •
ord. 28th Aug. 1902 ; trans, to First
Charge, Inverness and Bona, 14th
May 1907.
1902
1907
JOHN ANDERSON, born Grantown-
on-Spey, 15th Feb. 1876, son of
James A. and Catherine MacDonald ;
educated at Inverness Academy and Univ.
of Aberdeen; M.A. (1897), B.D. (1900);
licen. by Presb. of Forres 1st May 1900;
assistant at Dunnottar and Bothwell ; ord.
to Buckie 6th May 1903; trans, and adm.
26th Sept. 1907. Marr. 14th July 1903,
Margaret, third daugh. of George Smith,
Parkmore House, Dufftown, and has issue
—Evelyn Margaret, born 7th Dec. 1904.
GIRTHON.
[The church of Girthon belonged before
the Reformation to the Bishop of Galloway.
In 1818 the church was removed to Gate-
house-of-Fleet. In the churchyard at the
Clachan of Girthon the ruins of the old
church are still standing.]
ROBERT MUIR, extorter in 1567;
1667 reader in 1580 ; vicar in 1587.
• JOHN BONAR, M.A. ; trans, from
1595 Hassendean [or perhaps North
Ronaldsay] in 1595, Anwoth also
being in the charge ; trans, to Gelston in
1597.
1619
ALEXANDER FRISELL [FRASER],
min. in 1619. He is said to have
been put into this charge by Bishop
William Cowper, in opposition to the wishes
of the people and of all the mins. in the
diocese. So unbecoming was his service
that he administered the Communion
without consecration of the elements. —
[Calderwood's Hist., vii., 349 ; Tracts on
Patronage.]
PATRICK M'CLELLAN, son of James
1636 ^" °^ Cardoness ; min. in 1636 ; still
in the charge 15th May 1655. He
marr. Jean Primrose (who survived him, and
marr. secondly, Robert Gaw of Ironcraig),
and had issue — Sir Samuel, Lord Provost
of Edinburgh, 1706-7, died 22nd Sept.
1709 ; Margaret ; Anne ; Nicolas, died in
the Canongate, Edinburgh, 14th April
1727.— [Murray's Life of Rutherford; G.
R. Inhib., 8th May 1671 ; Reg. of Deeds,
Mack., 22nd Dec. 1710.]
WILLIAM ERSKINE, min. in 1658;
deprived by Act of Parliament 11th
June, and Decreet of Privy Council
1st Oct. 1662. He was accused before
the Privy Council, 24th Feb. following, of
still "labouring to keep the hearts of the
410
GIRTHON
[PRESB. OF
people from the present government in
Church and State." Decreet was passed
against him for assisting at conventicles,
16th July 1671. He was granted indul-
gence at Carsphairn, but probably never
accepted the charge ; was afterwards min.
of Tron Parish, Edinburgh. — [Balfour's
Annals, iii.]
WALTER DALGLEISH, M.A. ; adm.
1Q^_ between 17th May and 31st Oct.
1665 ; trans, to Tongland between
26th April and 30th Oct. 1666.
SIMON KNOX, youngest son of William
1666 ^'' mm- °^ Cockpen, and great-grand-
nephew of the Reformer ; M.A. (Edin-
burgh, July 1643) ; adm. between 26th April
and 30th Oct. 1666; still min. 29th Oct.
1667. He marr. Isabel, daugh. of Robert
Davidson, min. of Stenton. — [Crawford's
Knox Genealogy.]
ROBERT MOIR, M.A. ; trans, from
Balmaclellan, and adm. between 29th
April, and 27th Oct. 1668 ; trans, to
Kirkbean about 1686.
1668
ROBERT CHEYNE, min. in 1686;
deprived by Act of Parliament re-
storing the Presbyterian mins., 25th
April 1690; died in Edinburgh, 25th Jan.
1735. He marr. 20th April 1688, Catherine
Cheyne. — [Edin. Reg. {Marr. and Bur.).]
WILLIAM GAMMELL [GEMMELL],
min. in 1693 ; still in the charge 20th
April 1697. He marr. Jean Boyd,
who survived him, and marr. 2ndly (cont.
12th April 1700), Robert Boyd of Trochrig.
PATRICK JOHNSTON, M.A. (Edin-
1699 bur&n> 3rd Ju*y 1693); °rd- sth
April 1699; died 10th March 1736,
aged about 63. He marr. Jean, daugh. of
Robert Brown of Carsluith, and had issue
— Margaret (marr. William Hannay of
Kirkdale) ; John ; Samuel ; Anna ; Louisa ;
William ; Robert ; Alexander. A grand-
son was Patrick Johnston of Carnsalloch.
ROBERT THOMSON, called 14th
1787 March; ord. 11th May 1737; died
unmarr. 14th March 1758, aged
48.— [Tombst.]
ROBERT COOPER, born 1724, son of
175g William C, min. of Mochrum ; M.A.
(Edinburgh, 24th April 1744) ; licen.
by Presb. of Wigtown 16th May 1749 ; pres.
by George II. 30th June 1758; ord 7th
March 1759 ; died unmarr. 7th Nov. 1776.—
[Tombst. ; Weekly Mag., xxxiv.]
JOHN MACNAUGHT, pres. by George
1778 III. 31st March 1777; ord. 31st
March 1778; dep. 23rd May 1793
for drunkenness and other offences ; died
11th Nov. 1808. Sir Walter Scott, then a
young advocate, acted as his counsel when
the case was before the General Assembly.
— [Scots Mag., liv., lv. ; Lockhart's Life of
Scott ; Case for MacNaught.]
WILLIAM THORBURN, ord. (assist-
1794 ant) 2nd June 1791 ; adm. to the
full charge 16th Jan. 1794 ; trans,
to Troqueer 13th Aug. 1801.
ROBERT GORDON, born 1769, youngest
1801 son of John G., farmer, Dunscore ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
sometime schoolmaster at Minnibuie; licen.
by Presb. of Lorn 2nd Aug. 1792 ; ord. to
Carsphairn 29th Aug. 1793 ; pres. by George
III. 27th Aug., and adm. 24th Dec. 1801 ;
died unmarr. 23rd Dec. 1817. — ["I remem-
ber well his tall, genteel figure, his love of
learning, the mildness of his countenance
and speech, the urbanity of his manners,
and the goodness of his heart" (Murray's
Literary Hist, of Galloivay, 176) ; Tombst.]
ROBERT JEFFREY, born Ecclefechan,
1818 1^86; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; licen. by Presb. of Penpont
27th Aug. 1811 ; pres. by George, Prince
Regent, and ord. 27th Aug. 1818. While
preaching during a vacancy at Cross-
michael, 16th July 1820, he prayed for
Queen Caroline, as was his custom. At a
meeting called by request of the kirk-
session after service, it was resolved that
"no min. appointed to preach in that
parish during the vacancy should pray in
express words for Her Majesty." As
Moderator he dissented, and complained
to the Presb., which, at its meeting, 2nd
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
GIRTHON— KELLS
411
Aug. following, ordered the " said resolu-
tion to be erased from the Session-book."
He was elected Synod clerk 24th Oct. 1826.
Joined the Free Church ; min. of Girthon
and Anwoth Free Church in 1843 ; died
9th March 1844. He marr. 19th Dec. 1820,
Janet (died 6th July 1884), second daugh.
of James Thomson, min. of Balmaclellan,
and had issue — John, Knight of the Dane-
borg, min. of Presbyterian Church, Gates-
head, born 29th March 1822, died 9th May
1872; Dorothea, born 8th May 1824 ; Mary,
born 4th May 1826 ; Jane Thomson, born
31st March 1828; Jessie, born 23rd Oct.
1830 ; James Thomson, barrister, Alex-
andria, born 17th Feb. 1835 ; Isabella, born
26th May 1838. Publications — Godly
Sincerity, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1835);
Sermon V. {Free Church Pulpit). — [Scots
Mag., lxxxvi. ; The Galloway Herds, 40.]
GEORGE MURRAY, trans, from Balma-
clellan, and adm. 14th Sept. 1843 ;
re -trans, to Balmaclellan 23rd Oct.
1851.
HUGH MORTON JACK, born Dyke-
1852 nead> Strathaven, 21st Aug. 1825,
second son of David J., farmer ;
educated at Strathaven and Carmichael
Schools, and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by
Presb. of Hamilton 25th Dec. 1849; ord.
to Bridgeton, Glasgow, 26th Sept. 1850;
trans, and adm. 11th March 1852; died
29th Dec. 1879. He marr. 7th Oct. 1852,
Martha Sharpe (died 2nd June 1913, aged
81), daugh. of William Forrester of Glennie-
lea, Stirlingshire, and had issue — David
Morton, surgeon-major I. M.S., born 11th
Nov. 1853, died at Sitapur, India, 1890;
Martha Sharpe, born 23rd July 1855 ;
Elizabeth Morton, born 24th April 1857
(marr. Edward Ernest Prince, LL.D.,
Dominion Commissioner of Fisheries,
Ottawa); Marianne Louisa, born 30th
Nov. 1858 ; Helen Beatrice, born 3rd June
1861 (marr. Charles Cruickshank).
WALTER WILLIAM COATS, M.A.,
1880 B.D. ; ord. 1st July 1880 ; trans, to
First Charge, Brechin, 16th May
1901.
JOHN STEWART, born Crieff, 9th
1901 Sept. 1868, son of Peter S. and
Catherine Duff; educated at Mori-
son's Academy, Crieff, and Univs. of Glas-
gow and St Andrews; M.A. (Glasgow
1892); licen. by Presb. of Auchterarder
in 1895 ; sometime teacher in Wigan High
School and Morison's Academy, Crieff;
assistant at Lady Glenorchy's Parish, Edin-
burgh ; ord. 25th Oct. 1901. Marr. 11th
March 1902, Jessie (died 28th March 1915),
daugh. of George Hendrie, Edinburgh,
and has issue— Mary Macgregor, born 26th
March 1903.
KELLS.
[The church of Kells was rebuilt in 1745,
and again in 1822.]
DONALD MURE, exhorter and vicar
1567 in 1567, and reader to 1580.
1569
ANDREW GRAY, parson in 1569;
servitor to Gilbert, Earl of Cassillis.
He marr. Marion, sister of John
Forrest, bailie of Linlithgow. — [Prot. Book
of Thomas Johnston, Linlithgow, 28th May
1569.]
1604
JOHN GRAY, parson, died before 1604.
The parish was vacant from 1604 to
1610.— [Beg. of Deeds, cxci., 122.]
1686
JOHN DICKSON, born 1599, son of
Robert D. of Buchtrig, Berwickshire ;
M.A. (St Andrews 1617); min. in
1636; died 19th May 1659. He marr.
(cont. 1636), Beatrix, daugh. of Sir George
Home of Wedderburn, and had issue —
Robert, Avriter, Edinburgh.— [Milne-Home
MSS., 94; Tombst.; Reg. Mag. Sig., xi.,
29th March 1665.
1659
JOHN CANT, adm. after 21st Oct.
1659 ; deprived by Act of Parlia-
ment 11th June, and Decreet of the
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was
accused before the Privy Council, 24th
Feb. 1663, "of still labouring to keep the
hearts of the people from the present
government in Church and State." On his
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KELLS
[PRESB. OF
compearing, 24th March following, his case
was delayed. He was allowed to continue
in his parish as an indulged min. On
10th July 1673 he was fined for not observ-
ing the anniversary of the Restoration.
He confessed having "contravened and
broken several of the instructions" given
to indulged mins., and was indicted to
appear before the Court of Justiciary, 22nd
Dec. 1694, on a charge of resetting rebels.
This charge was deserted, but he was
obliged to give a bond that he would
" live peaceably, and not preach." He was
restored by the Act recalling Presby-
terian mins., but dem. 14th May 1689. On
20th Oct. 1703 it was agreed that each
member of the Synod should give him
thirty shillings, on account of his indigent
circumstances. He died between 17th Oct.
1705 and 29th May 1706.— [Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 221.]
JOHN SHAW, M.A. ; adm. before 25th
Oct. 1664 ; trans, to Carnock 1st
1664
Feb. 1665.
1665
1685
ROBERT STEEL, licen. by George,
Bishop of Edinburgh, 13th Sept.
1664; adm. before 31st Oct. 1665;
dem. 29th April 1669.— [Beg. Collat.]
1 JAMES BROWN, M.A. (Glasgow, 13th
July 1669) ; pres. by Robert, Bishop
of Dunblane, 24th April, coll. 24th
Sept., and inst. 27th and 28th Sept. 1685.
He was outed in 1689, and deprived by
Act of Parliament restoring the Presby-
terian mins. 25th April 1690.— [MS. Ace.
of Min., 1689 ; Rule's Sec. Vindication ; G.
B. Homings, 29th June 1688.]
1690 JOHN CANT [see above.]
ANDREW EWART of Mulloch and
Drummore, born 1650, eldest son of
1691 John E., M.P., Provost of Kirk-
cudbright (who suffered persecution during
Charles IP's reign); M.A. (Edinburgh
1679); ord. 1691; died 10th Jan. 1739.
He marr. (1) Maria (died before Nov.
1704), eldest daugh. of Anna Cannan of
Furmistoun, and had issue — Griselda (marr.
1714, Alexander Kennedy of Knockgray) :
(2) (cont. 24th Nov. 1704), Agnes (died
8th Dec. 1758, aged 75), daugh. and heiress
of John Grierson of Capenoch, and Marion
Brown, and had issue — John, died young ;
James of Mulloch, Sheriff - substitute of
Dumfries, born 1707, died 4th March 1799;
Samuel ; John, min. of Troqueer ; Ann
(marr. John Newall of Park) ; Marion ;
Catherine ; Agnes (marr. Peter Yorstoun,
min. of this parish) ; Henrietta, died
unmarr. — [Tombst. ; Wodrow's Anal. ;
Dumfries Sas., vii., 136 ; Memorials of
St Michael's, 373.]
1741
PETER YORSTOUN, called 31st July
1740 ; ord. 31st March 1741 ; trans.
to Closeburn 4th Aug. 1763.
1764
JOHN GILLESPIE, born Clachanpluck
[now Laurieston], Balmaghie, 1730,
son of William G. ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; pres. by George III.
25th Aug. 1763; ord. 29th March 1764;
died 29th April 1806. He marr. 17th Aug-
1773, Dorothea (died 21st Nov. 1809, aged
59), daugh. of Robert M'Kean [or M'Ewen],
shoemaker, bailie of Kirkcudbright, and
had issue — Elizabeth, born 30th June 1774
(marr. 1813, William Johnstone, London) ;
William, his successor ; Janet, born 25th
Nov. 1777, died 11th Aug. 1865; Robert,
merchant, New York, born 30th Dec.
1778, died 20th Sept. 1830; Anna Lock-
hart, poetess and tract writer, author of
Essential Considerations (Edinburgh, 1840),
and other works, born 30th May 1784,
died 11th Aug. 1849; David Milligan,
licentiate of the Church of Scotland, long
known as an itinerant preacher in the
counties of Dumfries and Kirkcudbright,
born 12th Sept. 1787, died at Dumfries,
4th Oct. 1859 [vide The Bards of Gallo-
way, 214]. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, iv., ix.). —
[MacGowan's Fun. Serm. ; Trotter's Bast
Galloway Sketches, 276-89 ; Tombst.']
1800
WILLIAM GILLESPIE, born 18th Feb.
1776, eldest son of preceding; edu-
cated at Kells School and Univ. of
Edinburgh ; tutor in the family of Sir
Alexander Don of Newton-Don, Bart. ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 1st Aug.
1798 ; pres. by George III. 7th Sept. 1799 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 7th Aug.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
KELLS
413
1800; died 15th Oct. 1825. He was an
eloquent preacher. His fine musical voice,
expressive gestures, and wealth of illustra-
tion, drawn chiefly from Galloway scenes
and story, carried his hearers away with
him. He had a pleasing personal appear-
ance, and his manners were gentle and
winning. While serving as chaplain to the
Kirkcudbright Yeomanry, he was placed
under military arrest for having 'prayed
for Queen Caroline. Peremptory orders
were sent to Colonel James Gordon of
Culvennan, to release Mr Gillespie, and
offer him an ample apology. He marr.
26th July 1825, Charlotte (died s.p. 8th
Jan. 1875, aged 82), third daugh. of
Major George Hoggan of Waterside, Kells.
Publications — The Progress of Refinement,
an allegorical Poem, with other Poems
(Edinburgh, 1805) ; Mercy Recommended, a
sermon in St Michael's Church, Dumfries
(Dumfries, 1810) ; Consolation, with other
Poems (Edinburgh, 1815); The Rebellion
of Absalom, a discourse preached at Kirk-
cudbright [30th July 1820], before the
Stewartry Gentlemen Yeomanry Cavalry
(Dumfries, 1820) ; " Memoir of the Life of
John Lowe " (Cromek's Remains of Niths-
dale and Galloway Song). — [Murray's
Literary Hist, of Galloway, 275 ; Scots
Mag., lxiv., lxv. ; Trotter's East Galloivay
Sketches, 276 ; Harper's Bards of Gallo-
ivay ; Barbour's Tributes to Scottish Genius,
■ with the Life of the Rev. William Gillespie,
1827 ; The Galloivay Herds, 65.]
JAMES MA1TLAND, born 18th Oct.
1826 1^97, son of John Garlies M. of
Fairgirth, min. of Monigaff; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; Keen, by
Presb. of Wigtown 22nd Jan. 1822; assist-
ant at Old Kirk Parish, Edinburgh ; pres.
by George IV. 26th Nov. 1825 ; ord. 8th
Sept. 1826; D.D. (Glasgow, 3rd March
1852); Moderator of Assembly 17th May
1860 ; died 21st Sept. 1872. He marr. (1)
25th Oct. 1826, Jessie (died 26th Aug.
1835), third daugh. of Captain Corby
Swindell Norval of Boghall, Linlithgow-
shire, and had issue — Katherine Margaret,
born 19th Jan. 1828 (marr. 7th Jan. 1856 ;
Elliot Voyle Davies, M.D., H.E.I.C.S.),
died 17th June 1856 ; Garlies Corby, born
23rd April 1830, died 26th July 1860 ; Char-
lotte Hope, born 21st Sept. 1831, died 1852 ;
Jessie Norval, born 26th Sept. 1832, died
22nd Jan. 1835 ; Margaret Scott, born
17th Oct. 1833 (marr. George Hamilton,
Steward-clerk of Kirkcudbright), died 3rd
Aug. 1860: (2) 7th Sept. 1837, Louisa
(died 12th Nov. 1899), daugh. of Charles
Bellamy, H.E.I. C.S., and the Hon. Louisa
Gordon, sister and heiress of Adam, last
Viscount Kenmure, and had issue — John
Gordon, born 14th Sept. 1838, died 25th
Aug. 1898 ; Louisa Bellamy, born 15th
May 1840, died 9th Aug. 1852; Frances
Mary, born 29th Jan. 1842 ; Eleanor Forbes,
born 20th March 1845 ; Jane Agnes, born
9th June 1847 ; James Charles of Ken-
mure, born 24th Jan. 1850, died 12th Nov.
1915 ; Norval Falconer, born 8th Sept.
1851 ; Louis Herbert, born 24th June
1854. Publication — Account of the Parish
(New Stat. Ace, \\.).—[Tombst. ; Barbour's
Tributes to Scottish Genius.]
THOMAS NICOL, M.A., B.D. ; ord.
1873 30th Jan. 1873; trans, to Tolbooth
Parish, Edinburgh, 30th Jan. 1879.
PIRIE PHILIP, born Cairnmyre, Old
1879 Meldrum, Aberdeenshire, 26th May
1851, son of James P., farmer, and
Mary Walker ; educated at Meldrum Parish
School, Aberdeen Grammar School, and
Univ. of Aberdeen; M.A. (1871), B.D.
(1878) ; schoolmaster of Lumsden, Aber-
deenshire, 1871-5 ; licen. by Presb. of
Hamilton in 1878 ; assistant at Bothwell ;
ord. 25th June 1879. Marr. 28th Dec.
1880, Mary (died 14th Dec. 1909), daugh.
of Robert Lyall, officer of Inland Revenue,
and has issue — Charles Lyall, I.C.S., born
10th Dec. 1881 ; Frederick Maurice, in
Malay States, born 24th March 1883 ; Alice
Mary, born 17th May 1885 ; Percy James,
journalist, born 12th July 1886.
KELTON, GELSTON, AND
KIRKCORMICK.
[The church of Kelton, dedicated to St
Oswald the Martyr, belonged in early
414
KELTON, GELSTON, AND KIRKCORMICK [presb. of
times to the Priory of Iona, but was
owned afterwards until the Reforma-
tion by the Abbey of Holyrood. In the
churchyard are the ruins of the old church
as rebuilt in 1743. A new church was
erected on another site in 1806.
JAMES PANE [PAINE], reader in
1567 1567.
THOMAS MAKOUTRIE, reader, 1574
1674 to 1579.
ALEXANDER YOUNG, reader, 1580
1580 to 1586.
ARCHIBALD M'CLELLAN, min. of
1615 Kirkcormick in 1614, having also
Gelston and Kelton in the charge ;
pres. to Kelton by James VI. 4th Jan.
1615; dem. before 17th Aug. 1627. He
marr. Janet M'Clellan, who survived him,
and had issue — Thomas, eldest son, 1636.
— [Reg. Sec. Sig. ; Reg. of Deeds, dxlii.,
232.]
ROBERT M'CLELLAN, son of James
1627 M., burgess of the Canongate, Edin-
burgh ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 22nd July
1620) ; pres. by Charles I. 17th Aug. 1627 ;
dep. by a committee of the General As-
sembly in 1638, for inefficiency and
contumacy, a sentence which was affirmed
by the Assembly, 27th Aug. 1639. A
petition from him was remitted by the
Assembly to the Presb. 30th Aug. follow-
ing.—[i?e#. Sec. Sig. ; Peterkin's Records ;
Stevenson's Hist.]
JAMES FERGUSON, M.A. (Glasgow
1642 1631) 5 mm- aD°ut 1642 ; min. at the
time of the Plague in 1648 ; died
at Edinburgh, 1667, aged about 64. He
marr. Jean Inglis, who was buried in
Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 6th Jan. 1687. —
[ War Committee of Kirkcudbright.]
JAMES ADAMSON, M.A. ; ord. 29th
1Qe8 April 1668 ; outed in 1689. He went
to Simprin that year.— [List of
Disorderly ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
WILLIAM FALCONER, ord. 2nd May
1Q95 1695; died 21st May 1727, aged
61. He marr. Mary Brown, who
died Feb. 1727, and had issue — Alex-
ander, eldest son ; Elizabeth ; Anne. —
[Sas., 2nd Dec. 1712 ; Dumfries Tests. ;
Tombst.]
JOHN LAMONT, born 1700, son of John
1?30 L. of Newton, Fife ; licen. by Presb.
of Wigtown 10th Jan. 1727; called
1st Oct. 1729 ; ord. (at a conjunct meeting
appointed by the Commission of Assembly)
12th May 1730 ; died 30th Jan. 1776. He
marr. 20th Dec. 1736, Margaret (died 13th
Jan. 1795), daugh. of John Affleck of
Whitepark, and had issue — John, born
17th Sept. 1737; Alexander, born 23rd
Nov. 1738, died 20th Dec. 1746; Robert,
born 22nd Nov. 1740 ; Margaret, born 31st
May 1743; Helena, born 21st Jan. 1745;
Jean, born 14th June 1747, died 10th July
1747 ; James, born 14th June 1748, died
1st March 1749; Hugh, born 26th Jan.
1751, died 4th May 1755; David, D.D.,
min. of Kirkpatrick - Durham ; Agnes,
born 8th June, died 15th Dec. 1756.
— [Preface to Lamont's Diary (Edin-
burgh, 1830); Acts of Ass., 1729;
Tombst.]
THOMAS HALLIDAY, born 1733, son
1776 °^ Thomas H., Kirkmabreck ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; pres. by
George III. 24th Feb., and ord. 24th Sept.
1776; died 22nd April 1807. He marr.
(1) when a student, Janet Bruce, who died
March 1790, and had issue — Elizabeth, born
6th Jan. 1763 ; Thomas, born 3rd Feb. 1765 :
(2) 30th April 1792, Janet M'Cartney, who
died 13th March 1824, and had issue — John,
born 17th July 1793 ; a daugh., born 16th
March 1795. Publication — Account of the
Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, viii.). —
[Tombst.]
JOHN M'CLELLAN, born 1786, son of
John M., Kirkcudbright ; pres. by
George III. 28th Sept. 1807; ord.
31st March 1808 ; died 6th June 1840. He
marr. 6th June 1826, Helen (born 31st
Aug. 1786, died s.p. 3rd Jan. 1854), fourth
daugh. of John Chalmers, merchant,
Kirkcudbright] KELTON, GELSTON, AND KIRKCORMICK
415
Anstruther, and sister of Thomas Chalmers,
D.D. Publication — The Veto Act as
vindicated in the General Assembly of
1834 (Edinburgh, 1840).— [See Williamson's
Fun. Serin.]
1839
SAMUEL COWAN, born Moffat, 1st
March 1806, son of Samuel C. and
Sybilla Harkness ; educated at
Moffat Grammar School and Univs. of
Glasgow and Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb.
of Lochmaben 2nd Aug. 1831 ; assistant at
Eskdalemuir and Kilwinning ; ord. (assist-
ant and successor) 19th July 1839 ; died
26th March 1886. He marr. 29th Sept.
1840, Mary (died 11th May 1899), daugh.
of Thomas Campbell, D.D., min. of
Ancrum, and had issue— Samuel Hunter,
colonel, Bengal Staff Corps, born 14th
Sept. 1841 ; Thomas Campbell, born 20th
June 1843, died 23rd Sept. 1860; Mary
Sybilla, born 17th Feb. 1845 (marr. Andrew
Edgar, D.D., min. of Mauchline) ; Margaret
Elizabeth, born 25th Nov. 1846 (marr.
Colonel Charles Halliburton Grace, Indian
Army); John Archibald, M.D., born 28th
Oct. 1848, died 10th March 1884 ; Charles
James, min. of Morebattle ; Madeline
Jane Anne, born 13th April 1853 (marr.
William Robertson, M.A., rector of Castle-
Douglas Academy), died 20th April 1915.
Publication — Account of the Parish {New
Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN LAMOND, M.A., B.D. ; ord. 9th
1886 Sept. 1886 ; trans, to Skelmorlie
19th May 1891.
GEORGE GALLOWAY, D.D., D.Phil. ;
1891 or^' 5^ N°v- 1891 ; app. Principal
and Primarius Prof, of Divinity, St
Mary's College, St Andrews, 13th Sept.
1915 (q.v.).
DONALD MACINTYRE HENRY,
1918 b°rn ^th Nov. 1889, son of Donald
Maclntyre H., min. of Wbitern ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; MA.
(1911), B.D. (1914); licen. by Presb. of
Wigtown in 1914 ; assistant at St Mary's
Parish, Edinburgh; ord. 16th March
1916.
GELSTON.
[The church of Gelston belonged to the
Priory of Whitern. Its ruins still stand
in the churchyard. At Kirkmirren, in the
parish, within its own ancient burial ground,
is the much-ruined chapel of St Mirren, and
near it is St Mirren's Well.]
CUTHBERT DUNN, reader, 1567 to
1567 1574.
MICHAEL HENDERSON, reader, 1574
1574 till his death in 1582.
1582
JOHN MARTIN, son of John M. in
Ardes, reader from 8th March 1582
to 1591.
JOHN BONAR, MA. ; trans, from
1597 Girthon m 15^7 ; Kelton also being
in the charge.
KIRKCORMICK, formerly
KILCORMIC.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Cormac. In early times it belonged
to the Priory of Iona. Afterwards it passed
into the possession of the Abbey of Holy-
rood, by which it was owned at the time
of the Reformation. Its ruins are still
to be seen in the churchyard. St Ringan's
Cave and Well in the parish are dedications
to St Ninian.]
MICHAEL DUNN, exhorter and vicar
1567 in 1567.
ROBERT FORRESTER, reader, 3rd
1573 April 1573 to 1590.
JAMES DONALDSON, M.A.; trans.
1599 from Kirkmabreck, and adm. about
1599, when Gelston and Kelton also
were in the charge ; trans, to Rerrick
about 1601. — [Beg. Assig.]
ARCHIBALD M'CLELLAN, min. in
1614 *^*4 ' trans, to Kelton in 1615.—
[Beg. Assig.]
416
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, GALTWAY, AND DUNROD [presb. of
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, GALTWAY,
AND DUNROD.
[These three parishes were united about
1663.
Kirkcudbright. — The church of Kirkcud-
bright was dedicated to St Cuthbert. It
belonged to the Abbey of Holyrood. There
were two chapels in the parish: St Andrew's
in the town of Kirkcudbright, and St Bride's
at Kirkbride. There was also near the
town a Well of St Margaret. In Kirkcud-
bright the Grey Friars had a priory which
was suppressed at the Reformation. In
1564 its priory church was made the church
of the parish. The ruins of the church now
standing in the churchyard belong to a re-
building in 1730. A new church on a
site in the middle of the town was built
in 1838.
Galtway. — The church of Galtway was
dedicated to St Michael. It belonged to
the Abbey of Holyrood. Within the parish,
and but a little way from the church, stood
the Augustinian Priory of Trail dedicated
to St Mary, and known as St Mary's Isle.
Of it there are now hardly any traces left.
It was founded in 1129 by Fergus, Lord of
Galloway.
Dimrod. — The church of Dunrod was
dedicated to St Brioch. It belonged to
the Abbey of Holyrood.]
JAMES DODDS, min. of Dairy in 1567 ;
, -on trans, and adm. to this charge Nov.
1569. In 1574, Borgue, Dunrod,
Galtway, Rerrick, and Twynholm were
also in the charge. He was a member of
Assembly Oct. 1581, April 1582, Oct. 1586 ;
died before 15th Jan. 1588. — [Beg. Assig. ;
Booke of the Kirk ; Calderwood's Hist., v.,
570 ; Young's Life of Welsh.]
' DAVID BLYTH, born about 1570, son
and heir of George B., burgess of
Edinburgh; M.A. (St Andrews);
min. in 1589 ; app. by the Privy Council
a Commissioner for the Preservation of
True Religion in the Stewartry of Kirk-
cudbright in 1589 ; member of Assembly
in 1590 ; murdered by the Mures between
Nov. 1592 and Sept. 1593— [Young's Life
of Welsh ; Booke of the Kirk ; Calderwood's
Hist., v., 265 ; Melvill's Autob.]
JOHN WELSH [WELCH], M.A. ; trans.
,_„. from Selkirk, and adm. in 1594;
1594 ;
trans, to Ayr in 1602.
ROBERT GLENDONYNG [GLEN-
1602 DINNING], son of John G. of
Drumrash; M.A. (Glasgow 1584);
adm. to Parton in 1594 ; trans, and adm.
about 1602, when Dunrod and Galtway
were in the charge. He was pres. by
James VI. to the vicarage of Dunrod
13th March 1605, and to the vicarage of
Kirkcudbright 4th Jan. 1615. He was a
member of Assembly, 1608, 1610 ; was
deprived by the Court of High Commis-
sion for opposition to the Articles of Perth
in 1636; died in 1637. He marr. (1)
Barbara, daugh. of Ninian M'Clenochan,
min. of Glenluce, and had issue — Robert,
Town-Clerk of Kirkcudbright ; William,
Provost of Kirkcudbright, who was im-
prisoned at Wigtown for refusing to enforce
the warrant for his father's apprehension
in 1636 : (2) Grizel, daugh. of William
M'Ghie, burgess of Kirkcudbright. — [Beg.
Assig. ; Beg. Old Dec, iii. ; Booke of the
Kirk; Calderwood's Hist., vii., 107, 349;
Stevenson's Hist. ; Livingston's Charac. ;
Minutes of the War Committee of Kirk-
cudbright; G. B. Inhib., 28th July
1624.]
- GEORGE BUCHANAN, M.A. (St An-
1638 drews 1617); was on the Exercise
in Presb. of Glasgow 15th Nov.
1620; min. of Kirkpatrick-Juxta in 1626,
and a Commissioner for the Maintenance
of Church Discipline 21st Oct. 1634 ; trans,
to Moffat, and adm. between 29th March
and 30th June 1637 ; pres. by Thomas,
Bishop of Galloway ; trans, and adm. about
1638 ; dep. 26th Aug. 1639, for contumacy.
He had a grant of £100 sterling from
Parliament on account of his suffering and
loyalty, 22nd May 1661. — [War Committee
of Kirkcudbright ; Peterkin's Becords ; Acts
of Pari., vii.]
Kirkcudbright] KIRKCUDBRIGHT, GALTWAY, AND DUNROD 417
JOHN M'CLELLAN [or M'CLEL-
16S8 LAND], born Kirkcudbright, 1609,
son of Michael M., burgess of Kirk-
cudbright ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1629) ; sometime schoolmaster at
Newtownards, Co. Down ; was licen. in
Ireland, but dep. and excommunicated.
He continued to preach, but being obliged
to flee, returned to Scotland, and was adm.
to this charge in 1638. He was a member
of Assembly that year, and of the Commis-
sion for 1642, 1648, 1649. In 1642 and 1643
he was appointed to go to Ireland for
periods of four and three months respec-
tively. He declined the Professorship of
Divinity at Edinburgh. He died in the
early part of 1650. He marr. (1) Marion,
daugh. of Bartholomew Fleming, merchant,
Edinburgh, who died s.p. about 1640 : (2)
Isobel M'Clellan, who survived him, and
marr. secondly, Thomas Hall, min. at
Larne, Ireland. Publications — Description
of Galloway [in Latin] (Bleau's Atlas
Scotice, 1662) ; A Letter to John, Lord
Kirkcudbright . . . with a Sermon (1720).
— [ War Committee of Kirkcudbright ;
Reid's Ireland, i., ii., 42 ; Stevenson's
Hist. ; Baillie's Letters ; Acts of Pari., v. ;
Murray's Hist, of Galloway ; G. R. Inhib.,
8th July 1663.]
JOHN CRAIG, adm. May 1651; still
1651 min. in 1655.— [ Wodrow MSS.]
THOMAS WYLIE, M.A.; trans, from
165S Mauchline, and adm. about 1655 ;
deprived in 1662 ; afterwards min.
of Fenwick.
JOHN JAFFRAY, trans, from Mon-
quhitter, and adm. in 1663; trans,
to Maybole about 1667.
ALEXANDER MORTIMER, son of
lafl9 Thomas M., bailie of Aberdeen, and
brother of Robert M., min. of Tron
Church, Edinburgh ; educated at Marischal
College, Aberdeen ; licen. by George, Bishop
of Edinburgh, 3rd Feb. 1667 ; pres. by the
Bishop, and coll. 10th Sept. 1667 ; was
still min. 27th Nov. 1672, when he sought
an augmentation of stipend. He died in
Edinburgh, 31st Dec. 1716.— [Keg. Collat. ;
Edin. Reg. {Bur.) ; Connell on Tithes, iii.]
VOL. II.
SIMON COUPER, M.A. ; min. in 1678 ;
1678 trans, to Second Charge, Dunferm-
line, 17th May 1681.
JOHN DALGLEISH, M.A. ; min. about
1683 1683 ; trans, to Avendale about 1684.
ROBERT FARQUHAR, min. about
1686 1686 » oute(i by the people in 1689. —
[MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
JOHN SPALDING, M.A. ; formerly
168Q min. of Dreghorn ; adm. in 1689 ;
trans, to Dundee 6th Aug. 1691.
ANDREW CAMERON, a preacher who
1693 returne(I from Holland in 1687 ; ord.
to Carsphairn before 15th April
1690 ; adm. here between 15th Jan. and
2nd April 1693; died June 1721.— [Acts
of Ass., 1690; Mackenzie's Hist, of Gal-
loway.]
GEORGE GARTHSHORE, born 1687,
1723 son °^ James G. of that ilk ; chaplain
to the Laird of Westshiel ; licen. by
Presb. of Lanark 20th Sept. 1710; ord.
to Anwoth 10th June 1714 ; called 1st Oct.
1722 ; trans, and adm. 26th June 1723 ;
died 24th Jan. 1760. He marr. 10th April
1716, Barbara (died, 14th Aug. 1774), daugh.
of John Gordon of Garrery, and had issue —
Euphemia, born 11th Feb. 1731 ; Maxwell
of Rusco [by his marriage with Miss
M'Guffog, heiress of Rusco], M.D., London,
born 28th Oct. 1732, died 1812; Nicolas,
(marr. William Gordon of Largmore). —
[Murray's Literary Hist, of Galloivay,
194.]
THOMAS BLACKLOCK, born at
y-Q2 Annan, 10th Nov. 1721, son of John
B., a Cumberland bricklayer. Before
he was six months old he lost his sight from
an attack of smallpox. In early life he
removed to Dumfries, where Latin and
English poetry were his favourite subjects
of study. He wrote verses himself, and
came under the notice of John Stevenson,
an Edinburgh physician, who brought him
to Edinburgh in 1741 (his father having
been accidentally killed in the previous
year). He studied at the Univ., and
became an excellent classical scholar.
2 D
418
KIRKCUDBRIGHT, GALTWAY, AND DUNROD [presb. of
Licen. by Presb. of Dumfries 23rd Nov.
1758, he was pres. to this charge by George
II. 10th June 1760. Because of his blind-
ness, his admission was strenuously opposed
by the parishioners, and the case finally
reached the General Assembly, which
ordered his settlement to take place. He
was ord. 22nd April 1762 ; dem. 29th Nov.
1765, and returned to Edinburgh, where he
set up a boarding establishment for young
men, whose studies he supervised. He
received the degree of D.D. from Aberdeen
Univ. 4th May 1767 ; died 7th July 1791, and
was buried in Buccleuch Church graveyard,
Edinburgh. A letter from Blacklock to
George Lawrie, min. of Loudoun, praising
the newly published Poems of Robert
Burns, and suggesting "for the sake of
the young man, that a second edition, more
numerous than the former, should be
immediately printed," was the happy cause
of the poet's putting aside thoughts of
emigration, although his chest was already
on its way to Greenock. "The Doctor,"
wrote Burns in his autobiography, "be-
longed to a class of critics for whose
applause I had not even dared to hope.
His idea that I would meet with every
encouragement for a second edition fired
me so much, that away I posted to Edin-
burgh without a single acquaintance in
town, or a single letter of recommendation
in my pocket." Dr Blacklock marr. in
1762, Sarah (died s.p. at Edinburgh, 6th
May 1809), daugh. of Joseph Johnstone,
surgeon, Dumfries. Publications — Poems
on Several Occasions (Glasgow, 1746 ;
another ed., Edinburgh, 1754) \ Poems [to
which is prefixed an account of the life,
character, and writings of the author, by
Joseph Spence, Professor of Poetry at
Oxford] (London, 1756); .4?? Essay on
Universal Etymology (Edinburgh, 1756) ;
A Collection of Original Poems (Edin-
burgh, 1760) ; Faith, Hope, and Charity
Compared, a sermon (Edinburgh, 1761) ;
Paraclesis, or Consolations deduced from
Natural and Revealed Religion (Edin-
burgh, 1767); Panegyric on Great Britain
(London, 1773) ; The Graham : an heroic
Ballad (London, 1774) ; Remarks oti the
Nature and Extent oj Liberty as compatible
with tlie Genim of Civil Societies [by Valerius
Corvinus] (Edinburgh, 1776); "A Dis-
course on National Music " (Scots Magazine,
xli.) ; Sermon VI. (Scotch Preacher, ii.) ;
Absence, a song (Edinburgh Magazine and
Review, i.) ; articles " Blindness," " Poetry "
(Encyclopaedia Britannica) ; translations
from the French of Arm and, of two
Discourses on the Spirit and Evidences
of Christianity (Edinburgh, 1768). He
was author of the Sixteenth Paraphrase,
beginning In Life's Gay Morn; Poems,
with an Essay on the Education of the
Blind [with Life by Henry Mackenzie]
(Edinburgh, 1793); he left in MS. (un-
published) a translation of the Abbe
Haiiy's work on Education of the Blind.
— [Mackenzie's Life and Life of John
Home ; Wallace's Bums, i. 416, ii. 42, iii.
112, 2)assim ; Chambers's Cyclopcedia of
English Literature, ii., 438 ; Scots Mag.,
xxiii., liii. ; Diet. Nat. Biog. ; Dodd's Emi-
nent Men of Dumfriesshire, 28 ; Miller's
Poets of Dumfriesshire ; The Gallovidian,
1903 ; Scottish Historical Review, Jan.
1907.]
WILLIAM CROMBIE, M.A. ; pres. by
1765 George III. 7th Sept. 1764 ; adm.
6th March 1765 ; trans, to Spott
6th Dec. 1769.
ROBERT MUTER, born 1734, second
1770 son of James M. of Tofts, Lanark-
shire ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1757) ; licen. by Presb. of Hamilton
29th March 1762 ; sometime preacher in
the College Chapel, Glasgow ; pres. by
George III. 15th Jan., and ord. 20th Sept.
1770; D.D. (Glasgow, 11th Feb. 1793);
Chaplain in Ordinary to the King in Scot-
land and a Dean of the Chapel Royal, 20th
Sept. 1805 ; died 21st Jan. 1820. He marr.
5th April 1773, Agnes (died 20th Dec.
1825), daugh. of John Freeland, Provost of
Kirkcudbright, and had issue — James,
merchant, St Lucia, born 7th March 1774;
Catherine, born 1st Aug. 1775 ; Janet,
born 7th Sept. 1777 ; Susannah, born 14th
Aug. 1779 (marr. Thomas Turnbull, min. of
Anwoth) ; John, born 9th May 1781 ; Peter,
merchant, St Lucia, born 12th June 1783 ;
Kirkcudbright] KIRKCUDBRIGHT, GALTWAY, AND DUNROD 419
Basil, born 14th Nov. 1784 ; Robert, colonel,
born 20th Nov. 1786; Margaret, born 2nd
Dec. 1787, died 7th Aug. 1862 (marr. 7th
Aug. 1807, John Hannay of Kirkbride);
Dunbar Douglas, born 16th June 1789 ;
Alexander Stewart (twin), born 16th June
1789; Henrietta Laura, born 7th Oct. 1790
(marr. 16th Aug. 1815, David Miller,
writer, Kirkcudbright) ; Jean, born 18th
March 1792 (marr. 20th March 1820, Benja-
min Welsh, surgeon, Haddington) ; William,
merchant, St Lucia, born 8th May 1793.
Publications — Abounding Iniquity and its
Fatal Consequences, a sermon (Dumfries,
1794) ; Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace. xi.).
GEORGE HAMILTON, born 17th March
1820 1?95, son of George H, D.D., min.
of Gladsmuir ; educated at Univ.
of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Hadding-
ton 24th June 1817 ; assistant at Govan ;
pres. by George IV. April, and ord. 24th
Aug. 1820; died 18th Sept. 1836. He
marr. 8th Sept. 1823, Jane (born 4th April
1804, died 14th Oct. 1910, aged 106), second
daugh. of Robert Gordon of Larglanlee,
W.S., and had issue— George, steward-clerk
of Kirkcudbright, born 16th June 1826,
died 17th July 1891 ; Robert Gordon, mer-
chant, Liverpool, born 20th Dec. 1827, died
14th May 1878 ; John James, merchant,
Chili, born 18th May 1829 ; Rose, born 4th
May 1833, died 26th Feb. 1917 ; Eliza, born
2nd Aug. 1835.
JOHN M'MILLAN, born Moffat 1809,
18gl7 son of Samuel M. and Anne Proud-
foot ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh; licen. by Presb. of Dunblane 17th
July 1832 ; pres. by William IV. 17th Jan.,
and ord. 5th April 1837. Joined the Free
Church ; min. of the Free Church, Kirk-
cudbright, 1843 ; D.D. (U.S.A.) ; died 29th
Nov. 1877. He marr. 1st June 1838, Anne
Stuart (died 25th Nov. 1881), youngest
daugh. of William Singer, D.D., min. of
Kirkpatrick-Juxta, and had issue — Samuel,
banker, Moffat, born 5th July 1839, died
26th Feb. 1897 ; William Singer, merchant,
Liverpool, born 8th Oct. 1841 ; Anne
Stuart, born 31st March 1847 (marr. 1878,
Alexander Marshall, M.A., min. of St
Mary's U.F. Church, Kirkcudbright);
John James, born 10th Oct. 1850. Pub-
lication — Sermon preached in the Free
Church, Kirkcudbright (Edinburgh, 1848).
JOHN UNDERWOOD, born Newton-
1843 on"Ayr> 16tn March 1813, son of
John U. and Anne Galbraith ; edu-
cated at Ayr Academy and Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr 25th March
1840 ; assistant at Saltcoats ; ord. to Green-
head, Glasgow, 1842 ; adm. to this charge
21st Sept. 1843; died 29th Aug. 1878. He
marr. 23rd March 1855, Margaret Melville
(died 17th Aug. 1866), daugh. of Captain
Alexander Roxburgh, Hamilton, Ontario,
Canada, and had issue — Euphemia Mel-
ville, born 12th March 1856, died 5th May
1864 ; Anne, born 11th July 1857 (marr.
Thomas Nicol, D.D., Professor of Biblical
Criticism, Univ. of Aberdeen) ; John, born
17th March 1859; Alexander Roxburgh,
born 14th Sept. 1860, died 5th April 1861 ;
Alexander Roxburgh, born 28th Jan. 1862 ;
Thomas Campbell Cowan, born 24th Jan.
1863; David Melville, born 28th Nov.
1864.
ALEXANDER DUNCAN CAMPBELL,
1Qt?Q born 7th May 1848, son of James
Robertson C, min. of Kilcalmonell,
Argyllshire; educated at Univ. of Glas-
gow ; licen. by Presb. of Kintyre in 1870 ;
assistant at Larbert and Kilcalmonell ;
ord. (assistant and successor to his father)
June 1875; trans, to St George's Parish,
Paisley, 2nd May 1877; trans, and adm.
27th March 1879; died 28th Oct. 1913.
He marr. 10th June 1891, Mary Jane,
daugh. of William Muir of Mains, Beith,
and had issue— James Fraser Muir, M.B.,
Ch.B., surgeon R.N., born 12th Nov. 1892 ;
William Alexander, lieut. A. & S. High-
landers, B.E.F., born 21st Oct. 1894.
^WILLIAM BARCLAY, born Glasgow,
1914 17th Jan. 1883, son of Alexander B.
and Margaret Russell; educated at
schools in Glasgow and the Univ. there;
M.A. (1905), B.D. (1910); licen. by Presb.
of Dumbarton 3rd May 1910; assistant
at The Barony Parish, Glasgow; ord. to
Townhead, Glasgow, 20th April 1911 ;
420
PARTON
[PKESB. OF
trans, and adm. 2nd June 1914. Marr.
1st July 1912, Jessie, daugh. of John
Hutcheson, and has issue — Alexander Prim-
rose Hutcheson, born 19th April 1913.
PARTON.
[The church of Parton was dedicated to
St Inan, and was known as Kilennan. It
was rebuilt in 1534, and the ruins now
stand in the churchyard. A new church
was erected close by in 1834.]
CHAELES GEDDES, rector in 1564.
He made a grant of the church lands
1564 to John Glendinning, younger, of
Drumryche.— [Treas. Acts., xi., 336.]
JAMES CAKRUTHEES, exhorter in
1570 1570 ; trans, to Buittle in 1574.
NINIAN M'CLENNOCHAN, M.A.,
1574 reader, 1574 to 1576.
1578 ADAM HOPE, reader, 1578 to 1585.
1594
ROBERT GLENDONYNG [GLEN-
DINNING], min. in 1594; Balma-
ghie and Crossmichael were in the
charge in 1597 ; trans, to Kirkcudbright
about 1601.
PETER PRIMROSE, M.A. ; min. about
1607, with Crossmichael in the
charge that year, and Balmaghie
in 1614 ; removed to Crossmichael in 1609,
and also probably served this parish for a
time.
JAMES IRVING, min. in 1620; member
of Commission of Assembly, 1646,
1649 ; still in the charge 24th April
1655. — [Rutherfurd's Speeches of Kenmtcre.]
1620
1659
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A., min. about
1659 ; deprived by Act of Parliament
11th June, and Decreet of the Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. He was granted
indulgence at Dairy in 1672, and though
restored to Parton by the Act recalling the
Presbyterian mins., 25th April 1690, he
does not seem to have returned. His
descendants possess the estate of Holm,
Balmaclellan.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
ALEXANDER IRVINE [IRWIN], M.A.
(Edinburgh, May 1653) ; adm. before
1664 25th Oct. 1664; died before 27th
April 1671. He marr. Margaret Scott, and
had issue — Jean ; Margaret ; Elizabeth ;
Mary ; Rachel ; Anne ; Francis ; Samuel.
— [Dumfries Sas., i., 305, 306 ; ibid., vi.,
360 ; Law's Memorials.']
COLIN DALGLEISH, M.A. ; min. in
1675 1675 ; trans, to Glenluce about 1684.
JOHN CUNNINGHAM, M.A. (Glas-
gow 1665) ; became curate to James,
Bishop of Galloway, though he had
been accused before the Privy Council,
27th April 1676, of haunting and keeping
conventicles at Bladenoch [Glendnoch] and
Glenluce ; min. about 1685 ; outed in 1689 ;
deprived by Act of Parliament 25th April
1690, restoring Presbyterian mins. He died
in 1690, aged about 45. — [Wodrow's Hist.,
ii., 324 ; MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
THOMAS THOMSON, M.A. [see
1690 above.]
1692
SAMUEL SPALDING, born in Ireland,
of Scots descent ; M.A. (Edinburgh,
10th March 1688); ord. 24th Nov.
1692; died 6th Dec. 1712, aged 43. His
tombstone has the following epitaph : —
THIS • PIOUS • PAINFUL • PASTOE • IS . AT
REST
WHO • WHILE • ON • EARTH • WITH • GRACES
RARE • WAS • BLEST
THIS • HEAVENLY • STAR • WHICH • ONCE • DID
SHINE • SO • BRIGHT
IS • NOW • COME • DOWN • OH • WE • HAVE
LOST • ITS • LIGHT
BUT • YET • IN • GLORY • IT • SHALL • EVER
SHINE
BY • THIS • THE • GAIN . IS • HIS • THE • LOSS
IS • THINE.
He marr. Elizabeth Brown of Shirmers,
who died 20th May 1727, aged 62, and
had issue — Samuel, eldest son ; Alexander,
farmer, Dullarg, in the parish. — [Tombst.]
JAMES ROWAN, chaplain to Robert
Gordon of Greenlaw ; Keen, by Presb.
1714 of Kirkcudbright 21st Aug. 1711 ;
called 7th Jan., and ord. 24th June 1714;
died 22nd Aug. 1742, aged 59. He marr.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
PARTON
421
Isabel Rowan, who died 26th May 1746,
aged 61, and had issue — James, sailor, born
1715; Janet, born 1724, died 31st May
1745; and five others.— [Dumfries Tests.;
Tombst]
JOHN CROCKAT, born 1714, a native
of Dumfries ; educated at Univ. of
1744
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dumfries 2nd Jan. 1739; called 18th Aug.
1743 ; ord. 25th Sept. 1744 ; died 20th July
1760. He marr. 8th Sept. 1746, Mary,
daugh. of William Tod, Rerrick, who sur-
vived him, and had issue — Janet Margaret
Maxwell, born 9th June 1747 (marr. William
Rose, min. of Kirkcolm) ; Sarah, born 17th
June 1749, died 29th June 1761, and was
buried in St Michael's Churchyard, Dum-
fries ; William, born 25th Oct. 1751 ; John,
born 7th Oct. 1754.— [Tombst]
1761
WILLIAM DONALDSON, born 28th
March 1728, only son of Robert D.,
min. of Balmaclellan ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 1st May 1751 ; ord. 5th
April 1761 ; died 2nd Oct. 1799. He marr.
22nd Feb. 1762, Mary Christian, who died
12th Dec. 1771, and had issue — Agnes, born
7th Sept. 1763; Robert, born 18th Feb.
1765 ; Jean, born 21st Sept. 1766 (marr.
John M'Ghie of Castlehill) ; Ann, born
26th Jan. 1768; Mary, born 10th Jan.
1770 (marr. William Barry); William, born
10th Dec. 1771. Publication — Account of
the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace, i.). —
[Tombst.]
1800
ARCHIBALD GLEN, born 1774, fourth
son of Archibald G., Glasgow ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1792); licen. by Presb. of Glasgow 22nd
March 1797 ; pres. by William Glendonwyn
of Glendonwyn and Parton 26th March,
and ord. 18th Sept. 1800; died 15th March
1808. He marr. 2nd Dec. 1800, Catherine
(died 13th July 1825), only daugh. of James
Parlane, surgeon, Glasgow, and had issue —
William Glendonwyn, student of divinity,
in Univ. of Glasgow (1823-8), born 8th Jan.
1803, died at Castramont, Dunscore, 4th
June 1852 ; Archibald, merchant, Glasgow,
born 1804, died about 1875.— [Tombst]
1809
JAMES RAE, perhaps son of James R.,
farmer, Stirlingshire ; educated at
Univ. of Glasgow; tutor in the
family of Douglas of Kelhead ; ord. to
Kirkgunzeon 9th Sept. 1802; pres. by
William Scott of Wimpsor 29th Aug. 1808 ;
adm. 30th May 1809 ; died 26th May 1829,
aged 57. He marr. 23rd June 1806, Eliza-
beth (died 22nd Sept. 1854), eldest daugh.
of John Robertson, min. of Kirkconnel, and
had issue — Agnes, born 24th April 1807,
died 25th June 1808; Agnes, born 11th
Jan. 1809; Jane, born 27th May 1811
(marr. her father's successor) ; William
Glendonwyn, born 11th April 1813, died
5th May 1814; John Robertson, born 9th
June 1816 ; Elizabeth, born 2nd Nov. 1818 ;
Clementina Maxwell, born 8th Oct. 1821,
died 7th April 1825.
1830
WILLIAM GLENDONWYN CROS-
BIE, born 1807, son of Robert C.
of Merkland ; M.A. (Edinburgh, 12th
April 1828); licen. by Presb. of Kirkcud-
bright 6th Aug. 1828; pres. by John
Herries Maxwell of Munches Nov. 1829 ;
ord. 15th April 1830; died 18th March
1845. He marr. 30th Jan. 1833, Jane Rae
(died 1st June 1849), third daugh. of pre-
ceding incumbent, and had issue — Robert,
born 6th Nov. 1833 ; Elizabeth Robertson,
born 26th Sept. 1835; William, S.S.C.,
Dumfries, born 15th Oct. 1842, died 1887.
Publication — Account of the Parish (JVeio
Stat Ace, iv.).
1845
THOMAS LECKIE, born Milton of
Clunie, Perthshire, 13th March 1812,
son of David L., farmer, and Christian
MacRitchie ; educated at Clunie School and
Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of
Dunkeld 29th Aug. 1843; assistant at
Dairy ; pres. by Hugh Blair, W.S. ; ord.
21st Sept. 1845; died 1st July 1856. He
marr. 4th Nov. 1845, Katharine Jean (died
27th Jan. 1888), daugh. of Thomas Mac-
Ritchie, wine merchant, Leith, and had
issue — Thomas MacRitchie, mercantile
marine service, born 1 5th Aug. 1846, died
5th Feb. 1895 ; David, lieut.-col. R.A.M.O,
born 18th Nov. 1847; Christian Mac-
Ritchie. born 19th June 1849 (marr. John
422
PARTON— RERRICK
[PKESB. OF
Gibson Leitch, M.D.) ; John MacEitchie,
sheep farmer, Australia, born 26th Jan.
1851 ; Stewart, medical student, born 7th
June 1853, died 13th Oct. 1876 ; Katharine
Jean, born 23rd July 1854 ; Thomasina,
born 12th Jan. 1856, died 3rd Feb. 1882.
JOHN YOUNG, born 1819, second son
1857 °^ P^rick Y., farmer, Bathgate ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow;
M.A. (1838); ord. to Haggs, Stirlingshire,
24th Dec. 1844; adm. to this parish 12th
Feb. 1857; dep. 28th May 1858; died at
Grahamston, 25th Sept. 1859. He became
bankrupt in March 1853, when he is
described in the Edinburgh Gazette as
"Minister of the Gospel . . . dealer in
minerals, merchant and trader."
[The vacancy of nearly fifteen months is
accounted for by a presentation to William
Law, min. of Auldfield Chapel, and his
subsequent withdrawal of acceptance after
the presentation had been sustained.]
HENRY ALEXANDER PATTULLO,
born Alyth, Perthshire, 22nd Sept.
1832, son of William P., physician ;
educated at Madras College, St Andrews,
and Univ. of St Andrews ; licen. by Presb.
of Meigle 1st Aug. 1854 ; assistant at St
John's Parish, Glasgow; ord. 18th Aug.
1859; died 23rd May 1886. He marr.
8th Nov. 1859, Maria, daugh. of James
Mitchell, Camlachie Foundry, Glasgow,
and had issue — William, M.B., CM., born
13th Feb. 1861, died at Rewa, Fiji, 23rd
March 1886 ; James Mitchell, min. of Mor-
ham ; Agnes Alexander, born 17th Oct.
1864 ; Henry Alexander, born 9th Aug.
1868, died 19th July 1869 ; Jane Hamilton,
born 1st April 1870, died 24th Oct. 1913 ;
Henry Alexander, M.B., CM., born 30th
March 1872, died at Kelsall, Chester, 7th
April 1911.
HARVEY NICHOL, born Ayr, 9th Nov.
1857, son of David N. and Agnes
Crawford ; educated at Wallace-
town School, Ayr, and Univs. of Glasgow
and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Glasgow 1881), B.D.
(Edinburgh 1884) ; licen. by Presb. of Ayr
7th May 1884; assistant at High Church,
Inverness; ord. 25th Nov. 1886. Marr.
7th July 1891, Isabella Blair, daugb. of
John MacRae Sandilands, min. of Urr,
and has issue — Harvey, born 21st June
1892 ; John MacRae Sandilands, surgeon,
born 24th Dec. 1893 ; Rebecca Blair, born
14th April 1895 ; Georgina Isabella Blair,
born 5th Sept. 1896 ; Ruth Crawford, born
11th Nov. 1897; Irene Blair, born 20th
March 1901 ; David Blair, born 12th Jan.
1903, died that day.
RERRICK, or RERWICK, formerly
DUNDRENNAN.
[The church of this parish was dedicated
to St Glastian, whose holy well is near.
It belonged to the Abbey of Dundrennan,
situated within the parish and close to
the church. After the Reformation, part
of the abbey building was made the parish
church. When this ancient structure fell
so far into decay as to be no longer suitable
for the purpose, a new church was built
adjoining the village of Rerrick, and very
near the abbey. Until this change took
place the parish was called Dundrennan,
but since then it is generally termed
Rerrick. While the church was within
the abbey, both church and abbey were
frequently spoken of as the Monktoun.
The Cistercian Abbey of Dundrennan,
dedicated to St Mary, was founded in 1142
by Fergus, Lord of Galloway. Its buildings
have been majestic, and, though greatly
ruined, are still very stately.]
WILLIAM CUTLAR, reader in
1574 1574.
ALEXANDER YOUNG, reader, 1576
1576 to 1579.
JAMES HUTTON, reader, 1580 to
1580 1585.
JOHN CALLENDAR, M.A. ; min. in
,__. 1594, when Buittle also was in the
charge ; trans, to Kirkmabreck in
1601.
KIRKCUDBRIGHT]
RERRICK
423
JAMES DONALDSON, M.A. (Edin-
1601 kur»h> 7th Aug. 1594) ; adm. to
Dunrod in 1595 ; trans, to Kirk-
raabreck in 1597 ; trans, to Kirkcormick
in 1599 ; trans, and adm. in 1601 ; still
min. in 1615. The date of his death is
unknown. He probably marr. Margaret,
daugh. of William Dundas of Duddingston.
— [Reg. Assig. ; Old Dec, iii. ; Calderwood's
Hist., vii., 303 ; Nisbet's Heraldry, ii.,
App. 1 6 ; Douglas's Baronage]
JAMES HAMILTON, perhaps son of
1618 William H., min. of Dairy ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 1611); min. about 1618;
died without issue, Nov. 1619. — {Reg. Sec.
Sig. ; Acts and Dec, cccli., 100.]
JOHN DUNCANSON, pres. by James
1620 VI. 14th June 1620— [Reg. Sec Sig.]
DAVID LEITCH, perhaps a native of
162Q Kirkcaldy ; M.A. (St Andrews 1605);
min. in 1629. On 4th July of that
year he sustained great loss from "a sudden
and fearful fire quhilk raice on the four
corners of his house at midnight, whereby
all that was therein was hailly wasted and
burnt to ashes.'' Having petitioned the
Privy Council, he was recommended for
relief, the Kirk-session of Kirkcaldy and
the Town Council each giving him £10.
He was a member of the Court of High
Commission 21st Oct. 1634, and was still
min. 13th March 1649. The date of his
death is unknown. He marr., and had
issue — Margaret (marr. 1647, Edward
Cairns of Torr) ; probably also Jean and
Elizabeth. Publication — In obitum Janad
Metellanai [Funeral Sermon on Lady Jane
Maitland] (Edinburgh, 1633).— [Kirkcaldy
Sess. Reg. ; Maitland Miscell., ii. ; P. C.
Reg., 3rd Ser., i., 553.]
1655
JOHN DUNCAN, son of John D., min.
of Culross ; M.A. (Edinburgh 1648) ;
min. in 1655 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of Privy
Council 1st Oct. 1662. At the Privy
Council, 24th Feb. 1663, he was accused
of "still labouring to keep the hearts of
the people from the present government
in Church and State." He died that year,
aged about 35. He marr. Anno Ker, who
was ordered to be tortured if she should
refuse to disclose the name of the person
who attempted the life of Archbishop
Sharp, and was banished, 28th July 1668,
for resetting rebels. A daugh., Christian,
marr. Alexander Glass, min. of Auchter-
muchty.— [P. C. Reg., 3rd Ser., ii., 494, 500;
Justiciary Coxirt Records, Scot. Hist. Soc,
i., 290; Inq. Ret. Gen., 4087; Wodrow's
Hist., i., 326 ; Livingston's Gharax]
GEOEGE DAVIDSON, M.A.; adm.
1664 hef°re 25tn Oct. 1664 ; trans, to
Anwoth between 26th April and
30th Oct. 1666.
^ROBERT BOWES [BOWIS], M.A. ;
ord. 23rd May 1667 ; trans, to
Stoneykirk after 21st Sept. 1681.
1667
ROBERT GARDINER, M.A. (St
3 Andrews, 25th July 1676); min.
about 1683; outed in 1688 by the
people, who rose in a body on receiving
news of the Revolution, and ordered him
to leave the manse within twenty-four
hours. He marr., and had issue — Robert.
— [List of Disorderly ; MS. Ace. of Min.,
1689 ; Dumfries Reg. {Deaths) ; War
Committee of Kirkcudbright]
ALEXANDER TELFAIR [TELFER],
probably of the Hessilfield family ;
M.A. (Edinburgh 1676); chaplain
to Sir Thomas Kirkpatrick of Closeburn,
Bart., 1687 ; called Oct. 1688 ; ord. between
16th July and 29th Oct. 1689; died 5th
Dec. 1732, aged 78. He marr. (1) 24th Dec.
1689, Margaret Bertram, in St Cuthbert's
Parish, Edinburgh : (2) Margaret, daugh.
of David Cairns of Torr, and had issue —
David: (3) Mary (died 20th Feb. 1752),
daugh. of James M'Clellan of Sandywell.
Publication — A True Relation of an Appari-
tion : the Expressions and Actings of a
Spirit which infested the House of Andrew
Mackie in Ring-croft of Stocking, in the
paroch of Rerrick, 1695, by Mr Alexander
Telfair, min. of that Paroch, and attested
by many other persons who were also eye-
and ear- witnesses (15 pp.; Edinburgh, 1696)
(reprinted in Law's Memorials).— [ Witch-
424
RERRICK
[PRESB. OF
craft and Superstitious Record in the
South-western District of Scotland, 321.]
WILLIAM JAMESON, born 1704, son
1731 °^ J°nn J-> mm- °f Lunlop ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 4th May 1722) ; licen. by
Presb. of Paisley 20th Aug. 1729; called
1st Oct. 1730 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
6th Jan. 1731 ; D.D. (Glasgow 1769) ; died
at Kildow, Kelton, Father of the Church,
4th March 1790. He was an accomplished
theologian, an able classical scholar, and
metaphysician. He marr. 28th Jan. 1734,
Marion (died 1st Oct. 1778), daugh. of
Sir Alexander Cunninghame of Corsehill,
Bart., and had issue — Margaret, born 1st
Aug. 1735, died unmarr. ; Jane, born 6th
April 1738 (marr. (1) John Newall of
Earlston, Kells ; (2) William Donaldson
of Kildow). Publication — An Essay on
Virtue and Harmony, wherein a Reconcilia-
tion of the various Accounts of Moral
Obligations is attempted (Edinburgh, 1749).
— [Tombst. ; Murray's Literary Hist, of
Galloway, 188.]
JAMES THOMSON (primus), born
1?84 Kelton, 1746, son of John T. ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen.
by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 7th July 1779 ;
pres. by George III. in May, and ord.
(assistant and successor) 15th July 1784 ;
died 25th March 1826. He marr. 15th
Aug. 1785, Barbara Hutton, who died 29th
Dec. 1826, and had issue— John, teacher,
Liverpool, born 20th May 1787 ; James,
his successor; William, born 29th Sept.
1790; Maitland, min. of Aberdalgie, born
6th July 1792 ; Maxwell, born 13th Aug.
1794 ; Catherine, born 21st July 1796 ;
Joseph, schoolmaster of Ladykirk, born
1st Oct. 1799 ; Mary Welsh, born 3rd Jan.
1803, died unmarr. 10th July 1877. Publi-
cation—Account of the Parish (Sinclair's
Stat. Ace, xi.).
JAMES THOMSON (secundus), born
lgl8 12th Jan. 1789, second son of pre-
ceding ; educated at Univ. of Edin-
burgh ; tutor in the family of Colonel
Wight of Largnean [now Auchendolly] ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright; pres.
by George, Prince Regent, Aug. 1817 ;
ord. (assistant and successor) 17th Sept.
1818; died 22nd Dec. 1871. While a
new parish church was being built in
1865, he frequently preached within the
ruined Abbey of Dundrennan, and once
dispensed the Holy Communion there.
He marr. 1st Aug. 1842, Isabella (died 18th
March 1863, aged 42), daugh. of Fergus
Graham, and had issue — James, his suc-
cessor ; Fergus, born 13th Oct. 1845 ;
William Maitland, born 13th Feb. 1848;
John, born 30th April 1850, died at Mascott
Mines, Prescott, Arizona, U.S.A., 24th July
1916; Charles, born 2nd July 1852; Bar-
bara Catherine, born 20th Jan. 1855. — \The
Galloway Herds, 41.]
1868
JAMES THOMSON (tertius), born 24th
Aug. 1843, eldest son of preceding ;
educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 12th
June 1867 ; ord. (assistant and successor)
5th Nov. 1868 ; dem. 1st March 1877 ; died
unmarr., at Mabel, Minnesota, U.S.A., 4th
Aug. 1888. For a period of one hundred
and eighty-eight years— 1689-1877 — there
was never any actual vacancy in this parish,
each min. having been appointed assistant
and successor to the incumbent who pre-
ceded him.
GEORGE M'CONACHIE, born Glen-
- „ rinnes, Banffshire, 16th Sept. 1840,
son of Alexander M. ; educated at
Glenrinnes Parish School, Univs. of Aber-
deen and Edinburgh, and at Heidelberg ;
M.A. (Aberdeen 1867); assistant to Pro-
fessor of Natural Philosophy, Univ. of
Aberdeen, 1868-70; missionary at Town-
head, Dunfermline, and Annbank, Ayr;
ord. to Annbank 1st Oct. 1873 ; adm. to
this charge 24th July 1877 ; died unmarr.
3rd May 1901. Publication— " The Abbey
of Dundrennan" (Trans, of the Aberdeen
Ecclesiol. Soc, 1891).
ALEXANDER HAMILTON CHRIS-
TIE, born Constantinople, 8th July
1867, son of James O, D.D., min.
of Gilmerton ; educated at George Watson's
College and Univ. of Edinburgh ; M.A.
(1888), B.D. (1891); licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright] TONGLAND AND BALNACROSS
425
Edinburgh 15th May 1891 ; assistant at
Kirkconnel, Dunfermline (First Charge),
and West St Giles, Edinburgh ; ord. 22nd
Nov. 1901. Publication — Th e Abbey of
Dundrennan (Dalbeattie, 1914).
TONGLAND AND BALNACROSS.
[Tongland. — The parish of Tongland con-
sists mainly of the tongue of land lying
between the rivers Dee and Tarf. Its
church belonged to the Abbey of Tongland,
within the parish and close to the church.
This Premonstratensian monastery was
founded about 1150 by Fergus, Lord of
Galloway. Upon the site of the abbey
the old parish church of Tongland, now
ruinous, was erected, and a portion of the
Abbey Church was built into the new
edifice. Except that part, there is very
little of the monastery left ; but, in the
names of the places around, its memory
survives. Thus on the Water of Dee
there is the Priory Doach, a doach or
cruive, for catching fish ; and on the Water
of Tarf is Lairdmanach (Learg nam manach
= The flat ground of the monks). There
were in the parish of Tongland two chapels :
St Conal's, at Kirkconnel, and St Saviour's,
near the Mains of Tongland, where for a
long time there was a croft called the
Chapel Yard.
Balnacross. — The church of Balnacross
was dedicated to St Michael. It belonged
to the Abbey of Holyrood.]
WILLIAM SHARP, exhorter in 1567 ;
•74 min. in 1574, when Sennick, Kirk-
andrews, Girthon, and Anwoth also
were in the charge. He held the vicarage
7th Jan. 1586. In 1594 the only additional
charges were Kirkchrist and Sennick, and
of the vicarage of the last named he was
deprived about 19th Feb. 1596. In 1599
the charge was reduced to Tongland and
Balnacross. He was still min. in 1614. He
marr. Elizabeth Corsane. — [Reg. of Deeds,
ccvi., 33.]
JAMES SIMSON, M.A. ; min. in 1618 ;
1618 trans, to Bathgate that year.
1619
JAMES SCOTT, M.A. ; trans, from
Kirkton and adm. in 1619. He
refused to subscribe the Covenant,
and was dep. by a Committee of the
General Assembly in 1639. He was min.
again in 1663, but was trans, to Ancrum
in 1665.
GEORGE RUTHERFORD [RUTHER-
1640 FURD], a native of Nisbet, Teviot-
dale, brother of Samuel R., min.
of Anwoth; M.A. (Edinburgh, 27th July
1622) ; became schoolmaster and reader at
Kirkcudbright in 1629. In 1636 he was
summoned before the Court of High Com-
mission for nonconformity, and ordered to
resign these offices. He retired to Ayrshire,
and was min. of this parish about 1640 ; a
member of the Commission of Assembly in
1647 ; died before 15th Dec. 1668. He is
said to have presented the church bell
which is still in use. He marr., and had
issue — Marion (marr. Robert Hutton of
Newlands) ; Barbara (marr., cont. 14th
Dec. 1671, Robert, son of John Cutlar of
Oroland) ; Martha (marr. John Black, mer-
chant, Kirkcudbright) ; Samuel.— [Minute-
book of the War Committee of Kirkcudbright,
1640-1 ; Inq. Ret. Kirkcud., 308, 323 ; Row's
Hist. ; Stevenson's Hist. ; Dumfries 8as., i.,
112 ; Morton's Galloway and the Cove-
nanters, 299.]
SAMUEL ARNOT, brother of David
A. of Barcaple (a member of the
Stewartry War Committee, 1640-1) ;
educated at Univ. of Glasgow ; M.A.
(1649); adm. in 1661 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet of
Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. On 24th
Feb. 1663, he was accused before the Privy
Council of "still labouring to keep the
hearts of the people from the present
government in Church and State," and on
two other occasions, 25th Jan. 1666 and
15th Aug. 1667, he was charged with hold-
ing conventicles. He was included in the
royal pardon 1st Oct. 1667. On 16th June
1674 a reward of 2000 merks was offered
for his apprehension, but evading capture,
he went to England, and preached frequently
in the counties of Cumberland and North-
umberland, and afterwards in Ireland. He
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TONGLAND AND BALNACROSS
[PRESB. OF
took part in the Communion service held at
the Bishop's Forest of Irongray in 1678,
when about 3000 persons were present
[vide John Blackader, Troqueer]. He died
at Edinburgh, 31st March 1688, aged about
59. He marr. Katherine, probably daugh.
of John Cant, min. of Kells. She had
sasine with him of the lands of Little-
Bogrie, Little-Beoch, Breacko, etc., Nov.
1665, and had issue — David of Chapel;
Margaret (marr. Thomas Or); Mary
(marr. 17th Dec. 1684, James Campbell,
probably min. of Campbeltown). — [Wod-
row's Hist., ii. 4, iii. 15, 413; Edin. Reg.
(Marr. and Bur.) ; Inq. Ret. Selkirk, 106 —
Gen., 7597 ; Neiv Gen. Reg. Has., xiii. ;
Minute -hook of the War Committee of
Kirkcudbright, 1640-1.]
1663 JAMES SCOTT [see above].
WALTER DALGLEISH, M.A. ; trans.
1666 from Girthon, and adm. between
26th April and 30th Oct. 1666;
trans, to Westerkirk after 29th April
1668.
^ ROBERT BIRRELL, M.A. (Edin-
burgh, 30th June 1658) ; chaplain
to William, Earl of Morton ; adm.
to Lady, Orkney, 1664 ; dem. Sept. 1665 ;
adm. here between 29th April and 5th Oct.
1669 ; died Sept. 1677. He marr. Helen
Kinnear, who survived him, and had issue
— five children. — [P. C. Reg., 3rd Ser., vi.,
198.]
v ROBERT ALEXANDER, mentioned as
1684 min. in 1684. — [List of Disorderly.']
JAFFREY, outed by the people in
1689 1689.— [MS. Ace. of Min., 1689.]
^ ROBERT BREDDON [BRYDON], adm
169S
between 18th April and 17th Oct.
1693; still min. 16th Oct. 1711.
ALEXANDER MAITLAND, born 19th
mi March 1677, son of William M.,
min. of Beith; M.A. (Edinburgh,
13th March 1695); licen. by Presb. of
Kirkcudbright 2nd June 1702; called 8th
Feb., and ord. (assistant and successor) 7th
Aug. 1711; died 18th March 1746. He
marr. 26th Sept. 1723, Agnes (died 18th
July 1767, aged 70), daugh. of David
Smart, treasurer of the Burgh of Kirkcud-
bright, and had issue — Ann, born 13th
Aug. 1724, died 28th Nov. 1794; Adam,
born 14th Nov. 1726, died 11th Dec. 1730;
Jean, born 14th Aug. 1728, died 8th March
1761 ; David of Barcaple, born 29th March
1730, died 17th April 1792; Alexander of
Valleyfield, born 17th April 1731, died 6th
Feb. 1813 ; Margaret, born 15th Oct. 1732,
died 11th Feb. 1733; William, lieut. 52nd
Foot, born 24th Oct. 1734, died 1809;
Robert, born 28th Oct. 1736, died 26th
Feb. lm.—iTombst.]
v ALEXANDER BROWN, called 28th
1?48 May 1747; ord. 3rd Aug. 1748;
trans, to Hoddam 22nd July 1768.
WILLIAM ROBB, pres. by George III.
1769 30th July 1768 ; ord. 4th May 1769 ;
died unmarr. 12th Jan. 1797, aged
60.— [Tombst.]
ALEXANDER ROBB, born 1752,
17q7 brother of preceding, and sometime
his assistant ; pres. by George III.
1st Feb., and ord. 10th Aug. 1797 ; died un-
marr. 26th June 1806. He had leave of the
Presb. for a prolonged visit to the Con-
tinent, and much of his journey through
France and Italy was done on foot. He
had considerable intellectual attainments,
and is said to have devised some ingenious
improvements on the loom. He left £100
to the poor of the parish. Publication —
Account of the Parish [written on behalf
of his brother] (Sinclair's Stat. Ace., ix.). —
[Tombst.]
J THOMAS BROWN, pres. by George III.
1807 Sept* 18°6' °rd' 26th Marcl1 1807;
trans, to St John's Parish, Glasgow,
11th May 1826.
WILLIAM DOW, born 1799, youngest
son of Anthony D., D.D., min. of
Kirkpatrick-Irongray ; educated at
Univ. of Edinburgh; licen. by Presb. of
Dumfries 6th Nov. 1821 ; pres. by George
IV. 13th June, and ord. 21st Sept. 1826.
He withdrew his adherence to the standards
Kirkcudbright] TONGLAND x\ND B A LN ACROSS
427
of the Church, and was dep. by the General
Assembly 23rd May 1832. He received the
degree of M.A. from the Univ. of Edinburgh
17th April 1839; died at Albury, Surrey,
3rd Nov. 1855. He marr. 25th Oct. 1838,
Stuart (died s.p. 10th March 1878), daugh.
of Adam Maitland of Dundrennan and
Compston. Publications — The Church's
Hope in the First Century, its Hope also
in the Nineteenth, a sermon (Edinburgh,
1847) ; National Calamities the Fruit of
National Sins (Edinburgh, 1847) ; National
Mercies the Fruit of God's Forgiveness
(Edinburgh, 1847) ; A Series of Discourses
on Practical and Doctrinal Subjects (Edin-
burgh 1847 ; a second series, Edinburgh,
1850); Sermons and Homilies (Edinburgh,
1856) ; First Principles of the Doctrine of
Christ : a Series of Discoiirses (Edinburgh,
1856).— [Acts of Ass., 1832.]
DUGALD STEWART WILLIAM-
1832 SON, born 29th Jan. 1804, son of
John W., min. of Twynholm ; edu-
cated at Univ. of Edinburgh ; licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 26th June 1826;
pres. by William IV., and ord. 20th Sept.
1832 ; died 8th March 1859. He marr.
24th May 1837, Julia Curwen (died 16th
April 1899), daugh. of Lieut. Henry Stanley,
R.N., and had issue— Jane Stanley, born
10th June 1838, died 3rd Aug. 1839 ; Henry
Stanley, born 20th Feb. 1840; John
Stewart, born 2nd July 1842 ; Julia, born
29th Jan. 1845 ; Isabella Curwen, born
18th March 1847, died 4th April 1856;
Dora Wordsworth, born 12th Nov. 1849.
Publications — Five Single Sermons (Edin-
burgh, 1837-47); Metrical Paraphrase of
the Book of Revelation (Kirkcudbright,
1838); The Rivers of Galloway, a poem,
in Parts I. and II. (Dumfries, 1840-1);
Thoughts on present Scarcity of Salmon
(Stranraer, 1852); Account of the Parish
(Neiv Stat. Ace, iv.). — [Trotter's East
Galloway Sketches, 53 ; The Bards of
Galloway, 254 ; Nicholson's Galloway
Tales ; The Kirk and the Manse, 196.]
WILLIAM LECKIE M'FARLAN,
ord. 4th Aug. 1859 ; trans, to
Second Charge, Cupar - Fife, 16th
Oct. 1862.
ANDREW EDGAR, ord. 5th March
1868 1863 ; clerk of Presb., 1868-74 ; trans,
to Mauchline 26th Nov. 1874.
GEORGE MACINNES, born Birse,
1875 Aberdeenshire, 22nd Oct. 1846, son
of John M., officer of Inland Revenue,
and Tsabel Harper ; educated at Univ. of
Aberdeen ; M.A. (1867), B.D. (1871) ; licen.
by Presb. of Aberdeen 7th Feb. 1871 ;
assistant at Newbattle and Dairy, Ayr-
shire ; ord. 18th March 1875 ; dem. 20th
Oct. 1880, on appointment as min. of
St David's, Ashfield, Sydney, N.S.W. ;
Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of
New South Wales in 1894 ; D.D. (Aberdeen
1899) ; died at Sydney, 31st May 1908. He
marr. 4th May 1880, Margaret, daugh. of
Robert Gordon Hamilton, merchant, Liver-
pool, and had issue — Angus, M.D., Kempsey,
N.S.W. ; Ian Gordon, bank of N.S.W. ;
Isabel Mary (marr. G. L. King). Publica-
tion— Editor of The Presbyterian, N.S.W.
(1886-1904).
WILLIAM IRELAND GORDON, born
1881 Kirkcudbright, 21st March 1849, son
of Robert Macartney G. of Rattra,
and Helen, daugh. of Peter M'Master, min.
of Girvan ; educated at Kirkcudbright
Academy, Edinburgh Academy, and Univs.
of Glasgow and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Glasgow
1869), B.D. (Edinburgh 1872); licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 6th Nov. 1872;
assistant at Prestonkirk and Morton ; ord.
to Walkerburn 19th Oct. 1876; adm. to
this charge 24th March 1881 ; dep. 23rd
May 1898. Marr. 23rd Jan. 1884, Henri-
etta (died 19th March 1899), daugh. of
Walter Clarke, 11th Light Dragoons, and
has issue — Margaret Wilhelmina Ireland,
born 22nd Oct. 1885. Publication — His-
torical Sketch of the Life of Our Lord
(Edinburgh, 1878).
1898
BRYCE MACFARLANE, born Low
Cartcraigs, Pollokshaws, 21st Sept.
1870, son of John M., writer, and
Agnes Kilgour; educated at Hutcheson's
Grammar School, Glasgow, and Univ. of
Glasgow ; M.A. (1891), B.D. (1894) ; licen.
by Presb. of Glasgow in 1894 ; assistant at
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TWYNHOLM AND KIRKCHRIST
[PRESB. OF
St Clement's, Glasgow, and Kinning Park,
Glasgow ; ord. 24th Nov. 1898. Marr. 16th
Feb. 1909, Elizabeth Mary, daugh. of Alex-
ander Stevenson Henderson, Glenald, Kirk-
cudbright, and has issue — Jessie Jenkins,
born 2nd April 1910 ; Agnes Kilgour, born
14th April 1914.
TWYNHOLM AND KIRKCHRIST,
formerly KILCHRIST.
[These two parishes were united about
1654. The church of Twynholm belonged
to the Abbey of Holyrood. In 1730 it was
rebuilt, and in 1818 a new church was
erected on another site.]
JAMES MUIR, reader in 1567, till his
1567 death, May 1572.
ALEXANDER YOUNG, reader from
1572 May 1572 to 1576.
JOHN MEIKLE, reader, 1578 to
1578 1579.
ALEXANDER COLE [M'COLL], reader
1580 from 18th Oct. 1580 to 1582.
JOHN AIKMAN, M.A. (St Andrews,
1582 21st March 1580); pres. to the
vicarage by James VI. 17th Sept.
1582. In 1588 Borgue also was under his
care. He removed to Borgue in 1590, but
returned here in 1594 ; was pres. by James
VI. to the parsonage and vicarage of Kirk-
christ 30th Jan. 1601. He had also a gift
from the Crown, 2nd March 1603, of a
yearly pension of £83 Scots from kirk lands
and benefices in Galloway and Nithsdale,
for "at tymes bygone ryding and helping
the Collector-general in ingathering and
uplifting the fruits and rents of benefices
therein." He was a member of Assembly,
1595 and 1610. He died before 29th Nov.
1621. He marr. Lucretia Neilson, and had
issue— William of Ingleaton, eldest son.—
[Beg. Mag. Sig., viii., 241 ; G. B. Inhib.,
xxxvii., 304 ; Beg. of Deeds, xxix. ; Calder-
wood's Hist., vi. 626, vii. 107.]
v JOHN BROUN, M.A. (Edinburgh, 25th
1626 July 1618)j min- in 1626J sti11 in
the charge 15th Dec. 1649. He
marr., and had issue — John, apprenticed
to Robert Broun, merchant, Edinburgh,
21st Dec. 1636 ; Robert, apprenticed to
Robert Crombie, bookseller, Edinburgh,
12th Oct. 1642 ; Andrew, apprenticed to
William Wilson, merchant, Edinburgh, 11th
Aug. 1647 ; Thomas, apprenticed to Robert
Broun, bookseller, Edinburgh, 10th Dec.
1651. — \Edin. Ap]?rentice Beg.']
JOHN WILKIE, M.A. (Glasgow 1644) ;
1655 min. in 1655 ; deprived by Act of
Parliament 11th June, and Decreet
of Privy Council 1st Oct. 1662. On 24th
Feb. following, he was accused before the
Privy Council of "still labouring to keep
the hearts of the people from the present
government in Church and State," but
nothing further appears after 24th March,
when his case seems to have been delayed.
Letters were again directed against him,
25th Jan. 1666. In April of that year he
removed to Edinburgh in ill-health. Two
years afterwards, when returning from the
Spa at Moffat, he was seized and brought
before the Privy Council, who offered to
settle him under the Indulgence at Coupar-
Angus. This he refused, and for forty
days he lay in prison in Edinburgh. At
his own request he was subsequently con-
fined in Moffat and Musselburgh, where
he probably died towards the end of 1668.
He marr. Anna, daugh. of Adam Kae [or
Key], min. of Holywood. She was buried
in Greyfriars, Edinburgh, 12th Nov. 1675,
where also was laid a daugh. Margaret,
24th April 1687.— [Wodrow's Hist., ii., 4,
113-115.]
GEORGE LEITH, a native of Aberdeen ;
1664 M.A. (King's College, 13th July 1658) ;
adm. before 25th Oct. 1664; died
between 28th April 1670 and 27th April
1671.
THOMAS IRELAND, M.A. (St An-
1672 drews 1632); adm. to Weem prior
to 11th Aug. 1639; trans, to Kirk-
maiden in 1663 ; trans, to Kirkcolm
between 17th May and 31st Oct. 1665;
kikkcudbeight] TWYNHOLM AND KIRKCHRIST
429
adm. to this charge about 1672 ; outed in
1689. — [List of Disorderly; MS. Ace. of
Min., 1689.]
WILLIAM CLARK, licen. by Presb. of
Paisley 27th July 1692; ord. before
18th April 1693; died between 2nd
Dec. 1724 and 3rd Feb. 1725.
1693
^ANDREW BOYD, born 1697, son of
1726 William B., min. of Dairy ; M.A.
(Glasgow, 1st May 1717); licen. by
Presb. of Kirkcudbright 5th June 1722;
called 31st Aug. 1725; ord. 18th Aug.
1726; died 16th April 1761. He marr.
3rd Nov. 1720, Margaret (died 4th Feb.
1780), daugh. of Walter Boyd, maltster,
Glasgow, and had issue — Walter ; William,
min. of Penninghame ; Basil, died at St
Helena, 1750 ; Margaret (marr. Alexander
Brown of Langlands) ; Jean, born 26th
May 1730 (marr. John Scott, min. of this
parish); Elizabeth, born 17th May 1737
(marr. 4th Feb. 1767, Henry Home, W.S.,
Edinburgh) ; Edward, born 9th Feb. 1741 ;
John of Milton, born 13th Nov. 1742;
Robert, born 27th Aug. 1745.— [Tombst.]
HENRY GRIEVE, ord. 30th March
1762 1>762J trans, to Eaglesham 19th
Aug. 1762.
JOHN SCOTT, born 16th May 1737,
1763
son of John S., min. of New Church,
Dumfries ; educated at Univ. of
Edinburgh ; licen. by Presb. of Dumfries
17th July 1759; ord. 23rd April 1763;
D.D. (Edinburgh, 7th Oct. 1785); died
7th Nov. 1801. He marr. 17th Aug. 1768,
Jean (died 21st June 1819), daugh. of
Andrew Boyd, min. of this parish in 1726,
and had issue— Margaret, born 4th Aug.
1769 (marr. John Garlies Maitland of Fair-
girth, min. of Monigaff). Publication —
Account of the Parish (Sinclair's Stat. Ace.,
xv.).— [Tombst.]
JOHN WILLIAMSON, educated at
1802 Univ. of Edinburgh; sometime aman-
uensis to Dugald Stewart, Professor
of Moral Philosophy, Univ. of Edinburgh
licen. by Presb. of Dalkeith 7th Sept. 1801
called 10th June, and ord. 2nd Sept. 1802
died 20th Sept. 1834. He marr. 10th May
1803, Lydia M'Millan of Barwhinnock, who
died 18th July 1839, and had issue —
Dugald Stewart, min. of Tongland ; Maria
DArcy, born 24th May 1817; Matthew,
born 4th Nov. 1822.
JOHN GORDON of Threave Mains,
born 20th Sept. 1803, son of John
G. in Culraven, Borgue, and Janet
Brown ;' educated at Univ. of Edinburgh ;
licen. by Presb. of Kirkcudbright 1st Aug.
1827 ; pres. by James Dunbar, Earl of
Selkirk, and ord. 19th March 1835; died
of cholera at Liverpool, on his way from
London, 24th Oct. 1854. He marr. 16th
Aug. 1836, Penelope (born 11th Aug. 1805,
died 1st July 1875), daugh. of James
Murdoch, Annan, and had issue — Mary,
born 24th May 1837 (marr. (1) David
Houston : (2) William Struthers) ; Janet,
born 15th July 1838 (marr. Robert Sym-
ington) ; John, merchant, New Zealand,
born 8th Sept. 1839 ; James, min. of this
parish; Penelope Jane, born 17th May 1842
(marr. Thomas Whitewright) ; Catherine
Douglas, born 27th Sept. 1843 (marr.
Samuel Jolly); Thomas, min. of Edgerston;
Margaret Elizabeth, born 19th Feb. 1846,
died unmarr. ; William Ireland, born 19th
Aug. 1847. Publication — Account of the
Parish (New Stat. Ace, iv.).
JOHN MULLIGAN, born Dumfriesshire,
26th May 1810, second son of William
M. ; educated at Univ. of Glasgow ;
M.A. (1836); schoolmaster of Dunscore,
1829-48 ; missionary at Corsock, 1848-55 ;
pres. by Dunbar, sixth Earl of Selkirk, and
ord. 26th April 1855 ; died 16th June 1875.
He marr. 4th April 1856, Esther Janet
(died s.p., 6th Oct. 1879), youngest daugh.
of Robert Ferguson, Drum, Dunscore.
JAMES GORDON, born 28th Jan. 1841,
1876 son °^ J°nn G'> mm" °f this parish
in 1835 ; educated at Twynholm
Parish School, Kirkcudbright Academy,
and Univ. of Glasgow ; licen. by Presb.
of Kirkcudbright 8th June 1864 ; assistant
at Bonhill and Greyfriars, Dumfries ; ord.
to Stobhill 22nd March 1867 ; trans, and
adm. 20th Jan. 1876; died 1st May 1899.
He marr. 23rd July 1873, Helen (died 20th
430
KIRKCHRIST
[PRESB. OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT
Nov. 1903), daugh. of William Hilston,
chemist, Lanark, and had issue — John
Hilston, M.B., Ch.B., born 23rd May 1874,
died 16th May 1908 ; Helen Hilston, born
3rd May 1877, died 30th Aug. 1899;
Penelope Jane, born 15th June 1878, died
unmarr. at Perth, 13th Oct. 1916; Catherine
Mary, born 12th April 1880 (marr. 25th
Aug. 1905, John Graham Cranmer, min.
of Grange, Banffshire); James Hilston,
chemist, born 28th Sept. 1883 ; Janet, born
3rd Nov. 1885, died 30th July 1895.
1899
ROBERT ALLARDYCE, born Tilly-
minnet, Gartly, Aberdeenshire, 24th
April 1865, son of James A., M.A.,
farmer ; educated at Huntly Public School,
George Watson's College, Edinburgh, Gram-
mar School, Old Aberdeen, and Univs. of
Aberdeen and Edinburgh ; M.A. (Aber-
deen 1885) ; licen. by Presb. of Edinburgh
14th May 1890 ; assistant at Huntly,
Selkirk, and St Andrew's Parish, Glasgow ;
ord. 19th Oct. 1899. Marr. 4th June
1902, Charlotte Mary, daugh. of Charles
Alexander, solicitor, Selkirk.
KIRKCHRIST.
[In the churchyard the ruin of the old
parish church is still standing. At Kirk-
eoch, near the churchyard, there was a
chapel which appears to have been dedi-
cated to St Skiach.]
THOMAS ANDERSON, exhorter, 1567
1567 to 1568.
THOMAS MAKCULTRE [MAC-
1569 OCHTRAID], reader May, 1569.
J RICHARD BALFOUR, son of Alex-
15?. ander B. of Inchrye, Fife, by his
first wife, Catherine Abercrombie ;
min. in 1574; died before 15th Dec. 1582.
— [Reg. Assig.]
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH
HISTORIES, Etc.
[The arrangement follows the text as far as possible. Family Histories and
Biographies are not included.]
SYNOD OF MERSE AND TEVIOTDALE
PRESBYTERY OF DUNS
Saint Bathan. John Turnbull. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1862.)
Notes on Chapel at Abbey St Bathans. John Turnbull. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1872.)
The Session Booke of Bonckle. Transcribed and annotated by James Hardy, LL.D.
(Alnwick, 1899.)
The Session Book of Bunkle and Preston, 1665-1690. Historical and Descriptive
Account of these Parishes, edited by J. Ferguson, and Appendix by Charles
S. Romanes. (Alnwick, 1900.)
Eccles : the Ancient Cross at Crosshall. James Hardy. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1882-4.)
Historical Notes on Fogo, i.-vi. Rev. William Whitfield. (Berwickshire News.)
Gordon. Rev. John Ritchie. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1915.)
Greenlaw — the Toivn and Parish. Rev. James Walker. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1868.)
An Old Berwickshire Town : the History of the Town and Parish of Greenlaw from the
Earliest Time to the Present Day. Robert Gibson. (Edin., 1905.)
Historical Notes on Langton, i.-vi. Rev. William Whitfield. {Berwickshire Neivs.)
Glimpses into the Past in Lammermuir [Longformacus]. John Hutton Browne. (Edin.,
1892.)
Marchmont and the Humes of Pohvarth. Margaret Warrender. (Edin., 1894.)
PRESBYTERY OF CHIRNSIDE
Chirnside : its Church and Churchyard. George Henderson. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club,
vol. iii., 184.)
The Erskine-Halcro Genealogy : the Ancestors and Descendants of Henry Erskine,
Minister of Chirnside, and his Wife, Margaret Halcro. E. Erskine-Scott.
(Edin., 1890 ; second ed., 1895.)
481
432 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
A History of Coldingham Priory, containing a Survey of the Civil and Ecclesiastical
History of the Eastern Portion of Berwickshire. A. Can. (Edin., 1836.)
The Correspondence, Inventories, Account Rolls, etc., of the Priory of Coldingham.
Ed. by J. Raine [Surtees Soc.]. (Durham, 1841.)
History of the Priory of Coldingham from the Earliest Date to the Present Time.
William King Hunter. (Edin., 1858.)
The Monastery of St Ebba : the Priory of Coldingham. John Stuart, LL.D. (Hist.
Ber. Nat. Club, 1868.)
A Brief Sketch of the History of Coldingham Priory. W. Brockie. (Kelso, 1886.)
Kirk Session Records of Coldingham. Andrew Thomson. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc,
1904.)
Coldingham Parish and Priory. Andrew Thomson. (Galashiels, 1908.)
Lumsden [Coldingham]. Charles S. Romanes. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1906.)
Carte So.ncte Marie de Caldstrem : the Records of the Old Religious House at Cold-
stream, (n.d.)
Historic Memorials of Coldstream Abbey, Berwickshire, collected by a Delver in
Antiquity. (London, 1850.)
Chartidary of the Cistercian Priory of Coldstream. Ed. by Rev. Charles Rogers,
LL.D. (Grampian Club, London, 1879.)
An Old-time Fishing Town : Eyemouth, its History, Romance, and Tragedy. Rev.
Daniel M'lver. (Greenock, 1906.)
Extracts from the Session-book of Hutton Parish, 1649-1677. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club,
1873-5.)
Description of Lady[ki7-k] Parish in the Merse, 1725. [Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 378.]
(Scot. Hist. Soc, Edin., 1906.)
Notes on Ladykirk Parish. Rev. William Dobie. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1892.)
The Kirk of Steill. Rev. W. S. Moodie. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, 1915.)
An Account of Simp>rin, Berwickshire. James Hardy, LL.D. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club,
1878.)
The Pre-Reformation Churches of Berwickshire. John Ferguson. (Alnwick, 1891.)
Notices of Remains of Early Religions Architecture in Bemvickshire. John Ferguson.
(Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1896.)
The Church in Berivickshire in Early Times. John Ferguson. (Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, 1896.)
The Churches and Churchyards of Berwickshire. James Robson. (Kelso, 1893.)
The Covenanters of the Merse. Rev. J. Wood Brown. (Edin., 1893.)
Commission on Historical Monuments in Scotland. Report on County of Berivick.
(Edin., 1915.)
PKESBYTERY OF KELSO
Ednam Hospital. James Hardy. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1882-4.)
Ednam and its lndwellers. Rev. John Burleigh. (Glasgow, 1912.)
Topographical and Historical Account of Kelso and of the Town and Castle of Roxburgh.
James Haig. (Edin., 1825.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 433
Liber S. Marie de Calchou, 1113-1567. 2 vols. Cosmo Innes [Bannatyne Club].
(Edin., 1846.)
Records of Presbytery of Kelso, 1609-1687. Rev. Thomas Leishman. (Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, 1863-8.)
Kelso Records : being Traditions and Recollections of Kelso. J. Mason. (Kelso, 1839.)
The Parish of Maxwell. James Tait. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club., 1873-5.)
Ministers of the Parish of Kelso. James Smith. (Kelso, 1904.)
Kelso : the Sermon and Services at the Opening of the North Parish Church. (Edin., 1838.)
The History of Kelso Grammar School. James Smith. (Kelso, 1909.)
Some Historical Notes on the Church and Barony of Linton in Teviotdale. Rev. J. F.
Leishman. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1901.)
The Church of Linton in Teviotdale. Rev. J. F. Leishman. (Trans. Scot. Eccles.
Soc, 1915.)
Hoselaw Chapelry [Linton]. Rev. J. F. Leishman. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, 1910.)
Notes on Newton Don [Nenthorn]. C. B. Balfour. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1893).
The Ancient Royal Burgh of Roxburgh. Thomas Craig. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1876-8.)
Txvo Early Ministers of the Parish of Roxburgh. Rev. David Paul, LL.D. (Hist.
Ber'. Nat. Club, 1898.)
Records of the Baron Court of Stitchill, 1655-1807. Transcribed by George Gunn,
Minister of Stitchill and Hume, and edited by Clement Bryce Gunn, M.D.
[Scot. Hist. Soc.]. (Edin., 1905.)
The Early History of Stichill. Rev. George Gunn. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1894.)
The Church of Hume. Rev. George Gunn. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1897.)
Memoir of the Rev. John Baird, with an Account of his Labours in Reforming the
Gypsy Popidation of Yetholm, 1799-1816. William Baird, M.D. (London, 1862.)
The State of the Kirks within the Presbytery of Kelso, July 1649. Rev. Thomas
Leishman, D.D. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1895.)
Communion Tokens of the South-Eastern Border of Scotland. Rev. David Paul,
LL.D. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1896.)
Border Church Communion Tokens. T. W. Heatlie. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1900.)
The Campanology of the Eastern Borders. Rev. J. F. Leishman. (Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, 1911.)
PRESBYTERY OF JEDBURGH
Ancrum in Roxburghshire. Alexander Jeffrey. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1863-8.)
Reminiscences of the Rev. Archibald Craig, Minister of Bedrxde. Rev. John Thomson.
(Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1877.)
The History and Antiquities of Cavers. J. A. H. Murray. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc,
1863.)
Historical Sketch of Denholm. J. A. H. Murray. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1863.)
Denholm and its Vicinity. Sir Walter Elliot. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1863-8.)
Crailing or Traverlinn. Miss Russell [of Ashestiel]. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1901.)
VOL. II. 2 E
434 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Notes on JEckford Church. Rev. C. L. M'Laren. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1901.)
Hawick and Wauchope. M. G. Craig. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1892.)
The Antiquities, Ecclesiastical and Territorial, of the Parishes of Hawick and Wilton.
(Hawick, 1899.)
St Mary's Church, Hawick, and its Associations. W. N. Kennedy. (Trans. Hawick
Arch. Soc, 1863.)
Mural Tablets in St Mary's Church. J. A. H. Murray. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1863.)
History of Hawick from the Earliest Time to 1832. Robert Murray. (Hawick, 1901.)
Do. from 1832 to 1902. R. Murray. (Hawick, 1902.)
St Mary's Church, Hawick, prior to the Reformation. J. J. Vernon. (Hawick, 1898.)
The Parish and Kirk of Hawick, 1711-1725, with Appendix of Excerpts from Kirk
Session Records. J. J. Vernon. (Hawick, 1900.)
The Old Schools and Schoolmasters of Hawick and Wilton. J. J. Vernon. (Hawick, 1902.)
Rev. Alexander Orrock : his Life and Times. J. J. Vernon. (Hawick, 1909.)
Kirk Session Records of Hawick, 1700-1704. J. J. Vernon. (Hawick, 1909.)
St Cuthbert's Church, Hawick. J. J. Vernon. (Hawick, 1909.)
The Chapel of St Cuthbert on the Slitterick. Walter Deans. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club,
1892.)
Annals of Hawick, 1214 to 1814. James Wilson. (Edin., 1850.)
Hawick and its Old Memories. James Wilson. (Edin., 1858.)
The Parish and Kirk of Hawick. W. E Wilson. {The Border Magazine, v. 207.)
Hawick and the Borders Three Hundred Years Ago. Mrs J. R. Oliver. (Hawick, 1875.)
The Kirk and Kirkyard of Hopekirk. Walter Deans. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1874.)
Memorials and Reminiscences of the Parish of Hobkirk. Walter Deans. (Hist. Ber.
Nat. Club, 1894.)
The Parish of Hopekirk in the Times of the Rev. Robert Riccaltoun (1725-69), Church,
School, Farm, and Social Life. Rev. W. C. Russell. (Trans. Hawick Arch.
Soc, 1884.)
Lower Rulewater and its Associations. Mark N. Robson. (Hawick, 1882.)
Rulewater and its People : an Account of the Valley of the Rule and its Inhabitants.
George Tancred. (Edin., 1907.)
The Pre-Reformation Hospital at Ridemouth. J. J. Vernon. (Trans. Hawick Arch.
Soc, 1903.)
The Old Church and Parish of Abbotrule. Walter Deans. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc,
1879.)
C uthbertshope [Hownam.] George Watson. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1905.)
Reports of Meetings of the Jedburgh Ramblers' Club. (Jedburgh, 1902-11.)
Jedburgh a Htindred Years Ago. G. Hilson. (Kelso, 1897.)
History of Jedburgh Abbey. Rev. James King. (Jedburgh, 1910.)
History of the Franciscan Friary of Jedburgh. George Watson. (Hist. Ber. Nat.
Club, 1906.)
Cleanings from Old Records of Boston Church, Jedburgh, 1757-1907. (Jedburgh, 1907.)
History of the Abbey of Jedburgh. Rev. James Morton. (Jedburgh, 1836.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 435
Aivnals of a Border Club. George Tancred. (Jedburgh, 1903.)
History of Jedburgh Grammar School. George Watson. (Jedburgh, 1909.)
Jedburgh Abbey, Historical and Descriptive. James Watson. (Edin., 1894.)
My Oivn Life and Times, 1741-1814. Thomas Somerville, D.D. (Edin., 1861.)
Minto, Past and Present. S. Hilson. (Jedburgh, 1898.)
The Parish and Kirk of Hassendean. J. J. Vernon. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1879.)
Notices Connected ivith the Parish of Oxnam. James Hardy. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club,
1885-6.)
Reminiscences of the Parish of Southdean. (Hawick, 1897.)
The Scots at Southdean Kirk, 1388. A. Laing. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1909.)
The Pre- Reformation Church at Southdean. Alexander Inglis. (Trans. Hawick
Arch. Soc, 1911.)
Souden Kirk. Rev. J. R. Spence. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, 1914.)
Teviothead and District. Rev. James Oliver. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1902.)
Upper Teviotdale and the Scotts of Buccleuch. Mrs J. R. Oliver. (Hawick, 1887.)
The Parish and Churches of Wilton. James P. Alison. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, 1911.)
The Covenanters of Teviotdale and the Neighbouring District. Rev. Duncan Stewart.
(Galashiels, 1908.)
The Churches and Churchyards of Teviotdale. James Robson. (Hawick, 1893.)
The Monastic Annals of Teviotdale. Rev. James Morton. (Edin., 1832.)
Teviotdale Signatures to the Solemn League and Covenant. J. A. H. Murray. (Trans.
Hawick Arch. Soc, 1863.)
Notices of Upper Teviotdale during Covenanting Times. J. A. H. Murray. (Hawick, 1864.)
The Archdeaconry of Teviotdale, with Special Reference to the Deanery of Teviotdale.
George Watson. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1907.)
The Ecclesiastical Place-Names of Roxburghshire. J. J. Vernon. (Trans. Hawick
Arch. Soc, 1907.)
The History and Antiquities of Roxburghshire. 4 vols. Alexander Jeffrey. (Edin.,
1857-64.)
The Border Pulpit, David Walker. (Edin. 1877.)
The Border History of England and Scotland. George Ridpath. (London, 1776.)
A History of the Border Counties : Roxburgh, Selkirk, Peebles. Sir George Douglas,
Bart., M.A. (Edin., 1899.)
Roxburghshire One Hundred Years Ago. W. M. Price. (Hawick, 1901.)
PRESBYTERY OF EARLSTON
Index to Records of Earlston Presbytery, 1691 to 1704. Rev. Archibald Allan. (Stow,
1897.)
History of Charmelkirk. Rev. Archibald Allan. (Edin., 1900.)
Earlstoun. James Tait. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1863-1868.)
436 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Earl stem-on- Leader. G. S. Aitken. (The Border Magazine, 1905.)
Church and Social Life in Lauder during the Latter Half of the Seventeenth Century.
Rev. Thomas Martin. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1902.)
Lauder : a Series of Papers. Robert Eomanes. (Privately printed, 1903.)
The Royal Burgh of Lauder. A. Thomson. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1902.)
Lauder and Lauderdale. A.Thomson. (Galashiels, 1904.)
Legeruvod Church and Churchyard. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1882.)
Smailholm Church. William Lamb Sime, M.A. (Edin., 1896.)
The Stoio of Wedale. Rev. Thomas Wilson. (In preparation, 1917.)
Westruther, a Descriptive Note. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1904.)
PRESBYTERY OF SELKIRK
Account of Remarkable Places and Parish Churches in the Shire of Selkirk, 1722.
[Macfarlane Geog. Coll., i., 355.] (Edin., 1906.)
The Early Records of Ashkirk Parish. Frank Hogg. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1871.)
Bowden Kirk Restoration. Rev. John Burr. (Kelso, 1909.)
Notes on Ettrick. James Hardy. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1882-4.)
Ettrick and Yarrow, Historical and Topographical. William Angus. (Selkirk, 1894.)
Origin and History of Ladhope Free Church. Robert Hall. (Galashiels, 1895.)
History of Galashiels. Robert Hall. (Galashiels, 1898.)
Lindean and Galashiels. Dugald Butler, D.D. (Galashiels, 1915.)
The Parish of Lilliesleaf. Rev. Arthur Pollok Sym, B.D. (Edin., 1913.)
Notes on Maxton. Rev. M. H. N. Graham. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1869-72.)
A Description of the Parish of Melrose. Rev. A. Milne. (Edin., 1748.)
Chronica de Metros. Ed. by Rev. J. Stevenson [Bannatyne Club]. (Edin., 1835.)
Liber Sancte Marie de Melros. Ed. by Cosmo Innes [Bannatyne Club]. (Edin., 1837.)
Notes on Melrose Abbey. John Archibald Smith. (Proc Soc. Act. Scot, [ii., 166-295],
1857.)
Melrose. John Stuart. (Hist. Ber. Nat, Club, 1858-62.)
History of St Mary's Abbey, Melrose, the Monastery of Old Melrose, and the Town and
Parish of Melrose. James A. Wade. (Edin., 1861.)
The Abbey Church of Melrose. F. Pinches. (London, 1879.)
Old Melrose. J. J. Vernon. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1908.)
The Monks of Melrose, being Lectures on Early Scottish Border Church History. Rev.
William G. Allan. (Hawick, 1892.)
The Patron of St William's Well at Melrose. J. M. Mackinlay. (Trans. Hawick
Arch. Soc, 1908.)
Selections from the Records of the Regality of Melrose. Charles S. Romanes. (Scot.
Hist. Soc, i., ii.. iii., 1914-17.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 437
Selkirk, its Church, its School, and its Presbytery. Rev. John Sharpe. (Selkirk, 1914.)
Notes on Yarrow. James Hardy. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club., 1882-4.)
Reminiscences of Yarrow. James Russell, D.D. (Selkirk, 1886 ; second ed., 1894.)
The Liberalis Stone [Yarrow]. Rev. Robert Borland. (Hist. Ber. Nat. Club, 1904.)
The Ecclesiology of Yarrow. R. Borland, D.D. (Trans. Scot. Eccles. Soc, 1906.)
Notes on Some Yarroio Antiquities. C. G. Cash. (Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot, [xlvii., 360], 1913.)
Yarroiv in History, Literature and Romance. Rev. W. Steven. (Galashiels, 1916.)
History of Selkirkshire. 2 vols. Thomas Craig-Brown. (Edin., 1886.)
SYNOD OF DUMFRIES
PRESBYTERY OF LOCHMABEN
Lockerbie in its Origin. T. R. Henderson. (Trans. Dumf. and Galloway Nat. Hist,
and Antiq. Soc, 1906.)
On the Antiquities of Lochmaben. Rev. J. Gardiner. (Edin., 1828.)
Lochmaben Five Hundred Years Ago. Rev. William Graham. (Edin., 1865.)
Records of Lochmaben. E. B. Rae. (Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1907.)
History of Moffat. W. Robertson Turnbull. (Edin., 1871.)
Moffat and Upper Annandale in the Middle of the Eighteenth Century. John T.
Johnstone. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1912-13.)
The Barony of Mouswald and its Barons. J. J. Reid. (Proc. Soc. Ant. Scot., 1888.)
Wamphray : Pages from the History and Traditions of a Famous Parish in Upper
Annandale. James Paterson. (Lockerbie, 2nd ed., 1907.)
The Covenanters of Annandale. Agnes Marchbank. (Paisley, N.D.)
Upper Annandale : its History and Traditions. Agnes Marchbank. (Paisley, 1901.)
PRESBYTERY OF LANGHOLM
The Debateable Land (noiv the Parishes of Canonbie and Kirkandrews). T. J. Carlyle.
(Dumfries, 1868.)
Canonbie and its Priory. Clement Armstrong. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1905.)
The Hermitage Chapel. J. P. Alison. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1901.)
Liddesdale. W. Hall. (Hawick, 1903.)
A Border Village — Newcastleton. W. Hall. (Hawick, 1905.)
Wheel Kirk, Liddesdale, George Watson. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1914.)
438 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
The History of Liddesdale, Eskdale, Ewesdale, Wauchopedale, and the Debateable
Land. Robert Bruce Armstrong. (Vol. i. [all published] ; Edin., 1883.)
Records of Eskdalemuir [from the " Memorabilia of the Parish of Eskdalemuir," 1793-
1803, by William Brown, D.D.]. James Brydone, M.D. (Trans. Hawick Arch.
Soc, 1873.)
The Antiquities of Eskdalemuir. Rev. John C. Dick. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat.
Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1898.)
The Parish of Ewes. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1875.)
Langholm as it Was : a History of Langholm and Eskdale from the Earliest Times.
John and Robert Hyslop. (Sunderland, 1912.)
Echoes from the Border Hills, the Reminiscences of John Hyslop, Langholm. (Sunder-
land, 1912.)
Staplegordon \Staple-gortoii\, the Story of an Ancient Dumfriesshire Parish. Clement
Armstrong. (The Gallovidian, 1905.)
PRESBYTERY OF ANNAN
Annan, Ancient and Modern. J. Little. (Annan, 1843.)
Annan. Frank Miller. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1887-90.)
Annan in the Eighteenth Century. Frank Miller. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist.
and Antiq. Soc, 1891.)
Old Annan. George Neilson, LL.D. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq.
Soc, 1895.)
The Parish of Cummertrees. Rev. William Johnston. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat.
Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1898.)
Description of the United Parishes of Graitney and Reidkirk. [Macfarlane Geog.
Coll., i., 381.] (Scot. Hist. Soc, 1906.)
The Gretna Green Memoirs. R. Elliott. (London, 1842.)
Chronicles of Gretna Green. 2 vols. P. O. Hutchinson. (London, 1844.)
Repentance Tower [Hoddarn] and its Tradition. George Neilson, LL.D. (Edin, 1895.)
The Parish of Luce. George Irving. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq.
Soc, 1905.)
The Etymology of the word Ruthioell. E. J. Chinnock, LL.D. (Trans. Dumf. and
Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1905.)
The Ruthwell Cross. George F. Black, (n.p., n.d.)
Additional Observations on 4he Runic Obelisk at Ruthwell. John Mitchell Kemble.
(London, 1843.)
Account of the Remarkable Monument in the Shape of a Cross . . . Preserved in the
Garden of Ruthwell Manse. Rev. Henry Duncan, D.D. (Edin., 1857.)
Letter Regarding the Runic Inscription on the Monument at Ruthwell. T. G. Repp,
M.A. (Edin., 1857.)
The Ruthwell Cross. Prof. George Stephens. (London and Copenhagen, 1866.)
The Ruthwell Cross, and Other Remains, H. Mary Wright. (London, 1873.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND Px\RISH HISTORIES 439
The Euthwell Cross: a Description, and an Outline of its Supposed History, Rev.
James MTarlan. (Dumfries, 1896.)
The Euthwell Cross. Hon. Mrs Maxwell Scott. (London, 1897.)
The Euthwell Cross. Rev. J. L. Dinwiddie. (The Gallovidian, 1901.)
The Date of the Euthwell and Bewcastle Crosses. Professor Albert S. Cook, Yale
University. (Newhaven, Conn., U.S.A., 1912.)
The Eunic Eoods of Euthwell and Bewcastle. Rev. J. King Hewison, D.D. (Glasgow,
1914.)
The Ancient Cross Shafts at Bewcastle and Euthwell. Right Rev. G. F. Browne, D.D.
(Cambridge, 1916.)
PRESBYTERY OF DUMFRIES
The Book of Caerlaverock. 2 vols. Sir William Fraser. (Edin., 1873.)
Caerlaverock. [S. Ross.] (Dumfries, 1867.)
Colvend during Fifty Years. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1895.)
Handbook of the United Parishes of Colvend and Southwick. [W. R. M'Diarmid.]
Ed. by J. Fraser, D.D. (Dumfries, 1895.)
The Jubilee of Dalbeattie. (Dumfries, 1908.)
History of the Burgh of Dumfries, with Notices of Nithsdale, Annandale, and the
Western Border. William M'Dowall. (Edin., 3rd ed., 1906.)
Memorials of St Michael's Churchyard, Dumfries. William M'Dowall. (Edin., 1876.)
The Book of St Michael's Church, Dumfries. Rev. J. Paton, D.D. (Dumfries
1904.)
The Old Monastery at Dumfries. J. Starke. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and
Antiq. Soc, 1864.)
Sir Christopher Seton, and his Chapel at Dumfries. J. Starke. (Trans. Dumf. and
Gall. Nat. Hist., and Antiq. Soc, 1864.)
The Old Church of Dumfries. J. Barbour. (Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq.
Soc, 1887.)
Notes on the Established. Churches of Dumfries, with Story of the Building of the
Dumfries Mid-Steeple. (Dumfries, 1868.)
Eeport by the Town Clerk on the Ecclesiastical Buildings in Dumfries. (Dumfries, 1887.)
MS. History of Dumfries, 1745. Robert Edgar. [Vide vol. xi., Glenriddell MSS.,
Lib. Soc Ant. Soc, Edinburgh.]
An Introduction to the History of Dumfries. Robert Edgar. Edited by R. C. Reid.
(Dumfries, 1915.)
MS. History of Dumfries, 1791. Rev. W. Burnside, D.D. [In custody of Dumf. and
Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc]
Notes on the Difference between the Dumfries of Dr Burnside's MS. History and the
Dumfries of To-Day. Rev. R. W. Weir. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist,
and Antiq. Soc, 1887.)
440 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
The End of the Greyfriars' Convent of Dumfries, ami the Last of the Friars. G. W.
Shirley. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1912-13.)
The Growth of a Scottish Burgh : a Study of the Early History of Dumfries. G. W.
Shirley. (Dumfries, 1915.)
Notes on the Antiquities of Dunscore. Rev. Richard Simpson. (Trans. Dumf. and
Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1895.)
Notes on Holyivood Abbey and the Welshes. J. C. Aitken. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall.
Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1888-90.)
Holywood Abbey. George F. Black. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq.
Soc, 1891.)
The Antiquities of Kirhbean. S. Arnott. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and
Antiq. Soc, 1894.)
Notes on the Parish of Kirkgunzeon. Rev. James E. Gillespie. (Trans. Dumf. and
Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1912.)
The Book of Kirkpatrick-Durham. Rev. W. A. Stark. (Castle-Douglas, 1903.)
The Parish of Irongray and Relics of Covenanting Times. Rev. T. Underwood.
(Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1869.)
The Kirk-Session Records of Irongray, 1691-1700. Rev. Samuel Dunlop. (Dumf. and
Gall. Nat, Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1906.)
The Burgh of Maxwelltown. (Dumfries, 1910.)
New Abbey : a Galloway Parish. W. M. Wightman. (Glasgow, 1896.)
Dervorgilla, Lady of Galloway, and her Abbey of the Siveet Heart. Wentworth
Huyshe. (Edin., 1913.)
History of Sweetheart Abbey. W. G. Primrose. (Dumfries, n.d.)
Chronicles of Lincluden as an Abbey and as a College. William M'Dowall. (Edin., 1886.)
Notes on Lincluden and Collegiate Church [Terregles]. J. G. Anderson. (Trans.
Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1879.)
Notes on Lincluden Abbey. J. Barbour. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq.
Soc, 1887.)
A Short History of the Parish of Troqueer. J. G. H. Starke. (1878.)
Troqueer in the Olden Time. J. G. H. Starke. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist,
and Antiq. Soc, 1895.)
Notice of St Querdan's Well. J. Starke. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and
Antiq. Soc, 1867.)
St Querdan's Well in Troqueer Parish. Patrick Dudgeon. (Dumfries, 1870.)
Notice of St Querdan's Well at Cargen. Patrick Dudgeon. (Proc. Soc. Antiq. Soc
[xxvi., 63], 1892.)
The Parish of Urr, Civil and Ecclesiastical, a History. Rev. David Frew, D D
(Dalbeattie, 1909.)
BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 441
PRESBYTERY OF PENPONT
Closeburn : Reminiscent, Historic, and Traditional. R. M. F. Watson. (Glasgow, 1901.)
Drumlanrig Castle and the Douglases : ivith the Early History ami Ancient Remains
of Durisdeer, Closeburn, and Morton. Crauford. Tait Ramage, LL.D. (Dum-
fries, 1876.)
The Parish of Glencairn : its History, Antiquities, Families, etc. Rev. John Monteith.
(Glasgow, 1876.)
The Vale of Cairn in Story and Song. Rev. J. King Hewison, D.D. (The Gallovidian ,
1905.)
Glencairn, Dumfriesshire : the Annals of an Inland Parish. J. Corrie. (Dumfries, 1911 .)
God's Treasure-House in Scotland [ Wanlockhead]. Rev. J. Moir Porteous. (London,
1876.)
History of Sanquhar: Antiquities, Local Traditions, etc. Rev. R. Simpson, D.D.
(Edinburgh, 2nd ed., 1865.)
The History of Sanquhar. J.Brown. (Dumfries, 1891.)
Memorials of Sanquhar Kirkyard. T.Wilson. (Dumfries, 1912.)
A Country Schoolmaster, James Shaw, Tynron. Ed. by Prof. Robert Wallace. (Edin.,
1899.)
A History of Galloway and Dumfries. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart., LL.D. (Edin.,
2nd ed., 1900.)
Dumfries and Galloway Notes and Queries. [Parts I. to IV.] Ed. by Charles Mackie.
(Dumfries, 1911-13.)
Communion Tokens of Dumfriesshire. Rev. H. A. Whitelaw. (Dumfries, 1911.)
SYNOD OF GALLOWAY
PRESBYTERY OF STRANRAER
A Clerical History of Kirkmaiden. William Todd. (Glasgow, 1860.)
Kirkmaiden : Sketch of a Sea-girt Parish. Andrew Donaldson. (The Gallovidian, 1907.)
St Medan's Cave and Chapel, Kirkmaiden. (Arch, and Hist. Coll. Ayr and Gall., vi., 17.)
Glenluce Abbey. Rev. A. Taylor Hill. (Kirkcudbright, 1912.)
Glenluce Abbey. D. Henry. (Arch, and Hist. Coll. Ayr and Galloway, v., 125.)
Stoneykirk : Past and Present. [Parts I., II.] Andrew Donaldson. (The Gallo-
vidian, 1908.)
442 BIBLIOGRAPHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
PRESBYTERY OF WIGTOWN
St Xinian's Cave, Glasserton. (Arch, and Hist. Coll., Ayr and Wigton, v. 1, vi. 34.)
Rambles round Creetoxvn and. District [Kirkmahreek.\ J. Slevin. (Creetown, 1912.)
The History of the Parish of Minnigaff \Monigaff\. James G. Kinna. (Dumfries,
1903.)
Extracts from the Session-Book of the Parish of Penninghame, 1679-1689. (Dumfries.
1826.) [Vide also The Gallovidian, 1901.]
Xotes on the Parish of Sorbie. Rev. Alexander Murdoch. {The Gallomdian, 1901.)
Memories of Garlieston. A. A. Cuthbert. (Dumfries, 1908.)
Wigtown and Whithorn : Historical and Descriptive Sketches. Gordon Fraser,
(Wigtown, 1885.)
The Case for the Crown in re the Wigtown Martyrs Proved to be Myths, versus Wodrow.
Macaulay, and Others. Mark Xapier [Sheriff of Dumfries]. (Edin., 1863.)
History Vindicated in the Case of the Wigtown Martyrs. Rev. A. Stewart, D.D.
(Edin., 1869.)
History Rescued, an Answer to " History Vindicated." Mark Xapier. (Edin., 1870.)
The Story of the Wigtown Martyrs. Gordon Fraser. (Wigtown, 1885.)
The Wigtown Martyrs. J. W. Kennedy. (Trans. Hawick Arch. Soc, 1904.)
History of the Counties of Ayr and Wigtown. 5 vols. James Paterson. (Edin., 1863-66.)
Archaeological and Historical Collections relating to the Counties of Ayr and Wigton.
18 vols. (Edin., 1878-99.)
Guide to Wigtownshire. Sir Andrew N. Agnew, Bart. (Dumfries, 1908.)
Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in Galloivay — Vol. I., County of Wigtown.
[Hist. Mon. Coramiss.] (London. 1912.)
PRESBYTERY OF KIRKCUDBRIGHT
G at ehouse-of- Fleet [Anivoth] : its History and Antiqxdties. Alexander Bryson. {The
Gallomdian, 1911.)
Auchencairn and its Associations East Galloway Sketches]. (Castle-Douglas, 1901.)
The Glenkfns [Balmaclellan] in Olden Times. J. Barbour. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall.
Xat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1896.)
The Kirk above Dee Water [Bahnaghie]. Rev. H. M. B. Reid, B.D. (Castle-Douglas,
• 1895.)
Borgue, the Story of a Senhoard Parish. Rev. G. Ogilvy Elder. (Castle-Douglas, 1896.)
Borgue : its Parish Churches, Pastors, and People. Rev. James Bell Henderson.
(Castle-Douglas.)
Buittle Parish : Past and Present. Rev. R. T. Tarbet. (N.P., N.D.)
Carsphairn and its Antiquities [East Galloway Sketches]. (Castle-Douglas, 1901.)
Coi'sock Parish Church. Rev. George Sturrock. (Castle-Douglas, n.d.)
MBLIOGRAPIIY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES 443
The Church of St John, Dairy. W. Galloway. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist,
and Antiq. Soc, 1896.)
Antiquities of Girthon. Rev. W. W. Coats. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and
Antiq. Soc, 1898.)
Dairy : its History and Traditions [East Galloway Sketches]. (Castle-Douglas, 1901.)
Kirkcudbright : the Story of an Ancient Royal Burgh. Rev. G. Ogilvy Elder.
(Castle-Douglas, 1898.)
Kirkcudbright Town and Castle [East Galloway Sketches]. (Castle-Douglas, 1901.)
Kirkcudbright in the 16th Century. W. Dickie. (Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and
Antiq. Soc, 1908.)
Memorials of the Abbey of Dundrennan in Galloway. Rev. M. B. Hutchison.
(Exeter, 1857.)
Dundrennan Abbey audits History. J. H. Maxwell. (Castle-Douglas, 1875.)
Gleanings relating to Dundrennan Abbey. J. C. Aitken. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall.
Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1895.)
The Abbey of Dundrennan. Rev. A. H. Christie. (Dalbeattie, 1914.)
Notes on Tongland. F. R. Coles. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc,
1883.)
Tongland Abbey [East Galloway Sketches]. (Castle-Douglas, 1901.)
A Large Description of Galloway. Rev. Andrew Symson. (Edin., 1823; reprinted in
Mackenzie's History, 1841.)
The Literary History of Galloway. Thomas Murray. (Edin., 1832.)
History of Galloway from the Earliest Period. 2 vols. [Rev. William Mackenzie].
(Kirkcudbright, 1841.)
Minute Book kept by the War Committee of the Covenanters in the Stewartry of Kirk-
cudbright, 1640-1641. (Kirkcudbright, 1855.)
The Register of the Synod of Galloway Oct. 1664 to April 1671. (Kirkcudbright, 1856.)
Studies in the Topography of Galloway. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. (Edin., 1887.)
Place-Names of the Stewartry. Francis R. Coles. (Trans. Dumf. and Gall. Nat. Hist,
and Antiq. Soc, 1896.)
Rambles in Galloway, Topographical, Historical, Traditional, and Biographical.
M. M'L. Harper. (Dalbeattie, 1896.)
A History of Galloway and Dumfries. Sir Herbert Maxwell, Bart. (Edin., 1896.)
Galloway, Ancient and Modem. P. H. M'Kerlie. (Edin., 1891.)
Galloway : the Story of an Ancient Scottish Province. Rev. G. Ogilvy Elder. (Castle-
Douglas, 1897.)
The Martyr Graves of Kirkcudbrightshire. Rev. J. H. Thomson. (Trans. Dumf. and
Gall. Nat. Hist, and Antiq. Soc, 1895.)
The Martyr Stones of Kirkcudbright. Rev. John H. Thomson. (Castle-Douglas, 1899.)
The Five Great Churches of Galloway. D. M'Gibbon and Thomas Ross. (Edin., 1899.)
East Galloivay Sketches. Alexander Trotter, M.D. (Castle-Douglas, 1901.)
Histoid/ of the Lands and their Owners in Galloway. 5 vols. P. H. M'Kerlie.
(Edin., 1870-79 : Paisley, new ed., 1906.)
444 BIBLIOGRAHY OF CHURCH AND PARISH HISTORIES
Galloway and the Covenanters. A. S. Morton. (Paisley, 1914.)
Grey Galloway: its Lords and its Saints. Wentwortli Huyshe. (Edin., 1914.)
The Hereditary Sheriffs of Galloway: their Forbears and Friends, Courts, and Customs
of their Times, with Xotes of the Early History and Ecclesiastical Legends, the
Baronage and Place-Xames of the Province. Sir Andrew Agnew, Bart. (Edin.,
1864 ; ed. 1893, 1898.)
Galloway. John M. Sloan. (London, 1901.)
The Churchyards of the Stew ar try. James Matthewson. {Kirkcudbrightshire Adver-
tiser, 1911-14.)
The Gallovidian. (1899-1916.)
Highways and Byways in Galloway and Carrick. Rev. C. H. Dick. (London, 1916.)
Pilgrim Spots in Galloway. E. M. H. M'Kerlie. (Lqndon, 1916.)
Inventory of Monuments and Constructions in Galloway — Vol. II., County of Kirk-
cudbright. [Hist. Mon. Commiss.] (London, 1914.)
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
Abbey St Bathans, 1
Abbotrule, 118, 120
Aberraelk, 220
Ancrum, 98
Annan, 241
Anwoth, 385
Applegarth, 199
Ardwell, 330
Arnsheen, 331
Ashkirk, 168
Auchencairn, 388
Ayton, 30
Ballantrae, 331
Balraaclellan, 388
Balmaghie, 391
Balnacross, 425
Bargrennan, 359
Bassendean, 165
Bedrule, 102
Belkirk, 230
Bolside, 176
Borgue, 395
Bowden, 171
Brydekirk, 242
Buccleuch, 173
Buittle, 398
Bunkle and Preston, 4
Butter's Chapel. See Glenapp
Caddonfoot, 173
Caerlanrigg, 140
Caerlaverock, 258
Canonbie, 228
Carruthers, 252
Carsphairn, 400
Castle-Douglas, 402
Castlemilk, 220
Castleton, 230
Cavers, 104
Channelkirk, 147
Charteris, 138
Chirnside, 32
Clayshant, 352
Closeburn, 309
Coldingham, 36
445
Coldstream, 39
Colmonell, 333
Colvend or Culven, 260
Corrie, 205
Corsock, 403
Crailing, 107
Cranshaws, 6
Crossmichael, 404
Crugilton, 375
Cummertrees, 243
Dalbeattie, 262
Dalgarno, 309, 311
Dairy, 406
Dalswinton. See Kirkmahoe
Dalton, 201
Dalton, Little, 201, 203
Dornock, 244
Dryfesdale, 203
Dumfries, St Mary's, 270
St Michael's, 263
Greyfriars, or New Church, 269
Dundrennan, 422
Dungrie, 210, 299
Dunrod, 416
Duns, 7
Boston, 11
Dunscore, 272
Durisdeer, 312
Earlston, 148
Ecclefechan, 248
Eccles, 12
Eckford, 109
Edgerston, 111
Ednam, 68
Edrom, 42
Ellem, 24, 26
Ellemford, 26
Eskdalemuir, 232
Ettiltoun, 230
Ettrick and Buccleuch, 173
Ewes, 232
Ewis-duris, 232
Eyemouth, 45
446
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
FlSHWICK, 51
Fogo, 15
Forrest. See Yarrow
Foulden, 47
Galashiels, 176
West, 180
Galtway, 416
Garrell, or Garvald, 209
Gelston, 413, 415
Girthon, 409
Glasserton, 359
Glenapp, 835
Glencairn, 314
Glenluce, 347
Gordon, 151
Greenknowe, 246
Greenlaw, 18
West, 20
Gretna, 246
Half Morton, 235
Hassendean, 131, 133
Hawick, 112
St John's, 117
St Margaret's, 118
St Mary's, 117
Heatherlie, 180
Hilton, 63, 66
Hobkirk, 118
Hoddam, 248
Holywood, 274
Horndean, 53
Hoselaw. See Linton
Houndwood, 48
Hownam, 122
Hume, 92, 94
Hutton and Corrie, 205
Hutton and Fish wick, 51
Inch, 336
Irving, 250
Jedburgh, 124
Johnstone, 207
Keir, 317
Kells, 411
Kelso, 70
North, 74
Kelton, 413
Kilblane, 281
Kilbride, 324, 326
Kirkandrews, 395
Kirkbean, 276
Kirk Borthwick, 190
Kirkbride, 324, 326
Kirkchrist, 428, 430
Kirkcolm, 338
Kirkconnell (Annan), 250
Kirkconnell (Dumfries), 301
Kirkconnell (Penpont), 318
Kirkcorraack, 415
Kirkcowan, 361
Kirkcudbert-Invertig, 331
Kirkcudbright, 416
Kirkdale, 367
Kirkennan, 398
Kirkgunzeon, 279
Kirkhope, 181
Kirkindeloch, 293
Kirkinner, 364
Kirkmabreck, 367
Kirkmadryne, 375
Kirkmahoe, 281
Kirkmaiden-in-Farines, 359
Kirkmaiden-in-Rhinns, 340
Kirkmichael and Garrel, 209
Kirkpatrick-Durham, 284
Kirkpatrick-Fleming, 250
Kirkpatrick-Irongray, 287
Kirkpatrick-Juxta, 210
Kirkpatrick-in-the-Mure, 284
Kirkton, 129
Kirtle, 252
Ladhope, 181
Ladykirk, 53
Lamberton, 56
Langholm, 236
Langnewton, 98, 102
Langton, 21
Lauder, 153
Legerwood, 155
Lempitlaw, 88
Lennell, 39
Lessudden, 191
Leswalt, 342
Lilliesleaf, 182
Lindean, 176
Linton, 75
Little Dalton, 201, 203
Lochkindeloch, 293
Lochmaben, 212
Lochrutton, 290
Lochryan, 344
Longcastle, 364, 366
Longformacus, 24
Luce, 248
Luce, New, 345
Luce, Old, 347
INDEX OF PARISHES AND CHAPELS
447
Makerstoun, 78
St John's Clachan, 406
Maxton, 184
St Mary's Isle. See Kirkcudbright
Maxwell, 70
St Mary's of the Lowes. Set Yarrow
Maxweltown, 292
St Mungo, 220
Melrose, 186
Sanquhar, 324
Mersington. See Eccles
Saughtree, 238
Mertoun, 158
Saulseat, 336
Middlebie, 252
Selkirk, 193
Minto, 131
Sennick or Sandwick, 395
Mochrum, 369
Sheuchan, 352
Moffat, 215
Sibbaldbie, 199
Molle, 80
Siraprin, 59, 61
Moniaive. See Glencairn
Smailholm, 160
Monigaff, 371
Sorbie, 375
Mordington, 56
Southdean, 138
Morebattle, 80
Southwick, 295
Morton, 235
Sprouston, 88
Morton (Penpont), 320
Staple-Gorton, 236
Mouswald, 218
Stichill and Hume, 92
Mow, 80, 83
Stoneykirk, 352
Muirkirk of Luce, 345
Stow, 162
Strafontain, 1
Nenthorn, 83
Stranraer, 355
New Abbey, 293
Swinton, 59
New Luce, 345
Newton Don, 83
Terregles (Travaireglys), 296
Nisbet, 107, 109
Teviothead, 140
OXNAM, 134
Old Luce, 347
Parton, 420
Pennersaughs, 252
Penersax, 252
Penninghara, 373
Penpont, 322
Plenderleith. See Oxnam.
Polwarth, 27
Port Montgomerie, 350
Port Patrick, 350
Preston, 4
Rankilburx, 173
Redkirk, 246
Renton, 48
Rerrick, 422
Rinpatrick, 246
Roberton, 190
Roxburgh, 86
St James, 70
New, 70
Rutherford, 184
Ruthwell, 254
St Boswells, 191
St John's, Castleton. See Castleton
Tinwald, 297, 299
Tongland, 425
Torthorwald, 299
Toskerton, 352
Trailflat, 297
Trailtrow, 243
Trefontaine, 1
Troqueer, 301
Tundergarth, 222
Twynholm, 428
Tynron, 327
UrSETLINGTON, 53
Urr, 304
Wamphray, 224
Wanlockhead, 328
Wauchope, 236, 238
Westerkirk, 239
Westruther, 165
Wheelkirk, 230
Whitern, or Whithorn, 378
Whitsome, 63
Whitton Chapel. See Morebattle
Wigtown, 381
Wilton, 142
Yarrow, 196
Yetholm, 94
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Abercromby, William, 154
Abernethy, John, 125
Abernethy, Thomas, 110, 113, 312
Abernethy, Thomas, of Glencorse, 122
Adair, Andrew, of Little Genoch, 380
Adair, Cuthbert, 336
Adam, William, 287
Adams, John, 175
Adamson, James, 62, 102, 103, 174, 353,
373, 379, 400, 404, 414
Adamson, Patrick, 398
Affleck, John, 18
Aiken, James John Marshall Lang, 32
Aikman, John, 395, 398, 428
Aikman, William, 255
Ainslie, James, 132 bis, 134
Ainslie, John, 119, 136
Ainslie, Walter, 132
Ainslie, William, 134
Ainslie, Sir William, 184
Aird, Robert, 356
Airth, David, 350
Aitken, Andrew, 376
Aitken, David, 133
Aitken, Robert, 322
Aitken, Thomas, 68, 94
Alderston, James, 407
Alexander, James, 278
Alexander, John, 248, 313
Alexander, Robert, 426
Alison, Hew, of Dunjape, 392
Allan, Archibald, 148
Allan, James, 46 bis, 62
Allan, John, 209, 273
Allan, Robert, 236
Allan, Thomas, 238
Allan. William. 371
Allardyce, James Mackenzie, 173
Allardyce. Robert, 430
Allison, William, 244
Anderson. Alexander, 3, 376
Anderson. Andrew, 364
Anderson, Charles, 310
448
Anderson, David, 85
Anderson, Herbert, 301
Anderson, James, 355
Anderson, John, 149, 245, 296, 301, 323,
341, 409
Anderson, Patrick, 374
Anderson, Thomas, 31, 44, 430
Anderson, Walter, 35
Anderson, William, 408
Arbuckle, John, 356, 372
Arbuthnot, Alexander, 275
Arbuthnot, Andrew, 59
Arbuthnot, Robert, 334, 372
Archibald, Charles, 277
Archibald, Robert, 272
Arkle, James, 115, 232
Armstrong, James, 41, 229, 255
Armstrong, Robert, 231
Armstrong, William, 229, 231
Arnot. Samuel, 425
Arnott, William, 223
Arrott, William, 147
Arthur, Alexander, 263
Auchmutie, William, 8, 112
Austin, John Mein, 222, 271
Austin, William, 323
Ayre, Joseph Logan, 364
Baillie, James, 360
Baillie, John, 17
Baillie, William, 241
Bainbridge, Philip, 80
Baird, James, 14, 60, 157
Baird, John, 96
Balfour, Donald, 15
Balfour, James, 13
Balfour, John, 75, 94
Balfour, Richard, 430
Balfour, William, 70, 172
Ballantyne, Robert, 324
Balmain, David, 240
Balmer, Stephen, 351
Bannatyne, Andrew, 37, 43
INDEX OF MINISTERS
449
Bannatyne, James, 45
Bannatyne, Thomas, 231
Bannatyne, William, 197
Baptie, George, 138
Barclay, David, 264
Barclay, George, of Middleton, 226
Barclay, George, 57, 89, 206, 226
Barclay, James, 230, 268
Barclay, John, 43, 85, 359
Barclay, William, 419
Barr, Andrew Muirhead, 330
Barrie, James, 370
Barron, John, 378
Barron, William, 226
Barton, Angus, 232
Barty, Thomas, 339
Baxter. Charles, 90
Baxter, David, 183
Baxter, William, 69, 90
Bayne, Alexander, of New Grange, 317
Beaton, James, of Creich, 86
Beaton, James, 86, 312, 314
Begg, James, 292
Bell, Andrew, 88
Bell, George, 25, 52
Bell, James, 41, 338, 339
Bell, John, 152, 161, 228, 253
Bell, Richard, 58, 227
Bell, Robert, 27, 106, 108
Bell, Stephen, 46
Bell, Thomas, 252 bis
Bell, Thomas Blizzard, 344
Bell, William, 248
Bell, William Napier, 239
Bell, William Wilson, 3
Bennet, Andrew, 311
Bennet, David, 344
Bennet, John, 8, 176
Bennet, Robert, 100
Bennet, William, of Grubet, 98
Bennet, William, 273
Bertram, James, 5
Bethune, John, 31
Bethune, Joseph, 50
Beveridge, Andrew, 259
Bichet, Robert, 253
Biggar, Robert, 318
Biggar, William, 337
Birnie, John, of Broomhill, 258
Birrell, John, 166
Birrell, Robert, 426
Bishop, Patrick, 120, 131
Bisset, Alexander, 188
Bisset, Archibald, 49
Bissett, George Alexander, 50
Black, Anthony, 245
VOL. II
Black, James, 247, 374
Black, William, 309
Black, William M'Millan, 387
Blackadder, John, 302
Blackadder, William, 318
Blackie, William, 95
Blacklock, Thomas, 417
Blackwood, James, 324
Blackwood, Robert, 326
Blackstock, Robert, 181, 184
Blain, Henry, 354
Blair, Charles, 58
Blair, Charles Patrick, 329
Blair, Duncan, 335
Blair, George, 356
Blair, James, 350
Blair, Peter, 126
Blair, Robert, 275
Blair, Samuel, 409
Blair, Thomas, 41, 334
Blake, George, 272
Blake, James Largie, 24
Blake [Black], John, 4
Blinshall, David, 394
Blinshiel, Robert, 364, 38i>
Blyth, David, 416
Blyth, Henry, 12
Bonar, Andrew Redman, 17
Bonar, Horatius, 74
Bonar, John, 120, 134, 409, 415
Bonar, Thomas, 61
Borland, James, 103
Borland, Robert, 181, 198
Borrowman, Patrick, 316
Borthwick, Archibald, 19, 28
Borthwick, Ninian, 146, 153, 165
Boston, Thomas, 62, 136, 174, 175
Bowes, Robert, 353, 423
Bowie, John, 303
Bowmaker, Robert, 2, 10
Boyd, Andrew, 429
Boyd, Andrew Kennedy Hutchison, 290
Boyd, Edward, 383
Boyd, George, 315
Boyd, Robert, 76 bis, 350
Boyd, William, 201, 347, 364, 401, 408
Boyd, William, of Myrtonhall, 374
Boyle, John, 110
Braton, Andrew, 277
Bremner, John, 210
Brewster, Sir David, 90
Bright, Robert Montgomery, 181
Brodie, William, 212
Bromfield, Robert Orange, 91
Broome, Robert, 272
Brotherstone, James, 315
2 F
450
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Broun, Hugh M'Bryde, 242
Broun, John, 428
Broun, Richard, 214
Brounside (Burnside), John, 78
Brown, Adam, of Largnaine, 284
Brown, Alexander, 217, 248, 249, 252, 426
Brown, Andrew, 214
Brown, Archibald, 157
Brown, David, 19, 108, 152, 195, 271
Brown, George, 204, 356
Brown, Gideon, 156, 161
Brown, James, 188, 287, 396, 412
Brown, John, 23, 24, 27, 68, 76, 147, 224,
239, 277, 284, 287, 298, 304, 315, 316
Brown, Lyon, 312, 373
Brown, Patrick, 287, 299
Brown, Richard, 265, 275, 312, 318, 327
Brown, Robert, 87, 261, 277
Brown, Samuel, 78, 368 bis
Brown, Thomas, 210, 426
Brown, William, 85, 104, 117, 185, 233,
315
Brownlie, Charles, 118
Brownlie, Robert, 129
Bruce, George, 133
Bruce, Michael, 386
Bryce, Donald Campbell, 218
Bryce, James Clow, 203, 208
Bryden, James Henderson, 276
Bryden, William, 201
Brydon, Robert, 274, 426
Brydone, Robert, 38
Bryson, Alexander, 268, 312
Bryson, James, 312, 382 bis
Buchan, William Sutherland, 180
Buchanan, George, 78, 211, 216, 416
Buchanan, James, 23S
Buchanan, John, 48
Buchanan, Peter, 93
Buchanan, Thomas, 295
Buglass, James, 404
Buncle, Edward, 283
Burgess, John, 209
Burleigh, John, 70
Burn, William, 133
Burne, John, 21
Burnet, Alexander, 37, 130, 404
Burnet, Joseph, 403
Burnet, Robert, 372
Burnet, William, 236
Burnett, James, 125, 153
Burnie, William, 137
Burns, Stewart, 118
Burns, Thomas, 332
Burnside, Cunningham, 273
Burnside, George MacKnight, 307
Burnside, William, 266, 269
Burr, John, 173
Butler, Dugald, 180
Byres, George, 156, 192 bis
Byres, Thomas, 156 bis
Caddell, James, 346
Cairncross, Alexander, 265
Calder, Robert, 84
Calderwood, David, 107
Calderwood, William, 156 bis
Caldwell, John, 350
Caldwell, Thomas, 50
Caldwell, William, 331
Callander, John, 340, 367, 422
Callander, Robert, 341
Callander, William Corson, 181, 292
Cameron, Andrew, 401, 417
Cameron, Daniel, 32
Cameron, James, 336
Cameron, John Alexander, 158
Campbell, Alexander Duncan, 419
Campbell, Archibald Blair, 351
Campbell, George, 265, 268
Campbell, James, 156, 243
Campbell, James Alexander, 304
Campbell, James Marjoribanks, 301
Campbell, James Montgomery, 268
Campbell, John, 5, 6, 195, 278, 300, 401
Campbell, John James, 355
Campbell, Robert, 349, 354
Campbell, Thomas, 101, 163, 372
Campbell, William, of Queenshill, 365
Campbell, William, 49, 183
Canaries [Macanrias], James, 194
Candlish, John M'Kay, 402
Cannan, Thomas, 402
Cant, John, 411, 412
Carlyle, John, 201, 243
Carlyle, William, 244
Carmichael, John, 319 325
Carmichael, Patrick, 135
Carmichael, Samuel Gilfillan, 328
Carmichael, William, 78, 225
Carnegie, William, 249
Carrail, Matthew, 4, 43
Carrail, William, 43
Carruthers, James, 391, 398, 404, 420
Carruthers, John, 203
Carson, Robert, 887
Carstairs, David, 340
Cass, Alexander, 27
Cass (Kessen), Robert, 260
Castlelaw, Thomas, 343
Cathels, David, 116, 131
Chalmer, Thomas, 250
INDEX OF MINISTERS
451
Chalmers, George, 58
Chalmers, James, 250, 264
Chalmers, John, 171, 262
Chapman, Alexander, 272
Chapman, Robert, 391
Charles, James, 363
Charleson, Charles Forbes, 320
Charlton, Harcourt Peter, 357
Charteris, Archibald Hamilton, 294
Charteris, Samuel, of Luscar, 143
Chatto, Andrew, 81
Cheyne, Robert, 410
Chisholm, , 233
Chisholm, John, 140, 182
Chisholm, William, 63
Christie, Alexander Hamilton, 424
Christie, James, 62, 81, 362, 365
Christie, Peter, 3
Christie, Thomas, 383
Christison, Alexander, 49
Clanahan, Samuel, 361
Clanny, Hugh, 277
Clapperton, John, of Neatoune, 68
Clapperton, John, 40, 51, 95, 196
Clapperton, William, 40
Clark, William, 280, 429
Clark, William Brown, 235
Clayhills, Andrew, 109, 125
Cleghorn, George, 244
Cleghorn, Matthew, 204
Cleghorn, Thomas, 162
Cleland, George, 312, 313, 321
Cleland, John, 163, 253
Clelland, Joseph, 362
Clerk, Adam, 70
Clerk, Andrew, 223
Clerk, David, 185
Clerk, John, 109, 277
Clerk, William, 105, 142
Clunie, John, 235
Coats, Walter William, 411
Cobham, Thomas, 374
Cochrane, John, 115
Cochrane, John Douglas, 279
Cockburn, Henry, 146 bis
Cockburn, James, 2
Cockburn, Samuel, 131
Colden, Alexander, 5, 9, 136
Colden, James, 64
Colden, Robert, 4
Colden, Thomas, 400
Cole (M'Coll), Alexander, 428
Collace, Andrew, 9
Collace, Francis, 146, 151
Collow, John, 323
Colquhoun, James, 374, 379
VOL. II.
Colquhoun, John, 211
Colt, John, 102, 190
Colt, Oliver, 47
Colvill, William, 1
Colville, George, 230
Colville, Robert, 95, 242, 349
Colvin, James Charles Gillies, 250
Colvin, John, 369
Colvin, Robert, 208
Colvin, Robert Francis, 142, 208, 212
Cook, George, 26, 397
Cook, John, 13
Cook, Walter, 244
Cooper, Alexander, 194, 376
Cooper, James, 370, 383
Cooper, Robert, 410
Copland, Thomas, 246, 250
Corkindale, William Alexander, 55
Cormack, John, 164
Correy, Henry, 401
Corson, William, 403
Corwall, William, 350
Cosens, Peter, 154
Costrane, James, 42
Coull, Patrick, 293
Coulter, John, 341, 357
Couper, David, 328
Couper, Matthew, 182
Couper, Robert, 341
Couper, Simon, 417
Couper, William, 370
Courtney, David, 92
Courtney, Thomas, 158, 159, 169
Cousin, William, 11
Coutts, William, 12
Cowan, Charles James, 82
Cowan, Hugh, 365
Cowan, Samuel, 415
Cowe, Robert, 65
Craig, Archibald, 104
Craig, George, 91
Craig, Hugh, 177
Craig, James, 194, 248
Craig, John, 251, 255, 417
Craig, Robert James, 371
Cramond, Robert, 197
Cranstoun, John, 101 bis, 108
Cranstoun, Michael, 193
Cranstoun, Thomas, 33, 168
Cranstoun, Thomas, of Morriston, 156
Cranstoun, William, 156
Craufurd, William, 54, 143
Craw, Francis, 33
Craw, Peter, 192
Crawford, Alexander, 244
Crawford, George, 354
2 F 2
452
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Crawford, Robert, 289
Creech, Peter, 125
Crichton, James, 226, 276
Crichton, James Alexander, 242
Crichton, Robert, 324
Crichton, William, 321, 324
Cririe, James, 202
Crockat, John, 421
Crocket, John, 280
Crombie, Frederick, 324
Crombie, William, 47, 418
Crooks, John, 331, 345
Crosbie, Alexander, 399
Crosbie, William Glendonwyn, 421
Crosby, Thomas, 292
Cullen, Gavin, 390
Cullen, James, 384
Cuming, John, 45
Cuming, Patrick, 214, 283
Cunningham, Adam, 109, 233
Cunningham, Alexander, of Hyndhope,
174
Cunningham, Alexander, 334, 360
Cunningham, David, 272
Cunningham, George, 10, 193
Cunningham, James, 162
Cunningham, John, 201, 331, 420
Cunningham, Patrick, 130, 291
Cunningham, Robert, 67, 113, 114, 143,
168, 169 bis
Cunningham, William, 219, 313, 325
Cupples, George, 60, 157
Currie, Andrew, 165
Currie, James, 249, 251, 253
Currie, John Rogerson, 207
Currie, William John, 357
Currour, John, 287, 290
Cuthbertson, Alexander, 44
Cuthill, William, 391
Cutlar, William, 395, 422
Dalgarno, William, 282
Dalgleish, Colin, 348, 420
Dalgleish, John, 87 bis, 417
Dalgleish, Walter, 239, 410, 426
Dalgleish, William, 367
Dalzel, Andrew, 354
Dalzell, Ninian, 258, 263
Dalzell, William, 391
Dalziel, Mungo, 6
Darling, Andrew, 92, 249
Darling, Robert, 234
Darling, Robert Storraonth, 23
Darngavel, John, 138
Daun, James, 171
Davidson, Adam, 96
Davidson, Alexander, 107
Davidson, Elliot William, 377
Davidson, George, 63, 386, 423
Davidson, Henry, 177
Davidson, Isaac, 377, 380
Davidson, James, 360, 376, 379, 382
Davidson, John, 122, 138
Davidson, John Edgar, 50
Davidson, Robert, 276
Davidson, Thomas, 3, 83
Davidson, Walter, 151
Davidson, William, 58
Davies, John, 399
Dawson, James, 22
Dawson, John, 22, 43, 79
Dawson, Robert, 164
Deans, Archibald, 172
Deans, Robert, 108
Deas [Daes], James, 148 bis
Dempster, George, 225
Denniston, Peter [Danielston], 8
Denoon, Benjamin, 363
Dewar, Archibald Edmiston, 326
Dick, Alexander, 408
Dick, Andrew, 405
Dick, George, 348
Dick, John, 336
Dick, John Crawford, 233
Dickie, David, 297
Dickie, John, 237, 273
Dickison, Benjamin, 120, 130
Dickson, Adam, 10
Dickson, Charles, 226
Dickson, David, 69, 221
Dickson, Edward, 102, 131
Dickson, George, 104
Dickson [Dixon], Jacob, 219
Dickson, John, 71, 346, 362, 411
Dickson, John Inches, 279, 329
Dickson, Robert Marcus, 117
Dickson, William, 180
Dill, William, 334
Dinwiddie, Archibald Hutton, 142
Dinwiddie, John Linton, 257
Dobie, Hugh, 210
Dobie, William, 56
Dodds, James, 406, 416
Donald, Andrew Thomson, 160
Donald, George Henry, 140
Donald, Robert, 352
Donaldson, David, 226
Donaldson, James, 229, 367, 415, 423
Donaldson, John, 320
Donaldson, Robert, 203, 389
Donaldson, Thomas, 161
Donaldson, William, 332, 421
INDEX OF MINISTERS
453
Donaldson, William Galloway, 75
Donnan, Andrew, 383
Dougall, James, 355
Douglas, Adam, 94, 107
Douglas, Alexander, 24, 37, 196
Douglas, Andrew, 122, 138
Douglas, Archibald, 105, 321
Douglas, Charles, 106
Douglas, Daniel, 66 bis
Douglas, George, 118, 129, 138
Douglas, Hector, 98
Douglas, James, 105, 119, 163
Douglas, John, 24, 57, 95, 108, 118, 127,
130, 138, 228, 284, 321, 404
Douglas, John Donald, 49
Douglas, Robert, 5, 51, 57, 178
Douglas, Samuel, 13, 37
Douglas, Thomas, 225
Douglas, Walter, 76, 157
Douglas, William, of Stoneypath, 36
Douglas, William, 138, 326
Douie, David Buchanan, 205, 292
Dow, Anthony, 289
Dow, David, 289
Dow, William, 426
Dowe, John, 229
Druramond, Andrew Smith, 23
Drummond, David, 50
Drummond, George, 7, 58, 64
Drummond, James Johnston, 26, 129
Drummond, Ralph, 7
Duke, Ernest Hamilton, 254
Dunbar, James, 2, 159
Dunbar, John, 375
Dunbar, Patrick, 105
Dunbar, William, 200
Dunbar, William Bumside, 240, 316
Duncan, Alexander, 152, 162
Duncan, David, 163
Duncan, George, 291
Duncan, George, jun., 291
Duncan, George Gordon Dundas Stewart,
316
Duncan, George John Craig, 286
Duncan, Henry, 176, 255
Duncan, James, 141, 159
Duncan, John, 50, 267, 423
Duncan, Joseph Rogers, 301
Duncan [Duncanson], Mark, 177
Duncan, Thomas Tudor, 200, 269
Duncanson, Andrew, 154, 171, 185, 191
Duncanson, John, 423
Duncanson, Thomas, 171, 182
Dungalson, Michael (or Nicol), 364, 366
Dunlop, Alexander, 380, 399
Dunlop, David, 23
Dunlop, Hugh, 362
Dunlop, John, 5, 219, 398
Dunlop, Patrick, 362
Dunlop, Samuel, 290, 295
Dunn, Cuthbert, 415
Dunn, Herbert, 352
Dunn, Michael, 415
Dunnett, Arthur Henry, 117
Dunsmuir, Archibald, 333
Durham, Patrick, 293
Dyce, Thomas, 140
Dysart, John, 22, 38
Dysart, Matthew, 14
Easton, Joseph, 303
Edgar, Andrew, 284, 427
Edgar, David, 368
Edgar, John, 49, 52, 218
Edgar, Nicol, 119
Edgar, Robert, 185, 248
Edie, William, 270
Edmonston, John, 170
Edward, Robert, 368
Elder, James, 317
Elder, Thomas, 343, 351, o80
Elliot, Gavin, 130
Elliot, George, 123
Elliot, Henry, 103
Elliot, John, 130
Elliot, Robert, 191
Elliot, Thomas, 106, 130
Elliot, William, 196
English, William, 285
Enslie, John, 386
Erskine, Henry, 34, 64, 190
Erskine, James, of Shielfield, 130, 140, 190,
192
Erskine, William, 400, 409
Ewart, Andrew, of Mulloch, 412
Ewart, John, 303
Ewen, John, 120
Ewing, Matthew, 122
Faichney, William, 77
Fairbairn, Archibald, 151
Fairbairn, John, 20, 92
Fairfoul, John, 391
Fairfowl, Andrew, 9
Falconer, James, 364 bis
Falconer, John, 176
Falconer, William, 414
Falconer, William Paterson, 181
Fareis, Herbert, 297
Farquhar, Robert, 417
Farquharson, James, 195
Ferguson, Alexander, 376
454
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Ferguson, Jarnes, 209, 414
Ferguson, Robert, 398
Fergusson, Archibald, 207, 211
Fergusson, James, 337
Fergusson, John, 111
Fergusson, Joseph, 223
Fergusson, Peter, 337
Fergusson, Robert, 334 bis
Ferrier, Alexander, 137
Findlay, John, 152
Findlay, John Agnew, 91, 317
Findlay, Peter Charles, 402
Findlay, Robert, of Drummore, 337
Finlayson, Alexander Wilson, 17
Finnan, James, 261, 289
Finnie, Alexander, 245
Fisher, James, 138, 196
Fisher, James Annett, 406
Fisher, Robert, 154, 193
Fisher, Robert Howie, 129
Flaberne (Fairbairn), James, 148
Fleming, Alexander, 309, 321
Fleming, Hugh, 59
Fleming, John, 362
Fleming, Lee M'Kinstry, 222
Fleming, Robert, 372
Fleming, William, 166
Fletcher, David, 18S
Fletcher, James, 83, 84
Flint, John, 30
Flint, Patrick, 321
Flint, Robert, 26
Fogo, George Laurie, 301
Foord, John, 6
Foote, Robert, 232
Forbes, David, 396
Forbes, George, 350
Forbes, James, 7
Forbes, John Mackenzie, 284
Ford, James, 154
Forke, John, 239, 326
Forman, James, 253
Forman, Ninian, 32
Forrest, Alexander, 130, 134
Forrest [Forret], John, 59
Forrester, Alexander, 125, 221, 377
Forrester, Charles, 407
Forrester, David, 154
Forrester, Laurence, 338
Forrester, Robert, 415
Forrester, Thomas, 187
Forrester, William, 221
Forsyth, Alexander, 264
Forsyth, David, 27. 36, 156, 161, 191
Forsyth, William, 347
Fotheringham, David, 216
Fotheringham, James, 347
Foulis, David, 103, 135
Fowler, William, 112
Frank, William, 153
Fraser [Frisell], Alexander, 409
Fraser, David Denholm, 91
Fraser, Ian Roderick, 295
Fraser, James, 262, 267
Fraser, Lewis, 369
Fraser, William, 18
Freeland, William, 271, 394
French, James, 12, 92, 94, 241, 341
French, Robert, 12, 18, 94, 275
Frew, David, 307
Frood, Bryce, 349
Fullarton, Hew, 264
Fullarton, John, 318, 324
Fulton, Robert, 408
Fulton, William, 384
Fulton, William Wylie, 318
Fyfe, Andrew, 271
Fynnie, Robert, 51, 56
Gaiitis [Gait], Alexander, 27
Gaittis [Gait], James, 8, 21, 26
Gaittis, John, 4
Gaittis, Patrick, 8, 43
Galbraith, Robert, 238
Galbraith, William, of Drumchappell, 33,
80, 126
Galbraith, William, 102
Galloway, Alexander, 133
Galloway, George, 360, 415
Gardiner, George, 246
Gardiner, Robert, 423
Gardner, Alexander, 212, 281
Garnock, Henry, 157
Gartshore, George, 386, 417
Gartshore, James, 374
Gatt, James, 247
Geddes, Charles, 420
Geddie, Patrick, 389
Gemmell [Gammell], William, 410
Gib, Martin, 373
Gibson, Alexander, 31, 394
Gibson, Archibald, 236, 272
Gibson, Henry, 335
Gibson, James, 62, 297
Gibson, John, 146, 353
Gibson, John Sharp, 181
Gibson, Luke, 261
Gibson, Mungo, 121, 325
Gibson, Thomas, 215
Gifford, John, 85
Gilchrist, Andrew Scoular Galbraith, 201
Gilchrist, James, 273
INDEX OF MINISTERS
455
Gilchrist, John, 103, 401
Gilfillan, Brodie Smith, 338
Gillan, Robert, 115, 176, 192
Gillespie, George, 244
Gillespie, James Ewer, 281
Gillespie, John, 412
Gillespie, John, 220, 291
Gillespie, Richardson Addison, 406
Gillespie, Robert, 111
Gillespie, Thomas, 244
Gillespie, William, 412
Gillies, John, 240
Gillies, Robert, 260
Gillieson, Thomas, 7
Gilliland, James, 19
Gillon, James, 105
Girvan, Alexander, 23
Gladstaines, James, 95, 247
Gledstanes, George, 302, 304
Gledstanes, Halbert, 258, 301
Gledstanes, John, 301
Gledstanes, Walter, 293
Glen, Alexander, 130, 178
Glen, Archibald, 421
Glen, John, 82, 92 bis
Glendinning, James, 302
Glendonyng, Robert, 416, 420
Gloag, Paton James, 179
Glover, William, 405
Godfroy, John, 343
Goldie, Thomas, 211
Goldie, Thomas Smith, 42
Gordon, Alexander, 130, 360, 362, 376
Gordon, Andrew, 406
Gordon, Hon. Arthur, 20
Gordon, Charles, 169
Gordon, David William, 82, 150, 153
Gordon, Francis, 312
Gordon, Hugh, 387
Gordon, James, 397, 429
Gordon, James Aitchison, 61
Gordon, John, 120, 361, 429
Gordon, Robert, 401, 404, 410
Gordon, Roger, 359, 379 bis
Gordon, Thomas, 112, 238
Gordon, William, of Balmeg, 387
Gordon, William, 256, 331
Gordon, William Ireland, 427
Goudie, John, 89, 149 bis
Gourlay, Adam, 183
Gourlie, John Henderson, 243
Gowan [Macgowan], Peter, 376
Gowanlock, James, 251
Gracie, William, 102
Graham, David, 140, 237, 251, 282
Graham, George, 213
Graham, Henry Grey, 85
Graham, James, 323
Graham, James Francis, 347
Graham, John, 865
Graham, Manners Hamilton Nisbet, 85,
186
Graham, William, 233, 250
Graham, William Vilant, 292
Grant, David, 176
Grant, James Robb, 399
Grant, William, 107
Grant, William Kenneth, 44
Gray, Andrew, 220, 270, 411
Gray, George, 111
Gray, James, 71
Gray, John, 411
Gray, Robert, 380
Gray, William, 9
Green, James, 240
Greenhill, Charles Kinnear, 191
Greenshields, Luke, 321
Greig, George, 286, 298, 299
Greig, James, 333
Grier [Grierson], Robert, 313
Grierson, Thomas, 278
Grierson, William, 315
Grieve, Henry, 429
Grieve, John, 160
Guild, Andrew, 209
Gullan, Gabriel, 204, 226
Gullan, William, 54, 157
Gunn, George, 93
Gunn, George Gibson, 44
Gunn, Peter Bryce, 137
Gusthart, William, 108
Guthrie, Alexander, 249, 296, 317
Guthrie, Andrew, 43
Guthrie, George, 136
Guthrie, James, 153, 288
Haig, Andrew, 158
Haining, John, 186
Haistie, Andrew, 88
Haitlie [Hastie], John, 224
Haldane [Haddin], Archibald, 376
Haliburton, John, 87, 247
Haliburton, Simon, of Howcleuch, 169, 281
Hall, George, 76, 121
Hall, James, 2, 331
Hall, Mercer, 191
Halliday, John, 301
Halliday, Samuel, 204, 273
Halliday, Thomas, 414
Hamilton, Alexander, 371
Hamilton, Andrew, 253
Hamilton, Archibald, 376, 383 bis
456
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Hamilton, Blaise. 246
Hamilton, David Gordon, 74
Hamilton, Gavin, 280
Hamilton, Gavin James, 170
Hamilton, George, 419
Hamilton, Henry Monteith, 314
Hamilton, James, 264, 294, 312, 382, 406,
423
Hamilton, John, 168, 239, 247
Hamilton, Robert, 102, 131, 331
Hamilton, Thomas, 275
Hamilton, William, of Bardanock, 406
Hamilton, William, 203, 218
Happer, Robert, 21
Hardie, John, 151, 152
Hardie, Thomas Samuel, 170
Hart, John, 365
Hart, Walter, 5
Harvie, John, 294
Harvie, Thomas, 121
Harvie, William, 398
Harvie, William Davidson, 26
Hastie, George, 251
Hastie [Hastings], Patrick, 396
Hastie, John, 44
Hastings, Thomas, 329
Hathorn, Michael, 338, 353
Hay, James, 130, 176, 190
Hay, Thomas, 346, 386
Hay, William, 275
Hedderwick. David, 228
Henderson, Abraham, of Tannielaggie,
379, 395
Henderson, Alexander, 328, 351
Henderson, David, 343, 383
Henderson, Hugh, 264, 400, 407
Henderson, Francis, 221
Henderson, James, 282, 394
Henderson, James Bell, 398
Henderson, John, 204, 328, 329
Henderson, Michael, 415
Henderson, Robert, 213, 254, 312, 365
Henderson, Thomas, 204, 213, 222, 247,
321
Henderson, William, 102
Henderson, William Robertson, 388
Hendry, Robert, 348
Henry, Donald M'Intyre, 381, 415
Henry, George, 353, 407
Henryson, John, 201
Hepburn, Francis, 40
Hepburn, John, 6, 66, 149, 158, 305
Hepburn, Patrick, 31
Hepburn, Thomas, 40
Herald, William David, 11
Herdman, James Chalmers, 189
Heriot, George, 272, 281
Heron, George, 296, 297
Heron, James, 280
Hemes, Robert, 204
Hervie, Francis, 95
Heslop, William, 163
Hewat, Alexander, 37, 43
Hill, Alexander, 334
Hill, Alexander Taylor, 350
Hill, James, 285
Hill, Thomas, 332
Hislop, Robert, 30, 59, 63
Hog, Thomas, 277
Hogarth, David, 79
Hogg, Alexander, 168
Hogg, David, 283
Hogg, James, 278
Hogg, Robert, 87
Hogg, William, 30, 177
Holliwell, George, 28, 66
Holywell, Thomas, 187
Home, Abraham, of Gunsgreen, 19, 23
Home, Abraham, 35
Home, Alexander, 12, 29, 92
Home, Andrew, 153
Home, Charles, 18, 33, 94, 301
Home, David, 12, 18, 33, 36, 47, 54
Home, George, of Broadhaugh, 34
Home, George, of Gunsgreen, 32
Home, George, 2, 31, 48, 160, 195
Home, Henry, of Kelphope, 147
Home, James, 40, 66
Home, John, of Broomhouse, 66
Home, John, 12, 18, 21, 30, 43, 45, 51, 58,
234
Home, Ninian, of Billie, 5, 89
Home, Patrick, 26, 52
Home, Robert, 18, 26, 28, 61, 316
Home, Walter, 29
Home, William, 16 bis, 26, 28, 31
Honeyman, James, 348
Hood, Humphrey, 299
Hood, William, 92
Hope, Adam, 420
Hope, David, 260, 295
Hope, James, 88
Hope, John, 274
Horn, Alexander, 176
Houston, William, 221
Houstoun, Leonard, 26
Howie, George, 78
Howie [Howieson], John, 70
Howie, John, 321
Howie, Thomas, 242
Howit, Stephen John, 209
Hudson, Hugh, 63
INDEX OF MINISTERS
457
Hume, Adam, 27
Hume, Alexander, 3, 28
Hume, David, 37
Hume, George, of Abbey St Bathans, 2,
31
Hume, George, 67
Hume, James, 172
Hume, James, 282, 300
Hume, John, of Abbey St Bathans, 19, 28
Hume, Patrick, 209
Hume, Robert, 136
Hume, William, 43, 126, 298, 364
Hunter, Alexander, 338
Hunter, Andrew, of Barjarg, 269
Hunter, Archibald, 251
Hunter, David, 73, 179
Hunter, George, 131, 243, 315
Hunter, James, 161, 245
Hunter, John, 61, 137, 354
Hunter, Robert, of Cleughhead, 324
Hunter, Robert, 320, 362
Hunter, William, of Union Hall, 182
Hunter, William, 253, 334
Hutcheson, James, 336
Hutchison, Alexander, 302
Hutchison, George, 334
Hutchison, Hew, 342
Hutchison, Maxwell, 284
Hutton, James, 422
Hutton, William Menzies, 7
Hyslop, Robert, 339
Imrie, David, 201, 221
Inglis, Archibald, 169, 213, 216, 239
Inglis, James M'Donald, 326, 375
Inglis, John, 139, 326, 368
Inglis, Patrick, 241, 325
Inglis, Thomas, 89, 273, 292
Innes, Gilbert, 45
Innes, James, 159
Innes, John, 348
Ireland, John, 254
Ireland, Thomas, 338, 340, 428
Irvine, Alexander, 420
Irvine, William, 294
Irving, Francis, 282 bis, 299
Irving, James, 420
Irving, John, 226, 325
Jack, Hugh Morton, 411
Jack, William, 72
Jaffray, Alexander, 362
Jaffray, Andrew, 214, 223, 255
Jaffray, John, 417
Jaffrey, , 426
Jameson, Andrew, 222
Jameson, Edward, 59, 60
Jameson, John, 272, 314
Jameson, William, 102, 126, 424
Jamieson, James Bryce, 270
Jamieson, John, 13
Jamieson, Robert, 166
Jane, Thomas, 57
Jardine, Alexander, 109
Jardine, David Bayne, 318
Jardine, David Little, 314
Jardine, Humphrey, 199
Jardine, Matthew, 381
Jardine, Robert, 214, 243, 315
Jardine, Thomas, 330
Jeffrey, Robert, 410
Jenkins, George, 372
Johnston (or Johnstone), , 223
Johnston, Alexander, 7, 217
Johnston, Andrew, 199, 203
Johnston, Bryce, 276
Johnston, David, 22, 216
Johnston, Frederick John Bouteville, 344
Johnston, George, 47, 98, 107, 149, 205,
239, 291, 325
Johnston, James, 102, 131, 239, 252
Johnston, John, 15, 45, 102, 109, 110, 213,
313, 344
Johnston, John Archibald, 205
Johnston, Laurence, 9, 149
Johnston, Patrick, 410
Johnston, Robert, 250, 252
Johnston, Simon, 210, 241, 301
Johnston, Thomas Francis, 193
Johnston, William, 93, 209, 212, 244
Johnstone, Edward, 217
Johnstone, John, 405
Johnstone, Michael Shaw Stewart, 373
Johnstone, Samuel, 138
Johnstone, Thomas, 387
Johnstone, William, of Laverocklaw, 41,
153
Johnstone, William Murray, 352
Johnstone, William Peter, 252
Jolly, John, 38, 63
Jolly, Thomas, 172
Justice, Alexander, 168
Kae, Adam, 395
Kay, George, 133
Kay, John, 359, 376
Kay, Robert, 163
Kay, William, 321
Keir, James, 348
Keith, Norman Coutts, 151
Keith, Robert, 332
Keith, Walter, 147
458
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Kelso, Samuel, 341, 380
Kemp, William, 388
Kennedy, Alexander, 331
Kennedy, Hamilton, 332
Kennedy, Hugh, 106, 300
Kennedy, James Russell, 352
Kennedy, John, 160, 297
Kennedy, Samuel, 346
Kennedy, Thomas, 332, 342
Kennedy, William Black, 47
Ker, Abraham, 85
Ker, Alexander, 273
Ker, James, of Crookedshaws, 85
Ker, James, of Grange, 121 bis, 122
Ker, James, 333
Ker, John, 87, 109, 376
Ker Robert, 76, 80, 83, 158
Ker, William, 177, 347
Kerr, George Scott, 299
Kerr, Patrick, 140
Kerr, Robert Cranstoun, 26
Kerr, Robert Hogg, 230
Kerr, Thomas, 383
Key, Adam, 275
Keyden, James, 317
Keyden, Theodore Edgar, 297
Keyden, William, 323
Kilpatrick, Samuel, 54
Kincaid, George, 338, 360, 367, 370, 379
Kincaid, John, 296
Kinnear, Alexander, 63, 113
Kinnear, Andrew, 83
Kinnear, James, 241
Kinnear, Robert, 301
Kirk, James, 392 .
Kirke, Robert, 53
Kirkland, Robert, 201
Kirkpatrick, James, 259
Kirkpatrick, Joseph, of Nashgill, 226, 273
Kirkpatrick, Roger Sandilands, 129, 198,
263
Kirkpatrick, Thomas, 172
Kirkwood, Robert, 276
Kirkton. Andrew, 135
Kirkton, James, 159 bis
Kirkwood, James, 132, 325, 334
Knight, George Fulton, 58
Knight, Thomas, 206
Knowes, Christopher, of Swynwood, 36
Knox, Henry, 172, 273
Knox, James, 71, 171
Knox, John, 153, 171, 187
Knox, Paul, 70
Knox, Robert, 71
Knox, Simon, 410
Kyle, William, 346
Laidlaw, Adam, 130
Laidlaw, Andrew, 286
Laidlaw, James, 329
Laing, David, 228, 327
Laing, James, of Newlands, 360
Laing, William, 156
Lamb, John, 341
Lamb, Thomas, 348
Lamb, Walter, 155
Lamb, William, 36, 69, 141
Laraond, John, 415
Lamont, David, of Erncrogo, 285
Lamont, Henry Maclaurin, 39
Lamont, John, 414
Landale, David, 200
Landell, James, 38
Landells, Adam, 52, 64
Landels, Robert, 59
Landreth, James, 62
Langlands, John, 113, 142 bis
Langwill, James, 157
Lauder, Alexander, 57, 146, 153
Lauder, Andrew, 379
Lauder, John, 13
Laurie, , 328
Laurie, Gilbert, of Crossrig, 52
Laurie, Henry, 215
Laurie, James, 22, 115, 353, 354, 389
Laurie, John, 140, 206, 232 bis, 235, 238,
253, 323
Laurie, Walter, of Redcastle, 356
Law, James, 353
Law [Low], John, 58
Law, Robert, 236, 237
Lawrence, John, 324
Lawrie, James, 298
Lawrie, Robert, 309
Lawrie, Thomas, 309
Lawrie, William James, 355
Lawson, Archibald, 283
Lawson, Gavin, 384
Lawson, George, 196
Lawson, James, 288
Lawson, John, 310
Lawson, Roger, 255
Lawson, Robert, 300
Lawtie, James, 33
Learmont, William, 349
Learmonth, John, 216, 219
Leek, Joseph, 95
Leek [Laik], Thomas, 139
Leckie, Thomas, 421
Lee, William, 88
Leiper, James, 362
Leishman, James Fleming, 77
Leishman, Thomas, 77
INDEX OF MINISTERS
459
Leitch, David, 428
Leitch, John, 21
Leith, George, 428
Leslie, David Smith, 58
Leslie, Norman, 151
Liddell, David, 146
Liddell, John, 119
Liddell, Matthew, 1, 6, 26
Liddell, Thomas, 215
Lidderdale, John, 327
Lightbody, John, 40, 66
Lillie, James, 403
Lindsay, Francis, 208
Lindsay, James, 154, 214, 312
Lindsay, Patrick, 184
Lindsay, William, 117
Linn, Patrick, 268
Linton, Simon, 333
Lithgow, Charles, 60
Lithgow, John, 60, 233, 234
Lithgow, Robert, 169
Little, Archibald, 289, 321
Little, Bryce, 328
Little, James, 261, 298
Little, John, 279, 290 bis
Little, Robert, 200
Little, Thomas, 223, 357
Little, William, 212, 240
Liver, Robert, 123, 159
Livingston, Henry, 109
Livingston, John, 99, 356
Livingston, Robert, 26
Livingston, William, 325
Loch, Patrick, 279
Lockhart, Robert, 327
Logan, George, 90, 154
Logan, James, 61, 138, 161
Logan, John, 260, 293, 398
Logan, Thomas, 35
Lorimer, James, 71, 197, 219
Lorraine, Joseph Currie, 260, 299
Loudon, Alexander, 180
Lowe, Joseph, 148
Lowis, Thomas, 177 bis
Luke, James, 19
Lumsden, Alexander, 51
Lumsden, John, 154, 221
Lundie, Alan (or Allan), 51, 134, 146,
191
Lundie, Cornelius, 72
Lundie, James, 51
Lundie, Robert, 72, 152
Lychtbodie, John. See Lightbody
Lyle, Walter, 138
Lyon, John, 304
Mabie, John, 368
Mabon, Thomas, 152
M'Alexander, Thomas, 336, 342
Macalister, Dugald, 98
M'Allan, Donald, 395
M'Blane, Nicol, 376
M'Bride, John, 396
M'Broom, John, 350
M'Caig, Neil, 242
M'Callum, William, 75, 80
M'Calman, John, 337
M'Carmath, Alexander, 304
M'Caul, John, 380
M'Clellan, Archibald, 414, 415
M'Clellan, George, 395
M'Clellan, James, 362
M'Clellan, John, 395, 414, 417
M'Clellan, Nicol, 376
M'Clellan, Patrick, 409
M'Clellan, Robert, 414
M'Clenochan, Ninian, 347, 420
M'Coll, Alexander Munn, 107
M'Coll, John, 215
M'Combie, John, 276
M'Conachie, George, 424
M'Conachie, William, 155
M'Conechy, Archibald, 5
MacCubbin, Andrew, 343
M'Cubbin, John, 289
M'Culloch, Andrew, 262
M'Culloch, Elias, 388
MacCulloch, Hugh, 20
M'Culloch, James, 339
M'Culloch, James Melville, 73
M'Culloch, Malcolm, 385
M'Cullough, William Cupples, 118
MacCullo, John [Petilloch], 94
Maccultre, Thomas, 430
Maccunzeoch, Alexander, 241
M'Donald, Duncan David Farquharson, 61
M'Donald, James Ronald, 233, 239
Macdougall, Thomas, 79
Macdowall, John, 349
M'Ewen, James, 208, 216
M'Fadzean, James, 335
M'Farlan, James, 256
M'Farlan, William Leckie, 427
Macfarlane, Alfred, 173
Macfarlane, Bryce, 427
Macfarlane, Walter, 304
M'Ferrand, James, 341
M'Garroch, James, 232
M'Ghie, Hew, 391
M'Ghie, John, 361
Macgbie, Mungo, 274
M'Ghie, William, 195
460
INDEX OF MINISTERS
M'Gill, Francis, 209
M'Gill, James, 340
M'Gill, Samuel, 299
M'Gill, Thomas, 407
M'Gill, Walter, 105, 343, 383
M'Glashan, Lewis, 263
M'Goune, John, 192
Macgowan, Alexander, 219, 408
M'Gowan, William, 131
Macgregor, Alexander Murray, 344
Macgregor, Andrew, 208
Macgregor, Ewen Macdonell, 335
M'Guffie, John, 344, 352
Macgunzeane, Thomas, 209, 326
M'Hardy, Francis, 180
M'Hendrie, Hugh, 201
M'lldowie, Robert, 243, 254
M'llvean, Thomas Dale, 260
M'Innes, ;Eneas Ede, 191
Macinnes, George, 427
Macinnoch, John, 160
Mack, John Charles, 207
Mack, Thomas, 296
Mackail, John, 375
Mackay, Charles Baxter, 397
Mackay, Daniel, 127
M'Keachie, Alfred, 35
MacKechnie, John, 45
M'Kenna, Thomas, 160
Mackenzie, Charles West, 314
Mackenzie, George, 176
Mackenzie, Hugh Skinner, 220
Mackenzie, James, 262
Mackenzie, John, 351
Mackenzie, John Robertson, 271
Mackenzie, Laurence, 170
Mackenzie, Norman, 379, 400
Mackenzie, Patrick William, 279
M'Kergo, William, 346
M'Kerron, David Denholm, 186
M'Kerron, Peter, 75
Mackie, Andrew, 79
M'Kie, George, 382
Mackie, James, 271
Mackie, John, 263
M'Kie, Nathaniel, 390, 405
M'Kie, William, 389, 393
M'Kill, John, 313
M'Kinnel, Thomas, 273, 305
Macknight, James, 127
Maclagan, Frederick, 188
M'Laren, Alexander, 160
M'Laren, Charles Lucius, 111
M'Lean, George, 16
Maclean, Joseph William, 239
M'Lean, William, 160, 170, 375
Macleod, Donald, 129, 155, 270, 409
Macleod, John, 11
Maclure, Thomas, 404
Macmaster, Alexander James, 279
M 'Master, Peter, 346
M'Master, William, 351
MacMath, John, 61
M'Michan, John, of Barcaple, 407 bis, 408
Macmichen, James, 123, 174
Macmillan, Donald, 329
Macmillan, Hugh, 181
M'Millan, James, of Fourmerkland, 300
M'Millan, John, 325, 389, 392 bis, 419
Macmillan, William, 275, 300
M'Morine, Robert, of Nether Marcartney,
285
M'Morine, William, 259
MacMorland, James, 342
Macmorland, John Peter, 133
M'Murdo, John, 300
Macnab, Peter, 224
Macnair, James, 157
Macnair, Robert, 332
M'Naught, John, 399, 410
Macnaughton, George Ferrier Andrew, 402
M'Nee, Daniel, 141
M'Neil, Robert, 355
Macoutrie, Thomas, 414
M'Phail, Archibald Connell, 120
M'Querne, David, 368, 400
M'Quitty, Luke, 403
Macrae, John, 116
Macturk, James Wilson, 238
Macvean, Colin Archibald Arthur, 243
Macvicar, John Gibson, 217
Macvicker, John William, 320
M'Vicker, Louis Edmund, 373
M'Whinnie, Edward, 200
M'Whir, John, 307
Madill, James Miller Muirhead, 26
Madder [Mather], John, 131, 134
Main, David, 215
Main, William, 388
Mair, Alexander, 282
Mair, James, 302
Mair, John, 140
Mair, Robert Ludovic, 5, 180
Mair, Walter, 282
Mair, William, 150
Maitland, Alexander, 426
Maitland, George, 216
Maitland, James, 377, 413
Maitland, John Garlies, 372
Maitland, William, 379
Major, William, 258
Malcolm, John, 275
INDEX OF MINISTERS
461
Malcolm, Robert, 234
Malseed, Robert William, 252
Manuel, David Gilmour, 1 60
Marjoribanks, Thomas, 50, 215
Marr, James, 294
Marshall, Archibald, 339, 341
Marshall, George, 50
Marshall, John, 201, 298
Martin, John, 159, 261, 366, 415
Martin, Robert, 83, 110, 173
Martin, Samuel, 394
Martin, Thomas, 155, 232, 237
Martin, Walter, 121
Martin, William Stewart, 131
Mason, James, 192, 197
Masterton, Alexander, 274
Mathers, Henry Alexander, 88
Matheson, Finlay, 252
Maxwell, Gavin, 395
Maxwell, George, of Glenarm, 399
Maxwell, James, 212, 272, 274, 280, 301,
314
Maxwell, John, 297
Maxwell, Thomas, 246, 264, 321
Maxwell, William, 131, 163, 372
Meikle, Alexander, 237
Meikle, John, 428
Mein, John, 239, 386
Mein, William, 291 bis
Meldrum, Alexander, 273
Meldrum, Andrew, 159
Melvill, Thomas, 296
Melville, Andrew, 12
Melville, John, 234
Melville, Robert, 62
Menzies, Andrew, 371
Menzies, Archibald, 260, 321
Menzies, Hugh, 284
Menzies, James, 158
Menzies, John, 207, 258
Menzies, Robert, 249, 343
Menzies, Walter, 206
Menzies, William, 11, 318
Merchiston, David, 317
Merchiston, Robert, 211
Methven, James, 15
Methven, Paul, 124
Methven, William, 15, 16, 21, 51, 66
Middleton, Charles James More, 109
Middleton, James, 155
Mill, Alexander, 326
Mill, Thomas, 54
Millar, David, 59, 246
Millar, John, 374
Millar, Robert Gordon, 272
Miller, David, 241
Miller, John, 280
Miller, Thomas, 356
Miller, William, 34
Miller, William Carrick, 96, 118
Miller, William James Somerville, 50
Milligan, George, 172, 216
Milligan, John, 403, 429
Milne, Adam, 188
Milne, Alexander, 61
Milroy, Andrew, of Forthside, 109
Milroy, James William, 335
Milroy, John, 332
Mitchell, Andrew, 287
Mitchell, Andrew Fallas, 363
Mitchell, Hugh, 354
Mitchell, James, 163
Mitchell, James Robert Mitford, 210
Mitchell, Norman Reid, 65
Mitchelson, James, 134
Mochrie, James, 334
Moffat, James, 245
Moffat, John, 342, 353, 367, 371
Moffat, Thomas, 75, 191
Moir, Alexander, 220
Moir, John, 62
Moir, Robert, 277, 389, 410
Moir, Thomas, 80
Moncrieff, William, 242
Moncrieff, William Hardie, 242
Monilaws, Alexander, 251
Monilaws, James, 242
Monilaws, James John, 254
Monteith, James, 396
Monteith, John, 316, 341, S50
Monteith, Robert, 25, 396
Montgomery, John, 343
Montgomery, Thomas, 326
Moodie, George, 16
Moodie, Leslie, 72
Moodie, Roger, 10
Moodie, William, 315
Moodie, William Steven, 56
Moody, James, 219
Moore, William, 292
Morgan, John, 247
Morison, Philip, 273, 394
Morison, Walter, 82, 153
Morris, William Drummond, 124
Morrison, David, 314
Morrison, Hugh Thomas Sutherland, 224,
364
Mortimer, Alexander, 417
Morton, Sir John, 277
Morton, Thomas, 254
Mowat, Samuel, 319
Mowat, William Alexander, 395
462
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Mowbray, James, 238
Muir, George, 359
Muir, James, 428
Muir, John, 363, 369
Muir, Robert, 409
Muirhead, George, 372
Muirhead, James, of Logan, 306
Muirhead, James, 244, 382
Muirhead, John, 167
Muirhead, Robert, 139
Munro, David, 39
Munro, John Dempster, 46
Murdoch, Alexander, 344, 377
Murdoch, James, 362
Murdoch, John, 46, 251, 360, 404
Mure, Donald, 411
Mure, George, 359
Murray, Adam, 3, 14, 301
Murray, Alexander, 306
Murray, Andrew Beveridgc, 219
Murray, Anthony, 277
Murray, David, of Fenton, 385
Murray, George, of Troquhain, 390 6m,
391,411
Murray, George, 229
Murray, James, 196, 221, 254, 323, 396
Murray, John, 322, 327
Murray, Robert, 385, 388
Murray, Thomas, of Heriotshall, 147
Murray, William, 12, 189
Muschet, Henry, 171
Muschet, William, 134
Mutch, Andrew, 180
Muter, Robert, 418
Mutter, Thomas, 266, 343
Mylne, Robert, 158
Napier, John Gordon Smith, 73
Nasmith, Thomas, 356
Nasmyth, James, 338
Nasmyth, William, 110, 395
Naughley, Andrew, 163, 368
Neil, Alexander, 344
Neilson, Edward, 278
Neilson, John, 277
Ness, David, 238
Neving, Mungo, 211
Newbie, Thomas, 134
Nichol, Harvey, 422
Nicholson, Christopher, 380
Nicol, Alexander Sinclair, 244
Nicol, Thomas, 413
Nicol, William, 252
Nicolson, Alexander, 4
Nimmo, John, 208, 275, 299
Nisbet, Archibald, 42
Nisbet, Hugh, 280
Nisbet, James, 389
Nisbet, John, 294
Nisbet, Patrick, 206
Nivison, Abraham, 253
Nivison, Alexander, 190
Nivison, John, 323
Nivison, Richard, 254
Nivison, William Brown, 252
Noble, James, 95, 110, 232
Norvell, Archibald, 376
Ogg, Charles B , 252
Ogilvie, Andrew, 77
Ogilvie, Thomas, 51, 63
Ogle, Luke, 21
Old, Thomas, 156
Oliphant [Olipher], William, 161
Oliver, George, 295
Oliver, James, 101
Oliver, John, 139
Oliver, Stephen, 185
Ord, Selby, 25
Ormiston, William, 83
Orr, Alexander, 249
Orr, John, 52
Orrock, Alexander, 114
Osburn, William, 329
Oswald, Archibald, 51, 161
Oswald, James Honeyman, 322
Oustane [Austin], Samuel, 322
Oustane [Austin], William, 322
Ovens [Owens], John, 122
Park, John, 316, 356 bis, 370
Park, Robert, 48
Parker, James, 398
Parker, Stuart Crawford, 205
Pasley, John, 321
Paterson, Adam M'Caul, 239
Paterson, Andrew, 63
Paterson, Charles Edward, 203
Paterson, George, 408
Paterson, Isaac, 385
Paterson, James, 93, 153
Paterson, John, 223, 258
Paterson, Nathaniel, 178
Paterson, Ninian, 161
Paterson, Robert, 156
Paterson, William, 348, 376
Paton, Andrew, 324
Paton, Charles, 140, 176
Paton, James Aikman, 338
Paton, John, 101, 268
Paton, John Allan Hunter, 403
INDEX OF MINISTERS
463
Paton, Robert, 259, 266, 268, 269, 296 bis,
Purdie, Robert, 284, 360
366
Purdie, Simon, 326
Paton, William, 78, 111
Purves, John, 128
Patterson, James, 101, 238
Patterson, John Thomas, 295
Rae, Hector, 109, 122
Pattullo, Henry Alexander, 422
Rae, James, 280, 421
Paul, David, 82, 88
Rae, Peter, 319, 327
Paul, James, 414
Rae, Robert Neill, 215
Paul, John, 404
Rain, Thomas, 207
Paul, Robert John, 42
Raining, Herbert, 205, 254
Paxton, Richard, 223
Ramsay, Alexander, 47
Peacock, Adam, 69, 81
Ramsay, Andrew, 45
Peacock, Patrick, 367, 368
Ramsay, Charles Rolland, 311
Pearson, Robert, 54
Ramsay, David, 293
Peattie, John, 24
Ramsay, David Ogilvy, 311
Peden, Alexander, 345
Ramsay, George, 47
Peirson, Rodolph, 359
Ramsay, Gilbert, 243
Penman, William, 80
Ramsay, James, 45, 72, 281, 299, 309
Pennell, William Joseph, 398
Ramsay, John, 356
Petilloch, John, 94
Ramsay, Robert, 243, 327
Petrie, James, 2£6
Ramsay, Thomas, of Nether Mordington, 48
Petrie, Robert, 229
Ramsay, Thomas, 57 bis, 264
Philip, Pirie, 413
Ramsay, Tobias, 47
Phin, Kenneth Macleay, 178
Randelson, Thomas, 83
Pierson, Henry, 103
Rankin, James, 292
Pierson, Peter, 401
Rankin, Oliver Shaw, 378
Pitcairn, Thomas, 154
Rankin, William, 157, 326
Playfair, Patrick Macdonald, 316
Rankine, William Henry, 193
Pollok, David, 347
Reddick, George, 299
Pollok, George, 2
Redpath, George, 1, 4, 26, 54, 92
Pollok, Thomas, 69
Redpath, Philip, 52
Pollock, George, 332
Redpath, William, 44
Pollock, James, 254
Regnall, Thomas, 367
Pollock, John, 87, 315
Reid, Alexander, 168, 367
Pont, James, 187
Reid, Andrew, of Arderies, 273, 278
Porteous, Archibald, 135
Reid, Andrew, 365, 401
Porteous, Thomas, 68, 150
Reid, Henry Martin Beck with, 395
Porter, James, 211
Reid, Hugh Park, 66
Porterfield, John, 338
Reid, James, 366
Potter, William, 352
Reid, John, 49, 291, 373, 401
Potts, Robert, 175
Reid, Matthew, 236, 248, 364
Pow, John, 41
Reid, William, 397
Power, Gilbert, 353
Renton, Andrew, 297, 299
Powrie, Alexander, 203
Rhind, Alexander, 376
Preston, David, 235
Rhind, Robert, 68, 158
Preston, James, 406
Riach, William Lyon, 394
Primrose, Peter, 404, 420
Riccaltoun, John, 119, 140
Pringle, Andrew, 122, 130, 231
Riccaltoun, Robert, 119
Pringle, James, of Burnfoot, 239 bis
Richardson, James, 79, 31, 137, 320
Pringle, John, 15
Richardson, Robert, 109, 370
Prophit, James, 222
Richardson, Samuel, 375
Proudfoot, Robert Forrester, 17
Richmond, John, 139
Provand, Thomas, 342
Riddell, Henry Scott, 10, 25, 141
Pryde, George, 205
Riddell, Robert, 183
Pryde, James Johnstone, 324
Riddell, Simon, 327
Purcell, James, 303
Ritchie, Alexander, 381
464
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Ritchie, George, 129, 193
Ritchie, James, 329
Ritchie, John, 132, 153
Ritchie, John Geddes, 182
Robb, Alexander, 426
Robb, William, 426
Robertson, Adam, 366
Robertson, Alexander, 204
Robertson, Andrew, 371
Robertson, David, 28, 41
Robertson, Donald or Daniel, 206
Robertson, George Home, 55
Robertson, James, 83, 102, 223
Robertson, James Alexander, 245
Robertson, James Home, 39
Robertson, John, 50, 65, 320, 382
Robertson, John Alexander, 65
Robertson, John Balfour, 344
Robertson, John Methven, 164
Robertson, Patrick, 43
Robertson, Robert, 69
Robertson, Thomas, 195
Robertson, William, 91
Robison, Alexander, 298
Roddick, James, 248
Rodger, David, 309, 312
Rogers, David, 221, 222, 258
Rogers, John, 123
Rollo, Andrew, 9
Rollock, William, 86
Rose, John, 343
Rose, William, 339
Ross, Alexander, of Dalrioch, 362
Ross, Andrew, of Balsarroch, 337
Ross, Charles, 108
Ross, George, 250
Ross, Gilbert, 334
Ross, James, 53
Ross, Patrick, 329
Row, Colin, 27
Row, John, 296, 353, 389
Row, Samuel, 88, 267
Rowan, James, 420
Rowan, Robert, 374
Rowat, James, 127
Rowat, John, 201
Rowatt, Andrew, 243
Rule, George, 24, 57
Runciman, Walter, 277
Runciman, William, 326
Russell, James, 198
Russell, John, 229, 232
Russell, Robert, 176, 197
Rutherford, Andrew, 13
Rutherford, George, 425
Rutherford, George Baillie, 123
Rutherford, James, 78, 123, 147
Rutherford, John, 197
Rutherford, Martin, 78
Rutherford, Robert, 140, 231
Rutherford, Samuel, 385
Rutherford, Thomas, 138
Rutherfurd, William, 136
Sanders, Robert, 223
Sanderson, Bernard, 288, 317
Sanderson, James, 62
Sanderson, John, 347
Sanderson, William, 395
Sandilands, John, 112, 325
Sandilands, John M'Rae, 307
Sandilands, Matthew Dysart, 14
Sandilands, Robert, 60
Sangster, Alexander, 285
Sanson, James, 140
Saunders, Frank William, 38S
Scade, John, 192
Scheves, Patrick, 280
Scotland, John, 232, 240
Scott, Adam, 113, 131
Scott, Alexander, 188, 267, 269
Scott, Andrew, 93
Scott, David, 147, 232
Scott, Francis, 132, 134, 166
Scott, Gabriel, 211
Scott, Henry, 112
Scott, Hugh, 103, 136, 163, 177, 253
Scott, James, 100, 129, 177, 196, 425, 426
Scott, John, 113, 134, 135, 136, 138, 168,
173, 193 bis, 269, 275, 348, 429
Scott, Richard, 6, 169, 234, 277
Scott, Robert, 42, 157, 168, 190
Scott, Thomas, 106, 236
Scott, Walter, 166, 231
Scott, William, 121, 139, 211, 247
Scoular, John Greenshields, 361
Scrymgeour, John Tudor, 173
Seaton, Robert, 360
Semple, Gabriel, 126, 284, 285
Semple, John, 400 bis
Service, John, 338
Seton, James, 63
Sharp, Thomas, 115, 175
Sharp, William, 425
Sharpe, John, 180
Sharpe, Patrick, 48
Shaw, Anthony, 334
Shaw, James, 368 bis, 386
Shaw, John, 194, 412
Shaw, Patrick, 194
Shaw, Robert, 141, '235
Shaw, William, 210
INDEX OF MINISTERS
465
Shaw, William Berry, 190, 237
Shepherd, Alexander, 202, 246
Shiels, George, 313
Shiels, John, 166
Shiels, Thomas, 190, 325, 326, 327
Shiels, William, 149, 166
Short, James, 204
Sibbald, James Hope, 7
Sibbald, John, 369
Sibbald, William, 208
Silver, David, 167
Sime, William Lamb, 162
Simpson, James, 143
Simpson, Macduff, 44
Simpson, Richard, 274
Simpson, William, 81
Simpson, William Mungall, 357
Simson (or Symson), Adam, 293
Simson, Alexander, 158
Simson, Andrew, 365
Simson, Archibald, 181
Simson, Dugald, 200
Simson, George, 51
Simson, James, 61 , 88, 425
Simson, John, 81, 95, 302,
Simson, Richard, 88
Simson, William, 19, 60
Sinclair, Adam, 321, 325
Sinclair, Archibald, 258, 274, 290, 295
Sinclair, Daniel, 25
Sinclair, John, 281, 288
Sinclair, Samuel, 21
Sinclair, Thomas, 121
Sinclair, William, 4
Singer, William, 211, 226
Sked, John, 3
Slesser, Duncan Morrison, 292
Slewman, William, 105 bis
Sloan, Edward Knubley, 377
Sloan, Nicholas, 245
Sloan, William, 273
Smail, James, 210, 245
Small, Robert, 173
Smart, Alexander Forteath, 35
Smith (or Smyth), Alexander, 33, 108,
210, 260
Smith, Andrew, 23
Smith, David, 322
Smith, George, 323
Smith, Henry Wallis, 314
Smith, James, 46, 58, 73, 176, 181
Smith, James Farquhar, 349
Smith, John, 330
Smith, Patrick, 33
Smith, Robert, 24
Smith, Robert Bridges, 7
Smith, Samuel, 396, 397, 401
Smith, Thomas, 235, 244
Smith, William, 154, 238
Smith, William Grierson, 170
Smith, William Henry Gray, 17
Smyth, John, 78, 158, 184, 193
Snodgrass, William, 230
Somers, Robert, 218
Somervell, William, 343, 356
Somerville, John, 68, 191, 259, 360, 362, 398
Somerville, Robert, 193
Somerville, Thomas, 75, 105, 127, 133
Somerville, William, 115, 277, 302
Spalding, John, 417
Spalding, Samuel, 420
Speed, William, 69
Spence, David, 18
Spence, John Ryrie, 140
Spottiswood, John, 24, 57, 83
Spottiswoode, Robert, 121
Stafford, John Owen, 248, 371
Stalker, James, 183
Stark, , 284
Stark, David, 92
Stark, William Adam, 286
Steel, Robert, 412
Steel, William, 213
Stephen, Alexander, 401
Stephen, James Innes, 297
Steuart, Archibald, 243
Steven, John, 370
Stevenson, Alexander, 256
Stevenson, David, 144
Stevenson, George, 359
Stevenson, John, 55, 104
Stevenson, Joseph, 64
Stevenson, Thomas, 394
Stewart, Andrew, 374
Stewart, Anthony, 346, 363
Stewart, Archibald, 217, 361
Stewart, Duncan, 263
Stewart, Hercules, 274, 281, 312, 314
Stewart, James, 144, 271, 297, 352, 370
Stewart, John, 19, 143, 281, 371, 411
Stewart, John Douglas, 406
Stewart, Richard Morris, 180
Stewart, Robert, 11, 129
Stewart, Walter, of Barnhill, 169
Stewart, William, 278
Stirling, David, of Branxton, 45, 48
Stirling, John, 122
Stirling, William, 100
Stirton, John, 404
Stobbs, William, 153
Storie, John, 123
Storie, Thomas, 33, 47, 51, 151, 165
460
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Stott, Ebenezer, 372
Thomson, Thomas, 48, 69, 118, 139, 199 bis,
Strachan, James, 106
407, 420 bis
Strachan, John, 8
Thomson, Thomas Hunter, 202
Strachan, Patrick, 185
Thomson, Thomas Reid, 20
Strachan, Robert, 261
Thomson, Robert, 410
Strang, Alexander, 312, 313
Thomson, William, 223, 296
Strang, Walter, 3
Thorburn, William, 303, 410
Strang, William, 207
Thornton, Alexander, 70
Strathern, John, 233
Thornton, James, 98
Straton, James, 45, 152
Throughton, John, 281
Stuart, John, 131, 217
Tod, David, 7
Sturrock, George, 403
Tod, Thomas, of Craigieburn, 313
Sutherland, Rollo Russell Grant, 333
Tod, William, 399
Suttie [Suddie], Nicol, 1, 6
Todd, George, 46, 55
Swan, David, 162
Todd, John, 16, 54
Swan, Robert, 329
Tough, George, 32
Swinton, Alexander, of Greenrig, 6
Train, Alexander, of Bonairik, 290
Swinton, John, 6, 225
Trotter, Alexander, of Leetbrae, 44
Swinton, Patrick, 59, 396, 404
Trotter, George, 4, 43
Swinton, Thomas, 2, 43
Trotter, Ninian, 90
Swinton, Walter, 59
Trotter, William, 195
Sym, Arthur Pollok, 184
Tulloch, John Lancelot Constantine, 94
Sym, John, 91
Tulloch, William Weir, 73
Symson. See Simson
Turing, John, 243
Turnbull, Alexander, 340
Tailyour, John, 243
Turnbull, Gavin, 141
Tait, Alexander, 102
Turnbull, George, 102
Tait, Thomas, 46
Turnbull, James, 76
Tait, William, 94
Turnbull, John, 46, 102, 191
Tarbet, Robert Tennyson, 399
Turnbull, Robert, 90
Tarbett, Albert, 339
Turnbull, Thomas, 19, 387
Taylor, Charles William Gray, 317
Turnbull, William, of Hornshole, 78
Taylor, Henry, 167
Turnbull, William, 110, 121
Taylor, James, 322
Turnbull, William Bell, 271
Taylor, John, 225, 260
Turner, Thomas, 94
Taylor, Malcolm Campbell, 270
Turner, Walter, 284
Taylor, William, 314, 322, 327
Tweeddale, James, 349 bis
Telfair, Alexander, 423
Tweedie, James, 48
Telfer, Charles, 114
Telfer, Samuel, 208
Underwood, John, 419
Telfer, William, 375
Underwood, Thomas, 290
Tennent, Joseph, of Listonshiells, 103, 120
Unis, David, 191
Thompson, Richard, 230
Urquhart, Andrew, 351
Thomson, Adam, 342
Urquhart, James, 158, 177
Thomson, Alexander, 297
Urquhart, Patrick, 102, 110, 177
Thomson, Alexander M'Inroy, 117
Urquhart, Thomas, 309
Thomson, Andrew, 90
Thomson, George, 189
Vallance, James, 299
Thomson, James, 14, 336, 390, 424 (3)
Vallance, Joseph, 207
Thomson, John, 117, 118, 186, 304, 309,
Vans, Patrick, 381
325, 363, 403
Vans, William, 366
Thomson, John Colquhoun, 246
Vassie, William, 232
Thomson, Joseph, 69, 82, 141
Veitch, Henry, 60
Thomson, Peter, 270
Veitch, James, 178
Thomson, Robert James, 189
Veitch, John, 64, 165, 166
Thomson, Robert John, 42
Veitch, William, 81, 265
INDEX OF MINISTERS
467
Waddell, Adam, 64
Werayss, John, 8, 51
Waddell, David, 164
Wemyss, William, 12, 86 bis
Waddell, Richard, 71
White, John, 332, 340
Walker, Andrew, 140, 175, 229
Whitehead, John, 219
Walker, Duncan, 68, 83
Whitehead, Patrick, 287
Walker, George, 403
Whitford, Walter, 216
Walker, Henry, 370, 379
Whitson, John, 405
Walker, James, 147, 399
Whyte, Robert Hill, 205
Walker, John, 217, 251, 371
Wight, George, 226
Walker, John Cunningham, 36G
Wight, Robert, 266, 300
Walker, John Hunter, 20, 157
Wight, James, 137
Walker, Patrick, 22
Wightman, David, 200, 296
Walker, Robert, 370
Wightman, John, 283
Walker, Thomas, 409
Wightman, Michael, 287
Walker, William, 79, 300
Wightman, William, 202
Wallace, Andrew Ewing, 11
Wilkie, Adam, 207
Wallace, Charles Stuart, 369
Wilkie, James, 78
Wallace, David, 299
Wilkie, John, 45, 76, 428
Wallace, Gavin, S5
Wilkie, Thomas, of Bewlie, 177
Wallace, George, 314
Wilkie, Thomas, 107, 121, 182, 194
Wallace, James, 47, 317
Wilkie, William, 182
Wallace, John, 3, 159, 282
Wilkie, Zachary, 27
Wallace, John Aikman, 116
Wilkin, James Kissock, 182
Wallace, Robert, 216, 267, 286, 347
Wilkinson, Francis, 319
Wardlaw, Robert, 299
Williamson, David Ritchie, 342
Wark, David, of Bargeddie, 388
Williamson, Dugald Stewart, 427
Warner (Vernor), Thomas, 389 (3)
Williamson, Fergus John, 333
Warren, Robert Sharp, 357
Williamson, James, 46, 94, 226, 310,
Watson, Adam Bruce Scoular, 155
311
Watson, Alexander, 36
Williamson, John, 298, 314, 328 bis, 429
Watson, Alexander Cameron, 193
Williamson, John Conacher, 236
Watson, Archibald, 319
Williamson, William, 342
Watson, George, 123
Williamson, William Taylor, 208
Watson, George Bruce Scoular, 107
Willocks, John, 291
Watson, James Rutherford, 15
Wilson, Alexander, 238
Watson, John, 129, 187, 209, 261, 336,
Wilson, David, 357
338
Wilson, Gabriel, 185
Watson, Peter, 263
Wilson, George, 62, 166
Watson, Thomas, 61
Wilson, Hugh, 336 bis
Watson, William, 383
Wilson, James, 35, 44, 261, 283, 290, 300,
Watt, Charles John, 29
328, 340, 311
Wauch, David, 211, 216
Wilson, James Peter, 263
Waugh, George, 364, 365
Wilson, James Stewart, 294
Waugh, John, 64, 404
Wilson, John, 187, 376
Waugh, Robert, 52
Wilson, John Rudge, 144, 322
Wedderspoon, James, 97
Wilson, Robert, 188, 328
Weir, John, 321
Wilson, Steven, 215
Weir, Robert Walter, 270
Wilson, Thomas, 327
Weir, Thomas, 218, 326
Wilson, Thomas Wilkie, 165
Weir, Walter, 25
Wilson, William, 41, 67, 337, 390
Weir, William, 118, 138
Winchester, Andrew, 51, 53, 66
Wellwood, James, 222
Winchester, James, 127
Welsche, Halbert, 201
Wishart, John, 317
Welsh, David, 402, 405
Wishart, William, 131, 132, 225, 255,
Welsh, John, 194, 272, 287, 387, 416
294
Welsh, Robert, 327
Wolfe, Thomas, 24
468
INDEX OF MINISTERS
Wood, Alexander, 225
Yair, Joseph, 111
Wood, Anson Robertson Craik, 358
Yorstoun, Andrew, 253, 310
Wood, David, 246, 299
Yorstoun, James, 249, 258
Wood, James Richmond, 326
Yorstoun, John, of East Tinwald,
301,
322
Wood, Robert, 216
Yorstoun, Peter, 310, 412
Wood, Thomas, 207
Young, Alexander, 240, 371, 385
414,
422,
Wood, Walter, 166
428
Woodburn, John Murray, 295
Young, David, 48
Workman, William, 164
Young, Gavin, 254
Wright, Christopher, 305
Young, George, 206, 341, 356
Wright, Jacob, 207
Young, George Hislop, 85
Wright, Maxwell James, 245
Young, James, 20, 111, 157, 252,
333
Wright, Thomas, 340, 364
Young, John, 8, 125, 199, 324,
364,
367,
Wright, William, 294
370, 382, 422
Wyld, Simon, 66, 238
Young, Peter, 312, 384
Wyllie, Robert, 169, 197
Young, Robert, 69, 88, 142
Wyllie, Thomas, 395, 417
Young, Thomas, 341
Wyper, William, 246
Young, William, 206
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